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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

KenneWick's streets were never
calculated to serve as parking lots
and for fast traffic, too-nor, fol-
that matter, were any of small town
thorofares. With a double row of
cars parked along the sides of the
streets, the traffic lane is too mar
row for safety. On the other hand,
parallel parking presents problem
to most drivers, who find it diff
cult to manoever their cars into the
spaces allotted. However, in the in
terests of safety, the city council
is going to make another attempt
to enforce the state traffic code
which prohibits the angle parking
on the main streets. We predict,
however, that after the first few
weeks our people will get onto the
trick of parking and the added
space for traffic will more than
compensate for the trouble in park
ing.
The new parking law will also
create some little inconvenience i'm
the matter of finding parking space.
If the citizens will remember, the
city has prepared large lot, lighted
and policed only half block from
the main street where the cars will
be safe. This lot should he used
more anyway, even if it does cause
some who work in town to walk a
block or so. Cars shouldn't be allow
ed to be parked along the curbs
all day and every day like some we
know about.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

Now that the legislature is over,
we can begin to tot up what the
total of accomplishments will be for
Benton county. An appropriation of
some $50, 900 for the North Bank
road from Paterson to Kennewick
was passed. But the bill authorizing
the road was lost, so the appropria-
ton doesn't mean a thing-eXcept
perhaps an alibi. Employers in the
county seem to have been hit hard
est when the flat three per cent
on payrolls was added for industrial
insurance. This was perhaps one of
the rawest pieces of Legislation the
session saw.
Then, too, everyone will have his
sales tax upped by fifty per cent.
This maybe was to be expected in
asmuch as the people of the state
insisted upon tipping the pensions.
Probably the additional tax will
about equal the extra amount allow
ed to the elderly people in the
county.
The Gull potato bill got through
IN the rush of other bills and this
will be of great benefit to the spud
growers, undoubtedly But, by and
large, people in the state would
have been better off if there had
been a couple more years without
session.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

There is means. in America, Of spread
ing news.
Let public servant, no matter how sin
cere, be bested by rank outsider with a
better plan and the newspapers of America
will tell you of it. The incumbent Office
holder may want to stay in power. He may
want to throttle his challenger, but he
can't keep the news of the other fell
lows plan from you'll s.....
Or let self-satisfied manufactured decide
that you'll buy his brand and like it. A
newcomer has the advertising columns Of
the newspapers open to him. If the new
comer's goods will stand the spotlight of
comparison, the SNUG gentleman will soon
hunt for way to match or beat his new
rival-to your advantage.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
HOtcakes Draw Large
Crowd to Benton CITY

BENTON CTTY-The annual hot
cake feed staged by the Kiona-Ben-
ton Community club Friday evening
was well attended with about $40
being taken in from the affair,
which was well patronized by Pros
Ser and KenneWick people. Follow
ing the supper served from six to
eight o'clock program was given
in the large room of the hall. The
school band section under the di-
rection of Mrs. Margaret Chitwood
gave several numbers, Blanche
Wickens gave tap dance, Donald
and Leo Warren a violin and gui-
tar duet and five women of the I'm
provement club staged humorous
skit. Fred Hanson was general
chairman Of the supper and M. w.
Roop program chairman.
A. M. Peeler of Bremerton came
Friday to look after property in
terests and was a guest of MIR. and
Mrs. w. A. DeGood. He returned
to the Coast Saturday.
L. H. Peckenpaugh received word
last week of the birth of a son, Feb
ruary "a to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Schreiner of Frankfort, Kansas.
Mrs. Schreiner is the former Miss
Grace Peckenpaugh of Benton
City.
Mrs. Argus Hughes returned on
Sunday from Spokane, where she
visited since Thursday with her
sister, Mrs. G. j. Hutchinson. Mrs.
James Stone assisted. in the store
during Mrs. Hughes absence.
The Kwatcm pinochle club was
Saturday evening by
MIR. and Mrs. Rolf Andersen. High
honors went to Mrs. Andersen and
Erwin Knowles, low to Mrs. Oral
and Rolf Andersen and
the travelling prive to Mrs. Erwin
knowles.
There will be no more meetings
until fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Van DeVenter
returned Monday from Selah, where
they went Friday to visit their SON
n-laW and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Field. They were accom-
panied to Yakima by Mrs. John
Carpenter, who visited her daugh-
Ter, Miss Connie Carpenter, i'll with
;he flu. Mrs. Carpenter returned
nome Monday with the Van De
Venters. D. ~ ~!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

When we note the extent to
which Germany rebuilt her army
after the war and the vast sums put
into rearmament and the building
Of an air force and a mechanical
army we can't help but wonder what
type of intelligence was used in The
adjustment of the war debt of Ger
many following the last war. Some
body simply let Germany talk them
out Of their shirt and in so doing
permitted Germany to escape from
all responsibility that was Justly
hers for pltlnging the wo-ld into the
last war. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

Much of the trouble that faces
this country today is due to wrong
practices in the past. While it is
not given to man to forsee all the
implications of a given policy or
course of action it mas been known
for long time that certain uneco-
nomic practices pursued by a sell
fish and ruthless few would one day
arrive at a day of judgment. The
truest thing we have seen m print
in many day was the comment Of
a neighboring editor who said,
History is written on advance
sheets. AS you shape the prac-
tees of a nation today you are
shaping each chapter OF its fu-
ture history. The mistakes of to-
day are making the madness of to-
morrow.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
God Bless America
Clarence Ellington, Chehalis

America needs a spiritual and
moral awakening, if it is to survive
as a representative democracy (and
I emphasize that word representa-
tive" in this connection. We have Of
recent years departed far from the
fundamentals of the American sys-
tenn, because modern complex con-
ditions have tended to muddle our
thinking. There is danger ahead be-
cause we are losing much of our citi-
Zenship morale.
The American system can never
endure unless our people intelli-
fently accept the sacrifices mad re-
sponsibilities that are essential to
freedom as we have known it, to
preserve that system.
In recent years there has crept
upon us the idea that our govern
ment owes us much, because we
have permitted it to exist. But few
of us seem willing nowadays to &C
cept the idea that we owe the gov
eminent something. Our fathers
and their fathers had personal
conviction that for the blessings of
living NTH is land htey owed the
government their loyalty, their best
thought, their intelligent action. We
need a reviving of that spirit.
With the whole world threatened
with philosophy of government
that If successful will plunge us
back into savagery, on America
rests the great responsibility of
saving civilization. We cannot do
this unless our citizens awake to the
necessity Of saving OUR own home
land.
Our prayer should be today most
fervently: God give us real men;
an intelligent, loyal and understand
ing leadership-and, equally i'm
portant, an intelligent fellowship.
God helps those who first try
to help themselves; and God can
not bless us and our land unless we
show a willingness and determina-
ton to help ourselves--and deserve
that blessing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

There are three groups of people
in the country today. One group
favors aid to Britain by means of
the Lease-Lend bill, another group
wants to see aid sent to Britain
some other way than by the Lease
Lend bill, and the third group does
not want aid given to Britain by any
means. The objection of those who
object to the Lease-Lend bill is that
it will give President Roosevelt too
much power which will result in his
rushing the country into war. Those
who study the matter dispassion-
ately and impersonally without re-
lation to the Lease-Lend bill, Presi-
dent Roosevelt, or any personality,
believe that Americas involvement
in the war is inevitable if Germany
defeats Britain. The only thing
that can head off war in this event,
this group believes, is peace based
on an appeasement of about the
same stripe as the Munich pact
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
IT'S OVERALLS

Not uniforms but overalls, is what
England needs from Kennewick, she
says. That means she nedes the
work of our hands, the materials
of war that we produce by remain
ing in factories and sweating over
the job. That is what we have
been asked to do mad we are try
ing to produce. A reader remarks
that you plant corn one day but
don't expect to eat roasting ears
the next. We have been slow in
getting under way, to assist Eng
land by means of our nations over
alls. But boat, a tank, an air.
plane, aren't built in a day. Time
is valuable and it is real task get
ting the defense materials turned
out as rapidly as they are required.
Gearing the machinery, oiling the
wheels for a speedy output does
take time. The problem of striking
labor is not a minor issue. But we
have donned the overall and we
will produce as best we can and our
best has been found to be successful
in the pastI
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20


good. Moreover, he must keep them con-
WINGED, because others, with different
plans, are forever coming along, asking for
-and getting-a hearing.
As result of this American way we man.
age to stop short of the dictatorship and
absolutism by which Hitler, Mussolini,
Stain enforce their leadership.
We even avoid business monopoly the
same way. A metal concern, controlling its
entire field, suddenly finds its business gone
out the window-to a plastics maker who
has better idea. A better idea plus the
means of spreading it.
And in that last phrase you have the
whole secret of our protection against find
ing ourselves with rings through our noses.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

The little girl was crying bitter
ly. Her mother asked what was the
matter.
boo hoo! My new shoes hurt
mel"
"wdl, no wonderI You have
them on the wrong feet" replied
the mother.
The little girl would not be COM
forted. Il haven't any other feet"
she protested.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

Hitler has stolen all the food from
the smaller European countries that
he has invaded and now this coun-
try Is being asked to iced the oeo-
pie whom Hitler has robbed. It be-
gins to appear that if they are fed
at all some other country will have
to do 1t. As far as Hitler is con-
cerned these victims of his ruth
leSSness can die like flies.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

When you realize that it is your news.
paper which stands between you and the
loss of your right to know things, your
paper takes on new significance.
Tits your newspaper which keeps all your
1eaders-in government, in education, in
business-in direct competition with each
other. 1t tells you what they're doing.
And may the best man winl
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
Nearly everyone who lives in town

Nearly everyone who lives in town
has had cause to wonder about the
lack of lights throughout the resi-
Dental district. The lights are
placed so high and always smoth-
cred by the foliage that they are
nearly useless. The councils new
plan of installing the lights along
the sidewalks, and low enough to be
under the tree branches will find
a lot of favor. We're anxious to
see the first experiment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

We have always admired Henry
Ford for his genius and independ-
ence and his fairness to labor. but
our respect for him slippsd upward
a dozen notches when he told the
country he didn't need the CLIO to
tell him how to run his business.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

Unless a change comes to this
country the old pride of self-re-
lance and self-support is going to
disappear from the land, and with
it, much of the initiative that has
made this country great.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

Some men don't have ability to
make an honest living. In order to
get along they have to resort to
little, and tricky, and sha iy prac-
tees, chiseling a little here, and a
little there.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

A bachelor has left his entire
fortune to a woman who refus-
ed him and still they say that
men are not grateful!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
Definition

WEDDING DAY: When a mans
mother quits getting breakfast for
him, and he starts getting his own.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

A middle-aged woman lost her
balance and fell out of a window
into a barbage can.
A Chinaman passing, remarked:
"Amelicans are veIly waSteful!
That woman good for ten years yet
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
Ring through
your Nose
BY NORMAN CHANDLER
Choirmon
Newspaper Publishers Committee

THERE'S something repug-
L nant to me in the kind of
leadership which makes you
follow. I'd rather have the kind
which inspires a following.
In America, to get a follow
ing a man must convince a
PROUD of people that his plan is
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

And an Old Timer is one who
can remember when girls stayed
indoors all afternoon, with the
shades drawn, so they wouldn't
get tanned.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

NOTE: The Newspaper Publishers Committee, composeo
Of $50 leading American Newspapes publishes the.c
simultaneously each week The force which unites
these newspapers their recognition of their responsih
TO you, the reader.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

You can't win a contest with
dentist, says Dad Gummit.
Either he'll plug you, or it is
q draw.
Definition
SAP: A fellow who looks through
the mail order catalog to find out
what the girls are wearing.
Satsop Sadie Is a lot like an
Easter egg-hand-painted and
hard-boiled.
Lena enster isG peeved at her
boy friend. She has decided to say
mo-" but can't get him to propose.
And Dump Dora thinks you cool
the motor by stripping the gears.
One single fact, says Dad Gum
init, often will spoil an interesting
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

What this country needs, says
Dad Gummit, is a radio switch
that will explode in an orchestra
leaders face when he starts a
swing number.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

If you are impolite, YOU ana m
bred; II you are polite you sniff, u
from a superior complex. 'S
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

Young man Csitting): Excuse
me, madam, you're standing on
my feet"
= Old lady (strap-hanging): 81
know il, young man; and if you
were a gentleman you'd be
standing on them yourself"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
Philosophy
Advice to Girls

Knockers never win, and Win.
nerS never knock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

Advice to Girls
If you are trying to pick a model
husband, be sure to pick working
model.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

A farmer riding a load n, :.
nure past an asylum was haIl.s ~
an inmate: "eo By
stuff?" WIN mat
Going to put II on nv s,,..
berries" replied the farmer A'
'HeIPs BELLS" said the in..,
I'VE put sugar on ours ana ave
call us crazy" 'ne
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20
Definition

OLD TIMER: One WIN 49,.
member when nations who o Uan h.
territory didn't claim n SnsSe
Self-defense, or for "protect,m.sSS b
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-20

A man went into Nerm..,
other day mad approached Job, " :.
want either casserole or S : I
sole, I can't remember WhIch |, canl'
We'll" said John, 'is yoHs =,
dead or aIiVe?" Snlck6
ment ee uepart.
Yes. What can we do for vor.
How many points do y SSs
for little slam, doubledpS 'Ou gs
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
Los BONOS' PARA
LA DEFENSA
Preguntas Y r~espuestas

F. 5Por as rSzones deoen
,os americanos comprar ahora
3onos y Sel'os para la defersa?
r. He api dos: Els Ia forma
mas f&cil cue cada ciudadAno
pUede utilizar para servir a su
rais y conservar sus ahorros ;
Ia compra de Bonos y Sellos no
solo ayuda q costear la Defensa
Nacional sine que tambien inn
pide los altos precios y que au-
mente ell costo de la vida.
P. IPuedo ofrecer un Bono
para la Defensa como garantia
para un prestamo bancario?
R. No. Los Bonos son regis
trados y no son transferable.
Solo son pagaderos a las perso-
mas cuyos nombres aparecen en-
ellOs.
Nota. Para comprar Sollos Q
Bono spara la Defensa, dirijase
a la mas cercana oficina de CO.
rreos o hancO, o escriba pidien.
do information al Tesorero de
los Estados Unidos, Washington
D. c.
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
PARA La Miller DEL HOGAR
Erplnoci5R

I'm sefor expiica ante un CO.
rro de amigos, Ell procedimien-
to por el inventado para cal
marse los ataques de nervios.
Els NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Prueben ustedes y Sc convence-
ran. Cuando esten amargados
por cualquier motive, cuando
sientan la necesidad de amena-
Ear a alguien con ell puio, val
ganse de hi procedimiento. Sc
cOge un papeN en- hlanco Y una
pluma, Y Sc comienzan a trazar
eses y mas eses a toda Neloci-
dad. Ell rAo de la primera csc
ACADIA, Embellishments, en- I'm
boron. La pluma, nervOsa, ha
hundido su rico en- ell papel. La
segunda csc aparece va mas lin
pia; a la sexta, ell trazo es per-
fect0 Despues de dosclentas 0.
Sc no hay nervios nj rabieta
que resistan. 10 repito: yo no
conozco sedante mas maravillo-
so.
Uno de los alll presentes Sc di
rigid entonces al inventor, para
decirle:
Sin embargo, su proceed
miento no es nuevo.
7iSabe listed de alguien que
10 haya empleado antes que 20?
-pregunta ell senior un tanto
indignado,
70 mismo.
Il Que rarol IY trazaba listed
tambien las eses sobre un pa
pei?
No; es en- 10 unico que Sc
diferencian nuestros proceed
mientos. 70, cuando intento Gu
rarme del nal humor, suelO ira
zarlas sobre la acera,
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
MdntecddO

Media taxa de azdcar. I'm
cuarto de cucharadita de sal.
Una y un tercio taxa de leche.
Dos huevos, enteros. Una taxa
de crema de leche, fuerte. Una
cucharada de extracto de vaini-
LA.
DISCOVER ell aZicar Y la sal en-
la leche. Batir las claras a pun
to de merengue. Batir las ye-
mas hasta espesarlas y decolo-
rarlas.
Batir la crema hasta espesar-
la, pero no llegar a endurecerla.
Agregar a la crema batida la
vanilla.
Combinar todos los ingredien
tes y unirlos bien.
Ponerlos a congelar. 81 Sc ha-
ce en- refrigerator, batirlo ca
da cuarto de bora.
Esta receta da seis porciones.
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
BAJO Ell PUNO De HITLER
Los incendios Sc extienden a Grecia

escribe quejandose amarga-
mente de la circulation ridicula
que ell peri6dico obtiene actual
mente. Ell director Hoff fue ell
primer p~eriodista noruego que
ingres6 en- ell partido Nacional-
Socialista. Con su primer articu
10 anunciando su conversion"
la circulation decay6 de name
ra alarmante. En- la actualidad
no queda NADIA de su antigua
circulation.
Los GIemdneS temen los
pardcGidistdS
Debido a la frecuencia de ia
les concurrencias, las penas por
ayudar a los rusos han sidO ele-
vadas en- Rumaniia. I'm decreto
que ACADIA de ser publicado en-
ell "UniVerSM" de Bucarest, la
senala:
Por dar asilo y no delatar a
un paracaidista enemigo... Pc
ma de muerte.
Por cortar alambres de tele-
grafo o por estorbar la tele-
Transmission. Pena de muerte.
Por hacer senales a aviones
enemigos por medic de luces o
de la radio. Pena de muerte.
Por dar asilo y no delatar la
presencia de extranjeros... $40
La gaceta., 1941-08-28

Londres Agosto 28.-Incen-
dios de caracter sumamente
misterioso Sc estan produciendo
con frecuencia aterrorizadora
en- toda Grecia y hasta en- Ate
mas. AL principle Ell servicio off
cial aleman "Transozean'' los
attribute al "calor excessive.
Pero en- la Ultima semana Sc ha
visto obligada a admitir que d.
chos incendios son "sospecho-
sos.
No Sc jacta de Su c%ircdGci6n
En- ell dltimo n1mero del pc
ri6dico pro-Nazi noruego cha
mer Arbeiderblad", Ell director
La gaceta., 1941-08-28

Para pintar mejor 81
casa, cOmpre la pintura
e. l.. p, vendida exclu-
sivamente por K ing
Hardware. ga. avenida
y Gale Is.
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
Ell TEMPO

Nlblados y vientos variable
Maxima aver, 80 grades; mini
ma, TS.
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
Cu4iOsidGd Historical

EQue suceso ocurri6 en- Es-
pana en- la segatndG mitad de la
segundG bora de la SegundG mi
tad del segundO dia del segun-
do mes del segundO ano de la
SegundG mitad del siglo pasa-
do?
FL intento de regicidio de la
reina dona Isabel II, perpetra-
do por ell cura Merino, a la una
y media de la tarde del dia 2 de
febrero de 1852.
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
l~NDTv1DUoS AcUsAi
-TNSJRIB1RSE ILECN
TIE

Dos intivi1os ncmaya nS'
DAVIS Frar,is Barley, dc 80
aGos, vecino &c, 17ol1a cshe p,
Y Harry N. Connall, 80, del
2318 avenida Florida, fuAron a
cusadcs aver por Ell fiscal del
condado, Joseph E. Williams,
de hacer un juramento false pa
ra calificarse como electores.
Los dos perdieron su derecho
al voto por haber sido condena-
dos como antores de felonias
por los tribunales de la Florida.
Pidi6 Ell Gran Jurado del con
dado que Sc actuara contra esos
dos individuos.
Contra un tercerc, que es bus
cado por los diputados del sher-
if, Sc hara la m;3ma acusaci6n-
La gaceta., 1941-08-28
Secretaries Fieles

Cuentase del Papa Clemente
XIV que, preguntado una vez
81 tenia confianza en- sus secre-
tarios, contest6:
Son tres, y los tres muy ca
llados.
(Y ensenaba los tres dedos
de la mano derecha que, al es-
cribir, sostienen la pluma).
La gaceta., 1941-08-28

amos de trabajos forzados.
Los telegrafistas o telefonis-
tas que no atiendan Immediate
mente a personals que deseen
delatar a paracaidistas recibi-
ran... 1920 amos de trabajos
forzados.