The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-10-02
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By
FOSTER GILRoY
No Foolin', Adolph

No Foolin', Adolph
uoshington-"Liberty Fleet Bay
=. celebrated over the weekend by
~ almost simultaneous launching
= "a cargo vessels from Atlantic.
uscific and Gulf shipyards, first
s.tch of 312 freighters actually un-
=, construction and the forerun-
,srs of 400 merchant ships planned
= ~ the end of 1913. On an address
marking the event, President Roose-
m promised that these and all 9TH
- American cargo carriers would
have full naval protection in deliver
mo their food and munitions to Eu-
-,rean enemies of Hitler and his
1fs. and as one evidence of this de-
animation two destroyers were
aIncted at the same time at the
soston Navy Yard a few days after
as launching of the 35,000-ton bat
tIsship Massachusetts,, second Of her
lass to be added to the navy in two
i months and one of eight awaiting
completion. 5 .
New Taxes Begin r.
MISUNDERSTANDING Wednes-
day, a brand new schedule of taxa
ion reached its long arm into every
IS. home. Income taxes won't be
felt until next March, but immed-
hely effective are new levies on
liquors, automobiles, sporting goods,
non-essential travel, playing cards,
perfumes, safety deposit boxes, tires
and tubes, night clubs and scores of
oher avenues of spending not rated
Is necessary.
Italian Bread Rationed
ROME Gravest rationing yet felt
By Killers italian dupes cuts the in
dvidual bread ration down to z
ounces daily beginning this week,
Just about what any robust italian
would consume at a single meal in
normal times. Continued reports
tum rural districts reveal a wide
spread unrest among the Italian
people, increasing daily on the ar
dal of long casualty lists from war
frunts to which Hitler has ordered
Italian troops in regions where
laly has no possible interest in the
conflicts involved.
Serbs Speed Revolt ~.
Budapest, Hungary-Reports from
Yugoslavia indicate that Serbian
glerillas have caused Hitler to with
aaW many much-needed troops
nom the Russian front to curb a re-
lof mat promised to sweep through
ne Balkan countries now under
aa1 domination. News from the
Northern nations overrun by Ger
mans, listing anti-Nazi mass move
sents IN Scandinavia, Holland and
Selgllm, have added fuel to the fire
y opposition smoldering in Slavic
1untrles ever since Hitler invaded
Russia. -.
Reds Rebuffed
New York City-A move by the
COMMUNIST wing of the American
ssaefation Of Labor seize control of
- e consolidated Edison plants in
ms city, and thereby dominate the
s8s powerful single municipal pro-
scaon unit of electrical energy in
:. Y. s., capable of cripplng tfous-
" y sources OF defense materials. was
AgaSed by the National Defense
oa : Board, which denied the
as Claim to A.. F.. of L. union
'4Soictlon over the vital plants.
New Legs Fail Him
- mdon-The new aluminium arti-
= @I legs dropped over Holland By
s = nAF companions failed to win
assoom for Wing Commander
!, Bader, legless British fly
LOW LOW a German captive. The Nazis
Ss sated to deliver the legs to their
~ sulsned prisoner, but when he
~ ~ 20 escape on them they re-
= eo MIN after 4 days of tramp
aacoast. A'ie1 1"ii'A'
West Greets Windsors
Ssaicago-on their way to the
- ranch in Alberta, Canada,
~, luke and Duchess of Windsor
= nearly three hours in this city.
~. S the Dukes first visit here
n s, asA. as Prince of Wales, and
3 ~. ssasausiastic crowd greeted them
+H trip through the city. MANY
n, .sSs recalled that the motor
Asro,o ig Bill" Thompson, former
snss OF Chicago, threatened tol
~ Alhs George in the nose" if he
Cen me to the Windy City, King
se being the Dukes father.
Expert Sees Long War
~. SsS York City-"At least three
sv,Ss years IS the prediction of the
d. OF the World War by De-
Il sSe Sess, European correspondent
e,.iTsIS saturday Evening Post. on his
I'm sc alter TOUR years absence
Z R-e U. S. He stated that Meth |
Ia - n nor Germany shows any
y " cracking, and that Russia
uOla out indefinitely"
uof Champion Murdered
lsSraagton, Ky.-Breaking into the
seSSa Country Club, where her
q M. IS stewardess, burglars kill
"a s.ss Marian Miley, 27-year-old
Ass sOn champion and critically in
= the mother. Miss Miley hasj
III safiy every important women's
al surnament IN the country ex-
@e National.