The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-24
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President Urges Extended Service

President Urges Extended Service
Washington - Reminding the
country that he had already pro-
claimed national emergency Presi-
dent Roosevelt broadcast an appeal
to Congress that men now in train
ing camps be held over beyond their
original one year term, because the
International crisis demands the
completion of their army training
and the maintenance of a strong
mobile force until the existing
emergency passes. Despite the oppo-
sition of the isolationist bloc, lead
by Senator Wheeler inside congress
and former Colonel Lindbergh,
decorated with Hitler's German
Gross, on the sidelines, it is believ-
ed that an extension of the train
ing period will be passed in both
houses. -,
Landon Approves Extension
Topeka, kansas Though an I'M
sparing critic of administration pol
icies, former Governor Alfred NJ.
Landon, defeated by Mr.. Roosevelt
for the Presidency in 1886, announc-
ed his support of the Presidents
plea to keep selecteeS and National
Guardsmen under arms beyond their
original years service. IT am COM
PEELED" he stated brought about
partly by the Presidents policies, to
take the position that it is unsafe
to release from service these men
who have had some physical train
ing and some fundamentals of mill
tary coordination"
Oil Crisis Grows
Washington Three moves this
week emphasize the critical shortage
in the country's oil supply. In an
appeal to Is states on the Atlantic
Seaboard that depend on tankerS
for their oil, the Department of the
Interior asks that they reduce con-
sumption of gasoline by one-third
before next winter At the same
time, Secretary Ickes informed pri-
waite owners of tankerS that the
Government would require 100 of
their ships as soon as they could be
diverted from their regular routes,
Is of them being needed at once
for speeding oil to Britain and Ice
land. He warned that until pipe
lines could he rushed from the
Southwestern fields there would be
an acute shortage of gasoline in the
East. From another Federal depart
ment came a surprising demand
upon oil companies that they justify
their 194O-41 advertising expendi-
lures on gasoline, lubricants and
all other petroleum products. As
sistant Attorney General (sTrust-
Buster") arnold wants to know
what newspapers, magazines, radio
chains, billboards and direct-mail
advertising the oil companies used,
how much it cost, and why, if there
isn't enough oil to supply the de-
mand? e pssss.a- + Il
Bolivia Bans Huns -
La Paz, Bolivia-In sudden move
to head off further plotting by Nazi
terrorists in this country, the gov
eminent declared a state of siege
throughout the nation. The Ger
man Minister was ordered to leave
the country and police began round
ing up notorious Hitler gangsters
for deportation. There were no dis
orders on the part of the public.
Auto Cut Planned - ~
Observation-Disclosures dealers
face a heavy loss if the President
upholds an order by Leon Hender-
son, Price Administrator to cut next
seasons output of cars by SO per
cent. Even though most Of the big
auto factories are engaged in heavy
defense production, they are prepar-
ed to keep their sales organizations
intact by holding car output as near
an average as possible. If they are
forced to cut their normal output in
half, the loss will fall on the retail
dealer, who has no defense orders
to take up his slack" once his used
car lot is cleaned out.