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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28
Chemurgy May
Prove Salvation of
Farming Industry
Scientists discovering
new ways of using
farm products
By II. w. Derry

Manager, New Industries Dept,
Pacific Power g Light Company
We used to be told-and to believe
that ''you can't make a silk purse
out of sow's ear"
But science, preferring to believe
in the adage of American enterprise
and initiative that there is no such
word as cant" took Sow's ear
and actually made a silk purse from
it.
Similarly, we used to think there
was nothing much we could do about
surplus crops of agriculture after We
had eaten our fill and sold all we
could. What remained, along with
the culls and waste products like
stems and stalks and pits, was just
something which had to be disposed
of-usually at some expense. It isn't
many years ago that carload after
carload of apples for which there
was no appetite were dumped into
the Columbia river.
It was wanton waste, pure and
simple. We were excellent produc-
ers who know how to draw copiOus
yields from our farms But we could
not keep our consumption in stride
with our production. Warehouses,
elevators, cold storage plants bulged
with plentiful wheat, corn, apples,
potatoes, waiting the day when
someone wanted them to eat And
each year new crops came along.
For a time there was a school of
thought that said the answer was
simple: Curtail production to the
levels of consumption and our
troubles are over; prices will he
higher and everyone will be happy.
But it didn't work that way. It
took less effort to produce loss. And
fess effort meant less jobs, less
jobs meant less buying and consum-
ing power; combined with prices
thus boosted artificially, this meant
things were getting no better fast.
But there were other people who
thought differently. They were quiet
fellows, mostly, deeply engrossed in
their various occupations. There was
the progressive farmer whose crops
were always big because he made as
much use as he could of the surplus
and waste products of his labor to
keep his acres rich. There was the
successful business man to whom
waste of any sort meant loss of eff
ficiency somewhere. There was the
alert industrialist, always looking for
new materials to employ in the
fierce competition to increase pro
duction and lower prices. Finally,
there was the resourceful chemist
and his brother scientist, always
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28
Seven Wrecks
Reported Locally
in 24-HOur Period
No serious injuries are
reported, but one car
was demolished
WNU Service)

Seven wrecks in twenty-four hours
in and near KenneWick set some
kind of a local record. One car was
completely demolished, but there
were no serious injuries resulting
from any of them.
Saturday night l.. G. Lande, of
Portland collided with Bert LaBoard
of Richland near the Pardini place
on the highway west of town. La
Board was fined SIS and costs on a
negligent driving charge as a re-
suit. The LeBoard car was dam
aged $40 and the I,ande car SO.
Late Saturday night j. r. Schus-
ter struck the Sam Lawrence car
going in the same direction, causing
his car to turn over, resulting in $500
damage and about $40 to the Law
renee car.
The most serious wreck occurred
about l o'clock Saturday night when
a new Ford, driven by Everett M.
Anderson of Hanford, hit the guard
rails near the Riverside Market on
the highway about a miles west of
town, taking out ten posts. There
were five men in the car, all Of
whom sustained injuries, but none
serious enough for medical atten-
tion. The car was completely de-
molished.
The same night F. M. Edwards of
Arlington collided on the same high
way with NJ H. Lazerton of Walla
Walla. Edwards car was damaged SIS
and the Lazerton car $50, but there
were no injuries. /
Dale Kramer of Richland and
John Lewis of Kennewick had a
collision in town, with Kramer's
damage amounting to $25 and Lewis
SIS.
Half a mile west of the O.-W.
overhead crossing on the same high
way, a car driven by Axel Holmgren
of Walla WaIa ran off the road and
toppled over, with no serious in
juries to occupants or the car.
A flat tire caused another wreck
half a mile west of the irrigation
canal crossing, causing the car to
upset. Mrs. M. M. Gray, driver of
the car and her mother, Mrs. Cora
Bean, had superficial injuries, while
Emery Hedges, the other passenger,
sustained a broken collar bone.
ALI of these wrecks, with one ex-
ception, occurred on the same road
and within "a hours of each other.
Some kind of a record.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28
1. o. o. F. Hold Special
Meet for Grand Master

AT the regular meeting Monday
evening the I. o. o. F. completed
plans for a special meeting to be
called September honoring Grand
Master BuckmaSter, accompanied by
members of the Grand Odd Fellow
lodge and Rebekah assemblies. In
vitations were extended to the PaSco
Kiona and Prosser lodges and wives
and to the local Rebekah assembly
70 attend the open session. It is
quite an honor to have the Grand
Master here in the Kennewick lodge
and all the members are urged to at
tend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28

Chicago, Ill.-Barbara Hall, 49,
year-old of this city, nu-enamels all
cast-off chairs as a result of Fall
cleaning. She plans to divert all
the newly done pieces to charitable
organizations and Aid to Britain.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28
Political Strife
|Hampering Every
National Move
H. G.. West says UNA
tilla Dam bill to be tied
with two others

"The bill authorizing the con-
Struction of the Umatilla dam will
undoubtedly pass this session of con-
gress," H. G. West, executive secre-
tary of the Inland Empire Water
ways Association told members of
the Kennewick chamber of COM
merce this noon. Mr.. West has re-
Gently returned from a lobbying trip
to the national capital and is in
close touch with the Columbia River
development project. However, in
spite of all that we could do, the
bill will probably he hooked up with
the st. Lawrence Waterways pro-
ject and the Florida ship canal, both
controversial projects" he said.
There is also a serious debate con-
corning the handling of the Column
bia development he said. One group
favors an authority such as the iva,
while the other group favors a three
man local governing board. This
subject, he warned, should be brot
before and discussed by every or
ganization in the Pacific Northwest
and the decision of the people made
known to the delegations in congress
having the determining in hand.
Chambers of commerce, oranges and
all other civic organizations should
be fully Informed and definite, con-
clusions arrived at, not for Just the
present, but for a longtime future
handling of the situation.
The construction of the Umatilla
dam is the key, Mr.. West said, to
any further development on the up
per Columbia and Snake rivers. Army
engineers favor its construction, but
he said it was doubtful if the dam
could be constructed now without
the inclusion of the power deyelop-
ment. This would increase the con-
struction costs from $23 100000 to
$45, 000, 900 he said.
He pointed out that the economic
justification for the construction of
the dam was proven by the tire
increase in the tonnages
hauled during the past year, more
than ten times the amount handled
the previous year Both upriver
loads and down had shown that wa
ter transportation on the Columbia
had taken an important role in the
economics of the Northwest, he said.
Mr.. West said that factional po-
litical pickering was responsible for
the muddle the nations capital is in,
and this is being indicated in al
most every measure which congress
considers. The two major political
parties are fighting more for post
war control than for the present
success in the defense work. A third
party, unable to control either of the
larger parties, he said, is striving
to come into power in
1914. All this political strife is
hamstringing every effort to accom-
plish individual projects.
He also pointed out that even If
the Umatilla dam project were auth
orized, still remained the task OF Sc
curing the appropriation for its
construction. He said he thought
the authorization would pass, but
that the big battle then would come
in getting the appropriation for its
construction from the next congress.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28

DOUBLE HOLIDAY

Kennewick families are busy
making plans to celebrate the
double holiday. No local observ-
ances Of Labor Day are to be held,
but there will be annual doings
at PrOsser and Pasco as well as at
other towns in the state. Kenne-
wick business houses will be closed
all day Monday, so housewives are
warned to have enough groceries
on hand to last until Tuesday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Winkenwerder
were business visitors in Yakima on
Wednesday. ~. .- "ss.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. G. Hansen Of
Tacoma are house guests at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. A. T..
Belair. Ill.,. ..:a.. ....-..--.-.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-28

Mrs. Louella Goodnight was mar
ried this afternoon in PaSco to j.
L. Tucker, according to word receiv-
ed here this evening.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-28
; Die, Traffic
Toll Now III

Detroit's traffic toll mounted 10
pit today with three more deaths
from auto accidents.
The dead were Rufus Hayes. II,
Of 3545 Wabash avenue: Robert
Stoddard.- Cd of ga Sprnat street,
and Florian Gang, rs, of 5246
Fourth avenue.
Meanwhile. Phillip Leon. 80. OF
$500 East Willis avenue was held
by Hamtramck police who said he
confessed 10 being the hit-run
driver who killed Leo Michocki,
So. of 2209 Denton avenue, Ham
tramck. in safety zone near Mi
.chockiS home
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-28
I||ustrious' Fight
With Stukds as
.ToIdby0ffieer

For four days his majesty's
aircraft carrier Illustrious fought
a battle for its life against 40
Nazi bombers and in the end IL
was the Illustrious which limped
away victorious, the sea around
her strewn with the wreckage Of
100 German planes.
Those four days of bitter fight
ing and four days of feverish re-
pairs as bomb after bomb struck
the ship were retold 10 1000 De-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-28

by
Capt. G.. Sey-
mour Tuck ex-
ecutive officer
of the ship at
the ID troit
Economic Club
luncheon.
The Illustri-
Gus, now being
repaired in an
eastern Ameri-
can shi pyard.
had only 10
minutes warn
ing of that first
attack. Captain
Tuck revealed.
Only a few
of the ships
planes were in
the air. two of
them were out
of ammunition.
AS the Nazi
ID "A n q g a D.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-28
EaInan Acts to ThWarf
Arms Plant BOIllberS

Admitting that bombs have been
found in packages sent to Detroit
defense plants. Police Commits
sioner Frank Eaman today said
he will add two men TO the staff
Of the departments scientific
laboratory TO operate an x-ray
and Horoscope used TO detect ex-
plosives.
Eaman also said that he Is con-
sidering suggestion by Lieut..
James Payne. head of the labora-
tory, that all precinct stations in
areas where there are defense in
dustries be equipped with large
oil drum, 20 or % sandbags and
several mattresses for handling
bombs.
"The oil. mattresses and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-28

sandbags would be absolutely
necessary In destroying bombs
which may be discovered by the
use of the portable Horoscope
and X-ray and would probably
save some ones life,v said
Payne.
Eaman's revelation that bombs
have been sent 10 defense plants
here came as the result of a re-
quest 90 Common Council for $3.50
to buy equipment TO detect such
explosives. The request was
granted.
Eaman refused. however. to say
how many bombs have been re-
ceived by Detroit plants or Ia
whom they have been sent.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-28
10 Dead in Tornadoes

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, oct. IS. --
.GNS)-The death toll stood at 10
today from two tornadoes which
ripped through widely separated
Arkansas towns Sunday night,
crumbling many small homes.
More than 100 persons were in
jured Worst of the two twisters
struck Hamburg, where ID deaths
were counted.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-28

A q ~ q
preached four other fighters were
launched off the ships deck. In
all there were six planes TO fight
100 NaZi raiders.
In that first attack 33 dive
bombers got through the Illus
trious' blanket of anti-aircraft fire.
At less than 300 feet they dropped
their LOO bombs. Six hit the
deck. The plane elevator was de-
stroyed, the hangar under the
deck was smashed. Captain Tuck
was thrown from his feet by the
blast.
SHIPS SEAMS OPENED
The seams of the ship were
opened. water poured in as the
pumps worked frantically 10 stop
il rise. The steering gear mechan-I
ism was wrecked and the ship
spun helplessly in circles.
An hour later the planes, re-
loaded with bombs, were back.
This time one bomb started a fire
under the quarter deck, detach-
ment OF seamen put IL out as
shrapnel from their own gun
rained down upon them.
A third attack followed and this
time there were Italian planes
with torpedoes. Her steering gear
gone. the Illustrious was maneu-
Yering with -her- engines but she
managed TO swing away from the
paths of the torpedoes.
FOLLOWED THREE DAYS
Then the big ship crept away
TO Malta. but the NaZis followed
and for three days as she lay in
the harbor racing 10 make repairs
she was the target of German
bombers.
Finally she escaped. passed
through the Suez Canal. circled
Africa and came 10 the United
States. Soon she will be back
in service.
Captain Tuck. promoted by the
British Navy, is on his way 10
England to assume new COM
mand.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
ALI Legion Units Will Meet
Sunday To Perfect Plans For
Big Convention Next Week

Everything Is going along fine
right nov. and we want 10 keep il
that way"
Medals we're received yesterday
BY the convention corporation 20
be issued by the delegates to the
American Legion. tho Legion 3
auxiliary. the 80 x 2. tire play
and honor organization 81 the
American Legion ard the and
-. the comparable organization
with the auxiliary.
There are 1900 American L.
giou medals. 800 of the auxiliary.
200 ~ the 90 Il q and ifSo of the
q ard 80 Medals are rot issued 60
everyone attending tile cnnvsn-
ton, only 10 thoae wFgo register
In general the medals are ail
alike Tney Nave . KY ard IRE
word West fashsoned ard err
graved ever the top Of fher
There i = picture o. 3 palas tree
ana a Spanish rfsuFnha dancer ur.
Continued ca Psge Ssxl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15

Il special meeting OF ali the
American Legi0nS auxiliary
chaunen ard all the American
Legion chairnnen Of committees
Is scheduled for .. m. Sunday
without fail In the headquarters
nf the Key West Convention cor
Fsoration, La Corcha hotel build
arg.
II was decided at last nights
meeting Of the convention cor
poratioa r. hold tire special meet
ing 50 as to give final instructions
30 The committee chawmen. 70
outline the fuil duties u each
chairman ard 20 issue them with
badges and other means o. sden-
tsicatsorl
This sill he the most i'm
poTfana meeting ~ the committee
ef1airren Albert Mills. eKecu.
tive director 81 ire convention
eorporztion. said today 1T w1Ii
he the tast opportunity 70 inter
vsew thaxr before ih0 eunveHtAez.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
JACK LONG BEING
COURT 'MARTIALED
ARRAIGNED ON CHARGE OF
THEFT FROM GOVERN
MENT PROPERTY

Jack Long, held on a charge OF
stealing an automobile and money
from his companions at army
barracks, this afternoon is facing
court martial on charges of
theft from government property
and desertion.
County Judge William V. AL
bury, who heard charges against
Long and turned him over to the
army for trial, has been called as
a witness in the case and Deputy
Bob Combs, who arrested the
young man on the keys, also will
appear.
A large board of officers makes
up the examining group in the court
martial Officers at the barracks
said this afternoon the trial prob
ably would continue for several
hours.
Long was arrested after he had
wrecked on the KEYS car which
he admitted in county court had
been stolen from the barracks
He also admitted rifling lockers
at the barracks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
CORONER'S JURY
RENDERS VERDICT
In CARTER CASE
FOUND THAT NEGRESS AT
CARD SOUND MET DEATH
ACCIDENTALLY BY BEING
DROWNED

A coroners jury at Card Sound,
presided over by Peace Justice
Enrique Esquinaldo, has found
that Leila May Wilson Carter, 30
year-old negress, came to her
death accidentally by drowning
when a car in which she was rid
ing plunged through the Card
Sound bridge on the night of
April 8.
The jury convened Friday, but
Esquinaldo went from there to
Miami and returned here last
night with the verdict.
Investigators in the case heard
a tale of heroism concerning
Bobby Lee Treadway, one of the
three other occupants of the ma
chine. With a gale blowing at
from 40 to so miles an hour and
in pitch dark, TreadWay Owed
from the bridge six times in an eff
fort to reach the car and rescue
the woman.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
Tampa Grand Jury Indicts
Alice Reid; To Be Tried
In Court Here On May 5

A federal grand jury in Tampa
has indicted Alice Reid, former
operator of a bawdy house at
l0l6 Howe street, on two charg-
es of white slavery. She will be
tried in federal court here May
5, which is the opening day of
the session.
The woman, who is charged
with transporting Margaret Allen
and Frances Marchand to Key
West for immoral purposes, has
been in county Jail since early
last month, unable to make a S.
900 bond.
She was arrested along with
her husband, Marvin Griffin, by
FBI agents who came here in a
swift raid. Griffin was released
with no charge filed against him,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
ANOTHER CASE
OF CLOTHING
FOR BRITAIN
SECOND SHIPMENT BEING
PREPARED IN KEY WEST
BY MRS. MARY II. BARKER.
LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE

Spring and the arrival of warm
weather for Key West has brought
an increase i'm the number of win
ter clothes donated locally for
Bundles TO Britain. Mrs. Mary H.
Barker, local representative Oh
the group, said today.
A second packing case filled
with wooden clothes has been pre-
pared for shipping and soon will
join the case sent several weeks
ago in the Bundles for Britain
headquarters at New York
+ Instructions sent from the
Bundles headquarters reveal that
buttons constitute another prob
lem for Britain's harrassed citi-
zens. The instructions say: will
you. in the future, tack two or
three extra buttons on all new
garments, since buttons are al
most impossible to replace in
England. Tapes are preferable to
buttons and snaps whenever it is
practical to substitute them"
The instructions continue:
Please do not send hats--bel
rets which can be packed flat are
the only exception.
we ask that YOU do not send
white shoes unless they are rub
ber-soled and in perfect condi-
ton.
THE only cotton clothing that
is acceptable is for children and
only heavy cottons for women.
Please remember at all times
that garments must be: Ass-In
perfect condition: B-cleaned;
c. Mended
Mrs. Barker receives donations
for the group at her home, 623
Margaret street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
Grand Jury To Start New
Investigation In Stang|G
Murder OF Cecilia Trunks
Circuit Court Will Meet
Next Week; Lester To
Present Evidence In
Case

A circuit court grand jury
next week will launch a new
probe into the mysterious stran-
gle murder of Mrs. Cecilia
Thompson Turks. whose nude.
earotfed body was found in a
room at the Alice Reid bawdY
house on Howe street the morn
ina of Feb. 8.
]. Lancelot Lester. assistant
state attorney, said this morning
he will present evidence in the
case to the grand jury after it
conVenes early next week. A
coroner's jury, after sitting all
evidence which had been uncov-
cred and sending articles from
the woman's room to FBI head
quarters, marked the case I'M
solved.
Circuit Judge Arthur. Gomez
will draw 36-man panel April
81 and 10 Of the men will be
selected to make up the grand
jury.
Lester said today he is not GER
tain what other cases will come
before the jury and pointed out
that the group is free TO investi-
gate anything chosen lay its mems.
berS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
MACKING BOUND
OVER TO COURT
ADMITTED HE HAD NOT REC
ISTERED FOR SELECTIVE
SERVICE

Albert Macking, held on a vag-
rancy charge, this morning was
bound over TO criminal court UNI
der $50 bond and the way was
opened for more serious charges
when he admitted he had not reg
istered for selective service.
Macking, an Austrian citizen.
said he had been turned down in
an examination for American
citizenship He was i'm Jackson
vile on the day when all men of
his age were required to register
for army service, but told Peace
Justice Enrique ESquineldo, Jr.,
that he had not made the reeistra-
ton.
Macking, who is 36, was picked
up by Deputy w, A, Parrish after
he ksd been found lettering for
several days around the CCC
camp at Summerland key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
DR.. |. |. PARKS
PAID VISIT HERE

DR. L l. Parks. director of
local health service. Florida
State Board Of Health. was a visi-
tor 10 the Monroe County Health
unit on Saturday He was accom-
panied hy Mrs Parks and family.
DR. Parks discussed various ac-
tivities Of the health unit. such
As maternal and child health.
control az vencreal disease and
tuberculosis and sanitation in
Monroe county.
He stated that he was very
auch pleased with his visit 10
Key West, saying that he found
everything in very good condi-
tton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
SMALL BLAZE ON
SOUTHARD STREET

Fire apparatus was called out
last night approximately 900
O'Clock in response to an alarm
sounded from box "a, corner of
Southland and Elizabeth streets.
On arriving at the scene there
was a small fire located in the
house occupied by Ray Elwood on
Southland street, two doors from
the corner of Elizabeth.
There was practically no dam
age resulting. the fire having
been extinguished before the ar
rival Of the apparatus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-15
Germans Plunge Through
Greek And British Units
tBy Associated PreSsl

tBy Associated PreSn
German mechanical divisions
today were plunging through
combined Greek and British lines
as deep as so miles into Greece.
Athens admitted the line had
been cracked in several places and
Berlin said German troops had
broken the line loose at each end
and captured a city II miles
northwest OF Mt. Olympus.
Italian troops are admitted in
Athens to have rccaptureG Coritza
and another Italian army is driv-
ing into Yugoslavia IN a sector
about 40 miles south of the capital
al Belgrade.
In the face of the swift German
success IN cracking their strongest
defense line, British generals adj
mitted the situation was danger
Gus bat predicted their troops
would be able TO reach a defen-
sive position farther back.
Berlin has insisted that British
troops will be evacuated from
Greece soon and a report today
said the movement already had
begun. with British soldiers on
the way back 10 Africa.
Another unconflrmcd report
from Berlin said Yugoslavia has
asked for aTInIstce terms
A London spokesman said the
situation IN Greece and IN the
Mediterranean area is serious.
but not critical
Athens SAID German attacks
have resulted in frightful losses
e life 10 the Nan army, but sd-
united that Panzer divisions were
plowlng steadily forward
ROYAL AIR Force operations CON
tlnued IL occupy a prominent part
of the Allied operations. wIth
British planes bombing steadily
IN the path Of the advancing Ger
mans.