davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Newsmon, Visiting Red Meat Chopper Unit,
Entertained SumptuousIy in Nozi Gun Range

passed through many miles Of pic
turesque Russian countryside
countryside very characteristic OF
that in which Stains and Hitler's
armies are now waging struggle
which may decide the fate of the
world. 1t is gently undulsting land
scape as far as the eye can see in
all directions without mountains or
Earring prominences of any kind.
Mostly it is open land devoted to
the cultivation Of potatoes. clover,
wheat and fax, but through 1t all
runs lacework of evergreen groves
and forests-a reminder that this is
| the no-man's-land between the
great northern forests and the tree
less southern steppes.
Studding the countryside are the
villages-groups of small unpainted
log cabins, each the site of a COL
lective farm. And almost every viii
lage has its church, oftener than
not shuttered and abandoned, but
still the most conspicuous feature
Of the landscape. Domed Steeples
stand out on the Russian horizon
like fabulous lighthouses and villages
can be identified miles away by the
/ towers that rise above them.
| For hours today we travelled
| through this picturebook land of
/ green woods, brown fields and log
villages. I was contemplating one
of these peaceful towns about half
a mile away from the road when
/ suddenly a weird thing happened.
| Spurts Of flame and smoke began
/ leaping from little cluster Of log
houses and in moment the whole
village was submerged in great
pillar OF smoke, dust and debris.
German BOmbers Above.
1t was just like that. One minute
village lay there swathed in SUM-
shine about as far removed from
war as one could imagine. The next
moment 1t was smoking ruin.
We had seen and heard no planes.
1t was not until we stopped our car
and leaped out that we realized that
a squadron of German bombers was
overhead. They passed and we went
on our way.
The open country hereabouts is
ideal for tank warfare in dry
weather. The Germans like it, But
the patches Of frs and pines are so
thick that they are almost i'm
penetrable for tanks and ideal for
cover and ambushes. The Russians
like the forest. The division head
quarters that we visited today was
cleverly hidden among the trees
Officers and men lived underground
in shelters spaded from the soft yel-
low earth.
A friendly private led me down
into hole he shared with two of
his comrades. 1t was an excavation
about 6 feet deep and 10 feet square,
rooted with protective layer Of
logs and earth and well camoufiaged
with greenery. Blankets spread on
straw provided a dry, comfortable
bed, while minor luxury was a tiny
electric light powered from batteries
in another part of camp.
Later we visited the camps
recreation room-a big, subsurface
shelter lined with pictures of Lenin
and Stain and printed slogans
Uniformed men sat about reading
and playing chess. A surprising
feature was piano. A soldier
fingered the KEYS while another
harmonized on an accordion We
Evening star., 1941-09-26

decimating nine Nazi divisions and
reconquering a strip Of territory
several miles wide.
This was only our second day out
of Moscow and for the first time we
were within range of German guns.
We visited divisional headquarters
only three miles from the front. An
unbelievable banquet was served us
in the forest while the guns on both
sides beat merry tattoo. But
nothing hit close and our host, the
commanding officer, assured us that
the front was unusually quiet" We
did not even see a shell burst until
late in the afternoon when we were
making our way back toward the
rear.
Jerry apparently spotted our pro-
cession of cars crossing a rise. A
projectile sent up puff of dirt in a
plowed field 100 yards of the road
Picturesque Countryside.
Driving here from Viasma we
Evening star., 1941-09-26

great nations of Great Britain,
America and Soviet Russia"
The political commissar proposed
another:
ITO Churchill, Roosevelt and
Stain"
The hard-boiled major on my
right had the last word when he
raised his glass:
ITO Soviet-American friendship
This cordiality was undoubtedly
genuine.
Tonight we are bedded down in
one big room in a schoolhouse well
behind the front. Outside shellflre
beats a monotonous lullaby: Bar
rumph, barrumph, barrumph." Now
It Is far away, now nearer, but
always at a safe distance.
Copyright. 1941, Chicago Daily News, Inc)
Evening star., 1941-09-26
By A. r, STEELE,

Foreign Correspondent Of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
WITH THE RED ARMY ON THE
CENTRAL FRONT-Russian mill
tary leaders like to compare the Red
Army to a meat chopper whose
prime object is to grind down Hit
ler's strength. We met one OF these
meat-chopper divisions today at the
Yartsevo front. 1t was the unit
which had won the Order OF Lenin
the highest Soviet decoration-foI
Evening star., 1941-09-26

This Is the second OF series
of instdllments from the diary OF
the Chicago Daily NelUs CORE
spondent in Russia, ,rho has Just
returned to MoscolO after spend
ING a Week on the central front
NTH the Red Army.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
PIustics Save MetoI

The Army figures that it has saved
n 500 pounds of aluminium by using
plastic handles for 100000 knives.
Evening star., 1941-10-15

RAILROAD 0FFIC
INDUSTRIAL AMERICA is responding magni6cently the
proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency and is
exerting every effort accelerate National Defense
Program.
AT THE RISK of being accused of seseeing
bring your attention of national importance in
connection with the freight shipment situation Despite the
splendid job the railroads doing handling freight
with fewer cars than in previous peak yearshe possbi
ity of a serious freight congestion exists
TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION it has been proposed that
100000 freight be Immediately built and put into
service.
BUT IS THAT THE SPEEDY logical solution the posi-
blity of a botteneck?
1T CERTAINLY WILL NOT be speedy solution For a
of years will be required before 100000 freight
be built and before the locomotives haul
them also be built anything about the required
hundreds of thousands of of steel which
necessary the present defense production program.
FURTHERMORE 100000 but obsolete freight
cling present day slow speeds would only add the
congestion
WHAT THEN IS THE WAY to improve the situation?
SIMPLY THE ADOPTION of "one speed" rairoading with
fre1ght trains travelling passenger train speed throughout
the nation.
THEN WE COULD DO with less of present equipment,
better job than being done by the whole of it, And
with freight trains going passenger train speed the
threatened bottleneck in American shipping could
happen.
HOW IS THE IDEAL of one-speed raroadng be achieved?
SIMPLY BY ADAPTING freight the engineering
principle that has made possible reamline and
type and modernzed high speed locomotives
the adoption of Roller Bearings.
HIGHER SPEEDS AND HEAVIER LOADS simply are not
possible with plain friction bearings in railway
freight Today other form of transportation employs
plain friction bearings
THERE ISN'T A SINGLE modern truck, trailer
passenger bus the highways of America today that isn't
anti-rcon bearing equipped Can then picture this
highly important of American transportation rolling
on plain friction bearings?
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING HERE far from radical or
revolutionary, for already Roller Bearings for railway
have demonstrated their ability millions of miles of service
Evening star., 1941-10-15

xALS VI AMEk1CA
do all of these things Make high speeds possible from
engineering and economical sandp point (2 Reduce start
ing resistance of individual per 81 Reduce
maintenance costs ( Increase life of equipment (5) Elm
hotbox delays (6 Improve fuel economy. ) Increase
hauling capacity (8 Make possible fas schedules
(9)Reduce claims for damage to ladng Co Greatly reduce
inshopforepair time (11 Starting and running resistance
being less Roller Bearing equipped freight will need
fewer expensive locomotives pull the number
IF THERE WAS EVER TIME when higher speed called
for in railroad freight trains that time is now And there
urgent need to attain that speed without delay!
CONVERSION OF PRESENT EQUIPMENT. to Roller
Bearings can be accomplished without costly ay-up
stoned by taking equipment of ALI that
say slip old friction bearing replace
Roller Bearing trucks these be made ready
IF DECIDED that additional freight cars are also re-
quired-thats OK.
BUT THESE, TOO SHOULD BE equipped with Roller Bear
ngs American railroads will have bought and paid
for lot of outofdate, ou-moded obsolete equipment
ROLLER BEARINGS HAVE enormously increased the avaia
by of locomotives and just think what be done this
regard with freight when their speed be increased
match the type and modernzed high speed
locomotives.
stock beyond any question: Many railroads have themselves
proved them by years of locomotives of all types
and sizes-on henderson sleeping streamliners
all types of rolling stock. The important thing the
safety and economy of the higher speeds attained with
Roller Bearings.
"ONE-SPEED" RAnROADING is a PRACTICAL feasible mode
of operation from every standpoint
NOW IS MOST AssUREDLY NOT the time to stick to out.
moded practices and theories Now the do away
with obsolete equipment in railroading doing
every other phase of National Defense
WE HAVE WITNESSED the part speed plays in the modern
bitzkreg" Why then should similar speed be applied
railway freight?
NO GREATER CONTRIBUTION National Defense can
be made by American railroads than adopt "onespeed"
raioadng-thus bringing efficiency shipping
problems and eliminating the congestion and delays
result from slowmoving freight.
ALL OF WHICH submitted for your consideration
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
Queen Tommy Franks
Fifth on Honor Roll

LOCUST GROVE NEWS Among
the graduates of the kenneWlck
high school this year is Miss Tommy
Simmelink, daughter of Mr.. ana
Mrs. M. Simmelink and Neil SIM
melink son of Fred Simmelink. Miss
Tommy has the honor of being fifth
high in the average of grades OF the
three high school years. Junior high
graduates include Walter Reese, who
has had exceptionally good grades
during his schooling in the Kenne-
wick high.
Mrs. M. v. Heberlein spent Mon
day and Tuesday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Tom Utz in Grand
view.
Mrs. c. E. Nicoson, who has been
a patient at the Pasco hospital for
some time was removed to the home
of Mrs. M. S. Kinkaid, where she
will spend a few weeks before re-
turning to ner Horse Heaven hof'e,
A. F.. Brown and Mr.. Ridley spent
A. A. Edwards, NJ. V. Heber en-
two days last week at Rimrock
fishing. Mr. Edwards, being a novice
at the fishing game and accompan-
ing them merely for the exercise and
fresh air outclassed the whole party
in catching fish.
Locust Grove grange met Satur-
day evening at the hall The MEM
bers were entertained by Miss Betty
Lynn who played two selections on
the saxaphone.
Mrs. E. F. Reese, Miss Huldah
and Miss Minnie Reese, Otto Reese
and Mrs. Carl Reese of Hood River
were Sunday visitors at the Gus
Reese home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Anderson of
Touchet were Sunday visitors al
the home of Mrs. j. w. Root.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Richmond
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Owens, Mr.. and
my Simmelink attended the rodeo
Mrs. Herbert Owens and Miss Tom
at Stanfield Sunday where Miss
Simmelink was introduced as the
Rodeo Queen of KenneWick and Miss
Barbara Owens was introduced as
the Junior Rodeo Queen of Kenne.
wick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
TELL HER HERE

With the great expanse in busl-
ness htere comes the wider expanse
in advertising. The firm who does
the most in business does the most
in advertising. The consumer
knows that a competitive price calls
for advertising reading and tne
business man knows that in order to
sell the consumer he must first IN
form him. Advertising has brought
about a large scale buying power
and meant lower prices to us be-
cause it has meant production In a
big way! Civilization owes a great
deal to advertising and housewives
in our community appreciate.
America has a great store OF COM
modities on hand that is laid up
within our country because OF no
outlet to foreign markets. We must
utilize these goods and decide Wnere
our added money should best De
spent. Local merchants want to gel
in line and advertise to show what
they have to offer in this Increased
market.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
Lady Changers Attend
Meet in Adams County

FINLEY-Mrs. j. r. Ayers, Mrs.
A. A. Schaffner, Mrs. Dan Gerber,
Mrs. l.. T. Hampton and Mrs. e.
Sherry attended Pomona grange IN
Adams county at Sand Hall grange
Saturday.
Robert Grimshaw who has been
quite i'll Is reported improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom CARAT and
Marie Bealle spent the week end In
Spokane where they went to at
tend the. graduation exercises OF
Bonnie Leo, from the nurses train
ing at Sacred Heart hospital. Miss
Bonnie Leo returned home with
them to visit at the CARAT home
and at the home of her parents Mr..
and Mrs. George Leo.
Henry Piert and Louis Tweedt
are dressing out their turkeys this
week which they held over for
brood stock.
Mrs. Harold Witham accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. 30 Dunston of Walla
Walla to Yakima Tuesday.
j. r. Ayers returned home Tues
day evening from Idaho.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22

home Thursday to be with his t.a,
who has been i'll and assSs, 'aslle'
the farm work. VIII
Harvey Baldwin and 1aus, :,
from California visited Iast IVES
at the homese Of Mrs, cIa-o s sst
Carly and Mr.. and Mrs Pr S S NC
Carly. Mr.. Baldwin Is a ~ Ae'
Of Mrs. McCar;y. pneE
Mrs. J. r. Ayers and Mr.
Hampton attended Circle No ,ua
the home OF Mrs. Dan Beepl s' M : a
nesday. Wed
Mrs. Harvey Kerr. was 49,.
wednesday TO the Finley -
Aid. uaus
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirmit ca,v,,
Kennewick visited at the HON. y
their parents. Mr.. and Mr. =. q
Calvin Sunday. yum
Mrs. E. Sillaman Of Kerr.,..,
called Friday on Mr.. and M. w.
Schaffner. a
Mrs. Allen Horn and dan.h.
and Miss Blanche Young ~ :,
GUAM came Friday 10 visit INV NJ
mother Mrs. Maize Young ana y, !.
attend the graduation of theIr !. =
ther Vern who will graduate 49,. w
River View High. Ol
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
Nagley Telegrapher
at Station i'm Idaho

HIGHLANDS Dean Nagley is
working at Wallace, Idaho as tele-
grapher for the next month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Preston and
two sons, Bobby and Ronnie, of
Riverside, California, were Satrr-
day guests at the Wallace Preston
home. ~ .e~s =
Miss Jane Nagley left Sunday for
her work in Wenatchee after spend
ing week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Glen Nagley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Greathouse of
Prosser were Sunday dinner guests
at the II. d. Clodfelter home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stacy Warden and
Otis Cook of Seattle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Wardell of Sunnyside and Mr..
and Mrs Al Morgan of the High
lands were Sunday evening visitors
at the II. ID. Clodfelter home in the
Horse Heaven. ,-asr...
Mrs. M. L. Kippes of the River
Road spent Wednesday with her
daughter, Mrs. George Leber and
new granddaughter, Mary Kay.
Bob Taylor is suffering with a
badly infected hand which necessi-
tated lancing this week. The in
lection was caused by a nail scratch.
Mrs. M. L. Kippes and Mrs. Chas.
Robertson of the River Road and
Miss Jennie Linden of the High
lands, attended supper and card
party at the Catholic parsonage in
PaSco. s-z,., go. L. L
Little Shirley Jeber who Is stay
ing with her grandmother Mrs.. M.
L. Kippes, has been quite i'll with
glandular trouble. ~ aara ..-..s
Ellen Lape, accompanied by sew
eral Eastern Star members, motored
to Hanford tonight Thursday to
attend a $50 banquet and the
Grand Worthy Matron's visit to Mt.
Gable chapter in Hanford.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
Grange Presents Gifts
to School Students

FINLEY-Finley grange met on
Thursday with about 80 members
present. Graduation presents were
given by the grange to the high
school grange members. Those re-
ceiving them were Barbara Per-
kins, Edith Foster and Byard Slo-
cum.
Lunch was served at the close
by Mrs. Harvey Kerr and Mrs. w.
Cochran.
Grin and Jesse Lande were bust
ness visitors in Odessa Wednesday.
Mrs. William Wilson and Willard
Gray were visitors Of Mrs. Glenna
Nelson and Miss Leah Kirkpat-
rick Thursday evening.
Ed Ringuette accompanied Mr.
Turner to Yakima Thursday where
they attended a Conoco meeting
and banquet.
Mr.. and Mrs. 30 Dunstan and
son Billy of Walla Walla were din
ner guests Thursday Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Witham.
George Leo Jr. Of Seattle came
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
Miss GLASGOW Takes
Over Beauty Salon

HIGHLANDS - MIS- Dorothy
GLASGOW, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Art GLASGOW of the Highlands. has
recently purchased the Muree Beau
ty Shop in Pasco. Her many friends
congratulate her and wish her the
best of success in her new enterprise.
MIR. and Mrs. L. L. Hatley return
ed to their home in Anacortes on
Tues5av after spending the week
end with the w. L. Foraker fam
lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Torrance Taylor
were Monday evening dinner guests
at the D. E. Taylor home.
Mrs. c. H. Meyer, who has been
laid up with neuritis the past week
is improving slowly.
The Highland Sewing Club met
for it's regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday, May goth at the home OF
Mrs. Clarence Sonderman. Plans
were made to celebrate the clubs
10th anniversary and if the wealth
er permits, this meeting will be
picnic in the local park.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
THAT'S US!

The radio carries to you the most
direct news. It's flashes are hot off
the wire ahead of the newspaper
publication maybe. You listen to the
energetic commentators, to the reg
ular announcer who tells you of an
item that will later appear on the
front page of the dailies, perhaps
with a banner head. So you say,
why is it that the newspaper cir
culation has increased during the
past wear with the radio getting at
the public so satisfactorily with the
flashes? In the first place, when
the announcer or commentator fin
ishes his speech you can't lay 1t
aside and come back to 1t when you
have more time for the details. He
hasn't furnished you with the de-
tails, in most cases, but only the
high-lights of the story. If you want
to refresh your memory of some OF
the facts you can't go back and
tune in again to the same story. The
radio is cold, but the newspaper Will
carry it and that you can keep at
hand. The man who thought that
the radio would put the newspaper
out of business forgot that many OF
the announcements furnished by
the radio has been released to 1t
by newspaper wires of I1te world.
They are institutions working hand
in hand for the reporter of the air
gives you a table OF contents of
what you will find in the local news
paper. There are many of the larg-
er newspapers who have the very
effective wire photo service which
flashes pictures of events onto the
wires to be published in the news
papers for the readers benefit with
in twenty-four hours after the event
itself was snapped by the photog-
rapher. So we won't worry about
the disappearance of the news plant
here in Kennewick. 1t is probably
one of those things that you will
have with you always.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
"reminiscences
Being Items Culled From Our
Files of Ten, Twenty and Thirty
Years Ago.
TEN YEARS AGO-1931

Mrs. M. v. Mace left Monday for
Seattle to attend the graduation ex-
ercises of the Swedish hospital
where her daughter, Miss Helen is
one of the graduates.
Miss Glenna Kinkaid will spend
her vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. M. S. Kinkaid in the hills.
Word was received this week from
Vance Holcomb that he is now 10
Gated in San Francisco and working
for the United Press Association. n
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Whitbeck were
business visitors in Walla Wana this
week. -. 8. H..
The Misses Esther Hatch, Mar
garet Hawkins and Lena Mains
visited friends in Seattle.
John Tweedt and Josephine Smith
won the prizes given by the OAR. to
the pupils in each 9th grade receiv-
ing the highest marks in U. S. His
tory. -. @S
Miss Harriet Hudnall and William
Linden were married at high noon
Wednesday at the M. E church in
the presence of numerous friends
and relatives.
Five straight cars of strawberries
have been shipped from Kenne-
wick up to the present time.
The local merchants joined with
E. G. Smith the local Ford dealer
and put on Ford Day program.
The playfield conducted for the
past two years under the auspices
of the Kiwanis club will be opened
this year under the direction Of Elsie
BrOguniere. .~- ---.~-1 p F..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
TWENTY YEARS AGO-1921

Permanent organization OF the
KennewickS hospital Association was
perfected by the election of r. @.
Macmahon, president; Rev. E. r.
Altman, vice president and F. A.
Swingle, treasurer. The newly
elected officers expect to resume the
campaign to finance local hospital.
A pretty wedding took place at
the home of Mrs. Christina Larsen
Wednesday afternoon when her
daughter, Kate, became the bride of
Arthur Campbell of Anatone.
Mrs. II. P. Cramner entertained
the Shakespeare club.
Mrs. F. B. Mason of Prosser came
down Friday to attend the COM
mencement exercises and was the
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. E. Huntington.
Fifty two friends and nei, ghbors
gathered at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. C. Williams at Locust
Grove for farewell party. Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams expect to move to
Spokane soon. @s-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22
THIRTY YEARS AGO-1sl1

Messrs. Beste and Lincoln played
in an orchestra at Hover for an en-
tertainment Saturday night.
Over thirty of the friends Of Miss
Francis Olbrich were guests at her
home Wednesday evening. ...s.-,sz-z.,
A musical recital was given by the
pupils of Mrs. Kit Clifford at the
Presbyterian church. 49,, .,......-
The first crate OF N. w. grown
Strawberries to reach the big mar
kets this year were shipped from
Kennewick to Spokane by the Yah-
ma Valley Fruit Growers Associa-
ton. The crate brought SIS.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Dimick and
family of Hover visited with their
daughter, Miss Edna, over the week
end.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-05-22

After it has been tried for several
wears we still think the good old
fashioned plan by which each one
through thrift and work and self
denial, looked out for himself and
his own, a better plan than the tax
financed scheme in vogue today.
There was a pride about independ-
ence in those days that is fast ebb-
ing out of society. We can't help but
think that the old plan built a
sturdier, stronger people, because
they made their own way through
the world and stood on their own
feet. The easy life never built a
sturdy people. These things all have
a way of adjusting themselves in
nature. When a people give way
to easy living they are brushed aside
one day and their place is taken by
the race that has chosen to live the
nearest to the natural way. The
law of the jungle still is in opera
ton, whether we like to think it is
or not. The elemental law Of life is
struggle and in the struggle the fit
test only survive.