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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06
Richland Girl HOnOred
With Bridal Shower

CHIAND-Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. John Krohling,
Mrs. Krohling and Mrs. Albert
Hackney honored Miss Billie Mark
ham with a bridal shower. There
were twenty guests present. Miss
Markham received many beautiful
gifts Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostesses. Out-of-
town guests were Mrs. Lampson,
Mrs. Faulds, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Lewis
and Mrs. Bob Christensen all of
Kennewick. Sunday, March %
Miss Markham will become the
bride of Bryon Lampson of Kenne-
wick.
Mrs. r. r. Mcintosh, Mrs. Earle
Jones and Mrs. Sydney Relton at
tended the regular meeting of the
Alma Chapter of the Eastern Star
in Kennewick Tuesday evening.
Guests at the home of MIR. and
Mrs. Harry Dillon Sunday were Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer F'inkle, j E. Jones
of Kennewick and John Dillon of
Zillah.
Hazel Olsen and James Booth,
both of Richland were married Sat-
urday. They will continue to make
their home here.
The Richland Literary Society
met Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Earle Whitehead for a one O'Clock
luncheon. Mrs. S C. Muncey and
Mrs. Marvin Skeen were the assist
ing hostesses. The Afternoon was
devoted to the study of different
grades of china.
MIR. and Mrs. r. r. Mcintosh were
visitors Sunday in Wapato.
Carl Erickson attended the ski i!
ng tournament which was held at |
5noqualmie last Sunday.
Bruce Hixon of Republic is visit |
ng this week at the Fred Markham
home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

We read in one of our exchanges
the other day of village comnuaity
club that when the time came to
work out a problem for a new year
went out with pledge cards and got
the business men of the community
to pledge to give a stated number of
hours service during the year to
community work. The theory back
of the move was that if the men OF
the town would give their time, the
money necessary could be secured.
It is a new idea and looks like
good one.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06
MARCH

MARCH
Back on the old Roman calendar
March was the first month of the
year. They were a smart people,
those Greeks, for surely the month
of March signifies beginning of a
new year in new life. March over
comes January in growth and its
wind tempers itself to being mild
and often balmy, the song of the
bird seeps through March days and
few persevering crocus and tulip
push up their heads to proclaim
that the Greeks had the righ5 word
for it. Days begin to lengthen and
winter darkness gives way to more
daylight for mans WORK in Keore-
wick. March does have a way of
dampening our enthusiasm as she
causes her winds to chill our glow,
her storms to stamp on our senti-
ment. But we remain true to cur
faith in her as the forerunner of
spring and feel that indeed does
March herald in a new year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

We have often heard the state
ment some day the taxpayers will
rebel" They won't. Taxpayers can't
rebel. They couldn't get anywhere
If they did. They would be merely
wasting their time. Some one once
said, power to tax is the power to
destroy" Once a tax is levied it is
never taken Off. Not only that,
1t continues to increase as time
goes on. The only time the tax
payer gets relief is when the load
becomes so great he can't pay and
ne goes down before the tax eat
ing juggernaut.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

his controlled German newspapers. They've starved
stood in line, marched to their deaths in dastardly
and cowardy conquests, those Russians. They've
known no liberty. They've lost what little chance
they had to gain the worlds respectful because
they didn't know. r. # I'D.
I'll tell you why your newspapers won't quit serv-
ing you, why they will 60 keeping you the best
informed men and women in the whole world.
You won't LET them quit. You are the dictator
here in Amerca-you, the ordinary citizen. When
any paper dspleases you fails live up to what you
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

Benton City folk can we'll feel
proud of their accomplishment in
securing Karl Olsen to speak there
Tuesday. The mechanics of Sc
curing such a speaker for such a
small community is beyond the or
binary and the sponsors are GER
tainly to be congratulated. The
whole affair was well laid out and
the preliminary work exceptionally
well done. 1911. - ..
The fact that upwards of thous-
and people in this small community
are thinking of the vast economic
changes which are today taking
place in this country is enough to
give one pause to ponder. Mr.. Olsen
gave them plenty to think of along
this line, too.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06


IF you quit reading your newspaper, you'd soon
lose touch with what happening outside your home.
You'd see no threats of dictators, no warnings of
Americas unpreparedness. You'd sense no dangers
from any corrupt practice in business or government
or schools or on social fronts You'd miss the good
things, the advances of civilization, too.
Furthermore, if you quit reading newspaper adper-
fisen1ents-which are, of course, only news about
the goods and services and values that make your
home secure and comfortab1e-you'd soon lose your
sense of value. You'd not know how many dollars
and pennies you needed to keep you warm and safe
until more dollars came in.
In short, without news-both kinds of news, that
OF what is happening and that of what good things
are in the market placeyoud be unable to exercise
the JUDGMENT selfgoverning citizen must have
today.
But suppose your newspapers quit serving you'll
Suppose they refused to open their pages to store
keeper Smith when he had a bargain for you or re-
fused IN stocekeepe Brown when he met Smiths
competition with something newer and better7
Suppose your newspapers gave you no news, only
Hes and manufactured propaganda, always favorable
to the man or the clique in power.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

A neighboring editor observes that
the time has come to make out The
income tax return. If, he says, you
don't make it out correctly you may
go to jail, so take your choice. A
local man who has been battling his
report for the past two weeks says
that after such an effort one very
often doesn't care much where he
goes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

lows: William Mills 81, J. R. Ayers
"a, Mrs. Beal 81 and Livingston 3.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton, who have
been helping with the work al the
Glen Tholman home during Thol-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

What sort of equality under the
law is it that calls upon young men
TO leave their homes and friends and
business and serve in the army for
$50 a month while the men who
build the barracks in which the
young men are quartered receive ten
to fifteen dollars a day and are pro-
tected in their demands?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

mans illness, returned a !,
home in Walla Walla this " W, tAell
BuI McGH'r" resumed w "esh
the TideW. ,nsnar,o., work 10
Alfalfa on IL lay. 70 q
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

The man who does the very best
he can all day has no need to make
any apologies when night comes, he
has nothing to be ashamed of when
night comes, and the man who does
the best he knows how every day
OF his life has nothing to be asham-
ed OF when the final chapter of his
life is written.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06
Thieves
Of Liberty
AI>nIILNI <IIIAnr,ra
BY NORMAN CHANDLER
choirmon,
Newspaper Publishers Committee

Newspaper Publishers Committee
A HUNDRED thousand years ago a
"A man built a bright fire in front of
his cave-to keep out other men and
aninalswhowould disturb Insecurity.
You, today, are still tending that
flame. You do not live in a cave, per-
haps, and you feed no actual logs into
a literal bonfire. But the dangers to
your security, the risks of your free
dom are just as real even though their
forms Y,oau boxre ~boooeJ
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

This happened in Russia. And all the Russians
became the dupes of Stain, who joined Hitler while
Hitler's curses of Communism were still echoing in
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

More people than ever realize the
truth in There is no place like
home"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

"Why is it," asks a Kennewick
housewife, that the biggest and
best vegetables and fruit always
work their way to the top Of tine
baSket?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

81 don't expect to be paid for this
advertising" smiles Floyd Higley,
''but why wouldn't Dodge be a good
name for all autos? If it isn't the
payments it's the pedestrians"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06

A revenue-raising proposal that is
meeting with statewide approval is
Governor Langlie's pinban tax
measure, which passed the senate
Tuesday. The bill calls for 10
percent stake" on games of skill
and 20 percent take on games of
chance. A 20 percent tax on the
receipts of slot machines and otn-
er devices which have been legalized
in clubs and which have increased
by the hundreds the past few years
would return an estimated So ,O00, 900
in new revenue to pay senior citi-
zens' grants. It might serve double
purpose by causing the operators to
tighten up the machines to a
point where the average John Pub
lie would see the futility of trying
to beat a game that's stacked
against him and save his nickels,
dimes and quarters so that he could
take care of himself in his old age.
We're for it whichever way it might
work.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06
PICK ED j p
TOWN

"Our doctors keep busy finding
ways to lengthen our lives" sug-
gests c. L. Holcomb, land our die
tators keep equally busy trying to
find ways to shorten it,"
with economy popping up all
over the place." says George Turner,
what would happen if filling sta
lions would stop giving out road
maps?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-03-06
MEDICINE FOR THE NEEDY

One serious charge made against
the medical profession is that the
cost of it's service puts it out of reach
of considerable proportion of the
American people.
That charge has been thor ;ugflly
investigated, and found to be large
ly baselesS. Tile Bureau of Medlca.
Economics of the Amer can Medical
Association has made an exhaustive
study, and found that there are few
persons in this country desiring
medical aid who are unable to OBJ
tain it. When queried, the mayors
of hundred typical cities OF all
population brackets testified that
there was no neglect Of the poor
because of their inability to pay.
Anyone who has seen the nedi-
cal profession in action knows the
truth of this. The average doctor
can give part of his day to The care
of patients VINO pay him. Many
hours in each week are given to
charitable work in hospitals, homes
and institutions, treating the indi-
gent whom he knows will never be
able to meet bill. The great ma
jority of doctors base their charges
on the ability to pay-and those who
can pay nothing are given the same
scrupulous treatment as The veal
thiest patient.
It is reliably estimated that the
doctors of this country give at least
$1,000,0O0 day worth of free serv-
ice to the sick. That comes to $685.
100000 a year-a munificent contri-
button indeed to the cause of public
health. The old saying that time is
money" is particularly applicable to
the doctor-alld he gives it ge l.r-
ously to the needy.
The fact chat the general stand
ard of health in this country is far
above that of the rest of tie world is
the best possible commentary on the
quality and extent of American med
lcal service. No man or woman,
no matter now meager his resources,
need lack expert attention i'll time |
Of accident or illness.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01
} Serial STORY
CALIBAN FROM CALEB

Ger steps IN front of him. where
va think you're goin'?"
Angus Is in no mood to let
minor obstacles block his way.
I'm in a hurry, Officer"
"Nobody's goin' in there
unless you happen to live in this
place, and I doubt it"
II got business" says Angus.
With q flip Of his arm, he pushes
the policeman aside and streaks
for the stairway. He races up
the stairs three steps at time.
The faint ray of hope that may
be all this excitement isn't about
Adoreen dissolves when he sees
another uniformed gent stand
ing guard in front of her door.
"Lemme in there he orders.
Just minute, Buddy the cop
barks. int unless" The cop
is whirled around like a swing
ing door and when he stops spin
ming, Angus is inside the apart
ment.
Inspector Callahan is examin-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01

sth@n >hesded fnse for the dock.
Automatically syerypne scatter
Cd, but the man g The Wfseol
eayo, & = tSvia and SOFT only
sla1hnned into NJ dock.
.That was MY inttudustion 70
0us Key. He was, the hrst man
of. He made the rope fast, yell
Cd md then with the rest OF the
crew at his heals headsd up
through the sheds for tie pay
masters office. They had . full
boat Of that golden fish this
night and they knew they had
plenty coming TO them.
The Captain was the last. He
had 70 check with the foreman
Of the bobberS who by now were
swarmins over the Happy Bar
maid In the first stages Of un-
loading. Then he, too, was off to
the shed where ! met Gus Key,
who il angular. nearly six feet
and blg-hearteo.
A pub was his first port Of
call. where two glasses Of beer
cost him $40 because two glasses
of beer meant two rounds for the
house. Then, outside. There was
no lack Of transportation at this
hour. A fleet Of taxis was lined
UP and Gus Key became the
owner Of one for the night. Most
every unbombed small store
which shipmen patronize was
keeping open. They knew by
morning much of this money
would be spent.
If they were thinking of Gus
Key. they were right. Nearly
$500 he spent without batting
an eye. He has wife and three
children. which doesn't worry
him because, like all the fisher
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01

batau q ths ons thy ksph11no
across the stage uiSh4ly Il ~
play back q 1893 . s.
2 Hut earns IL dawn I'D 4 ~
Key LETT for homn IA he ,to1i
with his na6oeel54fd. TlttIo11 ~
driftsd away and then The wotS]
erfrout spots were deserted; To
fish docks, too were empty. III
extra coqstAbles who had hooR|
On duty wefs ~ stttiag n IL
small wharf hut: resting r.
drinking tse s4tsr . nieht whiek|
they said was hardly N<IcosnA
even once N every three weSles3
The fish cleaners, who :haA
worked 1t top speed to unload
clean, pack and move. the fiulS1
from the sheds before any IN.
cendtaries might come raining
down, had left too. 2
copyright. 1941. NEA Servicel
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01

From English east coast sea-
ports, small boats like this set
ont 70 DO battle with northern
gales and come back with
q boatload Of fish "as good as
. boatload Of gold"
bonus money; the mate can fig
ure on ut least the $500 which
is 200 pounds, while the mem
bers Of the crew always average
80 pounds.
When three weeks are up, the
bobbers who unload. clean and
pack the fish, begin gathering
during the late hours of night In
the wharf sheds along the quay
where the fishing fleet docks.
They seldom have definite word
that the boats are coming be-
cause no longer do these ships
use wireless. But usually-as on
the night ! spent from midnight
to morning with Gus Key, first
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01

nan who WRIT IT .. semDany.
~ hos IA aryqnGem6nt Wherepy
~ wife dr0kl , salary each
weak for hGr11af and tho ehq-
,dron. 80 whist ~ Sets from the
pGyunaster 6 NJ Snd OF : tSip
y what he con9idsrs surplus.
80 - =
ONLY SOLUTION
TO GIFT HBQpkBM
To throe pubs TIN taxi Drove,
and thsn 0ut 10y got - Nadt-
ing Z mooeeh1od. He cot 'the
idea In ! crap game on the floor
Of 3 pub when he was trying to
roll sevens against . heavy-set
sailor called ALI. who had just
bought d fur. coat for his wife.
But Gus Key. had already
bought I fur, cost for the wife
the last. time In, % 10 him 1t that
hour a moosehead seemed the
only solution 10 the gift prob
lem.
No one knows yet where he
got the moosehead, but he came
back to the pub after m hour,
carrying IL like the George Med
al. That's when thought Of
Room Service" the old Broad
way hit. Because Gus Keys
moosehead looked just as moth
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01
a ade Of Gold
P''R I TOWN
"a RIPPIN'
N.kLOklDIKE'

mate Of the Happy Barmaid-
they seem to know when ships
will arrive.
It was q wild night, as thrill
ing in its own way as any in
London during an about blitz.
Not that there were any bombs
along the docks this night. But
the BOOM town atmosphere pro-
vided enough flashes of excite
ment.
It started around midnight.
The first boat came humping up
to the quay with lots Of noise
and plenty Of swearing. because
the only light were the small
red CLOVIS from the cigarettes of
the men on the docks who were
standing by.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01
|||IIS|
|)lAES|
DARN
Paul MANNING

M "a OngVooo 01nR CoyyeoyeesSe1&
s5 ~ fAST COAST SEAPOkIs
I Inglsnd, July Reno N -
S116eGt moment couldn't stand
! - - <his wartorn boom town
sT lkan III fishing boats put In
- probably the old Klondiko
yCouI6 have been hard pressed.
Craps and roulette drinks
ma girls with newly-ricn
flcI,srlhen moving from pub TO
nh "a taxis chartered for the
niaht !. that is the exciting
unbolievable scene today In this
{nmous seaport where q large
percentage Of the fish supplied 70
! N ENGLAND II unloaded.
II boatload Of fish has become
- eood . Z boatload Of gold
paricularly the unrationed
mime fish, like paddock, hall
but and plaice which command
tlhe biz money In the lush Lon
don market.
For with the demand high and
III supply low. q man with his
ovn boat can literally make q
fortune In q few trips up to the
fishing banks off Ireland.
One large boat put in here last
week crammed to the gunwhales
with prime fish and the owners
AZ that boat realized a profit OF
10000 pounds, which is around
330O, 900, from the one trip at
Tn the crew had been paid of.
They Ill don't make that. Of
cuurse. because most Of the boats
AZ small, the large ones
having been seized at the OUT
break Of war by the navy for
use @ mine-sweepers. And II
Won do make lot of money a.
! crew member Of such boat,
there's not much chance OF your
becoming q ship-owner until at
ter the war.
1arp TAKES ONLY
ABOUT THREE WEEKS
Hut no man around this port
- complaining about a thing
lust now, unless of course it's
the great number of big bombs
which have been dropped In the
town behind these docks.
\ round trip takes only about
three weeks and At the end of
that time the captain II always
certain of receiving close to 600
ponds ($20O0), which includes
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01
INTRODUCTION
TO GUS KEY

The first boat made it fine and
then the Happy BARNARD moved
in. II was coming too fast,
though, and banged into the side
of the first. It bounced back and
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01

YESTERDAY: neimen the Holst. who
has escaped Angus. hurriss back 10
Manhattan and calls Castsleni. The
Brseesli Ring decides 70 get ont Of
tewn fer awhile and assires to take
Adersen with him % . hidseut on Long
Island. He b forced 70 kidnap her. she
screams Just before the ear pulls away
from the curb and promises, "Angus
win find me-" Not whore we're going"
Cssta1onl tells her.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01
ANGUS TO THE RESCUE

When Angus turns the corner
into Adoreen's street, his heart
sinks. The doorway of ADO
reen's apartment Is damned with
people, and cops are sprinkled
all around the entrance. Angus
pulls Hennessey's Butter and Egg
truck up to the curb, and switches
off the motor. He listens a min
ute, but there is no sign of acti-
witty from tie box behind him.
Spike and Butch and Trigger Tim
are still happily unconscious.
Angus pushes his way through
the mob and starts to enter the
apartment house. A burly Off
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01

ing two charred por' chops in a
frying pan when he sees Angus
pop into the room, The inspec-
tor drops down on the sofa and
puts his hand over his eyes.
II might have known" he
groans. You're in this. Of
course, l forgot. Mickletwidge.
She's your girl-or was"
whats happened to herr"
Angus demands.
"She's been kidnapped,
guess. ! don't know. I'm just
serving warning now-I just
want everybody to know-if
you're mixed up in this case Mac
Phillips, I'm quitting the force.
New York isn't big enough for
both. of Us. Maybe we should
have given it back to the Indians
when we still had a chance"
Angus is standing with his
back to the door. His fists are
clenched. "Kidnar ped! Where
is she, them"
Callahan glares at Angus.
Hiding under the bed. You dim
wit. It we knew, why would we
be messing around here?"
"Gosh," Angus mumbles "This
is awful. If get my hands on
"You keep out of this, Mac
Phillips, Inspector Callahan
yells. Only by the grace of Fate
you haven't been hauled in her
homicide yet. I've been expecting
that any day. Clear out of here
and let us handle this"
Angus looks around the room.
It is filled with detectives and
some uniformed officers. He
turns back to Callahan. How do
you know she's been kidnaped?"
"We're not sure. All we know
is that some people heard a girl
scream and saw car drive away
from in front of this building.
They called us and we went
through the building to see If
anyone was missing. When we
got to this floor, we smelled
something burning. 1t came
from this apartment and we
found these pork chops turning
into ashes and nobody around.
That's all we can find out. So
unless you know something, get
out of here"
Angus takes a final look around
the room. "Okay," he says. I'll
90. sure hope you find her.
If anything happened to Addie,
l don't know what I'd do. She's
my girl, and ! guess ! love her
a lot"
The inspector relsxes q little,
and he comes over to pat Angus
shoulder. 4 know, MacPhil-
lips. Well do our best. Get In
touch with US, and we'll let you
know II we find out anything.
Angus walks out slowly. He
apologies to both of the police
men he had to push around TO
get in. Out in the street, lots OF
people start asking him ques-
tions, but he pushes his way
through the crowd and hops
into the truck. AS soon as he gets
off the street. he opens UP the
motor.
Finally he turns into Central
Park and winds his way into
Manhattan's strange patch of pas
toral calm. Near the Casino. he
stops the truck and gets out.
He fishes under the seat until
he finds a door and shoots a
harsh yellow beam of light into
the box.
Spike and Butch are squirm-
ing little, but Tim Is still un-
conscious. Angus closes the door
behind him and sits down on
Butch. He shines the light right
in Spikes face, Spike Is having
a nightmare and Angus has TO
slap him q few times before he
groans his way back to cons
ciousness.
When Spike opens his eyes,
Angus bends down close to his
face. you're gonna tell me
something, Spike. Mr.. Castoloni
has run off with Adoreen. You're
gonna tell me where they went"
Spiks clamps his eyes shut
and means. How should |
know"
He must have q place some
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-01
Lighthouse Oddly

Before the coming Of the On
lamp, lighthouses were 1t W
candles or coal fires. The last o.
the latter was the lighthouse @,
st. Bees, where q coal uglst
burned until 1882,