The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-07-10

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WEEK
FOSTER GILRoY

,ondm-Despite cnaracteristically
IA reports from Berlin OF sweeping
VIZ sn victories, a calm analysis
.r+h Nazi and Russian official
o. ~ ~ indicate that the Soviet line
s,d;nr at vital points, and in one
isor has taken the offensive. AL
ss .sruers however, are in agreement
~ neither sides statements can
: taken without considerable res
avation.
Soft Coal Strike Averted
u.shinpton-A two-year agree
.ara between soft coal operators
s the Southern fields and the CLIO
srSs the threatened strike OF l50-
soa miners scheduled for this week.
NV w. mines involved produce about
:, M ner cent of the country's soft
wi and a tie-up would have seri-
o S,slv crippled all defense industry.
Big Holiday Death Toll
Neu York City-Reports from all
aver the country indicate that the
s.day Fourth Of July holiday cost
sn deaths, of which more than 800
rsre caused by automobile acct
ssnss California led all states in
the number of motor car fatalities,
nth New York, usually the worst
offender, in third place.
Dutch May Move Here
batavia. East Indies The substi-
hnion of washington for London as
The seat of Government for exiled
Netherlands (now occupied by the
Nazis, is being debated by leaders OF
lhe rich Netherlands East Indies.
An official report states, Washing
ton is momentarily the center OF
world politics and will continue to
d. Moreover, the American Gov
eminent decides the fate of the de-
tense of the East Indies"
Eden Spurns Peace
London Sensing another peace
feelr' from Hitler if the Russian
campaign moves slower than his
schedule calls for, Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden stated that the Brit
lib Government "is not, in any cir
Cnlstances, prepared to negotiate
With Hitler at any time on any sub
kct." 81 - ets g.,4u
War Reaches NY. Suburb =
Mt. Vernon, N.Y.-On the Attn
Of July, while Hans Geier, a former
@pl0ye of the German Consulate,
vas packing up preparatory to de-
portation as recently ordered by the
State Department, his wife. told
him that the family in the other
side Of the 2-family house had hung
out an American flag. She then
nailed sizeable portrait of Adolph
Hitler under Old Glory. In the re-
suiting fracas Adolph's comic NOUS
ache and banged haid came out
daclslyely second-best. In the same
suburb another clerk in the German
consulate committed suicide rather
uan return to Nazi Germany.
s1O,OO0,OOO to Britain
New York City-In a report of
Me activities of the British War
selef Society since it's organization
. months ago, Winthrop Aldrich, its
PRESIDENT, stated that 100000 indi-
EQUALS had contributed more than
lQVOU00O In cash to the cause and
eat contributions of other kinds,
y clothing, totalled another
sMOOOO. More than a million
@liarS was spent for TOO mobile
l@aens designed to feed civilians
u bombed areas.
Defense at Billion a Month
maSnington-While the national
@ Sso program is not costing $780,
sooo a month, the director of the
et estimates that the speeding
~ VI mass production efforts by
au'umn will bring this monthly ex-
Niuttre up to a billion dollars.
Sun-Spots jam Radio
view York -Short-wave radio
=. aslaSts who regularly get their
D. puiietms directly from London,
h.. nh and other European capitals,
NJ. FOUND it impossible for the
lew days to get their regular
n Stations. Scientists attribute
A.. y an atmospheric disturbance
sle 70 sun-spots.
Conyicts Strike, Too
a., aVenworth, Kan.-Not to be
ssSae e by CLIO. and AT. of l..
nroosTS Of the country's defense
sSosm 1000 convict workers on
ssHs and brushes for the army
,sn. s On strike at the Federal peni-
IA. ssy. They demand increased
Sbo uOaoie time for everything over
bab.m.s a week and additional good
encaa deductions from their sent
sas prlson officials said there
sb.t 10 disorder, and refused to state
1le convicts' scale of pay is
Billy Conn Elopes
pect;n .iSon, NJ.-Tossing his pros
he NC lsther-in-law's objections to
Old bo io' Billy Conn, the 23-year-
tiobtoDe who came as near as any