The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1941-08-14
By
FOSTER GILRor
s.-v;ce Extension Debated

Service Extension Debated
-r.s,,;noton Debate in congress
=. rex conferred on the extension
!, :, military service of trainees, Ma
y ..,a al Guardsmen and Reserve Of
s s.srs The Senate measure provides
= Ian an IS months extension service,
=, !, EN- per month increase for selec-
49, after their first year, and dis
"a .ssrce for all upon reaching 28
s aas Also scheduled for debate is
- 1905 100000 defense tax bill,
: = vhicf1 a determined effort will be
.sde to reinstate the joint husband
nd ,nd.vife return of income from
T hi sa25,OOo,OOO tax is expected.
Russia Reports Nazi Check
MOSCOW. u. S. S. R.-Soviet COM
n,niolres apparently support the
s,neral belief that Hitler's mildly
strayagant claims to wholesale
massacre of Russian troops last
rex was another German example
# 4wfistling to keep the courage
mn In the ninth week of the Russo
gad war. the Soviet lines seemingly
hold at most strategic points; Kiev
has not yet fallen, as Hitler claimed,
and the Nazi losses have closely ap-
uuximated those of the. Russians.
The fighting, in losses of men and
Material is the only approach in
this war to the vast slaughter that
marked the battles of the first World
War. IL T.
Italian Editor Gloomy .3
I0ndon-In a Fascist magazine
edited by the Italian Minister of Ed
Eation, it is stated that 'this war
may last ten years, and it seems the
best thing is to prepare the nation
morally and materially for a long
var" ~s.-. ~ @~se.#
Queen Broadcasts Thanks ?.
London-In a speech written by
herself, Queen Elizabeth broadcast
othe world her thanks to the peo-
pie Of the q. s. for their generous
hep to Great Britain. It was the
Queens fourth broadcast since the
sgnning of the war. *
Striking Carpenters Return 81 -
Philadelphia "A. F. of L. carpen-
ss striking on the construction of
NO big dry docks at the PhiladeI-
pala navy yard have agreed to re-
Mn TO work pending arbitration of
aalr demand for double time on
saturdays. The docks, to cost $1O,-
WM each, are designed to accom-
eate battleships up to $4,000 tons.
aepoHS from this and other govern
aens naval construction plants are
% tae effect that many skilled ma
anlsts are deserving Federal work
lQ private employment to higher
eS and without the navy depart
aent Intervention in case strikes are
called. - ~ :
North Africa Flares Again
oaro, Egypt-After comparative
slst 1or many weeks, a squadron
" neaVy British bombers flew over
sIh AFRICA from Tripoli to Ben
;s1 ana caused series of disastrous
IS IN Axis-held ports. Another r.
~ :. contingent dropped tons of
D MaoS on Sicily and German occu-
smu Grecian points. General Wey-
saIa, french Commander-in-Chief
french Morocco, is in Vichy and
s sss OF unrest among his large
:. , :. IN Africa would indicate that
ss.empt on his part to deliver his
a. lOn Army and it's strategic Afri-
49,. u ports and strongholds to Hitler
= vIla drive hundreds of thousands
IVA Frenchmen into the Free
aI,a. ea Army Of General De Gaulle,
suy In control of much of
aices African Empire.
~ Serbians in Revolt
mo- aae-Despite wholesale hang
esS, VI Serbian patriots, Hitler's
kssn;Io IS having its hands full in
d IN order in the stormest corner
a balkans. Guerilla bands, skill
NIB n n. mountain warfare. not only
- ~ WI Nazi detachments from nm
i'm, lung places, but in many Sec
hsa, M nave occupied villages in the
cnns and defied their German
~. whitney Leaves Prison
nonss ling, N. Y-After serving 4C
s.tn1Ss IN Sing Sing as part of a
uiss.so year sentence for the misap-
nav . non OF s214.OOo, Richard Whit
Yc,,si i've S times president of the New
Se n stock Exchange and one OF
Ol5 o Powerful of Wall streets
nev ~ sfard," was free to begin a
beIiasae at So. Many business men
tbs ing that he had been "giver
tina u more because of his one
ierad nnealtn and social position. Of
b. ss nm posts of responsibility but
Of soS to become superintendent
Slnss Sseo-acre dairy farm in Massa-
2SeGteS.
NJ resident Still Cruises
kss "port, D. NOTHING but the
n report of "All's Well, continues
h. acn coastal radio stations from
cr,.. residential Yacht Potomac
M g off the New England coas-
mai 'oe President and only a yer.
sdaI- group OF aids on board. TIL.
icy spread runor that he has
h joined by Winston Churchill
n. !, minister OF Great Britain, q
~ Ae two had boarded a warshi]
n,s re for a conference seems t,
r,s. ntle confirmation in officia