The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-30
BY L. L. STEVENSON

Frustrated: Mary Roberts Rine-
harris granddaughter, who is named
after her grandmother. is New
York air warden who takes her du-
ties seriously despite the fact that
ordinarily she is meek and retiring.
When the first afraid alarm was
sounded, she was on the job immedi-
ately. Afraid wardens have instruc-
lions to stop buses and clear them
of passengers. Miss Rinehart at
tempted to do so, but, bus. drivers
paid no. attention to her. DIS
couraged, she finally decided to look
around for the humblest, oldest, nom
resistant she could find. Her gaze
Lit on an elderly woman and she
rushed up displayed her arm badge
and said, you'll have to get off
the sidewalk and step into build
ing under cover" e. H.. -.
The old woman looked at her
blankly and replied, mo speek Eng
lish." = ~ .sZ-.,@r T.. .r.......
Then she walked away leaving the
defeated Miss Rinehart staring
blankly. Ea
Business: When that first alert
came New Workers quite generally,
instead of taking cover, hurried to
the nearest telephones to call up
families and friends. In Times
Square, the congestion was such that
there were long lines not only with
in, but also outside cigar and drug
stores. One enterprising gentleman,
evidently in a great rush, finding
himself at the end Of long line,
hurried up to the man nearest the
booth and offered him quarter for
his place. There was shake OF
the head. Then the hurried one made
the same proposition to the second,
| third and fourth. At that point,
| there being no indications of sale.
| he went back to- the end Of the line
and found himself about Is places
farther to the rear than he had been
before the seemingly bright idea had
occurred to him. 49,. go - e:
Preparedness: Up near Brewster
is summer, colony known as Peach
lake where number Of New York
ers spend the warm months, but
which they, seldom if ever see during
the winter in ordinary times. Right
now the owner is busily installing oil
burners and making cottages as
weather proof as, possible. These
cottages aree being rapidly rented
to New Workers who fear air raids,
Reports have it that the same thing
is happening in numerous other
summer resorts along the Eastern
seaboard. It would seem that there
is less chance of being bombed In
New York city than in contracting
pneumonia in a summer cottage
! when the; mercury goes down ano
down and bitter breezes blow, but
that is merely matter of opinion
Nevertheless, we are sticking to 'the
eighteenth floor practically in mid
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Manhattan.
Ear. Rest: Until several hundred
large sirens, which can be heard
all over the city, even with win
dows closed, have been installed
New York is depending largely OF
fire apparatus sirens for its alerts
Because of this, engines and othel
equipment do not use their siren.
in responding to fire alarms but, al
was the case in olden days, depend
on bells. The result is some relic
to noise-harried New Workers. l
has never been quite clear to mt
why sirens, audible mile or more
should be necessary on city streets
But they were used until the pres
emit emergency came and thu
the running Of many a pleasan
dream by ear-piercing screams Il
early morning hours. &sE
Demand: Clipping bureaus, so on
Of this departments scouts reports
are doing such a rushing bushes
that some have raised rates. Worl
War No. 2 is the reason. The wa
has brought into existence a larg
number of relief and other agencie
which employ press agents. Som
press agents are paid by the eli
and all like to show their employer
large bundles as evidence OF thei
ability to place stories. Hence cliE
ping bureaus have had to enlarg
stats and are working overtime.
End Piece: Sou Chan, boniface
the House of Chan, recently too
l bride. Before his marriage, b
| asked his friends to make don;
tions to the Chinese War Relief fun