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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-11
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-11

= I don't like to hear the phrase
"Hitler,s spring offensive" local
woman remarked in this office yes
terday. Hitler is offensive all the
time, in the spring, and in the fall,
and in the summer, and in the win
ter. .'---. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-11
A cold glass Of milk refreshes Pops you
without "Ietdown" afterwards

Milk is not a stimulant.
And milk is more than a
refreshing drink -.
Milk is a tood-the most
nearly complete food there
is.
That's why milk gives
you a pickup that lasts.
Milk provides rich new
stores of fuel for energy.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Late in March came depressing lull
in the news: Hitler was having it his way.
after all. Soon it became known that the
Belgrade government had signed pact
granting the Nazis transit to Greece.
Then - suddenly - came the climax
of March 27. People who were then in
Yugoslavia have told me how it happened:
w MARCH IS children in various parts
of the country started to misbehave in
school and out, pounding their desks and
shouting and chalking insulting remarks
about the Belgrade regime and about
Hitler. Grim faced men and women, most
ly peasants. began to pour into the capital.
Many had guns under their cloaks. They
were summoned by no manifesto, no or
ganized call. They followed an instructive
revolutionary urge. The humiliation that
Hitler and their own government were
trying to impose on them was more than
they could bear.
City folk began to mingle with the visi-
tors. Small crowds moved about or stood
in the streets. quitely. No speeches People
hummed old Serbian songs. at once sad
and joyful, full of meaning beyond trans
lation, but saying in effect that sometimes
your country comes to such pass that
it becomes your lot to die in the interest
of life
simultaneously this mood seized the
idealistic young army officers, and on the
night of March q - looking like aveng-
ing angels" - they forced out the old
government and made room for one that
would not toleraisSa pact with Hitler.
Suddenly we shed the shame of the
previous weeks" an eyewitness told me.
''and we experienced an indescribable
ecstasy. 1t was beautiful early spring
weather; multitudes jammed the streets
of Belgrade. People danced, sang laughed.
We all knew it was the end, but we were
terribly happy. Strangers and political
adversaries embraced joyfully in public.
1--WE chose our doom. We knew that in
equipment our army was no match for
Evening star., 1942-03-29

q YEAR ago the worlds spotlight was
turned on a small Balkan country.
. - HITLER PUTS SCREWS ON yUCo-
sLAvIA," read the headlines, and experts
on international affairs were unanimous:
the state of the Serbians. Croatians and
Slovenians was done for. Her pathetic
prince-regent and his shabby cabinet. i'm
potent through their long appeasement
policy, now had to yield, just as the rulers
of Hungary. Rumania and Bulgaria hac
had to yield before them.
Commentators hinted that internal
political antagonisms made Yugoslavia a
pushover. And some implied that the
surrender of another Balkan state would
not greatly affect the vast world disaster
anyway
knew Yugoslavia would 90 down.
But was born there and it made great
difference to me hotU she went down. My
mother and five sisters and four brothers
were living there; all four brothers were
in the army. l had friends in Belgrade,
Zagreb, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Split. Their
lives might be safer if the country simply
folded up; but the idea of Yugoslavia sub
mitting without fight was intolerable to
me. sent cables urging resistance. So,
Learned later, did many other Americans
of Yugoslav origin.
I OR those cables my friends chided ne.
1t was easy enough, they said, to urge re-
sistance when you were thousands of miles
away. 1t was quite different for small
country with an obsolete army to say
moi" and invite the Nazi panzer divisions
and Stukas to do their worst. 1t was un-
realistic to expect Yugoslavia to resist.
I'm not 50 sure" said. Like many
other Yugoslav Americans. felt at
times was dead sure - that the people
of my native land would find way of
saying mol" thought knew them -
not without faults and shortcomings. but
Injured to disaster and agony,
and in moments of crisis capable (espe-
cially the Serbians) of epic heroism.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

Hitler's, and he would strike at any mo-
ment. But the people said: Whatever
befalls us will be better than the degra-
dation of officially permitting Nazi troops
to 60 through Yugoslavia to finish off the
Greeks. Others said: Ultimately God and
His right will prevail. - You cannot fail
if you stand up against infamy and for
what is right. even if in doing 50 you die.
Others will live after you
In week the Nazis overran Yugoslavia
They pulverized parts of Belgrade and
Sarajevo. They drove off 25O,OOO men
into forced labor. Their Quislings sub
jected the people to an indescribable agony.
literally butchering tens of thousands.
a YEAR ago many Americans believed
that the Yugoslavs were utterly mad to
sacrifice themselves. Now. however. it is
clear that their resounding NO" had
world consequences, and history probably
will view March 81. 1941. as the beginning
of Hitler's end
That mo-" forced the Nazi high COM
mand to delay the invasion of Russia for
five weeks, giving the Red Army that
much additional preparation. 1t helped to
extend the Russian campaign into the
winter. thus contributing to Hitler whole
vast Russian debacle. 1t also stiffened the
attitude of Turkey and gave the British
chance to gain control over Syria and
Iraq, thus saving the Middle East
But for that NO" General Mikhalo-
witch and his army might not be marrying
the Nazis in Yugoslavia today.
Very probably that emphatic ''No!"
affected Japan's foreign minister, Matsu-
Okla. then Hitler's guest. thereby delaying
Japan's attack on the United States and
giving us precious months to key up our
armament industry.
Yugoslavias MOI" may contribute
not only to our eventual victory; it may
also make possible her own rebirth.
"Yon cannot fail if you stand UP against
infany and for what is right - ecen if in
doing so you die
Evening star., 1942-03-29

THE GIRL on the cover is Cynthia Hope.
Powers model and, incidentally. author of
the short story on page IL of this issue.
It's her first.
Cynthia's literary ambitions come nat
urally: both her mother and sister are
writer's. Her interest in fiction began when
she was twelve. and used to criticize her
mothers novels. Since then. she's filled
ideas and plots of her own Wrote several
before she made her first sale - to THIS
WEEK. It's called Bright Lights. Bright
Girl
Cynthia lives with her mother in a
medium-priced New York penthouse with
small garden. in which she loves to putter
around. She goes out only one night a
week. spends her off time sleeping, writ
ing. Her two best beaux are now with the
Fleet one in the Pacific, one in the
Atlantic.
NO WASTE. Great Britain is seeing to it
that every last small article is put to use:
milk-bottle caps 60 back to the milkman;
leftover food is collected - scraps of
paper, rags, bones and metal end up in
factories Worn-out batteries. once useless,
now yield brass for uniform buttons,
copper for shells. zinc for camp utensils,
graphite for machine grease
Wva<Gad chine ,pI ,-,r, r;,,a I mn <o.,
of scrap week. One rich source of salvage
metal: bombed sites Last year 81, 600, 900
worth of metal came from them. The Lon
don transportation board is saving 48O
tons of paper this year: they've reduced
ticket thickness by OO4 of an inch. Chill
dren are collecting wisps of sleeps wool
that get snagged on hedges and fences and
are turning them in.
One example of the thoroughness of the
campaign is letter that accompanied
single door key to salvage office: "The
house belonging to this key has been bombed.
Please accept for saloage"
DUSNESSNlAN. Private Joseph kaza-
laukas, Fort Custer. Mich, is one of the
few recruits who hasn't let the Army inter
fere with his profession. The private is a
trapper. and post officials gave him per-
mission to set up trapping line on the
camps outer boundaries.
Private Kazalaukas is now getting $12
for mink hides and 81 for muskrat. M.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

and may or may not be made.
South has only a minimum
opening in high cards, and his
rebid is based solely on the
hope that the patterns will fit
together we'll.
When the dummy goes down,
he sees he must win some adj
dtional tricks in the black suits
TO make the contract. He wins
the first trick and leads a spade.
What actually happened now
was that West put up the king
Of spades and returned trump,
which rode to the king, South
led the other spade and East
won. East led back the three OF
trumps and South alertly play
ed the nine, which held. Then
South could afford to ruff one
d m on d with the queen of
trumps, ruff a third spade, and
cash the ace of trumps to pick
up the jack. The ace of clubs
gave re-entry to the two long
spades.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

minimize the fact that there are
genuine shortages of doctors IN
some areas, and that these short
ages may be caused by heavy
recruitment of physicians. You
can't slap $4,000 or 100000
workers into a new war produc-
ton area that two years ago was
a great open space and expect
them to get along without doc
tors.
But the answer is that civilian
medical practise will have to be
stretched farther. Specialists
will have to give up their cxclu-
sive fields and become just plain
old-fashioned family doctors.
And patients will have to learn
to adjus. their illnesses.
Quit getting the doctor out in
the middle of the night. You call
at his office instead of making
him call at your bed of pain.
There are so many sides to
this question of the doctor short
age, however, that the subject
will have to run into two more
installments.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
BY ERSAINE JOHNSON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent


Off the sound track: Director
Ernst Lubitsch was outlining a
scene for The Meanest Man in
the World to Jack Benny and
Priscilla Lane. "In this next
scene" he said, "you do a rum
ba. Like this" Lubitsch illus
trated, wiggling, shuffling and
swaying. But that's the Con-
ga" spoke up Miss Lane. $50, "
said the director. well, it's the
Lubitsch touch-in the feet"
AS Lana Turner'S adopted mil
lionaire a t h er in "Northing
Ventured," Walter Brennan ap-
pears as himself for a change,
minus the boards and old age
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
Q SO THEY SAY

AlcrtneSS may prevent your
wife from squandering your in
Surance.
-Adml. Chester w. Nimitz TO
his men.
Liberty is truly won only
when il is guarded by the same
watchfulness, the same courage,
the same willingness to fight
for il which first secured it,
Secretary of State Cordell
Hull.
Husky men are now doing
Jobs of no community service
that could be done by women.
Wen have TO tap those sources
because, even with the much
g, eater participation of women
in war industry. there are still
many types of activity that only
men can carry on.
B. c. Seiple. manager Cleve-
land u. S. Z. S. office.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
McKENNY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Gen. Sir Archibald p. Wavell
used contract bridge to bring out
a point in a recent newspaper
article. In explaining the differ
ence between strategy and tao
tics, he said that the bidding is
strategy and the play of the
hand tactics; that most players
would agree that the play, or
tactics, is more difficult than the
bidding or strategy. The latter
is to a certain degree mechani-
cal and subject to convention,
while the tactics, or play, give
more scope for the skill of the
good player.
Today's hand brings out the
generals point. The contract is
re C h e d rather mechanically,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
. IN HOLLYWOOD

makeup. Only 40 and youngish
looking, Brennan says he Wor-
ried about whether he could
play Lana's father w { h u [
makeup. But did | get shock, ;"
he chuckles. why, after seeing
the first few reels | could play
Lana's grandfather
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
BY PETER EDISON

A Congressman from New
Jersey recently called up the
headquarters of the government
agency charged with recruiting
doctors for the armed services,
moaning low that lot of the
people in a town of this con-
gressman's district were pro-
testing that one of the doctors
Of this community was about to
be commissioned in the Navy
Medical Corps
The congressman's constitu-
ents, needless to say, wanted
something done about it. They
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

wanted their doctor released
from having to 60 in the Navy.
If something wasn't done about
it, the town was proposing to or
ganize delegation of 40 people
to come down to Washington and
get action 1t was that serious.
War or no war. these people
weren't going to let the nasty old
Navy take their beloved doctor
away from them. War or no war,
40 people were going to put a
further strain on the eastern
railroads transportation jam by
travelling to Washington on a
perfectly u necessary journey.
A check-up on this particular
situation back in Jersey reveal
ed these facts:
The doctor in question was and
had been for some time a COM
missioned officer in the Naval
Reserve Medical Corps. He was
not only willing but anxious to
get into service. He was not the
community's only physician.
There would be no shortage of
competent medical talent in the
community.
And though this doctor could
mt exactly protest to his patients
because of their deotion to him,
his medical career in service was
about to be ruined by the selfish
ness of group of silly people
who didn't want any other doc
tor to move into the communi-
ty because they were afraid that
after the war was over their old
doctor might not come back.
GAVE 1T UP
In the end, the delegation of
40 was persuaded not to come to
Washington, and it looks as
though the popular young doctor
will 60 into service whether his
patients want him to or not.
This situation is dealt with in
this detail and in more space
than it is probably worth be-
cause it is typical of lot of
squaWks that come into the
headquarters of the Procure
ment an Assignment Service of
the War Manpower Commission,
which has the job of mobilizing
the country's medical strength
for war.
1t is really amazing how much
hell one neurotic Nellie can
raise when she starts out to make
a nuisance of herself, but the
fact is that when a lot of the doc
tor shortage scares are investi-
gated, they can be traced down
to the individual head and belly
aches of people who think there
is only one doctor in the world
for their case.
How much choice do you
suppose the soldier or sailor
with half a leg or arm shot off
has in the selection Of the sur
geon who attends him? The an
sWer is that he's glad to get
whatever sawbones or pill dis
penser happens along, and if all
the medicine he can get to help
relieve the pain for bit is a
drag or two on a cigaret, lit and
held for him by stretcher-bear-
err or first aid station attendant
who six months ago was a shoe
clerk or a farm boy we'll
thanks for that. And as for Ar
my medication, it has long sur
vived on a reputation for adj
ministering shots, iodine or salts
for all ailments, so if the armed
services can survive on such
treatment, civilians should be
able to get along.
STRETCH 1T OUT
All this is not set down to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
WOULDN'T YOU KNOW 1T.

Last winter on Broadway a
young actor named Macdonald
Carey made a hit in the play,
Lady in the Dark" which won
him Paramount contract. Sub
sequently Paramount purchased
the play, which is now being
brought to the screen. Although
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

Carey created the romantic role
in the play on Broadway, an
other actor, Ray Milland, will
play the part in the screen YER
sion. The studio decided that
Macdonald Carey wasn't the
type.
Topper in interview questions
along jeanette Macdonald re-
cent cert itinerary came
when one high school student
asked her: Since you have sung
in so many pictures with Mel
son Eddy, have you had any
outside romances besides the
one with your husband?'
jeanette did a double take,
then replied: Il like Mr.. Eddy,
but I've been married five years
and my courtship took up two
more, SO that rather covers the
time I've been acting with Mr..
Eddy"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03

Liberty ships ore being redesened to give then
more speed This is welcome news for two reasons
& The speed Of convoy is controlled by thot Of it:
slowest units. Sluggish vessels hold conveys to c
speed that gives the Uboots greater opportunity fo
striking. Foster Liberty ships will save croft, cargo
and soors' lives
s Moreover, the slower vessels ore purely wartime
eprriers which could hardly compete in post-wor
iftmmerce. The new design may we'll enable the
pildno up Of O merchant fleet which, when peace
,&noa will be invaluable to our rehabilitation econ
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-12-03
LONDON NOTE

LONDON NOTE
Food is still the big problem
in London, according to Pat
Morrison, who recently returned
from an entertainment tour of
army camps in England and
Ireland. Citrus fruits, she says,
are given only to expectant
mothers and little children. Il
had a lemon given me on the
plane going over and when the
headwaiter at the Savoy in Lon
don saw it his eyes popped and
he looked so astonished l give it
TO him. He lifted the lemon GIN
gerly and when l asked him
what he was going to do with
it, he replied: DO, madam? l
think I'll frame it,
Short takes: Arthur Murray
observes that the biggest gov
eminent paint job starts every
morning when the WAACs pre-
pare for reveille The Ritz
Brothers have decided they can
earn more money in vaudeville
than in Hollywood. The comics
hit the road soon Ida LII
pino's sister, Rita, is Broadway
bound for a new musical. She S
a dancer.
Producer a m u c ! Bronston
has more than 500 Jack London
stories, articles, books and 9TH
or published works to draw
from for his forthcoming film
biography, Jack London" He
purchased film rights to the en-
tire Jack London library for his
screen play.
The future outlook., 1942-12-12
Negro Employment
Is On the Upgrade

More extensive employment of
Negroes aud wonhen and more intcn-
siye training aud upgrnding are
among the immediate steps that
should be taken To meet current and
future personnel requirements Ia the
for-hIrc trucking industry otto s.
Boyer, director of the division ot
transport personnel. office of defense
TRANSPORTATION. declared this week,
Mr. Bcyer's statement was prompt
vl hy an OpT report on current aud
anticipated employment IN The Indus
try based on the latest bI-monthly
survey of the United States employ
ment service. The survey covered 6la
companies. employing 03,oia persons,
or 1S1 per cent of the estimated en-
ployment for the entire for'hlrt
trucking industry.
The survey showed that there has
been virtually no increase In the
number OF Negroes employed IN the
for-hire trucking Industry. although
In one company all but six OF the 125
employees were Negroes. sc
The percentage OF Negroes was
found to be higher In the south than
IN the north, In skilled as well ns un
skilled occupation. Only 3.S per cent
OF the employees of all companies
covered by the survey. however, were
Negroes. .f'e .asf
The future outlook., 1942-12-12
Concern Shown
Because of Movie Fires

Expressing concern over the un-.
usual number OF fires In motion pic
turc theater reported from various.
pnrts OF the country In the past
several weeks, c. j. Dunphy, chief
OF the amusement section, services
division. today urged theater opera.
trrs Ia observe carefully nine rules
of fire prevention drafted by the Sec
ton.
There hive been several fires re-
ported 10 us reccntly-somc of which
resulted In much damngc-that could
bave been avoided II more care had
been exercised IN thenter operation"
Mr.. Dumphy said. This problem is
serious enough In normal times, hut
today. when every ounce OF material
must he guarded, materials for re-
building or repnislng damage caused
by fire are not always available. We
are confronted with the probability
TINT Il thenter damaged by fire today
viii have To remain closed for the
duration thereby depriving the To-
cal population Of an Important source
OF recreation and amusement (;
Mr.. Dumphy stressed the Import
ancc OF every motion picture theateri
operator, large and small, following
the suggested rules. by this small
effort" he said, I'VE may prevent ir-
repnrable damng,--and at the same
time, preserve on OF the most aiiu-
portant rcreatIonal facilities forG a
nation at war" 3ssss
The future outlook., 1942-12-12
Skrobarczyk and
Daughter Plead
Not Guilty

The Department. OF Justice nm.
n"unced this week that pleas Of not
guilty were entered by Alex Skro.
bnrczyk nnd his daughter, Susie. OF
EeeyIllc, Texas Monday when they
we're arrngned NJ Corpus Christie.
Texas. on charges OF violating the
federal anti.peonage statutcs.
The Skroharczyks were Indicted by
n federal grand jury at Laredo, Tex,
on November ., 1912, on charges Of
holding Negro, Alfred Irving. In
condition OF peonage and slavery for
a period of -four years to work on
pretended debt.
According TO the indictment, the
Skroharczyks paid Irving si.05 per
month In addition 10 $3.50 for food
and clothing during the four.year pc
rIod.
At the time OF the defendants mr.
rest, Irving was found In badly
undcrnourished condition, bleeding Mt
the mouth, and with his body. face
and arms covered with fresh cuts
ms we'll as old sears. He testified
that on various occasions he had
been beaten with whip, rope, chain
ana plank" Twice when he ran away
from the Skrobarczyks farm Irving
claimed, he was returned by the de-
PENDANTS to involuntary servltudc.
The Skrobarczyks we're Indicted
under Section 443 and 444. Title rs.
U s. Code, both OF which carry
maximum penalty OF years lmpris.
onment, or 5000 fine or both.
The Grand Jury investigation, re-
quested by Assistant Attorney Gen
crnl Wendell Berge, In charge of the
Criminal Division following the re-
turn Of noblll by state grand
jury, was directed by L. s. Attorney
Douglns McGregor.
The future outlook., 1942-12-12
Price Endorsement Has
Support of Government

Price Administrator Leon lIcnder.
son todny declared thnt the depart
mcnt of agrIculturc's recently an
ncunced price support program for
mnny major farm commodities had
his complete and unqualified en-
dorsemcnt At the same time. he said
that the office ~ price adminsira.
tion, In setting price ceilings over
these support floors" has not and
viii not take any actEon which might
hamper maximum farm output.
IL is essential" Mr. Henderson
stated, that American farmers be
provided the greatest possible assist
ance II they are TO fulfin the 1913
'Food-For-Freedom' production gonls
which call for nm all.time record
agricultural output. This necessary
Incentive, SO far ms prices are con
cerned is provided by the dnpnrl
mcnt OF agrIculiure's recently nm
nounced support price program"