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Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
WPB Orders Mems
Style Changes to
Conserve Materials

WASHINGTON. March 4. up
- IrOuSer cuffs. tWo-trolSer suits,
vests in double breasted suits, and
b'eatcd garments will son b a
thing Ct the past in mems and
These were among the style cnan-
ges ordered t0day by the war pro-
duction board il 4 move designed
to make Ire aG..ly reduced
amounts Of neW ~ao! now avail
able foy civilian 0sc 90 as far as
possible.
A seccid air O! - users-of
either the same or matching ma
;erial- is prohibited by the order.
and vests in anglc5rcastcd suits
may not have patch pockets, col
lare OF laLals
Coats viii l., approximately
threc-four,as Of an inch shorter
th&n the aYelase coat now being
WLrn.
Trousers will be narrower, and
the fun dress and cutaWay coats
and double breasted tuXedos must
se eliminated entirely Suits anC
cats will be without vents, belts
pleats, tuck5 and bellows.
Tho WPB estimated the simpli-
.icauon would make possible 2t
per cent more suits and 10 pei
sent morl Oyrrao&ts from the SAME
unount OF material. Between 40.
oJ0G&9 and 500O0CO0 r,unds oI
, war wool VIII be saved according
, % the boulda estimates
The Crdar will 90 into effect
March &c, for all clothing manu-
.acturegs excel merchant tailor
~ tailor-to-thc trade. for whom
lAc effective date is May 50. Thc
.2g Will all" lt,ahcls = reduce
,heir prtaelt at.cka OF melchan
] IT,
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
FINGER-TIP
CONTROL

Some tractors have hydraulic lifts, but only the
Ford Tractor offer the additional advantages of
the Ferguson Hydraulic System of implement control
You set the depth at which you want implement to
work and the Ferguson Hydraulic System automatically
maintains that depth 1t gives you instant control of
the implement right at your finger tips 1t lets you keep
the implement working at uniform depth in spite of
traction when obstruction is hit
BEST OF ALL, these extra advantages are yours at
extra COST
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
Britain
Pied dges
Offense

LONDON, March d CUP) - Air T
Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair said :,
today that Great Britain would re-
sume the largest possible bombing
offensive against Germany at the
earliest possible moment with the
aid of American dive bombing
planes markedly superior to any
thing Germany had.
Tactical and reconnaissance squa-
drons Of the Royal Air force are
row being re-equipped with the
Lest American fighting planes, he
said
The Americans are also going to
send US dive bombers," he said.
Aircraft of a type which is marked
h superior as a dive bomber to the
JuLker-87 will shortly be available
FULL CONFIDENCE
Z have full confidence in the
judgment Of the air STAFF that 4
bomber offensive against Germany
IS one indispensable means OF WIN
ring the war" Sinclair said.
He said reinforcements of planes
continued to arrive in the Far East
lrn war theatres and that an ever
! increasing number of British planes
We're operating on the Russian
front.
Explaining tnat thc Royal Air
force personnel sent to Russia had
now been recalled he said that it
! l,o "a Of n1 "a
force since last June, when Ger
many attacked Russia to give Rus
ia its utmost aid
He said that the withdrawal e
ali force personnel was decided up
Gn by agreement With Premier JoaG
stain some time ago"
ENEMY DESTROYED
Recounting the fight in the air
he said that during the last l.
months the Royal Air force in Of
fenSive fighting outside the Brit
ish defense zone had destroyed 81;
enemy fighter planes against {
; British loss of 537.
As a result of bOmDinGS, he said
coal mines and factories i'll Belgium
| ,ud northern France which ar,
! working for Germany had suffered
! severely
For example, for five months in
dustrial activity over a wide are;
| around Lille was curtailed-fo
many week by as much as SO pc
| cent-on account of damage Il
! power plants" he said.
! Together with the Royal Navy
the coastal command of the Roya
Air force has driven German U
Boats right out of the western ap
| proaCheS to Britain.
| Our east coast conveys have beel
50 we'll protected that between Har
Wich and New Haven it is hardly al
l exaggeration to say that they have
come through like clockWork.
/ The Royal Air force and th'
: Navy had virtually closed the Dov
, er Strait to the passage of German
merchant vessels, he said
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

in ',erstate traffic
of at least $2.650,J10 worth Of auto
parts stolen from the Ford Motor
Co.
John S. Bugas. FBI chief III De
trOit, said l8 Of the % had been
seized in simultaneous raids in De
troit, Kansas City Philadelphia and
Atlanta and that arrangements had
been made to pick up the remain
ing seven today. Indictments were
returned against them by federal
grand jury here yesterday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
FBI Indicts q in Vast
Auto Pert Theft Ring

DETROIT, March a. OUPb-The .
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
yesterday announced the indictment
Of % persons, in addition to Al
seized last December, ChargCN with
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04

$500 to $4,000 worth of parts
from Michigan plants of the COM
uauy each working day These were
.yrtad to distributors throughout
'hc country by an intricate system
of fences ne said.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
WORKERS

Inside employees, Bugas said, car
led out parts in lunch pals and
u truck drivers spirited them out
side the plants. a partial inventory
cf the ompany-covering only five
Kinds of parts-showed a loss Of
S2G5O.O00 for the first half of 194i.
Actually Bugas charged, the ring
dealt in virtual" every kind OF
part used in a Ford car.
He said 2BI agents guarding
highway trucks with Tommy guns
had seized and returned to Detroit
s64O,O00 worth of stolen parts IN.
New York. $4,000 worth in Dallas,..
$4,000 worth in Chicago, $4,000.
worth in Cleveland and $500 worth.
in Philadelphia. -
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
Public Welcome
AT Army Reviews

ion at field artillery school from
1899 TO l941.
Col. Stewart Wa sent from FIT.
Ord to Camp SceleY two months
40.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-04
FARIIER ARRESTS

Thirty-fom men and a woman
were arrested Dec. in raids in
Detroit, Chicago and New York City,
and six others were picked up
later.
Bugas estimated that the loot
amounted to tens of millions Of
dollars through the past few years" ."
Bugas said the Ford employees
amCng those arrested stole from
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Three Trainmen
Seriously Hurt in
Rear End Collision
100 cars derailed,
IS are completely de-
molished;; track torn up

Three trainmen were seriously in
jured, 160 freight cars were derailed
and 35 of them completely demolish-
ed in a wreck shortly afternoon to-
day on the IS. p. & s. railroad about
twenty miles below Kennewick.
Engineer L. C. Curtis, still UNI
conscious at a late hour this eve
ming, and fireman Raymond Bacon
were so seriously injured that they
could not be moved this afternoon
Brakeman H. E. Smith was removed
ITO the Pasco hospital. AL three were
from Wishram.
A circling airplane, noting the
wreckage, was tagged down and
sent to the Pasco airport for help
and a navy doctor and ambulance
were dispatched to the scene.
George Austin, businessman of
Pasco, who owns a river cruiser, was
also called to the scene to help with
the removal of the injured men.
The local freight had stopped
around curve for water. The
heavy on-coming Through freight
failed somehow to get the signals and
plowed into the rear of the stopped
local. Track was born UP for sew
eral hundred feet.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Committee Pleased;
Drivers Peeved at
Race Attendance
Boat owners take all
receipts over expenses;
USO gets balance

There are more cupboard motor
boat fans in this immediate area
than most people would think, judg-
ing from the fine crowd which at
tended the regatta on the river last
Sunday. 1t was a fine show, too, with
enough excitement and spills to give
the fans their moneys worth.
However, the racers were quite
disappointed. They expected to draw
a larger crowd than attended the
races staged ait the same spot ON
the Fourth Of July year ago, when
six hundred dollars was the share
the racers received. This year the
total take was about half that
amount. .EHsa.esg
. The arrangements this year were
that the racers were TO get half the
gate, and after the EXPENSES were paid
Kennewick and Pasco USO agencies
were to split the pot. Expenses were
about a hundred dollars, but the
committee, after hearing the Eloiler
put up by the racers, gave them all
the money except the expenses so
the USo got the advertising.
Under the circumstances-rub-
Der shortage, gas rationing and all,
local committees having the affair
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Start Tagging the
Unstamped Cars

While the S. auto stamp no longer
is being sold by the postal depart
ment, a stamp of different denomi-
nation, covering the Federal use tax
for the remaining eleven months of
the fiscal year, may he bought at all
post offices in the state, according
to Internal Revenue Collector
Clark Squire. The cost of this stamp
is $4.59. Co.. i'A'. .. 5~. - .-.. 1s i
Motorists who operated unstamp-
ed cars in July cannot comply with
the law now merely by affiXing the
S4.59 stamp to their Windshield, as
delinquent they are subject to the
July requirements and should obtain
the SIS stamp promptly. Sale of that
denomination stamp was ldiscon-
tinued by post offices after July, and
the only places making such sales
now are the Internal Revenue stamp
offices in Tacoma, Seattle and Spo-
kane. f..- :.
The SIS stamp may be obtained by
calling in person at those offices, by
mailing a money order or certified
check, or by making application
through a deputy collector. ~e-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
.OPA@ Merchants
Clinic at PascO

A Merchants Clinic will be held
in Pasco Wednesday, August IL,
opening with a luncheon meeting.
An address on '"The Fight Against
Initiation" and a film 1.-The Retail
er Fights Initiation" will be on the
noon program. In the afternoon, four
separate meetings will be held-one
for food dealers, one for clothing
and dry goods merchants, one for
dealers in furniture and house furn-
ishings. and the fourth for filling
station and garage operators. The
afternoon meetings will be conducted
on a question and answer basis.
The members of the local War
Price and Rationing Board, are very
anxious to have just as many local
merchants as possible attend this
clinic, as it will give them an OPP
portunity to meet OP.A. specialists
personally and will also give them
an opportunity to ask questions per-
tanning to their individual problems
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Sweete Shoppe Quits
After Ii Years

Thirteen years ago two girls, Dayle
Miller and Lillian Crowley, opened
small confectionery store on Ken
newick Avenue. For thirteen years
they have been serving soft drinks
and light lunches to Kennewick's
people. especially the younger set
who frequent the place. Sunday
night Of this week the Sweete
Shoppe will close its doors, never
more TO reopen.
Long hours, no time off and lin
tied profits are given as the reason.
Both have secured jobs at eight
hours day, with Saturday after
moons and Sundays off at good pay.
The Sweete Shoppe is no more.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Tire Rationing Board
Issues Permits for Tires

The local tire rationing board
Monday night issued permits for the
following: w. r. Hall, two truck
tires and two tubes; E. E. Mueller,
one truck tire and two tubes; j. H.
Carlton and T. j. Grosscup truck
tire and tube; j. L. Mokler, truck
tire and school district No. II, two
truck recaps.
A. w. Vanderwod got a permit for
two second grade tires; Lon Olds
and F. G. Poore, passenger tubes;
Matt Stoken, Clyde Brashears, w.
O. Russert and F. L. Davis, two pas
senger retreads each; and r. H.
Perkins truck retread.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
New Supervisor
For FSA District

The appointment Of w. A. Lund
of Vancouver as Farm Security Adj
ministration Supervisor Of the Pasco
office was announced this week by
H. e. Drew, FSA. state director.
Lund was transferred from the Port.
land office, where he was Assistant
Farm Management Specialist. He
has served one year as Assistant
Supervisor in Vancouver and three
years as Assistant Extension Agent
in Seattle. In addition TO his farm
and field experience, he graduated
from the School of Agriculture at
WIS!C. in 1887.
Edwin M. williams will continue
as Associate Supervisor in the Pasco
office. The three counties now serv-
ed by the Pasco office are Adams,
Benton and Franklin counties. Dur
ing the month of July Williams re-
ports that three loan applications
were received for harvesting machin-
cry and livestock. Limited funds are
again available for the new fiscal
year to continue the financing of
the Food for Victory program spon-
sored by the Department of Agri-
culture. ~ -. -,
The two supervisors, Lund and
Williams. have scheduled office days
on Thursday Of each week in the
Court House basement in Pasco. The
next two group meetings to explain
the rehabilitation program and re-
ceive applications for loan assist
ance win be held at 100 pm. Aug
ust Is and IL at the Pasco Court
House.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Transient Hurt i'm
Crossing Traffic

Chas S. Harrington, a transient
laborer, was seriously injured Tues
day evening when he attempted to
cross the highway in the face of a
double row of traffic, following the
closing of the circus at Pasco.
The injured man attempted to
cross the highway at the Victory
Cafe, managed to get through the
westbound traffic and plunged,
head down into the car coming the
other way driven by L. v. VanCleave,
who was unable to avoid the acct
dent.
Harrington suffered a broken leg
and received head injuries and is at
the Pasco hospital. Testimony was
that the man had been drinking.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Dept. Assures
Community of
Health Protection
Will not be left without
doctors; milk and res
taurant code explained

It is not the policy of the govern
ment TO leave a civilian population
in a county completely without med
ical attention, DIR. Ripley told the
members of the chamber of COM
merce this noon, following the read
ing of protest to the department
over the entrance of the two local
doctors into the armed service. Eth
er one of the doctors will be permit
ted to remain or their places will be
taken by doctors who are not eligible
for military service, he said.
DIR. Ripley also said that DR.. Har-
rison, head of the public health SER
vice for this district was here this
week investigating the need for a
new hospital. He expressed the hope
that the new place could be located
on this side of the river inasmuch as
there is now a hospital at Pasco.
DIR. Ripley also replied to the
charge that the recently passed res
taurant ordinance was putting local
eating houses out of business. He
said the charge was completely UNI
true-that the ordinance merely
required certain standards of clean
illness, which were already embodied
in a state law. 1t merely took the en-
forcement out of the hands of state
officials and put it into the hands of
local authorities.
He also asked for full cooperation
of the public in the enforcement of
the just-passed milk ordinance. He
said this new law, too, was of great
benefit to the public and was not
just a measure to put the small
daiIyman out of business, which
some of the uniformed consider it
to be. ss,s-7
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
.Canneries Start
on Seasons Run

Both local canneries are starting
the fall run on tomatoes today. Field
men report good crop in sight, both
to quality and quantity. The plants
expect to operate, reaching the peak
about the middle of September, as
long as the tomatoes continue to
ripen-until frost.
Approximately five hundred peo-
pie will he employed in the two
plants at the peak Of the season and
anyone interested in either full. or
part-time work, is requested, to reg
lister Immediately at the plant Of
fices.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Woman Seriously
in Collision

A head-on collision between a
Studebaker and a Hudson on the
curve at this end of the highway
bridge Monday night resulted in the
serious damage to both cars and
the serious injury of the wife of one
of the drivers. The cars were driven
by Elmo Rice, whose wife received
a broken nose and serious head in
juries, and Harley A. Looney, en-
ployee at Big Pasco. s. az {
Chas. Albaugh and woman
whose name is unknown, were pas
sengers in the Rice car. The woman
escaped from the wreck, ran up the
highway yelling for a doctor. She
was taken to DR.. debts office,
where she received first aid and was
released. Mrs. Rice was taken to
the Pasco hospital, where her con-
dition is still serious. Albaugh and
Rice were both arrested, the former
being fined ten dollars and costs in
Judge Winkenwerder's court Mon
day night on a charge of drunken
ness. r..
Rice was charged with driving
while under the influence of liquor,
was fined $50 and had his license
suspended for a year. (.
I'd Testimony regarding the wreck in
Dictated that Rice pulled over into
the oncoming traffic head-on into
the car driven by L.ooney, who made
a desperate effort to avoid the
-.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Hold Open House
at USO Room
on PascOSide ....
To form Girls Service
organization to sponsor
entertainment '1

The USO room in Pasco will hold
open house, to which the public is
invited, three nights, Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday Of next week
from to IL. Refreshments will be
served and a general explanation Of
the activities of the unit will be
given. .-~2.
Last Friday night there was a
meeting of the committee from both
towns for the purpose of outlining
the management of the unit. In adj
dition to providing a lounging room
for the service men, the principal
activity will be the formation of a
Girls Service Organization, presided
over by a group of senior hostesses.
Mrs. Hugh Copeland was elected
chairman of the latter group, which
will have charge of the enlistment of
the girls for the Service Organiza-
ton. a.
The girls will be examined as to
their qualifications, family and
church affiliations, etc, viii then
serve a two months probation per-
iod, after which they will be given
the official buttons to denote their
membership. They will then be
divided into platoons, each to be re-
sponsible for a different activity for
the, service men. There will be
dances, picnics, card parties, stunts,
hiking and swimming clubs and var
ious activities in which the service
men can be interested. ..-.--
Present at the meeting Friday
night were Mrs. willard Campbell,
Mrs. VIM. Stricken, Mrs. Ada Helm,
Mrs. Lon Mosher, DR.. p. o. Stone,
Francis Ludlow and r. E. Reed, the
latter being selected as Kennewick
vice chairman for the committed. A
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Navy Filters Ball
Club Bunch of
Heavy Hitters
9 Win from Spokane on
Monday; lost but one
out Of 26 games
BY JACK SULLIVAN


The Naval Reserve Flyers baseball
team made its debut as a represent
atVe OF the PaSco-Kennewick area
last Monday night, when they trim
med the Spokane Indians, ST., in a
navy relief game played Spokane.
John Bittner, ex-Hollywood star
hurler held the Indians to six scat
tered hits, while his sailor mates
were collecting seven hits and s
runs off Of John Molitor, Spokane
twirler. Bittner, incidentally, re-
ceived an invitation 10 play in the
coast league all-Star game at Los
Angeles before joining the service.
because Of his brilliant record Of IL
games won, and 6 losses for a sixth
place club.
The Indians scored their only run
Of the game in the first inning, when
Stamper walked and scored on a
long double by Vic Buccola, who gar
nered three of the losers 6 hits. The
Flyers came back in the third to get
a run as Cole doubled, and was brot
home by two infield outs. In the
fifth Bittner doubled and came home
the same way TO score, score 2-1.
The Spokane followers were begin
ming TO think that the home club
had chance Of upsetting the high
ly favored Sailors, as the GENE went
into the seventh inning with the
Flyers holding but run lead, but
the Flyers still had something 20 say
about that. In the seventh, with 2
men away, vanni got line on a
hard hit ground ball that rolled be-
tween the shortstop's legs, Cole, i'm
mediately followed with a single, Es-
cobar doubled and white singled 90
bring in three runs and put the game
on ice for the Tars.
This game marked the Nays 3lst
win in 80 starts. They lost the first
3 games OF the season, then proceeded
to put away a 25-game winning
streak, which was ended by Uni
yersal Printers in Seattle by a 7-6
score. The Tars have since won
six more games, and are well on the
trail OF another win streak.
Manager Ed Vanni, ex Seattle
Rainier outfielder, Is the leading
hitter for the club, hitting .498. nc
is capably backed up by Don White
of the San Francisco Seals, with q
!4S7 average; Dan Escobar from the
Portland Beavers, hitting 476; Dan
Amaral Of the Beavers, a .67s av-
erage in 8 games; Levi Mccormack
Of the Spokane club and the Rain
iers, 400; Mel Cole of the Tacoms
Tigers, .482; Bob Hornig, Spokane
456; and Steve Ananicz from Mon
treal, the lowest hitter on the start
ing lineup, who is hitting a cool 1893
The FLYER pitching staff is made
up Of previously mentioned Bittner
who has won two games for the
AAoNyB LIdlAh EAAAhC1oOAA 4lOill 0CdOblS
and Spokane, who lost his first game
of the season, and since has won ls
Paul Irwin from Portland
won 10 games in as many starts
Rube Sandstrom, from Tacoma and
Edison Balhr from the Yankee Farm
system.
The club is also made up Of play
ers from the Northwest League, the
Western international League and
various semi-pro circles around Tho
state.
The Flyers play in Yakima THIS
against the town team, ther
travel TO Seattle on the 18th for 3
game with the Seattle Rainiers.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-06
Mayor Cant Find
Man to be Cop
at Increased Pay
Council cold to boost
and civil service 49,. =
requirements Il ~@
The mayor is in a picklement.

The mayor is in a picklement.
Couple of weeks ago the city
council authorized the employment
of an additional policeman. Since
that time Mayor Anon has been
trying to hire a man suitable for
the job, but in spite of the fact that
the salaries had been boosted ten
dollars a month, he couldn't find
anyone to take the job. ..-.
Tuesday night Councilman Oliver
made motion, following the gen.
eral discussion, that the mayor be
authorized to hire a man at what
ever pay rate was necessary. It was
guessed that the figure would be
in the neighborhood of $3.50 per
month. This is in excess Of the
salary of the two men already on
the force.
Furthermore, with the third man
on the force would come civil SER
vice requirement which would in
Nolve the continuation of the third
man even in the event that the town
would return to its sonamibulent con-
dition following the present war
furry. 1t would also increase the
police budget to the point where it
would become almost the largest
item of current expense. e.
Councilman divers motion, how
ever, died for the lack of a second
So now the mayor is up against the
job of satisfying his police force
after dangling a pay raise and short
er hourse before their eyes. /.
Passage of the new milk ordi-
nance, required by the army, navy
and the new public health service,
required the remainder of the SEES
sion. The ordinance is published in
this issue. In it the new regula-
tions require pasteurization, double
Gaping, inspections, gradings, MARK
ing, etc., enough so that it
viii probably boost the cost of milk
production by Is percent. fl
But if you want a policeman,s
job, the mayor will be glad to see
you. '@t-+ ~. %ss1