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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10

dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. WAL
lace Preston Thursday evening.
Henry Leibel was elected to a
three year term Tuesday to serve on
the Kennewick irrigation district
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Leber were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Web
Der Thursday evening. 90 a." ''
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Sitton, and
son, Donald were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Ray.
Les Amies pinochle club was en-
tertained by Mrs. Bessie bennett
last Wednesday. Prizes for the af-
ternoon were won by Rose Watkins,
first; Nora Paulson, second; Aman-
da GLASGOW, low; and June Mayer,
travelling prize. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
GLASGOW, Wednesday, Dec. 16. $3.50
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Knight who
have been making their home with
Mrs Knights parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Perkins in East Kennewick
moved last week to their new home
on First Avenue which they recently
purchased.
MIR. and Mrs. Wallace Preston en-
tertained with a dinner party Sum
day after which two tables of bridge
were in play. Honors for the eve
ming We're: First high by Mr.. and
Mrs. Virgil Masters; second high,
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Campbell, and
low, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Sherry.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Britain Hopes to Ease
War Workers Shopping

) LoNDoN.-To help women war
workers who have no time for shop
ping during the week stores in Brit
ain may decide to serve only war.
workers on Saturday afternoons.
They would have to show their
factory passes before being served.
This is the idea Of Miss G. M.
Cross, welfare officer at the min
istry of health. 3
She is trying the plan in the Lon
don area. The food control commit
tee agreed to help and sent out
1000 letters to shopkeepers asking
for their support. If the shopkeep-
ers agree Miss Cross will try to put
over her idea in other parts of Lon
don and then in the North. 70
1.-THE idea is to make certain that
women war-workers can 60 shopping
once week if they want to-" said
a ministry of health official.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
New Almanack de Gotha
Has a Tough Time of 1t

LONDON.-The Nazis had a hard
Job in the latest edition of the Al
manach de Gotha, once famous for
its accurate and detailed informa-
ton. in sorting out various Quislings
and kingdoms without kings.
The frontispiece is a portrait of
Victor Emmanuel, king of Italy
and Albania, Emperor of Abyssinia."
The latter reference probably would
come as startling piece of news
to Emperor Halle Selassie, who sits
on his throne in Adds Ababa, once
more. q -. : Il <
Jugoslavia appears as Croatia, in
dependent state, and Montenegro re-
appears after "a years as mon.
archy, but with no name for its king.
Wang Ching-wei, the puppet prime
minister at Marking, is recognized
for the first time by the Germans,
but at the same time the Almanach
includes the names of ENJOYS &C.
credited to Chungking. n
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
LampsOn to Head
Improvement Club

Highlands The Highland I'm
provement club met Friday night fol
a regular meeting at the Highlands
clubhouse. Election of officers took
place with the following elected:
President, Frank Lampson; vice
president, Leemer Foraker; secre-
tary, Bob Gragg; treasurer, Ed Ray;
trustee for three years, Burdette
Boies;; and the trustees held over
were Harry Davis and Art Reymore
Due to the fact that New Years
Day is on the first Friday of next
month, the next meeting will be held
at the clubhouse Friday, Jan. 8 at
q p. IN. -, -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Leibel were
entertained at their home Friday
evening, the occasion being their
32nd wedding anniversary. Covers
were laid for Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
Rupp, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Smith
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit
Leibel, Mrs. Hugh Pamer, and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Leibel and son,
Calvin. --s.-
Mrs. Art GLASGOW will entertain
the Les Anies club at her home
Wednesday, Dec. 16. H.
Word has been received by friends
here of the birth of daughter,
Nov. %, to Mr.. and Mrs. Verne
Combelic, now of Port Orchard. Mr.
and Mrs. Combelic are former High
lands residents.
Mrs. A. st. Laurent entertained
the members of the st. Elizabeth
Altar Society of st. Joseph's Church
at her home Sundaya fternoon.
i, Mrs. S. r. Woodruff has been
confined to her home the past week
with the flu. 50 - 80 sEg - r. - :
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Benson were
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Shltn Gadgets to.
Saue Fuel, Advice
Experts Say Such Devices
Are Not Reliable.

NEW YORK.-Beware Of the
salesman who may knock at your
door offering a thrifty little de.
vice" guaranteed to cut your fuel
bill in hall, make your coal burn
twice as hot. s.
This is the warning issued by the
American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers in response
to numerous queries as to the eff
cheney of "gadgets" alleged to cure
all heating elements and solve all
fuel problems.
DR.. B. NJ. Wood, chairman of the
society's war service committee
which is sponsoring a national fuel
conservation campaign, warned the
homecoming public that "these de-
vices should not be accepted at face
value
"Cure-an devices for which I'M
heard of claims are made should be
looked upon with skeptica1 eye un-
less you have the advice of a cornpe-
tent and responsible heating expert
on their efficiency and practicable
ty," DR.. Wood said.
According to DR.. Wood, several
solutions guaranteed when sprin-
killed. over your coal to make it pro-
duce impossible quantities of heat
already have made an appearance
since government warnings of fuel
shortage. =.
DR.. Wood said that if homeowners
will follow the ten suggestions adj
vanced by the society for conserva-
ton, the shortage this winter should
not prove serious handicap ito
heating in spite of the threatened
Is per cent cut in fuel supplies.
;, Major of these suggestions, he
said, is installation of storm win
dows and weather stripping, insula-
ton and reconditioning of heating
plants to obtain a maximum Of eff
ficiency in operation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
500 New Vessels Join
British Naval Forces

LONDON.-More than 500 war
ships Of all classes have been added
to the British fleet since the war
began, it was revealed recently by
H. C. Ferraby, BIC naval common
tator.
Pointing out that new warships
are rolling into the water on an
average of one every. other day.
Ferraby declared that British and
Dominion shipyards have increased
destroyer production tenfold over
peacetime figures.
Ferraby said that OF these 500
ships, some 100 were ordered or un-
der construction when war broke out.
The others are entirely new, and
many of them have included radical
changes in design and building which
have resulted from lessons learned
in the early stages of the war. Fer
raby added:
'Ins one class Of warship alone:
destroyers, of which we're told we
can't ever have enough, British and
Dominion shipyards have already
delivered no less than 100 in the
last 80 months.
''But that is only part of the
story. he continued. ION top of
this tenfold increase in destroyer
production, the yards have been able
to turn out 100 coryettes.
This is part of Britain's about
war effort. about which little is said,"
Ferraby pointed out.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Everybody Ev'ry Pay Day
100000 Women Enrolled in War Savings
zsT 49, $3.50 Payroll Plan. ss..s.- L.

CWomen At opening Nov. o.
win seek sell the greatest single weeks volume of War
ton generally making toward financing the
monthly
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Loses ID Lbs. in Week
To Serve With Brother

NEW YORK.--A feature of the
brisk enlistments here into the
armed services was the swearing in
Of a 17-year-old youth who was IA
pounds overweight when he applied
week previously. $685.. ~
The too-heavy recruit was Donald
Covert of Ronkonkoma, L. l., a son
Of Lieut.. Comdr. Graham Covert,
now on active feet duty. Donald
and his twin brother. Eugene APP.
peared at marine corps enlistment
headquarters and Eugene was ac-
cepted. But Donald. who is six feet,
: tall, had too much .sbeef, so SifH
vent home, dieted and worked off
s1ough weight to enable him to en-
Z st. ySss%5y 2. q r. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Mexico Raises Army of
Guerrilla Rough Riders

MEXICO CITY.-Plans to raise a
guerrilla army on a nationwide
scale, with fighters trained in the
school Of Pancho Villa and other
noted leaders, were announced by
Antolin Jimenez, head of the newly
formed LEGION of Mexican Guer-
rilla Fighters
Formation Of the legion has been
] approved with deep satisfaction"
by the Mexican president.
Jimenez said his plan is to or
ganize units of the legion in all parts
. Of the country and establish a sys-
! tenn of rapid communication which
will permit quick mobilization in a
given emergency.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10

The customers of 300, 900 newspa-
per boys who have sold more than
$50, 600, 900 in War Bonds and Stamps
are mostly women. " III 1ll'.& ;
= Volunteer saleswomen run nearly
7all the Bond booths in theatres from
Maine to California. They also are
sparkling the War Bond sales in re-
tail stores.
Ralph G. Engelsman, Associate
Field Director of the payroll savings
section of the War Savings Staff,
readily admits that without the sup
port of women the phenomenal rec
ord of payroll savings enrollments
would not have been achieved. Pay
roll savings plans are now in opera
ton in $4,000 businesses and fac
tories. Employees OF twenty-five
thousand of these firms are convert
ing at least 10 percent of gross pay
rolls into War Bonds every payday.
>. Associate Field Director Engels-
man says. that women have contrib
uted directly and Indirectly toward
this record. When a man devoted 10
or more percent of his pay envelope
to War bonds, the woman at home
has had powerful voice in the de-
cision. Her planning, her economies
and her cheerfulness play their part
in the success of payroll savings.
s The Treasury Department is count
ing upon this woman influence in its
current campaign to stop that 10
percent by New Years." BY the
first of the year the Treasury hopes
to enroll at least 5000, 600 women
workers in a payroll savings plan
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Lloyd Harmon Peckenpaush

Lloyd Harmon Peckenpaugh, 81, 9
resident of the district for 40 years
died at the Pasco hospital Dec.
following two and one-half years
illness.
He had been a resident Of Benton
City the past Is or 20 years. Funera,
services were held there Monday
with the Rev. GieSler in charge. He
is survived by his aged father who
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10

Is 81 years OF age and mar.
home in Auburn, but was 49,, BY
attend the funeral; also by siv. {, !. Z
dren' Charles Of BremOrton.s .nl'
Mae Frier. Brewster: FlOyS ~. L0a
ireland; Grace schriner, Ersn NV p
K Kan and Roy Marvin at ssO,oa
City. His wife and one as,' sus0A
preceded him in death sever, -. n's'
ago He also leaves two brother eai,
three sisters who were here 80 slS
funeral. 4Or tha
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Fire6ghting Is just
Like Charity In East

SALISBURY, MD.-Firemen on
j the shore Of Maryland have been
kept busy-right at home.
Lightning struck the Salisbury fire.
department building, tearing out a
portion of the brick front and dam.
aging the interior Of the building.
Then Centreville, Md, volunteer
firemen, scurrying to answer call,
found a blaze in their own building.
Damage was estimated at 81, 900, &C.
cording to investigation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-10
Lauds Women
In w ar Work
McNutt Says a 400, 900 Will
Be on Jobs in Plants by
& End of This Year. :.

WASHINGTON v. McNutt
chairman of the war rnanpowel
commission, says that in almost ev'
cry plane (which carries to the enc.
my reminders of the growing
strength of the United Nations,
American women workers know
there is a sample of their work.
! Mr.. McNutt and other government
and civic leaders joined in praising
the role which women are playing
in industrial war work. He said
that by the end of the year there
would be 100000 women in war
Industries and that the number
would increase as the war length
ened. r.
In this great productive effort
the women of America are working
side by side with men," Mr.. Nc
Mutt said. ''They have demonstrate
ed their ability not only by doing
light assembly work but highly tech
nical jobs"
ITOtc 1utlT faDllltys
Others who praised women work
ers were Secretary Perkins, Mrs.
John L. Whitehurst, president of the
General Federation of Women S
Clubs, and Miss Mary Anderson, di-
rector of the women's bureau Of
the labor department and the Office
of War Information. p r.,
Secretary Perkins said that thou
sands of American women were
working efficiently in all parts Of
the country on war orders and their
employment will increase greatly in
the coming months" They were
showing thigh adaptability'' for war
production along many lines, she
said.
The Office of War Information
compared the compensations of the
American woman war-worker and
her counterpart in Germany, show
ing that American girls were free
to decide whether they would or
would not marry, and whether they
would or would not have family.
Free to Quit.
No government, hungry for in
creasing sources of future manpow-
er, for conquest, is swinging the
whip-lash over their private lives
demanding, in addition to work, the
marriage of single girls and the pro-
duction of offspring within Is
months" the Owl said.
'They are free to quit their jobs
il they wish; free to join union of
their trade; free to speak their
minds on politics, the conduct Of
the government and of the war; to
look at read and listen to whatever
they WISH
The necessity of paying to women
the same wages given to men if
both were doing comparable work
was emphasized by Miss Anderson.
She said that this compensation
yardstick was necessary for the mo-
rale and stability of all workers.
Women, she said, were eager and
willing to do days work, 'as they
have been from the beginning of
time" and she predicted that be-
fore another Labor day was here
women in industry will be mighty
force in winning the war"
Evening star., 1942-11-13

pointed out, will allow commercial
vehicle operators who have not yet
submitted application for certifi.
Gates Of war necessity another
chance to obtain the certificates
before Nationwide mileage ration
ing is started.
After December no commercial
vehicle will be permitted to operate
unless 1t carries 4 certificate Of war
necessity issued by ODT. This does
not mean, ODT warned, that oper.
ators can wait until a few DAYS be.
fore December / to submit applica- l.
ions and expect to receive certifl-
Gates before deadline. Several days
are required to process applica tions
and return them to operators, it was
said.
ODT stated that postponement OF
the certificate deadline does not
change the period III which the
tires Of all commercial vehicles must
be inspected. The inspections may
be made anytime after November
15 and must be completed before
January Is. Following the first in
spection, the tires of every truck,
bus or taxicab must be inspected
every 5000 miles or 80 days, which,
ever is completed first.
Evening star., 1942-11-13
Commercial Vehicle
Mileage Rationino
Postponed 10 Dec. |
Delay Gives Operators
Another Chunce to Get
Necessary Certificates

The Office of Defence Transpor-
tation last night announced post
ponement OF the effective date Of its
mileage rationing program for com.
mercial vehicles from November Il
to December /. The action was
taken to correlate the ODT pro-
gram for trucks, buses and taxis
with the rationine program for
private passenger cars, the start of
which was deferred to December /.
Postponement Of the ODT pro-
gram. Director Joseph B. Eastman
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Letter Refutes
Allegations Against
Red Cross

IN lie campaign to raise the LIB
by ceapter's quota Of the Red Cross
S50000000 fund. some complaint
has been run into by the workers.
The complaint was voiced by few
former ex-serNlce- men who claimed
they had been required to pay for
any articles they received from the
Red Cross during World War |.
Feeling that there was misinforma-
ton IN this respect somewhere, Mrs.
Andy Sauer, treasurer of the local
chapter, placed the matter before
Red Cross headquarters. She re-
celved the following letter from the
Red Cross, written by Alfred CT.
Wardley, assistant to the manager.
The letter reads.
My Dear Mrs. Sauer:
This letter is being sent to answer
your wire request, of January z.
for some statement regarding the
report circulating. with regard to
the Red Cross Canteen overcharg-
ing during the last war.
The only Canteen Service con-
Quoted by the Red Cross was that
IN our own country, and this serv-
ice provided food for men on troop
trains The Canteen Service for the
Expeditionary Forces was not con-
Quoted by the Red Cross, but rather
by the Y. NJ. c. A, at the request
of the government. 1t is quite APP
parent, therefore, that criticism is
unfounded.
Quite frequently these remarks
are made through misunderstand-
lngs. There were occasions when
stocks of the Canteen Service were
depleted, and the men in the forces
wanting cigarettes or other sup
plies, asked the Red Cross worker
to secure them behind the. lines.
The workers readily accommodated
the men in this manner, and of
course, the men paid for whatever
supplies were purchased It may be
the cost in such cases was some
times higher than the cost at the
Canteen, for the prices charged at
the Canteen were actual costs. AS
you will readily agree, such cir
cumstances could create criticism,
II the men did not fully understand
the esponsihilities of the Red Cross
worker, and the source from which
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Production Boss

Americans the know about huge job
asking control of production Washington
In the past the overlapping duties and divided responsibilities that
existed between the charged with directing the
produced deal Of neffcency Manufacturers often
difficulty they
Last changes caused countless delays
Alterations the designs Of that had already into
the No
makers often had
existed
President Roosevelt decision create War Production Board
Donald Nelson head should help to eliminate this
the entire should
adapt total
production must-and canbe done And Mr. Nelson's
performance Washington he do
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
Scrap Sent Japan
Badly Needed Now

Authorities say that a shortage of
scrap steel is looming in this coun-
try and unless collections are slim
ulated the 1912 production of steel
for munitions will be smaller than
the l941 production, in which case
our whole program will be slowed
down and thrown out of gear.
In the last few years immense
quantities of scrap metal were ship
ped to Japan. We got some of that
scrap back in the form of bombs
at Pearl Harbor The Japanese are
throwing more of it back at our
forces in the Philippines, but their
method of returning what they pur-
chased here is aggravating instead
Of relieving our need.
Nothing can be gained now BY
grousing over a policy that permit
ted shipments of scrap metal and
gasoline and other essential war
supplies to Japan up to a few
months ago. We know now that it
was a mistake. We will have to let
it 60 at that, hoping that the lesson
will not be forgotten in case we are
tempted in the future to purchase
appeasement of an unappeasable
nation.
AS a corrective of the situation,
Washington officials are urging an
immediate rummage of the. coun-
try's vacant lots, back yards and
cellars for all available scrap. The
more practical thing to do would
be to organize a nationwide junk
metal collection campaign rather
than talk about it.-Spokesman-Re-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29

Libby, Mont January "a, 1912
Editor Western News:
No one will deny that there has
been too much speech making and
too little production, especially for
our own army navy, and air force.
tretting and crying over split milk
will not make water. run backwards
over the dam and repair the dam
age done, when we found ourselves
unprepared
Mrs. Roosevelt has said Real de
Tense is the preparation of the peo-
pie to have confidence in them
selves, to feel secure in their way of
life, and to high morale
In these words there lies a di-
rect challenge to every father and
mother in the land Do more work
and less talking, work must be
planned better SO that it can be
done in less time, and with less eff
fort, plan better diets SO that the
family health may be the very best,
be as happy as possible, a happy
family makes for high morale; plan
regular recreation. read something
inspiring every day, (the Bible is a
the place to find it,; when you write
letters write cheerful ones, help
some one less fortunate than your
self Remember at all times that
your family comes first, then do
all the defense work you are physi-
cally able to-but do NOT overdo;
do what you do correctly so that
you will not make unnecessary
work for others.
Above all stop worrying. Worry
has killed more people than work.
We must and we will win this
war.
Sincerely yours,
A MOTHER OF THREE SONS.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29

grams in rural areas eligible We
hicles2 A. No.
@ Are passenger cars used by
travelling purchasers of scrap iron
entitled to tires2 A. No.
@ Are wholesale gEufers, trucks,
used to make deliveries to retailers,
eligible yehicles2 "A. Yes.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1942-01-29
How About Tires?

(This is one in a series of ar
ticles designed to answer questions
that have arisen under the Office
of Price Administrations Tire Ra-
tioning Order. All answers have
been given by OPM officials and
are authoritative interpretations
O. Are trucks used to repair tele-
graph line eligible vehicles? A. Yes.
@. Are passenger cars used to re-
pair telegraph line eligible vehicles ?
A. No.
@. Are cars used to render COM
mercial service to telegraph offices
eligible vehicles2 A. No.
G. Are cars used 10 deliver tele-