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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-05
Congress Considers Debt Credit Plan Of Tax Relic
Black Marker in Steel
Subject Of Investigation
Congressional Probe Launched
on Orders from Henderson

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. SIP
Two Investigations were prom.
ised today into charges made
before a congressional subcom-
mittee here that q "black mark
ct. in steel existed where I'm
mediate delivery was made
from "bulging warehouses scat
tered over the nation"
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson in Washington ordered
an immediate probe by the OPA
of charges made yesterday by
Frank Higgins, associated with
his father, A. J. Higgins, in
shipbuilding here, that his COM
pany bought steel from IA c h
markets at higher premiums.
Prior to Henderson's order.
President Roosevelt at q Wash
ington press conference said he
thought persons who sold steel
in such markets should 20 to
Jail and that the charges should
be investigated.
The second investigation was
promised by Rep. Peterson Cd
Fla), chairman of the House sub
committee investigating the
maritime commissions cancella-
ton last month of the A. j. Hig-
gins contract to build 200 liber-
ty ships because of an alleged
steel shortage.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-05

=" his matter of a steel black
market will be fully investigat-
ed" Peterson declared.
The committee planned to call
Frank Higgins in executive SEES
sion to question him regarding
steel warehouses with which he
said his firm had bought steel
from a "black steel market with
bullying warehouses over the ma
ton"
I'VE got the steel from ware
houses all over the country"
Higgins said. They know even
before we do that we'll get GER
tain contracts and they send us
lists of what we'll need to fill
the contracts. They send us
these lists before we know what
contracts we will get"
A. j. Higgins sale there was
no way of knowing what the
premium ~rice of such steel
would be, adding that some
times the bill carried delivery
charges" or charges for wear
and tear on tires"
II don't see what all the ex-
element is about" he asserted.
Everyone who knows anything
about steel or building knows
of this market, and of the fact
that warehouses are bullying
with steel which is sold in slight
ly less than carlots at premium
prices and the buyers priority
rating used to replenish the sup
ply"
Frank Higgins told the COM
mittee there was nothing illegal
in the transaction.
"It's legal profiteering, but
it's as black as the act of spades"
he said. Adding that priority
were needed but that i'm
mediate delivery was made,
whereas he said his company
could not be sure of delivery on
specific dates on war production
board commitments.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-05
Aroff Ready
10 Take Stand
Navy Officer to
Answer Charges

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 5-(R)
Lieut.. Comdr. Maurice N.
Aroff's turn came today to an
swer Navy charges that he &C
cepted gifts from subordinates,
among them singer Tony Mar
tin, and conducted himself
scandalously irr his former ca
pacity of assistant to the 18th
district director of naval officer
procurement.
For more than a week, a sue
cession of prosecution witnesses
told Aroff's six-judge court mar
tial that the commander helped
young friends obtain favored
positions in the Navy, then ask
ed them for rewards. Today the
defense was scheduled to open.
A half-dozen witnesses, it was
understood, are to appear in
Aroffs behalf. with the likeli-
hood the defendant would be
among the first.
Opening of the defense case
was preceded by an unsuccess-
full attempt to have all the charg-
es against Aroff dismissed.
The Navy closed its case with
testimony by two intelligence Of
ficerS. One, Lieut. Richard c.
Bergen, said that on May IA
Aroff, who also is accused of
falsehood, told him he had
bought a $3.50 car from Mar
tin.
Subsequently, on June q, Ber-
gen again interviewed Aroff and
gave the commander a transcript
of their previous conversation to
read.
While he was reading the
transcript, Aroff remarked with
reference to the story about the
Studebaker Tony and I
made that up because the truth
might sound bad" Bergen testi-
fled.
Lieut.. B. E. Burchfiel, the
prosecutions final witness and
another investigator in the
Aroff case, corroborated Ber-
gems statement.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-05

combined with . postwar tax
rebate for those individuals and
CO operations not requiring spe-
cial relief.
Chairman gorge (D-Ga).
who has called the de'-t credit
plan "sensibly sound" told ~
porters that great deal Of work
would have to b done On tha
proposal to make certain that e
was applied equitsbly to al tax
payers and to prevent loopholes
from developing.
He said he approved generally
a proposal made to the commit
tee yesterday by w. p. Hobby,
publisher of the Houston, Tex,
post aid former governor of
Texas, to allow small businesses
without war contracts q credit
against surtaxes of 5 per cent
yearly of the amount Of THEIR
outstanding debts for retiring,
those obligations.
Senator Taft (R-O hio) said ~
favored merging the individual
and corporation proposals h 60
comprehensive plan, eoyox,ne
d e BIT payments, govsfuunae
bond purchases and post-wag r.
bates for taxpayers who had -,
need of the relief provisieua
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-05
Cargo Boat
Advice Sought
MiIitory Experts
TO Testify

WASHINGTON. Aug. s. CR)
- A Senate subcommittee called
for advice of top ranking Army
and Navy officers today on the
need for construction of giant
flying boats. cargo CARRYING
submarines or both as a solution
to U-boat sinkings.
Resuming hearings on pro-
posed methods of transporting
troops and war supplies with
out exposure to submarine haz-
ards, Chairman Lee Okla. }
asked for opinions of Lieut.. Gen.
Henry H. Arnold, commander of
the Army air force, Brig. Gen.
H. L. George. head of the air
transport command. and Ad-
miral John H. Towers, chief of
the Navy Bureau of Aeronau-
tics.
One method, proposed by
Henry J. Kaiser, west coast
shipbuilder, calls for the build
ing of giant seaplanes in con-
verified shipyards. The other, sug-
gested by Simon Lake, 75-year-
old designer and builder of un-
der-sea craft. would construct q
fleet of cargo-carrying subma-
rines.
Senator Lee expressed salts
faction with the serious consid-
Grafton which he said the War
and Navy Departments promis-
ed to give both proposals. The
undersecretaries of war and
navy, Robert p. Patterson and
James v. Forrestal, told him
yesterday, he said, that care
full study would be made.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-05
WARNING! DeWARE OF
BOWEL WORM
Inside You or Your Child

Roundworm: can cause real dlstressi And
msnt without even knowing what IL wrong.
So. watch for such warning signs ass
nose picking. 'hnicky' appetite. nervous.
ness. uneasy stomach. itching parts.
Use JAYNE'S vERMIFUGE to drive
and make trouble. JAYNE'S II America's
Leading proprietary worm medicine scien.
tihcally tested and used By millions for
over . century. It acts very gently, yet
drives out stubborn worms. When no worms
Be sure you got JAYNE'6 VERNIFUCEi
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-05
WHERE CREDIT is DUE

The famous musical compost
ton, THE Bee, commonly cred
tied to him, was not written by
Franz Peter Schubert, but by an
other Franz Schubert, minor
composer of Dresden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-20
nY EDMUND FANcoTT

sprawilng affair which had grown charmingly as extra space hao been added to the original cottage It was set on 8 great outcrop of rock at the very top of a low hill, and its windows gazed out on every side over the treetops Of thickly wooded hilsides.
 It was comfortably furnished and equipped because Ferdy spent great deal of his time there, working outdoors or painting in the studio built onto the house while his aunt attended to the housekeeping.
 He arrived there alone 8 day before he expected his guests and announced to his aunt that she could expect a houseful of guests for the weekend.
 She looked at her favorite nephew with a quizzical smile. "Well, it's nice to know in ad- vance. Usually you arrive unan- nounced bringing hordes of strange people with you"
 She was a small woman, so completely composed under all circumstances that 1t seemed as if the calm of the Laurentian coun- try had become an essential part of her nature. Conveniently, too she was thoroughly conditioned to Ferdy's whimsies in the way oi guests.
 DO know any of the people who are coming up?" she asked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-20

Ferdy wandered around the wide lounge, across to the plate glass window that filled an alcove and gave an uninterrupted vieW of great sweep of country.
 "Yes. There is at least one you like. Myra Mack
 'Ha," replied his aunt. T hope nothing is going to happen then"
 What on earth do you meanP" asked Ferdy with grin.
 "You know very well" said his aunt. "She is & very nice girl with a lot of character, but every time she comes here something extraordinary happens. Who else2"
 Ferdy listed the others. His aunt listened patiently.
 Must you always be asking conn., plete strangers up herep"
 Ferdy grinned. He turned back to his aunt and lifted 8 cautioning finger at her. You know very well you are as bad as I am. You always say that nothing is so fas- cinating as the latest crop of young things. I'm merely pandering to your curiosity and bringing up a fair selection"
 She smiled her admission of what he said. "True. All the same, that Mack girl has 8 fiair for complications. We'll have any, thing from e circus to a triple wedding before this weekend l; over" >
 (To Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-20
sERlAL sToRY

E STORY: Fcrdy LOrtOn, ~ has invited NEyra Mack, her aaeR brother Michael and her zz~5ear-Old sister Peggy for a weekend at his country house ear Montreal, Nigel Monkh0use, Hsso soldier, will be another
 k Myra thinks of asking a eety stenOgrapher whom she mm6 Nigel have seen on train.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-20

COPYRIGHT. ieAa, MIA 8gRNlcE. ING.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-20

Ferdys place in the lovely Lau- rentians was just SO miles from Montreal, yet as secluded as If 1t he'd been built upon the highest crag in the Canadian wilds. Tucked sway off the beaten track in a countryside of dirt roads, lakes and wooded hills, it was a fairly large estate and had home farm com- nlete with a French-Canadian fam ily who did the chores for Ferdy.
 The house Itself was a low,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Local Police "Discover"
New Rubber Source

Rubber will win the war, accord
ing to the latest propaganda.
IF this is true, we've got it cinch-
ed right now, for Kennewick's chief
of police has located weed grow
ing wild here that has all the prop
critics of crude rubber and there's
plenty of the stuff growing wild.
While the stuff acts like a milk
weed, it isn't Sample are to be sent
to the state college for Identification
and an investigation undertaken to
determine just what use might be
made of the plant and its juice.
The milk makes a grand paste
dried little into soft ball it
acts like bubble gum, stretches and
snaps back into shape. Anyway,
Frank Visger and the police are go
ing to learn more about it.
Maybe the Japs did us some good
after all when they cut off our for
eign rubber supply!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Ladies Stage Dress
Parade at Golf Links

Last Thursday four threesomes
were in play on Ladies' Day at the
golf club. This was the first of a
series of ladder tournaments. Agnes
Spreen was first and Lucille Jones,
second.
On Sunday the ladies had a mas
querade tournament as the four
somes were called, the members who
teed off to play wearing the article
of clothing found in the bundles they
had selected. The "dress parade"
was very amusing. Agnes Spreen in
a clown suit, Mrs. Behrman in a
net and lace dinner dress, Mrs.
Beste in lovely old fashion gown,
Mrs. Stone was dressed as "Lil Bo
Peep" Billy Gravenslund in a shorts
play suit and straw hat. Mrs. Cheney
was in a 1918 fluffy chiffon party
gown, Mrs. Vibber and Pete Linn as
cowboys, Mrs. Fyfe in a white dress
with miles" of skirt, Mrs. Steele as
our bathing beauty, Ruth Beste was
the playboy of the group, with Luz
ellie Jones as his partner in ankle
length coullotes. The judges are
still deadlocked as to who won the
costume prize. !
Today Thursday eleven ladies
played the second ladder series, with
Agnes Spreen, as first and Ella Linn
as second. After refreshments some
Of the group played bridge. !
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Public Health Head
To Live i'm Kennewick

DR.. Robert Ripley, who will have
active charge of the new Benton
Franklin health center, arrived re-
Gently and is making arrangements
for the opening of the center. 1t
will he located in the basement of
the court house in Pasco and will
employ, in addition to the doctor, a
sanitarian, two nurses and clerk.
The nurses will be the county nurses
of both counties.
DR.. Ripley, who is a captain in the
United States Public Health Service,
has rented a home in Kennewick and
will move his family here August /.
They are now living at Walla walla
on account of the acute housing
shortage here. His home was in
Chappaqua, New York, where he
engaged in private practice. s..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Notes Of Benton
County Men in
the Armed Forces
Dear Mr.. Editor:


The second Courier Reporter ar
rived here and I want to take this
opportunity to express my apprecia-
ton and to thank you for your thot-
fulness, for sending me the news
from the old home town.
Believe me, its really nice to get all
the news about the people I know
and about the communities I know
so well.
i have not lived in Kennewick for
several years, having been employed
on the coast near Bellingham prior
to enlisting in the navy, but my folks
still reside at Finley and have al
ways received the Courier from
them.
I am stationed here at the navy
pier, attending an aviation school.
The people in this city are very pat
riotic and treat the men in uniform
like royal people.
Again I want to thank you for
your kindness and will look forward
to receiving the paper.
Sincerely yours,
ROGER GILMORE,
Co. IL, Sec. K, Navy Pier,
Chicago, Illinois
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Local Alters
Take Part i'm
Camp Program
Annual convention has
interesting events for
youth of state

All club members who attended
annual club camp at Washington
state college, June 8-12 studied many
vital problems this year.
The MISUNDERSTANDING men,
bers of the camp were divided into
groups of forty members each. Each
group attended three demonstra-
tons and one discussion class each
day. Demonstrations were on home
repairs, garden pest control, farm
and home safety, seeing the victory
garden through, marketing dairy
products, food preservation and
brooding chickens. Discussion topics
were What All Members Can Do
To Help Win the War, 'what De-
mocracy Means To Me-" and "Nutri-
tion'
Play was not omitted from the
program. Alice Marie Ash of Hover
was State Winner in this quiz pro-
gram Stamp Stack-up" Opal Wat
kins of Kennewick Highlands re-
ceived honorable mention for the
many articles she contributed to the
Daily Owl'-official camp paper.
Mary Soper and Mr.. Everett Dague
represented Benton County in the
Candle Lighting ceremony. Ira
Lampson, Rosemary Watkins and
Opal Watkins of the Kennewick
Sheepherders represented Benton
County in the Service at Home"
program as one of the leading sheep
production counties of Washington
La Rhee Montgomery and Beverly
Gagner played a harmonica duet
and Elva Sutton played her trumpet
on the KWSC talent broadcast Mon
day, June 8.
Members OF the delegation visit
ed every corner of the college cam
pus. Lois Bennett, Esther Beinhart,
Mary Soper and Donna Mayer spent
many of their spare minutes in the
of natural history.
The department of veterinary
science, the dairy barns, the home
economics department, the dormi-
tory kitchens, and the swimming
pools were other points Alters found
interesting. >..,...1
In Spokane the delegation visited
the Davenport Hotel, Spokane Falls,
KGA radio station and banqueted at
the Spokane Hotel. The only plea
as delegates arrived in Benton
County was that there could he an
other camp again next year,!
Other members attending were
Margery Dye, Don Grimshaw, Frank
Alice Jacobsen, Anna
Rose Vrosby, Maxine SCHNEIDER,
James BiIlingsley and Albert Better,
Miss Marguerite Berry and w. w.
Skuse.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Power Employees NJ.
For Rubber SALVAGE

Members Of the PacifIc n
Light Co. organization in ~ we 4
district have had new incept,v. ssso
ed to their participation IN - aOd'
tion-wide scrap rubber drive "a
Skill. district manager, has Z, 3
a $500 cash prize 10 be aws,s I'VE
the employe who turns in thu .
eset quantity al the electr,. eleat
pany office here. 00a'
Urging utility employees IA
their homes from cellar n 49, $50
salvage rubber. Skill stresses 49, !. g
no item. whether it be rubber 49,
or pencil eraSerS, was too snss 40
be overlooked in the all-oIt ~. .
to further the war effort. R
Rubber contributed by each \
& L. employe will be weighed !, 4
company office to determine y
winner Of Skill'S cash award
then placed at the govenm..a'
disposal through local service
tons. '~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Machinist's Mate

Norman Clifford McInturff of
Kennewick, has successfully COM
pleted the required course Of study
and will receive the rating of Avia-
ton Machinist's Mate, when he
graduates on June 20, at the Naval
Air School in Seattle, Washington,
according to word just received from
the Thirteenth Naval District. Young
McInturff, who is a graduate of the
Kennewick high Schol, where he
starred in football, enlisted in the
U. S. Navy on October 4.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
u. Loans Fill
Real Need i'm
Farm Financing
Project renewed by bill
signed last week; 20
years to pay

Land Bank Commissioner loans
will continue to be available to
farmers of Benton county under the
terms of legislation signed last week
by President Roosevelt, C. w.
Dykes, secretary treasurer of the
Benton County National Farm Loan
Association, announced this week
Original authorization for these
loans expires June 1.
Land Bank Commissioner loans
usually are written as second mort
gage loans in connection with Fed
eral Land Bank Loans, thus permit
ting loans of as much as IS percent
of the appraised agricultural value
of farms where that much credit is
needed and is justified by the Sc
curity. Under certain conditions,
they may also he written as first
mortgage loans.
Interest rate on Land Bank Com
missioner loans is 5 percent, and the
usual term of the loan is 20 years,
semi-annual payments on the prin-
cipal retiring the loan by the end of
its term.
Originally authorized in. 1893 as
an emergency measure" Dykes said,
Commissioner Loans have filled a
real need in farm financing. They
have enabled thousands of farmers
to consolidate Indebtedness at low
er rates of interest and begin to
make progress in getting out of debt.
They have helped many tenants be-
come farm owners. And of course,
during the depression, they made it
possible for thousands of farmers to
keep farms they otherwise would
have lost if such loans had not been
available. ..s..
Commissioner loans are made by
the Federal Farm Mortgage Corpor-
alton through Federal Land Banks
and are servioed by local national
farm loan associations, exactly as
Federal Land Bank loans are serv-
iced" III Ee.Ta1. o.. <@
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
FOR THEIR COUNTRY!

The Courier-Reporter
invites our readers to
write or phone in
news of service men
for use in this column.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Local Skating Rink
Features Ladies' Night

The management Of the Columbia
Rink has set aside tonight. Friday.
June 20, as a night for the ladies to
show their prowess as skaters at
the local rink. This night has been
designated as Ladies Night, and two
ladies will be admitted for the price
of one. The local rink is open five
nights week, Tuesday, "wednesday.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
United States Navy and
Marine Corp, Inc.

Dear Ralph and Staff: "1~-> % 60.
In behalf of the local boys, now irf
the service, this letter of apprecia-
ton is directed to those whom have
made it possible for us to receive the
local paper. T. .rH
We are all now present at this
writing. Upon discussing the old
times at home, the first subject (aft-
er the girls) that we came to was
the Kennewick ourier-Reporter.
We have all gone through the pre-
lirninary training. This is the tough
est part of the service, after the first
shots and military straightning out,
it isn't long until you become &C
to the routine We have
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-18
Five Daughters Spend
Vacation With Father
(Ieft Out Last Weekl

WHITE BLUFFS five young
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. A. W.
Borden, Dolores, Katherin Jane,
Agnes, Mary Ann, and Veronica, who
have been in Walla Walla during
the school year with their mother,
and have joined their father on the
ranch for the vacation period. Mrs.
Borden will remain in Walla Walla
for a while. 49,, --.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Frustnow,
Falls City and their two children,
Raymond and Darrell, left Monday
for their home after spending the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Schilling. Frustnow is nephew of
Mrs Schilling Iii. .....
Mrs Maurice Hitchcock and child
rem, Richard, Sam and Kathleen, re-
turned Saturday to their home in
Sisters. Oregon after spending the
past two weeks with Mrs. Hitch
cocks parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j.
OLarey. ...- go > w..
Mr.. and Mrs. . Milton Bailey of
Miles City, Montana, who have been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Van Cleave for the weekend,
left Monday ito visit friends in Pasco
Yakima and Naches. IT,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles West of New
Lennox arrived Saturday and will be
employed with Fred Mehrer on the
S. ". Tanning cattle ranch this sum-
mer.
Mrs. s.. v. Tanning accompanied
by Mrs. r. e. Miles and Mrs. j. E.
Leander and son, David, were Sun
nyside visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Cronrath of Ell
lensburg were in White Bluffs Sum
day, calling at the e. s. Horton and
Jones Francis homes. They also
visited the Midway substation. Con-
rath is control house operator at the
EIensburg substation for the Bon
neville Power Administration.
Mrs. "A. j. LOTUS of White Bluffs
received word that her uncle, Earl
Baker, passed away in Seattle on
Thursday. Mrs. LOTUS, ACCOMPANY.
. led her sister, Mrs. Rolla Reider of
/, Yakima and her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mahony of Prosser to Seattle
on Friday. .,sa@sa
John F. johnson, auto mechanic
at Midway substation, has moved
from the Ira Flagler ranch at Yer
nita to tine Geo. Chase house in town
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Gibson cd
Cascade Locks were weekend guests
at the VIM. r. Kirby home. Mrs
Gibson (nee Miss Marie Lovgrin)
was married May 8. The Gibsons
left for their home in Portland, Ore
gon Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs
Gibsons' grandfather, VIM. r. Kirby
who will spend the next two months
with his son Burton at Kelso, AND
with relatives in Seattle and Sno-
homish, also with his daughter, Mrs
Peter Strand at Cascade Locks. Mis-
Vearl I;ovgrin will accompany the
Gibsons and remain in Portland in.
definitely with her sister, Mrs. Glib
son. Gibson will report for active
military duty Friday, June H..
VIM. Barnes, employed as sales.
man in the White Bluffs Mercantile
company has accepted position II
the Slurfine Grocery and frozer
food products store opened June
by K. ". SainSbury.