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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Two Lives Lost
In PrOsser
|Airplane Crash
Both young men we'll
known locally; investi.
cation undertaken

David Wooden, 20, and Basil
Shields, %, both well known young
men in Kennewick, lost their lives
last Sunday in an airplane crash al
ProsSer. ........ -.
Both young men were pilots
Wooden having received his COM
mercial license and Shields was
within few hours of having enough
to rate. They had taken off from
the Prosser port but few min
utes before the crash, with Wooden
at the controls.
Investigation into the circum-
stances which surrounded the acct
dent was undertaken yesterday un-
der the direction of Perry Hodgen OF
Seattle, representing the safety bur-
eau of the civil aeronautics division
A. M. Richter, sheriff, has been
busy rounding up parts, some OF
which were scattered over a large
area of Prosser, before the ship
crashed beside the Fry warehouse
Souvenir hunters are being sought
so that all pieces can he given the
engineer.
Hodgden has been interviewing
many of the scores of residents who
saw the arricent. Most of them re-
port the plane went into a power dive
and that the right wing folded up
as it leveled off. One spectator said
she saw pieces break off the wings
before it went into the dive. Others
believed the dive may have been
intentional. Neither filler wore q
parachute.
Additional details of the young
mems lives will be found in another
part of this issue.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Seventy-Three Stars i'm
Legion Service Flag

The local American Legion Aux
Hilary, which has constructed serv-
ice flag with the names of all boys
in the service of Uncle Sam, who
have attended the local high school,
presented the flag to the school at
their award assembly Thursday aft
ernoon. The flag, red border and
white field, which at present con-
tains seventy-three blue stars and
one gold star, represents the young
men in service today and Tommy
Hembree, who was killed in action
December at Pearl Harbor.
During the summer stars viii be
added as new recruits go into the
service. The flag will be displayed
on the walls of the Kennewick hign
school in the fan with a preliminary
showing Of the flag in the window
of the Courier-Reporter.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Storage Problem
For Wheat Scares
Administration
Growers to vote on
marketing quotas on
Saturday, May 2

Enough wheat for two years! That
is the picture that confronts u. s..
farmers as they prepare to go to the
polls on Saturday, May 2, to vote in
the second wheat marketing quota
referendum. ~ss1s-
eve have over a years full slip
ply of wheat already crammed into
every available cubic inch of stor-
age space, and still another crop
probably a bumper one-is on the
way to the bins and elevators when
harvest time rolls around again this
summer" Fred Wilson, Benton
County ,AAA chairman, states. Gun
less we take some kind of firm action
to handle the marketing of this sur
plus we are going to run into stor-
age and transportation tieup of
major proportions. II
Faced with a wheat carryover
nearly twice that Of last year, grow
ers will have to decide on May 2
whether or not they wish the mar
keting quota regulations continued
for another season. Last spring
Washington farmers approved the
quota plan by margin of SO per-
cent, Mr.. Wilson points out.
1--WE are facing the virtual GER
tainty of 1873 million -bushel sur
plus at the end of this current sea-
son-an amount bigger than most
total U. IS. harvests," Wilson warns.
Where to put this grain, how to
haul and store it, and how to keep it
from breaking the wheat market and
taking us back to the days Of 30
cent grain, is the greatest problem
wheat formers have had to face
since the last war;"
Despite new storage spaces for
over 20 million bushels constructed
last year we had, for the first time
in the history Of this country, the
unpleasant picture of bulk grain
piled in the open field with Moth
ing more for cove. than burlap and
canvas. And, with our elevators and
warehouses still crammed almost to
capacity, we are heading towards
another harvest" Mr.. Wilson adds.
Something must be done to meet
this problem, and, in the quota sys-
tenn, we have a ready made and
tested machinery for the handling of
surplus that would otherwist turn
into a major calamity. Let's all he
certain to vote in the quota referen-
dunn on May g."
AL wheat farmers affected by the
quota law, whether tenant, or own
er, may vote if normal production
Of their 1912 acreage planted to
wheat is 200 bushels or more. or if
the area planted to wheat is in ex-
cess of Is acres. Wives, as well as
their husbands, may vote where the
farm is either owned or operated
as community property.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Mayor Can't Get
Sponsor for Drive

Mayor Alfred Anon is hot and
bothered. Community affairs have
him swamped. --latest Is a Relief for
China Drive, in which he's supposed
to gather in $3.50 from this district.
He's too busy and everyone he OF
fers 1t to shies OFF rapid. He is open
to suggestions.
He says he Is also told to warn
people to get in their coal this sum-
mer, in face of a threatened short
age this winter. Also the terrible
lack Of sacks is threatening the
wheat business. Everyone should
save old sacks as no more jute can
be imported for some time yet.
China relief-coal shortage, save
sacks, sugar rationing-what those
bandits have done to US!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Bus Service to PascO
To Start Next Week

Hourly bus service between Ken
newick and Pasco will be inaugural
ed next week, according to an an
nouncement made today 10y Caro-.
Pratt, who has been granted a fran
chise by the department of licenses
u Mr.. Pratt says that he will at
tempt an hourly service leaving
Kennewick on the hour and Pascc
on the half. Just how the schedule
will fit in with the requirements OF
the community will have to be de-
termined, but Mr.. Pratt feels thai
a satisfactory schedule can be ar
ranged. III
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Mixed 2-Ball FOursOme
Tournament Sunday

There will be a mixed foursome
two-ball golf tournament at the
Twin City Golf Club next Sunday;
April 26th. The tee off will occur at
9 am. All men and women golfers
are requested to be present early Sc
the drawing can take place and the
tee off not delayed. In the past
these mixed tournaments have been
one of the most enjoyable tourna-
ments of the season This tourna-
ment has been arranged by the
tournament Committee. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Bernie Neuman Gets
Air Corps Promotion

Bernard A. Neuman, whose home
address is Ut Hartford St., Renne-
wick, has recently been promoted
from Second Lieutenant to the rank
OF First lieutenant, according 20
word received from the War De
partment.
Lieut.. Neuman is on duty at the
Air Corps Proving Ground, Eglin
Field, Florida, where he is Engineer
ing Officer. @.H1.
Z Before being called to active duty
on July 1871, he was with the Civil
Aeronautics Administration AZ
Louisville, Kentucky.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Local Shipyards Make
Two Barges Out of One

The local shipyards have just
completed an unique job Of barge
alteration. A year or SO ago the
plant built q huge grain barge. II
was found to be too deep in draft
so the thing was split in two, new
deck built on the bottom and new
bottom built on the old deck, making
two barges where only one was be-
fore. Tx. ..~SE...
Both barges have been launched
although the fittings are not yet in
place on either. However, it is ex-
pected that both will be In service
by the time wheat hauling IS re-
sumed. ~ RI 80
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23

The Arrow Grill, operated for the
past year by Tony Mayer, has been
sold to Paul Craver, who took pos
session Monday. Mr.. Craver is a
former resident of the Highlands
and has many friends here.
Mr.. Craver has had many years of
restaurant experience, having come
here from the management of Man
ning's Coffee Shop in San Francisco.
Mr.. Mayer has made no plans for his
future.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Oldsters to Register
For War Effort Monday

The rest Of us have a rendezvous
next Monday with Uncle Sam. Men
from "A to IS are called for the
country's fourth registration dor the
war effort. Registration place will
be the city hall which will be open
from seven in the morning until nine
at night.
Following the registration, ques-
tionnaires will be sent to each regis
trant who will be required to list
his abilities and experiences (purely
|business). Many are to he called
but probably darn few will be chosen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Grass Growers
Asked to Attend
Special Meeting
To discuss shortage of
farm labor; explain To-
cal labor camp

The acute labor shortage Is
probably due to a lack of under
standing on the part of the farm
ers," III. L. Slack, employment di-
rector for the local mobile labor
camp told members of the chamber
Of commerce this noon.
'tOf course, it's not all one-sided
either, and as soon as the growers
can understand our problems, am
sure we can arrange for the labor
requirements to harvest the crops in
this vicinity" he continued. How
ever, some concessions are necessary
For instance, many of the residents
in our camp are without transporta-
ton. Some farms are too far away
from the camp for them to walk
each day. Perhaps the farmers car
arrange quarters for their seasonal
help. This has proven satisfactory
in other sections and perhaps more
along this line will be required In
this section" he said.
Another serious difficulty the
camp Is encountering is the over
sight on the part OF the farmers in
notifying the camp of their require
ments. Each farmer should call the
camp each morning, If in need of as
|sistance. Orders for help are void
after "a hours in most cases and un-
less the employment office can have
some idea Of the requirements the
help cannot be available.
Another difficulty encountered up
to this stage, during the cold nights
Is that farmers are not yet willing
to provide other work when the grass
Is cut so the help can earn fair
wages. A few hours work day Is
not sufficient for the imported Ia
Dor.
I'm order that a better understand
ing can be had concerning the
problems on both sides, the agri-
culture committee has called a
meeting for tomorrow friday
night at eight o'clock, at the Arrow
Grill. All growers who need out
side help are invited to attend and
sincere efforts will be made to ar
range for adequate supplies of farm
labor.
In the meantime, a special COM
mittee will interview the school au-
thorities at Pasco, where 1t is under
stood that about thirty boys in the
high school are willing to help out
in the cutting u they may be ex-
cused and transportation can be ar
ranged.
Superintendent Booth of the Pas
co school was very cooperative In
the matter. offering to have a de-
layed opening similar to the Kenne-
wick plan if necessary. Tie offered
us everything but the chimney ON
the school house" one Of the COM
mittee members said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Resume Work on
Deep Test Well
In RattleSnakes
Hope to revive aband-
oned natural gas field
in Benton county

Drilling has been resumed on
Conservative Well No. / in the
Rattlesnake Hills area, according to
advice received from Paul John
Hunt, developer of oil and gas
leases in this region.
Conservative No. 1 is a deep test
well already at 3670 foot depth, hav-
ing lain idle for over two years. With
the government military activities
and war industries creating an rrg-
emit need, drilling contractors A. A.
Durand and Son, have been engaged
to go deeper for expected oil and
gas supplies.
Competent biologists and petrol
cum engineers are convinced that
oil lies deep in the sedimentaries be-
low the basaltic rock formations of
this region, said Hunt. Work was
discontinued at this well owing to
our drilling well for shallow gas in
an adjacent area. Financial ar
rangements are being worked out
and drilling Is expected to con-
tinue until oil Is reached or the pro-
ject abandoned completely. There
are many sound reasons why au-
thorities believe pool Of oil lies be-
meath these barren Rattlesnake Hills
and our eagerness to reach it is en-
phasized materially by the current
developments in our war effort, plus
the lack Of available petroleum and
inadequate transportation facilities. "
The deep test well is located thir-
teen miles north of Benton City, in
the midst of fifteen natural gas
wells, which produced commercially
for twelve years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Finley Pin0chle Club Z
Met Tuesday Afternoon

FINEY-Mrs. Jesse Lande en-
tertained the Finley Pinochle club
Tuesday with one o'clock lunch
con. Three tables of pinochle were
played later with first won by Mrs.
e. Sherry, second prize to Mrs. Har-
old Witham and Mrs. w. Gilmore
low. Mrs. Tom Carratt was a guest.
Next meeting will be with Mrs. Al
bert Piert. 2:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
LATER HOURS

Starting yesterday, local stores
put their closing hours later. Under
the summer schedule stores will
close at 6 pm. on week days and at
z pm. on Saturdays.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23

The Standard and Potlatch Lum-
Der Companies presented the first
aid classes four sets of. splints to be
used in their demonstration classes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23
Tie Up Hunters!

All bird dogs or dogs used Ton
hunting game birds must be kept UP
through the months Of April, Mar
June and July.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-04-23

First circle w. S. G. s. will hold
a cooked food sale at the Kenne-
wick Market Saturday, May 2.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
Hector Hunter
Named MasOnS'
Grand Master
MASONS HOLD
COMMUNICATION

The Most Worshipful Grand
Lodge of the State of Minnesota
and Jurisdiction, Free and Accept
ed Masons prince Hall Affilia-
tion), held its 48th Communication
at Pioneer Hall, 5S8 Rondo avenue,
as guests of Pioneer Lodge No. l,
on August Is and 10.
At IL a. m. on August 10, Hec-
tor Hunter, Deputy Grand Master,
called the Session to order as the
Most Worshipful Grand Master,
George l. Hoage, could not attend,
having been called into the service.
The Sessions were well attended
and much was accomplished for the
good of the Order.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year were: Hector Hunter, Grand
Master, st. Paul; George Adams,
Deputy Grand Master, Duluth
John W. Thomas, Grand Treasurer,
Lawrence E. Tarver, Grand Secre-
tary, st. Paul; James L. McKinnie,
Grand Sr. Warden, st. Paul; Louis
H. Williams, Grand Jr. Warden,
Minneapolis; Henry P. Ross, grand
lecturer, st. Paul, and John A. Rob-
inson, chairman, committee on for
eign correspondence, Winnipeg
Canada.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
Earl Onque
Moves East

Earl T. Onque left the city on
Friday for Brooklyn, New York,
where he will join his wife and son
until called to the service. Mrs.
Onque is executive secretary of the
Brooklyn Branch of the Y. W. C. A.
Before leaving Mr.. Onque was
the honored guest at a department
party of the Northern States
Power Company where he has
worked for the past IL years and
was presented a wrist watch from
employees of the company by G. o.
House general manager). His
leaving was regretted by all his
fellow workers, House said in his
remarks.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
Frank Boyd to
Speak on Poll
Tax andLabOr

How the Poll Tax Affects La
boris Rights" will be the subject
of talk by Frank Boyd, Secretary
of the Twin Cities Chapter of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
tiers, well-known leader in the
struggle for labor and civil rights
on Friday, September II, s p. m,
at the Andrews hotel in Minneapo-
lis. The meeting is under the aus
pices of the Twin Cities Workers
Defense League.
Information on the Poll Tax is
especially important now after the
death of the disenfranchised share
cropper, Odell Waller and with the
Geyer Anti-Poll Tax Bill before
Congress.
One-fifth of the adults of this
country are of the poll-tax states of
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mis-
sissippi, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, and Virginia. The poll tax
varies in different states from a
dollar to two dollars a year. In
some states, the tax is cumulative.
In Alabama, if you are Al and have
not paid the poll tax since you were
81, you must pay $50 before you
can vote.
There are two bills aimed at the
poll tax before Congress today
HR 1924 and S 1880. Both bills are
in committee, but only q more sig
natures are needed to Discharge
Petition No. are required to bring
the Geyer Anti-Poll Tax Bill to a
vote.
In Minnesota, according to our
information, all present Represen-
tatives have signed Petition No. l
except August Andersen, LIST Dis
trict; R. T. Buckler, 9th District;
Harold Knutsen, 9th District.
To help abolish the poll tax,
write your Congressman demand
ing that they sign the petition if
they have not already done so and
urging them to vote for the Geyer
Anti-Poll Tax Bill. Write your
Senators, Joseph Ball and Henrik
Shipstead asking that they demand
that the Senate Judiciary Commit
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
War Department
ScOtcheS RunOr
RUMOR OF NEGRO TROOPSHIP
SINKING SCOTCHED BY
WAR DEPARTMENT

WAX DEf AMI M ENI
New York-Another false rumor
concerning the welfare of Negro
soldiers has been scotched by the
War Department, according to an
announcement by the national
office of the NAACP.
Reports that a transport carry
ing 5000 Negro soldiers had been
sunk off the coast of Australia
were widespread throughout the
midwest, and caused the Associa-
ton to ask the War Department if
there was any truth in the rumors.
General George C. Marshall,
Army chief of staff, stated in re-
ply: "The story itself appears to
be quite without foundation as to
the facts; and l need hardly add
that the charge that some thou
sands of soldiers were intentional
ly and unnecessarily exposed to
danger is preposterous."
The NAACP again urges men,
bers of the public to check every
rumor or story of this sort to find
its basis in fact before giving
credence to it.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
Martin Nelson
Campaigns Hard
fore. p. Nod
publicity Release from Nelson
Committee)

-
Martin Nelson, candidate for the
Republican nomination for COVER
nor, has been making a whirlwind
campaign during the past two
weeks.
Martin A. Nelson is a veteran of
the World War-a former pilot in
the Army Air Corps, who received
his commission, not because of po-
litical influence or social prestige;
because he went out and earned it;
just as thousands of other young
men did at that time by long and
tedious hours of study-strenuous
hours up there in the clouds ,becom-
ing the master of his ship and after
months of long hard days he re-
ceived his wings. Mothers of Min
nesota! Many of your sons are
doing the same thing today, fight
ing, studying, and striving for pro-
motions and higher ranks in the
armed forces.
That's the kind of a young man
Martin A. Nelson was in 1917-1918,
and that is the kind of a man Mar
tin A. Nelson has been throughout
his long professional career. He
worked for everything that he re-
ceived and he will work for you as
GOVERNOR Of the State of Min
nesota.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
w. B. Walkers i'm
Auto Accident
w. B. WALKERS IN AUTOMO-
BILE ACCIDENT

Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Walker, 931
st. Anthony avenue, are recuper-
ating from injuries received when
a motorist struck their car as they
were crossing the intersection at
Aurora and Chatsworth on Satur-
day, August 20, at $3.50 p. m. With
them in the car was Mrs. Pauline
Saunders, who was riding in the
rear seat with Mrs. Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walker were treat
ed at the hospital where they were
taken by the police ambulance and
then sent to their home.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
FARMER-LABOR CANDIDATES
LAMBAST HJALMAR PETERSEN,
HIT STASSEN HOME GUARD BAN
(By FL Press Service)

Victory over the AXIS as the pre-
condition for a peoples peace is the
cornerstone of Farmer-Labor pol
icy, and the endorsed candidates of
the Farmer-Labor Association are
pledged to the program which calls
for equality of sacrifice as well as
equality of rights and standards as
the best guarantee that we will win
the war and Hitlerism will be de-
feated.
This in substance was the decla-
ration of Elmer A. Benson and
Paul A. Rasmussen, endorsed
Farmer-Labor candidates for the
u. S. Senate and for Governor, in
radio addresses over radio station
WCCO Wednesday evening.
"On one point l wish to speak
with complete clarity" said Benson.
"The Farmer-Labor party will toll
crate no persecution of and no dis
elimination against minorities."
Both speakers stressed the fact
that the unendorsed group which
has intruded into the Farmer
Labor primaries, headed by HAL
mer Petersen, does not support the
program or the policies of the
Farmer-Labor Association.
Petersen is former spokesman
of the America First Committee
and before Pearl Harbor he was
toured as a public speaker to dis
seminate the appeaser and negoti-
ated peace propaganda of that no
torious organization.
"The bombing of Pearl Harbor
and the subsequent declaration of
war upon this country by the rest
of Hitler's gangsters should have
convinced everybody that the only
way we can have peace is to smash
Hitlerism once and for ALL" Mr..
Rasmussen has declared. "But
even after Pearl Harbor, Hjalmer
Petersen did not change his stand"
To support this charge, Rasmus-
sen quoted from the Askov Ameri-
can, Petersen's paper, which on the
date of Jan. 8-a full month after
Pearl Harbor - raises the question
of what can be done to make peace
with Hitler.
"The answer he advanced in
these words to support the method
of negotiations as the best possible
method of ending the war in q
lasting peace In other words
while Hitler's gangsters hold hall
the world he would sell out our wal
effort in a peace which would be
a major victory for the Axis" Ras-
mussen concluded.
While the speakers directed their
fire at the appeasement advocates
who have injected themselves in
the Farmer-Labor primaries, the
stand of the endorsed candidates
for equality for all is seen in SHARP
contrast to the policies of the pres.
ent Republican administration
which has practiced jim Crow in
its worst form in setting up the
Minnesota State Guard.
Commenting upon this, Elmer A
Benson declared:
"This is a peoples war, and vic.
tory depends on organizing oul
military and civilian defense appa.
ratus in such a manner that all the
people are permitted and encour.
aged to do their utmost. 1t is rep.
rehensible that the Stassen admin.
istration has barred the Negro
people from full participation ii
the work of the Minnesota State
Guard. 1t will be the objective Of
the endorsed Farmer-Labor candi.
dates to rectify this injustice, il
the interests of winning equality
for the Negro people, and in the in.
terest of the victory effort.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-09-04
Halle Boys Start
Football Practice

The Boys Department at Halle
@. Brown House began its football
training on Monday in the Hollow.
The boys are looking forward to a
successful season.
All fellows interested call at Hal
lie Q. Brown House.