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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Point RafiOning Undertook =
Gives All Fair. Share of Goods
OPA Gives Details
OF Plan Requiring
Careful Budeetine

OPA offICiatS-todap- outlined
basic facts about point rationing.
which goes into effect early next
year when war ration book No. 2
is distributed TO Detroiters.
Although vastly different than
the present setup the OPA said
the new system is designed to
guarantee every one a fair share
of scarce but essential goods.
At the same time the system il
expected 10 offer every one va
riety of items. BY way Of explana-
ton. the No. l book, now in con-
sumers' possession, entitled the
consumer TO buy specific amount
of a single commodity such as
three pounds of sugar for a single
coupon.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

so tons OF metal week Is
strictly work, whether IL is silver
or iron
The increase in DSR patronage
is reflected in the tonnage, Byrne
added, with 90 tons of coins com
ing in weekly, compared with 46
tons per week a year ago.
Watching for counterfeit coins
that somehow find their way into
the fare box is a difficult task
said Byrne, adding:
I'VE get everything from hair
pins to bottle tops in with the
coins. and the counters aren't
surprised at anything we find
any more,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
WHAT \ GOLIATH.

AMI who slew him. too the
sailor could have added For the
San Francisco m % short minutes
of blazing action sank a heavy
cruiser Knocked out 4 huge battle
ship and blew up an enemy de-
stroyer
The Japs had been intent on
getting rclnfoEccments 10 Guadai-
canal.
Il think we deliberately
hunted out the big ones that
day," BloSko SAID Because
remember that our skipper had
told III that We should get the
big ones first. always"
The skipper Admiral Daniel J
Callaghan. died in the first min
utcS n battle with the now fam
Gus order an his lips
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Jack Pickering
Here
and
Now

ROWING IN DETR0I T:
We're quite sure that a story
got away from us--in the jam
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
Holiday
Travellers
To Stand

Detroiters who plan 10 travel
by train during the Christmas
holidays and who do not already
have their reservations are going
10 have n stand II they are that
lucky. railroad officials declared
today.
For weeks reservations have
been sold out for a period reach
ing into the middle Of January.
Extra trains have been forbidden
by ain ODT freezing order
officials of the Grand Trunk
Railroad said an inI4~or- Canadian
traveller, would complcate the al
ready critical situation.
$50 PCT. INCREASE
Along with the Michigan Cen
trial and Pore Marquette systems.
the Grand Trunk expects the vol
ume Of Christmas travel 10 reach
two and ono-half times greater
than any other in American rail-
road history
The Pennsylvania Railroad has
a complete scI'ou' on al Deem
Der % and a trains Michigan
Central reported n WAS Silil( selling
coach tickets. officials urged per
sons travelling 10 purchase coach
seats AS soon as possible 10 be
sure Of transportation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
MoreMedt Freed
For Detroit but
New Cut Is Near
Reducing Nations Quota
TO Bring Temporary
Supply TO This Area

Detroit's chances Of continuing
Z oreecive more meat under OPA
readjuStment OF population figures
faded today with The announce
ment that future weekly per capita
consumption allowances may be
reduced 10 less than two pounds.
Today'S or d Q from Food
Administrator Claude r Wickard
reduces the average meat con-
Sumed per person weekly from 2.S
pounds TO %. While LOCAL pack
ers believe this will provide larger
supplies for Detroit temporarily,
the future reduction will cut sup
plies 10 the old low level.
Previous ALLEGATIONS. they eSti-
mated. ,c9Nsed per capita consump-
tionNIcEEl below the two-pound
mark BECAUSE I'M city'S population
increase was not considered by the
OPA at the outset.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
ONE SET FOR GROUP

In point rationing, however, one
set of coupons covers a whole
group of commodities. For in
stance, the weeks, meat ration
coupon enables one 10 choose
freely between beef, pork, lamb
or mutton.
The coupons in point ratnning
are of different denominations.
Those TO be spent in a week, for
example, will include a one-point
coupon, a two-polnt. a five-point
and an eight-point.
II will be left 10 the housewife
TO determine how she should spend
it because point rationing requires
extreme budgeting and careful
| shopping.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
NOT TO REOPEN

Packing houses already shut
down in tho city will not be re-
opened. officials said. claiming j.
would take more than a week 10
get into operation again
Chain packing units said the
order would enable them n re-
lease some inventories now in
freezerS, but they indicated this
would not be a sufficient amount
10 help the situation 10 any
extent.
In Washington agriculture de-
partment officials were reported
10 be urging compulsory rationing.
They pointed out that though per
capita quotas were set there was
nothing in the order 10 prohibit
boarding
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

Further cuts in civilian meat
deliveries, pending rationing, will
be forced by increased demands Of
the armed forces and lend-lease
shipments. WiCkaTd said
Latest estimates, he disclosed,
show that military and lend-leaSe
needs for meat may exceed previ-
Gus expectations by as much as
=, 900 100000 pounds a year.
The delivery restrictions order
cut pork supplies for the first
quarter Of 1913 20 62s per cent
below the current quarter; mutton
and lamb Il per ccnr, and veal 80
per cent. Beef was not affected.
CEILINGS on POULTRY
After reducing the average ci-
williams meat supply the OPA
placed sRefife=eeiitfesS= htt=tSheie-
sale prices Of poultry, slightly in
creaSIng costs 10 the consumer.
Object Of the new price increase.
which Will give producers a return
ri rs to f26 per cent Of parity,
is 10 speed the production Of poul-
try 10 replace meats needed for
armed services and leaSe-lend
commitments, OPA spokesman
said.
An order issued 20 permit
packers 10 begin deliveries Of
their next quarters quotas De
cember 20 will permit only an
additional trickle Of meat into
q Ia nnt.-n.i rr,arlLnt nacLnrr LID
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
BRIDE CHANGES MIND


zone day they ran across
beautiful diamond wedding and
engagement ring. The next day
a fearful young bride arrived AZ
the office, who explained that
the night before she had left her
husband forever, and thrown the
rings in the fare box To show
him what she thought of him.
"She had changed her mind In
the morning and wanted the
rings so she could go back 10
him.
I'VE still get few coins from
foreign countries, which some
times are worth more than the
owners suspect.
Before the gold embargo we
regularly found 81 gold pieces
which had been put in as nick
els"
The shortage Of coins also
threatens to cause the system
Byrnes said. Officials are
hoping that the treasury depart,
ment does not issue a projected 3.
cent piece that Is the same size as
any coin now in circulation
That would gum up the count
ing machines and add another
headache 10 the baekAeifrS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
II SAW COMMAND

- lI-inch shell against the
bridge blew the skipper away :"
BrieSke said "but command
was turned over 10 the next
officer In rank. Before the
battle was over. command was
handed down success iVely
through II officers in all hut
never once was there any CON
fusion or disorder of any kind"
BieSke told OF the great rccep-
tinn when the cruiser innpcd into
port at San Francisco last week
1T was raining and the fog
was thick hut 10 seems like
everybody In town turned out"
he said They sure were glad
10 see us. hut man, We were sure
glad 10 see them, too"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
RATIONLNG TLMETABLE

grGAR
stamp iO-Good until Jan, 81 for
three POUNDS.
COFFEE
Stamp af-Good until 4an. : fnr one
pound for each person over IS.
New deadiine FOR obtaining 30
ration books for sugar and coffee
January IS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
No HURRY NOW

This is BieSke's sfrst furlough
home since he ioineC the navy in
May, 1910 He admits that. right
now he is in no hurry 10 get
back
But I will he soon when my
furlough Is up" he said
BieSke is home with his par
entS. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Bieske
Sr., and his two Younger brothers
and sister Both mother and
father work AT Tho Ford plant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
ILLUSTRATION GIVEN

For example, tendeFlein steak
may be relatively scarce one week,
have a high point value and subse-
quently require larger number of
coupons.
Hamburger being available in
greater quantities, will have
lower point value. 1t is up to the
shopper to determine whether an
eight-point ration coupon should
be spent for one pound of tender
loin steak or four pounds of ham,
burger
Point values have not been de-
termined yet. OPA officials said,
/ but the government will fix the
value of each rationed item and
issue an official list.
BASE VALUES ON SUPPLIES
Values will be based on avail
able supplies and will vary. Of
course, as these items become
plentiful or scarce.
The new book will have four
pages of blue stamps and a SINH
lar number of red stamps. The
former will be used for the first
group of goods to be rationed by
points while the red stamps will be
used for the second group.
What the articles and groups
might be the OPA did not say.
The number on each stamp tells
how many points the stamp is
worth and the letter on the stamp
/ designates in what period il may
( be used The periods will be an
nounced in advance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18

From there. we progressed to
smoking. and the problem Of
how children should he treated
when they start getting the
urge 10 try n cigaret.
Melton remembered what
happened IN him - when his
father caught him smoking, ne
got a whole package NJ rigarets.
gave them 10 young Jim. and
insisted that he smoke them
all. then and there. II cured
him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-18
INCREASE WAR DEMAND

Increase was not considered by N
OPA at the outset.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14

will be eaten most by the way they arrange it on the plate. They take two slices of the one they want eaten most first, and put three slices of the other on top. Schaffer admits he doesn't know why, but the men always dig the under slices out first and it doesn't matter which kind is which, it will work the same way.
 Hint number three is, don't be discouraged trying to think in the terms of variety It can be done; Schaffer said that recently they served a different salad dressing on thirty consecutive days, just to see if they could dc It.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Dr. Gruber Addresses
 Hospital Guild Ladies

At a meeting of the Griffin Memorial Hospital guild on Feb rtary 3 Dr. Ruth Gruber was guest speaker. Everyone present enjoyed hearing of her experi- ences in the Soviet Arctic, and as newspaper correspondent in Europe.
 The Tuesday afternoon sew ing committee meetings have been discontinued, since a large supply of dressings and bandages IS now on hand, and materials for more supplies have not yet arrived from the States.
 Mrs. Forrest Ayers and Mrs Warren A. Taylor were hostesses for the day. Their homemade ice cream and cake was tho roughly enjoyed.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
A C Fl FEE ( H AK o
 C LATTER s ....

We picked up a few points for the housewife from L. H. Schae- fer, president of the Culinary Al liance, when we got to talking about his experiences with food at the base, where he works in the contractor s kitchen.
 Hint number one is = arrange your food attract lively. To show what a little thing will make a differ ence in appetites, heed to the experience of Schaffer with pine apple If the pineapple served for dessert at the base is put in alarge container, and then dish. ed, the men eat heartily of it. But just such a simple thing as sliding the slices of pineapple from the can neatly into the dish, and every tune they will eat from 5 to 4 cases more at any one meal, and it works that way every time,
 Another case in point. Decid- ing that the men would go for 1t, 1t was decided a few times to im- prove the mayonnaise used for salad dressing by adding hard boiled eggs to 1t. Did the men appreciate the improvement? | No! The eggs gave 1t lumpy | appearance, and although it did taste better, It didn't look so good, so back 1t went to the kitchen
 Besides appearance, psychology plays an important part in serv- ing food.
 They serve a lot of cold meats at the base and here's two point CTS. If they have one kind at a
  meal, they find that a lot more will be eaten if, instead of put ting say six slices stretched down the plate, they put say four slices crowded more to one end, so that it looks like some has already be- en taken from the plate. In the latter case, they'll lick the plat ter clean.
 Also. if they have two kinds of cold meats, and have less of one kind than the other, they can always control which one
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
NclsOn=Slato

To Norman B. Nelson, Brem- erton, aud Peggy Slaton, Seattle, by c. R. King, January 19. Witnesses were Lucia Nelson and Louis I.arner.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14

Mrs Gertrude Raumaker, wo- mems editor and head of the ad department, has resigned tempo rarily. She came to the Mirror from the Idaho Statesman where she was assistant women's editor.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Ball=White

Daniel J. Ball, Billings, Mon tana, and Gertrude B. White, Billings, January 13 by c. R. King. Witnesses were Eleanor and Everett Coch.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
Marriage Licenses Larner-NeISOn

To Louis Larner and Luella Nelson, both of Kodiak, by c. R. King, December 3l. Mir, and Mrs. Jack King and Irene King were witnesses.
Kodiak mirror., 1942-02-14
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
One-E8g Cup Cakes

One-E8g Cup Cakes Contributed by Edythe Butler 2c flour
 ? tsp. baking powder
 1-2 tsp. salt l heaping Tsp. shortening egg
 3-4 c. milk
 c. sugar
 tsp. vanilla
 Cream the butter and sugar. Add egg and mix thoroughly. Add milk and sift dry ingredi- ents alternately, mixing well. Lastly add the vanilla. Pour in muffin tin and bake. This recipe will make 12 to IA cup cakes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02

percent and Hanford will bear IS
percent of faculty salaries, while the
Hanford district will maintain 9TH
er school expense such as fire inSur-
ance, etc. 1t was thought advisable
to retain all members Of trustees Of
both school districts to work togeth-
er for the common good. This agree
ment to be for the duration of one
year. With the addition of one high
school teacher it is thought at pres
ent that the faculty would be Suffi-
Gent for the ensuing year. 1t will
be necessary to purchase few desk
seats and with this addition there
will be ample room to accommodate
the White Bluffs high school STU
dents. Some changes will have to
be made in the transportation of stu
dents. This matter will be more
fully discussed at a meeting with
the state school officials on July "a.
A unanimous vote was given in sup
port of the above program and
rousing hand was given to the school
trustees in appreciation Of their eff
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02

The government is urging all
those who burn coal to buy coal now.
A few months from now it will be
difficult to secure coal because ship
ping will be tied up. 1t is a wise
precaution to lay in the winters
coal supply early this year.
We are torn between two conflict
ing instructions. One school of thot
tells us that we should not use our
car, but lock it up in the garage and
walk. No sooner do we make up our
mind that this is the wise and eco
nomic thing to do than some one
comes out with the instruction that
We shouldn't give up using the fam
lily jaloppy. We are told that both
our car and tires will last longer if
they are used with care. This ad-
visor says that nothing could be
more unwise or WaSteful from an
economic standpoint than to quit
using the car entirely. Pipes clog
from disuse and engines corrode
from idleness If the car Is not used.
We incline to the latter theory,
hence we are going to continue to
sally forth profligately in OUR last
and only car as long as she will
roll and the tires hold out. When the
time comes that we can use her no
more we will run her into. the ga
rage and await that happy morn
when the old world gets back to nor
NAL and the car statesmen again ap-
pear in the land to tell of the gla-
mour of the new post war models.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02

government but their own. They
fought for the right as they saw it.
But this is July 4, 166 years later
when life is not simple and people
do not lead simple lives as hard as
they might try.
The word independence today, for
millions of people, is a word with no
meaning, a dead challenge to lib
erty, cover for propaganda, shrewd
persuasion by dictator powers, prom
Uses by politicians. The ideal for
which they fought in 1776 is being
attacked in 1912 and it comes back
to rest on our shoulders, the heritage
of preserving the Declaration of In
dependence for 100 million of us. On
the anniversary of its signing Ken
newick celebrates with her sister
towns and cities this document that
cheated a nation Of free people,
home loving, God-fearing people,
proud of their name. We offer a
prayer that peace might reign thru
out the nation soon, that brotherly
love will triumph, with a hope that
the future may soon be blessed with
peace, progress and prosperity. We
celebrate the birth of the greatest
nation that has ever been accorded
a place on the map of the world.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02
INDEPENDENCE DAY

As time is measured in the span
of making history, 166 years Is but
a short period. Yet it was just THAT
long ago, on the Fourth of July,
there was born a nation destined to
take its place as leader among
other nations who trace their origin
back to the early centuries. The u.
S. of America came into being but
166 years ago, into a world that to-
day seems a simple place of simple
hearted people. At that time there
was not republic on either heni-
sphere, not a country in the world
that assured its citizens freedom of
using their tongues, a right to a
voice in making laws that governed
them or permission to worship ac-
cording to the dictates of their con-
science There was not a nation
in which the blood of those ruled
was considered as pure as the blood
Of the rulers. But on July 4, It's,
bhe people of this new America
burst forth to shake off the sllackles
Of royal bondage, got together and
signed a declaration saying they
we're going to be independent of any
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02

When we get this war out of the
way and are faced with the problem
of paying for it the first thing that
the government should do is to plan
on eliminating a lot of costly prac-
tees that have grown up in the last
ten years. We believe the set-up
should he reviewed by "a group OF
hard headed business men, who are
used to figuring costs and relative
returns. The ease with which pub
lie money is appropriated and spent
has resulted in great number of
useless offices and offices of little
economic value being created. The
individuals of the nation are going
to have to resort to rigid economy
and stringent self-denial to meet
the nations needs for money and
there is no reason why the govern
ment should not set an example in
the matter of economy.
The folks who are buckling in and
buying War Bonds now, even though
it entails some sacrifice, are going to
be repaid for it when the war is over
and the post war "let down" comes,
as it doubtless will. They will have
a savings with which to cushion"
the blow.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02
STOP AND TALK

Our usual invitation is issued and
your editor continues his practice
of carrying a pencil and piece of pa
per or using the back of an envelope,
to have within easy reach when
you stop him on the Street and tell
Of visitors at your home, of any
trips you expect to make or have
made, or call his attention to some
thing that neighbors have done that
is interesting to the readers. You
win find that you have given your
home town paper something to salts
fly the subscribers and all subscribers
of small town newspapers are really
its chief neWs-gatherers. It doesn't
take much of your time and there
is a certain reward in knowing that
You have, aided in making the home
paper better one because you have
taken personal interest in it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02
"reminiscences
Being Items Culled From Our
Files of Ten, Twenty, Thirty and
Forty Years Ago,
TEN YEARS AGO-1932

Leslie Lewis, Alvin Vinson and
Burchel Taylor are among the young
men attending training camp at Fl.
George Wright.
Arrangements have been made
with physicians and dentists to ex-
anime all Kennewick children en-
tering their first year of school in
1882. This service will he free.
John Neuman's speedy r1lnabout
four passenger boat made its maiden
appearance Sunday afternoon on the
Columbia.
AT a meeting held at the Com
mercial club rooms Tuesday night
apple growers of the Kennewick-
Richland district voted in favor Of a
two grade pack and condemned the
practice of selling infected fruit to
the canneries.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02

forts in arriving at a favo,.,,
luton Of a difficult situation y
The Pacific Fruit and pUoa.
started packing out apricoss o
day noon. They are en,"S. SAN.
crew OF about twenty-five s.,..,
in the warehouse. The firSt oyss
ricots was shipped from paS a.
warehouse on Thursday pro..
Monday five cars Of aprico.i b
been loaded out from the ys ys a'N
Word has been received ~
Elroy Wiehl, son Of Mr.. and ~ =
M. Wiehl Of White Bluffs ~ Y
has returned to Fort MccIen ~. ,
after taking a train troon - q
army recruits to New Jerss ~ nv
Wiehl spent short time ~ y U
friends in New York before -.
turn to Fort Mcclellan. S r.
Earle Casper. an emp,or..
Midway substation, drove h 3. .
couver Friday and was accom0. nsa'
on his return by Mrs. casnss !.
will remain in White Blusts -, SO
week. W A
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02

Our guess is that the fellows who
are going blythely on under the i'm
preston that a substitute rubber
will he discovered in time for them
ITO get tires when they need them are
in for q sad disillusionment. Our
guess is that until the war is over
tires will continue to become scarcer
and more difficult to get with each
passing month. Under the circum-
its smart to begin to figure
out what one can do when he is
down to his last three tires.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-07-02
TWENTY YEARS AGO-1922


The dates for the district Agricul-
ture Fair have been set for Friday
and Saturday, September 18th and
18th.
Kennewick's 5tl1 annual CHATEAU
qua week was brought to a close last
night with an entertainment by the
New York City quartet, which was
undoubtedly the premier musical
attraction of the six-day program.
Next years contract was signed on
Tuesday evening by IS business men,
professional men and farmers.
If all tree fruits yield this year,
as have the cherries, the toll, which
Jack Frost levied upon the orchards
Of this district this spring will not
be as great as has been thought. The
Yakima Valley Fruit Growers Asso-
citation will load out its third full
car of cherries tomorrow.