The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-06-25
FOSTER GILRor
allies Dark Week

80 them in the news Vi ILLS WEN.
enss. ;,va the Germans captured To-
III, D with 1000 British prisoners
o ~ now seriously threaten an in
au M Of Egypt with the objective
sss.. .nt,ri1g the Suez Canal Be
! y. e seyastopol they drove a wedge
~ ~ he Stubborn defense line OF the
lo armies. In other sectors the
10 80 lines held firm The U. S.
Wv, S.vS department admitted that the
s a..rssa had made landings on the
ss tip of the Aleutian Islands,
NJ zoe and heavy rains had block
= attempts to dislodge them.
fans Shell Vancouver Island
prince Rupert, British Columbia
j japanese submarine shelled
,...van Point on Vancouver Island,
- - ealrsed little damage. The Point
!. tho location of a Dominion wire
=, and telegraph station, evidently
=, - objective of the U4Boat attack.
Churchill Again Here
washington-For the second time
.ince Americas entry into the war,
p-ire Minister winston Churchill
h, visited President Roosevelt for
. series of conferences on the grand
strategy facing the United Nations.
Tha British leader was accompan-
! III by the ranking chiefs of the Gen.,
ersl Staff, but no announcement was
made as to the probability of a Sec
md front in Western Europe this
summer. On the other hand, in
london Sir Stafford Cripps, Parlia-
mentary Deputy for the Prime Min
ister. stated in an address that the
time was drawing near when a vic
torious o. s. British army would
march into Berlin. =
Germans Mine Our Coast
washington Naval advices indi-
cate that German U-Boats have add
ed to b1e difficulties of shipping
along Atlantic seaboard by laying
mines in the regular ship lanes. At
least one big u. S. merchantmen
has fallen victim to a mine and an
other seriously damaged. rs sras.ss
Preparing for Victory
Philadelphia-The U. S.. Arsenal
has called for bids for 100000 to L..
100000 medals and other decorations
; to be distributed among the u. S.
soldiers who will be part of the Al.
led Army of Occupation in Ger
many after the war. The order calls
for delivery in six months and will
carry Al priority.
Fat Salaries Blocked
Washington-New orders just is
sued to firms working on war con-
tracts forbid the payment of any
salary in excess of $685. 900 to officials
where such payments are included in
tne costs charged on government
work. A suggestion by President
Roosevelt that all salaries be limit
Cd to $4,000 during the war was
turned down by congress
Aircraft Carriers Favored
Washington-So solidly has the
aircraft carrier established itself as
lar superior to any other form of
naval craft that a Congressional
tWnmittee considering the So, $780,
w. Naval Expansion Bill proposes
uat provision be made for maxi
mum airplane capacity on every
'essel IN the U. s. navy. Naval ex-
pesS express the belief that with
1s completion of the battleships
loW under construction no further
cups OF this type will be laid down,
sla mat emphasis will be given very
ass heavily armored cruisers and a
se fleet of speedy carriers. =
Cold Comfort Here
ouenoS Aires-Wllile the U. S.
'Asasers In the hottest June in years
1--WE days of unprecedented cold
sed eight deaths in this city.
British Sub Scores
umdon-The Admiralty has an
-. icea the British Nays first
~ 10y over Japanese forces. Three
~ merchant ships, one of heavy
e were sunk by British sub
es In the Strait of Malaccap be-
'sa Malaga and sumatra.
Tax at Source
NJ. sssangton-After killing a pro-
49, 70 levy a sales tax as a reve-
", pfooucer, the House Ways and
vsss. committee adopted a plan,
49, Il passed by Congress, will
da,,. JANUARY next provide for the
A. ,s OF income taxes, in part
him. ' at the source. The new tax
OOooa ssoVlde for the raising of Sc, $40,
Darss su, Where as the Treasury De-
ea' asked for sS,7OO,OOO,OOO.
Chaos in Sugar
,s,;s iofk City-With the leading
tha, and warehouses pleading
M ~teF storage space is so filled