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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-10-15

FOR SALE-White Rose potatoes.
Order your winter supply now.
Also IL pigs for sale. Phone 1897. G..
H. Meyer, n mile south of Bremmer
station, u mile west. 49,, 2Sy
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Too Late to Classify

TOMATOES on sllare-Bring your
own boxes and keep half you pick.
Brand & Fyfee. .ss.'
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The Unity class will meet Monday
night at the A. T. Belair home.
Beulah Scott, pastor Of the Unity
Center in Yakima will speak.
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Parents Announce Birth
of Son in Florida

EAST KEsNNEWICK- Word was
received that a boy was born to
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Biegel of
Florida September 22nd. The boy
has been named Robert Henry.
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CHESTER WHITE boar available
{ for service-The local r.. F. A..
chapter has good registered pure
bred Chester White boar available
for service. The boar is kept at F.
N. Giles home on the West High
lands, tel. 1912. z9tt
Evening star., 1942-11-08
out, the second may be able to rush
over them to cover which can be held.
Complete Coordination

over them to cover which can be held.
Complete Coordination
One of the first jobs as soon as the men
have landed is to set up communica-
tions system, stringing wires with trained
precision between the positions which
have been occupied. The medical sta
tions and field headquarters are set up
in a matter of minutes. Actually, when
the commanding officer lands, perhaps
after the first wave, he finds his head
quarters set up for him and perhaps
some field telephones installed.
The essence of landing operation is
speed. AS little as possible can be left to
chance. More than in any other military
operation, split seconds may mean the
difference between success or failure.
But, of course, nothing ever can be
expected to go entirely according to
schedule and the marine must be taught
not only to carry out instructions with
precision, but to use his own initiative
when plans 60 awry. He must be an
expert in traversing any kind of obsta-
cles. He must be an expert in finding
cover. Surveying stretch of sand with
sparse clumps of bushes at the New
River landing base few seconds after
the first wave had swept over the beach,
few soldiers were to be seen, they had
blended themselves so we'll with the
vegetation.
1t so happened that one OF the film
companies was engaged last week in
making q picture, the scene Of which
Evening star., 1942-11-08
BY Thomas r. Henry,
Star Staff Writer.

Star Stat Writer.
NEW RIVER, N. C.-Along IA miles Of
barrow, storm -lashed Atlantic beach and
Through 200 square miles Of sand, man.
grove swamp and nearly impenetrable
bush Americas toughest soldiers get
their final toughening for the toughest
lighting in the Nations history.
Here, charging waist-deep through in
coming tide against 3O-foot cliffs Of
crumbling sand, shouting imprecations
at an invisible foe, squad leaders, waving
glittering machetes to hack paths
through jungle, marines destined in a
few weeks for the Solomons-or wher-
ever else in the world landing operations
are necessary-get their last lessons in
the relatively new techniques of amphib-
ious warfare.
The primary purpose is to make them
tough. With grimy, unshaven faces and
muddy fatigue uniforms after days of
24-hour maneuvering in the sWamps and
sand dunes of the New River country,
they look as villainous band of cut
throats as ever scuttled a ship or sacked
ID
months ago these widows from hell
were pale-faced clerks OF students.
Terrorizing Tactics
Over their helmets they wear black
wells arranged like the mourning garb
of bereaved women. These are essential
parts of their equipment-rollso OF mos
quito netting which will be lowered over
the faces like hoods of condemned men
when they charge into an insect-swarm-
ing Jungle. The black bonnets add
fantastic touch to their appearance, well
calculated to strike terror into the hearts
of enemies.
The youth of the men is noteworthy.
Corporals and sergeants are in their
early 2Os. Some of them already have
seen two or three years of service in
the Marine Corps. The average age OF
the men hardly would exceed 81. They
are embarked on service which calls
for all the physical resiliency of youth
and which affords all the wide variety of
adventure dear to the heart of youth.
They have come here from the marine
"boot camp" at Paris Island. There for
months they have undergone the stiffest
sort of training in the primary skills OF
fighting. They come with tanned faces
and steeled muscles In any ordinary
sense, they are finished soldiers and fit
for the traditional duties of warfare
But, as they learn quickly enough when
they reach New River, they are just at
the beginning of the education of the
amphibious soldier with the scores of
special skills in which each man must
be adept At the outset of their training
1t is impressed on them that their lives
will depend on what they are to learn
not in some vague future, but in few
weeks. Whatever they are to learn they
must learn now, for there is a crying
need for requirements for the amphib
ious troops overseas.
Desert and jungle
The training at New River Stimulates
actual warfare such as now is in progress
in the Solomons in every respect except
the use of live ammunition. The terrain
itself duplicates in most respects that OF
Evening star., 1942-11-08

is to be Guadalcanal. The scene actually
will be desolate Browns Island at New
River. This required that few prop
erty palm trees be stuck up in the sand
here and there. It only required one or
two landing operations before individual
rif1emen had grasped the camouflage
possibilities of these palms and were
able to make themselves appear like
fallen branches. One man succeeded in
becoming completely invisible 80 feet
away.
Army in Miniature
A landing operation ordinarily would
be undertaken by reinforced regiment.
It would be an army in miniature, with
practically all arms represented and CO.
ordinated into smooth-working unit.
1t would include infantry, artillery,
tanks, pioneers, engineers, signal units,
intelligence units, medical units, prob
ably air forces and paratroopers. The
reinforced regiment differs from the di-
vision of the last war in that it is set up
for swifter action in a smaller space.
But all the functions necessary in a
major battle must be provided.
Ordinarily training area can be
hardly more than miniature of battle
area. Operations, which in actual COM
bat would be spread over many miles OF
widely varied terrain, hardly can be re-
hearsed with a close approach to reality
in the limited scope Of an Army or
Marine reservation-and once OF the
reservation corn fields and COW pastures
must be considered. This doesn't bother
the marines at New River. They have
200 square miles in which they can do
as they please-the largest war-training
grounds in the country Every place is
10 miles or more from every other place.
Getting from one place to another helps
make the men hard.
Also the country is blessed lot of the
time with exceptionally bad weather.
Beach landings are likely to be almost
impossible at any time because of storms
Will WAAAQ~0AAVCAA Gull AdoAALAS AdA ny VAC
sides of the sand cliffs. This is precisely
what is wanted. It cannot be assumed
that an actual amphibian operation any
where will take place in fine weather and
men who have made practice landings
in storms are that much better equipped
for real conflict
A black, nasty night with rain pouring
down In sheets is an answer to the gen.
erals prayers. Trucks will run OF the
roads. Platoons viii get lost In the
woods. Men will be soaked to the skins,
cold, hungry, their faces bloody from
briars and bushes. But that Is the way
1t will be, in all probability, when they
60 into action. They will know better
how to get trucks out Of mud and back
on the roads, how to find themselves
when they are lost, how to fight storms
as well as Japanese, how to keep their,
rifles dry.
The landing operations, in which the
troops are rehearsed for weeks, are the
last-stage Of the training Once man
has completed them he Is ready to 60
70 war and very likely will 81 IA actual
combat in . few weeks. Thag ~ con.
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Become Supersolers Under New Sking>F Training

South Pacific island. It Is one Of the
loneliest regions in the Eastern United
States. The big island where most of
the landing operations take place has
been uninhabited for years. 1t is desert
and jungle-jungle as dense and tangled
as Is likely to be encountered behind the
hard-pressed Guadalcanal air field. This
was impressed vividly on group of cor
respondents caught by mishap on the
narrow beach as the tide came in. They
had to scramble up high sand cliff, but
when they reached the top they faced
the prospect of staying there long time
for beyond there was wall of thick
brush which could not be penetrated
without machetes.
Actual landing operations are the last
stage in the training of amphibious
troops. They are bivouaced in the
desert" They climb down, with full
equipment, a 30-foot rope net into the
fast Y and r boats. For about Is miles
down the New River and over a stretch
of wind-tossed sea the men must crouch
in cramped positions so as to remain
invisible.
These boats are lined up at sea about
be captured" Then all together they
dash for the shore. The men jump over
the sides, in a determined order, as
soon as the bottoms scrape sand. They
must land on their feet knee-deep, waist
deep, shoulder-deep, in cold water, with
both arms engaged in holding their rifles
over their heads.
Several experiences are necessary be-
fore the average man masters this rather
difficult operation. 1t is not unusual to
see a man sprawl face-f1rst in the water
as he hits snag running towards shore.
The charge in training always starts with
defiant yells, for 1t Is assumed that an
enemy actually Is guarding the beach.
In actual practice, of course, efforts
would be made by air observers to find an
unguarded stretch and the attack would
be planned as surprise.
Attack in Waves
The operation proceeds in waves Sat
least three of them. The landing Of a
tank is a particularly difficult operation.
1t literally dives into the water so that
sometimes only its turret is visible and
dashes for the shore.
After them comes the wave of am
phibious tractors carrying extra am
munition, medical supplies, etc. These
"alligators,' Marine officers explain,
never were intended as fighting vehicles,
but as means of transport. They are
not armored, Once on the beach, how
ever, they can cut their way through
almost any terrain likely to be en-
countered. So they are almost ideally
adapted to deliver supplies where they
are wanted.
A sine -qua-non of landing operation
+. is coordination. The terrain presumably
is fairly we'll known in advance. Every
man must know his particular job and do
it with precision. Each platoon leader
must know how widely his men are to be
dispersed and as soon as the landing
is made, survey 1t with a glance to
determine where each rif1eman is to
seek cover, where the machine guns are
to be set up. etc. The object always is
to get of the beach itself as soon as
possible and make for the first cover
beyond. Even If the first wave is wiped
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A. P. Photo.

tinuous. New graduates are being
turned out every week or so. They leave
New River far tougher men and better
fighters than when they came from
Paris Island. When they arrived they
may have thought they were finished
marines In few days they begin to
realize that they were only raw recruits,
hardly realizing the meaning of "disci-
pline" as it must apply to amphibious
troops.
Specialized Training
For q few days they are given inten-
sive rifle drill-both on the drill field
and on the range. Already they prob
ably know as much as the ordinary SOL
dier needs to know about handling this
weapon and caring for it. But in amphi-
bian warfare the rifle must be literally a
part of the men, handled as naturally as
an arm or leg.
Then comes the first drill to which
they are not accustomed-that of the
night obstacle course. They are taken
out into the swamp on dark night
If it is raining so much the better. With
full packs and rifles they must traverse
, path about two miles long, winding
through the morass, at dog trot. In
this course are all the obstacles likely to
be encountered in an actual night CAM
paign through the same kind of country.
There are unbridged, muddy streams to
be crossed, parapets to be hurdled,
barbed wire fences, culverts to be crawled
Evening star., 1942-11-08

through, and score Of other traps for
the mwary. At any time man is likely
to be stuck up to his knees in mud. The
toughest graduate of Paris Island often
finds this phase Of the training tougher
than anything he ever expected-but he
soon learns that "he has seen nothing
yet"
Once through this phase of the train
Ing he Is ready for the unscheduled dif-
f1culties OF the open country, to be mas
tered before he is ready for an actual
landing operation. BY that time he has
learned to see In the dark, to consider
hunger, cold and wet clothes, as minor
annoyances. He is, in the fullest mean
Ing OF the word, tough"
They Are Super Tough
Few men funk out" once they arrive
at New River. Only those with the
capacity of getting super-tough are sent
there. A man who fails in any of the
preliminary training, officers realize,
had better be elimated at once because,
once in action, he will have a specific
Job to do and the success Of the whole
operation may depend upon him.
But, for all the hardships and the
rigid discipline, there is high esprit de
corps. These men realize that they are
the pick of all Uncle Sans fighting forces
with the hardest and probably the most
dangerous jobs to do. And they already
have left civilian life far behind. Lib
erty from New River is rare. First there
Is no time for it. No hour can be wasted
In this training. Furthermore, there is
nowhere to 60 and no way to get there.
Even the landing operations are not
the end Of training for some. There are,
for example, the para-marines, for whom
large training center has been set up
on the New River reservation. Before
man volunteers for this service he must
already be finished marine, familiar
with all the skills required In amphibious
warfare.
Then weeks of training in parachute
jumps are required before a man be-
comes thoroughly efficient. In some
cases the paratroopers might actually
proceed the boat landing parties, con-
stituting q first wave. This is unlikely,
however, and usually they would land
just behind the amphibious troops to
organize and hold captured beach.
Marine Parachute Tactics
In the Marine Corps the parachute is
considered purely as a means of trans
portation-of getting men and supplies
into an otherwise inaccessible position.
An aviator who balls out, as the hard
boiled Jump master" explained to his
already super-tough charges, may we'll
consider the Jump a grand success If he
lands with no more than a broken leg.
1t represents the difference between being
alive and being dead.
But the marine must start where the
flyer stops. He must land unhurt and
with all his equipment intact, ready to
Jump to his feet the instant he can dis
engage his harness and start shooting.
So he first gets several days of training
In tumbling acrobatics, bending his knees
Evening star., 1942-11-08

properly, turning graceful somersaults.
Then he is ready for his first Jump"
In a captive parachute attached to
wires. He is strapped In a seat which
stops automatically few feet above the
ground There is no possibility of get
ting hurt, although the rate of descent
is about Is feet second. This is to
give the man the "feel' Of falling
through the air.
Then he starts jumps in free para
chute from high tower Here the con-
ditions are practically identified with
those of jump from a plane, except
that the chute is already opened. AL
ready the future paratrooper has learned
how to land SO that the shock of land
ing Is distributed fairly evenly through
his body. Otherwise broken legs and
ankles would be commonplace
At every landing the candidate turns
complete somersault and ends up
laying fiat on the ground where it would
be difficult for an enemy sharpshooter to
pick him off. He lays there until he
can disengage his harness and get his
rifle ready, or have the machine-gun
ready to set up.
The parachute, to him, has not been
means of saving his life. It has been
means of getting there to fight. First
and last, he is fighting marine.
The worst moment in his training
comes when he must make his first lump
from plane with an unopened para
chute. One way of getting around this
is to send up together a particularly
hard-boiled sergeant or second lieutenant
with five or six corporals and privates.
All are to make their first jumps All
are afraid But the sergeant or lieu
tenant Is more afraid of showing the
white feather before the men. Once he
has left the plane their reaction is:
That - hasn't got the CUTS to do
anything I can't do"
Up to date only two or three men have
"flunked out" on this acid test. And
the officers in charge Of the training are
proud that to date nobody has been
seriously njured-although If q man Is
going to get a broken ankle it is better
that he do it at New River than on some
lonely beach in the South Seas with
enemy snipers firing at him.
All Amphibian Operations
Also at New River are training centers
for most possible amphibian operations,
such as tank operations, artillery firing,
etc. One speciality there is barrage bal
loon operation, designed so that balloon
defense can be thrown up in a few
minutes over such place as the Guadal-
canal air field, once it has been captured.
But the primary job is to make men
tough-tougher than any other troops in
the American forces. Landing operations,
the marines say with pride, are their
specially. But within the past few years,
and especially after the Japanese con-
quests in the South Seas, they have be-
come more of a. specially than ever be-
fore and the absolute necessity for turn
ing the present tide of battle
They are the specially of the super
soldier.
New River is engaged in turning out q
constant flow Of super-soldiers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
MATTRESSES RENOVATED
MATTRESSES RE>ovATED LIKE NJ

s Defense against HIGH prices Have
your mattress renovated. Miller, sqOs
kerchrva, LFu1N 1894
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
Norwegian Navy
On African Front

LONDON, Dec. QNS) 1t
has been officially confirmed IN
London that units of the Royal
Norwegian Navy as well as Of the
Norwegian merchant marine were
IN the great United Nations convoy
which opened second 'front.' in
French North Africa on November
4 The Norwegian ships served as
escorts. troop transports or mate
rial CarrlorS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-15
MARRIAGE LICENSES

AIfIIFl l'T
Harry Teeple 20. Eleanor Enele. %
Charles Gillette ~. Eleanor Hin. 10
T.. J Wormingt0n. 6s GLADYS Clarke. ~
Joseph Fiedor -. Mary Marczewska 10
Arthur Goodman, u, Shirley Weistnthal
French Morgan 30 Georgia Mae Henry. a.
Clvde Chancellor. 81, Mary r. Crawford
25
Nisis Andersen. 81; Florence V. Gunder.
Walter j. Kozlowsk. %; clara A. Gultk
-.
sommers Fred Weeks. 30: Verna Cooke. 90
,Thomas Bouse IS Nellie johnson AZ
river " Jodway. 2S Jennie p willis %
y con W Gaul 90 Dolores SHELTON 20.
George Hulstrom % Jean Slade, Is
Leo J. Norden. 50 Lydia Picard. %
Casmir J. Frederick. 30, Helen Prulansky
20.
Burton 4. Fuller. 80; Martha + Chamber,
Casmir Koczara q: Helen Toson 20
Erwin = Martell % Lillian Isaacs, -25.
George Woods ~ Resale PRESLEY 90
Andrew Lee Hunter. -; Daisy Mae Hun
-
Howard W. Robinson ~ Luera r John.
ston Il
Ross J. spencer 81 Donna l.. McGaughey
21
Norman Rosshach 81 Charlotte Merritt
%
Arv1 suomi 81 Arleene Nieml. 70.
Lucan Niche. 3. Mary JuHans
kushn, q.
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Rep. Fish Prepares
For Restoration Role

WASHINGTON. Dec Is INS)
Rep Hamilton Ei-A 81 New
York prc-war i>olationiSt rcsig ned
Yesterday from The House foreign
affairs committee. Of which ne
was The ranking Republican and
tho next chairman should has party
return 10 power
Fish told the House that he was
taking the step 10 allow him 10
devote his entire time IN the new
Congress Us the ranking Repub-
lICan ON the rules committee for
fhc restoration Of representative
and constitutional government.
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DIVORCES

<tl a ar EEe.Ee4.An f---rn- L-4f--+t-.--
81 ...tW 3 Kellogg ff1u dean F
Constance J.. B..rza from NArrr
Margaret " DOVE from Gerufr
i.ss-fe irene flood fr.u NluaW r.
'.'rcFieEe GrtIfhs from DW.klt.
Mae H~rstfa from owen
Dorothy ~ Luxe from Iaterre r.
louis Batai from LOS
Lester p fnzrr boxer from Ea'tsr.t
Margaret Ngkeura ff.m DEEMS.
Jean = Ba}l~ f:am IHya A
Elmer Jef H4rS q. ~ AAf.e. ne.
Fumet L1sg from N.A.r
Julia lbafra from Raymond
lt1oer' Henry VI Hey tr.r Arm S.1as 81 ,
Lucy y. .ieup from Fro
IuTA Mae Richmond 20 u ta-'
Lillian SchRarh from Kenneth IS.
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BIRTHS
GIRLS

tl-s we're born tl-
RUN KnnE. 1882 Camden
OLA Hayes 1910 Wrsurgton G.fs
Marian carr 1888 FalrsleW
NarEsref Mars. 4sAs Piper Fitt
NagfAlea Johns $3.50 Algonquin.
Mary S9zczas rvs WARWICK
Dorothy Kane 1913 r. Jefferson
Jeanne Mghern. 1912 RYs"m"r'
Fs's}e GuIds'eln 1855 Sirathmo1r
Anna Toms 2O5 Wlnons Highland PACK
PessIe SfrIrAr 2755 Clsirwourt.
Sarah Rssuuss'n 1886 Grand.
Beatrice Mazrr 1855 App.iins.
A.'s BratNei 900 Pa.mefSiuD. Z II -ge
Lillian Aarsh, 1901 Norwood
Vrrlc''e smith gZis Card1uIa.
Ann DsNos 4s35 Hereford.
R.se pargA, 1873 Fischer
Mary pick ts4i Slrsrd.r
Name Rlankenship 1888 MsrshaN Ea'
rare,,s o.Mara. 2s2i1 Grstio'. R5ssv'U,
Esther Roty 1925 Sitorie. FAE Detroit
Gertrude Foster. ti1s Concord
shirley saaach. lli17 Chsricyaix
Eass Lone,ear 1880 East jefferson s.
clair Shores
Isabelle Hand. f1Eal Rad
-4-+F-l-Ai4- faSA-+- 90 4--s-A "A .
Elsie Geldhof 1921 Gienfejd.
Madeline Ko.ch 1920 Prospect. Base Line
Fua4 PrsU. sps We'll Center Lac
Run cook 1887 Turner
Helen Chu'A. 37g3 Twenty third
Mary Bennett F{7 " FIcit
virginia NeWsorne. As3f sixth
NaHis Jessa. :los Thirty-'hlrt
Helen Winke~ 6s4 South post
Lucille KslgsriAk 1879 colgate Deafn.rr
Argshne &astvs. 1907, Mitchell liam
ca Heard sss2 Hs.so
b Ella LOVING. l-HU3 g 0dfr
lf'n issa,s. 1913 Tl."t
-J.ls Frefs 1850 Be.,'srrs
Nsr~irs Gapa'rch. eAll Her.rt
OpaI Psrt0n "a Harps-
. Margaret KosSi. st53 Calhoun
Ds,iya 't,e-son asSs $sspo-,
Maria Waterman. 81 Frskne
AIce Garden. 1899 Mlnden
Mary Gage. 1917 ToWnssnd
EyA Radich. Isl East Margaret
Fdth swanson. sTsi Quincy.
josephine NeahAn. lS27s Mendo's
Katherine Parkns4n 1880 BeHsterre
tsatha McKaY. 1927 ionEaCrs
Mildred Roman 1880 Sorrento.
Josephine Matuszak. tt32 Sobiesk'
Agnes SmykpVski aSh2 -. Aublu
Anne McNui,y. 1897 Murianf.
Amelia Emerson. 1901 Rutherford.
Roberta Randall 1918 neSoto
Jane Szuagyl. sioi HarWeu. Dearborn
Odessa Farr 1909 Rivard.
lola Love 1909 Mortified
Hattie Weir 4s6i Russell
stella Miller, 1873 iinnhurs'
RIA Pusdon. 32550 Rueh'e Warren
Iennls Johnston 1888 Ida. East De'rr'
SetNe Wright 81 Pasadena, Highland Pari
Helen SlN1ko. 6o5l Lodi
Auce Bough'on. go spencer, Fsrndsle.
BOYS
Boys we're born 90.
Ret'y Fleece. 1903 McDouEaN
Violet Guitl 54t south Luther
Dorothy Richards 1850 FordhAn
MAdallne Ceruti 1908 Sanford.
INy Crosby. 1890 Greener
Margaret Miller 1881 RUssin'
Jean Lawrence, 1928 Nottingham
Jennie Hiii'ello. 26s2 Illinois
owe Suhy 2OO70 Waltham
Mae Renaud 1915 Rochelle
Neia Kiehsch. 1880 Plnewuud
Irene Benari. 28f2O Harper 81 Cal
shores
Violet Kumm. 52te Tiyernots
I.o'tte solesk 3gl2 Dorothy. Ham'ramck
Mae Haiser 3O2q Newport.
Mildred Keller 1898 West Garfield,
GLADYS Scroggln 1922 FenkeH
cara Pattison, 179 Ferris. Highland Park
Elsie Erickson 1920 Pilgrim.
Alma Harper 2Sss West Grand Blvd
Helen WoJciechOwskl, 6eit DdCostA, Dear
born
Pearl Iabadie III Catherine River Rouge
stella Znuda 355 Holfprd River Rouge.
Carrie Brooks, $50 Eliot.