The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-24
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pEARL HARBOR-Persistent eff
.o+s by heavy japanese air and
aaval forces to recover their bases in
10 solomon Islands have been sue
@sasef,,lly beaten off by u. S. Marines
..unnorted by surface craft and
sianes In the latest attack it is
sslieyed that two jap battleships
,are severity damaged before a
General withdrawal of the would
p invaders. achievements are
ssinc poured into all Marine held
-ocitions in the Southwest Pacific
= rppidly as conveys can be form
a and properly protected.
North Sea Fight Looms
LONDON Coincident with re-
norts from the Belgian seacoast, to
he effect that the German invaders
are becoming so jittery that they
are eyacuating civilians from Ostend
and other coastal points, the British
wor office announced that an ex-
iansive area in Yorkshire would be
cleared of civilians to permit of
large scale military operations. Ex-
merits have long pointed out that the
peIQian coast, consisting of low lying
sand dunes was far better suited
n invasion operations than the high
cliffs of the Dieppe area, scene of
the recently costly commando" raid.
II is lust possible that the operations
an both sides of the North Sea
are a coincidence, or that an in
vasion attempt is in the making.
StaIingrad Epic Persists
MOSCOW Street by street the
battle for Stalingrad, bloodiest of
the war thus far, containues to claim
thousands of victims daily on both
sides as the tide of battle sways.|
As inand-to-hand fighting goes on
in the streets of the great industrial
center, the Russions have received
heavy reinforcements for their air
souadrons while fresh troops are
pouring IN from Siberian training
camps. If Germany finally wins
Stalingrad it will be at a price far
beyond its strategic or productive
value. since many of its vital fac
tories have been dismantled and
shipped northward on the Volga by
fatboats. -, w.
Won Kleist Reported Killed
MOSCOW A report from the
Caucasus front, which has not been
denied by the Nazis, is to the effect
that Coloner General Won Kleist,
one of the most brutal of Hitler's
super with thousands of
useless murders to his credit, has
been killed in action. .'.~-
Nom onverters Threatened
WASHINGTON-As part of the
general policy of fuel rationing this
winter, the office of price admins
tration has warned that fuel oil sup
plies will be denied entirely to apart
mentS, commercial and industrial
buildings and Institutional establish
ments that convert their heating
systems for coal consumption and
fail to do so. The warning states
that the government has cleared
the way for all necessary parts and
materials for coal burning equip
ment.
Legion Cheers Fighting Spirit
KANSAS CITY Speeches de-
handing a speeding up of all re-
sources for an about war against
tne Axis nations by Secretary of
Ine Navy Knox, Under Secretary of
War Patterson and Paul v. McNutt,
director of manpower, were cheered
ov thousands of veterans of the first
World War attending the national
convention of the American Legion.
Willkie in Russia
KUIBYSHEV, U. S. S. R.-Wen-
uel l.. Willkie, travelling representa-
i've OF the President, arrived here,
provisional capital of the Soviets,
WIN an impressive welcome. After
q gala performance of the Russian
oalet, ne presented a large bouquet
tne premier ballerina and then
gave her hearty kiss to the cheers
VI an enthusiastic audience.
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What They Can Do
IoNDoN-Working 10 hours al
1y seven days a week, force
" 1856 Civilian U. S. workmen far
,,enoVed from the eyes of their
aoor cars back home, erected %
uulioings, including a huge machine
salp. IN exactly one month. This
institutes the newest of the u. S.
A'iy air bases in the British Isles
Snake Murder Charged
aARlAN, Ky.-Three men are un-
ses charges of murder here for par
s.patlon in a religious revival at
w, .u.cn an exhorter permitted him
~ 70 be bitten by rattlesnakes,
sanately causing his death. Ken
Ay law prohibits the use of snakes
NJ, method of proving faith" in
islgious exhibitions.
Madagascar Invaded
LYNDON After slowing down,
:. lowing their original penetration
Madlgascar, to give the Vichy
aeaen commandant to yield the