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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15

'oernm IN recent statements.
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10 effsf 1T ths ssm< ed sisssnn
with . cal ~ paint.
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structures h<s hes th< emily alter.
native n rahsic heszssnr that rri-
vsss r~<i estate lnt<r<~ts have ~v~r
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famslis. that has hFusxht shoat
fhe ruhiss hrnsinx movement n
America hsss what s<e~rt slams
can Mr. kasss~ru offer n rent -
families szeh - lzss IN untfA
proi~ess families with average -.
GENES - anis Ss1s . ye~sr
= am Hlsd 20 s.v that Mr. knIs-
ksrns aptnlon u net r~pr>npnta-
tive cf.the n>ss ssaarhs ss~sna -
rvsi estate men a THE s.untfy.
In eommnnity after uemmunslv.
ws.~ snd fss.sKhssa realtors aFs
members - tscsi hess~snx sstha<s-
tee giving uas>iflshls ~ theIf
'lms and sasscs 10 The ruhiss hess.-
ING program. These men r~aIlnp
what the Limitations N private n
tssssts A. In providing decent
hasnss fur ths h.eNrst lnxuza1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15

Iceland. rrsteslesliy important
IN hsmlsphsfis dsfsnss. has the
moss automatic hot water heating
system in tho world. water from
natural hot springs 10 piped tnto
the buildings and homes IN the
capital. Reykla vls.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15

The builder OF this house hos
token odvontooe OF the foot
thot the dining room IS used
but O few hours o ooy ond for
the rest of the time II moy
serve os additional living room
oreo. Making q room serve
two functions is O favorable
new trend in the design OF
small homes, since ovoilobIe
spoce OF best IS limited. House
wives will probably be pleosed
with the kitchen OF this house
for il hos windows on three
sides. In other lectures the
house is stondord.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15

CHICAGO Selling prices for
single-family houses and apart
ment properties are going to be
higher in 1912 and the increase for
the former may likely be double
that OF the latter. according TO a
survey Of members Of the Mort
gage Bankers Association Of
America just completed.
Members in SIS Of 81 principal
cities reporting in the survey ex-
pect increased prices for single
family houses and the increase in
As of these cities averages around
% per cent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15
Exit Of Red Flannels Due 10 Modern
Heating Equipment and Practices

II wasn't many years when the beginning Of rero
weather saw all reputable and outstanding csens snusy
encased in red anne. ankle and wrint length. the
Plumbing and Heating Industries Bureau.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15
By DAYTON MOORE
United Press Writer

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. indus
try Wednesday pooled patents and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15
INDIGESTION

Gas may excite the Heart action
At the hru sign II distress sman and somD
aspend Bell Ans Tablets 10 set gas free No LAM
tis. hut made n the fastest aring medicines kno-s
for symptomsfic relief Of gastric hyperaedty ths
FIRST TRIAL doeSn't prose Bal ans befiar return
bottle to " and rssi,s DOUBLE konsy Bsck Ma
adv
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-15

Your postmaster can tell you
how to invest in u. S. Defense
Bonds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05
The restrictions placed upon tn,

The restrictions placed upon the
sale of tires and new automobiles are
going to be felt in every town in this
nation. Especially will they make
themselves felt in the smaller towns
There is little doubt that these cur
tailments are going to be followed by
others each of which will contribute
to the impairment of business con-
ditions. Under these conditions it
is important that the small town
such as ours retain all the business
that is legitimately theirs. Under
the present and the conditions that
will later maintain, this business is
going to be needed even more than
it has been in the past. If the To-
cal merchants don't get this business
the town is going to suffer even more
than it would in normal times. IT is
up to us who live here to keep the
home base strong by doing our full
part and keeping our dollars at
home It's smart business to do it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05
UP
| AROUND TOWN.

Japan should begin to realize, >
says Bill Washburn what We mean
when we say tChina-Handle with
Care"
* q X
1--WE do more than celebrate
Lincoln's memory" AYERS Rev. La
Mott, eve cling to him with rever-
ance and affection"
* 3 *
There are many husbands list
ed as letter carriers" signs Penney
Terrell, "for they always carry mail
for days in their coat pockets"
* g *
with perfumes going up" says
Tony Mayer, maybe local girls will
resort to corned beef cabbage and
onions for an enticing aroma"
TX 3 X
E. A. Miller suggests that we
start getting in practice now to like
eating spinach, egg plant and tur-
nip greens, before the garden sea-
son gets underway.
TX 8 *
'Tlle edible portion Of a ripe wa
termelon consists of 92.4 percent wa
ter" says Ed Brand, land this is
something to look forward to for
next summer.
* g X
A. T. Belair says that it always
takes some fathers longer to pay for
their Christmas presents they re-
ceived than other fathers. It all de-
ponds upon what Father bought IA
ther.
* 9 *
Through the clouds and fears all
about u.s." reminds M. @. Clark,
don't forget that they speak of the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

The time is here when everyone
should put part of his or hel
earnings into defense bonds. MOI
only is it a good and a safe invest
ment, but the country needs the
money. Here is tip. IF the peo-
pie of this nation do not rally and
buy defense bonds in sufficient
amount to finance the defense pro-
gram the government is going to be
forced to take the money through
taxes, income taxes, sales taxes and
even taxes on money. The treasury
is now at work searching for
means to secure the necessary funds.
Liberal purchases of defense bonds
by the people of this country might
result in less drastic taxes. The
money must come. If it doesn't come
through willing bond purchases it
will be made to come through taxes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05
UWzEEESr=rnunn1Gl1sN
lSDo
q YOU
KNOW?
D. washing fSS s,ais Preorsss esnnIss'ss

Richard d. Gholson, a Kentucky
senator (185l-55) was the third gov
ernor of Washington Territory, SerV-
ing from 1859-6l.
In May, 1860, Gholson took a six
months leave of absence to return
to Kentucky and did not return to
the Territory because Of national
difficulties preceding the outbreak
Of the Civil war. During his absence
Territorial Secretary Henry M
McGill occupied the governors
chair.
In his inaugural message to the
legislature, Gholson pleaded for pre-
Servation of the Constitution a n d
condemned those who proposed to
dissolve the Union because Of Slav-
cry.
The most important occurance
during Gholson's short residence in
the Territory was the landing of
American troops on San Juan Island
on July rs, 1859, thus creating a
crisis in the dispute with Great
Britain over possession of the San
Juan Islands. Joint occupancy by
British and American troops was to
continue until 1873.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

of the moon there below him, and
was deeply puzzled. As he stood
trying to figure it out, a white man
passed and this Negro stopped him
"Scuze me, Cap" he said, but would
you all tell me, please, sub, whut dat
is I'm lookin' at down i'm de watah?'
The white man said, "That's the
moon"
The colored one grew still more
puzzled. Den anSa me one mo
question, please Suh," he said. 'How
in the worP did / get up heah?"
xxx
Definition
PSYCHOLOGY: A word of four
syllables that we swing into the
conversation to distract attention
when the explaining gets difficult.
xxx
WHEY: "Why, Bob, I don't be-
lieve you have smoked a single
one of those lovely cigars I gave
you for Christmas"
Bob: mo, dear, intend to keep
them until Junior grows up and
wants to learn to smoke"
* = X
Nurse: You wish to see the
young man who was injured in the
auto accident?"
Girl: EYES,"
Nurse: "You are the young lady
who was with him at the time of
the accident, aren't you?"
Girl: eyes, and thought it would
be only fair to give him the kiss
he was trying for"
X = TX
Definitions
OPTTM1ST: One who looks upon
life as an unexpected dividend.
PESSIMIST: One who regards life
as a note coming due.
X > *
One thing that never. seems to
break down in Hollywood is the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

We have no doubt about the out
come of our war with Japan if our
productive industry steps into action
in earnest all along the line. The
japanese are not originators. They
are merely imitators. They are not
an inventive nation. They have no
great inventors or great scientists.
They have no great men of any kind
They are small of stature and small
of mind. They think small and act
small. Their concepts are small.
They are treacherous because they
have no concept of honor or in
tegrity. They are still dominated by
provincial, savage, petty, childish
traits. They seek to attain their
ends by treacllery, double dealing,
crafty double crossing methods. Such
a people cannot triumph against SUI
perior intelligence.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

The dlrst lesson that many of u!
are going to have to learn is that We
are going to have to do without
many things that We think of now
as necessities if this war is going to
he won. Our country, great as it is
can't support a war program and
business as usual. We are going ito
have to decide to be patriotic and
accept sacrifice and hardships and
all the Inconvenience that go with
them. Even at that the poorest of
us are going to be better off than the
boys fighting in the freezing cold
and the steaming jungles and the
burning desserts. These sacrifices
should be accepted in the spirit of
willing thankfulness that we are
given an opportunity to render this
much service.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

Constructive criticism has again
scored. The defense program which
has been hmping along because OF
the reluctance of President Roose-
welt to delegate unhampered author
ity to others will be expedited with
the appointment of Donald Nelson
as chairman of the war production
board and William Knudsen as di-
rector Of production for the War De-
partment. Both men are capable
and qualified for their tasks. Given
free rein, and an opportunity, I'M
hampered by red tape, they will do
as good a job for the defense pro-
gram as they have done for their
separate fields in the business and
industrial world.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

We overheard business man
talking yesterday about the prospects
for business during the duration of
the war. Reviewing the restrictions
and curtailments THAT would be plac-
ed on the production Uf merchan-
disc, he was inclined to take a
gloomy view of the future and it's
business possibilities. He even Won
dered if it would be worth making
an effort. This is the wrong view
for anyone to take of business pros
poets. True, many lines are going to
be cIrtailed, and effort restricted to
fewer items. Some firms engaged
in the production of civilian goods
will have to cease operations alto
gether. But even SO there will still
continue needs to be supplied. People
will have to have a certain amount
OF merchandise. They are going to
buy this merchandise somewhere.
The chances are when they do get
ready to buy it they will look up
what appears to them to be the liv-
est, most up and coming merchant
from whom to buy it. It is quite
certain they won't go to a place to
spend their money where the at
mosphere that prevails Is like that
which prevails at funeral as the
gathered friends await the arrival of
the minister to say the last few
words. There is still going to he a
place and need in business for OPP
tin1ism and up and coming mer-
chandising, promoted by cheerful, |
aggressive advertising.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

The Mexicans have a word ina
mana" which means tomorrow. Ask a
Mexican to do somthing he doesn't
care about doing he will say, ST,
'manana. Tomorrow it is the same
thing. The task never gets finished
because it is never started. The Am
orleans have an expression which
means the same thing and is used
much in the same sense. The Ameri-
can says: 'fSone day I am going to
do this or that" Some day seldom
comes. 1t is even less definite than
the Mexican's "manana." Some day
the American says I am going to
take a trip, to write book, to build
a new house, to quit smoking, or
drinking, or eating too much. Some
day never comes and the thing is
never done. A lot of potential ca
reers have been wrecked on the
sunken reef of Some Day"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

Hitler has met his match in Rus
STA. Not only from the standpoint of
fighting, but also from the stand
point of r1Ithlessness. The Russians
are not going to have any scruples
about exacting eye for an eye and a
tooth for a tooth to make up for the
atrocities of Hitler's soldiers when
they invade Russia and thought they
were going to have everything their
own way. The world is going to
have a chance to see if Hitler can
take atrocities in the same liberal
measure with which he administers
them.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

For the benefit of those who are
inclined to chafe under the restric-
tons of the tire rationing program
and other rationing programs that
will he imposed later, it is reported
that these are but the beginning of
rationing programs i'm this country.
In the words of AL Jolson as far as
regimenta tion goes the people of this
country haven't seen anything yet"
The country is never going to return
to the free and easy lackadasical
methods of the past. The Life of
every one is going to be more or less
regimented. Materials are going to
be rationed. Prices are going to be
controlled. The purchasing power of
money is going to he controlled.
Marketing and producing and man
ufaeturing are going to be controll-
ed. ALI of this is going to he done
in the interest of the individual in
an effort to prevent panics, depres-
sions, cornering of markets, corner
ing Of raw materials and the ex-
ploitation of the mass 10y individuals
The country and its economic pro-
cesses have more or less run them
selves in the past, but new pro-
gram lies ahead. In adopting the new
program the administration is at
tempting to bring about through
peaceful means what in other and
older countries has been accomplish
ed through revolutions. There is a
theory in the government today that
these things can be accomplished
through proper management, and
management consists of looking
ahead, foreseeing the problem and
then applying corrective measures
into their own hands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

Mussolini Is a has been. He will
never take the place among his peo-
pie or the world that he once had.
The fact that he is a blatant brag-
CART, filled with pompous conceit
and also that he was willing to sneak
in after he thought the fight was
over and try to stab in the back his
fallen foe, clearly characterizes him
for what he is. There is nothing
Mussolini can say or that history
can record that will change that.
Mussolini up to the time of his inva-
sion of Ethiopia was well thought of.
His country was prosperous and
contented and esteemed. He listened
to the voice of the Satan Hitler and
lost it all.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

Some predict that Hitler will come
back against Russia in the spring
and crush her. Strong as EIitler's
army still is we don't believe it will
be as easy next time as it was six
months ago. BY her defeat of Hit
ler's army Russia has broken the
Jinx, the spell. Russia has proven
that Hitler is not invincible or SUI
pernatural. Russia has proven that
he can be beaten. When Hitler
makes his next drive his soldiers
will go'in with the memory of their
disastrous defeat, and the Red army
will go in with a morale built up
with the knowledge that they are
better soldiers than the soldiers OF
the mad man of Berlin and Bert
ScheSgaden.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

More than in normal times is it
wisdom for the people of a COM
munity to spend their money at
home. Due to the war conditions and
the necessary taxes to support it,
home communities are going to need
every bit of business that their trade
area can provide. Try first to sup
ply your wants from your home mer-
chant. If he doesn't have the par
ticular item you want he can get it
for you. He has access to all the
markets and will be glad of the OPP
portunity to supply your needs.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

It is characteristic of the Ameri-
can people that the announcement
that tires would be rationed and the
sale of automobiles stopped and that
private cars might he Communicated
should be accepted with such calm
ness and poise and composure. One
might say it was even accepted by
many people eagerly and gladly.
Thousands of people in America
have a desire to serve, to do some
thing for their country in this
emergency. They feel sort of
helplessness that there is nothing
specific, definite or tangible that
they can do to help, and to have a
part in their countryIs struggle
These things that have been recent
ly proposed offer that opportunity.
Now they can have a part.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

If times get hard enough, local
old timer said yesterday, a lot of
people who have been living on ex-
pensive factory made breakfast
foods are going to find out how good
corn meal mush and fried mush and
oatmeal really are. It will be good
for them too. It is the food the
pioneers in this country thrived on
and ON which they were able to do
sixteen hours of hard work a day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

The coming year and the next
year at least are going to be years
for the farmer. Practically every
thing raised can be sold during the
next two years and at a fair price.
As local farmer said, it's time the
farmers were getting a break They
have had some mighty lean years.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

The doctrine of less work and
more pay for the people of America
appears ridiculous to Heber j. Grant,
IS year old leader of the Mormons
The idea that men ought to work
only a few hours a day, and the
less they work the more they should
be paid is ridiculous to the veneer
able head of the Latter Day Saint
church. 'The idea" Heber said,
doesn't amount to anything so far
as the advancement of young men
is concerned"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05
Definition

Definition
GOOD SAIEsSMANSTIIP: Selline
goods which won't come back, to
people who will.
xxx
1t may not be good etiquette
for man to walk between the
woman he is escorting, and the
shop windows, but it is smart.
xxx
The Average Man, suggests Dad
Gummit, is the one who thinks he
isn't.
xxx
The doctor smiled as he entered
the room. "You look better today"
he told the patient.
eyes, I followed the directions on
your medicine bottle"
What were they?"
Keep the bottle tightly corked."
xxx
The surgeon gave the little
chlorine private room in the
hospital. He explained that she
was too cute for wards.
KICK
whats the matter with Charles?
Got lumbago or spinal curvature or
something's"
"No, he has to walk that way
to fit a sweater his wife knitted for
him."
Doctor: 81 will examine you for
two dollars"
Patient: go ahead. If you find
it. I'll give you half"
TX > X
Definition
EXPERIENCE: The name that
we give to our mistakes; those of
other people, we call sin.
* = X
Life, says Dad Gummit, is
just long, continuous process
of getting used to it, grad
ually getting tired of it, and
finally quitting it cold.
X Z" Il
Mike: "This is a great country,
Pat"
Pat: "And how's that?"
Mike: "Sure, an it sez in the
book here that you can buy a foive
dollar money order for five cents"
- - "
Clad in grimy overallS, pockets
bullying with wrenches, screw driv-
ers and punches of waste, the far
mer's pink-cheeked daughter was
coming up the road, carrying kit
of tools.
Visitor: where away, my pretty
maid?"
Maid: I'm a-going milking, sir"
Visitor: But why all the tools?"
Maid: Trouble with the milking
machine again"
* *N
Definition
PETITION: A list of persons who
were afraid to say No.
* = *
And then there was the
bridge fan who made the DEATH
bed request that she be buried
with simple honors.
xxx
Jack London, much bothered by
celebrity hunters, had a sign on
his office door:
mo ENTRANCE
EXCEPT BUSINESS"
Then in very small type down
below the first sign, 'No business
conducted here"
X = X
HOW COME?
1t was a moonlit night, and the
cOlored brother, very much under
the influence Of strong drink, was
crossing the bridge over the stream
that led to his home. He stopped,
and looking down into the clear
water below Saw q hrighf reflection
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

Since the invasion of Pearl Har-
Dor the words "treacherous," lying"
"sneaking," "contemptible," repre-
hensible," do not seem nearly strong
enough to describe the Japs or their
act. We need some new words,
words that draw blood when they are
spoken, to do the job justice.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

Speaking of being deprived o.
tires for his car local driver said
There is a lot of things worse thar
having to walk to work. It is some
thing to live in country in which
four out of five people can own a
car even though for the time being
they can't drive it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

The income tax, with equitable de-
auctions, is the fairest tax that can
be devised. All taxes is paid from
income in the final analysis. Under
the income tax a man pays as he
earns. If he earns more he pays
more. If he earns less he pays less.
No other tax is so flexible.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-02-05

Pacific Marshall Gilbert
Sunday had raded ships
Navy causing damage japanese bases military eab
shents auxiliary five
Maxim Island the Gilbert rested
If
which prevailed
maintained the have been dealt blow the
thurs troops holding Corregdr Blasts from the Americans
launches
secretely Ternae the