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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17
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war NEWS

Farmers will face the greatest
challenge of their lives in producing
Food for Freedom in 1913, according
to Fred Wilson, Chairman of the
Benton County USD.A. War Board.
A host Of obstacles made their job
hard this year. Next year all i1andi-
caps viii grow more acute. Greater
fesourcefulness and renewed energy
will provide the answers to the chal-
lenge.
FARM LABOR supply of
farm labor in 1912 was So percent of
normal, smallest on record. Only
haff a million farm boys have been
taken into the armed forces so far.
When the services total 10 million
men, about "a million will he from
farms. Some aid will come from
government agencies by supplying
Mexican workers, but for the most
part farmers will have to work out
their own problems through labor
exchanges, planning community
nlcbflizations for seasonal work, etc.
MACHINERY AMID PARTS-Ma-
terfa1s needed for farm machinery
are unmarked for military use. It is
fortunate that the largest inventor
les of machinery in history are now
ON farms yet there is need for more
especially where new crops call for
neW equipment. US.DA. is working
with WPB to insure adequate sup
plies of parts. Farmers must help by
starring equipment, doing custom
work, working macllines all the
time, conserving machinery by lub- /
Tication, sheltering, and eliminating
wear. s.@
FERTILIZERS Nitrates are al
ready short The big eff" in 1913 is
shipping from Chile. If shipping gets
mo- worse, farmers may count on
four-fifths of the 1912 supply in
1913, otherwise the supply may be
less. Phosphates will not be so limit
ed since we don't depend ON imports
but scarcities will grow on rotenone,
other insecticides and
Farmers are urged ito
provide substitutes by blowing under
Legumes for fertilizer, reducing the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17
TWENTY YEARS AGO-1922

Three champs nships We're won by
Kennewick boys at the Spokane In
terstate Fair last week. Merit Lamp
SON won the contest in boys and
girls poultry club work, receiving
the highest score in all club con-
tests. He was presented with a sill
yer cup by the fair association. Lor-
raine Engles received the champion
ship for potato club work and
Everett Terrill for his work in the
bee club.
Altho the doors of the agriculture
fair will be open Friday noon the
fair will not officially open until in
the evening at eight when Miss
Margaret Baxter, winner of the
Queen contest, will, with appropri-
ate ceremonies, will be placed upon
her throne. The browning cerelnon-
les will be under the direction of
the Kennewick Business Girls club.
With the primary election dis
posed of Benton City,s county seat
removal committee will at once be-
gin it's campaign and from now until
November election there promises to
he no dull days in county seat poll
tics.
October 21st has been tentatively
set for the formal dedication of the
Benton-F Franklin Inter county bridge
between here and Pasco
MIR. and Mrs. Jay Perry have re-
turned from heir honeymoon trip
and are getting settled in their
ON the Highlands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17
Latest Rules for Fighting Fire Bombs

Nothing fancy about the directions in
Standards free Victory Guide. Just
good commonsense methods for black
ing out your home and still making
it hvable. Get your Free Guide from
your Standard Service Man.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17
RICHLAND NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Culp and fam
lily were made most happy Tuesday
by a telegram from their son, Don,
who called from California later in
the evening. This is the first time
they have had chance to visit with
their son since February.
Mrs. "A. w. Brown recently enjoy
ed a weeks trip to Portland, Seattle
and Salem, accompanying MIR. and
Mrs. Bill Osborn of Reith, Oregon.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17

An example of resourcefulness and
quick thinking: Fire broke out in a
car of lumber on a train four
miles out of Denver. The conductor
telephoned ahead and when the
train arrived at the city limits city
firemen had a hose attached to a
hydrant with which the fire was
quickly extinguished E
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17

Why not let that fellow profit
from your mistakes who needs it
most-that fellow being you.
Women in Kennewick are kept so
busy they don't have time, or care
to take time, to talk about the fam
ily's operations.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17
Helen Fouch to Attend
Zillah School this Year

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Fouch and
daughter, Helen, returned last Sum
day from weeks trip to coast
cities. Helen Fouch plans to attend
school at Zillah this year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-09-17
Former Benton City Man
In Defense Work on Coast

WESTERN HORSE HEAVEN
MIR. and Mrs. Rolf Anderson of
lPaulsbo were recent weekend
guests of MIR. and Mrs. d. L. Hen
SON. The Andersons formerly lived
at Benton City. Mr.. Anderson is
doing carpenter work on a defense
project on the coast.
Evening star., 1942-02-21

fabricated. Contributions of agricul-
ture and the dairy industry have
included vastly increased quantities
of sugar cane, wheat and other
grains, vegetables, fruits, meats, but
ter and milk for export.
The motives which inspire the
people Of the Union-women and
children as well as men-are sum-
married by General Smuts in words
which are echoed, surely, in America:
I'VE now 60 forward as crusaders,
= to fight for freedom itself, the
freedom of the human spirit, the free
choice Of the individual to shape his
own life according to the light that
God has given him. The world cause
Of freedom Is also our cause and we
shall wags this war for human free
dom until Gods victory crowns the
end"
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Wartime Transportation

The understanding reached by
Defense Transportation Director
Eastman and Attorney General Bid
die on the extent to which the trans
portation agencies of the country
can act jointly to meet the demands
imposed by war without running
afoul of the antitrust laws, should
prove helpful to the carriers while
at the same time making for better
service to the public.
The carriers will not be able to
undertake any new functions such as
joint service, routings, diversions and
the like, except at the order of the
director, but they will be free to CO.
operate to the fullest extent in plan
ming for the tasks that lie ahead, and
at the specific suggestion of Mr..
Eastman will be permitted to exercise
some discretion in carrying out the
general policies he may outline.
With an eye to guarding against
combinations that would tend un-
duly to restrain competition, the
Justice Department is reserving the
right to pass on any plans developing
from these emergency measures,
thereby following the course adopted
with respect to other industries in
which certain amount of freedom
from the ordinary restrictions of the
Sherman Act has been granted in
the interest of the defense program.
1t may be assumed safely, however.
that arrangements to facilitate the
movement OF traffic which are ap-
proved by Director Eastman likewise
Evening star., 1942-02-21
District Milk Price

Using the same arguments that
won them a price advance last year,
dairymen supplying milk for the
District once again are asking the
Agriculture Department for an in
crease in the price they receive for
milk. And If this request Of the
producers should be granted now,
there Is no reason to suppose that
they will not return a year hence
with another request for price ad-
vance, for the conditions which they
cite in justification of their position
may be expected to grow progress
Sively more acute.
The farmers contend that as the
population Of their market area rises,
the cost of milk production likewise
increases. Yet it was conceded
yesterday that the so-called base
surplus milk production plan of the
Maryland and Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers' Association tends to discour-
age greater production by requiring
the farmer to accept a lower-than-
normal price for milk produced in
excess of his quota. Thus, If there
exists surplus Of milk or unused
capacity for greater production, it
would seem that the needs of a
mounting population could be met
and without increasing the costs Of
the producers-by the simple ex-
pedient of increasing the quota of
milk which each farmer is permitted
to dispose Of at the normal price. II
this be not the case, however, then
it would seem that this is the time to
give serious consideration to the ad-
visibility of opening the local market
to milk produced outside the Wash
ington milkshed.
The farmers who supply milk to
the District already receive a price
substantially higher than that paid
producers for the Baltimore or New
York markets, the common explana-
ton being that the exceptionally
high standards which the District
Health Department has laid down
for this market justify the greater
price. In other areas, where prices
are lower, the standards of the
United States Public Health Service
prevail.
Undoubtedly these latter stand
ards in some respects are not as high
as those prescribed for the District.
Yet, neither can 1t be doubted that
milk produced under United States
Public Health Standards has long
been used with satisfactory results
in other communities, and If the
present suppliers of the Washington
market cannot satisfy the rising de-
mand without exacting higher prices
1t well may be desirable to open this
market to outside milk.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Slow Preparations

Although they came from different
sources and were not intended to
have any coincidental significance,
two news items In Wednesdays Star
deserved to be read in relation to
each other. The first item was Presi-
dent Roosevelt's press conference
warning that enemy attacks not
only on coastal cities but on places as
far inland as Detroit are possible. He
said that New York City might be
shelled and Detroit might be bombed
by air, in discussing defensive prep
arations being taken against attack
on our mainland.
The other item told OF recon-
mendations made by Civilian Defense
Director Lands for improvement Of
the local afraid protection system.
Emphasizing Washington's proxim-
ity to the Atlantic Coast, Mr.. Lands
called for an effective control center
(the present one is incomplete), for
command post exercises to develop
teamwork among various defense
branches, for large-scale mobiliza-
ton drills, for formulation of a def
mite blackout plan and for other
things.
Thus, while the President directs
attention to the possibility of enemy
raids, it should interest our enemies
to know-and they probably already
do know-that the Capital of the
United States, more than ten weeks
after Pearl Harbor, still lacks an ade-
quate afraid defense system. The
facts are that Washington still is
awaiting installation of effective ST.
rens, is still in the planning stage
respecting blackouts and has yet to
perfect its mobilization program. 1t
is true that commendable progress
has been made, considering the
many handicaps which have con-
fronted the local organization, but it
is clear, too, that vastly greater
strides must be taken if the city is to
be spared confusion and chaos in any
air raid which an inconsiderate
enemy might launch before we are
ready,
Evening star., 1942-02-21
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles z. TrncetreH.

the names Of places never suspected IN
times past.
Provincialism is gone, to certain ex-
tent. Names of towns and rivers utterly
unknown two years ago are now COM
monplace. We even know how to pro-
nounce them-well, fairly well. Ameri-
cans are not good" as the word has 1t,
when 1t comes to the pronunciation OF
foreign words. The need has been lack
ing in the past. Today we must speak
of foreign towns, whether we wish to Or
not, and If we do we should try to call
them, as far as possible, as the natives
do.
Book collections do not depend upon
size to make them interesting.
1t is possible for twenty-inch shelf
to have all the variety of a library pro-
vided they have been gathered because
some one wanted them.
Synthetic collections, those made up
for show, always lack the appeal Of real
collections, made by some one who was
pleasing himself.
book covers sometimes put in bookcases
in stage productions. 1t is said that
occasionally these are used in real homes
where the desire for display outruns
honesty and common sense.
OF the making OF all sorts OF books
there is truly no end, except by edict.
The latter is something new in the
modern world. Maybe the demands for
chlorine will reduce the number Of books.
Who knows?
One thing is certain, there will always
be books. even If they have to be old
ones. Books hold up very we'll. With a
little care, they will last for hundreds OF
years.
Old books look just as interesting as
any, in these baskets where books for
the soldiers are being collected. Stop to
browse over these sometime, in one Of
your favorite stores. You may be sur
prised at some peoples ideas of what
would interest soldiers. Surely only an
occasional soldier would be interested in
Mother Goose" volume on top of one
pile. Yet Mother Goose" is good verse.
Of its kind, and it is said to have had a
political significance at the time Of
writing.
Birds books always interest persons
interested in birds.
They divide themselves into two
classes, those by trained ornithologists
and those by persons who have yielded
to the fascination of our feathered
friends.
The amazing thing about the bird
books, it seems to us. is that after so
many of them, they still leave so many
questions about birds unanswered
This has its happy side, however 1t
means that there is a great deal of OBJ
serving yet to be done, and that the
unframed observer has a very good
chance of finding out great deal, if he
will really look with new eyes, as it were
and Is willing to trust his own observa-
ton. English sparrows. for instance, are
branded as "uninteresting," so that many
an observer cannot trust his own find
ings when he finds them very interest
ing, after all Interest, of course, Is
where you find 1t.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Huskin's Answers
To Questions
BIZ Frederic J. Hdskin.

A reader can get the dnsDer to any
question OF fact by tDrittng The Ere-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Haskin, director, Washington,
d. c. Please inclose stamp for reply.
@. How fast can an eagle fiy?-S. p. D.
A. The average speed of an eagle in
flight is about 80 miles. When pursued.
the eagle has reached a speed of l20
miles per hour.
@. What became Of the Ark Of the
Covenant?-N. L.
A. The Ark of the Covenant with It's
contents was destroyed, hidden. or
stolen during the capture of Jerusalem
by Nebuchadnezzar.
@. How high is the peak that recently
was named for Sidney Lanier?-G. s. p.
A. National Park Service says that
Mount Lanier, peak on Hannah Noun.
tain In the Great Smoky Mountains Ma
tional Park. N. C.-Tenn., has an eleva-
ton of BIAS feet.
@. Which OF Charles Dickens novels
are historical?-T. L. M.
A. "A Tale Of Two Cities" novel Of
the French Revolution. and "Barnaby
Rudge," which deals with the Gordon
riots.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
South African Effort

One of the production miracles Of
the present conflict is that of the
Union of South Africa. The portion
of the British Commonwealth of
Nations so designated has a popula-
ton of only $3.50 900 people of Euro
pean stock-English and Dutch-yet
it has developed volunteer defense
forces numbering $500 men and
created an industrial organization
which is furnishing needed supplies
not only for its own army but like
wise for imperial troops in several
other parts of the globe.
Immediately following the declara-
ton of war by the Parliament of the
Union on September 4, 1889, Prime
Minister Jan Christian Smuts and
his director general of war supplies,
Dr.. H. J. van der Bill, undertook to
"co-ordinate existing facilities for CO.
operative mass production of heavy
goods never before turned out in the
country and then to arrange for the
construction of new plants as quickly
as possible" The workshops of the
gold mines, the explosive factories,
the railway workshops, power gen.
Grating plants of different types in
different places, an iron and steel
corporation and an electricity supply
commission organized for the purpose
were brought together in one single
effective partnership.
To indicate the success of the
endeavor it is necessary merely to
mention that iron and steel produc-
tion has risen from $4,000 tons to
almost 100000 tons. This means that
the capacity of basic industry has
been approximately doubled. Hence
1t has been feasible for South Africa
to build armored cars at the rate of
200 month. The motors come from
North America, but the rubber tires
for troop transport vehicles, supply
wagons, ambulances, ETC., are locally
made. Coincidentally, howitzers and
anti-aircraft guns are being assem-
bled with speed undreamed few
months ago. A TranSvaal concern Is
making gun sights for Britain while
shops at the gold mines are machin-
ing heavy bombs and shells and
constructing pontoons for use in the
Middle East.
AS an illustration of the encour-
aging results of wise planning and
enthusiastic performance, George H.
Swingler, writing in Bulletins From
Britain, cites shoe manufacturing.
I'm 1885," he says, "the absolute
capacity of all factories in the Union
was 1000 pairs Of army boots per
week. In three months the volume
increased to over 10000 pairs a
month. Still it rose until the British
government was able to place an
order for 1,75O,O0o pairs Of this
famous boot for use by the imperial
forces from the Western Desert to
India" Thousands Of steel helmets
and hundreds of thousands of woolen
blankets and garments have been
Evening star., 1942-02-21

will be approved by the Justice De-
partment.
In urging more liberty Of action
for the industry on the Attorney
General, Mr.. Eastman took occasion
to praise the showing that has been
made in handling the war traffic
burden, declaring that the efficient
performance thus far gives no
grounds for fears that Federal con-
troll again will be necessary. This is
a highly encouraging note, particu-
larly in the light of the experience
with Government operation of the
railroads in the First World War.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Maryland Tuxes

The suggestion by Governor O'Conor
OF Maryland that real estate taxes
levied by the State should be abol-
iShed is meeting with the popular
response that might be expected,
especially at this time. Both the
Prince Georges County and the Wor-
cester County Commissioners have
indorsed the proposal and asked
that it be brought before the State
Legislature. Local boards naturally
are pleased over the prospect Of the
State withdrawing from the field of
real estate taxation in favor of
counties and other small taxing
units.
Governor O'Conor already has taken
step in the direction of abolishing
the State real estate levy by author
izing cut of 40 per cent in the rate
for 1912 and 1943. How much farther
the State can 60 along that line after
next year depends on numerous fac
tors. The matter is closely allied
with the State debt, for Maryland's
State levy against real estate is used
for debt service, just as the State
gasoline tax is used for highways.
The State constitution provides
that no debt shall be contracted by
the General Assembly unless pro-
vision is made for taxes sufficient to
discharge the principal in fifteen
years. That means a real estate tax,
or some other tax, unless the State
debt is abolished altogether-a goal
hardly likely to be realized in the
near future. The O'Conor admins
tration points with pride to a sub
stantial reduction in the State debt.
The debt was $48, 157 900 in 1899. BY
September Of next year it will have
been cut to $s1,725,oOo, a reduction
OF about 80 per cent. This, how
ever, does not take into considera-
ton toll bridge bonds which many
consider definite moral, If not
legal, obligation of the State.
Regarding his tax elimination plan,
Governor O'Conor has said he be-
lieves lit will be entirely possible to
have the State function on a pay-as-
you-go basis so that real estate taxa
tion will not be necessary to meet
carrying charges or for amortization"
The Governor Is expected to be a can
didate for reelection and some skep-
tics may regard such assertions as
Campaign oratory." Perhaps that
attitude is unjustified, but it seems
rather evident that the O'Conor pro-
posal should be regarded as long
range ideal rather than a goal that
can be attained In the near future.
Evening star., 1942-02-21
Lines From q Mother

haze gathered my arms tuH OF
plumed goldenrod,
/ haze treasured gurdentds In
1phite kid array,
/ hare hunted in forests Dhere
UioletS nod
For the uery first glimpse of a
small blue beret.
But tonight as matched young
soldier entr1tr,
/ recalled childish hands holding
bright yelloto stars
That he gathered for me from the
needs OF the plain, 20
For they outshone sdber and
ne1D silUer bars.
HAZEL HARPER HARRIS.