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pMIBARB- pound or 500, one
cen cent pound at Gerber's ranch be-
,vsen Finley school and Grange
ssn sep
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vop sAIE-Motor scooter complet-
sG T. oyerhauled. $40 cash. Pratt's
..,.1e 5p
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mn SALE = -Four room plastered
house, near school house and
churches, on oiled road. Inquire this
nice Asp
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FUEL OIL RATIONING became eff
fective March 18th in 20 states.
There is no coal shortage now, but
war demands may interfere smart
consumers are storing COAL now.
Ask at the Standard Lumber Co. Aft
TIME TO PLANT SHADE TREES
now. We have complete stock in
Guiding Sycamore; also evergreens
and Towering shrubs, ornamental
trees and roses. May Nursery Co., n.
Krack, agent, IL e Third Ave. 52tf
ON A PLUS BONUS BASIS, I Of
fer five dollars for peppermint oil
subject to cancellation without no.
tice. Fred P. Freeman, Richland. tic
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FOR SALE Cream Separator, cleo
trio motor driven; also choice 13-
months-old heifer. John Sporleder,
located next to Henry Otte place,
East kenneWick. Asp
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mn aAlE-16 weaver pigs. Billy
Mills, Hover, Wash. 4ptf
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For Sale III!IIlIII

e.1ELThor washer, agitator
Fn nth detachable wringer and
Vp go Benton st. Phone SCI
rdnei. 5p6
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YOU CAN HElP-Sa.pe Defense
Stamps to help the government.
Earn them. Because OF the shortage
We will give q 10c Defense Stamp
for each 20 disable hangers return
ed to us. Ideal Cleaners. 37tf.
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EXPERIENCED PAPER HANGER
and painter. Inquire w. G. Christy,
phone 3343. H-08ptf
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OFFERS cents advance for pep
permint oil. Roots for sale, more
wanted. One cent sale Of nursery
stock, including evergreens pend
ing. Home Nursery, Richland. 48tf
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BABY CHICK TIME-Limited sup
ply started chicks available. May
We reserve your choice from future
matches. No deposit necessary. Leg
horn cockerels Friday afternoons.
Poultry and eggs are critical defense
foods. Do your part. Casey & Sons,
phone 231, Pasco, Wn. 3tf
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COAL too may be rationed- it
while you can-see Standard Lunl-
Der Co., KenneWick, NOW. s..7 4tf
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FOR SALE-Five acre home, good
house, necessary outbuildings. One
mile south of Richland Reason for
selling, old age. F. A. Rouse, Rich
land, Washington. 6p
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FOR SAIE-Chester White wean-
er pigs, good ones. Lester La Rue,
miles Sc of KenneWick. 4-5p
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IhIIuI For Rent; llIIIIIl1II

FOR RENT- bedroom for
one or two men. Phone 2312-Ken-
newick. y
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tiInIIIl Miscellaneous HIlI1II

BOARD AMID ROOM for 6 people.
Phone 3049. Mrs. Ben Schwartz
kopf, Finley. [Rs-.'-s SEC
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FOR SALE OR TRADE-1 Victor
electric photograph, single rec
ord. Inquire at this office. 2tf
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FOR RENT About 8 acres good
garden spot, shares. See John Eich-
ner. Asp
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NOTICE: Your inspection is invited
Il on our giant Iris now starting to
bloom. Vegetable and Towering
plants well grown from seeds well
sown. Willnsen Rainbow Gardens.
Richland - IT,. j III. SC
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nor sAIELweaner pigs, phone
H7S. ,a zzs u
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Still paying top price and bonus for
peppermint oil, market unchang-
ed. Heavy planting in all pepper
mint districts. Contracting Tor dill.
Home Nursery, Richland. 51tf
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FOR SAIE+Portable Remington
typewriter, good condition. Or
vile Kelley, first house west of Tony
Mayors on the Highlands near the
clubhouse. = 5p
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FOR SALES bushels of wheat.
Kamiah Warehouse. So
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FOR RENT-Modern service station.
Inquire at Richfield Oil Plant in
PaSco. 48tf
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PAPERHANGING - General house
cleaning, including rug cleaning,
kalsomining, wall paper cleaning,
reasonable, phone 2467 after 6 p.m.tf
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HATS AND CAPS-Hats cleaned
and blocked 60c; caps cleaned Csc.
Peterson Dye Works, phone one
two-three, Pasco. SIT
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NUCKS. FRUIT STAND now open
on the highway. Special for this
week-Good cooking apples, Csc. 75c
and S1.35 for the large Winesaps;
Melted Gems 10 pounds for Csc, No.
2's. Rhubarb, Sc h., large quanti-
ties at 21sc; bring containers. Also
eight good building lots, just outside
west city limits; will take pickup in
on land deal. Parking space for
trailer houses, good water and
shade, on highway between Kenne-
wick and Pasco. Asp
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ilIllI!Ill Wanted IIIllIhI.

WANIED-Feeder pigs. Harry Ak
tell, Kennewick, r.. g.. y
Evening star., 1942-04-26

schooled in ju-jitsu. Their duty is to
help their sisters in uniform or to keep
EN- In line
Married women, with children under
IA are not called up for service. but an
increasing number Of married women
are volunteering for war work. Now the
British ministry of labor is urging in
creased employment of married women
as part-time jobholders.
To help out, the government is spon-
soring a system of baby parking day
nurseries There are about 500 of these
at present, caring for 10000 children
under 5 years. Where there is not a
day nursery nearby, women with young
children organize their own.
Women are doing variety Of Jobs.
For the first time in / ZOO years women
are working in the royal mint They
are oiling railroad engines, running sub
way trains and helping build the 28-
ton trucks The British press service
estimates half the workers in airplane
factories are women.
Some are holding important executive
jooS Take the instance Of Mrs. Aubrey
Burke. 80. granddaughter of the first
Lord Aberconway, mother of two chill
dren and a graduate engineer. She
operates a plant manufacturing plane
parts.
Maybe, Sir Gerald, she would count as
fve-ffths.
Evening star., 1942-04-26
American Women Join Men in Full Out War Effort

IN the armed forces. But a bill to set
up United States Navy Auxiliary Re
serve, also passed by the House, is a
step ahead of both the British women S
uniform outfits and the American w.
A. A. c. S. The United States Navy bill
would take the women into the Navy.
L. S. Women Bluejackets.
But both John Bull and Uncle Sam
seem determined to keep the lady blue
jackets on shore duty. Both the sailor
cite and soldierette bills in the United
States call for volunteers.
British films based on the activities
of the w A A F S and the A. T. S. (the
one on the W. R. E n S. got lost at sea-
show the girls in smart uniforms. They
do dangerous jobs-drive big trucks in
conveys They calculate the height Of
invading enemy pianes-and in one pic
ture the command to fire an anti-air-
craft gun was given IN a feminine voice
They Go look glamorous. They do
exciting tasks. But they were shown
business Of releasing men for more ac-
tive duty-weu, any woman who has
had kid brother knows how man can
shy away from a dishpan.
British women in the uniform outfits
are now assigned to military police duty
Red Caps" the British call them
The girls are unarmed but they've been
Evening star., 1942-04-26

terees. If the woman decides she wants
TO join one of the uniform services
the w. A. A. F. S.. the w. R. E. N. s., the
A T. S. or the Land Army-she is
handed an application blank About 40
per cent pick out a uniform.
Thirty per cent select industry, and
they either attend a government train
ing center or are assigned directly 10 a
job. Ten per cent prefer civil defense
AFRAID protective services, auxiliary fire
services. first-aid post These jobs are
on a paid basis. The 20 per cent who
"just don't know" are given two weeks
to think it over and come back
The plans for registration of women
so far suggested in the United States
are on a voluntary basis. President
Roosevelt has said he was considering
a plan for voluntary registration of
women between the ages OF 18 and 65
Representative Baldwin. Republican. of
New York has introduced a bill to that
effect
The House has already passed a bill
creating a Womens Auxiliary Army
Corps permitting 10000 women to serve
with the Army It is reported that Army
designers have under lock and key some
snappy model uniforms ready for pro-
duction when the bill becomes law.
The British w A. A. 2. s.. A. T. S. and
". r. Z. n. S. likewise serve with mot
Evening star., 1942-04-26
BY Ruth COwan,
VIDE World News

Soldierettes, Sailorettes. farmeretteS,
tactoryettes-
Uncle Sans nleces are going into the
factories and onto the farms by the
millions, and shortly probably will be
going into the Navy and serving with
the Army by the tens of thousands.
All women. from dowager 70 dime
store clerk, age ls TO 65 years soon may
be asked 10 register voluntarily their
abilities and wartime Job preferences.
Government officials, colleges and
manufacturers are urging Betty Coed
10 study chemistry, rsdiology and en-
gineering. The doors 10 these professions
are opening 10 women.
Much Of 1t is big step forward for
American women, accustomed 10 think
ing of themselves with the vote as quite
advanced.
But al the moment IN the onward
march they are several steps behind
their British cousins-at-war. whose
country has been in the conflict two
years longer Perhaps the British vom-
ems achievements are s blueprint Of
what may be expected Of American
women.
We begin with q progress report right
OF the printing press.
The British hon-a very male ami
nsl-hss been calculating Brttain's man
Evening star., 1942-04-26
Newly Found Mark Twain
Story Describes Capital

he acquired a part ownership In the
Journal.
A portion of a letter Sam sent TO
orion from Philadelphia on October
26. 1853, was printed in the journal
on November II under the cap
ton Philadelphia Correspondence"
Evidently Orion sent Sam clipping and
asked for further contributions of
similar nature. Sam responded with five.
Two came from Philadelphia later in
1853, one from Washington early the
next year, and two from st. Louis.
The Muscatine letters are straight
news accounts, and not in the exagger-
ated colloquial style of the later Snod-
grass papers, but their English Is In
the fortnight Clemens STYLE and they
reveal occasional faint flashes of the
future Mark Twain, both In the field
of humor and social satire.
Let's take a squint, for example, at
portions of that Washington story, dated
February Is. 1854:
IT started toward the Capitol, but
there being no sidewalk, I sank ankle
deep in mud and snow at every step.
The public buildings of Washington
are all fine specimens of architecture,
and would add greatly to the embellish-
ment of such city as New York-but
here they are sadly out of place: look
ing like so many palaces in Hottentot
village e.
The buildings, always invariably. ar
very poor-two and three story bricP
houses, and strewed in clusters; you sell
dom see compact square of Pennsyl-
vania avenue. They look as though they
might have been emptied out of a sack
by some Brobdingnagian gentleman, and
when falling. been scattered abroad by
the winds. -.
There are scarcely any pavements :.
Then if you are seized with desire
to 20 to the Capitol, or somewhere else,
you may stand in puddle of water with
the snow driving in your face for Is
minutes or more, before an omnibus rolls
lazily by -
'I passed into the Senate chamber to
see the men who give the people the
benefit Of their wisdom and learning for
a little glory and So a day. The Sem
ate is now composed of a different ma
teriaI from what it once was. Its glory
hath departed. It's halls no longer echo
the words of Clay, or Webster. or CAL
houn.
Mr.. Benton sits silent and gloomy
In the midst of the din (in the House,
like lion imprisoned in cage of
monkeys, who, feeling his superiority.
disdains to notice their chattering"
A preview of Mark Twain's biting
social comments Of later years also Is
given in portion of one of the st.
Louis items:
"A widow woman with five children,
destitute of money, half starved and al
most naked, reached this city yesterday
from somewhere in Arkansas, and were
on their way to join some relatives in
Illinois They had suffered dreadfully
from cold and fatigue during their jour-
ney, and were truly objects of charity.
Twain ends his second st. Louis story
with a market report, closing: Eggs
retaiD, s0c per dozen-other articles In
proportion"
Evening star., 1942-04-26
BY Charles Honce.

"The Senators dress very plainly, as
they should, and all avoid display and
do not speak unless they have something
to say-and that cannot be said of the
Representatives.
I'm the House nearly every man
seemed to have something weighing on
his mind on which the salvation of the
Republic depended and which he ap-
peared very anxious to ease himself
of"**
The scene is Washington. The date is
1853 The writer is youth OF 18-
Samuel Langhorne Clemens. And the
quotation Is from newly discovered
piece of newspaper correspondence he
contributed lifetime ago to his brother
Orions Muscatine Qowa) Journal.
This and four other early newspaper
articles, covering little-known period
in Clemens life between 1853 and 1855,
have just been published by the Mark
Twain Association of America as Mark
Twains letters in the Muscatine Jour-
nal" edited with an introduction by
Edgar M. Branch of Miami University.
The book is additional evidence of the
tremendous delving that has been going
on into the early life of the nascent
Mark Twain by researchers who consider
hours over old newspaper files we'll spent
if they yield some heretofore unknown
fact about the Humorist's development
as a writer
Likewise, this search has made avail
able for students and specialists much
scribbling that Mark Twain produced in
his youth and which otherwise would be
lost, as he apparently kept no copies of
his early pieces and once, when con-
fronted with one, exploded: did write
this rubbish?"
OF some 80 Mark Twain books pub
liShed since his death In 1910, a con-
siderable number house his early jour-
nalistic work, turned out before he
jumped into notice with "The Jumping
Frog" in 1857
A few years ago a searcher brought
to light what are now known as the
Thomas jefferson Snodgrass papers,
three travel letters which the youthful
Clemens contributed to the Keokuk
Qowa) Post in 1856 and 1857 during
one of his early peregrinations. He had
just turned 81 when he wrote them, and
they were the first for which he re-
ceived PAYS each runs the legend.
Later. when missing files of the Han
nibal (Mol Journal were found, another
Twain expert identified a number Of
news items and poems, including the
famous ITO Miss Katie of HI" as
young Sans work, written between l75l,
when he was 16 and 1853
Now, the Muscatine correspondence
fills in a period between the two and
thus helps round out a picture of the
activities of Clemens in his teens
Young Sam had set out from Hannibal
in 1853 to seek his fortune. He was
away Is months. visiting St Louis. New
York. Philadelphia and Washington.
and earning his way at his trade-setting
type.
Meanwhile the Hannibal Journal had
failed, and Orion, a strange and fasci-
mating figure, moved to Muscatine, where
Evening star., 1942-04-26

Authority, not between the Alley Dwell
ing Authority and the purchasers"
To further assure fulfllment of its
promise. the A. D. A. recently proposed
that a reserve fund be set up out of
rents sufficient TO pay for demounting,
removing and storing the houses. This
step the controller general held, was
not supported by law. The Budget Bu-
reau upheld him, but added that the
suggestion was sound and that an
amendment should be added to the pres
ent law to provide proper authority.
since the procedure was in accordance
with the intention of Congress to provide
temporary housing. Efforts to this end
now are under way.
The emergency housing program is
divisible into three ategories-perma-
nent dwellings. temporary dormitories
and the demountable family units 1t
extends to all parts of the Nation.
Washingtons share of the appropria-
ton for this work was made available
early in February. The units are sched-
uled to be erected by July in the Dis
trict, Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties in Maryland and Arlington and
Fairfax Counties in Virginia. Some of
the houses, however, are expected to be
ready for occupancy before the dead
line.
Forty-Seven Sites Studied.
To date AZ sites have been studied and
II have been selected. Twenty-Five were
discarded because they were inaccessible,
because they were not practical from
sewer and water standpoint, or because
their topography was bad 1t was point
ed out in connection with the last of
these three faults that conventional
houses can be fitted to almost any slope,
but that demountable units are not sat
isfactory on unlevel ground because
they are erected on pillars.
The IL sites already chosen are esti-
mated to accommodate 1,400 houses.
Fourteen acres still are under survey as
possible locations for the remaining S,100
units which still must be placed, Mr..
Ihlder reported that many owners had
offered sites, all of which were given
consideration, but that most of them had
been found unsuitable.
The A. D. A. considers site selection
Evening star., 1942-04-26
DEFENSE HOUSING SIZES ALREADY CHoSEN-OM Of ~

DEFENSE HOUSING SITES ALREADY CHOSEN--Out OF AZ
locations the District and nearby considered possible
sites the demountabe houses of the defense
only II hare been selected suitable These Developments
Shown By the numbers the map include ~ ElrSt houses
Kesngton, in Montgomery County, Nd 878
story unS W Monroe street houses Seventh and Monroe
streets Me- SO 0ostory unS 3 Bryant street houses Bryant
street Second street NV 33 tOoSory un "a Thirty
fifth Thutytth Reservoir road NV
72 t0oStoy utS 6 Burdens Court houses Pierce street. of
Ne,0 York and New Jersey NV story units (6)
Tensecond street houses TDenySecond street Me- north OF
Benng road SO toSory units ~ Bennng road houses Ben
ming Alabama street Sc 1873 onestory units; 0
College houses Halt and First streets SW, IA t1ooory
uns (9) Suand houses adjacent to Government office
buildings Suand onestory units; (o) Burgundy
Village houses Faar County, VG Telegraph road eSt OF
600 to 800 units Not shoDn the
II different sites that 0 accommodate 337 toSory units
historic Fort driue circIing the CtuH War city.
Evening star., 1942-04-26

Mr. Ihlder and his cohorts took over the
task OF breaking down this fear, assur-
ing that the units would be highly pre-
sentable, that they would be fitted into
their surroundings and that in some in
stances they would be better-looking
dwellings than those around them.
1t was difficult to get residents to
listen at first. At some meetings the
executive officer was shouted down, and
it was only by exerting extreme patience
and good Judgment as master of cere-
monies that he succeeded in getting
them to ask questions one at time.
Along with problems involving sites
came the matter of suitable arrangement
for construction. AS presented to the
A. D. A, the project involved three con-
tracts-one for manufacture of houses,
one for preparation of sites and one for
erection OF buildings. This seemed to
local authorities too complicated a pro-
cedure, one that was likely to result in
troubles for the manufacturers. So mat
tiers were held in abeyance until firms
were found which would sign a single
contract to furnish the material develop
the site and build the home.
AS pointed out, a single contract for
each home would mean that one con-
tractor would be responsible for all
phases Of the individual development.
But under the triple-agreement plan,
faults found in houses after they had
been erected, such as missing or incom-
plete parts, naturally would be blamed
on the manufacturer, who thus would
bear the brunt of all deficiencies.
The A. D. A, it was explained, went
about the project with the idea of keep
ing net cost as low as possible. For this
reason, the demountables, with a possible
sale value after the war, we're chosen
in preference to fiimSy structures of
cheaper initial cost which could have no
value after demolition.
Mr.. Ihlder believes the demountables
will have a ready market after the war.
His conviction is based primarily on a
housing shortage expected to exist after
the emergency as a result of present re-
strictions on private construction.
One Of the principal considerations In
wartime housing is speed of construc-
ton. This applies especially in respect
Evening star., 1942-04-26

land. Outright purchase was preferred
as a means of keeping down net cost.
After the war, it is pointed out, the sites
will be developed in harmony with the
surrounding area and sold as improved
subdivisions, thus giving the Govern
ment a larger return on its investment.
Zoning Carefully Considered.
The A. D. A. has worked in close con-
tact with zoning authorities. 1t also has
been guided in its search for sites by
advice from such agencies as the District
government, the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and the sur
rounding county boards.
when it has tentatively selected a
site" Mr. Ihlder said in explaining its
routine, "it confers with the local Of
ficials most directly concerned, espe-
cially the planners and those who have
charge of water supply, sewer and high
way systems. Then, if citizen interest
is manifested, it confers with repre-
sentatives of citizens organizations.
This has resulted in a long series of
meetings both in the counties and in
the District. Several groups or commit
tees representing residents or property
owners of adjacent areas have visited
the A. D. A. office to learn just what is
proposed. They have all been welcomed,
for the A. D. A. desires to secure an
informed public support of the program.
But, because speed is essential" he
added, lit is impossible for the A. D. A.
to take the initiative by seeking out
every group that may be concerned.
There are hundreds of them and time
is short"
In many instances objectors have
suggested that there were sites available
other than those in their respective
neighborhoods. Mr. Ihlder said that
in every case in which some other loca-
ton has been pointed out it has been
investigated and. if found suitable, has
been included among the At listed for
study.
The IL selected sites and the ID still
under survey are believed to be suf-
ficiently large to accommodate all of
the houses to be erected in this area.
But Mr.. Ihlder is quick to add that it
may be necessary to seek others. He