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The echo., 1942-05-22
B3uy
BONDS

United States Savings Bond.
Reverend R. L. Young, pastor OF
newell Chapel C. M. E. Church, Cen
eral Secretary nf the Holbrook Bene-
VIOLENT Association and editor Of The
Weekly Echo says:
Now is the t::-....c to come to the de-
tense of our country. Do not wait,
DO not delay. Any persons interested
IN helping defend our country can do
I, 20 In many ways. Persons who de-
sire to buy Government Savings
Stamps are asked to call Reverend
Young at his office, telephone 1877 or
at his residence, 1928, or write him at
Box 1043. Meridian, Mississippi.
. Reverend Young is in position to
1rnish Government Stamps from 10c
up. Get q Government Defense AL
bum from Reverend Young and after
1t Is filled it can be exchanged for q
i You purchase the bond for $18.75
and in ten years it will bring you
$25.O0. If for any reason you are
I forced to discontinue your savings be.
I cause of having no job, etc., the full
t amount that you have paid in will bt
e refunded to you plus interest.
9 Reverend Young is appealing t.
|, Church members and to the member
= Of the Holbrook Benevolent Associa
= ton (H. B. A. ond other intereste'
! persons to communicate with him i'm
= mediately.
d He now has the authority to maxi
a addresses and talks in churches ant
e various communities explaining to hi,
people how they may proceed to pur
hase United States Savings Stamps
Or Bonds.
The echo., 1942-05-22
DON'T MAKE A
MISTAKE

Dear Presidents and men,
bers of the H. B. Al
Don't be so enthusiastic
in our drive for 1000 mem
bers that you take in per-
sons too old, who are a.
bove sixty years Of age.
Don't take in persons who
are sick; don't ask persons
to join this order whom
you think ar e unworthy.
If you do, you take upon
yourself to be fined a nd
suspended. Please remem-
Der that we can do our
selves good in this ami
versary if we will do the
right thing. We can do
ourselves harm if we do
the wrong thing.
If it is found that we
disobey t h e rules of the
Constitution, the en- tire
lodge, together W t h the
president is subject to fine
and suspension.
PLEASE PLEASE
RE CAREFUL
R. L. YOUNG, Secretary
The echo., 1942-05-22
"MR. ED"
Dis, Dat, & Tother

Well, Mr.. Ed, yo' kno' if Use a
preacher, I wouldn't lay it down TO-
but DIES one thing, and dat is fishin'.
Den would be adoin' what de Lawd
said do, wouldn't l Mr.. Ed? Kase he
shorely said till de soil, didn't he Mr.
Ed
The echo., 1942-05-22

Now, yo' kno' Mr.. Ed, tbs funny
bout some folks de way dey take dey
'ligion. Dat dar child 'fessed pure
legion but wouldn't trust it unit
somebody else did, den de child is beer
trustin' it eve'y since.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Naval Officer
Tells of Activity
at PascO Port
Says unit is fully up
to schedule with
training under way

1t. Com. Paul, head of the aviation
section of the navy training station
at Pasco, was guest speaker at the
Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday. Com
mander Paul told the clubmen of the
beginnings and the scope of the new
branch and what the unit at Pasco
was designed to do. .s .=.
He also warned the local reporter
not to print details of his talk, al
though he informed the clubmen
that the unit across the river was
up to the schedule laid out at the
beginning and that the pilots would
he trained in the numbers expected.
Cadets are given their preliminary
training elsewhere, sent here for
their first actual flying, then sent to
the advanced schools, later returned
to act as teachers for period, then
returned to the advanced schools for
specialized training before being
sent into active service.
He also said that the naval avia-
tion training service, in its seventeen
years of activity, had yet to have its
first fatal or even serious accident
a record almost unbelievable.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Women Respond
to Patriotic
Appeal for Pickers
Tomato crop saved;
women making good
wages; canneries work

If people all over the country re-
spond as promptly and willingly DO
a patriotic appeal as did the women
of Kennewick this week, there win
be no doubt as to who wins the war.
Last week an appeal was made to
the women of Kennewick TO help
with the picking of the best tomato
crop this district has ever seen. AS
tomatoes top the list in the govern
ment's demand for canned food, the
canneries are especially anxious to
process every tomato grown in the
district. However, it began to look as
though much Of the crop would be
lost through lack OF pickers.
The appeal in the local paper,
with window placards and some well
placed propaganda succeeded in Sc
curing large force of women, Bill
Miller, field manager for the walla
Walla Cannery told members of the
chamber of commerce this noon. MIR.
Miller said that the response was be-
yond expectations and that the wo-
men We're not only making good
wages, but are making extra shifts
at the canneries possible as well as
makes very good wages for them
selves.
MIR. Miller said that an even larg-
er crew could have been obtained
had there been a day nursery in
town. Many women had volunteer
ed to work IL someone could be found
to care for their children in the
meantime. He suggested that a
move be undertaken to ask for vol
unteers for this service, too. He said
that If neigflbors could offer to care
for children during mornings the
mothers could work in the tomato
patches. #E ...
The women are doing a good fob,
Miller reports, and many OF them
are making around dollar an hour.
with one speedy picker reporting
$50 per hour for her work. Volun-
teers are asked to inquire at either
Of the canneries for the work, which
viii continue until frost. ..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Letter from Our Boys in the SerDice' arriUe
from z0ideLy separated parts Of the z0orLd
Dear Friends and RIaIph:

Dear Friends and Ralph:
Sure was glad to receive your pa
per. It is the first paper I have seen
from the state of Washington. I
suppose that different ones whiting
YOU al say about the same thing, so
I'll just skip right along. So far I
have been treated swell, good meals
md lots of fresh salt air. I believe
have gained little weight and when
T nave my picture taken I'll send you
one for your collection.
There are -four boys from Pasco
and one more from Kennewick be-
sides myself, SO we will have a lot
- enjoyment out of your paper.
You can be sure of a prompt reply
IN all mail from here as q great deal
of the boys like mail from home.
Well, have others to write to, so
VII close for now, hoping to get
: .nce % read the Kennewick news
ain.
As ever, your friend,
ORVAL T. CULLEN.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Hal Holmes Discusses
Rising Costs on the Farm

The item of rising costs on the
farm while returns ON the crop are
frozen is one of the farmers big
worries" said Hal Holmes in speak
ing to a group recently. Record
food production is accomplished at
price. The farmers costs have
zoomed at least 25 percent in gem
eral since early 1910. Seed prices
average about 81 percent higher.
Feeds are up 81 percent. Fertilizers,
equipment, cost from 10 to IS per-
cent more than in pre- Food for
Freedom" days. Rural living costs, as
in the cities, have risen fast. At-the-
farm prices are almost all still un-
der parity, tho the costs have 7oom-
ed. All the farmers with whom I
have talked, and have talked with
hundreds the last few months, say
to me, 'Hal Holmes, we are as loyal
and as patriotic group of people
as there are in the United States.
But how can We continue to produce
with only a few high school boys 30
help us and those at prodigiols
wages, and with the cost of pro-
duction exceeding our ordinary costs
while the ceiling of prices we receive
remains the same or even lower?"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
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WAR RATION STAMP
NO. 8

Stamp No. s may be exchanged
for five youndS az >Sug7r AT any
time during the ten-week period
beginning August 23rd and ending
October 81. Consumers, therefore,
are being allotted a half pound of
sugar per week per person.
Placing the value of the Stamp
at five pounds of sugar will permit
the distribution Of sugar i'm five,
ten and twenty-five pound pack
ages. Large quantities of sugar
were packaged in these units be-
fore the beginning of rationing
and repackaging would cause I'M
desirable waste of labor and ma
teriaI.
The increased weight value of
the stamp will permit consumers
to buy a larger supply of sugar at
one time, and thereby take advan-
tage of the economy in buying i'm
larger quantities.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
++++++++++++++++
Soldiers Names

Boys from this locality, who are
in the service and to whom we
mail the Courier each week have
written that they would like to
have the addresses of their friends.
A couple of weeks ago we had all
the names and the latest addresses
set up in type and were planning
to print the entire list. However,
word was received from the war
department that this would not be
permitted. Therefore, we are sug-
costing that if the boys want to
get in touch with any particular
person in the service, they make
inquiry of this office and we will
forward his latest address. We are
not permitted to publish the adj
dresses. IA =. .s&,,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Time Now to Get New
Neckwear for FidO

Fido will come up missing unless
you fix it with the city police, the
warning goes out. It'll cost a dol
lar for the little brass tag, but un-
less it's worn at all times hes liable
to be picked up. Then it will cost
another buck to bail him out and
two-bits a day for his keep while he
is in the municipal dog house.
The city finally has an official
pound now after years of pickering
about it and the police have orders
to pick up all pooches without the
official, current tag.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27

Lear MT. Reed:
For the past seven months your
paper has reached me here in Ha-
waii.
I wish to thank you for your tl1ot-
fulness.Am sure every service man
feels the same, that is receiving your
paper. enjoy reading about the pro-
gress your city is undergoing. It
makes me feel there will be a place
for us when our job is done over
here. Thanking you again and
greetings to all my friends.
Sincerely yours, #@.%
SNSgt. Myron Nicholson.
CThls letter was the first this Of
flee has received of the new ~
Mail" 1t is a AXIS photostat of the
Originally T..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Want Volunteers
To Help USO
Entertain Sailors
Women and girls to
be asked to help
at Pasco headquartert

Kennewick women and girls are
being asked to assist with the work
at the USO headquarters at Pasco.
Women are to act as fostesses, aft
ernoons and evenings and the girls
are to act as partners for the boys
in the service who attend the head
quarters.
Mrs. Grace Strickler and Mrs. r.
e. Reed attended committee meet
ing at Pasco Tuesday afternoon,
where the plan was presented to the
joint committee from the two towns.
There it was decided that the Ken
newick women and girls would take
over the work for week at a time.
Two hostesses a day will be requir-
ed, one for the afternoon and one
for evening.
The girls who are to act as part
ners for the service boys are to. be
called Victory Bellies" Any young
lady who has graduated from high
school or who is IS years of age or
over is eligible to membership.
These girls will he expected to act
as partners in the dances, card play
ing, ping pong, roller skating or any
activity under the supervision of the
USO. IN
Anyone wishing to help with
either of these projects is asked to
report either at the USO ileadquart-
ers in Pasco or at the Stricken Mo
tor Go. or the printing office here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27

may be the only one from nome
getting the paper over here in Aus
tralia. Even if it is a month or six
weeks old, I still read it from the
first to the last page. The accounts
of the other boys and where they are
gives me a good idea of how things
are elsewhere. believe the boys
from Kennewick are scattered to all
battlefieIds; so when We get back
each can give his account and have a
complete glo5al picture of the pres
emit war. EE 4
I ann having a pleasant time down
here in Australia, enjoying new
scenery, and getting use to the Eng
lish accent and monetary system.
The people are very congenial and
hospitable over here. They were glad
to have us "Yanks" come over. They
took us into their homes and treat
ed us like their own sons. f
Nevertheless, the boys are impa-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Stevens Says
Medical Attention
Be Ample
Leaves this week to
assume active work
with armed forces

KenneWick citizens will not be left
without adequate medical care, DR..
M. w. Stevens assured members of
the chamber of commerce this noon.
DIR. Stevens leaves Saturday of this
week to don his army uniform. Tenn
porarily he will be stationed at Fort
George Wright in Spokane, he re-
ported with prospect of actual field
activity in the near future.
DIR. Stevens said that there will
he six doctors in the area, including
those stationed at the airport. These
men will give medical attention, he
said, to the enlisted men as well as
their families, thus relieving the
civilian doctors of more or less of
their present work.
In his swan song" as he called it.,
DR.. Stevens said that he had found
three of his preconceived opinions
concerning the life of a country doc
tor wrong. The first one, that rural
people failed to pay their doctors
proved to be 100 percent wrong, he
said. Further that appreciation for
services and cooperation of patients
and their families were both out
standing rather than his experience
of a total lack of both in the crowd
ed hospitals of the East.
He said that he hoped to return
to KenneWick after the war and
would ask nothing better than to
resume his place in the community.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Tire Permits Issued
On August oath

All those people who have not
received their second certificate
for canning sugar, who are eligible
for it, please call for it at the
rationing board as soon as pos
sible SO they can clear their files.
Passenger Recaps
r. w. Woods, one; George E. Ed
dy, two; j. E. Jones, four; Alvin Dye,
three; DR.. r. wv. Ripley, three; John
f. Schmlirer, one; Robert L. Camp
bell, two; C. r. Norris, one; Paul w
Burrows, one; Late Butler, two; Rob-
ert Boies, two; il. A. Vandine, two;
L. L. Milan, two; George Hettich,
two.
Truck Tires
Grange Supply, Inc, one; Church
Grape Juice Co., one.
Truck Tubes
Grange Supply, Inc, one. &
Passenger Tires
D. B. Cr1tcher, one. - ~
Jerome Hawkins, one. .-e--- g.. d.
John Moseley, one. -.
r. II. Betcher, one. - 80
Passenger Tubes =. 52slss2
d. B. Crutcher, one; Benton Coun-
ty sheriff's office, one; Albert j.
LOFTS, one; John Ulrich, one; Roy
Hamblen.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Urge Use of
V-Mail Service
To Boys Abroad
Quicker service is
promised where
conditions permit

The Post Office Department an
nounced today that the V-Mail Ser
vice, iraugurated ON June Is, 1912
is now past the experimental stage
with each week showing large in
creases in the number of letters
mailed to American soldiers over
seas.
The War Department has increas-
ed it's facilities to handle promptly
| the volume expected in the future.
Facilities for photographing and
reproducing V-Mai1 to and from the
United States and the British Isles,
Australia, India, Hawaii and other
points are now in operation. A SINH
lar service is being planned for Ice
land and other points where the vol
l1rne may warrant.
Pointing out that V-Mail provides
a safe means of communication with
members of the Armed Forces, the
Post Office Department gave as
surance that the film (upon which
the communications are reproduced)
are given the most eNpedious dis
patch available. Because of the
small space taken up by the rolls of
film, they often can he carried on
Jerry planes or ioombers.
Every pound of weight which can
he saved on air transports overseas,
said the Department, means that an
equivalent amount of weight can be
alIocated vital military material.
In recognition of this, and in an
effort to insure delivery of mail to
as many men as possible at overseas
destinations when space is limited,
the War and Navy Departments
have directed THAT V-Mail he given
priority in dispatch over all other
classes including air mail-wfen
transportation facilities under con-
trol of these departments are used.
V-Mail letter sheets have been
distributed at all post offices; and
have been provided all military and
naval personnel at overseas points
through Army and Navy post offices
and military channels.
V-Mail letters are photographed
on micro-film by automatic mach
ines at the rate of 1000 to $500 per
hour and the film rolls containing
$500 letters each are transmitted to
destinations. Reproductions are
then made by other automatic ma
chimes and delivered to the addressee
in individual sealed window penalty
envelopes.
When V-Mail letters are addressed
to places where micro-film equip
ment is not in operation, the letters
are transmitted to destination in
original form by the most expeditions
means available. Even in these in
stances, savings in weight and space
are accomplished since there are ap-
proximaeely 81 V-Mail letters in a
pound, whereas, ordinary letters av-
erage 40 per pound.
The public is urged to use it at
every opportunity.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Drive for Junk.
To Be Intense
For War Effort
Everyone asked to
help with nationwide
drive
Junk to junk the axis!
Scrap to scrap the jap!


Scrap to scrap the Jap!
(Note the lower case instead
Of capitals! From now on for the
duration this paper will continue
to fail TO capitalize either Of the
above or the names of the three
leaders of the outlaw nations.
We figure they don't rate capS!)
Kennewick will Join the nation.
wide drive for scrap OF all kinds
starting now, with a grand round
up sometime the first OF the coming
month. Elsewhere in this issue
and for the past two weeks, the War
Production Board has been appeal
ing through the advertising columns
dor junk, now desperately needed by
our war industries.
Citizens are asked to search their
premises thoroly and collect every
bit Of scrap metal not in use. Every
piece OF rubber, every burlap bag,
manila rope is wanted for war use.
HouSeholders are asked to take
the stuff to the lot back OF the
Washington Hardware store. Here It
may he dumped, later to he sold
and the money contributed to the
USo and the Red Gross. III enough
is collected, it may be sold by the
individual to Tony, the blacksmith,
local shipper. e...
1t is planned to have a llouse-to-
house drive later to make a special
effort to gather in all the wanted
material. Boy Scouts and Camp
Fire Girls win be used for this drive.
HouSeholders are asked, If they can
not deliver the material themselves,
to make pile where it can he gath
cred by the trucks on the final drive.
Mayor Alfred ANON has asked the
city employees and trucks be used to
make the final collection, date OF
which Is 10 be announced later.
In the meantime gather your
scrap to throw into the scrap.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Neuman Sells Hardware
Dept. to Wash. Hardware

Kennewick is down to one hard
ware store now that the Washington
Hardware has taken over the stock
of Neuman's. Mr. Neuman, unable
to secure experienced help in that
department, decided to close out the
stock and will enlarge it for his gro
Gerry department. al - =,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Many Entries in
All County Fair [.

Alters exhibits and demonstra-
tions at the All county Fair in the
Kiona-Benton school Gym August
2O-21, were evidence of fine work on
the home front Very extensive en-
tries in canning and colorful garden
exhibits were evidence that Alters
are trying to do their share to help
win the war. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27

MIR. and Mrs. Robert E. Moore were
surprised when their daughter, Alma,
and daughter, Maible, now Mrs. A. L.
Nelson and family, paid them a
visit, arriving Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Moore saw their granddaughter,
Sharon, for the first time. Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson reside at woodland and
Alma lives at Arnboy.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27
Dear Mr.. Reed:

Dear Mr.. Reed:
1 want to thank you for sending
me the Courier-Reporter. enjoy it
very much, especially since I've been
in the army. ...
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27

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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-08-27

ghe
WEEK.
By
By
FOSTER GILROY
RraziI Declares War

p,o de Janeiro-First of the South
,.,erican republics to declare war
-s,nst Germany and Italy, and 29th
S.,Id power to outlaw the axis pow
prazil broke off relations after
Imam U-boats had sunk six Bra
.,;an ships with a loss of 600 lives.
:. !. believed that Uruguay may fol-
80 BraziPs lead, with other South
,uariean countries, with only Ar
s,rtina and Chile showing German
ssnings.
Evening star., 1942-09-09

black polo shirt, dark trousers, black
sneakers; missing from 334 l. street,
S.W., since September 1.
Evening star., 1942-09-09
House Meets 10 Act
On Service Vote Bill;
Quorum Is Doubtful
Six-Week Recess Broken;
Rankin Demands Measure
Go Back to Conference
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
House members broke q six-week
informal recess today in an effort to
settle a legislative controversy over
the servicemen's absentee voting BILL
Whether there would be . quorum
on hand for the session starting at
noon, however, remained to be seen.
Representative Rankin, Democrat.
of Mississippi, outspoken opponent
of the legislation, announced before
hand he would attempt to send the
bill back to a joint Senate-House
committee appointed last week to
work out differences between the two
branches.
Mr.. Rankin said he would ask that
House conferees insist on elimina-
ton Of Senate amendments extend
ig vote-by mail privileges to fight
ing men serving abroad, making the
legislation applicable to primary as
well as general elections, and over
riding, insofar as servicemen are
concerned, poll tax requirements OF
eight Southern States.
Failing in that, Mr.. Rankin said
he would question any other House
action on the ground OF lack OF
uuorum-218 members.
Speaker Rayburn on Monday sent
out notices ending the informal
recess next week, but earlier, Acting
Speaker Bulwinkle had requested
the membership to be on hand today.
Supporters of the legislation, led
by Representative Ramsay, Demo-
crat, of West Virginia, expressed
confidence the bill would be passed
today in its present form.
Impetus was given the opposition
drive by letter from Secretary OF
War Stimson to Speaker Rayburn
declaring it would be virtually i'm
possible to send ballots to servicemen
abroad in time for the November
elections. Furthermore, Mr.. Stimson