The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-01-01
NEWS
Of The
WEEK
FOSTER GILRoY


4 the Philippine Islands IS a mass
= rrumbled ruins, following Japan S
srtal refusal to consider it an "open
.tyr and the subsequent weeks
srmbardment by wave after wave OF
Ian planes in definance OF Inter-
rstsonal Law. There is much local
.-;tjcisn of the failure of the U. S.
Naval units to block the launching
n bombing squadrons from Jap
sircraft carriers anchored apparent
i near Philippine shores, and Presi-
dent Roosevelt assured the Filipinos
that the full strength of q. 8. forces
will be thrown into the battle in
sheir behalf. This, however, has not
silenced the critical comment OF Fill
nino leaders that, whereas the first
attacks on their islands came full
week after the Pearl Harbor disaster
in Hawaii, it is still referred to by
q. S. forces as "a complete surprise. !"
Dutch Commune SuccCSSS
Batavia, Java-Out Of all the
tragedy of the Pacific warfare, in
which both Britain and the U. s.
have come out second best, the fight
era of the Dutch East Indies have
emerged with all the traditional
bravery of their race. Setting a
quota of lone enemy ship a day."
Dutch afrpIanes, and submarines
have taken exactly that toll from
their japanese attackers. At no
point has any Jap offense against
the sturdy Dutch defenders been
successful, and incomplete figures at
the moment indicate that in proper
ton to the units engaged, the Dutch
have done a much bigger job than
their allies combined in creating de-
struction among the Japs on land
and sea.
Auto Users Puzzled
Washington Stringent reduction
In the use OF rubber for automobile
tires will not only practically end
touring for pleasure, but will curtail
me use OF taxicabs and many types
OF commercial trucks. Pleasure car
owners numbering 27DO0,OOO will
find 1t almost impossible to buy a
new tire after next week; they are
advised to drive less, drive more
slowly, and then to have worn tires
retreaded. Similar conservation sug-
gestions will be enforced among all
userS OF commercial vehicles not
engaged IN defense operations.
Russian Army Triumphant
MoscoW-only a miracle can save
the remnants of Hitler's barbarians
mat are now in full retreat along
zoe entire length of the Russian
Anes. Starved, frozen, clothed in
-ersatz' Limitation clothing) the
nuns that expected to spend the
winter in the comforts of Lenin-
grad and Moscow are dying by the
thousands on their way homeward
70 the "Fatherland" that wasn't big
enough to satisfy their greed. Hit
aer has already begun the dismissal
OF many Of his army generals, and,
SUI certain of his role of God, is
taxing personal command of his
shattered armies, with the declared
shtenfion Of making the whole world
pas cash tribute to his gangsters of
Berlin. ~
Serbia Shows Grit
sesrade- Outside of the magnif-
.osas military offensive and subse-
suens utter rout of the Nazis by the
suletS' the only European race con-
s. ulg to put up a stiff fight for
Sn are the Serbs. So bitter has
loian revolt become against Ger
an brutality that Hitler's army of
=, supselon, made up of the most !
. -. units of the Nazi ter
sS' nave been forced to retreat
ST. central and Southwestern
r. ~, 80 Mortified, however, are !
NO. 0'ner Balkan nations at Ger
>rnr., atrocities, especially toward
so,,, eh and children, that it has been
tinaN olIicult to arouse other ma
Soht u support of Serbia's lone
sn,. '' 6rutes from the dregs of Ber- !
ana , Underworld are stealing milk
eaa p0ead from the children OF the
eamna S In an officially planned
thai. n TO starve the Serbs in