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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-31
The Weather


Last Friday night was the coolest
of this year, when the temperature
dropped to % above. Lacking but
one day, the coolest day of last
year was on the 9th, when IA above
was the coolest of the season. This
year there was almost 20 inches
more of snow than was registered
last year, according to Weather
man Al Morgan's records. Last year
eight and a half inches of snowfall
was recorded, while this year the
total was % inches. The amount
of precipitation has already exceed
ed that of last year, too, not count
ing the amount in the measuring
box in the last "a hours. Until $3.50
Tuesday night the total for this
year was just over 10 inches, as
compared with an average of seven
and half inches. Last year, con-
sidered "wet" year there was a
precipitation of 9.28 inches. .
The day by day temperature rec
ords, together with those of the
corresponding week year ago, are as
follows: 49, ,z ~ .s--~.-.
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Robert Moore Leaves
For Colorado Camp

Finley-Mr. and Mrs. L. Sellars
and daughter, verjean Mae, called
at the r. Moore home Friday, tc
visit with Robert Moore, before he
left for his camp in Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn Thalman o!
Hover visited Wednesday evening al
the L. Sellars home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Smith of wesi
Highlands were dinner guests Sun.
day of Mr.. and Mrs. L. SellarS.
John Bennett left Sunday fol
Cheney, where he is enrolled in col.
lege, under the B-7 program. BY.
ard Slocunb accompanied him IL
Cheney, Sunday, but returned home
again Monday.
Mrs. ]. r. Gowing and grandson
Darrell Thompson called on Mrs
Sellars Thursday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-31
Heart Disease Deaths
Doubled Over 40 Years

WASHINGTON.-The census blu.
reau reported that the death rate in
this country from heart disease has
more than doubled in the last 40
years, although the rate of deaths
among persons less than 35 years
of age attributable to heart diseases
fell off during that period.
Deaths from heart disease in 1910
totaled 1886, 191, a rate of 1925 q
100000 population. This was the
greatest number of deaths ever re.
corded from heart disease and an
increase from 275.5 100000 death
rate for 1899.
Comparisons between 1900 and
,1940 showed the following decreases
in heart-disease death rates in low
age brackets: Under one year, from
147.8 100000 population to IT'S;
one to four years, from $50 to 3.6;
five to fourteen years, 1873 to 80;
fifteen to twenty-five years. from 28.e
to 14.0; twenty-five to thirty-four
years, from 43.4 to 1917.
In the upper age groups. the rate
of heart disease fatalities has in.
creased as follows: Thirty-five tc
forty-four years, from 80.8 to GIT;
forty-ive to fifty-four years. from
1880 to 279.5; fifty-five to sixty-four
years, from 414.1 to 713.5; sixty-five
to seventy-four years, from 957.3 tc
1,723.5; seventy-five and over. from
1,819.7 to 4,813.2.
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|PUD Engineer
Finds Few Favor
Condemnation

Continued From Page II
more than the lines are worth and
finish with a system that is in a
bad state of repairs"
The report also indicated that
the idea of condemnation was UNI
popular in the county even before
Pearl Harbor and all-out war.
A house-to-house canvass in
which 1880 questionnaires were
filled out showed that only 1877
percent-less than one in five-of
those interviewed expressed pref
erence for condemnation of the
PP&L system.
Purchase of the lines by negotia-
ton was reported to be favored by
446 per cent at the time the sur
vey was made; 9.8 per cent favored
building competing lines; and 26.9
percent voiced no opinion on the
subject. ~ 7< K
Cost of constructing a county
wide system was estimated by Bur-
ton at $485, 500. His estimates of
operating overhead costs were based
upon. the assumption that the PUD
could borrow $5OO,OOO.OO at an inter
est rate of 4 per cent. H. 49,.
Total annual operating revenues
of the PUD from the entire county
were estimated at $180,600.00 on
one proposed set of rates and STA
SLIGO on another set of tentative
rate schedules. E..
Copies OF the Burton report may
be obtained by writing the secretary
of the PUD at Prosser. ...
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-31
Kings Nephew, Is, Works
In British Arms Plant

LONDON Honorable Gerald
Lascelles, nephew of King George
vi, has been working since last
April in munitions plant in the
northeast of England, it was learned
recently.
The lad, who will be IS years old
soon, is the son of the earl of
Hardwood and the Princess Royal
He took job as an apprentice un-
der an assumed name and has been
working from 7:45 a. m. to 6:45
p. m. steadily. 1t was explained
that he was anxious to do something
in the war before he can enter the
army.
His brother. Lord Lascelles, is in
the Grenadier Guards. His father
served throughout World War I.
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Fined $50 for a 2-Cent !,
Toothpaste Overcharqe

BALTIMORE. = A retailer was
fined $50 and costs for a two-cent
overcharge on tube of toothpaste
in what court officials believed was
the first conviction in the nation I'm.
der the triple damage clause of the
Price Control act.
The suit was brought under the
section of the price act emitting an
overcharged plaintiff to triple the
cost of the purchase or $50 and
costs, whichever is greater.
The plaintiff said he bought a tube
of toothpaste for % cents in March.
In July. he testified, the same store
charged two cents more for a SINH
lar-sized tube of the same brand.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-31
Missionary Finds
Japan Is Worried
Fears Past Resources and
Ma7pO,uer of u. S.

CHTCAGO.-After almost half a
century as missionary in Japan
and China, span that came to a
climax when he was taken prisoner
by the Japanese following the Pearl
Harbor attack, Alexander Paul, Sec
rotary of the United Christian Mis-
sionary society, arrived in Chicago
and asserted that the japanese feel
that if the war is continued much
longer they will lose it.
ST have yet to meet a Japanese
who thinks his side can win this
war if it continues much longer
but just the same he will shed his
last drop of blood for his country"
said the 68-year-old missionary.
The Japanese are afraid of Amer
ica's vast resources, her fresh and
unlimited manpower, her manufac-
turing facilities and her inventive
abilities, said Paul.
Sand not only that, but the Japa-
nese know that Russia will attack
them if Hitler shows signs of weak
ening," continued the visitor. "And
so, despite victories being won now,
the japanese know they cannot hold
these victories if the war continues
for the next few years. - ~ q. ,.
When Pearl Harbor was attacked.
Paul was occupying room on the
top floor of a Christian school just
outside Marking. >..
ST was held a prisoner in that
room for about six weeks. Then !
became ill. 1t was then arranged
for me to be taken to an Americans
house in Marking where more com:
Portable quarters would be found.
"But this house was under guard.
We were in technical custody there
for many months and could not
leave the grounds. Finally I re-
ceived word that I could return to
America in the Gripsholm and in
a short time / was placed aboard
that Ship" l.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1942-12-31
Grange Members are
Told of Winter Schools
(Too late for last week.

Western Horse Heaven Grange
gave its annual Christmas party
Friday evening at the Community
hall. About forty people sat down
to the pot luck supper at z o'clock
Grange followed, at which Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Riesenweber of the Prosser
school faculty were guests. Mr.,
Riesenweber explained the schools
being carried on in Prosser thru
the winter which are specially ben
eficial to the farmers. Mrs. Hugh
Bell presented a program to which
each family contributed or paid to
the lecturer for supplies. Gifts
were distributed to the children
and candy and nuts were served to
all.
MIR. and Mrs. r. r. Wooden were
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Considerable Walking
Done by Air Corps Men

KNOLLWOOD FIELD, N. c.
Drill instructors at replacement
training centers of the army air
forces technical training command
walk an average of 100 miles be-
tween Monday reveille and Saturday
retreat. The figure reported to
AAFTTC headquarters here is based
on tests recently made with q
pedometer at the Miami Beach tech
nical training schools. where every
one is busy as the instructors.
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Ashby Writes Of
Escape From
Occupied France

Continued From Page II
Wash. and his eventual enlistment
in the United States Navy, is one
of the many poignant stories to
enanate from the present world
conflict. t
Asi1by, a French American, ar
rived at the F'arragut naval train
ing station Recently for recruit
training. He has been in the
United States only 20 months, dur
ing which time he attended school
one week-.long enough to learn
to speak English" he said
Lived i'm Vichy ~, ~
a baker by trade, Ashby was
employed in Vichy, where he made
his home for. the past Is years,
working days a week and often,
16 to Is hours day. When the
Nazis came, he fled, along with his
brother, Robert, to Bordeaux, COW
ering the $50 miles by bicycle in
three days. This seaport town was
jammed with refugees, all hoping
for some sort of passage, either to
England or to the United States.
As is well known, Nazi occupation
of France was mercileSs and swift,
and when peace was made, with
Germany taking over the area along
the French coast, all civilians were
given "a hours to get out of the
territory. Heartsick, Ashby and his
brother saw their hopes of passage
by ship dwindle with the stark
reality that their beloved France
was no longer a country but a slave
to brutal aggressor.
Visit Consul
The brothers made their way on
foot, catching rides when they could
back through what was left of their
country, so called, Free France"
TO the city of Lyon. Here they Wis
tied the American Consul and made
arrangements for passports. In the
meantime they had heard from
their father in America, who had
arranged to pay their passage across
the Atlantic If accommodations
could be arranged.
From Lyon, the boys went to
Marseille, seaport on the Mediter-
ranean, but no transportation was
available from there and they fl
nally made they way to the neutral
BORT of Lisbon in Portugal, where
they secured passage to America.
Native of Washington
Asf1by's father, a native Of Wash
ington, fought in World War I, and
married in France. After the war,
ale and his wife returned to Wash
irlgton where young Ashby was
born. When he was eight months
old, he returned with his mother to
France where he was educated and
resided until the Nazi invasion.
Young Ashby enlisted in the navy
7and brother Robert enlisted in the
army; William came to Farragut,
Robert went to Camp Lee, Va Their
father is in California doing defense
work and their mother and her
relatives are still in France.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Piert and
children were dinner, guests Christ
mas day of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Piert. ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield Gilmore
and small son We're callers at the
Albert Piert home Wednesday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Clocumb and
sons Byard and Lynn were dinner
guests Christmas day of the Fred
ricks family. ......
Mrs. Delbert Mullins and daugh.
ter, Bonnie of Kennewick, visited
last week with Mrs. Mullins par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. Lanning.
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in PaSco Tuesday and FRIDAY =.
done. al Eorl
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Trav,,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Tomaske ~ an
oren Were dinner guests sun S Oiill,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Smith q
Gene Bell came home wean..,.
from Spokane, where she 4 ~. Soal
ing business college. She as.enu'
home for the HOLIDAYS "u b
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Community Dinner
On New Years Day

Finley-There will be a Com
munity pot-luck dinner at the Fin
ley Community church New Years
Day at p. m. Come and get better
acquainted with your neighbors.
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Ed Bean of ProsSer is refelting
and repapering at the Guy Travis
place. .~-
The Raymond Andersons and the
Chester Anderson family will spend
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. Claud
Boyd and family in Prosser.
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Carl Hanson Sacking
Bulk Wheat this Week
TOO late for last week.

Western Horse Heaven Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Borden and daughter
Thetis were guests Sunday of the
T. C. Borden family in Richland.
Vernon is helping Carl Hansen
sack wheat this week that had been
stored in bulk. e.s. ..=.,.. . '~.
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Lowanna Gerber Spends
Holidays With Parents

Finley - owanna Gerber came
home Thursday to spend the Christ
mas holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Den Gerber. She Jeff
for her home in Spokane Sunday
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The Rev. j. H Bennett announces
that church services will be held
this month, starting Sunday, Jan.
3, at the Finley churh at II a. m.
Mrs. Carl johnson has been ap-
pointed superintendent Of the Sum
day school, which starts at 10 a. m.
Everybody is welcome to come and
give her their cooperation.
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Mrs. william Swanson of Kenne-
wick visited her parents, the Rev.
and Mrs. j. H. Bennett, Saturday.
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Ernest Johnson Moves
To the State Game Farm

Finley-Mr. and Mrs. Ernest john
son moved into the house at the
State Game Farm, which was re-
Gently vacated by the Harold With
am family who moved to Walla
Walla, to take charge of the game
farm there. Ernest johnson left
Saturday to assist on game protec-
ton near Ellensburg.
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Leah Kirkpatrick Spends
Christmas With Parents

Finley-Miss Leah kirkpatrick left
Wednesday to spend the holidays at
her home in Latah with her parents.
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WALNUTS ........Ib SIC
Diamond No. quality.
BRAZIL NUTS lib. 29c
Fancy large size, new crop
TOBACCO lib. 76c
Velvet
PEANUT BUTTER. lib. 29c
Real Roast e ID. jar 47c)
PLUM PUDDING. :. can 15c
old English style az oz.)
GRAPEFRUIT JUICE. &c
Town House, 46 OF. cans.
: WHEATIES pkg. lie
Breakfast of champions.
CORN FLAKES. % : 19c
-Albers golden flakes I'll or
SWANSDOWN .Ige. 24c
Cake flour-quality.
Enriched FLOUR, 40 lib. 1.79
Kitchen Craft-home type.
DRIFTED SNOW. 40 lib. 1.s6
Enriched Sperry's flour.
EDWARDS ........... lib. 25c
Victory bag coffee.
COFFEE STRETCHER lib zoe
-Bulkee brand-makes
coffee go twice as far.
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Wooden were
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Precipitation records by the
month, for 1871 and 1912 were as
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23

marking them as marines TO their
sharp-shooting comrades in the
shrouds.
Paratroops Speedy expansion of
American parachute units is midi
Gated in new regulations opening
that branch of service 10 any man
of suitable characteristics. Form
erly paratroopers were taken only
from the infantry.
Now a soldier in any branch Of
service may volunteer for para
service, or A civilian may enlist
directly into that branch, Nolun-
teers must be between 20 and 30.
alert. active. supple, capable OF
development into aggressive fight
ers Of unusual initiative, and must
meet requirements Of weight, eye
sight and blood pressure.
Parasoldiers get extra pay, ard
learn IL.
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comment.
SPENCER WANTS DETAILS
when are you going to see
Redfield ." ne asked abruptly.
AS soon as can And out
where he is" answered. when
ever you wish, will see Mr..
VeritZen and get lire on Red
fields whereabouts"
THAT can wait n few min
utes," he said. surprisingly
enough. for l had figured that he
would want 10 lose not a minute
OF time in my contracting the
actor. You say you have q
selling pointer a talking point.
/ believe was the way you put IL
to use when you get In touch
with him ."
YES I have. hut subject 10
your approval, of course"
Let me hear IT," he said la
conically.
"Of course you remember that
when stephen Redfield wished tn
see me last night. he asked me
some pertinent questions con-
corning the whereabouts Of Jack
Beckett; the same sort Of ques-
tions that Marion asked over
Mrs. TIGERS telephone, plainly
at the gangster's bidding"
REDFIELD'S FLIMSY YARN
II remember that perfectly"
he said. You told me he gave
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
LOOK AT HIS HAT

Identification: II you aren't sure
Of all our uniforms yet and want
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Quiz Answers

THE Marianas.
PIT was in the tower of the
Old North Church that the
lantern signaling Paul Revere
was hung. The Old South
Church was built in 1929,
three years before the other.
and was used by patriots as
meeting place.
3-Brazil is kind Of wood I;
morocco, a famous leather.
and argentina, a type of
porcelain.
THE title was originally be-
slowed upon certain Phila-
delphia lawyers by grateful
British sailors who had been
rescued by them from legal
difficulties.
paddy is another name for
rice. PaddybirdS are found
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Pack New Thrills
In Jungle Jim

Are you a follower of The Adj
ventures of Jungle jim" the radio
program heard each Saturday at
11:30 a. m. over Station WJBK q?
This program, packed with
thrills. is based on Jungle Jim, y
the cartoon adventure feature in
colors which appears in The Comic
Weekly. the worlds greatest comic
supplement which comes each week
with The Detroit Sunday Times.
You are urged 10 tune in on
Station WJBK at ll;30 a. m, to-
morrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23

THAT MY bit Of news had dis.
concerted my father, | knew from
the staccato tapping Of his fingers
on the arm Of ms chair-sure
sign that he is annoyed or puz'
zled.
MAY I ask" he said frgidly
p. at last. what Mary IL going TO
do with her time between now
and the time she goes 10 the
theater:"
'If Noel doesn't reject her Of
fer" I said. she IL going to
spend II In some sort of outing
with him"
His frown vas something por.
tentous now. then as suddenly II
vanished, and he smiled az me.
REGRETS DELAY
"Well. suppose Noel has
some reward coming to him." he
said But ! do not like 80 much
delay In the meeting OF Mary
and RedheId. However. II Mary
IL already committed 10 this out
ing with her husband. II would
be most unwise 10 change II.
Noel might begin To suffer again.
with possibly disastrous results
to our plan"
There was a sheer, rather z
elbe. IN his voice now.
But I knew better than 10 come
10 the young husbands defense
with even a word If the Chic
were wiling 10 put of Mary''
meeting with Redfield. II would bt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Buy q Bomber
Connolly Answers

1-(a) Hokkaido; (b) Honshu;
(c) Shikoku: I'D Kyushu.
22(a) Female warrior; (b)
connoisseur of food: (c)
one indifferent TO pain or
pleasure.
3-(a) Suta; (b) Gambia; (c)
Ajaccio.
4-taD Agriculture Department;
(b) Interior Department; (c)
Commerce Department.
5-(a) One-thousandth; (b) one
hundredth; (c) one-tenth.
6-ta) Ragusa; (b) Santiago;
tel RanCoon.
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you an exceedingly fmsy yarn
about his reasons for wishing TO
contact Jack"
ut wasn't very convincing"
I said, land Of course I gave him
no information whatever. pos
sessed none. In the first place.
"Of course not" my father in
teriected.
~ wondered. however" I said
diffidently. III I couldn't say to
Redfield that I had just remem-
bered some one 10 whom Jack
used TO send an occasional letter
An old friend of ours-snd that
II he wished. I would ask her II
she had heard from Jack re-
Gently"
MADGE OUTLINES PLAN
IT suppose you mean Mrs.
Stewart" he said. and his words
called up a vision of the sweet
old face belonging 10 the woman
with whom my mother, Jack
Bickett-my brother cousin -
and l boarded for so long q
time.
II mean nobody" I said
firmly. "Of course Mrs. Stewart
prompted my reference. for she
used to get letters from Jack.
She ALSO has not heard from him
In long time. But not for
worlds would permit Mrs.
Stewart 10 come In contact with
Redfield. l thought. however.
that II approached him with
this purely fictional reference TO
Beckett. l might casually bring
the conversation around TO
Mary"
Continued tomorrow)
buy q Bomber
Defense Notebook
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
Rdtioning Loom!
For Gasoline
Defense Notebook
BY w. w. CHAPLIN

Pendulum: Just because the
Threatened gasoline shortage didn',
develop doesn't by any means give
assurance that il won't pendulum
back again TO plague US in no very
distant future.
The immediate cause will be q
shortage of petroleum, but back
of that will lie other shortages
Including rubber. one OF the prime
problem children Of war pro.
.duction.
The present program for syn.
thetic rubber calls for an annual
production Of 100000 tons an.
nually, and synthetic rubber is
made almost entirely from petro.
leum. So the present rubber short.
age may be the mother of q
petroleum, and so a gasoline
shortage.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23

to make sure if some we'll set up
man is a United States marine or
belongs TO another branch of serv-
ice, look at his hat.
II there is a cross of braid run
ming straight across the top of the
cap, from side to side and front to
rear. he's a marine.
The way of that is that in the
early days when a battle began al
sea and an American ship was
boarded by the enemy some of the
marine detachment swarmed into
the rigging TO shoot down the
marauders.
EXPAND PARACHUTE UNITS
The hat cross served as protec-
ton TO the marines who stayed or
deck for hand TO hand fighting
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
By Lyman Young
By Fran Striker
By Zane Grey

chiefly in India.
6-Gen. William s. Rosecrans,
Gen. Zachary Taylor, Gen.
II. Thomas.
THE Atlantic.
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SPENCER WANTS DETAILS

the height Of folly TO risk an!
comment
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-23
OTHER AID IN WARTIME

In normal times petroleum pro.
duces not only gasoline but al
sorts Of fuels and lubricants
asphalts and wakes like paraffins
In war it must also help make
industrial alcohols, glycerine and
that vital ingredient Of explosives
known as toluene. which is repre-.
sented by one T in TINT.
Add 10 that load the task oil
supplying the raw material for
100000 tons Of artificial rubber q
year. 10 pad out the stores Of reaI
rubber which may not be replen'
ished while war lasts. and you
have a gas shortage we'll in tbs
making.