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Evening star., 1943-12-28
Two Nearby Area Soldiers Police Explain Orgies
Reported Killed in Action For Nazi War Prisoners

A Marylander and a virginian
were included among 273 United
States soldiers killed in action whose
names were made public by the War
Department today.
The Marylander, whose death was
reported in The Star on December
2, is Staff Sergt. James c. Midkifi
%, son of Mrs. Edna Midkin Of
Berwyn. A tail gunner on a Lib
orator, Sergt. Midkiff was killed In
action in the South Pacific.
The Virginian is Pfc. Alvin B.
Rodger, %, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbert Rogers of Engleside, who
was killed in action in italy.
Pvt. Rogers entered the Army in
October. 1912. He was sent overseas
early this year.
A brother. Pvt. Kenneth Rogers,
is serving with the Army in Eng
land and two other brothers, Ed
ward and Randolph, live In Fairfax
County.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
25% Of Maryland Homes
Using Too Much Oil
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 28.-An esti-
mated rs per cent of domestic fuel
Oil consumers have been burning
oil at greater than their allotted
rate during the early winter months,
the Maryland Office of Price Ad-
ministration reported today.
A survey showed that approxi-
mately one-fourth of the domestic
consumers had used up more than
one-third of their oil. Household
ers should have consumed approx
mately 80 per cent of their quotas
as of today.
The OPA warned that if con-
sumers used up their quotas before
the end OF the heating period, they
would not be able to obtain supple
mentary rations except for such
reasons as illness In the home,
Evening star., 1943-12-28

~ the AsSociat4d Pres.
BATON ROUGE, La, Dec. a.
State police headquarters here re-
ported last night . possible explana-
tion Of rumors circulated recently to
the effect that Louisiana social
ties" had entertained German pris-
oners Of war at drunken orgies"
The State police records show
that:
About 30 days ago they received
complaints that war prisoners near
Jennings were being given too many
liberties. They investigated. The
Evening star., 1943-12-28
X$&'::;;: !; 5:
"

DANCE.
Kentucky State Society. Willard
Hotel, o'clock tonight.
RECREATION.
Walsh Club for War Workers, 1 to
II o'clock tonight.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco The
ater, tonight: Evelyn Tyner's Or
chestra, Silver Fox Trio: Pancho and
his orchestra, Cali Cali and Earle
Theater acts.
Entertainment tickets, THE Hut"
E street at Pennsylvania avenue
NV, 4 to $3.50 o'clock tonight.
Pepsi-Cola Center, $50 am. today
to 1890 am. tomorrow. First three
floors open to servicewomen.
Recreation, Masonic Center, l to
10 o'clock tonight. Snack bar, 1 pm.
Officers.
Officers Club of the United Ma
tions. Burlington Hotel, 10 am. to
1890 O'Clock tonight. Introductory
cards to entertainment.
Servicemen.
Recreation, USO, 1911 H street
NV, 9 am. to II o'clock tonight.
| 'Typing, Northeast USO, 1912
North Capitol street, 7 O'Clock.
Stenographic service, YMCA
(USO), 7 o'clock tonight.
Dance. Jewish Community Center
/ (USO), o'clock tonight. -
Amateur Camera and Movie
Guild, NCCS CUSO), 926 6 street
NV, 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Voice recordings. dance, NCCS
(USO), 1914 N street NV, 7:3O
o'clock tonight.
Life sketching class, 2O2o Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, 7:30 o'clock
tonight.
Dance, Friendship House, 8 o'clock
tonight.
Dance, Chess Club, servicemens
Club No. /, 8 o'clock tonight.
Games, voice recording, North
east USO, Tenth and Massachusetts
avenue NE, 7 o'clock tonight
Square dance at 8 o'clock.
Federal Chess Club, 243l Four
teenth street NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
Motion pictures. USO, Eighth and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, 8 o'clock
tonight
Dance, NCCS (USO), 9lS Tenth
street NV. $50 o'clock tonight.
Dance, YWCA (USOO, $50 o'clock
tonight.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Army Dog in Doehouse

COFFEYVILLE, Kans. {F.-
Duke, the big, good-natured mas
cot at Coffeyville Army Air Field
is in the doghouse. He spoiled a
record. During October not a man
at the post had gone AWOL, had
been courtmartialed or had been
sent to the guardhouse. 1t. Harold
G. Beckley, prison officer, was feel
ing proud. Then on the last day
Duke was brought in on charge
Of killing a chicken,
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Sergeant Acts as Clerk
To Wed Sergeant
By the Associated Press.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.-WAC
First Sergt. Rosemary Gaenzle and
Marine Staff Sergt. Louis Campbell
walked into the county judges office
Of a nearby town for a marriage
license
THE clerk isn't here right now to
type it for you" said the judge.
"Oh, that's all right" said the
WAC, I'll do it." And she did.
Evening star., 1943-12-28

complaint was tracked down to the
action of a rice farmer near Roa-
l1oke November 10, who took a
group Of German prisoners and
their guards to a Lake Arthur res
taurant for a sea food dinner, with
beer. The prisoners had worked as
harvest hands for the farmer under
an agreement with the Federal
Government.
The State police records said
there Is no evidence feminine COM
panionship was involved"
Evening star., 1943-12-28
War Experiences Similar

NOTTINGHAM, England R.-
Two local soldiers, Charles Moore
and Henry Spooner who lived on
the same street, were wounded and
captured in France in June, 1910.
Both had to have an arm am
putated and both were repatriated
together.
Evening star., 1943-12-28

O. SS>e AAtNSl -
than ever before. Guard
it we'll. Your resistance
to colds may be low if
vitamin A is lacking.
Father Johns Medi-
cine supplies vitamin A
and helps build resist
ance. During IS years
it has become a house
hold word in thousands
of families. 1t is pure,
Wholesome, nutritive.
Evening star., 1943-12-28
Circle World GIG Times

Flying Clippers Of Pan American
World Airways travelled 10000, 900
miles, or about 676 times around the
world In the third quarter OF 1943.
Evening star., 1943-12-28

Corpuscles, as we'll as corporals,
can fight. Enlist yours At the Blood
Donor Center, District 5000. Enlist
ments accepted At your convenience.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-11


CORDINATOR - A guy who
brings organized chaos out of regi-
mented confusion.
CONFERENCE - A group Of
men who individually can do Moth
ing, but as a group meet and
decide that nothing can be done.
PROFESSOR - A man whose
job it is to tell students how to
solve the problems of life which
he himself has tried to solve by
being professor. - .
EFFICIENCY EXPERT - A
man who knows less about your
business than you do and gets
paid more for telling you how
to run it than you possibly could
make out of it even if you ran it
right instead of the way he told
you. 49,. ~ 49,. -..--' -.
CONSULTANT - An ordinary
guy away from home.
xxx
Life In America. says Dad
Gummit. Is just one banned
thing after another.
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Kennewick Avenue at Dayton
John B. Coan, minister


Sunday: Church school at Gas
with splendid classes for all ages.
Morning worship at IL with choir
and sermon. Subject: The Altar
and its Living Flame" Youth
Fellowship at $50. r
In place of the evening service
the congregation will unite in the
mass service at the Pasco Metho-
dist church to hear DR.. Walter
Van Kirk of New York. -@s-. !.
b Weekday activities: Monday at
2, Boy Scout troop.
Wednesday, 2 pm, Circle No. 4,
with Mrs. Adele Gest, 428 Third
Ave. East.
Thursday: 2 pm. The Woman's
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Good gracious. how ferrible!"
exclaimed the professor as he fin
ished reading the note left behind
by his daughter who had run
away.
Whatever is the matter. dear?
asked his wife. concerned AT his
obvious distress.
For answer. the professor hand.
ed her the letter 70 read.
$50 shes eloped with that nice
looking officer" was the lady's
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s.. Paul's Episcopal Church
Rev. Leo w. Dyson
. ol9 Avenue A :,

21st Sunday after. Trinity
Sunday school 9 am. >az.. ...s :
Morning prayer and sermon, 10.
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Unity Metaphysical Center

The Unity Metaphysical Cen
of Yakima announces classes at
the Mona Monroe dress shop
every Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
The Unity School of Christianity
in cooperation with the Unity
Centers in Yakima, Kennewick
and Wenatchee announce a free
lecture "The Law of Increase" to
be given by Francis J. Gable,
Unity teacher, lecturer and author
at the Christian church in Ken
newick Monday, November 18th
at 8 o'clock. The public is invited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-11

Society in the parlor. Circle No. 2
the hostesses. All-day quilting
and paper sack luncheon.
Thursday: 1880, quarterly con-
ference with DR.. F. L. Peterson
in charge.
Thursday 1880 choir rehearsal.
Friday: Ais Junior High youth
choir and. play time.
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Uso
United Seamen:s Service
Var Prisoners Aid
Belgian War Relief Society
British War Relief Society
French Relief Fund
Friends of Luxembourg
Greek War Relief Association
Norwegian Relief
Polish War Relief
Queen Wilhelmina Fund
Russian War Relief
United China Relief
United Czechoslovak Relief
United Yugoslav Relief Fund
Refugee Relief Trustees
United States Committee for thu
Gaze Of European Children
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Kennewick Baptist Church
Rollin B. Holden, pastor
Phone 2072

1890 Morning worship, serv-
ice. "A combined service with mess
age and Bible study closing at
1915. Sermon topic: Orthodoxy
and Orthopraxy."
1880 Evening Gospel service. A
favorite chapter and good singing
of old fashioned songs. =
7:45 Monday. Service at Wallu-
la. church. ~
8 Wednesday evening: Mid
week service in church study.
No fads or fancies. The old Cos
pei. Christ crucified. Welcome al
ways. -.@.-"
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One lad was in the army four
months before he discovered that
Post Hostess wasn't a breakfast
food. 49,.
Lieutenant, after arduours
drill "The command was
FALL OUT, men, not FALL
Down."
- K$x =
1.-THE Gefmans' slowness in
their retreats from some Of the
towns in Italy may be due 10 the
heavy loads Of loot they are car-
rYing." i,
When someone calls you a
fool, don't get excited. He
may be right.
s. * = * :.
DOc-I don't like your heart ac-
ton. believe you've had some
trouble with Angina Pectoris.
You're partly right,
doctor only that amt her name.
k$X
Doctor latter painting sore
throat:) Three dollars please"
Patient: Three dollars! Why
last week I had my kitchen paint
ed for two.fiftY."
. " X q X
Definition
81 AVERAGE MAN - One who
thinks he isn't. 49,.
A travelling salesman bought an
upper berth for his wife, and
charged it to overhead expense"
* - a. s..
I've been running around town
all afternoon trying to get some
thing for my wife.
Had any offers yet?
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FINLEY CHURCH
Mrs. Ann johnson. Supt.

Unified service at 10 am. You
are invited if not attending else
where. Thirty-five attended last
Sunday. @--.,~ -.
Come at 10 o'clock to not miss
any of the worship service, as
there is no service at II o'clock as
formerly. ., ~......
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Corner 3rd and Washington Streets
]. A. Pine, minister

Bible school 9:45 am. Church
services 1900 am. Sermon theme
"A Church On Fire"
The Sunday evening service
will be dismissed to attend the
union service in the Methodist
church in Pasco to hear DR.. Walter
Van Kirk on world problems.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-11

calm comment. Well. -
it's s. quite unexpected" can't ~
two But ,:t,s she .,. spelled 'slop.s. :,
learning. man d
X$x
Downfall
you ever made? mlstsls
a mistake. 70 mai,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-11

The Christian Church is ringing
the Methodist church bell this
week and next week the Assembly
Of God church will ring the Bap-
fist church bell.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-11
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's
Witnesses
10th and Alder street q block
east of Washington street,

Sunday 8 pm, Watchtower
study.
Wednesday 800 pm. Study of
the New World of Righteousness.
Friday 800 pm, business and
service meeting. .
All persons of good will well
come. IL
This is an educational campaign
carried on for your benefit, with
no collections taken. x.
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The Church Of Jesus Christ
Latter Day Saints
IOOF Hall in KenneWick

Each Sunday 1000 to 1890 am.
MIA Wednesday evenings In
The Episcopal church in Pasco at
1870 pm.
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ST. JosEpH'S CATHOLIC
CHURCH
Rev. w. J. Sweeney. Pastor

Mass Schedule
Kennewick: LIST, End, 3rd, 5th Sum
day, 8 am.
Richland, every Sunday, $50 am.
Hanford: LIST, 2nd.. 3rd, 5th Sum
day, 1870 am; 18th Sum-, z am.
Daily mass 7:30 am, Kennewick.
Catechism for the children, Sat-
urday at 10 am.
Confessions Sat-, z to $3.50 pm. tt
HOVER CHURCH
Clark NJ. Smith. Pastor
Johnnie Num-, Supt.
Church school at 10 am. Better
attendance last Sunday. Sermon
at IL a. m. by the pastor.
Many a family fights the wolf
at. the door while the stork slips
a bundle down the chimney.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-11

Always De
Greek to you?
NTor q pretty picture, is it? Kind of horri-
IN BILE. However. it's only picture.
photograph, struggled out of Greece.
Can you imagine what it would be like to
see such child face to face? How you'd feel
if it were a boy or girl of yours?
But, of course it isn't. It's just some child
in faraway Greece.
Will this always be Greek to you?
Today that child is the child of your next
door nelghbor. Not only because distance was
this wars first casualty, but because the people
of Greece and Yugoslavia and Poland and
Belgium and Norway are all our allies in this
war against the Axis. They're still fighting
everywhere in the so-called conquered" coun-
tries. With sabotage. With slow-downs. With
anything they can think of to hinder the
Nazis and the Japs. They're keeping Axis
soldiers from where they might be used
against us.
This year all Humanity needs your help
more than ever before That's why II war
relief agencies have banded together as the
National War Fund. That's why it has joined
forces with the local agencies here in our own
community.
ito help our valiant allies with food to
feed them, clothes to clothe them, medical
supplies to heal their wounds.
Ito aid the needy and distressed here at
home, to help keep the home front strong
to help take care Of the many dislocations in
family life caused by the war.
Ito help provide all those big and little
things that mean so much to the men in our
armed forces-a cup of coffee when nothing
could possibly taste 50 good; "a place to go
when, g guy feels lonely; helping hand
where he needs it in some far-off place.
This year you'll be asked to give only once
for all the agencies listed below. So before
you decide how much to give, add up all that
you would have given ordinarily. Then
double the total It's one of the most impor-
tant contributions you can make to victosy
Evening star., 1943-07-12

down many times under the pun
ishment they received, he said, and
it required . large maintenance
force just to keep It in operation.
A road was required along the
waters edge to shorten the distance
between two operating points for
the armed forces. But the water
came right up to the base OF cliffs
800 feet high. The Seabee bat
TALON went right into the task and
cut on enough Of the cliff, until
they had enough space to build q
concrete road wide enough for
two trucks to pass.
Many times the forces had to
stop for four or five days at q time
because Of the binding, wind
driven snow. But when spring had
been well under way the Seabees
delivered to the fighting forces
quarters, facilities, special military
construction, two power plants, a
water supply. the broadcasting sta
ton, and then left for home.
This battalion trained In the Nor
folk area, and then last summer
were ordered to the West Coast,
where they loaded cargo ships for
equipment which they were to take
to the South Pacific. They were
suddenly ordered to the north
country, because the enemy prob
lens there at that time had be-
come increasingly important.
1t. Higdon's wife Is living at
Evening star., 1943-07-12

the Navy tradition begun BY their
dead father, Howard Clayton: James
applied six times before hs was &C.
cepted.
Petty ofncer (Ihird Glass; Otto
Tingen. el3 H street s.W., Is tirst
cousin, while four sons from one
North Carolina Clayton branch
sergt. Ernest g., who saw action at
Pearl Harbor, Pvts. Ruben and Will
liam, Ensign John H.-add to the
numbers In service.
Pvt. Clayton was born In WASH
ington on October 18, 1921, and was
graduated from st. Peters grade
school and st. Dominick High
School. He was active in high school
sports, winning the golden gloves
heavyweight division tournament Of
the Fifth Precinct In 1887, and in
student theatricak. After gradual
ing in 1886, he worked for Western
Union and for the Mount Vernon
Cycle & Sports Shop, 1888 Ninth
street NV, where he became Q
mechanic.
Family influence determined his
destination after he joined the
Army on October Z, 1910, and had
graduated as an airplane mechanic
from Chanute Field, ILL.,, on May .,
l94l. He selected the Philippines
because his grandfather, Sergt.
James T. Dickey, had served 8 Of his
80 years Of Army service there and
had fired the boys imagination with
stories about the island.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Seobees Tame Tundra to Build
Bases in Islands OF Alaska

There is vast difference between
excayating the clays OF this area
and digging into the vast wastes Of
tundra In the bleak north country,
but one Of the Seabee battalions Of
the Navy has conquered the prob
lens Of construction there, accord
ing to 1t. q. g. Elvin F. Higdon.
4009 Forty-Seventh street NV, Of
the Seabees, who has just returned
from . year of duty in the Fox Is
lands.
These islands are the first Of the
group jutting out from the Alaskan
coast, separating the North Pacific
and the Bering Sea, and ending In
the Aleutians.
The battalion with which 1t.
Higdon landed on the islands on
July 4, 1912, worked for q year in
the cozy tundra, and left behind
series Of operating bases for forces
sent there to drive the Japs from
the Aleutian footholds and to keep
them out.
Not only did they get down to solid
foundations for the building, carved
roads into rock-edged coasts, but
they left there a modern and COM
plete broadcasting station, operated
by the Navy for entertainment pro-
grams to the armed forces in the
islands.
1t. Higdon worked for local
builders and contractors here before
joining the Civil Engineer Corps Of
the Navy and while building for the
fighting forces won distinction for
himself by receiving promotions
from q chief carpenters mate to
lieutenant. He went from chief
petty ofdcer to carpenter, warrant
rank, and then to his present rank,
skipping the grade of ensign.
Completing the task of building
what would be considered small
sized towns in the States, together
with the necessary public utilities,
1t. Higdon's outfit has just been re-
turned to the States and given brief
leave Of absence before being sent
away on another task. The Seabees
serve only outside the continental
limits Of the United States.
Evening star., 1943-07-12

Working in subzero temperatures
the greater part Of the time, and
In continuous winds Of gale-nke
force, the force dug down into the
tundra until they hit bed rock, on
which they laid concrete founda-
tions. Even these furnished prob
lemss ana the Seabees devised from
salvaged material special flame
throwers which kept an umbrella
OF hot air over the newly poured
concrete to keep it from freezing
and cracking before it was set. The
usual methods of covering it with
canvas and burlap could not be
followed because violent gales would
tear 1t up.
DR.. Higdon said the tundra just
rolled of the scoops and use of
bulldozers was out of the question
most Of the time. They would just
push 1t aside, when they were not
being mired in 1t, and 1t would roll
back in place.
While the men stood up fine, the
machinery and equipment went
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Workers Coust to Job
And Later Coast Home
~ the Assoeiatsd Press.

~ the Assoeiatsd Press.
GRAND COULEE. Wash.-The
roads are al downhill for bicycle
riding employees at the Grand Coulee
Dam west powerhouse.
Going to work from their homes
across the river, the employees coast
down q long slope and over q bridge.
After work they lug their bikes
to an elevator deep inside the dam
and are hoisted approximately 400
feet to the top. Then they pedal
across the dam and coast home.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Car Locked, Motor On,
2 GuIIons of Cos Lost

By the Associated Press.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.-Beryl Jones,
with only one remaining A coupon,
good for 4 gallons of gasoline, took
his car to q garage.
The mechanic started the motor,
climbed out and automatically locked
the car when he slammed the door.
They finally got the engine stopped
two gallons later.
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Seofurer Finds Home
Resembles Zoo

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO Hendrix
Grinderslav said he had trouble
with the six dogs his wife kept in
their home.
But, he added in q divorce COM
plant, the place began to resemble
a ZOO when she brought home four
opossuins.
Mr.. Grinderslav, . Merchant Ma
rine first mate. said his wife kept
him awake nights with warnings not
to roll over on his white Pekingese
bedmates.
Evening star., 1943-07-12

lzl8 d s I r e e I
Sc, In May,
1912, from some
where in the
Pacific.
Soon after,
Mrs. Clayton re-
ceived q tele-
gram from the
War Department
s t a Til ng p " t.
Clay on was
missing in ac-
ton; 1t was not
until this June
I'll t at she
learned her son
Evening star., 1943-07-12
Fat Piggy Bunk

HOUSTON, Tex. (R.-Jesse Ross
reported to police that his piggy
bank had been stolen. There's
nothing trivial about 1t. It con-
tanned 1000 dimes.
Evening star., 1943-07-12

was prisoner of fvt. John Clayton
the Japanese in the Philippines.
Pvt. Clayton Is only one member
Of the family fighting in the service.
His younger brothers, l.. Donald, 20,
and James s., II, have carried on
Evening star., 1943-07-12
PVT. John Clayton,
prewar EnIistee,
Listed as Prisoner

Don't worry, Nom. Well take
care Of the Japs" was the message
Pvt. John Jack" Clayton sent to
his mother, Mrs. Edna l.. Clayton,
Evening star., 1943-07-12
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Evening star., 1943-07-12

their Forty-seventh street home.
and his father, Ambrose +. Hig-
don, lives in Beltsville, Md.