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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11

FOR SALE-Full size walnut finish
metal bed. 1913 End Ave. East,
Phone 1916, Mrs. Boldt. SOC
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11

FOR SALE yr. old ROSTERS, New
Hampshires; oil brooder, 200
size. Phone 2798, Mrs. VIM. Knight.
Sop
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11
SO DO YOUR PART
---FOR VICTORY!

Shurfine Stores are we'll stocked with every
thing you want. Bring in your ration books
when purchasing foods included on list given
by office of price administration. Point coupons
chase. Buy wisely-buy well-from Shurfine
Stores complete stock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11

Shurfine Coffee is all coffee. Try
a pound on your next ration and
find a friend in coffee pleasure.
Shurfine Coffee is ground fresh
at time of purchase to assure
fresh rich flavor.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11

Help America the Battle Freedom nutritious meals
Avoid loss of precious jobs of all kinds
due to Illness ETC. You have real job do kitchen And
SHURFNE STORES help make for when shop their
complete stocks of all the important foods need.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
GETS PoKEHAT' HERE

I'VE couldn't get much poke
hat or ginger in Scotland since
the war" said Earle, y We're
making up for II over here"
Earlc exulAlned thai pnkehal
was ice cream over here and GIN
ger was what We know as pop
Richard, Il. could not get his
mind of The new comic book he
was reading for over m Scotland,
paper is short and people are
lucky 70 get one book every two
weeks.
More specific than the others
was ThomaS.-10. who knew tx
actly what intrigued him most
about America
Its the bananas. Boy. how
like bananas. | haven't had
any for long time" be SAID.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Women Sought
By DSR on Buses
And StreetCdrs

In an effort 10 help fl 700
vacant jobs on DSR street cars
and buses the civil service COM
mission today launched an extern
sIye campaign 10 recruit women
bus drivers and street car motor
women.
Women between the ages of q
and 45 years are eligible and may
apply on the sixteenth floor Of the
Water Board Building. Minimum
height requirements are , feet 3
inches with weight in proportion.
Applicants can be put 20
work within 81 hours II they
are accepted James V. Bel
lanca, civil service commissioner.
said. "A minimum training
period Of 10 days il required To
train a bus driver or mOtOrman.
During that period the trainee
Is paid at the rate Of 80 cents
AN hour
Women who pass final tests Will
receive the same rate as men, or
Sl.lO TO Sll5 for driving buses
and 81 10 Sl.O5 for street cars.
William S. Bullock. DSR gen
eral manager. who requested the
classification for women. said he
would present the question 10 the
DSR commission TODAY for lis
official approval.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
EerSSM
Pleads for
Realism

MILWAUKEE, Aug 1.-THE
United States Will cooperate 70
establish a permanent peace after
tins WIZ is won. but The people
viii not permit the government
10 send college professors
throughout the world 10 force
adoption Of American culture
.-rr1dtUr- r rrCuvDn ydTG hCTC IN an
address laaI night.
THE American people are
willing 10 COllabOrate with
other nations In any league or
covenant that may be required
Senator Ferguson SAID
But the American people do
not want n dreamy, starry eyed
type Of internationalism with
PINT OF milk for every one.
are reaiist>. We know
that "A good neighbOT policy
does not require an interna-
tional Santa Claus In order Ia
be effective
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
ONLY ONE EVACUATION

The TWO youngest children were
born IN Scotland but because OF
q change IN l. :. regulations. only
Thomas remains a British subject
until certain lengthy procedures
are met.
we had 20 evacuate our
home over there only once, and
that was on the day war was
declared" She said we re-
manned away for two weeks"
Mrs Berry sand passage was
arranged through tho l.. s consul
i'm Glasgow and that the TIM
across the Atlantic was I'M
even'ful.
How long did IL take 10
cross ." she was asked.
That's a military secret"
piped Earle. and his mother
agreed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

MEAT, CHEESE. FATS tRed stamps)
I, Z. y. Valid o. Aug 3l.
y Valid Aug. ~ f1 Oct .
Valid Aug % On GrtI q
\ Valid Sept p o. oct q
SUGAR
stamp 10 raurGF f0 Ort a..
CANNING SUGAR
stamp Is, l6--5 los. each 90 Oct. 81.
SHOES
stamp is-Ons pair 70 Oct. 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

Mrs. Hunley Of Mason,
mother of four, who is being
held for investigation in the
knife Staying of her husband,
Silar, 33. She told Ingham
County sheriff's officers that
she stabbed her husband to
death after q quarrel over the
use of the family car. No
charges will be placed against
Mrs. Hunley until the three
men who were with her hus-
band at the time Of his death
can be found and questioned.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
America Amdzes
5ChiIdren Here
Scotland
BY CHARLES WEBER

One thing that aStounds the
FIVE small Berry children is that
America seems 10 have such ar
abundance Of food.
It's "A different story in Scot,
land, from where they came re-
Gently. There, It's tightly IA
toned food, rationcd 'clothing, IA.
toned everything.
With brogucs as thick as mo-
laSseS, the five children came from
Glasgow, Scotland, TO Detroit
with their mother. Mrs. Margaret
Berry. 10 establish a home and
wait for daddy 10 rejoin them
when he's through fighting the
war with the Raj.
we like America very much,
even better than Scotland"
they all agreed as they parTcd
questions with a reporter AT the
home of Mrs. Barry sister.
Mrs Bernard HaSke, 1888 Whit
comb.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

slant travel.
they quit the
TO ad fiV q
v q "A T 8 ago
and set up a
magic store
IN Detroit II
Is one OF a
nneager " o
dozen Su c n
NtA - III AAtN
L n i I @ d
States where
you can get
a n hing
from a To-
c en- I gin-
crack 10 a
custom - built
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Badges on Exhibit

Six collections Of badges which
marked celebrations and anniver-
saries of other years in Detroit
are on display at the Historical
Museum. 1902 Barlum Tower.
Four of them are from private
sources and two are museum
property
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Eve Curie q French WAC

NEW YORK. Aug. II GNS)-
Eve Curie, French authoress and
journalist, today was on her way
10 England to serve as a private
in the Corps des VolOntaireS
Franchises, the French version Of
the WAC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
SCHOOLING FINISHED

Then there is Eileen. 8. shy and
reuccnt among her big brothers.
and Michael. IA. who says he
wants TO get into a trade school
because he's already finished with
elementary and secondary school
ING
Mrs Berry 30 said She planned
10 get a house tor the family get
her children back IN school and
go 10 work herself until her huS-
band. William. 37-year-old flight
mechanic, stationed in the east
could come here 70 Join them
Born IN Scotland. he came 70
America IN the POS. married Mrs
Berry. and. then. when things
got bad during the depression.
returned 20 his native land with
ms family. lie l4-ned- the RAJ,
over two wears ago she SAID.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17

The Sterlings have hobby,
too, by the way. At Christmas
Sterling gave his wife an artists
outfit. Now that's their hobby
They've both wound up taking
art lessons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Jack Pickering
Jack Pickering
Here
and
Now

IF YOU are a sophisticate
you won't care, but for a pop
eyed gaper there's nothing like
the little side street shop run
by Harold Sterling and his wife,
A pair of magicianS who got
tired Of the mlseries Of CON
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

FROCESsEn FOODS tBlus stamp.)
r. ~ T-}aUd fo sept @u
T. " " Valid Sept Oct 20.
GASOLINE
= oupnn - Ea.Hns fl Sept a.
FUEL OIL
Period s-il gallons tI Sept 30
Period I new series 10 E1iicnK FOR
eEch unit until Jan. 3
TIRE INSPECTION DEADIINEs
Arert 800 BOct 81. C-Aug. 81.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
War filters

LOS ANGELES. Aug. II CINS)--Jean
Parker a housewife won divorce today
from William H. Parker, a war worker
after teStfying before a Judge:
William told me Ia go live with my
mother until after the war was over
He said he couldn't stand two wars at
once"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16

Or i2ue me less. or Iore me more;
And plaB not icith ng liberty,
Either take all, or all restore;
Bind me al least, o. SET me free!
! Sidney Godolphin
1.-THE foregoing was written
200 years before the introduce
ton OF the popular ditty; Give
Me Liberty or Give Me Love"
incidentally that song was the
first ] ever heard Ethel Norman
sing That was about 10 years
ago or was II l27
THIRTY out of every thousand
Il United States soldiers sta
toned in the British Isles are
marrying British girls. However,
so far not single WAC or u S.
army nurse has married a Brit
lSh man.
I'll have 10 ask our horses and
women and mules and men de-
partment what they make Of
this situation.
Lloyd George. who al so mar
ried his secretary. + RANGES
Stevenson, has stated ne started
to fall in love with her when he
learned she could really keep a
secret Frances Kept secrets so
well that she was often referred
TO as the charming sphinx
II has been said that most
women can keep their own
secrets very we'll, but not those
of others.
4 SONG that could he aptly
"a revived right now for wives
and SweetheartS Of men IN the
armed forces is that touching
dltty: These Little Things Re-
mind Me of You"
When Collies were rejected
for army service reason given
was:
"The collie is dog that has
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16
THE BRIGHTER SIDE
Bv DAMON RUNYON

gering 7 do not believe it would
be as great as the sums we
have handed to single nations
or wasted on futile war
projects
do not say the sum should
be exactly $500 a month per
man. | am merely cropping for
a figure that will not leave
man in worse case than he is
in the service and that will pro-
vide a decent living for him
while ne Is getting himself
settled 10 civil life. These pay
mentS would have nothing 10
do with disability or pension
claims. They would be IN the
nature of bonus and a slight
gesture of gratitude from the
nation
! hold il Is better 10 pay the
men a bonus when II will do
them some good rather than
make them wait for nearly 20
years as was the case with the
veterans Of World War /.
~
WELL, I reckon ! have been
w considerable Of a pest on
this subject Of the discharged
soldiers, as columnistS are apt
10 do when they get to battling
for a cause they deem righteous.
/ will bet that many OF my
readers have taken 10 skipping
the columns on this topic and
! have no doubt editors often
quietly drop my essays on the
matter in the waste basket,
saying TO themselves:
"Why doesn't that guy think
up something new"
I THINK ] may have inspired
L the introduction of a few
bills in Congress in line with
my ideas but those bills were
promptly shelved in committee
and have not been heard from
since, though a lot Of congress
men are saying:
why, goodness sakes, we did
not have any Idea our heroes
were being turned out Of the
army and navy with scarcely
enough money in their pockets
for cigarets."
This profession of ignorance
Is blow TO my vanity as il
indicates congressman do not
read my column, But il is also
proof they must keep aloof
from current events. because
y the state of affairs with ref
erence 10 discharged veterans
of World War ii has been a
scandal for months, even as
government chiefs were making
the old, old phony promises.
| am glad il has come out
into the open.
Copyright, 1913, by King Features
Distributed by International News Service
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16
One Word Led 10 Another
By ARTHUR BUGS BAER
The Sahara Conouers. Itself

Once again the old Sahara has sanded its floors.
And remains of the bloody game of touch tag
played by Eisenhower Montgomery and Rommel
Eternity fills its hour glass in the Sahara. There are
100000 square miles of nothing there
That's as large Europe without the Scandinavian
Peninsula. The Egyptians, Carthaginians, Romans,
Turks and Phoenicans all did sof-shoe dance on its
edges 1t Cleopatra who said, What place to
play shuffleboards.'
In less than year the Sahara secured its wounds.
The of the Sahara made of thirst and their
foam is the of suffocaton The 80 TO
300 feet high This dry inhabited by the hollow
fang of death and the lidless eye of hatred
Mussoini sent army there to die and surrender.
Hitler the Afrika Korps there to Guido Mussonis
And in less than year the footprints of million
filled in with powdered quartz and smoothed off
by abrasion The ostrich the hyena the horned viper and
the gecko resume their amless excursions in the arid
swamps where horror frightens another
Whittiers heroes may have left their footprints on
the sands of time But look in vain for pedestrian
autographs of Benito and Adolf in the Sahara Those
heels gone forever
Copyright
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16

A woman said that Tin Wash
ington) her husband, n member
of Congress, was In the Com
mittee on Indian Affairs, and a
friend OF hers gushed:
"'How perfectly wonderful. I
have always wanted 10 have an
affair with an Indian"p
DOOM the Round Shoulders:
L Margie Holiday tells of the
chap who took out a lovely
locker. who was unbelievably
dumb. When he delivered her
home after an endless eve'g, he
sighed:
you're very beautiful, but 80
stupid"
"Tf you think I'm stupid" she
ga-ga'd, "you should see my
mother. She's all bent over"
SUGGESTED for Goebbels'
~ tombstone: From Sauer-
kraut TO Sourgrapes.
NEW YORK Novelette,: For
~ long time Phyllis Campbell
has been trying TO connect with
a hit play. She is a competent
actress. She's gone through the
agony OF being in f1ops 4.
Rather than leave Broadway
and return 10 her more-than-
com fortab e-home, she has
struggled and shaved Lived
on the eight dollars a week
usherettes get Then be-
cause Jacqueline Page had been
in a show Gin a theater in which
Phyllis ushered) and recalling
her resemblance 10 one of the
Wade sisters, Phyllis got her
break Betty Wade, one of
Helen Hayes twins" in "Har-
riett." left that hit 10 become
a bride is. And Phyllis Camp
bell got her chance TO appear
in a B'way hit.
Copyright BY Daily Mirror. Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16

enough level. the acid could not
dissolve any of the enamel. The
food elements that they particu-
larry stress are calcium and
vitamin ID containing foods.
4 IL such research, however.
"a stress the necessity al bal
anced diet with milk, eggs, fruit.
reeget ables ff4eat. bread and eat-
meal. especially during the early
years when the permanent teeth
arc coming IN and getting set
tied.
Two or three practical facts
emerge from the discussion and.
as Is the case with most pracu-
cal things they reconcile both
points Of view.
one IL that the Lactobacillus
thfiVcS best on such foods as the
refined starcheS and sugars. In
people who have been eating a
great deal Of sugar and crackers
and white bread. and who have
switched 20 a preponderance of
green vegetables. the number OF
Lactobacilh in the mouth and
saliva rapidly fall SO since the
nuiritioniStS also believe IN
green vegetables and natural
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16
POLITICAL PARADE
BY GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN

VIENNA, Va, Dec. 10 It.
would be ungrateful to per-
NIT this anniversary to pass
without some mention of the
true author of the Bill of
Rights. the father of that I'M
mortal safeguard Of the -eem-
mon man which has been enf-
bodied in the Constitution of the
United States.
And what more fitting than
that this small tribute should
be written in the county Of
Fairfax, in the State Of Virginia,
where still stands on the Poto-
mac, Gunston Hall, the home of
George Mason not far from the
home of that great Virginlan
who dwelt during his lifetime at
Mt. Vernon, and who was his
close. warm friend and fellow
patriot in the cause of American
independence.
The Bill Of Rights did not
spring from the So-called mind
of an impecunious crackpot or
some left-wing bureaucrat, In
cushy government job, but from
the deep love Of liberty in the
heart of the leading economic
royalist' of his day.
GEORGE MASON was the
VI author of that charter of
new world freedom from Euro
pean tyranny known as the Vir-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16

Dear Boss:
MO CHANGE. except new APO
~ number. II Is now APO 1853,
Otherwise the same address.
We hit the mail jackpot today
several delayed bags arrived. In
the morning / received tele-
gram wishing many happy returns
on my recent birthday celebrated
here.
Today I received a letter from
Raw Girardin (another Times re-
porter dated way back in July.
Also a letter from a magazine
telling me 10 please give them
my former address because they
filed their subscription lists by
states and cities and not by name.
Also arrived several July copies
OF The Detroit Times.
] just saved the censor the work
Of eliminating that remark. The
stuff you mentioned being out
from a letter referred TO a party
we were planning and / happened
TO mention that we were getting
some females as dancing partners
for the detachment. 1t gave away
the military information that
there were girls there. | guess.
COMBINES / am unable 10 fol-
- low the necessity for being
quite so secret about some things.
Censor: Not a beef just won
deringJ
Haven't been off the reservation
since l last wrote i think I'll go
in tomorrow after pay and get a
Red Cross hot shower. The water
is cold here. We are still being
used as a post labor battalion and
sometimes l see US following the
war right into Germany where we
will supply details for cleaning up
the mess left by the FortreSSes,
We are now combination en-
cheering and guard outfit, and
the boys are pretty tired of IL all
We would like TO do something
as a general hospital just once. ]
must say this life agrees with me,
however. l haven'thad an Illness
l have consumed acres of Pocket
Books. We were given one each
by the special service outfit or
the boat which means about 45C
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16

THE WAC outfit furnished
l. each recruit would cost her
$3.50 in the shops teach girls
clothes are fitted to herr
Her leather gloves alone would
cost $12 WACs refer 10 a
date as a might maneuver" -.
Dark nail polish is taboo for
MACS. They can use nail polish
>vided it's light and ladylike
Their favorite place for
hiding gew-gaws and knick-
knacks Is under their hats, of
all places! The last WAC
census showed that the largest
percentage of the girls were %
years old Gen. George c.
Marshalrs niece and Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's cousin are
WACs Sgt. Alvin c. York's
niece is a sergeant in the WACs.
Once, while drilling a group OF
recruits, she was heard TO
shout:
"When / tell you to come to
attention, I mean come to at
tention--AND NO WIGGLlN'"
TVHE Air-wACsNat Kingman
i Army Air Field, Ariz.. call
1t, Evelyn Biggs, the femme
postal officer-''Postal Packin'
Mama" Mural Hubbard Nc
Cormick. Rockefefier's grand
daughter. is a WAC in the
motor corps WACs aren't
permitted TO carry any weapons
mot even limitations The
gals refer 10 G.. l. shoes AS
"gruesome twosomes" The
green ribbon WACs wear over
their left breastpockets means
that they served honorably in
the WAAC and re-enlisted when
the corps was made part of the
regular army The first
thing most WACs look forward
10 after the war is TO be able
10 sleep on innerspring mat
tresses The WACs have an
answer 10 the soldiers chant:
THE WACs and WAVES are
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16

GINA Bill Of Rights, which was
promulgated on June 29, 1776.
five days before Thomas Jeffer-
son, in Philadelphia, issued the
Declaration of Independence.
In the Virginia Bill of Rights
for the first time on this earth,
was embodied the principle of a
three-fold division of govern
mental powers. legislative, ex-
ecutiYe and judicial, afterwards
written into our own organic
law.
The first 10 amendments of
this Constitution were nurtured
in the Bill of Rights of Virginia
whence they sprang.
MASON was the representa-
'A tive of Virginia in the
constitutional convention of
1887, but when the Constitution
was completed he refused TO
sign il on the grounds that il
did not abolish slavery. did not
clearly define the sovereign
rights of the states and did not
adequately limit the fundamen-
tai prerogatives of the new
federal government that was to
be established.
1t was with the tacit under
standing that a Bill of Rights
would be- added to the Constitu-
ton, that that document was
finally ratified by the states,
after long controversy. Its
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16
IL. ". DURLING
ON THE SIDE
Dhtriou,,d by Kins Feature, syud.. In,

Dhtrionted oy KING Features synd.. Inc.
had his brains bred out Of him."
Owners of collies are still
very bitter about this remark.
j never owned a collie. Know
anybody who has smart
collie?
CEN. BERNARD MONTGOM-
VI cry OF the British Eighth
Army has a very large nose a
remarkable number of success
full soldiers. statesmen and BUSH
ness leaders have had, or have
large noses Napoleon Bona
parte was 2 great believer IN
the claim that men with large
noses were unusually intelligent
and brilliant. Said Bonaparte.
"GIve me n man with a good
allowance of nose. When l
want any good headwork done,
l always choose a man, II suit
able otherwise, with long
nose"
FRANK SlNATRA has been
L placed in Az because of
punctured eardrum. ] believe
Dizzy" Dean, the former base
bail star was rejected for the.
same reason. Two doctors IN
Mexico City recently claimed 10
have cured a man with a pune
tured eardrum
Down South what we call
buns are called sweet rolls.
Ny favorite bun or sweet roll is
the kind that includes lot of
ralSlns.
A 91-yes-xold waiter recently
died and lefNabout $4,000 A
well-known hesdynNer COM
mented:
ut Is not surprising that a
walter left $4,000. What 10
surprising Is that he lived 10 Ne
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-16

81 years old. Most walters die
suddenly around the age OF So"
AS THE army can't get
n enough volunteers for the
WACs 10 take care of the
stenography, typewriting. paper
work and similar tasks many
male draftees heretofore re-
jected for physical reasons will
be accepted to do this kind OF
work and other types OF so
called limited service.
Henry King of Taunton, Eng
land, is the oldest man in Great
Britain. He is l08 years old.
Mr.. King has been a nom
smoker and teetotaler all his
life. Who is the oldest man in
the United States Would also
like TO know who is the oldest
of our countrymen who is a
smoker.
CPORTSCRIBE states Primo
~ Camera was the "tallest
boxer TO appear in an American
ring in the Twentieth Century"
That's not right. The tallest
boxer of the Twentieth Century
was Ray Impellittiere, W h o S e
height was 6 feet Ia inches.
The much discussed rocket
gun of the Germans can be very
effectively used against Flying
Fortress formations. With this
gun the German filters can shoot
down Flying Fortress at A
distance Of a mile.
fhe most curious n m or
any thoroughbred now racing is
possessed by that animal called
Dot Says Not. All right, smart
fellow, you name a thorough
bred with a quainter name il
you can
Copyright, 1913, by King Features