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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
Liehts Of New York
byL.L. STEVENSON

Preparedness: A London resident,
who must be nameless here, had to
fly to this country on wartime busi-
ness. That he might know how to
dress for the transatlantic hop. he
consulted the British war informa-
ton office as to the route Of the
flight and was told that, so far as
could be ascertained, it would be
over the Great Circle, which OF
course meant Arctic temperatures,
especially at high attitudes. So from
friends in the Raj, he borrowed fly
ing apparel suitable for sub-zero
conditions. Also he put on two suits
OF heavy wooden underwear and very
heavy socks. Being diabetic on a
strict diet, he laid in an ample sup
ply Of specially prepared sandwiches
which he carried in his pockets.
When completely equipped, he found
that he was so overstuffed he
couldn't fit into a seat, he being tall
and large framed anyway. So he
sat on the floor.
Warmth: In what seemed a re-
markedly short space Of time, the
plane started to descend. Being un-
able to see out. the overstuffed Brit
on Of course did not know where he
was. But he soon learned that the
stop was Lisbon. He realized then
that he was wrongly clad but there
was nothing he could do about a
clothing shift as the plane tarried
only long enough to take on fuel. The
next stop was Northern Africa and
then equatorial Africa. BY that
time. the Londoner was in an almost
liquid state He continued to suffer
until he reached this country when
he was able to borrow lighter cloth
ing and dispose Of forgotten sand
wiclies which, needless to say. were
quite high. But because Of his
length, he couldn't find any trousers
to fit and that's why he arrived in
Washington with the lower part Of
his body encased in a blanket.
. - 49,
Apprehension: In direct contrast
was another gentleman who had to
make the crossing via the Great Cir
Gle but who didn't have time to as
selnble temperature-defying outfit.
He thought he solved his problem
BY obtaining an electric heating pad.
BY putting that in the back Of his
coat and plugging into an outlet. he
figured that even II the mercury
did drop away below zero he would
not suffer. When 1t came time to
60. he was assigned to a bomber.
That was all right but his quarters
we're in the bomb bay and search
as he would he could find no place
to connect that heating pad. Not only
did he shiver his way over the ocean
but he was in constant fear lest the
pilot make lever mistake and
dump him as he would bomb.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
Chickens Feed Less

Poultry can produce more pounds
Of meat from feed grains than can
other meat animals to supply the
nation with ne .ded protein foods.
Chickens at 2 pounds weight have
eaten about 4 pounds Of feed for
each pound Of weight. At 81 pounds
weight. fryers have eaten about 8
pounds Of feed for each pound Of
weight. To produce pound Of meat
. baby beef eats IL pounds Of feed.
on the average. A spring lamb
needs II pounds Of feed to produce
q pound Of gain. A hog is also ef-
ficient in use Of grain feeds. need.
ing only 5h to 8 pounds Of feed to
produce = pound Of pork. Turkeys
and ducks are even more efficient
than chickens, as they produce. up
to marketing at % weeks Of age. .
pound Of gain for every ( to ~
pounds Of feed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
Isaac Newton's Library
sg OF 858 Volumes Is Sold

ON.IPiccadilly booksellers
announced that they had sold Sir
Isaac Newton's library to the Pill
grim Trust. The library consists OF
$50 volumes, nearly all in contem-
porary calf bindings. ,.3.5I -.
Most important items are first and
second editions with many correc-
tions in Newton's Handwriting. A
number of books have Newton's auto
graph signature. The destination Of
this collection has not been an
bounced.
Some months ago the Pilgrim
Trust bought the Newton birthplace
for the nation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
Pass the Ammunition!

Orie ]. Briggs. welder at Fort
Wayne, Ind. manufacturing plant.
has been q minister for 20 years
and still ascends the pulpit on Sun
days to preach the gospel to his con-
,gregation at Pilgrim Holiness
church. More than once he has
worked q full shift at the plant and
preached two sermons on the same
Sunday. Like q good many other
Americans. who are doubling up
these days. Mr.. Briggs felt that he
wanted to play . direct part in the
production Of war equipment for I'm
Gle Sans fighting forces. Therefore
he went to night school. learned
welding, and now he's hard at work
for victory. !, ---.fs.sse esa.zr. a.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
First Foreign Bank Is
Opened in Free China

CHUNGKING, CHINA.-The first
foreign bank authorized to under
take business in Free China opened
its doors here recently.
It is the British Hong Kong and
Shanghai Banking Corp, which an
nounced: For the present and I'M
til larger premises can be obtained,
the banks business will be confined
to current accounts and foreign ex-
change remittances."
The bank received the govern
ment's first license for foreign banks
operating entirely under Chinese
law.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
Chases Automobile
Thief With Airplane

TUCSON, ARIZ.-Hershel Da-
Wis automobile was stolen, so he
quickly hoped into his plane.
Spotting the car being driven
along a country road, he landed
and telephoned police.
Then he took off again, guiding
officers in .0-,nile chase. Final
ly, the 16-year-old car thief
stopped and gave up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
Plan Successor
Goods to Stay
New Products Not Merely
Ersatz; Will Remain
After War.


before you can buy wooden bed
springs. Also wooden springs for
touches and chairs. They substitute
for steel, gone for the duration.
Very likely they won't squeak, and
certainly they will spring. They
are made on the principles Of canti-
levers, rockers, and interlocking
wooden leaves.
Hundreds of changes like these
are due in few months in the goods
the public buys.
These American war changes
promise to strike a typically Amer
lean note-to be something really
new in the economy Of war. They
will not be ersatz; that is, merely
substitutes. The trade already calls
them alternates and successors.
They will be really new things, hum
dreds Of which may be so good that
they will stay on the market after
the war.
The present aim is to bring in re.
placements under new names. Max.
erS and distributors do not wish to
run the risk of lowered quality in
new and untried substitutes. They
cannot afford to risk regulations
built by years Of service and adj
vertising. For merchandising pur-
poses. the substitutes will stand on
their own merits, =
Clothing Is Changing. -
In clothing, the public has had lit
tie contact with the changed mer.
chandise.
Simplification Of basic design Il
the first step. The simplification
means neither better nor worse arti.
cles Of wear. .- -..
The next step is likely to be stand.
ardization Of the fabric. This step
can result in improvements in quail
ity.
Last December Is mems shirt tails
were shortened three inches. This
change has brought out another
thing at which the manufacturers
and merchandisers are aiming,
namely the need for more rigid test
ing Of Innovations in actual service.
Fashion gowns and negligees are
not causing much worry. But max
ers are earnestly studying any SUBJ
stitute goods. that has to be used or
worn again and again. Failure to
give maximum service would hurt
Confronts New Problems.
Another job now confronting the
laboratories 10 finding out what the
alternate goods are going to be like.
That brings up problems Of press
ing, wrinkle and bagging qualities.
Carpets and rug patterns have
been reduced BY 90 per cent. Wool
and rayon mixtures are on the mar
ket. 4.
There is no kapok Tor furniture np-
holstery hlling. The trade has done
= number Of things. One u going
back to Spanish moss. Another 10
long Aber cotton. A third II $1,000
acres Of milkweed grown In Michi-
gan last year. The government took
all this milkweed. The government
also took over bubblhl, the new filler
made Of cellophane tubing which
swelled by several tiny air bubbles
per inch. .-s :.
In cooking utensils, enamel arti-
cIes are down from 80 varieties to
less than 20. The changes in cook
ing wear brought one Of the incl
dents which are amusing OK tragic.
depending on who suffers. It was
necessary to insist that handles
should be strong enough not to bend
under the weight Of water in the
pot when it was being carried. :.e-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
All Over Now

$50 you had all the men follow
ing you at the summer resort?"
eyes. It was really too easy.
Why, didn't even have to wear
my three most extreme bathing
suits at ALL"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08

FOR SALE-Sewing machine, two
spool Eldridge; drop-head type;
good condition, $40. Flamo gas
range, like new, cost $50, will
take $40. One hundred feet new,
high pressure spray hose with bean
gun, $50. F. c. Poore, 2lk miles
west, y mile south, on Highlands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08

LOST-Brown Pekinese, answers
to name of Ching, call 1888. Re-
ward. Tsp
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08
Too Late to Classify

FOR SALE-Small new house. In
quire at oil Washington st. 15tf
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08

WANTED-Good baby buggy.
Mrs. Glenn J. Adams, 1913 Ken
newick Avenue. Phone 1911.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08

FOR SALE-Rabbits and hutches.
Prefer to sell rabbits with the
hutches. John Davidson; tele-
phone 2131.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-08

The Proof Of the pudd,,.
Mrs. A. Shall I ask M.
for references? Wy VI
MIR. A References Sors
much. Get her to submit -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09
BY PETER EDISON
NEA Staff Correspondent

New York, Post of Embarkation,
Aug. 9-On a sweltering night re-
Gently, a group of newspaper cor
respondents was permitted for the
first time TO watch proud
passenger liner load soldiers for
overseas-load them right up to the
decks and rails. thousands of them,
in every available space for a
blacked-out trip to war.
No hint as to the identity of the
ship may be given, though it is all
right now to tell about the sailing
because word has been flashed back
that the big liner has reached her
secret destination and delivered her
cargo. And safe arrival" cards for
every one of the soldiers aboard
have been dumped into the New
York postoffice to be spread all over
this broad land, Canada and other
British dominions.
LITTLE LUXURY REMAINS
There is nothing much that is
luxurious left on this crack liner
now. She has become work boat in
the transport service, subject to
Army orders and likely to be sent
anywhere that the troop movements
must be made in large numbers.
Her big, broad, semi c;rcular bar
room is filled with racks of closely
packed hunks, one above the other,
five high right up to the ornate
ceiling. Some of the heavy wood
balcony rails and elaborate metal
trim still show, but only through a
maze of these five-decker hunks.
spaced to give soldier just enough
room to squeeze into his sleeping
compartment and stow away his
duffle and pack for the voyage.
Deluxe staterooms and suites also
have these hunks built into every
available bit of space, three and four
beds high.
BUNKS ON DECKS
Even where the first-class pas
sengers once lounged in steamer
chairs with stewards to bring them
afternoon tea, there are row upon
row OF these hunks today. Bunks
everywhere you look-a length of
canvas stretched to steel frame
without springs or mattress, A SOL
dier just unrolls his pack in his as
signed space and he's home.
The Turkish bath and swimming
pool are now mess hall.
Quality gift shops along the prom
enades and peacock alleys are now
post exchanges, selling merely chew
ing gum, candy and tooth paste.
The kitchens and galleys where
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09
CITY NOT LISTED
AS 'CONCESTED'
Federal Officials Making
Nationwide Survey of
Crowded Centers

Designation of Waterbury as a
congested area requiring the inter-
vention Of federal agency to ALE
viate housing, transportation, COM
munication and health conditions
has not been brought to the atten-
to on OF local authorities. The
Democrat learned today.
Last April President Franklin D.
Roosevelt named a special COM
mite on. Congested Areas with
Budget Director Harold D. Smith
its chairman and Darlington Gill,
former Deputy Commissioner of the
WPA, as director. Other members
include: Robert P. Patterson, Under
Secretary of War: Ralph A. Bard,
assistant secretary of the Navy;
Donald M. Nelson. WPB chairman;
Major General Philip B. Fleming,
FWA administrator; and Paul v.
McNutt, chairman of the War Man.
power Commission.
To date this committe has only
designated two congested areas -
Hampton Roads. Va, and San
Francisco Bay district. Three others
are being studier = Portland, Me-,
San Diego, Calf. ard Newport, r. I.
1t is believed taht due to the
fact that both Newport and Port
land are under official scrutiny there
mihgt have been rumors taht such
survey would be extended to Water
bury, so well as other Connecticut in
dustrial centers.
While officials recognize the fact
that housing and transportation
conditions locally are being strained
at the present time, they do not
believe that the area would be
termed congested in the meaning Of
the special federal committee. This
is usually construed as meaning a
virtual breakdown in the facilities
mentioned above, which is hardly
the case here in Waterbury or other
industrial cities of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09

Tiers of hunks fill all available
space in liners now used as trans
pOrts-as in the above passage
way leading from a once swanky
salon -. Somebody's always eat
ing aboard such packed ship,
and meals are constantly being
prepared as the KPs at left
could tell you.
sions for another voyage.
When she is ready to load troops,
they fill the lower decks first. To
keep men from milling around on
the crowded ship, the rule is that
as soon as a man Is led to his place,
he gets in his bunk and stays there
until she sails. Most of the men trip
down to shorts and sleep to kill
time.
And as they sleep, with the turn
of the tide, the big ship is nosed
out of her berth, without a whistle,
without any flag waving, with only
a few Red Cross workers and dock
hands to see her off. Out to sea she
goes, still impressive as all big ships
are. But now BACKED out, she goes
stealthily, unmajestically off to war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09
FIRST OF THREE Articles
LUXURY LINER, NOW A TRANSPORT,
CARRIES RECORD PASSENGER LIST
Suites Salons And Even Covered Decks damned With Soldiers Bks
Ship Rgy Zoned To Prevent Dangerous Shifting Of Human Cargo

| famous chefs prepared five-course
luncheons and nine-course dinners
for the fastidious now see service
cooks preparing rations. The ship
is so packed and the men so inactive
that no effort is made to serve more
than two meals day to the troops
in transit. Yet, though they feed
1900 sitting, it seems that some
one is always eating and meals al
ways are being prepared. If not for
the troops then for new watch of
the crew or a new tour of the ships
numerous, permanent guard.
RED, WHITE, BLUE ZONES
The tremendous problem of run
ming this vessel at sea is carefully
organized. The whole ship Is divided
into three areas designated as red,
white and blue. The red and blue
are the lower decks, fore and aft.
The white is the upper decks. Every
man wears colored button and no
man may stray out of his zone.
That's for weight control to prevent
shifting. Each of the three areas
has its own messes, post exchange,
library, recreation space, and there's
no inter mingling.
Every "a hours, however, the men
sleeping on the covered decks shift
hunks with the men sleeping below
decks. That's all organized, too, and
it's done regularly between IL and
IA o'clock. Such a shift of all these
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09

Editor, Tall Tower Topics. Your interest in Pill
grim Monument and in the surroundings is my
for writing YOU think you will look little more
carefully at the stone of the monument you will lind
it is granite This seemed to the committee in charge
more suitable than marble although little difficult
to handle being of grain and not lending itself
quite we'll to the careful modelling that the
marble is susceptible of. Of either stone will
ultimately be affected but the marble is not generally
considered quite eternal the granite 1t may be
that there soft spots that seemed to have been
affected by time but in the long think you will find
that the granite the better choice 1t imprac
ticabe to get and monoith OF tn size called Tor
and 1t is possible that the pointing in the needs
replacing 1t is to be hoped that when the is
over that the Park Commission will find time to spread
some loan the adjacent river banks and perhaps carry
a walk between the river and the drive which, with
very little planting and attention. will continue the
parkway to the cemetery and clean up that side OF the
river making it attractive and resfu place for the
public. The bridge Is monument in itself to the good
taste and judgment OF the former City Engineer to whom
all indebted for his loyal services TO the community
during his long years OF service The river has been
spot but Waterbury learning to take better
OF It's banks and the stream itself and materials that
escaped into the river In tire past being reclaimed
TO greater lesser extent Many have realized the i'm
portance OF later putting In suitable sewerage
disposal facilities and II looks though that
optimistic 10 the condition OF the river and hope that
the situation will gradually improve until approx
innate something OF the beauty that the early settlers
found suppose the world over, that these beautiful
natural streams have been In the beginning treated
convenient dumps and open sewers but ultimately
cities developed II realized that such streams
these when properly handled - can become asset
OF real value to the charm OF the city and of
enjoyment to It's citizens 1t Is like the teens, the "awk-
ward age" that most cities like people have TO go
through. Yours very truly, Frederick S. Chase,
Middlebury Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09

Possibility that frankie Sinatra
may star In George Abbott's must
cal production of The Umpire S
Daughter" His problem is the
commitment he has with Hit Parade
programs Saturday nights. How
ever, all indications point to his
having an understudy appear in the
first two scenes on Saturday nights,
until the chiller- thriller comes on
stage.
When Milton Berle, at present
with Ziegfeld FOllies, was in Holly
wood last. he went on location with
film unit. During a 'reIaxatice,"
he decided to telephone his mother.
The only available place was an
open, public phone in the village
drug store. Berle went there and
noticed six pretty girls seated at
the soda counter He walked to
the phone, dialed the numbr. and
! then, in a voice big enough for the
girls to hear, he cried, Hello, Ma?
This is Milton Berle.'
Escapist entertainment in the
form of whodunits like I Love a
Mystery is today's radio trend.
Latest entry is Mystery Theater,"
due for Tuesday NBC spot soon.
Walter Abel becomes The Great
McGinty" on Hollywood Theater Of
the Air" via NBC Monday, Aug. 16,
through Friday, Aug. 20.
Watch for Elmer Davis, in off,
cial Owl capacity, to start a series
Tof Sunday talks on the chains in
September.
Navy doctors vie with Navy nurs-
es on the Frank Crumit- Julia San
dersOn quiz over CHS Saturday,
Aug. IA.
Sponso of The Better HALF"
MBS quiz, has dropped the series
because of inability to get steel for
razor blades.
PICK UP 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09
108O-WT'lC-288

108O-W1lC-28S
4:00-Backstage Wife
4.15-Stclla Dallas
4:30-Lorenzo Jones
4:45-Young Wilder Brown
5:00-When A Girl Marries
5:15-Portia Faces Life
5:30-Just Plain Bill
5:45-Front Page Farrell
6:00-News
6 :l5-History In The Headlines
With Professor Andre
Schenker
6:30-Strictly Sports
6:45-LoWell Thomas, Common
tator
7:00-Fred Waring in Pleasure
Time with Victory Tunes
7:15-News Of the World
7:30-Close Ups OF Our Fighting
Fronts
7:45-Rationin g-Che ster BoWles
S:00-Cavalcade of America
S:30-The Voice of Firestone
9:00-The Telephone Hour
9:30-Dr. ]. Q.
0:00-antented Program
10:30-Vacation Sercnede
] 100-News
II :l5-Harkness of Washington
/ l:30-Echoes from The Tropics
! 2;00-News
! 2:0J-The Three Suns Trio
n :30-California Serenade
/ 2 .JJ--NeWs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-09

So many interesting contestants have appeared on
Thanks to the Yanks FRIDAYS, 10 p. M, EWT, CBS)
recently that listeners have written in to inquire about
Bobs method of choosing his guests Well, Bob doesn't
choose them at ALL He leaves that to the programs
two veteran announcers Charles Stark and Art Gentry
who circulate among the studio audience Tor
YOU come from?" "What do you do?" some of the
questions the two fastworking announcers ask their
ply the woud-be contestant with additional questions
which might "good listening on the air. When
persons thus been chosen they escorted
bacstage they ot down the and addresses
the persons to whom they will send their cigarets f
they VIM They also told about the routine of the
program, and what they may and may not say on the
air Two minutes before airline, the contestants
brought out onto the stage couple of nervous gups
and THEY'RE ON THE AIR!