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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Farmer First
To See Radar
Beet Growers Field Scene
Of Miracle Weapons
First Application.

DETROIT.-A Virginia beet farm
er was the only interested" civil.
ian eyewitness to the first practical
application IL years ago Of "radar. "
the radio ranging and detection sys-
tenn hailed as one Of the most i'm
portant factors in United Nations air
supremacy. .T~
g, This original test was conducted in
1882 by L. A. Hyland, it was revealed
following the u. S. navy's first pub
lie announcement on radar develop
ment.
The navy credited him with first
proving that aircraft in flight could
be detected by radio.
BY using rudimentary radio de-
lection equipment mounted inside q
windowless truck, parked on the
farm about 10 miles from Washing
ton, D. c., Hyland was successful in
locating the u. S. navy dirigible,
Akron, while it was in flight 80 miles
away. He picked up regular
broadcast radio from one Of the
commercial stations in the nations
capital, as it was reflected from the
big dirigible.
This convinced him, he said. that
with further laboratory work it
would be possible to develop and
refine such equipment into transmit
ting, receiving and recording instru-
ments that would not only search
out airplanes many miles away. but
also determine accurately the num-
Der, size and speed Of planes In
flight. svrg = z9es
At the time Of his first practical
discovery, Hyland was an engineer
in the radio division Of the Naval
Research laboratory. He Is now
executive engineer Of Bendix Avia-
ton corporation. His discovery,
combined with the early work Of
DR.. A Hoyt Taylor and Leo G.
Young. both Of the Naval Research
laboratory, Is credited with paving
the way for modern radar.
Two years ago Hyland received
from Secretary Of the Navy Frank
Knox q letter giving recognition to
his pioneer contribution to radar.
A patent granting II claims COW
ering the art Of detection by radio
was issued to Hyland. Taylor and
Young in November. 1884.
Hyland's early equipment was
heavy and cumbersome, long way
from today's compact radar devices
which unerringly put the finger" on
enemy planes and ships.
He describes radar simply as: The
transmission Of high frequency radio
waves which bounce back to q
receiver recorder after striking
ships, planes or any objects in their
wave length paths.
A radar transmitter, he explained,
sends out radio waves that travel
with the speed Of light. A very
small interval Of time, measured In
fractions Of seconds, is required for
such high frequency radio waves to
return after striking some rejecting
surface. such as a plane or ship.
Highly sensitive electronic devices
measure these time intervals, max
ing it possible to determine almost
instantly the presence and location
Of enemy ships or planes.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

ed. ....s.a ...s.-s-... +.
Miss Mary Ellen and Burton
Gowing of Walla Walla are visit
ing this week at the Virgil Mast
ers and j. R. Gowing homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Preston
and son Billie of Kennewick
were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Sherry. y
Mrs. B. B. Stewart and Mrs.
Emily Laudell and children were
business visitors in Walla Walla
Friday. .-.x5r e 81
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Piert and
children Rodney and Peggy went
to Walla Walla Friday to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Witham and
family, then they all spent the
week end in the mountains near
Walla Walla. The Piert family
returned home Monday. u
Miss Barbara Perkins, who has
been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Bob Perkins, and who
spent three days last week in
Seattle with her brother and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Perk-
ms, Jr., returned here Friday
evening. Barbara is a student
nurse at a Spokane hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Schneider
returned home last week from
few days visit with relatives
in Spokane. ~"
Mr.. and Mrs. Buster Cochran
and small daughter of Portland
came Sunday for a few days visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Coch-
ran and MIR. and Mrs. w. l..
Cochran.
Mrs. Bud McCarty who has been
on the sick list is able to be up
and around again.
Miss Isis Hughes was a Pasco
visitor Saturday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
BY Roger w. eabson

Babson Park, Fla, FEB. s.
Through the courtesy of my neigh
Dor. w. Paul Starkey. one OF Ameri-
cas- most successful farmers, |
have just returned from an lnspee-
ton trip OF large truck farms.
These are the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
which raise the peas, beans. cauli-
flower, tomatoes. cucumbers and
other fresh vegetables which you
are eating.
For Once Farmers Are Right
These farmers want no money
from the government. All they ask
Is the right to buy plows, tractors
and trucks and supply OF work
ers. This last Ia the most needed
OF all. Let me give a few lllustrs-
tons. Readers. moreover. know
that ] do not represent the Farm
Bloc-but am usually very critical
OF their demands. The time has
arrived. however. when farm pro-
ducts have become munitions OF
war.
Farmers from everywhere are
writing that they are not able to
secure trucks and necessary tools.
The potato farmers are very out.
spoken in their attitude regarding
the Washington bureaucrats. II
seems that the government has
been making promises to them that
labor would be supplied However.
a good many potato growers had
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
Farmers Ask no Money of
Government, Want Chance

their potatoes frozen in the
ground. These are now practically
telling the government represents
tiyes that they are going TO reduce
their acreage, or stop production
altogether, unless they have more
assurance that labor will be given
them.
Food Panic Ahead
Farm organizations rightfully de-
mand that the working week be
increased from 40 hours to 81, so
that one-third OF the people In
manufacturing industries could be
returned to the farms. They take
the stand that there is no reason
for the farmers TO be short OF labor
while men in manufacturing indus.
tries are working such short hours.
II Is certain that unless the gov
eminent Immediately takes a more
liberal attitude relative to the
needs of farmers for labor. gaso-
line. tires and other equipment
needs, there will be a decreased pro-
duction of farm products.
Even now there are indications
OF drastic shortage OF feed. The
government says that farmers
should produce more hogs. cattle
and chickens and yet 1t forgets the
Importance of sufficient feed for
live stock. There are indications
that farm wages may go as high
as 60 to 10 cents per hour. This
could, OF course. mean vastly in.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

creased prices on all food products
including canned foods and frozen
foods. The United States is truly
facing a food panic unless Wash
ington wakes up.
Working Hours Too Short
| understand there Is some JUS
tice In paying war-workers who
remain at home their present high
wages. while soldiers get only $50
and keep a month. This Is because
when a soldier goes TO war, the
family income is considerably re-
duced. Hence. in order for the
family to keep up a decent standard
OF living. those VINO 60 not go 20
war should receive higher wages.
Granting that the above Is far.
there Is. however. no logical rea-
son why those at home should not
work as long hours as those who
are drafted.
The soldier boys work from sun
rise to sunset. They, moreover,
work hard.-far harder than any
home war workers are working.
Certainly, the working-hours for
all OF us should be the same. II
so, this would enable war plants
to release the necessary help which
the farmers need. Longer hours
for factory workeN are the answ-
er to the farmers problems; while
longer hours for all OF us would do
much to shorten the War. Other
wise, there may arise a demand
that soldiers, factory and farm
workers all be paid the same
wages.
Truth About Initiation
In this connection, let me say o
final word on inflation:-Paying
taxes does not stop initiation, IL
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

merely delays il. Buying War
Bonds does not prevent initiation;
It merely postpones il. The money
which the government, receives
from taxes and bonds is not de.
stroyed. IL is Immediately paid out
again to wage workers and their
employers. This money. is now in
creasing and piling up in banks
and pocket-books 10 the tune OF
about two billion dollars per week.
Only one thing will prevent in
hation and postwar crash. This
is TO put all OF us in uniform on
army pay and on army hours. Fac
tory and farm workers would get
$50 per month and keep: while
executives and employees would get
the present officers pay. Except
as needed TO take care OF obliga-
tons, all private incomes over a
small figure would probably need
to be frozen for the duration. The
wealthy, however, would be glad
to agree to this II everyone IS
treated alike and made to work the
same number OF hours.
War Would Quickly be Ended
The simple truth is that England,
Canada and the United States are
trying to win this war and at the
same time play politics. This
means soak the well-to.do, (there
are no more rich) and pamper un-
ion labor. TINS is just because
labor controls more votes. The
war with Germany could be set
tied In a few months IL the po-
litlcal leaders of these three coun-
tries had the CUTS to put us all in
uniform and make all OF us at
home work like the soldiers in the
army. ! hope President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill dis
cussed this when in Africa.
But to return TO the farmers and
their need for more labor, trucks
and other supplies,-there is an
other reason why we should ne
sympathetic with them now. This
is because after the war, the farm
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
Buy More war Bonds-
War REQUIRES Money

The Npsllanti Daily Press is glad
TO cooperate with the Treasury Do
partment in keeping the following
message before our readers:
II will cost money to defeat
the Axis Your government
calls on you TO help now.
Buy war bonds and stamps
today. Buy them every day.
Buy them on a regular basis.
Bonds cost as little as $3.50.
Stamps come as low as 10
cents. War bonds aud stamps
can be bought at all banks,
stores. post ONCE. the Daily
Press Office and from your Up.
s!lanti Daily Press carrier boy.
The YpsilaEsi Daily Press rrgcs
ali Americans 10 support your gov.
eminent with your dollars.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
lIDAl, FhBHUAh1 o. ]
POINT RATloNlNG

MOST OF us feel tndt inc uOliaA
and cents OF the food budget just
seem to disappear into thin air
but we will really witness a first
class disappearing act when We
start spending coupons OF the ne"
point.ratloning plan.
Best methods OF planning under
point ratIoning are we'll outlined by
Mrs. Eleanor Hewitt-Myring, who
has been in New York as a member
of the women's section Of the Brit
ish Information Service.
You simply have to plan out
all your meals for the entire ra-
tioning period at once, or you'll
be lost" Mrs. Hewitt-Myring says.
"In England We planned them all
out for a month. dividing the points
up equally so as TO account for eacn
day. as our points were divided
into fcIr-weeks' periods.
And it's a good idea to allow
yourself bit OF leeway," she
adds. You might plan out a meal,
with every rationed item exactly
accounted for. Then you arrive at
the grocers and find he doesn't have
a three-point can OF tomatoes: he
only has nine-point cans. You eth
er drop tomatoes entirely or try 10
find a substitute"
Canned foods always keep, so it's
better to be a little short at the
first OF the month, and then spend
your surplus at the end OF the ra-
tioning period-if you have a SUI.
plus. You're also liable to end up
with parts Of points, and odd num-
bers that just don't seem to ut to-
gether into any food.
But points rationing has one big
comfort to balance the headaches
you have the comfort OF knowing
Just what will be- available from
month to month.
Points rationing also has brought
two other advantages to the British,
Mrs. Hewitt-Myring says.
II was a blessing not to have 10
wait for one little can of some
thing, and 1t taught us the use OF
new and interesting foods. foods
with which another time we might
not have ventured to experiment"
English point.rationing, unlike
the one we are establishing, was
brought about not by growing
scarcity of canned goods, but b.
cause for the first time in months
they had something TO be shared
out.
Canned goods-with the excep-
ton OF carrots-had practically dis
appeared from the shelves OF Brit
ish grocers. Shelves were almost
bare. Then suddenly in the au.
tumn OF 1941 shipment OF 10000
tons OF canned goods arrived IN
Britain. most OF them came from
America under Lend Lease ar
rangements and they consisted
chiefly OF Ash and meat products.
With announcement of point ra-
tioning the few canned goods re-
naming were frozen.
Excitement was tremendous -
especially since the distribution OF
the new rose-colored ration books
was delayed for a month. During
that month the mounds OF frozen
canned goods at the grocers grew.
There we're sardines, baked beans
with pork, those exotic new Ameri.
can cans OF things from which the
British had been cut on for months,
and pointratloning enabled all CON
sumers to share in the distribution
on fair and equitable basis. We
shall enjoy the same experience
and the nation will profit by q.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

Mr.. and Mrs. John X Smith and
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. \. Yount. OF Ca.
tawba County. Mr. and Mrs. Giy
Smith OF Concord are the maternal
grandparents. and Mr.. and Mrs.
+. C.. Seitz OF Newton. are the pa
ternal grandfather and grand.
mother.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
HuY Nufe WAT HondH-
THEY Say

New York Herbert Lehman. dt.
rector OF foreign relief and reha-
bilitation: Under the great human
principle OF helping others to help
themselves America must use food.
clothing. shelter and the necessi.
ties OF life as real weapon 10
win complete and Overwhelming
victory and to secure the peace
which must follow"
London General Henri GirauI.
high commissioner for French
North and West Africa. "The new
French army must he ready in A
Few months to take part in the
big battle for Europe
Washington Donald N Nelson
War Production Board chairman.
The volume OF planes. tanks.
guns, ships and other campaign
material which rolled Off assembly
lines in the United States in lie
cenber was the greatest ever pro
duced in one month
Washington - William Green.
president OF the American Fedora.
ton of Labor: You cant stabilize
wages unless you stabilize the cost
OF living
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
MARINES TRAIN IN DESERT

SAN DIEGO, Gallup - The
United States Marine Corps has
dedicated q new camp, Camp En-
sign. located about 100 miles east
Of here, in the heart Of Borego Val
ley, on the edge OF the Colorado
desert. Camp Ensign will be the
base from which motor transport
drivers and mechanics will get
training under the most rugged OF
field conditions.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

ers are liable to get an awful lick
ing. Hence, both for the farmers
good and for the nations. let us be
helpful to them now as TO all rea-
sonable requests.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
10 PROUD GRANDPARENTS

HICKORY. n. C.--UP-MyIns
Gertrude. born 10 Mr.. and Mrs.
William Early Seitz in January,
has 10 living grandparents. The
neutrality-suspicious. is ID. Fl.
more Smith OF Conover. The great
grandparents are Mrs. Elsie Setter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

rule in Italy. too.
II is so in Russia, naturally.
This IL not a war considera.
ton: II Is strictly postwar
matter.
And It laps over into Latin
America, by the way.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago

Word has received by friends that Rev
formerly rector OF 81 Luke his wife d
vorced last gone erie
make their home
Daughters OF the American Revolution
purchase granite boulder suitably marked be
placed the first
Grove ST. the Forester home
Alex Nulan attending the state Hardware
vention Grand Rapids.
Sohct broke wrist while cTankinE this
ing and cared for ct Boyer Hospital.
Harry B. Land wins first prize y. p Wallace, second and
Mowrer third Masonic billiard Another
tournament IL planned.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
Your Health
New Ideas About
Vitamins Being
Developed

ORIGINALLY the vitamins
were used in medical treatment as
a part Of diet. II was found that
some persons were eating largely
processed foods. such as candy and
crackers and canned goods, from
which in the course Of manu-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

DR.. Clendening will answer
questions Of general interest
only, and then only through
his column.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
Fifty Years Ago

come brief illness at Wapi Ida
Clifford and Mrs Erasius
Samson. Funeral will be IN Ypsilant.
city council has decided TO the old railing ON the new
Congress bridge turning down Aid John Terms motion TO
buy a one that would cost $500.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
Todsy's Horoscope

Todsy's Horoscope
You lack practically In action
and are a dreamer rather than q
doer. Put more spirit into your
work. Be careful In choosing
friends and do not be fooled by
pomp and conceit. You can achieve
success u you viii attack each
task with a concentrated energy.
Don't waste time on this, your
natal day. in romantic day dreams.
Stick TO facts. Adverse ubrs-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

and have to be frequently cor
reoted at table. II IL best that
they have their meal before guests
arrive for dinner.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
One Minute Test

One Minute Test
| Who owns the land around
the North Pole?
2. What color is granite?
;. What is the correct name for
the mineral known a. fools
gold'?
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05
Words Of Wisdom

Words Of Wisdom
Certain thoughts are prayers.
There are moments when what
ever be the attitude Of the body,
the soul Is on its Victor
Hugo.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

Hints on Etiquette
When children are very small
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

Minute Test Answers
I. Greenland belongs to Dem
marx. spitxbergen to Norway.
Franz Joseph Land to Siberia, and
Grant Land to the United states.
Q. Usually gray. but pink ahd
red are not uncommon colors In
granite.
3. Chalcopyrits and sometimes
pyrite.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-05

tons for writing love letters In
the evening . spiteful quarrel
could cause upheavai in the home.
BE careful in handling explosives
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-10-02

freeze" royalty oil. That is the
worst that can happen to us, but
Mr.. Pike has put the industry in
such position that bonus of 81
per barrel would not greatly eff
feet the market to any great ex-
tent before the end of 1914. The
damage is too great to be re
paired over night. Mr.. Pike can't
escape it: the law of supply and
demand is going to increase the
value of every barrel of oil in
underground storage.
No worry about the govern
ment taking" over" With the
efficiency" of government OPP
Grafton, gasoline would cost 81
per gallon. All the better for the
landowner who receives for his
crop" which happens to be oil,
a price based on the cost of pro
ducing it.
The landowner or his assigns,
royalty owners, receive 1914 bar
rels out of every 100 produced
FREE OF COST OF PRODUC-
TON. Whether the operator is
an Independent, one of the Big
Five of the Standard group or
the government, the royalty
owner receives his share of the
oil IN KIND, If he wishes it,
and he can sell it at the highest
going price.
A pamphlet entitled why an
Oil Shortage in the Greatest Oil
Country in the World?" has been
issued by the Independent Petro-
leum Association. We have Sc
cured some copies for distribu-
ton among our members. It con-
tains startling facts and figures
on the oil shortage of interest
and value to every one. Public
spirited people who read it will
likely contact their congressman
and demand that something be
done TO override the Honorable
Sumner Pike before the army
and navy are forced to curtail
the war program to fit the
dwindling supply of motor fuel.
Copies of this publication viii
be sent to all who ask for 1t.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-10-02
PIKE IS aFRozRNr no IoR

II is notable fact that Sumner
Pike, head of the materials and fuel
division of the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, was the only hold
over among the men In OPA not
affected by the Congressional edict
against professors who have been
running OPA. The new rule pro
vides that no one be in charge of
important posts wha has not had
az least five years of practical bust
ness experience. Pike was moved
into the position by the insiders"
in Washington, from the SEC. for
the purpose of blowing under
every third producer of oil and gas"
and even Congress isn't powerful
enough to evict or thwart him.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-10-02

many fields are already pro-
ducing beyond their eco
nomic limits. Thanks to MIR.
Pike, that means early ex-
haustion of many fields,
caused by water invasion
and gas depletion. This, in
turn, means a greater short
age of crude in months and
years to come, and-thanks
to Mr.. Pike-higher prices
when our Montana oil goes
on the market.
The Sumner Pike policy of
"ploughing under every third
producer will of course
mean that the oil industry
will be in fewer, stronger
hands and these fewer,
stronger hands will not con-
tinue to produce oil and
petroleum products at a loss.
Monopoly does not foster
cut-rate gasoline. That means
that all who are fortunate
enough to have some oil to
sell In the postwar period
when the law of supply and
demand takes over, win en-
Joy the benefits of higher
prices. America has had the
cheapest gasoline in the
world because of a lot of
little producers and refiners
who have been fighting for a
share of the market. Mr.. Pike
has enough little producers
and refiners ploughed under
now to make 1t difficult If
not impossible to bring about
a devastating flood of over
production, as was done by
a $3-per barrel price incen-
tive during the first World
War.
1t is possible that the govern
ent viii realize the seriousness
the situation and win offer a
Ibsidy or bonus for all oil pro-
lction, as was done in the case
copper, where the prize was
rozen" at IL cents but the gov
'nment is paying II cents. In
lat case the government might
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-10-02
The Ssank,szrss
Bsz<iger S<xvs

II all matches are made in heav-
en- these days, the help must be
putting in lot of overtime.
The teacher was testing the moron
who registered in her class:
what would happen to you if your
nose were cut offs"
~ couldn't smell"
That's right. Now what if your ears
were cut Off"
81 eouldn't see."
''Why couldn't you see If your ears
were cut off"
"My hat would slip down over my
eyes,"
Sorry, madam, but licenses are
issued only when your form is
filled out properly"
why, like your nerve, we can
get married, no matter what / look
like"