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Evening star., 1943-07-07

ceeded. The hour was late 50 1t.
Smith ordered us to get ready to
run for home and capture any
prisoners we could to take in for
questioning.
Took Six Prisoners.
We caught truck and It's driver,
military police lieutenant In a
jeep, a gasoline truck, two officers
and two enlisted men. We were
kept busy pitching hand grenades.
I found out I can use -four in more
ways than one.
But we ran into trouble. We
fought gallant battle and I still
think we had the edge on the
enemy, but We had had the "au-
dacity" to attempt to pass a COM
mand post "a whole battalion with
our little force and the red um-
pire just couldn't bring himself to
give us any margin for luck or skill
in escape. So we were ruled out
dead" to you. The gripping,
including mine, was loud and long.
First time in my life I ever real
ly wanted to sock an umpire with a
pop bottle.
Evening star., 1943-07-07

raid-time Of departure and return
df any. contact with the enemy,
directions and terrain travelled, con-
dition Of defenSes. Every man had
to count and I was taking the place
of one whose job had to be done. so
I had to do it. I was glad he wasn't
a machine gunner.
At $50 we pulled out. We rode
for miles, our only lights the tiny
tail-light on the back of jeep and
the cat-eyes Of the jeep behind us.
We crossed wild. God-forsaken
country, were blocked by blown"
bridges. forded uncharted waters
and drove almost jeep-deep over
inundated roads. We lodged enemy
flares and side-stepped patrols.
"Smelled" the Way.
Our pathfinder and second in
command, Sergt. Albert H. Kent of
Hill City, Mimi, had an uncanny
knack of finding the right roads
and making the right turns. I think
he must have smelled them. The
dust was binding and choking and
when We hit a bump I never eX-
pected to descend while the je.P
still was under me. When I landed
I was sorry I had. (Try bump
second for Is consecutive hoursD
At our destination we hid our
jeeps and crawled out on the brow
of hill overlooking a State high
\ NJ
Of Bremerton, Wash. crawled up
hill behind us and cut cable after
cable of communications and
the cutting wasn't simulated. it was
real. Pvt. Aaron Beecher of Brook
lyn. N. Y. and Pvt. Logan Sutton
OF Savannah. Ga, helped him.
Below us was a gasoline dump
and command post. We did all the
damage we could there and pro-
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Stoge Door Conteen
Romance Leeds to Altar

by tne Associated Press.
GLENDALE, Calf, July IA ro-
nance begun last January In New
York's Stage Door Canteen has cul-
minated In the marriage Of Barbara
Plumb, copper-haired actress, and
Coast Guard Ensign John B. Booth,
jr., son Of Miami (Fla.) attorney.
They were wed IN the Wee Kirk
O. the Heather last night.
Ensign Booth. ~, and Miss Plumb,
"a, met, she said, when he asked
her for a dance while she was serv-
ing as q hostess at the New York
Canteen.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Brenda viii!
You Step Out
With Me Tonight?

know I've been an awful crouch not taxi
Ing you any place lately. But after standing
all day at my new job. my feet darn near
killed me with eallouses and burning. Now
I've reformed - or rather my feet have -
thanks to the lee-Mint you advised. Never
tried anything that seemed to draw the
pain and fire right out 80 fast - and the
way 1t helps soften callouses is nobody's
business! Been able to get some extra over
time money - so what do you say, let's 90
dancing tonight. You can step on my Ice.
Mint feet all you want.
Evening star., 1943-07-07
Girl Reporter Joins
Rangers for Raid
And Is Ruled Dead
BY MARION COLEMAN,


WITH THE SECOND ARMY IN
TENNESSEE.-The Rangers took
my identification cards, watch,
money and other valuables and
handed me three hand grenades, a
Ranger knife, pair Of handouts, a
steel helmet with a knotted cord
covering and blue arm band.
And then they took me on a
raiding party.
Under thick cedars in the middle
Of nowhere at their division COM
mand post, they told me about
Rangers. About 20 of them had
been called into the c. P. to get
ready for making trouble.
These task forces are extremely
expendable. They are the danger
Gus pests OF the enemy the
malignant mosquitoes that strike
and strike to get in maximum of
damage before they are slapped
down or get away. They travel al
most impossible miles to cut
around and approach the enemy
from unexpected positions.
Maj. Gen. Paul j. Mueller, divi-
sion commander; Maj, Clio A.
Harper, G-2, and the Ranger task
force commander, 1t. Donald G..
Smith, spread out maps on the grass
and checked the proposed movement
and mission of our raiding party
Then at dusk we had coffee and
waited for darkness.
Given Rangers Shoes.
They checked my outfit, disap-
proved of my -Soled shoes and
sent for Sergt. Samuel S. Dorrity,
who had the smallest feet in the
outfit. He brought me pair of
heavy high topped shoes and. with
the aid of heavy woolen socks, they
fitted.
We checked out weapons. Two
.30-caliber light machine guns, am
munition belts of blanks, MI and
P-3 rifles, carbines. pistols, bayo-
nets, bolo knife, stilettos, black
jacks, small FIST tougheners" made
of 40 pennies in an old cloth, brass
knuckles. toggle ropes, a satchel
charge of TINT (simulated, rope for
tying prisoners, gauze for gags, SIM
ulated hand grenades made of small
sacks of flour and thin piano wires
for garroting guards
Our commander called us around
him in tight circle and there,
kneeling and standing around map
on the ground, the red blackout
flashlight glancing on intent faces
and ugly helmets. were were briefed"
on our mission, route, what to do in
case some were captured or lost,
and synchroniZation of our watches
Mine wasn't waterproof, SO it. was
left behindD
Quietly, 1t. Smith began:
Password was "A. p"
Our raiding party tonight is COM
posed of 20 men and one woman. We
have four jeeps and one half-ton
weapons truck Among us are nine
engineers. eight reconnaissance men.
two headquarters men and your
company commander
In honor of our guest raider. our
umpire Ut. Michael L. Valentino)
lloa suSSCSlcQ Jul pdooWolu pc
"A. p" and the countersign party"
Stop threatened sneezes by press
ing your nostrils, prevent coughs by
pressing your Adams apple, clear
ringing out of your head by yawning
and if you have to whisper, expel
most of the air from your lungs first
to avoid kissing. In soft ground go
heel first. in hard ground toe first.
If captured give nothing but your
name, rank and serial number.
You all know your jobs. Let's
get ready" Then he called me aside
and explained my mission: I must
record mentally all details of our
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
Cancer Study

The public education program on
the cancer problem Is still made
quate and Ineffective, prominent
physicians declare in report OF
their study Of the causes Of delay
in treatment of cancer in 155 pa
tients. It was found that only about
one-fourth Of the patients had read
about cancer and that all but two
Of these had obtained their informa-
ton from newspapers and popular
magazines. Only two admitted read
ing public health pamphlets. Delay
In the diagnosis and treatment Of
cancer" the physicians say, sis
one Of the most important factors
In the failure to obtain better results
by the methods Of treatment now
available" The causes for delay
among the patients were reported to
be as follows: symptoms mot seri.
Gus enough" $50 per cent; negli-
gence, 11.3 per cent; no delay on the
part of the patient, 11.3 per cent; ex-
pense, 10.1 per cent; ignorance. SIS
per cent; fear Of cancer, IA per
cent; fear Of doctors. Ia per cent;
Christian science or other cult, 0.e
per cent. ..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
Patient Will Appreciate
Useful Gifts in Hospital

By the time hospital patient has
received her fifth bouquet in single
day, she is apt to welcome with
particular warmth the friend who
expresses her good wishes with
something different. While flowers
are always an appropriate choice,
there is such thing as having too
many in a hospital room.
It takes a little imagination to
choose something that will add to the
pleasure and comfort Of an invalid,
but there are number Of gifts that
the thoughtful visitor can take along.
The highlight of any patients day
comes with the morning bath, and
this can be made even more enjoy
able if she has her own favorite soap,
talcum, and toilet water. Nurses
are always glad to use these for
their patients.
Other acceptable gifts are dainty
wash cloths and nightgowns. Both
must be changed daily, so good
supply is needed. Women patients,
especially, look forward to the time
when they can discard the unfatter-
ing but highly practical hospital
gown which is usually provided dur
ing the first few days of illness. On
the other hand, the gift nightgowns
or pajamas should not be too fragile
nor too sketchy. They should be
washed and ironed before being pre-
scented so that they can be put into
immediate use.
Han ribbons, bed jackets, dressing
gowns, bedroom slippers, manicure
equipment, as well as amusing
books are practical suggestions for
the patient who is well on the way
to recovery. Food, including candy,
is far down on the list.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
Contour Farming

A few early New York settlers
planted and titled their hillside lands
on the contour, but in our rush to
make this new world productive, we
forgot until the last few years the
wisdom of this old practice that
saves the soil and the farm. Old
contour-planted vineyards on steep
slopes are still thrifty and are bear.
ing good crops. One old vineyard
near Hammondsport, on 40-degree
slope, was planted on bench ter.
races late in the last century, with
the risers kept in sod and the tops
of the benches cultivated. These
vines still grow well and produce
good yields. The vineyard suffered
little damage in the heavy storm Of
1885 when eight inches Of rain fell
in "a hours on central New York.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19

mittee of five to sift them down
and establish priorities under
which they should be started.
eve plan to be able to launch
into the most necessary ones with
in a matter of weeks after the war
ends and labor and materials be-
come available. We might cite
the Tacoma Narrows bridge. The
plans are done and we could be
under way with that job from
thirty to sixty days after the end
of the war. Our highway depart
ment is working on plans that
would involve the start of more
than ten million dollars worth of
work in the same period"
Governor Langlie requested that
the subdivisions organize their
plans similarly, stressing three pre-
liminary approaches:
1. Determine which projects are
necessary and of the greatest per-
manent benefit to the people OF
the subdivision, and draft work
ing plans which would enable the
calling of bids within the shortest
possible time.
2. Study methods of financing
and create reserves wherever pos
sible to defray the costs of the I'M
provements.
8. Study legislation which might
help or hinder the construction
programs and work out necessary
adjustments in advance.
The governor pointed out thai
the state government, through it:
planning council, has set up com
mittees to conduct surveys anc
make plans for private industry
to eventually take over the burden
! of providing employment. He ex'
planned, however, that there will
be a transition period while in
dustry is readjusting itself to
peacetime economy when govern
mental agencies will be called up
on to bridge the gap.
The representatives of the sub
divisions of government declared
in most instances that they have
similar projects in mind for theil
localities and it was the concensu!
of the meeting that the statewide
program could be slipped into geal
at the end of the war with a mini
mum Of delay.
! Durkee complimented the pro
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
| Farmers Must Bring i'm
Own Farm Reports

Farmers in the Kennewick, Fin
ley, Highlands, Hover and Rich
land communities are requested to
call at the AAA office in Keane-
wick at their early convenience
for the purpose of reporting their
1943 farming operations and soil
conserving practices. This report
is necessary in order to make the
1913 AAA payments.
Heretofore the AAA has been
able to personally contact each
farmer at his ranch to secure this
report. but, due to the labor and
gasoline shortage this year, it will
be up to each individual farmer
to bring in his own. Sales slips
for commercial fertilizer and pas
ture grass mixtures purchased dur
ing this crop year should be brot
in.
AAA clerks will be available
between am. and 4:30 pm. to
receive these payments.
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gram and declared it would be of
great assistance to the Federal
Works Agency in whatever part
it will take in postwar adjust
ment.
The group decided to organize
on permanent basis, with COM
mittee representing cities, counties,
port and utility districts, schools,
irrigation districts and other divis-
ions of government that will un-
dertake public works in the i'm
mediate postwar period. 1t will
be the function of this committee
to assimilate information on the
overall public works plans devel-
oped, consider the value and pub
lie need and policies of construc-
ton involving time, cost and the
source of funds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19

MIR. and Mrs. Will Spears OF
Hermiston were guests for the
day at the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Ed Ray Tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. Boutelle took a
trip to Sunnyside last Sunday.
Mrs. Ernest Sherry of Finley
spent Wednesday at the home OF
Wallace Preston.
Wallace Preston purchased 81
acres from Mr.. Dilling on the
Pasco side of the river.
The Needlecraft Sewing" club
met in the Kennewick park Tues
day with Mrs. r. w. Woods as
hostess for the day.
Peter Wannamaker, father OF
Mrs. c A. Crawford of Coulee
City, left for his home Monday
after spending a week with Mr.
and Mrs. Crawford and daughter
Mrs. Pulliam heard from he1
son, Cpl. Melvin, Saturday and he
Is GXpSCISO IlOIIlS SOOlA 1AOhA
Leonard Wood, Mo.
Doug Jones, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Jones of the Highlands who is ir
the navy, was home Sunday fol
a visit from the University Of
Washington.
Misses Ramona Nelson anc
Wilma Agopsowicz spent Sunday
afternoon and evening with Mary
Soper at her home. ~..- .3
Little Walter Crayne, son o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Crayne, wa:
operated on Monday at Pendletor
where he had his tonsils and aden.
ODDS removed. : a -..-.... IL
Ethel Ann Camben is home now
and is going to be employed al
Big Pasco. :, .@,.-.5...... j..
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Briskey were
visitors Friday and Saturday Al
] the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ton
! AgopSoWicZ. -,~e4.- ~, EEUs :
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
Changes Increasing Toll
OF Death and Disease

Death and disease have already
taken an upswing in numbers In up
state New York in 1912 as result
Of changes in our habits and ways
of living with tuberculosis and other
maladies once again increasing after
q steady year by year decline In
recent decades.
Shifting Of population, poor hous-
ing and sanitation, strenuous work
and increased nervous tension, are
all taking their toll, says DR.. ". A.
Van Volkenburgh, assistant commits
sioner Of the New York state depart
ment Of health. .~-
Health centers have been estab-
lished in many trailer camps. he
adds, and additional trailers have
been obtained from the Farm Sc.
curity administration to ease local
housing shortages. Local health de-
partments have helped to provide
health facilities for boom areas.
Communicable diseases, child
birth problems. and child care are
all more difficult under cramped or
crowded conditions Of life today,
DR.. Van Volkenburgh points out Nu-
triton is another increasing wartime
problem, he says. As food supplies
become more scarce, balanced
meals become the more important.
Families who do not live on farms
will do themselves great favor,
he pointed out, If they grow their
own garden and can much OF the
food for winter use.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
DISPOSITION Helps Allergy

'sThe exact mode of inheritance
Of allergy has been in dispute for
years." the Journal of the American
Medical Association says in answer
to an inquiry: "All investigators,
however, agree that no single al
Iergic disease is transmitted as
such. That which is transmitted is
the predisposition to allergic condi-
tions-the tendency to become n.y.
persensitive. The actual appearance
Of hypersensitivity depends mainly
on environmental factors"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
State Planning
Many Postwar
Activities
Board studies program
of projects suitable for
statewide development

Washington's state, city, county
and other subdivisions of govern
ment will be geared to launch into
a comprehensive program of use
full and permanent public works
with a minimum degree of delay
and major degree of efficiency
under a program outlined to rep
resentatives of the subdivisions of
government by Governor Arthur
B. Lang1ie at a meeting in Olym-
pia Tuesday.
The governors program receiv-
ed enthusiastic approval from the
group, which included R. P. Ryker
of Okanogan, president of the As
ISOLATION of County Engineers; L.
v. Morgan, of Yakima, president
of the Association of County Com
missioners; Chester Biessen, exc
cutive secretary of the Association
of Washington Cities; L. r. Dur.
kee, regional director for the Fed
eral Works Agency, and a score OF
representatives of other divisions
of government.
"The state and its subdivisions,
with one or two exceptions, are in
excellent financial condition to I'm
dertake programs which will
bridge the gap between wartime
industrial activity and peacetime
occupations to absorb employment
and at the same time give all div
isions of government public works
of lasting benefit to the people"
Governor Langlie declared.
"Take, for instance" the gov
ernor continued, eve have had a
group working for the past year
and half, studying and listing
the capital improvements which
the state government should I'M
dertake. We find that there are
nearly 100000, 900 worth of major
jobs which could be undertaken,
and I now have appointed a COM
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-19
Error

This is to correct an error re-
Gently published with regard to the
1943 loan rate for No. l hard win
ter wheat. 1t was published as
being SLIP per bushel whereas it
should have been $1.159. This is
aside from the &c storage advance
made on farm stored grain. APP
plication for loans on eligible
wheat may be made any time at
the AAA office in Kennewick.
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Capt. Ed Crooks
Visits Home Folks

Highlands-Capt. Ed Crooks of
the Highlands spent Saturday
with Mrs. Crooks and daughter,
and went back Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-04-21

pie yesterday by purchasing a bond
at the headquarters of the War
Finance Committee, 915 Fifteenth
street NV. in honor of soldier
he knew who was killed in action.
Speeches Reach 100000.
Mr.. Mccarthy said he was buying
the bond in memory of Maj. Ken
meth D. McCullar, a fellow towns
man of Batesville, Miss, who was
killed recently in an airplane acci-
dent in Australia.
Seton Darr, chairman of the Dis
trict speakers bureau, reported his
speakers panel has given the Treas
ury's War Loan message to more
than 100000 Washingtonians to date.
This was done, he said, in 127 speak
ing engagements by 40 speakers.
Mr. Darr himself has been making
many speeches. At 8 o'clock tonight
he will address meeting of the
Painters, Decorators and Paper
hangers of America at the Pythian
Temple, Ninth street and Mount Ver-
non place NV: at 8:45 pm. he will
talk to the members of the Elks'
Club at their hall, 919 H street NV.
and at $50 pm. he will appear at
bond rally at the B'nai Israel
Congregatio Fourteenth and Emer-
son streets NV.
Evening star., 1943-04-21
War Loan
Continued From First Page }

Hamilton Bank yesterday was Mrs.
Rosaline Kerr, 1853 Alabama ave-
nue. Sc. whose husband, 1t. Col
Edward " Kerr, is japanese pris-
oner. She said she is putting all of
her available funds in War bonds.
In New England cities, the Treas
ury reported, bond buyers were guar
anteed delivery of a bomb over
Berlin for every bond purchased
In New York, buyers we're permitted
to sign their names to bomb cas-
ings.
In San Francisco, coffin-just
the size. for Hitler-Was set up and
every bond buyer was invited to
drive nail into it,
A soldier, impersonating Hitler in
a Richmond rally, rode on a float
drawn by pair of mules, named
TOTO and Mussolini.
Meanwhile, the District War FL
nance Committee today announced
new progress in its bond-selling
efforts.
L. Clarke Brown, chairman of the
local Investment Securities Division
reported that LOOMS Sayles e. Co.
yesterday purchased $4,000 worth
of Government securities.
C. H. Newell and Paul v. Sleeper
delegates from the Arkansas Avenue
and Crestwood Citizens Association
respectively. asked other citizen
groups to follow the examples set
by persons in their areas and ring
doorbells to sell bonds" They are
working in the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations drive to sponsor
bomber through purchase of $780,
900 worth of bonds.
James S. Mccarthy. evening IL
brarian at the Bar Library in the
District Court House, set an exam
Evening star., 1943-04-21

because of the patrols encountered
an air of suspense hung heavily
over the men on the ships.
Gen. Doolittle, first in line and
first down the deck, had the short
est takeoff of any of the airmen
because the planes were lined up
on deck, said the Representative.
Doolittle Takes OF.
"Doolittle went off as smoothly as
a bird. despite the short run," he
said. But the second plane wa
vered. We held our breath mo-
mentarily and thought it was too
bad for that one. But the pilot
Strengthened it up and it didn't
take long for all the planes to get
into the air.
I'VE had a little betting pool
aboard the ship I was on as to
when the raiders would hit Toxic.
I missed by only few minutes, but
somebody beat me for the pool.
I'VE could tell when they arrived
by listening to the Japanese radio
broadcasts. We could hear them
plainly. 1t was just like sitting out
here in Puget Sound and listening
to Seattle broadcasts. We heard
them broadcast later that the Min
lister of Home Defense had been
dismissed. That showed how it
must have shaken the morale of the
Japanese to discover that the life
of their Emperor could be endan-
gered
The disappointing thing for the
Navy men, especially the air men,
was that they didn't get in on the
show.
They really hoped that Toxic
would send out everything they had
so they could swat them down.
Fleet Action Rumored.
"We heard that the japanese
home fleet might be coming down
from the north to attempt an inter-
ception. That tickled Wild Bill
He thought it might be swell
chance to kill two birds on one trip
and he really meant it."
Mr.. Magnuson expressed the be-
lief that the Toxic raid "undoubted-
ly was a psychological turning point
for the Navy in the Pacific.
''It probably forced Japan to pull
strong navy units back to home
waters. Then the Navy command fig
ured something of an offensive ma
ture had to be done. So Midway
followed. You know how the United
States Navy kicked hell out of the
Japs there in what probably will be
recorded as one of the great naval
victories of history.
''The Toxic raid will be lesson to
the Japs that our Shangri-La's are
no valleys of peace and quiet"