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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-21
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Bill Hemauer, petty officer
third class, brought two big boxes
of Delicious and Jonathon apples
from Wenatchee, which he do
mated for a party this Thursday
night at the USO. The club
will be transformed into Apple
Jacks Joint. The navy base is
sending in a six piece orchestra
for dancing. There will be floor
show, pop corn, and apples, be-
sides the regular menu.
o. A. Brown, newcomer to
Pasco and an employee of the
Potlatch Lumber Co., brought in
a monograph, several dozen rec
ords, and some Photographic
equipment for the uSO. The
monograph will be used in one
of the club rooms in the new
building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph c. Scott
of Portland were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. r. S. Brown Sunday
night. They stopped on their way
home from the Ephrata USO
opening to visit the club here, and
were guest at the Sunday night
buffet supper and program. Mr..
Scott is regional executive of the
USO.
A capacity crowd enjoyed the
delicious buffet supper prepared
and served by the st. Patricks
Altar Society of Pasco last Sum
day night. The committee con-
sisted of Mrs. E. p. Straughan,
chairman, Mrs. F. NJ. Dvorshak
and Mrs. L. Knowles. Mrs. Chas.
Grigg assisted in the canteen. A
lace cloth covered the table, and
autumn flowers and candles were
used for the center piece. The
guest sat at candle lit tables
around the room. Even the ping
pong table was pressed into ser
vice. An excellent musical pro-
gram arranged for by Mrs. Coon
ey, followed the supper. Cay
Cooney, home from college for
the weekend accompanied by
John Halverson sang British
Children's Prayer" Jerry Ogle,
accompanied by Ralph Burrier,
played two violin solos, Brahms
Lullaby" and "Schubert's Sere-
made" Donald Combs, accompani-
ed by Ralph Burrier sang, Drink
To Me Only With Thine Eyes"
Donald is newcomer here with
the Tarmacs. t ss>a
The high school cafeteria was
transformed into the little red
school house last Thursday night.
The orchestra from the base fur
nished the music; Geraldine
did two tap dance numbers; Patty
Eaton, Penny Mullen, and La
Donna Dove sang Hawaiian War
Chant" and "Blue Skies" All the
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ss Travel WisE-FoLloW
THESE TIPS: Get information
and buy your tickets we'll in
odyonce OF departure. Pick the
Ie,,. crowded days -TuesdoX
Wednesday,, and Thursday
oyoid week lends, when pos
,bIe. Some schedules ore less
crowded than ofhers-osk your
bus agent. = =.
BUSES LEAVE:
Kennewick for Walla Walla
way points daily at 9:O5 am,
1880 am, 4:3O pm. and 8:45
am.
Ksnnswick for Yakima and way
point daily at $40 am, 1890
am, 2:3O pm. and 11:10 pm.
KENNEWIcK
Kennewick Hotel
Phone u
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-21
ND New gas regulations are
II tough mufflers. Better
UxV1 - CLOWN check yours before winter

But when it comes to sending mail
to our fighting men overseas, it's
the new fashioned method that
is not only the best, but the safest
and the surest. The use of "
Mail, properly addressed, will
guarantee your letters reaching
their destination. Of $4,000, 900
V-Mail letters already sent over
seas, not one has been lost!
Many people are still sending
letters for overseas delivery via
ordinary airmail. But there is no
guarantee that such letters will go
overseas by air.. With our of
fensives growing daily, almost
every bit of. cargo space is needed
for military supplies. Ordinary
airmail is flown to ports of en-
barkation, but if space is not
available on airplanes going over
seas, that mail will be sent by
ship. V-Mail, however, has the
highest priority and is always
sent overseas by air. V-Mail is
never left behind.
Ordinary mail not only takes
up precious cargo space, but in
the event the ship is torpedoed,
that mail is lost for good. "
Mail, on the other hand, is photo
graphed on microfilm. The ORR
ginal letters are safely filed. If
an airplane carrying V-mail is.
unfortunately lost, the letters are
Immediately Photographed and
sent out again. Chalk up another
advantage for the new fashioned
method! sss-z- s-s..as.-saa F
Remember, too, that you can
make you V-Mail letters as init
mate as you desire. V-Mail let
tiers are as private as any other
type. Every letter going over.
seas must be read by a censor.
You may rest assured that mail
censors are only interested in
Withholding information that might
be of aid to the enemy should the
letter be captured. With 22,-
600, 600 pieces of mail going out
every week, the censors are much
too busy to eavesdrop into your
personal affairs. -
Some of you may feel that you
just can't get enough on one page
of V-Mail. You may send as many
pages of V-Mail as you wish. All
you have to do is number the
pages and address each one sep
arately. But our fighting men
overseas prefer to receive short
er letter two or three times a
week rather than a long letter
once a week. And they are not
getting as many letters as they
should. Although there are many
more men overseas now, V-Mail
has NOT increased proportion
ately. Let's not fall down on the
job! It's too easy to say ''I'll
write tomorrow" Write today!
The more letters our men over
seas receive, the stronger their
morale. A soldier who hears reg
ularly from his loved ones back
home is bound to prove better
fighting man.
Today, you may send .V-Mail
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-21

girls came dressed in school and
kid costumes. They brought the
sandwiches and cookies. The USO
served the grape juice punch.
Cody Eaton was in charge of all
arrangements. Chairman of the
decorating committee was Shirley
'Graybill, assisted by Eleanor
Lyons, Virginia Clark, Kay Lind
her, Connie Ringuet, and members
of the USO program committee:
Cody Eaton, Marie Grondel, June
Wilkins, and Kay Tanning. .
The hall was decorated with
cut out paper dolls, paper chains,
art works lent. by the grammar
school and kindergarten, maps
and posters. The alcove at the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-21

ADVERTISEMENT
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-21

While hunting enthusiasts in America are look
ing forward to big duck hunting season, our
soldiers in the African theater are "Duck"
shooting, too, but in a much different and
more important way. -
The photo above from Salerno, Italy shows
our soldiers atop 2H-ton an1phibian truck
or s'Duck" standing watch for enemy planes
with heavy anti aircraft machine gun. :,
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OLAV l. OTHEIM. Authorized Dealer :

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Bell left
Monday for Boise, Idaho to see
Mr.. Bells father who is ill.
MIR. and Mrs. r. r. Wooden left
last week to join friends deer
hunting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-21
Oldest School i'm H.H.
Is Being Sold

Western Horse Heaven The
school house. at District 20 is be-
ing sold. This is the oldest school
in Horse Heaven.
MIR. and Mrs. John Moon and
SON spent several days in Spo-
kane this week.
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You were absolutely correct in making the
statement you did, George. mot q drop of
sChiskey has been distilled IL this country IN
0re1 q year"
That's what told the boys down at the
lodge, Judge, but they were so surprised
thought maybe was wrong"
you weren't, George. The truth of the
matter is that a year before Pearl Harbor,
the beverage distilling industry voluntarily
offeredits facilities to the government. Many
companies started to produce alcohol for war
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-10-21

purposes almost Immediately. And just as
soon as the governments requirements in
creased, thedistilling facilitiesofthe entirein-
dustry were converted 1000 to the produc-
tionofwar-alcohol andnothing else. Asamat-,
ter of fact, the beverage distilling industry
isproducing about half of the governments
needs for this vital war material. And that's
aA hour day, z day week job, George"
"I'm glad ! told you about my talk with
Sam, Judge. You've given me lot more facts
on that subject" ,.... z-s
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The photo below from Sicily shows blasted
Mark vi German tank being examined by
crew member of "Duck" while his buddy
stands guard with machine gun.
The "Duck" is a blood brother to the GMC
"six by six" Army Truck. Both are being
produced in volume by GMC Truck 6 Coach
Division, General Motors. Both are seeing
service on many fighting fronts. a.
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oeuarimeni Urges
FILLER Use Of
1.Mail Facilities il /.
Men in service need
cheerful news from
tha home folks -.

r,sre are many of you who. will
M that some of the old fash
lps : methods are still the best.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
Hungary Bulgaria Said
To be Panic Stricken as
Allies Again Raid Sofia
Hershey TO Explain Future
Action Under Father Draft

House announced Mr.. Roosevelt
had signed The I'M.
/. McNutt abolished the WINGS
list OF ndeferrable activities
which vas Instituted as a means OF
channcling labor into essential
fields. The regulations. wiped out
by the statute. provided that per
sons falling 20 switch 10 essential
Jobs faced immediate induction ~
gardless OF dependency.
=. Hershey instructed draft boards
TO abolish the ga classiiicatlo for
fathers and reclassify all regis
trants nov in that category. They
are to he placed in one OF the fo,-
lowing classes IA for immediate
induction: "A as occupa tionally de.
ferred. 3-D as dependency hardship
cases. lao as conscientious oh
jectoTs willing TO accept work OF
national importance.
Draft officials said pre- war faith
ers will be given every defermeni
advantage over non fathers in re
classifications but that little delay
in their Induction is expected. They
are considered the last remaining
manpoweT reserve OF any real con
sequence which must be tapped II
present Army and Navy require
ments are 10 be met.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
Will
Take Clothes

Ypsilani residents who have
clothing to contribute to the city.
wide clothing salvage drive are be-
ing urged by Chairman Z. r. Schill
to bring garments TO the City Fire
Barns. central collecting agency.
by Monday. which has been off
cially set as the final day in the
drive.
Already clothing estimated al
over one ton has been brought to
the fire station, having been col.
lected through the Ypsilanti High
School. the Presbyterian and Afri-
can Methodist Churches, and the
Lutheran Ladies' Aid Society. but
il Is believed that much more is
available. Although schools and
churches have hitherto served as
collection centers. persons are now
being requested to bring garments
directly 10 the fire station il posi-
BILE.
Firemen are sorting and process.
ing the clothing. which will go to
the Greene Cleaners Ann Arbor
plant for cleaning. Clothing. which
is to include any outgrown or out
NODDED garments. Is to be sent over
seas TO countries now being liberat-
ed by Allied advances and where
any type OF clothing is now badly
needed.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
Snag Struck
on Mastering
OutProposaI

Nashington-CP- The congress
sional drive to pass a mastering out
pay bill for World War II veterans
before Christmas struck a jor
snag IN the House today.
II was hoped 10 deliver Christ
mas present to 100000 service
men discharged since Pearl Har-
Dor, but Chairman Andrew ]. May.
d.. KY. of the Military Affairs Com
mittee said, We've found a lot a.
complications and see dSa's mend
to go crazy Ike the Senate did"
Yesterday the Senate Military
Affairs Committee recommended
passage OF a bill providing muster
ing out pay ranging from 5000 TO
$500.
The Senate bill, revised from a
flat $500 proposed by the War De
partment, would pay $500 for IS or
more months overseas service.
$500 for 12-lS months overseas du
ty; $500 for less than - months
overseas or more than 10 months
in continental T. s., and 5000 for
less than II months in the L. S.
May said this Is not an emery
ency. Men being mustered out
now are disabled and are being
cared for In our 20 government hos
pitfalls, or they are men over IS
who must first prove they have a
job TO go to II discharged Legisla-
ton we should act on now is 10
provide benefits for disabled men
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11

Washington. Dec. 1l-UP-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, enroute home from
the Cairo-Tehean conferences, made
a 4S-hour stop at the ancient city
OF Carthage to confer with Gen
Dwight d. Eisenhower on grand
Mediterranean strategy, the White
House announced today.
The date of the conferences with
Eisenhower. Allied commander-in-
chief in North Africa. was not
given, but yesterday II was dis
closed that the President visited
Malta on Dec. s. Malta is but q
short distance from Carthage.
Mr.. Roosevelt's stop at Tunis
and Carthage .clylaxed t9-- ny
the presidoAtiai party OF the 1900
mile line OF historic World War. IL
battles extending from FL Alamein
near Cairo past Tobruk. Bengazi
and Tripoli.
The White House. after releasing
few details OF the battle site tour
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11

Washington. Dec. 1I-UP-Ene-
my prisoners OF war in this coun-
try now number approximately
10000. It was disclosed today al
the War Department as censor
ship relaxed some OF the restric-
tons on information concerning
prisoners.
or these. about 10000 are Ger
mans and $4,000 are Italians. In
October 1t was announced there
we're approximately 10000 pris-
oners here, about three quarters
being German.
Japanese prisoners are nesligi-
bic since the Japanese usually
fight until the bitter end. prefer
ring death 70 imprisonment The
latest figure on Japanese prisoners.
Issued last July. showed only Sc
in the United states. There are
only a handful more now. it was
understood.
Relatively few Italians have ar
rived lately: and despite the chang
ed status OF Italy-now a co-beliig.
erent-Itslian prisoners status In
this country has undergone little
change. One concession has been
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
IN
Effect Soon

Dog owners are being warned 10
day to keep their pets leashed. Sc.
curely tied, or inside fenced en-
closures, as Monday the emergency
dog quarantine is to go into eff.
feet, to be enforced by the police
department. Any animals found
running loose will be held for as
hours, and owners may claim them
by paying a charge 10 cover cost
Of impounding the dog. but animals
unclaimed after that time are to
be killed. the quarantine states.
Although the emergency quaran-
tine will not take effect for two
days, a close observance OF dogs
running loose has been made By
members of the police department
within the past two weeks because
OF the fact that several persons
have been bitten by rabid dogs
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
President Stops in Carthage
to Confer With Eisenhower

last night. disclosed this morning
that the President stopped at Tuns
where Eisenhower met him and es.
corted the Chief Executive to a
sparsely-furnished Carthaginisn
villa where they conferred for two
days
The White House said Mr. Roose-
welt took the opportunity TO ac-
quaint the North African Allied
commander-in-chief with details
OF the grand Mediterranean strate-
gy determined upon in collabora-
ton with Prime Minister Churchill
and the combined British-American
Zstafis."
This STATE clcut... O.Ssa ints.2 Z,
here because It had been general.
ly accepted that grand Mediter
Ianean strategy" was determined
a. the time OF the American invs-
sion OF North Africa The state
ment. therefore, may have been a
guarded reference 10 plans for new
operations in the Mediterranean
area.
While in Carthage, Mr.. Roosevelt
lived in a large village facing the
sea and Cape Bon where German
resistance in Africa ended late last
spring. The villa, which was
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
'Ihefts' Just
Unpaid Rents

A partial solution 10 the wave OF
larceny AT Willow Lodge was I'M
covered BY Sheriffs Department
when two tenants at the Lodge re.
ported their clothes stolen. Inyes.
tigation revealed that the clothing
had not been stolen hut ordered re
moved from the rooms by the man
agement office when rent was re-
ported in Arrears.
One tenant, greatly distressed
when she found all Of her clothes
missing on returning 10 her room
Immediately reported the "suppos
ed larceny 10 the sheriff's depart.
ment as did another Tenant who
found all OF his clothes gone when
he returned from work
The sheriff's department. after
several hours work found that the
management at Willow Lodge had
ordered the clothes removed with
out notifying the sheriff's depart
men'
In one case. tenant claimed
that when he recovered his cloth
ing which had been taken from mis-
room under order OF the manage
ment. twenty five dollars was
missing from the pocket OF his
oyerCoat.
Two tenants have claimed that
their clothes were taken from their
rooms even though their rent was
paid in full Such cases viii he
further Investigated by the sher-
IFS department
Six reports Of petty larceny we're
received by the Willow Run sher-
ifs department for Friday
Mrs. Marten Berger OF Michisan
See THEFTS Page ;
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
Congress May
Forego Rest

Washington. Dec, Tins The
possibility that Congress will fore
70 a Christmas recess for the first
time In history arose today as
leaders openly predicted that the
present session will not end until
Dec. 81.
Whether the legislators will he
able 10 take their traditional holi.
day for the week spanning Christ.
mas and New Year. will hinge on
proposal 10 be made In The Sen.
ate next Monday by Sen. Ellender
Cd La
Ellender will attempt 10 remove
the one issue which will keep Con
gress in session-the consumer
subsidy fight by introducing .
resolution postponlng action until
January.
House Democratic Leader Nc.
Cormack has already notified mein-
bers OF the lower branch that
their chances OF a holiday recess
are based on the "iorlorn hope
that the Senate will adopt the El
lender measure
Speaker Rayburn has advised
the members similarly. asserting
that they will be lucky II they
have more than Christmas day off
Capitol officials although they
have not made thorough search
OF the records. say that they know
Of no case in American history
where Congress has failed TO re
cess for the holidays. that this
viii be the first time
II Congress does say in session
beyond Christmas. the subsidy
fight will be the principal cause
The House has already adopted
bin extending the life Of the Com
49,
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
Little Steel
Formula Near
Another Test

Washington, Dec. 10-UP- The
Textile Workers Union (CIO) today
Joined the growing Congress of In
dustTial Organizations campaign
to smash the little steel formula by
calling for a 1O-cent hourly wage
increase for 100000 employees Of
cotton and rayon mills.
in the opinion of the Textile
Workers Union, the little steel
formula L. dead" TWU President
Emil REEVE told a conference of
eco union delegates.
with the cost OF living rising
rapidly, with workers frozen in
their jobs at frozen wages, the
little steel formula cannot be per
mitted to impair the morale, health
and efficiency of those who are
engaged In production vital to the
war effort. Among these are tex
tile workers"
TWU leaders announced they
would submit these demands 10
the cotton-rayon industry:
I. A general wage increase OF
at least 10 cents an hour.
2. A minimum wage Of so cents
an hour.
3. A uniform wage structure.
eliminating regional differentials
Union officials estimated the
wage demands would cost the in
dustry S125,O00O0O annually. They
asked the War Labor Board to
establish a national panel to con-
slider all textile wage cases.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
Famous Ship
Coming Here

This afternoon the first army
heavy bomber crew to return from
the China TndiaBurma war thea
ter will be flown to Willow Run in
their B-24 Liberator "Rangoon
Rambler. Workers at the plant
will be permitted to inspect the
famous ship which. with its entire
crew. survived 400 hours OF combat
flying on so missions over enemy
territory. The Rambler crews
visit is a forerunner OF a series Of
outstanding aviation events to take
place next week in the observance
of Michigan Aviation week.
The Rambler and crew were 10
arrive this morning in Detroit on
a cross country tour to spur pro
duction on the home front.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11

Washington. Dee. ll-UP Ma.
Gen. Lewis b. Hershey. Selective
Service director. was called before
the House Military Affairs Commit
tee today TO explain why draf,
officials have been lying to Con
gress' about the induction OF pre-.
war fathers.
The charge was made By Chair
man Andrew J. May. D.. ny. who
announced that Hershey viii ap.
pear at a closed meeting TO explain
in detail future policy under newly
enacted father draft law
May said the legislation. An.
nounced yesterday 70 have been
signed by President Roosevelt. was
intended to delay the induction OF
pre-Pearl llarhor fathers and that
draft officials have advised that the
policy is being carried out. Put he
said he understood fathers already
are being called and that Hershey
has been predicting that 600 600
Will be In uniform by neat July l.
"Lyino TO Us"
Were going to lind out " Sc
lectiye Service Is going 20 carry ou'
the intent OF Congress" he snapped
They've been lying 10 us telling
US one thing and doing another.
The law strips War Manpower
Chief Paul V. McNutt OF all an
thority over Selective Service AMI
transfers final control to Hershey
It's enactment raised the prospect
that McNu,t might resign in pro
test, but he declined comment or
that possibility.
Immediately after the White
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-11
.aziis Pounded
in Russia,
Italy
~ y, l,'sr9arlonsl Ner, ser, ,e.'

tRv international Sevs ssrticel
Allied airmen appeared deter
mined today 10 apply The torch to
the Balkans additionally the
powder keg" OF Europe" with a
view toward blasting these sstel.
lite nations out OF the war.
A reports emanating from the
occupied an we'll as neutral coun.
tries told OF panic and war-wesr!-
ness In Bulgaria and Hungary, so.
fla underwent a poa eriul two hour
Allied attack yesterday. A. ~.
suit. evacuation of nOn-essentlal
civilians vas reported under threat
OF exceedingly drastic measures
The attack. apparently carried
out by African based American
planes. was directed against tho
Citys strategic railroad Yards. How.
ever, the raiders also Interrupted
a session OF the Bulgarian govern
ment party. meeting less than a
mile from the target area.
According TO the German DNH
agency. deputies OF all parties in
secret session attacked the govern
ments foreign policy" which is
that OF continued AXIS allegiance.
Extensive damage was inflicted
on the Bulgarian capital by Tho
raiders. who struck IN three waves,
the German overseas agency con-
ceded. Despite the statement that
violent" antl.Arcraft opposition
was hurled against the attackers.
the Nazi agency made no claim OF
shooting down any Allied planes
The latest Sofia raid. third on
that city. was described as the hehv.
lest yet directed against the Bulgsr
capital
Meanwhile reports told Of Hun
! garlan efforts 10 escape similar
( pummelings by the Allied air
forces. Negotiations preached hY
! the Ambassador from Budapest IN
the Vatican we're said 10 be under
way, with the hungarian confer.
ees seeking to spare all their towns
from air raids.
London suburbs underwent raid
by Nazi bombers which damaged a
number OF houses along the Thames
Estuary. Four OF The German raid
erS who also bombed 2 convent.
were shot down aud none succeed.