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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Dean Advises Workers Be
n Given Personality Test

Need for new types of personality
tests to show why workers are or
are not fitted for certain types of
: employment was pointed out by the
dean of the school of education,
Pennsylvania State college. =.
"a large proportion of workers
who are fired from industrial jobs
are well trained and fully able to do
their work, but they have PERSONAL
ty difficulties" Dean Trabue said
recently in speaking before the Ma
tional Vocational Guidance associa-
ton meeting in San Francisco. Mel
Their interviews nor letters of recon-
mendation give adequate indications
of the necessary personality traits,
he explained. The interviewer own
personality often interferes with an
objective estimate, and different in
reviewers frequently disagree about
the applicants tqualifica atoms. SINH
lar objections. can be made to rec
concentrations, " zt.--.. T..
While number of good personali-
ty tests have, been devised, Dean
Trabue declared that some of these
merely attempt to discover abnor-
malities and completes rather than
fitness for particular job. Relia-
BILE tests which give more informa-
ton about normal workers in cur
rent industrial occupations would
undoubtedly contribute to greater eff
ficiency in our war effort. -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Army BUYS Race Horses

Horses which once thrilled the
crowds at Santa Anita race track
in California, and ponies which thun-
dered across the polo fields have
nowoj Joined the army. the war de-
partment announced. Nine horses,
the pick of more than 125 recently
inspected at the Santa Anita track
by the. remount division of the
quartermaster corps were pur-
chased for about $500 each and will
be sent to various depots throughout
the country to he used for breeding
purposes. Following the outbreak
of war, horse racing was abandoned
on the West coast, and many own.
ers offered to sell their stables to
the war department. The remount
division is planning to, purchase
more race horses for breeding pur-
poses. .-r go zssr. So II
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Need More Workers in
Surgical Dressing Class

Mrs. Bob Brown and Mrs. Gene
Spaulding, who attended school at
the Red Cross headquarters in Yak
ina recently, where they received
instructions in making surgical
dressings are holding classes We'd
nesday mornings and afternoons,
Thursday afternoons and Friday
afternoons and evenings in the Red
Cross. rooms. Only certain num-
Der can be enrolled in each class
due. to the size of the room avail
able for this work Several of the
classes are not full and anyone
desiring to take this course is asked
to get in touch with Mrs. Bob
Brown. Due to the gas and tire
situation it Is best to call or see
Mrs. Brown before attending class
as she can give information con-
corning the classes that are not
filled. There is room for more work
ers in several of the classes. There
is, great necessity at the present
time for surgical dressing and any
one who can possibly take the time
is asked to consider taking these
lessons. a.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Marine Describes His
First Look at Infinity'

The earth resembles relief map
from liz miles in the sky, accord
ing to Lieut.. Col. Chester L. Ford
ney of the marine corps.
Colonel Fordney, who made trip
into the stratosphere with Com
mander T. G. w. Settle, navy bal
loonist, in 1888. says that no rivers.
lakes or highways were visible but
that mountains could be distin-
guished.
AT times we would lose the
image of the earth far below. us, 4"
said Colonel Fordney. Clouds
looked like a white carpet with blue
toward the horizon.
"The stratosphere sky is beau
tiful blue as one looks into the space
above. 1t was so inspiring that I
later described it as my first look
at infinity. 1t was a sight that gave
me my first real conception of
space"
Colonel Fordney reports that the
radiant energy of the sun is so in
tense in the stratosphere that out
side temperature at the top of the
balloons gondola, which was paint
ed white, a color that reflects heat,
was exactly zero, while at the bot
tom of the gondola, which was
painted black, color that absorbs
heat, the temperature reading was
104.5 degrees above zero.
There was no sensation of motion
in the stratosphere although the in
struments showed the balloon was
rising at a speed of 100 miles an
hour after passing the $4,000 foot
mark, where the stratosphere be-
gins, the marine corps officer stated.
Descent from the peak began as
gas in the balloon cooled and con-
tracted. The balloon dropped from
the $4,000 mark to 800 feet in 40
minutes, or at a speed three times
as great as that of modern ex-
press passenger elevator.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21

The Courier-R Reporter
invites our readers toll
write or phone in
news of service men
for use in this column.

he's moved to a much nicer country.
This is small town where every
body knows everybody else and what
he's doing and has done for the past
20, years. They're really a swell
bunch of people They don't have
barracks room enough for all of us
so some of us are staying in private
homes. This is pretty easy but I
think I can say and Bob Mills or
Mervin Michner will say the same,
the three of us went through one of
the toughest and best airplane me-
chanics schools in the U. S. at
Sheppard Field, Texas.
I saw Bill Hoppy's letter in the
paper where he was dreaming of a
white Christmas. Well think quite
few of us missed that this year
although our commanding officer at
Mcclellan Field, Calf, tried to
make Christmas more pleasant for
us by hauling in several truck loads
of snow which was put around our
big Christmas tree.
I also saw by your paper Wallace
Scott was in Iowa. He might not be
so far from here. I'm only out of st.
Louis, Mo-, a short distance.
Well thanks a lot for your always
interesting paper. The folks have
helped me in keeping up by sending
the issues I missed. a.%a - H. 4
Hoping to see you all next Christ
mas, or sooner, I am,
Sincerely yours, ,s
q ii e.. :.4--~G's ,xJTrS rrppr-c
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Michigan Building Bees,

Old-fashioned building bees" to
encourage the improvement of rural
shelter in the cut-over section of
northern Michigan are being encour-
aged by the U. S. department of
agriculture The idea is to demon
strate to low-income farmers how
rundown properties can be i'm
proved at small cost when neigh
bors work together. .ss-.
A companion plan calls for the
finding of part-time employment for
those farmers whose land cannot
adequately support the family.
Farmers will be encouraged to seek
outside income through part-time
employment in reforestation, in fire
control. and in numbering on public
ly or privately owned lands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21

Dear Mr.. Reed: - s,g ~, 49, -,
I received your. morale building
paper while at Sheppard Field and
off and on since then.
I've been doing quite a lot of
moving around since left Shop
pard Field but think I'll be here
for quite a little while. Y
After finishing specialist course
at Douglas aircraft plant I was sent
with buddie of mine to Sacra-
mento air depot, but found we were
not expected and besides that they
had about twice too many A. Ms,
so I with five other fellows were
sent to a portable oxygen generator
school. It probably doesn't sound
like much but that's what keeps our
pilots above the Axis.
This country IS. pretty nice of
which Mr.. Coates always told of but
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Library News

The public is invited to use n,
reading table at the library wbsr
books, current magazines and Sew,
al papers may be enjoyed. A Va
service, just made available 10 !.
irons Of the library through n.
purchase of Readers Guide.D -.
ableS them to locate valuable NJ.
terial which has appeared in mao
zine articles.
The librarian will apprecias
copies Of Readers Digest for Tan
uary, October, and November IO.,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Dear Mr.. Reed.

Dear Mr.. Reed: =
Eve been receiving your paper
at Camp Cr0Wder, Mo. / really en-
joyed it a lot. 1t. is. very nice to
receive it when out in the fields in
maneuvers and the training areas.
/ was transferred here the 26th day
of December. Had very nice trip.
Also nice scenery all the way, espe-
cially through New Mexico.
We are training all we can right
now. But really don't care to drill
here in the sand Believe me it is
hard on the feet. But think of
what the boys over there are doing
and take it OK. We are moving
across one of these days. The rest
of the th is over there somewhere.
They can talk of sunny Cal, but
itlgets little cool herein the morn
ing in these pup tents. :, They gave
us a surprise gas attack yesterday.
I really realize that gas mask
comes in mighty handy. It was just
training and thank the Lord it just
was too. z guess ia better close
and get some shut-eye, for $50
comes early for us. =.
Yours truly, , ~. =. .' -
Pvt. JESSE r. ALBEE
PS Excuse the writing for the lights
go uot in a few, minutes, Thanks.
! y +. } . 80 4.
again for the paper. ...| selr. ,. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Highlands at Top
In Per Acre
Crop Production
CONTINUED From Page

Continued From Page -
Sl18!484 or at the rate of Sl50.17
per acre.
There were 287 acres of mint
grown on the Highlands last year
which brought in S59,199 or at the
rate of s2o6.27 pei acre. Other small
fruits, of which there are $50 acres
produced tonnage of 5,80o,08
pounds-a total of S157,973 in cash
or at the rate of s239.35 per acre
An acre each in asparagus plants
and pi1ms were the smallest items
reported, with two acres to paprika
on which no report was made.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Daughter Entertains
In Honor of Mother

Highlands-Mr. and Mrs m
Higley entertained Sunday for \,
G. H. Meyer, honoring her bisss
day. Those present were Mr. aa' ~
Mrs. G. II. Meyer, and the E,s 49,
family. During the day Mrs NJ.
received a long distance cali 49, 49,
her daughters and families 49,
Claude Taylor Of Puyallup NJ
Jewel Slaybaugh OF Seattle ~
Jewel Slaybaugh family was IN :.
attic at the Taylor home, and -
two families, talked by long distas.
wishing Mrs. Meyer a happy Dirt.
day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Dealer Pays and Pays
For the Same Old Scrap

COLUMBUS, ,NEB.-Sam Kavich,
scrap dealer, had to pay twice for
this junk.
=. About % years ago the Columbus
Light, Heat and Power company sold
two engines to Kavich, who stripped
them of removable parts and buried
the remaining heavy pieces which
he couldn't handle.
Scrap hunters, however, recently
dug up the heavy pieces and sold
hem to Kavich again.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Notes Of Benton
County Men in
the Armed Forces
CONTINUED from Page u

service want them to receive the
best medical attention, so do not
think the dispensing Of health saw
ing and life saving medicine should
be put in capable, hands? If you
do, please tell your congressman to
vote for the Durham Reynolds bill,
which is to create a Pharmacy Corp
in the Army, to see that the soldiers
receive the proper medicines, by
men who have been fully trained
by at least four years of schooling
along that line. : @,'f:!' -. =:
With best wishes, I am, III. p. -.
; Very truly yours,
Pvt. Winston Lee Holcomb
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Whipping Post in Maryland

The customary punishment of
whipping as penalty for crime,
part Of the common law of England,
was adopted by Maryland in its first
constitution in 1776 and continued
through all successive constitutions
of the state down to the constitution
of 1864, and then it was removed
from the statute books, not by direct
appeal, but by force of the Consti-
tutional Amendment abolishing
slavery. Ill
The only crime for which the whip
ping post can be applied in Mary
land now is for brutal assault on
wife, under the Act of 1882, chapter
120. codified in 1889 code, section
IL, article "a.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
Mrs. Carl Hess Leaves
To Join Husband

Highlands-Mrs. Carl Hess (Dayle
Lewis) and little daughter Karen
Jean left Wednesday morning for
Corvallis, Oregon to join her flus-
band Cpl Carl Hess, who is sta
toned at Camp Adair near Corvallis.
Mrs. Harvey Larsen (zola Shat
tuck) accompanied Mrs. Hess to
assist her in getting settled.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21

The Family Circle Magazine
is designed for your family's
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for the taking each Tuesday.
Timely articles, up-to-the-
minute movie reviews, special
recipes, household hints and
other interesting features are
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each Tuesday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21
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Information

SUGAR-Use stamp no. 10 good
for pounds. Expires Jan. 81. 43.
COFFEE-Use ration stamp no.
%. Good for pound of coffee
from books of those Is years and
older. Expires February 8, 1913.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21

Donald Bishop took the final de-
gree in the Odd Fellow lodge Mon
day night.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21

Raw silk produced in japan in 9
recent month weighed nearly $780,
600 pounds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21

Assorted Lunch Meat, lib. BE
Salt Pork lib. 2Sc
Halibut .. lib. 35c
Black Cod 49,. lib. 3Sc
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-01-21

sSS1'Ne,IIlpfy 70. PfCVVy II1Ct u
which Mr.. Coates always told of but
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
+. The
.AckIinite
SOFTBALL TEAM

SOFTBALL TEAM
Acklin Unit is planning on en-
tering a team in the Local II soft
ball league this year. Last year
our team finished in good position
in relation to our size shop, and
this year we hope to do lot better.
PERSONALS
Joe Garch went to Rockford, H.,
to visit his son in the Army.
Tony Nrbaniak, Ed Jefferieg.
Tom Urbaniak and Ruth Young
are all on the sick list. Hope they
all have speedy recovery.
Bertha Leu is grandma. She had
a granddaughter born at Wauseon
Memorial Hospital, April 10. Hi,
Granny!
Earl Hopkins left for Chicago to
join the Merchant Marine. Here's
wishing Earl a lot of luck and
smooth sailing.
Hats off to Frank Woods, who
is doing good job as committee
man. Frank is raising a large
family and that's all to the good if
the kids all turn out to be fine
folks like their father.
Brother Yankee is ticket taker on
the speedway"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
THANKS
City Machine
and Tool
THE BIG WIND

IHE BIG WIND
Louis Dullinger, the big butter
and egg man Of our shop, had
tough luck last week when the
wind blew his barn off its founda-
ton. The same storm unroofed
part Of Harlem Rosenberg's house.
Rosie is still convalescing from
recent illness.
Red Bialecki, the Sports Quiz
Kid, is the proud holder of the
trophy for holding high single
bowling average for the season re-
Gently closed.
John Wenzel, who is raising car
rier pigeons for Uncle Sam, went
home last Friday and it wasn't
TO raise carriers.
Ground around the shop is being
plowed up for Victory Gardens.
Anyone desiring space may have it.
The company is taking care of
the plowing. All we need do is
plant and take care of the ground.
Fair enough, isn't it?
Emil (Farmer) Lermen doesn't
take any chances when he goes
fishing. He never brags about how
big the ones were he caught but
brings them in to show the boys.
There's a difference between being
a teller of fish stories and a fish
erman.
Donald Werning left for Camp
Perry last Saturday afternoon.
Jack Green sure knows his
horses. In his weekly sports re-
view he picked Count Fleet to win
the Derby. Now come on, Jack,
and tell US what month in 1943 the
war will end. BY the way, Jack,
do you know if it takes any more
gasoline TO drive to see automobile
races than it does horse races?
Horse racing is permitted TO go on,
but auto races are out for the dur
alton. How come?
White
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
Why l Write
Poetry
Perhaps I wasn't given

Perhaps | wasn't given
The brains to run state,
Perhaps my rhymes too humble
That ever / be great.
But when the showers of April
Showered down to welcome me
To this world long ago
They gave me poetry.
At least they made me love it
/ pass it on to you,
And if it makes you happy
1t makes me happy too.
The words | fashion simply
And often from the heart,
From things / see about me
Along life's teeming mart.
l love my Imagination,
To see a phrase unfold;
'Tis like miner digging
He's sure there will be gold.
I'm handling out these nuggets
In verse they call 'em gems;
They may not be poetry
At least they are my whims.
So if you read my verses
Or over them do scan,
Please remember that for you
I'm doing the best l can.
So if | wasn't given
The brains to run state,
I'm glad that l was given
A love-for love is great.
DON PARSON,
"The Bard of Flatrock." :"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
National
SuppyNeus
AROUND THE SHOP
By Shorty Stager

Paul Welton, since his election as
committeeman, is rumored to be
trying to carry out his duties as
executive at home. Any success,
fran!
Pappy Morgan doesn't play poker
any more because he doesn't trust
his luck to hold out. Get it? Can't
win to buy Nanny Morgan's good
graces.
Wonder if Rush Cannon will
cash his checks at Mann's after
this. Strange faces a guy sees there
at times :. or something.
Chuck Balls parks his motor
cycle in the kitchen for safe keep
ing and then locks the kitchen
door. So his wife had to come to
the plant to get the key from
Chuck, who hasn't got priority
number to get another one made.
Bill (Roly Poly) Spencer is be-
ginning to worry about where he
is going to get the coils to run his
outboard motor this summer with
Riley's filling station closed.
Harold Jones and the rest of the
Grandma Bullard operators can't
understand why the younger gen
Grafton is so much brighter than
they are. They can't figure out,
for instance, why Leader Roy Trim
mer operates a Carlton unless it
is to keep him in trim until the
wars over, and he will have TO go
back to work.
Tim Dew, Dept. Sc, is the proud
father of a nine-pound baby girl.
Lots of luck to both the mother
and baby.
Charlie Fleck, Dept. 40, set a
mark for the rest of the shop to
shoot at when he purchased a $500
War Bond. Congratulations, Char
lie!
That reminds me to tell you the
company is going to issue War
Bonds through the Toledo plant
soon and everybody will be able
to purchase them on the pay roll
deduction plan.
IMPORTANT
Don't forget! Our Unit meetings
are the second Thursday and fourth
Sunday of each month. I'll be see
ing you then. Shorty.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
Davis Makes
War on Kids

WASHINGTON (FP)-Issued in
the name of Food Distributor Roy
Hendrickson shortly after Chester
Davis took office over all food dis
tribution and production, an order,
partially effective April 80, and
totally by June 80, will deprive
100000 school children of lunch
es and milk. They got nutritive
lunches for 10c and 100000 chill
dren got half pint of milk for a
penny or nothing.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
VISA Accepts Union Sub
Menace Combat Plon

NEW YORK (FP)-The War
Shipping Administrations agree
ment with the request of the
American Communications Associ-
alton (CIO) to employ an addition
al radio operator aboard each mer-
chant ship will help to combat the
submarine menace, the AGA said
April 26.
The AGA, which represents
more than IS per cent of the radio
officers, has been urging the main
tenance of a continuous 24-hour
radio watch as vital safety meas
ure. Only one radio officer has
been employed on each ship main
tanning an 8-hour radio watch.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
WiIIys Seeing Eye

Jumps in his rugs, because he does
not trust putting his money in the
bank. Melvin (better known as
Abe) cashed his check to help a
flower fund donation. Norm tossed
in 8 cents; Abe was stuck for a
cents in cashing the check.
Kid Fay and John Raudebush
are expecting a call from Uncle
Sam, both having their screen test
this week.
We wish all of you brothers and
sisters who are not registered
would do so at 217 Superior st. 1t
will only take a few minutes OF
your time.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
(Ommutator


ABOUT OUR FOLKS
Harold G. Ross set the record in
the bond drive when he paid cash
for his bond. Incidentally, the
bond drive at Commutator was a
success.
Corp. Ed Stoiber made a sur
prise visit to the plant last week.
He has just returned from over
seas and was married April "a.
Coming back home made Tech
nical Sergeant Gus Decola feel
good. He has seen overseas service
and enjoyed his furlough.
Reason for Joe Doyen's strange
behavior has come to light. His
daughter in law presented him
with nice grandchild last week,
and it affected Joe more than it
did the proud father, Bernard
Doyen.
Two more of our girls succumbed
to Cupid's wiles. Rose Bieniek was
married in Chicago, while Jennie
Lehman had the knot tied right
here in Toledo May 1.
Standard Commutator will or
ganize a softball team to play in
the Local IL league. With cooper
alton and enough fellows going out
for the team, there isn't reason
in the world why we can't make it
a success. John Grant
If the girls wish to organize
softball team, John Grant will be
glad to lend them a helping hand.
Everybody was glad to see War
rem Moon back on the job after
long absence due to illness.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
PROMOTIONS

All the employees Of Dept. F and
Engineering were glad to learn OF
the recent promotion in their de-
partments-a promotion that was
the result Of long years Of service
and experience and was not fam
lily affair as everyone believes.
When John Reason gets as many
years in and has as much expert
ence, ne too, will be in line for
promotion.
That's the way the seniority sys-
tenn works for the salaried en-
ployes. You can break the new
boss in and furnish the technical
ability, while he furnishes the
executive ability.
Also, you fellows in the chem
istry laboratory better watch out.
We hear there is budding young
chemist who is apt to start on the
bottom rung of that good old mer-
1t ladder. By the way, why don't
you boys in the lab try bringing
the boss red apple? We'd like
to see some of the pressure taken
off of Kelly so he can smile again
once in a while.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
Unions Moke
Contribution To
British Workers

NEW YORK (FP)--A gift of
$500,000 contributed by CIO, AFL
and railroad unions will be used
to build 10 new war relief prof.
ects for British workers this year,
it was announced here in a joint
statement by President Matthew
Woll of the AFL United Nations
Relief and Chairman Irving Abb
ramson of the CIO War Relief
Committee.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-05-07
WAR WORKERS FROZEN

WASHINGTON (FP) - w a r
workers are virtual. frozen in
their jobs unless they can establish
that they are being underemployed
or that full use of their skills is
not being made, according to an
order issued by War Manpower
Commissioner Paul V. McNutt.