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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

your nearest of kim"
* * &
The war was over. Killers
death had finished il. And the
corporal who had helped to
lay the body well and truly
underground was describing the
funeral.
THE Germans put the coffin
down Is times" he said.
twenty-five finss7" echoed
his listeners. What for?"
"Eneores." said the corporal.
~, * * .
Adolf Hitler took sick one day
and none of his retinue of physi-
clans could determine the cause of
his ailment. In desperation they
summoned a fine old Jewish doc
tor, who had been driven from his
practice. The doctor examined
the Fuehrer with carefully con-
cealed loathing and, in later con-
sultation with his own special
lists, remarked that the only cure
for him was bathing.
"What kind of bathing?" asked
the mystified medicos.
"Submerge him completely in
the bath twice." said the old Jew
ish doctor, as he reached for his
hat, sand take him out once"
A Gestapo agent heard an old
man in occupied Norway talking
to a friend. You may say all you
plsass against Killers soldiers"
he declared. hut personally. I'd
rather work for 10 Germans than
one Norwegian"
Tho elatsd agent stopped and
asked the old man his occupation
Il am 4 srave.disssr." was the
reply.
x$x
In q small town In Kansas q
few members Of the church con.
gregation found 4 way to keep
their long.windsd preacher from
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

The success of the War Fund
drive is evidence Of the Christian
content of American people. The
fund will be used for great
humanitarian cause, the helping
to those who through no fault of
their own have been rendered
destitute. They are innocent VIC
tins of the war. The giver to the
War Fund is helping his neigh
Dor in need. His reward will be
the approval Of his conscience be-
cause none of the hapless thou
sands whom the fund viii help
will ever see him face to face.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25
THANKSGIVING IN WAR

Is there one in Kennewick to
ask why we should give thanks
this year In sorry world? The
list is long indeed, this matter
Of blessings, whether in time Of
war or peace, Of danger or safety.
In the days Of the Pilgrims, when
the first Thanksgiving was OBJ
served in 1921, the festival did
not find them surrounded by pri-
vileges and opportunities without
peril and privation to accompany
them. They were refugees, had
had their faith tried on every
hand, suffered and toiled to make
a living in this new land. Their
devotion to cause, their courage
to surmount obstacles, their en-
ergy to overcome their enemies,
all lead to our present Thanks
giving. We too have had lessons
in privations, suffered death in
our midst at the hands of enemies,
found purses touched by heavy
demands, been upset by criticism,
and known injustice. But should
we pass by this Thanksgiving and
wait until peace and harmony is
established before we continue
our prayers of thankfulness for
blessings?
Our stomachs have not suffered
from hunger, we have not lost
our rights in education and wor-
ship. We have had less in lux
uries and certain privileges and
opportunities. We still have the
basic idea of the Pilgrim Fathers
as our guide and our right. This
was carved out for us never to
be destroyed. We will not con-
cede one inch in thankfulness,
be not one whit less grateful for
democracy, tolerance, church wor-
ship, educational advantages, will
not cease struggling to overcome
prejudice and bigotry. The
Thanksgivings Of past years have
found us pretty self-satisfied with
ourselves and our nation, might
even be called SNUG in our atti-
tude. We are better able now to
give reverant praise and deep
est thanks for our wonderful
beneficence and pray to be wor-
thy of the happiness and JOY to
be had in a great country built
by brave men and watched over
by a just God.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

mailing in November if we want
to play safe and sure. No matter
how important are gifts and cards
to keep up morale, even at Christ
mas time the movement Of war
materials, war personnel and the
usual military mail, will 60 first.
We only have just so much trans
portation. So let's hurry and be
about our gift wrapping.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

One of the big things to anti
cipate after the war is the num-
Der of new and better things
that will be brought out by in
dustry. The engineering depart
ment of every big industry has
plans ahead Of many new and
beautiful and useful things that
will be brought out after the war.
Industrially peace will bring a
new world.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25
STILL PLUGGING

The fact still remains that we
can't let up in our duty to our
country, our boys, ourselves.
Over-confidence and we slacken
in buying war bonds, gathering
scrap to give to steel mills who
are sorely in need of it, turning
in fat for explosives, keeping mill
tary news to ourselves, seeing pro-
duction continues without a halt,
doing away with waste, buying
just what we need, paying no
more than lawful, ending black
markets and collecting papers and
magazines. Such things as over
confidence coal strikes, politi-
cal jealousies, can make this
country suffer. The war is not
over, effort must be exerted to
keep up the good fight-but with
the enemy and not among our
selves. None of us in Kennewick
must relix or withdraw until the
peace is a certainty.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

It is desirable that a certain
amount Of postwar planning be
done in an international and a
local way, but just now the big
gest problem facing this country
is the prospect of rising prices
and attendant initiation. Let no
one be deceived initiation is not
prosperity. We may think that
it is at the time but in the end
it wipes out all its gains and
more. It is worth making some
sacrifice to prevent initiation.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

We read that hundreds of mill
lions of people in the world have
never had enough to eat, that
most of the time they are con-
scious Of the pangs Of real hum
ger, something that few if any
Americans know. It appeals to
US, and we don't think that is
starry eyed dreaming, that one
of the projects in the postwar
world should be to alleviate this
condition. We do not mean by
gifts of money or food but by
teaching these people a better
way. There surely must be q
better way. If we feed hungry
person we have done a good deed
for that day, but if we teach a
hungry people a better way, to
feed themselves, we have not only
done a good deed for that day
but for all time. This earth is
capable of providing all the food
that all is people need. The
thing to do is to teach them
how to do it, to show them that
it is not necessary to be hungry,
that there is plenty for all if
they but make the effort to pro-
vide it. This appeals to us as a
good postwar project because it
will make a better and happier
world.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

America will come out Of this
war greater than ever. Americans
will not only have shown them
selves the finest fighters in the
world, but they will have earned
the gratitude Of millions Of op-
pressed peoples who will never
forget that the men Of this great
democracy championed their
cause, the right Of their way Of
life.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

The successful outcome Of the
Moscow conference is the worst
blow that has befallen Hitler since
the outset of the war. The Nazi
propagandists can explain away
most Of their other defects but
they can't explain away the Mos
cow conference.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

According to a survey made by
the Fortune magazine the people
Of this country believe that the
farmers deserve the greatest
amount of credit for the way they
have handled their end Of the
war effort.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

The people Of Germany may
think that they yet have chance
to win the war but we doubt
that there Is q leader in all Of
Germany who doesn' realize that
Hitler's cause is lost and that
the Nazi Jig is up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25

Grating too long. They g.,
watermelon wal raN. before IL. =, ss,, y
alnner after church Is ou sa'ss''
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-11-25
So Of EN-

a recent survey dise,o..s .
: "a. A,.. y. :. American bon. s :
a total OF s. hangers. ,sor. y
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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12
Westchester County, N. Y,
Finances Its Defense Bills

Towns in Westchester county,
wealthy residential suburban district
near New York city, will finance
their local war defense bills with
county money for the rest of the
year.
At the recommendation of the
Westchester War council, the county
board Of supervisors voted 5000, 900
appropriation to be allocated ac-
cording to tax contributions to the
county's 10 towns and six cities for
wartime protection of life and prop
erty. Under the state emergency
act Of 1941, no town is permitted to
appropriate more than $1,000 for
civilian protection costs, though
cities and villages are not limited.
The towns and cities must repay
the county out Of the next tax levy,
with interest. If the 5000, 900 appro-
priation does not cover all needed
expenditures, more money will be
appropriated before the year is out.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12
Record Production Fats,
Oils Expected During '43

Production of fats and oils from
domestic materials is expected to
total nearly IL billion pounds in 1913,
greatly exceeding all previous rec
ords. Requirements for domestic
fats and oils also will be larger than
ever before, rejecting the loss Of
imports of coconut palm, and tung
oils from the Far East and the large
exports of lard and domestic vege-
table oils under lend-leaSe. The
United States has shifted recently
from the position of net importer to
that Of net exporter of fats and oils.
The per capita supply of food fats
and oils for civilian use in 1943
probably will be about as large as
the average for recent years. But
with industrial employment and in
come increasing, and with retail
price ceilings in effect, the quantity
demanded may be moderately larg-
er than the available supply. A con-
siderable reserve exists, however, in
wasted meat fat, much Of which
could be recovered in the kitchen
for use in cooking.
To provide a strategic reserve
supply Of primary fats and oils, the
War Production board recently is
sued an order restricting the use Of
these commodities by major manu-
facturers to specified percentages Of
the 1940-41 average use. The manu-
facture Of butter and lard is not af-
fected by the order. The use Of fats
in the manufacture of edible prod
ucts for military use and all prod
ucts for lend-lease also is unrestrict-
ed. Factory and warehouse stocks
Of fats and oils, which have declined
in the past two years to less than
two billion pounds, are expected to
be built up to about three million
pounds in the next 10 or IL months.
An additional 300 or 400 million
pounds of fats probably will be held
in reserve for future contingencies
in the form of uncrushed soybeans.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12
Dynamite Helps Make Food

Because Of dynamite, American
farmers can grow more wartime
foods, feeds, fbers, and fats by i'm
proving farm lands through ade-
quate drainage. The labor shortage
is causing farmers to use more Of
their most fertile land, some Of
which has not been in cultivation
because Of poor drainage. Agricul-
tural explosive experts point out
that dynamite is less expensive and
far more available for use in ex-
cavating bitches than are labor,
power shovels, shovel teeth, truck
bodies, and replacement parts for
manpower-using equipment. To
blast a given length Of ditch, only
enough manpower and time are
needed to make the holes and
place the cartridges. Stumps, boul-
ders, and sunken logs-so difficult
to remove by hand or even by ma
chine-are thrown high in the air
by dynamite. New and fertile top
soil is usually added to nearby area.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12

husband for this mOmentary fancy.
break up your home and leave your
j. R.: have farmed for the past
20 years and made a good living.
My wife is trying to encourage me
to leave the farm and go to work
in a defense plant. I know how to
farm but I don't know how to work
in defense plant. What should I
do?
Ans: AlthO there is a vital de-
mand for defense workers at this
time, there is equally demand for
farmers. You haven't made an aw-
full lot of money for the past 20
years, but you have made a good
living, paid for a home and edu-
Gated your children. Stick to your
farm and do your country a great
er service.
M. R.: Ny child has given me
considerable trouble in public
schools this whole year. I am think
ing of taking her out after this
semester and putting her in a pri-
vate school. Do you think this
would encourage her mischievous
traits or would it help her?
Ans: A change sometimes proves
turning point in a child's life. At
any rate, it is well worth trying.
The private school has just as much
to offer as public schools and your
child will probably be given more
attention as they are less crowded.
New associates will also have a
tendency to bring about a re-
newed interest.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12

M. A. j.: I have boy friend in
the army. He was home on fur
Tough a few weeks ago. We were
supposed to get married, but due
to my condition, he thought it was
best to wait until I am well. Now
do you think this was the only rea-
son he had for putting it off?
Ans: am convinced that he
used good judgment when he post
pOned the wedding. Had you mar
ried him while he was on furlOugh,
you would probably have insisted on
living with him, which would endan-
gered his health as well as yours to
some extent. 1t is better that you
remain in a sanitarium- until you
are pronounced well than to run
the risk of relapse.
A. G.: I have been married one
month and my husband likes to run
around. Does he like the girl
think he does Should leave him
Ans: Give your marriage a fair
trial before deciding anything def
mite. He was a play-bOy before he
married and he still wants to play.
The many girls he knew then don't
make it very easy for him to stop.
The fact that he chose you in pref
erence to these other girls should
prove something to you. You are
making a mistake to sit at home
and pOut about his running around.
What you need to do is to dixie out
and insist that he carry you along
with him. No, he doesn't particu-
larly like the girl you have in mind.
She is just an amusing companion
to have fun with and you can be
just as amusing.
XII: I am working at the pres
ent, but I feel that I could get fur
Their in life if I take a course of
study. I have decided upon account
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12

ing and / intend to enter night
school Immediately. Is a man of
SO too old to learn?
Ans: You never get too old to
learn something new. A course in
accounting will help you in the line
of work you are in right now and
it may mean your only chance for
advancement in pay. You are a
good bOOkkeeper, but there is still
a great deal more to be learned
about this type of work. By all
means take this course.
T. F.: am AZ years old, neat
and nice looking. Recently, met
soldier on the train and fell in
love with him. He writes that he
loves me and wants me for his
wife. I am so confused. Tell me
if I should accept him or not?
Ans: You have carried your
game far enough. Now it is time
to take up to facts. 1t isn't love
you feel for this fellow. You are
only fiattered at his attention,
thinking you can regain your lost
youth. He in turn is flattered at a
more experienced wOman's atten.
tiOns. You would be foolish to
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12
Djedeida Rail Junction

Djedeida, Tunis, is an impor-
tant rail junction between the Tuni-
sian capital and the naval base Of
Bizerte to the north. It is Is miles
west from Tunis on the railroad
which extends across North Africa
to Casablanca, Morocco.
The town is on the right bank Of
Medjerda, chief Of Tunisian rivers,
which cuts the zigzag course through
the mountains followed by the rail-
way and highway, says the National
Geographic society. In centuries
past this river silted up the historic
gulf of Utica. At Djedeida is a
dam, built in 1922, to impound the
mountain waters of the river which
in times Of drouth may decrease to
one-tenth of per cent of its maxi
mum volume. Water is thus stored
for irrigation. The irrigated fields
about Djedeida are fertile and well
cultivated.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12
Notary Public
Announcement

Maceo V. Littlejohn, attorney
at law, 4431s Rondo Ave-, st. Paul,
has announced that he has secured
his notarial seal. His commission
will expire Feb. 2, 1850.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12
Trains Going East

East-bound trains make their last
crossing Of the Medjerda river at
Djedeida, Tunisia. On to the east,
at the arches of the ancient aque-
duct Of Carthage, restored by the
Moors in the 18th century and still
several miles long, the railroad
passes from the Medjerda valley
down onto the undulating plain Of
Tunis. Beyond the villas of Manou-
ba, east Of Djedeida, is LIE Bardo,
long the winter home Of the beys Of
Tunis. Their ornate palaces over
looked the old city of Tunis, with its
gulf and shipping. At LIE Bardo
was the Palace of the Harem, since
restored for use as a museum; and
the Palace Of the Beys. Building
material from many Of the ruined
buildings-several palaces, homes
Of court officials, baths and bar
racks-has gone largely into harbor
Improvements at Tunis.
Private Green, M. d.
James c. Green, at 80, is a Fellow
of the American College of Sur
geons. Before he entered the army
he was a practicing surgeon at the
North Mississippi Community hos.
pital, in Tupelo, for five years. Dur.
ing that time he estimates he per.
formed about 300 operations.
Yet, despite his youth and profess
sional qualifications, and despite the
acute shortage of doctors in and out
of the service, Green is private in
the Camp Berkeley, Texas, Medical
Replacement Training Center -
learning how to make splints and
apply tourniquets.
He had been turned down when he
applied for a commission at Fourth
Service Command headquarters in
Atlanta.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12
Hello Folks:


We were really pleased to re-
ceive the many lovely Valentines
that some of our readers sent US.
They were sincerely appreciated
and thanks again to those fine boys
and soldier lads who sent them. :.
Have you heard that a certain st.
Paul coed (whose brother is in the
armed forces) has gone through
her army brothers civilian
clothes" and has had four of his
fine drape and "zoot" suits cut and
re-made into spring suits for her
self. (And when her brother found
out did he ever blow his top down
in one of the Southern army
camps.) -.
Newsy lettings:
Did you know PERCY HUGHES
and LOUISE NEAL plan to get
married sometime this week? {.
EVERETT Lucky" HARRIS
dropped Sal a card from out on
the West Coast where he's work
ing. Lucky" says he's really en-
Toying the balmy weather out there
but he misses his Twin City friends.
.. Just heard from o. DONALD
SMITH of St. Paul (and formerly
California;, who is now with the
U. S. Navy at Great Lakes Train
ing Station. Donald tells me that
he was one of the four boys out of
a group of 1000 to be selected from
the school to take up the Metal
smith Course at Hampton Institute,
Va. He also says that MAX
HALL, CHEF JOHNSON and AL
BERT WRIGHT all send their best
regards to Sal and their other Twin
City friends. Donald casually re-
marked" that he and the other boys
spend their Sundays at the canteen
and reception room listening to the
swing bands and watching the pref
ty women visitors come in and out.
(And boy, how they love that :. {.
It won't be long now before o. C.
HENRY BOWMAN, who is attend
ing Officers Candidate School in
Florida, becomes a full-fedged
Lieutenant. Bowman, after gradu-
alton, will probably go back to
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-02-12

Tuskegee Institute, at which time
wife Caroline, who is in st. Paul,
will possibly join him. Have
you heard that one of our very
popular st. Paul army boys (who
couldn't be hooked by any local las
sies) and who is stationed some
where out in Casablanca, Africa,
has fallen for a cute Casablanca
dancing lass and intends to bring
her back to the Twin Cities, if pos
sible, at the end of the war. 6.
The Phyllis Wheatley House gave
a buffet supper and dancing party
for the cast of "Porgy and Bess."
Charming ETA MOTEN attended
the supper, but had to dash off be-
fore getting a chance to be intro
duced to some of the Twin Citians
who came out. Our own JUNE
(Songbird) HAWKINS was at the
party looking grand and were her
many friends glad to see her. You
know June is Eta Moten's under
study and a member of the chorus
and she was given the opportunity
to play the leading role of "Bess"
on Tuesday night and did June ever
make hit. The show has created
quite a bit of excitement round
the two towns and has been on the
"must see" list for many of our
local folks. Clayton Hughes and
Lorna Marmon are announcing
their marriage which took place a
couple of months ago.
Song of the Week:
The tune that seems to be get
ting the Twin Citians these days
is not exactly a new one but a
mighty sweet one, "Blue and Sen
timental," especially when Count
Basie's Orchestra dishes it out. E.
A Short Tale of Two Cities:
There's triple trouble going on
in a certain st. Paul family's home
have you heard? Well, anyway,
our story revolves round a very
handsome man Gin his late thirties)
and his wife (who is in her forties) J.
They haven't been married very
long but so far seem to be getting
along quite well. That is, there's
been harmony in the home until
our wife decided to have her young
daughter (of a former marriage
and who's been making her home
down South with her grandmother
come up to make her home with
her. To come to the point, the
young girl (who's in her twenties)
has fallen madly in love with her
step-father, and the step-father
has fallen for her. Our wife has
just recently found out what trick
fate is playing on her and she's
really in a muddle not knowing
what to do or which way to turn
before things become unbearable in
the home. Our wife's problem is
this: What should she do? You
know she loves both parties in
volved. What would you do? Well,
anyway, give it little thought.
Well, friends, I'll have to be dash
ing along, but I'll be around again
this same time next week.
Your Pal,
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Coffee Pot Method: Put ground coffee in
freshly boiling water. Let the beverage boil up
twice. Then set pot on low flame sufficient to
asitate coffee for five minutes.
PercoIator Method: Use fine grind. Bring
water to boil before placing coffee basket in per-
colator. Let it percolate Eve to eight minutes.