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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Man, it appears, is never salts
fled. Time was when it was con-
|sidered quite a mark of industry
for man to be known as one who
got up in the morning with the
chickens. Modern hen houses are
now equipped with electric lights
that turn on an hour before sum
rise in order to wake the chickens
up an hour earlier.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
In BY-Gone Days
Being Items Culled from Our
Files of Ten, Twenty, Thirty and
Forty Years Ago.
1903

The Columbia Courier for July
1908 states that-The carpenters
have ceased work on the residence
of Amos johnson because of the
non-arrival of windows and other
finishings.
That-Cashier Anon of the Ex-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
Service Man From Coast
Visits Over Sunday

Western Horse Heaven-Mr. and
Mrs. William Messy of Port Town.
send visited relatives here over
Sunday and Monday while Mr..
Messy was home on furlough.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

The present attitude of the coun-
try toward strikes in war plants
may be due to the fact that there
are millions of people in the United
States today who belive to the
point of conviction, that if the gov
ernment can order men to fight
on foreign soil and risk their
lives for a few dollars a month it
can also compel men, living in
safety and security at home, with
their families, to work and pro-
duce the supplies that are needed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
1923

The Kennewick Courier-Report-
er for July IL, 1928 tells us that
Members of the 3-Rivers Growers
association this week received their
last checks on the asparagus pools.
The seasons average price was
$1.51 net to the association, with a
handling charge of 151s cents.
That = Regardless of the fact
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Thirty-five miles an hour is be-
ing generally observed though you
will still find folks whizzing by
you in the old order. It is not the
majority who are so careless with
their tires, gas and patriotism.
There is still the fellow who is
hard to convince and says he could
not drive slowly if his life depend
ed on it, and it usaully does! Many
of us in Kennewick who have COM
piled with the requested 35 mile
speed are seeing more of the seem
cry, taking better care of on lives
and finding this rate a little less
nerve-wracking. When you get
used to it then going over the limit
seems like old-time speeding used
to feel. Some critics are cracking
down on the violators and the re-.
suit is frequently the loss of ration
books. Try the 35-mile gait your
self, in case you haven't tried it,
and you won't mind it, after the
first 10 miles.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

change bank informs us that the
deposits are increasing and that
there seems to be considerabl
money in the country.
That-Moore and Lundy are re-
ceiving sacks and are otherwise
preparing to handle grain for this
section with alacrity and dispatch,
Considerable wheat is expected to
be hauled into town in few days.
That-Char1ey Lum came to
town early Thursday morning for
medical treatment. In the night
he was bitten by an insect, pre-
|sumably a black spider and small
Jumps appeared under the skin
almost all over his body. He is
improving satisfactorily.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
SLOW DOWN

A number of people in every
community rushed in the last day
and bought an extra pair of shoes
that they did not need before
stamp II expired. They defeated
the purpose of rationing. Ration
ing does not require that one buy
the full amount of his merchandise
his stamps will permit. It merely
furnishes a limit above which his
purchases should not 60 and thus
insures everyone getting a share of
the available supply.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Notwithstanding the fear that
prevailed in the beginning that the
rationing program would severely
restrict the amount of food one
could purchase there seems to be
about the same number of over
weight and fat people in every
community.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Congress has taken two or three
matters out of the hands of the
President. When Congress recov-
ers from the burst of rebellion
that prompted the action it will
begin to realize that while it has
rebuffed the President it has also
taken on a job for itself-a job
which it is much easier to criticize
the manner in which some one
else handles it, than it is to have
the responsibility for doing it.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Whatever else we choose for
various reasons to call it, the stop
page or slow down of work in any
critical war industry in this coun-
try is sabotage just as surely and
just as truly as though it were per-
formed by Hitler's hired agents.
These are the very things that the
men and women in the occupied
countries pay with their lives for
doing. Any act by,a Belgian that
reduces the amount of coal mined
for Hitler is regarded as sabotage
and the offender is shot as a sabo-
teur. In like manner any act that
reduces production in a critical
industry in this country is sabo-
tage-there is no other name that
fits it. -1~r. r.. -. -. e.. ~.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

1t has at last been definitely set
tied that the members of the cult
known as Jehovah's Witnesses, do
not have to salute the flag. It
might be well to note that the SUI
preme Court decision only holds
good in America. It is singular
that members of the cult should
refuse to salute the only flag in
the world which gives them the
privilege of saluting or not saluting
it. 7#5 ~ ..@.s .. E1@1E:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Labor leaders might as well
wake up to the fact that the mass
of sentiment the country over is
opposed to stoppage of work in
war plants during the war. There
is a deep rooted feeling that work
should be kept going while diff
ferences are being ironed out, and,
if differences can't be ironed out,
they are not very important diff
ferenceS. - 81
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15
1913

The Kennewick Courier for July
IL 1913 tells us that-This seasons
cherry crop aggregated about 1000
boxes, $500 boxes being shipped by
Northern Express alone. The 1000
boxes estimate is for strictly local
fruit, and many hundred boxes
were shipped from Hedges, Finley
and Hover. The average price for
Bings and Lamberts was 81 to S1.l5
and from rs to IS cents for Royal
AnneSI
That-The total shipment of
strawberries for the season was
IL, 578 crates. The prices were con-
|siderably higher than in any pre-
vious year and the income to the
growers will be $4,000.
That-The Eakin building, one
of the land marks of the town, was
totally destroyed by fire the af-
ternoon of the Fourth.
That-In the tournament at the
courts of the Tennis club last Fri
day and Sunday, L. E. johnson
demonstrated to the youngsters of
the club that they yet have a few
things to learn about welding a
racquet and that a few gray hairs
are not drawback when it comes
to activity and endurance in chas-
ing ball. By steady, consistent
and accurate work, Johnson dis
posed of his opponents without
much trouble, losing but one set
in 10 played.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

that there is no building suitable
for housing it, the committee is
going ahead with plans for the
biggest agriculture fair ever held
in this district.
That-Last Tuesday Kennewick
people experienced one Of the
worst electrical storms ever seen
here. However, there were no IA
talities and little damage done.
That - Today's shipments will
bring the total tonnage of early
potatoes handled by the 3-Rivers
association to IS cars. Mgr. Lee M.
Lampson estimates that this is
nearly half of this years crop of
the early varieties.
1888
The Kennewick Courier-Report-
er for July Is, 1888, reports that
Erwin Black of Bothell has been
assigned to take the superinten-
dency Of the school for the coming
year.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Some one refers to poverty as
a thing that -"sticks to a person
when all his friends forsake him"
OF course it isn't altogether true.
Friends, real friends, do not desert
us when poverty comes-only fair
weather friends. There is a ques-
ton whether fair weather friends
are friends after all. -r
We are glad that final success
in this war does not depend upon
the successful outcome of our Vic
tory garden. Ii. ~ ->...... ....
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

In 1889 Herman Goering, Ger
many's air minister, promised the
people of the industrial Ruhr dis
trict that not one enemy bomb
would be permitted to fall within
its borders. To date more than
100000 tons of bombs have been
dropped in this same Ruhr valley.
This promise, made by Goering,
has, at that, been kept as well as
any of the promises that German
leaders have made to the world
and their own people. ( 5.sr.F
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

This one is good enough to clip:
Once upon a time there was a
soldier who was planning to cash
in his war bonds and make a trip
outside. He had dream that night
that changed his mind. It seems
he was in a foxhole, picking off
|japs in large and satisfying num-
bers. Suddenly a sergeant tapped
him on the shoulder and took his
rife away from him. "What's the
idea, Sarge?" he asked. The serg-
cant replied, "The guy that lent us
the money for this rifle wants it
back" ".,.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Now that the Congress has
passed the pay-as-you-go tax law
to draw off the surplus that infla-
ton may be headed off, wage in
creases will in all probability be
asked to make up for the surplus
drained off by the pay-as-you-go
tax.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

A neighboring editor, who is up
on his Scriptures, notes that in Old
Testament times it was considered
an unusual thing for an ass to
speak. Not so today, he says. The
unusual occurs when they remain
silent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

It is well to remember that this
country is in the war in spite of
the isolationists and the conscien-
tious DIRECTORS and after it is over
our own liberty and the liberty of
all the world will have been pre-
served in spite of isolationists and
in spite of the conscientious OBJ
jectors.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-07-15

Whatever the plans may be for
the world after the war the things
that the United States, Great Brit
ain, Russia and later perhaps
China decide and do will deter
mine whether the world can have
la comparatively long term of peace
or just another preparation for
war. These four powers can con-
troll the world of the future, but
Ito do so they must first control
themselves and get along together.
Washington Journal., 1943-08-27
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GOrtisBuns fOIst.)
Evening star., 1943-08-06

Among the seizures, the Treasury
said, was an elaborate opium den
of a type now rarely found, where
admittance was gained by placing a
COIN between two nails. which rang
a buZzer inside Sixteen persons
were sentenced, the Treasury said
among them a leader, Wong Suey
who drew five years in prison and a
IS 900 fine.
Mexico was said to have replaced
the Orient as the major source of
illegal narcotics entering the United
States. A cooperative national
government" in Mexico is fighting
the traffic, however, the Treasury
added
Elmer L. Trey. chief co-ordinator
of activities of the six Treasury en-
forcement agencies. advised Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgenthau of
a substantial increase" in drug
seizures generally following the
sharp curtailment of traffic during
the first year of the war.
Although the number of narcotics
arrests increased only slightly dur
ing the last fiscal year from lit to
1874. opium seizures were up
sharply-from 2.445 ounces to 1888
ounces.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Red Trade Unionists
Call for New Front
BY the Associated Press.

~ thc hSsOtidbcu TItSS.
MOSCOW, Aug 6.-An urgent ap-
peal for speedy establishment of a
second front in Europe came today
from the Soviet publication War and
the Working Glasses, which asserted
1T would be "the key to victory over
Hitler in 1913"
Declaring the war had reached a
turning point with Axis defeats on
the Russian front, in Tunisia and
Sicily, the trade unions magazine
said that "the victory of freedom
loving countries over Hitlerite Ger
many is possible in the very near
future"
But the paper warned lest the op-
portunities which now face the Allies
be lost and urged united action to
end the war at the earliest possible
moment.
Creation Of second front should
divert at least 60 German divisions
from Russia, the article said.
Thus it is plain" it said. that
creation of second front in Europe
would change the situation at the
very roots and secure Immediately a
large superiority of our forces over
the Hitlerite armies on the Russian
German front"
The magazine dismissed as "ex-
cuses' reasons which it said had been
advanced for delay in opening a Sec
ond front and suggested that certain
small social circles" such as arms
manufacturers, placed private per-
sonal selfish interests" above the
genera desire to shorten the war.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Agent Smoshes Big Opium Ring
After Getting Confidence Vote

Rivaling character in an ad.
venture story, a Federal narcotics
agent lived with the Chinese under
world in Portland, Greg. fell under
suspicion of underlings of a big
opium ring, won exoneration by the
leaders and then brought about the
smashing of the ring.
The story of Agent Henry L
Giordano's activities was told by
the Treasury Department yesterday
The Treasury said Mr.. Giordanc
gained the confidence of the dan
gerous band" and lived lin constant
peril for months while the evidence
was being assembled"
Members of the ring were reported
to have become suspicious of the
agent, and he forced" the Oriental
overlords" to call a special meeting
TO give him trial. Boldly he faced
his inQuisitors, and made such a
showing that he was actually given
a vote of confidence, the Treasury
said.
The agent worked with customs
agents and finally sprang the trap
which resulted in arrest of the
opium dealers.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
100000 u. S.-Owned Potatoes
Dumped House Member Says

Vegetables Subcommittee of the Re-
publican Congressional Food Study
Committee. said the dumping of the
potatoes precipitated rush of resi-
dents. who gathered in hundreds of
bushels of the spuds. He said many
Vincennes residents first saw the po-
tatoes in Army trucks, which, he re-
lated, hauled them from a local cold
storage firm to the dump.
More potatoes were lost
than were grown in all the Victory
gardens of Knox County" Mr.. Lam
dis said.
He also said 200 carloads of po-
tatoes were in the original shipment
and, he added, Il presume that these
81 carloads are an example of what
happened to the other 1853 carloads. p"
Some of the potatoes were rotten,
Mr.. Lands explained and the cold
storage lockers would have to be
whitewashed and fumigated before
the company could continue storing
fruits and vegetables
Evening star., 1943-08-06

the nearest town or friendly au-
thority."
Most Couldn't Read.
However, 1t. Williams wrote.
About two thirds of the noun
taineer Chinese I met along my
walk couldn't even read but they
made me an offer to come with
them, eat something and spend the
night and they would help me in
the morning"
1t. Williams didn't take them up
on the invitation" but continued his
walk upstream along a river he had
found-"away from the coast and
Japs."
1t was not until the third night
that the bombardier sighted a town
and from then on, he wrote, things
were comparatively easy,
Its all over now" he concluded,
"and it is good experience to have
behind you. We have a new air.
plane and everything is going on as
usual"
A native of Washington, 1t. Will
Evening star., 1943-08-06

margin of error is allowed The
estimate may be revised every three
months.
Must Make Regular Returns.
The requirement of filing a reg
ular tax return on March Is still re-
mains" he added, both for those
subject to withholding at the source
and those required to file declara-
ton of estimated tax. 1t is not ex-
pected that either of these pay-as-
you-go methods will ever hit the nail
right on the head. An adjustment
will generally be necessary. This ad-
Justment is accomplished through
the March Is return, on which the
taxpayer will compute his actual
tax, and credit against it the
amount of tax withheld by the en-
ployer and the amount of estimated
tax paid the collector"
In statement attempting to
make the tax picture as simple as
possible for the average taxpayer,
Commissioner Helvering said: IF
you are single and your income is
less than $2,700 or married and your
income is less than $500. and the
boss Is withholding part of that pay
for income taxes. probably you are
all-square with your tax on l943 in
come. Otherwise, you may owe some
money on September Is
Most taxpayers who filed re-
turns March IS will not be required
TO file the declaration because their
/ current years tax requirements will
/ have been fully met through the
deductions at source on wages and
salaries"
Those Liable Listed.
Those who must make a declara-
ton are officially listed on the new
tax form.
Single persons who must file a
declaration are described as single
or married but not living with
spouse at the date prescribed for
the making of the declara ton
whether or not head of a family
if he had for 1912. or reasonably
expects to have for l943 ta) gross
income of more than S2,7O0 from
wages subject to withholding or
(b) gross income of $500 or more
from all sources if more than $l0O
of such income is from sources other
than wages subject to withholding. "
Married persons who must file a
| declaration are described as mar
ried and living with spouse at the
date prescribed fe:' the making of
the declaration, if he had for 1912,
| or reasonably expects to have for
l943, "a gross income from wages
subject to Withholding which when
added to his spouse's gross income
from such wages exceeds $500. or
(b) gross income from sources other
than wages subject to withholding
which when added to his spouse S
gross income from such sources ex-
ceeds 500, and also his gross in
come from all sources exceeds S624
for l943, or the aggregate gross in
come from all sources OF both
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Russell Promises 10 Study
Cadet Training Program

Representative Russell of Texas,
chairman of the District Subcom-
mlttee on Education. advised The
Star today from his home in Steph-
enville, Tex, that he will give earnest
consideration to the problem of leg
islation for compulsory military edu-
cation in the District high schools
on his return TO Washington
Il have always favored compulsory
military training" he wrote. While
I have not given careful considera-
ton to the problem raised by Cor
poration Counsel Keech's ruling that
under the law of 1907 such training
is not compulsory in District high
schools, believe the public schools
are fine places to start such training.
believe this training will be in the
interest Of our country as a whole"
Evening star., 1943-08-06
1t. Christopher Williams, 9TH,
Seriously Wounded in Asia
Grandson of Former
Mississippi Senator
Is Bomburdier

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. (Kit)
Williams. Sd, 3701 Massachusetts
avenue NV, have been notified that
their son, First 1t. Christopher H.
Williams, 4th. grandson of the late
Senator John Sharpe Williams of
Mississippi, was wounded seriously
in the Asiatic area on July 81.
1t. Williams. who had been Serv-
ing with the Army Air Forces as q
bombardier on B-24 Liberator
based in China since February of
this year, in one of his most recent
letters to his parents. told how he
had to bail out of his plane into
mountainous country just beyond
enemy lines when the bomber's mo-
tor failed The Liberator was just
two hours from the home base fol-
lowing a raid on Japanese
islands in the China Sea.
I'VE bailed out of the plane sur
prisingly fast" he wrote, for not
having had any sort of drill on the
subject. We were then descending
at the rate Of 1000 feet a minute
Actually. the jump is something I
never want to do again. One boy
made the statement that he truly
looked His Maker in the face all the
way down"
Hit Mountain Hard.
Describing the descent as with no
seeming progress until the ground
appeared ito jump up at me-" 1t.
Williams said he hit the side of a
mountain harder than I have ever
hit anything before and much
harder than l ever want to hit any
thing again"
He added that the plane, the
Dippy-Dave. crashed shortly after
the crew bailed out and was hope
lessly burned and torn to pieces"
Fearing that he might be in enemy
territory, he hid his parachute under
some rocks. He learned later that
had the crew been forced to jump
10 minutes sooner, they would have
been behind enemy lines"
Il had with me one box of ration
chocolate, enough SO that for the
next tWo-and-a-half days I allowed
myself one square per meal three
times day. 1 also had with me my
pistol which was my greatest COM
fort" he continued.
His other possessions included a
canteen, large jungle knife, a
small "semi-accurate" compass and
a card on which was printed the
Chinese flag and the inscription in
Chinese, Il am an American citizen
in China to help fight the enemies
of the Chinese. Please take me tt