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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Suicidal Jap Attacks Brought
Hornet to Ruin, Survivor Says
Pilots Dove Planes
\ Into Ship Despite
Anti-Aircroft Fire
BY the Associated Press.

DALLAS. Tex, Jan. 12.-Suicidal
slashing by Jap dive bombers and
torpedo planes sent the aircraft
carrier Hornet to ruin of the Solo
mons in late October
But we're way ahead of the .
down there" says James c. Sand
ridge, ship filter, first class. who has
been home on a. furlough
He tells this story OF the Hornet s
death:
1t was early afternoon and the
Hornets murderous air. feet had
just taken off to attack the Jap
fleet many miles distant.
Thirty-eight Jap dive bombers
came in over the horizon headed
straight for the Hornet, which was
in the midst of a protective covey
Of destroyers and cruisers.
No One Jittery.
Gums started firing in the worst
shooting you could imagine" said
Seaman cambridge.
Our gunners were really on the
ball. I mean they were throwing
that lead straight and fast. Fifteen
minutes later 20 torpedo planes
came in to join the dive bombers.
ut was hell, If you ever saw It
No one got jittery. All hands were
cool and doing their job. Those
gunners were throwing everything
but the anchors at EN-.
THE Japs were falling out of the
skies like flies. We got all but six
Of EN-"
Shrapnell was flying everywhere,
he said, and casualties mounted on
the Hornet.
Plane Comes On.
Finally, one big, armor-piercing,
delayed-action bomb got us. I was
on the third deck forward. Sud
denly we saw a Jap bomber coming
in on the portside. The gunners
threw the lead at it-hit it-but 1t
kept on coming.
"They had been hit by anti-air-
craft, but 1t was a suicidal dive they
made"
Directly after the big bomb that
buried in the Hornet came two rip
ping torpedo hits, disabling the wa
ter system.
"Officers and men started forming
lines and we pulled water over the
side in buckets to fight fires. Comdr.
Moran, the damage control omcer,
was terrific. All the precautions he
had taught against fires paid of
right there. None got out Of con-
troll"
Hitched to Cruiser.
Three hours slid by and no more
attacks. The Hornet had hitched on
to cruiser under the cool direction
Of Comdr. Soucek, executive officer,
and was being towed at a snails
pace.
But they came at us again just
before dusk with 20 horizontal
bombers from $4,000 feet. Our gun
ners were still knocking 'em down.
We had to cut loose from the cruiser
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Richard lahey Heads
Selection Committee
For Corcoran Exhibit
Prizes Of $4,000. $500,
$1,000 and $500 to
Be Awarded

The Committee Of Selection for
the Eighteenth Biennial Exhibition
Of Contemporary American oil
paintings at the Corcoran Gallery
Of Art, March 21-May 2, will be
headed by Richard Lahey, principal
Of the Corcorsn School of Art, it
was announced today.
Other members Of the committee
which will select paintings for the
exhibition include Jerry Farnsworth
Of Truro, Mass, and Edward Hop
per, painter and etcher OF New York
City. For the purpose Of supervis-
Ing the installation Of the exhibit
ton and making the w. A. Clark
prize awards, two artists, Jon Cor
bino, painter and sculptor of New
York, and Bernard Karfiol, painter
OF New York, have accepted invita-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Jap Warship Struck
And Believed Sunk BY
Aussie Air Torpedo
Light Cruiser or Large
Destroyer Hit Outside
Gusmuto Horbor

By the A16Ocleteo Press. 80
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS m
AUSTRALIA. Jan. IA Japanese
warship- either . light cruiser or 4
large destroyer-was hit OF Gas
mata, New Britain, by an aerial
torpedo released by Australian air
men Saturday and is. believed to
have sunk during the night. Allied
headquarters announced today.
! The warship was found outside
the harbor by the Australian flyers,
who reported that one Of their tor
pedoes landed directly anidships.
A heavy explosion was seen and the
ship was enveloped in smoke.
1.-THE ship was not visible at day.
break and Is believed to have sunk
during the night" the communiQue
said.
The intensive week end aerial
warfare over New Guinea slackened
yesterday, but on land Allied ground
forces moved their lines closer to
the Japanese in the Sanananda
corridor extending about mile and
a halt inland from the Papuan
coast.
Strong Allied patrols captured a
quantity of enemy materiel on the
west Of the Japanese position and
on the east flank a japanese bunker
still under construction was reduced
by artillery and machine gun fire.
A number Of the Japanese defenders
were killed.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur replied
to a congratulatory message from
Australian Prime Minister John
Curtin on the success of the New
Guinea campaign with the follow.
ing message:
"All ranks of all services in this
area thank you for your noble and,
inspiring message. We appreciate
very deeply your personal conmen-
dalton and that Of the Australian
people and government and take
this opportunity to reaffirm our
complete determination to fulfill the
obligations Of our duty"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Senator Green Offers
Security Expansion Bill
~ the Associated Prsss.

~ the Associated Preeo.
Senator Green, Democrat, OF
Rhode Island, has introduced q bill
to expand the social security pro-
gram with provisions for benefits
In case Of permanent total disability
and disqualification, In addition to
the present death benefits. The
bill also would extend social security
to farm workers. domestic servants,
employees Of non-prof1t organizations
and Of Government units, and small
employers.
This Is IN no sense Beverage
Plan for the United States" Senator
Green said. observing his bill omit
ted health insurance and reofgani-
s1tion Of the unemployment COM
pensation program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

dllO III 0yllbllCblC ~~~'eA'
production of oil, rubber, explosives.
On invasion of Norway, Holland,
Belgium, Yugoslavia, France, Poland
and the Ukraine she seized their &C
cumulated stores.
In consequence Of this advance
preparation and this robbery, Ger
many was not substantially short
OF supplies during the first two years
of the war. But she has consumed
her stocks and there is much less
to be taken from the invaded coun-
tries. The tide has now turned on
the home front and all the forces
of internal degeneration are now in
action.
BY working millions Of prisoners
and imported labor, the Germans
have kept up the bread, potato and
vegetable supplies. The so-called
normal bread and cereal ration
amounts to- a rate Of about 260
pounds per person per annum
against the 200 pounds the Amer
lean people eat.
Meat and Fat Supplies.
But the story in meats and fats
Is FAR different. The blockade has
greatly reduced her imports Of vege-
table and fish oils and feed for her
animals. Her animal products have
greatly diminished.
All calculations of meat and fat
supplies are very involved, but the
following represent an approxima-
ton and indicate the trend. In
1886 the Germans consumed at the
rate Of about 165 pounds Of COM
bined meats and fats of all kinds
per person per annum. In 1899 the
normal" ration was at the rate of
about los pounds, In 1910 about 81
pounds, in 1941 about 81 pounds
and in 1912 it was about 10 pounds
per annum. Hard workers get more.
This does not indicate any substan-
tial meat or fat supplies from the
Ukraine.
At my direction after the last
war, an investigation Of the food
experience during the war indicates
that the present amount of fats in
their ration is below the full health
level to the ordinary consumer.
But equally important is the de-
generation Of practically all other
supplies for civilian use, including
and coal. The people SUI
Ter from cold in winter. Over
crowding Is adding its miseries.
Manpower Weakening.
The wear and tear on the railways
and machine shops and their de-
struction by air attack are creating
difficulties In transportation and
German manpower
on the home front is weakening
despite forced labor from
the occupied countries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Man Shot During Row
At Cord Come Dies

Willis Ruff. colored, 81, Of 1407 w
street NV, died in Freedmen's Hos
pital last night from gunshot wounds
received on December 20, when he
was shot. according to police reports,
by Zeb Williams, colored, 81, of
1407 w street NV.
According to police, Ruff was shot
when Williams, who was arguing
at q card game in the 1000 block of
Eleventh street NV, shot at
another man and missed.
Williams is being held on charge
Of assault with dangerous weapon,
awaiting action of the grand jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

tons to serve as additional men,
bars. c. Powell Minnigerode, d.
rector Of the gallery, will serve as
an ex of1cio member Of the COM
mittee.
The Clark Prize awards include
first prize of $4,000 and the Corcoran
Gold Medal; second prize OF $500
and the Corcoran Silver Medal;
third prize of $1,000 and the Corco-
ran Bronze Medal, and fourth prize
$500 and the Corcoran Honorable
Mention Certificate.
Conditions for Prizes.
'These prizes" it was announced
In the prospectus issued by Director
Minnigerode, will be awarded,
without regard to subject to the
painters of the best four pictures
by different artists included in the
exhibition, as determined by the
committee, under the following con-
ditions:
"a. No painting will be considered
In prize competition unless COM
pleted within the past two years.
s'b. No artist may receive the
same prize more than once, nor
may he compete for a lower prize
than one he has already received
at a Corcoran Gallery exhibition.
&C.. The gallery is to have an option
Of one week after the opening of the
exhibition for the purchase of any
orall OF the prize pictures.
Artists Limited to One Entry.
The exhibition. 1t was said, will
be confined to original oil paintings
dncluding tempera but not water
color) by living artists not before
publicly exhibited In Washington"
Pictures must be framed and in con-
dition for exhibition when received
and not more than one picture by
any one artist can be shown.
Under plans for limiting the scope
of the exhibition the prospectus
says: I'm view of the national emer-
gency with its heavy demands on
transportation labor and other IA
cilities urgently needed for the pros
ecution of the war, the gallery has
reluctantly found 1t imperative to
modify the plan Of the eighteenth
biennial exhibition and to confine it
to invited work to be secured by the
committee of selection" Mr.. Min
nigerode said an exception will be
made to the general rule, so that
local artists, within 20-mi1e radius
Of Washington may send In their
work without invitation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Engineers to Hear Hart

Admiral Thomas C. Hart will ad.
dress the American Society of Me-
chanical Engineers in the audi
forum Of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. at Tenth and E streets
at 8 p.ms Thursday. Before the
meeting there will be q banquet in
Admiral Harris honor at the Har-
rington Hotel at $50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Johnson Back in Sweden

STOCKHOLM, Jan. IL (P.-Her-
schel v. johnson, United States
Minister to Sweden, returned to his
post today after an extended abb
sence in the United States during
which he reported to Washington
and rested. -..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

10 Nelp HOuSc-
h oil d erS are
puzzled. They
are in do u b t
about the kind
of books to send.
What would a
soldier, a sailor,
a marine or q
coast guard SEN
try like to read
in his spare
hours?
That's e a sy.
All kin DIS of
books. There are
all kinds Of men
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press.
Senate.

BY the A3S0Clated Pre8t.
Senate.
In recess until Thursday.
Interstate Commerce Subcommit-
tee calls James G. Petrillo in re.
corded music ban investigation.
Special committee investigating
fuel oil and gasoline shortages hears
Mayor La Guardia of New York.
Democratic Steering Committee
meets.
House.
Meets at noon for routine BUSH
ness, including ratification of new
Republican members Of major COM
mittees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
One Small Voice BY John K;eron
Letting Go With a VoIIey Of Books

When asked to contribute bound
volumes Of more or less pure read
ing matter for the men-and boys
in our armed forces, some ready
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12
Herbert Hoover Writes:
(This Is the second In d series
OF str articles BY Mr.. HOOPER,
By HERBERT HOOyER

All is not well on the German
home front today. The blitz and
terror which were to have won q
short war have in q large sense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

The bund has gone, but the bond
Is here. Buy 1t now for victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-12

tailed. Germany
h as abandoned
the hope that
she can brin 6
the war to q
swift conclusion.
Warned by the
collapse on the
home front in
the World War,
the Ger m q n S
this time made
great prepara-
tons in expand
ed agriculture, in
S t or d food,
metals, textiles
and in synthetic
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06
PROPER CONDUCT

Talk about goodwill ambassa-
doris, our vote goes to the Ameri-
can soldier boys who are having
to learn how to live by and get
along with many strangers, the
British, Egyptians, Chinese, the
French, Indians and even to head
hunters in the Solomon Islands.
There are so many customs and
rituals that must be respected and
followed that our boys have much
to learn. In order to carry on
peaceful relations and avoid in
ternational misunderstanding the
government has issued pamphlets
to its fighting forces with instruc-
lions concerning some of the most
important facts as to manners of
conduct and pronunciation of vari-
GUS foreign words. A soldier must
follow these to be regarded as a
friend and even so there are bound
to be instances when misunder-
standings will arise. But such
happens right here among us in
Kennewick who live alike. The
main thing, of course, is for the
soldier not to think of himself as
better than the foreigner, to act
toward him as to friendly
American back home and this
alone will probably go farther to
cementing relationship than any
book of instruction. s ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06

to eclipse all previous efforts OF
the young people in the line OF
amateur dramaticS.
1929
The Kennewick Courier-Report-
er for May 3, 1923, tells us that
After a lapse of several years
Kennewick's strawberry festival is
to be revived. The motive back
of the event which is being spon-
sored by the Commercial club is
to celebrate the ripening of the
Northwest's first strawberries.
That-From coast to coast is the
record which Kennewick is set.
ting with its asparagus this year
The carload shipment last Thurs
day by the 3-Rivers Association
billed to Chicago, was sent on
to New York. With today's re-
ceipts the 3-Rivers Association
passed the 10000 crate mark
Growers estimate that the season
is about half over.
That-H. z. Brown, formerly OF
Milton, Ore, today began laying
forms for the foundation of the
Kennewick box factory and as
soon as the building can be rushed
and machinery installed the saw
ing of box shocks for the 1923
fruit crop will be started.
That-Mr. and Mrs. v. w. Bird
write that they are very pleas
antly situated at Bell, Calf, and
have met a number of old friends
from Kennewick.
That-The Highlands club house
never held a bigger or a happier
crowd than that which attended
the apple blossom dance given
Saturday night by the Business
Girls club. One hundred and IS
couples attended.
The Kennewick Courier Reuort-
er for May 4, 1888 states that
Gene Shanafelt was elected presi-
dent of the student body at the
high school in an election held
yesterday afternoon. Gene will
be a senior next term and succeeds
Robert Brown who will be grad
uated next week.
That This years graduating
class is composed of 40 members.
The following are on the years!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06
"REMINISCENCES
Being Items Culled. From Our
Files of Ten, Twenty, Thirty and
Forty Years Ago.

1903
The Columbia Courier for May
8, 1908, states that-B. F. Nye is
putting up a 5000 gallon water
tank with which to supply his bath
rooms and barber shop.
"A. F. Brown, manager of the
st. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co.,
has purchased two Hover Villa
tracts. This leaves only four of
those tracts unsold out of the
original 20.
That - The Northern Pacific
railroad company will soon COM
mence building a $4,000 depot at
Kennewick. 1t will be one of the
finest depots in any of the smaller
towns along the line. 1t is also
understood that in the near future
the company will put in a park
on their right of way between
the depot and Front Street.
That. B. Clements is building
corrals on his land in Horse Heav-
en-. The horse roundup is in full
swing and will reach his place in
a few days.
1913
The Kennewick Courier for May
2, 1913, tells us that-The value
of this years strawberry crop to
the growers of the Kennewick-
Richland valley is being estimated
at close to $4,000, nearly half
of which will 60 to the Richland
growers.
That-"She Stops to Conquer"
to be presented tonight by the
seniors of the high school promises
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06
NOT so SWEET!

Some food officials say. the pub
lice has been fed sugar-coated pills
regarding the true facts. Most
of us in Kennewick have no de-
lusions on the subject and know
that black marketing in poultry
is flourishing, fishing centers
charging high prices for a mod
estly priced food, tomatoes selling
as hig as 81 and $40 a bushel in
Florida, the disregarding of price
ceilings everywhere! Sure we
know about all of this-without
the sugar. AS nation of sizzling
steak eaters, butter hunds and pas
try artists, we are giving our usual
diets a setback. Our garbage
pals don't look so prosperous, eth
er. Women folks aren't needing
courses on hip reducing and
though many men will fondly
think back to the good old days
of loosening the belt after dinner,
there might not be so many of
them devolping advanced cases of
heart trouble from over eating. We
have altered eating habits because
we have had to do so. Potatoes
are scarce in many sections, which
is enough to prove the point.
Grain and meat raised this sum-
mer will be taketn in a large qpan-
tity by the army and to feed
other nations later on. Can onr
farmers take care of all of us?
This needs the cooperation of
the victory gardeners, the re-
sourcfulness of housewives. Sure
we can take the pill, sugar coated
or not, and probably be better for
the medicine in the long run as
we recuperate from our illness.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06
FOR ALL OUR SAKES

Thirteen billion dollars is a 10
to comprehend unless considering
it i'm the light of 500 from every
man, woman and child in the
N. S. That was the amount sought
in the three-week drive, starting
April IL, in our last war bono
drive. We don't have to be sold or
the ideal that our government is ir
need of the money to finance the
war. We know it. We also know
we aren't giving our money but
are just lending it, receiving inter.
est on it besides. We realize that
we can't compare our sacrifice in
buying the war bond with the
soldiers sacrifice in giving his
life. But knowing all of this there
are still many who are sitting
back and allowing even the sold
Ter himself to pay for that bond
for them! Ask how many soldiers
are buying bonds and see if this
isn't right. BY this time we surely
know that war needs money for
planes, tanks, ships, ammunition,
food and clothing. This is the
reason drives are launched, why
we are asked to help carry the
financial load. If we are selfish
and just look at this from per-
sonal angle, if not for our coun-
try's sake at least for our own pro-
lection it is necessary that we re-
Spond But we are not that self
conferred here in Kennewick. A
local citizen remarks that one of
the best talking points for pur-
chasing bonds is to keep down in
flation and indeed this is a vitality
important factor right now. You
take money from the pocket be-
fore it rushes into the trading
marts, and when too much of this
money is floating around and
commodities are limited for pur-
chasing, then that demon infla-
ton slowly raises its ugly head.
The war bond takes the money out
of the pocket until the danger is
past and returns it after the flood.
with interest on the investment.
This is a point to remember and
to repeat as you buy your bonds
for the protection of your boy,
your government and home, your
self.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06

The question of parity prices for
farmers has come up so much
of late that it might not be amiss
to define what parity prices mean.
A parity price for farm products
is price that will give agricul-
tural commodities the purchasing
power with respect to what farm
ers buy, equivalent to the purchas-
ing power of agricultural COM
modities in the base period. For
most commodities the base period
is the five year period 19O9-14 in
elusive. The determining factor in
arriving at parity is the relation
ship of what the farmer has to
pay for what he buys at any time
compared to the average he paid
for the things he bought in the
base period. The Bureau Of Agri-
cultural Economics gets the in
formation upon which it bases its
calculations for arriving at parity
prices paid in their areas for COM
modities included in the compila-
ton. The calculations are based
on most careful and comprehen-
sive survey of about 200 items
purchased by farmers and the
prices paid. From these figures
and from the prices received by
farmers for farm products in the
base period the parity price is
computed according to formula
which has been worked out by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06
IT STILL PAYS!

You may be unaware, but not
the publishers, that national adj
vertising has fallen off in the
newspaper business. There are
reasons inflicted by the war which
make this so. But we are wonder
ing if perhaps the national adver-
tisers who have let their product
ride for the time being, aren't
making mistake, the same as
a local firm might who says that
circumstances do not warrant the
boosting of sales at the present.
The first World War proved GER
tain facts to advertisers that should
be remembered and one of them
was that the firms who continued
to keep their name before the
public during the war afterwards
quickly built up a better BUSH
ness and reaped the profits of their
foresight. A number of companies
who let advertising slide were
forgotten men and names after
the war. True that many COM
modities are scarce but furniture
stores are still having good year,
some of them their best, for when
you have something to sell today
remember that there are additional
buyers with more money to spend.
Garages are busy with repair
work, though gas is reduced it it
still advertised! Wage envelopes
are covering much purchasing
and since purchasing and adver-
Using go hand in hand, it is only
good sense to keep the name and
the product in print.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06

A new American gun is called
the Bazooka. 1t is said that it can
drive a shell through solid wall
Of masonry or wreck a tank. 1t
is presumably named after the
musical instrument designed by
Bob Burns bearing the same name.
Burns says that after the new Ba-
zooka gun plays on the Nazis
awhile they will listen to his Ba-
zooka without protest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-05-06

honor roll: Retty Beamer, Robert
Tweedt, Edna Erie Terrell, Madge
Cross, Laura Funk, Jean Arnold,
Sterling Tucker, Olive Brue, Lucy
Helm and Irene Heberlein.
That-Kennewick residents who
visit the fair at Chicago fair this
summer will no doubt be very in
terested to see the wonderful prog