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Evening star., 1943-12-26

eral Badoglio under King Victor EN-
manuel, who had fled to the Allies.
Though this regime has been bit
terly assailed by the radical oppo-
sition, 1t does give us the support
OF Italian conservative and royalist
elements which might have been
alienated by an extremist revolu-
ton. Furthermore. the early stages
OF our invasion OF the peninsula
gave us all of the extreme south,
together with the great port of
Naples and the nexus of airfields
around Foggia from which bombings
OF Central Italy and the Western
Balkans are facilitated.
Lastly, our easy conquest OF Sar-
DINA and Corsica, rendered possible
by the detection of the Italian gar
risons there at Badoglio's command,
make possible air raids on Northern
Italy and Southern France and give
the Allies potential bases for sub
sequent invasions of those regions.
All these are important items to
offset the disappointing slowness of
the Allied advance up the peninsula
toward Rome. Competent military
students warned from the first that
the mountainous terrain of Central
Italy, combined with the normally
bad weather of autumn and winter
there. would make the going tough
in face Of determined enemy.
The hope undoubtedly was that
the Germans would be less prepared
and less tenacious. But the German
high command was ready for the
emergency and has played it's cards
with great skill. The result has been
virtual stalemate, with consequent
disappointment of Allied expecta-
tions. However, Italy was never a
major front, in the sense that from
1T Germany could be decisively de-
feated. So General Eisenhower con-
cludes that, on balance, the Italian
venture shows substantial profit.
And the informed layman is likely
to concur in that authoritative
judgment.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

given with the interests Of the commu-
nifty in view, and not the pecuniary
advantage of some schemer who has
purchased its favor.
Newspapers should so conduct them
selves that they may be viewed, not as
the universal enemies of government, re-
hgion and individual reputation to be
prosecuted as of old; not as scurrilous
testers to be left unpunished because
despised; not as base hirelings to be
treated only with the consideration
shown to mercenary and deliberate IL
belers, but as advocates solely Of the
interests Of the community 70 far q
the expression Of opinions II concerned,
deserving to be protse3ed IA that public
capacity.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
RecuIl Them Gently

And there iOere shepherds In the held
by night.
Humble of heart, to phom the ,oonde,
came:
The poice that spoke 9 ne,p-born
Sdpioar's name,
The olo,uing star. the sangsno anoels'
flight.
on, man. you stray perpersely rom
those bright,
Celestial promises. Then. facing
fame,
Torture and death, you struggle to
The joy and peace that Uere Tour o,pn
by right. II
Forgive Thy children, Lord, II eagerness
For 1o0rldly toys have led them from
Thy iDay .~v
And though the folly OF their years
be long, .s
Regard their trinkets tenderly and SAP
Thou hast compassion for their ehild4
tshness;; '7
Recall them gently UstA sx sMgse1
aAMa --F
NEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

upon the British capital IN revenge
for the destruction Of Berlin and
many another German city. Those
lurid iterations have apparently
persuaded the punch drunk German
civilian population that their Brit
ish adversaries. at least, would be
repaid in kind, even though the
Americans are, as Hitler recently
admitted. beyond his reach. So dire
is the strain on civilian morale in the
Reich that, unless DR.. Goebbels pro-
duces something to back up his
promises, the psychological reper-
cussions on German morale could
be disastrous.
The target of the Allied air force
centers on the twenty-mile stretch
of French coast between Calais and
Boulogne, wall of high chalk cliffs
parallel to those of Dover and culmi-
mating in the bold promontory of
Cape Girls NeZ. Allied aerial recon-
Nuisance has reported intense &C
tivity along that section of the coast,
where the Channel Is only trifle
more than twenty miles wide, and
from which the airline distance to
London is a scant IS miles. Aerial
photographs show mysterious pits
quarried deep into the French chalk
downs, wherein giant rocket tubes
might be installed. and the current
bombardment is presumably directed
against these and other installa-
tions, though the Air Ministry is
secretive about those operations. If
the rocket gun is hoax, the Ger
mans are certainly getting their
enemies to waste a lot of heavy
bombs dropped from many big
planes that could be more usefully
employed on other objectives. This
In itself tends to show that the Brit
ish high command takes the matter
seriously enough to adopt preventive
measures. The highly competent
British Intelligence Service has
doubtless made reports which have
aided in the decision.
There is nothing inherently i'm
possible In the long-range giant
rocket. The basic idea is used when
ever we nail two boards together
and thus make a rocket chute on
Fourth of July evenings. Unlike gun
proJectiles. the rocket starts with
low velocity and generates it's own
power from internal explosions.
Small-size rockets are being used by
all armies, the most publicized be-
Ing those lobbed from planes and
discharged from our "bazookas" at
enemy tanks. Scientific experiments
were made in the past two decades
With giant rockets powerful enough
to cleave the stratosphere and even
tually to get beyond the earth's
gravitational pull into interplane-
tary space. German scientists thus
have had much preliminary data to
work on, and they must have been
spurred by the frantic urge of ma
tional self-preservation. For only
some novel weapon of revolutioniz-
ing efficacy could avert, or at least
delay or mitigate, the defeat that
now impends.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

It's like finding palm trees in Ice
land to discover ideas about Christ
mas in the ancient Book Of Num-
bers. Yet, that Is precisely the case:
for amid much obsolete material We
read this sparkling suggestion:
There shall come Star out Of
Jacob, and a sceptre out of Israel"
These remarkable words were
spoken by Balaam. Every one re-
members him-or Ut least his beast
OF burden. He was not Jew, He
had been engaged by Balak, King of
INDIAN. to pronounce . curse upon
the Jews. Instead OF q curse, he was
inspired to utter q blessing. The
moral magnificence of the man Is at
tested by his striking prophecy about
a star and a sceptre arising cut Of
Israel.
To us, nothing could be more COM
monplace than the use OF star as q
symbol Of Christmas. You see why.
The idea Is 5000 years old. But 1t
was startlingly new when Balaam
gave 1t expression. Amid the en-
cirling gloom" of succeeding centuries
the prophets of Israel taught their
people to look for brighter days to
con :. At length, the Christ was
born. How natural to interpret His
birth as fulfillment of the word Of
the alien prophet, Balaam: "A Star
shall come out Of Jacob! Today the
beauty and radiance Of His life have
become the light of the world.
But it takes more than star to
symbolic Christmas. That is only
the more acceptable half of its mean
ing. The other half, according to
this same Balaam, Is: "A Sceptre
shall rise out Of Israel" A King and
a Sceptre! Here is the point OF our
hesitation, even denial.
We have no taste for kings and
sceptres. History teaches US of the
rise and fall of kingdoms. The mod
ern spirit rebels against the conven-
tional conception of dynasties and
dictators. To us it seems like far
cry from King with a Sceptre to
the Babe of Bethlehem.
Was Balaam wrong? Or do we
Evening star., 1943-12-26
4 Star and q Sceptre
By the Rep. r. Paul Schearrer,
Pastor OF the Takona Park Presbytertan Ck

E fTGSOyLSTIQH CHuTCN.
need . new idea Of kings and king
domS?
"They all were looking for Z king
To slay their foes and lift them
high;
Thou cam'st, q little baby thing
That made woman cry"
We must grasp the prophets idea
Of kingship. BY nature, it is spiritual.
1t is not based upon force. 1t Is some
thing within the hearts Of men. 1t
rests upon q voluntary allegiance Of
free men to King whose sceptre is
not 4 rod of iron but q law Of love.
1t is In this sense we see the fitness
of Sceptre as a symbol Of Christmas.
With a superior smile, there are
those who say: That's poetry"
reply: ITS faith" Others assert:
"It's only a dream" answer: ITS
. q deathless hope" Still others affirm:
"It's foolishness" To which would
insist: "It's the highest wisdom-the
Divine strategy" Love never faileth.
When shall we believe 1t? Or try it?
There Is no hope for us, individually
or collectively, until we come under
the spell and sway Of the sceptre Of
love.
Quite candidly now, have we not
often felt that there Is something
missing in our Christmas celebra-
tions? What is it they seem to lack?
May this be the answer: We accept
Christmas as a Star of light; we re-
ject 1t is Sceptre of love?
We welcome the Star. It's light
warns and cheers us. 1t guides us
on our way. 1t adds to our person.
ality and sense Of well-being.
We refuse the Sceptre. 1t looks like
a yoke. It sounds like q denial of
our freedom. We fear that 1t will
demand that we give up something,
that we have less in order that others
may have more. 1t somehow goes
against the human grain. We have,
you know, q penchant for being on
the receiving, rather than on the
giving, end-yes, even at Christmas.
And 50 we often miss the full Joy OF
Christmas We take the Star with its
incoming light; we refuse the sceptre
with its outgoing love.
Balaam was right. Christmas is
both light and love: Star and Scep-
Evening star., 1943-12-26
'Rocket-Gun Cost

Banner headlines in the London
papers and the continuous crash of
heavy bombs dropped from huge
Allied airplanes on the French
Channel coast indicate that there is
something to the talk about German
rocket guns" that has been rife for
the past two months. German
propaganda has prophesied gloat-
ingly on the devastation to be
wrought ~ enormous projectiles
descending from the stratosphere
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Bolkon E Epic-und Tragedy

In Yugoslavia today drama is
unfolding with a plot worthy of
Shakespeare. This epic tragedy
revolves around two ferociously
dynamic personalitieS-the mysteri-
Gus Communist metal worker, Josip
Broz. nicknamed Tito" and Cen
eral Mikhaiovitch, standard bearer
OF the Yugoslav government-in-ex exile
headed by the youthful King Peter
Karageorgevitch. Behind those two
protagonists stands a supporting
cast running into the hundred thou
sands, who fight each other only less
bitterly than they do the common
Axis enemy. Fired by the spark of
genius, Tito has fought his dual
conflict so successfully that he has
now eclipsed his rival and bids fair
to become the master of his country's
future. Boldly he claims sole diplo-
matte recognition from the United
Nations, and 1t appears likely that
London, Washington and Moscow
may soon withdraw their favor from
King Peters government as they
have already ceased giving military
aid to his lieutenant, Mikhailovitch.
That would be climax of a trend
which has long been evident.
The bloody welter that is contem-
porary Yugoslavia can be under
stood only in its Balkan setting. The
Balkans are traditionally the wild
east of Europe" region of impla-
cable feuds between half barbarian
stocks, where creed and tradition
play greater roles than language and
blood. The peoples who inhabit the
western half of the Balkan Penin-
sula are appropriately named the
"Yugo" or western" Slavs. They
are basically one in language and
origin, but historical accident has
sundered them profoundly in reli-
gion and culture. Almost half of
them are Greek Orthodox and were
long under the Turkish yoke. These
are the SERBS" The other scant
half were Christianized from Rome
and formed part of former Austria
or Hungary, with a Western culture.
Those are the "Croats" and "Slo-
venes." Still other Yugoslav frag-
ments are the Bosnian Moham-
medans, the Italian-veneered Dali
matians, and the half-Bulgarian
Macedonians
1t was the Serbs who first achieved
independence and who, in the First
World War, united the South Slavs
IN single state. But the victors
ruled with heavy hand, attempting
to "Serbize" their emancipated cous-
ms, who violently objected. The
iu-compacted nation thus quickly
fell to pieces under the. hammer
blow of Nazi invasion in the spring
of 1941. Most of the Serbs remained
loyal to their exiled King and fol-
lowed Mikhailovitch. Tito, on the
other hand, started his Partisan"
movement on federalist basis, thus
appealing to all the non-Serb ele-
ments, except those which had gone
over to the Axis. The result has
been complicated civil war between
at least six elements, which has
drenched the land with blood. Per-
haps only the entry Of Allied armies
sweeping out the Axis oppressors
can end the fratricidal strife that Is
now going ca.
Evening star., 1943-12-26
Fifty Years Ago

Peace on earth and goodwill to men
was the general feeling at Christmas
Of so years ago, al
Christmas though Brazil was in
Celebration the throes OF q reyolu-
ton. The Star Of
Christmas Day, 1893, said: Long be-
fore daybreak this morning, Christmas
was ushered in by the chime Of bells in
the church towers and streams of peo-
pie could be seen hurrying along
through the darkness to early mass in
the Catholic churches. There were also
persons of any faith or no faith who
were drawn out to hear the elaborate
music. - The attendance in all the
churches throughout the city today,
called out by the pleasant morning and
the interesting services. was large, and
everybody seemed happy"
The President played Santa Claus to
many victims Of the Fords Theater
Building collapse by ap-
Riehtins proving resolution grant,
a Wrono ing them. extra sick leave
with pay. The injured
were employees Of the War Department.
In the words Of The Star Of December
26. 1893: "One of the Presidents oficial
acts yesterday was the approval Of the
joint resolution for the relief Of the en-
ployes of the Record and Pension Once
Of the War Department who were in
jured in the fall of the Ford's Theater
Building. This resolution provides that
the employees in question shall be ex-
empt from the provision of the law
limiting to so days the entire annual
leave of employees of the executive de-
partments in Washington. Many of
those injured at Ford's Theater were
confined to their beds three or four
months and some OF them are still
unable to return to their desks"
Less happy was news Of an impending
strike, reported in The Star Of the same
date: "A strike of
Cool Strike alarming proportions
Threatened will be instituted by
1000 miners (of coaD
in this vicinity (Bellaire, Ohio) on jan
uary !, If the operators do not revoke
their decision to cut wages on that date.
The miners affected are those along the
lines of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
that they were unable to pay 10 cents
per ton as heretofore, and on January
l would reduce to go cents per ton, the
wages paid to West Virginia miners"
Operators claimed that at the higher
rate of pay they could not compete
against West Virginia mines; workers
claimed that they could, and still make
a good profit.
Tired of the secrecy surrounding de-
tails of the pending annexation Of
Hawaii, the Senate de-
The Senote termined to learn all
Investigates about it. According to
The Star Of December
27, 1893: "The Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations has lost no time in
starting the investigation into the
Hawaiian affair that was instigated by
the action of the Senate just before ad-
journment by the adoption of reso-
luton. At the next meeting after the
passage of the resolution the committee
decided to conduct the investigation
through a subcommittee consisting of
Senators Morgan, Butler, Gray, Sher-
man and Frye. +" The committee de-
cided at once to conduct the investiga-
ton behind closed DOORS" The first wit.
ness called was the Rev. o. T. Emerson,
secretary to the Board OF Missions Of
Hawaii.
Evening star., 1943-12-26

of defamation depraved public appe-
tite which it has itself created, an in
glorious end awaits it. Indiscriminate
libel supplies its own antidote. The pub
lie becomes hardened, as did the Athe-
mans under the constant lashing of the
licensed comedy. Men lose all feeling of
shame, and with no delicate sense of
honor, become impervious to insult.
They grow Indifferent to attacks upon
themselves and attach no weight to
assaults upon others. Where all are
DETAINED, reproof loses its salutary effect.
The press exciteS little resentment by its
criticisms because it is despised. 1t
comes to occupy, at best, the position to-
ward rich, thick-skinned public of the
medieval fool or jester, who could say
what scandalous and injurious things he
pleased solely because he 1pas a fool, and
the weight of a mans words was not at
tached to his utterances.
X X
Another danger to be avoided by the
press is that of destroying its influence
by venality inconsistent with the the
ory upon which alone it is entitled to
peculiar privileges at law. 1t sells space
to advertisers as business transaction,
but in its capacity as recorder of and
commenter upon the news of the day its
opinions should not be the subject of
bargain and sale. Privileges can be
granted it only in proportion as it
maintains its position as public
officer engaged by the people, and
subject to scorn and contempt If 1t per-
mits itself to be led from It's duty by .
bribe. It's influence. too, depends upon
the pubic belie6 that IL eptnaons axS
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11
Sports News and Views
BY Roy Voiles

Something seems to tell me that
we won't be able to finish our pro-
posed softball league. But the first
part of it is going ahead as planned
while we all sit down to study a
little harder in order to get out OF
scncol earlier if worse comes to
worse
Last week the class teams prac-
ticed among themselves boys
against boys and girls against girls)
But now this week the actual inter-
class practice begins. Monday. the
freshmen played the sopfomores and
lost 1874. On Tuesday the seniors
played the juniors and defeated
them 1915. These tits are only
supposed to be practice games and
not the real schedule which runs
something like this:
Game 1, freshmen VS.. sophomores;
2, Juniors VS.. seniors; 3, freshmen
VS.. juniors; 4, sophomores VS.. SEN
iors; 5, freshmen VS.. seniors; 6,
sophomores VS.. juniors.
After this so-called tournament, a
play-off game will be staged in
case of a tie. And last of all an
all-star game will be played so as
to gather the best Richland high
school talent together.
This wouldn't be much of Rich
land column, if one didn't mention
the shock" that nit this undeserv-
ing farming community. AS to what
effect it will have on the sports
(mainly basketball) in the Southern
Yakima Valley Conference is hard
to say. T. myself, believe that the
conference will be dropped because
Richland and White Bluffs-Hanford
| will be lost to the six-team league
Benton City probably wouldn't have
| a chance as it finished last this
year. While River View, Kennewick
and Pasco will be left to play almost
by themselves for the title. If Ken
newick should win it next year that
would mean that they only had to
play Pasco and River View.
I believe that the best way to deal
with this problem and still have
basketball in the valley would be
to organize Prosser, Kennewick, Pas
CO, River View and Columbia in a
new league under the old name. II
might even include Walla Walla in
it, although that would be getting a
little too far away from "home
base, so to speak. And with the
gas and tire rationing being a great
deal worse off next fall and winter
than it was this last fall and winter
it is highly improbable that teams
will be allowed to travel much over
100 miles. Too, though, there is
the angle that Richland and White
Bluffs Hanford would not be torn
down" but would only be built up
into an industrial city larger than
Pasco and would therefore be al
lowed to remain in the league with
much stronger teams than ever.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11
Satan Bound for 1000
Years, Evangelist Notes

"Holy Writ declares that Satan
will be bound in the bottomless
pit for one thousand years. stated
Evangelist F. C.. Roper in his lee
ture, What Next" given at the
two services held Sunday evening,
March Z, in the Hall of Prophecy.
But the word millennium does
not contain within it either the
thought of a good time or bad
one, simply being composed of two
Latin words mile, thousand, and
annus, year.
Some believe the millennium has
already begun, but if Satan is
hound now, I feel sorry for the
world when he is loosed again as
predicted (Rev. 20:3) for with wars,
vice, crime, and greed on every
hand, wickedness stalks abroad.
Revelation twenty gives us most
of the story. The holy children
of God will be resurrected when
Jesus comes and together with the
living Righteous Il Thess. 4:16-17)
will be gathered by holy angels
to meet Christ in the air (Matt
24:31). The wicked dead lived
not again until the thousand years
were finished (Rev. 2O:5).' The liv-
ing wicked are destroyed by the
brightness of His coming e T'hess
49, and thus Satan is bound by
chain of circumstances with
nothing to do and no one to tempt
the righteous being in heaven anc
the wicked all dead on earth.
The close of the millennium il
marked by the return of the right.
eous to this earth. They decent
with the holy city, New Jerusalem
attended by Christ and the angels
At this time the wicked are raised
to receive their final reward. Fol
lowing their destruction the eartf
will be restored to its Edenic con
dition and become the eternal hom'
of the righteous"
Services will continue in the Hal
of Prophecy the coming week &C
cording to the regular schedule
with two services Sunday evening
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11
Granddaughter Returns
Home With Mother

4Finley-Mrs. Jesse Lande OF Port
land. who spent the week end with
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. E. Sherry,
left for her home Sunday. Mrs.
Lande. was accompanied by her
small daughter Betty Ann, VINO
has been here visiting her grand
parents the past two weeks. While
here Mrs. Lande and daughter also
visited at the home of Jens Lande
and Mr.. and Mrs. Tom CARAT
Walter Hughes Of Pasco visited
his mother, Mrs. Irene Hughes at
the Finley store Sunday.
Word was received, here of the
birth of a son to Mr.. and Mrs. Al
Ratlnke of Seattle on February
26th. The young man has beer
named Daniel Albert. Mrs. Rathke
will be remembered as Miss Blanct
Young.
Lynn Slocumb and John Perkins
were dinner visitors Sunday eve.
ming of Eric and Bobbie Erickson
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Schmeltzel
recently sold their place to Mr.
and Mrs. Sherman of Walla Walla
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Johnson o.
Pasco called Saturday night at thu
Harold O'Hair home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Glassner o.
Pasco visited at the Clint Glass.
ner home Thursday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-03-11
SAM HAYES

Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Baldwin
left Tuesday for Walla Walla for a
few days visit.
Capt. Maurice Compton returned
to his base in the Yukon Tuesday
following a 20-day visit with his
wife and daughter here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hackney and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Carman
and daughter and Mrs. Lucien Der
anleau were guests Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. H. r. Der
anleau.
Mrs. Matte McClendon returned
Saturday from Seattle where she
had spent a few days helping her
daughter become established in her
new home. !
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Worden were
business visitors in Yakima Satur-
day. While there they visited with
their son-in-law and daughter and
! family, Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Long
Capt. Compton and family ano
Mrs. Sherman Muncey spent Wed
nesday in Spokane visiting the Will
lis Munsey family. While there
Capt. and Mrs. Compton enjoyed
a short visit with Lt.-Col. Harmar
and wife at Fl. George Wright.
Mrs. Don Robertson accompanied
her husband back to Spokane Sun
day. Their son remained with hi:
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carol
Harding, while the Rohersons fins
accommodations in Spokane. -
Mrs. Lily Peterson returned Sat
urday from a weeks visit in Spo.
kane with her daughter, Shirley,
student nurse there. +.