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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Strong New Fabric

TO meet the need for an extremely
tough uniform fabric for clothing for
mountain troops, textile experts Of
the army quartermaster corps in CO.
operation with textile manufa curing
companies have designed and devel-
oped a new sateen material with an
extraordinarily high tearing strength.
superior wearing qualities and ex-
cellent undressing characteris-
tics. The new material is now. being
used in trousers for mountain troops
and other special forces, with the
expectation that it may be extended
to other military clothing uses where
fabric of similar characteristics may
be required. Exhaustive tests have
proved its suitability for the uses
now being made Of it and have DEM
onstrated that it affords an extra
measure OF protection from wind and
cold to the mountain and cold wealth
er troops now wearing it 1t is treat
ed with a water-repellent chemical
material so that it win not absorb
moisture, an additional measure OF
prote ction in cold climates. =
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

Bringing an interlude of JOY and
cheer to relieve the tension of
troublouS times, Russell Bros
Great 3-Ring Circus, one of Amer
ica's largest, will be the center OF
attraction for many people of this
community when it exhibits at
Pasco, one day only Saturday, Aug.
18th.
And here is a brief outline of
the imposing array of thrilling and
alluring features which the "big
top" will have to offer:
Jorgen M. Christensen, Europe's
foremost master of equitation, and
his world renowned South Ameri-
can Criollo horses, executing intri-
cate military maneuvers without
riders; the epitome of equestrian
excellence and elegance.
Winston's Equestrian Sea Lions
featuring Slicker, the famous movie
seal, with group of sleek deni-
zens of the deep that perform in
credible feats of balance and Jug
glery on cantering ponies.
The Flying Valentines exempt
flying the poetry of motion in the
air in a sensational exhibition OF
aerial agility on the flying trapeze.
Buddy, the celebrated talking sea
lion trained and presented by Wal
ter Jennier. The most highly
trained sea lion of all time, ...-..
Miss Aerialetta, Americas fore
most lady gymnast offering a SOM
ersault in midair from the flying
trapeze to a perpendicular rope
without the aid of safety devices
Miss Esterita, top-ranking expo
nent of breath-taking heel and toe
catches performed at dizzy heights
The buttons, galloping steeds
and glorious girls in an equestrian
revue of rarest beauty. * IL, -
The Amazing Excellos, the Free
hands, Bassett and Bailey, Lind
Otaris, Floyd and Acevedo troupes
of acrobats, jugglers, tumblers, and
| Wirewalkeds. ....-.. -.
Seniors Alexandra, Mauricio, and
Arturo, three dashing Latin Amer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Colors Mark Departments
OfLargest Office Building

The Pentagon, that monumental
structure of the war department and
the worlds largest office building,
located in Arlington, Va, across the
Potomac from the capitol, is an
awe inspiring edifce, both to. visi-
tors to Washington and to its newly
arrived tenants. Especially is this
true If they are seeking one OF the
Individual 10000 occupants which
the Pentagon was constructed to
house.
. The Pentagon has five floors iden-
titled by their respective colors. The
first floor interior walls outside OF
the offices themselves are painted
yellow buff The second floor
walls are painted in a green shade,
the third floor walls in a rather
deep red, the fourth in a gray tone.
and the fifth in quite a decided blue
AL done with fiat paints. The
painting of adjacent Railways and
corridors on the respective floors
has been done in corresponding col
or schemes to further reaSSure vlSl-
tors and occupants Of where they
are att
Approaching the Pentagon build
ing in taxi, one wonders how ne
is going to get in. The taxi man
solves this problem by driving right
into a tunnel nearly 1000 feet long
under the building where you are
startled by a collonade of SEEM
ingly interminable huge round col
umnso of reinforced concrete with
metal shells which are painted a
brilliant, glossy red When you
alight in this highly modernistic tun-
mel at the Pentagon, you face multi
colored doors, the color of which is
to identity the. entrance to the re-
spective ramps which lead upward
from the concourse to the five floors
of the building. 7
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

cts than in those on the counters
last year.
Rayon is a different story, how
ever-just the reverse Of what was
expected last year. Shortages are
being felt in retail stores this
summer. A year ago this fiber
was looked to for civilian textile
use because at that time il was
not being used for war needs. Now
it has been adapted to war, as a
replacen emit for silk for para
chutes and cotton in tires for
jeeps, to mention only two Of its
many new uses.
AS for the new I1pers such as
aralac, which is made from milk;
soylon, made from soybeans, Palco
A, made from the bark Of redwood
trees; vinyon, a plastic fiber-they
are being produced in limited a.
mounts because machinery is not
available for manufacturing them
for civilian uses. Quantities of the
new fibers that are available are
being blended with wool, 'rayon
and cotton to stretch present sup
plies.
Blending should not be thought
of as adulteration but as a new
venture in the textile field. Auth
critics believe it can give a single
fabric characteristics which are
not possible in a fabric made OF
one fiber. More of these blended
fabrics on the market.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Food Production
Need Eases Wire
Curtailmeni
Continued from Page u

Continued from Page y
will necessarily be fairly small
here because the great majority
of rural dwellers in this area al
ready have electric service.
Typical of the new extensions
that the Pacific company has built
recently to aid the food for victory
drive is an instance where in
stallation of a transformer and
span of wire enabled a farmer, to
operate milking machine and
other equipment on a leased place
adjoining his own and thereby
increases the size of his dairy
herd. ....,
Before a new farm line extern
sion can be built, Skill pointed out,
the contemplated farm production
must come within the scope of
the war production boards limit
atoms and the applicant must Sc
cure a certificate from the county
war board. The proposed extern
sion must also meet regulations
approved by the state regulatory
board.
Wartime construction require
ments are very exacting and each
applicant must comply with all of
several qualifications, Skill said
He offered the assistance of the
local Pacific Power & Light COM
pany staff to farmers who plan to
apply for electric service and urg-
ed all applicants to consult Sboth
the county USDA war board and
his office for exact requirements
of the WPB ruling before investing
in electrical appliances or equip
ment.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Extension Service
!. News
Prepared especially for the Courier
Reporter by Miss Dorothy Reaugh,
Home Demonstration Agent for
Benton County
More Wool, Less RaYon for
Civilians

MORE WOOL Less ndIou lux
Civilians
With the War Production Board
doubling the quotas Of wool allo-
Gated for production Of essential
civilian goods, as much yardage
as was made in normal peace
time years will be available this
fall and winter, according to in
formation received.
However, the theater of war
may change at any, time, and it
would be foolhardy to buy more
than is actually needed in the
face of a possible shortage.
The War Production Board
eased restrictions on wool when
ships returning from Australia
brought unexpected amounts OF
the fiber with them, thus making
larger quantities of wool available
in the United States than were
anticipated a year ago.
Already higher percentage OF
wool is being found in wool blank
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Use Clever Substitutes
For 1913 License Plates

The nations civilian automobiles
will be identified this year by an
unprecedented combination Of new
and old plates, metal tabs, wind
shield stickers-and even wooden
plates. Shortage Of essential metals
is responsible for these develop
ments. s.s.. .,..--. --...t -..r-s.r-
The largest number Of states will
attach. metal date tabs to 1912 IL
cense plates. Pennsylvania, which
last year had a license plate in the
form Of a geographical outline Of
the state, will use a date tab cut
like keystone. Vermont viii use
1913 date tabs made from salvaged
tin cans. Arkansas is providing date
tabs for passenger cars and license
plates Of treated wood for trucks
and motorcycles. - s
Only nine states are issuing new
plates for 1913; in most cases they
are reprocessing single plate re-
tanned from last year when owners
were given only one 1912 plate. Wy
oming is the only state to issue two
new steel plates, manufactured be-
fore the WPB order took effect. Illi-
nois is issuing two plates made Of
fiber board. Delaware has put its
registration plates on a permanent
basis with expiration dates indicat-
ed by changeable inserts, following
the practice of Connecticut, where
permanent aluminium plates have
been used since 1887. z
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Save Soap

There are many ways Of saving
soap which will help in the war eff
fort. Keep soap dry aft5r each use
and only.use as much as is needed to
overcome the hardness of the water.
Use a soap shaker for soap scraps
and pour boiling water over them in
a bowl. The resulting jelly kept
near the sink can be used in wash
ing dishes and clothes. For the bath,
small bits of soap in thin bag
are Just as good as large cake Of
soap. A thin cake can be pressed
into larger cake when both are wet
and the small cake will become a
part of the larger one.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Russell Bros. 3-Ring Circus to
Show in Pasco, Sat-, Aug. IA

lean daredevils of the slack wire.
All manner of trained animal
acts including the only troupe of
trained Great Dane dogs in the
world, Madame Maree. and her
cunning dog and pony revue,
George Cortello's Hollywood MINI
les, marvellous high school dancing
horses, Jack Joyce's Hollywood
Playmates, tons of performing ele-
plants, pert military ponies, and
Bagdad, worlds only high school
camel. = -. : ~ -. :
And, punctuating the entire pro-
ceedings, the merry-mad monkey
shines of the clowns. - -.
Doors to the menagerie and horse
fair open at. 1 and z pm. with the
big show starting at 2 and 8 o.
clock.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Soybean Flour

New bread containing soybean
tiour is coming to the grocers;
shelves. Addition Of the soybean
flour makes the protein Of the bread
a more complete food, and more
nearly equal in value to the protein
of meat. Supplies Of skimmilk for
making bread may be short OF the
quantity needed under the recent
food order of the secretary OF agri-
culture, Claude Wickard, which es-
tablishes minimum percentage OF
milk to be included in bread. Bread
and potatoes will be two of the main
stays of life, he says, and will pro-
vide great share of our energy
food. 49,.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

Experience with fire bombs in
Britain has changed the blackout
rules. So that any such bombs
which have fallen in houses may
be seen at once by fire guards,
householders are asked to uncover
blacked-out windows in unoccu-
pied rooms as soon as fire bombs
begin to fall. The ministry of
home security in London reports
that fire bombs destroyed one en-
tire building because the fire could
not be seen from the street until
too late. ~. *. a> p. r. =.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

One-fifth of ceylon's old rubber
trees will be sacrificed to meet
production demands, Colombo adj
vises. These trees will be tapped
without interruption until they
have given their very life in pro-
ducing the last possible drop OF
gum rubber. Requirements will
then be planted.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

Wifey (after the spat)- You
should have married some stupid,
credulous girl. ''t.,.. - :
Hubby-Well, my dear, I did
the best I could. .%..%, -. :.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

A.. J. F.. Criticized, recently elected
president of the Society of Auc-
tioneers and Land Agents in Eng
land, declares England is nearer
agricultural self sufficiency than
for centuries.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Escaping Gas

eff could get at the Gas COM
pany I'd make 'ern change their
tune"
From long to short meter, I
presume" go. =.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

Cecil oldest lion of the London
zoo, who has died at the age of 81,
was distrant. and savage toward
visitors, but always willing to pose,
thus earning the title of 'sThe Art
lists Lion"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

Before they marry he calls her
sweet nothings, after marriage he
just calls her. II ss'z II
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

South Africa estimates a..
cost of its 'Beveridge Plan |. =
under discussion, would ~ ! q
one-eighth Of the estimatsa 'as
tional income. ~
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

The Duke Of Windsor ~.
employment for hundreds - l0
workers and fishermen IN y. '
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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

FOR SALE Purebred -.
White pigs 8 weeks Cd SI : !!
Samsel, West Highlands |
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

FOR SALE; Glider traIIo-
p #. long, almost new IN noas
ably priced. Can be seen .'ea',c
L. Smiths trailer camn ; = v
up River Road. ME
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
RATION
Information

RED STAaPS T and y
now valid for canned and
fresh meats .. oils, lards,
shortcomings, etc.
NO ST A M p. NEEDED
FOR COFFEE. e.
SUGAR STAMPS IS, IS
and IS good Us and is far
canning sugar). H..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05

re you fighting mad a
ut this war? Does q "
nc m anything
D YOU personal IA
y! Then dig ~ -N1N
own and buy &N.Nlt
:!a'e and more AStn0iiig
Bonds. For Freedoms h
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1943-08-05
Too Late to CIssS;s

FOR SALE: Solid o.l
set, full sized four nose T.o'os
and Sealy mattress. lie ~ b
St, Kennewick. y Sascaa
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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-15
The Weather.
A Dead Topic

AS you know, mention of the
weather on the radio these days is
forbidden. The newspapers can de-
scribe a snow storm or hot spell
but the radio commentators cannot.
There is a good reason for this.
A lurking submarine could pick up
a newscast, and if enough facts con-
corning the weather were revealed
by stations in enough widely sep
arated localities, even an amateur
meteorologist could make forecast.
But being unable to describe the
manifestations Of nature that 1 see
on my way to work in the morning
is terrible handicap to me. Re-
Gently I've gotten around the diff
Guilty by talking about last weeks
weather, and before going on the
air, reading what was going to
say to the censorship officials and
getting their o. K In no case did
they restrict me. The other day,
however, I forgot to call up the Cen
sorship office but the Blue Network
didn't forget. I got this message:
Censorship says you have to cut
out all references to weather from
now on. They say that there was
nothing actually censorable in what
you have said or what you have
written today but so many COM
plants have come in from other
stations that you were violating
the regulations and so many other
stations have been using your COM
ments on the weather as an excuse
for violating the rule, that we will
have to ask you to stop discussing
the subject entirely"
The following is what censorship
didn't let me say but what it has no
objection to my printing:
''It was pretty hard the past week
not to mention the swiftly changing
scene which nature provided Wash
ingtonians-one day, not so long ago
a top coat was far too heavy for
comfort and in the park, the dark
patches were beginning to be studded
with jeweled buds and the sunlight
seemed to turn into solid gold on the
bursting forsythia On that balmy
day I remarked-'Well, we must be
due for a BLIZZARD
''Twenty-four hours later the fine
snow began to fall and late that aft
ernoon and the following morning,
the tree limbs and trunks were
wrapped in great soft blankets of
down-even the high branches were
wide bands of white-but when we
went home from work in the eve
ming, the streets were dry and clean
again and only here and there in
the shadow of a hedge or in the
sheltering cups of the brown ivy
leaves was a dust of snow-like
a meager sprinkling of precious
sugar on the rim of doughnut."
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-15
Army Clarifies Policies
Regarding Farm Labor
Military Units May Be Employed on Crops
During Emergency Situations; Individ-
uaI Furoughs Not Contemplated.
BY BAUKHAGE
Ne,Us analyst and Commentator.

You can take 10 or 20 soldiers out
Of an outfit that has just started
training and it doesn't make much
difference. But you can't take that
many men out of an outfit already
trained and booked for overseas. Not
without Gripping the outfit SO badly
that it really interferes with battle
plans.
England's Method
The President said to us that in
England they have increased food
production go per cent. And they
did it with the help of land army,
mostly women with no previous
training. They got the training. A
lot depends on the training.
I talked with farmer near here
who took on city boy, green as
grass. The boy probably thought
shorts were something you wore
and probably would have looked in
the toolbox for boar.
Maybe you heard him talk on the
Farm and Home Hour. Well, met
him and the farmer, too. The kid
is crazy to get back this summer
and the farmer told me he was
sick when he had to let him go back
to school. City folks are dumb in
lot of ways. But so are farmers.
It's true you can lead horse to
water but you can't make him drink.
Also, a lot of horses have got the
sense to drink if you've got sense to
lead them to the water.
In spite of dumb help or none at
all, in spite of lack Of machines
and a lot of red tape, the farmers
Of the country have signed up to
raise bigger crop than they've ever
raised. 7 believe with a little horse
sense and patience, they are going
to pull through.
No team pulled together until they
were in harness.
If they don't, God help us and the
army at meal time.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-15
WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, ID. c.

l. WOnQer now many OF my read
ers remember that very popular
print of two Cor maybe more) gen
erations ago. Well, never mind if
you don't Though would appreciate
letter from any who do); 'home
on a furlough" is going to mean
something quite different now.
I remember the original picture
only vaguely. I didn't know what
the word Through meant. But I
know there was a tousle-headed
blond boy in the middle of an adj
miring farm family, telling his adj
ventures.
Today, the farm boy with con-
science, and the farm family with a
farm, are looking forward to the
Through that will bring the boy
home for work, not the telling of his
tales of adventure.
1t isn't going to be quite that way.
The President, when the farm bloc
was riding the administration its
hardest last month, went into con-
siderable detail as to what was to
be done to solve the farm labor
question. Since then some concrete
steps have been taken but not the
ones the farmers, or some Of them,
would have liked. They would have
liked their own sons, or their own
hands, who enlisted because they
simply couldn't stay ''out of the
show" back doing the old chores
they used to do. But this is what
the army said:
1.-THE army does not contemplate
furloughing Individual soldiers to
work on FARMS" the war department
announced in a statement clarifying
policies and procedures by which
soldiers may be used to alleviate
the farm labor shortage.
world War I experience DEM
onstrated that such temporary re-
leases of individual soldiers were of
little assistance to the agriculture
industry and disrupted the organiza-
ton and training of the army. II
furloughs were granted for this pur-
pose, neither agriculture nor the
army could be assured that the SOL
diers thus furloughed actually would
be engaged in agricultural activities.
Certain emergency situations
may develop in which vital crops
may be endangered because of crit
ical shortages in local agricultural
labor. In such cases, military units
may be employed under command
of their own officers to supplement
the local farm labor until the crisis
is over.
Troops so employed will be
housed and fed by the army and will
be subject to military control at all
times.
Requests for use Of military units
for emergency farm duty must be
transmitted to the war department
by the chairman of the War Man.
power commission.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-15
Another Loophole

However, there is another loop
hole which all of the farmers or the
farm men in service may not know
about. A soldier over So years Of
age who is on active duty in the
continental United States can get his
discharge right now if he can get a
statement from his local farm agent
to the effect that he is needed.
But the application has to get in
by May /. The same thing applies
to men overseas and they have until
June. (Better tell them by V-Mail.)
The President explained to us
twice, why a batch of young men
couldn't be pulled out of division
and sent home. =
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-15
BY VIRGINIA VALE

Re4SdSSu ny WeStern newspaper Ohiol'
IT'S hard to write about
l. Signe Hasso because only
superlatives should be used,
and there's so much to say.
Very beautiful, talented and
intelligent, the young Swed-
ish dramatic star is famous
on the Scandinavian stage
and in England. She put in
her year of waiting here for her
quota number, so that she could act,
by writing for Swedish newspapers;
even covered the Presidents press
conferences. She's superb actress,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1943-04-15

Earth'S Goodness
This earth must pass into eter-
nifty before the good of which it is
susceptible is all developed
Charles Dickens.