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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
COSTLY CAMPAIGN

WPB officials said that the war;
making empire Japan has created
IN China, and what II portendS IN
the time and material needed 10
crush IL, leaves no choice but 10
plan now Tor immensely costly
land campaigns of indefinite dura-
ton.
Those land campaigns, il WAS
pointed out have not yet even
started.
Rep. Gearhmt said
"NIy worry over the fact that
Japan this year has made her
self "A tremendous continental
power has caused me to ques-
ton responsible officials of the
NPB. the WING, >electiVe Scrv-
ice. the war and navy depart
and other agencies.
They agree that l0-year
war in China Is mt present "A
possibility. may soon become a
probability. and later may be
CHASTITY certainty, calling for
every ounce of Amer lean
strength.
"To this vast land war our
present island by island con-
quest. our invasion Of the
Philippines and our beginning
air offensive on Japan proper
are merely preludcs."
Gearhart praised the Hearst
Newspapers for warningly pre-
dieting, in their efforts 10 empha-
size the supreme nature of the
war with Japan, each fateful turn
of events in China this year.
dispatches in the Hearst
Newspapers again were At
ri a ------..- 60. -.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

curate last Sept. 2S when they
were the first 10 say that China
must he counted out of the war
a. fighting power Of any ei-
fectiVeneSS whatsoever" he SAID.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
:. -. Sailor Given
% YRS. i'm Killings

LONDON, Dec | tUP)- Joseph
Higgins, an American sailor
ON Jacksonville, Fla, was sem
need today by a L. $. court
lartial 10 50 years Imprisonment
r the murder OF two British
arines in a Red Cross service
ub at Greenock. Scotland.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

late last summer.
Rep. Gearhart (R) Of Califor-
Mia predicted major fighting for al
least 10 years in China, and rattcd
up as subStantlation the gcograph-
zeal facts of the Oriental conflict
and the tremendous japanese con
quests In factory Ccntcr>, mineral
AelaA and TODD FEaat4etfRss areas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

The Detroit Times has far more
nationally famous features than
any other Detroit newspaper.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
VISITING DETROIT

ADVERTISEMENT
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

This Announcement Courtesy of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
New Law Firm
Found in Kennewick

James Leavy and Ken. E. Serier
have announced that they have
opened law offices in the Penney
building.
Mr.. Leavy attended Central Val
ley high school and was graduated
as valedictorian Of his class. In
high school he was a member Of
the debating team and won the
Spokane county extemporaneous
speaking championship. He is a
graduate Of Washington State col
lege where he received his Alb.
degree with high honors and was
initiated into Phi Beta Kappa and
Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic
honorary societies. Mr.. Leavy re-
ceived his law degree from George
town University in Washington,
DC, and has been admitted to
practice law in the federal courts
of Washington and Oregon as well
as all of the courts of this state.
He was employed by the United
States Department of Agriculture
over two years as a research econ
omist and resigned that position in
1910 to accept a position as as
sistant regional attorney for the
same department. Since the out
break of the war, he has been with
the United States Department of
Justice as special attorney. Mr..
and Mrs. Leavy and their two
children are living in the Records
addition where they have pur-
chased a home.
Ken Serier is well known to
residents of Kennewick. He is
a graduate of Kennewick schools,
Whitman college, and the Uni
versity of Washington law school.
He has practiced law in Benton
County for many years, and has
served one term as prosecuting at
torney. Mr.. Serier and family will
reside at their new home on Third
Avenue East.
Both Leavy and Serier will act
as deputy prosecuting attorneys
in addition to their other practice.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
City Not 10 Try
Manager Plan
|0f Government
Council decides to pass
up special election
for paid manager

After mulling the matter over
for couple of months, the city
council has come to the conclusion
that the present form Of municipal
government is good enough and
that they will not put it up to
the citizens to decide whether or
not to adopt the city manager plan.
The matter came UP for discus
sion Wednesday night and con-
census of opinion was that the
city manager plan would only be
as successful as the city manager
happened to be. With poor one,
the city might possibly be worse
off than now. It was claimed that
in a case or two at least, small
cities which had tried the plan had
gone back to the old style with an
unpaid mayor.
It was necessary to make de-
cision this week in order to give
the proper legal notification of
the special election, if the council
determined to submit the plan.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
18th of July Dinner at
Harry Hampton Home

Hover Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Evans, Mr.. and Mrs. Donnely and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Bafus
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Nelson and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Gilmore all met
at the Harry Hampton home and
enjoyed a 18th of July dinner.
Floyd Slaybough and Mrs. r
Walker and two daughters of
Oakland, Calf, are visiting with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stay
baugh.
Miss Gladys Northrup is home
for a ten-day visit before going
to Sitka, Alaska to live.
Miss verilla Franklin went to
Post Falls, Idaho, to spend the
week end with her parents.
Miss Verilla Bafus was home
for the week end.
Mrs. Eudora johnson who is
ill was taken to Spokane last
Saturday by Mrs. Lulu Hampton.
Mrs. Hampton returned the first
of the week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
New Cop Gets Man
In Five Minutes

Within five minutes after being
put on the job, a special police at
Neuman's store arrested a man on
a shoplifting charge, secured his
conviction and started on the trail
of others. The conviction carried
a $25 fine, together with costs and
fifteen day Jail sentence which
was suspended.
Other retailers in Kennewick
complain of a great many cases
Of petty thievery, cases of which
have greatly increased within the
past year. One merchant, who OPP
crates a store in Pasco, states that
while Kennewick thieves are
plenty active, there is no COMPARE
son to the amount of stuff they
lose in the Pasco store.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
Youngsters Give Benefit
Red Cross Show

The youngsters at the Bates
Trailer Camp under direction of
Janet Genau and Patricia Murray
staged show on the night of the
Fourth of July in the camp. The
show consisted of tap dancing, So
los, fortune telling and an ac-
Gordon solo by and older man, al
SO of the camp. Six took part in
the show.
Pop and candy and the proceeds
amounted to 1894, and this was
turned over to the local Red Cross
to be used here in Kennewick to
help buy materials for the pro-
duction unit or anything else
needed.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06

Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Silli-
man, Clinton has just finished pre-
flight school training, will soon be
sent to another training camp to
take his primary flying training.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
Materials on Ground to
Start New Labor Camp

81 thought short statement as
to the work done by the Emer-
gency Farm Labor Program here
in Kennewick might be of some
interest to the public" writes c.
E. Ridley, emergency Farm Labor
Field Assistant.
"We have at present 81 Mexican
farm laborers. Fifty of them are
employed on various farms in this
vicinity. One of the Mexicans is
employed in the camp kitchen
which by the way is model of
cleanliness and under the super
vision of a white woman, Mrs.
Workman.
"At the peak Of the asparagus
season there were 169 Mexicans
working, but at the close of the
asparagus season 118 were trans
ferred to Yakima and Dixie for
the pea harvest. The Mexican
worker is as a rule very reliable
and the majority of the farms are
very well satisfied with them.
"We placed in June in addition
to the. Mexicans, $50 white men,
70 white women, and 83 youths
under Is. There We're 353 farm
ers ordering help. The larger part
Of these orders were filled.
"The type of help ordered range
from cherry pickers, asparagus
cutters, apple pickers, and gen.
eral farm help, sack sewers, head
er tenders, cat SINNERS, tractor
drivers. There is need at present
for men familiar with wheat farm
ing.
''This office is for the purpose of
trying to supply the farmers
needs and will do its utmost to
cooperate. We expect to have a
permanent farm labor camp estab-
lished here in Kennewick and sew
eral truck loads of prefabricated
houses are now on the ground"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
War Loan Drive
Lays in County
And District
Citizens urged to make
extra effort to COM
plete full quotas

Kennewick and Benton county
have fallen down terribly on bond
sales, apparently. Worse than
that, in recent weeks there has
been a large amount of previously
bought bonds cashed-especially
of those purchased by the Han
ford workers.
The county's quota of S2,700,0o0
lacks about a fourth of being
filled, according to report made
this afternoon by Carl Howard
Of Benton City, chairman Of the
drive for Benton county. This
figure includes the Hartford area,
where it was expected that large
portion of the quota would be
speedily raised. There the totals
Were not even as great as in the
last drive, in spite of the greatly
increased quota set for this one.
Totals for the county, including
the state and local government
purchases amounted to but ST.
900, 900, according to Mr.. Howard.
Kennewick's quota Of $250,000
is short about the same proper
ton, check of the totals re-
veals. The postoffice has handled
$2l, 500 in bonds in this drive,
while at the close of the Fourth
drive, nearly double that amount
had been sold, Postmaster Lincoln
reported this afternoon. He also
added that the amount of bonds
cashed during the past month had
greatly exceeded any other period
so far in the war.
The sales made through the
bank, included the individual E
bonds as well as corporation and
municipal bonds, have totaled
$138,775, with a total amount of
but 100000 out of the quota
of $250,000 for this district. This
is more than a third short of
the local quota, although there
are several sizeable corporation
purchases now in sight which have
not as yet been written.
| Among this latter group is the
purchase by the Church Grape
Juice plant of $10,0 900 worth which
will be made tomorrow, accord
ing to F. M. Ludlow, plant man
ager.
The need for funds in this drive
is even more urgent than previous
efforts, but apparently the steady
successes our armed forces are
making seems to have lulled the
public into the belief that the war
is about over and there is no
longer a need for funds. The con-
trary is true, however, and bust
ness people who see the dire need
are continually urging people to
come through with loaning their
money for the supreme effort at
ending the conflict. Citizens are
urged to read and comprehend the
publicity prepared by the gov
eminent agencies concerning the
purchase Of bonds.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
Tex's Coffee Cup
Changes Hands

Tex's Coffee Cup on the high
way was sold this week to James
Murley, who took possession to-
day. Tex is figuring on returning
to Texas where he says he's going
to spend the remainder of the
time between now and election in
converting all his friends into Re-
publicans. He said the OPA
changed him over completely and
he's. going to spend his Kenne-
wick-made profits on soap boxes
when he gets home.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
City, Gets Title
To Streets III
Larsen Addition
Plat Of area accepted /;
city plans to open
more streets there

Plat of the Louis Larsen tract
south of the highway and east OF
Washington street was accepted
by the city council Wednesday
night. This "a acres has been
sold in small parcels during the
past year or two without having
been plated and with no provis-
ions for street outlets.
After much negotiation, a plat
was finally agreed upon and
through its acceptance by the city.
right of way for the extension
of Avenue B from the Church
plant east, and for Alder, Beach,
Cedar and Date streets was
granted.
The city will also get immediate
action on securing q right Of way
for the extension of Gum street
from the railroad track to Avenue
c. This, when completed, will give
residents in the east end of town,
on Mob Hill and that area, a direct
outlet to the highway. Complete
opening Of this street will involve
the crossing of both railroads,
probably over the Union Pacific
and under the Northern Pacific.
This work will be left as prime
postwar project, but evidently
one that will be required by the
steady expansion of the local
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
Merlin Giles Expected
Home on FurlOugh

Highlands-Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Giles received telegram from
their son Merlin stating that he
will leave Camp Breckinbridge,
Kent, on July 10th for a two
weeks furlough.
Mrs. c. H. Sonderman left for
Portland on the 9Th Of July to
visit her son Junior who is in the
air corps and her daughter and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Clark Tay-
lor, who live in Portland.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
City Plans to Make
Charge for Sewer Use

The city is planning to make a
charge for the use Of the sewer
system, and the city attorney has
been asked to prepare an ordin-
ance therefor. The city's new
sewer outlet will cost about $50, 900
of which the federal government
has agreed to contribute $4,000,
providing the remaining $25, 1000
can be financed through revenue
bonds. The only way revenue
can be collected is through levy
on the users.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
New School 10 be
COMPLETED IN Time
] Or all Term
Contractor on job; says
80-day time limit
will be sufficient

Kennewick's new schoolhouse
will be ready for use before the
fall term opens, according to a
definite promise and assurance
made this week by the contractor
to Supt. e. S. Black. The con-
tract calls for completion within
80 days, with penalty clause for
each days delay.
Already the contractor has start
ed to assemble his material and
equipment and actual work has
already begun on the building. The
biggest possibility for delay was
in the matter of securing radiators
Black said, but ehe contractor al
ready has secured more than
enough to completely equip the
Kennewick building.
The new school will be of con-
crete block construction and will
probably be succeed to harmonic
with the present high school build
ing when the critical materials are
no longer on the impossible list,
Black says.
Because OF .&1e favorable con-
tract several of the items of con-
struction can now be replaced with
better materials, Black stated
Money left between the grant and
the contract can be used to have
slate blackboards instead of wood
which the estimates called for and
several other such minor details
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
Says Movies Have
Bomb Sounds
All Wrong i.
Soldiers soon get used
to smell of dead japs
says local boy

! am really ashamed of myself
for not writing more often, how
ever, I will try to do better in the
future.
The Kennewick Courier has
coming through pretty good. /
have gone over a month at time
without getting it but it's better
late than never. / have couple
buddies from Walla Walla and /
always pass it on to them and they
in turn, give me the Bulletin so
you can readily see I am pretty
well informed as to the happenings
about the metropolis of Kenne-
wick.
Well, Ralph, / can honestly come
home and say / have really been at
war. For awhile I thought / was
going through a war without hear
ing the burst of bombs and the
barking of guns but no longer do
1 have this thought in my mind.
I spent some time on an advanced
base on a small island off the
coast of New Guinea. We landed
on the island only a few days after
our boys had taken the island
The stencil of dead japs lying
around, yet not buried, was enufi
for me, but after a few days we
got used to it. Sleep was wha,
we missed most. The japs left
us with good fox hole and in that
fox hole learned to pray all over
again. More than once / noticed
my knees were shaking with patri-
otism. And Ralph, take it from
me, the falling bombs sound much
like air rapidly escaping from q
tire and not like it is heard on
the screen.
While on the island our squad
ron served its purpose. Macarthur
and others sent our squadron COM
mendations for a destructive at
tack against the japs naval task
force. We were also informed that
our squadron had performed one
of the most outstanding opera
tons in aerial warfare. Guess you
can readily see why I am so
proud of our squadron. Right now
/ am back in New Guinea resting.
have no reason to complain
our chow has been swell lately.
We've even had some of those
juicy steaks. We do miss our fresh
vegetables, fruits and pasteries
though. We have shows three
nights week and they are well
attended-rain doesn't stop us
from going.
I must write more letters this
evening, so will close. Thanks
again for sending me the Courier.
AS ever, Sgt. Robert Mills, 18th
Rem. So. B) list Gp. APO 1922,
Unit l, GO PM, San Francisco,
Calf.
Ralph, enclosed is cover from
package of jap cigarettes. Thot
it might be of interest to you.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
New Pc. Boxes

Two new sections of lock boxes
were added to the post office
lobby over the holidays. Post
master Lincoln says the new
equipment is in keeping with the
increased business at the local
office. His records show that
the first six months receipts have
exceeded those of the entire year
two years ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06

Another of the three sons of Mr..
and Mrs E. A. Silliman, is So in
radio, stationed at Yerba Buena
Island, in California.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06

NOTICE

There is a definite ceiling
price on used household me.
canical electric refriao1at-
ors. the local ration board
warns. The price panel clerk Of
your local War Price and Ra-
tioning board should bs con-
suited before a purchase Is made
of such items.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08
JEFFERSON DAY
 TICKETS READY

Tickets for the Democratic Jef- ferson Day dinner of the 5th Con- greSsional district to be held at The Elton May 13 are now being dis- tributed by local party members.
 Four members of the Democratic stats central committee from Wa terbury are handling the greater share of the distribution. These consist of town chairman Maurice F. Tangney; city controller Cor nelius F. Maloney; Mrs. Winifred Mcdonald and Mrs. Gertrude Cor don.
 Others prominent in local party circles who also are handling the distribution of these tickets are: Mrs. Nellie Hayden representing the Democratic Women's lub; Miss Mary Hennessey, representing the Democratic Women's Booster club; Mrs. Anna Hadden; City treasurer Serge Belanger; Nicholas Zappone, president ot the Young Democratic club: Stephen Homick, vice presi- dent of the Young Democratic club; Mrs. Mary Zalickas; Theodore Ol- schefski.
 The dinner is scheduled for 7:3o p. m.
 U. s. Senator Francis T. Maloney will be the principal speaker with Mayor Monagan as toastmaster.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08
COOLER WEATHER
 TO PREVAIL HERE

Clear skies and moderate temper atures are in prospect for the next few days as the merry month of May hit her stride this morning after a bad start.
 The three-day neat wave which descended on ttle city Friday broke yesterday with a series of heavy showers which totaled .46 inches, and drove the mercury down to 52 degrees.
 The mercury fell still lower last night to 46 degrees at a. m. Tenn perature at noon today stood at 58 degrees.
 According to weather bureau figures the maximum temperatures recorded here during the three-day heat wave-89, 92, 91, set a high mark in weather history with an average of 90 for three-day period.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08
BRASS AND CIO
 IN HUB MEETING

Representatives of the c. I. o. and the American Brass Co.,, were today conferring with James Healey, chairman of the regional War Labor Board in Boston, relative to the contract dispute pending be- tween the two interests. Represent ing the management is J. Harold Madden while the c. I. o. was rep sented by John J. Driscoll. execu- tive secretary. and John J. Man kowski, executive board member of District G..
 No settlement was reached at meetings between these same in- terest conducted here in Water bury last Friday and Saturday when MT. Healey also presided. It was stated that today's meeting concerned proposed procedure of the VILE if the matter is finally referred to them for settlement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-08
FAMED RAILROAD
 OPENED AT LAKE
Governor Drives Golden
 Spike at COnlpOunce Ex- ercises Saturday

,. Lauding 1t as a device not de- signed to kill or destroy, but to af- ford amusement to young and old, Public Utilities Commissioner Jos- eph F. O'Connell of Bristol, de- scribed the tradition of the famed Gillette Railroad at a dinner at Lake Compounce in Bristol Satur- day afternoon preceding the color ful dedication exercises of the rail- road which Pierce and Norton have purchased from the Hadlyme estate - of the late William Gillette. fa- nous playwright and Shakespear- can actor.
 2 Ably officiating as toastmaster at the banquet in the ballroom at- : tended by 100 invited guests Con- missioner O'Connell told his listen- CTS without amusement we would be lost country. In winding up the party he displayed the deeds orig finally obtained from the Indians.
 Selectman Bob Lacey of South ington said he could think of no VCVOSk ORCAdVO1O Ol LAllo IdllIU than those of Lake Compounce and was tickled that the provision in MT. Gillette's will, that it not be sold to any blithering idiot, was adhered to.
 Other speakers at the dinner were Mayor Daniel Davis of Bristol, George Waldo, president of the State Park and Forest commission, Frank Wall, vice-president of the New Haven Railroad, mad Julian Norton, manager of Lake Con- bounce and a member of the State Park and Forest commission.
 Governor Raymond A. Baldwin said the railroad was a tribute to the enterprise of Connecticut Yankees. Later he drove the golden spike completing the rail circuit running around the entire lake.
 The first trip of the railroad around the lake was engineered by Harry L. Grant, for more than a half century one of the New Haven Railroads crack engineers. Gov ernor Baldwin and other state off, cials, including State Police Con- missioner Edward J. Hickey, State Motor Vehicles Commissioner John T. Mccarthy, together with local office holders. rode on the first train making the circuit.
 The New Departure Band played.