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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

Did YOU ever stop to think that
much of this worlds history is Civ
en- over to the squelching of men
like Hitler, TOTO, Napoleon, the
Kaiser. Attila the Hun and the
like? They have been enemies OF
peace and the enemies of civiliza-
ton in the ages in which they lv-
ed. It is they and their ideologies
that have from time to time con-
sumed the resources of civilization
and devoured its best manpower.
Civilization has in each instance
triumphed and put them down
and in each instance has had to 60
back and bind up its wounds and
repair the ravages of the destroyer.
1t is thrilling to contemplate what
might be the status of the world
today had it not been subjected to
the drain upon its vital resources
that crushing such destroyers have
cost. We spend so much time re-
coupling our losses that we do not
have the opportunity to build upon
the resources that we have earned
and saved and built up during the
intervals of peace. In our opinion
the greatest thing that lies ahead
of mankind is to learn to live to-
gether in peace. When We do learn
to live together in peace we can
begin to build upon our accumu-
lated resources instead of forever
building upon the ruins caused by
ravages of war.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31
In BY-Gone Days
Being Items Culled from Our
Files of Ten, Twenty, Thirty and
Forty, Years Ago.
FORTY YEARS AGO

The Columbia Courier for Aug.
26, 1904 reports that-A large
number of our business men met
in the opera house last Monday
evening and took further steps to-
ward thee organization of the COM
mercial association. The commit
tee on bylaws and finance report
ed. The name adopted is "The
Kennewick Commercial Associa-
ton"
That-G. H. Tousley had a large
tank fixed to his wagon and will
supply customers thruout the city
with fresh Columbia river water.
This is an industry that should be
well patroniZed here, while the
wells are in an unsatisfactory con-
dition.
That. F. Shafer, Kennewick's
popular barber, has just finished
the improvements on his barber
shop and now has one of the most
complete tonsorial and bath parlorS
in the Northwest. He had a larger
addition built in to the building
which will be used as bath rooms
and has a deep well dug in the
rear into which he has put a force
pump operated by a gasoline en-
CINE.
That-Wm. Crandall of Nebraska
informed the Courier reporter that
he has made up his mind to come
west and chose Kennewick for the
spot where he would settle. On
arriving he found that two of his
old townsmen, Messrs. H. A. and
Phillip Bier had located here and
were highly pleased with the
country.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

ing the Century of Progress, have
reached Des Moines, Iowa, and are
having a wonderful time, according
to word received this morning by
some of the parents. They left on
the 18th of August and plan to
make the trip in month. The
four boys are Frank Mueller, Wal
ter McCamish, Alger PettiJean and
Gene Shanafelt.
That-Because of the very seri-
Gus jack rabbit situation, the coun-
ty extension office has received
many complaint from farmers who
claim that in destroying the coy
otes the natural enemy of the rab-
bit was also done away with. Plans
for rabbit drive are under way.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

Now is the time to do your
Christmas shopping for gifts that
are to be sent to men in the service
overseas. 1t requires thought and
careful selection to get suitable
gifts for the man in the service. It
should be held in mind that most
of his wants are supplied by the
army and if he is on the move he
cannot carry much extra weight
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31
TEN YEARS AGO

The Kennewick Courier-Report-
ar for August %, 1884 says that
Kennewick is destined to become
sea port with ocean-going YES
sells loading at the local docks is
the prediction made by E. S. War
rem of Alderdale this noon at the
Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
That-Kennewick boys who are
making a tour of the East and see
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31
TWENTY YEARS AGO

The Courier-Reporter for Aug
ust 21st, 1924 says that-Manager
Lee M. Lampson of the Cantaloupe
Exchange announces a decided
slump in the melon market. The
Exchange up to date has handled
II cars CT cants and seven cars of
water melons. Most of the cants
have sold from $3.50 to $500 per
crate.
That-One of the most enthus-
iastic gatherings of the season was
the chicken dinner served the golf
club Wednesday evening in the
Commercial club rooms. About 40
men and women were present, the
buffers eating at the expense of
the Dubs, who lost the contest a
week ago.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31
THIRTY YEARS AGO

The Kennewick Courier Report
er for August Goth, 1914 reports
that through the efforts of Chas.
H. Collins, so boxes of Kenne-
wick's choicest apples will be ex-
hibited at the Louisiana state fair
this fall.
That-Mr.sand Mrs. A. F. Brown
and two little sons, who have been
enjoying six weeks vacation in
Spokane, returned home Saturday.
Burns, then seven-year-old son,
was struck by an auto in that city
one day last week and altho badly
cut and bruised, is getting along
nicely.
That-Having occasion to visit
the broom. factory last week we
were shown some broom corn
grown on Mr.. Beck's ranch. Sew
eral years ago we saw a magnifi-
cent crop of broom corn grown on
the Chas. Shivers place in Section
Seven. In those days broom corn
was one of our staple products.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

Did you ever stop to think that
most of the things we have been
asked to do to aid in the war effort
are things we should do even tho
a war was not in progress. We are
asked to save our money by invest
ing it in bonds, obviously sensible
and a wise thing to do at any time.
We are asked to save waste fats,
waste paper, gasoline and automo-
bile tires. We are asked to use up
and wear out the things we have
before buying new things. All wise
and sensible things to do. There is
no reason for regarding the saving
program as a hardship or sacri-
flee. It is the thing common sense
teaches should always be done.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

with him. The best plan is to find
out in advance what is most de-
sired. This will often depend upon
the branch of service the man is in
and where he is located. And fin
ally, pack whatever is sent secure
ly. Just imagine that it is going to
get the toughest treatment mag
Unable. The package is going to be
subjected to great weight and
pressure and is going to be thrown
around a great deal before it fl
nally reaches its destination. Re-
member whatever is sent it is i'm
portant that it arrives in good con-
dition, so pack it carefully.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31
Bridal Shower Given
HOnOring Mrs. Judd

Hover: Mrs. Floyd Donnelly,
Mrs. H. Wilcox and Mrs. Emily
Laudel, gave a wedding shower in
honor of Mrs. Alice Clifford Judd,
at the home of Mrs. Donnelly on
Tuesday, Aug. %. There were &c
ladies present. Lovely gifts were
given and a lovely lunch served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thalman of Pasco
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs
H. N. Hampton Sunday.
Charles Duncan, electrician l &c,
SIP, of Kennewick, spent Friday
night with Cpl. Wilbert Mills.
Mrs. Bessie Baichtal of Seattle
has been here visiting her mother,
Mrs. Hatch and her brother Cpl
Earl Sapp.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-08-31

and then i make my decision"
Never to the defendant"
"Well, did at first but found
it confused me-"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
LIFEBOAT RATION HOOKED

SCITUAIE. WasT.. Nov 8. UP
Fishing from dcry. Capt. Mich
ael Shea CT Peggotty Beach caught
on his line a two-pOund box of
chocolates with the inscription
Approved lifeboat and draft ra-
TORS fer ships registered in Aus
trslia. Cadbury's Chocolate. two
poundr. Date O. manufacture IL
l2-41."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
Manila Blasted
Anew From Air
Continued From PaGe

Continued From PaEc Il
all we're thrown pack with heavy
enemy losses.
Extension Of the thir6 fleets car
rier assault on the Manila bay area
cf Luzon into its second day vas
disclosed in a communique from
Admiral Chester W Nimitz'S Pacific
fleet headquarters.
BLAST AT FLEET
The eCmmunique reported that
Hellcat fighters. Avenger torpedo
planes and Helltiyer dive bom5ers
on the second day. Sunday. had
sunk three cargo ships and an oil
tanker, probably sunk a destroyer,
and damaged two destroyers. two
destroyer escorts, c trawlev and Sey-
eral cargo ships.
Sundays bag raised the toll Of
ships for the .Wo days to so, divided
as follows:
Five sunk-a SUBMARINE chaser.
three cargo ships and an oil tanker.
Two probably Sunk-a heavy cruis-
er and a destroyer.
Twenty three damaged-a light
cruiser, five deStroyers. two Destroy
er escorts. II cargo ships and
trawler.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
Potion Speeds
New Attacks

guns holding up the British ID
vance on Walehersn yesterday, an
air force announcement said. Other
TyphoonS destroyed builC ing
thought TO be a German army head
quarters in besieesd DunkerQue on
the French channel CoaSt.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
MIN KAMPF' AUTHOR

MEGFCRD Mass, Nov. 3. TUPl
"A college girl called branch Ii
brary recently to renew book she
was reading for government class.
Yes. the name of the book?" asked
he librarian "Mein Kampf. And
the author, please?"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
Roosevelt Wins
Sweeping Vote

pie of thousand strong III the
grounds of the big house" around
midnight.
NO TELEGRAM
Dewey sent no telegram of con-
gratulations, a fact which presl-
Dental Secretary Stephen T. Early
remarked to newsmen at Hyde Park
But the President heard the broad
cast report of Dewey's concession
and sent this telegram at once:
His Excellency Thomas E. Dewey,
governor of New York,
Roosevelt Hotel, N. Y.
Il thank you for your statement
which I have heard over the air
few minutes ago.
"(Signed) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
ut is clear" Dewey had said TO
the reporters assembled at head
quarters, that Mr.. Roosevelt has
been reelected for fourth term
and every good American will whole
hearted accept the will of the
people. I extend to Mr.. Roosevelt
my hearty congratulations and my
earnest hope for a speedy and last
ing peace and the restoration of
tranquility among our people
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08

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led. In some states, it was for the
president; in others for Dewey. Mr..
Roosevelt, however, carried the SER
vice vote in all five New York City
boroughs, although he lost Queens
and Richmond in the overall vote.
AHEAD IN "a STATES
The states in which Mr.. Roosevelt
was leac ing were: Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho.
Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary
land, Massachusetts Minnesota, Mis-
sissippi, Missouri, Montana. New
aGa. New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New Mexico, New York, North Car
olina, Oklahoma. Pennsylvania
Rhode Island, South Carolina, Ten
neSsee, Texas, Utah. Virginia, Wash
ington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
The states in which Dewey was
ahead were: Colorado. Indiana, To-
wa. Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Neb-
raska, North Dakota, Ohio. Oregon,
South Dakota, Vermont and Wis
conSin.
The President stayed up until
shortly after $3.50 am, EWT, lis
tening to the news. working pencils
loWn to nubs on his own calcula-
tions and comforting by telephone
with his scattered lieutenants. Be-
tween times he joshed with his
White House aids gathered with
him at Hyde Park and talked to
the neighbors who assembled cou
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
5. P. Passenger
Train Wreck
Takes II Lives
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Cross. including l. nurses aids and
staff assistants. assisted in caring
tor the wounded
Col. D n. Smith. chief medical
officer AZ Dewitt hospital, sent a
fetal q II ambulanCoS to the wreck
Wayland said an army doctor and
two muses. Who were passengers on
the train established an emer-
crncy FIRST aid station at a farm
house near tho wreck
ENGINEER KILLED
The dead included the engineer,
WhCsc name was not available. and
seven persons trapped in one Of the
wrecked cars he said.
The engine plowed into a dirt
embankment. but did net turn over,
Waviand said. The engineers body
was pinned between the engine and
the bank.
Railroad employees were using
acetylene torches tryine TO reach n
sailor trapped in one Of the cars
and believed 10 be alive.
The railroad l. a two-track line
where the wreck occurred. The
westbound track was blocked by the
wreck bat the other was clear. Ap-
sarently The tracks were not dam
aged. Wayland said.
A parallelirg highway cid U. ).
route 40. was blocked BY the wreck.
h,,r,roy.ir,afely p00 uPrSOrS were
on the train. Wayland estimated.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
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tanks and infantry into the strug-
gle for Vossenack. field reports said.
Supreme headquarters reported
in its daily communiQue that the
Americans in the Schmidt area
beat off two enemy cOunteratt2Cks
and improved their positions west
Of the town.
NAZIS MOPPED Up
German pockets Of resistance near
Schmidt were mOpped UP, the COM
muniuue said. Fighter bombers
blasted and strafed enemy defense
positions in the Schmidt area, as
well as buildings, railway lines, and
bridges in the Ruhr, behind the
German lines.
Lieutenant General Courtney H.
Hodges first army infantry captur-
ed Schmidt, y miles southwest OF
Cologne. last Friday in drive that
carried TO heights overlooking the
Roer river barrier to the Cologne
plain. but were thrown back several
miles by a German counter attack.
Rain slowed ground operations in
the e-Remiremont sector of
eastern France.
American seventh army troops
farther south repulseG a strong
German counter attack west Of Ger
ardmer in the VosgeS foothills after
stiff fighting
TIGHTEN SIEGE
In southwest Holland, Allied
troops tigh5ened their siege around
the last enemy Pocket south of the
Holland Deep in Moerdijk and con-
tinued their mop-up Of doomed enc
my forces in the northwest corner
OF Walcheren island.
Rocket-firing Typhoons success
fully attacked a battery of heavy
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
GJAnFWATFP

GLADEWATER, Tex. Nov. 8.
UPl-Wi'h membership Of 1902.
the Fir-t Baptist Church of Glade
water gave S6.17620 during the year
ending September 81 TO the work
Of missicns.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
Turkey Reports
New Russ Move

LONDON, Nov. 8. tUPl-An An
kara broadcast reported Wednesday
.ha, Russian forces had begun a
rew offensive on the Latyian front
in an effort to destroy the 30 Ger
man divisions trapped there and
.elease formidable Soviet units for
The Crive on East Prussia.
Nazi aecour.s S have reported spor-
adic flareups in Latvia ever since
the IN of Riga and the pinninE Of
the Germans against the Baltic
coast in the Liepaja ja-Memel area.
On tine southern front. the Buda-
oes. radio reported thai the RS
slams. outflanking the Hungarian
capital from the south. had landed
n an island in the Danube four
niles below the city.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
Imperial Valley Press

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Sunday POST PRESS. ny the r-1rerial
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St. Fl Centre. Cali
Paul lerkins. Publisher
and President
A G Johnston. Vice President and
Advertising Manager: Mrs. Logan II.
jenkins, Secretary.
Member United Press. california News
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Co Inc national representatives.
Rates Including Sunday Post-Press {:
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office as 2nd class mail.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
Marine, Italian
War Prisoner
Battle in uS0
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apparently, understood. 1t could
not be learned whether or not the
Italians are at liberty CT under
guard when they come to Ell Centre
for recreation.
Italian prisoners are employed III
the maintenance work at Camp
Iockett and between Is and 20 at
Camp Seeley. AT the latter camp,
they are engaged in the demobiliza-
ton of the post, and, it is under
stood are under the jurisdiction CT
the army. However, although the
Italians are CHARTERED at Camp See
ley in tents, they eat at mess halls
at the Marine Base.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
Nebraska Kills
Prohibition Act

OMAHA, Ne5, Nov. s. CUP)-A
proposed law to return prohibition
to Nebraska went down 10 a re-
sounding defeat Wednesday as
general statewide prohibition
sentiment rolled up a three-to-
majority against the measure.
Returns from LII Of the states
226 precincts showed 320.753 votes
sgainSt the proposal, anC 1858 for
il.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
RADISH VS.. CABBAGE

BRAlNERD. Mlnn., Nov. 8. IUPl
Rivalry between S.. Louis county
anC Crow Wing county became al
NEST as hot as that between Florida
and California when Row Cox of
Brairerd unearthed q radish which
tIrpod the scales at five pounds
while a s. Louis county neightor
rev Garbage with six heads. each
weighing from four to five pounds.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
SPORT LIKES HER JOB

TROY, N. Y, Nov 8. tUPD-Troy
firemcn assigned to Pumper 5 have
an unusual mascot in Sport trim
little white fox terrier. Not only
Goes Sport enjoy riding to fires,
hut one of her favorite tricks is to
ring the bell on the fire truck by
hitting the clapper with her nose.
Firemen are now trying to figure
cut how they can teach her to turn
the handle on the siren.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
STUDENTS MOTHERS ENROLL

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. NOV.
e. CUP)-The older generation seems
10 be following right in daughters
footsteps these days. Among the
500 students enrolled this year at
Skidmore College are Mrs. Charles
II. Pflanz of Norwich, N. Y, whose
daughter, Ruth, is president of the
class of 1916, and Mrs. George H
McHenry, wife of Col. McHenry, oil
Mitchell Field, whose daughter
Louise, is in the class OF l947.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-08
BLOODHOUND GOES AWOL

COLUMBIA. S. c., Nov. 8. up
Officials at nearby Fort Jackson
we're seeking a purebred bloodhound
Army cog named Texas, whose
.uty i wss u apprehend escaped
military prisoners. It seems that
Texas" had gone AWOL herself.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
MUST THEY PAY FOR A JOB?

MUST THEY PAY FOR A JOB?
An issue is before the state of
Oregon that will be common to
each of the 48 states. The voters
of the city of Portland have ap-
proved postwar projects involving
the expenditure of millions of dol
lars in public improvements which
will afford employment and oppor-
tunity to the boys returning from
the armed services.
The question is now raised: will
the veterans of World War II be
forced to join labor organizations
and pay for the right to obtain
postwar employment on public jobs
financed by taxation? In other
words, when the taxpayers author
ize public expenditure, will that
mean substantial percentage of
such money must be allocated to
organization dues, rather than to
the improvements for which the
money was voted?
Veterans who risked their lives
to perpetuate individual liberty,
may well resent restrictions at
home that force them to pay for
the right to earn a living.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
THIS SHOULDN'T BE

THIS SHOULONI De
The rudiments of arithmetic,
writing and reading have not been
as extensively taught in the .. s..
as many of us in Kennewick might
think. We have long Dragged about
our expensive and expansive edu-
cational system that enables the
nations youth to acquire the best
learning any country can offer.
A bulletin issued by the Selective
Service shows where. 100000 reg
istrants have been refused because
they could not pass the intelligence
tests altho they were physically fit
for service. It wasn't because they
didn't have the mental capacity
for learning but primarily because
of educational deficiency" 1t again
shows that the opportunities fol
education are not the same all
over the country. We might right
ly feel that in such land of OPP
portunity education should be
available for everyone.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06
DAY OF INDEPENDENCE

With the invasion succeeding,
powerful units of men and equip
ment hurting themselves against
the foe, the thunderbolts that will
lead to victory are especially epo-
chal this July a. Holding more sig
nificance for us each year we fight
to preserve the rights that thirteen
small colonies held as certain
truths, we think of the principles
that were dedicated, long years
ago when this nation was engaged
in another struggle to secure lib
erty and hereditary privileges OF
living as human beings in fertile
land, bright with prospects of a
future of untold opportunity to ev-
cry man who fought to maintain
it. Back in 1776, the world in
which we now live was more
simple place, the people living in
that world a simpler folk. Today
one hundred and thirty million of
us are proposing, supposing, levy
ing, paying, signing, compiling,
representing, affirming, struggling
and striving with complicated iv
ing to solve the intricate system
and perhaps get back to that more
simple life when an indivisible
country was in the making. We
can no longer live as in '76 when
the rule for the world didn't seem
to be such an all-around misunder-
standing and suppression. Forum
ately as back then, mankind on
the whole, refuses to have his
faith in justice, tolerance and good
ness destroyed. So must we re-
member that when Jefferson was
picked to draw up the Declaration
Of independence the composition
didn't find the unqualified approx
al of the whole committee or the
lawyers of congress as they work
ed on the material at hand and al
tered words and phrases for three
days while Thomas Jefferson pray
ed in waiting, that the force of his
argument would not be lost, as it
was not. His words still remain as
music, his phrases still stand as
law. All day on a July 4th Con-
gress debated and by evening had
reached a decision, all members
present signing this doctrine, that
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06

Island by island General Mac
Arthur has been working toward
the Philippines. With the capture
of Biak, American forces are now
within $50 miles of Mindanao, the
southern point of the Philippines.
Biak is only 600 miles from the big
japanese base at Palau, a distance
which will allow our bombers a
fighter escort. Since the landing
on Guadalcanal in August 1912,
our ground forces have advanced
north and west toward the Philip
pines approximately 1900 miles,
mastered the Solomons, neutraliz-
ed New Britain and New Ireland,
taken the Admiralities and recov-
cred New Guinea. The march back
back to Bataan is on.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-07-06

! AS the boys in the service see it,
there is no justification for a strike
of any kind in this country. The
government has provided means
for workers to secure relief from
inequalities. Every strike called
today builds just that much more
anti-labor post war sentiment. Ev-
cry soldier who did not get the
supplies and equipment on the
front line when he needed them is
going to remember when he gets
back that while he occupied q fox
hole in an advanced position that
was being strafed by enemy mach
inc gun fire and waited for needed
supplies and equipment to come
some worker back home, living in
safety and comfort with his family
and drawing good wages and eat
ing good food and sleeping in a
clean bed struck and quit making
implements of war because he re-
ceived few cents less an hour
than he thought he should have,
or because he did not like the color
of the foreman's necktie.