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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05
lport for the period ending March
ISL, 1945, but has been extended
! to June 80.

Late in the fall when the frost
is on thepumpkin," gardeners may
also find squash, squash vines and
fruits literally covered with
squash bugs of all sizes, warns
Larel G.. Smith, Extension ento-
mologist at the State College of
Washington.
When the squash have been
wiped free of the bugs and carried
out of the field, the vine refuse
should be piled up, and burned a
day or two later after the bugs
have again settled on the vines.
Smith points out that at no other
time of the year is it possible to
destroy so many bugs in one op-
Grafton. Burning the vines in the
field without disturbing them
would be even better. This could
be done with a flame gun.
Your county agent will attend
a land classification and post war
planning meeting at Yakima on
Sept. % and 20, to review Ex-
tensions responsibility in the eco
nomic and social readjustment
made necessary by the war, and
after the war.
Probably the most unusual and
interesting meeting of the year was
one attended last week in Yakima
county by the agent and agents
from surrounding counties. This
was field trip to determine the
classes of land and to study the
qualifications for the various
classes of land. 1t brought out
that there is very little class one
capability land with much of it
classed as two and three, with
some four and five. The whole
purpose of the meeting was to
make the agent more effective in
locating new people or returning
veterans upon the. land. More
will be said of this trip later.
While hOrmone sprays reduce
pre-harvest fruit drop it is not
advisable to use spray to hold
fruit on beyond its proper matur-
ity stage for storage, cautions DR..
John G. Snyder, extension horti-
culturist at the State College of
Washington.
He suggests the following for
using hormone sprays:
l. Apply the spray as soon as
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05

There should be included in the
list of the things for which we are
fighting the determination to make
Germany realize that crime does
not pay. Not the German leaders
alone but the people as well. q
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05

Vice Pres. Wallace was sent to
China and while there was oozed
out Of the vice president candi-
dacy. Now Donald Nelson, head
of the WPB, has been sent to
China. It is quite natural that
the general conclusion should be
that he is going to be oozed out of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05

A storage pit four feet wide,
six feet long, and 18 inches deep
will hold nearly a ton of root crops
or potatoes.
More. ventilation is needed i'm
mediately after vegetables are put
into storage than is needed through
the winter months.
Straw, sawdust, shavings and
snow are much better insulating
materials than cement, stone, brick
or earth. ,.~
Temperature is the most i'm
portant single factor in the storage
of fruits and vegetables.
Storage losses include loss by
moisture decay, sprouting and loss
through regular life processes. All
these can be reduced by lower
temperatures. ~
Small, immature beets and car
rots shrivel much more quickly
in storage than older, more ma
ture roots of medium size.
Natural earth makes. better
floor than concrete or brick for
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05
Kennewick Courier-Reporter z
Thursday, October 5, 1914

Ns""s"' THURSDAYS Hs1est october 5esSSaf $ lss
Labor Urges
Children to 90
Back to School
Invites Other Groups to Cooperate With it
In Getting Students Back Into School
Labor nation working groups per-
suade children back in school this feels
that far children be in school than
jobs paying big these times Labor has always
been of the strongest hackers of free education and feels
that this emergency is exception
Labor invites other Public spirited groups to join with it in
conducting this vital future webeing Some
have already offered their help and others expected
In A Nation Wide Drive
persuade
launched o. The o
panHt u. of
all backing
School enrolment matter has
leading dropped
during die last dee Employment Of during school months has
Of
situation grow wose
= - ~
- We Cannot Sit Idly By @
Organized labor sit tak idly while boys and girls drift from high
schools From the earliest days labor has been he driving force behind
SAL free education labor should in persuade
get all the schooling possible e.s-~
The American Federation of Labor make himself
GoToSho drive the families Of his and dns
AT OIL and od responsible
Our Invitation To You
The Central Labor Union Of Paeo and Kane ali and id
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-10-05

Rep. William Lemke of North
Dakita has figured it out that there
are 70 hidden taxes in a sand
witch. This may account for the
reason the purveyors of sand
witches are not able to put a little
meat in them. a.. ~
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sound apples begin to drop. A
second application seven to 10
days later prolongs its effective
ness.
2. If only one application is
used, it should be delayed until
pre-harvest dropping of apples is
we'll begun-at least six good ap-
pies tree per day.
3. Spray as nearly as possible
during the hottest part of the day.
These sprays may not be very
effective if applied when the
temperature is below TO- F.
4. Use adequate spray-3O GAL
Ions per mature tree is not too
much as entire coverage is desir-
able.
5. Use spray materials at stand
ard strength as recommended by
the manufacturer. For increased
effectiveness, 1-2 to double the
standard concentration may be
used, especially when only one
application is made. However, the
standard concentration normally
should be sufficient if the spray
is applied thoroughly, under fav-
orable weather conditions, and
the harvest is not delayed too long.
Never use lower than standard
strength.
6. Overmaturity of the fruit
must be guarded against. Horn
one sprays will keep fruit from
dropping, but will not stop the
maturity process going on in the
apples. Because fruit remains
on the tree, this does not mean it
may not become overripe. Fruit
overripe when harvested general
ly has poor quality when mar
keted, and the time it can be stored
is greately reduced.
Despite a late start, worms are
severity damaging cabbage, broc-
coli and cauliflower in many Ben
ton county farms this year, re-
ports L. C. Smith, extension ento-
mologist the State College of
Washington.
With continuing warm weather,
large populations of worms are
found in some areas, and vege-
tables are suffering heavy attacks
in many gardens. The worms feed
on the undersides of leaves, and
down in between the leaves close
to the head. More mature worms
may even get inside the head.
To keep worms from getting in
side the heads, they must be con-
trolled while they are still small,
Smith emphasized. Worms found
on cabbage, broccoli, and cauli-
flower are best controlled by ap-
plying rotenone-bearing dust.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Army TO Honor {. & P.
For Sigma! Corps Aid

A certificate of appreciation "for
loyal and patriotic services rendered
the Signal Corps" will be presented
to representatives of the Chesapeake
& Potomac Telephone Companies
operating in the District, Maryland.
Virginia and West Virginia In a brief
ceremony at o'clock this afternoon
at company headquarters, 725 Tnir-
teenth street NV.
The certificate, signed by Mai.
Gen. H. c. Ingles chief signal officer,
will be presented to Lloyd B. Wilson,
president of the companies, by Brig.
Gen. Frank E. Stoner, chief, Army
Communications Service.
The Chesapeake & Potomac
companies were among the organiz-
ations which took part in a recruit
ment plan for specialized communi-
cations personnel early in the war.
Companies throughout the Nation
recruited entire signal units from
among their employees.
Among the guests expected at the
presentation ceremony are Col. Carl
H. Hatch, Col Edward F. French
and 1t. Col Vernon b. Bagnall Of
the Signal Corps: Mrs. Mary Gam
non, Mrs. Margaret Reynolds, c. d.
Schultz. and w. J. Smith, officials of
the unions representing telephone
workers in the District.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Alexis R. 5tocker, AZ,
Fairchi|d Plane Corp.
Executive, Found Shot,
Business Associate Finds
Victim on Bed After
Hearing Gun BIost

Alexis Rutherford Stocker, 49. for
elgn relations director of the Fair
field Engine & Airplane Corp, with
offices at 1927 K street NV, was
found shot through the head last
night in his apartment in Dorchester
House, 2480 Sixteenth street NV,
police reported. He is in Emergency
Hospital where his condition was
said to be fair.
A business associate. AlfrecO di los
Rios, of 3130 Wisconsin avenue NV.
who was visiting Mr.. Stocker in his
apartment last night, discovered
him spraWled across a bed. At his
side, according to police. was a re-
volver. The bullet had pierced Mr.
Stocker's head and lodged in wall
police said.
Mr.. di los Rios told police Mr.
Stocker had been nervous from
overwork and had not been to his
office for the last three days. Be-
cause of this, Mr.. di los Rios called
last night to inquire about his as
sociate's health.
While he was in Mr.. Stocker's
apartment. Mr. di los Rios told po-
lice. Mrs. Stocker telephoned from
Culloden, Ga. where Mr. Stockec
has an 800-acre farm. After talking
with her for short time, according
to the account given police, Mr..
Stocker asked Mr. di los Rios to
talk to her.
AS he was speaking with Mrs.
Stocker, Mr.. di los Rios said. he
heard shot from the bedroom
Rushing in he found Mr.. Stocker
on the bed with bullet wound in
his temple
Capt. Marion R. King of the
United States Public Health Serv-
ice, who lives in the same apart
ment house. administered emergency
treatment pending arrival of the
ambulance to take Mr.. Stocker to
Emergency Hospital. Mr.. Stocker's
condition was listed as critical last
night, but today hospital attaches
said he had improved and was now
In fair condition.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Test Synthetic Tires
Inspected by Young

Commissioner John Russell Young
yesterday took time out from his
civic duties to inspect new synthetic
and recapped tires that have gone
$4,000 miles on a 47-State, six
month tour on cars of the American
Automobile Association.
Two of the three cars involved
in the test parked in front of the
District Building to permit Mr..
Young to look at the tires. Records
were kept during the trip for the
Office of Price Administration,
Once of Defense Transportation,
Petroleum Administration for War
and Office of Rubber Director, and
Public Roads Administration.
According to Ted E. Allen, secre-
tary of the Contest Board of the
AAA, ''the real news lies in the fact
that synthetic tires will give every
bit as good tread wear as pre-Pearl
Harbor natural rubber tires if not
abused or driven carelessly over
cracks in the paving, over chuck
holes in the streets, over debris, or
at excessive rates of speed. Even
more important, however, than the
matter of speed Is the need for
proper imitation"
The tires were inflated at 80
pounds and the cars did not exceed
IS miles per hour. Drivers found
that State highways are generally
in much better condition than they
expected to find them. but that the
average street or urban highway is
in a far worse condition of main
tenance of repair than expected.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
lsNRahoniinq
.Remmders@)

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps AS through Z-8 and
AS good indefinitely. Each stamp
worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-8
through Z-8 continue good in
definitely for 10 points each. All
meats except beef steaks, roast
beef and choice cuts of lamb point
free. Until further notice, three
red stamps will be validated every
four weeks instead of every two
weeks.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound of waste kitchen fats you
turn In. The fact that lard, Short
en1ng and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection Is less
essential.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 30, 81 and
80 valid for.5 pounds indefinitely.
Book No. stamp 40 good for
pounds for home canning through
February %. 194s.
Gasoline-No. l0-A coupons good
for 3 gallons each through August
8. B-3, B-4, C-3 and CA coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l and 2 in
Book No 3 good indefinitely for
one pair Of shoes each.
fuel Ou-Periods No. 4 and S cou.
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 80. Period /,
1944-5 fuel oil ration good now
Tor 10 gallons per unit.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
$79,0000PASuitFiIed
Against D. T.. Firm

The largest suit yet filed in Dis
trict Court by the local Office OF
Price Administra ton seeks treble
damages of $4,000 for alleged price
ceiling violations by Max, Mason
and Albert Alperstein, partners
trading as Max Alperstein DEPART
ment Stores at 1920 and 1923 Sew
enth street NV and in Baltimore
The OPA listed various Instances
during the last year when, it as
serted. the department store vio-
lated price ceilings.
In one instance, the OPA said.
the stores sold A irons at sl295
each when the ceiling price was
$2.75 each. Other charges included
the wholesale buying of 1894 elec-
trio irons for s9,280 above the legal
price and $50 fans at 1854 over the
ceiling Retail overcharge during
another period on 2,1O1 irons
amounted to $l3.381, the suit
charges.
A final count claims that the store
sold 237 fans at S2.493 above the
ceiling price.
In addition to seeking treble DAM
ages. the OPA asked the court to
enjoin the firm from selling, deliv-
ering or offering to sell" any COM
modities at above-ceiling prices.
The suit was filed by John L. Las
key. chief enforcement officer of the
OPA here
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Fruit Dealer Fails 10 Appear
For Embezzlement Trial

The case, of Jack c. Davis, 81, of
the 1000 block of c street S.W.,
charged with embezzling $845, was
continued yesterday in Municipal
Court until August IL, after the de-
fendant. who is free under $500 bond
failed to appear.
Davis is charged with embezzling
the money from a Florida fruit ship
per while he was the latter's agent
Iat the Farmers Market, Tenth
street and Maine avenue S.W, Davis,
police claim, failed to return money
to Dunson Bros, Winter Haven, Fla,
which he received from the sale OF
an orange shipment last April.
The 30-day continuance was
granted to allow william J. ONeill,
bondsman, to produce the defend
ant, court ofncials said. Davis was
arrested June % by police In Phila-
delphia. ,-..
Evening star., 1944-07-13

Gates. They want to know about
getting a license to drive a truck,
how to get medical care or muster
ing out pay. how to get vocational
training or credit for courses they
took in the armed forces. They
want to know about discharge but
tons and disability pensions, about
emergency lodgings and emergency
relief.
Sometimes they come with a
tough one. One man wanted a Job
in England SO he could go back to
marry the girl he met while in the
service. Mr.. Stanley found it would
be six months or more before he
could be sent to a job overseas. but
he uncovered regulation permit
ting him to import" his girl. The
man was sent to the State Depart
ment to arrange to bring his pro-
spective bride to the United States.
Another veteran. who already had
a lob. needed help in a hurry. He
was staying away from work to be
with his sick wife. He wanted to
get back on the job but he couldn't I
afford to pay much for a house
keeper he needed. A call to the
Council Of Social Agencies started
"a chain of calls which resulted in
Mr.. Stanley locating a motherly
type of woman who had been doing
volunteer work as a housekeeper's
aide but had just given 1t up be.
cause she needed a few extra dollars
An ex-Wave applied for work
was sent to job. was certified for
housing>as war worker and moved
into an apartment-al in one day.
The indefatigable Mr.. Stanley has
just sent for catalogues of all COL
leges around Washington so a vet
eran bent on returning to school
can decide where he wants to 20
and what courses he wants to take
without going through the routine
Of sending for the catalogues him.
self.
The catalogues will go into the
little pockets at the "mechanicaI'
information center.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Roosevelt Sees Wars
Worst Phase Ahead

President Roosevelt believes the
most terrible phase" of the war
still confronts the United Nations.
and that enormous sacrifices"
must be made before victory Is won.
Mr.. Roosevelt made these observa-
tions yesterday in receiving the
newly appointed Peruvian Ambassa-
dor, Don Pedro Beltran, who pre-
sented his credentials at the White
House.
After expressing thanks to Peru
for its aid in the war, the President
said:
The most terrible phase of the
unparalleled struggle in which we
are engaged is still before us, and
the United Nations must look for
ward to great suffering and enor-
nous sacrifices before the inevitable
victory is won.
Tn this difficult time, I am con-
fident that the United States can
count on the sympathetic assistance
and support Of Peru in the task of
winning against Fascist aggression,
just as in the ~of our common
front at the Beginning Of the strug-
gle.''
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Wallace Aide Says Russia
Makes Ships Of Nazi Tanks

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. July 13.-Wrecked
German tanks piled like mountain
ranges" around the Komsomolsk
(Siberia) steel mills offer the best
evidence of the German debacle in
Russia, in the opinion of Owen
baltimore, who accompanied Vice
President Wallace on his mission to
the Far East.
Mr.. baltimore, Johns Hopkins
University professor and former ad-
wiser to Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek, reported yesterday that he
was pleasantly shocked" as he saw
these once powerful units of the
Wehrmacht that are providing scrap
iron for - Russian ships
Mr.. baltimore described the mis-
sion as successful, but declined to
discuss its nature because that is
Mr.. Wallace's story" As for Mr..
Wallace's possible candidacy for re-
election. Mr.. baltimore said:
HE didn't discuss that on the
trip. He's not interested in the
Chinese vote" "A.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Fur|ough Pleas
Ito Be Handled
By Red Cross
Overseas Emergency
Requests Swomping ,
ArmyCommunicotions

To ease the strain on military
communication channels. the War
Department announced today a
change in procedure for handling
emergency requests for the fur
loughing of overseas men.
Messages no longer will be tians-
mitted to overseas commanders re-
questing that soldiers and officers
be returned home because of illness
in the family or for any other emer-
gency reason except in very excep-
tional cases. Hereafter, it was :.n-
nounced, such matters will be ar
ranged entirely through the Amer
ican Red Cross.
The communication channels are
SO overloaded with military mes
sages to all theaters OF operation.
it was explained, that the change
in procedure is necessary. The fact
that emergency matters will be ar
ranged through the Red Cross does
not mean more liberal policy with
regard to emergency leaves and
furloughs. it was stressed.
Only in the rarest cases will such
leaves be granted to personnel over
seas the announcement stated.
| In the future, all such requests
are to be made through the local
chapters of the Red Cross, which
then will investigate the cases and
submit recommendations to the ap-
propriate overseas theater COM
mander. Forwarding requests for
information concerning the physical
condition of specific individuals
overseas also has been stopped
The War Departments policy is
to report serious illness and subse-
quent changes in the condition OF
patients to the next of kin as a
routine procedure. In the absence
Of any sucn report, officials said it
was to be assumed there has been
no marked change in the individuals 8
condition.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Cottage City Man, n,
Seriously Hurt by Auto

Ben Hastings, II, of 3505 Thirty
eighth avenue. Cottage City, Md, is
in a critical condition in Casualty
Hospital today suffering from chest
and head injuries suffered late yes
terday when he was struck by an
automobile at Fourteenth and Mon
roe streets NE. police reported.
The driver of the car. according
to police, was Thomas E. Ruther-
ford. %, OF 3ll2 Longfellow 3treet,
Hyattsville, Md. -
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Mrs. Cecilia Justice Dies;
Federal Worker 19 Years

Mrs. Cecilia st, Glare Justice. 40
a stenographer for 10 years in the
Bureau of Mines before i'll health
forced her retirement last year, died
yesterday at her home, 42l8 Seaford
road, Bethesda, Md.
Born in Kansas City, Mo, Mrs
Justice came here as child and at
tended Central High School and
Temple Business College. She
started work for the Bureau of
Mines July 9, 1924, and remained
until October 81, 1943.
She Is survived by her husband
Norris Justice, salesman, and a
5-year-old daughter, Joan Christine
Funeral services will be at 2:3o
pm. tomorrow at the Brentwood
Methodist Church Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Virginia Franchise
Losses at 3O-Yeur Low
BY the Associated Press

Dy tHe ASSOCldleQ tfeSS.
RICHMOND, Va. July ia total
of $50 corporations-the smallest
number in 80 years-lost their right
to do business in Virginia this year
for failure to pay registration fees
and franchise taxes.
State Corporation Commission
officials said the peak year was
1884, during the depression, when
939 were reported.
The $50 this year include 231
domestic and 10 foreign corpora
tionS.
The charters or certificates of au-
thority to do business are revoked
when corporations fail for two sue
cessive years to pay annual regis
tration fee and franchise tax.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
New USES Device Answers
Veterans Questions Quickly
Special Filing System at K Street Office
Helps Former Sevicemen Solve Problems

A mechanical informa ton CEN
ter designed to answer any question
veteran may ask within 80 sec.
onds Is now aiding job-seeking for
mer servicemen at the SOB K street
Office of the United States Employ.
ment Service.
Set up after 1t was found that
most veterans had many questions
not related to jobs, the information
gadget is sort of file packed with
information on regulations. legisla
ton and services rendered by more
than 100 public and private agencies
in the District.
On revolving stand are two sets
of files. On one side are job oppor-
tunities listed alphabetically. On
the other side are answers to all
kinds of questions. Each card has
its own pocket, into which is tucked
documents, current newspaper clip
pings, and statements Of policy or
each subject.
Devised BY d. G. Stanley.
AS result of this system. USES
officials explained, anybody who can
read can get information for a vet
eran in a few seconds.
D. G. Stanley. senior veterans
representative at the K street Office
conceived the arrangement and dug
up most of the information. Ac.
,cording to VINO officials, the service
he devised is being ordered into
effect in all the USES Offices in this
region. USES offices throughout the
country will be given a description
of the service.
"A lot of this material we hac
In our heads, or pockets or desks,
Mr.. Stanley explained, but it i.
psychologically good for the men tc
see it in writing. That makes i,
more creditable"
When the answer to mans prob.
lem lies in another agency, Mr.
Stanley said, the veteran leaves thu
USES Office knowing just wnom tt
see and where.
Veterans questions range from life
insurance to lost discharge certifi.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Nomed to School Study Group

1t. Comdr. Carville D. Benson.
3l76 North Eighteenth street, Arling-
ton, has been named to the Home
and Schools Committee of the Leg
islative School Study Commission to
determine the role the school can
play in relation to the home in ad-
vancins the virgiHa educational
system.
Evening star., 1944-07-13
Sove This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack Of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked UP.