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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-06-08
Bananas in Tinfoil

Back in the latter part Of the last
century, when the banana was rare
tidbit in this country. the fruit was
wrapped in tinfoil. The theory
was that an exotic delicacy like that
ought to be made attractive, and
besides. the foil wrapper protected
the banana.
Dealers no longer do that. They
soon discovered that the golden yell
low color of the fruit was more
handsome than any foil wrapping
could be. Moreover, its own natu-
raj covering is thick, strong and ster-
lie. and does better job of protect
ing the fruit.
It would take a tremendous
amount of foil to wrap the quantity
of bananas that Americans are used
to eating. In normal times, Middle
America sends us an average of ID
to Is pounds year per person.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-06-08

or to waive any Irregularities or
informalities in any bid or in the
bidding.
No bidder may withdraw his bid
for a period of 80 days after the
date set for the opening of bids.
(Signed Harvey Owens, chair
man of the School Board. 6:8-6:22
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-06-08

Although farm labor is scarce,
in not many sections are the peo-
pie willing to have jap labor sent
i'm. Pearl Harbor created a preju-
dice against all japanese that it
will take a hundred years to erase.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-06-08

Great Britain imports 80 percent
of her food. Before the war so
percent was imported.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
.omes useless or almost So"

comes useless or almost So"
Son noticing his fathers billfolj
lying on the floor There's your
billfold lying on the floor, daddy
Father know it."
Son.-"Don't you want it any
more?"
Father-"No. SON"
Son-"Why?"
Father-'Because it's in a mess"
NOW ITS TOKENS
Ration books have always been
A solid pain in my neck;
And with me now half wise to
them,
They trot on ia ration check
Why they do such things to me
/ just can't understand.
Won't l look silly running round
With books and Checks in my
hand?
Ill never learn which is for what,
or how many OF each must I
give,
If 1 care to keep this life
That here On earth | live.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04

HENRIETTA

Every two or three nights we 81
to the post and find a new face a.
mong those of the mattresses. They
come and go like soldiers on PAL
ade. Yet there is one face that
we can be sure Of seeing; and that
is Henrietta's.
Mrs. Henrietta Claxton worked
for the post the latter part OF It's
Crawling days; and when i was
able to stand up and walk like q
man she caught step and went
with it to Is present. Location and
went to work in its new night
club, the LOUNGE.
She is one waitress who can ne
depended on when all others fa'l-
Most all the patrons know and like
her and she knows how to get al
ong with them nevertheless.
And while she serves the public
here in Omaha, four who are very
Gear to her heart, her husband,
son, son-in-law and nephew are
serving an even larger public in
the armed forces Of the USA.
x*x**
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04

Eulace Peacock, BIMc Of the
United States Coast Guard, is IL
tached to the Communication sec
ton at Coast Guard Headquarters
in New York. The national sprint
Champion, who holds countless ma
tional and Olympic records, mas
been serving as an instructor in
Manhattan Beach Training Ste
ton. The 90 year old runner has
hung up his track shoes for the
duration, although he has partic-
ipateo in several special War Bond
meets in New York. and is being
featured during the Fourth War
Loan drive when he raced in spec
ial events, at the Millrose, X CT
Co., and IC4A meets at Madison
Square Garden. Peacocg is a grad
Hate of Temple University where
he achieved collegiate track dis
tinction and is a native Of Linden,
New jersey, Press Photo Service.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04

what will Lucky Millinder do with
out Sister Rosetta Tharpe,'....
Can? Judy Carol" c1t It tune
in next week for your answer, or
can "Effie smith," take Ada Jam
es," place in "Erskine Hawkins"
band-yes? and lots more. Can
"Marva Louis" hold her spot with
OMAHA'S best NAT TOWLES'
band-I wonder? and on the
other hand, why is Towles losing
all his best musicians? To the ar
my, NO. Next is Billy Eckstein"
doing better by his self or better
when with Earl Hines" mo" -
Next is the "Sweethearts Of Rhy-
thm", better then Eddie Durharl's
All girl band. The answer is this
one plays music, the other has
plenty of wardrobe. Durham plays
music, S~weethearts looks cure
Ethel Waters" has high hated
more people than anyone l know
in show business, who is next -
John Cheatham" and walter
Snag' Wright. The case Of de
and don't DO / think the Colorej
bands of today will have musicians
shortage-Yes? only to better their
condition-Look at the bands Of
Jay Mcshann". Nat Towles',
Lips Page" an dmany more 49,.
should a home musician leave home
to travel with a touring band, yes.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
VOL NEVER CAN TELL

lust because a miss waits table,
isn't proof that she a do noth-
ng else. For Mss Starlett Peter
son not so long ago was a waitress
at the Lounge. But the uniform
one sees her wearing now. and look
ing very spiffy in, certainly is
not worn by a waitress. 1t is the
uniform Of a Civilian Aviation Pill
ct. What's more Miss Peterson
who lives at PALS Maple street, is a
captain. Now who would havt
thought she was air-minded. But
you never can tell about folks
sunday night she was seen at the
post in the company of Cpl. Eu-
gene Gentry of the Medical corps
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
n e W w or|d
A-Comins...
by Roy Ottley

Inside Black America" the sub
title of Roi Ottley's book, perhap
best explains it. He tells the story
Of Harlem from the time, when in
1926 eleven Negroes were imported
in the then Dutch Colony of New
Amsterdam and a way Of life for
Black America began.
Although Mr.. Ottley deals most
specifically with Harlem, that most
complex of colored communities.
this description serves as a mirror
to reflect the many intricate parts
of Negro thought and action
throughout the United States. He
use soutstanding individuals such
as A. Philip Randolph, Rev. Clay
ton Powell, Joe Louis, James w.
Ford and Father Divine to reveal
the Influence of broad social lore
es.
NEW WORLD A-COMING" is
a very shrewd, objective AMI ac-
curate survey of Negro life in a
merica by a reporter who spent
ten years in preparing this book.
Especially interesting because Of
the present national and world
conditions are his chapters on
Freedom of the Black Press
Executive Order Number SS02"-
whereby the Fair Employment
Practice Committee was set up.)
Made in JAPAN wherein he dis
cusses the influence of Axis pro-
paganda disseminated among the
Negroes and his chapter on What
Negroes are Saying"
Mr.. Ottley points out that we
are again approaching a crisis and
that. as in the time IF the Civil,
War, our nation could not remain
half free and half slave. it is now
a question of whether the whole
world will become truly free Or vii
sink into the slavery Of fascism.
The author says, "The Negroes
cause in America is the barometer
of democracy. If it falls here. it
falls everywhere, for colored men
will lose hope, and the whole void
be be plunged into a racial con-
vulsion which may very we'll bring
about the destruction of civiliza-
ton. The Negroes cause will rise
or fall with America. He knows
we'll that his destiny is Intimately
bound to that of the nation. Am
erica stands today as a symbol Of
freedom. The loss Of this symbol
Will mean the loss Of hope for
white and black alike. This war I'm
d~eniably, belongs to the Negro as
well as to the white man" Their
fore, now is the time for us all
to join forces behind the leaders
who are struggling to do away
with the myth Of white Super.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
vi.
GOSSIP"
(BY CURLEY f. REED
@zDzDG0e0@~

Baltimore. Md.-Now that the
inimitable Savannah Churchill,
did marry Pittsburgh's ace play
b y, l do hope the boys in the band
don't take it to heart. Savannah,
d j e the "Bob-o-link" in the Ben
ny Carter's band. The husband, or
should 1 say ~makeshift being the
Robert Dews of Pittsburgh, Pa,
looking in on many more things
to happen we find that the gor-
geous and most lovely Evelyn
Hunter Of the Royal Theatre,
can be PACED at more places then
/ theatre. Nor yet, she il love
with one known as only "B-B",
Earl Hines. moves in the Royal
Week of March 3. The s. of
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04

if they want to get anywhere, yes.
NOW is your chance to 60.
See you next week,
do YOU THINK?
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04

I'm groggy now from carrying
four books;
My brain is clouded and hazy,
And if they keep this rat;oning up,
I'm going to be plum crazy.
I'm worried and all fluGtered up;
That's why I'm here 50 outspoSen
Why don't they leave things sust
as is
Why make them wrose with a
token?
Hill.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04

Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and Eta Moen, currently star.
ring in "Porgy, and Bess" in New York Photographed following their
@Other Peoples Business" Mr.. Wright is one Of the thirteen most emf
nent contemporary Negroes (others are Paul Robson, ] Philip Ran.
dolph, Marian Anderson, and Joe Lous) whose life stories the author Of
Brown Americans sketches in his new book. Neil Scott of Interstate
United Newspapers arranged the radio discussion.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
WHY NOT?

One Of these days the post is go
ing to wake up and give a free
banquet for the members. Hope
it is soon; Don't you?
#%*#*
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
A MUST

1ority" and restore all of the COZ
ored peoples of the world TO Their
rightful equality in the New
World Adjoining"
NEW WORLD A-COMING" -
may be purchased at the New
World Bookshop, 1902 Douglas
ST., JA-3965.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
BIRTHDAY

A Legionnette who holds an Of
flee in this posts auxiliary, had ii
birthday last week. In some way
she and George Washington who
was a hundred or more years ago,
the President Of this country and
incidentally the man who started
the fad of crossing the Delaware
managed to be borned the same day
the 22nd day Of February. Now
don't get this wrong. Remember
we said the same day, meaning of
the month and mentioning moth
ing whatsoever Concerning tie
year.
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
PERFECT DUO

Comrade Bridges likes to eat
and We DO mean eat. Post cUCl;
Comrade Redden likes not.ir:
better than to feed him. That Il
why they are a perfect duo.
***#*
The Omaha guide., 1944-03-04
LEGION
SIDELITES
by JULIUS E. HILL

by JULIUS E.. HILL
ANYTIME Is THE RIGHT TIME
After all. ex-servicemen, You
don't HAVE to wait until there's
a membership drive before you Join
the post. You can do that any
time. But NOW is the right tine.
%*%**
Evening star., 1944-04-18

enling, Pa, and came here in 1887
His mother, Mrs. Carrie E. Laughery
lives at the Minnesota avenue ad-
dress
1t. McGrath previously was list
ed by The Star on March Is as
missing in action after his family
had been notified by the War De-
partment His wife, Mrs. Alice Nc
Grath, and parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph p McGrath, live at the
Seventeenth street address.
1t. Edison made his home here
with his mother, Mrs. May P. Pat
terscn, before he enlisted in the
RCAF a year before Pearl Harbor
When the United States entered the
war he transferred to the Army Air
Forces. He is 20 years old, a grad
uate of st. Adams School here,
and was attending Tulane Univer-
Evening star., 1944-04-18

SUlGGU EOGC- Sofpl.
ond 1t. Joseph P Merkle, 1907
Quincy street, Brentwood, Md, and
Staff Sergt. Carl E. Yaughery, 2421
Minnesota avenue Sc.
Corpl. Greene, 81, an Army Air
Forces mechanic, was reported miss
ing when a plane in which he was
a passenger failed to return from
a flight over New Guinea March
20. His family was subsequently
informed by the War Department
that Corpl. Greene was injured
when the plane crashed and was
returned to the base by rescuers
who sighted the ship.
A graduate of Eastern High
School, Corpl. Greene was employed
in the Navy Department before
entering the Army. He is son of
Evening star., 1944-04-18

MIR. and Mrs. James Greene of the
Fourteenth street address.
1t. Merkle, 26, was reported miss
ing on February 20 when the B-24
bomber of which he was co-pilot
failed to return from a bombing
mission over Germany. A graduate
of Mount Rainier High School, 1t.
Merkle was employed in the Gov
ernment Printing Office before he
enlisted in the Army December 10,
194l. He is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Leo Merkle.
Sergt. Laughery, %, a member
of an Air Forces ground crew, was
missing in New Guinea on
February 26. He had been over
seas since August Before entering
the Army, Sergt. Laughery was en-
ployed as a Maritime Commission
clerk. He is native of West Leis-
Evening star., 1944-04-18

will be the guest speaker at the
Chevy Chase Citizens Association
at pm. tomorrow in the Lafayette
School, Northampton and Broad
Branch road NV, Alton Grinnell
secretary, announced. Mr.. Davis
subject will be MY Experiences as
a Prisoner of the japanese"
Evening star., 1944-04-18

pScIllH ) u ! z Z l
NE, h a S re-
turned to his
N e W q u | n e a
base, according
to word received
here by his fam
lily.
The th e r S
listed as miss
ing are First 1t.
John A. Edison,
3 5 % Full ton
S t re e t NV;
Second 1t. JOS
eph F. McGrath,
102 Seventeenth
ctreet G r. Sec-
Evening star., 1944-04-18

Islty, New Orleans, where he was a
guard on the football team, when
he joined the Canadian Air Force
His mother said he piloted a Fort
ress and was reported shot down
near Rome on February II.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
State Official to Speak

Nathaniel P. Davis, chief of the
division of foreign service person
mel OF the State Department, who
returned on the Gripsholm recently.
Evening star., 1944-04-18
One Of Five D. {. Men
Reported as Missing
Returns 10 Base

Five District area men were re-
ported missing in action by the War
Department today, but one of them,
Corpl. Ralph E. Greene, 610 Four
Evening star., 1944-04-18

To protect your country your
family and your job after the war
buy bonds NOW!
Evening star., 1944-08-02
3 More Men Over 50
Denied DeferInent on
0ccupaiionaI Grounds

Three more men 30 and over were
denied occupa tional deferment by
the District Board Of Appeal dur
ing the week ending July Is, 1t was
announced today.
In the case OF one OF the men.
a 35-year-cld bicycle mechanic and
locksmith, the board gave q Al
decision. The board was unanimous
In denying deferment To a 3o-year-
old partner In 4 real estate COM
pany and a 30-year -old assistant
manager Of management planning
bureau.
Occupational deferment was
granted to the only other man for
whom 1t was sought. He was 1 81
year-old realtor, father Of two
children.
|, In all, the appeal board acted on
$50 cases during the week. In re-
viewing cases Of men deferred by
draft boards In other areas, the
appeal board approved every defer
ment granted to men 80 or over
4 total Of 3O3 cases.
In other review actions, the ap-
peal board approved 80 occupations
deferments, including 20 granted tc
men considered unfit for genera
military service. Fourteen men los,
their deferments on review.
Among those who lost their defer.
ments were an electric motor re.
pairman. express company driver
dining car waiter, student, severa
laborers, upholsterer, budget ex.
aminer. mechanic and painter.
| On appeals from la, the boarc
granted nine occupational defer.
ments and two hardship deferments
Nineteen men were denied occupa.
tional deferment. One man. who
had an occupetionsl deferment but
wanted to be classed as a minister
was kept in IA.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Soldier Political Polls
Illegal, Newsmen Told
BY the Associated Press.

~ INC hSSoCl6teQ fFeSs.
ROME, Aug. 2-War correspond
ents in this theater were told tersely
yesterday not to go around askine
soldiers how they are going to vote
at the risk OF 81 900 fine and q
years imprisonment.
A notice on the press bulletin
board said United States public Law
prohibits polling military personne
on their political views.
Public relations officials said tn.
posting Of the notice was not pre-.
ceded by any complaints or infrac.
tions by correspondents but thai
1t was done on orders through reg.
ular channels and apparently ema.
mated from the War Department
at Washington.
One press relations officer said hi
presumed similar notices were being
posted in all theaters of war.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Small Business Probefs
Hurry Back TO copitu(
~ the AssociAt ted prese.

- the AsS0cI1ted pros6,
SAN FRANC1sCo, Aug. THE
Senate'B Small Business Committee
cut short Its Western swing yester-
day TO hurry back to Warrington,
where, the chairman said, It would
get right to work on legislation COW
ering postwar problems Of small
business.
The committee. headed BY Chair
man Murray. heard businessmen
and Chambers Of Commerce call for
the Government to relax wartime
production and manpower restric-
tions with All speed consistent with
vigorous prosecution OF the war.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
Escobor Leaves y. S.;
Expects TO Return
81 the Asaociated Press.

81 the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla. Aug. 2.-Adrian Es-
cobar, Argentine Ambassador. left
the Miami airport early today bound
for Argentina.
He said he was not saying good
by-that he would return shortly
He added that any other statement
on United States Argentine rela-
tions would have, to come from
washington.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
ID. G. Man Helped 0psn
| |carenian Red Cross Club

The first Red Cross club in France
was opened and being operated II
days After Delay IT Carentan BY
field directors, including Roland
Bourgeois. 1927 alton place NV,
the Red Cross announced today.
Mr.. Bourgeois with four other field
directors, three recreation workers
and one hospital ship worker landed
on the Normandy beachhead early
In the invasion operations. The club
Evening star., 1944-08-02

lis In i three.room building, for
merly Z sch0olhcuse.
Handling d messages between
men at the front ana the United
States has begun and facilities for
rest and recreation are being ex-
IpAnded, the Red Gross said.
Evening star., 1944-08-02
British Ace q Prisoner

LONDON, Aug. : m. = Wing
Comdr. John p. Braham, one Of
Dritain's top fighter pilots, with at
lerst - kills. now Il known to be q
prisoner Of war in Germany. It was
announced Yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-10-07

NAMES Shakespeare r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-09
WORLD WAR II A YEAR AGO
 FEB. 9, 1943
By CARL ANDERSON
RY EDGAR MARTIN
BY UNITED PRESS

Japanese Imperial Headquarters announces Jap forces on Guadal- canal have been evacuated to Oth- CT points.
 President Roosevelt decrees a minimum wartime week of 4S hours in war effort.
 U. s. bOmbers raid several points in Tunisia and also attack Messina, Italy.
 Moscow reports capture of Bel gorOd, 50 miles northeast of Kharkov; other Russian forces advance to outer defenses of ROs- tOv.
 In London, Gen. Charles de Gaulle tells newspapermen that an agreement with Gen. Henri HOnore Giraud's setup fin North Africa is impossible until such time as the laws of the French Republic have been established there.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
FREDERICK

Corporal James Webb and friend
Corporal Douglas Hovenier OF
Langley Field, Va, spent several
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence
Webb of Frederick.
Mrs. Claude Fisher entertained
Corporal James Webb and friend
for dinner on Tuesday evening.
Messrs. Joseph and Derrickson
Webb. Robert Belts, Mrs. Claude
Fisher and daughter. Edna Mae,
and Miss Jane Webb spent the
weekend in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. William William
son and Mr.. and Mrs. George Ham
ilton of Camden, N. j.. spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
NJ. Fisher.
Captain G. H. Nashold was among
the returned combat fliers sent from
the Air Corps Redistribution Cen
ter in Atlantic City to Lake Lure,
a rest camp in North Carolina. Cap
tain Nashold was accompanied by
his wife.
Miss Edytie Fisher of the Del
aware Hospital was a weekend
visitor with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry NJ. Fisher.
Miss Clara Fisher of Philadel-
phia visited Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ.
Fisher on Wednesday.
Buy WAR BONDS.
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
BLANCHARD'S STATION

Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Harmon and
son recently called on Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. M. Adams and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gootee Brown at
tended on Tuesday the funeral Of
Mr.. Browns uncle, Charles Neal
of Smithville, and on Wednesday
the funeral of another uncle, Chas.
Wright of fredericksburg. Both fu-
nerals took place in Bloomery
Church.
Mrs. E. L. Kratz is again on the
sick list.
Thurman Adams, Jr.. left Friday
with the Bridgeville agriculture
boys for weeks outing in Reho-
both.
Mrs. Ida Tucker is spending a
week in Rehoboth with her daugh-
ters and families in a cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Marvel had
as their Sunday supper guests.
their aunt and uncle. Mr.. and Mrs
Smith of Bacon.
Buster Davis of Milford is Wis
iting indefinitely with his grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. George Zott.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Brltland
and family of Harrington spent
Sunday as guests of MIR. and Mrs.
]. w. Elwell
Mr.. and Mrs. Crawford Bailey of
Georgetown recently visited their
father, A. Hack. -
Milford chronicle., 1944-06-30
Greenwood Busy Bees
HOUSTON

We are very sorry to report Ella
May Passwaters, infant daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Passwaters,
is in the Milford Memorial Hos
pital and we hope for her speedy
recovery.
Mrs. Arlan Wilson, who is now
visiting her sister, Mrs. C. f. Ben
son and husband at Clarks Sum
mitt, Pa, had the opportunity 10
take a trip with them in New York
State over the weekend. She stop
ped off at Sydney, n. Y, and spent
the night with Mrs. Lucy Blish
who was so well known in this
community some years ago. She
found her quite well for a lady of
her age and ably nursing a lady in
that city.
Julius Cooper, Jr.. who has been
in veterans hospital in New Mex
leo for quite some time is home
with his grandmother. Mrs. Ran
dolph Graham and is getting along
quite nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Webb and
daughter Eileen went to Whining
ton on Sunday and were the dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack d.
Kennedy and daughters, Elaine and
Kathleen.
Mr. and Mrs Merrill Thistle
wood had as dinner guests on Sun
day MIR. and Mrs. George B. This
tlewood and daughter. Nancy Car
ole and Miss Grace Sharp of Har-
rington. The occasion was in honor
of Georges and Nancys birthday
anniversaries which was on Sat
urday, June "a.
Mr. and Mrs. William Wechten-
hiser of Harrington spent Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Sapp and family. Mr.. Wech-
tenhiser is with the armed forces
and is stationed somewhere in
New York State.
Joseph Marvel. who has been
spending sometime with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Marvel ,
has returned to his post at Fort +
Benning, Ga.
Charles Webb and sons White
ly and Emory, and Obey Sapp re-
turned nome on Friday after nav
ing visited Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Webb at Tucson. Arizona. They
left on Wednesday, June Z, and
returned OH Friday, June %.
Master Eugene Slaughter of Rid
gely. Md, spent the past week
with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. p. Armour.
Lloyd Armour who is employed
at Dravos, Wilmington, is home
with his family for a weeks vaca
ton.
Miss Grace Sharp of Harrington
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
George B. ThistlewOod during the
past week
NJ. w. Thistlewood attended the
banquet and meeting of the feed
dealers at Seaford on Monday
night, June 26.