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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Speaker Says
Road Important

with the exception of the Bur-
ma Road, I would say that the
Alaska highway is at present the
most important road in the world"
stated Sydney r. Montague, for
merly with the Northwest Mounted
police, who opened the Kenne-
wickPasco lecture series Monday
evening in colorful lecture on
America Looks North"
Mr. Montague, as he proceeded
to point out the value of the road
in winning of the present war,
stated that even if the road were
to be discarded tomorrow and used
no more, the cost of building it
would still be a sound investment
to our nation, because the use OF
it turned the tide of war during
the summer of 1912 and saved
Alaska from japanese invasion.
Montague, who returned this late
summer from a trip over the road,
dealt lightly with the criticism
of great waste in the building of
the road, also with the criticism
that much machinery was discard
ed Certainly" said the speaker,
81 saw huge caterpillars discarded
in the ditch along the highway.
They were utterly worn out and
the cost of bringing them out, as
scrap metal, would be prohibitive. !"
The speaker, a man with a
vivid and chaming personality,
brought an interesting bit of the
philosophy of the Eskimo to his
hearers when he told them that
the Eskimo believes that he dies at
night, when he sleeps, and thus in
dying leaves the cares of that day
behind him, and awakens to a
bright and new day each morning.
Mr.. Montague made the statement
that no man could come back from
six months in the vastness of the
North without being a better man,
spiritually and bigger in his con-
cept of living, than he was when
the North accepted him.
The largest crowd ever to greet
a Kennewick-Pasco lecture series
speaker greeted Mr.. Montague, the
most encouraging aspect Of the
crowd being that the largest in
crease in attendance was found
among the high school students.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Rainbow Grand Officers
to Pay Official Visit

The grand officers and A. J.
Swindle, supreme confidential
observer, will make their official
visit to Kennewick assembly Mon
day night, October End.
There will be a regular meeting
and initiation. Following the meet
ing the grand cross of color cere-
mony will be given to which all
friends and parents are cordially
invited.
The refreshments committee
consists of Frances Dickinson,
Jane Byrd, Daphne Taylor and
Shirley Elder.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Soldier Seeks Word
From Mother Here

Mrs. Virginia Coleman is being
sought by local authorities 50
that she can get into communica-
ton with her son who is in a
hospital in Texas. The son
writes that he received a letter
about two months ago. post
marked from Kennewick and
since then no word. He is
anxious to get into communica-
ton and is hoping that anyone
who knows her whereabouts will
please notify her TO write. The
message came from Pvt. Ray.
mond L. Coleman. Box 996. Nc.
closkeY General Hospital. Tenn.
pie. Texas.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
MagnusOn to Hold
Street Meeting

Warren Magnuson, democratic
candidate for the United States
senate and Al Mccoy, candidate
for state representative will hold
a street meeting in front Of the
Kennewick hotel Saturday night
at 7:30. The men will speak later
on the streets in Pasco and the
following day in Hanford.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
The Weather

Most people have been fooled
about the temperature during the
past week. While further up the
valley there has already been a
killing frost, low readings for
Kennewick occurred on the mites
of the End and 23rd, when AZ
was the minimum. Days have
been normal, the weatherman says
and they check with the tempera-
lures of the corresponding week a
year ago. Mr.. Morgan reports that
two hundredths of an inch of rain
has fallen since last June.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28

MIR. and Mrs. Bob Taylor and
Frank Clifford attended the round
up at Lewiston Sunday.
Mrs. j. B. Ferguson attended
the Episcopal convocation in Spo-
kane Sept. 20.
MIR. Warner received a serious
leg injury when his pant leg be-
came hooked on the high power
takeoff of the tractor. He returned
home from the hospital Tuesday.
The Woman's club will have its
first meeting the sixth Of October.
The Helping Hand club of the
South Highlands will meet with
Mrs. Frank Davis in Pasco Oct. S.
Mrs. S. Woodruff and Mrs. N. E.
Lewis went to Walla Walla on
business last Friday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Another DIE
Awarded TO
KenneWick Boy
Thrilling experiences in
European conflict wins
official recognition

First 1t. Paul D. Luvaas, Ken
newick, pilot of a Bit Flying
Fortress, operating from a 18th
AAF base in Italy, has been award
ed the Distinguished Flying Cross
by order of Maj. Gen. Nathan F.
Twining, commanding general of
the 18th AAF, for "extraordinary
achievement in aerial flight"
On mission to Hungary 1t.
Luvaas was pilot of the lead air.
craft in his formation. On the
bomb run his plane was hit by
enemy anti-aircraft fire which set
fire to the wing and damaged two
engines so severely that they
stopped. 1t. Luvaas courageously
brought the plane back into for
nation and led the formation on a
highly successful bomb run. De-
spite the intensity of the fire 1t.
Luvaas and his crew successfully
extinguished it, got one engine
back in operation, and brought the
plane and crew safely back over
600 miles of sea and mountains
to base.
Maj. Gen. Twining cited 1t.
Luvaas for his extraordinary pro-
fessional skill, great courage, cool
judgment, and heroic determina-
ton and devotion to duty in the
face of grave danger" "a
. 1t. Luvaas is a member of the
heavy bombardment group recent
ly awarded a distinguished unit
citation for its gallant stand
against over 200 enemy fighters
which attacked the group over
Germany. In the bitter aerial bat
tie the fortress crews destroyed
or damaged 35 planes on the
ground with bombs, and shot down
or damaged IS of the Nazis in the
air. 1t. Luvaas, who has flown
so missions over enemy territory,
has also been awarded the Air
Medal with four oak leaf clusters
for his continued action against
the Axis. 49,.
1t. Luvaas, who flew to Russia
on the first shuttle bombing mis-
sion from a 18th AAF Italian base,
is the son of the Rev. and Mrs.
p. j. Luvaas, 6O4 Kennewick Ave-,
KenneWick. Two brothers are in
the nations forces; Harold Luz
vaas H 1/c, in the navy and John
L. Luvaas, Fl. Lewis, Wash.
Mrs. Ed. Rankin, longtime Ken
newick resident, died Tuesssey fol
lowing broken hip sustained in
a fall some two weeks ago. Funer-
al services were held this after
noon at the Mueller funeral home.
She is the mother of Mrs. Marvin
Carnahan of Yakima. The Rev.
H. B. Holden of the local Bap-
fist church conducted the last rites.
Dennis James Caldwell, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Caldwell, of
Hanford, was enlisted in the navy
Sept. Is. Young Caldwell made
application at the navy recruiting
sub-station on the second floor of
the city hall in Pasco and is open
Thursdays only, from 10 am. to
2 pm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Waffle House to
Add 'Funhouse'

Kennewick is to have another
amusement place - the Waffle
House, operated by Les Hall, will
become another Funhouse the first
of the week. The tables in the
restaurant will be removed and
the west side of the restaurant
filled with the amusement devices.
The restaurant counter will be
operated with short orders only,
no regular meals being served.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Ministers Plan V-Day
Services for Community

The Inter-City Ministerial as
ISOLATION meeting at the USO Ii
brary on Monday took further
steps in their plan for proper re-
ligious observance of V-Day, when
it arrives. In Kennewick, Pasco
and Richland an almost identical
program will be followed,
Inasmuch as it is expected that
all business places will close for
"a hours following the news of
final accession of hostilities in
Europe, all churches will be open
during that time for those who
desire to enter for quiet devotions,
prayer and meditation. In addition
to this two union services will be
held during that period. The first
will be at loo pm. in the after
noon and the second at 1880 pm.
Each of these service plans has
a proviso: If the news breaks after
600 pm. or during the night or
before noon, then both services
will be held at the hours mention
ed; if the news breaks in the after
noon and before 600 pm. then
only the evening service will be
held.
The place for the community
wide service is yet to be an
it was stated.
One signal announcing the end
of the war in Europe in Kenne-
wick will be a ringing of church
bells in the ancient form of praise,
which is interpreting the ringing
with three taps repeatedly.
The ministers voiced their APP
probation of the proclamations Of
the mayors of the communities
calling the attention of the people
to the type of celebration which
should be observed on sV-Day.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28

First 1t. Frank j. Bates, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph B. Bates
of the Highlands, has just been
awarded two oak leaves in lieu
of additional air medals for his
work as a pilot in the South
Pacific. 1t. Bates is squadron
flight leader, according to word
received by his parents.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28

Pvt. VIM. H. Bates of the med
ical detachment at Camp Ellis,
Illinois, is spending his furlough
at the home of his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Joseph B. Bates on the
Highlands.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
TB League to Meet
at Benton Tuesday

The annual meeting Of the Ben
ton County tuberculosis League
will be held at the Community
Hall in Benton City on Tuesday,
October Bird at 1920 am. Any
one interested in the tuberculosis
work is cordially invited TO at
tend. Bring paper sack lunch.
Coffee will be served by the local
ladies.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Dies as Result Of
Battle Wounds

Marine Gene Whittemore, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Whittemore of
Kennewick, died as the result of
wounds received in the war with
the japs, according to word from
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Kenneth POOre Listed as
Missing in Action

Highlands: Word was received
this week of Kenneth Poore, son
of F. G. Poore, who is missing in
action since Aug-29. He is with
the army in France.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28

Mrs. Harvey Galbraith is seri-
ously i'll at her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Walk left
Friday for Yakima to make their
home. Claude was employed at
the state game farm in Finley
and was recently transferred to
the Yakima unit.
Mrs. Pankey and son spent the
weekend in Yakima visiting with
relatives.
Mrs. Whitney and son Edward
and daughter Mrs. West of st.
Helens, Ore, are visiting Mrs.
Whitney's parents, MIR. and Mrs.
o. Coan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guerner Ball and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy McCalmat at
tended the funeral Friday in Ken
newick Of their aunt, Mrs. Thurs
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granade and son
of Seattle spent a few days Wis
lting Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert KEEL
lar and family. Mrs. Grande and
Mrs. Kellar are sisters.
Harvey Paulson, who has been
visiting relatives here and in Ken
neWlck, left Thursday for Camp
Dorm, Miss, where he will be sta
toned.
Carl Walk left Sunday for Yak
ina, where he is serving on the
jury this week.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28
Ladies Team Puts on
Grange Degree Work

Finley: The Grange met Friday
night with about IS members pres
ent. The ladies' degree team put
on the work for IL new members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchner and Dave
Coulson received the first and
second degrees. Deputy State
Master Carl Williams and Mrs.
Williams were visitors. Ernest
Sherry was elected as director on
the medical aid board.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28

Scene of the Richland Match
Play Golf tournament is the Twin
City course in Kennewick, where
seml-tlnal matches are being
played this coming Sunday. In
tne 1lrst flight, S. E. Moller plays
U. F. Carmickle in the upper
bracket, and r. A. Hultgren meets
n. Z. Williams in the lower brack-
ct: IN the second flight, E. L. Cop
poS ; plays NJ. Cochrane, and M.
Williams meets the winner of the
A. c. Repsis, T. N. Stapleton
match. In the third flight, Fay
,8ney meets Buck Ewing in the
Eper half, and G.. A. Cornwall
plays N. M. Garner in the lower.
= =
FIRST round matches i'm the
tlch!and Mems Singles and Doub-
les Tennis Championships were
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1944-09-28


lnstrumentalists; April 6, Anna
kaSkaS, contralto.
Events on series one, for which
tickets were sold in May, include:
November 6, Marie wilkins, So
promo; November II, Igor CORN,
baritone; March 81, 1945, Bartlett
and Robertson, pianists; April Is,
Marina Svetlova, prima ballerina
metropolitan Opera, and dancers.
Holders of season tickets to the
No. 2 series will be eligible to at
tend any of the four concerts on
the No. l series land vice versa
Tor which there is not a full house
attendance by holders of regular
tickets for that series, it was ex-
planned.
On the Columbia Concert COM
mlttee are Mrs. F. T. Matthias,
general chairman; John Sembower,
president; Mrs. w. J. Nicholson,
vice president; Mrs. nellie G..
Adamson, secretary and Ray Long,
treasurer.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24
1900 Planes
OF y. S. Hit
Nazi Targets

London, Aug 2l-(AFD-A vast
armada of $500 American planes
smashed a dozen targets in Germany
and On the Czech border to-day, while
the Raj bombed and Strafed a Nazl
'"Dunkirk' attempt from the great
port of Lie HaVrc, at the mouth Of The
Seine, only a few miles beyond adj
vancine Allied lines.
. The attacks in Germany, by 300
heavy bombcrS and 1000 flghtc'o,
constituted one OF the greatest as
saults ever mounted by United States
air forces.
Targets included synthetic oil
plants at MclScberg, Misburg and
Ruhrland in Germany, and BrlN on
the C~zcChOsloVak border. Also bomb
ed were an oil refinery rear Dress
den; two airplanc plants at Brlns-
wick; German air force stations near
Mersebcrg, a radio factory at Vie
mar and other industrial targets at
kiel.
AS American almOr slaShcd 25
miles down the Seine in new hight
mig advances, the harrlcd Germans
put a big fleet of light service war
ships and other vessels from the
threatened ports on the Seine cstu-
airy. For eight solid hours, HAF
coastal command planes in relays
bombarded the flotilla. SINKING and
of ships. Many were set allre,
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24
Finland Nav
Leave War
Very Shortly

Stockholm, Aug. 2t-(AFJ-The
Finnish minister Ia Sweden, & A.
Griponbcrg. suddenly departed by air
today for Hclsinki IN a journey CO.
Nlously connected with efforts 70 set
Finland out of the war.
Reliable quarters said, however.
that as far as We know, tho Finnish
government has made no attempt d.
rcctly to contact Moscow up %
Thursday morning.
1t was Grjpenbcrg's second trip TO
Hcl>lnkl IN two weeks.
Oplniolt here Was that Romanla's
exit from the wan might hasten &C
ton by Baron Manncrneim, president
and marshal of Finland,
Finnish solurccs sald the old lead
CT had been %'clcaring the decks for
an armlstic. R~cactiouarics, Gernans
and former minister 10 the United
States Procopc were reported taking
advantage of inactivity by pushing =
go slow propaganda campaign.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24

neVa. y reliable rep0rt Sald
other advanced units Also arriv-
cd at Evian. twelve miles from
st. GingClpb. on the Swiss iron
tier.
London, Aug. 24-Adolf Hit
Ter S grip on France slipped with
almost unbelievable rapidity in
almost every direction today.
General Patch's United States
seventh army reached the Swiss
frontier after a drive of 200
miles in ten days through the
French Alps from the Medlter-
rancan.
General Patton's United States
third army had pushed sixteen miles
beyond Sens, 81 miles southeast of
liberated Paris, toward the German
frontier, $50 miles away.
The Two forces apparently we're
less than 200 miles from a Junction,
lsolating all southern France-but al
ready much OF southern France IS
free. M.
An Algiers broadcast said Bor-
dcux, big French port on the At
Iantic coast, had been ca ptured
by a combined tcrce of Ameri-
cans driving south from the Loire
and French Maquuis. who had
marched north from the Spanish
border.
Patch's seventh army, continuing
It's lightning pace northwest. has
captured Marsellle and driven into
tho Rhone valley, capturing Salon,
only 20 miles from Aries on the north
of the river.
French patriots ere reported in
control OF the entire Lyon region, the
great southern metropolis on the
Rhone in southern France, and at
Perplcnan. Just north OF the Spanish
on the Cult Of Lyons.
April and Marse,lle. the FIRST tWo
of France, had been captured
in a single ~ hours.
The second French armored
division and some American units
wfr" reported to have entered
Paris. American. British. Cana
dian and Allied units rode rough
shod over parts of two Nazi ar
mics cornered below the Seine.
With a sWiftness indicating the
completeness Of the German rOut. the
American third army thrust % miles
northwest along the south bank CT
the Seine toward the c and cap
tured Elbus, one Of the key ferry
points where Field Marshal ven
Klugc had been trying to rescue
his broken forces.
This thrust. TO within 30 miles ct
the mouth of the Seine, and only
nine miles from Rouen, narrowed
to disastrous size the pocket INTO
which the s%plintered divisions OF the
German seventh and fifteenth armies
were caught.
This and other advances cut the
pocket GOWN to half It's former size.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24

Washington, Aug. 2l-fAP)-WPB
Chairman Donald Nelson was DIS
closed today to have told Senate IN
Neatleators that Lit. Gen. Brehon
SomerVell complained of manpoWel
shortages on the eve Of a recent cut
back III airplane production that re-
leased thousands of workers for other
jobs.
Although acknowledging the need
OF men for the expanded require
mentS of specialized items, Nelson
SAID IN his testimony last week be-
lore the Senate war investigating
committee that virtually all critical
munitions programs ARE being met
He added that the remaining prob
lem would not be solved "by letting
loose a blunderbus against the whole
manpower situation, or by general
colts and broad limitations on the
use of labor"
I~estityins that the airplane cut
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24
Election Nav
Be In Doubt
Long Period
Delay in Counting
Soldier Vote Could
Hide Results Weeks

New York, Aug. 21--(AP)-
Because eleven states will not
count their soldier vote on cleo
ton day, November 7, it is pos
,jbIe that the outcome of the
1917 presidential election will
remain in doubt for several
weeks after the polls close.
should the election be unusually
clos9, the winner might not be known
until az late as December 7, When
the canvass Of the Nebraska'S abscn-
tee vote could determine whether the
State eve electoral votes would be
east for President Roosevelt or Gov
ernor Thomas Il. Dewey,
These possibilities grow out IF an
A-.7cDated Press poll which indicates
more than 1000, 900 men and women
I'M the armed forces have applied for
absentee ballots and that, by the
most conservative estimate OF State
election officials, approximately twice
that number Will vote in November.
The soldier vote is likely to be
decisive in most of the eleven states
winch do not immediately 'aoulate
If, and the cleven-irCludng Penn
s}lNanja, with 36: California with %
and Missouri with l5-haVe q COM
hlned electoral vote Of ll6. PreSl-
dent Wilson'S electoral MARCIA over
Charles Evans Hughes IN 1916 was
only %.
In Pennsylvania, where officials
cEpeCt 200, 900 to 300 900 soldier bal
lots. the absentee vote Will be counted
November %. "Ihc vote Of 1000 300
~ I25.N00 persons could easily swing
q close electlor,' commented a MEM
Der Of Governor Edward Martins Of
t'"Ia) family, We may not know
VII" has won until the absentee votes
arc counted"
California, whose secretary of state
predicts a service vote Of $4,000 to
20n,00O, will not canvass it until No
Ncmher "a. Missouri, receiving more
than 1000 ballots applications tally,
VIII start counting absentee votes Fri
day after election day.
OF the states which will defer their
soldier vote count, eight gave Prcsi-
dott Roosevelt a total of 80 electoral
votes in 1910. The other three gave
Wendell WiIlkie II.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24
Nelson Gives Senators
Complaints Of The Army

back would solve the mappoWer sit
nation in the forging industry conf
pletcly. the WPB chief said the army
had anticipated the Cutback tor three
months.
He added that when SomerVell'
chief of the Army's services of sup
ply was talking with VA Stablllzer
James f. Byrncs about the general
shortage Of manpowcr. told zen
eral Somcrvell, You have an ar
plane cutback coming soon, probably
next week"
Release of the testimony also dls-
closed a statement from Nelson that
no is rot kept informed as TO null
tarv reserves at the front.
.'There are no figures available 20
us at all" he said. "Oncc they leave
storage in this country, you nave no
figures available as to what the re-
serves are.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24
ANOI Mt or COTTON
GINNED DECREASES

Washington, Aug. 24-(AP)--rhe
Ccnsl, bureau reported today that
cotton of this year, growth giuned
to August I totaled 164,346 running
bales, counting round as halt bales
and excluding l~intcrS, compared with
81 $3.50 bales a year ago, and 1856
bales two years ago.
The agriculture department ear-
llcr this month forecast a total cot
ton crop Of II .022, 900 equivalent 500
pound bales this year, based on con-
d.tiOnS existing August |.
The ginnlngs by states, with COM
paratIVe figures for a year ago. fol-
low:
Alabama o94 this year, and u 1875
last year; Florida 273 and 1880;
Georgia $500 and 1886; Louisiana
2,244 and l4,940; Texas l54,4S9 and
284.l91; all other states 926 and L.
$50. ID
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-08-24
7wo Mighty Russian Armies
Sweeping Into Mid-Romania
Reds Further North
Slnehine at Nnzis
In Devastating Blow

Moscow, Aug, "a ~ (AID -
Captitcs reported hoStllltlc5
spreading between the troops of
and Romania today,
while two great Russia army
groups swept toward the heart
of the oil and wheat kingdom IN
drives apparently aimed at trap
ping any Nazis still in their
path,
Companion %otfcnsIros IN south and
north Poland continued apaCc,
Troops which seized Dcyic"
were declared o|vfrrunning hun
drcds of German war factories.
Red Star said the Lwou- Krakow
railroad bristIed with German
var rIantS of all kin;ls. The ah-
vance moved within II miles al
TarnCW. Further north. Russian
columns were within 30 miles
Of Krakrv and IS Of German 81
lcsia itself.
Northeast of Walaaw. tho Rcd
army drove Wi.thlu five miles # tNc
important communications hub of
Mulza. 20 miles below the East Prua-
SIN frontier, in an ~olienSlV" 60 l.
Hajly splitting German armies de-
Tending that Reich province, and
Warsaw.
The Russian advance continued IN
interrupted toward the Danube basin
and Galati Gap. At midnight Sc
wet troops had gullODCd within I5I