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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-24
Lewis rites
o. Europe Peace

CONTINUED from page u
closer the shells came the farther
I tried to get in dear old mother
earth just a little farther. It
was raining which made it just
a little more pleasant.
Then there was the time that we
were bombed. It wasn't the first
time we had been bombed, but it
was the closest of all. We were
just sitting around killing time.
We hadn't shot at a Jerry plane
for some time, in fact we hadn't
even seen one for long time,
when all at once out of the sky
came three Jerry planes. They
flew over, then they came back
to look us over, then they began to
make their run. I thought about
them strafing us because that was
what they most generally did. I
was standing behind my half-track
where it would be fairly hard to
get hit by bullet from the planes.
Well, I was looking UP at them
and saw an oblong object under
the plane. I thought Gee, that
is funny. I have never seen a
plane like that BEFORE"
About that time it came to me
what it was. It was bomb. Well,
I don't need to say that I hit the
ground.
The first shell hit and every
thing was black from the dirt
that was flying around. By that
time the second bomb was well
on its way.
thought, well, now the govern
ment will start paying me on that
insurance policy instead Of me
paying them. But to make long
story short, it missed and all it
did was to break a few windows
and cover everything with dirt. I
just mention the time that I tore
off the cellar door trying to get
down to the cellar when shell lit
across. the street knocking down
the person in front of me.
Anyway you see what I mean
when I say that think that was
lucky.
Well, since started this letter
the news has been told to the
world. Churchill gave a very short
speech, the King Of England gave
a speech at 9 o'clock, and we also
heard rebroadcast from the u. S.
Well, I guess the English think
that they won the war again. I
don't care who thinks they won
the war as long as we don't have
to come over here in another 20
years and do it over again.
In q letter a while back you
asked me if I was on the front
lines or not. Yes, we have been
on the front lines ever since we
left England.
The other day Roy M. and I cap
tured an IS trooper that was in
civilian clothes, SO when we get
home we can at least tell one story
and be able to prove it by someone
that was there.
I now know why no one ever
talked about the war. The first
thing of course is that the want to
forget about all the misery they
saw, such as hungry people. The
next is that if they did start to
talk about it no one would be-
lieve it so they just keep still and
do q lot Of thinking. That is one
thing about war, you do q lot Of
thinking, just like now I think that
it is about time I close this letter.
Maybe this letter will make up
for some of the short letters I
wrote. I want to thank you for
being so kind and patient with
me about my letter writing. am
ashamed of myself but I won't
make any rash promises like say.
ing that will write every day.
I will just say that I will try to
do better. Your loving son, Ray.
Raase AaaAl.Aa RAsaA
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-05-24
Kings Men Win Again
In Mondays Bowling

The Kings Men widened their
lead in the mems bowling sched-
ule by taking the extra game in
Monday nights session. Herb
Henne led the scoring attack with
a three-game total of 507 ard
single game high with 1876. The
scores:
Kings Men: Scherger 500, Van
derbilt 478, Langworthy 507, total
1915.
Fiddlers: Tuve 496, Behrman
AS, Lashock 495, Dague 424; total
! 1880.
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NOTICE OF o OF


Notice is hereby given that the
Registration for the Primary Nom.
mating Election and for the Munich
pal Election in the City of Billings
will close on the following named
dates:
For the Primary Nominating
Election February 1, 1915, at SOC
o'clock P. M.
For the Municipal Election Feb
ruary Is, 1915, at 500 o'clock P. M,
Electors residing within the City
of Billings may register by ap-
pearing before the County Clerk of
Yellowstone County at the Court
house in Billings, or before a Dep
uty Registrar, in the ann pro-
vided by law.
Dated at Billings, Montana, De-
cember %, 1914.
GEORGE G. OSTEN,
County Clerk and Ex-officio Reg
istrar of Yellowstone County,
Montana.
(Date First Pub. Dec. 27, 1944-St)
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LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 5606

NO. OOOO
In the District Court of the Thir-
teenth Judicial District of the
State of Montana In and For the
County of Yellowstone.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF NORA DOWLEY, De-
ceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by
the undersigned Administrator of
the Estate of Nora Dowley, de-
ceased, to the creditors of and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them, with
the necessary vouchers, within four
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said Everett
Miller, Administrator, at the office
of Melvin N. Holiness, Court House,
Billings, Yellowstone County, Mon
tana, where the business of said
estate will be transacted.
Dated at Billings, Montana this
10Th day of December, A. d. 1914.
EVERETT MILLER,
Administrator of the estate
of Nora Dowley, deceased.
Melvin N. Holiness
Court House
Billings, Montana
Attorney for Administrator.
(Date First Pub. Dec. 20, 1944-4t)
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Monday. Jan. Is.
President Mckinley Tells
OF Abe Lincoln's Power

What were the traits of character
which made him leader and master,
without a rival, in the greatest crisis
in our history? What gave him such
mighty power? Lincoln had sublime
faith in the people. He walked with
and among them. He recognized
the Importance and power of an en-
lightened public sentiment and was
guided by it. Even amid the vicis-
STUDIES of war, he concealed little
from public review and inspection.
In all he did he invited rather than
evaded examination and criticism.
He submitted his plans and pur-
poses, as far as practicable, to pub
lie consideration, with perfect frank
ness and sincerity.
He had that happy peculiar habit
which few public men have attained,
of looking away from the deceptive
and misleading influences about him
and none are more deceptive than
those of public life in our capitals
straight into the hearts of the peo-
Pile. He could not be deceived
by the self-interested host of eager
c~ounselors who sought to enforce
their own particular views upon him
as the voice of the country. He
chose to determine for himself what
the people we're thinking about and
wanting him to do; and no man ever
lived who was a more accurate
Judge of their opinions and wishes
William Mckinley, February IL,
1905
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NOTICE OF HEARING OF APP
PLICATION FOR LETTERS
TESTAMENTARY

In the District Court Of the Thir-
teenth Judicial District Of the
State Of Montana, In and for the
County of Yellowstone.
In the Matter of the Estate of
HATTIE S. HANSEN, Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that Lester Butler and Hazel Butler
have filed with the Clerk of this
Court a petition praying for pro-
bate of the last will and testament
of Hattie S. Hansen, deceased, and
the issuance to them of Letters
Testamentary, and that Saturday,
the 9th day of January, 1915, at
1000 o'clock A. M. of said day, at
the courtroom of this Court at the
Courthouse in the City of Billings,
Yellowstone County, Montana, has
been set the time and place for
hearing said petition, when and
where any person interested may
appear and show cause why the said
petition should not be granted.
Dated this goth day of December,
1914.
(Court Seal) A. w. STOW,
Clerk.
It. H. BURKE
ZIG Securities Building
Billings, Montana, and
HENNESSEY & HENNESSEY,
Stapleton Building
Billings, Montana
Attorneys for Petitioners.
date First PH. Jan. 8, 1945-3t)
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Develop Jute Cloth for
Raj Airfeld in India

HDQ. SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
MAND, HANDY, CEYLON. - A
new, lightweight airfield s~urfacing
has been developed by the Indian
jute industry and is now being used
on Raj fields in India and Assam.
The new surfacing, called "Bith-
ess," is made of bitumen-impreg-
mated hessian, a coarse cloth made
of jute. 1t is cheaper, lighter and
more pliable than portable steel
mating. "Bithess" is used as a
foundation, to prevent water from
seeping up from below in airstrips
made on converted rice fields. AS a
surfacing it has withstood heavy
rains.
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T OF o OF


Notice is hereby given that the
Registration for the School Election
to be held in School District No. 2
Yellowstone County, will close Feb
ruary 20, 1915, at 500 o'clock P. M;
Electors residing within the said
District may register by appearing
before the County Clerk of Yellow
stone County at his office in the
Courthouse at Billings, Montana, or
before a Deputy Registrar, in the
manner provided by law.
Dated at Billings, Montana, jan
uary 5, 1945. .
GEORGE G. OSTEN,
County Clerk and Ex-officio
Registrar of Yellowstone
County, Montana.
date First Pub. Jan. 10, 1945-6t)
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Textile Production

Ranking as the third largest wool
growing nation in the world, Ameri-
cas- wool textile production today
under the stimulus of wal demands
is actually ahead of that of Brit
ain, additionally the worlds larg-
est peacetime producer. Textile out
put here has doubled since the in
ception of the war, as against a SO
per cent increase for Great Britain.
For the first time in its history the
United States wool industry can be
classed as a billion dollar enter
prise, having expanded approx
mately rs per cent since the first
World War.
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CALENDAR
looming Events :.

Friday, Jan. II.
Open installation of officers will
be held in the evening by Mistle-
toe Theta Rho Girls club at the l..
L. club.
Sunday, Jan. Ia.
Rev. Henry L. Evan will con-
duct Episcopal services at a p. m.
at Our Savior's Lutheran church.
Monday. Jan. Is.
Evergreen Rebekah lodge will
meet at 1880 p. m. at the l.. l.. club;
installation of officers.
Wednesday, Jan. II.
The V. f. w. Auxiliary will e
at the l.. l.. club for a no host
dinner at $3.50 p. m. The business
meeting will be at 8 o'clock.
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Letters
From Our Boys
and Girls

Continued from Page Six)
performing their 239 diversified
army jobs in every one of the 4S
states, the District of Columbia anC
in every major theatre of opera
lions. Women soldiers are on duty
in France, England, Italy, Africa
Hawaii, Australia, New Guinea
New Caledonia, India and Labrador
Public relations office, Fort Ben
ming, Ga:
Richard Merritt Williams, of Lau-
rel, Mont, was commissioned a Sec
ond lieutenant in the army of the
United States Jan. A., upon success
full completion of the officer candi-
date course at the infantry school
at Fort Benning, Ga. Lieutenant
Williams is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. j. Williams.
The new lieutenant was indicted
June 9, 1913, and served with the
Goth 1. R. T. c., at Camp Roberts,
Calf, before going to officer can
didate school four months ago. He
held the rank of Sergeant before
being commissioned.
The new officer is a graduate of
Laurel high school.
At the infantry school, worlds
largest institution of its kind, the
officer took a four months course
to fit him for his new responsible
tiles. The course covers the tech
nique of handling all the varied
modern infantry weapons and the
tactics of leading small infantry
units in combat. At the same time
he is taught such diverse, yet neces-
sary, subjects as military law, mess
management, and administration,
and is constantly impressed with the
enormous responsibility of an of
ficer in time of war.
The men who attended officer
candidate school are recent infantry
graduates of colleges all over
the country. Others include the best
privates, corporals and sergeants
regular army outfits, selected
by their superiors for outstanding
Intelligence and qualities of leader
ship. During the course even the
incapable are weeded out,
so that the men who graduate with
are Americas finest
soldiers, fully qualified to be the
eaders in u rapidly growing
army.
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NOTICE OF SALE
OF Tax Title Property by the Coun-
ty IS Reappraised by the Board
of County Com miccionara
County Commissioners

By order of the Board of County
Commissioners of Yellowstone Coun-
ty, Montana, entered on it's min
utes of the Bird day of January,
1915, the Board will on February
9th, 1915, beginning at 1920 o'clock
A. M. of said day, at the front
door of the Court House in the City
of Billings, in Yellowstone County,
State of Montana, offer for sale at
public auction to the highest bidder
all the right, title, interest, estate,
lien. claim and demand of the State
of Montana and of said County of
Yellowstone in and to the following
real property and the Board deter
mined and fixed the fair market
value of the property at the amount
set after the description: which
amount constitutes and represents
the r~eappraised value as fixed by
the Board as of this date.
The South half (SR) of Sec
ton twenty-five (22), Town
ship n (1) North, Range
twenty-four (24) East, M. P.
M, in Yellowstone County,
Montana ..-......--.--.. $4,000
Such sale will be for cash, or on
such terms as may be approved by
the Board, provided, however, that
if such sale is made on terms, at
least twenty per cent (20%) of the
purchase price shall be paid in cash
at the date of sale, and the re-
mainder may be paid in installments
extending yer a period of not to
exceed five years, and all such de-
ferred payments shall bear interest
at the rate of 40 per annum.
GEO. G. OSTEN,
County Clerk.
Dated January, 3rd, 1915.
date First Pub. Jan. 3, 1945-3t)
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Strain of War Cutting
Lives of Home Doctors

ST. LOUIS. - DR.. Edgar q. Bal
lenger of Atlanta believes that two
or three years has been cut from
the life of home-front doctors be-
cause of wartime overwork.
From looking over statistics on
mortality of doctors as published IN
the Journal of the American Medl-
cal association, l have seen that the
mortality rate of doctors left at
home has far exceeded that of those
in the armed forces"
Laurel outlook., 1945-01-10
Belgium Is Planning to
Seize Wartime Profits

BRUSSELS. - A 100 per cent tax
on wal profits will be introduced in
Belgium in the next few months to
wipe out all gains made by
profiteers. 1t is also understood that
fortunes made in the bourse during
the German occupation will be con-
fiscated.
The measures are expected to
be introduced when bonds, stocks,
shares and property accounts, now
registered by the government, are
released from frozen bank accounts.
The tax is expected to produce
SO, ZOO, 0O0, 900 francs and will play
an important part in the nations
defiation.
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Take My Uord
For Ii!
BY 4 COLBY
WORDS TO WATCH

The word SINCE is mispro-
nounced by many otherwise careful
speakers. We hear it as sense"
but such a pronunciation is without
sanction. Be sure to rhyme since
with prince, ounce, mince, thus:
sinSs.
In best usage the word PER
FUME has two recommendations, de-
pending on how the word is used
in the sentence.
Perfume, the noun, is accented
on the first syllable, thus: PER-
fyoom.
Perfume, the verb, is accented on
the second syllable, thus: per-
FYOOM.
Hence one should say: The PER
fyoom of the rose will per-FYOOM
the air. s
PATIO is a Spanish word mean
ing ''court." The common mispro-
nunciation is "PAT-ee-oh," the first
syllable rhyming with "bat, mat"
However, the "a" should have the
"ah" sound. First choice: PAH-tee-
oh. Second choice: PAHT-yoe.
STOMACH should not be "STUM-
ick." The "a" in the second syl-
liable has the obscured or neutral
sound (uh) as in sofa, amount,
about. Be sure to say: STUM-uck.
Incidentally, "Sick to my stomach"
is erroneous. One is sick at the
stomach.
Bell Syndicate.-wNU Features.
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Yank Soldiers
A Healthy Lot
Taller and Heavier Than
Their Fathers of
World War |.

WASHINGTON. - Ten million
soldiers of this war aggregate 9
miles taller than a similar number
of their fathers would have totaleC
in World War /.
They weigh 46, 100 more tons.
They are, it is beginning to ap
pear, a healthier lot.
The height and weight figures
come from adding up data in a re.
port of the army service forces, Of
f1ce OF the surgeon general, medi'
cal statistics division, Washington,
This report says that the 1943 in
ductees average 90 of an inch tall
er than recruits of 1917. Average
height: Present war, 5 feet, 8.1l
inches. World War 1, 5 feet, 7.49
inches.
In weight this wars inductees
average 9.22 pounds heavier. The re-
spective weights are 150.76 against
141.54
AS to the 4-F'S.
The nations AIS fall in a class
between the present inductees and
the 1917 recruits in both heights and
weight. The AIS are 30 of an inch
shorter than their brothers of this
war. They are 90 of a pound light
er.
This AT height is about midway
between the tops of the two wars.
But he is almost as heavy as the
inductees and almost nine pounds
over the 1917 boys.
This greater weight and height
trend of the AIS probably is sig
nificant as an indicator that despite
their rejection, they are physically
better than their opposites of World
War L.
Military evidence is now accumu-
lating that their brothers, the in
ductees, are really healthier than
their fathers generation. From sew
eral sources recently has come a
statement that the better recovery
from wounds in this war is due to
better health of the men.
Definite Improvement.
Maj. Gen. Paul r. Hawley, chief
surgeon, European theater of opera
lions, made this statement in a for
NAL release passed by censor in
October this year:
"The physical condition of the
lighting men in this war shows a
definite improvement over the physi-
al condition of soldiers in the Civil
var and World War I. This is due
a large extent to an improve
nent in nutrition of infants and in
health measures.
"It is credited with having much
do with the ability of soldiers to
'ecover from wounds, but there T
'ther reasons"
These other reasons include such
as improved surgery, plasma,
nd sulfas.
In the same theater of war, Col.
ohm Gordon, who was professor of
reventive medicine at Harvard,
Preventive medicine has been a
tremendous factor in cutting down
lness and in building strong bodies
'hich can better withstand wounds.
Zone of the most helpful aspects
/ this work has been the vast
mount of preventive medicine that
as been practiced among and by
IT civilian population in the United
This building up of the
ealth level in civilians has been
Effected in the state of health of
lie men when they came into the
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Old Mill Stream

The famous song "Down by the
Old Mill Stream" refers to the Blan-
chard river running through Ere
mont, Ohio. 1t was written by Tell
Taylor, who was born on a farm
near Fremont in 1876 and lived there
until his death in 1887.
Laurel outlook., 1945-01-10
Julian Calendar

Prior to the adoption of the Gre
gorian calendar which came into
effect in Europe in 1882 the Julian
calendar was used. 1t was promul-
gated by Julius Caesar in 46 B. c.
Laurel outlook., 1945-01-10
Look Bigger

Because vertical lines appear
longer than horizontal lines, most
tin cans containing food products
are higher than they are wide, thus
creating the illusion of greater size.
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Prevent Erosion

Pine trees planted on idle acres
prevent erosion and pay profits as
q timber crop.
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Insure Constitution

When the original draft of the
United States Constitution was dis
played at its sesquicentennial cele-
bration in Philadelphia in 1887, II
was insured for $500, 600.
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Want
"A Id s
OPPORTUNITY
KNOCKS HERE

NOTICE-ALL CLASSIFIED ADS
MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADJ
VANCE UNLESS YOU HAVE An
ACCOUNT HERE.
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T OF o OF
REGISTR

Notice is hereby given that the
Registration for the Municipal Elec-
ton in the City of Laurel will close
February Is, 1915, at 500 o'clock
p. M.
Electors residing within the City
of Laurel may register before the
County Clerk of Yellowstone Coun-
ty at his office in the Courthouse
at Billings, or by appearing before
a Justice of the Peace or a Notary
Public in said County, or before a
Deputy Registrar, in the manner
provided by law.
Dated at Billings, Montana, jan
uary 5, 1915.
GEORGE G. OSTEN,
County Clerk and Ex-officio
Registrar of Yellowstone
County, Montana.
.(Date First Pub. Jan. 10, 1945-6t)
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WANTED - Farm work, married
man. Call August Reich, Daniels
Apis, Is Fourth Ave. 1tp
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NOTICE OF CLOSE OF
REGISTRATION

Notice is hereby given that the
Registration for the Municipal Elec-
ton in the Town of Broadview will
close February Is, 1915, at 500
o'clock p. M.
Electors residing within the Town
of Broadview may register before
the County Clerk of Yellowstone
County at his office in the Court
house at Billings, or by appearing
before a Justice of the Peace or a
Notary Public in said County, or
before a Deputy Registrar, in the
manner provided by law.
Dated at Billings, Montana, jan
uary S, 1915.
GEORGE G. OSTEN,
County Clerk and Ex-officio
Registrar of Yellowstone
County, Montana.
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FOR SALE-2 young buff BOOSTERS
for breeding purposes. Call 143-M.
1tp
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Ford 10 Hire
10000 More

Approximately 10000 additional
workers viii be employed by the
Ford Motor Co. within the next Is
months. a company spokesman
revealed today.
I'VE hope Co he I'm fun produc-
tian by n1sS-sprirg Of l9t7, and
II there is no interruption of
production our plans ealf for
adding an additional 10000
workers 10 the pay roll,' he
stated.
Although employment Will be
made on a national scaie,1 the
majority of the new workers VIII
presumably be needed IN the DC
troit area.
The company j. producing -i55e
passenger cars daily and next
week Will step up To the quota
about tt 600 ears a day,
BY June of next year. the conf
pany will be producing 1000 10
5000 units daily If no production
line interruptions occur, the COM
pany announced.
The company expects 10 produce
e, 900 cars and $4,000 trucks by
Jan. ]. 1916.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Abandon Lie Test
For Ripper Suspect

Windsor authorities disclosed
today that they had abandoned
plans 10 give a lie test 10 Richard
Rowe. suspected "slsSher muir
derer.
The cost Of the instruments
use, said James r.. Wilkinson,
superintendent OF identification Of
the police department, is too
high, $3.50 a day. ~
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Unemployed Worker
Hangs Self in Garage

The body OF Steve Dupyak, 62,
was found hanging by clothes
line from a rafter in the garage
az the rear Of his home at 337
Dey last night by two boys.
His wife, Mrs. Mary Dupyak,
told police her husband had been
unemployed for the last two
months and had twice previously
attempted suicide.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
&. Of G. Studies
Little business

Detroit Junior Chamber Of Com
merce members today pondered
the practicability OF an organiza-
ton Of 26,0OO,0O0 little business
men.
Walter L. Fry. sutomotive ac-
cessory manufacturer. declared
al a Jaycee meeting yesterday at
the Detroit-Leland Hotel that
such organization was necessary
20 fulfill the 60,0O0.000 job goal.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-27
Steal Monkeys
From Pet Shop

Police today are trying to re-
cover two south American
monkeys. worth 500 each, stolen
by someone who broke into Ches-
ter Lambs pet shop at 1929 Grand
River.
The ring-tailed monkeys, known
as Pete and Repeat. were carried
away, cage and. all. SO far there
have -eern TO rduSUm notes.
"Here is one case l am going
TO solve" said Police 1t. Her
bert Hale, an eX-marine who
has a great respect for monkeys.
The "inside story" Of affairs.
IN Washington. Paul Mallon
tells ii in his column TN The
Daily Detroit Times