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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
E uropean Theaier Veteran Visits
Here: Tells Of Battle Experiences

TVS Thomas J.. Hurley, vet
eran of the European Theater of
Operations, has returned to Fort
Lewis after spending thirty
two-day furlough with his wife,
Mrs. Hurley. and her parents Mr..
and Mrs. w. o. Fritz who live
on Newport Road. Tech. Hurley
will be transferred from Fort
Lewis to Camp Campbell, Ken
lucky, where the Fifth Division
is reassembling for reassignment.
Technician Hurley served fiji
teen months as. an Infantryman
with the Fifth RED Diamond"
Division of General George S.
Patton's Third Army, who fought
through five major campaigns,
Normandy, Northern France, the
Belgian Breakthrough and crack
ing of the Seigfried Line, Northern
Germany to the Rhine, and Cen
trail Germany.
Following are parts from two
letters written by Tech. Hurley
and received by Mrs. Hurley a
short time before his arrival in
the States, July Is.
starting today our mail ism t
censored. So in this letter I am
going to try to give you some
idea of how much of chance an
infantry soldier in a rifle company
has getting through war with
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Services Held
For Vim. Johns

Funeral services were held TO-
day for William E. Johns who died
Monday in Portland hospital
after brief illness. The service
was conducted by Rev. John B.
Coan at Mueller's Funeral home.
Interment was in River View
Cemetery. /.
william E. Johns was born April
81, 1889, at Des Moines, Iowa,
where he spent his childhood in
the family home. He graduated
from high school at Des Moines
and graduated from Iowa State
College at Ames In 1913.
He served in the army in the
first World War. After the war
he came to Kennewick where he
married Miss Emma Linn on June
"a, 1920.
After living several, years 1t
Everett, the family moved back to
Knnewick In 1882. Akf. Johns was
employed in the Kennewick post
office since 1910.
Surviving are his wife, Emma,
four children, Earl Johns, re-
Gently discharged for the army,
Pfc. David Johns in the Phili-
pines; Pfc. Ronald Johns and
Clarabelle Johns: two sisters,
Miss Margaret Johns and Mrs.
Howard c. Atwood Of Riverside,
California.
PFC. Ronald Johns came home
from Tucson, Arizona, for the
Funeral.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30

Mr.. Henne. 1t is proposed that
Mr.. Henne be given ten-year
contract with all improvements
he has put in to revert to the city
at that time. Value of these i'm
provements will compensate the
city in lieu of rental payments.
Mr.. Henne plans to operate a
flying school and already has
many prospective students. He
will also operate gasoline servic-
ing and build hangers. for rental
to private plane owners. He ex-
poets to construct a shop to pro-
vide for plane repairs.
It is believed that with this
Plan the city will be able to spend
some money in improving the
landing strips and to negotiate
with airlines for regular passen-
ger and air mail service. Airlines
are looking for landing facilities
in this area.
Mr.. Henne and other private
flyers have been using the field
as il is for the past several weeks.
Negotiations will be pushed to Sc
cure CAA designation for the
field.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Name Committee
For Joint Action

To work with the Pasco Cham
Der Of Commerce on all problems
and projects which effect the
twin city area q committee was
appointed at today's meeting of
the Kennewick Chamber. James
Leavy was named as chairman
and members are E. S. Black,
Brick Oliver and Hal Brutzman.
The Pasco Chamber has named
a similar committee. Immediate
projects for the committee deal
with airport facilities and the
Umatilla Dam.
Roger Records reported that
Art Garten during his visit here
this week had Investigated the
road to Plymouth and had ex-
pressed the opinion that the road
could be easily improved to handle
all necessary traffic between here
and the dam site.
The joint committee viii push
the proposal for housing construc-
ton workers in Kennewick and
PaSco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Wheat Buying.
Loans Disclosed

A government wheat purchase
program offering farmers full par
ity price for l04S--crop wheat
placed under government loan
was announced Saturday by the
United States Agriculture Depart
ment.
Under the program, farmers
placing wheat under commodity
credit corporation loans will have
the option of selling such wheat
Eext spring to that agency at Is
cents q bushel above the applic-
able loan value, less interest and
other charges, but at not more
than the ceiling price.
The 1915 wheat loan averages
nationally $l.38 q bushel or 30 per
cent Of the July I parity price Of
wheat.
The purchase program will be
applicable to both farm-stored and
warehouse-stored wheat.
Farm-stored wheat not re-
deemed from the loan will auto
matically be purchased on April 1,
while all unredeemed warehouse
stored loan wheat in the SOUTH
west will be purchased as of April
1, and in other areas as Of May 1.
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out getting killed or wounded.
First of all, there were 1876 men
in this company when the Division
came to France, and when the war
ended there were only q of those
men left. All the rest of those
men were either killed, wounded
or captured. One hundred eighty
six men is the strength of a rifle
company, but this being a new
division, they had ten or eleven
extra men in each company.
Now will start from the time
I came in. I don't know how many
requirements the company had be-
fore came in, not SO very many
though. When I came in there
were fifty-four of us that came
to this company. When the war
ended there were only six OF US
left-six of us left out of fifty
four! After I came in we didn't
get any more replacements-oh
yes we did too, we had about
twenty more before we, started
the Metz drive. When we started
the drive on Metz we had almost
q full company Of men. When we
were about half through the drive
we had to pull back and get some
more requirements, but. that time
we got only about twenty men be-
cause we hadnt been hit 50 hard
yet. We had about two or three
days off while We were getting
those men, but as soon as we re-
ceived them we went in to finish
the drive on Metz.
We left our bivouac area that
morning about three o'clock and
reached our forward assembly
area at eight forty-five, and then
jumped off at nine-our objective
Continued On Page Four)
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Boating Future
Is Described

Boating on the Columbia river
has an excellent future" Charles
e. Hunt said in addressing the
Kiwanis club Tuesday noon. He
predicted that new boats would
be plentiful by next year and that
this area will be popular spot
for boating enthusiasts.
Mr.. Hunt described q recent trip
hesmade by boat up into Canada.
In answer to a question as to what
type of boat was best suitable
for use on the river he said that
for all around use boat at least
Is #. long with plenty of power
was the answer. He advised a COW
cred boat as protection against
sun and rough water but that for
fishing an open boat was more
suitable.
Mr.. Hunt said that ample facil-
tiles would be provided to moor
and service boats as demand in
creased.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Henne Granted
Flying Rights on
Mob Hill Field

Immediate improvements will
be started on the city owned Mob
Hill airport with the granting Of
a concession for commercial opera
ton to Herb Henne, local flyer.
Plans We're discussed in detail
al Tuesday nights session Of the
City Council.
While the city did not wish to
lease the field in entirety to pri'
vate operator they were willing
10 grant Mr.. Henne contract
for exclusive operation Of flying
school, services and hangar stor-
age for private planes.
A contract will be drawn up by
City Attorney Ken Serier which
will cover the points tentatively
agreed upon by the council and
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
%. s. Army Photo

~. 5. Army Pho3o
A machinegun burst from a
concealed Jap cave which he had
passed twice before on patrol
wounded PFC. Glen L. Watson, 20,
of Kennewick, on Okinawa. He
is recovering from a leg injury
in an army general hospital on
Oahu, T. H.
Watson was wounded 20 days
after arrival as an infantry re-
placement for the Army's Goth
Infantry Division. On the day he
was wounded, he had patroled 500
yards beyond the main firing line.
He was hit during an advance
to clear ridges of machinegun and
mortar nests.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. o. Wat
son, Route I, Kennewick, he was
graduated from River View High
School last year. Pfc. Watson
entered the Army July Fl, 1914,
in Spokane, Wash, and box bas-
ic training at Camp Roberts, Cal
ifornia.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
PostNOffice Has
100 Orphans

The Kennewick Post Office has
been accused Of many things, but
this is the first time we have had
definite proof of their actually
"feathering their own nest" AT
least they are downing their nest!
It seems that q James /. West
fall ordered 100 baby chickens,
and they have arrived at the
post office, but now Mr.. West
fall can't be located.
The post office says that II
the owner doesn't show up in a
reasonably short time, the chicks
will be sold.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Group Builds
Chapel, Center

OF concrete block construction,
the new building rising rapidly
on the corner Of Kennewick ave-
nue. and Dayton street will soon
be ready for occupancy. 1t is
being built by the Good News
Fellowship under the direction
of Rev. John Finkbeiner, Jr. One
part of the building will be re-
served for the use of the organi-
cation and will be known as the
Good News Center.
The Center will sell and distri-
butte Christian literature and sup
plies for churches and Sunday
schools. The organization is in
terdenominational and has con-
structed q chapel west OF the
city. The chapel is completed
and is also concrete block. Pews
End other furniture are being COM
pleted by the Kennewick Mill
and the building will be opened
Sunday.
It will be available for services,
weddings or any other purpose
for which the building is suited.
The interior of the building has
been painted in soft colors with
q ceiling of building board. Rev.
Finkbeiner plans to plant lawn
and shrubbery.
The group publishes monthly
paper which is named the Good
News Courier.
Other parts Of the downtown
building will house a dress shop
and the Garrett Studio. Mr.. Gar
rett operates a photo studio in
Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Chaplain Pagan to
Speak Sunday Evening

Chaplain Pagan at Naval Air
Station, Pasco, Washington will be
the speaker at the Evangelistic
Service, Sunday, evening at the
First Christian Church. These SER
vices are drawing large crowds.
Five members were added to the
membership last Sunday making
total of IL for the month of Au-
gust. The male choir, mixed quar-
tets and male quartets are draw
ing features for the meetings.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Sh0es?--N0! So11p?- Yes!
Case Of the Shoes In the Showcase

case of which is wood, hand carv-
ed.
Enes has been in the Navy
for six years now, most Of which
has been spent in the Pacific. Al
though for while he was sta
toned at Pasco.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Restrictions on Mint
Oil are Removed

M. Humphrey of the Washing
ton State Mint Growers, Inc,
states that he has been notified
by the Production and Marketing
Administration of the Department
of Agriculture that all restrictions
on the sale of mint oil have been
removed. It is hoped that this
will have a beneficial effect upon
the market and that buyers will
soon be contracting for the oil.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
CHIC SALE

The art of the old Specialist is
definitely on the down grade in
Kennewick. The city council Tues
day night layed the groundwork
that will spell Finis to that type
of construction here. An ordin-
ance was given first consideration
that in the course of a few months
will make those little buildings
only a memory along with the
cracker barrel and the pot bellied
stove. All, me, those nostalgia
ns of yesteryear!
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
NEWS OF OUR
ERvICE MEN



For the part they played in the
historic series of five low level
incendiary attacks on Japan dur
ing an about offensive, Sergeant
George H. Hembree of Kennewick,
and other enlisted men at B-29
bases in the Marianas have been
commended by the Commanding
General of the Twentieth Air
Force.
Sergeant Hembree is a member
of the ground echelons, which
supported the almost daily Super
fort assaults against the japanese
mainland.
: Throughout the period Of rsus-
tanned bombing attacks, Sergeant
Hembree and the ground staff
worked night and day, virtually
without rest, to keep the Army
bombers in the air and striking
at the enemy.
His mother, Mrs. E. Hembree,
resides in Kennewick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
The Sidewalk
REPORTER
souAwK CLUB
BY the
KENNEWICK COURIER

Records Addition members of
the local chapter of the SqudWk
Club were able to make them
selves heard in the general con-
fusion of the irregular weekly
meeting only after they threatened
tn bolt the club in body and
set up a rival organization. When
unity was finally restored their
spokesman said: I'm the first
place there are no street signs
designating either Adams or Mon
roe. When try to direct people
to nv place on Adams tell them
to 20 out Kennewick Avenue ard
take the bumpiest road to the
right and that's Adams" A neat
lob of double barrelled summing
up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Townsend Picnic to Be
Held September 2

A Townsend picnic will be held
in the Pasco Park Sunday, Sep
tember End. Pot luck dinner at
100. Please bring your own table
service. Coffee and ice cream
will be furnished. Come and have
q good time visiting.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30

Staff Sgt. Warren Bus) Lortz
who is with the First Aircraft
Assembly Squadron in the air
corps ground crew is home on q
30-day furlough.
Bus has been in the service
three years, thirty months Of
which have been spent overseas,
in Casa Blanca, Tunis, and Italy.
He is just returning from Italy.
Mrs. II. w. Lortz is his mother.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
Ration Board to Be
Closed SATURDAYS

In accordance with President
Truman's order of a 40 hour week
for all Federal employees, the
local ration board will not be
open on Saturdays. This goes
into effect Immediately.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
PUSH AIRPORT

Enthusiasm was expressed by
members Of the Kennewick
Chamber of Commerce al the
noon meeting today for full de-
velopement Of the municipal air
port. Many members expressed
q willingness 10 volunteer 70
work on the field 10 build nee
essarY buildings and improve
landing strips.
a motion was unanimously
passed 70 request the county
commissioners to have the road
which crosses the field vacated.
The present county road inter-
feres with full use Of the field.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
NEW BUSINESS

The New Business reporter has
had another busy week, what with
things happening and rumors fly
ing. In the new building on the
corner of Kennewick avenue and
ton you will soon find a photo
s1t1dio, a dress shop and a store
that will provide books and ma
terials Of religious nature. And
Harold higgins has opened an Of
flee in the Penney building from
which to dispense sundry types
of insurance.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
WfIoPPERs


Some peaches displayed in the
KCR window this week were eye
knocker-outers. Visitors from dis
tant parts expostulated in won
der. One woman even wanted to
send some to Texas to prove some
thing or other. They were grown
by A. C.. Anon and H. c. Schmidt
and weighed from one pound to
one pound five ounces. And we
can personally vouch for their
fine quality. We saw some mighty
tall corn out on the River Road
and just by way of starting an
argument we'd like to get some
claims as to who grows the tallest
corn.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
OLD BUSINESS

Old businesses are stirring with
renewed life. The Richmond I'm
plement company has improved
its building in preparation for in
creased activity. And the Rich
land Trasfer has moved to larger
quarters on Front street-salne
old phone number. Practically
everybody planning improvements
and additions.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
New Elementary
School Buidinq
Is Dedicated

OoVelOpHeut VI VIC SSosS "oS
the topic of Art Carton, state
director of Conservation and De-
velopment at the dedication cere-
monies Monday night of Kenne-
wick's new elementary school
building. Mr.. Carton appeared as
a representative of Governor Wall
gren.
Mrs. Pearl A. Wanamaker, state
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, dedicated the building. Pre-
sentation of the building was made
by L. r. Durkee, regional director
of the Federal Works Agency.
Vane r. Wilder accepted for the
school board.
Helen Polling, Mrs, Ed Neuman
and the high school band under
direction of F. A. English provided
the musical program.
The building was kept open for
inspection during the afternoon.
The building consists of 80 class
rooms, 2 kindergarten rooms, a
cafeteria, multi-purpose room,
kitchen and all necessary auxiliary
rooms. The building will accomo-
date 1920 students.
This building was constructed
by two different contractors. The
first, designed as Unit No. l, in
cludes all the building east of the
cross connecting hall. Unit No. 2
includes the cross connecting hall
and all the building west of the
hall.
Unit No. l was constructed by
the Paul N. Odegard General Con-
struction company of Everett,
Unit No. 2 was constructed by the
w. c. Smith company of Port
land, Oregon.
Costs of the building: Unit No.
l, $151, 000.; Unit No. 2, $4,000,
total, 1921, 900.
This is inclusive of construc-
ton, equipment, miscellaneous
and engineering fees. The site was
previously owned By the school
district.
The construction a the 32-room
building plus auxiliary rooms is q
one story structure, with partial
basement, approximately $50 feet
long and 100 feet deep.
Foundations are concrete rein
forced, exterior walls and base
ment walls of concrete hollow
building tile, partitions and corri-
doris Except middle coTTidoe| OF
2" Z 4" stud.
Floors are concrete on earth
fill with floor over basement con-
sisting of reinforced slab and
beams. Exterior and interior
walls faced with plaster except
in mult-purpose room. Corri-
doris and class room walls with
gypsum lath and plaster. The
roof is an asphalt built up roof
with tar and gravel. Heating is
automatic coal fired boilers with
forced circulating water over
head, two pipe system with ex-
posed cast iron radiators. The
heat is controlled by 10 zones and
individual room control and cor
ridor control on the same.
Exterior finish is two coats Of
water paint Wainscoating Of
Keene's Cement in corridors.
Larger change orders during
construction. Composition black
board to pure slate. Ceiling of
Unit No. 2 changed from fibre
board to plaster. Venetian blinds
to be installed on all south, east
and west exposures. Four basket
ball courts in multi-purpose room.
Individual room johnson Service
Heat Control. International clock
and bell system.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
STORY OF THE WEEK

STORY OF THE WEEK
A vacationing local resident was
riding in Portland city bus
nonchalantly smoking a cigarette.
Driver: "Can't you read that
sign: No Smoking?"
To which our hero replied:
Sure, but you've got a lot of
crazy signs here. There's one that
says Wear Memo corsets.' So I'm
not paying any attention to any
Of them"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30
,aouNTAINEER

The Oregon Journal recently
carried a story telling of Supreme
Court Justice w. O. Douglas
scaling Mt. Adams with a party
of his boyhood friends. Part
of the story related sad expert
ence the Justice suffered in our
sister city across the river. 1t
is resrettable that our neighbor
should have been subjected to
such adverse publicity and spring.
ing to her defense we might say
that it could have happened any
where except, perhaps, in Kenne-
wick,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30

Capt. Manley Gest called his
wife Mrs. Manley Gest Monday
night from Boston. He told her
that he is on his way home for. a
3O-day furlough. El has been In
Europe for many months.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30

Pvt. Roger Jones who is sta
toned at Fl. Lewis spent Satur-
day and Sunday with his wife and
children here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30

MEDALS FOR MoRoNS
This weeks prize was awarded
by the S.R.L.B. to the guy who
remembers that the speed limits
have been lifted but forgets that
kids are coming home from
school.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30

CLOSED LABOR DAY
The library will be closed La
uhor 2sy, Monday, September 3rd.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-30

ASpARA GUS SAYS:
"The guy who nicknamed small
change Chicken feed had better
not try to buy chicken feed for
small change"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-26
Mine Wages
Will be Set

Washington. Feb. o6-INS-Gov-
eminent Sterilization officials
watched apprehensively today as
John i. Lewis convened the Unit
ed Mine Workers 20O-man policy
committee to formulate the miners
1915 wage demands.
With negotiations between the
UNIV and the coal operators sched-
uled to begin Thursday, the size
and shape of Lewis demands will
determine whether there will be
speedy agreement on new con
tract or a repetition Of 1888 knock
down battle
A well-informed administration
official predicted that the War
Labor Board would welcome. and
give ready assent to. any request
from Lewis for so-called fringe"
adjustments - shift differentials,
improved vacations and full trav.
ell time. Such pattern already is
well established.
However, il the UNIV sets forth
on a bold campaign to smash the
little STEEL wage formula. the
government stands ready TO do
battle, the official said. Its posi-.
ton Is strong now, he explained
with vital offensives rolling in Eu.
rope and the Pacific and the public
attuned to the coal shortage.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-26
Angels of Bataan Return,
Resting in San Francisco

Some declared they would like
to return to the Philippines and
on to Japan when that enemy
homeland is invaded.
They were happy to learn that
the Americans at Los Banos in
ternment camp, south of Manila,
had also been freed. There were
several nurses there.
They were excited over such or
binary matters as using knives and
forks again They used only spoons
to eat the slim diet, principally rice,
at the Santo Tomas internment-
camp. from which they We're lib
Grated Feb. by troopers OF the
United States First Cavalry.
Mai. Gen. Raymond W Bliss,
acting surgeon general Of the Army,
was among the crowd welcoming
the oountry's outstanding heroines
81 this war at nearby Hamilton
Field.
The scene was one that caused
even hardened soldiers to choke up
with emotion. Some of the nurses
were crying with JOY as they
stepped from the planes. All eyes
We're wet
ooh. it's so good TO be- back
was the general expression.