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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18
VISITS HERE

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Capt. and Mrs. James r. Green
and young son arrived at the home
OF his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Green Thursday. This is Capt.
Green's first visit home In 81
years. He was with the Air Forces
IN England for 3 years then with
the Air Transport Command in
Cairo, Egypt. He arrived in Miami
by plane from Cairo.
He reported to Long Beach,
California where he was met by
his wife.
In Seattle at Mrs. Green's
mothers home, he met his son for
the first time. The family went
to Portland with him to get his
discharge and then continued ON
70 kennewick to visit here.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18
CREDIT

CREDIT
Avenue C'rs are pleased as
punch with their page in the KCR
and we're pleased as punch that
they are pleased as punch il you
get what we mean. Said one
Of them in reporting an auto ac-
cident on their main street, BE
sure you give us credit"
Speaking Of special pages brings
to our mind special columns. We
refer specifically to our farming
communities. Mrs. e. Sherry has
been particularly faithful in re-
cording Finley events and Mrs.
Jettie Wilcox Is taking over the
Hover assignment from Mrs. Lula
Hampton. From other sections we
have had only meager reports. We
will be happy to hear from all
corners Of the best part Of the
world and now that the busy sea-
son has been met and overcome
we offer "A special invitation to
any who wish to join our staff.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18
Church GROUPS
Protest Opening
o. Liquor Store


against the opening of a liquor
store in Kennewick, delegation
representing several church or
CARNATIONS and individuals Of the
community appeared before the
City Council Tuesday night. Sew
eral spokesman were heard.
Mayor ]. c. Pratt explained that
the council had had no part in
bringing the liquor store to Ken
newick nor had they been ap-
preached in any official manner.
The council took no action on a
request by the delegation that
they protest the opening Of the
store. The store is operated by the
State Liquor Control commission.
A second delegation appeared
before the council on behalf Of
residents Of Records Addition to
protest the remaining of Adams
and Sycamore streets. A lengthy
discussion followed with the re-
suit that the delegation was re-
Quested to make study Of the
situation and to offer an alternate
plan.
The group is now circulating
petition among residents involved
suggesting that a new name be
chosen for Adams and that Syca-
more be called Avenue b, with
which it nearly conforms.
Under the new plan a name Of
Washington city starting with NJ
would be used for Adams and that
it should be designated as Place.
The committee claimed that this
would fit into the over all plan
of naming and numbering streets
in Kennewick. The plan will be
given further consideration at a
coming meeting.
County Agent Walter Click ap-
peared before the council with q
suggestion that If the city acquires
the property of the Federal Hous-
ing Authority that some OF the
buildings might be moved to q.
different location for the purpose
of establishing a permanent farm
labor camp.
The council endorsed q resolu-
ton calling for a formal applica-
ton to the Federal government
for the construction Of post Of
flee in KenneWick.
The council discussed the ques-
ton of selling the lots owned by
the city between Auburn and
Benton streets. A decision was
reached that the lots should, not
be sold except with the stipula-
ton that suitable buildings be con-
structed.
Two ordinances were given fin
al approval. One set the budget
for the city for 1916 and the other
set the amount of taxes to be le-
We'd for the coming year.
An application for a taxi license
of the Leonard Cab company was
denied.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18
OLD BUSINESS

OLD BUSINESS
This really should come under
new business, but it's old business
to "Mac" Mcnamara, an old hand
in the glass business. He's In
stalling strictly modern black
and red glass front on the new
sAIno-story building on West Ken
wick avenue. And he's dream
ing up something pretty fancy IN
glass block for the front Of the
s. & ]. building. We're mighty
pleased to see these new buildings
with their fancy faces. And q
bucketful of orchids, too, to Rev.
Finkbeiner for his generous use
Of terra Gotta tile.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18
STACK

The long awaited new smoke
stack Of the Twin City Creamery
has been added to the Kennewick
sky3Sne. It tops new boiler that
been scientifically installed.
sssS Stack was raised with q crane
furnished by Paul Horsely. It did
such fast job that If our staff
photographer had been three min
utes later he would have missed
the whole show. II we had our
new airmail service you wouldn't
have to wait until next week to
see the results of his fine art.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18
NEW BUSINESS

Bus and Bob Stradford an
nounce plans to operate refriger-
alton business in the new Ken
newick Plumbing building !. the
Kehnewick Department store has
laid a foundation for an addition
to their building on Avenue c
Sch1ichter and LIE Grant, also
on Avenue c, announce the
launching Of a building contrac-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18

William n. Dixon, motor mach
inist's, mate first class, USN, Rt.
2, Kennewiclk, served on IN e.
cort carrier when she carried l.
357 released prisoners Of war from
Nagasaki,, Japan, to a redistribu-
ton point at Okinawa.
Some of the evacuees-Ameri-
cans, English, Australians, Dutch
and Javanese- survivors of
Wake Island, the Bataan death
March" and the sunken Uss Fous-
ton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18

STORY OF THE WEEK
Stray dog on Kennewick ave-
nue. this morning, looking up at
a new parking meter:
Heck, you gotta pay now!"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18
AUTO ACCIDENT

A car driven by J. A. Parks
was involved In q traffic accident
on Avenue G near Campbell's ca
bins Tuesday afternoon. Travelling
east on Avenue G he crashed into
a car which was entering the high
way. Both cars suffered fender
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18

1t. Patrick J. ONeil recently
Of the Army Air Base at Child
ress, Texas Is visiting at the home
of his parents Mr.. and Mrs. w.
G.. O'Neil Of Washington st.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18

LIQUOR STORE OPENS
kennewick's new State Liquor
store will open Monday noon. It
WI remain open week days from
pon to 8 pm.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18

Tvs, Ralph J. Weltz, returned
from 81 months in the South
Pacific and is now with his wife
the former Lois Doyle and 2-year-
Continued ON Page -
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ATTENO8 8C130O1
Charles II. Fox, was recently
home on his delayed boot leave
from San Diego. He spent his
leave visiting with his wife and
daughter and the many friends
that dropped In to say hello.
He is now at the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station attending
Generalization School. At the
close Of this school he viii report
to the Bremerton Oemobilizatio0
Center rs an interviewer.
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Cpl. O. e. Howard Of Finley
and Kennewick has Just been hon
orably discharged from the Army
on the point system after having
served six years. He was three
and q half years overseas In the
South Pacific and was In three
campaigns. He received one Presi-
DENTAL Citation and was slightly
wounded in one battle but II now
in the best Of health. He was sta
toned in Australia and New Gui-
nea. He was on transport duty.
He married Miss Val Daley Of
Boona, Australia, on December 2,
1914. His wife expects to join him
shortly. He Is the son Of W. II.
Howard and the nephew Of W. b.
Howard Of Kennewick.
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pVIe 06kaA}bO 19OW6AY
Pvt. Gerald Mowery has finish
ed his basic training and won hil
medal in Workmanship. He = sta
toned at Camp Roberts, Califor-
mia, with the 06th Infantry.
Gerald graduated from the Ken
newick high school last spring
and entered the service three
days later.
He Is the son Of Mrs. Opal Now
cry.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18

Mark Brown who was stationed
at Okinawa has moved to Korea
and has been promoted to Corp
oral.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-18

RECEIVED DlScllARGE
Staff Sgt. Richard Sandberg Of
the 9Th Air Force was discharged
on Oct. 5th. He would have been
in the service for four years this
Dec. and had just returned from
over two years In the European
Theater. He win make his home
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. o.
Z. SandberH.
Leonard Beryle Shields, S Hc
USNR, son Of Mr.. b. II. Shields
Of 322 Auburn St., Kennewick,
has been aboard the USS. Watts,
one Of our new 200 ton destroy
ers since she first went to Sea until
her present cruise q part Of Adj
miral Halsey's Carrier Task Force
in the waters off the japanese
homeland. He attended Kenne-
wick High School until 1912. At
general quarters he Is stationed
at one Of the ships 40mm anti
aircraft machineguns.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20
Interpreting The Child

ways jibe with the methods handed
down 10 you. But the personnel
man is supposed TO know what's
good so you try out new methods OF
handling men. But you're not so
sure the men who are receiving
better treatment will respond. May
be they'll think you're getting
soft and easy Because you're
not sure of yourself and these new
tangled methods. you throw them
out the minute you get the idea
that men are Stacking or getting
out of hand. The point is that you
can't try new methods and hope
they work the first time. a fair
trial must be given.
So 1t is, with the school and
home. Children who have been ac.
customed to rigid discipline and
blind obedience, are confused by a
new regime in which the controls
are relaxed suddenly in conform
ance with new tangled" methods.
Invariably. some children will mis-
take a teachers or parents at
tempt to create democracy for leni-
ency and anarchy. Parents and
teachers. In turn. may react by
Withdrawing privileges and reinsti-
tuting more rigid controls.
This is a time for the renewal
Of faith in ourselves and in our
children. We must develop greater
trust in ourselves so that we. in
turn, may entrust children with
graduated doses OF responsibility
which will help them participate
in a democratic society. This does
not mean 'let them do what they
like" nor does 1t mean always tell
them what to do 1t means that
children have / cal ability to deve-
lop into we'll adjusted adults, II
we help them OIL their road in grow
ing up. rough as that road may be.
rather than forcing them to travel
our road-the road which is so
much safer because we have made
the journey.
SAM WHITMAN.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20
STAGE and SCREEN

periods from the Greek monocle
worn in Lysistrsta' to the first
glass without a loi. aette handle
that came in with tue early 18th
century, and down TO the present.
incidentally. this one I'm wear
ing as Col. Bingham is my own.
and very comfortable. A man
wouldn't know he had II on any
more than he'd be aware OF
right.atting hat" Colburn said.
He admitted the Greek monocle
was a gag.
81 wanted to get laugh as a
domineering and bombastic Greek
senator who throws a lot OF weight
in his public appearance but Is
completely dominated by the little
woman at home. A nearsighted
guv always gets a laugh so dipped
into history OF ancient Greece ana
found that Greeks wore monocles."
The Greek monocles, he added.
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we're quite different from the tiny
glass that he wears as the blustery
Col. Effingham.
They were about the size OF
bread and butter plates and were
mounted on a stick about eight
inches long; the whole was fasten.
ed to ribbon worn around the
neck"
Although in his latest Aim, Co.
burns monocle is a trademark of
what he is--an officer and a gentle.
man. supposedly-in past perform.
.ances he says he's used a monocle
TO show what he had been before.
In "Of Human Hearts" the
monocle was used to give the i'm.
preston OF notable past 10 a
big city surgeon who had come
down to an obscure general prac-
tice in small town.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

read in today's paper a report
that Rep. Joseph E. Warner intends
10 introduce capital punishment
into Michigan.
would like to point out to Mr..
Warner that history demonstrates
conclusively that capital punish
ment, like organized superstition,
is on its way out. The day will
come when electric chairs are re-
garded by our descendants with
the same revulsion that We of to-
day feel toward the witch hunts
OF New England.
The pioneers OF this state. In the
nain, em!grated from the British
Isles. They did SO to escape,
among other things, the callous in.
difference OF the government to.
ward human life. There were at
the time. over six hundred offens-
es punishable by death.
When our ancestors settled In
this beautiful peninsula, similar in
so many ways to their native isles.
they determined to abolish this
relic of standardization for all
time. That's why our Const.tu.
ton specifically prohibits capital
punishment. 1t was enlightened
attitude for that day, and, de.
spite the natural passions OF the
moment, II still is.
History proves 1t.
| am certain that Mr.. Warmers
bill, II it becomes law, can have
no other effect than that OF a
boomerang, damaging his pres
tige as leg slator. the party he
represents and the state for which
he has done so much for so long.
AS a supporter of his, | would
not like to see this happen. /
hope 1t doesn't.
Subscriber.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20
BY SAM WHITMAN

In the past people have held I'M
shakable beliefs about the material
world which We're later proven to
be erroneous. The earth was
thought to be flat; the sun was be-
lieved to reyolye about the earth.
etc. We seem 10 have straighten.
ed out some of our thinking with
regard to the realities OF the physic-
al world. However. We are just
beginning to straighten out our
thinking with regard TO the less
tangible world-the world OF hui
/ relations.
The time was when a foreman In
a factory relied upon ridicule and
biting scarCasm 10 stimulate great
err production. Another weapon he
would employ was threatening a
worker with loss of his job. Any
modern engineer OF human reld-
tions would agree that these time
honored devices TO stimulate great
er output are being replaced slowly
but surely by a pat on the back,
praise, and reinsurance. The Army
officer of today has been well in
doctrinated with this more positive
approach to his men. Educators
have taught us that children learn
better when they are treated not as
potential dynamite, but as poten-
tial, good citizens.
Unfortunately, good human re-
lations practices have Jagged be-
hind what is known to re good
theory This is so partly because
knowing about something does not
necessarily mean being able to do
something. If your foreman swept
aside all recognition of you as 4
person and cared onlv for quotas
you get the idea that that is the
only way to get production and 50
when you get to be foreman you
use the only tactics which you
know-those which have been tried
upon you. What the new personnel
expert says about giving an EN-.
ploye a pat on the back doesn't al
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20
THEY SA y

London-Prime Minister Win
ston Churchill, on the Atlantic
Charter: 1T has been very we'll
described by the President (Roose-
velD as a standard OF aims and an
indication of the direction in which
we are proceeding. 1t is not a
law"
Washington-Rep. Harold Knut-
son (R. Mimi, as farm bloc con-
gressmen assail farm draft order:
What is being done to raise an
army in Europe? Are we going
to do all the fighting and furnish
the food too
New York Comedian Frank
Conville, just returned from CSo
tour of European war fronts: The
nearer the front you got, the better
the morale. However. the boys
didn't have cigarettes. and that
bothered them worse than the hard.
ships"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20
Wolf in Mans C|oth hing
by
Mignon @. Eberhart

When had told him I went to
the window and stood there, my
back to the room, looking out at the
gray dawn. After q long time he
called me-
"Yes?"
Thanks"
He let me wash his face and ring
to order breakfast. Anna answered
the bell. "I'm sorry, Mr.. Craig"
she said, her eyes filing with tears.
"I-yes, Anna. Don't cry He
patted her hand q little, and she
went quickly away. Almost at once
Alexia came.
was Strengthening the bed and
thought it was Anna. Alexia was
in the room before realized it was
not. She wore q sleek black dress
with white lace at her throat and
wrists. She came quickly to the bed
and knelt there.
"Craig, they've told you :"
He looked at her for q moment
without replying. There was q
queer look on his face--a kind Of
grimness all at once that, again,
made me think Of his father.
Alexia leaned very close to him,
saying, "I'm sorry. Craig. He was
your father"
Craig's eyes narrowed. He was
your husband, Alexia."
Her face didn't change, unless
her eyelids lowered a little; but I
could see the curving lines Of her
body stiffen slightly. She said rath-
err slowly, very musically, looking
into Craig's eyes, 81 never needed
to be reminded Of that. You know
that, Craig, better than anyone"
There was a short silence. pre-
pared to remove the top blanket and
thus Dust Alexia, but as / moved to
do so she said. OTIS horribls-the
police and all, I meant They found
the revolver in Drue's room"
"Druei What do you mednl What
about tho police? What revoiuerf
gasped Craig.
Really, Mrs. Brent, I'll have TO
ask you TO leave! My patient
isn't :. :" l was hurrying forward,
my starchy uniform rafting.
Alexia silenced both Of us.
Don't try to think, my darling"
she said, putting her face against
Craig's. "Oh, Craig, you knew
you always knew | never loved Con-
rad. And now all that is ended for
US both, my darling"
Over her shoulder Craig's eyes
plunged into mine. For Gods sake,
what does she mean? What revol-
ver" he cried urgently.
Well, couldn't have told him
even il I'd known, | was so livid and
gibbering with rage. put my hand
on Alexia's shoulder and may have
taken a tighter grip even than in
tended, for she wrenched herself
away from me with a rather star
tied look and got quickly to her feet,
clasping her shoulder with her
other hand. "Nurse, you forget
yourself! How dare you touch :"
What revolver, Alexia?" de-
manded Craig again. What re-
volUer?"
Her eyes had retreated behind
those soft, satiny eyelids. She said
breathlessly, "Conrad's revolver. II
was in Drue's room. The police
found IT,"
Craig was as white as the pillow,
land ! intended 10 put Alexia out Of
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20

the room by sheer physical force II
nothing else sufficed. He said, "But
re wasn't shot"
"No! He wasn't shot," ! affirmed
quickly. "He died Of q heart at
tack, just as told you. Now then,
Mrs. Brent :"
But the police" said Craig.
why are they here?"
Someone called them" Alexia
answered him. "No one knows who.
But someone got on the telephone
just after Conrad died and told the
police your father had been MUIR
dered. So they came, and they are
going to investigate his death"
"Murder" said Craig. But
that's impossible" He made q mo-
ton to get up, WINGED as he moved
his shoulder and turned even
whittier.
Peter Huber knocked, entered
quickly, stopped as he sensed some
thing electric in the atmosphere,
and then announced, "It's only
well, they want you downstairs,
H A..Ha' Nsn' ~ away. lou VOC,
ue C 49,. ms 10 ~ 49, wv s.v psss
70 49, AAu nc ASNea' iou "o
'o' p. MN ILL., A.. .,,.,.
Anna appeared with the tray.
apr, not oo;non said "I,u an
dutv."
.y. .
o- " 'he poi'ce' eer' asAeo
LAG
Huber nodded. Craig, I'm sorry
ABOUT your ia'her' -
Craig closed his eyes as II TO shut
out talk of that. Eyes, Pete" he
SAID. There was little silence
while Anna went to the bed with
the tray and / followed her. Craig
.ooSed up At me; 20 on down." ne
sAio anna VIII stay with me:
AieA,a started toward the BED,
sIoppeI as stralgntsned up rather
Hpiup.Iy from huJusung tne Pill
iomS anu looked nsrd at ner, said
soieiy 70 Srals, DOM think, dar.
ing. pon try 70 think now. III
DC oach' ana went out the door.
Peter came to the bed and Craig
said again to me, please go down
stairs, Miss Keate. l want you to
tell me everything they do. :. :"
So in the end I went; not because
Of the police, but merely to keep
| Craig's temperature down. Anna
stayed with him and Peter Huber.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20
CHAPTER NINETEEN

Beevens could tell US nothing
though, of what the police were do
ing and, looking very haggard him.
self with great puffs under his eyes
went away. After we drank the cof-
feu and Drue nibbled at some toast
because | made her, I sent her to
her room. Sometime that day she
would have to face the police and
she'd had no sleep At all that night.
So / made her rest; and thus I was
alone with Craig when he awoke.
Craig awoke rather suddenly; in
full possession Of his senses. He
looked white and tired, but his pulse
was good. He had no temperature
and the wound in his shoulder
while stiff and sore, seemed to be
healing with normal rapidity.
He said almost at once, Where
Is Drue?"
ain her room, resting
He looked at me, frowning . lit
tie. There was a kind Of authority
about him. All at once seemed to
see a faint likeness to his father
his nose, perhaps, and brown, de-
cided chin. His eyes, however, were
darker and had spirit. His fathers
eyes had been cold and chill. HI
said, You're the other nurse. Yes
! remember you"
I'm Sarah Keate. III ring fol
some breakfast. l think you car
manage something light"
He interrupted. Listen, Nurse
something happened last night
something's can't remember. >
did not hesitate. Nothing hap
pened, except that you got out Of
bed when | was out Of the room anc
got a bump :"
He put his hand TO his bandagec
temple. why, yes" he said. II re
member that! But something hac
happened downstairs. Somebody
screamed. You left and IL got W
to sec what il was. put on slip
pers and a robe and :" he stopped
There was a sudden and clear recol
lection in his eyes.
! said, And you fell :" and h,
said, shaking his head, mo. Some
body hit me-"
"Sonebody-" / stopped with I
kind Of gulp.
Certainly, somebody hit me.
was just at the top of the stairs
| heard someone behind me. turned
ard that's all. l went out like |
light"
| believed him. His look and hi
voice were perfectly clear and ra
tional. | said, after a moment
"Who"
81 don't know. l tell you that
all remember except later--a loni
time later-Drue was here" Hi
voice when he said her nam
changed subtly; 1t was grave ant
yet somehow warm and tender, o
if it spoke loved name.
All at once he caught my wris
and asked, But what happened
Who screamed"
So | told him. I would have evad
ed but | couldn't. | knew an at
tempt would only make a bad mat
ter worse and excite him unneces
sarily. | did it as gently as | could
and reminded him that his fathe
had had a bad heart condition ap
parently for years. | also said i
had been quick.
! didn't mention the police o.
C.Gs :. .sss diSit.li-.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-20

tional Christian Youth Fellowship
at Starkweather Hall. Topic: Con-
trl6utions to the New America by
Modern American Thinkers. Spe-
eial speaker: Rev. George Jerome.
Devotional leadtr: Miss Cheryl
Steiner.
! p. m.-The Upper Room Bible
Hour with the great stories OF
Jesus.