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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-02-15
Little Stories
Of the Week

Mrs. Melvin Moore, daughter
of w. J. Thurston of Benton
City was visitor in Kennewick
Wednesday.
Mrs. A. E. Mottram was visi-
tor at the home of her mother
Mrs. Anna Aman the past..week
The Library Guild will meet al
the home of Mrs. Kinkaid Mon
day, February 10Th at 200.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Shanafelt
are the parents of a son born
February 10th in Seattle.
Mrs. Elsie Walters entertained
with one table of bridge at her
home in the Garden Tracts Sat
urday night.
Mrs. Mae Shanafelt returned to
her home in Seattle Sunday, after
spending week with her sister,
Mrs. Ralph Reed.
Art Simsen is expected home
this week end, having undergone
an operation at McCaw hospital
at Walla Walla.
James B. Lewis, son of Mr.. and
and Mrs. David Lewis is home
on a leave of 30 days from the
Southwest Pacific.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Elder Jr..
and daughter of Moses Lake were
visitors at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Holden this past week
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Tweedt
are the parents of a seven pound
son. The young man arrived Feb
ruary 18th and has been named
Carl Bernard. -
The Current Events club will
meet at the home of Mrs. c., f.
Ridley Friday, February 23rd al
2 pm.
Pvt. Calvin A. Simsen is spend
ing a two week furlough at his
home on the Highlands. He is
stationed at Sheppard Field, Tex
Mrs. Collie Holden just return
ed from Yakima where she has
spent the past three weeks at the
home of her grand daughter, Mrs
Bill Urling. - r..
Robert L. Rosson, Sic, son OF
Mrs. Lille Rosson of KenneWick
and stationed at the US Naval
Air Station at Manchester, Wash.
spent the week end at his home
here. & -.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Vandine
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-02-15

cry here. His brother Burton aC-
companied him to Seattle for
short visit. He is a son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Carl J. Fallgren who
now reside in Kennewick. form
erly resident of the West High
lands,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-02-15

pilot trainer plane. He visited his
folks and other relatives and
friends enroute to Seattle, Port
land, Montana and North Dakota.
His two sisters Mrs. K. NJ. Pat
rick and Rose Fallgren are en-
ployed with the Twin City Cream
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Loan
Cites Vet Aid

At least $1,000 veterans will
have Christmas in homes they
own as a result Of S53.000,0O0
lent by savings and loan asso-
Citations. the United States
Savings and Loan League re-
ported Saturday 10 Associated
Press.
Morton Bodhsh, league ex-
ccutiXe vice president, said the
S53 100000 total as of Sept. 30
consisted of S34, 4,547, 800 in
loans actually closed on that
date for 1861 veterans and an
additional SlS.S97 900 in loans
pending for a ,239 veterans.
The volume Of loans actu-
ally closed by the savings and
loan institutions on Sept. 30
represented SO per cent Of the
Sal .S07 900 reported by the
Veterans Administration in
home loan commitments guar
anteed. on Oct. 20, nearest
available date for comparison,
Bodfish said.
He added the veterans home
loans averaged S4,5f6.
The figures are contained in
the leagues survey of savings
and loan performance on CT
lending as of the end of the
| third quarter.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
0|dUnion Trust
Sold

Announcement was made
Saturday Of the sale Of the IL
story office building ~ the
northeast corner OF GrISWold
and Congress by Prudential
Life Insurance Co 10 tho
newly organized coo GrsWold
Street Corp
Negotiations were handled
by Rcaumo e. Suloway. Inc
repr Q sented by William r
Lucdders in cooperation with
John G. Hopp
This prominent corner in
the heart Of the financial dis
trict was originally the Unlon
Trust GO. Building prior 10
the development of the new
Union Guardian Building.
The building was occupied
subsequently by the Fidelity
Trust Co.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Unity Co.
In New Office

The Unity Construction Co,
a c0-partncrShIp OF Ira a.
iioichkiss and Jack Cohen.
has moved into itS new mod
ern Offices A. 5000 Wyoming.
liogarth 356S il Was an
nOunCcd Saturday
THIS company IS conccn-
trating on The construction Of
# trrr-t7tr residential dwell
ingS. having 90 in northwest
Detroit and Allen Park under
construction i' was added
fhFy Tu,J have started 2
project of is homes for Negro
occupancy IN Tennessee ave
nue. near r.. jefferson. " a.
B!iiInEtuTSt IS Satrv manager
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
337 Permits
At S1,9O9,7SO

r1Trcc hundred and thirty
seven building permits AZ a
cost Of 81 900. $50 were issued
as Of the week ending Dec. Is.
l945, Building Commissioner
Wolf announced Saturday.
Included were l24 single
and two-family dwellings At
S939 700.
For the same period in 1914
there were 90 permits AT
S6ls 460. including one dwell
ing al $1,000.
Nine major projects for the
1945 week totaled S462 80.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

The proper regulation oi
the draft was suggested Sat
urday by Appalachian Goals,
Inc a. a solution 10 tbe prob
lem of obtaining heat during
the early morning and m the
evening.
The corporation sponsoring
wider use Of coal for fuel
pointed out that these are
only two periods Of the day
during mild weather such A.
Detroit has been experiencing,
when heat is needed
The check draft should be
used 70 keep A. 2 minimum
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
RENTAL UNITS

Under tho NAREB plan,
owners of rental units, who
wished 10 rent their proper.
tics 10 veterans, would be
allowed 10 do so at the ex-
plration Of a lease 10 an cX-
iStlng tenant.
Amendment Of OPA rental
regulations 10 permit such a
switch would be the only
thing required, the association
said.
The NAREB estimated that
up TO 100000 dwellings might
be made available TO veterans
If owners were allowed 10
lease 10 them.
1t would mean, the aeseeia-
tion stated. that al the option
OF an owner, tho veteran
could be accommodated with
no change III rental ceilings.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
GIVING PRIORITIES
Traders School
SET for 21st Term

The Builders and Traders
Exchange announced Satur-
DAY tho beginning Of the 2lst
term of lis evening school
Enrolment iS 20 he hold IN
the Exchange A. 40 Pcnob-
scot Building on thursday
Jan. 10 1916. A. 7 p m
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
ReaItor Divisions
End As MeetinQs

Meetings Of the various d.
visions Of the Detroit Real
Estate Board have been Su,-
pended until after New Years.
- was announced a. board
offices in the PenobsCot Build
ing Saturday.
The newly elected officers
will be installed AZ the first
meetings n he held in 1916. il
was added
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Elected

Howard Bliss. Of Homer
Warren & Co, has been
elected president Of Michigan
chapter Institute Of Real Es-
tate Management
Harvey Nadeau NuSkoCon.
was chosen vice president. and
Waiter GuTbord. Detroit rrat-
tor. secretary and treasurer
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
NAREB Plan
For Vets Given

a plan 10 give veterans
priorities for rental quarters
has been presented 10 the In
dustry Government Confer
ence by the National AsSocia-
ton of Real Estate Boards,
il was made public Saturday.
The conference was called
in Washington 10 work out
an answer TO the housing
problem.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
RENTAL PRIORITY

obviously, the only real
solution 10 the housing
shortage iS In build more
houses a. quickly a. pos
sible." NAREB declared.
"In the interim of six or
eight months that will he
required to get new units
on the market. a rental pri-
ority for veterans could 20
r long way toward meeting
the veteran housing prob
lem"
The association also advo-
Gated that a priority period oi
80 days be granted Veterans
on The purchase Of newly con.
Structcd homes. dlt1nC whict
y terans only would bC
eligible 20 purchase.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Christmas Party

Members Of the Detroit
Real Estate Board held their
annual Christmas party at the
Boat Club Friday night. Din
ner was served 10 the MEM
bership and the evening was
given over 10 games.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

bombing squadron of the L. s.
Pacific Fleet.
Sibley Joined the company
in 1897 and was vice president
before entering the service.
In 1884 he was graduated
from Princeton University
with heHefs.
His election 10 the preSi.
dency follows the death OF
his father. F. NJ. Sibley, last
summer.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Proper Draft Regulation
Suggested to SaDe Coal

the amount Of air taken into
the furnace The aShpit door
should be kept closed. Shake
ashes very sparingly and then
only when IL is desired to
raise the house temperature
quickly In this way s 10 s
inches Of ashes can he main
tanned under the fuel bed at
all times
If the householder prefers
10 use lump coal. one or more
Jumps should be placed in the
furnace so as 10 hold the fire
during the time when little
heat Is needed
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
.F.M. Sib|ey Jr.
Heads Firm

Frederic NJ. Sibley Jr has
been elected president of the
r. NJ. Sibley Lumber Co,
the board Of directors an.
nounced Saturday.
For the last four years. he
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Owners. Inc. TO Meet

The next meeting of Greater
Detroit Property Owners, Inc,
will be at 8 p. m, Jan. 10.
1916. at SO w. Forest, Edward
B. Benscoe, president, an
nounced SATURDAY..
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

serve d as an
officer IN the
L. s. Naval Re-
-SeFpe- being re-
leased a short
time ago with
I h @ ra n X o (
lieutenant com
mander.
While oV @ r.
s Q as for -
months, he was
attached 10 a
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Chapter lnstans
1916 Officers

Greater Detroit Chapter
No. 13. Society of Residential
Appraisers, has installed its
officers for 1916.
They are:
Wesley r.. Payne, president;
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23

Sheldon l.. brennan, first
vice president; William b
Grabendike. second vice pres
idcnt,- and Care b. Reid, sec
retaTy-tTcaSurer.
Directors are Sheldon s
Watson. Hans Gchrke Jr. and
Walter Mulligan.
RIchard IellcrN. chairman
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
IMPROVEMENT LOANS,

Pointing out that Title l
insured property improve
mcnt loans. which nearly
5000 lending institutions are
prepared 10 make, furnishes
a ready financial aid in such
an effort Foley made it the
responsibility or each field
office 10 administer this pro-
gram As a major activity of
the FILA,
In each field office one ad-
miniStrative officer is made
directly rcsponsibic-for pubilc
information and advice 10
lenders. contractors and the
industry in general
"Our purpose In this, as
In all our insuring opera
tiOns, Is that our field Of
fees shall maintain an alert
and active attitude of seek
ing To he Of help. rather
than only a standby readi-
ness" Foley told the dITeC-
tors.
FINANCE REPAIRS
Title ! loans, Foley stated.
Iare available for financing re-
/ pairs, additions. alterations
and other improvements 10
| homes or other structures,
located in cities. suburbs and
ia rural areas 5---.-----.--=---s.=-
OF particular importance at
this time is the need for addi-
tlonal living units that may
be created by the conversion
or rehabilitation Of existing
structures. such as adding an
extra bedroom, converting a
single family house into two
or more apartment units or
dividing large out-of date
apartments into smaller mo-
dern units.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Foley Urges
Greatest Use

Maximum use of existing
residential structures As an
interim step toward solution
OF the housing problem Of
many communities was urged
Saturday by Commissioner
Raymond NJ. Foley Of the
Federal Housing AdmlniStra-
tion IN a letter 10 All field
Offices of that organization.
Foley's letter was in con-
nection with further dcccn-
traliZation of FILA operations,
placing full responsibility for
the rehabilitation and prop
erty improvement loan actIVl-
ties in the field Offices.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
Vet Priorities
Win Backing
Favor
Plan al Meeting

Give the veterans priority
on rental housing was the con-
SenSuS Of the management 'di-
vision OF the Detroit Real Es-
tate Board in its discussion on
tho subject, Veterans Housi
ing"
Kenneth Draper, chairman.
presided AZ the recent round
table discussion in Olde
Nayne Club.
COMPARES COSTS
Rent control has rooted
individuals 10 large quarters
and many landlords should
adjust these quarters for
veterans families" he de-
Clared
He hit OPA price controls
and asserted building costs to-
day arc higher than after
World War i.
lie declared the Onty per-
sons satisfied are those get
ting something for nothing
The group suggested the
government remove botilc-
neCks which are hamperlnC
the starting of building
homes.
MAKING TENEMENTS
Lee Builta said:
I'VE are making tene-
fn~nts oti, nf districts wfrrr
n would have been frowneh
on several years ago
Richard s. Hickey urged
those managing multiple
dwellings 10 see 10 II that
thcy rent 10 a. suitable mum
Der Of persons for the Slzc'oi
the apartment 10 get full ca
pacity of the apartment
thereby gaining space for vet
ms families.
Norman {. SCudder sug-
ceSred taking condemned
property and refurbiShlng II
20 add moro rental unlts that
undesirable tenants be ouStcd
and give the quarters 10 vet
erdnS.
GIVING PRIORITIES
Most managers said they
had been giving veterans pri-
pritlcs on any Nacancles m
Their buildings
Karl II. Smith declared
many basement apartments
could be added In existing
apartment building II u
weren't for OPA and urged
that freedom be gwen 10 pl j.
Nate industry
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
INFORMS DIRECTORS


Informing state and district
directors OF this step he said
"All our effort since I he
came commissioner has
been directed toward en-
CouTagement of the build
ing industry 10 undertake
an about attack on the
whole range Of housing
need. especially in low and
medium brackets Of both
sales price and rentals.
"But unless the best use
Is made Of thF existing
housing inventory ny i'm
provemPnt, conversion and
rehabilitation Ia check de-
probation and blight. the
housing problem Of the ma
tiOn will he made more
intense and difficult of sOlu-
ton"
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
ONE CHOICE

As between housing the
men who have slept in fox
holes and other tenants
there can he only one
choice" tho association told
the -cnAfnFpRen-----
1t will mean that some
tenants will have 10 move,
hut IL IL results in n veteran
and his family being housed
that II the choice We would
make"
Tho association estimated
that perhaps ) per cent Of tho
nations 100000 renta
units might be affected.
This. il said, might amount
10 As many a. 700 90 Units.
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-23
MAKING TENEMENTS

Lee Builta said.
I'VE are making tene-
in~nts otit uf districts witrrr
n would have been frowneh
on several years ago
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29
International
Policy Faces
Early Test

Washington, Oct. 29-AP-My.
raid international problems held
a promise today OF early and crit
ical tests for President Truman's
newly proclaimed 12-point foreign
policy.
One touchy point may disappear.
This concerns Russia's demand for
an allied control council for ia
pan. The issue may be compro-
missed in the near future.
The brightest spot diplomatic au-
thorities see in the international
situation is evidence OF improv-
ing Russian-American relations.
The optimism stems from the
friendly reception accorded L. S.
Ambassador Hartman when he de-
livered a personal message from
Mr.. Truman to Generalissimo Stain
last week.
Here are the main International
rprobiefnA which President Truman
and Secretary OF State Byrnes
must reckon with in the weeks i'm
mediately ahead and in the light
OF Mr.. Humans foreign policy dec
larations in New York Saturday:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF the
main victor nations in the Pacific
war will meet tomorrow at the
State Department TO organize a
'far eastern advisory commission"
primarily to consult on future ia
panese control policies. Russia
is the only. one of 10 nations initial
ly scheduled to participate which
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29
laps Hopeful
Truman
World Policy

Tokyo, oct 29-AP--Urofficial
Japan. took hope today from Presi-
dent Truman's enunciation OF for
eign policy that Nippon eventually
might regain a place in the eco
nomic anu political society Of ma
tons. but not one government off
cial would comment.
On the occupation front, Gener-
al MacA9thur ousted Japanese Of
ficials from st. Paul's Episcopal
Universitv, directed the Japanese
government 10 restore the Chris
tian curriculum there Immediately.
and demanded an accounting OF 81
other schools once supported by
American gifts.
The directive charged that St
Paul's had been transformed into a
non-Christian school by the Japan
csc government in January. 1913;
that its stone crosses had been de
stroyed.
On the political front, Domei re-
ported that most young Japanese
peers want to forsake their titles
and assume a commoner status, fol-
lowing the lead of Prince Fumi-
marc Konoye. Konoye is expected
to become active in conservative
politics IL his request TO resign his
title is granted by the imperial
household.
The peerage system has become
nonsense" Domei quoted Count
Coriyasu Arima, former minister
Of agriculture, the source Of its
story.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29

ly take over the Willow Run plant
this Thursday. Frazer, president
OF the two companies. said the
Frazer car will go into production
on o. befor Feb. l. The Kaiser
auto, the announcement said. will
follow the Frazer by four to six
weeks.
The companies will occupy all Of
the approximately 2,650,000 square
feet u manufacturing and auxiliary
space leased from the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp. for the produc.
ton OF the Kaiser and Frazer auto
mobiles and farm equipment, Mr..
Frazer said.
Kaiser-Frazer Corp. has leased
all Willow Run facilities with the
exception of the parts building,
hangers and the airport.
Firs. production by Graham-Paige
at the huge plant will be on the
medium.priced Frazer car and farm
implements. including the Frazer
tractor and the Rototiller, new-type
rotary tillage implement, Mr.. Fraz-
er announced. The Frazer and the
farm equipment are scheduled to
go into production on or before
Fsbr larry l, hss said a.
The Aaron DeRoy Motor Car Co..
for 22 years one Of Detroit's largest
automobile distributors. will handle
sales of the Kaiser and Frazer au-
tomo9iles for Kaiser-Frazer Corp.
and Graham-Paige Motors in De
troit, II was announced today.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29
Plane Crash
Injuries Two

Two persons were injured about
. o'clock Sunday afternoon when
their airplane crashed to the ground
near the intersection OF Cherry
Hill and Beck Roads, five miles
northeast OF Ypsilanti. Miss Col
leen Leavy, 20. Romulus, who was
plotting the plane. suffered a frac-
tured ankle and a slight concus-
sion. The passenger, Thomas Gig
nae. Detroit. received a possible
fractured leg, body bruises and lac
erations about the face and head.
Miss Leavy was taken to the
Wayne Community Hospital and
Gignac to the Wayne County Cen
eral Hospital. Both are expected to
be released within a few days.
The airplane. a Luscombe SA two
scatter type, owned by the Hartsell
Air Terminal, 39139 Ford Road, had
been rented by Miss Leavy. and
was flown from that port. The &C
cident was reported by Lawrence
Longuish, into whose field the
plane crashed.
Airport officials have not dis
closed the cause OF the crash.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29
Two Held IN
Ak Murder

Pontiac. Mich, oct. gap
Police today questioned a Detroit
barber and beauty shop operator
in connection with the brutal STAY
ing oct. II OF Mrs. Lydia Thomp-
son. Russian. born wife of wealthy
Detroit auto dealer.
No charges have been placed
against the couple, identified by
Sheriff Edward X. Thomas as Will
liam Jantilo. 40, and Mrs. Marie
Dodenhoft, 3S.
Inspector Charles Searle OF the
Detroit Police Homicide Squad.
said their arrest followed receipt or
an anonymous note. When found.
the note writer told Searle he had
overheard conversations between
Jantilo and Mrs. Dodenhoft about
Mrs. Thompson.
Police said they found red stains
on the front seat OF Jantilo's car
and Jr a raincoat located In his
apartment.
De.cctive-Lieut. Charles Buck
holz End Detective Arthur Glover,
who Questioned the couple, said
statements taken from the beauty
operator together with other evil
dence obtained so far give auth
critics enough TO issue warrants.
No warrants, however, have been
issued
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29
.CIORejects
Army Pleas

Battle Creek, Mich. Oct. pap
The Army was notified today its
request to remove 100 carloads OF
food and cigarettes from the strike
bound post division plant OF Cen
eral Foods Corporation was turned
down by the Clio United Retail,
Wholesale and Department Store
Workers Union.
Removal OF the food. consigned
to the War Department. would jeop-
ardize the cause OF the five-week
strike OF some 1900 employees, Irv-
ing Abramson. national director of
the union, stated. Issues in the
dispute include a 25 cent an hour
wage increase and union shop.
Abramson said he told Gen. Will
liam f. Guthner of the Sixth Serv-
ice Command the company had
known the strike would be called
three days in advance and had
time TO tell the Army to remove
any emergency provisions. The
food includes several carloads of
bacon.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29
Nurse Tells
Torture T ale

Tokyo. Oct. 20 -AP-The Tokyo
newspaper Ashai today published a
japanese Army nurses story OF
mistreatment by her own soldier
countrymen when the Nipponc5e
army retreated in the Philippines
The nurse. identified by the sur
name Of Kume. described .he re-
treat OF the disorgsnized army into
wild mountains where the "barbar
ic conduct" of the soldiers grew
worse as they moved inland from
Manila where Japanese troops
poured oil on native houses and
set fire to them"
Japanese civilians whom the
army drove with them into the
mountains land even We who were
in the service of the armed forces
weren't given a grain OF rice" said
the nurse. recently repatriatel from
the Philippines.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-29
See JAPAN-Page 5
Three Days
Remain For
Fund Drive

Three days remain to determine
whether Ypsilanti's Community
Fund agencies must be reduced o.
will be able to operate under the
budget of 1916 for the annual cam
paign closes Thursday night. With
approximately half of the $4,000
budget for the War Chest and Com
munity Fund raised, campaign
workers must re-double their eff
forts, Chairman d. T. Quirk said to-
day.
THE real story. thus far" said
Paul Ungrodt, campaign manager
lis that all OF the prospects have
not been seen. There are 25fo OF
the Special gifts cards, unreported,
and OF the Commercial, PROBES
slonal and Residential, 1870 have
not been turned in" The effort.
therefore will be to secure reports
from all OF the divisions. The next
report is due Tuesday noon.