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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-10-25

tinuing Boards to maintain your
good cooperation.
During the past three months
we have had q national quota Of
900, 900 passenger tires; and since
there are approximately 17,000,-
600 cars operating today on pre-
war tires, one can readily under
stand why the tire situation re-
mains critical.
"The national inventory Of pas
senger tires is at an all time low,
and coupled with short quotas we
face a very serious local situation.
Local tire representatives tell us
that conditions will improve ma
terially in the next so to 80 days"
BUTTER SUBSIDY
November /, 1945, the OPA,
with concurrence Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture viii permit
creameries and wholesalers to add
five cents to their ceiling prices
in accordance with the recent di-
receives whereby the Reconstruc-
ton, Finance Corporation author
lied removal Of the five cents
per pound government subsidy on
butter.
The resulting increases in retail
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ceilings allowed by OPA win be
from five to six cents per pound
because retail ceilings are figured
on percentage basis.
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles stressed that the consumer
viii pay no more for all items 60
ing into the family budget a q re-
suit Of the increase In butter
prices, than the prices he paid at
the time Of the surrender Of Jap
an. Declines in consumer prices
which commenced prior to the sur
render Of Japan have continued.
The bureau of labor statistics in
dex Of consumer prices dropped
two tenths of one per cent from
July Is to August Is.
THE effect Of the full five to
six cents per pound increase in
butter will be neutralized by this
overall decline, plus a subsequent
drop in the price Of potatoes and
other cost Of living items which
represent a significant amount in
the family budget.
POTATO CEILINGS
Ceiling prices on white potatoes
will continue to be suspended for
the period beginning October Is
and ending December S, 1916, Har-
vey Guertin, District Director Of
the Office Of Price Administra-
ton said this week.
At any time during the suspen-
sion period, ceiling prices may
be restored, Guertin said. II no
action is taken before expiration
Of the suspension period, potatoes
will automatically return to price
control at the ceilings established
for the period beginning Decem-
Der 6, 1945.
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Tire Quotas Are
,Su Critical;
Butter Price U 3

The local OPA Board has re-
ceived the following letter from
the District Office in regard to
tire rationing:
1--WE wish to take this oppor-
tunity to give you a very personal
expression Of our appreciation for
the grand job you have done for
your Government through OPA
In milage rationing, both on gaso-
line and tires, as Board Members.
with the end Of the war there
has been certain trend toward
relaxation, and we wish to con-
vey to you such information as we
have on tires. At present quotas
have been entirely inadequate to
satisfy motorists needs for pas
senger tires 50, a big job is yet
to be done and we must rely on
you good panel members in con-
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tee Of nine to fourteen membefs,
who win be world experts In food.
Their chief job win be to collect
information about food, nutrition
and agriculture and also learn
better ways to get this information
to the people. They win Try to
link the known needs OF people
for food directly with the means
Of satisfying this need modern
methods Of production, processing
and distribution. The theory is
that this can be q help In averting
wars. It will actively encourage
research.
It will have its place under the
Social and Economic Council Of
information organizations, with
specialized responsibilities. In the
meantime we will continue to try
to sell the idea Of q better break
fast to adults and children, be-
cause that is the important thing
for our health and vital in being
ready for days work. Then eat
a lunch that packs a punch
whether carried or at home. Top
off the day with a good dinner.
Its fun to eat. Don't you feel sor-
~ for people who don't enjoy
good food?
BuTToNIIoLES
To repair q ravelling buttonhole
fasten the thead to stop the raw
cling, stitch by machine around
the buttonhole close to the edge
and rework with the buttonhole
not the blanket stitch. Renewed
buttonholes may call for larger
buttons.
JIFFY MEALS
A jar Of Drowned -four all ready
for gravy making, q can OF home
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made biscuit mix, ice box rolls or
homemade ice cream or sherbet In
the refrigerator, and q supply Of
canned fruits and vegetables viii
help get q meal in q fifty.
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RUTToNfioI.E8


A jar Of Drowned flour all ready
for gravy making, can Of home
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The resulting increases In retail
Evening star., 1945-03-15

clared, Hammer falsified the names
OF three persons as riding with him
% days month for q total OF TAO
miles.
In reviewing the application, the
OPA discovered that the names
were all III the same handwriting,
MIR. Thompson said, adding that
Hammer admitted the information
contained in the application was
false when confronted with the evi-
dence. Mr.. Thompson said HAM
mer further admitted that these
riders did not ride with him to and
from work.
The decision revokes Hammers
gasoline rations until the first OF
the year. or the end Of gasoline
rationing, whichever occurs first.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Funeral Rites Set Today
For Clarence 5. Henley

Funeral services for Clarence S
Henley, 43, who died at his home
in Washington Tuesday, will be
held at Q pm. today from the home
OF his brother, Arthur r. Henley,
near Travilah, Md. The Rev. Royal
A. Rice, pastor of the Washington
Grove Methodist Church, will off,
ciate. Burial will be in the cemetery
at Darnestown, Md.
Mr.. Henley, native and long
time resident of the Rockville area
IS survived by his widow, Mrs. Annie
Henley; a daughter, Viola Henley
and a son, Cary Henley, all of
Washington: his mother, Mrs. Grace
b. Whalen, Hunting Hill, Md: a
brother, Arthur R. Henley, Travilah:
three half-sisters, Mrs. Alice Eader
Gaithersburg, and Mrs. Edith
Schwartzbeck and Mrs. Mildred
Weaver, both of Hunting Hill. ana
four half-brothers, William Whalen
Takoma Park, Md, and Calvin III
Carlton F. and Lloyd M. Whalen, ali
OF Hunting Hill.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Liquor Case Suspect
Held for Grand Jury

Fairfax County Trial Justice Rob-
ert w. Stump yesterday held Orrie
S. Shefner, 66, of the 900 block of
M street NV. for grand jury action
on a charge of illegal manufacture
of whisky and continued until Fri
day a hearing for Manford H.
Dagenett, 46, District Fire De-
partment private of the 1900 block
OF d street Sc, on similar charge.
Shelter was arrested last Satur-
day In cottage at Gunston Manor,
In the southern section of Fairfax
County. State alcoholic beverage
control agents who made the arrest
held Shelter at the cottage during
the night and arrested Dagenett
when the latter came to the cottage
the following morning.
In another case Judge Stump
held James Frank Woolfrey, 81. of
Woodbridge for grand jury actisn
on a charge of first-degree murder.
Woolfrey was arrested March 8
in the Staying of James Emmett
Payne, %, discharged Army vet
eran. Police said Woolfrey admitted
shooting Payne during an argu-
ment.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Sergi Fined for Assault
On Brafcher Case Witness

Thompson Carver Sergi, 1735 I
street NV. character witness for
Everett M. tWashie) Bratcher,
Washington band leader, at his
draft evasion trial last November,
was fined $3.50 by Judge Robert N.
Pollard in Alexander Federal Court
today for assaulting a Government
witness during the trial.
Mr.. Sergi, who had pleaded not
guilty on arraignment, changed his
plea to one of nolo contendere and
admitted striking Jack Endler, 1908
Seventeenth street NV, radio an.
nouncer for Station WWDC, in the
witness room during the Bratcher
trial.
Both Sergi and Endler admitted
that they had been arguing because
Sergi called Endler a rat for testify.
ing against Bratcher.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Prince Georges
Seeks Man Who
Set 70 Fires
Motorcycle Rider
Used BIowtorch
To Ignite Woods

A blowtorch- equipped firebug who
dashed about Prince Georges County
on motorcycle yesterday and set
more than 20 woods fires was being
hunted today by county and State
police.
Hillandale Volunteer Fire Depart
ment members who were called to
one OF the blazes in the vicinity Of
Powder Mill road and Metzerotte
road told police the arsonist shot at
them from distance.
Police said they had only a meager
description Of the man, who was
described as wearing leather Jacket
and black pants.
County fire officials said II de-
partments answered 43 alarms dur
ing the day, most of them brush
fires which were extinguished be-
fore they spread. The major blaze.
they said, was one near Greenbelt.
where about SO acres OF woodland
were burned.
Five cars of State troopers joined
county police in the hunt for the
arsonist yesterday, combing woods
in the vicinity of the fires until
nearly midnight.
Brush fires were numerous in
Montgomery County as well, but
authorities did not believe the ar
sonist was to blame. Forty alarms
were sounded in the suburban area,
SO OF them in Chevy Chase and
z in Bethesda. ALI of the blazes
were small and were extinguished
without difficulty, firemen said.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Tog Day in Alexandria
Will Aid Boys Club

Saturday has been designated as
tag day In Alexandria for the benefit
of the st. Mary's Boys Club, and
funds received will be used to equip
and complete the new club building
at $40 South Pitt street, according
to Edward Weiners, president.
This Is the second year the club
has held tag day. Last years coli
lection totaled $452 but the di-
rectors hope $1,000 will be realized
this year. Mr.. Weiner said the club
which now has 63 members and
Is expanding rapidly, is nonsec-
tartan organization, and will well
come any Alexandria boy.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
By JAMES BIRCHFIELD.

A plan to control flood conditions
In the Potomac River Basin without
the use Of dams was outlined more
than a year ago in report to Con-
greSs by the Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture, it was learned today.
Representative Robertson, Demo-
crat, of Virginia, who has announced
his opposition to the Army Engi-
neers' plan to construct IA combina-
tion power and f1ood-control dams in
the Potomac River Basin, called at
tention to the report, which recon-
mends soil conservation, reforesta-
ton and forest fire control in four of
five problem areas" in the basin.
Referring to study of the Poto-
mac basin by the Army Engineers
following the passage in 1927 of the
River and Harbor Act, in which it
was recommended that mo work be
done by the Federal Government for
power or irrigation development, the
Agriculture Departments report
looks to the control of flood damage
entirely through drainage and run
off control.
Much Less Costly.
In contrast with the $235, 900, 900
estimated cost of the 14-dam project,
the Agriculture Departments report
estimated the cost of installing its
flood-control program over a 24-year
period at $2,030, 1853, of which $780,
189 would be contributed by the
Federal Government, $96,60 by the
States of Virginia, Maryland and
West Virginia; $943, 1884 by farmers
in the area in the form of cash and
non-cash outlays, and $130,525 by
non-farm timber owners. The sum
of $47,260 also would be borne by
the Government for annual main
tenance of timber fire-control meas
ures.
The report estimated economic
benefits of the program would
amount to $2,844,8 BOT, broken down
as follows:
Reduction of flood damage, S75,-
1863; increased income from farm
and forest, s2,759, ,189, and increased
public receipts from sales of timber
from public forests, $9,855.
Only Four Included.
The report said that of the five
problem areas, only four-compris-
Ing 80 per cent of the watershed, or
Evening star., 1945-03-15
William N. Smith Dies;
Retired Metal Worker

William NJ Smith, g. of Meade.
wood, Colesville pike, Silver Spring,
Md, a lifelong resident of the Dis
trict area, died yesterday at Wash.
ingon Sanitarium after a long ILL
ness.
Mr.. Smith was born and educated
in Anacostia. He worked as a metal
worker for many concerns in the
District, and subsequently conducted
his own business. He retired about
10 years ago.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Franklin Parten sof Takoma
Park, Md, and Mrs. Phillip Thurs
ton Of Silver Spring, with whom he
made his home for many years, and
a son, Donald Smith of Takoma
Park, Md.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow at Chambers
funeral home, 1400 Chaplin street
NV. Burial will be in Abbey Maui
soleum, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Assembly Given Bill
To Purchase Site for
Silver Spring Hospital

A bill authorizing the Montgom-
cry County commissioners to ap-
propriate funds of not more than
$4,000 to purchase site for the
proposed Silver Spring Hospital
was introduced yesterday in the
Maryland General Assembly by the
county delegation.
James w. Gill, chairman of the
delegation, also announced that a
public hearing on all pending coun-
ty legislation will be held at pm.
Saturday at the Silver Spring
Armory.
This Is in accordance with the
custom of the county delegation to
hold hearings within the county on
pending legislation" Mr.. Gill stated.
adding that all persons interested
in local legislation are invited to be
present.
Under the bill, the bond issue
would be retired by funds taken
from a 30-cent tax on the fifth
suburban district. The commits
sioners are to convey the site, fol-
lowing its purchase, to the Silver
Spring Hospital Association, Inc.
which will build and operate the
hospital.
The bill was drafted after a plea
from Fred L. Lutes, hospital asso-
citation president, and others for
support in the purchase. The group
recently contracted to purchase 20
acres OF the Bean tract at the inter-
section of Forest Glen road and
Sligo parkway.
Mr.. Lutes and his committee. in
the request for aid. sup-
gested that $4,000 would cover the
cost. The original contract, it
pointed out, set the cost at s36
but tentative plans for a road
through the site necessitate a few
additional acres, Mr.. Lutes said.
Although the hospital association
now has approximately $33, 900 and
additional pledges to cover the cost
of the site, the request stated that
to use all of the money for a site
would leave no funds for architec-
tural and other expenses, which must
be met as soon as material is avail
able for construction. It was esti-
mated the plant would cost $700, ,0OO
Efforts are being made to raise this
amount through voluntary contri-
buttons.
Besides Mr.. Lutes, other officials
joining in the request for aid on
the site were H. Stanley Stine and
William H. Reynolds, Executive
Committee; Ralph D. Boyd, chair
man cooperating organizations;
Joseph Hayes, vice president; Paul
NJ. Coughlan, chairman Finance
Committee; John j. Dolan, chair
man Site and Building Committee,
and Ira c. Whitacre, treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Virginia Will Spend
81 Million 10 Better
Secondary Highways
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Mar. 15.-The Sec
ondary highway system in Virginia
will receive $500, 900 equal to the
greatest amount ever distributed to
this system-duririg the new fiscal
year beginning July /, the State
Highway Commission announced
yesterday.
The large amount, exceeding by
$2,500, 900 this years ALLEGATIONS, is
in line with the commissions policy
Of placing greater emphasis on Sec
ondary road work.
The $8,500,000 is to be distributed
on the basis of 5000, 900 for MAIN
tenance and supplies, and $500, 900
for improvements. OF the total,
$3.50, 900 is from the revolving bridge
and adjustment fund.
The funds are allocated to the
counties on a four-way ratio basis
of vehicle mileage. rural population
for 1910, rural area, and rural Sec
ondary road mileage.
The Culpeper district, covering
Northern Virginia, will receive
$1,102,811 to be divided among the
counties as follows:
Albemarle, $17l,639: Culpeper,
s84,717, including $14.056 bridge
fund; Fairfax, $164, 4,467; Fauquier,
$143,032; Fluvanna, S47,107; Greene,
$26,161; Loudoun, $123, ,798; Louisa,
$98,611. including s16,459 bridge
fund: Madison, $60,962, including
$10,106 bridge fund; Orange. s67. .726:
Prince William, s76,365, and Kappa
hammock, $38, ,223.
Other area allocations are: Bristol,
$1,247. BAT; Salem, $1,187 ,288; Lynch
burg, $1,117,137; Richmond, $1,011,-
853; Suffolk, $1,l09,5l9, and Staun-
ton, $1,047, 7,497.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Hearing for Shelton
Continued 10 April 20

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 15.-Hear-
ing for j. Paul Shelton, q, former
Arlington automobile dealer, on
charges OF grand larceny, forgery
and of being a fugitive from the
Government have been continued
until April 20 in Police Court here.
Justice G. E. Hewett set bond at
$1,000.
Shelton was released Tuesday
under $4,000 bond for appearance
in Federal Court at Alexandria June
on charges of kidnapping a 14-year-
old girl, who later was released un-
harmed in Washington, and the at
tempted holdup last January of
the East Falls Church branch of the
Falls Church Bank.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Arlington Graduates
n in Nursing Course

Graduation exercises have been
held for 22 members of an Arlington
Red Cross home me-nursing course.
Those graduated were:
Mrs. Dorothy A. Allen, Mrs. Rhoda
w. Booth, Mrs. Ernestine P. Brown,
Mrs. Carolyn Brown, Mrs. Margaret
w. Buckle, Mrs. Frances G. Decker,
Mrs. Martha Flouton, Mrs. Edna
Gideon, Mrs. Ethel v. Gochenour,
Mrs. Sarah Grow, Mrs. Katherine
M. Hitchcock, Mrs. Susan Majerus,
Mrs. Helen Marcinkewicz, Mrs. K. L.
Rahmlow, Mrs. NJ. c. Robinson, Mrs.
Agnes Richards, Mrs. Honor Rich
ards, Mrs. j. M. Scar1lan, Mrs. B. S.
Tubbs, Mrs. Grace Toothacker, Mrs.
E. B. Vest and Mrs. A. r. Wright.
Evening star., 1945-03-15

makes you a veteran in a hurry
There really were some hellacious
sights!
I guess that was the biggest day
in that particular action. The
higher ups" evidently got wise to
the fact that Jerry wasn't joking,
because that night we pulled back
from those positions in one helluva
hurry. Fact is, it was SO close that
I found myself standing there with
just two other fellows and German
trucks, mounting searchlights, COM
ing down trail a few hundred yards
behind.
Start on Hike.
One of the other men, a sergeant
from Company I, had a compass
and I had one I had got from q
dead Kraut. We started cross coun-
try on an azimuth of 285 degrees
After we'd gone about seven really
breathless miles, I stumbled across
some wire, which I recognized as
that we used for one type of ou1
field telephones. / figured that ii
would lead to some artillery posi-
ton and we started across the hill
side following it.
By this time other small groups
had joined ours and the other two
men and myself found ourselves
leading band of some 80-odd men
We had lust made OlIr Way through
a clump of pines and were sliding
down hillside when one of our owr
.50-caliber machine guns opened ur
at what must have been 20 yards
If ever I was sure I was finished,
was then!
We Rugged that hillside for two
hours in a freezing drizzle, with
that so firing bursts every few
minutes. Talk about praying
Finally the guy on that gun found
out in some manner that we wern't
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Silver Spring Lions Club
Gives Red Cross $3.50

The Silver Spring Lions Club has
donated $3.50 to the Red Cross drive,
Hogarth Colston, president, an
nounced today.
Mr.. Colston and a committee from
the club will ask the Montgomery
County Commissioners to set up a
countrywide organization for the
United Nations clothing collection
to secure good used clothing for per.
sons in devastated countries.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
lls!NRstioniing
&Remiindery@a

Meats, Fats, Etc. Book 4, red
stamps Q-5 through SIS good
through March 81: stamps T-5
through KS good through April
%; stamps Y-5. Us, A-2 through
Do good through June 2. Stamps
E-2 through J-2 good through
June 80.
Canned Goods, Esc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS through Z-5, Az and
b. good through March 81;
stamps CO through Ga good
through April %; stamps H-2
through M-2 good through june
2; stamps N-2 through So good
through June 30. Each stamp
worth 10 points.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay. two ration points for
each pound OF waste Kitchen fats
you turn In.
Sugar-Stamp IS valid for S pounds
through June 2.
Gasoline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through March 81.
I BIS, C-5, B-6, C-6, BIT and CT
coupons good for gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps !, 2 and
In Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one, two, three,
four and five coupons good for 10
gallons per unit through heating
z year. Old period four and five
coupons from last winter good
through year. Consumers in this
area should not have used more
than SO per cent of their ration
as Of today.
Degree days-Total for month, 253:
fnfaI fnl. saasnsa 70 data ODE
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Man Accused Of FuIsifyino
Riders Loses Gas Rutions

The oPA announced today 1t had
revoked until January /, 1916, all
gasoline rations of Dee Hammer,
46 Fowler lane, Lanham, Md, on
charges that he falsified names on
his application for supplemental
gasoline rations.
According to Robert K. Thomp-
son, director OF the District OPA,
Hammer filed application for sup
elemental gasoline to be used for
transportation from his home to
the Washington Navy Yard where
he is employed. The application
was certified by the Transportation
Committee for total of 728 miles
q month.
In order to obtain the supple
mental gasoline. Mr.. Thompson de-
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Flood Control Plan Minus Dams
Offered Congress Year Ago

4 1924 1854 cares, contribute signifi-
cantly to the flood problems with
which the study deals. No program
was recommended for area five
which comprises the lower Potomac
basin below Harpers Ferry.
In general. flood control measures
for the four areas, including the
upper Potomac and its tributaries,
consist Of a combination Of soil and
cover conservation measures applied
to crop, pasture and forest lands in
such q manner as to reduce floods
and sedimentation and thus reduce
flood damage. sThe program also
was designed to increase land pro-
ductivity and farm income.
The report asserts that the small,
uneconomic farms contribute most
to run-off and erosion problems, and
recommends that off-farm work OPP
portunities be expanded in order to
encourage the abandonment Of the
intensive crop and pasture practices
Of submarginal hill lands.
Is Great Floods.
Justifying its recommendations,
the report cites that during the last
100 years there. are records Of is
great floods within the basin and
of two floods before 1900. The re-
port adds, however, that these floods
were not general over the entire
basin.
BASED on the records and on
general observation and reports
gathered throughout the basin," the
study reveals, major floods occur
in the main river and principal
tributaries at about 10 to Is year
intervals, major floods being defined
as those that do nearly maximum
OF agricultural damage and a con-
siderable amount of nonagricultural
damage"
The reports states that the annual
flood damage is estimated at $901,-
900, Of which SAIL, 200, or 46 per cent
is agricultural damage. Urban DAM
age is estimated at $685., 900 annually,
or nearly SO per cent of the nom
agricultural damage.
In addition, the report points out,
unevaluated damage includes the
spread Of noxious weeds, interfer-
ence to highway and rail traffic, re-
lief and rehabilitation costs and
other public inconvenience.
Evening star., 1945-03-15
Universal Training
To Be Meeting Topic

Universal Military Training" win
be discussed at a mass meeting at 8
pm. March 10 at the Bladensb,lrg
High School. The meeting Is being
sponsored by the Bladensburg
Parent Teacher Association.
The discussion will be led by Mai,
Gen. Washington Bowie, jr., and DR..
Ivan A. Booker, assistant research
director. National Education AS
Sociation.