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Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04

We have gone farther with free educa-
ton for everybody than any other coun-
try. To certain extent, the ideal IS
naive. 1t assumes that if everybody has
been to school, everybody will be a better
man for it, and that the more schooling
he has, the better man he will be-Dr
Robert Maynard Hutchins, president u.
of Chicago.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
California Field
Crops for "A
Top $50 Millions

SACRAMENTO, Jan. a. UP)-
A. A. Brock, director of agriculture,
Thursday estimated that the COM
bined value of California field crops
in 1914 was $3.50, ,161 900.
The total was $200,000000 above
the pre-war average and S2,000,000
more than the previous record es-
tablished in 1943, Brock said.
The report covered wheat, barley,
potatoes, sugar beets, alfalfa, rice
and other field crops.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Warren TO Ask
Approval Of
Prison BUILDING

/ SACRAMENTO, Jan. A. tUP)-
/ Governor Earl Warren announced
/ he will ask the legislature to appro-
pria.e about $6.300,000 for immec-
late construction of a new med
! ium security" state prison and I'M
provements at Folsom, San Quen-
tin and Chino prisons.
The governor also disclosed that
the federal government is expected
to make a decision in matter OF
weeks on purchase of Folsom pris-
on for punishment of military pris-
oners.
If Folsom prison is sold, he sale,
the state should build another new
institution as a replacement i'm
mediately.
To be proposed as postwar prof.
ect, the governor said, is a medical
center" for treatment of all long
term types of mental and physical
ailments of prisoners. The estimated
cost of the institution, probably to
be located in the San Francisco bay
area, is S4,250,000 and it would con-
tain a reception center for all GRIM
inals sentenced in the northern part
OF the state.
IN SOUTH END
The new intermediate institution
probably would be located in south
ern California and would cost about
S5,000,C00. 1t would contain a re-
ception center fer criminals SEN
tenceG from southern counties and
would be used both by hardened
youths committed to the California
Youth Authority and for younger
men sentenced to state prison.
Immediate improvements at pres
ent prisons proposed by Warren in
cluced construction of a new mess
hall, commissary and kitchen to
cost $525,000, both at Folsom, new
at San Quentin to cost
Sl06,000, and three new housing
units for 300 men at Chino to cost
S1O60OO.
Warren said he hoped that the
federal government would purchase
Folsom prison, declaring the prison
lin my opinion can never be made
into modern, up-to-cat institu-
ton" No improvements TO the prison
would be made by the state if it is
sold.
The new intermediate institution
would relieve pressure at both Pres
ton School of Industry and at the
prisons. Warren declared. He said
that the number of criminals SEN
fenced already has begun to climb
after dropping since 1899, with 1914
commitments. increasing by 20 per
cent over 1943 commitments.
YOUTH CAMPS
The youth authority by establish
ment of camps and new schools sue
ceeded by last August in accepting
ali youths committed to it and for
merly' helc in jails and detention
homes. However, he said, new
backlog of some CSC youths has Been
built up in the various counties.
Warren said he would not sug-
gest any changes in the setup ofthe
state adult authority, although he
said the parole and term fixing
BOARD had made "a couple of mis-
takes"
He added that he believed parole
must be brought to realize" that
they should leave to the courts the
aecision cf guilt or innocence of
criminals and 10 the governor the
decision of whether they We're trieo
for The correct degree of crime.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Reich Rations
"Store Teeth"

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 4. UP)-A
Berlin dispatch said THURSDAY that
false teeth will be rationed strictly
in Germany from now on, and can
be had only by special permission
of authorities.
Dentistry has been major prob
lem in Germany since the Allies
bombed two porcelain tooth factor
les some time in l945, TIE dispatch
said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

The Japs now have vastly Improved
types, particularly in the army air force
as compared with the planes we have
been meeting in the approaches to the
empire :. There is good reason to be
lieve that they are holding large STOCK
of these new army planes in reserve on
the Jap mainland.-Navy Secretary
lanes Y. Forrestal.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. UP)-
The treasury has relaxed restric-
tions on the movement of U. S.
currency between the United States
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-04
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The following edit
orials are presented as interesting 0pin-
ions Uoiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
France 5 Fuiure
Speaker Topic

DR.. Jean Charles Chessex, pro-
lessor of Romantic languages and
speaker on the University of
Washington Community Forum
series, will be in Kennewick on
Tuesday, April "a to discuss the
historical development of France
and her role in the future.
Speaking on France in the
World of Tomorrow" DR.. Chessex
viii address the noon meeting of
the Kennewick Kiwanis Club, ac-
cording to Frank D. Maupin, who
is in charge of the luncheon pro-
gram.
A native of Switzerland, DR..
Chessex was for several years a
free-lance reporter in various
European countries. He lived in
Rome for two years and taught
in Montreal and Manitoba,
Canada, before coming to Wash
ington. Since then DR.. Chessex
has visited Europe four times and
has published numerous studies
in Swiss, French and American
publications.
DR.. Chessex is one of four Uni
versity of Washington faculty
lecturing throughout the
state during the present spring
semester on topics Of current i'm
portance and interest.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
z Boys Injured
ii Car Smashup

Two boys were seriously in.
jured in wreck early Tuesday
morning when their car crashed
into a standing locomotive at the
3rd Avenue CLOSING of the SP&S
tracks. Passenger train No. 2
was stopped at the depot with
the locomotive standing at the
crossing.
Driver of the light coupe was
Edward VERT, Is, living at Samp-
sons trailer camp. He came here
recently from Illinois and has no
relatives here. Riding with him
was Gene Anderson, IL, who has
relatives at Campbell's auto court
and whose home is in Minnesota.
The car, travelling east on 3rd
Avenue, struck the locomotive di-
rectly below the fireman's cab
and the fireman was the only
witness. He said that as the car
approached, the driver apparently
did not see the obstruction until
too late to stop. There were no
skid marks on the road.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Rowing Correspondent 10 Speak
On Phases Of War. In Europe

Edmund Stevens, rowing war
correspondent for the Christian
Science Monitor, will speak at the
Kennewick High school on Friday
evening, April 20 on the Kenne-
wick-Pasco lecture series.
Edmund Stevens has seen TINS
war from Finland to Norway TO
Rumania. He covered completely
Mussolini's and Hitler's barbaric
campaign against the Greeks He
was in Crete, Turkey and Syria.
He covered the campaign in Eth1-
opia with Halle Selassie. In the
Middle East he retired with the
British from BenghaZi to Alamein
and accompanied General Mont
gomery and his victorious Eighth
Army, in his now historic trip
from Alamein to Tripoi.
He founded a newspaper in
Tripoli for the Italian civil popu-
lation at the request of the British
High Command. He accompanied
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
and the Hartman party from
Cairo to Moscow on a special as
signment from Major General
Russell Maxwell as interpreter
and technical adviser. More re-
Gently he covered the Teheran
conferences; attended the Khar-
kov trials visited Katyn forest
where the Russians had exhumed
the bodies of more than ten thous-
and Polish officers to refute the
German charge that these Poles
had been killed by the Russians
after the occupation of eastern Po-
land. He spent some days in Len
ingrad just after the German
siege had been broken and a week
with the Polish army formed in
Russia under General Zigmund
Berling. He visited the Crimea and
the historic naval base of Sevas-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Chamber Hears
General Reports

/ Twenty-nine contractors have
taken copies of the plans for
construction of the hospital, it
was reported at the Thursday
noon meeting Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. It is not known how
many will submit bids which will
be opened in Washington, D. c.,
on April ~.
Without q guest speaker, the
chamber took advantage of the
opportunity to hear reports Of
committees and act on other rou-
tine business.
It was reported that the army
engineers surveying party has be-
gun work near Hover stalking out
the route of the dixie. Stakes
will mark the center line and the
dixie will extend not more than 100
feet in each direction.
Tn farm-labor committee dis
cussed the question of q perman-
ent labor camp.
The War Food Administration
had informed the committee that
no funds were available for this
purpose and that the extension
service had only been allotted a
total of 100000 for camp con-
struction. The committee will
continue in an attempt to solve
this pressing problem.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
STORY OF THE WEEK

Three morons from out of
town( of course) entered a local
grocery last week. When the
clerk stepped up to wait on them
the first one pointed to a jar on
high shelf.
Il want ten cents worth of that
peppermint candy"
Inc clerk climbed up, got the
jar, weighed the candy Carefully.
OF course) and put the container
1 want ten cents worth of that
peppermint candy" said the Sec
ono moron, pointing to the same
jar. The clerk climbed UP again
1or the jar brought it down and
Welgned out the candy in the
same manner. Thinking to save
nmsef some effort he turned to
me tnlrd customer and asked:
20 you want ten cents worth
VI tms candy too?"
Nope" So the clerk put the
candy back on the high shelf and
moved M, the ladder out of the way.
men he returned to the last
moron and asked what he desired.
Inc latter pointed to the high
sneif and said: Il want FIVE
candy"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Irrigated Lands
Production Up

Gross value of war food pro-
duction on irrigated farms Of u. S.
bureau of reclamation projects in
the Pacific northwest rose to a
record high in 1914, of final re-
ports on projects in Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon and western Mon
tana showed.
R. J. Newell, acting regional
director of the bureau, said re-
turns from IA projects in the
northwest totaled $178, 121 ,319, an
average of $99.59 per acre, and
81, TAG, 459 more than the previous
high set in 1943.
The bureau provides either full
or supplemental water supplies
for more than 2,O16,830 acres in
irrigable land in this region.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
R00S Welt D
Kennewick and PascO
In Baseball Natural

To open the Lower Yakima
Valley baseball league, Kenne-
wick and Pasco high schools will
tangle in a game on the Kenne-
wick grounds Friday afternoon at
$3.50. The Lions defeated Pasco
1ecently in an extra inning
thriller 2 to 1. The game and
others played this spring were
practice engagements and this
weeks game will be the first Of
the regular schedule.
Expected batteries are Mcclure
and Falk for the Lions and Fox
ley and Lamb for the visitors.
Albert Sonderman has been
promoted to S 1-c. Albert has been
in the navy about seven months
and at present is in the South
Pacific.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12

President Dies
AT Warm Springs
Thursday PM.

President Roosevelt Is dead.
Official confirmation reached
the Courier office late today
that President Franklin Delano
Roosevelt died At Sis today.
Eastern War Time. at Warm
Sprinss. ca. Cause was a cere-
bral hemorrhage.
His three sons were immedi-
atsly notified.
Announcement was made BY
Presidential Secretary Stephen
Early. Vice President Harry
Truman went to the White
House this afternoon 70 take
charge. a cabinet session was
called for this afternoon.
The President had gone 70
Warm Springs for q rest and
had bsen there only 10 days
when he was stricken.
Funeral arfan0ements have
been made for Saturday after
noon. with itsrmsnt on Sunday.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Prices Listed for
Asparagus, Melons

w. F. .Neel, chairman of the
AAA, states that there will be
no more community signup meet
ings for the l945 program but
that any one who has not signed
his 1915 farm plan may do so at
the AAA office. The deadline
date, however, is April 80 All
plans must be in by that date.
Mr.. Neel also states that the
price on asparagus has been set
at &c for No. and Sc for No. 2
at the ranch withNc added for
delivery to the plant. Melon
prices have also been set as fol-
lows, beginning of season to June
9, $34 per ton, June 10 to July S,
$29 per ton and July S to end
of season $23 per ton.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12

topol close in the wake of the
Germans and reported on the evil
dence of a Nazi Dunquerque that
failed. Stevens stopped at the first
American bomber bases on Soviet
soil and reported on the first fra
termination between the American
and Russian armed forces. He was
a member of the first group of
foreigners to accompany the Red
Army onto foreign soil.
, Mr.. Stevens is one Of the few
Americans who speaks the Rus
sian language nuently.
His is a great story and no one
interested in world events can at
ford to miss hearing the lecture Of
this ace correspondent.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Local Police 10
Join Naional
Car Brake Test

To help make cars last longer
and to reduce accidents, Kenne-
wick police will cooperate in the
Nationwide Brake Check Pro-
gram, It was announced this week
by M. H. Kershaw, chief.
During a six week period, from
April is until June l, the police
Of the nation will check the brakes
Of all cars involved in moving
traffic violations and in accidents.
Cars also would be checked
which are operated In q manner
indicating that the brakes are not
safe.
'..The brake check will be time.
~" the schief said, because,
usually, accidents increase sharp
II in the spring. Since cars on
the average are twice as old to-
day as before the war, they are
more likely to suffer breakdowns.
The brake check should be IN
Invaluable aid in holding the line
against the certain Threat.
The program, sponsored by the
International Associations OF
Nu1Sx8 VI VIVA - OUpPOAVS W. w
nearly 100 national organizations,
including the Office Of Defense
Transportation and the u. S. Army
Service Forces. Police throughout
Washington are cooperating in
this national program.
"A simple brake check has been
devised" explained Chief Ker-
shaw, (which will take a police
officer only q minute to make. Il
is hoped that all motorists will
cooperate in this wartime pro-
gram by having their brakes
checked voluntary at repair shops
and by making sure the entire
car is in safe operating condition.
Gas was declared by General
Somervell, Chiefa Of the u. S.
Army Service Forces when he en-
dorsed this programi Every auto
mobile in America must be re-
garded as weapon in our about
war effort
ssNo new cars will be made until
the war-yet, last year quarter
million were damaged so badly in
accidents, they went to the scrap
heap. We've got to stop such fear
full losses" Chief Kershaw said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Kiwanians n
InsiallaionI0f
Club Charter

More than 50 KenneWick XII
wanians joined delegations from
Pasco and other localities to cele-
brate the charter installation Of
the new Kiwanis club ct Richland
Wednesday night. TlEas club wa
launched with IS 4ckarter mem
bers at q dinner meeting, In the
recreation hall.
Northwest District Governor
Frank Taylor made the address
OF presentation of the charter
which was accepted by Rodney
Cox, president of the Richland
club.
Kennewick and Pasco clubs,
joint sponsors of the new club,
presented a gavel and gong, Presi-
dent John Coan Of the Kennewick
club and President Mel Swanson
Of Pasco making the presenta-
tons.
The Vancouver, B. c. club pre-
scented a Canadian flag and other
gifts included a Kiwanis plaque
from Yakima, a brief case from
Walla Walla and Pend1eton, and
a guest register from Pullman.
Gifts were accepted by Charles
Barnes, vice president of the Rich
land club.
Addresses of welcome were
given by Col. Matthias of the U. S.
Army Engineers and Walter ST.
mon, plant manager.
Governor Taylor outlined the
work of the Kiwanis club in the
district, citing examples of COM
munity enterprises. The Spokane
club has provided a. Dads Home,
providing living quarters for 10
aged men. Olympia raised $1,000
fund to furnish free phone calls
for servicemen. One club is buy
ing homes which are resold to
widows at SIS per month.
The Vancouver club has won
international recognition for its
achievement of raising $50, 900 to
establish four boys homes which
have materially aided in solving
q serious juvenile delinquency
problem in a city swollen with
war workers.
Besides Kennewick and Pasco,
guests were present from Walla
Walla, Pendleton, Spokane, Pull
man, Yakima and Vancouver.
More than 200 were present. Dis
trict Lieutenant Governor Austin
Landreth was POSTMASTER. Cleon
Brewer is secretary Of the new
club.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
First Asparagus
Shipped Wednesday

First asparagus was shipped
from Kennewick Wednesday by
the Walla Walla cannery. 1t was
produced near Benton City, and
brought ID cents.
With warmer weather today
prospects for full scale operations
are imminent. Canneries are pre-
pared and the extension service
reports sufficient labor available.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Trucks 10 Call
AT All Homes In
Clothing Drive
Boy Scouts to Help;
Strong Appeal Made
For Contributions

To make it easily possible for
all Kennewick residents to get
their old clothing turned in for
the United Nations Clothing col
lection, the local committee has
arranged to have trucks on the
streets all day Saturday, April IL.
These trucks are being furnished
by the city.
The committee urges that every
one make a determined effort to
collect every ounce of clothing
and shoes that have any wear
left. The need is extreme. You can
best cooperate by having the ma
terial tied in bundles and ready
when the truck stops at your
house Saturday.
The Boy Scouts are cooperat-
ing in the drive and two scouts
will ride on the trucks to assist
the drivers in the pickup. The
committee points out that it's big
job to cover the entire city in
one day and the cooperation of
all citizens will be required.
"The equipment as well as the
time of all the workers is being
donated" Jim Leavy, chairman
Of the committee states. $50 how
about your old clothes?"
Urban Keolker Of the commit
tee announced today that Mrs.
L. E. Oliver will act as chairman
Of the women's committee and
will have the depot open Wednes-
day and Saturday afternoons
throughout April. The depot is In
the Hutment behind the admin
istration building at the govern
ment housing project. Cy Smith
has made this space available
without charge.
In addition to the main depot,
bundles may be left at any at the
Kennewick churches.
Pictures published in recent is
sues Of the Courier-Reporter have
shown a little Of the tremendous
need for relief of the civilian
populations in war ravaged coun-
tries. The people of America are
asked to collect $50 million pounds
of good used clothing to help
alleviate this distress and to help
these nations start on the long
road of rebuilding their scourged
countries.
To this end the local committee
appeals to all householders to
search their attics and closets-to
turn in anything that can be worn
that can be spared.
Provision has been made in the
tax laws to permit the donation
of clothing to be included IL IN,
come tax deductions. An official
Interpretation of this provision is
as follows:
eff the contribution is made in
property Clothing, shoes, bedding,
etc.) the basis for the calculation
is the fair market value OF the
property at the time of the con-
tribution; however; the burden OF
proof rests on the taxpayer to
substantiate his valuation OF the
contribution"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
The Sidewalk
PORTER
BY the
KENNEw1cK COURIER

The Lower Yakima Valley Col
umDia Terrace Twin City SQuaWk
club is still operating with its
ORIGINAL charter member. This
week his complaint is directed
toward the billowy surface of the
multiple rail crossings on Wash
ineton and Benton streets. He
arowls: {" and we're expected
conserve our tires" And we
'Xbwl right back: the city
council has promised to repair
streets to the limit of the budget.
Whaddaya expect, plush carpets?'
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12
Open PaossER SHOP

a new barber shop has been
opened at Prosser by the Arm
strong BARRIERS. The shop will be
open on l2-hour basis from
8 a. m. D. w. Armstrong, son Of
the Kennewick Armstrong;, will
preside over the fitting chair.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12

Suggestions are still coming in
with several precincts not yet
reporting on our request for a
nickname for the paper. We are
glad to state that MOST of them
have been complimentary. The
Kiwanis Bulletin, edited by Rev.
John Coan, puts it this way:
@4ow we wonder If they ever
the one about the Indian
eDfave that the tribe called "The
Man Who Didn't Have q Name
to Fit His Face? So for short
they just called him 'The Man
Who Didn't Have a Name to Fit
His Face"
Until one day they got to look
ing around for a new chief an
they voted him for it. So when
they voted him into office they
sat around in big circle and
threw d stick on the fire and
said "uugg!"
And from that day to this he
has been called "Chief Uugg."
thus with one stroke of tribal
genius they got a chief and found
name for the brave they had
called "The Man Who Didn't
Have Name to Fit His Face"
We agree that Kennewick needs
a NEWS paper with a name to
tit its expanding face. So we
suggest as a proper beginning that
it be called 1.-THE Kennewick
DAILY NEWS" All in favor say
|"Uugg."
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12

Fred Biegel V-mails from India
that a couple copies of the
with him there after considerable
Courier-Reporter have caught up
moving around. He says he's
kept plenty busy and mentions
that the heat is terrific.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12

On further investigation, it has
been discovered that damage from
frost was more than slight. Sew
eral report serious damage to the
peaches. We quote Orchardist
4. C.. Anon: peaches almost a
complete loss. The cherries were
damaged a bit but will produce
about IS per cent, if the weather
clears to permit polarization. The
prunes were not damaged"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-04-12

In this issue we publish let
ter protesting the construction of
the Umatilla dam. The editor
homes that this will be the be-
ginning Of an interesting depart
ment IN the paper. Letters on this
or On any other subject will be
welcomed. There is only one def
mite stipulation. All letters must
be signed. No subject is out Of
bounds As long as it stays within
the limits Of libel laws and no
personal attacks of any kind will
be Published. Let's have, a clean,
frank forum.