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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27
DANGEROUS FIGHTING

OANSES1OO0 46S3 ! 480~
It can now be revealed that
Robert A. Mitchell, radioman, Sec
ond class, Kennewick played q
role in one Of the most romantic
and dangerous episodes Of the
war against Japan-as q member
Of Naval group Of guerrillas, In
telligence agents and weather OBJ.
servers behind the japanese lines
in Asia.
The group, now known as SACO
-Sino-American Cooperative Or
ganization-began shortly after
Pearl Harbor as strictly a weather
reporting unit.
The project grew until It was
providing the u. S. Fleet, the
Army's 18th Air Force and the
Continued on Page u
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27
INGENIOUS

An ingenious contraption has
been added at McDonald's Gro
Gerry to bring you strictly fresh
vegetables at all times. It IS
pealleaa Frigidmist Vegetable
~ fine mist is operated
systematically to keep the vege-
tables damp without excessive
water. At the same time blow
er forces cooled air through the
screened bottoms of the trays.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ashe1
received word from their BROTH
er Pfc. Lloyd e. Ashell who II
with the 788th Anti-Aircraft Ar
tillery Battalion. He is return
Ing TO the United States with q
remarkable record for 8 months
Of combat. The 788th Anti-Air-
craft were defenders Of vital
ports Of Cherbourg, Antwerp and
heroes in the Buldge. His father
and mother Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Ashell are residents Of Clayton,
New Mexico.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27
STORY OF TIE WEEK

STORY OF TIE WEEK
Lunatic Go new asylum sup
erintendenD: "Who are you?"
Supt. I'm the new superin-
tendent."
Lunatic: It won't take them
long to knock that out Of you. I
thought was Napoleon when
came in here"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27

Pvt. Dean Staley has been trans
ferred from Ft. Lewis to Shepperd
Field, Texas for his basic train
ing.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27
AspARA GUS SAYS:

A8PAHA GUS SAYS:
Taking the opposite side In
every proposition or question
gets to be a habit that can only
be broken by thinking over all
aspects Of the case before ex-
pressing an opinion"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27
The Sidewalk
REPORTER
souAwK CLUB
BY the
KENNEWICK COURIER

soUAWK CLUB
The usual bedlam which takes
r,ace at the meetings of the local
Snuawk Club was subdued to a
noiite murmur in Difference to a
visitor from Walla Walla at this
weeks session. The visitor In re-
turn couched his complaint IN
extremely polite language. Said
he: 81 travel considerably around
the smaller towns of this part OF
the state and I have often wond-
cred why Kennewick has such
dirty, Uttered streets and side.
walks. Maybe you people are
rsed to it but it is Immediately
apparent to the traveller. | know
there's been a war on and help
is still hard to get but -. And
then it broke loose again.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27
News from Our Men and Women
Ii the Armed Services

FREED
Herman Mayer, who has been
civilian prisoner Of the Japs
since their capture on Wake Is
land in ~, has been released.
He is a former Kennewick resi-
dent.
His father who is living at Col
ton recently had a cab1egram from
him.
LIST 1t. Kelkos o. Hawn, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. O. Hawn has
Just returned from Germany and
is now home on q furlou9h.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27
INTERPRETER


A letter was received In Ken
newick this week from Elmer
Yoshina, japanese American
youth who has been serving with
the 9th Infantry division now
in Japan. Elmer acted as inter-
prefer for his general. From the
Philippines he flew to Okinawa
and then to Japan and his de
vision Is still on the move.
He remarks that the CTS as
usual are teaching the kids the
fundamentals Of American slang.
DISCHARGED
Chief Petty Officer A. J. Grit.
fiths Of the Navy has received
his honorable discharge and ar
rived early Tuesday morning from
Norfolk, Va, to be with his wife
and son. Mrs. Griffiths = the
former Vivian Higley.
It. Lester B. Brown has re-
turned from the South Pacific.
He had been overseas eight
months. Lester telephoned his
wife from somewhere In Cali
fornia 80 minutes after he ar.
rived In the States. He Is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. BrySon
Brown. Mrs. L. Brown Il the
former Martha Chellis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Burrows re-
ceived word from their son, Pvt.
Nathan p. Burrows that he had
landed on Korea on September
9Th. He is with Company =, which
was the first to land there. Their
job Is to disarm the Japs on
Korea.
Terry Taylor, seize, returned
to the West Coast this week. He
has completed his course In the
Chiefs commissary steward school
at the US. Naval Training center,
Great Lakes, III. His new address
is COM Is Exchange Bldg, Seat
tie.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-09-27

A. 2 Mizer AIS spent several
days with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Mizer last week on
a delay en-route to Corvallis,
Oregon from Jacksonville, Fla.
He has been In the Navy three
years and will now take Va
training at Oregon State College.
His brother Glen Mizer Is In
Tokyo Bay at the present time.
BElIRMAN HOME
T/Sgt. John w. Behrman ar
rived in Kennewick Wednesday
afternoon to visit his brother
Emil and sister IN Pasco. He
has been with the 18th Air Force
in Naples, Italy. He will return
to Fl. Lewis early next week
for his discharge.
Mr.. Behrman was q watch
maker before entering the SER
vice. He had been away from
Kennewick for several years be.
fore that.
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National Newspaper Week

NaIionaI WCCN
For his ability ASIA Snowman,
the nations new laugh-sensation
has been singled out for many
honors. 1t was he who was Sc
lected to perform as em-cee in
the observance of National News
paper Week by Negro editors from
coast-to-coast. Having done a mar
velous job to aid the war effort he
has been cited by the War and
Treasury Departments. Cooper's
shows staged at the various army
camps in this vicinity have won for
him high praise from leading COM
handing officers. 1t has been his
privilege to headline shows IN New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington, d. c., and in Chicago.
In these leading cities Cooper's
'take-of" of the city slickster has
won for him popularity that has no
bounds. He has them forever fall
ing out in the aisles." This was
demonstrated recently at Harlem's
Apollo Theatre.
Aside from his role as a strictly
modern comedian along the lines of
Al Jolson, Milton Berle and Eddie
Cantor. Cooper manages high class
talent. One of his attractions is Tab
Smiths Orchestra which has been
acclaimed Americas great little
Jump" band.
Yes, the name Ralph Cooper 10
a legend along the Main Stem. !
know, because I've been around.
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with being this towns dapper en-
zee. has turned comedian. AS a
comedian Coop" follows along the
modern trend and will at no time
use cork. In short, here's a real
) comedian-not a black-face comic.
One who will make you give out
with those laughs that you've stored
away since Pearl Harbor.
Ralph needs no introduction to
diversion seekers in these parts. AS
a thrill-provider in the way of high
class entertainment-he's tops The
best at originating both costume
and dialogue; he introduced Har-
LENS amateur hour via Station
WMCA on a coast-to-coast hook-up
and has produced, directed, staged
and taken part in mite club revuesi-
Gals that established new all-time
records for attendance at the vari-
bus Harlem hot" spots, and as the
genial host and em-cee sponsored
Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer on the air
waves in what turned out to be the
first all-Negro radio commercial
program. Cooper has presented the
best talented air shows and fos-
tered hundreds Of youngsters to
stardom. Lionel Hampton, Duke
Ellington, Count Basic, Earl Hines,
all with their bands; Eddie (Ro-
chester) Anderson, Billy Eckstein
Lillian Fitzgerald, Paterson e Jack.
son, and Louis Jordan's Band all
appeared on the air show with
Cooper at the helm.
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Food-Not Money
Remains Scarce

Relief for liberated countries is
not a matter of financing. The coun-
tries of western Europe have their
own financial and are
seeking in vain to buy - p~articu-
larry such items as canned meats,
dairy products, fats and oils and SUI
gar. The liberated countries of east
ern Europe which do not have the
foreign exchange resources to pay
cash for their supplies are receiv-
ing them from the uninvaded United
Nations through UNRRA. UNRRA
has financial resources contributed
by the uninvaded nations. The
trouble is that supplies are not
forthcoming in the scarce food lines
at a desirable rate.
Incidentally, the director general
of UNRRA, in a somewhat justified
didactic vein, has lately pounded
home in his public utterances the
fact that if UNRRA fails to provide
supplies, it is not because of
UNRRA's shortcomings, but be-
cause the member nations do not
come through with the supplies.
"UNRRA," Director General Leh-
man says, lis not a superstate with
resources and powers of its own.
Far from it. 1t is the ervant of the
governments which created it,"
There is one bright spot amid the
encircling gloom of the food stu
alton. This is the fact that the world
has plentiful supplies of wheat. This
member of the bread grains has
been produced in bumper quantities
for several years in succession by
the farmers in the U. S. and Cana
da. The crops have been average in
other exporting countries. The re-
suit is that wheat is not even under
ALLEGATION and the full amount
needed for a normal diet can be
supplied to the people Of liberated
Europe. But man doesn't live by
bread alone. For health and vigor.
you and l and everyone need some
fats and proteins in our diets. viii
we be willing to cut down on our
by the standards of Europe-rather
lavish consumption of these things
so that our liberated Allies can come
through the next winter with a mini
mum loss Of health and strength?
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MISSIONARY WORKER DIES

Rev. Alexander Wagner who has
been a missionary worker in Omaha
for a number of years and was of
Cosmopolitan Church at 26th and
Franklin St. which he owned indi-
vidually died Monday, July 2. Rev.
St. He has lived in Omaha 81 years
and was 81 years old.
He leaves to mourn his loss a
daughter, Ida Belle Nellie, Of Omaha,
a foster son, Elder Elemer Faulkner
Of Los Angeles, Calf, a son, Ray
Wagner Of Kansas City, Mo. Thomas
Funeral Home has charge Of the fu-
neral.
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Slide fasteners, hooks and ewes
buckles and other closure items
will soon reappear and then we'll
be all fenced in again.
A large increase in the production
of bicycles in the third quarter of
l945 is doubtful, according to the
WPB- So you will have to use vor,r
pedal extremities and not your ned
ais for a little longer.
Names of States
Connecticut is Indian for '1ong
river" Maine means the main
land" to distinguish it from the is
lands, and Massachusetts is Indian
for great hills place" New Hamp-
shire is named for Hampshire,
England, and Rhode Island for
Rhodes. an island in the Aegean sea.
Vermont is French for green noun
tain" New Jersey was named to
compliment the governor Of Jersey
island off Brittany, and New York.
was named for the duke of York.
Pennsylvania is Latin for ''Penn's
woodland"
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Need Is Acute
In Many Areas

The need for food is acute in
many areas throughout the CONT
nent of Europe. The people living in
German : occupied Holland have
been suffering from outright starva-
ton for months. The physical con
dition of many was so serious i'm
mediately following liberation that
they were no longer able to digest
ordinary foods. The whites of eggs
in powdered form were shipped
from the United States to pro-
vide special treatment for these
starvation victims. Britain also
shipped to Holland a special food
consisting of solutions Of predigested
proteins, glucose and vitamins.
In Y~ugoslavia, when UNRRA sup-
plies arrived and we're being I'M
loaded from the first shipment,
food was so scarce that the women
brought brooms and brushes to
sweep up the grain that spilled from
the sacks of wheat. When cans Of
beans were distributed to the peo-
pie, the Yugoslav weighing off
Gals were so careful in measuring
out portions that it was common to
see a single bean removed from the
scales in order to give each person
no more than his fair share.
In May, the office of foreign agri-
cultural relations of the United
States department of agriculture re-
ported that this years output of
food in Europe will be the smallest
since the beginning of the war. 1t
may be as much as 10 per cent I'M
der the 1914 production. AS the war
has come along, machinery is
worn out. Factories have been kept
out of most of Europe by the lack
OF transportation and the shortage
of materials.
Manpower has become scarcer.
In the final agonies of the conflict,
farm animals were slaughtered
or stolen by the retreating Nazis.
Hence, the production Of the CONT
nent will reach the low point of this
winter in the current crop year.
Sharpening the difficulties is the
breakdown of internal t~ranspor-
tation to move what food is pro-
duced from the countryside into the
cities and towns. In the final phases
of the var the Nazis Systematically
destroyed railroads and rolling
stock behind them as they re-
treated; the Allied air forces sys-
tematically blew bridges and burst
locomotives. The result is that in
Greece, for example, there were
for months no railway lines OBJ
Grating. Even now, when some of
the tracks and bridges are repaired,
there are less than 20 locomotives
and less then 500 good cars in the
country. More are being rushed
there, but the railway transport will
be far below even the wartime nor
NAL. The highway service has dis
i~ntegrated and the bridges are
blown. Trucks are SO scarce that
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dor, but l am much more concerned
with the history which is being made
today. The city is modern as far as
Indian is concerned, but compare it
with a city in the states and it is
many years behind time. Most of the
movies shown are American and some
Indians will not 60 to an Indian show.
| say now as l have said so many
times before, the best way to appre-
ciate America fully is to look around
and see what the other countries
want to achieve.
can; to mention the occasion gives
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va: m:y
Spelter of Starvation
Stalks Liberated Europe
Hunger Already Rampant in Many Nations;
Relief Dependent on Sacrifices of
United States and Canada.
By BAUKHAGE
NetCs Analyst and Commentator.

WNU Service, Union Trust Building
Washington, ID. c.
The size and shape Of the postwar
food emergency which the world has
been generally anticipating and
fearing is now beginning to take
shape. AS this is written in mid
June, a swelling cry is coming
across the Atlantic, Were hungry.
Send is food" In m days issue Of
the New York Times there were
special dispatches stating:
l.. That the liberated European
nations meeting in London to
hear the facts of the world food stu
alton from British Food Minister
Llewellin. He had spent three
months in Canada and the United
States surveying the world picture.
1t was said that he would inform
the delegates of the liberated coun-
tries that there is in prospect a
world shortage Of $500, 900 tons of
meat, 1000, 900 tons of fats and oils
and 1880, 900 tons of sugar. A short
age, that is, in terms of what is re-
quired to maintain a quite frugal,
though fairly health giving diet.
2. That European nations were be-
ing urged to produce to the maxi
mum in order to Offset the lack of
imports for their winters food sup
ply.
3. That the new food minister of
France christian Pinaud) was
coming to the United States to urge
the American food industry to sell
food to France.
4. That the Bavarian food ration
was down to the low minimum of
1,150 calories a day (the average
American diet contains 5000 calo-
ries).
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SGT Fred Gilmore arrived in the
city Tuesday, June 26th. Sgt. Gilmore
was stationed in A. P. G. Maryland.
He spent one night with his mother,
Mrs. Bessie Gilmore, 1928 No. 30th
St. He left for Camp Beal, Califor-
MIA. He wishes he had longer to spend
with his family and many friends.
Sgt. Gilmore has a fine daughter,
Ileen Gilmore, also live al 1922 Writ
St. Of course he was very much dis
appointed his fine daughter, Ileen,
was visiting in Jackson, Mississippi,
with her other grandmother, Mrs. An
derson, also live at 1922 Writ. Mrs.
Gilmore has another son, Pvt. Chaun-
cey Gilmore, who is in New Guinea
for 2 years.
Mrs. Gilmore likes the Guide very
much.
Ileen was 2 years old on Washing
tons birthday, Feb. %.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
EX-OMAHAN DIES

Just received a message that Rev.
E. Z. Mcgee, former pastor of Pleas
ant Green Baptist Church here in
Omaha died July 5, 1915 at his home
in Detroit, Mich, where he has pre-
sided with his family for the past ten
years. Funeral arrangements have not
been made yet. Watch next week.
Guide for further information.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
Waxed Shovel

Shovels coated with melted paraf-
fin overcome the annoyance Of wet
material sticking to them. This
v the extra effort necessary to
knock sno off the shovel. To apply
the treatment to your shovel. just
heat the shovel enough to melt the
parafin, then rub it on. Do not
overhead the metal.
Shortcake Foundation
Use piping hot baking powder
biscuits for shortcake foundation.
Crush strawberries with a fork.
Sweeten with honey.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
New Synthetic

A new synthetic rubber-like prod
uct is said to be practically identical
to chlorinated rubber in chemical,
fame and moisture resistance, and
suitable as an ingredient in paints,
lacquers. alkali-resistant coating for
metals, and fame and moisture
proofng of fabrics. 1t is also said
to provide sound and heat insula'
ton.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
MINISTER'S WIFE
SUES For DIVORCE

Mrs. Nina Cole, wife Of Rev. Dan
iel Cole, who lives at 2723 Corby St,
filed for divorce from her husband
Wednesday, July 4th. Mrs. Cole
claims cruelty.
Rev. Cole formerly operated a shoe
shop near oath and Paul St. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cole are parents Of six children
They a lovely home at 2729
Corby St. Rev. Cole has left for an
unknown destination.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
ON LEAVE FOR 10 DAYS

AMM3-c John D. Nelum, 3rd, is
home on Today leave from San Di-
ego, California Naval Air Station,
with his parents, MI. and Mrs. John
d. Nelum, Jr., of 1888 Binney St.
Mr.. c. NJ. Jessie, their nephew, from
Dallas, Texas, is also spending his va
cation with them.
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100 Million People
Hungry on Continent

In the face of this situation, it is
evident that, as Colonel Llewellin
told the British House of Commons
on June Is, There are a hundred
million hungry people in Europe
today" Hope for relieving hunger is
in imports this summer and next
winter. Will the imports be forth
coming from the world outside?
The best answer that can be
given at present seems to be mot
in the volume desired" To provide
enough food to bring the populations
of liberated Europe and the Far
East up to the prewar level - or
even to a rather low minimum level
for full health and strength would
bring the civilian food supplies in
the major nations down consider
ably from their present level. The
British ration has already been re-
duced in a number of items and
it was a tight ration before the re-
duction. Australia has cut down but
ter and meat rations still fur
Their within the last 60 days.
A good part of the answer to the
plea of hungry Europe and the Far
East depends on how much sac
rifice the civilians in the United
States and Canada are willing
to undergo. President Truman, in
issuing the report of Judge Samuel
Rosenman on relief needs in west
ern Europe, pointed out that the
American people need to under
stand the dire plight of the people
in these Allied countries in or
der to be prepared to accept con-
tinued control on our consumption
here. The coming months will give
the answer to the extent and severi-
ty of controls that are imposed.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
j. rUR THE CHATTER BOX

Officer Henderson, better known az
ingfsh, is making a wonderful pc
&c officer. He is also blessed witt
vo fine sons and a daughter three
eeks old. Murray for the officer.
Mr.. James and Draton Wright from
title Rock, Ark. visited their auntie
RS. Wilson of 1901 North 22nd ST
hey left June Is for Kansas Cit,
I'd St. Louis, Mo. They stopped
ver visiting relations. They reported
/ grand time and vacation.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
BARBS.. . by Baukhage

The Domei Official news agen-
cy) broadcasting station in Tokyo
reported transmitter trouble. Static
or B-29s?
Importers of French lace ordered
and paid for before the occupation
of France will be assisted in locat-
ing it by the foreign economic adj
ministration. The friIls will help paw
for the necessities.
Dampen Ashes
Dampen, but don't soak ashes
in your ash pit each night so they
can be removed in the morning
minus dirt. Use a short length of
hose for handy spraying. If coal
isn't ~dustproofed, sprinkle it weekly.
Sugar Consumption
The consumption of sugar in
Cuba in the last two decades, as
officially estimated, has not ex-
ceeded TT, 900 short tons. or only
about 6 per cent of Cuban annual
production during recent years.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
Fish OdOr on Towel

To remove the odor of fish from
tea towels and dish cloths boil them
for five minutes in water containing
n teaspoon baking soda to each
quart. Rinse in warm and then in
cold water. Soda water will also re
move fish odor from the hands.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07

they r number one priority in
the relief schedules of UNRRA and
OF the countries which pay for their
w imports.
An UNRRA worker In Yugoslavia
reported that he saw girls II and Is
years old carrying hundred pound
sacks Of grain on their backs for
five kilometres. In Greece, women
and children hitched themselves
to carts of supplies and hauled them
ove mountain roads that were so
full of bomb craters that trucks
could not travel them.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-07
Tire Revolutions

A tire which has worn smooth In
20, COO miles has made about 15,000,-
900 revolutions, wearing off a layer
of rubber about one-third of ar inch
thick. If the rate Of wear were
entirely uniform. this would mean
that with each revolution of the
wheel the tire tread lost a layer Of
rubber about 1850 billionth of an inch
thick