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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07
Scout Heads Make
640-mile our

Judge B. B. Horrigan, president
of the Blue Mountain Council of
the Boy Scouts and r. d. McDer-
mott, scout executive, recently
completed a 640-mile tour of the
southern and western counties in
the council.
They spent the first day in the
area of Prairie City and John Day,
Oregon, continuing their tour to-
ward Mitchell and Spray which
are both untouched by the Boy
Scout program.
Scout troops and a Cub pack at
Fossil and Kinzua, Oregon had
prepared meeting of leaders to
greet the visitors. These leaders
kept them until late hour ask
ing questions on ways to improve
their local programs. =. re-.
After spending the night in the
Fossil hotel they continued north
to Mayville which is starting a
very small organization for the
boys eligible for clubbing. This is
known as Neighborhood Den.
Following the canyons of 3O-Mile
creek brought them to Condor
where the Veterans of Foreign
Wars is planning to sponsor a new
Scout troop. .....r.. J.
The last official visit was at Ar
lington where they made many
pleasant contacts with members
of the North Gillian Chamber OF
Commerce and other local men.
Both Scout officials report a
pleasant trip and are making plans
to send the Scouting program to
the many boys who live so far
apart in this broad area.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07
Army Considering 10000
Men for Commissions

Headquarters Washington State
Military district has announced
that approximately 10000 appli-
cants have applied for Regular
Army commissions and are being
notified they are under considera-
ton for existing vacancies.
On a date to be announced, adj
ditional applications for comms-
sions will be accepted. Those who
qualify will be added to the con-
sideration list and given equal OPP
pcrunity on the basis of qualifi-
cation with tose already listed.
1t was pointed out that appli-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

will be remembered as one time
state director of the Public Works
department and at present man.
ager of the Federal Home Loan
Bank of Chicago. President Louis
Hill of the Great Northern pro-
nounced the Eastern Washington
grapes the finest in the world, as
Editor Henderson proudly claimed
in an editorial in the Reporter.
From these humble beginnings
grape culture has become pro-
fitable commercial enterprise that
is still probably in its infancy in
this state" ..=-~r.-s ...
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

Young People and Their Families
by Amidon; Our Amazing Earth
by Fenton; This Chemical Age by
Haynes; Parade of the Animal
Kingdom by Hegner; and Hand
book of Games by Boyd.
Popular reference aids to library
patrons are Current Biography,
Readers Guide to Periodical Lit
erature, Book Review Digest, En-
cyclopedia Britannica, National
Encyclopedia, World Book Ency-
clopedia, World Almanac, Bart
let's Quotations, Gould's Medical
Dictionary, three Aliases, More
First Facts by Kane and Etiquette
by Emily Post.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

cants not among the initial 9,813
given Regular Army commissions
may assume they are on the con-
sideration list unless they have
been formally notified by the War
Department TO the contrary. Those
who have been notified OF rejec-
ton will not be eligible. Others
will be permitted TO restate their
interest il they so desire.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

The Royal Canadian Mounted
Police motor schooner, st. Rock,
is the only vessel ever TO have
travelled the Northwest Passage
in both directions between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

Most men have to provide Tor
tAen own retirement. Many find
Aemselves unable to work and
without a pension as time adj
yaaees. Do you feel satisfied that
yeur present rate of saving will
allow you to retire comfortably
4 age 50?
snA MONTH FOR LIFE
through the Sun Life OF Canada
ca can provide an income at age
q Of 500 a month, every month
Is long as you live. Or, if you
prefer it, you can have generous
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

Ohio's biggest industry in 1888
was canal building which in that
year involved an outlay of about
5 million dollars.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-11-07

cash settlement in lieu of pension.
$4,000 FOR YOUR FAMILY
Should you not live to the age Of
60, $4,000 will be paid to your
family.
Smaller or larger incomes avail
able. A moderate regular payment
will provide for your own and
your family's future. DO NOT
HESITATE. CALL - OR
WRITE ME- - NOWl
Harold X. Higgins
Insurance Phone 86l
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
Only Suffering Ahead

The Ford announcement that it is
laying off $4,000 workers, that an ad-
ditional $4,000 would be affected" in
week and that these curtailments
threaten complete shutdown" indi-
Gates all too clearly what the nations
industry faces if the strike of steel
workers is not speedily brought to an
end.
This contest for power in which
labor and management are engaged has
already brought about some suffering
among strikers families. It is report.
ed that in the Detroit area many are
going hungry and that disease is
spreading because of insufficient cloth
ing and inadequate heating.
1t is to be noted that no rise in wage
levels, for which labor is striking can
offset the loss of parents of children
who would be the first victims of nro-
longed strikes.
We find it difficult to understand
Why men who have walked off their
jobs do not recognize the dangers thew
are imposing on their families.
Ostensibly their fight is for more
take-home pay. But as long as thew
remain idle they will receive no nav ia
take home, and despite the full cash
boxes Of the unions, money for striker
allowances is bound to give out before
long and they will then have no income
of any kind. {
Industry generally is much better
situated financially to endure and s11r-
vlve long strikes than the workers
Common sense as well as individual
security against want among the strik-
ing thousands calls for a speedy end Of
the walk-outs. The only alternative
is government. seizure and operation Of
plants, which is taking place at packing
houses today, and everybody knows the
inevitable consequence Of that
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
Rent Controls

Rent controls are troublesome af.
fair, particularly as they are not uni
formly enforced, and cunning landlords
are continually finding ways to circum-
vent them, to their own enrichment and
the sorrow of their tenants. But 50
long as housing shortage exists it is
improbable that they will be done
away with, despite their inadequacy.
The way to dispense with them is to
build houses and apartments. The
good cid law of supply and demand
would then render them useless.
On the whole Wilmington rents are
much too high. The investment in
rental property does not justify the
earnings that have been accumulated
since the war moved in with the crea-
tion of Camp Davis and the ship yard.
Owners justify their position by claim
ing that part of their property lay idle
80 long before the war they have been
warranted in catching up. Maybe this
is good business but there is an ethical
level it cannot reach.
The need is for housing which can
be purchased or rented by the great
mass of citizens now living in high
priced furnished rooms or higher priced
houses and apartments. The sooner
these are available in sufficient number
to meet the requirements Of the city's
population, rent controls will automat.
ically disappear and everybody will be
happier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
White House Unmarried

Sooner or later, and the sooner the
better, departments of government
will settle down to normal operations
by normal staffs. When that day
comes excessive office space in the Ma
tional Capital will not longer be needed.
This will apply to the executive no less
than the other branches Of government.
For this reason the House of Repre-
sentatives appears to have taken the
proper course in rejecting President
Truman's proposal for an annex to the
Executive Mansion. The $1,650,000 he
had urged for the work is not to be
available, and the architectural beauty
of the White House will not be married.
One thing, however, ought to be at
tended to without loss Of time. It
seems that excavating had already been
started. Anyone who remembers the
litter on the lower Hall for so long after
the Hoover building program was can
celled in the depression will understand
the need for restoring the White House
grounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
ALBEMARLE Girl
WINS 1916 PRIZE
FOR BEST ESSAY

DURHAM, Jan. 25.-ls-u,.
Peggy Sue Lowder, Alben,M,ss
and Norman X. Nelson, Dnta 1arle,
versity, were first prize n;r UNI
in the 1945 annual ESSAY c ~mllef'
Of the North Carolina press YES.
citation. This announcement $3.50
made here this evening bv eva, was
nor r. Gregg Cherry at tbs sV I'VE,
ing session of the associat; llOs'
nesting. VA'
Miss Lowder won first nl.o.
the high school contest, writins IN
the topic: Newspapers Sary;O On
the Community" Nelson's ssan
won first place in the collegs 40.
test on the topic, "Newspanssrusas'
Interpreters Of World Affairsa
Second place winners Were M,.
Peggy Ann Baucom, Winston 0 a.
lem, in the high school group va
Mrs. Fannie B. Witherspoon WIN i,a
ston-Salem, in the college gron n'
Miss Lowder is a senior at End.
high school, Stanley county. h.,
essay was sponsored by the stsr'
ley News and Press, John B. Hsa
ris, chairman. Nelson's ESSAY W.,
sponsored by the Herald-sun T n,l
pers Of Durham, John R. Barn. r
chairman.
Miss Baucom is a senior =.
James A. Gray high school Win
ston-Salem, and Mrs. Withersnoon
is a senior at Winston-salem stst.
Teachers college. Both ESSAY.
were sponsored by tt ne Winston
Salem Journal-Sentinel, ]. Worth
Bacon, chairman.
Widespread interest througbou
the state produced more than nm
essays according to Harvey LAT.
foon, E l k in, president Of ths
NCPA. The contests were handled
through the associations commit.
tee on education composed Of 6.
Sylvester Green, Durham. chair.
man; staley A. Cook, Burlington
Tom w. Johnson, Oxford; ]. Roy
Parker, Chapel Hill; and John A.
Park, Raleigh. Prizes Of war
bonds-$100 bonds to each first
place winner; so bond to each
second place winners will be pre-.
scented to the winners personally
in special local programs ar.
ranged by the sponsoring papers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26

ton until Chunsking decided to
send a delegation to Bangkok.
The British, meanwhile. were
negotiating a treaty, and strenu.
ously denied reports they were
seeking to acquire such a dominant
influence as to make Siam prac.
tically a vassal.
Their original terms were never
revealed, but after some talk with
the Americans treaty was signed
which everyone said was salts.
factory.
Siam returned to Burma terri.
tory she had grabbed before the
war, agreed to abide by future
international agreements on tin
and rubber, and promised to turn
over her rice surplus to the British.
In the meantime, America told
the siamese they also would be
expected to burn back to 1rdo-China
the Cambodian jungle grabbed
from French 1ndo-China before
Pearl Harbor.
Now the Siamese have siened a
treaty OF friendship with the Chi.
nese, and diplomatic relations are
to be established for the first time
be ween the two only Sovereign
nations in East Asia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
BY JOHN SKIES

There's something of the gas.
economist in all Of us.
Just yesterday I was talking
with a Columbus county friend OF
mine-he lives in the Iron Hill
seetion-and, while he would vehe.
mently deny any truck with gas.
tronomy, he was telling me the
best way to cook turnip greens
is to cut up a pod or so of red
pepper in the pot with them and
boil the green's, with a hunk OF
salt or smoked meat, Of course,
for at least a couple of hours.
His interest IN the proper means
Of bringing out the honey flavor
Of turnip greens makes him a
practicing gastronomist. He added,
ineidently, that a pot Of turnip
greens is always better if you
have several cornmea1 dumplings
floating around in the pot. In
talking about turnip greens I am
treading on precarious ground, so
to speak. My Boss does not like
them; will not become interested
in them.
This conversation led me no.
where in particular except to a
review of the notion I've long
had that cooking by guess is the
only real art Of cookery. If you
have a cook book at hand written
by somebody line Fannie Farmer
you're taking all the creative JOY
out of putting together a tooth
some batch of vjctuals.
YOU wouldn't, for instance, say
a man is a master mechanic if he
had tedously to read the directions
on each nut and bolt he was try
ing to fit into whatever he was
trying to put together. Well, if
you have to have a chart to guide
you about each cup and each tea
spoonful Of this and that to put
into a cake, or what-not, you're
really working by rote.
The best sausage I ever ate was
made up by Mrs. j. L. Lewis
over in Tabor City and happen
to know she couldn't tell you with.
in a hundred or so milligrams
how much salt, pepper, and sage
she puts into the mixture. She
Just happens to have, as they say.
a hand with seasoning.
Too, the best beefsteak and kid
ney pie I've ever tasted was
concoted by Mrs. ]. L. Winning
ham, who, incidently, teaches
econonics-or maybe it's political
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
The Russian Challenge

AS was to be expected, the Russians
are highly incensed at the idea that the
Soviet Republics policy in Iran should
be brought to the attention Of the Unit
ed Nations Security Council.
They were quick to demand that
Great Britain's activities in Greece and
lndonesia should be investigated, but
when it is proposed that their own
activities in northern Iran be subjected
to the same treatment, they go straight
up IN the air and challenge the United
Nations Jurisdiction in the controversy.
With very good intention toward
our war Allies who fought valiantlv and
ably on the Eastern Front when the
United States had given them eouip-
ment and battle essentials, it is to be
noted that they did not emerge from
the conflict as masters Of the world
but merely one of the victorious powers.
They have an exaggerated view of their
Importance in world affairs, and while
it would be better to include them in
all major problems requiring solution,
in the interest Of a peaceful world, the
other powers which played much
more important part in defeating the
Germans would be foolish to kunekle
under any more to the Krennlin or even
consider further concession in the cause
of harmony.
Russia has been a trouble maker
from the day it became apparent that
the Germans could not win the war.
In no activity which should have been
jointly undertaken by all the Allies has
the Soviet Union been willing to CO.
operate. Instead it has attempted to
impose it's will on the Allied world and
dictate Allied policy. There has been
no cooperation, no fellowship for peace,
but constant heckling.
Perhaps part Of the fault lies in
London and Washington. In both the
feeling has been that it would be better
to yield here and there to Russian de-
mands than participate in an open
quarrel, with the result that Molotov
and Stain have gotten away with raw
deals time and again, so that Moscow
seems to have the idea now that it can
dominate all proceedings.
The Iranian quarrel is not in itself
a major affair. But since the Rus
slams are intent on making it one the
other members of the United Nations
are fully justified in ac-
cepting the challenge and forcing a
final showdown.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
QUOTATIONS

We cannot have disorder1y meetings in our
command. We want to give the world an ex.
ample OF disciplined command. That comes
from trust - trust in dhe another and trust
IN your leaders.-Lt-Gen. Robert c. Richard.
son, Jr, Middle Pacific Army commander, to
members of his command.
l see no evidence at the present time that
atomic energy can serve for motor vehicle
propulsion as there must be five to ten feet
OF space allowed as protection against radia-
tlon.-John L. Collyer, president, B. F. Good.
rich Company
Individual assistance to returning veterans
is not enough. The great need is for = CO.
ordnatsd effort by the entire community The
job should not be done in many places. hut
well done in one place.-Maj. BENJAMIN Il
Namm, president, National Retail Dry Goods
Association.
In recovering the scientific effort az ths
nation from the problems Of war to thnss ~
peace, one of the chief problems we fScs =
that of cancer.-Dr. Frank q. Adair nra.i
dent, American Cancer Society.
American movies are seen zach was1. T..
300 million persons. Eventually thew viii \.
seen by one out of four Of all the neon1a ~
the world. - Eric johnson. motion n;ct,,r -,
''czar." picture
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26

science-at New Hanover High
school. cannot, and I do not
believe she. can, tell you what all
she puts in the pie. All / know
is it has, besides the beef and
the lamb kidneys, a good dash OF
Sherry and a generous handful
of mushrooms. And while you're
eating it a glass Of Rhein wine
does not 60 bad at all.
There was the time. if you dom
mind me being downright mean
in these days when you don't know
where your next mouthful is COM
ing from, I had breakfast at the
home Of Mrs. Mary Robinson in
Hatteras villags. This, Of course,
was before the oil companies got
interested in Hatteras. / imagine
things are different there now.
But for breakfast Mrs. Robinson
served us, as follows: orange
Juice, corn flakes with cream,
ham and eggs, broiled bluefish,
fried oysters, clam fritters, French
fried potatoes, and hot biscuits.
This was not a party. A group
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
If You Cook By Guess You re A Real
Artist In Fixing Up Tasty Tctuals

of five Of us on business in Hat
teras spent the night at Mrs.
Rol1inson's home. For supper, the
nights lodging, and that break.
fast Mrs. Robinson charged us $3.50
each. And then worried lest she
might b overcharging US.
Really. I hadn't meant to men
ton that breakfast. l was simply
thinking, when / started out, that
my best meals have been put
together by cooks who didn't know
what cook book looked like.
For some years now, I've been
trying to learn the secret Of Bob
Melton's barbecue. Bob Melton, as
you know, is the barbecue king
at Rocky Mount.
How" I asked Mr.. Melton one
day, do you manage always to
have such good barbecue? I never
have been here when it was off
taste. It's always been good. What
is your recipe?"
'We do not have a recipe" Mr..
Melton told me. 1--WE just barbe-
cue it,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
CURRIE FARMERS.
PLAN FOR CROPS

CURRIE, Jan. 25.-The farmers
IN the White Oak section Of Kelly.
the Lyon Swamp and Colly sect.
ions, Lower Canetuck and Raccoon
Swamp of Long View areas Of
Bladen county-better known As
between the rivers''-are makins
plans for the 1916 crop.
This area, flooded by the hish
waters last September, has been
damaged and a damper has been
put on the farmers. who miaht
have gathered the largest corn crop
since the early drainage Of white
Oak and Lyon Swamps.
Most all old tobacco beds have
been treated with the new weed
killer, aero cynamid, and this has
proven very successful. Most
farmers Of this area have their
beds sewn and their covers on. =
Many new farming implements
have been purchased and with
these the farmers plan. with only
small amount of labor, to tend a
large sized crop with comparative.
ly small expense.
Many farmers are repairing old
buildings, including cling
houses, tobacco barns, brooder
houses, stalls for cattle, and corn
cribs.
Repairs to Centerville Baptist
church at Kelly win soon begin.
The interior Of the church was
badly damaged during the Septen-
Der flood when water reached sew.
eral feet inside the building. New
pews will be Installed,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-01-26
TheLiterary
'Guidepost
THE BELEAGUERED CITY, .
BY BOB PRICE
Alfred Hoyt Bill (Kopi;

$3).
Richmond, Va, in 1860 was a
city where people "got things done
so well that they had both the
time and the money for the graces
Of life." 1t was a city Of three
o'clock dinners and the Tredesat
Iron Works, of EAST Lynne" at
the Marshall theater with an actor
named John Wilkes Booth, Of
moonlight strolls along the tow
path beneath CANDLES hill, Of
duels in back of lakewood GENE.
terry: A city of enterprise and
solid prosperity"
Richmond, Va, In 1855 was
city ravaged and wrecked. Whole
blocks Of streets "could be traced
only by tottering walls and smol'
dering ruins" Its people were
starving, $4,000 Of tn m had
neither food nor money to buy it,
Some Of the towns 'best young
men took jobs at cleaning bricks
This riches to rags transition IS
the story of 1.-THE Beleague:ed
City" - Richmond, capital Of the
Confederacy.
AS Author Alfred Hoyt Bill sees
it, the whole Confederate strategy
in the Civil War was pinned right
ly to the defense of Richmond. So
long as Richmond stood, 1.-THE
Confederate States Of Amerca
was a going concern" 1t really
did work out that way, but tie
premise will find violent excep'
tons from those historians VINO
have been contending for years
that the South was beaten, not in
Virginia, but at Vicksburg.
But this book needs no excuse
OF strategy for its beng. 1t does
for Richmond-though not 50 oT''
liantly - the job which MargaFe'
Leech did for the Union Capital
in her "Reveille in Washington
OF a few years ago.
The story of the city is told u
detail, the war background y
broad. Yet there are some mon
painted with stu okes properly
broad. Yet there are some faults
The text is not well Documents
there is too much emphasis upon
the selfishness an corrupao'
among what must have been a nr
nority Of the population, The Wv
OF source material is not sa
balanced, as is evidenced in n'
at times, irritating reliance upon
the bitterly anti adninistralV..
Richmond Examiner for exploiN"
OF popular sentiment.
These flaws will not interls'
with the average readers envy
ment of the book. For it is es
tremely readable and Requires
minimum Of historical knoWleos''
for its understanding. It prov,
once again that Americas pflV".
war still is fertile field l@
literary pillow.