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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-10
New Revenue Act Does
Not Affect Excise Tax

XyV1 kAxkSCt EAO80S u IN
The twenty percent tax on jew.
elry, furs, toilet preparations and
luggage has not been reduced OF
repealed by the new revenue act
it was announced today BY Intern.
al Revenue Collector Clark Squire.
Present wartime rates Of feder-
al manufacturing and retail ex-
else taxes will not be reduced un-
til six months after the date OF
termination Of hostilities, as Of
ficially declared by the President
or Congress. However, the new
law does repeal the use tax on mo-
tor vehicles and pleasure boats, ef-
fective July I, 1916. Squire point
ed out that a car or pleasure boat
in use before that date will incur
tax for the remaining portion Of
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-10
University Plans For
Longer Work Week

Operation Of the University Of
Washington on q six-day week and
q fourteen-hour class day by the
start Of the fall quarter Of 1915 Is
the prediction Of President Lee
Paul Sieg.
With the rapid increase in post
war registration, which Is ex-
pected to far surpass any pre-war
enrolment within the next few
months, it probably win be neees-
sary to organize classes for the
period between 2 pm. and 10 pm,
the president said.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-10

they can supplement to a higher
degree Of accomplishment and
preparation.
The All Of today not only builds
good citizens of tomorrow, but Of
fers exceptional business exper-
fence to its youthful participants.
They are trained in the dos
and don't's" Of producing good
marketable product, which deals
with topics as: Cultural practices,
disease, nutritive requirements,
balance Of the elements, effects Of
seasonal variations, etc.
They have experience with dis
tribution and marketing for profit
able disposal.
They realize that finances and
banking are needed for a success
full venture. This year an out
standing addition has been made
the Al Loan Book, which Offers
down to the earth banking exper-
fence as Dad may often have ex-
perienced at times. Actual Dor
rowing Of money for q project OF
part Of project by interest bear
ing note payable at given time.
It has been highly recommended
that most club members use this
method Of finance at least once,
because the few cents extra for In
terest rate offers experience that
may serve well to save hundreds
of dollars later In life.
And last, those contacts with ex-
perts and successful men produc-
ing and having years Of wisdom
and experience, that often guide
a newcomer over q rough spot
when "the chips are down"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-10
KNOW AN OLDER HEN,

Oscar L. johnson Of Belmont
County, Ohio, believes his 31-year-
old hen, Nettie, Is the Oldest chick
en- in the world.
Nettie Is q cross between q
Rhode Island Red and q bantam.
For % years she never missed
Matching two settings Of eggs q
year. Three years ago, while she
was sitting on her nest beneath q
rose bush, q dog attacked her and
destroyed all her eggs.
1T nearly broke her heart, and
she never laid another egg" sayz
Mr.. johnson. Since then, Nettie'l
appearance has changed greatly,
Every day she looks more Ike q
rooster. She still cackles, how.
ever, and Mr.. johnson doubts Il
she viii learn 70 Crow. - Farm
Journal.
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at Mr. Donnley's home. All boys
and girls Of Finley and Hover In
terested In All work contact mem.
bers Of our club and attend our
next meeting.
-Ronnie SCOOP" BoclEstruck.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-10

Two pies or cakes will bake as
quickly as one il both baking pans
are the same size. But from West
inghouse Home Economics Insti-
tute comes a reminder that II a
nine-inch pan and an eight-inch
pan are put in the oven together.
the food in the smaller pan will
bake more quickly.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-10

Florence Sutton, Benton City,
wins Union Pacific Railroad 500
scholarship. Florence, an outstand.
ing All leader and member, plans
to attend college this coming fall.
She u senior Of Benton high
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-01-10

school this year and has complet-
ed 4 years Of Al club work.
The u. p. scholarship Il given
each year to an outstanding Al
member Of the county. It Il award
ed on lifetime accomplishment
in club work.
Generalization and good luck 70
a grand Al member.
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The Benton City Al boys had
meeting at the home Of Harold
Shoemaker December 81. There
were eight members present. Vern-
on Kloster, assistant county agent.
also discussed with the boys some
of the points a good filler should
know. Several talks win be given
at the next meeting. These talks
will be on how to Judge livestock.
The meeting was adjourned and q
delicious lunch served by Mrs.
Shoemake1, the hostess.
The next meeting viii be held
January z at the home Of Dale
Davis.
Harold Shoemaker, reporter.
January z: Finley Livestock and
Gardening HI met at home Of
John Perkins.
Mr.. Lloyd Donnley, our new
leader, gave goals and achieve
ments which we should reach. He
pointed out the many advantages
possible through Al work, main
II: It gives practical experience,
source Of technical knowledge; en-
couraRes individual initiative and
ideas. Success comes through team
work. Develops good citizens"
Our club plans to carry majol
individual smaller projects, such
as labor saving devices, new typel
construction, arts and craft wori
and etc, during the regular meet.
ing year.
We topped off, our meeting
with q White Elephant party. The
next meeting will be January 81
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Freedom Under Tito

A perfect example of how silly
diplomatic language can sometimes
be is contained in the statement just
issued by Acting Secretary If State
Clayton on Yugoslavia's suppression
of our information service at
Belgrade.
The United States, says this state
ment, finds sit very difficult to
believe that the Yugoslav govern
ment really means to deny its peo-
pie the basic freedom" of informa-
ton, without which there is per-
haps little hope of understanding
between nations"
This is diplomatic politeness car
ried to the point of absurdity.
Actually, one of the easiest things
in the world to believe is that the
Yugoslav government really means"
to deprive its people of that freedom.
Indeed, few if any propositions could
be more difficult not to believe, for
the Tito dictatorship has made it
as obvious as the nose on ones face
that the only information acceptable
in Yugoslavia is information calcu-
lated to glorify Tito and keep him
on top.
How can anybody find it very
difficult" to believe this? Ever since
Marshal Tito came to power, free
dom of information and liberty of
expression have been dead in Yugo-
slavia-so dead that the burial took
place long ago. The evidence shouts
out on this point. 1t shouts out
more than the fact that this tough
and ruthless little tyranny could not
stand having truth seeking Yugo-
slavs go to our quarters in Belgrade
to read such things as the text o.
our note on Tito's murderous attacks
against our unarmed planes. 1t
shouts out the overwhelmingly con-
vincing fact-the fact that leaves
no room for doubt about what the
Tito government really means" to
do-that no newspaper. no magazine,
no radio, no school, no church, no
individual or organization of any
kind in Yugoslavia can speak or act
freely or deviate openly from the
Communist dictators party line
without risking swift punishment,
including all too frequently the
DuniShment cf 6patb
Perhaps the day will come when
the Yugoslav people will enjoy
freedom of information, but it most
certainly is not very difficult" to
believe that Marshal Tito really
means to do all that he can to
delay it as long as possible, knowing
I as he does that his type of rule and
true liberty are mutually repugnant.
Mr. Clayton, of course, must be we'll
aware of this, but he has suggested
the contrary by being excessively
polite in his diplomatic statement.
1t will be regrettable if any Amer
leans are naive enough to take his
words at face value
Evening star., 1946-09-29
The Only Sensible Solution

The simple and effective remedy
for the taxicab muddle-this time
involving unregulated rates for in
terstate trips beyond the District
Ine-would be metered taxicabs.
They might cost the public more.
But a metered charge for taxicab
service is the only rational and uni
form method of reaching acceptable
agreement on reasonable rates.
For the first time in several years
Congress has left the Public Utilities
Commission relatively free to renew
intelligent discussion of metered
cabs. The old annual rider on the
District appropriation bill, in effect
forbidding the commission to use
any Of its appropriations for in
stalling a meter system in Wash
ington, was amended in the past
session of Congress to enable the
commission to hold hearings, at
least, on the subject. The commits
sion now is discussing the possibility
OF such hearings, obtaining the views
Of the public and taxicab operators
as the basis for recommendations to
the next Congress. The general i'm
preston is that Congress inserted
the rider originally because it's mem
bers self1shly preferred straight
twenty-cent fares to metered fares.
Another Congress might be willing
to take more reasonable view for
the remedy of a condition that rapid
expansion of the Metropolitan Area
has made more acute than ever.
. In the meantime, it is gratifying
to note the willingness of the county
authorities-with the curious eX-
ception of Prince Georges County
to meet with, the Public Utilities
Commission for joint discussion of
the mutual problem involved in un-
regulated and therefore chaotic
taxicab rates for interstate trips
The existing charges from Wash
ing W tilc oil pOl arc UuIIdSctuS
althoughs the drivers have good rea-
son to retaliate against the taxieah
monopoly granted to one company
at. the airport. The airport is now
under nominal jurisdiction Of Ar
lington County. so any agreement
that is reached must be between the
authorities Of Arlington County. the
airport and the District Public Utili-
ties Commission.
But fares to the airport are merely
one confusing result of the division
of authority between separate agen-
sizes in the Metropolitan Area The
confusion will not be eliminated
until there is willingness to take
Joint action in such questions. The
Star believes that there eventually
will be established type of Metro
politan Area Authority, for decision
in matters that require Joint action.
Until that time comes, however, the
voluntary meetings of the Public
Utilities Commission and the county
authorities should prove helpful.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Bevin on Nerve War

With characteristic forthrightness,
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin has put his finger on one of
the most insistent problems con-
fronting the world in its quest for
genuine peace and stability. This
is the diplomatic technique known
as the war of nerves." whose chief
practitioner at the present time is
Moscow
In this practice, Kremlin diplo-
macy appears to be following prece-
dents set by the late Adolf Hitler,
who conducted intensified campaigns
Of diplomatic pressure that won Nazi
Germany a series of striking sue
cesses until he finally overstepped
the danger-line through his aggres-
sionS against Poland and precipi-
tated actual war. Yet even before
the outbreak of formal hostilities,
Europe knew no peace" in the
psychological sense, living in a twi-
light zone of tension and apprehen-
sion that steadily darkened into the
black night of complete belligerency.
To the western world, the con-
sistentV provocative tactics en-
ployed by Soviet Russia and it's
satellites in diplomacy and in its
official press since the close of World
War II indicate disquieting parallel
with the period Of Nazi provocations
before that conflict. Widespread
western apprehensions of Moscow's
intentions form the background
against which Premier Stalin's re-
cent reassuring statement as to the
unlikelihood of war in the near
future has been evaluated. In some
western circles, Stalin's pronounce
ment has been greeted with hope
and relief; in others with reserve
until his words should be imple-
mented by deeds.
In Britain, Mr.. Bevin has been
widely importuned to make an Off
cial announcement on the matter.
1t was in answer to these requests
that the Foreign Minister, using the
opportune occasion of a speech be-
fore a working-class audience in the
constituency which elected him to
Parliament, expressed his views,
which naturally reflect those of the
cabinet.
Agreeing with Stain that mo
further war is likely at present."
Mr.. Bevin went on to say: There is
one kind of war that must stop II
we are to get peace-that is the war
OF nerves that has left some unfor-
tunate countries in a state of dis
turbance." And he continued: 1.-The
acid test is not in speeches made by
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Half q House Onward!
on Sunday Dispatch.

From the London Sunday Dispatch.
The housing figures for the month of
June, just published, Will exercise all
Aneurin Bevan's well-known parlia-
mentary ingenuity when he defends
his housing record In high summer,
when builders have every climatic ad-
vantage on their side, 3,182 permanent
houses were completed in the whole of
Great Britain. OF these, 1882 were fin
ished in England and Wales-793 by
local authorities and 2,059 by private
builders. In England and Wales there
are 1880 local authorities responsible
for housing. So. on average, about half
house per authority was the best
record that they could manage to finish
in one OF the best building months of
the year. A further 2.059 houses were
completed by private enterprise in the
same month. Mr.. Bevan has said that
only one house may be licensed to be
built privately to every four council
houses 1t is to be hoped that this Goes
not mean that private enterprise has
to descend to the lamentable level OF
the local authorities. let alone to one
quarter Of II.
Evening star., 1946-09-29
For the Lord OF LOVING Kindness


We all are aware of the role of the
Army chaplain in time of war He
accompanies his men wherever they
go-wading through the surf from
an Lei. flying the skies with air.
borne and parachute troops, visiting
the sick and wounded, burying the
dead, working away at his endless
duties, sharing the lot Of his men
whatever it might be. Chaplains do
not fight, but they do get killed in
battle. Seventy-seven chaplains were
killed in action, SO met death out of
battle, including six who died in
japanese prisons; ass were wounded
in action, a were taken prisoner.
Only the air forces and the infantry
have suffered higher proportion of
casualties among their officers than
the Chaplain Corps
ExA
Now that hostilities have ceased.
Army chaplains no longer need to
meet the emergencies Of battle. To-
DAY the chaplain does his part in
solving the problems of reconversion
and the winning Of the peace.
Not only need Industries geared for
war production be reconverted for
civilian production, but the men of
the Army have to undergo phase
OF transition from war to peace
mentality. New goals and purposes
must be made articulate, the recon-
version to constructive thinking and
action must be effected. The heroic
aspects of wartime sacrifcial service
must be subordinated to the less
spectacular but equally necessary
performance of everyday duty. Now
that the reactionary foe has been
overthrown and his brutal ways re-
pudiated, what we are and what We
represent stand exposed in the glar-
ing light of victory Trained to excel
in the art of war, we now need to be
trained in the art OF peace. The very
presence of the chaplain among men
is testimony to the truth that the
sword must be hammered into
a ploughshare, the power released for
the. destruction of the enemy must
be oriented to the service of hu-
msnity, that man must turn from
his egotism to the worship of God
and the service of humanity.
To win the peace is every soldiers
ambition The stark horror and the
criminal waste of war is deeply etched
in the minds of the military. The
Evening star., 1946-09-29
A Good Auqury

Although it would be a mistake to
exaggerate the importance of the
unanimous vote reached by the sci
entific committee of the United Ma
tions Atomic Energy Commission,
the development is decidedly en-
couraging in the sense that it opens
the way to immediate consideration
of far more important steps and sug-
gests that Russia has not closed its
mind altogether to the control sys-
tenn proposed by the United States.
In itself, the vote involved nothing
more controversial than an objective
report by the committees scientist
members on the technical feasibility
Of international atomic control.
However, although it made no po-
litical findings or recommendation
one way or the other, it affirmed that
such control. presumably including
world inspection setup, could be
worked out technologically, and it
implicitly suggested that there could
be no effective safeguards other
wise-a fact which makes the Rus
sian representatives. agreement seem
doubly interesting. particularly be-
cause many observers had expected
him to dissent in keeping with the
opposition SO far shown by the So
Wet Union to anything likely to
impinge upon It's sovereignty.
But perhaps the most significant
point OF all Is that the vote of the
scientific committee will Immediately
activate the Atomic Energy Commits
sion's all-important Committee 2,
the subgroup charged with the re-
sponsibility Of making recommends
tions on politicsl controls. This
group has been biding it's time wait
Ing for the technical views Of the
scientists. and now that the scien-
lists have at last submitted those
views on a unanimous basis, 1t will
Se able to get on with its vital work
Accordingly, even though 1t repre-
cents only minor step in relation to
the much more difficult steps that
must yet be taken If the world Is
ever to harness the atom for peace,
the scientists vote constitutes prog
ress Of kind that augurs we'll for
the future. The Russians, of course,
may have already made up their
minds against the type of control we
advocate. but In this instance at
Evening star., 1946-09-29
Pretty Old!

It used to be fashionable to think
OF the Earth as being a compare
lively recent celestial phenomenon.
The theory Of its separation from
the parent Sun suggested that it
was young-as planets come and go.
OF course. the Moon was younger
still. and there were numerous other
bodies travelling around in space
which were of such recent origin as
to be mere infants relatively. All
this seemed reasonable, and people
consequently believed that the ia
miliar phrase "old as the hills" was
just a pleasant figure of speech,
poetic rather than scientific in its
character.
But now appears Professor Fred
erick Kuhne Morris, a distinguished
geologist, who discusses in the Tech
nology Review the results of new
measurements of certain rocks "by
the disintegration Of their radio
active elements" The age of the
granite stuff to which he refers Is
estimated at about fifteen hundred
million years. However, these sub
stances are not ancient when con-
sidered in juxtaposition with the
rocks upon which they encroached
in the form of "hot solutions" Be-
fore such invasions "the Earth was
as cool, as wet, as quiet and as
hospitable to life as it is today" and
"life itself was already DID,"
Professor Morris argues that, If
the planet has existed essentially
in its present form during the time
represented by "the oldest, rocks for
which ages are measured by the dis
integration of their radioactive
elements" there must have been at
least two earlier periods-"a con-
jectural billion years for the transi-
ton from liquid to solid state" and
"a long era in which the earth was
gaseous" His conclusion is that the
Earth probably is approximately
three times ten raised to the ninth
degree old. And this gesture toward
inflnity, its sponsor remarks, lis
likely to be too low rather than too
high"
For the average lay citizen (who
finds even Ave minutes long while
If, for instance, he is waiting for
bus) the "speck of dust" on which
he languishes henceforth may be a
thing of unimaginable antiquity.
The next question is: How much
longer will it take to make the
Earth at once free and peaceable?
Evening star., 1946-09-29
George O'Connor

George O'Connor has been sing
ing his way into the hearts of so
many Washingtonians for so many
years that his death leaves a void
difficult for those who did not know
him to understand. AS the seasonal
round OF dinners and entertain
ments in Washington begins again
it Is hard to think of the absent
place at so many tables, reminder
of one whose presence in the past
always added so unique and homely
a touch.
He was remarkable character in
more ways than one. He rose by his
own ability and hard work to a
place Of real distinction in the busi-
ness life of Washington, where in
tegrity and sense of human values
are demanded of the mar vino holds
it. Yet he was most familiar to
thousands of his fellow natives of
Washington as a modern troubadour
whose presence at great many
Washington functions was as much
a part of the ritual as knives and
forks on the table.
A noteworthy fact about his after
dinner entertainment was that it
followed, in repertoire and the man
nerisms of his delivery, an identical
pattern that never varied so much
as line or step. The same songs,
the same gestures, year in and year
out. No ordinary artist in the en-
tertainment world could hope to
survive without changing his act.
But George O'Connor's friends-and
most of those for whom he sang
were his old friends-would have re-
sented the slightest change, their
resentment attesting anew that
it was George O'Connor's rare
personality, rather than the songs
he sang or the business" he put
into them, that made him so de-
lightful companion. The sameness
VI "lidV IlC oid, pCSduSC SCOIkS
O'Connor was doing it, was in itself
an attractive establishment of the
show.
His was a lovable personality,
glowing with unselfish satisfaction
in bringing pleasure to others. 1t
thrived on the warmth of the re-
sponse he always earned. There are
other men who have some of the
talents he possessed and they use
such gifts, legitimately, to feather
their own nests. George O'Connor
never did. His single motive was the
pleasure he derived from pleasing
others and, while it is comforting to
remember that he lived a life full of
good years, there is no doubt that
his unrestrained exertions, at a time
when men Of his age must be gentle
with themselves, hastened the end.
He will rest in the peaceful security
of the affectionatA. remembrance of
his friends And one likes to think
of the company which waits for him
now, calling out, asthe draws near,
to sing Little Tommy Murphy Was
a Soldier Boy" # .,r ~.