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Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
Robert q. kuark
|If Does Make A Difference

were headed.
4 COUPLE OF hundred thou.
sand displaced persons - here
they called them immigrants
have come to the continent since
the war ended, and the foreign
flavor of Kings Cross is now
more pronounced than formerly.
The inveterate gamblers still
crowd the horse parks here. and
the women dress for the races as
If for a presentation at court.
Australia has been broadly pros
porous since the war, and the
bookmakers thrive. The favorites
still fail to place, on occasion,
and the jockeys still fall off the
horses. And I still lose money,
but this is never news.
Sydney people are eager to
ask il the country has changed,
and dwell constantly on wheth-
ef the millions of Yanks who
passed through here still re-
member Australia favorably. The
styke and the aigs aSe still ex-
cellent, and the beer still runs
out when you want it most.
Whisky, as ever, is in short sup
ply, and a carton of Yankee Gig
afets costs three pounds, or
about S6, on the black market.
In that respect the old town is
still UNCHANGED.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
! See In The Herald

THAT the weather Friday forced
closure of Kennewick schools, due to in
ability to heat some of the buildings. Well
bet there were lot of anxious parents
who heaved sigh of relief when their
offspring arrived home safe and sound.
And, we'll bet there were lot of offspring
who heaved sigh of relief when the
teachers told them they could go home OH
account of the snow.
Did you get through Friday, the 18th,
without any mishaps? Most every one did,
despite the unusual weather. All, that is,
except our friend Cal. Poor Cal! He went
outside to peek at the blizzard and forgot
to stomp the snow off his feet when he
returned to the cellar-and, he slipped and
dropped noggin of his famous cider. Cal
wonders if that means seven years of drop
ping noggins.
And, don't forget the five-act profess
sional vaudeville show at the North Rich
land theater, which opens Monday for
three nights. The affair is being sponsored
by the Benton County Aerial Posse.
Drive carefully if you have to drive!
If you don't have to drive-leave the Car
alone and sit by the fire! H..
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
Robert e. kuork

SYDNEY. Australia, Jan. IA
It was q long, long way on buck
ct seats and mailbags, remem-
Der, and it's still a long way from
Honolulu to Sydney, but the
presence Of q stewardess and q
highball and q place to put your
feet make all the difference.
You stop at Canton Island,
still, and at Nadi in Fiji, and at
an airport near Noumea, in the
New Hebrides, but the long
jumps over the water dent seem
so long any more.
The airport at Mascot looks
still the same, as you come down
over the red roofs and over the
interlocking blue bays, and on
the way to town the tanneries
smell as pungently AZ ever.
Castereach street, the main
drag, is just 40 packed at you
remember, and the Hotel Austria
liza is damned to the gunwalqs.
The lobby is still packed With
pretty girls. expectantly waitlnk
for somebody, and every table
in the hotels passion pit IS TAX
en-.
THERE rs ONLY one jarrine
note. The people who pack and
jam and clutter are all Austria.
lians. You keep missing the
khaki and the blue Of the Yanks,
and it comes with a shock that
this isn't your town any more.
1t has. been reclaimed by the
original owners.
George McCadden of the Unit.
ed Press Is on hand to meet you,
and you 30 to dinner At Princes,
the upper-crust cafe that used
to be aswirl with laughing
Yanks, tossing pounds around
like chaff, and romancing the
sheilas and drinking more than
they should. The band at Prin-
ce's is playing "Baby, It's Cold
Outside" when five years ago it
would have been working for
the Yankee Dollar"
The people who caper at
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
AN ATMOSPHERE of nostalgi

l AN AIMOSfnkn6 VI iioStoiS
drama surrounds the marshall
ling of England's political forces
| for next months general cleo
ton. .
That election will render an
epochal decision-a point which
this column made yesterday and
now repeats for emphasis. Ii Will
determine whether the country
| shall give approval to its five.
year experiment i'm socialism
and continue along the road into
new fields, or whether it shall
return to the capitalistic system
under which is reached its peak
of imperial greatness.
Britain is at the parting OF the
ways.
As a leading actor in this
great drama Winston Churchill,
his head endowed by his %
years, is rushing back from his
winter vacation in the sunny
Island of Mareira to guide his
conservative forces in what may
be his last major political bat.
tie. Here is one of the greatest
figures in the long history OF
England - statesman, literary
giant, orator - the man who led
the nation through blood, toll,
sweat and tears" to victory in the
world conflict - an old war
horse charging headlong into
the dray once more.
IT IS FITTING that Churchill
should play this role. Here we
have the bluest blood of the no.
bility-a die.hard Tory who
symbolizes England at the peak
of her imperial greatness.
To his more elderly followers
in particular, Churchill is a tru.
ly heroic figure who conjures up
visions of the "good old days."
the days when peace and con-
tentment lowered over England's
hedge-enclosed, green fields and
sweet dollhouse flower gar
dens-the days when imperial
power was at its peak.
Churchill has charged the So
cialists with throwing away
that empire, and he would halt
their naturalization program
which to him is hateful and
harmful. He would return to the
days of private initiative.
THAT'S NOT A new line for
Churchill. / remember seeing
him in action against socialistic
ideas as far back as 1924 when
the late Ramsay Macdonald
headed Britain's first labor gov
eminent. They mostly called
them "laborites" in those days
rather than Socialists"
Churchill was more or less
lone.wolf in the Tory ranks, and
he directed his paralyzing ora
tory over a wide field. One of his
pet opponents was Macdonald,
and / saw Churchill tongue-lash
the prime minister until the lat
ter literally slumped onto the
middle of his spine in his seat,
his face as red as a beat. In
those days opponents didn't tan
gle with Winston in debate If
they could help it.
So Churchill would reestablish
the theories of private enterprise.
He has promised to repeal the
Socialist Steel Naturalization
bill, and not to permit state own
ership to go any further.
WHETHER CHURCHILL would
be able to achieve all his hearts
desire IL elected is perhaps open
to doubt. One Of the immutable
laws of life is that you can't
turn back the clock. And time
has made in England's way of
life many changes which can't
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
Benjamin
Refires
From mp
By GERTRUDE SPEIEH

When orley S. Benjamin
alighted from his passenger
train in Spokane New Years
Day, he finished over d years
of work for the Northern Pa
cific and retired from active ser.
vice with the railroad.
Prior to moving to Spokane
about 20 years ago, Benjamin
lived in Pasco for over 20 years,
handling freight and passenger
trains out of here. He was q pio.
neer resident Of Sylvester's add.
ton to Pasco and his children 1t.
tended the Pasco schools.
During the time he lived here
he was secretary of the Pasco
lodge, or division as it is called,
of the Order OF Railway Conduc-
tors for IL years and after NOV.
ing to Spokane to handle pas.
senger trains, he became secre.
tary of the Spokane division Of
the conductors and held that
post for IL years prior to his re-
tirement.
He was a member of the state
legislative board of the condue-
tors for over 80 years and for
some time was the. conductor
representative at Olympia at.
tending sessions of the state leg
islature.
In addition to the active In.
terest he took in the affairs Of
the railway conductors, Benja-
min took a very great interest In
church affairs and was active In
matters connected with the
Christian churches both In PAsco
and in Spokane. Benjamin enter
ed the Northern Pacific a. q
brakeman Mar. 6, 1906, and was
promoted to conductor Oct. "a,
1906. Prior to coming to work
for the Northern Pacific, he had
worked for some railroads n
Indiana as conductor.
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some more puppies.
DELIVERS THREE MORE


DELIVERS rHREE MORE
Playing midwife, delivered
three more pups, bundled them
up in the only spare wooden un-
defwear I had and placed them
near their mother.
Then I cooked q big stew from
the two frozen rabbits and a
spruce hen / had on the sled.
While waiting for it to get cool
enough to feed the mother, I ate
a goodly portion Of it and drank
pot of tea. Even though I had
eaten and had kept the fire blaz.
ing high, I still could feel the
cold eating into my bones.
After feeding the dog ] put
her pups up to nurse and GOV.
cred them oil with some bldn.
ksts.
Later, at Nisutlin bay, q trad
ing post on Lake Teslin, ! got q
wool lined box. Mother and pups
are doing fine.
Except for frostbitten ears, !
feel fine. have only one suit Of
underwear left because the other
suit was ruined during the bless.
ed event. Although I'll be pretty
crummy when ! pull into Watson
Lake, / don't know whether I'll
want to battle or not. It's So de.
grees below now and recently
went down to IS there.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
How this Independent businessman rot his star

We'd like you to meet man who has
hung out his own Single.
This Standard of California Distribu.
tor, like those all over the West, works
as an independent businessman :. and
here's how we helped him get his start.
We first turned over a going business
TO him with good List of customers. We
helped him learn the best methods of
serving his neighbors well !. supplied
the finest produces, expert engineering
help in meeting tough lubricating prob
lens, the benefits of all our laboratory
research and every other practical assist
ance possible.
He, in turn. supplied the ingenuity,
skill and ambition of man who is work
ing for himself
This teamwork between small and
large business has benefited everyone.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14

Princes now are mostly sedAte,
with heavy emphasis on the
waltz. A few vestiEial traces Of
the jitterbug still manifest
themselves later In the evening,
and for some odd reason the
Australian has taken heavily to
the Safnba. The SambA Is danced
ever here much after the Kan.
CARGO fashion, and seriously en-
dangers the welfare of the non.
coif1batants.
II - AN INTERESTING thing
to watch the eyes Of the arbiters
of the cafes light up when an
old, familiar Yankee face -heaves
over the horizon. We may not be
missed in the museums and 9TH
er citadels OF culture, but the
brains Of the Pierres and Louies
stir at the memory Of tossed 10.
pound notes, and a look ot fiofA
tA19i4 comes over their sfAceS,
too
;;SSince the Yankees went away,
sydney has missed something or
the hectic gaiety with which we
invested the city, and has at
tempted. to compensate with
night clubs patterned after New
York. There are half q dozen of
these strewn around the city,
complete with floor shows and
1niid hands
How they circumvent the rigid
liquor licensing / do not know,
but other places offer stand up
cocktail bars to well-known
customers, and Sydney night
life, which used to be shut up
pretty tight, now goes on inter
rhinably.
Kings Cross, the international
settlement at Darlinghurst road
and Macleay street. still buzzes
freely. but shows nothing Of the
riotous abandon that marked It
when the ships were in and the
Yanks were loose, bullying with
careless coin and a burning urge
to use it all up before they went
to New Guinea, or wherever they
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
Acheson Has 3-Point
Strategy For Russia

A three-pOint strategy for blocking
and some day reversing-the spread OF
Russian Communism in Asia has emerged
from Secretary of State Acheson's declara-
ton of y. S. foreign policy toward the Far
East. s.
The strategy is aimed at bolstering
Communist nations in Southeast Asia,
trying to eventually drive wedge between
China and Russia and holding on to Amerl.
cas- own Western Pacific defense line
which does not include Formosa.
The policy was outlined by Acheson
yesterday in an hour long speech at the
National Press club. It was the first gen.
eral administration statement on the Far
Eastern situation since the Reds completed
their conquest of China.
It contained one sensational accuse.
ton which comes at an apparently critical
point in early Chinese Communist relations
with Moscow. This was that Russia is in
process of taking over vast area of North
China, including Manchuria. Acheson
predicted that this would bring down OF,
the Russians the righteous anger and
wrath" of the Chinese people.
On this important fact" as he called
1t and on the belief that Asia is caught up
in great revolutionary ferment, he laid
out the three lines of his strategy for deal
ing with the situation:
1. To promote the growth of National
ism and help satisfy the desire for eco.
nomic betterment in the countries of
Southeast Asia as the best way of prevent
ing them from going Communist.
q. To expl0it-aS AcheS0n himself
obviously sought to do - the conflict be-
tween Chinese national interests, even
under Communist rule, and what Acheson
called Russian Imperialism in North China.
3. To hold indefinitely the American
defense line in the Western Pacific based
on Japan, the Ryukyu Islands and the
Philippines To this end, he made clear,
the United States is determined to keep
defense forces in Japan even after peace
treaty.
The definition of the administrations
Far East policy following long months OF
intensive work in the State Department,
fell short of promising action Of the kind
which Acheson's critics have demanded in
respect to FOrmosa and at the same time,
the policy has limitations which Acheson
frankly admitted. He said that the United
States could not help those countries
which do not want American aid nor could
It help those so weak internally that they
could not make effective use of such aid.
Furthermore, he declared that the
United States could not give security guar
antees to lands lying beyond the Japan
Philippines defense line and that the final
reliance of those peoples must be first i'll
their own will to resist and second in the
United Nations.
There is horse sense in what he says
but only if the United States is not lulled
into thinking its hands are now cleaned of
the matter.
Watchful waiting would be more in
order.
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Z. F. Gates, 1917 Marshall II
Rlchland, reported a rock mao
been thrown through the WIN
dow of his home.
Bobbie Boggs, All Eastwood:
Richland, reported his billfold
containing $6 was stolen from
a dental clinic at Kadlec hospl-
tai. The wallet was found later
minus the money.
Patrolmen were informed thai
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
By CECIL 4. MOORE

BY CECIL 4. MOORE
A written for United Press
MORLEY RIVER, VT, Jan. 8.
(Delayed) (UP)-This is the last
place on earth I ever expected to
find myself In the role Of mid.
wife.
The blessed event occurred
six doYs ago. I was hulfwoY
down Lake Tsslin Just north Of
the British Columbia border
when, In q nGttoS ct q few
hours, the tempe1atuxs dropped
from IS below 70 ~ below. :. 80.
noticed one Of the dogs was
acting strangely, so stopped,
pitched tent and made camp.
After getting the dogs bedded
down on some boughs in the
snow, warmed food and fed
them.
l crawled into my elder down
sleeping bag but slept fitfully
because of the cold. A dogs
whining finally got me out of
my sack and investigated with
flashlight.
PUPS FROZEN STIFF
There by the dog that had act
ed oddly and refused to eat were
two Husky pups. They were
frozen stiff.
! looked at the Thermometer
on the sled. Il registered s. de-
grees below xeEol It was death.
~ still and the Northern lights
were coldly beautiful os They
flashed ocross the slkY.
I felt kind of scared when ]
began thinking how far I was
from civilization, but I snapped
out of it when I looked down al
the frozen, new born puppies and
their sad.eyed mother.
l took a blanket and moved
the dog nearer the fire. With
sticks and another blanket,
made shelter. The dog stopped
shivering after while and
realized she was going to have
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14
Tales Of Tri-Cities

a dog had attacked a child in
North Richland but had not in
jured it. The owner was con.
tacted.
Bradley Cutshall, 1902 Snow
in Richland, reported a bicycle
had been stolen from Columbia
high school. 1t was green and
had no tenders.
%
Patrolmen McLaury and Chap.
pelle found two bicycles at the
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14

-Saipan, Guam, Rota and Tin.
ian-are dotted with prehistor-
ic burial sites evidently erected
centuries before the islands were
discovered by Magellan in 1871.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14

Your Standard Distributor has his ROOFS
and interests right in his own town; the
money he makes stays in your commu.
nifty. And because he knows local CON.
ditions through long experience and is
building bis cum business, he does better
job for us by doing an ourstandingly
good job of serving you.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14

intersection of Snow and Long
fit streets in Richland and
brought them to the station.
c. Claughton, manager OF the
Village theatre, reported to the
patrol he had found a bicycle
left at the theatre.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14

An early measurement was the
"hand,"-the distance across the
palm-and is still used in deter.
mining the height of horses.
Courier-herald. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1949-1950, 1950-01-14

II storm windows part Of ysyi
plon--see the Alsce man. ]. =
PeareY. Phi. Sll2 Pasee, Ken. 3lse
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the U. N.
ECHO The Socialists principal get
together was held under Governor Thomas
E. Dewey's nose at Albany. Their plat
form was virtually an echo of his 1948
campaign promises and the Truman doc
trineS.
The Communist Party virtually dis
appeared. Best estimates place the total
of active, sdiehard members at only 10000
the lowest in twenty years. Circulation
OF its three principal newspapers is mere
10000.
Following conviction of eleven top
leaders in New York on conspiracy to
overthrow the government by violence,
Eugene Dennis, party secretary and de-
PENDENT, warned that the "Commies" would
"go underground" Nevertheless, he an
nounced plans for So million campaign
drive.
sELF.EMpLoYED-G.W.BK. Of At
lantic City, N. j., asks if it is not unjust
that the Social Security Act does not pro.
vide old age and survivors benefit for the
self-employed. Their needs in life's late
years, he says, are just as great as factory
workers, although in many instances they
do not receive as large or assured an in.
come in their working days.
He lists, for instance, small shop OPP
orators, store owners, electricians, jewel
ers, plumbers, painters, carpenters, bar
bers, truckers, farmers and gardeners,
doctors, lawyers etc.
Answer: The current Social Security
expansion bill, which has passed the House
and is sure to pass the Senate at this ses-
sion, provides monthly benefits for the
self-employed. The non-farm number was
estimated by House Ways and Means ex-
perts at 4,5OO 600. ~
They should have been covered when
the system was established, but the new
dealers" were in a hurry to set it up for its
political .effect, and figured that solving
administrative difficulties for this class
would have meant long delay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-31
TWO FUNNY MEN
 NOW IN COMEDY,
 CAPITOL THEATRE

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer" newest comedy for Univer- al-International's laugh team o1 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello which is the laugh bill tonight at the Capitol Theatre.
 Co-starring Boris Karloff with the comedians, the film concerns the troubles of resort hotel bellhop Lou Costello) who is suspected of mnrdering a guest at the hotel. His pal, the house detective Bud Ab- bott), tries to help him out of the mess, but only succeeds in pushing him in deeper.
 Also present at the hotel are several guests who have shady pasts. Led by Karloff, they decided to make the bellboy the fall guy and do everything in their power-in- cluding an attempt to murder him in order to keep police investiga- tion from revealing their own past activities.
 However, Costello proves too stupid to work into their plans, and police finally find the real killer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-31
CITY OBSERVES
 MEMORIAL DAY,
 IMPRESSIVE RITES

i W,,ile the planned program was sponsored by veterans organiza- tivns. Memorial Day yet held spec
 ial significance for many other
 Juneau and Douglas families which joined in observance of the day
 hallowed for remembrance. After the public downtown and graveside ceremonies yesterday,
 hundreds of persons of all ages fingered at the cemetery to renew their faith with memory and to
 beautify the last resting place of loved ones. Over the waters at the wharf service, and up to the hills above the greensward, the throat catch ing notes of Taps" touched many hearts, as Juneau devoted the mor- ming to remembrance.
 While throngs gathered on the
 curbs, goodly crowd had filled the Elks' Hall where the initial PiOSl dAl Wdo llClu.
 We are here to pay respect to our honored dead-those who, here and elsewhere, have died through out the history of our country to preserve its freedom" said Bob Druxman. American Legion post commander.
 ITO reverence the dead" M. D. Williams of Fairbanks expressed it,
 in the main address which briefly traced Decoration Day" observance
 from the time the Grand Army of the Republic became the first mill itary body in the civilian popula- tion. He ended his short talk with an original poem dedicated to all Gold Star mothers. Williams was the first Department Commander elected in Alaska by the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
 Juneau posts of the VFW and the American Legion jointly sponsored the annual Memorial Day ceremon- ies.
 In the Elks' Hall, the Rev. Rob- ert Whelan gave the invocation, followed by contralto solo, Sleep, Soldier, Sleep" by Mrs. Mildred Lister with Mrs. Lillian Uggen at the piano. The benediction was by Mrs. Doris Holm, national chap lain of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, which was jn weekend departmental en- campment here.
 Others introduced by Chairman Druxman were c. J. (Jack) Davis of Anchorage. John Mclaughlin of Juneau and Gray lilly, Fair banks-new, retiring and previous past department commanders of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-31
FEATURE "L05T
 BOUNDARIES" H
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Lost Boundaries produced by that master of screen realism. Louis De Rochemont, comes to the goth Century Theatre tonight for only a three day run.
 The story is different one than usually appears in a film produc- tion. This is based on w. L. Whites factual story of Negro family who passed" as white for 20 years.
 The leading roles are played by Beatrice Pearson and Mel Ferrer, both well known and popular movie stars.
 Lost Boundaries" has intregity. It is a straightforward picture from beginning to end and it presents a current and vastly disturbing prob- lem of race relationship and does it honestly and with refreshing sim plicity It deals with Negro doc tor and his family who successfully passed" as whites for 20 years.
 The picture will make real con- tribution toward easing the tension that exists between white and Negro people in our American democracy. To have had part in it is a priv ilege.