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;OL. XXVI
.. main Retaliates on Berlin
London, England—ln reprisal for
the destructive bombing of London
mg the week—end, British air
mamsked Berlin with damaging
mus in the heart of the Nazi
"ml, The air attack lasted near
ythree hours. In the forays over
wand, the Germans are using
”me: squadrons, their recent
”'93 having been terrific. It is
angled by R. A. F. officers that
their air efficiency, in spite of Nazi
“priority in numbers, is 5 to 1
m favor of British flyers, the of
ficial count listing 37,000 British
W dropped in Germany to 7,-
m Nazi bombs dropped in England.
Bermuda Base Proposed
Washington, D. C.—As a prelim
m step toward the acquisition of
valuable United States naval and
mane bases among British is
m in the carlbbean Sea and oth
ers as far north as Newfoundland, it
as been agreed by the Bermuda
{annuities to grant such rights in
manund, a large body of almost
unlocked water off Hamilton, cap
ital of the islands. Senator Barkley,
majority leader of the senate, will
me the establishment of a chain
at such bases as necessary to the
defense of the Panama canal.
Fair Site Not Wanted
New York City—A pmposal to
II: the New York World’s Fair site
an annulment in the nation's de
fiance program, without dismantling
the huge buildings now scheduled
for destruction, has been turned
down by both the army and navy as
being unsuited for the purpose. As
now planned, the 1200-acre site will
be landscaped as a public park aft
er medal: closes in October.
wnlkie Proposes Aviation Sec.
Kev York City—Wendell L. Will
fle, Republioan candidate for the
residency, proposes that a Secre
tu'y for Aviation :be added to the
Oebinet, in view of the enormously
increased importance air-warfare
he assumed in the European strug
81¢.
Hopkins Resigns Cabinet Job
Washington, D.C.—Harry Hop
kins, closest confidant to President
Roosevelt, has resigned from the
fine: as Secretary of Commerce
because of ill health. He has for
ms made his home at the White
' with the Roosevelt family.
His post has been offered to Jesse
Jules of Texas, chairman of the
Reconstruction Finance Corpora
tion. His resignation is the third
Minet portfolio given up in a
month. with a fourth, that of Post
mascer General Farley, due this
lack. Two Cabinet jobs have been
men to Republicans, Stinson as
Secretary of War and Knox as Sec-
Mu’! of the Navy. Secretary of Ag
tlmiture Wallace resigned to cam
wen actively as the Democratic
lmininee for the vice-presidency.
BWard J. Nable, Undersecretary of
cllmnei-ce, left to campaign actively
301' Willkie, leaving a Cabinet en
tirely changed in its political phil
"Ophbs within a few weeks.
‘ ”Chum qums Communists
New York City Gene Tunney.
umlfifeai’ecl heavyweight world’s
Wu: champion, described as
W the Labor Day "Emerg
may Peace Mobilization" announc
“W the American Youth Congress,
“'9 Communist organization de-
W 'by Mrs. Elinor Roosevelt.
Tunney has organized the National
l"animation for American Youth to
"ml“ the Red Russian Youth
ll“mutant. and listed in his state
hen: the admitted Communists
W 8 the Youth Congress.
“:00? Planned Tmtsky’s Murder
Me“(=o City—All evidence points
‘0 the fact that last week's murder
0!. L 801: Trotsky. former Bronx
mlol' ans! notorious leader of the
M3ll Reds. was planned under
the direction of Stalin. who ulti
1113me succeeded to the leadership
ffcommunist. Rus::ia. A request to
"ate the revolutionist’s body to the
U- S. for buriai was denied by the
State Department at Washington
‘5 leading possibly to Red rioting.
“2‘9 Shim Recommissioned
NeWDOrt. R. I. »- Two ancient
fighting ships hive been restored to
the active service list as a tribute
to U- S. Naval :raditi)n. One is the
Constellation launched in 1797, the
“he!" the Consti'ution, originally
Missioned in 1798. ’
Gospel-Aires Quartet
to Appear Here Sept. 1
The Gospel - Aires quartet will
sing at the local Nazarene church
on Sunday evening, September 1 at
8 o’clock. Each member of the
quartet is a student at the North
west Nazarene College at Nampa,
Idaho and these young men well
known by their well-trained voices.
The personnel of the quartet in
cludes Paul Yeend, Marlvn Ander
son, Fred Parker and Parker Maxey.
The public is invited to attend
this hour of music, entertainment
and inspiration, and there is no
admission charge.
St. Improvement
Work to be Done
by End of Week
City to complete oiling on
several of town’s thoro
fares; park road bene
fibed.
By the end of the week the street
improvement work so long under
consideration by the city, will have
been completed. Graveling of the
streets in question was completed
today and the oil and spreading
equipment was put into operation
this evening. The work of spread
ing the oil and its mixing will oc
cupy but a comparatively short
time.
The street by the warehouses is
to be graveled and oiled, Auburn
street from the bank to the ditch
and around the park, Fruitland St.
to the intersection with the state
highway, Avenue A in front of the
creamery and from the cannery
to the canal and the two inter
vening cross streets.
If th‘ere is material left First
Avenue East will be surfaced. This
is the street in front of the mayor’s
reszdence—and no funny business
intended. It sure needs the im
provement.
Softbail Season .
to End with Two
Leaders Battling
Friday to see champion
ship playoff for season;
expect substantial pay:
ment on field lights
The final night of softball in
Kennewicl: in 1940, Friday of this
week at 8 o’clock, has promise of
being a great event. Two special
rivalries will be watched with great
interest. The fans are not sure
yet which is the best team, the
Cougars or the Cubs, but Friday’s
game will answer this question, and
both teams are willing to let the
score at the end of this game pro
vide the complete answer.
The other rivalry is between the
Highlands and the Lutherans.
There is nothing bitter about the
rivalry, only this that each team
thinks it is better than the other.
Here too, the score will tell the tale.
In their first encounter the Luth
erans proved the better team but in
winning still allowed the Highlands
eight rum
Of the :‘our games played thus far
in the Kennewick play-offs the
closest was that on Monday between
the Cougars and the Lutherans.
Glasow, pitching for the Lutherans
allowed only four hits, but errors let
in four runs and the Cougars walk
ed off with the best end of a 5-3
score. On the same evening the
Cubs disposed of the Highlands by
a score of 12-5.
Wednesday night’s game rwulted
in a one-sided 10-5 win for the
Cougars over the Highlands, while
the Cubs in the second game put
away the Lutherans by a. score of
12-7.
In the series thus far the Cou
gars lead in hits with 20 and the
Cubs follow with 17. The Lutherans
have garnered I‘l and the Highlands
9. Wiggins, pitching for the Cubs.
leads in strikeouts with 9,.wh11e
Glasow of the Lutherans has four
and Fries of the Cougars four. Wig
gins also has the best record for
control. having issued but four
passes while the other pitchers have
each issued six. Wiggins and Fries
have each allowed ten hits, while
Glasow has yielded 14 and Shields
23.
In indivzdual hitting Fries of the
Cougars, H. Parker of the Cubs and
Lucky of the Lutherans are tied
with four each. A number of others
have three, including Safford and
B. Shields of the Highlands, Otte of
the Cubs, Hawn of the Lutherans.
and G. Tramel, Guyer and Smith of
the Cougars. The fans will be in
terested on Friday night to see who
can steal the hitting show for the
series. Bergee Bergesen of PasCo
is acting as official scorekeeper.
A special attraction for Friday
night will be a brief ceremony be-
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940.
Football Coach
Optimistic Over
Lion’s Prospects
Half of new squad have
had field experience;
nine from first string
~ , back in lineup
After looking over the lads who
have turned out for football prac
tice this week, Coach Don Coates is
beginning to see little specks before
his eyes which closely resemble in
shape the football pennant for the
local conference. In other words,
the coach is optimistic regarding
his chances on the football field
when he turns his pack of Lions
loose this fall.
The reason for all this optimism
is that half of the 34 turning out
for early practice had seen action
last year. Of this number nine
were on the first/ string.
-Not only does the coach think
the Lions will make a showing on
the score board, but he thinks his
crew will be the best dressed gang
in the conference, too, for the new
black and orange pants and socks
have been added to the orange
jerseys which were new last year.
“Make ’em tough” is evidently the
coach’s plan this year, for the Lions
will have their first workout of the
season with Lind—an undefeated
team in that conference last year.
The game will be played here on
the 6th, and the following week we
will join the others in the confer
ence in a jamboree on the Pasco
field. ' ’
The first conference game will be
September 20 at Prosser. The first
home game will be with Toppenlsh
on October 4. Nine of the season’s
games will be played under lights
this year. .
Woman’s Republican
Club to Hold Meet
The local Woman’s Republican
club will hold their first fall meet
ing in the Methodist church par
lors on Wednesday afternoon, Sep
tember 4 at 2 o'clock.
Arrangements are being made for
a special speaker and anyone at all
interested will be welcome and in
vited to attend.
ENDS SEASON
Herb Cranmer, who lives on the
River Road, is a raiser of fine
peaches. He ends his harvesting
season, very satisfactorily, he says.
this week when he brought in the
last—and finest of his Hale peach
crop to the editor. He said he could
have sold three hundred boxes of
fruit the last day of his picking
season.
tween the two games in which will
be in charge of the Kiwanis Club
which has sponsored softball in
Kennewick under the lights. A
check in an amount, yet unknown,
will .be turned over by the Kiwanis
Club to the President of the Asso
ciated Student Body of the high
school to be used in helping to de
fray the cost of the lighting equip
ment. This check will represent the
profit realized by the Kiwanis Club
in operating the softball program
during the summer.
Labor Day Parade
Double Holiday
While Kennewick is not strong
from a union labor standpoint,
nevertheless Labor Day has al
ways been one of the community’s
full holidays. This year it will be.
no exception and all business
houses will be closed all day. It is
one of the six regular full time
closing days, and householders
are warned to make preparations
for the double holiday. It’s the
last time for a summer holiday
fling and many citizens are mak
ing preparations for trips to var
ious sections of the state, includ
ing the Prosser States Day cele
oration.
Registration Sees
Increased Interest
in National Setup
Largest number ever in
county prepares to cast
ballot _in elections; in
crease ‘interest
Nearly two hundred citizens,
mostly from the valley, rushed in
to the printing’office the past two
weeks to register for voting. By
actual count 194 new registrations
have been put on the books the
past couple of weeks. The figure
makes a total of 1 143 for the six
«precincts immediately adjacent to
the city p roper.
These figures, which closely fol
low those in other parts of Eastern
Washington, indiCate that this
year’s electiOn will poll the largest
vote of any election ever held in
the state. Most of the registrants,
we find, have already decided on
their candidates, particularly as re
gards the national candidates. Also
a. similar reaction is found among
the candidates for governor, altho
it is difficult to get an expression
on local candidates.
Registration has closed until aft
er the primaries, when they will
again be opened until fifteen days
before the genral lection.
File Claims at Pasco
A representative from our office
will be at the State Highway Pa
trol office at the Courthouse in Pas
co on Wednesday, September 11,
between 8.00 and 12:00 o’clock. All
persons wishing to file Unemploy
ment Compensation claims and Em
ployment Service registrations are
asked to report there on Wednes
day morning.
Naval Appointment
Appoinzment as Lt. Commander
in the navy reserve was received on
Tuesday b 3 Dr. L. V. Backmanof
of Pasco. Dr. Backman is candidate
for representative for the sixteenth
district, *but expects to be able to
serve, if elected, before he is called
to active military service.
The rank is about equivalent to
a major in the army, Dr. Backman
reports. .
The second division of the Meth
odist aid will meet at the home or
Mrs. C. F. Winkenwerder on Thurs
day, September 5. A picnic lunch
will be served at one o’clock and
eachtisaskedtobringadishto
pass and her own service.
School Enrollment
About the Same
as Last Year
Senior high to offer ad
vanced mathematics—
ad‘ministration f eels
teaching staff is strong
The opening of the Kennewick
Public schols this week found the
enrollment in grade school, junior
high and senior high about equal to
that of last year. By Thursday reg
istrations in the grade school num
bered 383. in the junior high 177,
and the senior high 203.
Several former residents have re
turned, and their children are in
school. while many families which
came to the district for asparagus
and strawberry seasons have left.
In keeping with the policy of the
school district the schedule of stu
dies has not been basically changed
from previous years. Exceptions
are the including of advanced math
ematics in this year’s schedule for
the senior high school and instruc
tion in the use of the library for
the seventh and eigth grades in the
junior high.
The administration feels that we
have an unusually strong teaching
staff in all departments and a good
year of instruction and school ac
tivities is anticipated.
Cars Collide
Cars driven by Warren Belghtol
and Loren; Neuman collided on
Washington street ,Wednesday eve
ning about .8 o'clock. The Neuman
car was golng north and the Belch
tol car dnvlng south made a left
turn by the Church Grape Juice 00.
when the collision happened. Both
cars were only slightly damaged and
none of the occupants were ser
iously injured.
Former Teacher Weds
Friends here have received the
news of the marriage of Miss Hazel
Belle Poynter, a former Kenn
wick teacher to John Gordon Pet
erson of Pacific Grove. The cere
mony took place at the First Christ
ian church at Pacific Grove, Call
iornia on July 20.
The bride is the daughter or Dr.
and Mrs. John Frank Poynter of
Davenport. Washington. She is a
graduate of the Eastern Washing
ton College of Education and the
groom graduated from the Univers
ity of Washington.
They are at home at 152 Tenth
St., Pacific Grove.
The' Weather
The feel of autumn is in the air
the last few nights. But otherwise
Weatherman A 1 Morgan has been
dishing out a pretty fair grade of
weather the past week. His offi
cial records for the seven days,
compared with the same days last
year are:
Aug. 22 93-50 92-52
Aug. 23 100-57 89-56
Aug. 24 100-72 94-55
Aug. 25 90-65 91-60
Aug. 26 93-53 90-59
Aug. 27 78-60 82-85
Aug. 28 81-48 549
Bockius Gives Report
on Kiwanis Convention
A report on the Kiwanis district
convention held in Spokane last
week was given by J. K. Bockius at
the regular meeting Tuesday noon.
He reported that the attendance
was the largest the organization had
ever had and enthusiasm was at a
high point.
Dr. Wm. Stevens reported that a
check for $12.50 had been received
as the community's share in the
March of Dimes held earlier in the
season. The money will be forward
ed to the orthopedic hospital in Se
atle.
Mayor Langlie of
Seattle Given Big
Greeting in City
Overflow crowd at break
fast 1n his honor; big
crowa hears speech on
street
The Arrow Grill had to set up
extra tables this morning to take
care of the overflow breakfast
given in honor of Arthur Langlie.
mayor of Seattle. Mayor Langlie
addressed the group gathered in his
honor before making an address to
a good sized crowd on the J. C.
Penney corner at nine o'clock.
Those who heard the address
were impressed with the speakers
evident smcerity and belived the
figures he quoted regarding the
operation of the business of Se
attle. where he was one of two
men ever to be re-elected as mayor
of that vfllage.
Langlie had only to quote sta
tistics regarding the Seattle sit
uation when he took oifioe and
those of the present day to con
vince his hearers of his ability and
absolute sincerity. Among republi
cans. at least, he made a decidedly
favorable impression.
He continued his campaign into
|Walla Walla later in the day.
Muldrow Says
Beans Are Not
Hurt by Blight
Thinks crap a profitable
one on land suitable to
crop; growers should
investigate
Now is the time for those who
wish to consider growing lima beans
next year to find out about this
crop. At least two concerns will
want acreage in this section and
both have decided to contract early
peas here. This makes the deal
much more attractive. as the peas
are harvested in plenty of time to
plant the same land to beans. Early
peas for freezing were tried at
Benton City this spring. Seventy
acres average 2400 pounds. or $55.
The beat grower, Ed Jacobson, av
eraged 4150 pounds, or 8100 per
acre, on a ls-acre field.
They are easy to snow on good
soil. The green pea straw. a fine
nitrogenous fertiliser, was put back
into the land. A fine crop of mm.
beans is now growing on the same
ground. good toi- about SIOO an acne
more.
About 130 acres of beans are new
growing on Kennewick Highlands.
many plantings on many kinds of
soil. Harvest will start early in
September and last a month. Yields
will then be known. One viner set
upwillbeonthecorneramilewest
of the cemetery. another on the
East Highlands.
They are interesting machines to
watch. as they threw these green
beansoutoi'thepods. Wherethe
crop was planted on clean. properly
irrigated soiLagoodstandwaase
cured in every case. Not so where
itwasoldorchardland. 'l‘hecrop
isverysensitivetothepoisonsot
spray residue. and seven different
trials on such lands all failed to
make a stand. It was these cases.
which were mistaken for cur-ley top.
or blight.
In no case has blight been ob
served on land that has not been
in apples. In a few cases wire
worms spoiled a stand. and other
insects did a little damage. No in
sect pests or diseases have appeared
since the stands were established.
Weather during August was a little
too hot .but the present prospect is
for yields from good to excellent. A
by-product is about- 10 tons per
acre of Vines, which are excellent
feed for stock. make fine silage. or
rich. green fertilizer on the land,
adding humus and nitrogen.
We have learned much about this
crop from our work this season, and
feel that we can do much better
next year. There is enough suitable
land in the district to make a good
deal. The green pea-lima bean
combination makes a very promis
ing crop program. I believe our
farmers are Justified in giving it
very serious study.
Food Stamp Plan
to be Put in Use
in Benton County
Surplus foods to be dis
tributed thru new fed
eral plan: county to fi
nance plan
Secretar; Claude R. Wickard. of
the United SLates Deparmem of
Agriculture announced this week
from Washington. D.C.. that the
Federal Food Stamp Plan was to be
extended tot Kittitas. Yakima.
Grant. Kiickitat. Benton. Franklin.
Walla Walla and Columbia Coun
ties.
Approximately 10.000 families will
be eligible to participate in the pro
gram. as certified to the Stamp Is
suing Office in both Yakima and
Walla Walla by the respective Wel
fare Departments of the counties.
Those who may be certified as
eligible to participate are those who
are reoeiv.ng some form of Public
Assistance. such as Old Age Assist
ance. Aid to Dependent Children.
Aid to the Blind, Worn Progress
Administration. certain Farm Se
curity Administration grant clients
and general relief families.
Those families certified as elig
ible may. at their own discretion (as
the plan is purely voluntary) pur
chase irom the Stamp Issuing Oi
lices located in Yakima and Walla.
Orange Food Order Stamps. mesa
purchases will be made in accord
ance with a formula prescribed by
the Surplus Marketing Administra
tion and will. through the free Blue
Stamps. give the clients an increase
in purchasing power of 50 percent.
The Orange Colored Food Order
Stamps are good for any food for
human consumption. sold by re
tail food stores: the free Blue Bur
plus Food Stamps an to be used ex
clusively for the purchase of surplus
food products.
The current Surplus Food List, as
declared by the Secretary of Agri
culture. consists of the followmg
items: butter. raislns. rice. pork
lard. pork. corn meal. fresh oranges.
fresh apples. fresh pears. fresh
peaches. fresh snap beans. fresh
beets, fresh carrots. fresh corn.
fresh tomatoes. fresh celery. fresh
lettuce, shell eggs. dried prunes.
hominy grits. dried edible beans.
wheat flour and whole wheat (gra
ham) flour. '
It is estimated that the Food
Stamp Plan in this area will re
sult in the consumption of approxip
mately $55,000 of surplus food items
per month. This figure represents
new business in the area, going thru
the normal trade channels.
The various county commissioners
have created revolving funds for
both the Yakima and Walla Walla
stamp offices. These funds are used
to purchase bulk quantities of Food
Order Stamps from the United
States Treasury. These stamps an
then sold to the eligible participants
with the free Blue Surplus Stamps
included.
A Food Industry Committee he:
been formed in Yeklma wlth Geo.
Beer of the Chamber of Commerce
as secretary. and one in Wall: Wells
with Alfred McVay of the Chemhet
of Commerce there. as secretary.
It In anticipated that the sale of
stamps will begin the later part of.
September
Valley Club Receives
Food Exhibit Prizes
The Willing Workers Cooking
Club placed very well at the Ben
ton County M. Each of the six
girls exhibited from one to three
oracles ma each article placed.
Ila. 8. G. maker is leader of
this club. 11» Willing Women
Club entertemed the momma
Clubothwoetthehomeothln.
B. 0. Meter lat My evening
with a. buffet flipper. There were
twenty :1: the meeting and a. good
time we; had by all.
Ladies Send Other
Red Cross Clothing
The lest o! the midsummer ship
ment or Red Cross work left to
dsy tor Yakima. from the Kenne-
Wiek suxiliery of the Yams
chapter.
This shipment included six swest
ersandfourdxessescndtheledies
heve been working herd to com
plete the articles for this ship
ment. These ladies include Mrs. M.
Simmelink and Mrs. Hermsn Camp
bell of the America Legion Aux
iliary. Mrs. N. E. Wins. Miss Lois
Shumake. Mrs. R. It. deßit. Mrs.
w. J. Barnes. In. John Vibber and
Mrs. Elle Linn.
Grange Fair
Preparations are gradually being
made (or the county fair. sponsor
ed by ane grance at Richland.
War” in the several committee:
report that splendid cooperation is
being received on every hand and
the premium list will be bigger ’n
better than ever. There will be a
program of entertainment and
sports, including horse racing. Gov.
Martin has been invited to make
the principal address of the day.
but he may be unable to attend. on.
account at his political m ,
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