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U. S. Seeking More Bases
Washington, D. C.—To the At
mtic naval and air bases recently
obtained from Britain in exchange
tor 5o destroyers, the U. S. now
”as to add further bases in South
Amer!” and possibly in the Pacific.
8305 in Brazil and Chile are al
ready under consideration, and it is
”saved that negotiations will show
”he opened with Great Britain for
. gum or Pacific island air fields
mung the Philippines with present
”Man and Guam bases.
Eastern U. S. Oil Shifted
shanghai, China—Vast stocks of
American owned oil, much of it des
fined as a reserve for the U. S. fleet
It! being moved from Hong Kong
”a this port to Singapore, strongest
British fortress in the Far East.
M of seizure by the Japanese is
believed back of the general shift
as of both fuel oil and gasoline.
Princess on Radio
_ London, England—With the con
‘fidenoe or a veteran, Princess Eliza
best laced her first microphone over
'mch she broadcast a message of
hope to British refugee children in
me U. S. and Canada. '
Mei- Aid Contradicts Morgenthau
Washington, D. C.—Replying to
charges by Wendell L. Willkie that
administration Treasury policies are
delaying the entire defense pro
gram, Secretary -of the Treasury
Ilorgenthau denied that any tax or
amortization policies of his de
partment tended to slow down in
dustrial expansion for defense pur
poses. The Secretary, however, was
flatly contradicted by John W.
Hams, prominent Democratic in
dustrialist, who was until recently
Under Secretary of the Treasury and
is now supporting the Republican
candidate. “Mr. Willkie’s recital is
shsolutely true and correct,” said
Ir. Morgenthau's former aid.
3,090 Uazis Reported Killed
London, England—A report from
a neutral source states that two
transports were sunk and 3,000 Ger
man troops killed by British bomb
ers at the Nazi-occupied French
port of Lorient. This port is one of
the “take-off” points for the long
delayed Nazi invasion of England.
The report is all the more signifi
cant because neither combatent has
then out figures of‘ casualties in
the recent terrific air engagements
over Channel ports.
Wage-Hom- Act Revised
Washington, D. C.—New defini
tions by the Wage and Hour Division
of the Labor Department, remove
certain “white collar” workers from
the overtime restrictions establish
ed by the act. Administrative and
Nessional workers receiving S2OO
or more monthly need not be paid
overtime after 40 hours of work in
any one week. The ruling is ex
pected to apply to 100,000 adminis
htive workers.
.. _Ne_w Cars on View
”2- New York City—Hailed as one of
the biggest automobile years since
the depression, “1941” in the motor
gear calendar made its bow at the
"New York Show earlier than usual.
3? New models follow last year’s ex-‘
5. tenor designs in general, but many
‘_ lEVOlutionary changes are found in
‘: Mechanical improvements, especially
in Beatless transmission and air
conditioning.
m {Balkans Poised for War
Bucharest, Rumania—With Nazi
"my chiefs practically in command
01 the Rumanian government, every
hom- bringing fresh trainloads of
German troops: with a huge Rus
811m force massed on the Eastern
harder, without indication as to
“lather Stalin intends fighting with
‘he Axis or with Britain, but al-
M certain to fight against Ru
mlnia, the traditional "innocent by—
mnderfl’ and with Greece and Tur
key ready but reluctant to support
their ally Great Britain, never was
3 Balkan war more confused in its
°blectives than that now impend
in:- It is certain to involve the
entire Balkan Peninsula, but with
What alliance: remains to be seen.
mi??? Enroua Draftees_ _
.-Washington, D. C.—ln a single
d3!~last Wednesday, an estimat
ed 16,000,000 young men between
the ages of 21 and 35 appeared 1n
1.45.000 enrollment places in 48 states
am! enrolled for national defense,
under the Selective Training and
service Act. Married or single,
Citizen or alien. sick or robust, all
“V 8 their pedigree. to be accepted
o”ejected :li‘f‘l' when called accord
in: to thir am: number. Chief ob
, kction came from a divinity school
in New York that has been a hot
bed or Communism, and the pro
tmiflg “conscientious objectors were
‘l‘“ch told to choose between jail
°Y registration: that their individ
ual Oblemons would be considered
111 their turn. Draft boards are
“Wing without compensation.
Riverview Girls Glee
Club to Give Musical
The girls’ glee club of the
River View high school are present
ing a program Saturday, October
26, which will be followed by re
freshments and dancing. The pro
gram will take place at the Finley
grange hall and will begin at 8:15.
It will include skits, dances,, novel
ty numbers and musical selections
by the glee club. A trumpet trio will
be featured also and the school or
chestra will give several numbers.
The entertainment is being given.
for the purpose of raising a fund
for the glee club’s costumes, which
the girls will wear for the first time
the evening of the program. Tickets
are on sale at the high school or
may be purchased at the door.
The public is invited to attend
this musical event.
Scribe Says Lions
Best Ball Team
in Conference
Sports writer gives locals
best chance to Win ban
ner; one more hurdle in
Ellensburg.
Taking top spot in the conference
games last week was the Kennewick
'Lions’ ride to victory over the Cle
Elum muscle society. This places the
Lions in the league lead with three
wins and makes them the most
feared outfit in the valley. If any
one ever tries to tell you that Ken
newick does not deserve all the
credit they have been getting be
cause of that win, argue with ’em.
Hang onto your chairs loyal Ken
newick fans because here it comes.
That game at Cle Elum must
have been second to no European
war for intentional man‘ slaugh
ter. Although the reports show
no casualties of fans, it must have
been terrific. The field is a per
fect setting for it, too. All it
needs is barbed wire fence across
the middle—they may have in
stalled that since last year. Cle-
Elum plays a fairly clean game
away from home, but get them
on their home field and it’s every
one for himself.
Kennewick on the other hand
is noted for being able to keep up
with the roughest of them and
from the score they must have
really lowered the boom on Van
Woert’s boys. What makes the
victory an upset is that the game
was played at Cle Elum.
This week when the Lions enter
tain Ellensburg, another unbeaten
(Continued on page 8)
Republicans in District ,
Make Considerable Gains
Belle Reeves, Secretary of State,
has just released the Abstract of
Votes .polled at the Primary Elec
tion of September 10, 1940.
In an analysis of the votes cast
in the Fourth District Congressional
Race and comparison with the simi
lar abstract of votes for the 1938
Primary and General elections, the
situation is as follows. In 1938 the
Democratic Primary vote led the
Republican total by 12,904. The in
creased vote at the General election
of 1938 cut the Democratic plurality
to 678. '
The 1940 Primary shows a. Demo
cratic lead of 2,382. If anywhere
near the same proportion of Demo
cratic and Republican voters are in
the increase of the general over the
primary vote of this year, as were
recorded in 1938, Frank Miller’s
election to Congress would seem as
sured. .
Placer Work Not Started
Unconfirmed rumors that the big
gold dredge headed for the Kenne
wick placer mines a few miles below
town, was seen on the lower river
this week. Whether the govern
ment dredge now at work on Homily
Rapids was mistaken for the gold
dredge has not been ascertained.
Mr. Donelson, owner of the proper
ty under lease to the development
company, stated today that he had
heard no further from the company,
although the agreement entered into
at the time of signing the lease call
ed for work to commence within ten
days.
Five in Wreck
Five cars were more or less dam
aged this afternoon on the main
street as a result of a collision.
Cars parked on opposite sides of
the street attempted to back out
at the same time, creating a space
too narrow for an on-coming car
to get between. It crashed into
one of the moving cars, cramming
it into another parked alongside,
and shoving the second car into
still another parked car. Outside
of crumbled fenders there was but
little damage done to any of the
cars and no one was injured in the
fracas.
Notice
All Big Y cherry growers inter
ested are asked to be present at a
meeting which is being called for
Tuesday, October 22 at 7 o’clock in
the Eichner Tin shop building. This
meeting is for the benefit of the
growers and anyone interested is
invited to attend.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, OC'ESBE‘}. 17,134?
479 Men 21 to 36
Register Here for
National Service
415 at Kennewick; 64 at
Finley; some frighten
ed, some facetious about
ordeal
Four hundred fifteen men be
tween the ages of 21 and 36 regis
tered for the national draft at the
city hall Wednesday. Sixty-four
signed up at the Finley station. 01'
this number 22 at the local office
were non-residents, salesmen, hunt
ers, visitors, etc.
The men, for the most part, took
their duties seriously and answered
the questions earnestly. Some of
them were noticeably worried about
the situation and some were
frankly frightened. 0n the other
hand, there were many who insist
ed upon seeing the spurs and Sam
Browne belts of the captaincy rank.
One youngster who registered was
experiencing his zlst birthday. An
other who gave his birthday as of
Wednesday, said he was just 36
that day.
The registration was done by ten
volunteer women, under the direc
tion of Frank Mason, who acted as
chief registrar. Mrs. ,A. C. Amon,
Mrs. Frank Bentley, Miss Bess Hen
dricks, Mrs. Clarissa Keene, Mrs.
E. C. Tweet, Mrs Hudson, Mrs. Vi
ola Hughes, Mrs. E. H. Behrman,
Mrs. Floyd Higley and Mrs. R. E.
Reed acted as the registrars at the
local station.
F. F. A. Initiates 16
Members at Ceremony
F. F. A. holds initiation for new
members 'Wednesday, October 16,
and the following sixteen boys ini
tiated: Calvin Liebel, Forrest Clark,
Norman Robbins, Ira Lampson, Bu
ford Persinger, Jimmy Mokler,
Kenneth Harper, Asa. Hayes, Bill
Boutelle, Beverly Sanders, Stanley
Mosher and James Billingsly. Most
of these boys are 9th graders.
The formal initiation ceremony
was conducted prior to some in
formal initiation stunts followed by
refreshments. A generally good time
was enjoyed by all of those present.
Poll Indicates G.O.P.
Candidate Holds Lead
Emil Hurja, executive director of
the Democratic national committee
from 1932 to 1938 and now editor of
Pathfinder magazine, said Wednes
day an idealized cross section poll
of the nation indicated Wendell L.
IWillkie would be elected president
with a 1,500,000 to 3,000,000 plural
ity. according to a U? dispatch pub
lished in this morning’s Yakima
Herald.
Five New Members Are
Initiated in B.P.W. Club
At an impressive candle light
ceremony five new members were
initiated into the Kennewick Busi
ness and Professional Women’s club
Monday evening. The ceremony
took place at the home of Ella
Linn. The new members initiated
were Pearl Peach, Marguerite Berry,
Grace Covey, Mildred Malinowski,
and Maude Lampson.
Following the formal initiation
the new members participated in a
relay race with Mildred Malinow
ski being the winner. Refreshments
were served at the close of the eve
ning by the hostess.
The World Series
EVAN GELIST
Rev. D. C. Stout. evangelist for
over 20 years, of Houston, Texas,
who will hold services at the Naza
rene church every night of the week
except Saturday. Services will be
gin October 22 and continue until
November 3. '
Undefeated Lions
Play Ellensburg
Under Lights Sat
l Kennewick football fans will
have a chance to see what promises
to be an exciting game in the Lions
‘Den Saturday evening, October 19
at 8 o'_clock, when the local Lions
will battle with the Ellensburg team.
Both teams are undefeated so far
‘this season and this fact should
{make the game an interesting one.
' The starting line-up will be as fol
‘lows: LE, Hanratty; LT. O'Neill:
‘lO, Taylor: C, O’Neil; RG, Kippes;
iRT, Mclnturff; RE, Wright; LI-I, Be
lair; FB, Smith; RH, Garber and
QB, Wade. The substitutes accord
ing to the above positions will be
Keene, Hamby, Whittemore, Shields,
Dunlay, Zohn, Happy, J ones,
Aman, Lewis and Faulds.
The public is also asked to note
that there will be a raise in admis
sion prices due to the new Feder
al Amusement tax.
The next game the Lions will play
will be with Sunnyside there on
October 25.
Harry Lee Appointed
Eng. Captain at W.S.C.
Harry Lee, of Kennewick, has been
appointed captain in the engineer
unit of the Washington State college
R. O. T. 0., according to orders is
sued by Colonel T. K. P. Stilwell,
commandant of cadets, and approv
ed by Dr. E. 0. Holland, president.
Lee is a senior in mechanical en
gineering.
The cadet officers are training
in drill and command while hand
ling companies on the field. Class
work in various military subjects is
included in the comprehensive
training program.
Seven Schools to Take
Part in Debate Here
On Saturday, October 26, there
will be an all-day seSSion of de
bating held at the local high school.
There will be seven schools in the
southern part of the state repre
sented. A program will be fol
lowed' during the day and will con
clude with a tea. This is a practice
debate before the debate season be
gins. The question is entitled: “Re
solved That Federal Government
Should Increase Its Power." Miss
Bosc is the debate coach for the
local team.
40-Mill Tax Law
Cuts Property Tax
Forty-two Percent
Property owners in coun
ty pay $221,000 less than
before law took effect,
says Brown
Property taxpayers in Benton
county are saving approximately
$221,000 this year under the 40-min
tax limit law—a decrease of about
42 percent. Andrew Brown of Press
er, Benton county representative of
the 40-Mill Tax Limit Committee,
said today.
In 1932. home. farm and other
property owners in this county were
taxed $525,000 on their real and
personal property for state and
local governments. In 1938. for col
lection last year. they were taxed
$304,000., ' i
i “This reduction in property taxes
has made it possible for many home
}owners and farmers to meet their
‘tax bills and in many cascsto pay
‘up back taxes," Mr. Brown said. “It
has kept many pieces of property on
lthe tax mils and thus kept them
‘contributing to the cost of govern
ment, while under the old system of
1 unlimited levies many of them
would have been confiscated for
unpaid taxes.
“The people of Benton county
have given the lib-Mill limit strong
support in previous elections and
rightly so. If they wish to continue
this protection they must work for
Referendum No. 5, this year's 40-
mm bill. and vote for it on Novem
ber sth."
Two Candidates for
4-H Club Work Trip
Two entries have been filed for
the Chicago trip sponsored by the
Extension Service for outstanding
achievement in (-3 club work. Ruth
Simmelink of the Sagebrush Six
4-H Club or Locust Grove and Mar
garet Smith or the Double R. Nu
trition Club of Kennewlck each
have a very outstanding club record.
The members’ records are sent to
the State 4~H club agent and the
final decision is made by the stifle
staff.
The award is a ten-day trip to
Chicago during the International
Livestock Exposition. November 30
to December 7. Thirty-two dele
gates are sent from the state of
Washington each year to see the
Exposition ans! _ Chicago. _ '
Since 4-H club members are be
tween the ages of 10 and 20. the
most outstanding member usually
has at least five years of club ex
perience. This trip is alternated
each successive year between a boy
and a girl. This year a girl is ell
gible.
Junior Auxiliary Will
Reorganize at Meeting
The American Legion realize more
than ever the necessity of instilling
and teaching our great ideal of
“Americanism.” and service and the
local Legion Auxiliary is making
plans to reorganize a junior legion
auxiliary . A call has been made
asking that every daughter of a
world war veteran of 1918 be at the
Legion hall at 2 o’clock on Satur
day, October 19 to re-organiu.
elect officers and make plans for
the year. both in work and play.
The committee in charge states
that many eligible daughters of
veterans are unknown to them and
that each daughter eligible through
the service of her father is asked to
meet with the ladies of the auxiliary
Saturday afternoon.
Judging Team Attends
Livestock Exposition
The following boys went, to Port
land for the Pacific International
Livestock Exposition. Quentin Miz
er. Bob Hilderbrand and Lee Elder.
who composed the team and Albert
Belter and Richard Foraker. who
served as alternates.
The team judged at the Live
stock Exposition Building Saturday
morning in competition with 78
teams from schools in Oregon. Ida
ho and Washington. The team
showed considerable ability in their
judging. High scores were made in
the judging of swine.
The boys on the way home visited
the Fairview Dairy Farm. where ex
tremely up-to-dete and modern
methods of dairying were shown.
The group visited other points of
interest also.
Golfers Make Play
of Hard Work on
Beautiful Course
Men and women turn out
to clean up weeds in the
rough; picnic dinner is
served
As stated in these columns last 15-
sue. a work bee was held on the golf
course on Sunday by the members of
the golf club. The object being to
clean up the weeds in the rough
and in this way increase the pleas
ure of playing without losing bulls
and tasting time searching for
‘them.
Under the able direction of E. C.
Smith. an organization was per
fected which arranged the men in
teams. each team being allotted a
particular fairway. This resulted in
a great deal of good natured compe
tition and the result proved the
value of the clean-up effort. For
tunately for a number of men the
work was called off at 1 pm. as
\many were suffering from kinked
‘and sore backs. blistered hands and
{ravenous appetites. The ladies. un
der the ,direction of Mrs. Frank
beste. prepared for the latter and
about 12:30 a great quantity of well
‘prepared foodappeared at the No. 1
tee brought by the wives of the play
ers. Short work was made of most
of this and was thoroughly enjoyed
by all. ' '
After the lunch was served a
drawingwasheld foragoifbagand
for a time the crowd enjoyed them
selves visiting and proudly exhibit
ing blisters developed during the
morning hours. Not only the men
lhoedweedabutagreat manyladies
Joined in the campaign and did ex
!eellent work. The day was bright
and sunny and not too warm and
‘everyone present had a most enjoy
able experience.
At some later date it is proposed
to have another work bee when the
balance of the weeds will be ”remov
ed and the time will be spent in
planting trees at strategic points on
the course.
Lower Age Limit for
Federal Youth Projects
Seventeen-maid youths are
now eligible for the Notional Youth
Administration out-ot-achool work
Program. it was announced .today
by Owen K. Dovis. NYA Ares Di
rector. The new one limitations
are now 17-2; inclusive.
John H. Binns. stete NYA admin
istrator, in neleosing this new order
states that the lowering of the age
limit from is years ”Justified due
to the large numbet of youths who
are graduating from high school at
the age of 17. In order to ovoid
conflict with school attendance.
only those youths who hove gradu
ated tron: high school. or who have
beenoutofschooloneormowe
semesters will be eligible. Students
are definitely ineligible‘
Due to the expansion or shop and
related pmduction pmjecu. appu
catlons for employment are now
being ncoepted by the loco! NYA
office. located nt 115 Eat A 81'...
Yakima. Wash.
Thecltyhuaompleotpmjecta
upon which more help coma be
usedlnoonnectionwnhmeNYA.
andappucantswinundoumdly'be
received for ten or fifteen more, at
least. -
Tire Blow-Out Causes
Accident Near River
4 Mrs. Irene Hughes and daugh
ter. Miss Iris. received minor can
and bruises and Mrs. Hughes a
slight back injury when their car
left the road at Vollend's corner on
the new Kennewick-Finley oiled
road Monday evening. The mishep
was said to have been due to a tire
blow-out. The car went part way
dlown an embankment near the
:- ver.
Navy Man Visits
Charles W. Duncan. son of Mr.
and Mrs. 'l‘hos. Duncan of East
Kennewick. is home an a ten day
leave from the U. 8. Navel tain
ing station at San Diego. Upon his
return he will leave immediately
for a world cruise. with Honolulu
being his first stop. Duncan en
listed in the navy lest August.
Also visiting et the Duncan home
is Rachel Duncan, who hes been
working in Spokane during the put
year. She will return to her work
next week.
Big Crowd Attends
Booster Meeting
On Highla nd s
Blaine tells visitors that
future holds bright
prospects for this im
mediate section
Nearly four hundred people are in
attendance at. the joint. booster
meeting on the Highlands this eve
ning. mcludlng guests from all the
nearby towns. Vislcors are present
from Pasco. Prosser. Grandvlew.
Sunnyslde. Yaklma. Walla Walla
and Portland.
The meeting started wlth a tur
key dlnner served by the ladies of
the Highland Improvement club—
and such a dinner as it was} Bet
ting up three hundred places. every
seat was occupied and about eighty
people were seated at the second
table. More than three hundred
pounds of turkey with all the trim
mings were served.
Durlng the meal several musical
selections were rendered by a duet
from Walla Walla wlth an accor
dlan and gultar and a couple of boys
from Pasoo. who pleased the crowd
with songs.
Principal speaker on the program
was E. F. Blaine. of Grandview. la
ther of Washington irrigation and
one of the originators of the idea
of damming the Columbia in the
Grand Coulee. Mr. Blaine has been
a consistent booster for irrigation
and has had great influence on this
phase or the development of the
state.
The primary purpose of having
Mr. Blaine speak here was to again
“sell” the local people on the pos
sibilitles of the development or this
area. particularly as pertains to
the building of the Kennewick unit
of the Yakima Irrigation project
the so-called Kennewick High Line.
This unit will embrace approxi
mately 30.000 acres of addttional
land above the present Highlands
development. including some of the
finest irriceble lands in the West.
This project has long been under
consideration by the reclamation
department. but has been aide
trecked twice for the immediate de
velopment of other unite—first the
Kittitu unit surrounding Ellen:-
burg and later the Ron unit above
Sunnyeide.
Now that these units one virtueuy
completed and with the prospect of
on lmmedlote demand for further
development under the overshadow
ing cube of Madness. 1t nppem
to be the opportune time. oooord
tnztothelocolbocken.topreuroc
the construction of the local unit.
“Friendship Night” Big
Event in O.E.S. Circles
AlmaOhepterO.E.B.helda
Riendohip meeting at the hall on
Tuesday evening with Mrs. Bearl
Green. worthy matron. and Edwin
Frauen. worthy pan-on. presiding.
Alki mapter. Walla Walla. Sou.
iah Chapter. Paco. Sunshine
Chapter. Pmaser. Oonnell Chapter.
Oonnell and Mt. Gable Chapter of
Rania-d were special meets or the
evening. Mrs. Allie McLean past
worthy grand matron. Clara Pauly.
grand representetive oi the State
of Idaho and Mrs. Ethel Thomas.
grand representative of the State 0!
Rhode Island. all of Walla Walls.
and Mrs. Carl Bergman. worthy ma
!tron of Beulah Chapter. Pasoo. w.
MoOonnschie. worthy patron at
Hantord and Mr. Beck. worthy pa
tron or Presser. were introduced.
Following the business meeting.
Mrs. Incile Jones at Richland nng.
woompanied by Mrs. Ed Neuman
on the piano and a beautiful Friend
ehip Addenda. “The Book of
Friendship” was presented by the
officers of Alma Chapter and tour
Rainbow Girls. Concluding the
evening's enterteinment. the “Lyric
Club" directed by Mrs. Ed Neuman
and accompanied on the piano by
Ed Neuman; sang two beautiful
numbers. Refreshments were serv
ed by a committee consisting of
Mrs. Marjorie Yedica. Mrs. E. J.
Brand. Mrs. Cora Reed. Mrs. Ella
Linn and ‘Mrs. Clare Belle Ballard.
assisbd by four Rainbow Girls. Miss
Vivien mm. Miss Velma Malam
ieh. Miss Ellen Wysong and Mrs.
Mary Tsylot. Plans were made to
attend “Friendship Night" .at Pas
oo on October 28th and to attend
a 6:30 buffet supper and party at
Hartford on October 29th. All who
plan on attending either or both of
then meetings please see or call
one or the transportation commit
tee. Mrs. Marina Oliver and Floyd
Hutchins.
Wallgren Here
Congmmn waltz-en, demo
cratic candidate for United sum
Senator. will speak on the J. c.
Penney corner Saturday morning
at eleven.
Annual Turkey Dinner
The First Eng. Lutheran church
ladies hid is serving the annual tur
key dinner on 'mursday. October 3‘
from 5:30 to 7:30. The dinner will
be eel-m ct the church loathed at
and and Auburn St. The menu is
centered want! the turkey with en
the trimming end the public h in
vited to uttend.
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