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Em XXVII
[NEWS ll
mmmte
up, Egypt—At a tremendous
at in life and planes. Nazis ’have‘
man out of Crete the British and
m mops defending this stra:
an Eastern Mediterranean island.
About 15.000 troops reached safety
m-uypt, but the defenders’ losses
"In med and captured were propor-J
namely the heaviest of the war to
m
mmitums I
mil—British forces are in can.
in! of the big oil fields of Mosul
W the surrender of Iraqi forces
which staged a speedily quenched
man under former Premier Rashid
m m Gailani, the Axis stooge in
mg, Reports that the latter had
trumped the boy-king in his flight
up discredited by British officials
dating with the new Regent.
my City, N. J.-—Worst fire in
Jersey ity, N. CJ.—-Worst fire in
the city hhtory swept three water
front blocks near the scene of the
Buck Tam explosion during the
first World War, causing a. loss of
momma in foodstuffs and sup
plies of all kinds awaiting shipment
to mud. Fire department offi
mm Federal investigators were
Inabie‘gto assign any cause for the
than, which burned 24 hours before
being Bought under control.
Vancouver, B. C.—The new $2,000,-
on Sea Island plant of the Boeing
Aircraft Company, with millions of
dollars of defeme orders, was badly
amazed by fire which destroyed
the administration building and
push material awaiting construc
h. The plant is the largest in
Quads under one roof and its first
mil-act coiled for forty armed fly
hm.
; 30!“?! Costs Lives I
New York City—Reports from all
Idiom of the country indicate that
Incidents over the 3-day Memorial
Du holiday would take a toll of
In than 500 lives. Most of the
Hulda reported were due to
While accidents. V
lep_rmmbfii;n Doomed i
Wellington A carefully camo—
hmd move to bring back nation-
Illlnhibition appears to be headed
at (Easter in Congress. Ostensibly.
Finding bills would establish wide
”Minion areas in every state
m any army, navy or marine
N. and would surround the fli
hen largest cities of the country
ill! bone-dry areas. After scathing
Nests from the Secretaries of
WI! and the Navy, Congressional
A - him have decided to drop the
i Wed legislation. Asked if ex
-3 Hildent Hoover, leading Prohi-
Nlulst of the country, was backing
the new bills, their sponsors refused
‘ hmumt.
Ship Seizure Predicted
WWW Threats by Nazi
~ W that any action by the U.
M‘- 30 seize permanently the foreign
“in recently placed in “protective
"W in American ports would
MB in war, will be given its first
. “It Winn the next fortnight. aft-
I President Roosevelt signs the
Name bill already passed by
M The measure was one of
.-_ ' mm or important bills sent to
“Milent for consideration dur
2'?“ last week-end at Hyde Park,
[Elana Accuses Nazis 1
Dublin, Eire~The government of
“Wish Free State will formally ac-
Cure Germany or responsibility for,
, g” Whine at Dublin, which killed .
31 pFicus, wounded 100, and left
“ 11581118. all of whom are believed
:d' Gerinany Will be asked to pay
them damage, with reparations to
Wander! and survivors of the
““- Pollowing the bombing of this
:3“! Capital, other bombs were
"flaw in Southern Eire. causing
D‘lis Dread damage in farming sec-
J Syrian Attack Expected
hmfimalem ~ Movement of Nazi
3m? thmllgh French-mandated
31% ‘5 exDected to bring about 3
[them declaration that Syria and
lazy {llOll are enemy-occupied terri
to - Pfee French" forces are ready
he‘ifilutiiierzitti with the British in at
ed byg iii“? posts still dominat
“Eminent. am-dommated Vichy
Jabs Swear Off vaping
'geoki'kfieralded by posters every
hare reading “Lot the graceful
mmmOl Japan be reflected in her
the {”931 morals." the Empire of
hufilsmg Sun is this week cele
"ld g ”GOOd-commei‘cial-morals
misfadlfittansaction - prevention
.' 112:1 commercial centehrs
Mess. rs are preaching t e
Milne 01' commercial honesty.
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of ti):
'WEEK 1
fl]
,lPredicts Big
Development
011 Columbia
Says Potential
Traffic is
Enormous
“You’ll see the day When Kenne
wick will be the center of much
activity,” Capt. LeppaAauto told
members of the Kennewick chamber
of commerce this noon. Capt. Leppa
lauto is one of the officials in the
Upper Columbia River Transporta
tion 00., and also the Columbia‘
Terminal 00., here in the interests
of his companies in connection with
the barge load of lumber which ar
rived at the local port yesterday art
emoon. 1
The lumber, which was shipped
from Portland, came up the river as
a deck load on the gasoline barge
and was the first commercial ship
ment to be received at the new port
district. Delay in the arrival of the
shipment was due to difficulties en
countered in unloading the gasoline
cargo at Umatilla. \
The material, now unlowed at the
port. is to be used in building the
grain handling elevator, construc
tion of which was started today.
The equipment win be completed
and ready to handle bulk grain in
45 days the captain told the mem
bers of the chamber this noon.
'He said that the construction of
the bulk freight dock and handling
equipment should be the next de
velopment at the port and the spur
track for rail connections should be
pushed at the earliest possible mo
ment. He said that as soon as the
facilities were provided that there
was a tremendous potential ton
nage of freight which could use the
river and that the port officials
should have every help available in
securing this business for the com
munity.
The captain said that the work on
the river by the government dredges
was now completed at Umatilla and
that by low water time the «Homily
Rapids work would be completed,
so that the river would be safe for
operations at all times of the year. 1
Because of the rapid expansion\
of the business, he said, his com-‘
party had just placed an order for
new engines for an additional paw
erful tug as well as more new barges.
He said this new equipment would
be ready for use by the first of
April.
1 Capt. Leppalauto said that the
new Washington street grade to the
island, for the use of the Columbia
Marine Shipyards Co. was doubly
valuable. It provided all-year-amund
access to the plant on the islandl
as well as providing still water at{
the port site. He said that the cross
currents before the road was con
structed had made his operating
crew dubious as to manoeuvering,
but that since the road was in he
found it a handy place to operate
his barges.
Because of the expansion in the
railroad rails, there was some delay
in opening the draw span on the
railroad bridge as the tug and barge
came through yesterday. Port dis
trict officials and a hundred or so
interested citizens were on hand to
greet the arrival of the first barge
at the newly activated Port of Ken
newick.
GUEST SPEAKER
Robert Williams, Unity leader in
Glendale, California, will be guest
speaker at ‘ the Masonic hall next
Monday afternoon at two-thirty. In
the evening he will speak at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George Adams
in the Olmsted addition. The public
is invited to either or both these
meetings. There is no admission
charge. ' I
I COULEE PAMEIAETETQJ‘KQRK I
Photo: fishington Strto Progress (3);}:st andfihin—nEß'mmw-r Publfihers' Asa—cg;
Grand Coulee Dam, man’s greatest engineering feat, is shown above in
the latest picture taken for the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation. At the
time this picture was taken, the mighty Columbia. was already produc
ing power toward the building of a greater industrial Washington.
KEN N EWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUN E 5, 1941.
I Observers l
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(WNU Service)”
Eight in Race
For Rodeo Queen
Princesses Seek‘
Queen Tommy’s Crown
For the past few weeks girls have
been giving their names to Mrs.
Howard Beste with anticipation of
being Kennewick 1942 ROdeo Queen
The usual buttons hak been ordered
and the girls can hardly wait to
1 start their campaign. This year so;
far has the largest number of at
tendants ever riding in the royali
parade, and more enthusiasm is be
ing snown. The girls already on the
princess list are the Misses Irma
.Pratt, Irene Olson, Fern Harryman,
Ethel Hays, Norma Alexander, Zelda
Dehnoff, Hazel Avery and Dorothy
Svantonsky.
The advertising committee are
really going to town. The rubber
stamp many you probably have no
ticed on your mail is just one of
the many ways and means they are
using to get the Kennewick rodeo,
well known.
Howard MeGhee wishes to en
lighten the public on this matter of
windshield stickers. Simply pull into
your favorite set-vice station, and
along with the usual cleaning and
polidhing job. they will very artis
tically stick a cowboy and the cele
bration dates on the windshield that
is. believe it or not, free of charge]
Eastern Star Presents
Worthy Matron with Gift
The Eastern Star met with its
regular meeting this week. It was
the 34th anniversary of the chap
ter, and the last m‘eeting for the
summer; Clambell Safford, worthy
matron, was presented a gift from
the chapter and later refreshments
and games were enjoyed by the
members. 1
Mrs. Hattie 1. Smith entertained
with a one o’clock dinner today hon
oring Mrs. Al Williams. Guests pres
ent'were Mrs. Joe Martin, Mrs. Em
ma Higley, Mrs. Williams pf Pasco
and Mrs. E. A. Silliman.
Mr. and Mrs. Erman Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Hansen and George
Callahan of Fresno, California, who
are house guests of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Hacker and family. were the
guests Wednesday night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Lemar For
aker.
Mrs. C. E. West and daughter,
Inella, who have spent the past
month here with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. D. E. Taylor and family,
left this morning for their home in
Nebraska. ‘
Friends of J. F. Scott were glad to
welcome him home again in Ken
newick Tuesday evening. For the
past three months he has been a
patient in the St. Vincent’s hospital
in Portland suffering from a foot
ailment.
LET’S GO!
'lf people all over the west do
not see the bucking: horse repro
duced below, it will not be the
fault of the advertising commit
tee for the Kennewick Rodeo.
This week Howard McGhee, the
chairmn of the committee, has
Diced hundreds of the windshield
stickers around at the several gas
stations and other places and al
ready many cars are wearing
them. They are attractive in two
colors and the same dedgn will be
carried out in the buttons which
the rodeo“prlncesses will sell to
determine who will wear the
crown for next year. Do your part
—getastickeronyonrcarand
help advertise Kennewick’s big
celebration.
Prisoners of War
Pass Through Here
Kennewick’s police force was call
ed to Pasoo one day this week to
help guard a shipment of 39 Italian
prisoners of war who were being
transported to Missoula, Montana.
to be interned for the duration.
Police officers of both counties
were stationed around the train,
. which came from Portland, to pre
. vent the escape of any of the pris
ioners. Chief Kershaw said they
were a surly bunch, as a whole , and
one of the crew was a lad not over
17 years old. The gang was a part
of the group rounded up recently by
the FBI in Portland on ship sabo
tage charges. They were being well
treated and fed—probably much bet
ter at the hands of Uncle Sam than
they possibly could haVe fared as
crews on the ship of their native
country.
Get-Together Night
at Highlands June 10
HIGHLANDS—A Highland Get-
Together; date, Tuesday, June 10;
place, Highland Club House; time,
8 p.m.'l3rlng something old or
new for Bruce and Allie Lampson.
Ladies are asked to bring a pie
and coffee will be served by the
Highland Woman’s Club.
Cherry Harvest
Now at Peak
Shortage of Pickers
Slows up Receipts
A shortage of pickers is slowing
up the local cherry harvest, there
being many fewer transients this
year than in former years. Packing
houses, however. are running at any
pacity. with every packing stand oc-‘
cupied. ' l
The crop is ripening slower than
was expected, however. and this is
giving additional opportunity to
have the chem-la picked. Quality is}
higher this year than last year and?
several of the growers claim they
will have even bigger crops than last
year. which topped all~previous rec
ords. ' Other growers are reporting
reduced crops over last year. altho
the cullase is smaller than last year
and the sizes on the whole larger.
Manager Desgranges reported four
oars rolled from his warehouse yes
terday. with five out. tonight. Other
pecans houses are about on the
same scale. He reports a fair yield
ofpeasnoweominginforthefreez
ing plant. More than two hundred
tons are contracted for.
fie says that the experirnentai
pack of from peaches the corn
pany put out last year was success
ful and a complete sell-out. altho
it was difficult to get them started.
Apricots will be frozen this year-1
again and as many peaches as can‘
be secured. Cots will be a good‘
price this year on account of the
very short crop. l
Defense Work Brings
Boom in California
A letter from Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Howe. of Oceanside tells of a big
boom on in that vicinity. They say
that every shack. house and room
in Oceanside is filled—some 300 pet»;l
ple driving there from. San Diego!
daily to engage in defense work. An
8.000-acre ammunition dump is be
ing constructed within 12 miles of
Oceanside and prospects for a 300-
000 acre training camp for 30.000
soldiers being built adjacent to the
town. ;If this .is done the town will
jump in papulatlon. .‘ Howe says.
from 5,000 to 15.000 year.
Business there is b‘ best
it has ever-been he says. , we:
formerly owned Q 99 "
Hardware store here;as well as resi
dential property. He and his son.
Tracy operated a hardware store
there. although he has recently sold
his interests to the son.
The Weather
Grand Weather for everything is
the stuff put out the past week by"
Weatherman Al Morgan. Not too
hot; not too. cold—rain helped a
little and did no damage: tempera
tures about right as indicated in the
table below. This week last year is
also given for comparative purposes.
May 2941-50
May 30—89-64
May 31—85-54 -
June 1—77-57
Juhe 2—Bo-53
June 3—82-51
June 4—Bo-50
67—43
69-48
72-53
80-45
80-50
83-53
85-50
Individual Growers Proud
of Fruit Harvests
Mayor Amen is very enthusiastic
over th bins cherry crop this year.
and perhaps he is justified. If you
will glance in the local priming win
dow. you’ll hee his own special dis
play that is intended to uphold his
optimistic declarations abou: his
crop. He says he'll pick two tor: a
day and they more than likely can
not be through in lee; than ten days.
The rain so deuinental to the
grass and berries ”and to agree
with the early peaches. H. P. Cran
merisquitemndothhcomerin‘
in window when his Rochestersl
are another pmoi' that maybe stung
me:- is actually here. i
Philco Dealer
Wins Pine Trip
Yedica to Take
All-Expense Jaunt
Winner in a district sales con
test. 0. H. Yedic‘ leaves tomorrow
on a special coach from Spanne.
for a week at the Del Monte hotel in
has Angeles. The trlp includes all
kinds of entemmunent nth heed
quarters It this newest hotel In
the west.
Mr. Yedlca won an trip for luv
in: the highest cues in his district
for the Phuco radios and rem:-
erators. “Not only did I enjoy'hnv.
1118 the volume at Mass I tuned
in." Mr. Yedice. sold. “but I feel--
end the comm oracms sated,
that it was a splendid Indication o!
the bushes; conditions in the Ken
newick nu.” Mr. Yediu. who a
mo went tor the 3mm, sud
tint this past month showed his
best totals for business In the your
behubeenlnxennewick.“lhove
been ottered men! opportunmm
‘0 00 elsewhexefl he said, “but the‘
outlook would have to be good m
deed. to tempt me to lone Ken
newlck."
June 10 Scheduled
For Tot’s Examination
The local unit of the Plant-m
--elm-WWW with
the nations! Won I; spon
sax-inc My morning. June 10.
the Summer Round-up tor-41mm
mmmeoaoweumuml
“Whemavlhkwehope
In some Inc-sue to do through
the Summer Round-Up.
} Through medieelenadenm ex
‘amhndonsbyourloeudowonnnd
dentists. I!” My don.”
their services is wooded every
child. Imumdnummn.
it! to verily your child's good hunt;
or discover his deficiencies in ample
time so tint medical measure; can
be talien to M m In the but
physical condition possible, new.
mauve: bevebeenaoucmng the
mm 9118le torthhenmlm
“on. Hyoulnveechud entering
schooltortheflntumemdmve
notbeenemhctedbygmm,
five of our mutation. we we
Valhallafiemenw
‘W‘nlwohtment.
To Give School Liinch
Tickets for Vegetables
School .611 an will be given
lunch flout: for the next, school
year in retm-n for mm m
““011 1&8an tothecchool 1307.;
Mlunchmommmm
everydaymrmcmetooatal
Mmdmm,
Strawberries, «mm undpeu
mmtednowandonyotham
plusfruitsorvecetablecwinbem-y
much amt-echoed. under yaung
beet M 8 from thinning ungu
beetsmnnetor trauma”.
have surplus products let Mrs. now
eryknowuthehlch-chooundlet
a school child have cum-t at the
school menu. for next yen-3‘
inches.
Because (nets of the my men an
requiring fret: vacuum, demand.
on 0“? supply Will be unusually high
this year and school suppnes m
not even “equate this year.
, . Do
' YOU
‘ KNOW!
uwmfimm
Heat generated 1 n hurdenin;
concrete sometimes patents n tre
mendous engineering problem.
Witness the Grand Coulee dam.
with its 10.250.000 cubic yards of
concrete. It required two line
pump barges. 2.000 miles of pipe. two
miles of inspection shuts. six miles
of other shafts and five years to re
duce the dam's temperature from
lumisdegneshhrenhemCostot
the mucous. necessary to achieve
maximum strength. was 81,400,000.
Benton Goes
ZtolforWheat
Allotment
Grange Leader
Tells of Parity
Price Plans
Falling below the average for the
state and nation. Benton county
wheat farmers. nevertheless. voted
almost two to one for the wheat al
lottment plan last Saturday. The
vote in this county was 112 to so
against. according to the tabula
tions made by the local agency. The
plan carried by better than 80 per
cent over the country.
“The nation's Wheat farmers. by
votmc 4 to 1 in ravor or marketing
quotas have availed themselves or a
two-price warrant that will prevent
world surpluses from depressing the
American price of wheat. "declared
Henry P. Oarstenaen. acting master
of the Washington State Grange
today.
“At the eeme time ." he contin
ued. “they heve accepted e plen.
which. it carried through to its loci
cel conclusion. will prove the via
dom of makinc i-t possible for term
ere to set e peri-ty price on the do
meeticelly consumed portion or their
pmducte. end et the eeme time
eliminete dole peymente."
Oereteneen expleined thet the gov.
ernment will now lcen 85 percent at
perity on wheet merketed within
specified ecreeoe ellotmente-en
emount per bushel beeed on the
1900-1914 retio of the price at wheet
to the index of outer commodittee
and richer m. The 85 percent
hen. coupled with AM elldtment
end perity permeate. will firm the
price of mete-1M“ within the
W to e tote! or epproeilnete.
ly 31.“ e Michel.
“'lhe loen velue. plus AAA ellot
ment end perity peymente. will
roughly W. the out of
Motion figure much we hen
oonstently audit." the m leed
er eteted. “Ibenext step is to plece
e “new" under the term price. hee
ed on the em out of produc
tion. end hereby eliminete the need
for AM allotment end perity pey
mente!’ '
antenna emphasised that the
pro-eat as percent of purity Icon in
opplicahie only to wheat. cotton.
com end tobecco. No other com
modities one directly affected. Even
with the four commodities mention
ed." he «id. “the result would not
«(not nice- b coneuniers meta-ici
lygbeecuee only fractional new at
bushel: or hie: one used in the
Mentoring the veriouc uniu a
consumer commodities each u flour.
Mead or cotton cloth. For menace.
o m: of wheat will nuke about
Imonepoundloweeofhludaothot
thecoetofthe whatneedcdi'orc
lost or head. even at 81.14 c bu.
willheonly 1.0 @ll3.me
olcboutßAOolecmtperlocfom
mt Wheat prices.”
Omtemen. I meet and live
etock mducer himself. cures-ed
mtii'icction over theoutcome oi the,
wheat referendum. but mode it clear
thctheoonudmditwtomjc
uptown-d true parity income fa
Walton."
“We must remember amt produc
er: of other farm commodities are
atin lonely oi: the mercy oi world
what prices. while they are pur
chasing their needs on e W
demonic mnrket. The result is n
condition oi serious unhelenoe thnt
cenberemediedmlyhyplecingoll
commodities upon e cost of undue
tion price but u tar as the domes
tic market is concerned. '
“Producer: of dairy produou. live
stock. fruits. mm. hey ond other
apps ere just a much entitled to
cost oi production prices and mini
mum we” on I. protected demoe
uc market on manuiecturers end or
umbled lehor. Unless fem ere
permitted to attain nonml Ameri
can etenderds of living. the Nation
cannothecironginitsdei'eneeei
font. for the American farmer is co
in: to be the heckbone oi notional
defense. I! we guarantee him e price
above cost of production upon the
domestically marketed portion of his
products. and store the remainder or
sell it into world trade for whatever
it will bring. surpluses will be no
cause for worry. Agricultural income
will reach 1 parity with the income
oi industry and labor and America
will he in excellent position for any
emergency."
- Referring to recently Mopmd
minimum price; esttblished by the
U. Bruno-anew of Agriculture on
such essential foods as butter. eggs.
pork and chickens. Carstensen said
the mice; were arbitrarily fixed at
levels “too low to return the produc
er his cost of production. while leav
ing him entirely wothout any as-
mace that he would be reimbhrsga
W a?“ 02 exp-mam. his firm
plant for the hem-ed production
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