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§oh XXVII
MEWS
up; Take Manila
“MlA—With Japanae in corn
“og this city and the adjoining
mg! base of Cavita, General
m MacArthur has withdrawn
”Wine army to a strong de
m line north of the city. The
W have forbidden white resi
m of the city to appear on the
M under threat of being shot.
up :ortress of Corregidor is still
hang out despite waves of Jap
m and so long as this strong
ud remains in Us. hands the
mpomOlManilaisuselessasa
h. of naval operations or for the
iodine at reinforcements.
, Chine-e Swift 1&1»
am, China—ln a mass as.
unit on Ghanaian. the Japanese
hinders auflered what is described
.5 «. ‘anstrophic debacle.” Dur
in; awe days of fighting it is esti
matcd‘that the Jap 10555 were 52,-
m in killed and wounded.
may Battle in Doubt :
Mpote— This British strong
mkeytotheFarEast, isstill
in grave danger from an advancing
up army down the Malay Peninq
uh. Japanese forces have gained‘
mom: both in Sarawak and Bri
tht North Borneo. The Dutch, con
fining the larger part of Borneo,
as continuing their fierce defense
dthe Netherland’s East Indies and
have accounted for nearly a score of
um transports and submarines.
M naval heads have sworn to
it one Jap ship a day” and thus
hrth a few days short 01
M promise.
W Command Hailed
mmgton— Most important
mt arrived at during Prime
m Churchill’s visit to Presi—
m Roosevelt was the decision to‘
.Maiimlied troopsinthe Southr
m Pacific under Supreme Uni
lied command. Heading the High
Wad is General Sir Archibald
Incl], British victor in North Afri
eo. Deputy Supreme Commander
is MajoraGenerai George Brett, 01"
USA; Commanding all naval forces
h Admiral Thomas Hart, USN;
we! of Staff is General Sir Henry
Man, British Commander of Ma
”; Generalissimo Chiang Kai
‘s! is commander of the China
i=l. Thus, the responsibility of
ting a united Allied front to
Mesa aggression is centered in
this board of five strategists. with
Banal Douglas MacArthur left
wanted in his command of the
Philippines.
_,.9“'i“9‘£§°w. _ -|
Wadhington—War material valued
It $00,000,000 belonging to aliens
“concealed on docks and in ware
hmes from Coast to Coast, has
i in seized by agents of the Treas-
Wl'! department. Much aluminum
{in included in the seizures.
* War Takes Auto Output
Washington— With the further
nice! new cars prohibited, the gov
enment will' take over the 450,000
Mae:- cars and trucks now in
the dealer’s hands, and place the
nth! motor car industry on a war
Mus far the manufacture of tanks
Md other combat units. An im
lediate award of $5.,000000,000 from
“19W” and Navy departments will
hmime the total war orders now in
“Hinds of automobile factories at
' unions of dollars.
New Draft Date Fixed
Wuhington—Beghming February
lb draft boards will begin the
mil-anon of 25,000,000 additional
““1 for war service. Two groups
"9 “feeted by the amended draft
h"3.18 to 20 and as to 64. The addi
“ul registrations will -be handled
Mic-mum. with the oldat com
:lht Only those between 20 and
'sl! be called for actual military
Mam Prom 01:
Wt troops continue
”M the retreating Nazis along
"11 ”Mrs of the Russian front.
“we the fact that Adolph the Bold
’3 "0' in supreme command of the
MOl his invading army. The
Crime. 19 being rapidly cleared of
W. pressure on Leningrad
h! “nee ceased. and the cream of
$3821 army once massed in front
«Meow is abandoning thousands
M of equipment in its head-
I”Night back to the Fatherland.
Famous Actor Dead
4'? York City—Otis Skinner.
0f the American theatre, who
2:“ in 325 plays during his 50
~ 0!! the stage. died here at the
N 1“ 33- He was the father of the
.l‘him actress Cornelia Otis
Writer in G.O.P. Post
k‘hingmn—Clemma: Budington
Emmi popular author of novpls
311031. smries. has been named
My director of the Republican
““31 Committee. Mr. Kelland,
“theme without salary. held a
. 998$ With the Y.M.C.A. in
I . during the last war.
Wfi
of #76
*WEEK
5y
r FOSTER Guam:
ELt. Fyfe Tells of fie
Work at Texas
[Flying Field
Paper renews offer to
send free “for the
duration”
The following letter of apprecia
tion was received from Us. Shay
We, who is stationed at fiouston,
Texas:
Dear Mr. Reed:
Yesterday the paper arrived and
was much apmeciated. About the
same time a letter came from dad
telling us that you were sending the‘
paper to all Kennewick boys in .the
armed servies. We think it is about.‘
the nicest thing you could have done
—we appreciate it very much. {
Perhaps dad has told you what I
am doing here. “We’d rather be in
Washington.” Ellington field is an
advanced training center for pilots
of twin motored planes. We have
about 5000 fellows on the field now
but expect large increases due to the
war. lam in the medical admin
istrative corps of the station hos
pital. My duties consiSt of many
things—2nd in command of the Hos
pital Detachment, asst. personnel 0!-
flcer, asst. Utilities odiicer—a‘ktho:
my main duties consist of running
the hospital mess in which we feed‘
about “125 men and about ‘IOO pa-l
tients daily. It is interesting work“
altho a bit far fetched from the
business of pharmacy. ‘
Thanks again for sending the
paper. It means a lot to both Moms.
and I to hear about home regularly.
Sincerely yours.
Lt. Joseph L. F‘yfe.
'lihe above is mostly to call at
tention to The Courier’s offer to
send a copy each week to all local
'boys who are in the service any
where. Ir you have a friend or rel
ative in the service who might be
glad to get the paper each week,
please furnish us with his address.
We’ll send him the paper for the
duration.
Also, we’ll be glad $0 hear from
service men, especially those who are
permitted .to tell something of their
jobs, locations, etc. Relatives and
friends who have such letters are
also asked to bring them in for pub
lication where permissable.
EVE NTUALITIES
Friday, January 9
80d Cross lHome Nursing class in
Red Cross sewing rooms, 1:30.
Woman’s Club, Mrs. Carol Pratt,
after Red Cross Home Nursing.
Roxy, Geo. Brent ‘and Martha
Scott in “They Dare Not. Love”
and "Saddlemates."
956 CD ale
Saturday, January 10—
Roxy—same as Friday.
7% 9 BE
Sunday, January 11—
See church notices.
Roxy—« Rochelle Hudson, Bruce
Lady” and M adeline Carroll and
Bennett in ,“The Officer and the
Lady” and Madeline Carroll and
(F'red McMurray in “Virginia.”
5K 9 Ble-
Monday, January 12-
Unity class, Masonic hall, 2:30.
Florlculture club, Mrs. G. W.
tSherk, 2:00 p. .m
Business Girls, Mrs. A. V. Mc‘Rey
nolds, 8 pm.
I). A. R... Mrs. O. P. Miller, 1:30.
I. O. O. F. and Rebekah installa
tion at hall, 8.
I. O. 0. F. and Rebekah banquet
at Arrow Grill, 6 pm.
Roxy—same as Sunday.
916 9 9!?
Tuesday, January 13—
Cemetery Assn—City Hall, 2:00.
Tuesday Eve. Club, Mrs. Ed Lape.
P. E. O.—Cora Whibbeck, 8 pm.
Red Cross Sewing—Red Cross
rooms, 1:30.
[East Kenn Woman’s Club, Mrs.
Frank Wright, 1:30.
Boxy—Sbanwyck and Fonda in
“I Was a Prisoner on Devil’s
Island.”
BK 4' 9%
Wednesday, urinary 14—-
rlst Circle W. s. C. 8., Mrs. W. T.
Payne, 2 pm.
P.-'l‘. A., high school auditorium.
Christian Aid, Mrs. Lea Draper,
2 pm.
Legion Auxiliary, Dolores Schmel
zer, 2 9111., Finley.
Roxy—same as Tuesday.
9% 9 ate
Thursday, January 15—
Episcopal Guild.
Parish dinner at M. G. Helm home
at 6:30.
American (Legion.
Walther League, Bethlehem Lu
theran church, 8 pm.
Royal Neighbors Installation, Ma
sonic hall, 8.
2nd Circle W. s. C. 8., Mrs. Wil
mot Gravenslund. 2 pm.
Finley grange. Finley hall, 8.
Roxy—Robert Montgomery in
“Here Comes Mr. Jordan.” and
“The Round Up.”
There was a good crowd at the
Red Cross first aid meeting at the
school house last night. Coordinat
or George Purdy announces that it
is s‘.‘.l not too late to join the clases.
Anyone interested may attend each
Wednesday night.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942.
I The New Year
War Relief Drive
Nears Total of '
17 00 Dollars Here
Hover district tops
list; contributions still
continue to come
Population considered, the Hover
district probably made the best
showing at any place in the Yaki
ma. Valley on the recent Red Cross
War Relief drive, according to a. re
port made today by Chairman How
ard McGhee. The [Hover district
turned in a. total of $127 to the fund.
Second in line was the business dis
trict o: Kennewick, where $924 was.
collected. This item included, or
course, some of the money which
would otherwise have {been collected
in other districts.
Mr. McGhee hopes that before the
drive has finally {been completed,
that someone will make it either
ten dollars and two-«bits or sixteen
dollars and six-bits, :for that would
make the total come out even. To
the last accounting last night the
total for all the districts in this end
of the county was $1683.25. Another
sixteen dollars and seventy-five
cents would make the grand total of
SI7OO.
Almost every day someone comes
in with. a contribution to the fund.
Some are adding to the amounts al
ready contributed, while others
were missed on the drive or didn‘t
happen to have change available at
the moment. Inasmuch as head
quarters is asking for every cent
possible to secure, the fund will be
kept open as long as there is any re
sponse.
While no definite quota was act
ually set for Benton county, which
comes under the Yakima jurisdic
tion, that unit was asked for $30,000.
Benton county's share was figured
from this to be about $3,000, with
this end of the county assuming
about half that sum. So. with a fif
teen hundred dollar quota, MoGhee
.feels that the people in this end of
the county have done a swell job, as
he thinks the fund will hit SI7OO
fairly soon.
The area was divided into dis
tricts and his reports show the fol
lowing returns from the drive:
Kennewick .---...______s 924.09
Kennewick Valley -__.___. 10720
Kennewick South _._— 86.60
West Highlands ________. 55.00
River Road _._... 58.50
Locust Grove _._.__._ 22.00
Richland .____._.__.. 1117.29
lorn Rapids _._—_._... 119.42
Finley _._—_._— 68.15
Hover _____.___ 127.00
Total ________._sl.6B3.2s
P.-T. A. Prepares
Interesting Program
The first meeting of the P.-T. A.
for the new year promises entertain
ment as well as valuable informa
tion. The musical part of the pro
gram will include choral numbers
by the high school glee club under
the direction of Miss Virgil Hop
kins. Freddie Thompson will .play a
trumpet solo.
or vital interest to all Kenne
wick residents will be a. talk on
“Civilian Defense" by George Purdy.
He will outline the activities that
the committees are executing in
the interests of our local defense
unit. The P. T. A. meets next Wed
nesday, January 14th in the high
sechool auditorium at 8 o'clock.
Every one is invited to attend.
NEED VOLUNTEERS
Many more volunteers for home
defense are needed, and registra
tions are still being received at
the city hall until Saturday eve
ning of this week, states Coordin
ator George Purdy. Only residents
inside the city limits are to be
included in this list. ’
Registrants will be asked what
kind of work they prefer to do,
what hours are most suitable,
etc. Where possible, they will be
assigned to the positions requested,
Mr. Purdy says.
Only a. comparatively few have
registered so far, although it was
hoped thateverymaninthecity
would list his name.
Seek to For m
Soil Conservation
District Here
Project promises facil
ities of benefit to
farmers of the district
Farmers in the east end of Ben
ton county are—or will be—pre
sented withthe proposition of form
ing a soil conservation district. The
project is being presented this eve
ning at the Valley grange and next
Thursday night at the Finley grange.
A recent meeting of representa
tives from the several districts lo
cally met with officials from the de
partment of agriculture to consider
the proposition. It was the unani
mous opinion of these men that the
people of the district be presented
with the plan in the hopes of form
ing a district here to secure the ad
vantages which the plan offers.
A soil conservation district is an
organization through which farmers
themselves may exercise their own
responsibility and initiative in utiliz
ing indvdual, communty, state and
national facilites as avalalble to
ward a common objective of con
servation of soil and water resources,
the maintenance of soil tilth and
fertidity and the control and pre
vention of erosion within the dis
trict.
Formation of a district will make
it possible for farmers to receive
assistance from state and lederai
agencies in land use planning. de
velopment of suitable rotations, im
proved farming practices, etc. Also
enables farmers to cooperate in
controlling erosion and, through
united extort. to more effectively
meet a common problem.
The district cannot levy taxes or
issue bonds. The five supervisors
serve without pay or travel allow
ances.
A district has already been formed
in the north end of the county. The
district now proposed encompasses
allthelandintheeastendofthe
octmty this side of The Horn.
Officers Attend School
Fire Chief Carol Pratt and Walt
Desgranges are in Spokane this week
attending an emergency fire pre
vention school. Their principal
training will be concerning the
handling of the various types of
bombs being used in this war. They,
in turn, will school the volunteer
fire fighters when they return home.
In the meantime, Chief of Police
Mitchell Kershaw is attending a
weeks schooling by the FBI in Walla
Walla. He will also train the local
volunteer police department.
New Law Changes
Air Raid Warning
Signals
Blackout ordinance
puts penalties for
failure to comply
i "I'his home defense business is no
joke, and any officer who doesnt at
-Itend to business is going~to get
‘canned. Mayor A. C. Amon stated
‘to the council Tuesday night when
‘ that body was considering the pas
-1 sage of the new blackout ordinance.
“Meetings have been called to ac
:quai-nt the appointed officers with
their duties. At the last meeting
them were three present, including
the mayor and coordinator. yet all
had been notified of the meeting.
There really should be some way of
letting people imow who had been
fired, too. the mayor continued.
“We dont take our danger ser
iously enough. he said. “We are
getting orders every day from the
government who want every possible
precaution taken. Even if we fail
toseetheneedofitthosewhoare
ontheinsideseemtothinkthe
dangerisreal and'wecertainlyouzht
to take every precaution they ad
vise. Im going to see that everything
Icanpossiblydoishandledac
cording to instructions,” he said.
Then the council gave the black
out ordinance the first and second
readings. It provides penalties for
failure to comply with orders re
garding blackouts. traffic. etc. Third
and final reading will be given the
ordinance at the next meeting.
The new ordinance who changes
the blackout signals to correspond
with the instructions sent out by the
government. The blackout signals
will be a two—minute intermittant
signal. Within two minutes every
light must be doused, all street trafm
fic stopped and no groups allowed
to congregate. The all-clear sig-;
nal will be a steady two-minute biast.l
Thesesignalswillbethesamein
all parts of the country.
The formation of a home guard
unit was also discussed and in
vestigations are to be undertaken
to learn the requirements for such
a unit. here. This organization is
similar to the old national and.
and includes regular military train
ing with uniform, guns and all
modern equipment. Such units are
now being formed in many locall
tis and it is thought possble a unit
can be formed in Kennewlck.
Thoughts of Licking
Stamps Causes Shudder
Postmaster l". E. Lincoln says that
if it wasn‘t :for the pesky Japs. he'd
ask the department to put a little
better flavor in the stick-um on the
pastage stamps. for he really felt
ashamed of himself this Christmas.
'He sold 33.000 one-and-a-half-oent
stamps this last month and he shud
ders to think of licking that many
of those dull-colored, terrible-tast
ing stamps!
He thinks the purple. W
have a better flavor and doesn’t feel
quite so bad about sellina'mone than
20,000 of them. “At that." he says.
“they taste better than the old me
publican two-centers that we all
used so many of."
He doesn't like the snow. either.
he says. But it can't be for law.
he thinks. for the office crew handl
ed a shipment of day-old chia this
week and he paraphrased it: “I:
fit): come. can m be far he
' d?”
Now Ensign, Don Duffy
Having Received Wings
Donald P. Duffy. 26. of Kennewick
has successfully completed his U. S.
Naval Reserve flight training at the
Naval Air Station in Jacksonville.
Fla. and has been awarded his Navy
wings and has been commissioned
an Ensign. according to word ne
oelved from the 'l‘hirteenm Naval
District. Seattle.
Ensign Duffy enlisted in the Navy
in Seattle and went through his pre
liminary flight training at the Naval
Resem air base there.
He is the son of Clarence E. Duffy
of Kennewick. He graduated Imin
Washington State College with a B.
8. degree in mining administration.
With the completion of his seven
months of flight training. Ensign
Duffy will now be assigned to active
duty with the fleet air arm.
59 More Donors to
Community Chest
Ups Total to SI4BO
Refer all solicitors
to community for
investigation
The Community Chest has now
accumulated a fund of ”.4798? to
wards the quota of $1500.00 set by
the committee at the beginning at
the drive. The committee feels that
thisisai'ineshowinc torthecom
munity and wishes to email itself at
this opportunity to expxeee its op
preciation for the line coopemtion
shown by every one in the commun
lty.
The fund of $1,479.87 now on hand
will enable the Community Cheot to
meet all demands upon it and will
leave a small reserve for conting
encies.
In-wmuch as there is a. small
neserve in the chest fund and for
the reason that the intent hunt
the organization of the chest was to
consolidate drives. the Chamber 0!
Commerce. at the noon luncheon n
animously {avowed a motion to me
quest that all i'utuxe solicitations by
outside organizations be Mex-red to
the chest committee for confiden
tionandaction. Thisoicoursedoes
not include the Red Cross.
The following names commutes
the list of Community Chest donors
(for this year. previous lists havmc
appeared in earlier issues.
EdSellick.Mr.aners.L.A.
Tmedt. Robert Tweedt. Mr. end
Mrs. C. E. Hunt, 111. ‘Wm. Avery, nee
Allen. Ray Reeder. Ed Weber. Roy
Sutphin. Wm. Armstrong. Kenn-n
Dunlap. 'A. J. Thompson. Columbia
Electric. Punk Yoshino and family.
niche Davison. Zelma Dye. [acme
St. Laurent. Ruth Durham. Hrs.
Walter Hue. Margie Harrow, Min
nie Hansen. Carl B. Mayer. Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Mayer, Mrs. A. V. Mc-
Reynolds. Kenneth Hudson. Cells
Rowley. Marshall Dutton. Audrey
Kirby. Ted Rogers. Ben Van .m
--sen. Roxy mm.
Edgar Gilbert, Ray Normile. Roger
Jones. Don Ooaotcs. Barbara Keith.
Burton MoCabe. Raul Oliver, Geo.
Byrd. W. M. Martin. Mubeth
Olson. Elmer Olson, Kennewick
Bakery. A. T. Belair. Prunes Meeti
men. Lorene Nod-mile. 8. Chem
peaux. Curtis Egbert. Jim GNeill.
R. Ashby. w. I). Ashby.
War Fixes It So We
Can’t Have Weather
War sum is hell. Can't even print
the past week’s weather report: any
more! However. Weatherman Al
Morgan has been allowed to tell us
thattheeoldeetnlghtsotarwu
on New Year's Eve. when it regs
tered five below, as it dld also on
menlghtoftheStuAeoordlngto
thenewnnechheknmhlsm
tomer. he's allowed to tell him how
cold it was. but on the telephone he
has to get a birth certificate. If!!-
davit. habeus corpus or something
before he can give out any inform»;
tion. So. for the duration. we'll:
probably have no more weamer. {
Chamber Endorses
Transient Camp
Highland grange fore
sees labor shortage
Mmmdorsementdnm
olution recently passed by the
Highlandsgnnaewuflvenbythe
chmberdwmmeroethumm'nle
ordinance requests the enamel:-
ment at a moblle labor can for
thissecdmpu-ucmsflydmthe
£llllth ;
Became o! the large numbers of‘
menandboysbelnctakentmm the‘
community (as the service nnd tori
ddmsewhcmmml
age Is anticipated. The est-bush
ment of the labor amp and em
ployment unit is therefor seen as the
only possible means of securing]
help enough to handle Kennewick's‘
«ops.
Investigations of the facilities snd‘
need for such a camp have already
beenundertakenbythedepu'unent
sndtmsmsoiuuonlsthetmnlsp
[mention for its estsbushmenz we
thisyeu.
Tire Rationing
Program Hits
Kennewick Folk
Must have official,
hard to get, OK to
buy any tire
It you have a good set of tires on
your car consider yourael'l lucky. for
there will be no chance of buying
new ones for a yenr or so. according
to information being put out by the
priorities boards. Benton county has
nine tires alloted (or the current
month. and all sorts of conditions
must be met to secure even one at
them. no matter how much money
you have.
Not only that. but the purchaser
must. turn in his old tire when per
mitted to buy a new one. Tnlk
about Comm! We‘re right down
to that point run now—and no
foolin'.
Early this week. der little Puehrer.
Mayor A. C. Amen cots word from
llyoumontheflnortm
Mandyonrflmuelnnchu
state they cannot be mapped.
Md «otherwise remind.
mmynodnwmm
“themm mun-
Won dimly. Sacha”!!-
cunt'.¢honutbelmpoc¢odbya
mites-aluminum
ammumh
mmmmm
each Mood” night at 7:80 at
mmmummm
cum “lemme-Mumm
mtmmhmb
them
Washington to appoint e. tire ration-
Ing bond 0! three members. Be
appointed 0. 0. Williams. Chm
Duflyend'sobarm. The-omen
each have alternates who an O. I.
“mammnyoummeror
notyoumengbletopurdnw.
mun. Mammdmnthey
are very definitely limited as to who
hewmmmemoute-en
wmwfllhepermwtedtopnr-
chase e. the under my circum
stances.
l'brtnxtmcemnulepretermdm
coma doctors. nurses. etc” flu
fighting equipment 1:11:9on
them. 'l'hencomeotherom
nonmnooommgtomtbncm
mdealonzM—M
gumnomwmmu
Even m delivery truck: a.
notonthenst,uwenumyother
Window.
“Buomontha’mpplyotnewmb
be: flocks must last this country
the next couple or years." the di
rector aye. the Menace betas that
withtnacomleof yeauuaerewm
either be no need a! W «-
ttack the: or a. new supply will
hevebeen fwnd_bymat_._tln|e
mumnowmstockhuveben
fmenandwmbesoldonlywlmthc
full authority and.oonnent or the
tire rationing bonds. Old tires and
mmwbemmedmttmfim
I . .
Joint Installation
Kiwanis Officers
L. Z. Scott heads
local organization
Lawrence Scott at Kennewick end
L. E. Beboock at the {Pasco m
club will head their respective or
genintions for the year 1942. end
were installed st the ennusl joint
ihmuet oi the clubs last Tum
evening at the Arrow Grill.
} Chas. Howard of Wells. wan.
Lieutenant Governor for Divisias
‘74:. acted as installing officer. and
'preieced the actual pmeentetion at
mine with a. deecription at the 100
firm at Kiwsnis Inter-Notional
lend its relation to the we: Mien
at the nation. A definite Ism
‘ment he. been given the m
m by President Roon
velt, end deteils at it will be loath
ooming u the you prone-lee.
llr. Bowud then presented pelt
pxeddent pins to Chas 8110qu d
the Keane-wick club and flush Cope
lnndotthehscocluh. Form.
Copeland. this was a. sicnfiognt oo
cssion (or him to receive his eeeond
put-We pin. another hot
incheenewardedhiminauly. 193.
when he was president of the Ron
newiek m' and we: trensleuod
to Peso. Brio! installation tub
were men to the two hands a
directors; to Vice-presidents Ned
Prescott and Kerry Chenoweth at
Mendtol’sulstone endErnou
Huber at the Kennewick, end to
seaeteries Vane Wilder and Btu
ther Dongle-s.
Entertainment included vocal ooh
by Mrs. Punk hairpin. nocompnniea
by His: Virgil Hopkins: piano duet
by Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Neumen. end
seven! numbers by 0. string qua-tot,
of high school students from Pesoo.
Out-oi-town guests included In.
Chas. Howard. wife of the lieutenant
governor. and Mr. and Hrs. he”
W .0! WW Wt!!!» Mr.
W is Northweot m
oonunitteemnn for Inter-0b “
Mons. A '
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