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M Wy's declaration of war
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W“ dropped by planes over
a u, 8. lines on the Bataan pen
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m to save mrbher “useless loss
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“ mm, which General Mac
mumr treated with silent contempt,
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muted suicide-
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Darwin. Australia. While this
port suffered a mien of Jap
me sir raids which did little dam
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meme command of all United
ms forces in one South Pacific,
M laid his plans for a vest
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as. uan Indication of what is yet
to sine. a combined U. S. and Aus-
Inlhn air force destroyed 23 Jap
m assembled at New Guinea. {for
a aid on Australian positions. on:
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an Washington reputed that a.
Japmnserhed-beensmrkor
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' ' ”at. 12.000 Nazis Slain
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hin front, where :for ten days a.
.mutﬂehasbeen in progress, In
-5” that 12,000 Germans have
ﬁll: killed and equipment captur
d mum to outfit. a complete
Nada Seize Vichy Food '
glancing, Prance—Albhmmgh Un
m France is lacing slow star
pun, every ship bringing food
”from French Africa is board
lelGerman and Italian commis-
M and the choicest portions of
vﬁmisseized for use by the
planners. These commission
qhave their oﬂfices at Vichy, close
hike headqwters of Marshal Pe
ﬁn. and all protests that the food
mm needed by ﬂhe French are
MOI-stadonCoast
ﬁnPrancisoo—Japame residents
.Mbridge Island, Puget Sound,
.‘lﬂe the Bremerton Navy Yard
he been ordered to evacuate the
“Winn-ch 30. The order will
that about 300 Japs. .
President Asks
AlllChildren Be
Immunized
COunty health officers
to handle campaign in
next ‘thirty days
Under presidential proclamation,
'hilhnsbeensetasGhil-dﬁealth
:N. Cooperating with the Red
..an. -Legion, American Medical
" Mum. National are, state
Wuhan] hoards of health, the
mind or health, coimty health
‘ Ind county nurses are at
“hﬁncto-have all children over
is man of age. immunized
that several common diseases.
> 'lO mm this purpose exam
% and clinics will be held thru
““lan during the next. thir
' his and as much publicity 'g'lven
“mm as possible. '
“ answer to parent's questiom,
’W Inmumze is summed up in
h ﬁtment: To protect children
rh- nnanpox and diphtheria and
6 mm serious epidemics If all
When were immunized, there
‘lﬂd soon be no smallpox or diph
‘3ll in the United States. Your
a? may also adVise immuni
' (mwhooping cough, tetanus
‘ he mat has asked that the
“the done before May Day—child
hil day this year. Therefore, seel
& your children over_ nine!
‘1“: of age are immunized be-i
Kay ’l. if they are not now so
M 1 3
\ nl'll-her details or the movement
fhhe secured from the county
l _Mﬂl Officer or from the county
l h. Watch this paper :or dates
f 1“ PM of clinics to .be held as
' n“ suitable pieces can be se
, Q'su
Kmmmirk Qlnurier- mppnrter
Farmers to Vote
On Forming Soil
District Here
Claim many advantages
possible thru united .
efforts of growers
[ On another page of this issue will
the found an official notice of a
hearing on the proposition of or
ganizing 3 Soil Conservation Dis
!mct tom- the Eastern part _of Benton
County. This Hearing will be held
in the MA Assembly mom, Kennew
wick, Washington on Tuesday, Man:
31 at 110 am. and will be oomduotedi
by the State Soil Conservption Com-1
mittee at the request of approxi
mately 300 lanners, who recently?
signed a. petition requesting such‘
a hearing. The state committee is
composed of :Carl King, Pullman;
and C. W. Peters, Ismaeh, tfarmers.
F. E. Balmer, director of extension;
0. E. Johnson, director of state ex
periment station of the Statem
cultural College at Pullman and Ar
thur 00x, Secretary of Agriculture at
Olympia- ,
‘.At this hearing the state commit
tee 'will question the [farmers in at
tendance as to what their problems
are, and why they want a district or
ganized. 'From the information se-.
cured through this questioning the
committee rwill determine if there
is a. need for such a district, and also
if there is airficient interest to war
rant holding a. referendum, at which
all land owners would be entitled to
vote on the question of organizing 6
Soil Conservation District.
Through 9. Soil Conservation Dis
met assistance cbuld be secured
from county, state and federal
agencies for: . '
1. Drainage 01f swampy andwater
logggd lands. , .
2; Improvement of Irrigation sys
tems.
3. Maintenance of Soil Fertility.
4. Land Leveling.
' 5.- Weed Control.
6. [Ways and means at preventing
wind and water erosion.
- 7. Range improvement.
8. Pasture Improvement.
9. Making soil surveys to deter
mine the crops best suited to the
land and the :fentilizers needed for
various soil types.
10. Making range surveys to de
wtemiine the proper amount of live
‘stock the range will support without
depleting the range cover.
In addition .to theahove there will
be many other problems which the
district could undertake and get as
ysistanee on after they are organiz
ied and study their problems. Every
farmer within the boundaries of the
proposed district is invited and
Ishould attend the hearing next Tues
-Idayandbepreparedtovoieehisi-
n,terest and convictions relative to the
Normation of this district. I! you
lare not lamiliar with the workings
‘of Soil Conservation district you
should attend this hearing and :find
out about «them. On Baturday of
last week the dormers at North Ben
ton county voted favorably on or
ganizing a 8011 Conservation ,dis
trict, the vote being 153 to 0. Kitti
tas Valley Farmers voted to organize
adistriotbyavoteofmtOOOmd
the Ahatanum Valley farmers voted
54 to-16 in favor of forming a Soil
Conservation district. The vote cast
by North ’Bénton is a record as no
other district, in the state~ has ever
voted unanimously in favor of the
district proposition. If the .farmers
of other communities feel so strong
ly that a 8011 Conservation district
is a good thing for them, the marm
ers of Benton county should attend
the hearing next Tuesday and let
the state committee know how they
feel about organizing such a dis
trict for the Eastern part of Benton
County.
,The Businws Girls will have a
pot luck dinner at the home of IMrs.
L. H. Raymond next. Monday night
at 6:31-5:- _ C ,
Need More Help
In Medlcal Aid ..
R. C. Dlvlslon
Two new classes in
first aid starting soon;
need more '
There rwilllbe an advanced ﬁrSt
aid 013$ held in the high school
building. beginning Wednesday,
April 1. Thisisaßedeasoourse
andisopentoallpersons,whohold
a standard card that has been 154
sued withinthelastthreeyeers.An
intemted in joining please phone,
orseeMa-s.Ha.rryLinnoers.o.
P.Miller. Thisiseten-hwromirse
and will be completed @he last week
in April. Anyone desiring an in
structors course must have an ad
vanced eerd.
According 'to Dr. deßit more work
ers in the medical aid divislm are
needed for home defense. In order
to qualify for this it is W to
hold an advanced first aid card.
All those who have not taken
either the beginner: or advanced
classes are urged to.joi;l one of
tlwee new classes that will be
started soon.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1942.
I I fﬁ Disconnected I
7 mm Sol-vino)
Ford Agency /
Suspends . ‘ I
‘For the Duration’
Smith Motor, With 20
yeérs’ service; to. close
this Week-
Airber almost twenty years or ser
vice, the local Ford agency, the .E.
C. Smith Motor 00., is moday closing
its doors “for the duration.” 'lhe
stock at parts and dine mechanical
equipment has been disposed of and
the m is being vacated.
—‘fourta.ilmenxt or complete shop
page in sale of automobiles, trucks,
tractors, .rtires, gasoline and other
items 'makm -:further operation im
practical," Mr. Smith said today.
“It is with sincere rarer that we
announce this decision after near
ly meaty years of pleasant busi
ness mlwtions with the people or
this community. We hope that after
mine and or the war, we will be able
to reopenlthe place «an abuser and
better scale. In the meantime, we
.plan to afﬁliate in some manner
with the war etfm't'and do what
we .can to help win the war,” Mr.
Smith said. . -'
“Quilting even WWy—m
hard, but no sacriﬁce is too great
Ito make to prevent a duplication or!
conditions as they exist in Europe
today. We must all do our pant
to save our «homes and provide for
the safety and welfare of or fam
ilies.” -
Mrs. ‘Moore of Benton City was in
Kennwicl; Wednesday for some den
tal work and visit her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Thurston. '
Uncle Sam Wants Radio Operators
To Ride in These Flying Fortresses
Radio operators who wish to ﬂy
aboard the U. 8. army air force's]
huge tour-motored bombers while
doing _ttheir hit for Uncle Sm, will
have their opportunity Friday, when
a special recruiting party arrives
here and in Pasco from Second Air
Force headquarters at Fort. George
Wright. ‘
The group is in charge of Captain
J. W. Dodson and includes two army
radio sound trucks. Operators must
be able to send and receive at least
16 words per minute. ._
The offer should prove an attrac
tive one to menrof draft age since
here they may do work they- know
and enjoy} Those accepted may be
between the ages at 18 and 44. mar-
'Buyei's Warned W
Accept Unmarke rass
stricter enromenfent of the law
governing the marking of crops put
uplnpackases-wmbemade this
year, due tho the mergency, mostly.
The department of Mealtime sends
Warning 0 growers that all packages
must. contain thegrvwer’s name, ad
dress, weight and gmdé. Buyers are
wamednottoacoeptcmpsrmafcare
not marked.
Propupboementofthemarksis
shownm‘thedhgraminthedjsplay
adin'mislssuebyrbhel’aciﬂcmnt
& Produce. Packages should be
markedasshown. -
Lyric Club to
Present Three
Benefit C(mc‘erts
Performances in Rich
land, Kénnewick and
‘ Pasco- for local R. C.
The Lyric clu‘: will- present an
bther‘ concert this year and all the
proceeds over the 9.ch expense will
be given'tothe mm. The
membership of the club now is [if
teen, with voiceslmom Richiand and
‘Pasoo, as «well as Kennewick. They
'will give a concert in mm on
the 9th, in Kennewick on the 'loth
and in Pasco on} the nth of April.
All or the money taken in at these
dmferent concert; will be given tor
vßed Gross activities in the locality.
where the concert is given. Howard
Whitbeck has mated to be gen
eral chairman for Kennewick and
hewillchoosehisownhelpers.An
advance ticket sale will be held.
ried or single and able to pass the
larmy regulation ﬂight mysical ex
amination.
Emotion should be rapid for
those who succeeil and the ﬂying
operators may be' advanced to the
grade of technical t with pay
of approximately 175 per month.
Men interested, who fail to con
tacttheparty,w chwillbesta
tioned in front :fdlthe post office at
Pasco, are invit to getin touch
with officers at F 't George Wright.
or at Geiger_l_-"ieid Sinkane.
Radio operators 3 go aboard the
bombers. receive 1 1" ~t pay in addi
tion to the fbaae pay and
now arr needed 1’ immediate train
inc.
Nine of First 13
In Third Regis.
From Kennewick
Board will mail
questionnaires to
605 from this county
Ernest ~1. aware:- of White Bluffs
willheadtheeosmenwhoslgnedup
torselectiveaervieeunderme third
mummnenton oountmoer
ald My” (shah-mm at the county
board. reported Tuesday. Shaun's
numberms neueatsthe top of the
list»! numbers drawn In the nation
allotterylastweek.
Other Mf 1n the list include:
No. 2, Earl L. Ludwig or Kenne
.wlck;. 3, Walter .1. 1311 mm 0!
Kennewlck; 4. Guy «A. Morrison of
Kenna-wick: 5, Emanuel Kleinknecht
«KW; 6,MartlnJ.Pomlot
Muzzmnoumorm.
wick: B.Blam C. Davis of Kenne
wick:9.AlbertE.Dagueatxenne-
m:lo;ormE.'l'lmadeenne-
wick; Im. Jack NV. Atterberry. Jr. at
Kennawiek; nl2, Clifton! (J. Bhu- of
Prosser;l3,Jesaes.auwpolßlch
land; and 15; Joseph E. Millard at
Richland.
i Manama wm‘be mailed to
the latest registrants as soon a
anolmclaloljdernumbernsttsne
ceivedthadﬂmton.D.C.,Nsy
said.-
-Munbersofﬂleoountyboudmet
Tuesday to ”view questionnaires
iod.’ the 842 mgistmnts or the ﬁrst
itworegzsu-ationswhohanbeenpuc
gedinclaassaAbeoauseotdepend-
mats. Wherever the atoms is .found
to have changed. the mglstnmt is
‘rwhssﬁieirdsyaid.
Notices we're seat. to the chief
registmnts who servedintbemird
registmtiontobepreparedtorohe
founbh signup April 27, when men‘
bebweentheagesoldsmdwueto;
report. ' ‘ 1
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unnumbepubhshedassoonu
mmmuavm. '
Sgt. Bob Beige], in Air
Corps, Now in So. Car.
frhlspapermoeivedaletbertmm
Sohnobnelgeltmsweek. Hen
stationed with the 77th Pursuit
squadron at Myrtle Beach, 8. c.
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you know how much this aoidler
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toknowhowtaryourpopu'tnvels.
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astarastheonelgetmryweek"
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thandghtymenfmmtmsareain
the several bmndmsotthe armed
service. However.heismlstakmax
his bet. He would lose that one.
torwehaveapapergolnctotee
land. and several otthemgotngto
theklands.«-Andothemgotomost
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may from Spokane for a tow
dayk’ visit have with her patent.
“Landmmmuscher.
Didtricts to Share
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