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VOL. XXVIII
Kass Meeting Called at
Richland to Explain War
Project to Reeidents -
A mass meeting of the residents
of the Richland area is being ar
nngedior tomorrow (Friday) after
man for the purpose of having their
excitement concerning their project
explained. This action resulted from
today's meeting of the Kennewick
W of commerce at which Lt.
001. 3.3de was the principal
speaker.
(:01. Kadlec is the army engineer
in charge of the project and will be
stationed here during the several
months of the construction period.
My he told the Kennewick cham
w of some of the details of the
”pet, which is a highly secret
gig at great importance in the war
am. A
pollowing his talk. in which he ex-1
plained somewhat the problems fac-l
mg the deal, Harold Copeland, a
resident at the Richland district told}
the colonel that if the people ini
his home community were informed.
even as much as the Kennewick
chamber was, that he was positive
that all of the objections now being‘
m up would immediately cease.
m. Copeland claimed that he
mid get the entire population of
the community at a mass meeting
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon if the
mine! would be present to explain
the proposition to them. Arrange
ments were immediately made for
the meeting. Col. Kadlec and Col.
Mathias .plan to .be present at the‘
meeting and give out such informa
tion asthey may. This will be m
easuring to the people in that com
munity to say the least and will
allay many of the rumors which
are now rampant—not alone at
Richland but all over the area.
001. Kadlec explained 'that the
district had .been divided into areas.
Area A would be the first to be
med, followed 'by the others. in order.
In the first area civilian activity
would cease first—as soon as the
army could get labor and materials
ambled In the second area, a
his!!! true would be granted to
residents to evacuate. Possibly suf
ficient tune to harvest their aspara
m ind other quick growing crops.
lathe third area, crops could be
Dilated which wouldn’t be harvested
untn M l
Mediate. orders were issued for
a Mmption of work to permit the
me a the irrigation system there,
the man; work of which had been
mined last week.‘
All these details will be set forth
mm fully at the meeting planned
10! Friday afternoon, which at the
tilled going to press had been set
at 2 o’clock, at the school house.
muses in these arrangements may
have to be made. owing to circumw
Show. Richlanders are. asked to
be alert for any change in the pro-‘
mm as now outlined. All resi-i
dent; of the district are invited to:
{attend the meeting and obtain their“
Information at first hand. I
City Gets SISBO From
occupational Tax
Pacific Power & Light company’s
816,994.30 real and personal prop-
Qty taxes due in Benton county
‘hk‘year will be paid Monday. The
amotmt is about SBOO greater than
1‘“ year, according to R. H. Skill.
diariet manager. _
The real and personal property
all does not include the occupa
tiolml tax- Pacific Power & Lish‘;
My will again pay the city 0
Walt. During 1942 the city
MM $1580.56 from the PPcStL:
Wional tax. j
Lat year. the utility’s system-‘
'lde federal tax of $591,614 provided
“1‘ government with enough money
‘0 buy tWo million rounds of rifle
WtiOn and equip five battal
-1“! 0! infantry soldiers with Garan‘
"113» baYOne'ts. steel helmets and
“Shears. Local. state and federal
tale 0: all kinds totaled $1,177,512;
alum equivalent to 16.9% of the;
Wars operating revenue. 1
Bade; 1:021: Rate 80c
From Benton AAA
Ward has just been received in
“'3 Office of the Benton County
AAA that a 1943 loan rate of 80
W per bushel has been set for
3°- 1 barley, stored on the farm.
his loan will be available to grow
“ Who raise 90% of the war or
“‘3 crop goals set up by the caunty
Mince. This is an increase of
” flats over the 1942 barley loan
N“- More information on the
1" ban program will be received in
"It county office in the near future.
To Stage Benefit
Card Party for RC.
Short of the quota by several
hundred dollars, Lieut. Col. Kath
ryn Ripley has decided to hold a
benefit card party on Friday night
of next week. The party is to be
held at the Masonic hall and more
than thirty tables have :been ar
ranged for with the guests to pay
fifty cents or more each for the
privilege of attending the party.
Several novelty features are being
arranged for the Dam. further
details of which will be announced
next week.
All Must Have
Tires Inspected
Periodic tire inspection require
ments are in no way relaxed by the
Office of Price Administration’s re
cent order freeing tire recapping
with passenger type cameiback from
ration restrictions, 0. C. Williams,
chairman of the local War Price" and
Rationing Board, said today.
The CPA officials made this state
ment to correct a mistaken belief
apparently held by some motorists.
“It is true that a car owner can
get his tires necapped with reclaimed
rubber. without first getting the
recommendation of an official O‘PA
inspector,” Mr. Williams said; “but
the periodic inspection program to
preserve tires remains in effect.
Motorists who do not get the in
spections made and recorded on
their Tire Inspection "Records will}
not be eligible for renewal of gaso-i
line rations or for purchase of tires‘
in the future."
Passenger cars with “B" and “C”
mileage ration books and those
which get built rations as members
of fleets were required to get initial
tire inspections not later than Feb.
28. This was the deadline for com
mercial vehicles also. Motorists who
have only “A” rations have until the
end to March to get their initial
inspections.
Turn Water in CID
Canals March 20th
Water will be turned into the
Columbia Irrigation District’s canals
about the twentieth or the month,
according to an announcement to
day (by Manager Frank Mason.
Deliveries will begin a; week or so
later, after :the ditch has been
thoroly soaked and made safe tori
a heavier head. In the meantime}
the work‘of cleaning the ditch wm’
be continued and will :be completed
in time for the first deliveries of
water. There is no hint, Mr. Ma
son stated, of any condition arising
which would interfere with the nor
mal operation of the canal in the
Kennewick area this year.
Kennewick Students‘
Honored at WSC
Frank Mason, Kennewick, was
selected as a student teacher in
physics for the new Army Air Force
group 'just recently moved [into
Pullman.
Eunice Campbéll, Kennewick, was
honored at the annual scholarship
banquet held by Stevens. Hall,
woman’s dormitory.
E. C. Nagel of Pasco visited a
few days at the Ayers ranch.
, OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
'S/SGT. GEORGE W. FOSTER
Sgt. Foster, whose parents reside at
Finley, is with an ordnance company
overseas with th other Americans
who are lined up again-St Herr
Schruckelgmber. ‘
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943
(WNU Service)
Kennewick Sure to Make $3,000 Red Cross Quota
AAA Eases Up on
Wheat Restrictions
Restrictions on the production of
wheat have been lifted considerably
according to information recently
received in the Benton County AAA
office. In accordance with the re-‘
cent announcement of Secretary
Wickard, no quota referendum will
:be held in 1943. thus releasing 1941]
and 1942 excess wheat now in star-1
age on farms or in warehouses. In
addition to this, farmers will be‘
permitted to seed in excess of their“
1943 wheat allotnients and still be
eligible for participation in the
AAA program if they comply with
their war or feed crop goal. War
orfeedcropgoalswlilbesetat 10
percent ot‘a producers total crop
land. This 10 percent may be used
for the production of hay, pasture,
or feed grains other than wheat.
Benton county dry-land wheat
producers will be notified at an early
date of their individual war or
feed crop goals. Steps are 'also
.being taken by the AA committee
to determine the amounts of 1941
and 1942 excess wheat in storage
so settlements can be made and
bonds released.
Mar. 15 'Deadine for
Spring Wheat Insurance
The deadline date for obtaining
Federal Crop Insurance on spring
wheat has been set for March 15,
1943, according to Fred Wilson,
chairman of the Benton County Ag
ricultural Conservation Association.
This leaves farmers only three days
in which to sign up for the govern
ment-sponsored crop protection. 1
Crop insurance has ‘been extended‘
’to include all wheat acreage seededfi
rather than being limited t 3 wheat‘
iacreage allotments formerly estab-i
Ilished ‘for farming units. and recent
sly suspended by the secretary of ag
lriculture. This means that all wheat
growers who signed their applica
tions prior to seeding their winter
wheat or prior to the signup dead
line, naw have protection on all the
acreage they have seeded and any
additional acreage they expect to
seed this spring.
The 1943 insurance policies, un
like the 1942 policies provide that?
an operator or landlord may apply”
for insurance on spring wheat crop,
although he has already seededl
winter wheat? Insurance in such
cases will apply only to the spring
wheat portion'of his crop, and win
ter wheat seeded will not be taken
into consideration either in the pay
ment of premiums or indemnities.
Applications signed in the fall, prior
to winter seeding operations provide
insurance that is extended to in
clude any subsequent seeding of
spring wheat.
Seventeen Benton County wheat
producers have availed themselves 01
this protection by signing for crop
insurance in the fall of 1942 and
with the great increase in spring
wheat acreage in the county in 1943
because of the revisiOn of the AAA
program, farmers should give this
matter their serious consideration
Forms and additional information
are available at the AAA office.
Spiking!
The Wefither
It's still too eely to wear spring
suits, Weatherman A 1 Morgan has
announced. Spring will not be here
officially for 40 more days and
hence the crisp weather is strictly
appropriate for the season, even
though a few golfers are impatient
with. the cold days. Mr. Morgan's
records of the daily maximum and
minimum temperatures for theput
seven days, with those of the cor
responding weekaiyearagoare as
follows:
- - Date 19m 1943}
mursday MW--.” 4 53-25 53‘24i
Friday .-----m-.---..- 5 56-40 44-181
Saturday ”WN.. 6 57-34 42-181
Sunday ._..m-~._ 7 63-34- 51-28 i
Monday ..._..-.....- 8 59-30 50-29
Tuesday *_...._.- 9 65-47 ' 51-20
Wednesday _........ 10 65-31 50-19
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
CPLJIM GRAVES
Corporal Jim Graves, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Graves, home on
a short furlough, was a guest at
the Kiwanis meeting Tuesday noon.
Jim, who is a turret gunner on a
Boeing Bomber, has been decorated
for his part in the campaign in
the Alaska area. He has two Jap
planes to his credit. ‘
He says the weather up there is‘
the worst thing the fliers have
to combat, having seen the sun;
but once or twice since he went!
up there last June. 0! his fm‘
months in the service, be has m:
on combat duty for nine. {
Jiszbelngsent wean nuke“
City where he expects to be may
ferred to another combat and
atterhlsabwtleavehasexpued.
' Prospects of going over the top in
the current Red Cross war drive
are brighter this week. and Lt. Col.
Kathyn Ripley. in charge at the
drive is confident that the goal will
bereachedbytheendof the month.
last week, following' the intensive
house-to-hmse drive. only e little
more than half the 83000 allocated
to the Kennewiek area had been
raised. The community we; need
with the possible prospect of going
over the same mud again for;
another com. 3
During the past week. hovever.
sevemldthedistrictofiicershnve
reported in will: additional funds
nndtauehtetotelotohoutm
|hed been seemed. One firm en-J
lnamoestbeoolleotionotneerlysloo
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teringsoumesanomerhundndofl
two is expected and at lent 81m
cord partytohecivennext'eek.
is anticipded can the buiefit
Whntwithiheoontrmums (ram
lmosewhohnebeenmissedbythe
§solicitors and others who can to
emerge their oontributktu. Mrs.
Ripleyisairethatthexennewick
quitavilibemede.
"I'mjuetthriiledoverthepms—
pect." Mrs. Ripley said tonicht.
"We’re doing better than other
communities of our sine." she said.
"but not as well as some of the
mailer ones are doing in propor-‘
tion to their populations. Our
workers have done splendidly, and it!
we do make our quote it will be due
to the splendid spirit of coopera
tion being simn by the scores of
local women who have volunteered
their time for this arduous job,”l
Mrsßipieysaid.
P.-T. A. Meeting
1 The Parent-Met Association
met in the high school auditorium
Wednesday night. Miss Kathryn
Long, Mrs. Ernest Dickinson and
Mrs. Pat Owens were elected to serve
on the nominating committee to pre
sent names for officers 1c the com
ing year. The association decided to
monsor a drive to collect worn out:
grade sumo! will make a house to
house canvass soon to comet the
hose. The P.-'l‘. A. will hold another}
child's used clothes sale Match 27.,
Especial attention will be given toi
thesaleofshoesatmlstime. Any-‘_
one having shoes or any clothing'
is.askedtoleave the. attheCOur-i
let-Reporter otfloe oral: the school.l
The program oonslsfied of a piano
solobyNelleer.andtwovlcal
solos by Cleo Wadsworth. aeoom-l
panled by Neil Miller. Miss Nord
strom's home economics class gave a‘
verymteresflnsstyleshowneoom
panicdbythehlghaehoolband.
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offlnflrstcmdesandthetmflh
angle. 1
No Contest
At the annual school electm
held last Saturday afternoon Etr-
vey(Pat)Owensmflmostunanl.
measly elected. getting 15 o! the
10? votescut. macaw
wishes tom Its thanks and
amuontotheemm
whomweddtuinculedml
Richland, White Bluffs and
Hanlord Areas to be Taken
By Huge War Industry
Lt. Col. Ripley Speaker
At Club Luncheon
Lt. Col Kathryn Ripley. in charge
of the local Red Cross drive. was
speaker at the regular meeting
of the Kiwanis club Tuesday noon.
She told the clubmen that the
district was only a little more than
half-way in their quota and asked
for suggestions and help from the
club toward filling the quota.
Several suggestions were offered.
some of which might be worked
out later if the drive still tails to
raise the required amount. which.‘
however. is being slowly augmented
by individual contributions from day
to day. 1
Sharing of Car
Riders Necessary
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lngtnom the start. the new com
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teersaxealreedyenuaedonecu-
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be intensified.
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formed I mum-sharing clubs may
obtain their renewals of “B” and
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Condemnation by the United
States of 193,833 acres of land in
Benton county. with immediate pos
session to be given “for military.
naval or other war purposes." was
instituted in federai court in Spo—
kane Feb. 23. it was disclosed yes
terday.
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partment of justice and the order
for immediate taking of the land
was signed by Judge Lewis B.
Schwellenzbach. Nature of the large
military establishment which is
planned, for the area was not die
cloned.
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