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v’oLXXIX
fiany More Women Needed to Save
Vital Foods at Processing Plants
leek Sees Gain
fa! Ten Per Cent
b School Rolls
Facilities taxed to limit
now; ’ask federal aid
fdr new building
mjast week has seen a ten
P“ can increase over a week ago
in the enrollment at the local
schooli and still the end is no
wherein sight, according to Supt.
gS. Black this afternoon. One
hundrd "and twenty new names
have been added in the past week,
with the grades now numbering
no, the junior high 310 and the
genie; high 206. This, Black says,
is double the normal .grade school
m an increase of a third
in the junior high and has brought
back to actual the average high
school attendance. Last year there
was a drop in the seniOr high of
about twenty-five per cent over
rm], due to the large number
dkidl going into defense work
aid the armed services. .
Now there are four divisions in
he first grade, compared with
but two normally, ‘and all the oth
er made: are far over crowded.
So'tar it has been possible to
tampon all the children, but the
breaking limit has about been
ruched—all the busses being jam
med to capacity.
Should the increase continue
several of the churches may be
med into use for school rooms
Black said. In the meantime he
ll investigating the possibility of
ma! aid in securing additional
mum built on the present
ground; - _ A
,Clrislmas Seals
Are Now on Sale
The Benton County Tubercu
losis league has 'again made ar
went for the early sale of
Christmas seals to be‘ used on
mtistmas mail to our boys over
as. -
Although the regular sale does
not begin until November 23, ac
cording to Mrs. Robert Johanson,
executive secretary .of the League,
2818 have been made available to
those who are sending packages
and letters overseas and are not
to be used at this time on mail to
be delivered within the United
States.
The Tuberculosis ,Seal is the
“fly seal permissable on over
seas mail so make your packages
festive with this little “stamp of
cheer.” '
Anyone interested is urged to
call at‘the local printing office
Where the seals are on' sale
A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR:
. The foremost desire of the American people today
18' to. win the war unconditionally, and at the earliest
POSSIbIe moment. To that end there must be invasion
of our enemies’ territory. In the proportion that we
Spend money for arms and munitions to prepare for
that invasion, we will be sulbstituting dollars for Amer
lcan lives. _
.Our government, in keeping with this purpose, is
““1118 upon its citizen's for greater amounts of money
than ever have been asked of a people in the history
0f the world. This call is going forth in announcement
0f the Third War Loan, Which will be launched Sep
tember 9, 1943 and continued through September 30.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Arthur B. Langlie, Gov
?mor of the State of Washington, by virtue of author
ity 1n me vested, do hereby proclaim the period from
September 9 to September 30, 1943, to be set aside for
.fmancmg the Third War Loan in the State of Wash-
Ington, and call upon all of our citizens to consider.
mqst senously and prayerfully the purpose for which
thls money is asked. I urge that we invest in Invasion
Bfinds to the point of sacrifice.
h I further call upon our people everywhere, in their
omes, In business establishments and in meeting
“3993 t 0 dis Play the Flag during this patriotic period.
1 direct that flags be flown from September 9 to Sep
temher 30, from all public buildings under the juris
dnctlon of the State of Washington.
Let us all contribute to early victory, regardless
:f the investments we are already making in the war,
hrough purchase of Invasion Bonds until it hurts.
In Witness W hereof, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Seal of the State of Washington to be
al’flxed at Olympia this thirtieth day of August, A. D.,
nineteen hundred and forty-three.
ARTHUR B. LANGLIE, (Signed)
Governor of Washington.
“World by the Tail”
"The local tomatges may not
have the flavor that other dil
tricts boast." Mr. Stringham.
new manager of the Kennewick
Cannery reported this week'
"but they are a lot more solid
than anything I have ever seen.
I really can't believe my own
figures when it comes to the
packout." he said. ~"In other
place: when we can get 21
cases of tomatoes‘ to the ton we
think we have the world by the
tail. Here we get 35 and 36
cases to the ten."
Police Dept. Tops
All Time “Record
Mayor 'Amon’s prediction a few
months ago that the town would
need a larger police force, has
come to pass. The local authori
ties established an all time record
the past month for arrest, with
54 being booked. Thirty-four of
the arrests were for drunken
nes and sixteen on traffic charges.
Fines and forfeitures for the ar
rests amounted to $585.
Chief Kershaw’s monthly report
to the city council included the
collection of $315 from pinball
machines, $234 from the carnival
and other .small items for in
spection, dog licenses, etc. The
total collections by the police de
partment for the month amounted
to $1,222.23. This is by far the
largest amount ever collected in
one month by the police depart
ment and justifies, apparently the
increase in the number of police
men ‘from two to~four and would
indicate that perhaps an even
larger force will soon be required.
The civil. service commission is
planning to 'announCe examina
tions for additional positions in
the near future. .
Thief Makes Haul
, A thief broke into the J. C.
Pratt garage Saturday night.
entering by breaking out a rear
window, got away with $32 and
a change maker. The same night
the same thief, presumably, also
broke into the Texaco station in
the same manner but fared con
siderably better, for he stole SIBO
in cash from the till, as well as
checks. ~
Wynn Sweet, .51 Spokane, form
er resident of Kennewick, was a
visitor here the past week. His
mother, also .a former resident,
passed away and was buried at
Yakima. Mr. Sweet was on his
way to his home in Spokane and
stopped here to see if any of the
real old timers were still in cir
culation. He was a guest at the O.
T. Staley home in the Garden
Tracts.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1943
Tons of Peaches.
Tomatoes Roi {or
Lackol Help ‘
Capacity of plants eas
ily doubled if full crews
could be obtained
With fruit and vegetables rot
ting on the floors of the local pro
cessing plants and in the farmers"
fields for lack of sufficient help
in the plants, an urgent appeal is
being sent broadcast for more
and more help. So desperate is
the situation that . even a few
hours‘ work will be accepted at
the. plants and local housewives
are being coaxed, as a patriotic
measure to give a few hours a day
toward saving the foods.
While the Walla Walla cannery
reports a very fine response from
the local women, they could al
most double their output if the
help was available, Manager Gus
Parlier stated today. There is
plenty of produce available and
all that is needed is more hands
to handle the pack. Other houses
report the same conditions, par
ticularly the Cascade Frozen Food
plant where tons and tons of
peaches are going to waste for
lack of help in handling them.
Other tons are not being received
because of lack of space—and all
could [be used if there was help
enough. ‘ -
- ’ It is probable that a house-to
house canvass will be made in the
near future to enlist housewives
in the battle to save vital food
unless there is a greater response
to the appeals than’has already
been received.
Wednesday is Last
Day to File'l'hat
Tax Statement
Clark Squire, collector of in
ternal 'revenue, today ' reminded
Federal income tax payers that
if they fall within certain classes
they are obliged to file a declara
tion of estimated income for the
year and pay at least one-half of
the outstanding amount due on or
mately 200,000 Federal income tax
before Wednesday, September 15.
It is estimated that approxi
payers in- Washington and Alaska
will find it necéSsary to make
this declaration. The purpose of
the declaration is to get all classes
of taxpayers on a “pay-as-you-go”
basis;
i Generally speaking, those who
'are required to - file are single
persons subject to withholding
who earn over $2700; married
:people subject to withholding who
‘earn over $3500; and people with
estimated income sufficient to re
quire the filing of an income tax
return including over SIOO from
sources other than salary or wages
subject to withholding.
People who are required to
make a declaration but fail to do
so will find 10 percent added to
their tax. The penalty for failing
to pay an installment when due is
an additional $2.50 'or 2%Percent
added to the tax, whichever is
greater. .
There is also a penalty for
making a substantial underesti
mate of_ the amount of tax due.
People other than farmers whose
estimate is more than 20 percent
too low will have to pay a penalty
of 6 percent on the amount under
estimated. Farmers are given a
wider leeway, being allowed to be
33 and one-third percent off be
fore the same penalty is asserted,
and not being required to file
declarations until December 15.
Collector Squire urged every
income taxpayer to study care
fully the instructions recently re
ceived from his office with a view
tomaking certain whether or not
he is obliged by law to file a
September 15 declaration and
make an incbme tax payment at
that time. '
Miss Carolyn Kauth and Miss
Rebecca Liston were hostesses at
a surprise miscellaneous bridal
shower at the Liston home Tues
day evening in honor of Miss Ma
rie whose wedding will take place
next Sunday. Games and singing
were enjoyed during the evening.
With. the exception of two all of
the sixteen guests present were
members of the honor guest’s high
school graduating class.
' HOVER BROTHERS IN SERVICE
Pvt. Robert Mills and Cpl. Wilbert Mills, sons of Mr. and Mrs. William
Mills of _Hover. Bob is stationed at an army base in Mississippi,
while Wilhert is at Houston, Texas.
Kennewiclc Has Big Quota
In Third War Bond Drive
City Has Slow ‘
Slat]; Plan Rodeo
As Big Future '
Flags to fly for dura
tion of {drive ; must
make Sacrifices
America Lis of! to a flying start
today on ts campaign to raise
$15,000,000,b00 with which to car
ry the war 'to Berlin and Tokyo.
This efto , the Third War Bond
drive— islEte most ambitious fi
nancial ‘ dertaking in history,
but Amerida accepts its challenge
eagerly. It is going to fool the
Axis war chiefs again.
I . Benton county’s share of this gi
gantic amdunt is half a million
dollars, of which amount $175,000
has been egflocated to Kennewick
and imm ate vicinity. The sum
constitues jthe greatest money
raising goal I'in the county’s history.
But here the challenge is acCepted
gladly also.’ Benton county peo
ple will en'oy nothing more than
telling Hitlér and tojo where they
stand in this struggle.
‘ This ”5,000,000,000 fund will
carry the war to the dictators’
doorsteps; It will tell the war
lords that America’s determina
tion to exterminate them is fixed,
that America’s, march on their
capitals is relentless.
The routes will be costly-’-
costly in the lives of American
boys, costly in armaments and
munitions and all the parapher-
Local Boy 'Goes - ‘
Around the World
E The first Kennewick boy to re
;turn from a trip around the world
‘was guest speaker today at the
regular chamber of commerce
meeting and also at the Kiwanis
meeting Tuesday noon. The round
the world traveler was Joe Os
borne, Jr., who as a merchant
marine, went to Australia on a
freighter, then to Bombay, India,
then into the Mediterranean
where he took part in the invasion
of Sicily, thence back to New
York ~and across the continent
home again.
Joe had some, interesting ex
periences, included being under
bombardment for 96 hours off the
coast of Sicily. He didn’t like it
and is glad he came through the
ordeal alive, although he did have
a very narrow escape. A piece of
a bombshell tore a big hole in his
life jacket, but he didn’t get a
scratch. The jacket was a real life
saver in that instance.
He was fortunate in being able
to take a two-day Red Cross spon
sored tour of the Holy Land,
where he picked‘ up numerous
souvenirs. He has also a large as
sortment gathered in India and
otherstops along the way. He has
an Italian rifle picked up in Sicily
although he didn’t get to go
ashore there.
A portion of his souvenirs are
on display in the Couprier-Re
porter window.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Grimshaw
and children Winona, Don, and
Jessie, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Grim
shaw and children, Mr. and Mrs.
G. H. Ruffcarn and son and Ed
Smith, S 1/c of the Pasco Naval
Air .Station picnicked at Sacaja
wea park last Sunday.
[nalia of war. The hardest parts
of the journey lie ahead.
The more quickly we traverse
these routes, the lighter the cost.
Therefore we will buy generously
‘that our soldiers will have su
perior armament in adequate vol
ume and we will buy quickly that
ourboysmayfinishthejobin
'the least time possible. ’
America will .not let her boys
down—mo:- will Benton county.
So far- as’Kennewick is con
cerned, the. drive started this
morning with the raising of the
city’s street flags. This action was
the official start of the four-week
campaign under the local direc-
RENO ODLIN
“The pionoer spirit of our torelathers is
alive today in this stato," said Reno Odlin,
Stat. War Finance Chairman, and In‘
chorgo of The Third War loan campaign
in Washington. "Through the odnnirablo
leadership of County chairmen and their
committees to call on every citizen to
shoulder responsibility in this mighty iob of
subscribing $191,735” in War Bonds
during tho Third War loan. ‘ ‘
”Our forefathers sacrificed to put through
pioneer roods. Today we socrifico to build
a rod, white and blue wide highway to
Victory—a road ovor which our own Wash--1
ington boys will eventually roturn home;
victorious in their vaster sacrifices," he con- 1
eluded.
Reno Odlin, hard hiking, fast “ninth.
man of World War No. I, is a Taco-u
banker. Born in Satin-Woolly, It. has Ind
a distinguish“! «nor of public scale. in
this state.
tion of Mayor A. C. Amon, who
ordered the flags flown for the
duration of the campaign as re-J
quested by the governor’s procla-‘
mation.
The first day’s sales at the post!
office and bank will total about
$20,000, it is estimated tonight.‘
This is but the beginning, as the
bulk of the purchases will be‘
made on pay days in the district.
While other features will be de-l
veloped as the campaign pro-1
gresses, the local committee has‘
but one real event arranged so far.‘
This will be a home talent rodeo to ‘
be staged on the 19th on the old
rodeo grounds.
Under direction of O. L. Car
penter, a bunch of farmers from
Stanfield, Ukiah, Heppner and
Boardman having completed their
harvests, are now out looking for
some fun, They have been staging
rodeos in their home towns re
cently'and hooking up a bond
selling campaign with it.
They ha’ve all the equipment,
bucking horses and steers, loud
speakers, auctioneers and a fine
program of entertainers. They in
itersperse a little high pressure
bond selling with the fun on the
(Continued on Page 8)
Ex-Mayor Says 10
Use Park for
Trailer Camp
Objects to opening
Garden Tracts to
trailer parking
The hottest controversy ap"“r
ing at the city council for sewral
years has been the move to open
ing the Garden Tracts to trailer
houses, after that area had been
declared a non-commercial zone
at the request of the residents in
that section.
A week ago an ordinance was}
introduced to suspend the zoning}
ordinance for six months and per
mit .residents to take in the trail
ers, not to exceed five in num
ber to each tract or lot. This
week when the matter was up tori
third and final reading, there
were residents on hand to object.
iWhich they did—strenuously. It
:was the most interesting session
of the council for many a day.
i Mayor Amon was all for the
idea. So were C. C. Day and Mrs.
Babcock who had circulated the
petition. Dr. Boyd was on the
other side of the fence. ‘So was
E. H. Behnnan. So was ex-coun
cilman V Desgranges, who helped
to pass the zoning ordiance.
Dr. Boyd said he didn’t want
trailer houses any where near him.
He didn't like ’em and besides
they couldn't be made sanitary in
that" area because there was no
sewer facilities there and the
water system was about as poor as
itcouldbeandstillbeasysteln.
And besides he didn't want” ’em.
He was going to fight the proposi
tion. The petitions weren't legal.
there was no hearing on the pa
titions and he didn’t want ’em.
Mayor Anion, on the other hand
said he thought the residents
down there did want ’em, else they
wouldn't have petitioned for ’em.
Besides, this was war time and
the workers on the project had
to have some place to live and
they wanted to live in the Garden
Tracts. It was a patriotic thing
to let 'em in.
E. .H. Behnnan, ex-mayor, who
also was interested in the zoning
ordinance proposed then, that as
long as it was a patriotic gesture:
that the whole city gtet patriotic;
and give ’em the city park to camp
in for the duration. Then every-r
one could feel the glow of patriot--
ist instead of just a few who want- t
ed to add alittle rent to their in-‘
comes. Besides he didn't want ’em‘
either. He also offered the sag-1‘
gestion that if it came to that“
throw the whole town open to;
campers and let Fem settle when-1
ever they wanted to. i
Councilman Art Carpenter
moved that the ordinance be in:
defintely-‘tabled. For lack of a
second the motion died, How
ever, Councilman Scott made a
motion, which was passed, that
the council devote some more
study to the proposition and delay
any action until a later date. ‘
Cit} valuation is
Up by $50.”!
The assessed valuation of all
property within the city limits has
taken a jump of more than SBO,-
000 for the current'year, accord
ing to ' information received by
the city council from the county
assessor Tuesday. The increase
does not include that of the utili
ties. which have also been boosted
by the state assessor. Thwe fig
ures are necessary for the pur
pose 01 making up the city’s bud
‘get for the coming year. Each
mill, therefore, will bring the city
more operating money. the greater
the assessed valuation. Council
men, however, are somewhat dis-1"
appointed in the relatively small
increase, as the cost of operating
the city's business has taken , un
precedented leaps during the past
year. .
Without the utility assessments
included, the assessed valuation
of the city and its contents has
been set at $1,247,000 by county
mt Ben Knox, according to
the information submitted to the
city.
Buys Agency
The F. J. Arnold insurance
agency has recently been sold to
Max Brown son of Wendell
Brown, of Pasco. Mr. Brown, jr.,
is a cadet in the army air corps
at, present, but made the purchase
for his post war job. In the mean
time his father will handle the
work of the Kennewick office
along with his agency in Pasco.
The Arnold agency handled the
Northwestern Mutual.
Pic. DUANE E. COFFEE
Stationed at Wendover Field, in
U tub. with a service squadron.
Congressmen Are
Impressed with
High Line Unit
Sub committee of In
terior dept. strong for
connpletion of project
The Kennewick High Line pro
ject will find it a lot easier to
get consideration when the time
comes to apply for it as a result
of a trip made Sunday with a
congressional investigating com
mittee. The committee. sponsor
ed hy. the Department of Interior,
was linking a tour of investigation
of the. irrigated projects of the
West so that they could “know __
what. it was all about" when the
several western congressmen be
gin to assail the department for
appropriations for their pet proj-
|' This committee had been taken
over a tour of the Yakima pro
ject, with special emphasis placed
upon the Rosa unit. They were
then to be taken over the Colum
bia Bfiin Unit. with no consid
eration or even mention of the
Kennewick project. Through a
Momma set of circumstances and
tthe application of personal pen
:snasion. the committee was routed'
through the .Kennewick district.
A has! committee, composed “of C.
L. Powell. Jay Perry, E. J. Brand
and .H. F. Fyfe accompanied the
gunmen.
" Handed by Congressman W. J.
Kawin, chairman of the sub com
mittee for the House Interior De
parfinent, the official party con
sisted of Congressman W. F. Nor
rell jof Arkansas; Congressman
party were Ben. F. Jensen, and
Congressman Hal Holmes from
ounow'n district. Included in the
party. were Asst. Secretary of the
lntuior Frank Banks, and Parker
ot’the reclamation department,
and» Bill Stapleton and John Haw
otfljélnnd settlement department
offlie Northern Pacific railroad.
The men were informed of the
mm the Kennewick unit and
were shown the area under con
sideration and some of the prod
am bf the portion of the valley
already under'irri'gation. They
‘wcreastounded that such a pro
l'ducfly‘e area had not been devel
oped long before this and when
presented with a couple of boxes
of; peaches from the Herman
wt and H. P. Cranmer
' on the River Road the
«Men admitted having never
scan .anything to compare with
than. Congressman Kerwin, in
commuting on the proposition,
W: “When the times comes,
pm your case before the de
parhnent. .We’ll see that you get
what you want. Instead of asking
fora three million dollar approp
riation, you should get three bil-
M"
The local committee was elated
over the reaction of the congress
men regarding the local situation
and are confident that they will
really receive serious considera
tion for their post war construc
[tion plans.
Red Cross Classes
Move Back to Bank
fine to the over crowded con
dition of the high school the Red
Cross surgical dressing class is
obliged to move to other quarters.
The , rooms over the bank that
were used previously by the Red
Cross are again available and the
classes will continue ihere on each
Tueéday at the regular hours.
More workers are needed for all
the classes. Anyone who has any
time at all that could be given
tothlswork isurged toenlist and
help as much as possible.
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