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to KEEP IT BUSY
WASHINGTON —— As this is
written congressional leaders are
planning to quit until January,
gnawing a six or eight-week mid
”, vacation for themselves.
- mi have been. saying (not
very loudly, of course) there is
my important legislation to be
handled before the big appropria
tion bills come up in January, and
that the trouble with the country
now is. there are too many laws.
'9 more important work could
u do!!! than to have the mem
m at each congressional com
m. assigned to meet daily from
... until January solely in search
at waste in expenditures. An
and otter: might save billions.
hample: The Breakers hotel at
‘ pun Beach, huge, world-famous
i‘=mlry, was taken over by the
war department a year ago at an
annual rental of $350,000. The
mt, of course, was not madé pub
lic, nor has any mention been
made at the detailed use to which
the hotel has been put, excuse
for its acquisition was that it
would be used as a hospital. Now,
nearly a year later, approximately
$900,000 has been spent on it, I
understand, but only three floors
have been occupied and never has
the place accommOdated more
than 150 patients. ’
The waste is obvious. colossal.
inexcusable. every cent of that
money could have been saved by
dag vacant civil hospital space
i the! area.
' A week ago, the army Isite board
he“ meeting at the Breakers and
decided to make this lavish, rich
men's hotel into a permanent army
lupital, although a few miles
my at Boca Raton, the army al
i” is paying $50,000 a year
fit for a project which would
Pie an inexpensive and ideal
mmte. The Boca Raton club
Ills about 400 rooms, spacious
bounds on the ocean, low rental,
and is quiet. The army, apparent
';_ly,. always does things the hard
way.
This incident no doubt can be
dupfimted a million times in a
million different phasesof the war
effort. The details of such waste
naturally are not publicized by
the army, in fact are covered by
supposedly military censorship, al
though no military information is
involved. Only if congressional
committees start pursuing inept
officials may the truth be known.
With taxes nearing the endur-_
lite limit and repeated bond
inns necessary" to raise money
10! the vast expenditures (amount
inl to $211,400,000 a day in Sep-
Mber). the necessities of econ
”! assume an importance be
w any other pendiing sub-
l ‘
Thé appropriations committees
have hired additional clerical help
lo sift expenditures for waste, but
the drive for economy has lacked
the energy necessary to make it
{nun something substantial. This
’3 a lob not for one committee or
duh, but for the whole con
“ represented on every com-
Mittee, dealing with ciyilian as
"911 as military expenditures.
Other duties will be shirked if
”Egress slips away. Appearance
01 ClO’s Philip Murray seems to
have slowed down or stopped the
mWellient for a sales tax, at least
i"Mimi‘arily, but something should
he done about the present incom-
Nensible tax system. Con-
M cannot just go away and
l“ the tax complexities gather
a“! on the committee desk. '
‘ The QUeStion of food subsidies
”’0 must be straightened out. A
lmPl‘Omise settlement between
”“3888 and the administration
.PNbably will have to be made.
The lend-lease investigation
Must be ardently pursued.
CODEress does not lack busi
“3B. but rather the will to work
out the business it should do.
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Illusion or BURMA
biom- heaVy bombings in Burma
01'? caused a general expectation
lllvasion. True, the Indians
lid Cilinese have been training
:1: buflding armies for some time
the Dm'pose. But invasion will
”‘s‘" an enormous store of
Emmaent which can be accumu
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India are apt to be more ac-
Mate, They suggest our air ac
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Legion Siarls
Chest Drive With
Check for SIOO
Recreation program
and War Fund drives
combined 1n drive
Kennewick’s community chest
drive, just, now starting, got a big
boost today when a check fOr
SIOO was received'from the local
American Legion post. The big
check was presented largely be
cause of the inclusion in the drive
of the new War Recreational Pro
gram. The drive itself is also in
connection with the nation-wide
War Fund drive. The latter in
cludes 17 international benefici
aries, and local community chest
seven-plus the recreational pro
gram. .
The chest fund quota has been
set at SIOOO this year, plus at
least S2OOO for the recreation pro
gram, while the war fund quota
has been set at S3OOO. This means
that S6OOO will be required if all
objectives are attained in the Ken
newick area.
The recreation program, urged
and set up by the federal authori
ties, will require a total‘budget (if
at least SIO,OOO, of which amount
the local district is being asked
to raise but $2090. ‘ No provision
for a building is included in the
budget for this year.
Supervised youth programs to
combat the growing tendencies
toward delinquency, are the main
objectives for the current season.
Trained directors will be supplied
under govevrnment supervision
and a comprehensive outline of
entertainment provided for all
classes. .
In the local chest list of bene
ficiaries are included the Ben
ton County Health Council, YMCA
(Hi-Y), Boy Scouts (whose appro
priation has been doubled to take
care of the rapidly increasing
membership) Campfire Girls, 4-H
Clubs, Washington Childrens
Home and the Salvation Army.
These organizations have been
provided chest funds for many
years at Kennewick, doing away
with the necessity for individual
drives from each of the organiza
tions.
Business houses are being asked
to double their ordinary contribu
tions, while employes are again
asked to contribute at least one
full day’s wages to the fund.
“You know this ought to be
easy,” Lou Langworthy stated to
day. . He is chairman of the local
committee in charge of the drive.
“If everyone knew that donations
to the Community Chest and War
Fund drives could be deducted
from their income tax statements,
we should be able to about double
our quota. A lot better to keep
that money here at home than to
have to pay' it out in income
taxes.”
New Child Welfare
Chairman Named
Mrs. Paul 0. Stone has been
named community chairman of a
new war-time child welfare group
of committees, known as the
“Children in War Time Commit
tee.” It is an official part of the
Office of Civilian Defense pro
gram and will provide leadership
and direction to live phases of
child welfare work, and will op
erate in close harmony with the
district child welfare office under
Miss Phyllis McClain.
The free divisions of activity
for the benefit of children that
will be set up are:
1. Child health.
2. Child labor.
3. Day care for children for
working mothers.
4. Community recreation.
5. Preventative measures for ju
venile delinquencies.
The general chairman and com
mittee for community recreation
cooperation with the OCD and
have already been named and in
the Federal Securities Agency, ex
pects to get its program under Way
very soon. The Rev. J. B. Coan
was named chairman of this group
by Mayor Amon.
Mrs. McClain and Mrs. Stone
expected to attend a two day
meeting of welfare workers and
committee chairmen of this work
on Friday and Saturday of this
week. The meetings are to be
held in Seattle and several out
standing leaders in this field are
to give instructions for their or
ganizations and activities.
Postmaster F. H. Lincoln has
received an official bulletin stat
ing that Christmas cards for over
seas service men must be sealed
and carry first class postage. The
notice also states that cards that
are mailed now. will be' guaran
teed delivery to the most remote
A.P.O. by the 25th of December.
KENNEWICK. WASHINGTON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 'll, 1943
Wedding Announced
At Pretty Home Party
At a candle-lit table with a
navy motif prevading, the engage
ment of Miss Irma Pratt, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Pratt, of
this city and Neil Miller, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Miller of
Renton, was formally announced
at the home of Vivian Higley,
Sunday evening. Eight guests
were present at the dessert
supper.
The centerpiece of the table was
a model destroyer appropriately
christened the “USS Miller.” From
each place a streamer led to a lit
tle gold anchor by the ship and
attached to the anchor was a scroll
bearing the announcement. As
yet not a definite date has been
set for the wedding.
Mr. Miller is at present attend
ing officers training school at Du
buque, lowa, and was formerly
stationed at the Pasco air station.
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Men on River
Improvement Job
Army engineers plan
100-year development
proyect on Columbia
Fifty thousand men must be put
to work building Columbia river
dams as soon as the war ends, if
the Northwest is to achieve its
full destiny, Dr. Paul J. River,
Bonneville power administrator,
recently told the 10th annual con
vention of the Inland Empire Wat
erways association.
Col. Ralph A. Tudor, district en
gineer at Portland for the army
engineers, said that the first com
prehensive survey of the Columbia
is now being started and that it
envisions future devedopment of
100 times as much power as is
now being developed at Bonne
ville. It will take five years to
complete the survey, he added,
but construction of certain proj
ects can start at once.
No T.V.A. Needed
‘ Speaking for himself only, Ed
Davis, Washington state director
of conservation and development,
said a Bonneville power authority
similar to Tennessee valley author
ity is not needed, as the several
agencies now ‘concerned with the
river have shown they can co
operate.
These were the highlights of a
session which adjourned after
bringing out a surprising attend
ance of more than 300 from Idaho,
Washington and Oregon.
“We are looking ahead 100 years
in our'planning,” said Col. Tudor,
“visualizing not only the ultimate
development but the immediate
future of this area, which should
and can keep most of the popula—
tion here by war industries and
shortly provide jobs for even
more.
“Bonneville’s 10th unit will go
into production one month from
today, completing the power in
stallations there. Portland has
just launched its 500th ship ne
cessitated by the war and made
possible by Columbia power.
. More Inland Navigation
We are laying plans for 850’
miles of inland navigation. Two
Willamette river dams will be
built and three more are project
ed. As soon as congress gives the
word we are ready to go ahead on
the Umatilla dam, which, stud
ies indicate, vrill be 340 feet in
stead of 310 feet above sea level.
We advocate also 10 lower Snake
River dams, four for immediate
construction to bring ocean boats
to Lewiston.”
Colonel Tudor said that until
he started the quick studies on
Pen oßeille river nine months ago
he did not realize the absence of a
definite overall Columbia river
program. Instruction; to prepare
such a program are now being
carried out.
Administrator Raver empha
sized "that 20 agencies now deal
with the Columbia, although half
his mail is addressed to “Bonne
ville power authority,” which does
not exist.
“What happens in the next few
years,” he said, -“will determine
whether the Northwest grows and
prospers as its natural resources
and its population justify. We
stand at the crossroads. We can
keep and expand our greater pop
ulation if we agree on a compre
hensive program now. We will
lose the greatest opportunity of
the century it we are not ready
for it. V
Prom Grass Rob Up
“Our plannings should come
from the grass roots pp, apd that
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25 Years Ago Today First
World War Ended; Local
Veterans Recall the Day
Dairymen May Now File
For Subsidy Pay
Dairymen may now file applica
tions with the AAA committee
for the collection of the dairy
subsidy payment. All forms have
been received in the office and
application forms have been
mailed to farms on record. Appli
cations may be filed by the pro
ducers either by mail or in the
AAA office.
This subsidy payment is being
made to dairy farmers who sell
whole milk, butterfat, butter and
cream products . and to distribu
tors and processors in respect to
dairy products produced from
their own herds during the term
of_ the offer in order that the price
received for these products will
be sufficient to assure their con
tinued production.
Payments being made during
November are for October, 1943,
sales of the above-listed dairy
§dairy products. Applications for
lsame must be on file prior to
‘November 30, 1943. Payment for
;November, December sales will
sbe made immediately after Jan.
[l, and subsequent payment dates
will be announced later.
The AAA committee wishes to
stress the importance of each dairy
producer taking it upon himself
to- file his applications as no ef
fort other than mailing the ap
plications will be made on the
part of the committee to obtain
the reports. Evidence in the form
of milk statements, sales receipts,
etc., must be furnished. All appli
cations and correspondence sent
by mail should be addressed to the
AAA Committee, Kennewick.
All-High Play
To Be Given
November 19111
3-act comedy in up
to-date setting has
good cast
“Shiny Nose” is the title of this
year’s all-high school play to be
given Nov. 19 at the auditorium.
The play is a new three-act come
dy which is said to be one of the
best suited for school presentation
in years.
Janey, played by Jackie Elledge,
is trying (in the play) to achieve
that magazine-model look but
deadly—with grape lipstick and
ivory face powder. And she wants
to make.” an “entrance” like a
movie star when her flying cadet
boy friend calls, and greets him
in a low( voice—“very throatily.”
They call her “Shiny Nose,” but
she is growing up—really—and
this play, like Janey, is pert- fresh
and humorous. '
The play is ‘directed by Mrs.
Hansen, and the characters are:
Zip, Carmen George; Helen, Pat
'Sonnenberg; Mr. Marble, Nor
man Robbins; Mrs. Marble, Ger
trude Keene; Coach J ones, Warde
Felton; George Anderson, Ardelle
Curtis; en Curtis; Allen Rog
ers, Dori‘Ehipley; Madge Grant,
Betty R 9 Vinson; Peggy, LaVerne
Keller.
" Tickets will be on sale at Vis
ger’s beginning next Monday.
There will be a matinee for grade
school pupils on Thursday after
noon, with another for the high
school students Friday afternoon.
Library Notes
November 14-20 marks the 25th
annual celebration of Children’s
Book Week with its four-fold pur
pose: 1. To encourage in boys
and girls the love of books. 2. To
increase public appreciation of
children’s books. 3. To increase
support for public book facilities.
4. To encourage home compan
ionship through books. This year
the slogan is: “Build the future
with books," which may be in
terpreted in the following ways:
Reading helps us know our allies.
What does democracy mean to
day? The background of our
freedom. What kind of a world
we want to build. Reading makes
us happier ;citizens.
Books du on Armistice Day or
Thanksgiv' g may be returned
the day to owing these holidays
without pa ent of fines, as the
library will be closed both No
vember 11th and November 25th.
’ Twenty-five years ago today the
armistice for World War I was
signed and the war ceased at 11
o’clock on the 11th day of the 11th
month. Kennewick residents,
along with those of every city and
town in the nation—indeed in the
world—threw their hats into the
air, hollered and whooped it up
throughout the day. Many resi
dents still remember that day.
They also remember the .real
celebration which occurred two!
days 'earlier, when somehow wordl
got out that the armistice had:
been signed on the ninth. Word}
came over the Wetstern Union
somehow and whistles, bells and
any and everything which would
make a niose, was used to show
the happiness at the war’s end.
All business ceased and happy
throngs paraded up and down the
streets, singing, dancing, making
noise. Ordinarily staid, sober cit
izens managed to secure intoxi
outing beverages, even though the
Volstead Act was in effect and
Imany were the headaches the fol
‘lowing day.
Today—2s years later, we are
just at the threshold of the war’s
most serious advances. After
two years of feverish preparation,
the United Nations are about
ready to put their men and equip
ment into the big final push to fi
nally down the brutish foes. It’s
a matter of minutes, hours, days,
weeks or months at most. when
the world’s mightiest battles will
be fought. The decisions will be
momentous. Instead of hilarity,
the day will be marked with ap
prehension—waiting for the big
:push which will inevitably mean
‘lengthening casualty lists for
fvecll'y town and village in the
There will be no parades in
Kennewick. No flags will be
flown; no church bells rung; no
whistles blown. Business will
cease and for the most part citi
zes will spend the day in quietude.
Some of the local veterans were
asked today if they remembered
the day 25 years ago. Rev. John
Coan, then a chaplain in the 13th.
Division stationed at Camp Lewis,
said he well remembered the day.
His outfit was loaded aboard the
train, ready for the trip across
when the word was received. He
said for about three weeks that
was the bluest outfit in the world
—especially since the rumor got
arode they would be sent as an
angiy _of_oc_cupati_on to Siberia. _
Paul Richmond was in the in
fantry. 0n the 11th of November
he was in a hospital in Birming
ham, England, after having been
wounded in the Argonne. The
word was received, he said, that
morning and he was to enjoy his
first leave from the hospital—
from 10 to 12 in the morning. He
got in at 2 a.m. He and a couple
of buddies started to town. On
the way they met a group of about
50 women, apparently workers in
a nearby factory. They were sing
ing and dancing in the streets hav
a hilarious time. Lead by 'an
elderly woman, the group formed
a ring around the Yanks and sang
and danced around them. Then
they said “Come and have a
drink. We know you drink, for
there never was a Yank that did
not.” So the boys helped with
consumption of “nut_brow_n ale.”
Discussion after led to the dis-‘
covery that the elderly woman?
ring leader in the fun had then;
lost her seven sons in battle. Thel
celebration there lasted threei
days, Richmond says, and he dis-1
covered that the British people, in?
spite of all American critics are a}
forthright people, taking eachl
day’s experiences as they come‘
with no brooding over the past.
Richmond confesses that he has a]
great admiration for them as ‘a
people although he found many
things about them to dislike.
Paul Stone didn’t even know
for several days after the 11th
that there had been an armistice.
He was taking officers training in
France and was stationed near
the French town of Langlies, in a
barracks built by Napoleon. There
at 11 o’clock, he and his buddies
were in the moat surrounding the
town taking target practice. It
wasn’t for two or three days later
that they learned that the Huns
had quit.
G. A. Purdy recalls that he was
in a hospital on the 11th and was
so sick that he really didn’t care
whether the war went on or not.
He was in an American hospital
—big enough to care for 55,000
casualties, built out on a plain,‘
removed from any village. He:
had taken part in the battle of the
Argonne, caught a cold which had
turned into bronchitis. In the af
ternoon of the 11th the doctor re
marked as he came through the
ward that the war was all over,
but the boys were too sick to care,
Purdy says.
Larry Oliver was with the mar
ines and was stationed in San
Louisa, Cuba, when the armistice
was declared. That- didn’t make
much difference down there, Lar
ry says, for the Cubans were hav
ing their own little wars now and
then and the big armistice didn’t
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New Scout Troop
Gets Good Start
The new scout troop which met
for its first regular meeting Mon
day evening at 7 o’clock in Ep
worth Hall of the Methodist
Church got off to a fine start,
according to those in charge.
Nearly 25 boys are already en
rolled and it is expected that the
troop will be filled to its capa
city of 32 by the time the charter;
enrollment is closed. ‘
Scout Executive McDermott of
Walla Walla was prwent for the
meeting and talking briefly to the
boys. Other leaders in charge
were Acting Sooutmaster Harry
Higley, Assistant Scoutmaster
Herbert Misner and Troop Com
mittee Chairman Vane Wilder.
.A few of the boys of the new
troop have some scouting be
fore coming to Kennewick, it was
stated. The Methodist Sunday
School board appropriated $lO to
the troop committee with which to
purchase necessary troop reccrd
books and supplies. Several of
the boys have completed their
qualification tests for registration
and it is planned to hold an in
vestitune cemony for the entire
group on charter night.
Junior Red Cross
Classes Porining
In County Schools
Pupflé enthusiastic
about patriotic pro
gram being outlined
Subdivisions of the newly or
ganized Benton County chapter,
Red Cross, are getting under way
with splendid results being al
ready shown, according to the
chapter officials. Each depart
ment head is getting her particu
lar unit organized and the entire
organization will soon be produc
ing full blast. .
The Junior Red Cross division,
under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Gertrude Spaulding, has the en
rollment campaign under way.
Membership is by contribution
through the school rooms, with
each contributor being consid
ered a member. For each room so
enrolled, a membership fee of 50c
is forwarded to the national head
quarters, while all amounts col
lected over that minimum will go
to the local chapter.
Already there is a Red Cross
club is formed in the local schools,
with committees at work in all
other schools in the county doing
the same work. Here one room
in the elementary school has colfi
lected $5 in membership fees.
The pupils seem very enthusias
tic about the program, Mrs Spaul
ding reports, and are doing patri-‘
otic projects such as making scrap?
books, holiday decorations, knit
ting, sewing for the invalided
servicemen in the hospitals.
Seal Sale to Start
Monday, November 22
A volunteer army, comparable
in size and spirit to the forces re
cruited in the state for war, is pre-
sale.
“This year the tuberculosis
seal sale fits into the whole Na
tional Plan of Defense better than
ever before.” said Mrs. Gowin.
“We are fighting to make this
world a better place for children
everywhere. That is the purpose
for which the seal sale was startd
ed, the purpose _for which peoplej
have so generously purchamd
seals through the years. °
“We are proud that our soldiers
have not been forced to take a
backward step since they began
their Wire campaign against
the enemy,” she continued. “It
is our duty ‘to see that we, the
volunteer army at home, equal
;that spirit and do not fall back
‘in our fight against tuberculosis.
Christmas Seals will be avail
able in every town and county in
our state. We urge you to support
the campaign by purchasing them
generously. Then we. too, can
keep the Faith for which we fight
-—a better world, a world free
from tuberculosis."
paring fonan all
out offensive
against tubercu
losis through the
annual sale of
Christmas seals
beginning Nov.
22, according to
Mrs. E. E. Cowin
of Wapato. pres
ident o f th e
Washington Tu
berculosis Asso
ciation, s t ate
agent for the
Airman 'Missing'
Now Reported
Prisoner of War
Tyre Weaver, arm
shot off', tossed out
ship at 25,500 altitude
One of the war's most fantastic
injury stories, one which has
gripped imaginations throughout
the country, was the tale of an
unidentified turret gunner aboard
a Flying Fortress whose arm was
shot off at the shoulder. Attempts
of fellow crewmen to stop the
flow of blood failed. As a last re
sort. the co-pilot. who had taken
over when the Fortress’ captain
had his head blown off with an
aircraft cannon, ordered the gun
ner rigged into a parachute and
dropped over German territory.
It was an off chance that the air-'
man would be found and treated
in time to save his life.
Victim Now Prisoner
That story comes directly home
to Kennewick and its ending is
revealed here: The airman was
Tyre Weaver Jr., who for several
years worked here with the Coca
Cola people. He worked with his
brother, Howell, who is still here
and who received notice that his
brother was a prisoner of war in
Germany. With the lack of detail
common to prisoner notices. it is
merely to report that he “is alive.”
Tyre Weaver, already a veteran
of many assaults upon German
territory, had probably the most
amazing even of his career ahead
of him when he started on his
last trip of the war.
The story of the Fortress in
which he rode is in itself a mem
orable saga. The story .of how
Weaver. with not enough arm to
take a tourniquet, managed to
cling to the parachute straps with
his good arm and the stump, how
he survived the shock of being
tossed overside at 25,500 feet,
where the air was so thin he had
been kept alive with a portable
oxygen tank after the cabin was
smashed, will have to await end
of the war or the day when he
becomes an exchange prisoner of
war.
Details Unknown
What happened when he went
down through the hell of flak, the
welter of explosions around him
and what kind of treatment he
was accorded on landing in enemy
territory must remain a sealed
story.
But the main thing is: Weaver is
alive and he’s as comfortable as a
prisoner can be. Credit for sav
ing Weaver’s life goes to quick
thinking- Co-Pilot Johnny Mor
gan, “who ordered Weaver over
side and to Navigator Lt. Keith
Kosky, who somehow managed to
rig the chute so it would hold
Weaver and arranged a device to
trip the ripcord.
The current issue of the Cos
mopolitan carries a story of the
epic flight of the Fortress and of
how its co-pilot managed to get
to his target and return after
having been literally shot to
pieces. '
Weaver is quite well known in
this community where his south
en accent and attability have made
quick friends for him. -
Sunday Night ;
Noted Speaker Here ;
One of America's most notable
religious leaders and speakers,
Dr. Walter Van Kirk of New
York City, who has been an
nounced to speak on Sunday eve
ning in a mass service in the
Pasco Methodist church, is said
to be no less a noted speaker than
those to be heard on the lecture
{course which has been announced
for the two communities.
Dr. Van Kirk is oneTof the
chief manhers of a group of na
tional film ant acmss the
country by the Metal Coun i 1
0! Churches to bring “The Chris
tian Mission on World orde .”
ThepurposeoftheFederalCo -
cilisto“bringtogenerallmo -
ledge the studies of world 0
which have been made by -
tain mups throughout the wor ”
and to “demonstrate the._church’s
concern that solid foundations:—
spixitual, moral, political, raclhl,
and economic—be laid now 101'
post war world."
The mass service is sponsofied
by the ministers and churchesfof
the region and the public is 06r
dially invited to hear Van Kii‘k.
Mrs. Emma Higley left for Era
coma Wednesday morning for a
week-end visit with her daughter,
Mrs. Warren Sundine and family.
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