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60L XXIX
NEWS /
BEHIND”
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By PAUL MALw
The official headlines have
cheered us with almost daily vic
tories through 1943, but any sober
contemplation of 1944 must make
us look behind them at the reality
of our war effort.
In Italy, the Pacific islands and
New Guinea, we have been en
ed in costly, brave but token
;ie fighting. A very small frac
' tion of our massive army has even
now—a month more than two
years years after the war started—
seen the enemy. There have been
official estimates that 2,500,000
(possibly about a third of our pre
paring army) was overseas on New
Year’s Day. a -
Official ' pronouncements dis
close that we had four divisions in
action in Tunisia, five in Sicily,
and four or five in Italy—about
00.000 to 75,000 men fighting at a
time.
About half that: divisions have
carried on through, so that only
half of the. may be assumed to
be additional troops. _ These con
siderations would furnish an es
timate that a little over 100,000
men had yet seen action on this
front. . ‘
On Guadalcanal and in the Solo
mons, three different divisions
have been mentioned. In New
Guinea, elements of two more have
been officially declaged. A divis
ion is supposed to have been in
volved at Attu.
Thus in the Pacific, the estimate}
could be safely placed at around
00,000 in action, plus the 10,000;
realm who fought-for the 3111-“
ipplnes. ‘
Certainly few more than 200,000
tenth of the land force
m be overseas now and
minimumfifi m
have yet b'een‘fiurned upon the“
enemy. .
- This does not mean their fight
ing has not been great and his
toric. Valor and greatness in com
bat do not rest on numbers. Nor
will any future action of this war
he more important than the work
they had to do. The only poim
otthiacoldtruthiswearestill
in the preparatory phase of this
war now more than two years
after its start.
masons ron FORGETTING
That none of us has fully appre
preciated these facts, however, is
due to several natural reasons.
In the first place, collapse of the
German war machine was antici
pated because of a shortage of oil
and raw materials, and this proved
;‘ Secondly, the air corps expected
bombings of German cities to bring
in possible capitulation due to the
’same reaéons, and this may come
any day, but it has not come yet.
, Furthermore, it was wise and
necessaryforustomaketheNazis
continue to believe new invasions
Europe were imminent, in order
eep as many Germans as pos-
away from the Russian frbnt.
f Finally, the profound extent of
Nazi stubbornness in continued
hitless resistance to the Russians
been truly amazing. Only a
nation which wants suicide could
continue to face what Germany
> with the new year.
-'l'he end of the war in Europe
‘» surely to be expected this com
“: year. Fuller use of our great
wer is practically promised of
"°= , not on far scattered atolls
‘ tin concentrated power. Places
Are the blows are to be
"'mched have almost officially
"m suggested. '
_Disappointments cannot con-
Pnue to delay the inevitable. Yet
" we continue only to plod along
‘fuote sandy island by island in
"6 Pacific, and mountain by
untain in Italy, with no more
"‘-- 200,000 men in action on
"1, anyone can see this war
"'uld last interminably (the long
' years originally forecast).
My best guess is Germany will
“ crack, and quickly, that the
‘- in Germany will centainly end
" the first six months of 1944,
bably the first quarter, and
Japan will last less than a
*- longer.
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Southwe'st decided to enter
Tics as a career. He started
right way, at the bottom, get
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Naval Chablain Delivers
Sermon to Kiwanians -
A couple dozen Kennewick
businessmen listened Tuesday
noon to one of the finest sex" "..0118
they had ever heard, delivered by
H. L. Proppe, chaplain at the
naval air base at Pasco. Prob
ably it was the first and only
time many of the men present
had heard a sermon for years.
The chaplain told of several of
his. experiences in the service and
then launched into a sermon on
“Why Doesn’t God Stop this War?”
His discourse was interesting and
instructive and apparently gréatly
enjoyed by members of thelocal
Kiwanis who made up his audi
ence.
Pomona Grange
Opposes Plan of
Farm Subsidies
Favor rationing to even
supply and demand;
prevent profiteering
Benton County Pomona, at the
meeting January Bth at Buena
Vista, went on record as opposed
to subsidies by approving the fol
lowing resolution: That we Oppose
the idea of subsidies and especially
so under present economic condi
tions and indorse the substitute
plan as outlined by national mas
ter A S Goss-—-viz: -
'l. Employ a sound income {ax
and savings program to relieve
surplus income pressure.
2. Encourage abundant pro
duction by (a) practical labor poli
cies, (b) making available ade
quate machinery and supplies and
(c) an effective price program.
3. Employ rationing wherever
pcceasary to assure equitable "-‘dia
vision ’of any short apply. i
4. Use price ceilings only to‘
prevent profiteerinc with none;
established below support prices:
and wiht full recognition of pro-i
auction «and ~ wry, costs.
“2’ ‘32 Place the: ”wt tion 61":
'food productiofif‘iood distribution,
rationing and price control under‘
one head. ' n
6. Through advisory committees,
make use of farm and produce
groups and all branches of the
food industry in working out and
maintaining that portion of an in
flation control program pertaining
to food. _ ‘
7. When necessary to meet real
distress, make use of a‘consumer
stamp plan. '
The roll call found only two
officers absent. Brother Willard
Campbell, assistant steward and
Brother Dennis Henson of the
executive committee are both ab
sent from the state.
The 'meeting was called to order
at 10:00 am. and closed at 4:00
pm. with the noon meal served
by the Buena Vista ladies. There
were 74 present for the business
meeting in the morning and 110
werepresent for dinner.
The only standing committee re
port was from Brother M. G.
Clark of the‘ marketing committee.
The new committee for the year
will be appointed at the next
meeting.
Subordinate grange reports:
Buena Vista—Had a Christmas
program, New Years watch party,
initiated five in first and second,
six by demit, have five new can
didates, men put on first and sec
ond degrees and had charge of re
freshments at one meeting and
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OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
ORVILLE T. QUIILEN, TM 3/c
“Bud”, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Quillen, pioneer Horse Heaveners,
is torpedoman on a submarine.
He has been stationed in the
islands in the Pacific and claims it
took only five months in that cli
mate to grow his luxurient ‘fringe.’
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13,1944
Chick Hatchery
Moves Here
From Richland
’Snnnyacres plant puts
in new buildings and
equipment
W‘edr‘by the, ' ' 91th
m'was a m ' hatchery. R.
J. Chalcraft, who had made Sun
nyacres Hatchery at Richland a
considerable institution, has mov
ed to Kennewick where he has
already more than doubled its
capacity and expects to continue
to expand.
The new hatchery, which will
continue to be known as Sunny
acres, is now located a mile 'or so
west of town on the edge of the
Highlands, where the first of the
new buildings has already been
completed and is being used as
a unit of the hatchery. It is 32
by 54 and has every modern de
vice for the operation of that type
of business. Next week end he will
install a new 31,000-egg incubator,
ordered way last summer.
Mr. Chalcraft. has incubating
capacity of 17,000 eggs now and
with the new machine, will be
able to handle 48,000 at a clip.
The machine, however, is not
filled at one time, so that a 'con
otinuous hatch of some four or five
thousand can be handled each
week.
Handicapped somewhat by his
moving Chalcraft had his breed
ing flock which normally numbers
about 2,000 hens, reduced to some
750, carefully selected for the
purpose. They are of the Leg
horn and New Hampshire b: seds.
Owing to his own limited egg
production, he plans to accept
custom hatching this year.
Chalcraft has, so far, been able
to sell his entire output of baby
chicks in the immediate territory
—indeed, many of his customers
even coming to his place for them,
saving him delivery costs and inci
dental troubles. A large portion
of his product goes to wheat
farmers in the area toward Spo
kane and he also has many cus-.
tomers each year in the Kenne
wick and Pasco territory and most
of the towns as far west as Yaki
ma.
“On the whole I’m glad I got
moved out of Richland,” Chalcraft
said today. “I find that things
in Kennewick are more conveni—
ent in many ways and I have
land enough to provide all the
range I will need—a point which
handicapped my operations at
Richland.”
Word has been received that
David Tweet, son of Mr.- and Mrs.
E. C. Tweet of the Highlands, has
been promoted from second to
first lieutenant at Fort- D. A.
Russell.
' Lt. Tweet has served as special
service and theatre officer there
since his arrival in April. He
was also named as public relations
officer for the post. _
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Lions Win Doubleheader
new mpwmmtban
teampdeteated 4 Thigh in a
doubleheader Friday, Jan'; 7. Thu
‘B’ squad won by a score of 32
to 17. The ‘A’ squad won 39 to
17 with Dahlman and Perkins high
scorers.
Saturday night the Lions played
Promer there and won 27 to 25
in a double overtime period. .The
game was .close all the way. Knuth
and Perkins were high scorers
with Dahlman following. The
Lions were lucky to win. They
play Finley Friday night and ex—
pect it to be a tough game. Satur
day night the Lions play HermiSo
ton here.
Widely Traveled ‘
Chinese Girl In .
Fill Lecture Dale
Interesting personality
to give next number
on lecture course
Hilda Yen who will be heard“
here January 26, has seen and
tasted war in its most concen
trated form and has lived sub
sequently eight months in occu
pied territory. ‘ She has learned
her lesson in the hard way which
she will pass on so that we may
benefit from her valuable experi
ence.
Four times has Miss Yen come
to the United States. Her first
trip was part ,of her primary
HILDA YEN
school education]
ary, Rye, N. YE
to China to comq
ond time she cafl
at Walnut Hill
Mass., the high
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She returned
tlete it. The sec
ne over to finish
School, Natick,
school education
on Page 8)
41!: War Loan
Drive to Open
Next Tuesday
All quotas nearly
do'ubled; hope to put
Kennemck over top
, .
Benton County'q M the
nation's Fourth When bond
"drive has been set’at $900,000. ac
cording to a report made this noon
by local chairman A. C. “lunch,
mayor. Mr. Anion has not been
informed as to Kennewick’s quota.
but pointed out that the county
quota had been nearly doubled and
that Kennewick’s amount would
probably take the same jump.
The drive will open Tuesday of
next week and will continue until
the middle of February. A great
deal of intensive effort will prob
ably be required to put the city
and county over the top in this
drive, owing to the enthusiasm ex
hibited in the Third 'drive. How
ever, the Mayor is anxious to have
this effort turn out, successfully
and is even buying advertising}
spaceinthisissuetoputovera
message prepared by the United
States Treasury Department about
it.
County chairman for the drive
will again be Mr. Howard of
Benton City, and subchairmen are
named from each end of the coun
ty. Reno Odlin has been named
state chairman with a total quota
of $183,000,000 in bond sales. The
drive will be dedicated to service
men and women from the state
of Washington. This stirring
theme was announced at a two-
day meeting the first of this week.
Individual communities, indus
trial plants and organizations will
_work to over-subscribe quotes in
honor of their own fighting heroes.
Fighting men will be notified of
the progress of the drive in many
instances.
The Fourth War Loan Drive
begins Tuesday of next week. It
will close on Feb. 15. A hundred
dollar bond is the LEAST that
you should buy;
Navy Mothers Hold
Election of Officers
The Twin City Navy Mothers’
club met in the Methodist Church
lodge hall in Pasco Wednesday
evening and installed its officers.
Those elected for the year are.
commander, Edythe P. Reid; first
vice commander, Estella PuJJiam;
second vice commander, Nellie
Sherry; adjutant, Helen Savage;
finance officer, Julia Johnson;
chaplain, Lena Brock; judge ad
vocate, Vera Hink; color bearers,
Dolores Sclnnelzer, Hazel Beck;
matron-at-arms, Jean Campbell,
Ada Dodd; trustee, Elizabeth Du
rand. _
All Navy mothers, interested in‘
the club, and their husbands are
invited to attend the meeting on
February 2 at 8:00 o’clock in the
above mentioned hall which has
been selected as a regular meet
ing place for the club.
The Weather
Most of the street weathermen
have been wrong the past week.
for the official low has been but
15 on Saturday and Sunday nights.
The maximum and minimum tis
uresfortheweekandthoseofa
year ago are: 1944 1943
Thursday, Jan. 6 30-17 23-26
Friday .................. 31-20 33-29
Saturday .............. 28-15 32-29
Sunday ................. 27-15 31-29
Monday ................ 38-21 31-28
Tusday ............... 26-17 30-21.
Wednesday 38.24 28-22
Bichland School
Gels Big Federal
Appropriation
Big population increase
given as cause for en-
larged facilities
R. L. Nicholson, regional direct
or, was informed today by Maj.
Gen. Philip B. Fleming, Federal
Works administrator. of the Presi
dent’s approval of an FWA projo
ect for assistance in the'cost of
maintenance and operation of
school facilities in Benton County,
Washington, from July 1, 1943,
through June 30, 1944. The fed
eral contribution contemplated is
$147,425.
General Fleming authorized the
preliminary legal and administra
tive steps necessary to carry out
this project but withheld the au
thrization to make payments to
the applicant. He noted that the
reason for this was that although
the Congress has authorized ample
funds under the Lanham Act, vir
tually all the funds actually ap
propriated thus far for community
facilities already have been allo
cated for projects previously apo
:proved by' the President.
-With¢‘lrawal of a In” acreage
nude amt” mum
Mockincermnareumdh
erection of new buildings in the
present population centers The
population of this area has in
creased from m in .1910, to an
estimated 12,000. The reduction
in local funds and an anticipated
300 percent increase in school at
tendance makes federal aid neces
sary it school services are to be
maintained.
The State Deparunent of Pub
lic Instruction and the US. Office
of Education recommended ap
proval of the pnojects The appli
cant is Richland School District
No. 400, Benton County.
Larson Turned Back 011
Final Physical Exam
Mr. and Mrs. Lane K. Larson
received word yesterday from
their son, Lester, who is in the
aeronautical division, that he was
all ready for the port of embarka
tion last week and was undergo
ing his final physical examination
when it Was discovered th t he
had a punctured ear drum. ‘%oth
ing serious,” Lester wrote. ‘but
enhugh to keep me from going
across. I suppose I'll now have to
fight the battle of Texas."
Crooks Named
lst Lieutenant
Second Lieut. James H. Crooks.
son of Mr. and Mrs. John M.
Crooks of Kennewick, formerly of
Longview, has been promoted to
first lieutenant. He wrote his
parents that he is stationed about
40 miles from Lieut. Roland Wills
of Longview, who has been based
on Sardinia. Lieut. Crooks was
reported missing in action but his
parents received word that he was
in a nest camp after his plane
hadbeenshotdown. Heandhis
crew escaped. His parents have
received word he has recovered
from the accident but is still in
the rest mp.
$747 in Fines
Collected in 12
Days by Court
Traffic violations are
responsible for most
of local arrests
There were 29 cases on the jus
tice and police court docket: in
Judge Winkenwerder’s court on
the first 12 days of this month,
according to a report made today.
The first case of trespassing on
government property was heard
and Frank McHenry was given a
10-day jail sentence for his viola
tion. Bay A. Gingus was taxed
SSO and costs for selling liquor,
and J. M. Hays got $25 and costs
for committing a third degree as
sault while drunk.
In police court there were four
cases of drunkenness and the fol
lowing were fined sl2 on that
charge: N. D. Shipton, M. B. Dea
ann, 0. W. Narrezang, and Andrew
E. Shoo.
Richard Russell and Carl W.
Willoughby were fined $25 each
and Bernard F. Sears and Reuben
D. Peterson paid sls each on neg
ligent driving charges.
Arnold Jefferson paid $97.50 and
Ralph R. Callwaith $75 and costs,
and both lost their driving priv
ileges for a year onconviction of
drunken driving charges, while J.
T. Brandt, forfeited SIOO bail on
the same charge. His licenae will
be picked up by state officers.
Speeding charges against Fred
‘McCall and Gus W. Siewart cost
Ith. $25 and costs, while B. Hal
‘voraon, Buford Johnson, Sidney S.
Cullebie. Albert E. Bishop had to
dig sl7 and costs on the same
chm Chester Dague forfeited
bail «$22.50, and B. O. Sanders,
Edward J. Bishop. Heny A. Utz,
Nathan C. Doyle, Laverne Ayers,
Herman D. Rutledge and R_. C.
Collins were sls andrcoats for
speeding. David L. Flowers was
fined $25 and costs 11" operating
with defective equipment. .
Ne‘iv’i‘akw'in
Not Reduce
Food Amounts
OPA to tighten on
gas coupons to curb
black market activity
Housewives will be able to buy
about the same amount of rationed
processed foods and meats and
fats as they are now buying when
the new ration token plan goes
into effect Feb. 27, according to
Carl Williams. chairman of the lo
cal War Price and Rationing
Board.
Mr. Williams said that point val
ues will be adjusted slightly at the
time tokens go into use in order
to keep buying power on an even
“Under the token plan,” he stat
ed. “30 points (3 stamps) will be—
come valid at the ebegnining of
each two-week period for the pur.
chase of meats and fats.
“m processed foods," he added,
“50 points will become valid the
first of each month under the
token plan.”
The local War Price and Ration
ing Board chairman explained that
the ad and blue tokens, about
theslzeotadime. willbegiven in
change by merchants when house
wives spend their stamps at the
beaming of each period.
Mr. William also announced
thltltartianan. 15. the GPA will
make checks of gasoline coupons
at banks where sheets of the cou
pons, bearing the filling station’s
name, are deposited by oil dis
tributors.
He said that this inspection will
be part of the OPA’s intensified
drive against black market gaso
line operations. Gallonage repre
amhd hy the unendorsed coupons
will be ordened deducted from
the ration account of the deposit
ing distributor, who, in turn, will
be tot-ad to call upon the offend
ing filling station operator for val
id stamps to replace the unen
doraed ones. ‘
The consequence of this pro
cedure, Mr. Williams said. is that
service station operators who con
tinue to accept unendomed cou
pons, will find themselves grad
ually going out of business for
lack of supplies.
Mr. Williams further called at
tention to the fact that marma
lade: made from citrus truits are
point tree. He said that some ne
uileu had confused the jam and
jelly regulation and wene still
collecting points for citrus mar.
malnde.
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