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VOL. XXX
NEW
'BEH'
THE
By PAUL
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Way Over Soldier Votes
Mr. Welt's quaint quest for
”Idler-vote advice among the
gate governors (mostly republican
outside the South) may have
younded off-hand like a big-heart
ed attanpt to be more than fair
mt this thing. But it did not
,9 appear to the governors.
many, 'in the true political at-‘
‘ here of the congressional
film, the move also was
ed as an effort to _put the
’h—li—can governors on the sold
ier-vote spot, to make them shoul—
der responsibility for whatever
vote the soldiers get, making Mr.
Roosevelt appear to be the cham
pion of the soldier against state
and congressional resistance.
it did not work out that way
The governors apparently sensed
what was afoot and gave him re
plies which left the only spots of
Ithe problem before his eyes, not
under their feet.
in effect, a majority told him
they were going ahead with plans
for state- voting of soldiers if
the army and navy would co
operate in distributing the ballots,
implying that both he and the
congression bill were of consid
erable importance to them.
The depths of his resulting dif
iiculty' is evident in .the action of
his congressional leaders. They
held back the bill five days after
its final enactment. This ex-tend
‘ed to 15 days his opportunity of
musing over the governors’ replies
and making up his mind whether
to sign or veto.
How Will They Vote?
Now the solitary truth of all
this backing and pulling is that
no one actually knows much about
how many soldiers are going to
vote," or for whom. ‘
From Mr. Roosevelt’s actions to
date, you would judge he expects
them to vote for him, and that,
~ will vote for him if he col
. the. ballots than if the gov
... do. There is some evidence
7 n this belief, but nothing
conclusive.
l. I recently saw a ,
officer in the South
75 percent of ~the officers were
against Roosevelt, 65 percent of
the privates for him. It may
(1 something like that, although
the army seems extremely critical
of labor and left-wingers, who‘ are
the backbone of the fourth term
movement so far.
I do not know, and I cannot
find any political authority here
who even pretends to.
Personally, I suspect more de
pends on the army and navy gen
erals than on what kind of a law
applies. If they actively go out
and furnish ballots of any kind to
soldiers and collect these, large
numbers will vote; otherwise, no
law will get in that vote in bulk.
Perhaps the most important fea
ture of the bill was an unobserved
provision. It would restrict any
service officer or executive of
ficial from issuing campaign
Speeches to soldiers, and forbid
broadcasts sponsored or paid for
by the government concerning po
htical argument or material.
_ln fact, all news reports of po
htical speeches and activity would
have to be divided even between
all presidential candidats entered
In six states or more. The pen-
Ilty for violations would be SIOOO
and a year in jail. This would
_' hamper materially _the
on of fouhh term camfiaigm
01's in charge of soldier news dis-
Mbmion.
inidull Spending' vs.
{Went Spending
: Some economic authorities and
readers have asked how it would
5. possible to work out in detail
3h! theory of “individual spend
"!B" as a replacement for govern
m spending in a postwar pro-
There are a thousand and one
"In. All the government would
have to do would be to adopt this
P 0119? and then pursue it in all
”cable democratic ways.
erg]: development of meéihggs :3
rage private spen
slack business times, and dis
mage it in times of plenty,
W 6 Ijest primarily on taxation.
SDeCIal allowances could be
Muted for constructive ex-
Mlditures such as home building,
l"time improvement and businaS
Plant expansion when the national
‘We has dropped below a cer
lam figure.
J Special extra taxes could so in
to effect, tending to retard boom
like businesses. when national in
some rises above a certain figure.
a. In fact, the whole structure of
immie taxation could be geared
;‘f‘l’o:rromoting a balanced economic
1 The great spenders of the coun
[Eg are the great business firms.
cir natural tendency is to ex
. With good business beyond
‘ 10% mnge necessities and
bus' wail at unused plants when
"1985 falls off. A wise gOV-
Effluent would get them into plan
i‘mg directly, in addition to tax
“res.
GOVernment loan policies also
could be adjusted to this purpose.
Continued on Page .8)
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Local'Girl Candidate
For WSC Prom Queen
Marjorie Mcßeynolds, Kenne
wick, is one of the seventeen coeds
competing for the title of “Queen
of the Junior Prom.” The annual
junior prom will be held Saturday.
April 15 and the winner will be
announced at intermission. A
King is also competing for the
title from the Vets, Air Corps and
civilians. The King and Queen
will lead a special grand march
after the winners are announced.
Kennewick
Methodists Hold
Spring Conference
Fund° started to buy '
pipe organ; church
shows substantial gain
Officers and leaders of the local
Methodisa church met Monday
night for their spring business
conference which serves as the
annual meetmg of the church. Dr.
Fred L. Pedersen of Walla Walla,
district superintendent, was pres
ent and presided. -
During the session numerous
departmental reports were pre
sented and plans were a‘dopted for
the activities and goals during the
year ahead which opens June 1.
In commenting upon several ,ot the
reports, the superintendent high
ly commended the progress of the
local group and stated repeatedly
that in several gains the Kenne
wick church would lead the dis
trict of over 50 churches.
The, following leaders presented
reports: Nomination of officers,
trustees, stewards and committees,
J. B. Coan; treasurer’s reports,
Mrs. T. W. Payne; treasurer mis
sions and benevolence, Mrs. A. W.
Campbell; budget for the new year,
J. R. Ayers; church school, Gil
bert Clodfelter; woman’s society,
Mrs. J. R. Ayers; trustees’ report,
Vane R. Wilder; policy and pro
gram, J. B. Coan; lay leaders’ re
port, Arthur W. Campbeww
sionary and lepevolence,‘ .. ' ' get,
J. B. Coan; p rl3ll fitfition and
assistance, Miss Jennie Hannah
and Mrs. C. V. Wintersheid; mem
bership gains and pastor's report,
”.32" Com. ' . 4:0”: 451~-¢_
. Membership Gain .
The pastor reported a net gain
in membership for the present year
to date of 78. The treasurer's re
ports revealed very substantial
gains over any preious years. The
church school report shows an
average gain in all phases of about
50 percent. The woman’s so
ciety reports 118 members and the
church school 350, including nurs
ery and home department. A very
active youth and children's pro
gram has been carried on during
the year.
In addition to the old debt of
about S9OOO being liquidated this
year the congregation spent, to
date, over sl6oo'for property im
provements, repairs and added
facilities. The church has given
to missionary and benevolent work
outside the parish SISOO this year.
New Officers
Officers and committEe chair
men elected for the year ahead in
cluded: rLay Leader and state
conference delegate, Arthur W.
Campbll; alternate, Vane R. Wild
er; chairman trustees, Carl C.
Williams, vice, J. R. Ayers; chair
man, board of stewards, J. R.
Ayers, vice, A. W. Campbell; com
munion stewards, Mrs. T. W.
Payne and Mrs. George Purdy;
fin'ancial secretary, Mrs. T. W.
Payne; treasurer for all general
funds, Claude V. Wintersheid;
church secretary, Mrs. C. F. Wink
enwerder; church school superin
tendent, Mrs. C. V. Wintersheid;
assistant, 'Arthur Campbell; church
librarian, Mrs. Helen Partee‘; his
torian, Mrs. I. N; Mueller; cus
todian- legal papers, Mark M.
Moulton.
Chairmen: Membership ' and
Evangelism, George Hodgson; fi
nance, J. R. Ayers; missions and
benevolence, Mrs. Gus George;
adults, Vane Wilder; pastoral re
lations, J. R. Ayers; our men in
service, Floyd Hutchins; board of
education, Mrs. C. V. Wintersheid;
temperance, Victor Rogers; par
sonage, Mrs. Bob Simmelink; ush
ers, Gilbert Clodfelter; buildings
and grounds, Herman Campbell;
choir leadership, the pastor; choir
:obe fund, Mrs. Vane Wilder; pipe
organ fund, Carl C. Williams;
policy and program, the pastor;
church nursery, Mrs. Roger Jones;
flowers, the society circles.
Start Organ Fund _ _
On Easter Sunday the church
reports the largest congregation
in years which 'filled the sanc
tuary to capacity. The Rev. John
B. Coan, pastor, announced a
surprise Easter gift and pledges by
the members of the choir of SSOO
towards a new pipe organ fund.
Following this he announced two
additional pledges of SSOO each
trom individuals of the congre
gation to match the challenge of
the choir. A
Several additional gifts and
pledges were received, without any
special solicitation, bringing the
pipe organ fund a total of gifts
and pledges of SI6OO. The goal
set for the pipe organ is $5000:
S7O in pledges also came toward
purchase of 30 new choir robes.
Continued on Page 8)
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944
Community Has
Besponsnhmly in
Pnce Control
a Board chairman says
all must help in making
best of situation
“The public, not only local OPA
board, has the responsibility of
making price control work in
this community.” ‘ A
C. E. Ridley, chairmanfitthe
local board, ' today expressed this
opinion in urging that consumers
f‘give greater cooperation” in the
government’s fight against black
market operations and price
chiseling.
“Our responsibility as citizens
does not stop with the knowledge
that we, each in our small way
are contributing to the job of
providing our soldiers with guns
and our sailors with ships.
“There remains the home-front
battle, the desperate effort to
keep our nation from falling into
the depths of a depression pro
voked by runaway inflation.
“This grave responsibility, while
technically placed on the shoulders
of paid OPA officials, cannot _be
done by them alone. There simply
are not enough then and women
engaged in the government’s price
control enforcement program to
eliminate effectively the price
violators who continue to threaten
our present and future security.
“The average citizen of this com
munity, burdened with heavy war
time taxes, is having a .hard
enough time making both ends
meet, even when we pay go
higher than the legal ceiling prices.
It’s _ absolutely frightening to
think what would happen to you
and me if prices were. to get en
tirely out of hand.
“It is high time that we, in this
community, realize that prices set
by the government must be main
tained; that it is our individual
duty to report each and every
instance of overcharging, regard
less of how trival the amount may
seem to be.
“Only in this way can we pro
tect ourselves and our fellow
neighbors for the duration of the
war and for that difficult economic
period which will follow its end.”
Chairman C. E. Ridley said
consumer complaints should be
filed with the price clerk attached
to the local board.
Republicans to Elect.
State Delegates
Local republicans are invited
to attend a dinner meeting Sat
urday night of next week at the
Arrow Grill. The meeting has
been called primarily, by County
Chairman L. E. Babcock, for the
purpose of electing nine delegates
to the republican state convention
at Wenatchee on May 6th.
Precinbt committeemen of the
county are urged to be present,
although anyone interested in the
party will be welcomed. The din
ner will begin at 8:30 because
of the help problem at the Grill,
but the discussions will also I'ol
- the dinner and guests may
attend the meeting without the
dinner, as accomodations will be
limited to about 40.
Delmer L. Kramer, 23, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy V. Kramer,
Kennewick, is now enrolled as an
aviation cadet in the pre-flight
school at Maxwell Field, Ala
bama, an installation of the Army
Air Forces Training Command.
Contact
CI-IILD 81'1“!“ BY can
,A Included among the recent birth ‘
announcements from- the. Pasco!
hospital were two of Kennewick;
a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs.;
Archie Crago and a son to Mr.l
and Mrs. Harold Couture. An
emergency case fromeennewick
was young Douglas Osterbusy who
was brought in for 5 care after
being struck bya car. ngs. Harry‘
Newlin of Kennewickiwas among
the surgical cases. Medical cases
included Mrs. Alice Garrett, ,Miss'
Edith Keller, .Everett {Amam and
Mavin Ackerlund all: of. Kenne
wx . '-.~
Openllflice lor‘x
Farm Labor -
In Kennewick
Farmers urged to use
facilities; outlook not
too bright at present
‘ The Farm Labor office under
sthe Agricultural Extension Serv
‘ice, set up to handle the Emer
;gency Farm Labor program, is
mow open at the County Extension
{office, Room 7, Telephone Build
3ing, according to the announce
ment of qounty__Agent Slguse togay,
Tlie office will be maintained at
this location until the remodeling
,is completed in a short time at the
Labor Camp, when it will be
moved to that location.
' Charles E. Ridley at Kennewick
‘will have charge of this office.
{whichissetuptoservehothßen
:ton and Franklin counties, and will
work in close cooperation with the
Benton-Franklin Labor committee.
iparticularly on the placement of
Mexican nationals. Mr. Ridley will
continue to serve as chairman of
the War Price and Ration Board.
All farmers of both counties
are urged to anticipate their labor
needs and register for these needs
at the Farm Labor office, and not
try to secure their needs by direct
calls (an individuals ‘at the Labor
Camp. The office can be of most
value to the farmers if they will
make full use of it. The labor
outlook is not at all bright and
needs must be known in advance if
the best efforts are to he made
to meet them.
City Dray 8011:
The City Dray line, operated
since 1918 by Jos. Olbrich, was
sold the first of the week to Tom
Pfligler of Pasco, who took over
the. active management Tuesday
morning. Mr. Olbrich is taking
a well deserved rest after his
many years of making deliveries
to Kennewick businessmen.
Rebekah: Moo: Monday
At the regular meeting of Al
thea Rebekah Lodge on Monday
night over which Mrs. Grace Ed
wards presided, one candidate was
voted -in and another application
received. $19.60 was donated by
the Odd Fellows for the blood
plasma fund. The fund will be
held open for two more meetings
and anyone desiring to contribute
to this worthy cause may leave
their donations with Mrs. E. A.
Silliman. secretary of the lodge.
Twelve members signified their
intention of attending the semi
annual meeting of District 15 to
be held at Wapato April 17.
Lois Dimmick of the Kiona lodge
is president and Evelyn Lyons
of Althea lodge, vice president.
Dainty refreshments were served
by Mrs. Carl Bennett and Mrs.
Frank Wright to members of
both the Odd Fellow and Rebekah
lodges.
Local Man Pal o!
Wat's I. ding ;
Air Finger *
Veteran of several
South Sga baptles;
hopes to be pilot
A Kennewick resident, Robert
Rice, aviation machinists mate.
3/c, is a boyhood chum of the
world-famous war. ace. Capt. Don
S. Gentile; lately m'uch in the
newspapers. - Capt. Gentile has
topped all Us. war records with
30. certain enemy planes to his
credit.
Rice, who has been in the navy
since before the present war he
gan, was raised in Piqua. Ohio.
living across the street from the
now famous air corps captain. He
has seen much service on aircraft
carriers and his last ship was the
Lexington. He was in several of
the major South Sea battles. in
cluding the Coral Sea victory
among others. .
Rice has taken all the prelimin
ary examinations and his excell
ent service record is getting him
a chance to take a pilot’s training
course at Pensacola. after which
he hopes to- be transferred into
the marine air corps, where his
brother is now a pilot.
Assigned to shore duty until‘
his class is formed in Septemberw‘
{Rice hopes to get a fighter ship‘
:fikehispal,a‘ndbesenttothe
Asiatic area where he has some
very special and urgent combat
missions against the japs. His
experiences in the South Seas have
giveni him some scores which
he hopes to" -be able to settle
satisfactorily.
Scottish Rite Masons
Install Officers
Both Scottish Rite bodia, the
Lodge of Perfection and Rose
Croix held installations last Tues
day night in the Masonic hall.
The officers installed for the
Lodge of Perfection were Harry
Linn, venerable master; Milton
Libby, senior warden; W. R.
Gravenslund, junior warden; R.
Q. Macmahon. treasurer; Law
rence Scott, secretary; Rev. Leo
Dyson, orator, and R. Q. Mac
mahon, almoner. The Rev. Leo
Dyson acted as installing officer
and W. S. Green was master of
Following this ceremony the
following were installed as offi
cers of the Rose Croix for the
coming year: J. R. Ayers, wise
master; J. K. Bockius, senior war
den: Gene Spaulding, junior war
den; Lawrence Scott, secretary:
R. Q. Macmahon, treasurer; M. M.
Moulton, orator, and R. Q. Mac
mahon. almoner. The Rev. John
Coan acted as‘ the installing offi
cerandW.S.Greenasmaster
of ceremonies. Refreshments were
served ii: the dining room follow
ing the _meeting.
Drug Store Adds ,
Book Department
A book department has been
added to the Vibber drug store and
patrons are invited to make sug
gestions conceming its operations.
Limited, at first, the department
will be expanded as speedily as
the store learns its patrons wishes
along this line. '
The superintendent for Guy F.
Atkinson Co., of Hanford, is in
San Francisco on business. ~
Kennedy Auto Camp to
Be Developed
The Kennedy Auto Camp. at
the foot of Washington stneet.
has been sold to Joseph Bats
and James Paulos. both lately of
Las Vegas. Nev. The new pm
prietors plan to develop the prop
erty and are awaiting sanctions
(any the War Pmduction Boaxjd.
Mr. Bates, who necently an—
nounced the opening of an up to
date night club to be operated
at the former Lape midence on
the Highlands. has decided to use
the place as a home. with Mrs.
Bates arriving within a couple of
weeks. He will also have the
head office of the Western Fi
nance company located on his new
property on the highway.
Grange Asks New
WSC President he
'Tarm Minded"
g’ost-war planning .
Ignpres‘ Grange_ guide
p'osts of prospEritSr
Benton County Pomona gram}
met April Bth with Horse Heaven
with all officers present. The:
next meeting will he Ilay 18th
with Rattlesnake at 2:00 p.m.
Memorial services will be held.
.A resolution from San Juan
county asking that the State Huh
way commission be impowered to
build and operate the ferry sys
tem serving San Juan county
’to facilitate especially the truck
ing from farm to market was
left for the secretary to get tur
:l? information before action is
en.
One from Buena Vista grenge
asking that Washington State Col
lege be requested to provide at
once for a greatly enlarged pro-.
gram of experimentation in irri
gation on agriculture at Pruner
and that the board of regents of
WSCbeurgedtoselectaeollege
president who is agriculwrolb
minded and who has t I
vision of mm, of
irrigation 81a . H in" i". m
of Washington. Amended to rat].
“Upon the retirement of Dr. I.
0. Holland” was adopted as
amended. ‘
A resolution concerning the post
war distribution of world war
equipment was approved.
M. G. Clark reported for post
war committee. He said congress
has passed an act authorizing ap
‘propriations of 31.350.000.000 for
ythe work of the United Nations
‘Relief and Behabilation Admin
?istration but has not voted any
actual appropriation . The Unimd
‘States is expechd to contribute
67% percent of a total fund of
82.500.000.000 for the use of the
UNRRA but we will have'only one
vote out of 44 to control the dis
be spent. He also stated that
tribution of the money that will
post war planning which ignores
the three grange guide posts of
“prosperity depends of the pro-.
duction of wealth," “the compen
sation of each should be based:
upon what he contributes to the
general welfare" and “the prime.
purpose of government is to pro-'
tect its citizens from aggression"
will be futile. 1
At the March meeting the exe
cutive committee was instructed
to investigate the shortage of
sugarandtheuseofblackstrap
used by the liquor interests. They
reported that the same amount
of sugar would be allowed this
year for canning and that the
black strap was used in the pro
duction of industrial alcohol.
Power committee reported a
comparison of taxes. donations and
free service in percentage of base
revenue for all electric plants in
the United States municipal plan?
26.8 percent privately owned. 14.
making an excess of 12.4 contri-j
buted by municipal plants. {
Reports of Subordinate Grangss‘
Horse Heaven has resumed its
regular two meetings a month
and have taken in two new mem
bers with several others in pros
pect. They have contributed to
the Red Cross. the Kegiey mem
orial and renewed their member
ship in the Inland Empire Water
Ways association.
Buena Vista held two regular
and one special meeting at which.
they voted on all candidates and
initiated them in the first and
second degrees. A basket social
netted $88.28 which was turned
over to the Red Cm“. They have:
256 members in good standing.
Their teams are busy initiating in
all four degrees in their own
stance and at Grandview gauge.
Though there was no represent
ation from Rattlesnake a report
wassentinforthequarterin
‘which they report four meetings.
‘two deaths, an elk dinner. be
per member of $2.95 to the Kegley
memorial fund. $405 from the
community for the Red Cross.
3205 of .which was raised at a
box social by the grange. tive
new members, lost six, ten at
tended the otticers’ school at
Buena Vista and are planning to
entertain Pomona, in May. _ _
Kiona Benton has elected and
installed a new steward, taken
in seven new members, lecturer
received a gold star award. conhiv
buted $15.00 to the Red Cross
andscamemberors63oto
Continued on Page 83
Federal Aid Grant
Puts School on
Cash Basis Again
District now employs
55 teachers; all re
elected at annual meet
The Federal Works Agency this
week granted the Kennewick
school district $88,380 for opera
tions. according to word received
this week from Congressman Hal
Holmes. The money is granted
for the purpose of relieving the
extra burden of cost occasioned by
the influx of outside enrollees
in the district. Supt. E. S. Black
Elves the total this week of loss
near-Ly double the normal registra
tion. He states that the school now
has reached its maximum capacity
and future applicants will be
turned down because of lack of
facilities to handle any additional
number.
i The local board held its annual
‘meeflnz this week and re-elocted
its stat! of teacheu. now number
ing 55. Salary increases. oom
mensurate with the times were
granted in all departments. Mr.
mud. In addition to the
corps. the district now
employs ten bus drivers and
“I'.“ 384 m. , ,
The‘federal grant just author
ized will permit the diatrict to
Blackmail” I? i: cularly'
eta . e
Mauve of the won-fiance:-
man Holmes has been doing to
‘nelleve the local situation and
go that without this aid the dia
ct would have been in a dea
pel-ate financial condition by the
mdoftheyear. Healaohopes
tovhear in the near future that
the plans for the new achool bulld
ing have received the final go
ahead Sign.
Trailer Camps
Protest Ordinance
Owners of three of the camps
along the River Road west of
Kennewick were guests at the
W oi‘commenoe thh noon.
W nt the'ater contam
ination stuff was given by Mr. El
‘mu who acted as spokesman tor
file: stated that they were in
sympathy with the efforts of the
health authorities in keeping down
water‘contamination, but the re
mm the several analyses
taken above the mouth of the
2% showed not much dif
. , in contamination, indi
mthe whole ‘trouhle did
~ he in that immediate
Wt!-
“in armament named to Ind!-
* , that a more complete investi
lm ahould be undertaken in the
Imatter and the club named a com
mittee toeonter with the officials
in that regard.
Printing Office Has
Novel Window Display
W! the most novel window
' the local printing otflce
hushed It now in the office win—
gow. Itinetnllecalemodelof
one o! the familiar Freightways
M tend trailer combinations.
complete with rubber tires, side
lighte and everything.
i'l‘hetrellerisshownwithlocal
jpmduou spilling from the opened
doorway and the goods are being
changed every other day. Mon
dey'e load wee from the Kenne
wick Bakery. Today the mer
chandise is tram the Vibber Drug
stone and the tollowing day some
other local merclmnt's were: will
be on display.
Stale Credits 213%
Population Gain
“mm.” .mm “may.
in m
cm costs. a truism which
We]: city fathers learned
the bud ww. Hence the action
01., flu m lean-tyre appro
prht’u‘ $200,000 to overburdened
manipulates has come as a real
life saver.
, .lhe money was to be allocated
to thoae communities showing a
war time increase and the accent
survey showed that the Kenne
wick tncnase was 213%. second
only to Emmet-ton in the state.
Paaoo's incoease was given as
slightly under 100%. and the
my will be allocated on the
state’s percentage basis.
Extraordinary expenditures on
thepartotthecltytotrytokeep
:paoe with the growing population
lhas pretty well stretched the
city’s budget and the state’s con
‘tribution has come at a most op
portune period. Councilmen do
not know just when the money
will be received, but the improve
;ment plans are already under way
and the money can be apportioned
'3B soon as recevied.
. . Pic. Leroy Desgranges from
Fort Dix, New Jersey. is Spending
his furlough with his parents Mr.
and- Mn. Walt Dam - He
m to Fort Dix Thursday
morning.
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