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VOL. XXX
NEWS g
BEHINIE
1115 f NE
By PAULMALU
Discipline in our Democracy
One editorialist has implied that
my exposures of the laxities in
discipline and scholarship in the
schools strikes at the heart of
democratic institutions—leaving a
reader to suspect that disipline
would overthrow democracy.
Now where in the world did he
get that idea? The truth is the
opposite, as any reasonable man
, ould be able to deduce for him
é. Why did Naziism, Commun—
l‘ ,5,“ and Tokyo dictatorship rise
to their present power in the
world? Because they said demo
cracies were weak, our people un
disciplined, and our systems de
ficient? .
Democracy failed in Germany
before Hitler on this very ground.
The Weimar Republic was a moral
forerunner of what weak France
later suffered before her fall. The
people were not strong, well or
dered, but confused and lax in
all ways.
I say we shall suffer the same
fate unless we mend our easy
ways and reestablish discipline in
home. school and church. Juve
nile delinquency is only a first
crack that shows in our guilt.
Deficient scholarship from pro
gressive education is another. So
is adult delinquency.
These are warning of the de
generating road ‘that is leading on
into business (condoning of black
markets. etc.). into politics (easy
going acceptance of lack of com
mon integrity and respect for
promises). and into personal at
titudes of seine of our people
who have no righteous indignation
against cheapness. ignorance. last.
ness—or even dishonesty.
They are more apt to scorn
.work than crimes against nature.
. They not only tolerate sloth, they
worship it. These are weaknesses
y wl‘iier;f a"; net:l strfigth. At the
' me is ‘ctatorship, not
#éoaacy. __ _ _
By discipline, I do not mean
ecu-mm heeLclirkinguw'Rwian‘
servility, or Tokyo bootlicking of
an e-peror. . These critics even
seem to have forgotten the mean
ing of democratic discipline as well
as its operation. _ _
It is only a national standard—
a state of national mind—main
tained insistently by a majority
It is a custom established by the
people themselves.
Fix 3 Just Standard
The army and navy do not main
tain discipline with a cat-o’-nine
tails. They fix a just standard to
which all must subscribe, and all
save a very small minority of the.
misguided do subscribe. The
guardhouse is maintained for them
as a last resort of punishment
based on a fair trial under majority
democratic standards and customs.
If you think the example of the
army too strained for civilian ap
plication, consider how order is
maintained in your church. There,
you have no guardhouse or serg
eant-at-arms, or even written rules
of conduct, yet the sternest dis
cipline is maintained by majority
demand.
You see very little vandalism
such as carving of seats, such van
dalism would be practically elim
inated also in the movie houses,
street cars, and other public places
where it is now rampant if a
bajority of this country only firm
ly insisted.
Schools Can Have It
Discipline can be restored to the
schools the same way. So can good
scholarship. Parents can thus be
induced or compelled by scorn
alone to take the reins at home,
and churches invited to assert
themselves again.
This then is the democratic way
of maintaining a strong and
orderly nation, and when it fails
you get dictatorship; in fact, you
must have dictatorship as a neces
sary consequence of your own de
generation.
Al] today who condone the
easy-way doctrines, easy learning,
easy discipline, who hage only
Sympathy and “understandmg’ for
everything weak, wrong and m
efficient. are the ones who are
striking at the heart of dernocracy
and will kill it by leading it to its
inevitgble ruin.
The. majority must maintain
standards of behavior in home,
school and church, in business, in
politics. which will require both
children and adults to express their
better selves, to study, to work, to
develop themselves. to obey, .to
Stop condoning and sympathizmg
With rottenness and laziness, to
eliminate the standard of sloth
and ease. to make this nation
Stroflg within itself and stronger
than its dictator enemies or com-
Detitors.
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_ Oklahoma's True Meaning
2‘ True meaning of the somewhat
Prprising Oklahoma special elec
txon result seems to have been lost.
It Simply suggested the Democrats
can win if they offer the best
man.
Their candidate for the con-
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Price Check Finds
Several Violations
A price check of 19 Kennewick
stores has just been completed.
0f the 19 checked, only 3 were
in compliance with OPA regula
tions. This makes a compliance
of only 16 percent.
Twenty price violations were
found and 34 posting violations.
Customers are being urged to
report all price violations to the
price clerk of the local War
Price and Rationing board. '
Nazarene Church
Shows Big Gains
Plan erection of new
recreation hall
Reports given at the annual
meeting of the Church of The
Nazarene, April 14, revealed a gain
for the fiscal year just closing of
$2500 over offerings of previous
year. District and general inter
est are over paid as is the home
mission, educational budget, etc.
The membership of the church
shows a gain of thirty new mem
bers for the year and a total per
capita giving of SBO.
The largest local offfering ever
received was on Easter Sunday
jwhen $526 was paid into the
§church coffers. The largest Sun
day school offering ever received
fwas on this same day , the amount
being $lO3. This was given with
?out financial drive or effort of
any sort. »
i A board of trustees, stewards
and other officers were elected for
the new church year. The church
board is now considering the en
‘largement of the church build
ing. Plans are also underway for
[a recreation building 50170 feet
long. This building will be erected
[at the rear of the present location.
The Rev. Briece, pastor, was for
merly in charge of a recreational
program in one of the Chicago
suburbs and is well able to guide
his flock along these lines.
United Truck
Opens Teminl
'Wth ten local men H and two?‘l
women employed. “'ij
’agemént of Cecfi" . ‘ , ng-l
United Truck Lines is this weeki
announcing the opening of a finel
new terminal on the other side
of the river. 1
Mr. Combs, a Kennewiék resi
dent for more than 20 years to
day said that his company was
the largest independent outfit in
the West, operating more than
$300,000 worth of the latest equip
ment, including refrigerated units.
The company operates in the four
Northwestern states, although it
is a 100% Washington corpora
tion.
Featuring overnight service to
all points in the Northweét, the
company operates 140 pieces of
road equipment, with a monthly
payroll of $60,000.
Toppenish Visitors - __ -_
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lincoln
of Toppenish visited at the home
of Lincoln’s father, Postmaster
Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln’s sister,
Margaret Hawkins. Tuesday, ac
companied by their father and
sister they drove to Cusick to visit
relatives. They also visited in
Spokane, returning to Kennewick
Thursday. '
Maling Starts Operations
W. Card returned to Kennewick
on Monday. He is the B. EuMal
ing representative for this district
and withave charge of -‘their as
paragus contracts here. B. E.
Maling Co. started hauling as
paragus from the growers near
Kennewick on Tuesday of this
week.
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
LOREN C. WI:
Loren C. Winterscheid, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Winterscheid
of 223 lst Ave., left for Camp
Lewis, Wash., for induction into
the army March 16. MarCh 30
he was placed in 68th Medical
Training branch Camp Barkeley
Texas.
Loren was a junior, pre-med.
student at Willamette university,
Salem, Oregon before entering
the service.
KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
P. P. & L. Co. Seeks Additional Water Source
Keeping pace with Kennewick’s
rapid growth in population, Pacific
Power 8; Light Company is ex
ploring a new well in Layton’s
addition to supplement the pres
ent city water supply. Picture at
City Planning to
Hire Manager In
Handle Business
Operational details be
coming too complicated
for no-pay officials A
Kennewick’s growing pains are
becoming almost unbearable
necessary work is becoming too
great to handle for free. The city
council has started investigations
as to the, possibility of hiring a city
manager to handle the increasing
business of the municipality. ‘
Recently passed state laws per
git cities of over 2000 population
adopt the new plan, which will
be very similar to the setup now
'in operation, except that the coun
tcil will be permitted to hire a
manager to ha_ndle the city’s busi-
Lness affairs. The council of seven
and the mayor would act as a
board {if directors with the hired
man to do the actual W.
"City Atty. C. L. Powell was
asked to get all the - information.
regarding the plan to present at
the next regular meeting. The
action would require a special
election to permit the voters to
pass on the proposition. The elec
tion would be called in August, it
the council decides to take on the
full time manager. '
Cily to liven
Garfield Street
To prevent a traffic bottleneck
south of town, the city council
Tuesday evening ordered the city
attorney to at once start condem
nation proceedings against prop
erty owners for an extension of
Garfield street from the canal
south. The county has already
made preparations for the exten
sibn of the road to Tenth Avenue,
the south city limits, from which
point a road is already is tuse.
Most of the property within the
city limits belongs to the school
district where the proposed new
school building will adjoin the
new street. Completion of the
project will involve another bridge
across the canal eventually.
Mayor Anion reported work on
the opening of the Garden Tracts
dead end streets as progressing
satisfactorily.- This north-south
street will give egress to the
hihway for residents of the area
north of the railroad tracks.
Leg Broken Again -
Marlene Neel, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harley Neel, who re
ceived a broken right leg near the
thigh and other injuries in a
car accident several weeks ago
was returned to the hospital Tues
day morning. Sunday she com
plained of her leg hurting between
her knee and ankle; An X-ray
showed that her leg had been
broken in two places at the time
of the accident and the lower
break had been overlooked. Her
leg was broken over Tuesday and
put into a cast which she will
wear for three or four weeks.
Collins Jones
lniured in Crash
Collins Jones, bombardie‘r-navi
gator on a B-26 bomber was in~
jured in a crash landing last week,
according to messages received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Jones of the Highlands.
A letter from the pilot of the
ship on which Collins was flying
stated that he had a badly
wrenched back, superficial cuts
and bruises, but was not seriously
injured. A cablegram received
today stated that his condition
was favorable and improving and
that he was not seriously injured.
He is being cared for in an Ameri
can hospital in England.
left shows drilling rig lowering a
section of 16-ineh steel casing at
the site of the new well. View
at right shows portion of new
zoo-unit housing project, one of
many new installations served
Kennewick FFA Sends
Delegate to Convention
Ed Smith, a senior, was the
delegate sent by the FFA chapter
of the Kennewick high school to
the annual FFA convention held
in Pullman. The meeting eon
vened Thursday, Friday, and Sat
urday of last week. Attending
the convention were 109 boysvtrom
the schools of the state.
Ed gave a report of the trip to
the club at its meeting this week.
Contests in each field of agricul
tural interest were conducted for
the delegates ‘
The trip was made possible by
the Northern Paqific Railroad
which furnished free transporta
tion for all of the boys.
County Tables _
Ordinance ‘
Controlling Camps
camp opemefirs hire
engineer to help in
planning relief
Benton county commissioners
held a hearing Monday on a pro
posed ordinance controlling build
ing housing conditions outside
municipalities thruout the county.
Representatives of the trailer
along the river betweena Kenne
wick and the Richland road were
present at the hearing and voiced
objections through their attorney,
George Beardsley, of Prosser. As
a result of the hearing the com
missioners tabled the ordinance.
This action is taken to indicate
that undue hardship would result
in too strict regulations concern
ing the temporary housing along
the river road. While sanitary
conditions are under the direction
of the state board of health. the
county will not attempt to regu
late the type ot construction, loca
tion or other limitations on the
building along that highway.
Camp opehtors have perfected
an organization and will endeavor
to comply with all sanitary regu
lations required by the board of
health, and have employed a muni
cipal engineer to figure out meth
ods of complying. Maintenance of
sanitary conditions is one of the
principal problems of the camp
operators.
New—Cßy—Wéll Down
To 80-Foot Level
The big 20-inch bit has driven
about 80 feet into the well site
selected by the Pacific Power 8:
Light Co., for the municipal water
supply, according to a report made
this noon, by Mgr. R. H. Skill.
The casing is a IG-inch tube.
First flow of water was struck
at about 30 feet Skill reported,
but the company wants a supply
from a lower level and drilling
will continue.
Cold Weather Slows
Grass Production .
Late in starting and slowed by
cold weather, the Kennewick as
paragus crop has run into diffi
culties this year. Even the price
on Northwest markets is too low
to be profitable to local growers.
Shippers are finding slow markets,
even in Mid-West points, and the
Pacific coast has been flooded
with Calfironia shipments at prices
far below the local rates.
A comparison of the week’s
weather records with last year
will give a good indication of the
reasons for the slow cutting in
local patches. Following are the
records “as prepared by the local
official weather reporter:
Date 1943 1944
April 13 85-45 59-37
April 14 ............-.......87-43 81-38
April 15 --..................87-52 60-38
April 16 79-53 63-32
April 17 80-53 70-36
April 18 "78-43 67-35
April 19 71-48 86-41
from the RF. 8; L. water system.
Kennewick's phenomenal six-told
increase in population during the
past two years has been a problem
for all types of utility service and
for municipal government as well.
To Lei Contracts
For New Trailer
Parking Facilities
Three hundred govern-‘-
mentgtrailers to be; set
up adjacent to park
Contracts will be let tomorrow
for the sewer and water supplies
for the new government trailer
camp to be opened south of town
adjacent to the housing units. '
Just north of the units. be
tween there and the park will be
placed 200 government trailers.
West and south of the units will
be spaces for 1000 private trailers.
Utility units, sewer and water will
also be supplied for these. '
A large community house will
also be included in the construc
tion. Itwillbelocatedonthe
extension of Garfield street. This
unit will contain m rooms.
play rooms, clinic. man-anon
oftices. kitchem-and a large com
munity hall with stage. etc.
Further shortages have prevent
ed the acceptance of the housing
units already nearing completion.
although it is expected that within
another week, the final touches
will have been completed.
Burma Problem
Has Diflicnllies
An interesting talk on Burma
was given Tuesday noon at the
Kiwanis club meeting by Pro
fessor Peterson, of the forestry
department of the University of
Washington. The professor was
chief forester in Burma for 10
years and speaks with first hand
knowledge of conditions where our
soldiers, with the British are hav
ing a hot fight with the japs who
are attempting to take over the
country. __ _ _
Our efforts to keep open the
new Ledo road as well as reopen
the Burma road are filled with
obstacles, dense jungles, insects,
copious rains, impassable terrain
to say nothing of the obstinancy
or the nips. The problems are
serious. complicated by a dis
position on the part of the natives
to side with our enemies rather
than with us.
Highlands Pioneer Dies
News of the death of John Ross
was received here early this week.
Ross died at his home in Seattle
Monday after a long illness. He
was one of the early settlers on
the Highlands. coming here in
1911. He made his home here
until recently, moving to Seattle.
His widow, Mrs. Jean Ross sur
vwes.
Mammalian Buys
Angus Grill
The Angus Grill and the Com
mercial In, both owned and op
erated by Mr. and Mrs. K. A.
McMillan. were sold this week to
a Mr. McClanahan, of Walla
Walla, who took possession of the
two place: today. Mr. McClana
ban is also owner of the Austin
Grill in Pasco, which he recently
purchased. He is an experienced
restaurant operator and will con
tinue both places. The McMillens
are planning to take a month’s va
cation before returning to Kenne
wick to make their home.
The Angus Grill, recently
erected by Mr. McMillen, has in
its short life, made a considerable
reputation for itself under the
management of Mrs. McMillen.
Patronage has exceeded- all ex
pectations and the work became
too much for her to continue to
handle. *
The Kennewick Bridge clib win
meet at the home of Mrs. M. M.
Moulton on Wednesday. April 26.
Help Needed to Take
Sugar Applications
Spare stamp 37 in Book 4 is
good. for 20 pounds of sugar for
cannmg. .
The local War Price and Ra
tioning board is asking the people
of Kennewick to make applica
tions for canning sugar at the
board office beginning May let.
Considerable volunteer help will
be needed. The services 0! women
of this community who can give
a few hours 0! their time will be
very highly apprecinted.
Local Soma- *
Participates in
Thrilling Raids
T.-Sgt. Bowers makes
run over Truk'in big
army bomber
Headquarters 13th ME. South
Pacific—Flying in the recent spec
tacular raid over Truk. let. Lieut
Albert J. Towns, of Georgetown.
Tex., and his 13th AAF Liberator
crew were in the historic forme
ition first to strike at that rich en
;emy stronghold in the daylight.
' The big borirbers «right the en
emy in complete surprise. deem:-
,ing 49 planes on the ground and
battling for 45 minutes the “first
team of nearly 100 flutters which
attacked them as they left the ter
get. When the urination of which
Lt. Towns and his crew were a
part was finished. 81 enemy planes
hadbeenshotdownendlomore
were geared as “probeblee.”
Lt. Town's gunners made a sub
taantial contribution to the en
emy’s damage. Staff Sergeant C.
F. White. ball turret gunner, dam.
aged a Zero. saw it catch fire. and
is credited with a probable. Staff
Sergeant J. Hintaer, top turret
gunner, set a fighter on fire and
it was spinning out of control when
last seen. Technical Sergeant R.
s. Bowers, tail gunner, is credited
with a damaged tighter. None of
Lt. Town’s crew was injured and
all safely landed at their base.
yLLTownshascompleudhisas
t First Ltmc‘liorge Tn 15.:
crew age: _ .
via, co-pilot; First Lt. Albu't J.
Gaileu; Second Lt. Sherwod ’l.
Griffith; Stat! Sergeant William
V. Seery. left waist gunner; Statf
Sergeant George F. White. Jr. ball
turret gunner; Technical Sergeant
Robert S. Bowers. radio operator.
whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Bowers, are of Kennewick;
Technical Sergeant John B. Hill,
engineer and Staff Sergeant An
thony J. Walter, nose turretgun
ner.
Highlander Commissioned
Word was received today that
Clarence H. Sondennan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sonderman
of the Highlands has successfully
completedy the Army Air Forces
advancing flying school training
at Williams Field. Chandler. Ari.
He has been commissioned Sec
ond Lieutenant.
Cpl. Ray Lashock Gets
Good Conduct Medal
Cpl. Bay A. Lashock has re
cently been awarded the Good
Conduct Model for “demonstrated
;fidelity, faithful and exact per
:formance of duty, and for be
havior which has been such as
to deserve emulation.” ..
‘ Cpl. Lashock has served as Gas
Unit Operator with a veteran B-25
Mitchell group renowned for its
impressive combat record throw
out the Tunisian, Sicilian and Ital
ian campaigns. His group par
ticipated in the famous first mis
sion over Rome. were the first
medium bombers to operate from
basesin!taly.thefirsttohltthe
Balkans and the first to use the
B-25 mounting a 75 min. cannon.
They have sunk 11 enemy-vessels,
probably sunk 17 others and dan
aged 59. Sixty-two enemy tight
ers have been felled by the man’s
guns in aerial combat.
Cpl. Lashock has been serving
overseas since February, 1943. His
parents reside at Kennewick.
OUR BOYS IN THE SERVICE
Cpl. FRED MARKAM
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fwd Mark
hmottheGardenTracQCpL
Markhamisnowintnlnlngat
Memed.Callt.
Government to
Help City With
Sewer Extensions
Traffic light on high
wa¥l to be installed by
big way department
There appears to be no doubt
but that Kennewick will nsceive
federal aid in the business of the
inew sewer extension required by
the rapidly increasing population.
Reports from the Seattle offices to
Mayor Anion indicate that the ap
plication for a federal grant has
already been prepared and sub
mitted to Washington.
The city also received some
other good news this week when
the state highway department no
tified city officials that the long
petitioned for traffic light would
soon be installed at the foot of
Washington street. Further. the
department stated that the light
and its installation would be at
state expense.
Along with this improvement.
the city is planning to put walks
along the highway from Benton
street to the highway bridge. This
improvement has been seriously
needed for several years and the
danger of traffic accidents is in
creasing. Soine hitch has occurred
on the widening or the highway
thmui town. too. and the council
will investigate the delay.
3 'Penney' Men
low Serving in
Armed Service
New fixtures placed in
time to celebrate
company’s anniversary
“We've just completed fixing up
our store in time to really cele
brate the J . C. Penney company":=
42nd anniversary," Mgr. Lou Lang
worthy said today, commenting on
his company's nationwide birth
day celebration. “You know our
store now compares very favor
ably with the stores in the bigger
centers. As a matter of tact, many
of tb teaturea embodied in this
store are being tried out by the
ayateln um beint adopted a
“and“ tar all our mo stores
throudmut the nation. Kennewick
can feel proud of its record made
in the local Penney store."
As the J. C. Penney Co. cele
brates its 42nd Anniversary 5573
Penney men tight for freedom on
every battletront of the world.
In every major engagement of the
first two wear: of war. Penney
During 1943 many opportmgfiles
were found by the Penney m
pany to support the war effort.
Publicity for the sale of War
Stamp. and Bonds appeared in
2900 newspaper; to encourage the
shopper of their first responsi
bility. During the year the total
nebuotstmpcend Bond: bythe
m stores approximated $75,-
0! the Penney associates in uni
form 89 have been reported as
killed in action, 12 as missing and
12 as prisoners of war. To the
iamilies of these boys we extend
our most sincere sympathy as we
realize how close to the hearts
oi the people of this nation are
the battle fronts throughout the
world. This anniversary finds
three of our own local Penney
men in the armed service. Alvin F.
Cheney. Alvin Kissler, and Lowell
As the majority ‘Ol our trained
and experienced men have gone
into the service, the others have
taken on increased responsibilities
and have shouldered cheerfully
the added burdens. The restric
tions and regulations of a war
time economy and the disruption
of many established practices
have tremendously inclesssd the
amount of work involved. Ye:
much of this work has had to be
done by new, inexperienced peo.
pie with a minimum of instruction
and supervision. Under these con
ditions it has been inspiring to
note the way in which Penney
associates have carried on.
The J. C. Penney Co. has al
ways put emphasis upon sound
public relations. That means that
each local store must first render
a genuine merchandise service and
second he a good neighbor. Cus
tomer good will and sound public
lelations are priceless assets for
any lmsiness. But because they
are things that must be actively
fostered and protected. particu
larly during such periods as this.
tireless attention toward making
each ‘Penney store a better store
and a better neighbor. is the best
guarantee of the continued suc
was of the J. C. Penney Co.
Tony Maysiiiiiék
In A'rrow'Grill
Tony Mayer, former proprietor
of the Arrow Grill, this week
bought an interest in the institu
tion from Paul Craver. He took
over his active participation this.
week. As soon as more arrange
ment: can be made. the owners
plan to keep the restaurant open
until midnight each night.
NO. 3