29 May 1941
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Newspaper
The Kennewick Courier Reporter
Location
Kennewick, Washington, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1941
Page
1
Reports say the German battleship Bismarck joined the fleet as the Hood suffered a catastrophic magazine explosion off Greenland, sinking the 42 600-ton British warship with about 1300 crew lost. The incident underscores threats to Britain's Atlantic blockade and naval power.
Judge C F Winkenwerder presided over recent sessions with offenders brought before him nightly. John Brunner pleaded guilty to petit larceny and was fined 25 dollars or 30 days in jail. Martin Welsh admitted guilt for drunken disorderly conduct and received a 30 day sentence with suspended jail if he leaves town. Joseph Linkowski and Ralph Ellison faced the same charge and penalties.
The cherry crop survives recent rains and winds with a large fruit size. Harvest starts this weekend with Tartarian shipments already moving to Bismarck and Oklahoma. 300 workers to begin at the Y, and similar scales at other plants. Price outlook weak but fruit houses plan full pack and ongoing contracts. The Cascade Frozen Fruits company completes asparagus packing and moves to peas and other produce.
Governor Langlie proclaims June as Dairy Month praising Washington’s dairy industry as vital to agriculture. He urges citizens to drink milk and enjoy dairy products to boost health and national strength. The observance aims to stabilize farm income, with milk contributing about thirty million dollars in 1940 and around 250000 residents dependent on the industry.
The group lists items donated or made including 12 gowns 28 layette dresses 8 bon nets 14 dozen diapers 14 operating gowns 7 bed shirts 25 bed side bags 22 girls dresses 8 girls skirts and 12 knitted sweaters.
Kennewick expects upriver cargoes this week end with two barge loads arriving Friday or Saturday depending on drawbridge openings. One barge brings lumber for a new bulk grain loading elevator to start Monday, the other carries sheet metal for Columbia Marine Shipyards. The tug Keith powers the pair.
Benton county schools will graduate 209 seniors in 1941 per the county superintendent. Kennewick leads with 70 graduates, followed by Prosser with 63. Other schools tally Benton City 15 Richland 17 White Bluffs 12 Hanford 12 River View 20. In addition, 75 eighth graders will graduate county wide, apart from Kennewick and Prosser junior highs.
Several Rainbow Girls attended a Walla Walla assembly Saturday evening with Mrs. Harry Linn. The program included installation of officers and initiation of new members. Plans for the Grand Assembly in July were discussed and Miss Tommy Simmelink was introduced. Attending were Dorothy Ann Reed Patsy Sonnenburg Pearl Dague and Tommy Simmelink.
Contemplated plans for a bicycle drill troop rely on cooperation of many boys and girls. The parade seeks entrants from seventh to ninth grades and urges registration with Mr. Ray C. Ribak as soon as possible.
A Kennewick notice seeks volunteers with conveyances for the upcoming Fourth of July parade. Organizers ask residents to leave word at the printing office about available covered wagons buckboards buggies surreys carts and other old-fashioned vehicles. Further details will follow as plans develop.
The Legion plans a morning parade through downtown and a cemetery service led by Dr LaMott with a gun salute. Stores close for the day and street flags fly. Picnics, family gatherings, and the Gascoigne cup golf tournament will also mark the day.
E F Blaine of Grandview, longtime reclamationist, predicts a future big city at the Yakima and Columbia rivers junction. He argues the area offers vast water power and farm land with mineral wealth enabling a Pittsburg like manufacturing center in central Washington.
Approximately 300 cherry pickers will be needed in the Milton Freewater area by June 1, per John H. Thomas of the State Employment Service. Early next week the Kennewick Pasco area starts picking, with housing for families at the Farm Security Labor Camp near the state line. Contact the Walla Walla office for details and available jobs in defense industries also listed.
C E Hillier, a Kennewick post office employee since 1812, will retire on June 1 after 29 years as clerk and assistant postmaster. The move follows a non physical injury retirement trigger. Herbert Misner gains regular position, Bill Johns advances, Basil Shields becomes substitute carrier.
Kennewick’s oldest residents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conway celebrate their 56th anniversary. Married in Chicago, they arrived in Kennewick in 1885, where the town then dwindled after the railroad bridge was built. The Conways kept a small depot store as the town faded.
Benton County wheat growers face a Saturday vote on the AAA wheat allotment. Fred Wilson reports about half have cast ballots at Prosser, with two thirds needed to avoid price drops. Wilson and Harry Fleming outlined the plan to the chamber of commerce and stressed county and state support.
Four members of the local American Legion post addressed the Kiwanis club noon session. Frank Mason described American cemeteries in France with hillside rows of white crosses and chapel plaques listing those lost at sea or not identified. He noted Robt W Ely, the first Kennewick boy to die in World War I, after whom the post is named, and urged that no new crosses be added.
The Rt Reverend Edward Cross bishop of Spokane will visit St Pauls church on June 3 at 8 oclock to administer the Apostolic rite of confirmation to a class presented by vicar Doctor Schilling. Gifts to the church include a new dossal hanging from Mr and Mrs Lance Read and a credence table by Harold C Whitehouse in memory of Dr Legrande Spaulding given by Gene and Gertrude Spaulding. An informal reception will follow in the rectory and the public is invited.
Kathleen E Cochran of your city won first prize in Modern Woodmen of America national amateur photo contest for May. Her winning image titled The Big One That Didn’t Get Away will appear in the June Modern Woodman magazine.
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