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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

elected these officers: Presidenf, j. g
Kelie; vice president, Henry @. Gen
the: treasurer, James c. Headman
secretary. Harry A Peters; board Cd
trustees. the foregoing and j. sterling
Known, Edward A. George. John T.
Melody and Ernest YOps4
The plant of the Voss Chemical Gum.
pany Oa Grove street. was partially
destroyed by fire, with a Loss OF 5000
In an opening indoor base ball game,
the Gartner Hardware Company team
defeated the SOlvayS, to @. 1t took
III innings to reach the result.
The Pythian Sisters presented each
patient in Emergency hospital with a
bOquet on Thanksgiving day.
John Henry, while watching foot
bah game, had an arm broken when
he was caught in players rush over
the lines to recover the ball
Louis Williams, son Of Henry Wll-
Jams, "a pioneer WyandOtte business
MIN, died in Emergency hospital
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
in
the Last Var

Glenn l.. COan, Harry z. Iorenz
Harley s. Merritt. Ernest ii. (iey, I'D
ward e. Headman and Willis F. RachO
Of the Sixteenth Engineers, Joined In
senGing a letter from Somewhere in
France" thanking The members o: the
WyandOtte Red Cross for sending them
supplies Of wOolenS.
The Knights Of Columbus were about
TO inaugurate a war fund campaign
1t was aimed at raising u minimum
Of $500.
The Lady of Lourdes Dramatic club
announced minstrel show III the
Marx opera house to raise war camp
funds.
In announcing Il public sing
around Christmas tree, the commit
tee in charge said: Again the joyous
Christmas season dawns upon as. This
time the birthday VI the holy babe
must need be celebrated In the midst
Of world at strife Many are the
torn and bleeding hearts which are
looking through the glass but darkly.
For the sake Of these. those OF us who
have not been called upon to send our
loved ones TO the trenches, must kindle
anew the first Of AUr faith and en-
tteavor To direct the eyes Of all to the
vision Of the star"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
HOST TO FOREIGN STUDENTS

Ann Arbor. Nov. administrative
was MT empty for the University of
Michigan's $50 foreign students, even
though most Of them were thousands
Of miles from their homes.
For the 18th time in as many years,
the university played host TO its stu
dent representatives from 81 foreign
lands at the annual International din
ner. which is held each year ON the
eve Of THANKSGIVING. Faculty hosts and
hostesses and few American stu
DENTS brought the total attendance at
the dinner to more than 40.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
India Leads r.
In Irrigated Larsc f.r

With an irrigated area tO'a IL
some 50.000.000 acres-more than
twice the irrigated acreage of her
nearest competitor, the United
States-India affords the most en-
phatic Illustration of the extent to
which man has been able to alter
natural disposition of waters in or
der to assist agriculture.
OF the many powerful works which
have been erected for this purpose.
the barrage at Sukkur on the Indus
THEORETICALLY known as the Lloyd
Barrage and Canals construction
schemes the most spectacular re-
cent development. Commanding
gross area 100000 acres, of which
6,25O, 900 are cultivable, the entire
scheme when completed represents
an expenditure of some ST., 000, 600
an earthwork of about 1000, 900
cubic yards to supply dependable
flow through a network of canals
and field channels amounting to
some $500 miles.
The barrage itself resembles a
two-level bridge rather than a dam.
Between the piers supporting the
platforms are swung 50-ton steel
gates, electrically operated, to check
the flow of the Indus. raising the
water level on the upstream side and
thus supplying the six enormous
trunk canals, three on each bank,
which run on down into Sind and
the Khairpur state. The barrage and
head regulators consist of low ma
sonry dam of 66 spans of so feet
each, making total length of about
a mile.
The fioodgates of the new system
were opened in 1892; prior to that
time some of the canals had already
been in operation and construction
OF further works has continued since
then. This Harvesting of the mighty
Indus, in which as many as $4,000
men have been employed at one
time. is expected to bring into use a
section Of northwest India a quarter
the area of England, or a half mil
lion acres larger than the entire
cultivated area Of Egypt.
The new channels flow through a
desert area in which rich soil from
40 to 80 feet in depth is covered by
a thin layer of sand which in some
places is blown up into hills. Gradu-
al leveling of these hills through
wind action win improve the produc-
tivity of the intervening land by in
creasing its ightness.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
Rubber Room

J. H. Connors, completing plans
for participation of the B. F. Good
rich company in the New York
Worlds fair, revealed his company
was only following a precedent es-
tablished by the inventor of vulcan
lied rubber, Charles Goodyear, who
exhibited three rooms of rubber at
the worlds first international fair
at London in 1851. All walls, fur
niture, Grapes and ceilings of the
1851 rooms were made of rubber.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

pavements have been conducted
during the past winter by the
National Safety Council, the
Iowa Engineering Experiment
Station, the University of Mich
igan and others. AS a result of
these tests and similar ones
now under way, engineers are
developing methods of ice con-
troll that will place winter driv-
ing on a much safer basis in the
future. The effectiveness of tire
chains, skidproofing icy pave
ments with sand or cinders, and
means of removing ice where
possible are included in the
projects.
The Iowa experiments re-
vealed, along with other sig
nificant data, that the distance
required to stop a motor vehi-
Gle on icy pavement can be cut
in half by spreading a thin coat
of calcium chloride treated sand
or cinders over the icy surface.
The calcium chloride treatment
was found necessary TO melt the
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
George Washington

General Washington's manners
were rather reserved than free;
though on all proper occasions he
could relax sufficiently to show how
highly he was gratified by the
charms of conversation and the
pleasure of society. His person and
whole department exhibited an I'M
affected and indescribable dignity,
unmingled with haughtiness, of
which all who approached him were
sensible; and the attachment Of
those who possessed his friendship
and enjoyed his intimacy, though
ardent, was always respectful
From Marshall's Life Of Washing
ton"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
WERE Welded, ON
THANKSGIVING DAY

Helen Pauline Iauth and William
Spencer Cook. both G Allegan. Mich,
were married on Thanksgiving day at
IL a. m.. At the home Of the brides
sister, and brOther-hl-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Waandegs, of 626 Clinton
street The ceremony was performed
in the presence of small company of
relatives, by DIR. Warren f. Hall, VI
TIE First Presbyterian church.
The bride has been a resident Od
WyandOtte for some time, but the new
IN married couple will make their home
in Allegan.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

sand or cinders into the ice, as
otherwise the dry materials are
easily whisked off the road by
traffic and wind.
. While skidproofng treatment
of icy highways decreases the
possibility of accidents, the
measure must be looked upon
as a means to accident pre-
vention and not a cure. Along
this line, a note of caution is
sounded by the National Safety
Council in stating, an the final
analysis, good, old = fashioned,
careful, common sense driving
is the best antidote for skidding
and accidents on icy roads"
Engineers and highway Off
Gals are extending ice control
measures as fast and far as pos
sible to reduce the hazards of
winter driving but the cause
Of safety viii always depend to
large extent upon the head
work of the individual driver.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

DEMEMBER the days when.
II automobiling was almost
strictly summer sport? The
days when muddy roads in.
spring and fall, and snow.
jammed roads in winter, kept
motor cars in their garages from
November through to May? The
motorist who operated his car
the year-round then was really
a bear for punishment
Paved roads, the tremendous
increase in car ownership, So
cial and business growth, have
changed all this. Today the one
who puts his car up for the
winter" is the rare exception.
Winter use of highways has
brought many advantages but
along with the benefits has
come an alarming increase in
traffic fatalities. So serious has
the winter accident record be-
come that safety engineers and
highway departments through
out the country are uniting as
never before in a determined
drive to reduce the heavy casu-
atty toll.
The most treacherous road
condition the winter driver has
to face is icy pavementS. Snow
bound roads may stop or slow
up travel, but icy roads spell
danger with every revolution
OF the autos wheels.
Tests and research studies to
d.'ermine ways and means of
; reducing the hazards Of icy
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

PAHOKEE, FLA. - Keeping up
with the Joneses il no problem in
this town of 5000 persons. There
isn't single Jones IN the telephone
directory, and, as far as any one
has been able to find out, there new
or has been.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
Frequency of Quadruplets

Medical statistics show that quad
ruplets occur once in every $4,000
births. 1t is extremely rare, how
ever, for all four to survive to adult
hood.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
WydndOtte in
Years Gone By
40 YEARS AGO

Michael Hayican and Miss Lena Cas-
per were married at St Joseph's church
~ years ago yesterday. by Rev. Joseph
Seybold
The new Methodist church On the
corner u BidGhe avenue and Oak street
Was formally dedicated 40 years ago
last Sunday. BY raising an additional
5000 on dedication day, ID was pos
Eible To occupy the structure free from
any indebtedness. On the platform at
the morning service were Bishop w. y.
Ninde. Rev. w. Shier Rev. j. w. Ham
Htun, DID, of Cincinnati, Rev. Alex
ander WOuters VI the F1rsst PreSbyter-
Ian church and Rev G. Il. Allen. pastor
Oh the church. DR. Hamilton preached
the morning sermon, Bishop Ninde that
III the evening.
The Night Before Christmas star
ring Hal Reid and Bertha Belle West
brook. was booked for Marks opera
house.
Rev. Alexander WOufers G uhe Pres
byterian church was the speaker at a
union Thanksgiving service held in the
Methodist church.
Thomas and David Kiey took over
the mana gement of the burlington bO-
tel.
Fred X. Marvin who few years be
fore was connected with his father III
the publication Of the dsfunct Wyan-
dotte News. was sentenced TO 90 days
IN Jail by Sanilac county justice OF
the peace for attacking the character
of saloOnkeepeT. Marvin appealed
the sentence. 10 the circuit court.
%. w Stieler purchased the White
Swan laundry from f. II. FOrteibaugh.
q. A. Baumler placed j. lot sub
division On the market. The property
was located Oh POpar street, west ID
the railroads.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
jamestown Weed

The Jimson weed or jamestown
weed derived its name from the fact
that Capt. John Smith of the James
town colonists reported its effects as
early as 1907
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

Jerusalem artichokes are native
to Peru and were introduced into
Europe by Italians. They are prac-
tically unknown in the Holy Land.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
CONGREGATIONAL GUILD
GATHERING NEXT TUESDAY

At the meeting Of the congregational
Guild next Tuesday, there will be
conservation service for the new off
GERS. followed by social hour.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
BEGINNING OF In

Lynch law got it's
Virginia farmer named
having caught thief, insteau
turning him over to the officers of
the law. tied him to a tree and
logged him.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

Above: Accidents like this.
IN fearful number each tDtn-
ter. hare focused attention
on methods Of prevention.
Top right: The National
Safety Council measured
stopping distances at vdri-
Gus speeds on a frozen lake
lost tDinteT.
Lower right: Skidprooting
icy pdpements with calcium
chloride treated sand or cin-
derS cur stopping distance IN
half. Ioipd researchers found.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
Cost of Coidures

In 1888 the $4,000 beauty shops In
The United States took in approx
mately $500. 900, 900 for permanents
and coiffures.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
Cold Cream Formula Ola

Cold cream was invented by
Galen, a Roman. His formula In
essentially the same as that used
today.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
p YEARS AGO

Acting upon a request from the state
superintendent OF public instruction,
the Board Of Education set aside two
weeks in January during which the
public school pupils were To meaDoraze
the ma tiOalal songs, America, and
'IStar Spangled Banner"
During November, 1914, CTS persons
psphrvnizei the public library.
The Ferndale Cemetery association
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01
Water for New York

New York city consumes e7e, 3oo. /!
leoo gallons e .'s::c:: S.T.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

Michael Hayican and Miss Lena Cas-
per were married at St Joseph's churct
~ years ago yesterday. by Rev. Joseph
Seybold
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-12-01

The Ferndale Cemetery association
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
UNCLE RAYS CORNER

In the year Queen Victoria was
born l20 years ago., a young man
named John Smith was given a
strange task. He was a student at
Cambridge University in England
and was asked to find the meaning
Of certain handwritten books.
The books had been finished $50
years before, in the time of King
Charles II. They had been on the
shelves of the Cambridge Library
most of that time, but little was
known about them.
There were six volumes, and they
had been given to the library by
the will of Samuel Pepys. People
who had looked at them had learned
that most Of the words were in an
odd writing, with few Latin and
other foreign words here and there.
A writing expert declared that
young Smith never could figure out
the words, and that no one else
could Yet Smith set to work, and
, stayed at it for three years. In that
time he found that most of the
words were written in a kind of
shorthand which had been in
vented in 1641 by a man named
Shelton, but which had been for
gotten.
Step by step, Smith wrote down
the meaning of the thousads and
thousands of words. They were the
diary story Of q mans life for a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06

period of nine years. Day after
day Pepys had told what he had
heard about, seen and done. He
had written in a secret way, think
ing if his wife or anyone else saw
the diary during his lifetime it prob
ably would not be understood.
Perhaps Pepys hoped that some
one would learn to read the pages
after his death. We cannot be sure
how he felt about that. At any
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
A Result PLAYER

After the bidding had stopped at
Tour spades and South had pro-
ceeded to make seven, North was
very indignant and said to his part
amer: "1nasmuch as you had a fine
hand and I gave you very strong
bidding, don't you think you might
have made some effort to get to
small slam at least?" South replied
with some heat, You certainly are
result player. True. I did have
"a fair hand, but my spade suit was
weak. If you will just coolly judge
the hand on its merits, you will find
that we had far less than an even
chance for even small slam
North, dealer
Neither side vulnerable.
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The bidding:
North. East, South. West.
- Pass IA Pass
81 Pass a. Pass
Pass Pass
West had opened a heart and
South had then drawn three rounds
OF trumps, following which he led
the diamond queen. West had
covered with the king and the dia-
mond ten in East's hand had then
been captured by second finesse.
Finally. declarers losing club had
been discarded on dummy's diamond
suit.
South now pointed out, First of
all, I got favorable opening,
whereas a club would immediately
have put me in difficulties. Second,
the trumps all dropped, although I
figured to lose one trump trick and
possibly two. Finally. the diamond
suit was so favorably distributed
that I was able to finesse success
fully first for the king and then for
the ten"
North now admitted somewhat
sheepishly, Il guess Il wouldn't have
been very good slam contract
after ALL"
Saturday you were Howard Schen-
kens partner and held:
AKJ9xx
~KQx
<AQXx
Ak
The bidding:
Burnstone. schenken. Jacoby. You.
Pass Pass "A CD
Answer: Your correct bid is to
pass There is good chance that
this hand is one of those where no
body can make anything, and if you
keep still. the opponents are very
likely to get up to contract which
you can double and penalize Sc
verely.
Score 100 per cent for pass, 0 for
any other bid
Question No. 283.
You are the dealer today and
hold:
AKQ10xx
vAJ9xx
<Jx
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
Untuxes Plane Producers

To boost aircraft production, Japan
has exempted manufacturers from
income and business profit taxes
and from import duties on raw ma
terials and equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
TwizzIer Answer

Fill the 13-ounce vessel from the
large one. Then fill the 11-ounce
vessel, leaving two in the 10. Fill
the 5-ounce vessel twice into the 10,
thereby getting Il ounces in one
vessel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
Winning Contract
BIZ THE -FOUR ACES.

David Bruce Burstone, Merwin D.
Maier. Oswald Jacoby Howard Schen-
Ken, WORLDS leading team of four,
inventors Of the system that has beaten
every other system in existenceD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
Of Pepys Diary

rate, 1t was at last brought to the
world in printed form, and it made
Pepys famous.
The diary has been printed in edi-
ton after edition. One complete
edition has nine volumes. Most other
editions give it in short form, in
one or two volumes.
There are three ways to pronounce
the name of the author. A simple,
and correct, way to speak his name
is like peeps" and another way is
"peps"
Pepys held a public Office and grew
rich, but he was not a great man.
His diary is famous for other rea-
sons.
From the diary of Pepys we learn
ever so much about a certain period
OF English history. The author tells
the customs of the people and he de-
scribes certain great events which
took place.
your scrapbook.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-11-06
T~cQx Ray

If you want free copy Of the
illustrated leaflet, "Cities Of Europe"
send me a Scent stamped return
envelope In care Of The Evening
Star.
Tomorrow, The Great Plaque.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-21
January Jobs
For Dairymen
Are Suggested
Cutting Over Land, Building
and Repairing Fences In.
cluded I'm the List.

Are you looking for job?
Well, if you are a dairyman, or
a farmer who keeps dairy cows,
John A. Arey, Extension special
ist of State College, suggests asev-
eral jobs you can do in January
to more economically and salts
factorily manage your cow or
herd.
He recommends that cut-over
land be shrubbed off preparatory
to seeding it to permanent pas
ture the latter part of February.
''It is much easier to develop a
good sod on this kind of land,
which is fertile and full of or
ganic matter, than on depleted
soils," the specialist stated.
Other jobs for January listed
by Arey are: Build and repair
fences and dairy buildings. Build
a safety bull pen. Start the new
year right by placing your herd
in a Dairy Herd Improvement AS
ISOLATION. 1t is the surest way to
learn whether your COWS are
learning their keep" and whether
you are providing them with the
correct amounts and kind Of feed.
Also as a suggestion for every
winter month, the Extension dali
ryman said that the cow stall
should be bedded literally with
cut slower, wheat straw, or oat
straw. Bedding not only provides
comfort for the cow, but it also
holds the valuable manure which
is largely lost when the amount
of bedding is insufficient, or the
kind used is not absorbent.
"Cut slower is the best type of
stall bedding, with oat straw next
best, and wheat third" Arey said.
pine needles and shavings are
of the least value"
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-21
J. M. Brougghton Enters Race
For Governor In 40 Primary
Raleigh Attorney Is Second to
Announce. Others Are
Expected to Run.

Raleigh, Dec. 18-J. M. Brough-
ton, Raleigh lawyer and Baptist
leader, has formally announced
his candidacy for the Democra-
tic nomination for governor.
En- 1,500-word statement
Broughton set forth Gin general
my views on essential matters Of
government"
Broughton was the second can
didate to announce for the DEM
Ocratic gubernatorial nomination,
which is tantamount of election.
Lieutenant Governor w. P. Hor-
ton of Pittsboro made his decla-
ration 10 days ago. State Senator
L. L. Gravely of Rocky Mount is
expected to announce any day,
and Revenue Commissioner A. J.
Maxwell shortly after Christmas.
Also regarded as likely candi-
dates are Willis Smith of Raleigh
and Mayor Thomas E. Cooper of
Wilmington. The primary will be
held in May, 1910.
Born here November II, 1888,
Broughton attended Wake Forest
College Eight years after he was
graduated he became a member
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-21
''GOne With The
Wind" Movie Us
Given Ovation

ATLANTA, Dec. Is. - Happy,
hoarse Atlanta found out what
the shouting was all about to-
night when a cross-section of its
citizenry ran the flashbulb gaunt-
let for the first public showing
of "Gone With the Wind.
Under the play Of gigantic
spotlights, 2,031 persons walked
between towering white pillars
into Loew's Grand to see the pic
ture that Hollywood hopes 2O0,-
100000 are waiting to see.
Their entrance and that of the
films players brought here for
Atlanta's first world premier
were made with a fanfare and
flourish that provided an appro-
pirate climax to two dizzy days
that left the visiting firemen and
the homefolks about equally gra-
titled.
Highspot in the parade of
names before the microphone
set up in front of the false-fron-
ted theatre was the only public
appearance of Margaret Mitchell
during the three-day celebration
which her phenomenal book
brought to town.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-12-21
Xmas Dance To
Be Big Affair

The Christmas dance to be Civ
en- at the West jefferson Skating
Rink tomorrow night, Dec. %, is
slated to be one of the best dan
ces to be held here in some time,
according to Mr.. Tom Doggett,
owner of the rink and chaperone
for the nights gala session of mu-
sic and dancing.
The room will be decorated sug-
gestive of this season of the year,
with lighted tree if it can pos
sibly be arranged. The room will
be we'll heated Mr.. Doggett says,
and states further that absolute
ly no drinking will be allowed.
Hess 9-piece orchestra will fur
nish the music for the occasion.