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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-10-18
4575 REGISTER
FOR THE DRAFT
IN WYANO0TTE

The registration of WyandOtte
young men. from 81 to 81 years of age.
inclusive. was conducted in WyandOtte
on Wednesday without disturbing
incident
Total regiStra ton was 1876, cOnSid-
erably more than was expected
This was the registration by pre-
cincts: First, 1914: Second. 223; Third,
15S; Fourth, 234: Fifth. I'D; Sixth,
1876: Seventh. 144: Eighth, 1S9: Ninth.
1871: Tenth, 80; Eleventh. 1S9,
Twelfth. 80: Thirteenth. 2S6; Four
teenth. 1876 Fifteenth, 80; Sixteenth.
2Sz; Seventeenth, 313: Eighteenth.
2S2: Nineteenth, 3+i: Twentieth, 80.
Registrations at the city hall totaled
WyandOtte General hospital.
City Will Keep Jobs Open
for Drafted Employees
The following resolution was pass
ed by the Council, Tuesday night, de-
filming the status of city employees who
may be called to serve under the com
pulSOry military training act:
Whereas. world conditions have
made it necessary for the United
States to build up a strong national
defense: and
Whereas. all branches Of the mill
tary service are being rapidly expand
ed by enlistmentS. and now that the
Selective service and training bill has
been passed by Congress. it is prOpOs
ed further to expand the armed forces
Of the nation until we have strong
and powerful army. navy and air
force: and
Whereas. our experience following
the World war proves that in denObil-
iZing an army, employment constitutes
a ma jOr national problem; and
Whereas, Ii is evident that the gen.
eral welfare of the country would be
served if all employers gave assurance
to their employees who enlisted or
were requisitioned into the military
service, that their jobs would be avail
able upon their return, provided they
made application for reinstatement
within a certain reasonable time and
produced an honorable discharge from
the service; and
Whereas, such a program would be
stimulated and encouraged If various
governmental units set the example by
making such provision for their own
employees, therefore be 1t
Resolved, by the City Council OF the
City Of WyandOtte, that employees OF
the city are hereby given assurance
that 1t will be the policy Of the city to.
be guided by this principle, and mat
any employees hired 20 replace those
leaving to serve In the fatioahI de-
Tense will be employed with the under
standing that such employment will
be terminated upon the return Of the
former emplOye.
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ITO BE CONTINUED
Old Steamship Ticket
Tells of Life at Sea

Among the most interesting OBJ
jects to be seen at the Maritime
museum of Gothenburg, Sweden, is
a steamship ticket issued in 1853,
giving a menu which is quite star.
ting when contrasted with meals on
luxury liners today. The regulations
printed on it are:
Each passenger will be furnished
the following rations weekly: Seven
pounds of ships bread, two pounds
of salt pork, two and one-fourth
pounds of -four, one pound of salt
herring and daily ration of one
can of water for drinking and wash
ing purposes. These rations are
furnished from the ships stores, but
each passenger must furnish his
own butter, sugar, mustard, strip,
pepper and vinegar. Each passen.
ger is responsible for bringing his
own bed clothing and tin dishes for
eating, drinking and washing pur-
poses. The ships master has the
right to withhold water rations until
the promenade deck has been swept
and cleaned each day by the pas.
sengers."
Many other items Of interest ia
ocean-going travellers are exhibited
at the Gothenburg museum.
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The Answers

1. Over 1000 miles.
2. No. After being exhibited in
Paris, it was taken down and
shipped in cases.
8. An adjustment of the heart
rate to the intake and outgo Of
air In the lungs.
4. During the latter part of the
Ice age, about 900 years ago.
5. A rare fruit from Puerto Rico
with taste similar to the pine
apple and banana.
6. Three: anger, fear, and love.
Z. Of the Great Lakes, 60,770
square miles lie on the United
States side, and SO, $40 square
miles on the Canadian side.
8. Bananas are picked green be-
cause they do not ripen properly
on the plant. If they are not cut
when green the starch fails to turn
into sugar and the fruit is unfit for
human consumption.
9. The Chinese claim that dis
tinction. Early history being
largely legendary, it may be other
civilizations antedated that of
China, such as that of Assyria or
that of the Aztecs of Mexico.
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Prologue zaEove sits sits !;
o MARTHA OsIENso-wNu SERVICE

me. Besides, isn't it all right this
way?"
"You know it isn't-as well as !
do" she told him.
He took a step toward her with
easy Incidence. Don't be simp!"
he said. "Give me your things"
Autumn looked at him coolly, sur
veying him hostilely as he regarded
her with his smile of assurance.
Certainly not" she said. ''I'm
going back home right now. You
know I wouldn't have come if had
known you were to be alone here"
She moved toward the door, but
Florian grasped the shoulders of her
loose automobile coat and pulled it
off her.
Don't be such a fooll" he said.
''Now that you're here, sit down and
be pleasant about it. I'm not so old
fashioned as to make any assaults
on your virtue, if that's what's on
your mind. My God, had to come
up here to tell you, didn't II"
''Now that you've told mel can
co." Autumn replied.
you're not going to get out Of
here till we've had a drink and a
bite to eat. After that you may do
as you please"
Autumn seated herself and took
cigarette from her case. She Lit it
and sat without speaking while Flor
ian carried her coat to a closet and
hung it up. When he came back he
poured a couple of drinks at the buff
fet, one of which he handed to Au-
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turnn. Then, glass in hand, he stood
before her and laughed sardonically.
$50 little Autumn was afraid her
Florian was going to stage regular
old-time, Notwithstanding
'em-out scene, eh?" he observed.
ST wasn't afraid" Autumn told
him.
Gas a matter of fact, I really
should do something about it." he
went on. "Come to think Of it,
you've succeeded in making a fool
of me all summer"
ST see," said Autumn. you'd
like to get even. I didn't credit you
with being vindictive."
He flushed darkly. Then a pathet-
ically boyish and disappointed look
came over his face, so that for a
moment, in spite of herself, Autumn
felt sorry for him. Perhaps it had
been unsporting of her to play with
him all summer when she had
known from the first how he had
felt about her. Florian threw him.
self into a chair and sat with his
hand shading his eyes.
NO." he replied slowly, you've
got me wrong, Autumn. I'm not
saying anything about what I would
do if I could. But-not against your
will, my dear. / admit I was glad
when Lin found she couldn't come
out. I was glad of this chance of
being alone with you. I was silly
enough to think that perhaps-alone
with me for the last time-you might
reIent a little"
''I'm sorry, Florian," she said
YEARLY. ST have tried to make it
clear from the first that we could
never be more than friends"
"You have your reasons for that,
no doubt" he said. "Am I $3.50
absolutely impossible?"
Autumn sighed and turned her
eyes to the window. ST seem to have
made mess of things, all around"
she said.
(TO RE CONTTNTTFDl
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marked. It's the best crowd I've
seen for years"
"Everybody's here" Bruce
agreed.
They stood for a moment and
watched the dancers swirl past
them.
ST think I'll get out of the crowd
a Bit" Hector said at last. "What
would you say to smoke, my boy?"
I'D be all for it." Bruce replied.
Lets go to the lounge, then,"
Hector suggested.
They made their way to a corner
of the lounge where there was
measure of privacy and seated
themselves IN two chairs that made
an angle facing the entrance.
'I haven't seen much of you late
iy," Hector said as he offered Bruce
his cigarette case.
''I haven't been out much, except
on business" Bruce replied. Eve
had a busy summer of it, one way
or another"
Eyes, yes, of course. I was sorry
to hear about your prize Merinos.
There was underhand work In that
affair, eh?"
Bruce Lit his cigarette and blew a
cloud of smoke as he settled back in
his chair. ST can't talk about it,
Hector" he said. "It makes me
want to fight when I even think
of it."
Naturally, naturally" Hector
said. 1.-The less you think about it
the better, should say" He smoked
a moment IN silence, then cleared
his throat softly. ST understand you
are going to lose your young neigh
Dor soon," ne remarked casually.
"You mean Autumn Dean?"
Bruce said without a flicker of ex-
preston revealed to the shrewd look
that Hector turned upon him.
Eyes"
''Lin told me tonight that she plans
to go back to England" Bruce said.
Next week, I believe. And you
are letting her go?"
Bruce cast a quick glance at the
old man. ''Pm letting her go? I
wasn't aware that had anything to
do with it." he said IN an off-hand
manner.
Hector smiled slowly as he looked
at Bruce, then sighed reminiscent
ly. "The age Of chivalry seems to
have passed." he said, shaking his
head.
Bruce gazed at his cigarette
smoke with narrowed lids. ST don't
follow you, Hector" he said. ST
can't see what chivalry has to do
with it when a girl takes it into her
head to run off % Europe"
do you know, my boy" Hector
replied, after moment Of silence,
ST suspect that this younger genera
ton they talk about so much nova
daysI suspect they're a pretty
faint-hearted crowd compared with
their fathers-or their grandfathers,
for example"
I'm not IN a position to question
you, Hector" Bruce said. IF your
reference to the faint heart has any
thing to do with the fair lady"
"Of course it hasi" Hector put N.
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"And you soldier!" Autumn BAN
tered.
Hector smiled. ST was younger
then than I am now" he said. "And
stepping all over ones toes was
considered against the rules"
Autumn and Florian laughed, and
the three made their way down to
the dancing-foor, the men on either
side of Autumn, her arms drawn
lightly through theirs. They stood
chatting for a moment beside a
great potted palm, and then Autumn
waved back at Hector as Florian
swept her away into the dance.
"The next one, Hector, remem-
her," she said over Florian's Shout
der. 'I'n meet you in the lounge"
Hector nodded, but when she was
out of sight he frowned. Bruce Lam
dor had just come off the floor with
Linda Parr. They strolled toward
him, saluting him from some dis
lance away as they approached. It
occurred to the old soldier then that
Autumn'S wish to dance with him
had been merely ruse. Her real
desire was to avoid dancing with
Bruce.
''Hullo, Hectorl" Bruce said
warmly as he came face to face
with him. Linda, with a nod to-
ward Hector, had been caught up by
someone else and was already NOV
ing away into the crowd.
Good evening, Bruce" Hector
said with a stern smile. "You seem
to be enjoying yourself"
Immensely" Bruce replied with
promptness that brought a slight
lift to Hector's eyebrows.
Hector toyed with the ribbon
guard of his glasses. "The hospital
ought to benefit from this" he re-
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-29
By KATHLEEN NORRIS

THERE is an organization now
In process of formation in
Il America that you ought to join.
This organizations name is the
Mothers Legion.
If you are among the millions of
US who have been saying since 1919
that you wish you could do some
thing about war;" then this is your
chance.
If you don't take this chance then
don't complain if we get into the
prepoSterouS and unnecessary
scrap, that is seething all over Eu-
rope, and then one day your boy
marches away.
He may never come back. In that
case you pack up his sweaters and
camera and school pictures and
tramping boots, and the fishing pole
and tennis racket, and you send
them to the Salvation Army and
you close the door of his room. And
you close a door in your heart, for
ever.
But of course he may come back.
They may bring him very tenderly
to the door on a stretcher and he
may grope for your hand and say
in that dear voice you love best in
all the world, ''Is that you, nom?
They got my eyes and my knee.
You and dad knew that?"
And for few days everyone will
be kind Neighbors, friends old and
new will drop in to cheer up that
splendid Baker boy who was so bad
ly smashed and is now back at his
home again.
Then they'll stop. He'll sit, in his
broken, wasted, silent youth, in the
sunny front room; he'll have the
radio; he'll master Braille You'll
talk to him, as you come and go,
and tell him that his old pal Joe
Davis has married lovely girl, and
that they are sending Billy Brown
to the Australian branch, wonderful
chance for Billyi And Sister Kate
has a darling baby. Would Keith
like to hold his young nephew for
few minutes?
You'll see his face grow more and
more sober, as the months go by;
you'll see him droop a little. And
In 1860, when he's middle-aged, still
blind and helpless and idle In his
sunny window, and when you're get
ting to be an old lady, you'll read
him a headline. They're talking of
starting another war over in Europe
again, Keith.
Because what we Americans can
not understand, and never viii un-
derstand, is that the war theory is
a part of their scheme over there
They believe In war. They believe
that the side that kills the greatest
number of young men and blows up
the greatest number of innocent vii
lagos MUST be right. They've be-
ieved that since the days of Charlie
magne. They're proving again to-
day that they think might is right.
If a neighbor believes something
that you don't, then you kill him to
prove that what you believe is the
truth.
Our point of view is different. We
know that the theology we must de-
stroy, and the only theology we must
destroy, is the delusion that might
is right. That the most powerful
army is the army of God. That war
ever accomplishes anything that
couldn't be simply and reasonably
accomplished without recourse to
fighting that war.
If one European nation In these
long twenty years since the Arni-
stice was signed, if ONE of them,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-02-29
Ask Me .4nother
. A General Quiz
The Questions

1. We're the blood vessels in
human body placed in one line,
how far would they reach?
2. Was the Statue of Liberty in
New York harbor brought here as
a finished statue?
3. What is meant by runner
getting his second wind?
4. When was the Mississippi
river formed?
5. What kind of fruit is monas-
terry?
6. How many primary human
emotions are there?
7. What portion of the Great
Lakes belongs to the United
States?
8. Why are bananas picked
green?
9. What people first became CIV
iliZed?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO, Feb. 20.-R-Fren.
zied trade struck the wheat pit in
closing minutes today for the sec.
ono time in the past four sessions,
shooting prices up five cents from
early lows to the best levels since
early January.
The burst of buying-similar to
that of last Friday and coming aft.
er the market had drifted rather
~indifferently during most of the
-session-boosted May wheat to 1.O7,
up S IA from the days low and
within about three cents Of the
seasons high established early in
January. July scared to 1.04 Ia and
September to los 3-8, the latter
setting a new seasons high.
Part of the gains were as quick
ly lost, but prices finished l Id
2 3-8 higher for the day, May 1.o4-
1.O4 IL, July 1.02 1884. Corn
finished 3-8-5-8 up, May 81 Is
IA, July 81 -; oats 1888 up;
soy beans 1 cent up; rye 5-S-7-S
up; lard unchanged to 3 cents a
hundredweight lower.
There was little in the news to
account for the closing surge in
wheat. Some traders pointed to in
dications of intensified sea warfare.
Others said that efforts by early
~short-sellers to get back into the
market revealed no wheat was for
sale until prices had been jumped
up 8 to 5 cents. Stop-loss orders
to buy then added momentum to
the upward movement.
Earlier, weakness at Buenos
Aires and reports of additional
moisture in the domestic grain
belts turned prices downward as
much as ga cent. There also was
pressure regarded as hedging, pre-
sumably against purchases OF loar
wheat in the northwest. The Com
modify Credit corporation reported
that for the three weeks ended Feb
IL Withdrawals of loan wheat total
ed 81, SOC, 900 bushels, about IL pei
cent of the total under loan.
Open High Low Close
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
CHICAGO POTATOES

CHICAGO, Feb. 2O.-R-(U. S.
Dept. Agr.)-Potatoes 81, on track
1876, total U. S. shipments 562, old
stock supplies heavy Idaho russets
and Nebraska triumphs demand
fair, market steady, northern stock
all varieties demand very light, mar
ket dull; Idaho russell burbanks u.
S. No. 1, 1.S0-2.00; U. S. No. 2, lao;
Nebraska bliss triumphs IS per cent
or more u 8. No 1, washed, 1.80-2.15,
unWashed, a 1.55; Colorado red
McClures M sales reported; Mime.
sofa and North Dakota Red River
Valley section cobblers 1890 per
cent U. s. No. 1, very few sales
1.15-25; bliss triumphs rs per cent
or more U. S. No. 1 few sales 1.12
1-2-1.20, a U. S. No. 1 brushed 1876;
early Ohio's late Monday IS per cent
U. S. No. 1, car 1875; Wisconsin
round whites U. S. commercial car
lis, unclassified few sales .95.1.0O
New stock supplies moderate, de.
mand very slow, market dull. No
track sales reported; Florida bustel
crate bliss triumphs U. S. No. /,
washed, generally asking 2.05.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Up Hogs
closed today on an active basis with
prices on light weights mostly
steady, others mostly steady to
strong. The top was $3.50.
The highest price since June, 1889,
was paid for strictly prime 9S5-pound
yearlings which sold for $12.75. Most
all killing classes were in fairly
broad demand. Steers and yeaIiings
| closed strong to rs cents higher.
Cows and heifers were 10 to IS cents
up.
Fat lambs sold rs to IS cents high
er, top at 9.S5. Most sales were
around 1855 to 1915.
(U. S. Dept. Agr.)-Salable hogs
H. 900; total $4,000; opened slow
closed fairly active; light weights
steady to strong; too $50; bulk good
and choice 1S0-220 lbs. $3.50; 220-
24O lbs. $3.50: most 240-270 lbs.
butchers 4~.95-5.30; 27O-S20 lbs. aver
ages generally 4.75-5.Oo; good 400
$50 lbs. packing sows 4.10-5O; ligh+-
weights at 4.65; shippers took 5000;
followers 1000.
Salable cattle 1900; salable calves
!, 200; fed steers and yearlings ;-rong
to 25 higher; kinds grading goC
and better showed most upturn on
shippers and order buyers accounts;
all grades in broader demand, how
ever, at Is to so, mostly SO higher
than a week ago.; mostly an $50
1850 market with choice weighty
steers at 1850; strictly prime 9S5
lbs. yearlings 1915, a new high sin e
last June; heifers and COWS 1915 up;
bulls strong; vealers strong TO %
higher; light heifers 9.75, mostly
900 down on short fed crop; cutter
COWS 500 and 5.35; weighty sausage
bulls 7.00-25; selected vealers selling
at 11.5O more freely; mostly 1000
II. 90; stock cattle offerings higher
at 7.5o.S.50; good and choice light
western fed yearlings 9.1O-75 and
better.
salable sheep 5000; total 1000;
fat lambs closed fully 25-35 higher;
spots up more; sheep fully 1926
up; bulk old lambs under 100 his.
9.65-75; top 9.S5 to small killers
finished los lbs. lambs 9.65; S2.1Cd
lb. clipped lambs S.00-15; fed Western
slaughter ewes mostly $3.50.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
DRY GOODS

NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-CP-Phed
warn fabrics met fairly wide inter
est in the textile district today.
Prices we're firm to slightly higher
on these items available for spot de-
liveries. Attention also was focused
on sheer fabrics, and an improved
inquiry for spun rayon staples was
evident. Silk fabrics generally were
quiet and prices nominally quoted
Demand for wooden piece goods
continued to lag although mill ac-
tivity proceeded at a fairly brisk
pace due to receipt of assortments
on contracts placed last month.
Quiet conditions were reported In
the Worth Street gray goods dlvls-
ion. Mills were still refusing 20
shade prices to meet bids on print
and broad cloth constructions. Fur
Their talk of curtailment was heard
10 trade circles as some mills
have already lowered their produc
ton schedules.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

NEW YORK, Feb. 20.-LR-Tne
Netherlands guilder broke away
from the main line of European
monies with a gain of nearly 1-20
Of a cen in the foreign exchange
market today.
Strength in the guilder, which
advanced .04 of a cent, was associ'
ated by money dealers with shift
ing trade ties due to the war and
the parts neutral nations were
playing in European economic life.
Aside from a minor loss in the
Swiss franc in terms Of the dollar,
other major European monies were
unchanged.
Closing rates follow (Great Brit.
ain in dollars, others in cents):
Great Britain, demand 1884 IL,
cables 1856 Ia, 60 day bills 3.93 IA,
80 day bills 3.91 ga, Belgium 1858,
denmark 1888, Finland 1.75n,
France 2.24 is, Germany 1920
benevolent 1900, Greece .73n,
Hungary 17.65n, Italy sos. Meth.
erlands 53.16, Norway 22.73. Portu.
gal 3.69n, Roumania .63n, Sweden
1888, Yugoslavia assn, Argentina
29.77, free 1885; Brazil official
sos, free $40; Mexico 16.75n, ia
pan 23.49, Hongkong 24.59, Shang'
hal 7.05.
(Rates in spot cables unless 9TH
erwise indicated. n-Nominal).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
BUYING IN RAILS
AIDS BOND MART
Fractional Gains Are Sprlnk-
led Throughout List At
Close Of Trading

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. - Up A
last minute pickup in buying of rails
pulled the bond market out OF an
irregularly lower rut today.
At the finish fractional gains were
literally sprinkled through the list
and forenoon improvement Of a point
or. more in some favored issues was
extended.
The Associated Press averages adj
vanced L of a point in each Of the
rail, industrial and foreign groups,
leaving only utilities and low-yield
divisions with minor losses.
Sales of 5000, 800, face value, COM
pared with $5,627, 800 the day before.
A good share of the turnover occur
red in the final half-hour when
stocks snapped out of earlier apathy
and started up.
Outstanding performers included
st. Louis-San Francisco SIS, 4 LIS,
and As, up Ia to a full point on
large sales; Marion Steam Shovel
Us, up t at IA; Colorado q southern
4 LIS, up 1 at 80 IL; Kansas City,
Fit. Scott & Memphis As, up 1 So at
"a; Norway 4 LIS, up 1 7-8 at IA IL,
and H~elsingfors 6 IFS, up 3 1-8 at
20 5-8.
Some of the recently buoyant New
York City fractions a into rec
signals and backed up for stable
net losses. Among these were Brook
lyn-Queens City & Suburban SIS, off
5 at Is.
Others unable to get going includ
ed Consolidated Oil 3 lbs, American
& Foreign Power SIS, Studebaker IS
and Erie IS.
U. S. Governments rarely appear
ed on the tape and the few that did
changed hands at 1892 of a poin'
higher to that much lower.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-02-21
NEW YORK SUGAR

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Up All
deliveries in the world sugar futures
contract, except March, sold at the
highest prices for the year today.
Final quotations were 1 to 2 IL
points higher.
Threats of intensified warfare, the
mounting tonnage of lost vessels
and growing scarcity of available
bottoms all contributed to a bullish
outlook. Sales totaled $3.50 tons;
March 1.5s 10, May 1853 IL.
Domestic futures added l to 2
points on turnover of 1880 tons.
Strong price undertones in the ac-
tuals markets sustained futures
prices.
Puerto Rican and Cuban raws
were offered at 2.35 but r~efineries.
so far as could be confirmed, were
apparently not interested above 2.Sa.
Refined moved quietly at 4.S0
cAnts.