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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
Will Manufacture
Chemical Products

The MOnsanto Chemical Company,
which recently purchased 13S-acre
tract of land on the Detroit river, be
low the power house Of the Detroit
Edison Company. announces the pro-
ducts to be manufactured by the COM
pany. They will be phoSphOric acids
and phosphates, mainly for the auto
mobile. steel, textile, soap, food and
baking industries.
1t is expected that. with future ex-
panSiOn. the company will occupy the
entire 13S acres involved in the pur-
chase.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
Mrs. w. w. Bishop
Dies at Fenton

Word reaches Wyandotte that Mrs,
Wallace w. Bishop died last Friday
at the home Of a sister, Mrs. Ridley,
at FentOn, Mich.
Mrs. Bishop was the widow Of the
late w. w. Bishop. one time mayor Of
WyandOtte and a brother Of J. 81.
Bishop. Many years ago, in the hope
OF benefiting the husbands health, the
couple moved to California.
Only few weeks ago Mrs. Bishop
came to Michigan to live with the sis
ter named above.
Funeral services were held on Mon
day, with burial in Indiana.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
Mrs. Isabella Hardie S
Funeral I omorrow

Following a short illness, Mrs lisa
bella Hardie of 1857 Grant street, died
in Mt. Carmel Mercy hospital. De
troit. on Tuesday night
Funeral SERVICES will be held tOmOr
row afternoon at 2 o'clock in the
Nixon funeral home. Burial will be in
Ferndale cemetery.
Deceased leaves her husband. John
q son. Adam of Detroit. and three
daughters. Mrs Henry HazelwOOd OF
Detroit. Mrs. Paul HeilshOrn of Wyan
dOtte. and Mrs. r. NJ. Simpson, of Lin
coin Park.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
Street to Be CLOSED
for Church Danes

Acting favOrably upon a request by
Rev. Ladislaus A. Krych, pastor OF
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church, the
Council has granted permission for the
closing of Electric avenue between 6
pm. and II midnight, beginning Wed.
nesday night, August 70, to September
L, inclusive.
The church is to hold 4 church ba-
zaar on the dates named, and plans
to make dancing on the pavement
feature of the evening program.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
kiwanis Club TO
Sponsor Bob Day

The WyandOtte KiwaniS club will
hold a "kiwanis day at Bob Drys-
dale's service station at the corner of
Biddle and Ford avenues tomorrow.
Bob. Il member of the club, is turning
over the profits from his station that
day To the Wyandotte Kiwanis club
To be added to their underprivileged
child fund
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
MAYOR BENIN NAMES
COMMITTEE TO SEEK SITE

Mayor Louis w. Benin. Tuesday
night. appointed as a committee to
hunt IND new quarters to house the
welfare office, Councilmen Ford Wa
oar and Ernest B. Schultz and George
Gentleman OF the Public Welfare
Commission. The welfare department
is being forced ont OF its quarters IL
the old city hall by the demolition Of
the building.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
Water, Electricity
Office on Oak St.

The Municipal Service Commission.
forced To abandon lis collection de-
partment in the old city hall. has Sc
cured quarters fox the office ut % Oak
street The office is located on the
south side. of Oak. between the McNab
Company store and the China shop of
A>mu> Brothers Hardware Company.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-08-23
STATE CIVIL SERVICE
WANTS TYPISTS, STENOGRAPHER

The State Civil Service Commission
is now looking for $50 typists and
stenOgraphers to fill positions in the
state service which are vacant or filled
by temporary employees. Most Of the
present vacancies are in branch offices
and must be filled by residents of the
county or district in which the office
is located.
Evening star., 1940-03-04

Use our cOnven-
lent g. MONTH
BUDGET PLAN
with o ut on e
cent for service
charges.
Pay V on April Iss
Pay u On May Ist
Pay " on Jass lst
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-14

the island. Special inducements will be offered to schools and large parties.
 Much credit for devising a plan satisfactory to the Exposi- tion's ceditors-to whom it owes more than $4,OOO, O,OOO-is given to George D Smith, San Francisco hotel man. He says an attend ance oi 5,00O,0o0 between the op ening date on May 25 X the clos ing Sept. 29 will insure financial success. Total attendance at the fair in 1889 was approximately 1O,O0O,00O.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-14

SAN FRANCISCO - Treasure Island site of the Golden Gate International Exposition will not be discarded. It will be the scene next summer of a second edi- ton" of San Francisco's Worlds Fair which closed last October after an eight-months run.
 Following months of negotia- tions during which reopening of the Exposition often seemed inn possible satisfactory arrange ments have been made with the Fairs creditors and a definite scheme of operation has been adopted for the summer.
 Little change is anticipated in the principal buildings which re main intact and are expected to require only very slight repairs. Many exhibitors have agreed to return for the Fair in '4O," and some exhibits have been left in place.
 There will however be a change in the general character of the Exposition as contrasted with its opening months in 1889. Greater stress will be laid on large-scale
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-14
San Francisco--Colden Gate Fair In '40 Ready To Co With
 New Exhibits, Lower Prices

entertainment. Motion picture and radio stars and famous jazz bands which proved the biggest crowd-pullers last summer will be in evidence.
 The motion picture industry will take over one of the main exhibits, and Hollywood show manship will be given a chance to demonstrate its skill at draw ing box office receipts.
 Billy Rose is expected to bring show similar to the ',Acqua- cade" which he put on at the New York Fair and the manage ment intimates that General Mo tors may erect a display like the one which drew such large crowds there. These and other new departures are expected to make the Flair in'40' more ami mated than it's first edition" in 1889.
 Admission probably will be the same as formerly Q50 cents) but there may be decrease in the charge for parking space and in tolls on the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge leading to
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-14
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY

That unique and humorous and typical Alaskan stationery 'Sourdough Roadhouse Letter reads and Envelopes, have been brought strictly uptodate, and are 2ow available at the Nugget off,
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-14

In place of the exhibits of It. allan and other old masters which was for many an outstand ing attraction of the Exposition comprehensive exhibit of Am erican art is being assembled.
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-14

This morning there is we'll defined area of low pressure centered to the southeast of ko- diak Island and much higher pressure northward.
 The winds are mostly north erly over the entire Alaska; cloudy weather with some light precipitation along the entire south and southeast coast and ex tending northward into the south central portion of Alaska. Temperatures are generally well
The Nome nugget., 1940-02-14
WEATHER SYNOPSIS AND GENERAL

below normal except along the extreme south east coast.
 Conditions are favorable for fair and continued cold weather during the next 24 to 36 hours.
 Note: The data we have avail able for forecast purposes is ex tremely limited however we can not see any definite prospects for any great change from the present clear and cold weather at least for the next three days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

bered for something more sub- stantial.
 As ambassador of Brazil, Mar tins has been applying his ebulli- ent personality, plus his skill as an astute businessman to project which would open rich mineral resources in Brazil and profit his countrymen and North Americans alike.
 Last year the United States Steel Corporation sent experts to Brazil to examine deposits of iron and coal, with the idea of establishing a steel industry there. The ex- perts found the resources ample and President Vargas willing.
 The undertaking would cost the tidy sum of $35, ,OOO, ,OOO, but, unlike most Yankee explOita- tions of the past, it envisages joint U. s. and Brazilian par ticipation. It would give Brazil the chance to manufacture steel needed in it's own industry, in-, stead of consuming .;a foreign exchange for purchases from abroad.
 Discussions have now moved from Rio to Washington, New York, and Pittsburgh. Martins. with his able financial attache. Eurico Pcnteado, has conferred with U. s. government officials and with U. s. Steel. And today (Jan. I'D is "Der Tag. For in Pittsburgh the finance committee of U. s. Steel is meeting to pass upon the project.
 The outcome is being watched as a test of whether the big talk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
City Officials Study

new interest in efficient financial management among many municipalities was manifested during 1889, according to the Public Administration Clearing House. Many finance officers, the Clear ing House reported, were exhibiting an encouraging professional spirit toward their jobs and were attending schools and training courses in an effort to make themselves more useful to the community.
 Any public official whose duties involve the handling of public funds has serious responsibility toward his community. Financial jobs are not posts for mere poli- ticians. They demand training, accuracy, honesty. It is cheering to learn that pub lie servants are taking their duties seri- ously. With trained people available for promotions to more important positions, local governments should make every effort not to dissipate their talent by handing out jobs to unqualified party adherentS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

their efforts to serve small business. A resolution adopted last October by the National Small Businessmen's Associa- tion, said: we oppose the use of national credit for substituting insolvent business. We believe that there is no demand for legitimate bank credit that our banks are not eager to meet"
 Reports such as this should go long way toward liquidating the various mis- conceptions that have risen concerning the role of banking in our economic life. No bank refuses a loan because it wants to. It refuses loans when it must = be- cause legal restrictions and the obliga- tion of the banker to the depoSitorS who own the money he manages, make refusal unavoidable. It looks as if the only loan requirements banks are not meeting to- day are those where the potential bor- rover hasn't the requisite credit of bus mess standing - loans, in other words, which would probably never be paid back.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
Banks and Borrowers

The old argument that the country's banks are no longer able to adequately satisfy the nations credit needs, and that, as result, there must be more government-sponsored credit, has fallen oil evil days. For todays evidence over whelmingly proves that the banks, as a whole, are doing superb job in serving legitimate borrowers.
 A survey made by the American Bank CTS Association covers the experience of 5000 commercial banks (41 per cent of all banks in the country (during the first half of 1889. These banks made almost 5,75O,00O new loans during that period, for total of more than $10,000, ,0GU,000. They renewed more than $5,600,000 old loans for total of better than $7,618,- 100000 They made 127,000 mortgage loans, totaling over $412,000,000.
 This adds up to Il 1,500,OO0 credit exten- SiOnS - for a grand total of more than SI8, ,114,OOO, ,000 And that money was loaned by less than half of the country's banks If the remaining banks had sim liar experience, and there is every reason to believe they did, total loans in the six month period reached the astronon1ic figure of approximately 5000, 100000 an amount which exceeds our present record breaking national debt.
 It is a telling point, developed by vari- Ogls other surveys, that the banks in late geArs have been unusually successful in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
Selected Poem
THE HIGHLAND GLEN

E. M. Ramsay in the Christian Science Monitor sing of many a Highland glen Through which a youthful river flows, In whose brown pools the sunlight plays, On those delightful summer days When every wing has sought repose Apart from haunts of men. ,. sing of many Highland glen When filmy showers and sunrays bright Pursue, or take, and blend together Above the banks of blooming heather, And weave their webs of rainbow light To charm the eyes of men.
 How grand becomes the Highland glen When, narrowed by the higher hills, The track leads up the rugged steep, And far below the waters leap And raise a tone whose music fills And soothes the hearts of men. Above the hills that head the glen, Where berries, moss and lichen grow, The red deer makes his spacious home And hence the eye may northward roam Where range on range the hilltops go Beyond the sight of men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

Bicycling returned to popularity about 1887, that is in this country. In 1888 ice skating slid in, and so great was its pop ularity that the sport as sport and as grand show piece added to its laurels in 1889. And now it looks as though 1940 would be banner year for those artists who skim about on the pay-as-you-enter rinks, ponds, lakes and so on, as well as for those who dance on ice. The perfec- tion of performances on ice, from ballet numbers to solo dances to comic Skits seemed to be reached few seasons ago, but as each new season starts there is or two. Truly it is a beautiful sport to with costumes and music there is no fin CT entertainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

The evolution of the skate or skates, since you usually wear two, is interesting. The early skates were awkward affairs that had to be clamped on and strapped. And even thus secured about midway around a pond one often came to grief when a skate loosened and the skater took what was and is termed a good flop. It is also interesting to know that pro- gression on ice was negotiated in very early times by binding the shin-bones of animals to the feet, the skaters moving themselves along with spiked stick. Quite difference between this archaic the many gay blades that crowd the rinkS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

about inter American cooperation can get down to the bed rock of forward-looking business rela- tions. MERRY -GO-ROUND
 Warmly appreciative, Ali Lan- don has traveled thousands of miles to make speeches in small towns because certain men living in them befriended him in the 1886 campaign f. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, chairman of the potent Finance Committee. drew personal note of praise from the President for his pro- posal of joint congressional com mittee to study both government expenditures and taxes as a pre- liminary to drafting new tax legis- lation Being Mayor of New York is a far cry from dirt farm ing, but according to the Farm Bureau, Forello LaGpardia is one of the best friends the farmer has. Ifl connection with the Farm Bureaus current member ship drive, LaGuardia is credited with giving behind -the-scenes help to Ed O'Neil, FB president. in putting through the crop parity bill last year, by lining up labor congressman hostile to the legis- lation =. Decorations in the cf- flee of Joe Martin. House Re- publican floor leader, leave no doubt of his political persuasion. Scattered about are no less than ten bronze elephants presented by admirers. s..s ..
 Copyright, 1940, by United .N Feature Syndicate, 1nc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
Press Comment
HIGH MINDED
(Boston Post)

(Boston PoSt)
 A Catholic church in Hartford wished to buy for $24,000, a very fair price, a grammar school aban- doned by the city. A member of the city council introduced an or der to sell the property to the church for $1.
 Father Routhier, the pahtor of the church, appreciated the courtesy but declined 1t. "You are," he said to the councillors, dealing with city property which belongs to. all the citizens and no group should be given an advantage over any other group" #
 What admirable sentiments, par ticularly at a time when various groups are seeking special conces- sions from the government at the expense of all the citizens.
 If Congress should put Father Routhicr's philosophy into effect many of our troubles would disap- peaf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
Farmers, Too, Like to Eat

There are likely to be some arguments on the New Deals Agricultural Adjust ment Administration before the present session of Congress adjourns. There will most certainly be debate on the farm pro- gram during the presidential campaign. Much of the ammunition for both sides will come from the nations three largest farm organizations-the Grange, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Farmers Union. Of the three, only the bureau remains convinced that the AAA is clearing true path through the economic moraSS in which farmers found themselves during the depression. De- spite their differences, all three groups agree on the objective establishment of parity prices for farm products or an agreeable balance among farm, factory and labor prices, such as prevailed before the World War. Actually, farmers of the nation aren't particular how they reach their goal as long as they know, along the way, that they are on the right road.
 The farmer, like the industrial worker, wants his labor to be worth something. He wants to feel reasonably assured when he sets out to do his spring planting that the crops he produces will be worth some thing on the fall markets. This is the way the three dominant farm organizations propose to bring about satisfactory farm conditions: The Farm Bureau-Reten- tion of the AAA, with increased benefit payments for crops and Stricter enforce ment of crop control. The Farmers Union-Guaranteed cost of production without use of benefit payments. As sure the farmer reasonable return for his efforts by insuring him against crop damage by insects or drouth and against fluctuation of markets. The Grange Provision for farmers security through long range program of reforms and bal ances. The Oranges program strives to bring about permanent agricultural sta bility by adjusting taxes, making trans portation and labor scales more flexible, improving American markets through tariff adjustments and scientific research, reducing marketing costs and in gen. eral contributing to better farm condi- tions.
 The average American farmer is pretty level-headed chap. He knows where he wants to go and he doesn't want to dawdle along the way. He doesn't fall for Wild-eyed meSsiahs who offer get rich-quick schemes and he doesn't quick " IOrgeC WnaJ pOuClclanS are nelplng HlW on his way and which are merely spout ing. There can be no doubt what farm CTS are after-they want parity prices. They're much more interested in achiev- ing sound domestic conditions than they are in watching the European scene. They don't want extravagant promises or $50 Every Thursday. They have sane goal - desire to bring about condition which will permit them to make a decent living.
 Candidates had better keep that in mind. They'll find it pretty tough sled ding without the farm vote. And if they intend to do any counting among the alfalfa and barley, they had better come prepared with program that promises sound progress Unless they do, the answer will be curt mo-.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
GEO. M. CORCORAN ANSWERS WATERBURY REPUBLICANS
 ATTACK ON FATHER .COUGHLIN
Jan. 17. 1887.

Jan. 17, 1887. Editor of The Democrat:
 Old Two Faced" our Leavenworth street oracle has again emitted (or whatever oracles dol some more of its profound logic or what you may call it.
 Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, so elnits Two Faced", caused the alleged Chats another wonderful word) Christian Front" armies who were so successfully repulsed in their aS- saults upon numerous points in our fair land. Now that MT. Hoover with his FBI have surrounded and captured the staff, arsenal and one army of those desperadoes we or dinary citizens may q hope) cau- tiously emerge from our dugouts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
Current Comment

The real danger to America today is not aggression from without, but corruption from within. Federal Judge Albert L. Reeves,
 Kansas City.
 Every dictator in the world was first elected by the people Never before in history is the need so great that the American people use their reason and refuse to be trapped by their emotions<anto par- ticipating in another European war. Es
 Former President Herbert Hoover.
 I know that the Nazi regime is a poisonous growth, a wholly evil thing. The leopard cannot change its spots. It must dominate or die. Herbert Morrison, spokesman for
 British opposition Labor party.
 God deliver us from college pro- fessors and army generals in ad- ministrative positions.
 Joseph A. Padway, General Coun-
 sel for A. E. of L.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17
In Today's Mail

Liberty magazine Jan. 20th issue tells tale by Honorable Martin Dies wherein MT. Hoover and those famous FBI's refused to assist MT Dies congressional committee to in- vestigate subversiye anti-Anerican activities.
 If old 1.-TWO F'aced% would emit some reason or, reasons for MT. Hoov- CTS FBI refusal to investigate for MT. Dies, an accredited representa- tive performing government work, that might throw a beam of light into these alleged Christian Front" smoke screens. 4,.,.
 If old 1.-TWO Faced" will emit the where, when or how Father Cough lin advocated the overthrow of our United States government that .in- deed would be Illuminating.
 If old 1.-TWO Faced" will emit his definitions of Democracy. then Christianity and reconcile the defini- tion with the alleged three great Democracies, United States, Great Britain, and France, that too would be something. ss, Y l
 If old 1.-TWO Faced will emit to clarity his statement about the rights of a clergyman to cross into the bounds of another flock, how reconcile this with the activities of 'The First Christian. He went some distances from His door step or mayhap old Two Facedo knows differently. MARA.
 X Old Two Faced, mentioned good Jews and bad Jews crediting their discovery to Father Coughlin, well, well that is something or is it?
 l must be hurfying along now, those blood thirsty Christian Front. CTS" may be here any moment and then what?
 Yours truly, K GEORGE M. CoRCORAN, ,s 34 Scoyill Street. ! 'E |
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

Skates today are something to marvel at. Slick and shiny and built to adjust to any foot. The type of skates worn by dancing skaters are especially reinforced, and made in way that the performers can lift the feet with ease and do all manner of intricate steps on the blades First skates came from Holland, and we believe the best skates for speed are to- day made in Norway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

1. Of which river is the Clinch river a tributary? <
 3. Which country was the first to, formally recognize the irdepende ndefce of the United States?
 3. What kind of acid is found in vinegar?. 5.,. j,
 (. To, which country did Ignace Moscicki, former president of Pol and. recently go for medical treat tnent? ~ f #.ssl, ! x
 5. Into which river does the Pecos river empty? X
 6. Must an alien in the U. s. have completed his military obligations in his native country in order to become naturalized in the D. SIP r
 2. How many square inches are in one square foot? 5SE z
 8. What happens to the buoyaIlcy of ship when 1t passes from fresh water to salt water7 ' egsgs
 9. Name the important British island possession of the south coast of China. sssis ssff sl3 ,sys
 10. With what sport is Al Hcstak associated? ssg, x. <,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-17

In case you don't know it there are certain rules of decorum and form for the skater, such as upright carriage, no bending at the hips knee or body bend ing just momentary head upright, free foot not far from the ice, toe turned downwards and outwards, arms hanging easily. So there you are. It looks easy when you see someone else performing