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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27
WyandOtte in
the Last War

Bclatrd reports from the casualty
list in France showed the following
irgartling Wyandotte and EcOrst
soldiers HolrSlaw SumOwSki, Wyan-
notte. wounded severely: Sergeant
Joseph r. Jambo WyandUttc wounded
slightly: Paul IIoimSki Wyandottc
wounded severely; Sergeant q. y.
OrlnSby, Eco,sc. wounded slightly.
This typical letter from otto Wall
man of EcOrSt. nephew of Mrs. +.
G. NeupndOrf of WyandOtte, revealed
the following: Il got wounded and
g;LSstd. The wound feels fine. but the
gas bOtherS Inc yet | am still with the
WyandOtte boys. | suppose YOU are all
glad the war is over. 80 am |. We
certainly did capture IL bunch of mach
inc guns. get lots of chewing tobacco
and smoking. tOO-that'S just all Il
fellow needs in this country. Lots Ia
eat. too
Andrew Mason received an honor
able discharge and was home from The
radio camp IL Bloomington. III.
.
The WyandOtte public library WIS
still appealing for gift books for the
soldiers
William III. IIarriOtt. son of Harry
HarriOtt. WI Ote an interesting letter 10
lis dad i'll Wyandotte. recOunting his
experiences at the front in France.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27
Restore Village

Restoration of Port Royals troop
village, constructed by Champlain
In 1905, Is near completion. En-
gineers of the federal mines depart
ment even fastened the timbers of
the buildings together with wooden,
pins.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27
Produce T,iffIA

More than fourth of the farms in
the United States produce an aver
age OF less than $500 worth of prod
ucts annually-and IS per cent of
this number produce less than s4o0
worth of commodities.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27

= Small game hunters. deer hunters
and trapperS must report the seasons
kill or catch. or lack Of il. on license
Stub report cards on or before Febru-
airy Il.
60 I.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27
Big Business

Shark fishing and processing along
the Californian and Mexican coasts.
is a 100000 year business.
One hundred pounds of shark liver
yield about 80 pounds of refined oil,
rich in vitamin A.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27

Bishop William T. Manning of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of Neu,
York, was born in England and
came to America with his parents
when he was Is years old
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27
Men as Nursemaids

University of Missouri emplov-
ment officials say that men st,,deni.
are more in demand than girls aS
nursemaids to watch CT zen whiIe
parents are out at night.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27
Lincoln Ellsworth

Lincoln Ellsworth, the explorer.
was an axe man on the first surve,,,
of theF Grand Trunk Pacific Ri
road 8 trans-Canadian route.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27

The first references Ia the existence.
If copper in Michigan are made i'm Il
book published by LaGarde in Paris
I'm 1885
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-12-27
New Watermelon

Hawkesbury'' is the name, of a
newly developed, wilt-resistant va
termeion Of good size and quality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

Stunning necklaces, pins. earrings,
etc. for every costume Gold and
silver finished metal, plain and stone
SCI simulated pearls, sparkling rhine
stones and colorful plastlcs. 'Street
Elnnrl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-26

Fine quality imitation leather or fab
rIc handbags in smart top handle, en-
velope frame or slide fastened styles
Many have extra compartments or fit
tinss. Black and new colors. tStreet
E7norI
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
Ry CHARLES P. STEWART


Washington. June 8-Whilc there
undoubtedly is Nazi sentiment
throughout the Latin Americas. the
state departments Information is
that it is by no means popular with
the governments of the various
countries nor with the ovcrWhclm-
ing majority Of their people
In fact, anti-Gcrman riots occur
rod in the last few days in BucnoS
Aires. Germans are rather ntmCr-
Gus in the Argentine capital Never
thrlcSS, the populacc generally sides
against them in such emergencies aS
the present one. 1t will be vccallcd
that there were upriSings against the
Germans dutin9 the last world war.
Also when the Argentine finally
broke relations with the kaiser il WIS
not merely Il diplomatic split: In"
German minister was informed on an
island for the balance Of the conflict.
,, Southern Brazil is so strongly Ger
man that earlier in the present Strug-
Gle the German COlnniStS attempted
II local revolt. This naturally made
them extremely unpopular with the
central government, which sup
,%nrcSScd the rebellion very mcCrc-
noncOualy an with small difficulty.
A situation of this kind, Of course.
speaks for strong German sentiment
in that particular spot. but elsewhere
in RraZil there is little Of it.
Afraid of Invasion
Just TO tho southwark OF these two
brazilian states is the little republic
! Of Uruguay. Considering that the
F; Brazilian Germans arc pOWerlcSS
| against tho BraZilianS proper TO the
nOrthWard the UruguayanS appa-
rently are somewhat apprchcnsiVc
of an invasion from Naz Brazil. the
Nazi element probably being strong
enough TO deal with Uruguay al
though not with the rest of Brazil.
At any rate It's obvious that de-
spite Nazi activities, they haven't
! the backing Of any considerable num-
Dor Of the homo folk.
A somewhat similar situation pre-
walls in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecua-
dor. except that in none Of these
countries is Nazi-ism so consolidated
as in southern Brazil.
OF all countries in South Amer
lea, there probably is the largest
proportion of Germans in Bolivia
However, the republic is not size
able enough to signify materially.
Chill has not so many Germans.
The West Indian islands apparent
ly are Waging Il rcd-hOt fight against
any manifestation by the Trojan
horse. From all Of them come ac-
counts of police activity to STAMP
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

the move to front lines, to meet
heavy tank or infantry attack at
point blank range The famous
French 75'S will then find employ
mcnt at vital points of the defense.
| While no elaborate defensive pO-
sitionS could possibly have been con-
structcd in the short time they had,
the French troops probably take
shelter in quickly-dug trenches
which give some slight protection
from the Splaying effect OF bombs
and shell bursts.
Major Raborg believes that all
troops Of older ages, as we'll as
every ablc-bodicd persOn-man,
woman or child--not in the actual
combat units, are at work at this
moment, "a hours day, construct
ling defense islands," obstacles and
tank traps to depth many miles in
the rear Of actual fighting, so that
! German penetration Of few points
isn't necessarily indicative Of de-
cisivc results. The new attac,s to
date demonstrates, according to Ma
ior Raborg, that Weygand has so
planned his resistance that German
Ibrcak- through units, including tanks,
may even be permitted TO continue,
because somewhere within the
depths Of the defense they will be
captured or annihilatcd.
This. RabOrg holds, is necessary be-
cause the German assault on so long
4 front cannot be maintained for an
Indefinite period. Out Of it, he says,
will be developed certain main OBJ
icctivcS of attack and Wcygand must
determine where these will fall in
time To meet them. In addition, he
says, Wcygand must hold strong
bodies Of reserves and fast mechani-
zcd units at crucial points, to be
rushed into salents when the at
tack becomes evident.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

their homes, today look to the
world for succor. From the
Netherlands, Belgium, Luxem-
bourg and from northern France,
whole populations have fled from
the chaos of shellfire and march
ing armies. At a moment such as
this, we cannot even pause to
consider the origin Of their dis
tress. Our thankfulness for peace
and security must be translated
swiftly into tangible assistance.
We can do this through the
Red Cross. For in its IS years, its
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

there wasn't time for the construc-
ton OF continuous defense works
at the north. 1t therefore became
necessary to establish strong points
At all >tategjcally defcnSible in both
the length and depth of the UNUSUAL
~ long front. All rises in the ground.
all bitches. SWampS. streams. vii
lagos have no doubt been utilized for
this purpose. These islands Of de-
Tense are shown in the shaded por-
tons OF the map above
To perfect this system the en-
ployment of every natural topogra-
phical feature that could be made
into tank trap or ptfall was neces-
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
NEWSPAPER READING
BRINGS LONG LIFE

Philadelphia, June 8.-(AP)-
Regular reading Of newspapers was
recommended today by DR.. William
Lyon Phelps as an aid toward longer
life.
The three cents invested in a
newspaper is one of the greatest
aids to vitality we have" Yale's
famous emeritus professor of Eng
lish declared at Jefferson Medical
COLLEGE commencement exercises.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
WINDSOR DENIES HE
HAS QUIT HIS POST

London. Juno @.-(AP0-Rcuters,
British news agency. quoted The
Duke of Windsor in Il dispatch from
Paris last night rs declaring reports
abroad that he had rrIinquiShcd his
place us Il lIaison officer with the
French and British armies in France
were wholly inaccurate"
The dukes reported action came
yesterday from inforEcd sources
here who said the duke and duchess
had gone 10 the Cap d'AntibcS resi-
dCnCc for an "indCrntc" stay.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

Seventy-five years ago, the
Red Cross was founded by Henri
Dunant, young Swiss idealist
who believed something could
be done to alleviate the horrors
of war. Ironically the recent an
niversary of this m owe m e n t
marked the beginning of a war
that so far has brought more
suffering than any other conflict
in history.
Five million refugees,
wrenched from the security of
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

Sarv. All these were turned into
machinery to stop infantry assaults
as well as mcchaniZcd equipment.
The resistance islands then are so
coordinatcd that bands Of intcrlock-
ing fire might be laid down in any
direction from which the German
assault might come. and would be
particularly planned so that barragcs
could be concentrated on the flank
of attacking troops.
This is backed, as shown in the
map. by artillery fire from the rear,
again placed in mtcrlockinG bands.
Reserve mobile artillery is held in
such positions rs to be instantly on
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08
SUMMER SESSION AT
DUKE OPENS JUNE IL

Durham. June 3.-DukC UnlVcr-
Sity'S 22nd annual summer session
will begin on "Wednesday with Il ma
iority Of the 1900 rcGiStraulS for the
first term being students; of graduate
rank working toward advanced de-
grCcS. The summer faculty will num-
Der l55 teachers. lO2 Of them being
from the regular Duke faculty.
The first term will extend through
July %. and the second term viii be
from July % 10 September 5.
In the training Of The child for
good citizenship one ounce Of proven
ton is worth 10000 tons Of cure.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

"Thc paper provides us with in
tcrests that will take us out Of our
selves. The more We arc interested
in things beyond ourselves, the bet
ter we can combat dependency and
trouble and the longer we live"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-06-08

emblem not only has become the
symbol Of mercy, but also the
symbol of action. Already mil
lions of American dollars have
been spent for fool, clothing and
medical attention. We must con-
tinue to "prcss onward in a truly
civilized spirit" IS Dunant once
pleaded ;
Give what you can, and give
quickly, through the Red Cross.
Your contribution, large Or
small, is vital in answering this
great challenge, I;
Evening star., 1940-03-17

mented widely with the diving bell
and the Momsen lung. After making
the 500-foot tank record here In the
summer Of 1898, he went to Ports
mouth, N. H., and from the Falcon
made q record ocean dive, this time
Of 402 feet, or 102 feet deeper than q
diver had ever descended In the
open sea before.
Recalling the occasion, he said "it
was cold and dark down there +"
Come to think of it. "cold and dark"
have q particular meaning to him.
Seated in his own living room,
the diver concluded the interview
with little debunking. He has
never had an encounter with q shark
or an octopus in the sea.
IF an octopus wrapped himself
around a diver, the diver could build
up the pressure inside his suit to the
point where the octopus couldn't put
on the squeeze" Badders explained.
As for sharks, he said, they are
scared Of divers and never bother
them, because, after all, Q diver is q
pretty weird-looking mess in the
water"
Evening star., 1940-03-17


in Baltimore The Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad carries 240. The
Greyhound and Safeway bus lines
add several dozen more, and al
though the number Is any ones
guess, q large group commutes by
automobile. A conservative esti-
mate would place at 1000 the men
and women who earn their bread
in Washington and eat it tn Bal
timore. These figures do not in
clude those travelling from outside
of Baltimore's city boundary.
The snowdrifts may be deep or the
rain heavy, but commuters must
rise early and wait at draughty
street corners for trolley cars. bleak
ly unappreciative Of the first strag-
Cling rays Of the sun. Red-eyed
and pink-nosed. they wait resigned
ly for trains In Baltimore's depots or
dash the last hundred yards for the
coaches.
They scamper for seats over the
eerie postures Of passengers who
have ridden through most of the
night on expresses from the North
and West, and nap fitfully in vary
ing stages Of dishabille. Up ahead,
blinds are still drawn In the sleep
ing cars.
On some luxury trains, q few
coaches may be added for COM
muters.
At q mile-a-minute pace, the
train speeds the 40-odd miles
Evening star., 1940-03-17

packages. This dinculty Is met by
special marker, q long, yellow
streamer tied to the top OF the
parachute.
Accuracy in hitting the target
outlined by the ground crews Is, Of
course, striven for. The pilot ap-
proaches the target heading directly
into the wind, and when the bundle
is dropped, the pilot swings into .
turn, the dropper, meantime, watch
ing his craftsmanship. The plane
heads back toward the target and
the next article is sent floating down
on the parachute. AS each article
is discharged, the dropper spots the
landing with reference to the target,
usually . piece of cloth or q smoke
smudge. He indicates on a map
the point at which each piece lands,
and then, when all of the supplies
have been sent down, he drops the
map overheard for use by the
ground crew in finding any articles
that may have been carried wide
of the mark by wind or other
factors.
Army bombers do their bombing
from great attitudes to escape anti
aircraft IRE, but the flying forest
fire fighters discharge their cargoes
Of supplies from the lowest possible
altitude to insure accuracy and
lessen the danger Of breakage.
The dropper's job is . delicate one.
He must be good Judge Of distance
and timing, and able to get rid of
his cargo under conditions that are
sometimes adverse. No bomb sights
are used, the dropper simply aiming
at the target by the vertical door
jamb Of the plane and turning an
article loose when the machine Is
directly over the mark. He wears q
uneman's belt securely strapped to
; structural member Of the f,lselage
to prevent . sudden jolt or shaft Of
air from plunsing him downward
with the bundle. He holds both the
package and its attached parachute
In one hand, and ct the proper
moment, turns loose, sometimes, to
make sure it gets . good start,
giving the cargo . strong shove with
his foot.
The accuracy attained by the
Forest Service cargo droppers Is
sometimes amazing.
Just any plane Is not adapted to
the forest-flre work; . high-wing
cabin monoplane with the door back
Of the wing struts is the type pre-
ferred, and numerous other special
features are required. However, 1t
was not until late last year that the
Forest Service acquired = plane Of
its own. Before that privately
owned planes were used under D
contract arrangement.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Expert Flyer Hired as
Engineer Pilot by
Government

After trying various types o1
planes, including autogiros. the For
est Service finally selected q model
with 440-horsepower special motor
Among the unusual features of this
almost handmade machine are three
quickly detachable passenger seats
which can be removed to provide
cargo space, extra large frames for
both the main door and the aux
iliary door, the auxiliary door, too
being a part Of the specifications.
On the right side Of the cockpit
the window Is built Of sufncient
width and depth to permit the CO.
pilot to project his head. right
shoulder and arm outside the win
dow and have q clear view both
forward and downward. To protect
the pilot from the propeller blast
when he's in this position, q detach-
able windshield was included in the
construction.
This new plane cannot, of course
do alone the work Of all the planes
that the Forest Service has used
under contract. But it can do much
Of the more precise and delicate
work that is required in combating
forest fires with aircraft.
In August, 1888. the Forest Service
employed its first engineer pilot"
job that required the experience
Of . crack airman and many other
qualifications as well. He had to
be able to organize, direct and de-
velop al forest-fire-control work;
alter and remodel airplane bodies;
possess scientific training in various
hre-prevention and control work,
and have enough additional quail
hcations to daunt the boldest ap-
plicant.
The man who was finally picked
to oversee the air es1ighting job
Of the Forest Service, which pro-
tects hundreds Of Thousands of acres
of timber valued in the millions,
was . West Point graduate, Harold
G. King, who had been through the
Army flying school and had hun
dreds Of flying hours experience, as
well - scientific training.
And with Mr.. King at its head, the
Forest Services aerial fire control
work and experiments continue,
looking toward the time when re-
mote blazes will no longer be the
perils that they now are, but sus-
ceptible to effect control by the
Forest Service "air corps"
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Forest Fire Trained for Efficiency With

Again this work is designed to
combat flames in remote areas miles
beyond roads and trails.
These jumpers, attired In special
suits and equipped with new devices
for their protection, look like men
from Mars or a nightmare from the
brain Of the creator of "Oaky Doaks." :"
The suit is streamlined from head to
foot, and features a neck brace with
wire mesh in front which permits
the jumper to see but protects his
face from the cuts and scratches
that would inevitably follow his de-
scent through trees and brambles.
A parachute landing in a mountain
forest is far different from q de-
scent into an open field or an air
port.
The jumpers harness, too, is spe-
cially constructed. The standard
type harness handicapped the jump
ers when they landed in trees, the
pressure sometimes being so great
that the men were unable to unsnap
the connections and get free. To
overcome this difficulty the smoke
jumpers harness, instead Of being
an integral part Of the riser straps,
shroud lines and canopy, was made
q detachable unit, allowing the fire
fighter to detach himself from the
chute and reach the ground by q
rope which he carries.
This special paraphernalia, with
the rope dangling down from the
jumpers side, makes this flre fighter
look a figure from another age.
Drop Tools to Crews.
The Forest Service is an exper-
fenced hand in still another method
Of aerial forest-fire fighting. This
Is in dropping tools and supplies to
fire crews on the ground. So pro-
flcient have the Forest Service men
become in this delicate work that 1t
is said they can drop anything from
crate Of eggs to q radio, several
hundred, or even . 1000 feet, with
but negligible breakage.
When the fire fighters reach q re-
mote blaze where days, perhaps, are
required to get 1t under control, sup
plies are rapidly used and new tools
and equipment needed. Airplanes
quickly transport the necessary ma
terials, and by skillful practice they
can be accurately and safely dropped
by means Of specially designed para
chuteS. On the Chetco fire in Ore
gon, for example, airplanes were
used almost exclusively to deliver
supplies and they successfully drop
ped more than l10 tons Of materials.
Light objects may be dropped di-
rectly, but most Of the supplies de-
Nvered by air settle down to earth
attached to parachutes. These were
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Explosives Are Used
To Keep Flames
Under Control
By Marvin Coz

1t does happen here. Airplanes
roar toward, their objectives, circle
over their targets, and then, after a
quick sight at the marks on the
earth below, discharge their bombs
and speed away. Again they roar
in over their targets, send down an
other charge and speed back to their
distant base.
This happens here, not in Europe,
nor yet in military bombing prac-
tice, but in peaceful neutral Amer
lea. Fortunately, however, the
targets are not crowded cities and
innocent people, but forest fires.
The United States Forest Service is
experimenting in an effort to find
means Of controlling small fires in
remote areas by means of aerial
bombs. While warning nations are
using incendiary bombs to set cities
af1re, the Forest Service Is attempt-
ing to use similar means of combat
ing forest fires.
1t is not hoped that bombs will be
developed to extinguish fires COM
pletely, but rather that bombs can
be made that will control small
blazes in isolated areas until regular
fire lighting crews can arrive. Hours
and sometimes days are required
for fire fighters to traverse the
rough, primitive country to the
point where the fire is raging. II
aerial bombs can prevent the spread
of these flres-airplanes Of course
can reach them usually in minutes
the blazes would not be out Of hand
when the fire patrols reach them.
Promises Most.
This work is still In its expert
mental stage, and up to now the
most effective bomb discovered Ia
one containing . 10 per cent solution
of monoammonium phosphate.
Foams, liquids, chemicals and even
dust have been tried, but the mono-
ammonium phosphate solution shows
the greatest promise.
Another recent advance in the
aerial war against forest fires-tires,
incidentally, that destroy millions Of
dollars worth Of timber each year
is the development Of smoke Jump
ers." These fire fighters leap from
airplanes and descend by parachutes
to the blazes below, plummeting
down through trees and foliage to
begin control work on . fire that
unless checked may destroy thou.
sands Of acres Of forest. 1