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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
HEARING SEPT. %
ON FILLING SHOALS
N DETROIT RIVER

The Herald has received the follow.
ing communication from the Port of
Detroit Commission, favoring the
granting of permission to fill certain
shoals in the Detroit river. The Uni
ted States district engineer will hold a
public hearing on the application. TO
he held September - in room 715.
Federal building. Detroit.
WyandOtte is Objecting To the filling
on the ground that it will seriously
affect the city'S and TrentOn's water
supply. The city will be represented by
PrOtestantS at the hearing Oh the 18th.
The letter from the Port of Detroit
Commission is printed merely as a
statement of the commissions stand,
and is not TO be considered an endorse
ment of the project. which at its best
is questionable procedure.
The Port of Detroit Commission
has filed an application with the dis
trict engineer of the United States
war department for permit to fill
the shallow water which now exists in
EcOrse bay, thereby creating several
islands in the lower Detroit river.
These shoals surround Mud, Grassy
and Mamajuda islands and extend
from point about 400 feet off shore
at SOuthfield road to point opposite
the upper end of Crosse lie on the
easterly side of the island.
1T is planned to first build an en-
bankment Of heavy material, such as
rock, stone, broken concrete, foundry
sand, or blast furnace Stag around the
outer edges of the proposed islands.
The inner parts Of the islands will be
filled with such material as may be-
come available. 1t may be possible to
use some types of municipal waste for
this purpose, although If such mater
ial were used it would be covered with
earth as soon as practicable after 1t
had been deposited. The earth cover
ing, over all Of the islands, will permit
Of handspring and the development OF
the areas into a recreational park al
most as large as Belle Isle.
THE islands would be completed
one at a time. If the permit is obtain
ed. work would start first on Mud
island probably early in 1871.
The application cOntemplates only
the filling of the shallow water to ere
ate the islands. there being no physi-
cal connection between the islands, or
to the mainland, requested at this
time.
THE completion Of this project
would provide approximately 6OO
acres of publicly owned park land in a
very desirable location. In. the event
that the future down river-borne COM
merce demands it. a port terminal
could be constructed on comparative
" small part of the development
The building Of these islands on
the existing shoals will eliminate the
shallow and somewhat stagnant water
which now exists above the intakes or
the municipal water works OF "yan-
dotte and Trenton. 1t will also create
q harbor for small boats in the vicinity
Of EcOrse."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Will Report on
Traffic Survey

Al tue request OF Chief of Police
Nllllam T. futledge, the Automobile
CIuD or Michigan has conducted and
recently finished months traffic CIR.
Vey Four. traffic engineers, under the
supervision OF II. c. Rounds. the clubs
sa1ety director, worked on the job.
The results of the survey viii no
submitted at subscription luncheon
at the Waoeek tea room. Monday noon
OF next week, September Is.
The speaker will be Richard Harfst.
general manager of the Automobile
Club of Michigan. who will give also.
in addition to the survey, a few side
lights on today's traffic situation.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
City Affairs
Acted Upor

The Council. ut its session WedneS-
day night. received i statement from
the county treasurer showing that
SS.433.34 of WyandOttr delinquent
taxes was collected during July.
The Board of Education requested
that the deed to the Carnegie library
be transferred from the city of Wyan-
dOtte to the Board of Education. Il
step necessary in order that tine board
may support the library.
Two lots recently purchased by the
Board of Education were asked to be
taken from the tax rolls.
Three petitions for paving were re-
ferred for statement as to frontage
and tax status, before being placed on
the 1911 program.
The Board Of Education was grant
ed permission for the use of Bishop
park band stahd last night. for repe-
LltiOu VI luc P&O6Adm ACNChlis pAO-
sensented at the state fair.
: Mckinley avenue between Antoine
and Felice was ordered closed during
certain hours, for the bazaar to be Civ
en- by St Stanislaus church on Sept.
27-29.
The Pigment & Metal Products Com
pany was asked to inform the Council
by letter as to what steps had been
taken to abate an alleged nuisance
at its plant.
r. S. TalcOtt. of the engineering de-
partment, was granted weeks vaca-
tiOn-the first in his three and one
half years service in the department.
The Business and Professional WO-
mems club asked permission to erect
signs at EcOrSe Greek bridge and Bid
die avenue. and Fort and Eureka.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Discuss Noise at
Pigment Metal

The Council devoted considerable
time Wednesday night TO discussion of
a noise nuisance at the plant of the
Pigment Metal Company, Forest and
Ninth streets.
A number Of indignant neighbOrs in
the vicinity of the plant added their
quota TO the discussion.
The Council had previously request
ed the company to cease operations
between the hours of ten pm. and sew
en- am, and to take the necessary
steps Immediately to abate the noise
caused by their operations.
City Attorney Fred ]. Gartner ex
planned that it was within the pro-
vince Of the city 20 seek an injunction
in court. declaring the place a public
nuisance
Citizens protesting against the noise
declared that no action had been TAX
en- by the company to abate the nui-
Sance.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Federal Law
Changes Protect
Youthful Workers

Additional federal legislation gov
erning the issuance Of working papers
to minors under Is years of age lists
A occupations that have been dt cIar-
ed hazardous and for which permits
may not be issued. Included in the list
are welding, auto paint shop, driving
OF trucks or acting as helpers on milk
or other delivery trucks, chauffeur.
machine apprentices, mangle in Iaun-
dry. telephone and telegraph messen-
ger between the hours of 10 pm. and
3 am, and many others.
Under these regulations bows under
Is may not work as pin-setters in
bowling alleys unless automatic pin
setting machines are used and hen
only after receipt of a special letter
Of approval issued by the State De
partment Of Labor and Industry. Per
mits may then be issued for boys to
work only before 10 pm. and after
8 am.
The office of the superintendent of
schools is empowered to grant per-
MUS Ouis WitHlu tue requirements OF
the law. The occupation and place of
employment must be indicated on each
permit and the permit is good only for
the occupation and place indicated. If
permit is issued for any other Occu-
patton than those under the law. the
State Department Immediately de-
clares the permit void A copy Of ev-
cry permit issued must be sent to the
State Department.
This greatly restricts the opportuni-
ties for working by boys and girls un-
der Is years of age. All applicants for
permits must present their birth certi-
ficate or other documents acceptable
under the law before permits can be
issued. No fees can be charged for the
issuance of permits. Permits for work
on newspapers or for distributing
handbills are valid only for working
after 4 pm. Employers seeking com
plete details of the law should write
TO the State Department of Labor and
Industry at Lansing. or may write or
phone the office of the superintendent
of schools, phone 1914.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Funeral Yesterday
Of Tom Cook

Tom Cook, SO, of $3.50 Twentysec-
ond street. died at the Wyandotte
General hospital on Monday. He leaves
five daughters, Mrs. ID. O. White. Mrs.
william Knoll of Wyandotte, Mrs. Ar
thur Page of Toronto, Mrs. A. Pol
lick Of Base Mines, Ont. Mrs. j. hnir
Of Hearst. Ont, and two sons. VIII
lam and Frank ~ -
The funeral took place from the res
idence at 2 pm, yesterday. Rev. c. ii.
Severance Of St Stephens Episcopal
church officiating. Burial was in
Ferudale cemetery.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Gillian Denisd
He Was Lost

A call was received by the police,
Saturday morning. stating that an old
man, apparently lost, was in the vicin-
ity Of Second and Elm streets. Officer
Steffin responded and found Edward
Gillian. % years old, of New York,
who said he came back to Wyandotte
after an absence of many years, to
visit old haunts.
Gillian said he once was employed
at the old Columbia hotel on the cor
ner of Biddle avenue and Chestnut
street, and that he came here to see
how the old town was progressing.
He declared emphatically that he was
not lost"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Sack $ Rsnaains
Buried al Adrian

William Sack. %. died at the wy
sndotte General hospital on Monday, at
the age of 70 years. He leaves two
sons. Frederick w. of Adrian and A.
ri. Sack. a daughter. Mrs Gerald
Gass. and six grandchildren.
The funeral took place from the res
idence, 4O7 Eureka avenue al $50
and from St Joseph church at 3
o'clock wednesday morning. The re-
mains were shipped to the sons resi-
dence at Adrian, where services were
conducted at st. Joseph church Thurs
day morning. Burial was in st JOS
eph cemetery. that city.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
OVER 5000
VOTES CAST
At PRIMARY

The primary election i'm Wyandotte
on Tuesday drew upward of 1000 citi-
zens 10 the polls
Taking the vote on governor as typi-
cal Of the showing OH other offices.
the vote tOtaled J.324. of which the
Democrats east 2.73O. the Republicans
1884. or Democratic majority of
136.
Democratic
On the Democratic ballot Frank Fitz-
gerald led for United States senator.
with 1872 votes: for governor, Muir
ray ID. Van Wagner easily distanced
his single opponent, Eugene l. Van
Antwerp. 2.159 to 81.
The vote on representative in Con
gress stood: Lesinski. 1887: Balcer.
731.
Joseph C. Roosevelt led field Of
II candidates for state senator. with
631.
Frederick J. Gartner. FOR renomina-
ton n representative in the State
Legislature received Lap votes to SIG
for Francis y BabinSki and only -
tor Nicholas QuintOn. Returns from
the entire district pointed to the re
nomination of Mr.. Gartner.
Other favOriteS with local Demo
Gratis. and the votes they received
were: Prosecuting attorney. Gerald X.
O'Brien. go sheriff. Andrew c.
Baird 55S: register of deeds. Harold
L. Stoll. 1877: county auditor Ray
ID. Schneider. 40; county drain com
missioner, Joseph Il. Smerecki. 933.
On the nnn-parti>an Judiciary tick
ct, George Il. Murphy led for circuit
judge, with 1.I-O votes for judge of
probate two To he elected, Joseph y.
Murphy with 1921 votes and ID. J.
IIealy with 1.799 were in the lead.
Republican
For United States senator. Vanden
berg OutdiStanced Cover. Zig 10 80.
Governor Luren ID. Dickinson was
the favorite for chief executive. with
SO votes. closely followed by o. l..
Smith with S31
For lieutenant governor. Arthur f.
Wood led field of nine candidates
with J0
Other results: For prosecuting at
tOrney, Frank Z. DARN, WyandOtte
lawyer. easily OutdiStanced a field of
six aSpirantS with 1880 votes: sheriff.
Edward Behrendt was the favOrite.
with 659 votes; for county treasurer.
Herman r. Lau led James VI. Toy.
1,4S9 to S47: register of deeds. otto
Stoll, 1,S42; county auditor. William
+. Won Mol of MOnguagOn township.
1919; drain commissioner. Fred J.
Wood. IA; cOrOners. Albert L. French
and LinwoOd w. Snow
Henry ]. RaubOlt. a WyandOtte
man, led the vote for representative in
the State Legislature. with 762.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found the complete vote OF the city by
precincts. Incidentally, The Herald Is
the only paper in the city to give the
election results by precincts.
The precinct vote for state repre-
sentative (Republican) in the Legisla-
ture was not available when The Her
aid was placed in type. The total vote.
however. is given.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Proclamation

Constitution Day this year falls
on Tuesday. the seventeenth OK
September.
There is no prescribed form for
observing this day, nor should
there be. for the Constitution of
the United States is q living in
strliment-nOt relic. 1t is the
priceless possession of the Ameri-
can people. and the people should
De free to render il honor accord
ing to the dictates of their con-
science.
Therefore. / call upon all the
people OF our city. in their yari-
Gus associations and assemblies.
10 celebrate this day in a manner
betitting the charter of our lib
erty.
LOUIS W. Benin,
Mayor Of WysndOtte.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
BUHDING PERMITS IN THE
DETROIT METROPOLITAN AREA

Towns In the Detroit metropolitan
area, which issue statements on build
ing. report the following expenditures
involved during the month OF Juiy:
Dear born, $842, 52S,:s Royal Oak, $780,
4W; Fefndale, 100000; Crosse
Poihte Park. $a2, 1S1: wyandOtte.
s12.9S4; Hamtramck, $71.4JO: High
land Park, 1854; Melvindaie, $14.-
40.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
MRS. BISSENNETTE BURIED
IN HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY

Mrs. Florence Bissennette. 80, died
at the wyandOtte General hospital on
Monday. She leaves her husband. AL
bert. and children. Ila. Mary, Flor
ence. Margaret. Theresa. Robert and
Elizabeth: brothers. Louis. Alvera and
Lee Clifford. and three sisters. Elsie.
Nellie and Clara. The funeral took
place at $50 from the H. F. ThOn
funeral home. and at y o'clock from
ST. Elizabeth church yesterday morn
ing. with interment in Holy Sepulchre
cemetery.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
4945 Students
in Public Schools

Registration in public schools to
date is about the same as last year.
The figures are:
Elementary grades Mckinley
school. J4S: Garfield. 40: Washing
ton. 647: J. Il. Ford. 300; Labadie.
$50: Woodruff. sol. for total of
1854 i'll the elementary grades.
Junior high school - Lincoln. 100
Labadie. I76. for total of 131.
Roosevelt high >chOol-1JJ0.
This makes Il grand total of 1915
students
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Motorist Runs into
Young Boy in Buggy

While Six-year-old Richard Sudak
was being pushed across Twelfth
street in a buggy Tuesday evening, he
was struck by an automobile driven
by Edmund Tarnacki, 20, Of 1109 Ce-
dar street. The child was taken to the
"yandOtte General hospital, where DR..
Fisher found that he had sustained
possible broken ribs and fractured
skull The lad. whose parents are Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Sudak OF 1O47 Cedar
street. was held for observation.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Albert Redmann
Passes al 50

George Albert Redmann, 80 years
old. died at the WyandOtte General
hospital last Saturday He leaves his
wife. Elizabeth H.. two sons, Harold
and Paul. two daughters. Mrs. F. ].
Van Patten and Mrs. Frank Rebel,
and six grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Fl. Norman Jackson. OF the First
Congregational church. at the II. +.
ThOn funeral home Tuesday at IL 30
am. The remains were shipped to
White Cloud, Mich, for burial
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
INJURED IN CAR CRASH
LAST SATURDAY NIGHT

Mrs. John MalcOmb Walker. OF
1S4+5 Van Horn road. Trenton, riding
in car with her husband, suffered
scratches on the forehead. when the
car cOllidied with another. driven by
Walter Fronczak of so Chestnut
street. at the intersection Of Fourth
and Biddle. Saturday night Fay
Fronczak. riding in the Fronczsk car.
suffered scalp wounds. Mrs. Walker
refused medical attention. Both cars
were damaged.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
GUIES WAS VICTIM IN a
SATURDAY NIGHT TRAFFIC

Bill Guies. 6S years old. living in
car near the Michigan Central rail-
road. while running across Eureka
avenue at Fifth street, Saturday night.
was struck by car driven by K. ].
NixOn's ambulance took Guies to the
wyandotte General hospital. where it
was found that he had suffered skin
ned nose and forehead and scalp LAGER
atoms. He was held for observation.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
Unsuccessful Attack
Oh Creamery Safe

Some one entered Affholter Broth
ers' creamery on Grove street Sunday
night, by breaking window in the Of
flee door. The combination was knock
ed Off from a safe. but efforts to
reach the contents failed Nothing was
found missing from the office
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13
NEeDLEWORk GUILD
MET LAST MONDAY

The Needlework Guild met Monday
at the home of Mrs. Cora Daniels.
Biddle avenue Plans we're made for
luncheon TO be held October 3.
The annual ingathering Of garments
by the Guild will take place October
3 and ~.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1940-09-13

Regular convocatiOn OF Wyandotte
chapter. No. 135. RAM. next Thurs.
day evening. Sept. H.
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Accident Check

Further contribution to traffic
safety is made by the Police Depart
ment In preparing comparative
charts summarizing street accidents
each month for the thirteen pre-
cincts. This plan is part of the gen.
eral program for enforcement and
safety planning which has been
advocated for the Capital. It will
have the effect of providing a COM
petitive impetus, but, most important,
1t will furnish a constant check on
the dangerous localities and hazard
Gus types of violations or driving
practices which change from time to
time, due to various causes.
Much progress has been made in
the past year by the police in i'm
proving their share of the city's
safety campaign That the efforts
exerted are bearing fruit is evidenced
by the fact that in only two precincts
have pedestrian accidents increased,
while for the city at large there has
been decrease this year as COM
pared with last. Up to this time last
year twenty-nine persons had lost
their lives in traffic So far the 1910
toll has been seventeen.
By use OF the new precinct report
system police expect TO cut fatal
accidents more than half. But, as
in all safety measures, public CO.
operation is imperative. Furthermore,
Washington still does not have suffi-
cient safety engineering facilities, it
does not have an accident prevention
bureau, in most cases its police
officers investigating traffic accidents
must depend upon their own iudg-
ment because trained men with
modern facilities for the collection
OF evidence are too few.
To large extent these defects are
now beyond the scope of the Police
Department because their correction
depends upon Congress- As far as it
can, the department has been
making every effort to bring the
Capitals standard of safety up to the
level of other cities with comparable
problems. The results have been
encouraging.
Evening star., 1940-04-25
Financing the War

The British budget for the first full
fiscal year of the war, submitted to
the House of Commons Tuesday by
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir
John Simon, represents still another
sharp increase in the rate of war
spending, and indicates somewhat
the extent to which the allies war
effort will be intensified. ...t
Sir Johns war budget provides for
total expenditures In 194O-1941 of
f2,667, 100000, of which two billions
is for conduct of the war alone, 247
millions for debt service and 420
millions for ordinary expenses of
government. The war expenditure
projected for the ensuing twelve
months compares with the rate of
f1 500,000,000 for the first seven
months of the conflict. And an even
higher rate is in prospect when the
war gets into its really destructive
stage.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
proposes to raise the entire sum
equivalent to $9,334, ,O0O-by two
means: A little less than half by
taxation, which surpasses anything
the British have ever had to endure,
and the balance by voluntary loans.
Most sensational of the new taxes
imposed is that on wholesalers sales
to retailers, but, happily for the wage
Garner, the income tax rate remains
at 3712 per cent on taxable income.
Apropos the British budget an
nouncement is publication today of
the Keynes plan for compulsory
savings, from which Sir John has
SHE'D as resolutely as he has from
excessive borrowing. The father of
the plan, John Maynard Keynes,
famous British economist and author
of THE Economic Consequences of
the Peace" put forward early in the
war his formula for compulsory
saving, which he has now elaborated
in little volume entitled How to
Pay for the War;"
Mr.. Keynes proposes an entire
system of democratic war economy,
including strict rationing of COM
modities, lid on prices, compulsory
saving, or, as he calls it, withdrawal
of portion of the purchasing power
of the various income classes until
the end of the war, and capital levy
after the war to equalize the burden
of releasing the accumulated pur-
chasing power of wage earners.
Sir John, however, continues to
follow rigidly the policy of voluntary
loans rather than any compulsory
system which would smack of totali-
tarianism. CompulSion may come
later, when the costs of war have
risen still further or if any weaken
ing appears in the willingness of the
rich to put their funds at the dis
posal of the war effort. But for the
present the financial policy is ex-
ploitation of more and more chan
nels of tax revenue to reduce reliance
upon voluntary loans, which increase
the national debt and create the
peril of imitation.
Evening star., 1940-04-25

belief Of the school officers that the
requirements Of large twenty-four
room buildings for some of the
ancient eight-room structures will
improve the Districts educational
setup to a point where 1t will be
more economical both financially
and educationally.
Increasing land values which raise
the ultimate cost to the taxpayers
add justification to the Senator's sug-
gestion that 100000 be added to the
1941 budget to begin purchase of sites
and drawing up of plans for three
OF the most urgent replacements.
Yet despite the need and possible
expediency of the move it is imprac-
ticable to overlook the impossibility
of paying for these additions unless
some other items are cut from a
budget already slashed to the bone.
Members Of the House have made it
clear that there probably will be no
new revenue legislation this season
and already an expected deficit may
widen due to uncertainty of returns
from the new income tax. An
increase in the lump sum Federal
payment to the District would appear
to be the only other method of paying
for these schools.
When Senator Overton reached his
informal understanding with Chair
man Caldwell of the House Appro-
priations Subcommittee on a lump
sum payment of $e,OOO,OOO this year,
the House was expected to revise
existing revenue legislation in a
manner that would avoid a deficit.
The House has refused to do this.
The only fair method of avoiding the
deficit now threatened is to increase
the Federal payment.