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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

IRON time TO time. as you
l. folks know. l review a book
or two in this column. But I'm
green with envy--envy at a
child.
The child in question wrote IN
THE Readers Digest the short
est and best book review ! have
ever read, a book review 10 end
all book reviews. II was a book
about penguins. The child wrote
this review of II:
This book contains more
about penguinS than l care TO
know"
How often I wanted TO say
Just that about a lot OF books
that contain all the facts not
worth knowing, TO quote Bugs
Baer.
Out of the mouths of little
children,
docs democracy mean, as
~ many have asserted-includ-
ing Alexander Hamilton - the
rule of the lowest" the. most
incompetent, the "groundlings y ?
DR.. George Gallup, director OF
the American Institute of Public
Opinion. in a recent article,
Can We Trust the Common
People pa in Hearst's Good
Housekeeping" brings forward
that ancient question by stating
that some critics of democracy
have said that democracy means
the rule of the lowest common
denomination. "
For answer he quotes Theo-
dore Roosevelt, who said:
THE majority of the plain
people will, day in and day out,
make fewer mistakes In govern
ing themselves than any smaller
class or body of men will make
in trying to govern them
Nothing is truer. TO me al
least. Read history as far back
Is YOU IKE You viii find that
none OF the troubles Of this
world were ever caused by the
people. and you wifi find that
where defnocracieS ruled there
vas more average happiness and
peace on earth" than under any
other form Of government
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
Preserve Our Fishing

7 AXE ST CLAIR once among the finest fishing
l. grounds in the United States.
It could be today
But present devastation continues Its waters VIII be
worthless to the sportsman before long
For the last two decades anglers of this metropolitan
have witnessed the depletion Of bass pckere pike
and perch They have the vanishing point approach
When going to do something about 1t?
When going to realize that no other city IN the
nation has such fishing ground at its front door and
that will not long be blessed if we do not think OF
the future?
A CCORDING to Lloyd F. Eagan, president of the De
"A troit Sportsmens Congress the principal factor IN
the depletion of St Clair is the commercial fishing in
Canadian waters Commercial nets illegal on the
American side, but the east shore there are many
families netting perch and pckerel commercially
When Canadian authorities asked to stop this
practice they point the fact that Michigan allows spear
ing through the ice which undoubtedly another factor
in the disappearance of pike
The complaint of Canadian neighbors seems
justified
So there is bill in the Legislature this session to
abolish spearng If is passed Canada promises to sit
down with us and talk the commercial fishing prob
lem But it up to show good faith by making the
first
THE bill should be passed.
In Mr. Eagan's words, let us remember that
Providence was indeed kind to the sporsmen of this
locality when Lake St Clair placed at our doorstep
We must preserve this great natural resource
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

Happy Who happy Vas
there not a serpent in Paradise
itself7 And if I've had been
perfectly happy beforehand.
would she have listened to the
tcmpter?'
-Thackeray
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02

THERE is an amusing story
Il around that Mr.. Roosevelt
sat looking at that Nazi
freighter tied up next to his
yacht. Potomac. at Fort Ever
gladeS until he could stand II no
longer. and ordered the long
calculated seizure of foreign
ships.
This explanation is not guar
anteed or subStantiated Yet its
intimation that the action is not
likely to he followed by serious
further steps (such as turning
the ships over TO the British
seems verified by related facts.
The state department has con-
tended sharply on the inside
since such action was first con-
templated months ago, that no
valid legal excuse can be found
To turn the ships over TO
Churchill. Mr.. Hull's objection
thwarted an earlier attempt by
a legal clique in the treasury TO
promote this means of relieving
the British shipping shortage.
Neither state department nor
any other authority here OBJ
iected TO the seiZure-only TO
later transfer. Mr.. Roosevelt
therefore. has 1orriy- performed
the legal part of the original
program. The illegal part may
be long time coming.
Distributed by King Features synd, Inc
Reproduction IN whole or In part
strictly prohibited
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
u. S. Wacky'
To Take Over
Industries
Johnson Emissions Many
Other Methods

Ghe opinions expressed BY
General Johnson are not neess-
sarily those of The Detroit
Times)
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-02
JOHN II. CLARKE,
1895 Stansbury avenue.
TO THE EDITOR:

THE United States will not let
Il the other contending powers
take and hold the better half of
the worlds market
1t matters not what course
we travel or what pretense we
make, we are heading straight
for war.
y. POPOVSKY,
So Union street, EcOrse.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
What Is a JeeU?

What is jeep? The state depart
ment of motor vehicles pored over
the vehicle code and could not find
an answer, so asked Attorney Gen
eral Earl Warren to give his opinion
on the question of jeeps-particu-
larly if they are subject to tax. A
jeep, it seems. should be classified
and taxed as a semi-trailer. The
attorney generals opinion says "A
jeep is a vehicle having one axle
with either two or four wheels. 1t
is so constructed that its front end
connects onto the fifth wheel of a
truck factor 1t also has a fifth
wheel upon which is attached the
front end of a semi-trailer. In this
manner the weight of the front end
of the semi-trailer is borne both by
the wheels of the truck factor and
the wheels of the jeep."
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
SOpOrifc Method

Have trouble sleeping nights?
then try what a lady in Washington,
D. c., has tried successfully. She
has found it sure cure when she
can't sleep to read the text of the
first treaty between the United
States and Persia. AS she says,
every time, without fail, its flowery
language watts me off to dreamland
long before I've finished reading it. ="
Try it, the next time you are trou-
bled with insomnia.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31


Trustee HOmeister seconded the M
tion.
Ayes: Trustees Block. Homeister,
johnson, Kalash and McInerney.
nays: None. - -
The motion was carried.
Trustee Altman arrived at this time
Trustee Block moved the adoption
OF the following resolution.
Resolved by the Board OF Educs
ton that the Secretary be and he IL
hereby instructed to advertise for pro
pcsals for the sale of the Public Ii
brary building. The contract shall pro
vide that all fixtures and shelving
shall be retained by the Boa I'd Of ID
ucation; that the building shall be re
moved from the property within -
days OF the acceptance Of the bid.
Resolved Further that notices for
the sale Of the Public Library Build
ing shall be published in the Wyan
d0tte Herald and such other news
papers in said City as the Secretary
may designate for period Of thre-.
successive weeks and that said pro
pOsals will be publicly opened at a spe
cial meeting Of the Board of Educs
ton on March Is, 1871 at 4 P. NJ.
Resolved Further that the said pro
pOsals shall be enclosed in q sealed
envelope marked Public Library
Building Proposals" and shall be de
posted with the Secretary not later
than three o'clock p. NJ. on March Is,
1871, and that each Of said proposals
shall be accompanied by a certified or
rashier's check payable to the Trea
surer Of the School District Of the
City of WyandOtte in the amount OF
not less than ten percent (10T) OF
the amount of said bid, to be retained
by the Board of Education as liquid
ated damages in case the successful
bidder fails to cOnsummate such puc
chase in accordance with his propose
. Resolved Further that the Board o.
Education reserves the right to reject
any or all said proposals.
Trustee McInerney seconded the M
ton.
Ayes: Trustees Altman, Block, HO
meister, Johnson, KalaSh and McInec
ney.
Nays: None.
The motion was carried.
Trustee Block moved to adjourn.
Trustee Homeister seconded tue
motion.
Ayes: Trustees Altman. Block. To-
meister, Johnson, Kalash and McIne5
ney.
Nays: None
The meeting was adjourned.
ARTHUR E. BALSLEY.
Secretary
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Set for Robbers

The bandit or holdup man trying
to flee the scene of his crime on
Miami Beach this winter will be
hemmed in by drawbridges just as
though he were making his getaway
from moat-protected, medieval
castle. Hotels, banks and business
houses will notify police headquar
tiers by an electric alarm system,
when robberies occur. BY an auto
matte device, police will raise the
three drawbridges that link the
beach with the mainland. The
bridges will stay up, blocking all
traffic, until officers arrive to check
each car leaving the beach.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Origin of Masonic Order

The Masonic Order did not origi-
nate at the time of the building of
King Solomon's temple. as many be-
ieve 1t is true that much of the
symbolism of Masonry, as well as
some of its forms and ceremonies,
are of great antiquity. but this is
not true of the organization. The
order itself is probably a develop
ment from the guilds of Cathedral
builders of the Middle ages The
oldest known Masonic document is
dated 1890 A. D.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Singapore Important

With the exception of the Island
Of Manhattan, Singapore is the only
little island in the world to surpass
it in strategic Importance, CONNER
cial development and geographical
location, John Gunther remarks in
an article entitled, Singapore" 1t
is only an island IA by q miles, but
it is an important war base. Britain
has recognized it as one Of the best
locations in the world for key Of
fensive and defensive position.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Lake Titicaca

The worlds highest body of water
with steam navigation is Lake Tit
caca on the towering SUBMITS of the
Andes mountains about 1880 feet
above sea level. With an area about
one-third that of Lake Ontario, it is
an important water link in the trade
route between Peru's Pacific port
Of Mollendo and La Paz, Bolivia.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
WyandOtte in
the Last War

f. A Bachelor. Paris correspond
emit Of the Detroit Sunday News. sent
his paper the following regarding a
well known Wyandotte citiZen-SOldier
Major w III. Honor of WyandOtte,
former surgeon for the Michigan AL
kali Co. and now in the United States
Army Medical corps. had a chance TO
see considerable Of the late scuffle.
Originally Major Honor was attached
to. base hospital No II Of Detroit. but
he was detached before he reached
its station in DijOn and went to the
British front in the YpreS salient.
For several months, Major Honor
served with the British forces in one
Of the hottest sectors. He achieved a
b0undless admiration for the British
officer and soldier and believes that no
one could be intimately associated
with them without forming the same
complimentary opinions that he holds.
The WyandOtte surgeon wears
three service stripes ON his left arm
and he hopes to be home before he has
had time for fourth. He i stationed
AT Tours
George Hockey arrived home from
France. He went over the top" three
times. but escaped without Il scratch.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Charley Horse

A Southern ballpark owner used a.
spawned nag, named Charley" to
drag a sprinkler around the dusty
infield of the diamond. Each step
Charley took was an agonizing one
which made him pause. A bali
player had torn leg muscle which
caused. him to limp. Recalling
,Charley's pace, bleacher fan
called out Charley Horse"-a nick
name generally applied now.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Fever Treatment Cure

The fever treatment cure came
into being through a Vienna doctor
who was treating patients for pare
sis. He noticed during an outbreak
of malaria, that many of the pare
sis patients who became infected
with malaria quickly recovered
from their original disease.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Wrestling Ancient

Twenty-four hundred years ago
the wrestlers of ancient Greece
were packing EN- in with the same
fiashy. snowy style of wrestling as
you now see when wrestlers like
Tony Siano, Joe Savoldi, Gus Son.
nenberg and Danno O'Mahoney put
on a wrestling show.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31

The Treasurer is hereby authorized
to pay the above vouchers.
c. 8. Johnson,
President.
Arthur d. Baisley,
Secretary.
Trustee Block moved that the bills
be approved as read, and that the
treasurer be authorized to draw war
rants on the proper funds for the
payment Of same.
Trustee KaIash seconded the mo-
ton.
Ayes: Trustees Block, Homeister,
Johnson, kalash and McInerney
Nays: None
The motion was carried.
The following report Of the trea-
surer for the month of December, 1910
was received and entered i'm the min
uteS:
WyandOtte, Michigan
January TO- 1871
The Honorable Board OF Education,
Charles s. Johnson, President
/ beg TO submit my report as Trea
surer for the month ending December
81. 1910.
Receipts
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
WyandOtte in
Years Gone By
20 YEARS AGO


Contracts were closed for the con
structiOn of two passenger steamers
Cor the Detroit & Cleveland Naviga-
lion Company. The boats, to be built
at the WyandOtte shipyard. were to
cost $6JO,OOO each, and were destined
TO run between Buffalo and Detroit.
The new Baptist church OH North
Lime road. now the First Baptist
church Of WyandOtte, opened for ser
vices on February 3, 1901 The church
was originally mission Of the
Eighteenth Street Baptist church of
Detroit.
The former blast furnace Of the
Eureka Iron and Steel Works, Oh Elm
street, was being dynamited for the
Junk il contained.
WyandOtte'S financial credit wasn't
As good 40 years ago as it is today.
The people who had been supplying
electric meters refused To ship any
more until $3O9.31 bill was paid.
Anthracite coal was selling for $J.14
a ton in WyandOtte in 1901
The Board of Education was max
ing preparations TO replace the old
publk school building in the Third
ward with new and larger structure.
The ASmu> family formed an orch
-SIra of six members. which was EN-
gagged TO play at dance given by the
Iron City Pleasure club
Iii Henry'S MINISTRIES. famous at the
beginning of the twentieth CENTURY.
was engaged for show AT Marx
opera house.
Local grOcerS entered into an agree
ment to close at O'Clock every night
except Saturday and pay days at the
Michigan .Alkali works.
The Oriental Order of Humility an
nounced Il meeting ut which u Key of
nails" was To be opened, and there
was the alluring promise of "A hilar-
iouS old time"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Moving Beauty Shop

Another innovation-the travelling
beauty shop-recently made its de-
but in Des MONIES, Iowa. It is an
automobile equipped with tonsorial
and beauty devices and is operated
by two sisters. They plan to do
business in the small towns.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31

To debunk the contention that
time spent in beauty shops is vast
ed, New York beauty salon offers
free lessons in music and foreign
languages while patrons are under
going treatment. tin China, beauty
shops on boats operate up and down
the rivers.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
More Men

In a recent study of mortality
among industrial policy holders of a
large insurance company it was
found that fatal accidents in. the
home were liz times as frequent
among males as among females in
the broad age of IS to 81 years.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Greek Goddess

Hecate was a Greek goddess of
underlined attributes, having power
over earth, heaven and the under
world. In Shakespeare Mac
beth she is goddess of the internal
regions.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Senator Governors

Seventeen T. S. senators have
been governors. They were Bilbo,
Bridges, Bulow, Byrd, Capper.
Chandler, Donahey, Frazier, Green,
Herring, Johnson, and Johnson,
Reed, Russell, Tobey, Townsend and
Walsh. Thirty senators have been
representatives.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Lemon Juice Rexivex

A little lemon juice added to the
water in which lettuce or other sal
ad green's are freshened will re-
vive and crisp them.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Limited TroiuS

In the old days crack trains had
a limited number of cars. The
name has stuck and today crack
trains have just as many cars as
an ordinary one.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Not Columbus

BrunelleSchi and not Columbus
made an egg stand on end. He did
it to silence critics who asked him
how he was going to support the
dome Of the Cathedral of Florence
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Democratic Insignia

The first cartoon to carry a don
key representing the Democratic
party appeared in Andrew Jackson's
administration.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
p YEARS AGO

In January. 1916, the earnings from
water and light rates lacked only
$6b56O of paying the entire running
expenses of the city for the month
Residents on and adjacent to Van
AlStyne boulevard petitiOned the City
Commission to prohibit the keeping of
trict.
The sum of $ Ia was raised by pop
MAR subscription to go toward the
purchase of equipment for the Wyan-
dottc city band
Wyandottc council Knights uf Col
umabus. initiated e. new members on
February u, 1916
The Michigan AlkaIi Company vol
unfairly raised the pay of several
thousand employees - cents a day
The Wyandotte TheaterS Corpora
tiOn was organized under the state law
to operate the city's three movie
houses The following officers were
chosen: President, Henry ROehris !:
vice Presidents, Carl +. Schroeder and
Harry Tucker: secretary. Arthur w.
Edwards: treasurer. Henry j. Guth-
ard directors. the foregoing aud Allen
Kline. The company had an authorized
capital of $1OO.OOO. of which $14,OUO
was paid in.
The new Carnegie library proved Il
great attraction for the public. In
January. 1915. while in the old quar-
tiers, the total attendance at the Ii
blary was 1876. and the number OF
books drawn, 247. During January,
1916. in the Carnegie building, the
total number Of visitors had grown to
3G25, and the number of books drawn
to ! $50
Lynch < GinEel decided TO dissolve
partnership in the furniture business.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Vinegar Didn't Split Rocks

Hannibal did not make his way
through the Alps by splitting the
rocks with vinegar, as science has
proved this to be impossible.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Latin Word

Observation-Disclosures is the
ablative plural of a late Latin word
meaning honorableness, used as
pedantic nonsense word. It occurs
in Act V, Scene l, line A, of Shake
speare's Loves Labor Lost"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Advertise Local Industry

In coal-mining Williamson, w.
Va, the walls of the Chamber of
Commerce building were erected
with l2-inch-thick GOAL blocks. Thk
was done to publicize local industry
The building is insured against fire
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Saros

The saros, the Is years II days
and hours between solar eclipses,
was discovered by Egyptian astron-
omerS.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
Eve Saver

Green glass blackboards and yell
low chalk have been installed in a
school near Toledo as an eye-saving
Improvement.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
One Egg Euual

One egg Is equal in leavening
quaiity 10 one-half teaspoon baking
powder.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31

Three hundred thousand nurses
are employed in $500 hospitals in
the United States.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31

ed by the superintendent be approved
for graduation OH January 23, 1871.
Graduates January. 1871
/. Walter Joseph BaranOwSki
, John Il. BaltolOtta. JT.
3 Casimir 5. Bielik
l. Elmer E. Block
j. Royal John BOndie. Jr.
Is Helen Adele BostOw
{ 4 Fern Mae Bush
s. Billie Joe Carter
g. Mamie r. Caruso
10 Irene CatarinO
IL. William Leonard Clements
L. Eletawave Marguerite Conrad
b. Donald George Cooper
II. Gladys Eileen Crutcher
10 Carl ). CSeke
16 Margaret Davie
Ia Betty Jane DEM
Is Frances III. DuclO
10. Helen Shirley Erxleben
20 Marie X. Evich
u. NOreen Blanche Fredericks
- William Earl French
%. 'Jacqueline Elisabeth Gischler
"a James Ii. Gray -
20. Girvan Henry Griffith
rs. Roland Lester Hale
% Margaret Katherine Hammer
Is Jean Sue HarriOtt
- Robert ]. HartquiSt
80 Virginia Katherine HattiS
81 Virginia Doris Hinsman
81 Rose Madlyn Hobel
3d. Orville Ernest Homeister
81 Sophie Mary Hubsky
-. Benjamin J. Hudenko
So Rosemary James
81 Royce Hai ringtOn Jarrendt
IS Alice Grace kalash
80 Harold kenwOrthy
40 William H. Kincaid
A. Dorothy Eleanor Komarska
A. Viola Kraft
49, Joseph P. KrOgOl
A. Helen Knoll
40 G. Robert Kunze
46 Lester f. LaCrOix
At Jean Gladys Lakin
As Samuel NJ. Leone
49, Claude c. Liddle
90 Michael s. EupO
81. Katherine Mary Macdonald
80. Russell A. Mcdonald
g. Jean Mclaughlin
ga Michael Malnar. Jr
81. Donald Louis Martin
&c. Harold Monske
81. Betty Mae Moore
%. Edythe Joan Morris
80. Joyce Nadine Nihiser
GO. Henrietta Louise NOvak
81. Magdalena Oanea
g. David 4. circuit
63. Sarah Roslind Pagano
g. Joseph S. Palamara
65. Cecilia H. Pawelczyk
&c. Frances Marie Perigo
81. Margaret T. Pierce
IS. Theodore ]. POintkOwski
90. Helen PotOcki
20. Ruby NJ. Ramey
IL. Dorothy B. RingO
~. Frances Carol Seely
73 Angela Seraph
"A. Barbara F.. Singleton
~. Walter VI. Slovik, Jr.
76. Henry James Spence
a.. Doris May Spigoda
7S. George Donald Stebbings
%. William J. Szitas
so. Gladys Lucille Szymanski
81. Donald e Taylor
s.. Eyerette Raymond Tins
%. Marie Frances Tinsley
81. Marjorie Irene Trietch
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-01-31
$12S,740.68

$1ZS, 74O.66
(SignedD John T. McWhirter,
Treasurer.
A communication was received from
the Choir & Usher Club of the ST.
Elizabeth Parish requesting the use Of
the Labadie School on March 80, 1871
TO give a minstrel show.
Trustee Block moved that the Choir
& Usher Club Of ST. Elizabeth Parish
be allowed TO use the Labadie School
on March 80, 1871 TO give u minstrel
show.
Trustee Kalash seconded the mo-
ton.
Ayes: Trustees Block. HomeiStcr,
Johnson, kalash and McInerney.
Nays: None.
The motion was carried.
Trustee Kalash moved that the fol
lowing list of students as recommend
ed by the superintendent be approved