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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
215, 900 Register in u. S..
For Defense Positions

WASHINGTON. -That thousands
of skilled workers are available for
national defense jobs is indicated
in survey conducted by the United
States employment service.
1t reported that 2l5,OOO job-seek-
erS were registered in state employ
ment offices on August 81 for jobs
in defense industries. OF these IT,
600 were described as qualified for
skilled occupations and $4,000 as
having some experience.
The Illinois list totaled l4.O21
workers. Ohio led with "a, 4O6, New
York was second with 24.I06, Penn
sylyania listed 1890. California, 49,
037 and Michigan. l4.709.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Uncle Sam Generous to
Owner of Burned Money

CAMDEN, N. 1.-THE federal gov
eminent co-operated to provide one
pleasant touch to Camden's $1,000
600 fire in which a paint plant and
% homes were destroyed and 10
persons died.
One of the householders recov-
cred a tin box containing the ashes
of charred money The box was
sent to Federal Reserve experts in
Washington.
The experts notified the owner
they had only been able to lden-
tify 1891 81 of the money which went
through the terrific heat of the blaze.
That was fine with the owner. She
had thought the box contained only
1929.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
2S,3I5

STATE OF MICHIGAN. County of
WIyne-SS AT session uf the Pro-
bate Court for said County Of Wayne.
held at the Probate Court room in the
City of Detroit, OIL tn, fifth day OF
Eeoguary in the year one thousand
nine hundred fOrty-One. Present JOS
eth A. Murphy, Judge u Probate In
the matttr Of the estate Of ADOIPH-
ENA LEHMAN. deceSsed. An nstru-
ment in writing purpOrting to be the
last will and teStslment of said deceas-
ed having been delivered into this.
court for probate. It is ordered, that
the eleventh day Of March. next at ten,
o'clock in the forenoon az said Court
room be appoianed for proving said
instrument And 1t is further ordered,
that copy Of this order be published:
three successive weeks previous to.
said tim az bearing. in the Wynn
dOtte Herald. newspaper printed
and circulating in said County Of
Wayne.
JOSEPH A MURPHY.
Judge of Probate.
"a trts, eopy)
CHARLES K. HARRIS.
nsTuty Prubate Register. 7w2
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Diplomats Get
Latest News
y. s. Broadcasts Daily to Its
Agents and Tars ServiE-
In Foreign Parts.

WASlIlNGTON.-U Sans { =
'oTnatIc corps abroad and the IT.
of his fleet IN midocean and in f.,
elgn waters are never without new
81 their homeland and of events 90
jng on around them.
The diplomatic service is fur
nlshed news nightly by a radioed
report from the department of state
The officers and men of the fleet
also receive their news by wireless
'1om our navy department
The two news reports. however,
are as different as night from day
News 10 the officers and men of
me feet is intended for entertain
nlent and information.
In contrast, the ultra-conSerVatIve
reports of the state department are
compiled to inform diplomatic stats
not only what is happening IL the
United States and throughout the
world but to guide them in their
duties.
This IS determined effort to beat
The constantly increasing censorship
hat permits only a small amount
OF accurate, unbiased American
news to be printed in a number of
foreign countries.
Reports Sent Daily.
The state department news report,
averaging $500 words daily, is ra-
diced every week day night from the
navy'S ShOrt-WaVe tranSmitter at
Arlington, Va, near by to Washing
ton. 1t is copied by navy radio men
pm Is distribution centers located.
generally, in major capitals of the
world. There the reports are re-
copied and airmailed 20 the outlying
consular posts
Several times during the last year
when events of great importance Oc-
CURED on Sundays special report
has been prepared for distribution
Immediately.
The state department report is
prepared by Sheldon Thomas of the
foreign service, a fulltime job for
him
In addition the department re-
ports the press conferences of Pres
ident Roosevelt and Cordell Hull.
secretary of state. in detail
A spokesman for the department
said the press conference reports are
emphasized because Mr.. Roosevelt
and Hull express the foreign policy
that United States diplomats are to
carry out
U. S. Views Reflected.
The report of the conferences
includes representative questions
asked by newspaper men of the
President and secretary of state.
The state department news serv-
ice was inaugurated in 1895 when
war clouds began to gather over Eu
rope and the Far East AT first the
service went TO four points-P Paris.
Berlin, Rome and Geneva. When
the test proved successful. the serv-
ice was enlarged to include far-off
cities as Moscow. Calcutta, and Vic
toria, South Africa.
The navy department news re-
port is forwarded from its Arlington
station at 2 a. m. daily BY sending
it at this time the men of the fleet
get to read the bulletins when they
report for morning duties.
The report includes every subject
considered of interest TO the fleet
personnel.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Old Friends Find Each
Other, Thanks to Wreck

GREELEY. COLO. = A train
wreck brought two old friends to-
eether in Greeley for the first time
in % years. Among passengers TAX
en- to q hospital after passenger
train was derailed was Florence
Golf of Moscow. Idaho. Mrs. w.
c. Edmundson of Greeley read the
name in a newspaper and recalled
that Mrs. Golf was her school churn
and cIassmate at the University of
Idaho at Moscow. She hurried to
the hospital.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Colleges Oil Discovery
Makes Debts Look Small

OAKLAND CITY. ND.-OakIand
City college. a three-buildins school
with an enrolment of $50 and debts
which for years have thre atened il.
existence, looked forward TODAY 70
an expansion program free of finan-
cial worries.
Oil has been discovered on collage.
owned property Pumping tests were
under way on q tract leased from
the college in exchange for oue
eighth royalty on all productions.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
South Americas
Clinch u. S. Ties
Tours of Military Leaders
Serve to Strengthen
Defensive Policies.

WASHINGTON.-Quietly, and with
a lack of publicity, the United States
is extending its military picket lines
deep into the hearts of South Amer
lea republics.
It is a goodwill" picket line, ap-
parently devoid of the usual trap
pings of Significance" or "imph-
cation" 1t is being forwarded I'M
der principles voiced by gatherings
of foreign ministers of the Americas
at Panama last year, and Havana
last summer.
Inter-American cooperation Is its
foundation stone. If military fan
fare by the United States as the
greatest military factor In this
hemisphere is lacking, certainly
meticulous observance of the prin-
ciple of inter-American collabora-
ton on all hemisphere problems Is
not.
The latter principle is being hoist
ed, unostentatiously but definitely,
into the saddle of control of the
whole Western. hemisphere defense
scheme.
Defense Survey.
At the moment, q ranking officers
Of IL Latin American countries, In
Guiding the big nations of Argentina,
Brazil and Chile, are seeking every
thing the United States has TO offer
in the way of army defense organ
isms. These three so-called "a. B.
c" powers of South America know
the fifth column menace as well as
does tn United States.
Venezuela and Mexico, whose oil
resources are known to all, have
officers in the group. Nicaragua
possible seat of new ISthmian Ca
nal between the Atlantic and Pacific,
is represented. So is Cuba, the Lush
island lying Immediately south OF
the Florida peninsula, and Ecuador,
with a Pacific seaboard offering
easy approach to the Panama canal.
These officers are following in the
air wake of a group of 20 others
from such republics as Colombia Coil
and coffee), Peru (metalS), Uruguay
(hides, meat and harborage), Costa
RIGA (coffee and air fields adjacent
to Panama., Bolivia (vast tin re-
sources), Honduras, Guatemala, Do
minican Republic (all with comfort
able approaches to the Panama
canaD.
Warlike Displays.
When the current flight ends, a
total of 43 Latin American chiefs of
staff and their expert aides will
have made buSineSS-like flights to
such important United States army
posts as Langley field and Fort Mon
roe, Virginia, Randolph field in San
Antonio, Texas, and Barksdale field
In Louisiana.
For their benefit mock airplane
bombings, landing of parachute
troops, and the thunder of anti-air-
craft guns are being staged. The
rumble of tanks; mechanized infan-
try and cavalry, the boom of coast
artillery, welcomed them to Fort
Sill, Oklahoma, Fort Benning, Geor-
gia, Fort Knox, Kentucky.
Their odyssey in search of defense
information takes them to the great
automotiVe production center In De-
troit, Mich. Socially they are meet
ing in such places as Washington
and New York, the biggest names
on current governmental and indus
trial rosters. starting with President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
General George c. Marshall, the
United States chief of staff, is their
official host, and General Marshall
told reporter ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
showing them everything we've
got"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
THE CITY COUNCIL

! OuhCiai frOccedlngS
WyandOtte, Mich. Feb. ), 1911.
Special session OF the Council of the
City OIL WyandOtte, the Honorable
Mayor Louis W. Benin, presiding.
! Meeting called TO order at five
, o'clock L. NJ
Roll Call
! Present: COuncilmen Benin, Brohl,
Mason, Schultz, Wagar, Wagner.
Absent: None.
the Public Welfare Commission.
+. w. Liddle, City Engineer.
ID. Marshall, Assistant Engineer.
Councilman Ford Wagar requested
that Mr.. Peppard, builder, be allow
ed to address the Council relative TO
controversy between himself and the
Engineering Department relative to
building permits.
Mr.. Peppard explained to the Coun-
oil that he had requested building Hr-
mlts for Lots IL, II and 13 of Bell
mont Subdivision which had ;seen held
up by the Engineering Department OH
account of restrictions requested i'm
that neighbOrhOOd
reason being THAT of the low restrit-
tons of property adjoining Shore
Grove Subdivision where extensive
homes had been built and where the
owners had requested the Council to
uphold the type of construction in
said neighborhood.
As per the recommendation of the
City Engineer, the Mayor then re-
queSted that Mr.. Peppard and the City
Engineer take the matter UP with re-
personalities of the WyandOtte Saw
ings Bank and the FILA. to adjust
the matter
Mr.. Gentleman of the Public Wei
fare Commission was then called upon
to summarize the salary and wages of
employees of the WyandOtte General
Hospital, both professional and other
WISE
Considerable discussion was held on
salary and wages Of employees of the
City Of WyanlOtte.
The City Clerk was then instructed
to prepare schedule showing the re-
qulred amount Of money TO allow a
$1,000 per month increase on all steady
weekly and monthly employees and
ten cent (1Oc) per hour increase Oh
all truck drivers in the Public Service
Departments and five cent (.O5c)
per hour increase on all hourly men
and to compute same for the bala ace
OF the fiscal year. namely from Feb
ruary L, 1911. To September 80. 1341.
and submit same on Thursday even
ing, February 9th, 1871. at 30 o'clock
L. NJ
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn at 1910 PM. by
Councilman Benin, supported by Coun-
Gilman Wagar
Yeas: COuncilmen Benin, Brohl.
Mason, Schultz, Wagar, Wagner
Nays: None.
LAWRENCE ]. LaCOURSE,
City Clerk.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Big Year Seen by Seer;
European War to Be Ended

BATON ROUGE.-The coming
year Will De one of tine most news
worthy IN modern history If DR.. Lou.
is Gershsn Benjamin's predictions
come true.
End OF the European war. d,scoy-
cry Of cure-an for the earth's dis
eases, merger Of the nine great re-
liginns." and recognition of a nav
wright greater than Shakespeare
are among the events DR. Benz amin
has forecast
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
South Carolina National
Forests to Be Improved

COLUMBIA, S. C.-The U. s. for
est service is expected to follow an
expanded four-point program in
South Carolina national forests this
fiscal year.
The program will include erosion
control. further construction of
recreation areas. fire fighting and
setting out of new trees.
Tree planting. ground cover plant
ing. gully work and terracing will
come under the erosion control Tea
ture. according TO plans outlined to
state foresters by regional officials
Two new recreation CenterS with
extensive lakes and picnic areas
are to be constructed in Abbeville
county and in PickenS county.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Charred $71 in Purse Is
Accepted by Treasury

SAN DIEGO.-Joe MegIie whistled
Pennies From Heaven" and
thanked his lucky stars for the
treasury department
A month ago Meglie's place of
employment burned and in his haste
to escape the flames he left his wal
let, containing ST., in a pocket of
his coat. in the building.
When the ashes had cooled, he
took the charred, unacceptable re-
mains of what was once his wallet
and $7l to a bank. Bank officials
forwarded them to the treasury de-
partment in Washington. Some time
later Meglie received ST. from
Washington.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Fake Parachutist Sent
To Prison In England

OXFORD. ENGLAND. - Gunner
Leslie Jones. who pretended to be
a German parachutist. was SEN
fenced to two years at hard labor by
a military cour. Jones was con-
victcd OF being away without leave
end forging a c, liam identity card
ard of causing public mischief by
pretending to Be a German para
chutiSt with orders to report at
nearby farm.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Finds 1000 in Safe in
Department Store Trash

LOS ANGELES.-Greatly excited,
lO-year-old Donald Blackburn took
to suburban police station a small
steel safe he had found in a pile of
trash behind department. store.
Shortly afterward the telephone rang
and the manager even more excited.
ly reported: Someone broke into
our store and stole CAR money box.
There's $4,000 in IT, He identified
the strong box.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Blind Girl Writes Prize
Winning Nature Fantasy

SEATTLE, WASH.-In Marion An
derson's world of darkness there is
no room for butterflies. She is blind.
Yet the 18-year-old girl won
Short-Story contest sponsored by the
Braille Searchlight Magazine. Her
story was fairy tale, entitled:
How the Butterfly Got Its Name"
a gentle fantasy on nature which
she has never seen.
With her prize money, Miss An
derscn contemplates purchase of
cello. for her interests also extend
to music.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14

RarcoOns frequently are twice as
heavy in the fall as in the spring.
Fred Stuewer OF the conservation de-
partment's Swan Greek wildlife ex-
pertinent station in Alsegan county
has found in his Investigations for i'm
provement ID coon bunting. A half
inch layer Of Fat over the back and
bind quarters aF;irrSi before 0enninS
up FOR tie winter accounts Cor most of
the difference, he says
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14

Motion To adjourn at $40 L. M. by
Councilman Benin, supported by COun-
Gilman Mason.
Yeas: COuncilmen Benin, Brohl.
Mason, Schultz, Wagar, Wagner
Nays: None.
LAWRENCE j. I4aCOURSE.
City Clerk.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Taxis Termed Jinx
To Freed Prisoners

SALEM, ORE.-Warden George
Alexander, of the Oregon State
penitentiary, has another contri-
button to make to criminal psy-
chology
He has found that virtually ev-
cry prisoner who takes a taxi
when he leaves the prison is
eventually returned for sentences
IT other crimes committed.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Wyandotte. Mich Feb & 1871

WyandOtte, Mich, Feb. q. 1941.
Special Session OF the Council Of
the City of Wyandotte, the Honorable
Mayor Louis Benin, presiding.
Call of Needing
We each and SeversiIly of us accept
call for Special Session of the COun-
ell to be held at 7:30 o'clock L. NJ,
February 9th, 1911, in the Council
Chambers Of the City Hall, for con-
SideratiOn Of salary increases to be
granted employees of the City
Councilman George G. Benin
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr
Councilman James II. Mason
Councilman Ernest B. Schultz
Councilman Ford Wagar
Councilman john J. Wagner.
Dir. kaSOff. Deputy Wayne County
Drain Commissioner addressed the
Council. explaining that at the Last
meeting Of the Drain Committee Of
the Board of Supervisors and the
Ways and Means Committee. that the
Drain Commissioner was instructed
that prior to making the spread OF
taxes for the City Of Wyandotte of the
maintenance charge for the Wayne
County Tile Drain No. ) that the City
OF WyandOtte be heard and be advised
as to the tax spread On same.
The City Clerk then explained that
two years ago a Committee Of the
Council had called on the Sewage Dis
pOsal Committee and the Drain Com
mittee Of the Board of Supervisors re-
queSting special consideration of Wy
andOtte Taxpayers on the Wayne
County Tile Drain No. 5 assessment
cha rges. stating that we had received
approximately 100000 credit per
year but felt that it was entirely too
small but We were advised that due To
the rolls having been already spread
and the cost of re-calculating the diff
ferent percentages it would cost more
10 the Wyandoute taxpayers than leav
ing 1t at the rate they had set, how
ever, they promised to give Wyandotta
more cOnSidera ton at the next assess
ment time and agreed to give us
hearing prior to the next rate being
set.
Mr.. KaSoff then explained that they
had new rate ready which would
give the City of WyandDtte a credit of
$lSOOO.OO.
After considerable discussion as to
the special considera ton given Wyan-
dOtte taxpayers the Mayor advised
that he would study the matter and
appoint a Committee To call upon the
Drain Committee to give us still more
alienation in the tax for this purpose
The City Clerk then submitted re-
port and schedule and break down Of
each department and the necessary
funds to increase the salaries as dir
ected at the previous meeting.
After considerable discussion the
Mayor requested resolutions
Resolutions.
Wyandotte. Mich. Feb. q. 1941.
Resolution by Councilman George
G. Benin.
Resolved by the City Council OF the
City Of Wyandotte. that the City Clerk
be and hereby is authorized and dir
ected to transfer s14,SS.40 from the
Contingent Fund of the City 70 the re-
Spective payroll accounts. as follows:
Mayer and Council
Office Help. months. SO
City Clerk 49,
8 Office Help. 8 months. SO
per month - $4,000
City TREASURER
q 2-3 Office Help. months.
$1,000 per month +. Moede
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14
Parrot Cos "a School

PTTTSFIELD. t:tSS.-Lite Ma
rvs lamb. Polly the parrot goes to
school. Owned by John d. Ryan
Jr., DIE 52-ycar-o.d parrot appeared
alone ut school ore day and was
ushered III by ths. principal.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-02-14

Try Herald Job Printing
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Bond Averages
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the ASScClaleu Press.
NEW YORK. May 1.--Small gains
and losses we're about equally di-
vided in today's bond market with
turnover light.
Going into the final hour few
rails and assorted SpeCialtleS we're
up a point or so. but fractional
changes were the rule throughout
the list.
Attracting enough buyers to keep
above water most of the time were,
among others. Santa Fe Is, CheSa-
peake & Ohio GIGS, Goodrich 4l4s,
Great Northern As, Illinois Central
ASS, Shell Union 2i2s, Nickel Plate
5i2s and New York Dock Converti-
BILE 5s.
A little lower or motiOnleSS the
greater part of the time were West
ern Maryland As, Union Pacific
3I2s, Studebaker 6s, Texas Corp. 3s,
Pennsylvania General 4l2S, Missouri
Pacific IS, Erie IS, Delaware & Hud-
son Refunding As. North Western
4s4s, Allegheny Stamped IS and
Commonwealth Edison 3l2S.
United States Governments went
along with the main list of cor
porates. Changes were generally
small on both the stock exchange
and over the counter, Dealers said
the greater part Of attention of
investors was concerned with the
new type of Government obligation
which appeared today-the savings
bonds.
Italian issues and some British
Empire loans were bit lower in
the foreign department.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Miscellaneous Markets

Additional New York markets as COM
piled BY the Associated Press:
CoFFEE-spot quiet Santos No. 4,
924-9h: Rio No. Z. go Santos No. 4
29.950 bags. May. 9.52: July, a72: Sep
tember, $50. Rio No. Z "a futures Is
to IA higher. Sales. 1000 bags May.
6.2sn: July, .6.49n; september, 6::69n.
LEAD-FutureS closed l to lower
Sales. 100000 pounds: ali exchanged for
physicals
STRAITS TIN-Futures closed 10 to 25
higher Sales. $1,000 pounds May,
51.S7h: July. 51.75.
CRUDE RUBBER-Futures closed Is to
35 higher. Sales. No, l standard. 10
contracts: new standards. 1O6. Old, May
1898; new July. % 40: September, 80 95
Smoked ribbed; spot. 24.00n.
RAW HIDESNFatures closed 10 to II
higher Sales. 3 100000 pounds. June,
1905, September 14.I4: December. 1921.
Spot No. l Western light native cows, 14h
COCOA-Futures closed 29-3l higher:
sales, 1854 tons. May, 7.54; July, 7.60n;
September 1856
RAW sHK-Futures closed / n to .
cents higher; SALES. 40 bales; July. $50;
b Bid Nominal
Evening star., 1941-05-01
British Liquidation
Completed in More
i. ). Securities
Special Agent Lists
Additional Issues
AT New York
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, May Liquidation
of British holdings in another group
of American securities has been
completed through sales made since
April l, T. J. Carlyle Clifford. special
agent of the British treasury in
charge Of these transactions, an
nounced today.
The announcement listed as
''Iquidated i'll their entirety" these
securities:
Stocks - American Home Corp,
Boston & Albany Railroad COM
mon, Detroit Edison Co.. Fidelity
PheniX Fire Insurance Co. New
York, General American Investors
Co. Sc cumulative preferred. General
Gable Corp. per cent cumulative
preferred, International Harvester
common, Lambert Co. common,
Lima Locomotive Works common.
Mueller Brass Co. common, Ma
tional Bond & Investment Co. 5 per
cent preferred "A. New York, Chi
cago & st. Louis Railroad 6 per
cent preferred; Pacific Gas & Elec-
trio 81. per cent first preferred.
Phillips Petroleum Co, Proctor &
Gamble Co. common, Southern Pa
cific Co. United Corp. So preferred.
Wayne Pump Co. and Woodward
Iron Co. common.
Bonds - American Telephone d
Telegraph 34s of 1861, American
Telephone & Telegraph 31.s of 1866.
Santa Fe Railway As of 1860, Repub-
lie of Cuba 4 IS Of 1877 and Norfolk
& Western Railway Is Of 1896.
Sales of American securities for
British account previously reported
also embraced a large number of
American corporations.
Evening star., 1941-05-01
Union Pacific Is Given
1910 Safety Award
Py the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 1.-The Union
Pacific Railroad took top honors
among 178 American class l stand
ard railroads in the 1910 railroad
employees national safety contest,
the National Safety Council an
nounced today
Competing railroad units were
judged in 10 clasSiflcations, based on
total man-hours worked by en-
ployeS Rankings we're determined
according to casualty rates-killed
plus injured by accident for each
1000 900 man hours on duty-re-
ported by the roads to the Inter
state Commerce Commission.
The Union Pacific casualty rate
was 223 in the classification for
roads with 100000 or more man.
hours. The Chesapeake & Ohio was
second with 4.42 and the Chicago.
Milwaukee, st. Paul & Pacific third
with 4.60.