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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

watching U. 6. Ambassador Win. ants eyes gleam as he fingered the controls of c giant Consolidated (American) Idberator.
 When Winant met Sholto Doug las, boss of Britain's Fighter Com- mand, he asked Douglas: DO you remember that young American who borrowed Q plane from you one day In the last war? Well, the young American was me .."
 Back home contrasts: First time I walked into night club in London, everybody stared because l was c healthy male-NOT In uniform First time walked into . New York night club last week, I watched everybody stare at another healthy American male who walked in-in uniform.
 Night clubs in London are packed {. you have to be c member" to buy 6 drink just like In Pro- hibition here. In one of them, an American was scoffing ct c bunch of pink-cheeked, looking Eng fish boys in RAF uniforms :. That's what's wrong with England !. all your men are nailcies" . He shut up, red-faced, when he was told: "Their squadron has knocked down l57 enemy planes"
 The super-men in the "com. mando" regiments, the suicide raid- CTS who slip over into occupied France and shanghai German of- ficers, or bring back their buttons and pants aS trophies, get most fun out of learning how to use q knife the right way If you put 1t in the right place, they can't squeal" The choice weapon of the Home Guard is Q cheese knife --steel wire on two handles, used like e garotte. If the Nazis ever land in Britain, they'll think they've stumbled into the home of the Red- skins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

istra [, MT. Lloyd Fowler, Is looking over the records and sharpening his pencils. Lloyd Is ready for c tally of geese, spike toothed harr o W g, or cowslip patch-
 es. He Is one man who Is whole - heart- edly for c bet- CT National De-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

soldiers, sailors, and marines. $l.60 for . locker; two bits for . show CT; Broadway prices for . bed that . soldier wouldn't dare sleep in. Human nature Is queer. As one of our leading tobacco farmers once remarked on an especially humid day, "The humanity Is ter- rible."
 But have you had . mess of cowslip greens this year? Better start picking them now. Don't wait for the blossoms. Bloom on cowslips makes for bitter greens with fewer vitamins. Cowslips in bloom are about on par with dan- delions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
AVICLlANESE CLUB
 ARRANGING DANCE

The Aviglianese A. o. of the 1tal. ian- American Public Parks Baseball league will hold their fourth annual dance on April % at the Bucking. ham hall, ths committee announced recently. Music will be furnished by Cliff Slater's orchestra.
 When David Bruce was Q boy he toted the bass drum for his home town American Legion band.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

Katharine Blunt, president of Con- necticut College; Justice Allyn L. Brown of the Connecticut Supreme Court; Kenneth E. Qeyer, general manager of the Connecticut MIX Producers association; Atnasa D. Pierce, Killingly; Dr. John s. Gus ter, faculty member at Avon. Old Farms school; Mrs. Herbert F Fisher, member of State Welfare Council; Colonel Thomas Hewes, staff member with Advisory Com- mission on National Defense and eLon 0. Staples, superintendent of school, Stamford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRToUs

Anyway, those new draft limits o6 i8 to 2S have Q lot of the drug store cowboys worrying. Our Reg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

that energy cushions it, harnesses t-put to wo This kind "a different kind of power.
 Engines in soft gentle when idng running al out" There smoothness because vole explosive shock greatly reduced Bearings and moving structve pounding
 RevOIutIonIzes Old Theories of Octane!
 Because of the different 1t refined Hydroormed Gas volatile than before vapozd Its constituents liquid sate as in the average conventional but become vaporzed distributed to all cylinders evenly and imparaly Hydroformed American Cas- antmock is far efficient
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
Gains 0stans on tho Road!

Uo1wo VOt0mU Wm tWU nUdUs .fH
 Official results of extensive road tests by Industry Committees show that conventional gasolines, on the average, Jose octane numbers on the road But from the supervolatility of Hydro-formed American Gas-from it's greater aromacty-from Flame Con- trol and Cushioned Power ROAD OCTAVE that actually surpasses laboratory figures. And it's ROAD OCTAVE that counts-not laboratory ratingsl NtEt
 Here, then is the new Hydro-formed American Gas. Radically new from start to finish. Point for point the finest American Gas that ever left our re6neryi Yet it stiu sells at regular gas pricei Famous AM0CO-GAS Now Hydro-fermed, Too! {
 The new Hydro-forming process has also been applied to Amoco-Gas the original special motor fuel, which likewise moves forward and upward to an all-time high in quality and efficiency.
 Eydro-forming is the latest triumph of gasoline science-the newest demonstration of the enormous power that lies in gasoline-new, dramatic proof of how much work per drop it can performi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

people Texas City, Texas proud of the American oil refinery includes the biggest refining units hundred and forty of WonG and They point to it as one the show places of the state.
 But day began take shape People wondered
 this versh activity why these swarns of huling trucks . {. why these hundreds of men working3
 great modern refining unsye they adding equipment! going Then the out 1t was the revolutionary Hydro-ormng unitl
 For months the petroleum industry buzsed with the news of the discovery this entirely making gasoline that may reyouone previous chemistry Chemical
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
BUFFALO SYMBOL POPULAR

Cheyenne, Wyo., (UP)-The buf- falo has now found anlther stomp ing ground in addition to his place on the nickel. Wyoming's state highway police soon will display the veteran of the western plains in . picture on the side of their patrol cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22
Is this the great gasoline
 discovery of our time?

FROM TEXAS CITY COMES NEWS THAT MAY REv0LuTI0NIz
 PRESENT THEORIES OF GASOLINE CHEMISTRY Oil Company entirely making gasoline! Worlds first Hwro-fmng unit pcton
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-22

engineers call 1t Hydro forming. method of buld- ing new and important qualities into gasoline "a way that was impossible before the American Oil Company pioneered this wonderful process.
 What Does This Great Discovery Mean7
 Burning gasoline is the source of engine power. Un- controlled, combustion is violent with detonatng, explosive shock that wastes energy. There was one best way to cut this shock down-by controlling the Aame-and this has been the goal of chemists for decadesl
 Now-FIame Control Combustion Control!
 Now, in the revolutionary, new Hydro-forIned American Gas, FLAME CONTROL has been ac- complished From this amazing refining process comes new, super-volate, highly aromatic gasoline that burns more rapidly. Yet shock is greatly reduced combustion is controlied-and more usable power is at last attained.
 Flame Control Means Cushioned Power!
 AsFLANfE CONTROL cuts shock, CUSHIONED POWER comes into being-sustaned, increasing e-xpa-n-d-n-g pressure that drives the piston down. through it's full course. Now, we have new thrust
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
NEW AUTO CAR FERRY
BEING OUTFITTED AT ROUGE

State Highway Commissioners G..
Donald Kennedy announces that City
of PetOskey has been selected as the
new Name for the fOlmer car ferry
Pere Marquette No. Il, which was
purchased by the state highway de-
partment last fall for service at the
Straits of MaCknac
The commissioner said that the
vessel was now undergoing alterations
III the Great Lakes Engineering works
at River Rouge. and was scheduled TO
be- ready for service late in May. The
boat WAS purchased from the railroad
company last fall when the depart
ment sold two Of its small ferry boats
10 the United States government for
national defense duty
The addition Of the City Of PetOs-
key to the state fleet will give the
department four state-Owned vessels,
three Of which have d capacity Of
more than 100 vehicles each The
Straits of Mackinac, the fourth boat,
has a capacity OF approximately 80
vehicles.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
UNITED STATES CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATION

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petirfve examination for attendant.
for employment in the following es-
Establishments in the positions designat-
ed:
L. ). veterans administration facil-
ity. Dearborn, Mich. Hospital atteGd-
ant, 81. 02O a year; mess attendant.
$1,000 a year.
u. S. veterans administration facil-
ity. Fort Custer. Rattle Greek, Mich.
Ward attendant, $1.020 a year: mess
attendant. S1.GeO a year.
Station hospital. war department,
Fort Custer. Battle Creek. Mich At
ttndant. nurses quarters. $3.50 year,
mess attendant Kitchen helper, ST.
nSO year: hospital attendant, 81 $50
year.
The United States civil Service
Commission has issued an amende0
announcement for assistant communi-
cations operator (air navigation),
1!620 a year, in the Third region.
civil aeronauticsr administration, de-
aitmtnt OF commerce. headquarters.
Chicago, III Includes state Of Hin
Obs. Indiana. Kentucky, Michigan.
Minnesota. North Dakota, Ohio and
wisconsin,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09

Garage at 1877 Sycamore. ownec
Edward Kuczera, 500.
One-StOry dwelling at l7l2 Tenth.
owner james LOrenz 1881
One-StOry commercial building at
204S Biddle, owner Edgar Smith. Sill
800.
Garage at 1893 Seventh, owner Hen
nv r. Ankiel. 500
TwO-stOry dwelling at 1860 Twenty
third. owner Strauss CAN'T, $3.50
One-StOry dwelling at 33+4 Nine
teenth, owner Peter Sucher. $3.50
One-stOry CONNIE rcial building at
1882 Eureka, owner Marian Belaski,
$1,1SS
One-stOry store and house alters-
lions at 1876 Biddle, owner Eliza
beth POgats. $780,
One7StOry dwelling at 1881 TWEEN
tieth, owner {. ]. fitzgerald, 1881
TwOstOry dwelling at 1873 Twenti-
eth, owner c. j. Fitzgerald, $500.
One-stOry dwelling at 1893 Eight
eenth, owner Q. j. Fitzgerald, $500.
One@StOry dwelling at 1857 Nine
teenth, owner Claude J. Fitzgerald,
$500
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
LEAGUE OF CATHOLIC WOMEN

There will I've meeting of the mem
hers Of the League of Catholic Women
Oh Tuesday afternoon, May -. at =
o'clock. at the home Of Mrs. Frank
Schooner. 22OG Davis street. As this
will be a business and social meeting
combined, ii is hoped that there will
be an unusually large number pre-
sent. Plans for the individual card
parties which are To he given by the
membership. will he further discussed
by the general chairman. Mrs. Charles
Heide
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
Proclamation

sunday, May IL. will be Observ-
ed as Mothers Day with special
services in practically all churches
in the city In most homes special
tributes will be paid TO mothers
in the form Of gifts and other
means OF hOnoring mothers.
Mothers Of the nation have al
ways borne their share Of the bur
deus Of humanity with a spirit OF
devotion To duty and bravery
that has h en- truly an inspiration
to all the world In times OF war,
depression and strife. mothers
particularly hear heavy and bur
denSone loads with = silent. yet
admirable manner
Ii is. tn. ref"rr. fitting and pro-
per that a day be set aside when
We should pay tribute III them
Since. sunday. May IL. l94l. has
been set aside a Mothers Day
ia many STATES Of the land. |.
Therefore. acrlaim chat day ~
Mothers Day for WyandOtte and
ask that suitable public and pri-
vate efforts he put fGth TO honor
the mothers of our city.
I..I'IS W. BENIN.
Meyer
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
I've Appointments
Get Confirmation

Mayor Louis w Benin submitted
two appointments To thu Council at its
session Tuesday night, and both met
unanimous cOnfirma tiOn. |. L. Lap
czynSki becomes Il member of the PO-
lice and Fire Commission, while John
MrOz will become Il member of the
Public Welfare Commission.
Justice Roy COOmer and Associate
Justice Arthur Decker submitted the
appointment of Joseph KalaSh, Jr, to
succeed his father as clerk OF the JUS
tice courts.
Veterans of Foreign Wars granted
permission to sell pOppies May 3 and
"a
Down River Chevrolet, Inc, receiV-
Ell the contract to supply a pickup
truck for the park department, at
S147.25, less $1,000 allowance for old
car. Award for a truck for the sewer
department went to Genthe Brothers.
at $77O. less $145 for trade-in car.
Portions of "a streets were ordered
paved under WPA auspices.
II was decided to bid in a lot Of tax
sae lands for future city use,
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09

lens, the Michigan Alkali Company
was established on firm foundation
On October II. 1890, Captain Ford
officially started the company, with
1000 in the treasury. The name of
j. h. Ford company was soon aban-
dOned in favor Of the present title.
Captain Ford was gifted with indie
fatigeable energy, a willingness to
try anything once and hesitated
not 10 abandon any enterprise when
1t proved Improbable. At 20 his en-
tire fortune was swept away, but he
didn't give up. and in the end endur-
ing success crowned his efforts
He died at Creighton, Pa. on May
age OF 92 years.
-Four generations Of the Ford fam
lily have helped TO carry ON the Wyan-
dOtte industry established by Captain
Ford-himself, two sons, and a NUM-
Der OF grandsOns and great-grandsons
Edward Ford and Emory Low Ford
died many years ago. Before his
death. Edward Ford removed to To
ledO 10 establish the Ford Plate Glass
Company
Emory Leyden Ford is now preSi-
dent Of the Michigan Alkali Company.
succeeding his cousin. John b. Ford.
Sr.. who retired in 1899 Others hold
ing office in the company, strictly a
family ownership. are: John B. Ford.
Jr.. vice president and director; Ford
Rallantyne, secretary and director !;
Emory NJ. Ford. treasurer; Frederick
S. Ford and William knight. Jr.. dir
ectOrS
On October II. 1910 the company
gave Il 50th anniversary dinner. at
which 576 employees who had worked
for the organization Is years Or more
were presented with gold watches.
suitably inscribed This embraced
about one-fifth of the entire body OF
employees. A splendid tribute to the
worth. both Of employers and employ
"a
From the very start. the Michigan
-Aihdu Y OtHpdHy mas AViiV"N q S~'
policy Of expansion TO meet future as
we'll az current demands.
1t has one of the best equipped
limestone quarries in the world. near
Apena. A fleet OF four steamships Is
owned and operated by the Wyandoete
Transportation Company. a subsi-
diary. These ships bring the lime
stone from Alpena and the coal from
Ohio ports. which is unloaded at the
cnnl,any'S docks in this city.
1t has built and is successfully OPP
Grating the largest plant in the world
devoted 10 the production Of dry ice
Ford Galleries operates coal mines
ut Curti>yille and Bairdford. Pr
The Wyandotte General hospital. q
source Of pride to every citizen. was
hnilt, equipped and endowed Win
funds provided By members OF the
Ford family.
wyandotte is certainly to be con-
graduated upon the lucky cfrcum-
stance that salt. instead OF natural
gas. was found underneath the city
~ years ago. 1t was the salvation OF
the town
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
School board
Meets Emergency

The unsettled status of the world
today and the active preparation for
any emergency which may arise is
likely To affect the personnel of the
teaching staff to considerable ex-
tent" superintendent +. w. FrOstic
told the Board Of Education at it's
Semi-monthly meeting Monday night.
Mr.. FrOStic recommended that the
Board make provisions To retain the
services. on substitute basis during
the emergency, teachers who may
marry men in the service until the ex-
piration of the service period Of such
men.
A resolution offered by Trustee HO-
meista +. 'embOdying the above recon-
mendatiOn, was unanimously adopted.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
Crosse lie
Due for Bombing

announces that the naval aviation
base On Crosse lie viii b" subject to
bombing tomorrow saturday, Inorn-
ing. from IL am. 20 L. 80 pm In
case the weather il uafaVorahle tbs
attack will be ohligingly postponed 4,
Sunday at the same hour
The exhibition tthat'> all II is -
y part 81 naval aviation week. TO he
celebrated throughout the Ninth naval
district. which Includes Michigan and
Ohio
The Crosse lie school - one Of Is
such schools i'm the United States.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
Board of Education
Doings Monday

The Board Of Education, at its
meeting Monday night, approved for
payment bills totaling $J4.OS4.l4
Approval was given to the bidding,
by the Board Of Education as co-bid-
ders with the county Of Wayne and
city OF WyandOtte, for the benefit If
the city Of WyandOtte, for number
M parcels Of land which are subject
10 state tax sale.
The Recreation Commission was
granted use Of the Fairgrounds at the
Woodruff. Roosevelt. Lincoln, McKin-
ley and Labadie schools as soon as
the school year is ended.
A resolution. unanimously adopted,
expressed appreciation for the ser
vices Of the late Joseph f. Kalash. for
seven years member OF the Board.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
1be Story Of n Great MdMtuaAu
and W)and0HeS Greatest IuaAyhy

salt of the Earlh-The Story Of
Captain j. r. Ford and Michigan Al
kali Company is the title of an in
tor resting volume that recently came
from the press The book is written
by Arthur Pound. an author of abil-
ity. and appears in a most attractive
formal.
Captain John Baptiste Ford was
born i'll Danvil". Ky. on November
Ii. ISL. and was named after his
maternal grandfather, Jean Baptiste,
French pioneer who emigrated from
Lyons. France.
Denied the advantages of educa ton
hy the conditions then existing in a
new country, his first work was AS
apprentice to a harness and saddle
maker in Danville. Deciding that he
was not receiving fair treatment, he
aba ndoned his JOB and crossed the
Ohio river to New Albany, Ind. pay
.ng thn ferryman with an old ,it1k Of
cards.
Later he found employment in
saddle shop at Greenville, Ind, where
he first learned 10 mad. write and
cipher. under the tutelage Of Miss
Maay Bower. whom he married when
he was 70 FtarS of age. For many
years the couple resided in Green
vdlle.
Going into business for himself. he
traded in harness and Saddlery goods.
the Mexican war in 1876 creating a
profitable business. Later he tried
bookkeeping. dealing in dry goods and
grot1tries. Getting tired Of mcrchan-
diSing. he engaged in the milling of
flour. then in the manufacture Of kit
chen safes
After accommodating $4,000. he NOV
ed TO New Albany, where he entered
the rolling mill. iron and foundry
business. Then he drifted into shin
building. Ii WAS here that he gained
his title Of Captain" During the
civil war be owned and operated a
fleet Of % vessels on the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers But with the
growth Of railroads. vessel business
>lumped. and Captain Ford sought
for new worlds TO conquer.
lie entered the glass industry at
New Albany, machine for making
plate glass was imported from Eng
land. also several glaSworkers. This
was in 1862. In 1SI3-panie YEAR
the business petered out. He tried
again at Louisville. Ny, and Jcffeq
>Onville. Ind. but neither venture was
4 sneFES
Ia 1870 he moved To Creighton. Pa
with $1,000 in available funds. and
started the first glass industry in the
keystone state. The concern was i'm.
cOIpOrated as the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Company.
Later he retired from the company
and came tn Wyandotte. where the
discovery OF rich deposits Of salt had
interested him. The Eureka Iron and
Steel Works. striving 70 find a chear
fuel in natural gas. found instead the
Salt of the Earth
After many di>sOuragempnis. and
the solving Of many difficult prob
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
TRINITY EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH

Order Of Sunday services:
German service, 9:IJ am.
Sunday school, 8 80 am.
Bible class, $50 am.
English service, 1915 am
Evening service, Z 80 pm.
sunday, May IL, the fourth Sunday
after Easter. Rev e.. J. Klahnke will
conduct the services. In the morning
he will speak on the gospel reading
for the Sunday, John 10, 5-15: Jesus
Promises the Comforter" In the even
ing service special Mothers day
service will be conducted.
On Tuesday of next week the jun
iOrS meet at 30 pm
Wednesday, $50 pm, the Sunday
school teachers institute will be held.
Thursday. pm, the Board Of Ed
ucatiOn meets.
Friday, Z 30 pm, the male chorus
and the ladies' choir meet for rehear-
sal
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
New Officers Of
Orpheus Club

The WyandOtte Orpheus club has
elected the following officers for the
ensuing year: President, Henry A.
Melloche; vice president. George Ru-
pert; secretary, Leonard Dole; trea-
surer, Arthur KOrn; voice committee,
Marlin Crum and Harold Lang; pro-
gram committee, John Rood; cOnduc-
tor. Edward w. Hubert: aocompan-
list. Grace Hubert
The club will go 70 Flint tomorrow
to participate in the state sing of the
Michigan Male Chorus Association.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
Fire Loss Was
$l,459 in April

The monthly report of Fire Chief
Gustav Anselm shows a fire loss of
$1,4D in Wyandotte during the
month Of April. Of this sum. 81 .2O2
was on real property, S257 on con
tents. The property involved was coy
cred by total insurance of $4,000.
Seventeen alarms were sent in 10
station No. l, nine TO No. 2, and II to
No. 8.
department vehicles Travelled a to-
tai Of 2J6 miles during the month. OF
the 80 alarms. grass fires led with Is
calls
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09

l''t>byterlan church VIII hold DuS1-
ness meeting next Wednesday af.er-
u..dn
Georgia IIaar will lead discussion
Chapter Az. PEG. next Wednesday.
che United States Maritime Com
Mission il seeking To tain and 0inip
mn for the merchant marine Appli-
caIaS for job of apprentice seaman
- wears Of age.
i.unrnagt. sale. May Ii and Il. at
I' do Auto Sales building. auspices
&" gregatiomIl Guild
Ine Young Ladies SOdality of ST
Il,lpn'S church will hold Il Maytime
froiic next sunday. ut koS>uth hall.
Forest and Fifth streets. Music by
The AristOorats."
Eight women'S clubs Of the city.
with total membership of 6UO, join
eel i'm sponsoring Il bridge party at the
Garfield school last night, for the
benefit of Junior Programs. Inc.
NJ meeting OH Tuesday afternoon
in the city hall club rooms. Virginia
II Ophagen of the Detroit public
schools. gave an address to the Junior
nil ~
- Wholesome Personality"
Members of the WyandOtte Garden
club met OH "Wednesday afternoon and
listened to an address ON How TO
Judge Iri$."
Several members of the WyandOtte
Republican WOmen'S club attended a
meeting OF the Michigan Federation
OF Republican WOmen's clubs, held in
the Whitcomb hotel at st. Joseph,
Mich. on Monday.
Congratulations to Frederick J..
Gartner. WyandOtte'S representative
in the state Legislature. for his vote
against the dog racing bill at Lansing.
4 hit-run driver ran into Villa m
I.yI,ik. Of 2766 Electric street, Satur-
day morning. and knocked him to the
pavement. He was treated at the Wy
andOtte General hospital for injuries
to the right leg.
brass fittings from the Marx brewery
building on Van AlStyne boulevard.
three young ENOrSe boys have been
turned over to the juvenile authOri-
ties
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-05-09
New Hospital in
Area Discussed

Due To the large number OF people
who seek trea Lment ia the area South-
u~st ,f Uetroit there is talk of eStab-
IiShinD . new h,p5pital to take care Of
natiants from Lincoln Park, Melvin
dale Allen Park and other communi-
ties
AT present, the Wyandotte CTeneral
hospital and the Delray Industrial
hospital are the only ones in the ns-
trict. and they are frequently over
crowded