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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Jefferson's Collections
Included Enormous Lion

Excited as a hungry terrier was
Bryan Patterson when erosion re-
vealed a deposit of old bones in a
pasture near London Mills, Ill. Out
of the glacial blue clay came parts
of hind leg, pelvis, f0refoot, YER
tebrae, a molar tooth. Back IN Chi
cago's Field museum, where he is
assistant curator of paleontology,
Patterson pieced the fragments to-
gether. Recently he announced that
he had one of the finest fossil ground
sloths discovered in the u. S. since
1895. In that year the huge, ex-
tinct beast was first studied and
named "Megalonyx" by a great U.
6. paleontologist, Thomas Jefferson.
When Col. John Stuart found some
fossils in a Virginia cave, he natu-
rally sent them to Monticello where
jefferson was known to include old
bones among his strange (and, folk
said. atheistic) interests. In 1877
Jefferson described the fossil crea-
ture before the American Philosoph-
ical society (of which he was then
president) as a kind of enormous
lion because of its eight-inch claws.
Wrote he: Il cannot . help be-
lieving that this animal, as well as
the mammoth, are still existing. =
When jefferson sent Lewis and
Clark up the Missouri river and
Capt. Zebulon Pike into the Rockies,
he half-hoped they might bag a live
one.
This was not completely silly.
Megalonyx jeffersoni is so recent
that its bones sometimes bear wisps
of hair. Paleontologist Patterson
thinks that cave men helped to ex-
terminate the creatures though ian
embrace from a sloth would have
made a bears hug look like child's
play" In expecting to bag a Mega
lonyx, jefferson was not wrong by
more than few thousand years.
AS bone-diggers measure time, this
was only day before yesterday.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
b 9 y ID Y ~ y -

q. Where should | keep my defense
savings bonds!
A. In Il safe place because they
nave value which con family ILL
crca>, :. II YOU wish. the Urea
>ury Department ca any Federal
Reserve Bank will hold them in
>afckrepin@ for YOU without
charge. giving You recciP,.
=. Does an album filled with
stamps automatically become Il
bond that will pay interest and
mature in ten years:
\. No. The competed album mus
hc exchanged Tor bond. Re
@ardle>> of the amount of money
You have invested in stamps.
they Will not bear interest until
they are. i'm he form of Il bond
az bonds
NOIc-To buy dcfclI-c bonds and
clamps. 20 tu The nearest po~tofficc.
hank. or savings and loan association ::
or write To the Treasurer Of The Uni
ted States Washington. ID. e., for 4
ldil-Order form.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Work TO Start on
Straits Causeway

The immediate construction of
cauStway from the north shore Of The
Straits Of Mackinac. designed to ulu
mately fft in with Il bridge spanning
the straits. will be- undertaken by the
state highway department at Il total
estimated cost of $1.IU.OOO.
State Highway Commissioner O..
Donald Kennedy said the cauSeway Is
expected To be completed by the end
of the 1912 tourist season and will b.
undertaken a. an expansion of the
state ferry service. Ii will reduce the
travel di>tacne for th, state ferries
from nine To three miles and will >tel,
up the capacity of the service by more
than One-third.
The CauScway will extend into the
ktraitS a total of J.3SJ feet and its
surface will be ample for Il 44fOUt
roadway and shoulders. Sides Of the
caILSeway will he ca>ed with ten-tOn
stones
Bids will h- taken soon on the fist
phase construction. This will be for
stone dykes and fill for the cauSeway
A second contract for dock facilities
to he located on the end of the cause
way Will he awarded IL little later.
The initial work Will form the bulk
Of the project and will cost an eSti
matted $1.OOO.OOO. The dock facilities at
the end Of the causeway, which will
lTOvide two end-lOading slips, will cost
an estimated additional $7OO,OOO.
Rapidly mounting traffic on the
state bO;utS at the straits makes draS-
tic steps necessary if satisfactory ser
vice is 10 be- maintained. Commission
er Kennedy said. Traffic for the first
seven months IF 1911 was 2Jl2 per
cent, or nearly $1,000 cars. above a
like period last year.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15

Section ii. This Ordinance shall
lake effect fifteen 40 days after the
date ut its iElSSage.
ON the Question Shall This Ordhll-
ancp Now Pass" the following vote
was recorded.
Yeas: EOmcilmen Benin, BrOhl.
Burke. Mason. Schultz.
Nays: NOnt.
hereby approve the foregoing Oh
diaance. this 18th day of August, 1911.
LOUIS W. BENIN.
Mayor.
LAWRENCE J. LaCOURSE.
City Clerk.
|. Lawrence J. LACOurSe. Clerk Of
the City of WyandOtte hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
passed 10y the Council Of the tIty Ol
Wyando te Oh the 18th day of August.
1871.
LAWRENCE j. LaCDURSE,
:3w2 City Clerk.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
TRINITY EV. LUTHERAN CHURCH

Order Of sunday services:
Early service. Z 30 am
German service. 9:1J am
Sunday school. 9:3O am.
English service. 1913 am
Next Sunday the Rev. III. Iben will
conduct the service cit 30 am. Pas
tor G. J. Krahnke will conduct the ne
manning nwo services, speaking on the
gospel reading for the tenth Sunday
after Trinity. Luke 10, HIS: Jesus
Weeps Over Jerusalem
One Monday of next week. pm.
the Voters Assembly will meet in the
school auditorium.
On Wednesday. = 30 pm. the $. ).
teachers institute will be held
Thursday. Z pm, the Board Of Ed
ucatiOn will meet
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
More Marriages Than Divorces

Marriages involving members of
the Hollywood film colony for 1910
forged ahead of the number of those
who were divorced during the cor
responding period, according to a
survey of statistics. The records dis
close that sc marriages of Holly
woodites took place at Las Vegas.
Reno, Yuma, Santa Barbara and
other cities. while rs couples had
marriages dissolved in the divorce
courts.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Women More Diplomatic

According to DR.. H. A. Moss, psy-
chologist of George Washington uni
versity, who has given his now ia
nous test of social intelligence" to
thousands of men and women, there
is no doubt that women are better
mixers" than men. His tests show
that the women are more diplomatic
in their conversation and that they
nave better sense of what is prop
er under various Social set-ups. We
men will have to take our hats off
to the women this time, it seems,
even though it hurts our pride to
do so.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Pitched Baseball Speed

The greatest recorded speed Of a
pitched baseball is 139 feet per sec
ond, or 94.7 miles per hour. This
speed was recorded by the speed
meter owned by the cleveland In
dams for a ball pitched by Atlev
Donald. a member of the pitching
staff of the~New York Yankees in
the Cleveland Stadftfhn on August
90; 1899.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
UMBRELLA MEMBER
Is STILL WITH Us

We had supposed that the travelling
unfU ella member had passed with the
dOsio and the tramp printer But one
OF the itinerants was in town on Mon
day
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Grease Muffin Pans

Mullins have better volume and
are easily removed when muffin pans
are creased heavily on the bottom
and only slightly on the sides.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
LighteSt Organs

The lungs are the lightest organs
in me body. and. except when dis
eased,9 Will float when placed in
water.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Air Trade Gains

Each month airline business is
from SO TO 20 per cent better than
in the same month of the preced-
ing year.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
People in L. s.

The population of the United
States on July l. 1898, was estimat-
ed at 130,2l5, 900
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Many TOOthacheS

Triceratops dinosaurs had more
than 500 teeth and suffered from
toothacheS.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Trees Producing Wood

There are LII varieties of trees
which produce wood.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
Submarine Under Water

A submarine has remained under
water as long as 90 hours.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-15
T r E N T ON

n. A. Mans & Sons, Inc, Trenton,
dealers in coal, lumber and all build
ing materials.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
Japan
To Judge
u. S. Acts
International New. seryie. cabls

TOXIC, Nov. 4.T-Japan will be
the. sole judge .ofe~hether or mott
American attacks upon GerlV
many justify Nipponese action UNI
der paragraph No. 3 Of the Axis
pact, requiring japan to declare
war on any nation not now in the
conflict which attacks an Axis
power. Koh Ishii. official govern
ment spokesman, said today.
Ishii said Japan's attitude will
be determined by the japanese
government, and by its indepen-
dent opinion" concerning the situ-
alton arising out of the torpedo
sinking of the American destroyer
Reuben James and similar Ger
man-American incidents.
Ishii also spoke of the American
"seizure" of mail from the Nip
ponese steamer Tatuta Maru. criti-
cizing the officials in San Fran
cisco for suddenly demanding TO
examine mail just before the de-
parture of the vessel Sunday. As
a result, he said, the mail was left
behind.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
sp.es.i .. rHE nErRnrr rIMES

CHICAGO, Nov. Al arr d
James Orange, is, Chicago sea-
man on the destroyer Reuben
James when it was torpedoed to
the bottom in the North Atlantic,
wrote two letters-remarkably re-
vealing .ietters-to his family last
month. Harold's fate is unknown
Harold is the son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence A. Orange Sr.. of
3407 Walnut street. He has a
brother. Clarence Jr. CAD, who
is Is.
The young seaman makes
serious complaint that while the
Reuben James was conveying Al
'Iimey" freighters the British
sent no battleships TO help. He
also complained that the navy
yards in the United States were
so crowded by British ships that
the Reuben James couldn't get
overhauled. In the latest letter,
however. he minated the ship
had been overhauled.
His family wisely understood
that a seaman aboard the ship
might not have accurate informa-
ton on the movement of British
battleships. which could have been
within call in case of danger.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
Scarcity Of Rations,
Sailors Getting Thin

We picked up some guys from
the Prairie in and they said
that the rumorS around the
States are that the Reuben was
sunk, but don't worry, because
we are still going strong. Nom,
you'll have 10 excuse the writing
because we are going full-steam
ahead for the skipper wants
10 get there in a hurry. He
says he is thirsty. Boy, when /
get ashore, am ! ever going to
eat. We had rations for 20
days and we have made them
last for so. We couldn't get any
UP in Iceland. because no other
ships had enough to give us.
We have beans three meals
every day. and we get plenty of
sauerkraut and some kind of
stew. Boy, these guys are sure
losing weight. Not me. though.
cause / really tear into them
beans now.
We are supposed to go into the
navy yard at and everybody
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04

is supposed to get 10 days
leave, but / don't know for sure
or not if I'll be able TO come
home or not. You know that $25
that / got coming, well they are
trying to tell me now that l
can't get that money, because
/ was transferred so much when
/ left Great Lakes, and / was
kind of planning on that SIS TO
come home on. bought me a
new uniform and 1 got $3.50 TO
pay on it yet.
Boy, MON, I'm telling you 1
sure do miss you and Al a lot.
! think about you all the time.
Especially If your watch is
from midnight till a in the
morning, and the full moon is
hanging over the water like a
big ball. That is when you
really think about home.
I Just got your letter today
in is Tom and Rena and all
of them still there? If they are.
are they working up here7 l
sure would like to see them.
Well, Nom, / guess I'll have
to close now
Be good and tell everybody I
said hello. So long.
Love and kisses for all.
Your loving son and brother,
HAROLD.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04

October 9.
Dear Nom e. Al:
Just a line to let you know
I'm still alive g. kicking. even
though ! have had some pretty
close calls. Don't worry about
the close calls. though. cause
YOU know what the old saying
IS: "A miss is as good as a mile"
Tn sorry / didn't get TO write
90 YOU sooner, but the last time
] wrnte ! was in Iceland. and
you probably got that letter.
Well. I didn't get 10 go on lib
erty up there this time, and no
ships went back TO the States to
take our mail back.
I haven't been of the ship
since September 5 and the date
today Is October 8. This last
trip Nea& 4(lre q mean one. We
had rough weather all the way
back we are now on our way
back TO we brought back
81 Liney (British) freighters
and (they) =. never even
sent one of their own battle
ships or destroyers 10 protect
them, and then they always say
that II II wasn't for them there
wouldn't be a United States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
Watching!.

21, but / don't know when you
will get IL. Today makes ex-
actly eight months that I've been
in the navy. 1t sure semes like
I've been away from home a
long time, but then when you
look back at the time l started
the time is going pretty fast.
/ had to draw some clothes
and it cost me $3S, so you know
that is over months pay and L
could sure use that to come
home. l might have train fare
to come home, nom, if don't
have anything to buy all Of you
something nice / sure won't
come home. l sure do miss all
of you at home and / think
about you all the time.
How is grandma and every
body down that way? Fine, I
hope. 1 got a letter from Herby
Bednar the other day. He says
everything is o. k. and to say
hello to you. If I'm in for
Thanksgiving, I've got an invita-
ton for a big turkey dinner.
That lady that L told you about
sent me and my pal Jim Thomp-
son nice letter. They are really
swell people. Well, / guess I'll
have to close now, with lots Of
love and kisses for all.
Be good, and 1 hope I'll be
seeing you soon.
Love and kisses,
IIADnI n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
Still Eatine Beans, Rice;
Pleads for 'Picelilly'
Tuesday, Oct. n, 1941.
Dear Nom and Brother:

Tuesday, Oct. n, 1941.
Dear Nom and Brother:
Just a line TO let you know
that ] am still alive and kick
ing. l haven't received a letter
from you for quite awhile now
and 1 was just wondering il you
broke an arm or something.
Nom, will you do a big favor
for me-? You know that CON-
bination lock that I had when
was in school. Well, being as
none of you know the combina-
ton, / wish you would send it
to me because / could sure use
it. And if you got any old
picalilly laying around, l could
sure use some of that, because
I'm telling you eating beans
three times a day or rice three
times a day. you could really
use a little something like that
just to make things taste diff
ferent.
I'm writing this letter October
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04

indeed than my ancestors
for generations back.
II am a very smart man,
your honor.
I'm fact, l am pretty gem
orally known as a smart
aleck."
$50, Mr.. Merrick, you
diSregarded your large and
fine famiIy's protest and
got into this fight IN spite
Of them9"
"Yes, your honor. But
ordinarily l am a very
peaceable man."
"But, Mr.. Merrick, yOu
l0ere up before this court
not long ago on a similar
charge of getting into a
street brazil and disturbing
the peace.
did you benefit any by
that last bromt, so that yOu
1Odnt to get into anOther?"
"Oh, no, your honor, 1
did not benefit any. Quite
the reverse.
THAT former fight was
very expensive for me in
doctors fees and fines and
costs.
"And besides that, l lost
a lot of friends.
Even the fellows / tried
to help hated me and called
me names, and robbed me
and said i was a sap"
"And still, Mr.. Merrick,
IN spite of that experience,
you 90 out of your 1Ody to
get into another Violent
brazil.
why do you do these
terrible things so con-
trdry to the pedceable na-
ture you sag you hare, and
to the interests and desires
Of your family?"
"Well, your honor, / like
to tell people what to do
and-tO make them do it."
"Do they do it, Mr.. Mer-
rick2"
mo. your honor. They
promise to do it, but they
do not keep their promise,
and that makes me mad.
you know, your honor,
as l said, 1 am a very smart
man, and i know better
than anybody what ought
always to be done.
$50 l try to make people
do things my way. And 1
guess that is how l get into
trouble.
"Then, while i am not a
prejudiced man, l am a
sympathetic man."
81 see, Mr.. Merrick. So
you Sympathized 1Ctth one
of these combdtdntS.
81 suppose the one gou
sympdthized NTH had been
a great friend of COURSE
"Well, not exactly, your
honor. We had had a few
fights"
"Then, Mr.. Merrick, /
suppose he had been rery
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04

large family, and for being
an arrogant and trucuient
nuisance, yOu are fined ia
costs one hundred billion
dollars, and sentenced to
lose your liberties and to
spend the ne1t ten years IN
the poor house"
Everybody in the court
room thought that the verdict
was pretty severe on Mr..
Merrick's fine family; but as
far as Uncle Sammy A. Mer-
rick himself was concerned
he had asked for 1t.
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IN THE NEWS
CONTINUED from Page One)

good to yoa and helped you
oftentimes3"
"No, your honor, he had
never helped me much; and
he owed me a lot Of money
he had never paid. N
II just sympathized with
him because l felt like it."
II suppose, Mr.. Merrick,
he lOds the smaller man
and
mo, your honor, he was
a little bit bigger than the
other fellow; but the other
fellow was a harder
fighter"
"WeH then, Mr.. Mer-
rick, l suppose the other
felLoar-the hitler feitoae-
had precipitated the fight?"
"NO, your honor, the big
fellow had declared the bat
tie on, but the other fellow
had aggravated the big
fellow.
Besides, l did not like
the way the little fellow
looked.
And / did not like the
way he talked, and / felt
that if l ganged up with the
big fellow could lick the
other fellow.
"And then, your honor, /
was afraid that if the little
fellow licked the big fellow
he might lick me next.
$50 1 got into the fight"
wei, you are a pretty
big feHo1o yourself, aren't
you, Mr.. Merrick?"
eyes, your honor"
And you Were afraid,
Mr.. Merrick, that the little
feHo,o might 90 doOn the
street q block after the
fight. and get past the Bag
dOor-mah at your apart
ment house, and 90 up ten
flights of stairs, and break
yom, door dorm, and lick
gou, 'etth all your big fam
dy and StdI,Cdrt sons there
to help l0u 2"
well, he might have
done it, your honor.
And besides, / did not
like him because he would
not do what l told him to.
"And besides, l like to be
a big shot; and a fight gives
YOU a big reputation with
the neighbOrs."
Wei, Mr.. Merrick, I
hare heard your erpl0nd-
ton" said the Judge of the
court Of last resort, "ond
the judgment of the court IS
that, for getting into tkds
fight 1CithOut sufficient red-
son, and for disturbing the
peace of the 1Corld, and for
not considering the inter
eStS of your O1CH fine and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
U. S. WATCHES JAP PLANS

LONDON. Nov. 4 - UNS)--
American naval and military OBJ
servers are closely watching the
warlike japanese preparations in
the Caroline and Marshall islands
of the Pacific, the London Daily
Telegraph reported today in dis
patch from Singapore.
These preparations consist Oh
the Improvement and expansion OF
airdronfes and hartor facilities.
and the arrival Of troop reinforce
ments.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
Flood PeriIs Drinking Water

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. A.
(INS)-Anxiety was expressed to-
day for the water supply of Fort
Smith, Ark, where flood waters
of the Arkansas River have risen
to point near large pipes
through which drinking water is
brought TO the city. A record for
modern times was set when the
river reached 37.3 feet.
For the Inside News" Of
Washington, Follow Paul NAL
Ions Column I'm the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
WANTS LOYALTY

In brief, what Laval wants is
this-and here are the exact
words:
"a loyal entente with Ger
many, since Europe is going to
live and organize itself under
her (Germany's) direction"
The article begins with the as
sertion that the German army is
Iinvincible and that RuSSia's de-
feat is a foregone conclusion. In
passing, il remarks that the Rus
SLAMS fight like beasts while the
Germans, officers and men alike
fight like grand seigneurs." (ac-
tual quotation.)
Laval bases his brief for virtual
annexation to Germany on the
grounds that most Frenchmen, in
1888 and 1899, wanted peace in
stead of war with Germany
declaration that few observers
lagree with. Those who opposed
Franco German reconciliation, his
article says were international
Communists, Jews and F'reema-
sons, who by means of "formida-
BILE arsenal of propaganda" made
war inevitable.
The former vice premier under
Chief of State Marshal Henri Phi.
Ilippe Petain admits that "preju.
dices" against Germany are rife
particularly among the border
populations who have experienced
three German invasions in &c
wears. .,,f,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
5000 Japanese
Reported Slain

Intefns tionai News Service Cable
SHANGHAI, Nov. 4.-"Annihi-
lation" of $1,000 Japanese troops
in Honan province a few miles
south of the Yellow River was an
nounced by the Chungking regime
today.
A communique stated;
Fifteen thousand japanese
were annihilated In fierce fight
ing mt kwangwu. Ave miles
northwest OF Chengchow."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
AUSTRALIA WARNS JAPAN

CANBERRA. Australia, Nov. 4.
--(INS) - Prime Minister John
Curtin of Australia delivered a
thinly yelled warning TO Japan
today in announcing that Aus
tralia is in consultation with Brit
ain regarding partners OF the Axis
DOWers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-04
Jap Demand
For Portuguese
Port Reported
British Press Reveals
Troop Movements
to China Frontier
international New. Service wire


LONDON, Nov. 4.-British press
advices today reported that Japan
has served a demand on Portugal
for joint control of the strategic
Portuguese port of Macao. just
west of Hongkong on the South
China coast, and is moving troop
reinforcements to frontier areas
adjoining China's Kwangsi prov
inces, Thailand and Burma.
These reports followed the APP
pearance of a potential menace
to British and American Far East
ern strategy in an announcement
by Premier u. Saw of Burma, the
country through which China is
supplied over the lifeline" Burma
road. that his London negotiations
to get British pledge of self
government for that colony had
failed.
Declaring there are indications
that the Pacific crisis may be
nearing the explosion point" the
Daily Express said in a Hongkong
dispatch this morning that Japan
csc ambitions to outflank Hong
kong on the west as well as on the
east are seen in reports from
Macao that Toxic is demanding
point control of that port.
wAVELL ON TOUR
That Britain is Fastening last
minute preparations TO cope with
any Far Eastern outbreak was in
| dictated further in wide inspection
tour now being made by Gen. Sir
Archibald p. Wavell, commander
in-chief of British forces in India
Wavell is expected shortly at Hong
kong from where he will proceed
to Singapore, thence flying 10
Australia.
Premier Saw. who for weeks has
been negotiating with the British
government in London, limited at d
possible swing in Burmese public
sentiment in favor of Japan and
the Axis due- TO Britainis refusal
10 pledge dominion status foi
Burma after the war.