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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1942-06-17

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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04

. t,0O&.t :
Benin.
Resolved: By the City Council 8
the City of WyandOtte that the Cit
Clerk be and and is hereby authorize
ana directed to draw his warrant
the proper funds in payment of II
list of approved accounts as submittf
at this session. / move the adoption
the foregoing resolution.
Councilman George Rehm.
supported by Councilman Wagar.
Yeas; Councilmen Benin, -Brot
Burke. Wagar.
Nays: None.
Recess.
Recovering.
Roll Call.
Mayor Benin absent.
Councilman Ernest Schultz, Mayo
pro tenn. presiding.
Present: Conncilmen Benin, Broh
Burke, Wagar.
Absent: Councilman Mason.
Resolutions.
WyandOtte, Mich, Sept.\1, 1912.
resolution by Councilman GeOr1
Benin.
Resolved by the City Council of IT,
City OF Wyandotte that applicable
tor renewal of license to conduct
dance hall. under the provisions of Il
ordinances Of the City Of Wyandott
be and hereby is approved to
Mike kurylo West Side Barr
1142 Oak Street
and the City Clerk is hereby authori
ed to issue said license to the abo,
named person at the above address.
move the adoption Of the fores
ing resolution.
Councilman George Benin.
supported by Councilman Burke.
Yeas: Councilmen Benin, BroE
Burke, Wagar.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Mich, Sept. 1, 1912.
resolution by Councilman Geor,
Benin.
Resolved by the City Council of II
City OF WyandOtte that the Youh
Peoples Society of the Christian al
missionary Alliance Church be az
hereby are granted permission to no
open air meetings in Bishop Park
Sunday evenings from six to seven
clock during the month of Septemh
provided the park is not needed
civic purposes.
This as per their request TO, tn
Council In their communication of a
ell date herewith.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Chaney Popular

The late Lon Clancy, screen
actor, won much popularity with the
U. S. marines because of his perfect
portrayal of sergeant in the silent
film, "Tell it to the Marines"
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Heart Beats

Stopping the heart for five seconds
may cause unconsciousness, but it
is possible to restore life after the
heart has stopped beating for Is
minutes under some circumstances.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Dutch Guiana

Dutch Guiana's area is 81, z01
square miles, about equal to the
combined areas of New Jersey and
Pennsylvania.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Can't Tell Insane Person

Insane persons look exactly Like
sane persons, except in very few
types of mania where their actions
are uncontrolled.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Dragging Brakes

The dragging of brakes wears the
friction surfaces so that it becomes
impossible to adjust them properly.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Cats Direct Ancestor

The Egyptian cat of Is centuries
B. c. il recognized as the domes-
tic cats direct ancestor.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
One-Fourth Women Driver

Approximately Is per cent Of the
automobile licenses issued in the
United States are issued to women.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Naval Academy

The United States Naval academy
at Annapolis was opened October 10
l845.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04

The U. S. navy has one Of the
best lacrosse teams in the country.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
ZiDDerS

A little vaseline or oil viii keep
our xippeis working well.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-04
Riverview Village Clerk

Referred to Council
Estimate Of the City Engineer No. 3
dated September /. 1912, on work com
pleted as per contract between tn
City Of WyandOtte and Joseph LOque
for construction of interceptOr sewe
on Goddard and Fourth Street, in tn
City of Wyandotte.
Referred to Council.
Bills and Accounts.
Welfare Warrants in amount q
1899.
lReferred to Council.
Honorable Mayor and Councilman.
Gentlemen:
The following claims have been ex
amined, audited and found to be COZ
rect. l therefore recommend that the
be approved and payment made.
RESPECTFULLY submitted,
Lawrence j. LaCOurse.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Quantity Plus Quality

Quantity alone. however. would
scarcely justify the tribute which
war department officials will de-
liver at tomorrows ceremonies,
along with the Army-Navy Pro
duction Award-an "E' flag for
the plant and an 'E" button for
each individual employe. If sur
vival of the rigid army ordnance
inspection were not enough index
of quality, the name these engines
have earned for themselves in
actual service AT the front would
bridge the gap with evidence TO
spare.
The power plants which these
workers are producing IN ever
increasing volume distinguished
themselves first in Africa. and are
now seeing service on wider and
wider fronts.
II was 10 them that Oliver
Lyttelton. British Minister of Pro-
duction, referred in a press con-
ference here. when he said that
the engines in the tanks used by
the British in Africa were one of
the two big factors responsible for
those tanks superiority over Ger
man tank eQuipment.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
British O. K. Detroit

Don't take my word for this.
I've lunched and talked with men
who know just how close 10 the
| brink of destruction we are They
nd their families arc even closer.
= They arc the members Of the
British Purchasing Commission
and other representatives from
our fighting allies who have come
10 Detroit 10 see with their own
eyes just what can be done by
Detroit.
How do they feel about IL?
Sir Oliver Lytclton said that
Hitler would commit suicide if he
took n trip through our factories.
Almost ~ man the Britlshers
left Detroit with new spring in
their step and a new CLINT of con-
fidence in their eyes.
Certainly If Detroit workers
were dogging il, they would have
noticed.
Certainly il management had
Numbered, they could have told.
But they went away singing the
praises Of Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
'45O Firms Report
1917 Drop in Net

NEW YORK. Aug. % .-Esti-
mated net incomes of $50 COM
panies which have common. shares
listed on New York Stock Ex-
change showed a decline of 1913
per cent during the first six
months of this year when COM
pared with corresponding 1871
period, The Exchange. official
stock exchange publication. notes
in the current issue
Impact of higher taxes on cor
porations was heavy as expected,
The Exchange says with notable
exception of the railroads.
Among the groups arranged by
industries, railroads. despite wage
increases that applied throughout
the period. scored a gain of more
than AZ per cent in net income
over same six months of last year.
.reflecting heavy war traffic and
economies in train loading.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
War Materials
Go Air Express

NEW YORK, Aug p Volume
.of air express carried by com
'mercial air lines IN the first six
months Of this year gained sharply
over the corresponding period a
year ago. according 10 Air Express
Division OF the Railway Express
Agency.
Movement of essential materials
was largely responsible for the IN
crease. the agency reported.
A total Of 677,147 shipments
were made during the six months
period, a gain OF 90 per cent over
a year ago. Poundagc carried
however, jumped 90.2 per cent TO
s. 79l 635 pounds while gross reve-
nue. increased 102 per cent.
All previous monthly records
for weight carried were smashed
in June when l.75l,620 pounds OF
air express were handled. an in
crease Of 929 per cent over June,
l94l. Shipments during the month
increased III per cent 10 lli.SS9
In order that airlineS may util-
ne cargo space more efficiently.
shippers are being urged 10 for
ward traffic earlier in the day
when more space is available than
on night fights.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Year-End Adjustment

"3-The proposal agrees to
the use of the method of tenta-
tive return and year-end adjust
ment az a method sound both in
principle and in practice OF keep
ing income taxes on a current
basis from now on.
1.-THE treasury has said that
without a withholding tax the
plan would be unacceptable; but
IL has not explained what IL
means, and the reason for the
statement Is not apparent on Its
surface.
The principal point of dis
agreement II that whereas the
original pay-as-you-go plan ap-
piled to all the income tax debt
Of all individual taxpayers. The
treasury's modified plan would
apply to the full tax debt OF
some taxpayers and TO only a
part of the tax debt of the rest.
"Concretely. the treasury pro-
poses that the tax year Of 1912
rather than 1941 be skipped and
then for only the first $4,000 Of
net taxable income and that the
balance of tax debt remaining
should be paid over the next
two or three years. In addition
TO current income taxes payable
I'm those years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Pennsy Central
Smdshes Marks

PITTSBURGH, Aug. %. - AL
passenger traffic load factor rec.
.ords are being broken by Penn.
sylvania- Central Airlines this year
according to J. J. O'Donovan, vice
president.
The load factor is the ratio be.
tween number of passengers which
can be carried aboard an airplant
and actual number of seats filled
1t thus has an important bearing
on passenger revenues.
Although he did not disclose the
actual totals of passengers being
carried, O'Donovan said volume OF
persons travelling in the interests
of the war effort are responsible
for the new record load factors
being attained.
AT one time in air transpor-
tation," he said, 1--WE thought
that load factor OF IS per cent
would be the saturation point
but already In August, Pennsyl-
vania-Central has a system av-
erage Of 80 per cent full. An
example Is our station at Nor
folk where SO per cent of the
available seats were occupied by
war-essential passengers during
the past 30 days"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Pay-as- You-Go Tax
Plan Wins Supporters
RumI Admits Treasury Favors
Certain Notifications, However

NEW YORK Aug. % (INS).-Beardsley Rum, chairman
of the New York Federal Bank author Of the pay
asyogo income plan issued statement today revealing
that Good progress has been made toward adoption of such
a plan
He pointed however that the treasury had proposed
modified plan following closed hearing of the
Senate finance subcommittee before which Rum testified in
Washington last Wednesday This modified plan Rum said,
dscoses certain points of and Of disagreement with
he MA snrip nallv srhm ted
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23


"In general" Rumls state
ment declares, Gin comparing the
areas Of agreement and dis
agreement between the original
pay-as-you-g0 plan and the
treasury's modified plan, II
seems clear that good progress
has been made.
Zone might almost say that
the discussion IL moving from
p WHETHER we shall have a
pay-as-yu-go income tax plan
to WHAT KIND Of plan we
should adopt"
Comparing his original plan Wit
the treasury proposal, Ruml said
THE. points NJ agreement are
as follows:
1.-The proposal agrees a. TO
the high Importance of getting
the country out OF income tax
debt and on to a current pay
as-you-go basis as soon az prac-
ticable.
"2-The proposal accepts the
principal of setting the tax clock
ahead, that Is. OF skipping a tax
year, as a means of arriving at
This objective.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23

stated the following year. 10 build
air-cooled radial engines for United
States Army tanks.
Preparations 10 resume manu-
facture began in November. 1910
and an executive staff drawn from
Muskegon became the nucleus Of
the Detroit organization. Workers
were recruited locally and trained
for their jobs in the plant 5 own
school.
The factory was in production
on its new wartime basis in the
summer Of 1871. and today il is a
principal producer in its field.
Neither production nor employ
ment figure can be divulged. but
the number on the pay roll is the
largest in a corporate history, and
the dollar volume Of output is also
at an all-tirne high.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Raiiroader Comments

F. s. McGinnis, vice president
in charge Of passenger traffic.
Southern Pacific Company. in
commenting on the plea of this
column for continued courtesy
10 civilian customers, writes:
This morning read your
column In the San Francisco
Examiner with n great deal of
interest. because your comments
about using the war as an
excuse for impaired service and
efficiency are pertinent to the
problems OF many business
establishments. and Of course
the public service corporations.
including ourselves.
I'VE believe that our employees
are friendly people, are good
citizens aud wish 20 do their
Job right, but in times Of stress
and pressure there IL often
likelihood that they may appear
To be curt or unresponsiye.
Having this I'm mind. we recently
issued message i'm pamphlet
forrp to all our employees who
come In contact with the
DtIbIic"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
On the
Business
Front
BY WARD SCHULTZ
Detroit Times Financial Editor

! have purposely remained aloof
from the Life Magazine contro-
versy until now.
This attitude was taken because
II seems TO me the article demands
a calculated and cody thought out
answer.
II is only natural. when one has
been villified, the people Of Detroit
were i'm the Life article, 10 pitch
in, swing wildly with both hands
and shout. ITS a damn lie"
Having sat back and thought the
situation over. having discussed ii
with many people including bust
ness leaders and union men, I'm
inclined TO 60 off on different
tack.
I'm further inclined 10 admit
that although the facts were
twisted 10 give a distorted picture
of our city. that nevertheless
taking them individually. the mag
azine did stick pretty much 10 fact.
| insist, however. that from the
data presented in the Life article
certain erroneous conclusions were
drawn.
Why?
Well in the first place Life sent
q man in especially for this story,
submit 10 you, whether it's posSi-
bic for any man 10 spend one, two
or 10 days in Detroit and give a
fair analysis Of the overall picture.
And that's been one of our
troubles.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
LoWer-PriCed
Issues Active
In Firm Market
More Expensive Stocks
Continue Quiet; Sparks
Sets New High at 23A
BY ELMER G. WALLER
United Press Financial Editor

NEW YORK. Aug. p tUP).-
Heavy trading in few low.priced
issues today featured an otherwise
dull but firm stock market.
Observation-Disclosures, which appeared
on blocks ranging to 1000 shares,
was the feature Of activity. II
Iequaled its high at 6, the previous
close. Studebaker had fair
sized turnover and gained slightly.
Chrysler was up slightly and
General Motors easier.
Sparks Wilmington, well up on
the active list. made a new high
at "a, up = point.
Steel and railroad shares were
dull. a new high was made by
Texas and Pacific while Southern
Pacific eoualed its high.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
See Only One Side

It's just as impossible for a
man who associates only with in
duStrialists and business men 10
properly interpret Detroit's labor
Industrial problem Or for some
one who spends all his time with
labor.
The writer, during his more
than 10 years with the Times,
has had an opportunity TO con-
tact and know business leaders
and labor leaders; yet each day
I learn new things about Detroit s
industrial makeup.
There's Just one thing I'm abso-
lutely sure Of, and that is the
men of Detroit are human
they'll make miStakes-but they
are patriotic Americans.
Apparently the magazine felt
that this nation and this city
needed something TO arouse II
from a dangerous lethargy II
that's true. they did good job
as 4reCardS Detroit.
Seriously. u IS my opinion that
Life had the right idea but the
wrong approach.
Conditions here arc deplorable
IN many cases Don't take LIES
word for it-iuet 20 back through
your local papers for few
months and read the headlines.
There have been strikes. stop
pages and slOwdOwnS. True. IN
total they have not been cxtraor-
dinarily heavy. but the fact re-
mains that in a nation fighting
for its very existence such things
should never happen
But the fact remains that in
spite Of these things, Detroit has
set a pace that has startled and
pleased the democratic world and
scared hell out Of Hitler.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
M(Nedr Faces
New Labor Act
Violation Charge
Head OF U. S.-Seized
Railroad Indicted
Again by Grand Jury

PEORIA, H., Aug. % CUP).--
George +. McNear Jr. president Of
the government-seized. 239-mile
Toledo. Peoria and Western Rail-
road, today faces an indictment
charging him with violation OF the
National Labor Act. charge on
which he once before had been
acquitted.
The six-count indictment was
returned by a federal grand jury
yesterday which also returned a
new Indictment against a union
representative and two 7, p. e.
w. employees charging them with
attempts to blow up RAILROAD
trestle during strike last spring,
The three were convicted previ-
ously on similar charges.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
It's an Auto Town

Detroit's housing story is not a
pretty one. But no one man or
group Of men is 10 blame
Charles +. SorenSen of the Forc
Motor Company summed IL UP cor.
rectlv for the entire city in his
description Of the Ford bomber
plant at Willow Run. He said:
ut was designed with the ex-
press view 81 having the work
men drive TO work In their cars
from n radius Of 30 to 40 miles"
That's Detroit all over.
It's not like tho West Coast
where aircraft plants threw vi
mushroom company towns.
The labor was already here and
the housing problem was not like
those in other areas.
What about the fighting minori.
tics? What about our Coughlin
our Gerald L. *. Smith and our
! Xxx?
Well. what about them? Surely
Detroit has no corner on mounte
banks and bigoted minorities any
more than Detroit has a corner
on vice.
As a matter Of fact. Detroit Is
VIGOROUSLY free of the latter. as
comp red with other industrial
boom towns. And as for the noun.
tebanks and charlatans. who play
on the hatreds of narrow-mindeC
minorities. they go where the dol.
lar is most plentiful-and that's
Detroit.
No. this city is not perfect and
IEo.Al.aud -. nano 10Y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Hamilton Watch Asks
To Recall Statement

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. %.
Hamilton Watch Company has
filed a request with SEC to with
draw its registration statement
filed Dec. 30, 1871. The statement
covered 1882 shares of Az per
cent cumulative preferred. Tho
company proposed to issue bulk of
new preferred in exchange for IT'S
outstanding 6 per cent preferred
and offer balance and any UNI
changed stock TO public through
underwriters.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
43 Million Increase
In Loans 10 Brokers

NEW YORK, Aug. 221Loans
TO brokers and dealers in securi-
ties by member banks in New
York City in the week ended
August 10. amounted To S461 600
600, an increase of $4,000. 900
over the preceding week and an
increase Of Sl44 100000 over the
like week a year ago. Other
loans for purchasing or Carrying
securities totaled Sl49,000,000, a
decrease Of 100000 from the
previous week.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Big -Four Meat Packers
Near Accord With Unions

CHICAGO. Aug. % CUP).-The
big four meat packers Swift. Ar.
mour. Wilson and Cudahy - and
three labor unions have reached a
tentative agreement on virtually
all issues" involved in bargaining
relations with their approximate
$4,000 employees. according TO Prof
Nathan p. Feinsinger, War Labor
Board panel chairman.
"a tentative agreement has
been reached on virtually all
issues In dispute with the ex-
ception Of wages, hours and
union security" Feinsinger an
nounced. The remaining issues
have been submitted TO the panel
for Its formal recommendation
which will be issued after con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23

sideration Of briefs to he sub
mitted within the next few
weeks"
Feinsinger. n University Of Wis
conSin law professor, said in the
Swift case, the issue Of hours had
been settled by agreement.
The unions involved were the
Packing Workers Organizing Com
mittee tCIO). the Amalgamated
Butcher Workmen and Meat Cut
tiers OF North America (AFL) and
the international Brotherhood OF
Swift Employees GndD.
In the Swift and Wilson cases,
settlement involved drafting Of a
first union contract. In the Ar
mour and Cudahy cases. renewal
OF prior contracts was sought.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-23
Department Store
Sales Even With a

WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-Fed-
Graf Reserve Board estimates de-
partment store sales in the week
ended August Is were even with
same week last year. In the week
ended August 8 sales were ) per
cent less than a year ago and IN
the four weeks ended August -
they averaged 2 per cent below
the similar period last year.