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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
La Conga Dance Tempo
Originated From Africa

La Conga-the dance that has TAX.
en- the American public by storm
came first to Cuba DIS single STEP
in the tempo of today but with an
accented fourth beat instead OF kick.
The kick was inserted later when il
became a dance.
In the Congo river regions of AT
RIGA many slaves were used to cul.
tivate the lands and do the heavy
work. They were chained together
in a long line, neck to neck and
ankle to ankle. In their walkings
they became accustomed to walking
in definite rhythm so that their
chains would not become entanglec
in those of their neighbors. They
found that by taking three short
steps and then, on the fourth step.
hitching their chains along every.
thing went smoothly and nobody was
tripped up in the chains.
Thus originated the tempo. Well,
when slaves from Africa arrived If
Cuba they were still chained ano
walking in their peculiar Congo
rhythm. Later they were unshack-
led by the Spanish but still they
worked in the fields and walked If
the "one-two-three-hitch" rhythm.
In their evenings they were wont
to gather around fire in front OF
their quarters and start a jam SEES
sion. Their only instruments were
drums of various sizes and pitch
some filled with water, others just
an animals skin tied over a hollow
tree stump. They would beat out the
basic rhythm of their walking tenn.
20 which was the definite 'one-tWo
three-hitch.
The dancers would then merely
revert to type and in groups of five
or six would slowly pace out the
rhythm, accenting the fourth beat
with a hitch of their body in a con.
Vulsive movement.
Thus was born the modern version
Of La Conga.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
Proposals Wanted

Sealed proposals will be received by
the undersigned up TO four CA o'clock
PM. Eastern Standard Time, Tuesday
May 18th. 1912. for furnishing the coal
requirements IF the City for various
public buildings from July - 1912 to-
May !. 1913
Detailed information. including Spp-
cificatiOns. quantities, delivery cOndi-
lions and bidding blanks may be Sc
cured at the office Of the City Clerk
upon request.
Said bids will be publicly opened
end read aloud at the regular meeting
Of the City Council in the City Hall.
on Tuesday. May 18th. 1912. at eight
IS O'Clock Z. NJ.
The City reserves the right to waive
defects in bids. or to accept any bid
or reject any or all bids. should it be
deemed for the best interest IF the
City.
LAWRENCE j. IICpUR SE.
1GW2 City Clerk
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
VEGETABLE BOOKS FOR
DEFENSE GARDENING

The following books may he found
Il the Wyandutte public library:
How To Grow Food for Your Flm-
Ay. 10y Samuel X. ogden Here Is Il
hook 10y plain dirt gardener who ac-
Juaily gives the results of ten years
1rrful gardening through good years
md bad He shows how To- test soil and
improve lis character. describes com
uun pests and outlines tried measures
# combating them. Each vegetable is
discussed a. To the method of growing
md food value The book is concluded
with simple instructions on how 10
an vegetables for YEAR round use.
GROW Your own Vegetables, by
Paul W. Dempsey. The author. IN eX-
pert inta state experimental station,
-ive> YOU the fruit uf twenty-five
wears of experience. He tells YOU:
l. How Ia ">treamline" your gar
d,u. making the most of every square
inch.
- What varieties of each vegetable
are best and why.
3. What fertilizers to USE tu get the
most from your soil.
J. What vegetables contain III. i'm
i.oTGaut VitdminS.
=. How 10 combine flowers with
vegetables.
There are also chapters on insects
and diseases. storing. prc,rviug and
preparing vegetables.
Home Vegetable Gardening. by
Charles III. \iSSley
Clearly and conci>cly, this book
{ lI> how to grow more than sixty
Vegetables and herbs. Important fea-
lures are chapters OH the Vitamiu con-
truI9 and nutritional value of Vcge-
tables and how these properties may
bc put to work To insure the health of
each member of your family. There i
also complete discussion of the home
storage Of vegetables, seed saving and
insect control.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01

It is a Japanese law that nothing
must appear over a picture of the
emperor. Hence when an American
newspaper was to print the emper-
or'S picture, the japanese ambas-
sador requested that the picture ap-
pear on the front page, because it
Is Japanese law that nothing must
appear over the Supreme Portrait
Of the Son of Heaven" When this
request was denied, the ambassa-
der suggested that over the picture
a printed admonition be made to the
American public not to set down any
objects such as drinking glasses,
pots, and pans, etc, on the picture.
Needless to mention, this request
could not be complied with either.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
L. ;. CIVIL SERVICE
JOBS .A\\OI need

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces employment Up
pOrtunities i'll the following positions
i'll the ordnance service, War Depart
ment, Rock Island arsenal, Rock Is
land. ILL.,:
AutOmotive mechanic, $6.16 to $S.0S
j day.
Benchman (Small arms and equip
mentJ $5.12 to 1915 day. Assembler
small arms and equipment) $5.44 to
1924 a day.
Benchman (artillery vehicle section
SJ.S4 to $6.40 day. ASSembler (artil-
lery vehicle SectiOn) 1888 to $7.44 a
day.
Heat treater, SIPS to $S.SS day.
Machine operator, general, $500 to
1872 a day.
Machinist, 1892 to $9.O4 a a day.
ToOlmaker, SS.4S to $3.50 day.
Production assistant estimator
$S.4S to $1,000 a day.
Sheet metal worker, $3.50 To ST.I6 Il
day
The Commission also announces the
following opportunities i'll the field
service, Navy Department:
Senior inspector, engineering mater
ialS (aerOnauticalD $1,000 Il year.
Inspector. engineering materials
(aerOnautical), 81 300 year.
Associate inspector, engineering ma
terialS taerOnauticaD, $1,000 Il year.
Assistant inspector, engineering ma
tcrials (aeronauticaD, $1,SOO year.
Junior inspector. engineering mater
ials (aerOnauticaD 81 .620 Il year.
other examinations announced:
Under mimeOgraph operator. $1,26C
i year.
Tabulating machine operator. sligo
To 81 40 year.
Bindery operatives, 66 cents al
hour.
Printer, mOnOtype keyboard opera
tor. 81 .26 an hour.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
Proposals Wanted

Sealed proposals will be received by
The undersigned up to four "a o'clock
PM, Eastern Standard time, Tuesday,
May II. 1912, for furnishing the City
of WyandOtte the following materials {:
Sidewalk Project
al tons sharp sand Wayne County
Road Commission Designation 81
1913 tons pebbles, Wayne County
Road Commission Designation CO
Curb Project
16O tons sharp sand. Wayne County
Road Commission Designation 81
43i tons pebbles Wayne County
Road Commission Designation CO
Delivery 10 be FOB. site in various
locations in the City Of WyandOtte.
Said bids will be publicly opened
and read aloud at the regular meeting
of the City Council in the City Hall
cn Tuesday. May u, 1912. at eiiht (Sl
o'clock PM
The City reserves the right To waive
defects in bids or to accept any bid
or reject any or all bids. should il he
deemed for the best Interest," of the
City.
LAWRENCE J. LaCOURSE.
lNw2 City Clerk.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
SHORT STORY
He Understood Women
By RICHARD HILL WILKINSON
ASSOCIATED Newspapers-WNU service.)

1.-TWO hours ago, Leland Barth
had walked In his, Nelson's
house, big, strong, healthy
young man, wearing family
questioning look. He had come in
response to a telephone call.
ut is important that you come"
Nelson had said. For the matter
I want to discuss with you concerns
Sheila."
Sheila was the cause of every
thing that had happened. Nelson
had loved her, and she for a time
had loved Nelson. She had loved
him until Leland Barth came along.
After that-well, things had been
different.
Nelson had brooded for months,
and brooding is not good for man.
Eventually he had begun to scheme
and plan. The scheming and plan
ming had taken months. But now
this morning-everything was in
readiness, down to the minutest de-
tail Leland had said he would
come, as Nelson knew he would.
And no one would know, because
Nelson had arranged to make his
telephone call when he was sure
Leland would be alone. He had ar
ranged that with as much care
and caution as he had arranged ev-
cry other detail.
And so Leland had come and
they had sat together for an hour or
more in Nelson's living room and
talked Or rather Nelson had
talked He held a gun in his hand
all the while, and told Leland how
much he hated him and how much
he loved Sheila, and how bitter he
mad become and what he planned to
do. 1t had taken an hour. Leland s
expression had changed from a
good-natured willingness to humor
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
MARI & Catalan, Attorneys
WyandOtte Savings Bank Bldg.
WyandOtte, Mich.
MORTGAGE SALE.

MOl(1GA(TE SA1>E-
Default having been made in the
conditions of certain mortgage. maue
by Rudolf w Eaton and Reefa T.
Eaton, his wife. MorigagOrS, 10 the
WyandOtte Savings Bank, corpora
ton organized and existing under anu
by virtue of the laws of the SAFE ol
Michigan, of WyandOtte, Michigan
Mortgage, dated January 18th, Al.
l34l. and recorded in the Office OF tle
Register of Deeds for the County OF
Wayne. State of Michigan, on the SIX
teenth day Of January, AID. 1871, III
Liber 1890 of Nor cages, page II, OIL
which mortgage there is claimed TO be
due at the date of this notice for prlh-
cipal, and iIT' crest, the sum of -Four
Thousand Four Hundred Eighty DOL
lars and Ninetyfour Cents (S44SO.9i)
and no suit or proceeding having been
Instituted at law 10 recover the deDl
secured by said mortgage. or any pari
thereof, therefore, by virtue Of the
power Of sale contained in said mort
gage, and pursuant to the statute Ol
the State Of Michigan in such case
made and provided. NOTICE Il
HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday.
the sixteenth day of June. AID. 1917.
at twelve O'Clock noon, Eastern stand
ard Time. said NOR gage will he fore
closed by Il sale al public vendue L"
the highest bidder. III the SOuther!y oI
Congress stree entrance 10 the Wayne
County Building. in the City of De
trOit. County of Wayne. Sta,e Of Mich
iSan. chat being the place Of holding
the CirCui, Court within said county D..
al me premises described in said
mortgage, or 80 much thereof aS ma!
be, necessary To pay the amount due Oh
said mortgage as afOrt Ssiid. with III
tereSt thereon. and all legal costs.
charges and expenses thereon. includ-
ing the al orney fees allowed 10y law.
which premises are situate in the
Township of Nankih, County of Wayne
and State of Michigan, and are de-
Scribed as follows:
Los numbered thirteen hundred
six (1306D and thirteen hundred
seven 130Tl. AvOndale Subdivi-
sion No. q. of part of he South
east quarter of Section -. Town
>. SOW,h. Range 8. East. Nankin
Township according to The plat
thereof as recorded in Libtr 60.
page 80 of PlatS. said Wayne
County records.
Together with he Entertainments
and appurtenanceS thereuntO belonging
including all gas and electric fixtures.
radiators. radia. or shields or covers
heaters. oil burners. gas burners. en
gineS and maChinerS. boilers. furnaces
Il. no IA
tubs. sinks. water closets basins. pipes.
showers. faucGS and other plumbing
and heating fixtures. mirrors. mantelS.
refrigt rating plants and ice boxes.
screens. awnings, cooking apparatus
and appurtenanceS and such other
goods and chatelS and personal pro
perty as are ever furnished by a land
lord in letting or operating an unfur-
niShed building similar 10 the one
herein described and referred TO.
WYANDOTTE SAVINGS BANK.
Mortgage.
Dared at WyandOtte. Michigan,
March 20. 1912.
Mari & Catalan. Attorneys for
Mortgage. WyandOtte Savings
Bank Building,
WyandOtte. Michigan. 12w13
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STATE OF MICHIGAN. County of
Wayne-SS. At a session Of the Pro-
bate Court for said County of Wayne.
held at the Probate Court room in the
City Of Detroit Oh the seventh dav
of April in the year one thousand
nine hundred and fOrty-two. Present
Joseph A Murphy. Judge Of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
EMMA ZESCHIN. deceased. On read
ing and filing the petition of Alfredo
Zeschin, praying that administration
of said estate be granted TO herself
or some other suitable person. 1t is or
dered. that the fifth day Of May. next
at ten o'clock in the forenoon at said
Court room be appointed for hearing
said petition. And il is further order
ed. that a copy Of this order be pub
lished once in each week for three
weeks cOnsecutively previous TO said
time Of hearing. in the WyandOtte
Herald, a newspaper printed and cir
culating in said County of Wayne.
JOSEPH a. MURPHY.
Judge of Probate.
"A true copy
CHARLES Il. HARRIS.
Deputy Probate Register. 16w3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01

would think Of something that would
bring the world to his feet.
What fools women were! What a
fool Sheila had turned into! Curse
her anyway! And curse Leland
Barth, too. Curse them both. He
hated them.
Nelson swore aloud and drove his
hands into the thickening cement
with a savage gesture. Abruptly
then he got control of himself. This
would never do. Not now. Time
enough later for gloating.
Nelson sat back on his launches
and began to draw his hands out of
the cement. Just a flick here and
there now and the job would be COM
plete. Then to burn the trough and
60 about his daily business as if
nothing had happened.
The cement, he discovered, was
hardening faster than he had sup
posed it would. Much faster. The
thick ooze of it made drawing his
hands out difficult He had to exert
a good deal of strength to get them
loose. The cement chung to his
wrists and pulled away, looking
like molasses candy he'd once seen
in store window He tugged hard
er and still harder. His wrists
were free now, but the tips of his
fingers were still quite deep, and
they felt strangely numb, as if down
there the cement had already hard
ened to solidity
Precipitation stood out on Nelson s
brow. He stood up, leaning over,
bracing his feet. He shifted once
Or twice to attain a more comfort
able position, and unthinkingly
placed a foot on the pits surface
The foot sank a little, and when he
tried to withdraw it, he found the
task impossible.
A desperate look came into Mel
sons eyes, sort of panic clutched
at his heart. Horrible fear assaulted
him. He looked about, wildly, tried
to get a purchase with his free foot,
only to have it slip along the sur
face of the cellar floor.
Curious little whimpering sounds
escaped his lips as he tugged and
strained. Sweat dropped from his
forehead and splashed on the sur
face of the pit. 1t was the fact
that they splashed that told him the
cementWaSnow almost solid. His free
foot slipped, and he went down on
his knee, the knee making the faint
est of indentations in the freshly
laid cement. He tried to stand up,
succeeded only momentarily. His
breathing came sobbingly; exhaus-
ton was close. He was worn out,
tired, and the position in which the
cement held him wasn't the most
comfortable.
Suddenly Nelson raised his head
and shouted, even though he knew
the consequences, he shouted. II
wasn't the shout of a sane man, nor
a man in ordinary distress. The
shouts became screams, then
shrieks, then faded and were moth
ing more than whimpers.
They found him ten minutes later
A passerby had heard the shrieks
and summoned the police. He was
unconscious, lying on his right
knee with his right leg buckled un.
der him. They had to get chisel
to loosen the cement, and in doing
so they dug deeper, curiously sus-
picious, and found the rug covering
Leland's body.
When Nelson came to he was in
a hospital, but he saw iron gratings
at the window and understood.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
Proper Makeup

Daylight dining requires a smart
makeup that you can wear out In
the daylight and home under. the
stars. 1t doesn't take long to do
your makeup, but take along
little bag of beauty aids such as al
evening lipstick and eye-shadow as
well as powder and rouge if you
use it. Take 2 minute in the dress
ing room to deepen your makeup as
the light deepenS.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
STYLED Purse Mirror

Newest purse gadget for the wom-
an who likes her handbag to contain
AL necessary makeup accessories,
yet not to bulge, is a smoothly de-
signed double-faced mirror, small
and lightweight, with frame and
handle of plastic in such alluring
colors as emerald green, tortoise
shell, or a new soft blue-deeorative
and practical, too, since, being pat
termed after a dressing-table mir
TOR, it is easy to locate in the purse
and convenient TO use.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
Campaign Slogan

The origin of the "Tippecanoo
and Tyler, Too" slogan, in the
presidential election of 1910 started
when the editor of a Baltimore pa
per wrote of William Henry Har-
riSon that if he were given a barrel
of hard cider and pension of 81, 600
a year he would sit content by his
log cabin in Ohio the rest Of his
days and study moral philosophy.
The Wings took it up and straight
way it became the log cabin and
hard cider campaign, a campaign in
which a war hero was Simply sung
and shouted into the presidency.
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his rival to grave concern and even
tually TO fear. The blood left his
cheeks and a sort of wildness crept
into his eyes.
Nelson's own eyes glinted with
satisfaction. This was exactly what
he wanted. This was the satisfac-
ton he had dreamed about. He
knew that Leland thought him in
sane, and he wondered about it him
self. He'd said everything he had
been wanting to say for months and
he pulled the trigger of the gun and
Leland's body lay dead on the floor.
He picked up the body and carried
it to the basement and laid it in
the pit he'd dug in the cellar floor
and then went back upstairs and
collected the gun and the small orr
entail rug on which were stains of
blood from Leland's wound, and
Leland's hat-he stood there look
ing around the room to make sure
that there was no scrap of evidence
remaining.
And because there was no further
evidence he returned to the cellar
with the rug and gun and hat and
threw them into the pit beside
Leland's body. Then he went to
shelf and took down bag of
quick-drying cement he had pur-
chased two months ago. He poured
- No.
made with his own hands, and which
later he would burn in his own fur
mace, and began mixing the cement.
He mixed a large quantity, the
exact amount needed, and poured il
hastily into the pit. 1t covered
Leland's body and filled up the
spaces around the other things
Presently there was nothing to see
but the level of grayish, oozy
cement, which steadily rose until it
came even with the rest of the floor
Nelson ceased pouring and
dropped to his knees and began
smoothing Ehe surface. He didn't
want if to look like finished job.
It would be better to leave the sur
face little rough. Later, very soon
now, it would dry and harden and
evolve into the exact color of the
remainder of the floor. He would
sift few coal ashes over the whole
business and then roll some barrels
on top of it, and no one would know
the difference. Every scrap of EVIL
dence would be beneath that hard,
rock-like surface. Every scrap.
Oh, it was a remarkable plan.
The work of an ingenious mind.
Who, now, would have thought OF
quick-drying cement? Who would
have taken that small precaution?
Certainly not man with-for ex-
ample-Leland Barth's intelligence.
Nelson chuckled to himself. II
was a pity, he thought, that Sheila
couldn't have seen the light. She
would have done better to marry
him; much better. For sooner or
later that ingenious mind of his
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CHARLES w. KOCH
General Insurance
1915 McCann Road
RID. !, WyandOtte
TELEPHONE 7032-R-2
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STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of
Wayne-SS. At a session Of the Pro
hate Court for said County Of Wayne,
held at the Probate Court room in the
City Of Detroit, on the ninth day of
April in the year one thousand nine
hundred and fOrtytwO. Present Pat
rick II. O'Brien, Judge of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of
CHARLES CIIARBINEAU CHAR
BENAU, CHARBONEAU. SHAIRBEN-
EAU) deceased. An instrument in
writing purpOrting to be the last will
and testament Of said deceased, hav-
ing been delivered into this Court for
Probate II is ordered. that the eley-
cnth day of May. next at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon at said Court room
he appointed for proving said instru-
ment. And il is further ordered, that a
copy Of this order be published once IN
each week for three weeks cOnSecu-
lively previous TO said time Of hear
ing. in the WyandOtte Herald news
paper printed and circulating in said
County Of Wayne.
PATRICK H. O'BRIEN.
Judge Of PrObat
A true copy
CLIFFORD |. NELSON.
Deputy Probate Register. lfw3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
Chess OriginatiOn

The modern game Of chess prob
ably had its origination in ancient
Egypt where the aristocracy played
a game called abbo in which small
pieces of glass and porcelain bear
ing the figures of cats, jackals and
other animals were moved In oPEc5.-
ton across a board containing 80
black and white squares alternately
arranged.
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21.4JJ
STATE OF MICHIGAN, County Of
Wayne-SS. At a session of the Pro-
bate Court for said County of Wayne.
held at the Probate Court room in the
City of Detroit, on the ninth day Of
April in the year one thousand nine
hundred and fOrty-twO. Present Pat
rick II. O'BrieD, Judge of Probate In
the matter of the estate of ELI G..
DEBO, deceased. Chloe DebO ThOmp-
son, Administrative Of said estate, hav-
ing rendered to said Court her first
and final account and filed Herewith
her petition praying that the residue
of said estate be assigned TO the per-
son or persons entitled thereto and
that She be allowed additional com
penSatiOn for extraordinary services
rendered in said matter 1t is ordered.
that the seventh day of May, next AT
ten O'clock in the forenoon at said
Court room be appointed for eXamin-
ing and allowing said account and
hearing said petition. And ii is further
ordered, that a copy of this order be
published once in each week for three
weeks cOnsecutively previous 10 said
time Of hearing, in the WyandOtte Her
aid, a newspaper printed and circulat-
ing in said County Of Wayne.
PATRICK ii. O'BRIEN,
Judge Of Probate.
A true copy
CLIFFORD /. NELSON,
Deputy Probate Register. 1Gw3
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01

The Wontrn'> Society of Christian
Service OF GicmWood Methodist church
VIII hold a tt1t at the home ot Mr..
Clell IlymcT. 22Il Twenty SECOND
street, this afternoon al o'clock. and
this evening az :
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01
Brief Brevities

The WyandUtte Symphony orchestra
presented 4 concert in Roosevelt high
school auditorium. last night. The
guest artist WAS rhclma Won Ei>cn-
lIauer, >Vpi.luv.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01

Mrs. George Love. of .3i9 Twenty
second street. was injured last Friday
4 Kht when struck 10y motorcycle III
Maple street ANA Biddlc avenue. she
Sustained iujurlc> To her / fl lc@.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-05-01

Tires may Toe gone for the duration.
but wooden shoes are sill the travel
mode de luxe in Holland. Mich.
where the annual tulip festival begin
ming May rs and lasting eight days
Will. il i anticipated. have lis largest
attendance in years.