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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Vitamin B Sandwich

A vitamin B sandwich, containing
at low cost all the known members
Of the B family, was proposed re-
Gently at the University of Chicago
by DR.. Tom D. Spies. It's filing
would consist of peanut butter COM
bined up to 20 per cent with dried
brewers yeast. This mixture would
be placed between fat slices of
peeled wheat bread" produced by
the Earle flotation process. Less
than 2 per cent of the whole grain
Is removed by this process.
"A combination of this bread and
yeasted peanut butter" DR.. Spies
said, "is most effective deficiency
preventive" Children are asserted
20 like these sandwiches.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Wyandotte in
Years Gone By
20 YEARS AGO

20 YEARS AGO
The Council voted, four To two in
favor of d resolution hooking TO the
annexation Of Ford City and South De
trOit to WyandOtte. The territory pro:
posed TO be annexed included the land
south Of the city bounded by the south
erty WyandOtte limits, 10 Lake Shore
railroad track, Town Line and the DE-
trOIt river; and the territory north Of
WyandOtte bounded by the North Line
road, Lake Shore railroad, Goddard
road and the Detroit river. Strong OPP
position was developed to the resOlu-
tiOn, on the ground that the city was
not III financial condition to extend
public utilities and police protection
TO the proposed addition, and that the
Michigan Alkali Company and Penn
sylvania Salt Manufacturing Company
were both opposed To annexation.
Mrs. Ernestine Marquardt. wife of
Christian Marquardt, Sr., died al the
age Of 6S years.
The Council awarded a contract TO
Alex. Ines ROcher for supplying heat
ing system for the city hall. at a price
of 81 $50. The necessary mason work
went 10 William Bellville. AT S5;I3.
Contract for new fire alarm system
for the city was let 10 the Gamewell
Fire Alarm Telegraph Company III Il
price Of 81 .JT2
People residing north Of WyandOtte
called meeting III the Antoine Laba-
die school. 10 consider incorporation a.
tht village of Ford City.
Gabriel III. GoOdell. of EcOr>e q vel
eTan of the civil war. who had parti-
cipated in "a battles. died AT the age
OF 20
Mayor Bishop announced that he
would recommend To the Board of Ed
ucatiOn the establishment of Il night
school for the benefit of young work
ing people.
The first salt from the Pennsylvania
Salt Manufacturing COmpanys new
plant, was shipped To the company :
works i'll Pennsylvania, III August
1872
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
From Candy to Cans

Basis for modern food canning
procedure was laid in 1909 by Nico-
las Appert, a Paris confectioner,
who won 12,000-franc prize offered
by the Directory of France, five
man governing board then trying to
guide the nation through revolu-
ton and wars with other European
countries.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21

You and your neighbors. joining
together can buy one of these vehi-
cles for the Ordnance Department
of our army with your purchase of
War Bonds. We need hundreds of
them and need them quickly. Put at
least ten percent of your wages or
income into War Bonds every pay
day and help your fellow Americans
top the War Bond quota in your
'OIntv. 4 G n rcsnrr Dfcortmsmf
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Handle With Care

The nations largest food chain,
which distributes every seventh cup
Of coffee consumed in the United
States, considers coffee as perish
able product and thus maintains sew
en- different roasting plants, each of
which is so located that il is within
"a hours of every retail outlet.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Detecting Job Simple
For Police Chief NJ adv

GREAT FALLS. MONT. = Pvt.
William Jones of the Royal Cshadi-
an force, lost the address of his I'M
Gle, who lived in Montana.
The Canadian Mounted police said
they could not help him, but sufgest-
ed he write Police Chief Ma y of
Great Falls. ..r
In a few days Jones receii I'd q
letter from Mady saying his ncle
had been found living in Great 'alls.
What he didn't know was thu !, his
uncle operated a grocery store stu
ated between Chief Mady's resi-
dence and the sheriff's cad
quarters.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Dentist Visits Home,
Pulls Tooth and + Iees

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND : A
strange man called On Mrs. ] label
Fou1kes, said he had. come . the
request of friend of hers to TAM
inc her teeth, then pushed hes into
a chair, extracted one Of her eeth
and ran out Of her house, sH6s ing:
"What beauty!" e..
Mrs. Foulkes' sister, who ' as a
witness, ran for help, but it was
too late. Mrs. Foulkes faintsa. r
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Roadster Rolls on
Same Tires 10 Year.

MIDLAND, OHIO.-Tire and
gasoline rationing didn't stop c.
M: vlckers from buying the 2Sth
set of new auto tags.
The roadster, purchased in 1915
for $44O, is running on tires ten
years old-and the treads still
are IN excellent condition. WICK
ers mas never driven the car
more than so miles from home
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Wooden Steel

America is building again with
huge timbers to save steel. On many
large construction jobs, specially
treated lumber insures against ter
mites and decay.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Prison School

British Tommies informed, in Ger
man prison camps are taking cor
fespondence courses direct from
London. Mail is routed through Ge-
neva under a special agreement
drawn up by the international Red
Gross.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Only Monument by Indians

The only monument ever erected
by American Indians to commence
rate an event in their history stands
at the foot of the Bear Paw noun
tains, Is miles south of Chinook,
Mont. Constructed in 1923, it is a
memorial to the Nez Perez war of
f8f7.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Six Centuries To BuiId

More than six centuries elapsed
before Cologne's famous cathedral
was finished. The foundation was.
laid in 1910 and it was completed in
1880.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Ancient Pittsburgh

The ancient world had its great
manufacturing centers. Ezion-Geb-
er on the Red sea was Tenth CEN
tury B. c. Pittsburgh" with smelt-
ing and refining furnaces.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
ThOrnleSs Blackberry

The John Innes institute at Mer-
ton, Surry, England, has grown
blackberry bushes that are COM
pletely thornless. It is a cross be-
tween two different types and it pro-
duces large, luscious fruits.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Auto. 'os. Still Poppy

Break out the busters and Cog
gles-an electric auto built in 1909
d still burning up the roads in Es-
sex, Mass. The auto. Baker, still
has pep enough to get its owner,
Hervey Burnham, to the station ard
back.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Loot for Spaniards

When the Spaniards invaded Peru.
they collected from one Chimu city
alone gold and silver worth $4,000
600 at today's prices.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Last Resort

During the last months of the Rev.
dictionary war, munitions were rum
ming so low the Continental congress
thought seriously Of equipping CO.
lonial troops with bows and arrows.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Two Colorado Rivers

There are two Colorado rivers in
the United States, one in Texas and
the other flowing through Arizona
into the Gulf of Mexico.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21

According to the army quarter
master corps, it costs an average Of
81 cents day to feed the man in
uniform.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Marine Decorations

U. S. marines were awarded 1853
decorations at the close of World
War / and hundreds more after the
Armistice.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
C0ttoning to Cotton

Nine hundred patents on cotton
picking machines have been grant
ed by the United States patent Office.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
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WAotHoss Buy NM
WAR BONDS

A scout car is low-slung motor
car armored with heavy steel plate,
used to transport troops from one
point to another. 1t is of low sill
houette and gives protection against
machine gun and other ground fire.
A scout car costs $1,000.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Biggest but Smallest

Australia, the largest island in the
world, is also the smallest continent.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
HiStory's Length

:. Biologists trace world history
back billion and a half years.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21
Invention of Plow

The iron pillow came into general
use about 1920.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-08-21

The first salt from the Penn>y lvania
Salt Manufacturing COmpany's new
plant, was shipped to the company :
works III Pennsylvania, i'll August,
1902
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
All or Nothing

Hartford city fathers the other night decided to get the business of trolley rail salvage finished with. So every rail in the city's streets will be torn up and the resulting excavations either patched or covered with new pavement. A section sof Main Street, with a 30-year old pave ment, will get an entire new surface. It's interesting to note, too, that the work of tearing out the rails will be done at the expense of the federal government, while the city will only foot the bill for the street repairs.
 When trolley rail salvage was first pro- posed in this state it was generally un- derStood that the municipalities would have to assume the cost of the same, save where WPA labor could be utilized. In- asmuch as some experimental work in rail removal seemed kind of expensive, there wasn't too much enthusiasm for the idea, but it has gradually been more or less accepted wherever there were rails to be salvaged and before the year is over we don't doubt but what an immense amount of steel will have been reclaimed.
 The expense will have been borne jointly by the local and national govern Inents with, oddly enough, the traction companies which laid the rails and owned the same apparently relinquishing all claim to the same. It's wonder that the rails weren't salvaged before this, scrap metal having fetched a nice premium for some years past, but there never was too much alacrity between traction con- panies and cities over the business of sharing costs on street repairs caused by laying or removal of tracks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
A Thought for Today
Fireside Chats

The President will resume his talks to the American people via the radio to- morrow night. It's his intention this time to discuss rationing as it affects the great body of people throughout the nation. It should be interesting for no topic is of more importance at the mo- ment than this. We don't doubt but what MT. Roosevelt will endeavor to remove some of the fears and some of the myths that have been created through a mess of red-tape of recent weeks.
 If one thing is needed more than any thing else with regard to rationing it is a voice of authority. Reports and rum- orS have been too many and too con- tradictory to have settled the minds of tho people as to what is their best course of action. If any desire to beat the sys- tenn has been inStilled in the American people with respect to procuring more gasoline, more tires, more sugar, etc., it probably has been foStered by the multi tude of voices heard proclaiming this and that.
 We repeat if there is one thing the President can do in his remarks to the people it is to calm their fears, to inform them as to what are their rights what the true situation is, what we may eX- pect in the months to come, and how we can be real patriotic Americans doing everything in our power to end the stay on foreign soil of our fighting men. If he can do this, he will in many ways be restoring American confidence in itself to win through this present unwanted conflict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11

Naturally, then, we recall the Atlantic Charter, which IS our only real semblance of a specific internal postwar objective, and we begin to ask how the four free doms actually can be made effective.
 What about Germany? Shall we limit criminal blame to Hitler and few top- notch Nazis, or shall we consider that only a mad dog race would have played the bru- tai game aS Germany has? Shall we seek to eliminate friction by giving her a more generous place in the international sun, or destroy her as a world power and confine her like a maniac? What about all the unstable, uneconomic, pickering little nations carried over from World War or set up thereafter? Shall we restore them by duress, or force upon them sensible economic regrouping that will satisfy none of their peoples?
 Are we prepared to insist that the occidental nations shall concede the four freedoms to China, which has done a swell job on our behalf? To India, which we want freed just now, when her help would be useful? These specific questions merely outline and highlight the monstrous problem which everybody, from President Roosevelt down to young sters in high school, are pondering gravely. We can't settle them yet. We can't settle them alone. We're just one of the United Nations. But all the forethought we can give will be so much rich grist for the mill, when the times comes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
Peace Objectives

1t is a sign of the times, an evidence of our increasing optimism, that almost everybody is talking again about the kind of peace we should make after this war. Up to the moment President Roosevelt signed the Lease-Lend Act, putting this country into the war in fact though not in name, majority of Americans were asking bluntly why we should fight - what there was in the conflict for us.
 Their question was sensible, and neither provincial nor selfish. They were not inquiring, most of them, whether we should demand money or territory or special privilege for ourselves. All they wanted to know was what reason we would have = if we financed another World War and sent our best youth to die on foreign battlefelds = to suppose that victory would be any more substantive and secure in the 1940s than was the peace" of Yer sailles Once the die was cast, for the moment such questions became academic. We were at war, then. Like it or not, it was our task to beat the beieeberS out of Hitler and MusSolini and Hirohito, and then make the best terms we could to safeguard our children and our childrenS children.
 We haven't beaten the Axis yet. A eold-blooded balance sheet reckoning would show us badly in the red. But we have stopped the seemingly invincible Nazi war machine, slowed or stopped the little brown heather, and arrived at a point where we can see daylight ahead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11

Any discussion of the problem of re- moving bus loading spots from such central streets as East or West Main Street involves much more than finding another suitable and accessible location along those thoroughfares over which the busses operate. People of Waterbury have been accustomed to board trolleyS and now busses in Exchange Place ever since those forms of transportation were used. You can't change such customs as these overnight. Years ago The Dem- ocrat advocated creation of central bus terminal which would be removed from the city streets, but which would at the same time allow entrance and departure of busses going into any sec- ton of the city. That seems like large order and it must be, for it is still just in the discussion stage. It's the ideal solution, but probably not the practical one in.view of our street layout and con- verging of so many different bus lines at the one spot = Exchange Place. But if ever drastic changes are to be made in the transportation problem, now is the time to do it when they are so badly needed and public utilities are in such demand,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
In Today's Mail

rights of exemption from taxes, as public represent the entire populace, while private property is secluded, privately operated, unofficial and first capitalized by private funds.
 Because private exempt tax prop critics do not derive sufficient in- come to support, there is no jus- tif:cation that public funds should be used as 6 subsidy for their sup. port. That policy is 8 partiality for private groups, and lacks the quali- ties of equalization, and does not reflect the spirit of democracy. It was never intended that the sov- ereign power lodged in the collec- tive body of the people would be absorbed by private interests.
 Approximately 1-8 of the total real estate in Waterbury is exempt ed from taxation. The total amount being approximately $22,OOO, GOO, which, if included in the real in- stead of unreal property, would at the taxable rate of $31 .00 per thous- and, amount to $680,O00.00 approxi- mately.
 Take $I67, 900 900 of taxable prop erty, add $22 2,OOO, 900 untaxed prop erty, and OUT tax rate in Waterbury would be $27.0 per sl,O00. No quota of our population should be taxed
 tContinued on Next Page)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11

We like the attitude of the officers of Zindah Grotto and it's circus committee in deciding to give school children of the city another chance to see the show playing here all week. It was virtually impossible for the many school children to get to the Municipal Stadium Tuesday afternoon in view of transportation diff culties in the city. And it was a pity to see all the youngsters that were left by the curb while packed busses sailed by them unable to get one more passen- ger aboard. In recognizing the unusual situation the circus promoters are show ing a great deal of human kindness that always made Waterbury the fine city 1t has been and still is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11

newspapers the next day." he persisted, "that the speech was intended to prod the committee into action Is that true?"
 "It certainly is not true," replied MOrgenthau, adding that what he had said was to the effect that he hoped the speech would help keep the commit tees eye on the TreaSuEy's tax goal.
 "I am glad to hear your ex- planati0n, Mr. Secretary" said DOughtOn, ''but while we are on the subject, we should get one
 thing straight. This committee hasn't been guilty of any de- lay in preparing the tax bill. If there has been any delay, that's the Treasury's fauIt not Ours."
 With a triumphant air, Dough- ton pointed out that the Treas ury had promised to have its tax plan ready by the first week in January, but did not actually submit 1t until March 6.
 However, neither Doughton nor other committee members men, tioned that long before March the Treasury very carefully outlined its tax plan, merely submitted the final formal draft on March 6. Also committee mefnebrs care- fully avoided mentioning that for three months since March 6, they have been inexcusably dallying with the vital legislation and still are far from finished.
 Copyright, 1942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
Futility

The pressure that Hitler put upon Marshal Petain, to force Pierre Laval back upon "unoccupied" France, may be judged from the quotation attributed to the aged chief of state by an American correspondent to the London Daily Tele- graph: T couldn't bear the man LavaD Physically, even, he was repulsive. . He was selling France bit by bit"
 "The French people are behind me and never will let the Germans make me take Laval back into the government. Never!" That is how Petain Is said to have felt last January. But Hitler held the whip hand and Laval came back.
 To what avail? Ask Hitler today, as he hesitates whether to kick Laval out and install some more eective quisling- as he wonders whether any traitor could force France to collaborate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Ser. vice Bureau win answer for you free. any question of fact or in- formation, not involving exten. sive research. Write your ques. ton clearly, sign name and ad. dress, enclose a three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot De given. Address Water. bury Democrats Washington Ser. vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. 0.
 e. What is the railroad fare per mile for soldiers?
 A. Men in uniform on flrlough may buy round trip tickets at one and one-quarter cents 6 mile. There is no reduction on one-way tickets.
 e. Who are the heads of the Q. s. Naval Academy and D. &. Military Academy?
 A. Captain John R. Beardall was appointed superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Jan- uary 5, 1942, and Major General Francis Benjamin Wilby was ap- pointed superintendent of the Mil- itary Academy at West Point, Jan- uary 8, 1942.
 e. How much oil is carried by an average sized tanker2
 A. About 100000 barrels or 4,20O,- 900 gallons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11

greatly startled when he beheld two armed and helmeted Jap- anese guardsmen patrolling the Honolulu business section.
 He made a bee-line back to his ship and rushed to the conl- manding officer pop-eyed and breathlesS.
 "What's happened to you, Sam?" asked the puzzled officer.
 Captain" gasped the mess boy, i've done arrived too late. The Japs has got Honolulu" SENSITIVE TAX-AXERS
 That secret huddle between Sec- retary Morgenthau and the senior members of the House Ways and Means Committee following his critical radio speech on the mu- tilated tax bill, wasn't as Thar. lnonious" as Chairman Robert Doughton afterwards claimed.
 Doughton opened the confer. ence with Q sugary statement about his thigh respect" for the Treasury chief and their "friend- ly relatiOns". Then, glancing at a transcript of Morgenthau. speech, the veteran North Caro- lima congressman demanded:
 "Just what did you mean by that too little and too late remark, MT. SecretaEy?"
 'I certainly meant no refIec- tion on this cognmitte or It's work In drafting the tax bill," replied MoFgenthau. 'T am sur- prised any sasch inference was taken. It was, we'll. CT, just something to pep up the speech"
 But Doughton remained un- satisfied.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-11
WRITER SAYS ALL PRIVATE EXEMPT TAX PROPERTIES
 SHOULD BE TAXED

June 10, 1922. Editor of the Democrat:
 As private real estate of whatever nature continues to be beneficiaries of tax exemption from the state, a demand should be made for an ac- counting of income and expendi- lures by the State Tax Department. The taxpaying public should be en- frightened as to what the wards of the state are using what would be equivalent to their tax exempt as- Sessment which would include for- eign as well as domestic incomes and distributions. In this time of emergenvy, when taxpayers are un- der heavy taxation, every conceiv- able portion of tangible and intangi- ble property, except that classed as public, should be beholden to its equal share of taxation.
 The exemption from taxes by pri- vate estates causes the law of equity to be abused, and in addi- ton, tax-exemption is destitute of the element of justice. "AlI lands or tenementS which are real and pertain to things fixed, and chased as real estate, shall be taxed for the community as a whole"-so reads the civil law.
 The total listed private property tax exempt charged strictly to ec- clesiastical sources is 4i02, ,000, 900 or one-third of the total. Other tax exempt property Is divided between academies, colleges and other pTi- vate schools and private libraries, totalling Sll2,00O,OOO. Other scat- tered items made up the balance.
 It makes no difference what bene. fits are said to be derived from tax-exempt private property sources. They constitute income producing revenue: therefore, in contra dis tinction from public owned property which is supported to tally by pub- lic funds and not e source of inS come. All private estates income producing should be compelled to pay taxes out of the income they receive. The right of parity is abe sent between public and private