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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Imprisons Mate

The hornbil imprisons its mate in
a sealed-up nest until her eggs are
Matched.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Lake Like Cross

The Lucerne, Swiss lake ;s
shaped like a cross with a crum-
pied foot.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
japanese 'Gobang'

.-Gobang is q Japanese table ga ne.
akin to checkers. which was inv MT
ed by +he.Emperer Jao in $50
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Discovered America,

Columbus discovered America,
by discovering one of the Baham.
islands.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
BOARD Of E1uQA1on

). September "a, l6t2. 3
A regul4f meeting on the Board or
Education Of the School District Of the
City of WyandOtte. Michigan was held
in the Roosevelt High School on Mon
day, September Il. The meeting was
called to order at 40 pm. by the
president Charles II. Block. There
were present: Trustees Altman, Block,
HarriOtt, HOmeister and Steele. Alb
sent: Trustees jacobson and Mclner-
ney.,
Trustee Altman moved that the min
utes Of the regular meeting Of Sept
ember 8, stand approved as recorded.
Trustee Steele seconded the motion.
Ayes: Trustees Altman, Block, Har-
riott, Homeister and Steele.
Nays: None,
The motion was carried.
The following is the report of the
superintendent:
The Board Of Education
Gentlemen,
Mandamus proceedings have been
started in the Supreme Court by the
City of Detroit School District against
the Superintendent Of Public InStruc-
LION anu the AuulLOI OeucIdl Ou tie
method Of distributing school aid mon
ey on the 1911 Legislative Act. Their
contention would cost the city of Wy
andOtte $500 for the years 1941-43
plus d higher differential due to in
creased millage. Legal assistance.
should be provided to present our an
gle of the case with eight other Michi-
gan cities. most Of whom are affected
larger than WyandOtte. These cities
and the amounts Of the appropriation
affected are: Alpena $4 1000; East
Grand Rapids $500; Negaunee So
400; Monroe $1,000; Ann ArbOr &c.,
600: FOrdsOn $4,000; Hamtramck
Sl240; Trenton $4,000.
Respectfully submitted,
(SignedD +. W. FrOStic.
Superintendent.
Trustee Jacobson arrived at this
time
The Bills and Accounts were read.
Authorization Sheet No. 1876.
American Warming A VPntil-
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
u. s. Marines Establishes

U. >. DIAIInes Established
The United States marines wer.
established in 1898.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
Founder Of German Empire

Louis -XI was called the rea,
founder of the German empire.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25
}. 8. General Fund 1850 1922. y
$1&, 631 81
(Signedl Marian Benin,


(Signed) Marian Benin,
Acting Treasurer.
The proposed budget for the year
1928 was presented.
Trustee Steele moved that the fol-
lowing budget appropriations be APP
proved, and that the city assessor be
notified that these amounts be spread
on the tax rolls for 19424S.
Operation -------------$44 ,94S. IS
Debt Service ----- 27,OOOOO
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25

%, 761 81
This is TO certify that the above
vouchers amounting to SIS, 761 80 have
been examined; that the articles OF
services called for have been received
chat prices and computations are cor.
rect; that all invoices, receiving no
tees and supporting data are attached
and in order, and that the proper &C.
counts have been charged.
The treasurer is hereby authorized
to pay the above vouchers.
Chas. III. Block,
President
Mildred q. Mielkie,
Secretary.
Trustee HOmeiSter moved that the
bills be approved, and that the trea-
surer be authorized to draw warrants
ON the proper accounts for the pay
ment OF same.
Trustee Steele seconded the motion.
Ayes: Trustees Altman, Block, Har-
rl0tt, HOmeister, jacobson and Steele.
Nays: None.
The motion was carried.
Communications from the Wyan-
dotte Teachers Club and the Nom
teaching employees were received and
placed on file.
The following report of the treasur-
er for the month of August was receiy-
ed and entered in the minutes:
The Honorable Board of Education,
Charles Ii. Block, President
beg to submit my report as Trea-
snrer for the month ending August
81. 1912.
Receipts
AupuSf Palanoa e1as 10 NJ
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-09-25

Night school classes at Roosevelt
nigh school began on Monday.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Collier Trophy Given Jointly
To Army, Private AirIines
Wallace Makes Award for Greatest
Advance in American Aviation

The Robert Collier Trophy, given
annually for the greatest achieve
ment in aviation in America Was
awarded yesterday by Vice President
Wallace jointly to the Army Air
Forces and the private airlines Of the
United States.
The presentation made In the Vice
Presidents of1ice and followed by a
luncheon at the Mayfiower Hotel
was accompanied by statement
from Mr.. Wallace that the air serv-
ices are assuring Americans of vic
tory on the home production front
as we'll as on the fighting fronts.
He predicted that in the next CEN
tury airports throughout the world
will be even more essential to the
maintenance of a stable peace than
were SueZ, Gibraltar and the Pana-
ma Canal in the past.
Sees International Bases.
Mr.. Wallace declared that use of
far-f1ung air bases internationally
maintained by the United Nations
could do more than prevent war. He
said it could tie the peoples of the
earth together and assure increasing
economic opportunity for humble
citizens throughout this modern
world, where science is bringing us
ever closer to each other"
The trophy was presented to 1t
Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of the
Army Air Forces. and Col. Edgar
Staley Gorrell, president of the Air
Transport Association of America
In making the joint award, Mr.
Evening star., 1942-12-30

trict money entirely that is being
spent on them. About $692 900 had
been allocated by the FWA to the
District for the two projects.
The third District recreational
project with which the WPB con-
cerned itself on Monday was project
1873, calling for construction of about
200 recreational areas around Rock
Creek Park, Anacostia and other
populated sections. The stop order
for this project is being retained by
Mr. Root because his ONCE planned
the areas and is in this case re-
Sponsihle for both the paper work
and the actual construction.
This project, however, had been
submitted to FWA. but not yet ap-
proved, Mr.. Root said. Funds have
not yet been allocated for it. A FWA
spokesman said that when he told
WPB officials they had taken action
on construction not yet even ap-
proved by FWA, the WPB man re-
torted, We'll, we had read about it
in the papers and we thought we
would stop it anyway
Cut Out Critical Material
Mr. Root said his Office had taken
such care to keep use of critical
materials out of their plans for
Project 1873 that two lighthouses re-
quiring material in that category
had been eliminated from the
original plans few weeks ago This
cut the cost of the construction from
1857 900 to $307 900, he said, and it
is this amount that his Office hopes
FWA will allocate for the work.
These 200 areas, he said, are
mainly located in wooded parks not
yet sufficiently equipped for the
public. He plans to install fireplaces
and benches, he said, short bicycle
runs and bride paths Increase of
population in such places as Chevy
Chase, Glover Park and AnacoStia,
he said, had prompted the parks
office to plan further development of
the facilities already available
nearby
Mr.. Wender declared he had visited
the VINO to ask if the WPB had
right to free personnel for better
advantage on war work" as had been
announced by the war agency. Each
of the three contractors approached
for the work was said to have had
equipment idle at the time. The
contractors were so anxious for the
jobs, 1t was indicated, that they were
willing to accept strict time limits
and penalties if they failed to COM
plete the work on schedule.
WPB admitted yesterday that it
had no definite plan in mind to use
the workers or equipment anywhere
near here, but that it was part of a
general overall plan to free person.
mel and equipment" Capt. w. H.
Smith, chairman of the Facility Re-
view Committee of WPB, said the
action had been taken under board
authority to stop anything "detract-
ing from the war effort"
Evening star., 1942-12-30

Wallace said 1t was given in recogni-
ton Of:
g. The boys who are success
fully fighting for our world wide
free democracy in every quarter of
the globe: the boys who have kept
the South Pacific safe; the boys
who are wrecking Hitler's industries
with their bombs; the boys who are
conquering North Africa for U.s."
And Of
80 The tireless executives. the
pilots and the devoted mechanics
who pioneered in this field and thus
were able to furnish that vital
'know-how' which has made world
wide air transportation a living,
accepted fact"
Air Transport Grows.
Praising the air services, Mr.. Wal
lace pointed out that high above
the submarine-infested waters OF
the worlds oceans precious car
goes are moving daily to the fur
naces and the production lines OF
American industry"
Tungsten and bristles come in
from China" he added Mica
comes in from India and Brazil
Quartz crystals. tantalite. industrial
diamonds and platinum are only
few of the other precious materials
now being flown from the four quar-
ters OF the globe
The two groups were selected for
the award by the National Aeronau-
tic Association, it was explained,
because of their accomplishments
in the Ferry Command during l94l. .
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Axis BoIsters Islands
Guarding Entrance 10
Aegean Near Athens
Gorrisons Reported
Shifted South to
Cyclodes From Lesbos
By the Associated presS.

ANKARA. Turkey. Dec. % de-
loyed. - The Cyclades Islands,
guarding the Aegean Sea approaches
southeast of sAthens, are being
enormously reinforced by the Axis,
reports from the Balkans said today
The same sources said garrisons
were being reduced on Axis-oc-
cupied islands in the Northern
Aegean, notably on Lesbos, which
commands the southern approach to
the Dardanelles. 1t is off the west
coast of Turkey
New Greek guerrilla activity
against the occupation forces was
reported on the mainland. A train
carrying munitions and about 500
German and Italian troops was
wrecked and thrown into a ravine
Balkans adviceS said.
More than half the men were
killed and the munitions believed
destined for Africa exploded, the re-
port added.
Occupa ton of the Cyclades and of
Lesbos was announced by the Ger
mans May 6. l94l.
Italians garrisoned the Cyclades
including Amorgos, Anaphe. los
Thera, Naxos and Paros. Naxos is
the largest and most fertile. Ninety
miles northwest of Naxos is Athens
Crete is ITO miles south.
Evening star., 1942-12-30

town is post where beer is sold
On the other is a reservation which
the commanding officer has dried up
entirely. His is the post which has
a policing problem and lower
morale His men, when on pass,
travel so miles to the nearest wet
city and drink package liquor out
of the bottle"
The American soldier needs
neither curtain lecture nor apology"
concludes the report He behaves
we'll, he trains well and in the far
flung places of the earth he is fight
ing well. He is intelligent, he is
able, he is hard worker He is
serious of purpose because he fully
understands the gravity Of war. His
commanding officers believe in him
and his chaplains are proud of him" )"
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Marian Anderson 10 Sing
Al Ceremony Here Jan. s

Marian Anderson, noted colored
contralto, will sing at ceremony in
the Interior Building January 6
commemorating the hanging Of a
mural depicting her concert on
Easter. 1899. from the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial. Secretary of the
Interior Ickes announced yesterday.
Federal officials. civic leaders,
Negro representatives and diplo-
matte representatives have been in
vited to attend the ceremony. The
mural was financed by the Marian
Anderson Mural Committee, COM
posed of school children and others.
Mitchell Jameson, Washington art
ist, painted the mural. which is
already hanging at the Interior De-
partment.
Evening star., 1942-12-30

Minister Chamberlain's appeasement
policy toward Germany.
On August, 1899, just before the
war began. Mr.. Henderson few to
Salzburg from London with a COM
munication from Mr.. Chamberlain
to Hitler, and went back by air
August 26 with report of that
conference that also failed to pre-
vent war.
Held Many Diplomatic Posts.
In his diplomatic career, Mr.. Hen
derson, graduate of Eton, served
as third secretary at St. Petersburg
now Leningrad from 1868, in
Toxic from 1909-l1, and returned to
st. Petersburg again in 1912, re-
naming until 1914
In the following years he served
in Rome, at the Foreign once, was
f1rst secretary in Paris in 1916,
counsellor in Constantinople in
1921, later becoming high commits
sioner there. In 1924, with the rank
OF minister plenipotentiary, he went
to Cairo, and to Paris in 1888. For
six years. until 1885, he was envoy
extraordinary and Minister at Bel
grade, and in the next two years
served as British Ambassador to the
Argentine Republic and Minister to
Paraguay. His appointment to Ber-
lin came in 1887.
Mr.. Henderson's dispatches de-
scribing the last days before Ger
many attacked Poland were pub
lished September 2l, 1899.
OF Hitler. Mr.. Henderson wrote
that he was excitable and uncom-
promising. He made no long
speeches, but his language was vio-
lent and exaggerated both as re-
CARDS England and Poland"
MI. Henderson's hobbies were
hunting, fishing and golf, and while
in Germany he shared his enthus-
lasm for shooting with Reichs-
marshal Hermann Goering, at whose
country home he often was a guest
In the first British white paper
on the war, issued September 20
1889, Mr.. Henderson reported ex-
tensively on his attempts to stave
of the war. He termed Hitler and
National Socialism the products of
the defeat of great nation in war
and its reaction against the con-
fusion and distress which followed
that defeat" and concluded:
History alone will determine
whether Herr Hitler could have di-
verted Nazism into normal chan
nels,' whether he was the victim
of the movement which he initiated
or whether it was his own megalo-
mania which drove it beyond the
limits which civilization was pre-
pared to tolerate
Two of the less attractive char
acteristics of the German are his
inability either to see any side of
a question except his own, or to un-
derstand the meaning of modera-
ton.
The tragedy of any dictator is
that as he goes on his encourage
steadily and inexorably deterio-
rates"
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Justice Department
Probes Wright Field
Fraud Complaints
Air Forces Procurement
Division Inquiry Began
Two Months Aqo

Reports of alleged malpractices in
the procurement division of the
Army Air Forces at Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio, are under investiga-
ton by the War Frauds Unit of the
Department of Justice, it was dis
closed today.
The inquiry began about two
months ago. Federal Bureau of
Investigation agents and representa-
tives of the Army's plant protection
unit are cooperating with the War
Frauds Unit in the investigation.
The investigation. it was said, fol-
lowed receipt by the War Frauds
Unit of reports of malpractices at
Wright Field testing ground for
nearly all types of Army aircraft
and the place at which the Army Air
Forces makes large part of its
purchases.
Under investigation, Justice De-
partment officials said, are COM
plants of "kickbacks" and excessive
costs of materials supplied to the
Army. No Army officers, it was in
dicated, are so far involved.
Officials refused to say how many
individual cases are under investi-
CATION. or discuss in detail the
progress of the inquiry.
Meanwhile, Representative Stefan,
Republican. of Nebraska said
House Military Affairs Committee
investigator had completed an in
quiry into high priced printing
purchased by certain war plant
in Nebraska out of the taxpayers
money
He said he had asked Chairman
May of the committee for permis-
sion to release the Investigator re-
port, and l am expecting word from
him any day now
In a personal investigation of my
own while l was back in Nebraska
I found that the highest priced
paper and the highest priced en-
bossing are being used on envelopes
to send out circulars good only for
the waStebaSket."
Evening star., 1942-12-30
DRINKING
Continued From First Page


may or may not be the best in the
history of armies but it is certainly
the best behaved
Chaplains Concur.
Experienced commanding officers
all over the country agreed that
considerably more than half of the
troops under them drank nothing
stronger than beer by choice and
that many even abstained from
beer" the report stated. Chap
lains, with only one exception, con-
Cured in the opinion
owl quoted from Army studies
conducted last summer in two COM
bat divisions of ground troops,
which showed that ST out of every
100 men drank nothing alcoholic
even on Saturday nights and pay
days. Some "a out of the 100 drank
only beer; drank hard liquor
Samplings made in the Air Forces
revealed about the same percent
ages. Owl characterized as "a little
optimistic" however, a check which
showed that 73 out of 100 of Air
Forces troops drank nothing at all
except on Saturdays.
Citing examples, Owl stated that
Sl,000,000 was passed out on the
october 81 payday to troops at
Camp CroWder, near Joplin Mo.
That night only Is soldiers were
arrested for intoXication in Joplin,
less than l arrest to every 1000 men.
On the same pay night in Biloxi,
Miss, only five soldiers were arrested
for drunkenness, although Keesler
Field, large air training center,
is nearby
More Temperate in Army.
The figures at both places plainly
show that Army pay night Is rarely
the Klondike brawl and blowout that
rumor makes it," the report said
Though men do not change char
scter when they put on a uniform.
Owl found that those who drank
as civilians are more temperate in
the Army. Those who found fun
in tawdry places as civilians, hunt
out the tawdry places as soldiers y
however. and troops tend to seek
their own level, particularly in large
cities.
Reports of heavy drinking among
soldiers circulating over the country
were attributed to the fact that
wartime is the honeymoon Of ru-
mors." and to the conspicuousness
OF the uniform.
'One unruly delinquent in G. I.
blouse, half dozen prankish pri-
Yates tipsy with a few drinks and
furlough freedom" the report stated,
can start stories which pyramid
in telling, give the impression to
the honestly gullible that service
carousals are hampering our train
ing for war"
owl declared there is, and will
continue to be, drinking in the Army.
The approach of military authori-
ties to the problem is control rather
than prohibition. The report praised
the way this control is handled
both by the military and the civilian
authorities outside of camps. 1t
Evening star., 1942-12-30
John n. Marie Dies;
Blind Man Noted
For Se|f-HeIp
Had Toured Country os
One Man Bond; Lost
Sight 30 Years Ago

John Noble Martie, ST. blind
Washingtonian who operated
refreshment stand in the Social Sc
curity Building and was also a car
penter, typist, one-man band and
switchboard operator. died suddenly
Monday of heart attack while being
taken to a hospital. Funeral serv-
ices will be held at IL am. tomorrow
at the Lee Home and burial will
be private.
Blinded by an elevator cable 80
years ago while in the employ of an
elevator company, Mr.. Martie, then
81, studied the New York point
system. predecessor of Braille, and
learned to operate typewriter.
For the next 10 years he remained
in New York operatin a telephone
switchboard and then for another
10 years ran concession in tho
New York Municipal Building.
Toured Country Seven Years.
After his marriage to Miss Lillian
Gloria Stroud in 1929 Mr.. Martie
and his wife toured the country in
a cabin car for seven years. Build
ing the cabin car himself on a truck,
Mr.. Martie used his carpentry skill
as he travelled about the country.
making souvenirs with materials he
found in localities he visited.
At night Mr.. Martie played the
drums, guitar and harmonica for
tourist campers, serving as one
man band for their dances.
Coming here in 1898, he operated
stands in various Government
buildings. He had operated one Of
two stands in the Social Security
Building for the last year.
Praised for Aiding Blind.
Joseph Chunk. chief of the service
for the blind of the Office of Educa-
ton, commented on Mr.. Marties
intense interest in the welfare of all
blind persons.
He always did his best to change
public opinion to one of confidence
in the ability of blind persons" Mr..
Chunk said. WASHINGTON has lost A.
fine citizen and the blind have lost
one OF their finest representatives."
Mr.. Chunk said Mr.. Martie had
handled himself, the stock and the
customers at the Social Security
stand with such dexterity that per-
sons at first were inclined to believe
he could see.
Mr.. Martie became i'll in the home
he had partially built himself at
1916 Dubois place Sc. Besides his
wife, he is survived here by sister,
Mrs. Leonard Clark, and a brother.
Frank Martie. Five other sisters
and brothers also survive.
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Barbara Frietchie Kin,
II, Dies in Frederick

By the Associated Press
FREDERICK, Md, Dec. 30-Miss
Kittie Stover Quynn, II, great
grandniece of Barbara Frietchie,
died yesterday at the Home for the
Aged.
A native of Frederick, she was a
member Of the Evangelical Re-
formed Church and of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution. A
brother, Charles w. Quynn, sur
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Henderson
Continued From First Page

looking more like soldier than a
diplomat, Mr.. Henderson entered
the foreign service in 1905. and held
posts throughout the world. When
he was assigned to Berlin he was
regarded as one of the most expe-
rienced members of the British
diplomatic service.
In the Munich crisis in September,
1888. he was criticized and defended
alike for the role he played in Prime
Evening star., 1942-12-30
Calais Radio Reports
New Sieqfried Line

LONDON, Dec. 80 IP).-The Calais
radio said last night that Hitler has
nearly finished construction of a
new Siegfried Line" along the At
lantic seaboard of France.
The new Atlantic wall nearing
completion Is several hundred miles
long and impregnable to modern
weapons" the station broadcast.
Built by the Todt 'Nazi public
works. organiza ton, it consists OF
an ingeniius system of strong points,
concrete dugouts and gun emplace-
ments Of all calibers."