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The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
CROSSE lie BASE
RANKS AMONG
NAVY'S FINEST

Growing in leaps and bounds, the
Naval Reserve air base at Crosse lie
is rapidly becoming one Of the largest
in the country. Originally used by
Navy and Marine Corps reserve filters,
it has increased to 10 times its orig
iual size In periods of satisfactory
flying weather it now ranks, from the
standpoint of training production,
higher than any of the Nays II re-
serve bases.
In command at Crosse lie today Is
Capt. Ernest Wheeler, Litch, Jr., with
a background of d years in the Navy,
of which 10 have been served in the
air arm.
The base executive officer is Lieut.
Comma der Henry w. Wickes. Ma.
Charles Adams, of the Marine Corps,
is i'm charge of flight instruction. The
welfare officer is Lieut.. Bruce Cald-
we'll. famous Yale halfback Of the 20s.
Capt Ltch has the kind Of record
most likely TO inspire youngsters com
ing to the station to make their first
hops on their long flight to the fleet.
Upon graduation from Annapolis. he
was assigned to deStrOyers, with which
he stayed until 1923. He has been sta
toned at virtually all Of the Nays
far-flung air bases and put in two
years each on the Lexington, Sarato-
ga, Langley and Ranger. He made his
3,OOOth landing on the deck Of the ILL
fated ainplane carrier. Lexington.
Last year he went to London e.
United states Naval air attache and
for seven months saw something II
what Raj people consider the wars
most advanced air front.
Men stationed at the base come
from all over the English-SpeaH King
world. There are Englishmen, Sc0ts-
men, New Zealanders and Canadians
in the gray-blue Of the Raj and the
RCAF; other Englishmen in the da
blue sailor uniforms and high round
caps of the Roy Nays Fleet Air Arm,
and an occasional Royal Marine.
In contrast, American cadets are
distinguished by the dark green ot
Naval and Coast Guard Aviation.
The number Of men undergoing
training is 30 great that the Navy
cannot accommodate all of them at the
Crosse lie barracks. Many Of the en-
bryO airmen have been forced to room
in WyandOtte, Trenton and other
nearby towns The Crosse lie base In
now rated on q par with other great
Naval establishments at Pensacola,
San Diego, and Corpus Christi.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Council Doings
TAesaay Night

The Wayne County Road Commits
sion asked for permission to lay water
nLlns along Sycamore and Eleventh
streets. Water for Crosse lie and 9th
er outlying areas would be pumped
through the mains. No action was tax
en on the request.
General bills, truck hire and pay
rolls totaling $6.962.Ss were approved
for payment.
Approval was given for the issuance
OF junk dealers license to James
Parish, 12S Oak street.
The Council accepted an offer of the
WyandOtte Junior Chamber OF Com
merce to provide an air raid siren for
the downtown area. The siren will be
erected and maintained by the city.
The Recreation Commission was
given permission to stage "a Halloween
parade, tomorrow night at Z 80.
SharpleS Chemicals, Inc, were given
permission to enter the city's sewer
ON Seventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue. for the purpose of dispOsing
of waste.
Mayor Louis w. Benin announced
that there would be joint meeting
OF the Municipal Service Commission,
the Public Welfare Commission and
the Mayor and Council, Thursday ev-
ening, November -
special meeting will be held Mon
day night, November 9, to discuss the
proposed SCOT and smoke ordinance.
A special meeting will also be held
next Monday night for consideration
of request of the Clio for adjustment
of certain wage inequalities.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
WYANDOTTE
SAILOR ABOARD
CARRIER WASP

lRObert liaubOlt Of the L. 6. Navy.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart W. Rau-
bolt, Of l13 Poplar street was aboard
the aircraft carrier Wasp, which was
sunk in Il battle with the Japanese
of the Solomon islands, September Il.
Robert. now home on furlOugh. told
ne one of the sinking until after the
official cOmmunique was issued by the
Navy department several days ago.
According 10 Bob. the Wasp was at
tacked about 3 o'clock ia the after
noon, and remained aflOat until 9 I'm.
when an American, destroyer sent il
I" the bottom TO prevent il from fall
Ing into the hands of the enemy
When the order came to abandon ship
RauDOlt. as well as many other sail
OrS went over the side of the carrier.
He was in the water about two and
Onehalf hours before being picked up
Robert enlisted in the Navy Decem-
Der ID, l941 and was stationed OH the
Atlantic coast until June 10 of this
year, when he was transferred to the
Navy base at San Diego, Calf 1t was
here that he was assigned to duty OH
the Wasp.
TIE Wasp. one of the newest on the
seas. went down last month in the
same SOlOmOns islands water where
the hulks of three American cruisers,
five destrOyers and four other ships
already lay.
While covering with other warShips
the movements of reinfOrcementS and
supplies to the United States Marines
and soldiers on Guadalcanal, the H.
700 ton Wasp was attacked by a Jap
ane>e submarine which rammed three
tOrpedOes home near her powder mag
azineS and gasoline tanks in which she
carried fuel for her so planes. Numer
Gus explosions followed almost in
stantiy and fires broke out along the
entire 139-fOOt length of the ship
They could not be controlled, and
three hours later the crew abandoned
ship.
About 20 per cent of her crew was
rescued. Her normal complement was
1.SO0 men. including the filters.
The Wasp was launched April 4,
1899 at the Bethlehem Steel Company.
Quincy. Mass, and was commissioned
at Boston. April -, 1910 Early this
year the Wasp was used to ferry
planes to the island of Malta in the
Mediterranean. She is the third air
craft carrier whose loss has been an
nOunced by the Navy since the start
Of the war.
Robert RaubOlt returned to his Wy
andotte home on October 10. just Il
few days over a month after the sink
ing Of the carrier. He is to report for
duty November -, at San Diego.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
RESOLUTION

tke>oIycd by the City Council OF the
city of WyandOtte
Whereas. after considerable study
and discussion by members of this
Connect and other governmental agen-
cies throughout the state Of Michigan
and particularly in Wayne county.
this Council i of the opinion that
Proposal No. >. home rule amendment,
would be- detrimental 10 the city OF
Xyaudotte. in that ii is bad govern
lnent because, il lies the hands of the
Charter Commission before said Com
mission i elected. while the normal
Drmrp,tre would be To vote on a home
rul,. amendmt and permission for Il
new charter; elect IL Charter Com
mission: and then have said Charter
Commission write the charter, while
This amendment writes ninety per cent
of the charter call of the basic prin-
ciples) and fixes it in the state con
stitution before any Charter Commits
sion is even elected and
Whereas The passage of this amend
ment means taxation without repre-
stntatiOn for most of the three hun
dred eighty-twO thousand people in
WAYNE county outside of the city of
Detroit. wherein the City of Wyan
dotte. with IA population of approx
mately thirty-five thousand people and
an assessed valuation Of $4S,OOO. 900
and paying county taxes of $21J, 100000
would have no representation on the
county governing body and
Whereas the eighteen townships
outside the City of Detroit and within
Wayne County, having an assessed
valuation of $:s}5.2T3OO0 and paying
county taxes of $1.9O0,OOO, would not
be guaranteed any representation. also
several other Of the cities and villages
in the county paying similar proper
tiOnate amounts, would be denied re-
presentation.
Therefore BE 1t Resolved that the
City Council of the City of WyandOtte.
as representatives of the citizens and
taxpayers Of this city feel it is their
duty To advise of the dangers involved
in voting this kind of legislation, and
We hereby unalterably oppose this
amendment No. =, and urge the voters
of the City of WyandOtte to vote NO"
on State Amendment, Proposal No. =,
to be voted on November 3. 1912.
And Be 1t Further Resolved that
the City Clerk is hereby instructed to
have Il copy of this resolution printed
in full in each Of the newspapers in
the City of WyandOtte.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
EDUCATION WEEK
TO Be OBSERVED
NOVEMBER 8-l4

NyandOtte will join all schools
throughout the nation in the 22nd
observance of American Education
Week, November to II.
The general theme of this year ;
observance is Education for Free
Men, In addition there are daily
themes as follows: renewing Our
Faith Serving War-time Needs,
Building Strong Bodies" developing
Loyal Citizens "Cultivating Know
ledge and Skills," Establishing Stur-
dy Characters and Strengthening
Morale for Victory
American Education Week was es-
tablished largely through the efforts
of the American Legion. members of
which saw this method as one of the
most effective in preserving the unity
which is 50 eSSt initial To national and
world progress.
Because this nation Is at war this
year education takes on new signi-
ficance which is we'll voiced i'll the
general theme.
WyandOtte'S observance will begin
on the evening of November 4 i'll Il
joint program of the senior and two
Junior high schools 10 be held at the
Roosevelt high school. This program
will depict the progress of education
and will interpret the manner III
which schools are girding tht mSelveS
10 aid the war effort.
All churches of the city are being
asked the devote u portion or all OF
their sermon topics 10 the 1912 theme
of Education for Free Men, MuSi-
cal or discussion groups will visit the
various civic or service groups during
the week of observance as a means Of
more closely aligning the schools with
the community. Service or civic
groups desiring talent from the schools
for a portion of their program for the
week of observance are requested To
contact Miss Frances Preston at the
Roosevelt high school. or James f..
Ostrum, general chairman, at the Lin
coin school.
On Sunday evening. November =
there will be a community sing at the
Roosevelt high school under the direC-
ton of the music department and
throughout the following week there
will be programs in each of the ele-
mentary schools. These programs will
include open houses, P.T.A. programs
and other phases of educa tiOnal work
Dates of these programs and their
scope will be given in next weeks is
sue of this newspaper.
The schools Of Wyandotte, located
as they are in one of the great cen
tiers of war industry have attuned
themselves to the war effort in order
that free men may survive, yet they
are also looking to the future when
men and women will again take up
peacetime pursuits and this time Il
lasting peace.
The nations schools have taken
front line ranks in such immense pro
jects as aiding in sugar ratiOning. col
Letting OF scrap, sale of defense bonds
and stamps and cooperating in other
projects that will serve for a success
ful elimination Of war which has
plunged much of the world into hat
reds and distrust -
Parents of children in school and
others owe it TO themselves to visit
the schools for one or more programs
during American Education Week 70
learn the part these junior patriots
are successfully performing.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
CITY ORDERED
To SALVAGE
ALL TIN CANS

With every Michigan town proud t.
exhibit its hundreds of tons of scrap
metal in the unprecedented collection
of more than 5000 tons in the state
Uncle Sam has now called on every
community to salvage tin cans to the
utmost
Tho mandatory order of the WPB,
substituting the word must" for
please affects IL Michigan cities,
Detroit, Grand Rapids, Flint, Sagin-
aw. Lansing. Pontiac, Hamtramck,
Jackson. Kalamazoo, Highland Park,
Dearborn. MuSkegOn. Bay City. Battle
Creek. Port Huron, WyandOtte and
Ann ArbOr.
The rule requires that all trash COL
lection agencies must collect and keep
segregated all prepared" cans offered
In usual trash collections
The affected municipalities had been
depending on collection of cans put at
curbs by housewives on designate ted
days. Their question was whether rub
DISH collectors now would be required
10 take the cans from alleys along
with other waste. 1t had been held in
the past that this was impractical.
The kitchen is Americas tin mine.
That's why the defining industry
which takes old cans and separates
the tin from the steel plate-is doing
all 1t can to alleviate the tin short
age. 1t also explains the steam behind
the can collection drive.
Before the war this country import
ed and used about 100000 tons Of re-
lined tin year from Malaga and the
Dutch East Indies. The United States
mad neither the raw material nor
smelling capacity.
AS precautiOn. and some time be-
Tore the Japanese conquered the Far
eastern tin sources, the government
made plans for big smelter in Texas.
rms Is now in operation, it's capacity
already approaching $4,000 tons an
nlialiy. The problem is to find the
Npping to get enough tin ore for ii
10 use from Bolivia and the Belgian
Congo.
Meantime the housewife and the de-
llhherS have To step into the breach.
The detinners have a special reason
Tor wanting to get cans in now. The
current crop Of cOnta liners. those pass
ing from grocery store shelves to
household kitchens. contain nearly 10
pounds OF tin for every 100 pounds Of
containers
The percentag- Is declining fast. In
cans now being manufactured. il Is
ABOUT Id per 100 pounds, by the end
oi next wear il may be whitfield down
To little over One-half pound. Thus
the grade Of ''Ore" in this cOuntry's
SltchenS IL becoming poorer day by
day
The mandatory part Of the WPB
order did not apply to housewives.
A Wi'B goal has been set Of l.
'HoWn tons Of steel scrap >snd 10000
'"hs ut pure tine from old cans.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Free Training for
Women Welders

Free training in light arc welding
is being offered exclusively for women
under the direction of the State Board
NJ Control of Vocational Education
for War Workers. This proposed class
will be conducted at the Joyce Broth
erS welding school in River Rouge,
from II pm. to am, Mondays
through Fridays. Each trainee will re
ceive 400 hours of instruction.
Three position welding. horizontal.
vertical and flat, is being given. Each
woman who accepts this course will
receive good basic training in weld
ing, which in turn will make 1t pos
sible for her to adapt herself very
readily 10 any welding JOB.
Women who are interested may APP
ply for application and referral at the
local Office of the United States En-
plOyment Service. located at 1888 Bid
die avenue
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
AGAINST

Proposal No. 2, the so-called Home
| Rule amendment, should receive q
| No" vote on November for the fol
| lowing reasons:
1t will result in irreparable dam
age to our war effort Thousands OF
man hours will be required to frame q
charter. Millions of man hours OF
Wayne county voters will be diverted
from war activities to consider the
charter.
1t is grossly unfair to submit such
vital constitutional question when
100000 electors are away in the arm.
ed forces.
1t is not home rule. BY it, the whole
state fixes all the basic terms OF
Wayne cOunty's charter which can be-
changed only by a statewide vote.
1t is not constitutional matter. II
consists OF 652 words Of pure legisla.
ton. Recently, a Supreme Court Jus.
ticS stated that excess legislat ton is
the worst feature Of our constitution.
1t Is undemOcratic. 1t provides q
two-thirds majority for Detroit as \
unit and denies representation to all
other county governmental units as
such. The cities Of Highland Park and
Dearborn, with populations Of $4,000
and IA. 900 would have no representa-.
ton as Municipalities.
1t violates the basic principles Of
constitutional government by providing
that the charter supercede the state
constitution when In conflict. Thereby
$4,000 Out-county citizens can be rul-
ed by Detroit without constitutional
protection. The fundamental purpose
OF American constitutional govern
ment Is the guarantee Of basic rights
to minorities i'm every community.
= All essential reforms in Wayne
county can be accomplished by statute
under the present constitution.
1t will not guarantee against waste
or corruption. Detroit government was
streamlined in 1918 along similar lines
by the same PonsorA Recently
grand jury indicted nearly twice as
many from Detroit,s streamlined rov-
eminent as from county Offices. Under
its government, Detroit has topped its
legal debt limit with q total Of over
S6. 10000. while Wayne county has
a debt Of $7OO.OOO-less than one Der
cent OF its limit Of 07,OO0,000.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Plan Series I.
Of Card PART

WyandOtte council No. 1902, Kni IT!
of Columbus, will inaugurate d $, lie!
Of card parties beginning with n,
next regular meeting, Thursday, lv
ember q, according to Edward j. Nc
Gee, council lecturer. The games vii
be played Immediately following h,
business meetings, which are held h,
first and third Thursdays, of h,
month at Arbeiter hall. Euchre az
schaafskOpf will be the featured is
times, although provision will be m d,
for other games if desired. Appro ri
ate prizes will be awarded and al
members of the council are invited t.
participate. 4 =
At the last meeting Of the cOuI Ill
Grand Knight William Haubrich In
nOunced tentative plans for am la
memorial services, which will be Id
ut ST. Patrick church on either r,v
enIber - or December 6, the et Sct
date to be announced later.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Roosevelt Defeats
Monroe, 4l-O

In Il night game, played at Monroe
last Friday. Theodore Roosevelt high
schools football team defeated. Mon
roe high. by q score of 4-O. 1t was
the fifth straight victory for ROOse-
welt high.
TOuchdOwns were scored for Wyan-
dOtte by Redmond. Siler, Henry and
the two Speer brothers. One OF the
points after touchdown was scored by
drOp-kick. further demonstrating the
versatility OF this years local team.
The big game Of the season. as far
as Roosevelt high Is concerned, will
be played at Roosevelt field tomorrow
afternoon. when the Bears take on
River Rouge high. a team they have
NOT beaten in IS years. A capacity
crowd is expected to attend the con-
test.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
Citizens League
Lists Candidates

The Detroit Citizens League. fol.
lowing its practice of many years. has
endorsed the following list os rand;.
dates for election, next Tuesday;
Congress, Sixteenth district = Rob.
ert w. Ford, Republican. preferred .
John LesinSki. Democrat. incumbent
State Representative, Fourth dis.
trict-Frederick J. Gartner. Democrat.
ic incumbent, preferred Kirby l.. viii
son. Republican, qualified.
State Senator, Twenty-first district
w. Newton Hawkins, Republican
peferred; Stanley NOwak, Democratic
incumbent.
Prosecuting attOrney-William DOW
ling. Democratic incumbent nref.rrod .
Charles f. Merrill. Republican. auaIi.
fled.
Sherif-Edward Behrendt Renuhl;.
can. preferred Andrew G. Baird Da-
mOcratic incumbent, qualified
County Clerk-Caspar !. Linseman
Democratic incumbent. preferrod :.
Charles Lasky. Republican. Qualified
County Treasurer-IacOb p Sumar-
acki, Democratic incumbent. nrafer
red: John c. Townsend, Repnblican
qualified.
Register OF Deeds = Fred w u.rd-
ing. Republican preferred; Bernard 7
YouneblOOd. Democratic incumhant
no comment
Drain Commissioner - Gaoroa
Dingman. Democratic incumbent me-
ferred: Edward r. Brock. Republican
no comment
Coroners 1.-TWO to be electedl-.,.
bert A. Hughes and Edmund
loch. Democratic> incumbfnt 80
hioyd &. Babcock and Albert French
Republicans. recommended
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
FOR

FOR
Wayne county urges q Yes e
on Proposal No. = because il car II
clean UP the mess revealed by rec II
grand jury actions without cOnst 4.
tiOnal change, and i'll making 5 b
change the people of Michigan a! "A
whole make the decision. All ,,etfdats
to get relief by statute law have pray
ed unavailing- provisions OF
the county system, satisfactory 20
rural areas have proved burden a9d
counties, in the great industrial hoae-
less cause of waste.
In it's massive growth, Wayne COZ q
ty. with its 161 supervisors, has 70
real head Of responsible gOyernme L.
Authority is diffused among four D.
arate Jurisdictions; supervisors, ways
and means committee, auditors, d I'd
constitutional officers. Thus the gaf0e
OF passing the buck politically is p D.
NOTED by this encouragement to e 4
sion of responsibility. The chrO ic
evils disclosed constitute a dictat +
ship by politicians, with only indire I,
partial and ineffective control by ~
taxpayers and voters.
The bedsheet ballot in Wayne cot q
ty is so large. no voting machine el
made is big enough to carry il. Sol e
elective offices should be abolished.
others merged in unified department }.
Responsible authority for gOvernmef :,
in board Of q supervise =
is one of many provisions OF the pr ,
posed plan. The elected charter COZ l.
mission of nineteen members. chOs a
to fair methods, will draft a
modern. responsible form of Cover /
ment. then subject to approval BY )
ma jOrity Of the people Of the county
While America fights to preser p
we in Michigan sbou 2
practice the principle Of democra
here at home. by approval of this pi :
poSal November 3. 100. -
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
CITIZENS URGED
TO VOTE NO
| ON HOME RULE

Chairman. WyandOtte Junior Chamber
OF Commerce Civic Affairs Committee
With only a few days remaining
before the voters Of the entire state
will vote on constitutional amend
ment which is labeled ON the ballot,
Shall Wayne county be empowered
to organize home rule charter gov
ernment!' In the short time which
remains the WyandOtte Junior Cham
Der of Commerce as one Of its civic
betterment activities is promoting an
active campaign though all available
mediums to acquaint the public with
the true facts Of The proposal, which
have not been given them by the me-
trOpOlitan press.
Speakers Bureau
Part Of the campaign consists Of
cogent discussions Of the amendment
oy capable speakers from the Wyan-
dotte Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Ihese speakers have appeared before
many groups within the past week and
II is expected that they will continue
10 meet all demands made for speak
e's between now and November 8.
oAS "a SC0 W 8Cl Oul 1uu
vote on that day, but they are even
more urgently asked to vote NO on
proposal No. 2 on the state cOnstitu-
tional amendment ballot.
This work Of the jos speakers bur
eau has met with fine response every
where. Any groups which wish the
service OF such speakers may apply
Tor same by calling law office OF vic
Tor TargOnski, Wyandotte O7O4-J, or
evenings at the residence, Wyandotte
UlO4-W. Every effort will be made to
NIL all requests promptly.
Not Truly Home Rule
The objection of the Wyandotte
junior Chamber Of Commerce aad
other sound thinking civic groups in
predicated upon the fact that certain
provisions Of the charter are set forth
In the constitutional amendment It
zen which makes no provision for
changing conditions which slways
comewith time. II the proposal SHOULD
pass and the voters decided they want
cd change. Wayne county voter
alone could not make the change: II
"ouid nave TO ask all the voters in
the entire state to vote through such
chanse. Such government is NOT reaI
nome rule even with the greatest
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1942-10-30
..Sos GARMENTS RECEIVED
BY NEIDlEWoRK GUILD

The tofficers and members OF the
Needlework Guild wish to ACKNOWLEDGE
their thanks to the merchants OF wy
sndotte. all the civic and traternal
organizations. also the Juniors; the
wyandotte newspapers and. all who
have helped to make their ingathering
such wonderful success.
The total number OF garments col
iected was :, $40.