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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Federal Savings,
Loan association
Declares Dividend

The board Of directors of the
Down River Federal Savings and
Loan Association at its regular
meeting on December II declared
b dividend of savings accounts as
Of December 10 at the rate Of 211
per cent per annum to be paid
December 80, 1914.
The association opened for bus
mess December 4, 1884 with prac-
tically no assets. During the past
ten years 1t has grown to nearly
$4,000 900. The association enjoys an
enviable position Of having no pre-
ferred stock holders or owing any
money. It Is mutually owned by To-
cal people and all earnings here
after win be distributed to them
proportionally. The Associa ton
Is chartered and supervised by the
government and its shares are In
sured By the r deral Savings and
Loan Insurance. Corporation. an In
strumentaEty O. the United States
government.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Casualty List
Increased by
Two from, CITY

Saturdays casualty list, released
by the War Department. revealed
that two more Wyandotte service
men had been wounded in action.
Sergeant Manuel Baker, son Of
Mrs. Elsie Baker of 1854 Biddle ave-
nue., was injured in Western Europe.
Pvt. Leroy w. limerick, % year
old infantryman, who was previous
ly reported missing and then safe,
was also wounded. He is the hus-
band of Mrs. Julie A. Limerick of
Detroit and the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland limerick of Wyandotte.
Pvt. limerick, the father of one son.
has been overseas for ten months.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
MRS. MERRITT sUccUMBs

Mrs. Jennie Merritt, widow OF the
late Wallace Merritt. died this
morning in Wyandotte General
hospital.
Eighty mine years old. she was
born in Milan, Ohio, and made her
home during the past few years
with her son, Harley, 1702 Thir-
teenth street. She was member Of
the First Methodist church.
Besides her son she Is survived
by Q sister, Mrs. William Bunting,
Detroit, and . grandson, Wallace.
Funeral services win be held at
2 p. m. Thursday at the Charles
Nixon funeral home Lincoln Park,
and burial win b ct Milan, Micfi-
gan.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Soldier Killed
on German Front
Leaves Wife and
Small Daughter as
Well as Parents

Private William r. DickerSon, %,
the son of william Dickerson of
Wyandotte and Mrs. Jennie Col
gansh of Dearborn Township, was
killed in action Germany on Nov
ember 1E
The 22-year old soldier is the
husband of the former Madeline
Steward of Dearborn Township. He
leaves one daughter, Diane.
Pvt. Dickerson entered the service
on May 2. He has been overseas
since October 10.
He was born in 1922 in River
Rouge and lived most of his life in
lyxidotte. He attended wyandotte
public schools and at the time he
entered the service, was employed
by the Great Lakes Steel Corpora
ton.
Surviving beside his wife. daugh-
ter and parents, are three brothers,
Howard, who is overseas with the
Army Air Corps; Seaman First Glass
Wallace, a member of the Navy on
active duty and CIoyce of Willard,
Ohio. His sisters are Mrs. Ruth Col
Inns of Dearborn Township. Mrs.
Beverly Suttmiller Of Lincoln Park,
Mrs. Ethel Kenett of Wyandotte
and Mrs. Winnie Lory of Ecorse.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Blacks Regiment Sets Record for
Speed in Reaching Rhine from US.

A release from Sixth Army
Group in France, of which Pfc.
James Russell Black, a former en-
ployee of the Wyandotte-Ne News
Herald, and the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Black of 557 Walnut street,
is a member, tells of that groups
activities since leaving the States
this fall.
The 399th Infantry Regiment Of
the Tooth Century Division set
some kind of a record for the speed
with which it said goodbye to the
East River and hello to the Rhine.
Some of the men in the regiment
marched down Fifth avenue in New
York City to help inaugurate the
Fifth War Bond Drive, and they
were in action on the u. 8. 7th
Army front in Eastern France when
they read about the results of that
same drive.
Arriving in France on october
20, the men, commanded by Col.
Andrew w. Tychson of Haddon-
field, N. j., spent several days as
sembling their equipment and re-
gaining their land legs.
Then came the order to move up,
and for three days and nights the
regiment rolled toward the front.
The men dismounted from their We
hicles one night, and the next morn
ing they were In the lines. They had
relieved a veteran regiment that
had seen service In Sicily, Italy,
Anzio and Southern France, and
they took over q sector that was
one of the toughest along the en-
tire front.
The sector, then in the Foret de
Ste. Barbo, was densely wooded and
with an almost Jungle
like underground impeding progress.
But the seth fought It's way against
q fanatic enemy, against countless
land mines and booby-traps, and
against terrain and weather DIFF
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Wounded Veteran
Returns to States

Pvt. Julius F. Mayoros, has re-
turned from Is months overseas in
the European Theatre Of Opera
tions on the u. s. Hospital Ship
Thistle. He is temporarily being
treated at Stark General Hospital
prior to being transferred to an
other Army hospital for definite
treatment.
The son of Mrs. Eva K. Mayoros
of 554 Superior boulevard, he holds
the Purple Heart and cluster and
European Theatre of Operations
ribbon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Stanley Jurcsyk
is HospitaIised
from, Wounds

Staff Sergeant Stanley urczyk,
who was wounded In action In
France on Sertember Is, Is hospital
lied in England recovering from
wounds In the left side and right
leg.
Jurczyk, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. 8.
Jurczyk, 1923 Eureka avenue. has
been In the Army Infantry fort four
years and has been overseas three
years.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Notify Family
Son is Wounded

A cablegram from the War De-
partment last Wednesday night told
the family of George A. Speeding
that he had been seriously wounded
on November % in France.
His wife, Gladys. resides with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Johnston, of 252 Oak street.
He n the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George SPEEDING, Sr. Of $50 Oak
street.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
TRENTON MINISTER
ACCEPTS NEW POST

The Reverend Marshall Hpyt, pas
tor Of the Trenton Methodist church,
announced yesterday at the close Of
services, that he had accepted o post
at Oak Park Methodist church, Flint.
He viii remain in Trenton two
weeks more before leaving for his
new pastorate.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
INJURED BY CAR

Peter Nagorski, 40s3 Seventh
street, suffered injuries to his head
and leg when he stepped out Of a
cab and walked into o car driven by
Barney e. Syska, 2746 Ninth erect.
He was taken to the Wyandotte
general hospital for treatment.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

ficulties tht favored q well-en-
trenched enemy.
While the French army drove to
Strasbourg in enveloping move
ments from the north and south,
the 399th helped smash the Nazis
backward toward the Rhine. and
soon won a reputation for being an
experienced, hard-driving, relentless
fighting unit.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

NOW SERVING Rom d JERRYS
EVERY DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAP ROOM ia OAK 81. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

NOW SERVING TOM q JERRYS
EVERY DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAI ROOM. Ia OAK 81. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Sinks Two Jap
Freighters in
Pacific Raid
WYandotte Filler
Participates in
Surprise Attack

An Army communique has an
nounced that Id. John Haggerty. of
2l9 Felice street. pilot of Light
ming fighter plane, sank two jap
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

NOW SERVING TOM q JERRYS
EVERY DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAP ROOM, ia OAK ST. sdx.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Remodeled Court Room Dedication
Ceremonies Conducted Thursday
Veterans of Foreign Wars Present
American Flag to Justice Court

The newly decorated and remodeled court of the
Wyandotte Justice Court officially opened Thursday
night when dedication ceremonies conducted there
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

NOW SERVING TOM q JERRYS
EVERY DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAP ROOM. ia OAK ST. -sdv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

NOW SERVING TOM q yERRYs
EVERY DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAP ROOM, Ia OAK ST. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

NOW SERVING TOM . JERRYs
EVERY DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAP ROOM. ia OAK ST. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Headache Dept.
NOW SERVING TOM q JERRYS
8vE8Y DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAP ROOM. ia OAK ST. adv.

OLD HOMESTEAD Is A GOOD
RaA0B 70 LIVE sdv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
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Know Your Neighbors

is lots of fun. We should do it more
often. Yon get to know who the
generous folks are and you
bump up against plenty of skin
flints who are still squeezing
the first nickel they ever made.
You can spot the pennypinchers
a mile away. They hold their breath
as you waltz up to them then
out with, mot today. Buddy. I'll
get you on the way back" If any
Of the Goodfellows did any under
the breath swearing it is under
standable and forgiveable.
None the less, the paper sale was
huge success. Five thousand News
Heralds were sold out IN a hurry.
, Bin Monahan gas company
exec took the spotlight. He was
assigned to cover all beer gardens
The tavern proprietors poured out
plenty of oil.
Hot Seat Suzzie
SHE WAS SITTING in a booth
at the Big Chief Barbecue .
enjoying tasty lunch! (plug)
MY it's warm in here" said the
lady, putting down her soup spoon
i. ard squirming in her seat
More lunch and more COM
planning about the heat then
finally, my gosh, I can't stand this
booth another minute"
And as she rose to leave the
astonished customers looked to see
a healthy fire burning the seat
right under her dot dot dot!
Blue Coats in Biz
Three wyandotte policemen
checked their bank balances
and decided their long Christmas
gift lists needed some extra cash.
100000 officers Ray Sieloff
whitley" Naraski and Joe Kuc-
mienski have gone into the Christ
mas tree biz. Their stand next to
the Victory Market now doing a
land office job.
Prediction
COUNCILMAN KELLY will make
the headlines this week when he
dumps detailed city planning pro-
gram In the laps Of his city hall
colleagues. One purpose of the plan
win be to prevent objectionable"
housing within the city.
Good Deed Dept.
WHEN VINCE McGRATH was
last home on army furlough he
broke out with terrific toothache.
It's all over now but Vince re-
calls that one dentist refused to
help him i. saying he was booked
up for two weeks.
Nursing MS sore Jaw ana VIII
pains shooting all the way down to
his toes, Soldier McGrath made his
way TO the office of DR.. Croft.
The good Doc stopped everything
including the pain In Vince's
law and when 1t came time to
pay the bill DR.. Croft said. skip it
:. and have fun ON your furlough."
Headache Dept.
CRITICAL SHORTAGE of news
print will force the s-Herald
to publish but once week for two
week period following Christmas.
This move necessary to catch UP ON
newsprint quota. VIII then resume
twice weekly schedule.
Nationwide shortage Of paper
may bring further cuts for all news
papers.
Continued on Page I'D
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18

NOW SERVING TOM & JERRYS
EVERY DAY TILL NEW YEARS.
TAP ROOM, l14 OAK ST. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-12-18
Blue Coats in Biz
Prediction

COUNCILMAN KELLY will make
the headlines this week when he
dumps a detailed city planning pro-
gram In the laps Of his city hall
colleagues. One purpose of the plan
win be to prevent Objectionable"
housing within the city.
Evening star., 1944-06-03

The Republican party 1t is obvious,
VIII win In the coming national cleo
ton II 1t can convince the majority of
the people 1t can do q better Job than
the New Dealers-both In war and in
peace. Or 1t will win II the people are
d1sgusted with their present lot and with
the administration In power. II Mr.. Hal
leck's example and advice are followed.
the Republican campaign will be waged
to convince the voters the G. o. p. is the
better manager Of public affairs and
more interested in safeguarding their
liberties. 1t will not rely solely on con-
vlncing the voters that the New Dealers
are mtsf1ts, full Of errors and bad man
agement.
The election of a Republican House is
OF tremendous importance-if 1t hap
pens Should a Republican President
6e elected, the Republicans will un-
ooubtedly have majority in the House.
Snouid Mr.. Roosevelt be chosen for a
fourth term, the election of a Repub-
hcan House majority would be regarded
as measure of insurance by MANY ner-
sons, some Of them Democrats. against
further Capitalization of power in
Washington and an even greater bu-
ln0eAd
there has been much speculation that
this would happen. And il by any
cnance the election Of President should
De thrown into the House, with no can
dloate receiving majority Of the vote
IN the Electoral College, due to a failure
OF the electors OF some Southern States
TO vote for Mr.. Roosevelt, the matter
would be OF even greater Importance.
y II
The Job that Mr.. Halleck has. there
lore, assumes even greater sienificance
he Is young man, like many other Re-
publican leaders who have come to the
lore In the last few years. What he
says and does will be carefully watched
he is firm believer that only through
the exercise Of politics can the American
people retain their liberty of thought
and action. Politics" he said. "is the
machinery through which the common
man may see to it that he is properly
governed. 1t is the shield and buckler
OF 1ree men," He was answering those
1alnt-hearted who deplore an election
during a war.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
To Nom

Our bomber came downstairs at noon
today.
The orders mere to line up In the rain.
We Wondered phy the huddle. Could
1t be
Buzz pas going to lecture US again,
But no, the big boy made US quite q
speech,
Praistno the recent missions and our
oUn
Picnic last week In the German attic.
fSome days ago in Ueather thick as
soup
The ten OF US had brought the old girl
back
Peppered with fax. minus her eyes and
tdil)
So the colonel handed out the hard
An oak leaf to each member of our cre,D.
But, nom, couldn't see the blooming
thing.
heard you calling through the kitchen
door
To seusn hungry scouts. Fall In for
chou"
There pere piles Of oak-leat sugar
cookies
And tall bro,pn mugs Of tce-cold lemon
1de.
Didn't see the old boy rtptne r,edals,--
sdD you, NOM.
EMILY HOCH sCHEARRER.
Evening star., 1944-06-03

ingrad in 1912. Before the Red
Army inflicted this first major de-
feat upon the Nazis they were at
the peak Of their strength and at
the high-water mark of their amaz-
ing conquests. Afterward, as though
stunned beyond recovery, they were
never quite able to regain the in
itiative anywhere, but instead grad
ually went over to a defensive STRAIT
egy which by now has all the ear
marks of frantic last-ditch stand.
Long after great wars fade into
the past, experts continue to dis
pute the relative significance of the
different battles, and long after this
one is over, the same thing will al
most surely happen. For, although
the decisive engagements can be
determined readily enough, it is diff
f1cult in the extreme to establish
general agreement on which one of
them was the most decisive. Thus,
though some may choose Stalingrad
for the honor, others may argue for
Montgomery's victory at El Alamein
or for the Anglo-American invasion
of Africa or for the smashing of the
U-boat menace in the Atlantic, and
in every case the claim can be made
most persuasive. Very probably an
exact and nondebatable evaluation
in this respect will never be pos
sible. Nor does it much matter.
The important thing is that each OF
these great events-all happening
in the same general period of time,
in the latter part of 1912 and early
in 1943-played an essential, an in
dispensable, tremendously far
reaching part in making our even
tual Allied victory virtually as Ger
tain as the coming of tomorrow.
AS matter of fact, the same may
be said for such factors as lease
lend, American production and the
human spirit as expressed by the
British in the "blitz" of 1910 and by
the Russians during those terrible
first months of the Nazi plague in
their land. With all this behind
us-all these decisive" things-our
Allied world can be supremely con-
fident that the invasion, when 1t
comes, will be truly conclusive
the finishing blow for Hitler and
everything he represents.
Evening star., 1944-06-03
The Decisive Events

In ordinary speech the words
conclusive" and decisive" are in
terchangeable in describing an
event or an action that puts an end
to something. But military his
torians, with the interesting ped
antty peculiar to their kind, make
fine distinction between the two.
Thus, unlike most of us, they would
not say Of the coming Allied in
vasion OF Europe that it promises
to be decisive, they would say,
rather, that it promises to be con
elusive" and they would have sound
reasons for doing so.
For in war-this war or any
other-a single isolated battle can
make the ultimate outcome inevi-
table, and yet many more battles
may follow before the already
beaten foe finally gives up and sues
for peace. 1t is here that the mill
tary historian enters; the decisive"
battle, he says, is the one determin-
Ing the ultimate outcome, and the
conclusive" battle is the one in
which the vanquished, at last rec
ognizing the inevitability of his de-
feat, finds it pointless to resist any
longer and so lays down his arms.
AS far as Europe Is concerned,
therefore the hoftle m ha ,,rociri
tated by our invasion, however pro-
tracted or costly it may be, will be
OF a conclusive" nature, because
the decisive" battles, the tide
turning battles, the battles making
Hitler's downfall only a matter Of
time, have long since been fought
and won by our side. One of the
greatest Of these took place at Stall
Evening star., 1944-06-03
Fighting Against Time
BY Maj. George Field;ns EEot

1t Is good news to learn that s1bstan.
ual progress is being made in mopnjnp
up the desperate Japanese resistance
inside the town of Myitkyina. Gen
Stilwell's men are fighting against time
as well as against the japanese II
tney can complete the conquest of Mvit.
kylna quickly enough, Gen. StiIwell can
then turn his undivided attention to
eliminating the Japanese forces still
holding Mogaung and Kamaing. But
ne must do all this before the monsoon
rains begin in real earnest, in order
that he may be firmly established in
North Burma at key points connected
by all-weather roads with his base of
supplies at Ledo
This is, of course, the reason whv the
Japanese are fighting 50 hard, and whv
they are working SO hard, too, along
the trails and roads to the southwark
10 bring forward even a trickle of sup
plies and reinforcements to their be-
leaguered troops in the north. Thev
appear to have broken at least one
Chlndlt road and rail block southwest
OF Mogaung, probably that previously
reported in the vicinity of Hopin They
are working tirelessly at the broken
bridges, and are tmpressing native labor
10 carry stores over the portages made
necessary by the breaks in the line. 1t
is probable that there are other Chindit
docks still existing between Mogaung
ana Mandalay, but the Japanese appear
to be by-passing these by jungle trails.
Ihey cannot do much in this way ex-
pressed IN terms of deliveries to their
nghtlng forces in the north, but what
little they can do they seem to think
Is worth while doing-at whatever cost
In life and effort
Evidently the Japanese commander
In Burma is man who understands the
value OF time in war 1t is quite con-
ceivable that the delivery of one box
OF rifle ammunition might make the
difference between the loss of valuable
outpost position, at a critical moment
and its retention. That outpost being
held through another day might make
the difference between a successful AL
lied advance and a complete Allied bog
down. For on that saved day the rains
might commence to fall In good earnest
SO, by one means and another, the jap
anese keep on trying, and to some small
extent succeeding, in sending help to
the north.
Meanwhile, 1t should not be supposed
that they are not pushing forward in
greater force somewhere between Man
dalay and Myitkyina. A considerable
Japanese force, perhaps as much as
division, is reliably reported to have
been in Mandalay at the commencement
OF the Allied attacks. and It is not to be
supposed that this force is now idle. It
Is banging away at the road blocks, try
Evening star., 1944-06-03

most fanatical divisions which are left
in the Wehrmacht under the leadership
OF their outstanding specialists of
strategy and tactics, Marsha1s Gerd
Won Rundstedt and Erwin Rommel
The tank force. said to be composed
Of the newest and most powerful tanks
created by German industry, is headed
by Gen. Heinz Guderian. reputedly the
most skillful Nazi specialist in that type
Of warfare, Some reports say the corp
ulent Marshal Hermann Goering is due
in France to take personal command of
the Luftwaffe. The German high COM
mand. the members of the Wehrmacht
and the politicos In Berlin are all fully
aware that the fate OF Nazi Germany
depends entirely on the battles in
Western Europe.
The campaign in Italy. where the
Germans have suffered heavy losses, but
so far have avoided being trapped, is an
important side issue The lines between
Rome and the Northern Alps are suff-
ciently strong to be held with a rela-
lively small force, while farther to the
east in the Balkans, the chain of noun
tains separating the Reich from the
Allies offers natural Notifications which
also can be held with relatively small
force Of Germans and satellites until
the final decision in the west has been
reached
The Nazi propagandists said Wednes-
day that an Allied force composed OF 10
ground and S tank divisions is ready to
attack the fortress" from across the
Mediterranean. using Corsica as
springboard.
Frequently these fishing expeditions
OF the German broadcasters have a ker-
mel OF truth. Whether the number of
divisions indicated by Berlin represents
the actual force available in that area
Is a military secret which the German
high command would like to know. 1t
seems that important diversionary op-
erations will be initiated from across the
Mediterranean and other sectors which
might permit the Allies to develop Of
fensives threatening the fianks of the
European fortress.
These operations may appear spectac-
ular when they are started, but their
permanent success depends entirely on
what happens on the main western
front, where the Germans will feel the
full weight Of the Allied attack.