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The midland journal., 1944-01-14
OLD DRINKING VERSES
REVISED

Fill the bumper fair!
Every drop we sprinkle
Ger the brow of care
Smooths away wrinkle.
Sprinkle is the word
If you use it rightly;
With the tax so high,
You must sprinkle lightly.
Give a rouse, then, in the Maytime
For life that knows no fear.
Turn nighttime into daytime.
With the sunlight of good cheerl
For it's always fair weather
When rich fellows get together
With a stein almost paid for
And the final payment near.
! cannot eat but little meat
My ration points are low.
But sure I think that can drink,
For I've come into dough.
No frost nor show, no wind, trow,
Can hurt me if I'm cold;
A safe I've blown, and now I own
Some jolly good ale and old.
Then let the chilly northwinds blow
And grid US round with balls Of
snow;
Or else 60 whistle to the shore
And make the hollow mountains
roar.
Wen think of all the friends we
knew,
And drink to all worth drinking to.
We merely need to float loan
To call glass or two our own.
Wen let Old Winter take his course
And roar abroad till he be hoarse.
Wen wine and dine while Winter
shakes
If we can get financial breaksl
Add SMILES: AS childish as the
fellow who is always harping about
the importance of "the adult view."
Can You Remember
Away back when:
Your cars backfire scared horses?
-
You fumed at backseat drivers?
-
A man had so little to worry about
that his chief concern was to get q
low auto license number?
The favorite sons are now begin
ming to throw their hats into the
microphone.
The National Horse Show has been
called off this year. It was felt that
high hats are not necessary to the
war effort.
And, besides, if the news got
around town that there was a big
supply of oats and hay anywhere the
people would mob the show and fight
it out with the horses.
Then, too, it may be that in view
Of the meat shortage the exhibitors
were afraid to show their horses In
public.
The midland journal., 1944-01-14
Who's News
This Week
Delos Wheeler Lovelace

Consolidated Teatures.--WNU Release.
NEW YORK.-For this new year
! ' of pell-mell war traffic the In
terstate Commerce commission has
elected to its craftsmanship William
The midland journal., 1944-01-14

A THIN, tireless Englishma an
4 n helps make the f1iers of the
Eighth air force safer than Milton's
'helmed cherubims seen
The midland journal., 1944-01-14

Hitler's enc
mics. Maj.
Gen. r Ralph
Royce and
his Allied
The midland journal., 1944-01-14
OF a Long Line of
Tailors, This Son
Makes Steel Vests

more than the Americans heads
with steel. They fly cap-a-pie. Well,
nearly! If they aren't armed from
head to foot they wear, besides
helmet, an armored vest. And it
turned blows like Lancelot's shield.
This war makes less and less
sense. 1t uses every invention of
history's most mechanical age, but
the best protection for its cham
pions is copied from the days of old
when knights were bold.
A dozen years ago Leonard
Barratt of the classic wilkinson
Sword company tinkered up an
armored vest. Vests came easy
to him. His father, grand and
great grandfathers were tailors.
Some were sold, In the Battle
of Britain, to wives and sweet
hearts wanting extra protection
for their airmen. Nearly two
years ago Brig. Gen. Malcolm
Grow, Eighth air force surgeon,
heard Of the dandy device. Scot
land Yard helped him run down
the maker and shortly Barratt
was working until all hours.
The latest vests include q thigh
protector. Their fiexibility is the
result Of overlapping plates, one.
two and three ply. One ply stops
light fax. Three ply stops even
revolver bullets close up. Each
small plate is sewn into an individu-
al pocket on the canvas back. The
whole yields to every blow, then
readjusts itself as links adjust them
selves in a chain.
Helmets are development later
than the vests-steel Stats over
leather modelled on a block to fit
any need. They close down over
the eyebrows. around the ears.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13

receive very few letters like this
ane, It's only because the boys are
real busy.
I thought I would drop you q few
lines for all the boys. ss / know
how it Is when you do something
good, as your club is doing, and
not to hear Of the results. It's nice
to know that we have someone back
home thinking of us, as 1t sure is
hard to give up our homes, but we
are all fighting hard to end this
war for all.
I wish ! could thank each men,
Der Of your club for all the boys,
but hope this letter will answer
the same purpose. If you care to, I
would appreciate it to hear from
You and I promise to answer your
letters and tell you all / can.
Your friend.
Francis Snyder
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13


Hi Cliff,
Thought you would like to know
your cigarettes ended up in Italy
and were surely appreciated. Keep
up the good work, and we will try
to hold up our end.
A combat infsntryman,
staff Sgt. John w. Kobernick
Dear Sir,
Received the carton of Camels
and wish to take this opportunity
to thank YOU and many others like
you for the swell job you all are
doing. It makes us happy just to
realize that the people back home
think of US and are behind US 100
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13
P. T. A..
Notes
WAYNE COUNTY COUNCIL

Wayne County Council, PTA, will
meet Tuesday at the Flat Rock
Methodist church. Huron River
Drive and Church street. A supper
will be served at o'clock by the
Flat Rock PTA, with the meeting
following at tbs pm.
DR.. Marvin S. Pittman, president
Of North Georgia State Teachers
College, StateSboro, Georgia, is guest
speaker
SHELLEY SMITH PTA
Sibley Smith PTA meets NoVem-
Der Is, Wednesday at 8 pm. at the
school.
Featured on the evenings pro-
gram will be a Girl Scout investi-
ture service, and short skit pro-
duced by Mr.. DeLosier and several
Of his pupils.
Refreshments will be served at
the conclusion of the meeting. AL
members are urged to attend.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13
Choral Society Fetas
New Members at Party

New members of the Choral So
ciety were guests of honor at a
party given Monday at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Lyons.
The new members are Misses
Margaret Mary Danz, Elizabeth
Murray, Mrs. Ashe, Mrs. Schwartz
kopf, Mrs. Fortune and Mrs. Tay-
lor. Arrangements for the party
were In charge Of Mrs. Ann Cpombs.
The evening was spent in playing
various games. A buffet luncheon
was served and Mrs. Verle Altbause,
president of the society, poured.
The party followed the nights re-
hearsal for the annual Christmas
concert.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13
TROOP 29s
RIVERVIEW

In charge Of Doris Lockwood,
leader, girls of troop 29S took five
mile hike last Saturday. A break
fast lookout was held in the woods
along Grange road. The scouts
worked in groups of tive building
fires for the lookout.
More than q ton of paper was
collected by the troop last week in
the drive held in conjunction with
the Riverview fire department. The
troop received about SITS as their
share of funds received from the
sale of the scrap paper.
Twelve girls will be invested at
ceremonies to be held at the meet
ing of Sibley Smith PPA at A. E.
Smith seheel, Wednesday. They are
Mary Bosnian, Jean Brown, Roberta
Brown, Arlene Gambino, Mary Jen-
kins, FRANCES Jiuh, Betty Kourlis,
Nelita Matthews, Mary Frances
Parker, Shirley Snyder, Betty Sui
liyan Patricia zouyros.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13

British War Relief society which
will be held at the Hearts of Oak
hall at 8 pm. Wednesday.
A doll donated to the Society will
be ratified off during the social hour.
All members are asked to donate
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13

per cent. Keep the good work up
and I'm quite sure that you will
never be forgotten. God bless you all.
/ remain.
Harvey V. Fink, 8 DC
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13

used clothing for shipment TO Eng
land to be used by rehet bomb VIC
Tins.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13

hind US Michigan folks over here.
Pvt. Robert Ganter
Cfrom Detroit)
Dear Mr.. Anderson:
We received your cigarettes OK.
and / want you to know that our
boys really did appreciate them.
Your club is doing a fine thing,
Mr.. Anderson, so keep up the good
work.
May God Bless You All,
Chaplain E. L. Law
Thanks heaps for the smokes. 1t
helps a lot TO be remembered by the
folks back home. Out here in the
Marshalls we don't have as many
contacts with home as we formerly
did and every additional one helps.
We appreciate what you're doing
for us and hope that Well be able
to reciprocate in some way.
Best wishes,
SGT. K. G. Weber
We have received your cigarettes
and thank you very much for than
They have been distributed smane
the men aboard our ship. They are
very grateful for them.
Thanking YOU,
Paul O. Morton
Ships Chaplain
Dear Sir:
Those cigarettes have brought me
closest to home as I'm from Jack
son, but have two sisters living in
Wyandotte, as we'll as a bunch of
cousins, including my faverite ones.
Have visited your city often. Thanks.
Pvt. Henry Drongowski
Egypt
Mr.. Clifford S. Anderson
Dear Sir,
I am one of the many sailors
somewhere out in the south Pacific
war zone. just opened q carton
Of smokes with card in 1t with
your clubs name ON it. I have
opened many more for I pass out
the smokes to all serVicemen. / do
not smoke myself, but know the
seryicemen sure do appreciate them.
They are all passed out free of
charge and even though you may
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13
Church
Societies
MAY DIVISION

May Division of the Presbyterian
Womens Union win meet WednsS-
day at 1870 pm. at the home -
Mrs. James Southerland. 1909
Eighth street. A miscellaneous
shower will be held for the bazaar.
All members are requested TO at
tend.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13
ST. FAITH GUILD

Mrs. Lewis Pepke, 343 Plum sc1st,
will be hostess for the next meet
ing of st. Faith Guild to be held
at $50 pm, Thursday. A pot luck
supper will be served at that time.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1944-11-13
England
Dear Folks:

Dear Folks:
Received your gift while in the
hospital md I'd like t. say Thanks
million" I'm glad to know you
Michigan folks over there are be-
hind us Michigan folks oyer here.
Pvt. Robert Ganter
Cfrom Detroit)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Yankee 26th Chaplain Dies

Birmingham, MaSs., Sept. 27- (UP)-The Rev. Michael J. O'Con. nor, 76, senior chaplain of the fam- cd Yankee (2eth) division during World War I, died yesterday ct his rectory in St. Bridget'S (Catholic) church here where he had served as pastor for 90 years.
 A native of Ireland, Father O'Connor came to the United States as . boy, was graduated from Holy Gross College in 1897 and was or- dained at the cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston in 1901.
 He became curate ct churches in Stonehafn and Boston and in 1911 was named chaplain Of the 9th ifl- fantry, Massachusetts National Guard. Tn 1917 he became chaplain of the l0ist infantry and left with that outfit for France as part of [ . 20th division. His distinguished service won him the appointment Of senior chaplain in tho I'D In 1918.
 On return from France, he was first chaplain of the Massachusetts department American Legion and held similar offices with the state veterans of foreign wars and the disabled war veterans.
 Tn 1888 he became Q brigadier general in the Massachusetts Na- tional Guard and was retired in the same year.
 He leaves Q sister who is Q nun in the order cs gt. Joseph at Rut- land, Vt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Gevmon Military Heads Arrested

London, Sept. 27.-(UP)-Minis- ter Of Labor Franz seldte has been dismissed and c number of Nazi military leaders arrested for come plieity in attempted assassination plot against Adolf Hitler, accord- ing to c Geneva report broadcast by the BEG.
 Among those reported under aF. rest were Gen. Alexander Won Falkenhauson. former military eein- nander in Belgium; Col, Gen. Franz Halder, former Army chief of staff, and It, Gen. sinsingoF, military commandant of Vienna, who was said to have arrested tho destapo chief and the police chief ct VI. enna under orders Of tho military eonspirators.
 Two political leaders also said to have been arrested were Alfred Hugenberg, former head of the uers man National party, and Paul oesSs Ter, former minister Of education.
 A former ocial-democrat deps uty named Weber was reported to have been executed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
 Comes Home
(NEA Telephote)

Washington, Sept. % - (U.p.) - The Swedish Motership 0ripsholm is scheduled to arrive At Jersey City, N. J., today with 2ie seriously sick and wounded .. 6. Army officers and enlisted men who have been prisoners of war in Germany,
 The State and War Departments announced the scheduled arrival of the ship in a joint statement. The exchange of prisoners resulting in the return Of the 2i0 Americans was made at dotesborg, Sweden, where British personnel also were ex- changed and later fepatFiated to Britain on the vessels Drottingholfn and Arundel Castle. More than i,s 700 seriously sick and wounded pris soners and protected personnel Of the British commonwealth were transferred.
 Protected personnel" are doctors chaplains, dentists and similar niii- tary personnel.
 The repatriation operation also involved the return to Germany of approximately i,e00 German prison- CTS of war and protected personnel who had been in British and Amer iean custody. No American protected personnel were involved in this transfer
 The joint announcement also re. Vealed that IS Of the Americans OK. changed at ooteborg were so seri- 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Gets Smashed

Miami, Fla, Sept. 2e.-(UP)-A 9i ,000, 900 per year lottery racket op. orating in three New England states has been broken up by Federal Bureau of Investigation agents with the arrest of Frederick William Lenk, of Coral Gables, Fla. and 10 other men, the FD1 here an. nouneed.
 Lenk, e Miami taXieab company operator, accused of being the cen. tral figure in the syndicate. with headquarters in Worcester, Mass, was specifically charges with con. spring to transport lottery tickets in interstate commerce, He was arrested on warrant charging him with being one of il men operat. ing the racket in Maine, New Hamp. shire and Massachusetts. The war. rant was served on Lenk after ar indictment had been returned by 0 Portland, Me, federal grand jury,
 Lenk was released under s5,000 bond by U. 6. Commissioner Roger Edward Davis and the FDT said he was expected to appear in Port land for hearing on Sept. 20.
 FBf agents said that Lenk's com. pandonS were arrested in New Eng land. Richard c, Banner, in charge of the FBT in Miami said Lenk ad- nitted operating intra-state lotteries under the auspices of various SO. cial clubs. Banner also revealed that the weekly take" from lottery ticket sales in the three states was over S60,000
 Basis for the lottery "payoff" were federal treasury balances and local bank clearance figures, Banner said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
overripe Apples
 Misses r. E. Dewey
(U, 8, Army Radiotelephoto fl

Springfield, Mo-, Sept. 27- (UPl-Gov, Thomas E. Dewey narrowly missed being struck by an OveFripe apple when his special campaign train stopped shortly before midnight last night.
 The apple, apparently thrown by one of three boys atop . root adjoining Che Frisco rall- road track, struck Mike Ack. erman, Acme News Pictures photographer, who was stand. Ing on the ground about l2 feet from the platform from which the presidential nominee was speaking,
 There was no indication whether Dewey knew of the incident. He completed his brief talk without interruption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Germans Not On Verge OF
 Quitting Says U. P. Writer

which occasional shells slammed in. to the American front.
 The Americans were firing even more frequently. The sinister whiss peFing Of our own stun going ovefs head would De followed by great yellowlsh black bursts upon the German positions.
 The Germans appeared to have 6 big gun on afl elevator which from time to time rose over c hill ridge, fired, and disappeared.
 Near one haif.slattered faFfFi- house ifl plain view half c dozon Germans stFolied in open view, evis dentiy figuring Wo wouldn't waste shells on small groups ag it was their forts we were after.
 Our own conspicuous situation was emphasized by aia CfiicOr warning Us to ykeep down; don't allow sil. hcuotto against the sky. fts not only
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
8 RED ARMIES
 BOMDARD RIGA ! AS NAYS FLEE
BY HENRY SHAPIRO IUnlted Press War COrrespOndeMtD

B& M1NNx SkAAkANV IUnlted Press War COrrespOndentl
 Moscow, September 27, - (UP) = German troops were pulling hurriedly out of Riga under a storm of Russian bombs and shells today in a belated attempt to escape envelopment and annihila.' ton from three powerful Soviet armies converging on the city.
 Panicky confusion was re- ported spreading through the German ranks as Soviet tanks and mobile infantry columns rolled in from all sides, overrunning the coastal area north of Riga and threatening to snip oft the narrow land corridor leading south and west to Lithuania and East Prussia.
 More than 800 towns and villages lying in Q great arc north, north- east, east and southeast of the Lat- vian capital were captured by the Russians yesterday In whlrlwind advance that won oil the mRin rail- road and highway functions in the Riga area,
 Soviet warplaneS completely dome mated the skies over the battle- front, bombing and maehlne-gun. ming German Notifications and troon columns and marrying Nan ships attempting to run the block ade into the Baltic Seq. Two enemy transports totaling 1000 tons were sunk by Russian torpedo. o.bomberS an tho Baltic Sea yesterday,
 Far to the south. other Russian forces pushed slowly across the CNr- pathian Mountain ridges along the Slovak- Polish frontier, broadening thelr front on the border to 70 miles an Ereparatlon for Q massive drive,
 CTshe Moscow conimunique gave no word on tho fighting along the Romanian- Hungarian border, which Bucharest said had been crossed by M Russian. RomRnlAn invasion army, "A Hungarian communique admitted that Axis forces were withdrawing Into Hungary on on 8e.mile front barely iB miles south of S2eged, the second city of Hungary)
 The Russian early morning war bulletin indicated that the Germans an LAtvia were trying with little sue- cess to fight Q screening action on the approaches to Riga to cover the withdrawal Of their main forces into western LaVia and down through Lithuania into East Prussia.
 Armored units of tho Soviet Third Baltic Army drove down across the Estonian border along the shores Of
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Blanket Msurance For AM Proposed M London Plan

and burial grants for tho United Kingdoms 47,000 inhabitants.
 The government proposals will Do introduced in Commons next month by which time Bevcridse himself will be c member and able to debate tho issue.
 While probably the biggest enter prise in social insurance ever under taken by Q government, the white paper program was considerably more modest than the BcvcrIdgc plan. It rejected as impracticable the economists daring proposal that the income of no man, woman or child shoulyd at any time be pcr- mitted to drop below the subsist- ence level.
 Congressman Arthur l.. Miller, D., Neb.. attended Q press conference yesterday afternoon ct which Lord Woolton, minister Of Reconstruction, (ccntinued on Page g
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Shoes Are Available

New York. Sept. 26 - (U,P0 - Shoe and tanning industry spokes- men disclosed today that sole leather for l0,000,000 pairs of civil. ian shoes may become available dur. ing the last quarter of this year as 0 result of military cutbacks and on anticipated decrease in repair in- dustry allotments.
 Tanning industry authorities said the release of quantities of military quality soles by the War Production Board last week should mane ap- proximately 0000,000 pairs of soles available for civilian use.
 Tn addition, industry spokesmen expressed belief the WIPE will re. lease another 100000 pair by rec ducing existing supplies to the re- pair trade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
ALLIES INVADE ALBANIA, YUGOSLAvIA
SEA AND AIR
 UNITS IN BIG
 SCALEATTACK
BY REYNOLDS PACKARD United Press War Correspondentj

BX HBxNOBUb KACAAbB United Press War COFrespondentD
 Rome, September 27. - (UP) Allied invasion forces struck struck across the AdrlatIc by air and sea Into Albania and the islands off YugoSlawa to day and drove Inland on Q broad front.
 Allied headquarters aIl- nounced that seaborne and airborne troops of the land forces of the Adriatic carried out the invasion of the Bal- kans, knocking another hole in the southern rim of Adolf Hltler's cracking fortress.
 Nazi broadcaStS said powerful Allied forces swept ashore along Q broad reach Of the AdrIatic shoreline stretching Ilorthward from Albania along the entire Dal- nation coast.
 Early aavlses indicated that the invasion was on c big scale, ifl contrast with the long series Of harassing stabs by eoIfiEnafldo-llke forces, and was aimed at closing the gap between the Adriatic, Mar shai Titos PaFtisafls, and the Red Army FnaSsed on the YugoSiav bof1 der to the east.
 "geaborne and airborne troops Of the land forces of the Adriatic are at present opertaing on c wide front in the Adfiatie country, which includes Albania and islands or YugoRlaVIa," c eommunique said, 'Tacticai air support has been given by the Balkan air force"
 The Allied lands climaxed Boft- ening raids over period Of months by f4to's PartIsans. British coiiis mandos, and the Anglo.Amefisaii bombers forces.
 As A result of the preliminary operations, the NaA garrison of Himra in Albania was destFoyea, and the Germans were forced to give Up the Albanian coastal road and sent their supplies to other gaFrisons by small ships.
 For nearly two weeks landing craft of the royal navy, covered and supported by destfoyers and light coastal craft, had been plying aiiioilg the Southern Dalfnatian Islands, ferFying troops and PaFtisans en- gagged ifl haTassirg c German withs dfawal,
 Bodies of troops also have besa landed on the mainland Of Albania" an officials source said, indicating that the first phase at least Of the invasion was concentrated on that tiny kingdom seized by Italy on
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Forts BIost
 Maxi Plants

London, Sept, 27 (UP9 - Nearly 2,oo0 American Flying Fort resses, Liberators and fighters smashed today at war plants and rail yards In the Rhineland and western Germany in e widespread softening bombardmont ahead of the Allied Armies.
 More than HOO heavy bombers escorted by Mustangs, ThunderboltS and Lightnings dropped explosives through e heavy overcast on a tank factory at Kassel, rail yards at op. pau, synthetic oil and chemical plans at Ludwigshafen, rail yards and an industrial plant at Cologne, and an ordnance depot at MainS,
 At least TAO Mustang. Lightning and Thunderholt fighter planes ac. companies the big bombers and en- countered little opposition from the Luftwaffe except in the area over KNsSel, where more than 100 NaSi fighters made an intense attack on one group of 70 Llberator bombers,
 Luftwaffe planes were spotted in small numbers over Ludwigshafen, but they did not attack. The raiders encountered light fiak over MainS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-27
Murray Attacks WLB's Machine

Washington, Sept. 27 = (U.P0 - CIO President Philip Murray, told tho War Labor Board today that the 100000 members of the CfO United Steel Workers Union could not and will not be asked to toler- ate" any delay in settling their de- mands for l7.centS an hour wage raise.
 While not directly mentioning the possibility Of strike, Murray said that If wage changes are delayed until the end of the war with Ger many 1t would constitute "the most serious miscarriage of justice" He attacked WLB's "cumbersome machinery" which, he said, had de- layed seven long and weary months"