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Postscript of the Apache sentinel. [volume] (Fort Huachuca, Ariz.) 1945-1946, 1945-11-30

To get men wh0 are eli gib1e for dis
charge out as fast 20 ssi BILE, is the
motto at the Fl Euachuca Separation Po-
int. AS we e. to press they are seeadi-
ly living up to this pledge.
The Separation Point, VIII Oh is CON-
manded by Col. Charles R. Smi tn was ac--
tivated September Is and to date has
discharged IS officer and 345 emil sted
men to date. The present rate of sepa--
ration averages 55 men per day,
Capt. Mark n. Gebhart is the adjutant
wi tn CWC arthur l.. franklin serving as
his ASST slant and Personnel officer.
Capt Henry G. Talmadge is the Finance
head and Capt Baxter S. Scruggs, Post
2 officer is in charge Of Personal
Affairs and counselling Service. 1t. Geo.
rye F. Rivers i S the Chi eff o. Counse11-
ing Section.
The Separation Point Detachment is
commanded by 1st 1t Ii nden H. Wagner,
and 1t Claire ". Shell serves as supply
and Hess Off Ger, These men are resp n
81 bic for the housing, suppli es and mes
sing IF men n the Point from the time
# their arrival until discharged.
N}sgt. (Actg) Walter L. Landry is in
charge of the enli sted section and SER
yes as the Sgt jor Of the Pr int. Mrs.
Rose S. james i 8 chi eff IF the Officers
Section and III Reenli stment Section. MI
Sgt. Narvi Ii. III che las is the asst slant
in the Ree1istmen section. The outgo-
ing Reco rds and Certi Il Gates Sections
are headed by Mrs. Doro thy B. Nenard.
Miss Helen N. Arbuckle and 81 5gt. Will
~. Hallway serve as CT erxs in the Fin
ance Section.
The incoming Record and Receiving
Sections are headed by S/Sgt Henry v.
Hay vi tn IT, n. D. Crosse. IT'S Percy c.
Taylor and Iii SIS Jessie Talamantes CON-
pletinG the depsr tment
The emil sted Counse1ling Section is
headed by TIA William ". Be1cher. This
section also handles the ori entatiop IF
men bel ng separated.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Real Estate Broker
Dies Suddenly

George Jackson Newcomb, Tren-
ton real estate broker, died sudden
~ Saturday at his home, 2036
Church place, Trenton.
He was secretary Of the Trenton
depositors, and has been a member
OF the Trenton Board of Education
for 20 years. Newcomb was a char
ter member Of the Trenton Ex-
change club, Boy Scout commit
teeman for IS years, and a member
Of the Down River Chamber of
Commerce.
He was a member of the Detroit
commandry, Detroit Palestine lodge,
the Monroe chapter; Joppa lodge,
Bay City and the metropolitan ex-
change.
Funeral services we're held at 10
o'clock this morning at the Ridge
funeral home after which the re-
mains were shipped to Bay City.
Burial was at Elm Lawn cemetery,
Bay City. 2 p. m.
Surviving are his wife. Lillian;
son, George. Jr.: daughter. Mrs.
Robert Hamer and two grandchil-
dren.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
It's A Dogs Life!
Is You Is Or Is You Amt
My Baby, Neighbors Cry

Terry has personality he Has
cit" When Terry comes into sight
the hearts of women in the neigh
borhood go =. boingl
Terry's a short-haired terrier that
was obtained to guard a young Wy
andotte matron while her husband
works the night shift in q local war
plant. Everything was serene and
calm good neighborliness
abounded until the advent Of Terry.
Mrs. Neighbor has fallen for Terry
and covets him. He's being abused
she says b.. forced to go outside as
dogs are wont to do occasionally :. {.
but without q winter coatl The sight
of Terry shivering In the cold minus
even a pair of rubbers tears Mrs.
Neighbors heart-strings.
So HRS. Neighbor filed a complaint
with the Humane Society and Terry
was rushed off to the dog bastile.
Mistress rushed down to 60 Terry's
bail and just in time >. For there
was Mrs. Neighbor hurrying in =. {.
money in hand ready to bail-out
the terrier and claim him,
The strange duel Of two who love
a dog goes on =. who will win, no
one knows i. least Of all Terry.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

The state administration, headed
by Governor Harry F. Kelly, faces
in 1915 an unusual opportunity for
accomplishment.
For the first time since 1917. the
state is entirely free of bonded in
debtedness. The last bond Of the
$50,000,00O highway fund bond is
sue of 1924 was paid in 1914. The
event was celebrated by re-lighting
of the state capitol dome which
had been turned oft as a civilian
war defense measure at the out
break Of war.
TIE state has the unprecedented
blessing Of a $4,000 900 postwar
reserve fund which was created by
act Of the 1913 legislature. In fact,
this fund has already earned more
than $500, 900 in interest.
Assuming that Michigan's income
will be sustained IN 1945 at last
years high level, state officials be-
lieve the sales tax revenue, at 8
per cent, would continue to supply
the state treasury with funds in
excess of the states current needs.
This belief prompted the state
tax study advisory committee, head
ed by State Treasurer .. Hale
Brake, to recommend that the state
reduce its per cent sales tax to
"a per cent, permitting municipan-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Returns to States

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. 8 -
Pfc. Jerry j. Safran, Is. 322 Clin-
ton street. Wyandotte, has returned
from service outside the continental
United States and is now being pro-
cessed through the Army Ground
and Service Forces Redistribution
Station In Miami Beach, where his
next assignment will be determined.
Pfc. Safran served IS months as
rifleman in the Southwest Pacific
theatre Of operations.
Army Ground and Service Forces
Redistribution Stations are located
In various parts of the United
States.
During the period that returnees
stay at an Army Ground and Serv-
ice Forces Redistri. Ltion Station,
they are given painstaking occupa-
tional and physical classification as
well as physical and mental recon-
ditioning together with various lee
lures designed to reorient men re-
Gently returned from combat areas.
This processing Is carried on with
out haste in pleasant surroundings
conductive to mental and physical
relaxation.
Before entering the service Pfc.
Safran was employed as a mechanic.
He became q member of the Armed
Forces on june Is, 1941.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Knockout Droppe,
Destroys Nasi
Supply Line

AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMB
Err STATION, England Sergeant
Lloyd D. Shilkett, 80, whose wife,
Mrs. Ruby NJ. Shilkett, lives at 1l9
Bondie street, waist gunner on the
Bit Flying Fortress, Knockout
Dropper", helped the Saith Bomb.
Group celebrate its Tooth lombard
ment mission during an Eighth, Air
Force aerial assault on Nazi mar
shalling yards at Darmstadt, Ger
many.
Dropping their bombs successfully
within the target area, Sgt. Shil-
kett's group was credited with toss
ing a decisive monkey wrench in the
Nazi machinery of forwarding sup
plies to the front. The sergeant is a
member of the Third Bombardment
Division, cited by the President for
its now historic England-Africa
shuttle bombing Of Nazi Messer-
schmitt aircraft plants at Regens-
burg, Germany, in August of 1913.
Sgt. Shilkett is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Shilkett, Swift
City, Ind. A 1891 graduate of Swift
City high school, he was employed
as a stocker serviceman by the
American Stoker Maintenance Co.,
Detroit. before entering the Army
Air Forces in June, 1913.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

said, I'VE hold that the judge con-
Quoting one-man grand jury pro-
ceeding Is acting in a judicial
capacity"
In reviewing the Slattery case,
the court pointed out: The refusal
to answer or the giving of an eva
sive reply obstructs the work Of a
Judge or jury which in an orderly
manner is seeking to ascertain
whether q complaint Is true and
whether certain crimes have been
committed. If the witness could
hide behind the answer, I don't
remember, or words to that ef-
feet, when such statement was
manifestly untrue, it would emas-
culate the one-man grand jury pro-
ceedings and make them Of little
or no value" AS to the claim that
extra work was being imposed upon
the Judge, the court opinion stated:
I'VE know Of no more important
duty than to sit as q one-man
grand jury called to uncover GRIM
inal malfeasance in office"
The record Of the lansing one
man grand jury to date Is sensa-
tional Out Of So arrests made In
1914, there were % convictions and
two acquittals. Thirty-eight cases
are awaiting trial.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Arrest Youth
for Auto Theft

David Dow. II, Of 154l5 Hampton
Romulus, was arrested by police
Friday for theft Of an automobile
owned by Verne Hotchkiss. 81
Orange.
Hotchkiss reported his 1871 Mer-
curry tudor had been stolen the pre-
vious day and when 1t was recov-
cred, Officers John Shopp and James
Kelly were assigned to watch 1t.
Dow was apprehended when he at
tempted to drive the car away.
The Romulus youth was arraigned
before Judge Arthur Decker Satur-
day and pleaded guilty to the
charge. He was taken to the county
jail in default of 81 900 bond to await
examination on January IL.
Three other youths were also ar
rested by police on auto charges.
Eugene Beaubien, Il, 245 Walnut;
Roger Knope, 1S, 634 Pine and Rob-
ert Asmus, II, 353 Vinewood are be-
ing held for investigation Of break
ing and entering motor vehicles.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

eff my luck holds out" Sgt. An
thony Gacioch wrote to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gacioch, 1850
Third street, on December 8, "I1l
be all right. Right now we're in the
midst Of the fighting"
Last week, word was received that
Sgt. Gacioch, 81, had been killed in
action in France on December Is
He had been overseas with the In
fantry for two-and-a-half years and
was employed at the j. B. Ford
company prior to entering service.
Besides his parents, he Is survived
by three brothers. Henry, s &c USN
Mac s &c USN, Stanley; q sister
Mrs. Lottie Kogut, Lansing, and two
step-brothers. Cpl. Stanley Litwin-
ski, Cpl. Walter Litwinsh.
Word of the death Of Sgt. Todd
Stone was received by his wife, Mrs
Evelyn Stone, sl2 Ford, Monday
He was killed in Germany, Novem-
Der %. Surviving are his wife; par
.ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Stone
Trenton, and two brothers, John and
Kenneth.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Report Shows
False Alarms
on Increase

Listing 48 false alarms answered
during the past year, the Fire De-
partment disclosed an increase of
nearly 30 per cent in the number
Of false alarms received as compared
with 1895 total of 81.
A total of 435 alarms were received
for the year with a total loss on
property and contents Of $51,390 ac-
cording to the annual report sub
mitted by Chief Gustav Anselm.
Total losses for the previous year
was estimated at $534,710.
Four hundred and thirty five
alarms were received in 1914 and
there were 10 out of town calls.
Rescue calls numbered "a, the same
as the previous year.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Kiwanis Install
Officers for Year

Installation of Harry Netcher as
Lieutenant Governor of Division 10
and Wilfred Newell as president Of
the wyandotte organization will
take place at Tuesdays meeting Of
the Wyandotte Kiwanis club.
Known as Kiwanis Objectives
Day, the meeting will salute Netch-
er who was elected 1t. Governor in
the recent State Convention. DON
aid Beckman, of Ecorse, retiring
1t. Governor will install Netcher.
The Board of Directors and Off
GERS of the local club will also be in
stalled and include: w. F. Newell,
president; Harry WurSter, Harold
Stoner, vice-president; DR.. Frank
Kills, secretary: Harry Ward, treas
urer; Joseph Gartner, D. M. Henke,
DR.. Douglas Walters, board Of direc-
tors.
In service activities during the
past year, the Kiwanis carried on
numerous service tasks In keeping
with their detectives which included
boys and girls activities and special
Wartime service projects.
SPONSOR SCOUT TROOPS
The club continued to sponsor Boy
Scout troop 8, under the leadership
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

ties to levy a II Of one per cent
local tax as q means of obtaining
needed local government revenues.
Sustained public revenue would
permit the legislature, II members
so concluded, to authorize construc-
ton of new buildings and facilities
for the states own institutions, such
as the state university, colleges,
hospitals and a. new state office
building at Lansing.
These opportunities were illus
trated In this column last week
when needs of Michigan State Col
lege, the states educational prodigy
were outlined.
Among the outstanding achieve
ments Of 1914 were the legislative
decisions to embark upon q COM
prehensive program for outdoor
recreation. 1.-THE legislature appro-
priated 5000. 900 to start purchas-
ing land In southeastern Michigan
and 81, 00o. 900 to buy the Porcupine
mount forest tract In the Upper
Peninsula.
An intelligent five-year develop
ment program. incorporating use q
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

The colonel Is Sixth Army
Group officer, up at the. front for
a conference with a division lead
er. The slim youngster is Staff
Sergeant william G. Rieger, ala
Poplar street. pilot of one of the
flying jeepS" of a Jason squadron
which furnishes taxi service" to
Sixth Army Group headquarters in
France.
Flying L-5s, Stinson Sentinels, the
pilots of the squadron take officers
right up to the front lines, or run
them back to rear areas. They act
as couriers In addition to carrying
passengers wherever they want to
go. Every once in a while" the LIS
get shot at as they hurry someone
to an important conference, and
it's not unusual for them to be
strafed at their landing fields.
Most of the pilots in the two
flights of the squadron which served
the headquarters held private L.
censes as civilians and some still
have their planes in storage in the
United States. Some Of them, be-
fore taking to the flying jeeps"
piloted gliders. They saw service
in Italy, North Africa and Corsica
before flying in France.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
In
Critical Stage

WASHINGTON, D. c.. January 8
owners or Americas passenger cars
and Government agencies respon-
sible for automotive supplies were
warned by the American Automo-
bile Association today that it will
take Herculean efforts in main
tenance and conservation to prevent
a disastrous transportation break
down in 1945.
The findings of the AAA, as a re-
suit of which the red flag of Dan
ger Ahead" was raised, were en-
bodied in statement by H. j. Brun-
nier, San Francisco, Calf, who was
recently elected president of the ma
tional motoring body.
Mr.. Brunnier's warning was based
on a comprehensive. inventory Of
passenger Car transportation after
three years Of war and covered the
car as q unit of transportation, tires
replacement parts, repair facilities
mechanic manpower and gasoline.
The AAA president pointed out
that since Pearl Harbor the passen-
ger car has carried Is per cent of
the country's local essential trans
bortation load, and that it has been
the means of getting four out Of five
war workers to and from their jobs.
Mr.. Drummer said that Is per cent
of the 25,0OO,0 900 automobiles remain
ing on the highway are II years OF
age or older, and added that If great
numbers of these go out Of use in
coming months due to obsolesence,
we may quickly descend to, or go
below the 10000, 900 level which has
been estimated as the rock bottom
figure for essential needs. But, in
any event, he added, we are current
ly confronted with the gigantic task
of doing a 1915 wartime transporta-
ton job with a 1929 registration of
cars.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Rites Tomorrow
for Train Victim

Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. tomorrow afternoon for
George Amiot, BIN Lee, who was
killed last week in a train wreck at
Ogden, Utah.
Burial, with full military honors,
will be at sWoodmere cemetery and
arrangements are In charge Of the
Ridge funeral home, Trenton.
The 32-year-old serviceman was
a graduate Of Trenton high school
and Howe Military academy. He en-
tered the service In 1912 and was
returning to his base after having
spent his first leave in more than
"a years. Amiot was charter
member of the Crosse lie Yacht
club, the Coast Guard reserve and
a former employe at the Detroit
Edison channel plant.
He is survived by his father,
George, st. Louis, Missouri; a sis
ter, Mrs. Douglas Walters, and his
grandmother, Mrs. A. B. Smith.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

of DR.. Frank kits, as well as a
Brownie troop of Girl Scouts; a
father and son program which in
cluded service to fatherless boys and
Christmas party for needy. chill
dren.
In addition, the club contributed
to the Ann Arbor hospital fund for
work with children "a state wide
project) and funds were provided
for needy chilren to go to camp.
The Kiwanis has followed care
fully planned, systematic effort to
keep in touch with members in serv-
ice whereby various members of the
club take turns in writing to those
In the armed forces. These per-
sonal letters are in addition to the
weekly Kiwanis bulletin sent to each
man.
BUILD SCOUT CABIN
Two special accomplishments were
realized during the year. One was
the construction of Boy Scout
overnight cabin on Crosse lie and
the other was the financing of the
furnishings for the library and read
ing room Of the new YMCA head
quarters.
Club members volunteered to con-
struct the Boy Scout cabin and over
q period of several weeks performed
the work involved in the construc-
ton Of the building, which is now
completed and ready for dedication.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Nlzchznnn " Gene

the southeastern Michigan and Por-
cupine mountain tracts, has been
approved by the state conservation
commission and by the committees
on natural resources and conserva-
ton Of the Michigan state planning
commission.
= Looking forward to the postwar
need for outdoor recreational faci-
lities, the conservation commission
advocates q five-year expenditure
Of $16,000.000 for state park i'm
provements.
Cost Of new park highways and
relocation of park roads would total
$3,740,0 900 Of the above sum.
Here Is another opportunity to
invest In Michigans future.
Michigan's roads have taken Q
bad beating during the war.
Considerable new construction
must be undertaken as soon as labor
and materials are available.
The state highway department
has completed plans for total road
building program involving IN ex-
penditure q ell1, oo0. 900 covering
$40 projects, It = announced by
Commissioner Chax3os y. Ziegle9.
The states program for return
ing war veterans has been pro-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
by Gene Allen an

nounced to be outstanding In the
nation.
Here is q state service, new to
this war, which vitality affects 545.-
900 Michigan men and women who
have entered the armed services to
date. Headed by Col. Philip Pack,
director Of the state office Of vet
eran affairs, the State of Michigan
intends to offer direct assistance to
every returning service man and
woman.
How much Of the $4,000, 900 post
war fund should be ear-marked for
veterans? This is one question yet
to be answered. Governor Kelly has
proposed a postwar bonus. The
needs of state institutions alone are
more than $4,000, 900.
Because one-eighth of the ma
tons entire war output Is conferred
in Michigan, the state government
will continue to carry q heavy re-
sponsibility as q pacemaker In in
dustry.
Governor Kelly's Inaugural mes
sage emphasized this fact almost to
the exclusion Of other matters.
Michigan 4 verify the worlds
foremost home front.
Here Is both q challenge and an
opportunity.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Will Reorganize
City Symphony

The Wyandotte Conservatory Of
Music has again stepped to the fore
with a civic project that may well
be viewed with pride. 1t is the re-
vival Of the Wyandotte Symphony
orchestra which disbanded about
two years ago.
All old members, and any others
who are interested in this organiza-
ton, are urged to attend the first
meeting held in the Bandroom OF
the Roosevelt high school on Tues
day evening at 1880. and to bring
their instruments.
The new group is to be sponsored
by the Conservatory, and will be
under the direction of Duane Saw
yer. Details of the program for the
season will be announced at later
date.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Receive Combat
Infantry Badges

With the 00th Infantry Division
in France - Maj. Gen. Horace L.
Mcbride. Commanding General of
the Goth Infantry Division, has an
nomced that Corporal Jack H.
Gould and Private First Class
Thomas N. Chowinski have been
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge for exemplary conduct In
action against the enemy.
Cpl. Gould Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Gould. 45s Dickerson,
Detroit. His wife, Mrs. Dorothy g.
Mawson, Is residing at 723 River
bank.
Pfc. Chowinski Is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Chowinski. $50 High
land. He entered the Army, July n,
1947.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Shriners to Elect
Officers Tuesday

Election Of officers Of the Down
River Shrine club will be held at
the annual dinner rNeting. tuesday.
Special entertainment and election
will follow the dinner to be held at
Jack Lucas restaurant, Lincoln
Park. The meeting will then adjourn
to Detroit for the annual MoSlem
business meeting and election of Of
ficers for the Moslem.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Injured When Taxicab
Drives THROUGH Barricade

Mrs. Anthony Renaldi, Ecorse,
was treated at Wyandotte hospital
Saturday for a laceration Of the lip
received when the taxi in which she
was riding drove through the OFF
railroad barricade at Walnut st.
Albert Beaudrie, River Rouge, driver
of the cab, told police that he did
not know It was a dead end street
until he approach the barricade too
late to stop his car.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08
Three Wounded

Three men from the Down River
area were reported as wounded this
week. They are Pvt. Homer G. Rhine
hart husband of Mrs. Katie Rhine
hart, Wyandotte; Pfc. Nogi H. Haky
son Of Mrs. Minnie r. Haky, Tren-
ton, and Pvt. Raymond Wroblewsh
son of Mrs. Helen Worblewski, of
Wyandotte.