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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27
Wyondotte Boys Return Home From
Orerseas Duty in Recent Weeks

Many Servicemen are home on
leave from overseas duty and many
more are listed to return soon.
Corp. William B. Jameson, Jr.,
son Of w. B. Jameson, ST., 81 Pop
lar street, is home after six years
in the army His service record
shows a Presidential Unit Citation,
three battle stars, and 10 months
service in the China Burma India
Theater where he fought with the
British Army on the Burma Road
After he entered the service in
1899, Corp. Jameson was sent to
Panama for jungle training and
returned to California for noun
tain training He volunteered for
the task force and was sent over
seas.
Four more of his brothers are in
service. Gail, chief cook in the
Navy is in Germany, Robert (Ken)
is a chief electrician in the Navy
now at Norfolk after l8 months in
the Pacific. and John in the Mer-
chant Marine.
Corporal Gordon Henry, son Of
Mr. and Mrs. William Henry, 286
Riyerbank, arrived in Wyandotte on
August f. He spent two weeks here
and Will spend two weeks visiting
relatives in Paris, and Quincy,
Illinois, before reporting for re-
assignment. While he was home he
celebrated his first wedding ami
verSary, the war ended, and he
celebrated his birthday. His wife
is the former Allena May Todd of
Quincy. Illinois.
Cpl. Henry was with the .772nd
Tank Destroyer Battalion. He served
in the LIST. 3rd and 9Th Armies.
He entered the service over four
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27

or tub These should always De
saved and used IN soap Jelly or
other ways so that not a single soap
bubble is wasted
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27
Local Men At Great Lakes

Four young men of this area are
receiving their initial Naval indoc-
trination at the U. S. Naval Train
ing Center, Great Lakes, Illinois.
They are Robert n Krimmel. son
of Mrs. Clyde K. Thon, 455 Kings
highway, Lawrence j. Mcdonald.
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence H.
Mcdonald, 2311 22nd street, Jack
c. Springstead, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles T. Springstead, 82l Plum
street. and William j Breen, son
of Mr.. and Mrs l.. G. Breen, 23509
West River road, Crosse lie.
When their recruit training is
completed, these men will receive
a period of leave.
Walter Evich. S &c. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Anthony Evich, 1882 Sew
enteenth street, has returned tC
Great Lakes after spending a nine
day leave at home He has just
completed his boot training and is
awaiting further assignment
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27

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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27
Wyandotte Medic Preparing
For Pacific

ASSEMBLY AREA COMMAND.
FRANCE-Pfc. Royal J. BOndie, Jr..
whose parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Royal
J. Bondie. Sr.. live at 487 EmmonS
boulevard, Wyandotte, has arrived
at Camp Philadelphia. in the As
sembly Area Command, with Cen
eral Hospital which is now being
proceSsed for direct redeployment
to the Pacific. Pfc. Bondie has been
overseas for five months
The unit of which he is mem
Der sailed from Boston in Novem-
Der. 1914, arriving in Scotland and
moving TO stations in England be-
fore reaching France New Years
Eve Moving up. the unit served two
field Armies during its tour of &C
tive operations in the ETC.
Before he entered the service
February l0, 1943. Pfc Bondic wa!
a Laboratory Technician for Wer.
ner G. Smith Company here.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27

/ years ago and he was overseas one
year
Jack Price, son of Mr. and Mrs
Chester j. Price, 1896 Eighteenth
street. was home on a three-day
leave recently.
Price enlisted in the Navy Air
Corps a year ago and he has been
out on the carrier, U.S.S. Lake
Champlain.
Two local army men are return
ing to the states under the Green
Project" by which the men come
back by planes of the Air Trans
port Command. Joseph F. Stanis-
Zewski, 1121 Eighth street, and Cor
pOral Ralph III. Chitwood, 2349
Eureka are the two. StaniSZewSki
spent seven months overseas with
the Tenth Mountain Division and
Chitwood spent "a months overseas
with Headquarters Demolition in
the Persian Gulf Command in Iran.
Staff Sergeant Joseph j. Tayak,
1886 Grant, is in France with the
10Th Infantry Division which is
coming home for redeployment to
the Pacific. The 45th Division was
an invasion outfit on D-Day in
Sicily and at Salerno.
Corporal Guy S. Gregg, l7O6 Bid
die avenue, is a local army chauf-
feur who is being redeployed to the
Pacific from Camp Washington,
near the fortress citadel of Laon,
France. An Army release states his
unit for direct redeployment
Pfc. John Dawidko, after serving
II months with the famed 28th
Bloody Bucket" Division, is home
for 80 days. The son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alex Dawidko of 1923 Four
tenth street, Dawidko landed in
England and saw action in Nor
mandy, Northern and Southern
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Hol-
land, and Germany.
He has the Purple Heart with
Oak Leaf cluster for wounds re-
ceived during the Battles of Nor
mandy, and the Bulge, also the
Good Conduct Ribbon, the Euro
pean theater ribbon with four bat
tie stars and the Combat Infantry
badge for exemplary service in ac-
ton against the enemy A brother,
Ralph, is with the Engineering Avi-
alton Battalion in the Pacific.
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PAGE FOUR
Enroute Home

TWO more Wyandotte men are
now enroute home from the Euro
pean Theatre.
William j. Wolthaus has reported
TO the Air Lift Distribution Center
at Camp Banding. Florida before
being transferred to a reception
center nearer home. Wolthaus has
spent IS months overseas and will
spend a returnee furlough here.
T/Sgt. Julian j. Jackubiec, son OF
OF Mrs. Mary Poltaranus, is a men,
Der Of the five-star Santa Fe Div
lsion which ended its occupational
duties in Germany during the sec
ond week of July and then was
transferred to a redeployment camp
near Reims, France. Elements OF
the Division served as Honor Guard
for President Truman when he ar
rived at Antwerp.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27
MahalSk Graduates

CHICAGO - Ranking first in a
class OF eighteen, Raymond John
Mahalak, AMMO, graduated from
the Nays Aircraft Propeller School
AT the Naval Air Technical Train
ing Center, 87th and Anthony ave-
nue., Chicago. it was announced by
Capt. r. L. Fuller, commanding Of
ficer Of the center.
Raymond, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27
Roberts On OkinaWa

Pfc. Richard E. Roberts, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Roberts, 1892
MERCER, Old Homestead, is serving
on Okinawa with General StiUell' S
Tenth Army. He has recently been
awarded an arrow head and a
bronze star for the invasion of
Okinawa. He also wears a battle
star for the battle of Leyte on his
Asiatic-Pacific ribbon and has a
good conduct ribbon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27
Gets Good Conduct Medal

T/5 Delbert E. Blauvelt, 366
Cherry street, Wyandotte. sgd x,
40O0th AAF Base Unit, Wright Field,
Dayton, Ohio, has been awarded the
Good Conduct Medal for having
demonstrated exemplary behavior.
efficiency and fidelity.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27

Ice cream and a bath are the two
things, next TO home, that service
men in the tropics want most, an
Army poll disclosed
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27

WITH THE 32d INFANTRY d.
VISION IN NORTHERN LUZON.
P. Private First Glass Philip j.
Bartolotta, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Bartolotta of 239 Antoine
street, Wyandote. is now with the
32d Infantry Division near Baguio
in Northern Luzon, Philippine
Islands.
PFC Bartolotta was assigned to
the famous Red Arrow Division
while it was battling the enemy
along the Villa Verde Trail in the
Caraballo mountains.
Before entering the Army, Bar
tolotta was employed at the Wy
andotte Chemicals Corporation. He
came into the service during March
1913. received his training at Camp
Butner, North Carolina and en-
barked for overseas daty December
6, 1914
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27

Louis Mahalak, 324 Maple street,
Wyandotte, graduated from Roose-
welt high school in l94l where he
majored in English. History. and
Math.
After the war, MahalaK intends
to study bookkeeping and account
ing and start business of his own.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-27
Soap Crumbs

Dry sudS are an excellent outlet
for odds and ends OF soap that arc
too small for regular use at the sink
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17

tighter sugar rationing at home.
That's why your sugar stamp SO
must stretch over four months in
stead of three. That's why sugar
for home canning has been cut to
a maximum of Is pounds per per-
son. And it's not only the home
makers who will be taking a cut.
So will hotels, restaurants, candy
makers, bakers and soft drink man
ufacturers.
Mrs. Walter A. A. Kidd just can't
bear to think of the suffering that
goes on in the world. Il tell Mr..
Kidd she says, that we're real
soldiers on the home front, what
with paying income tax, buying
bonds and sending cheerful letters
| to the boys overseas. BY the way, =
she'll say, have you spare shoe
stamp you can let me have2"
Mrs J. @. Club knows the
Black Market is wrong and run by
racketeers worse than in the days
of prohibition. but says, "Yes, |
watch the ceiling prices posted in
the stores and never pay more than
a cent or two above listed prices,
and then only if it saves me going
elsewhere for what | want"
- -.
Alfred M. Savage was first in his
district to register for Ration Book
|. He believes that price control
has definitely kept prices down and
made distribution fairer to all He
thinks his neighborhood market
man is uncooperative, however, If
he won't accept ration stamps which
have expired only day or two
- go
Marilyn Credulous is engaged to
a boy in the South Pacific, works
hard at war plant and, although
she weighs but los, is a member
of the blood doner's gallon club.
However, she applies for all extra
canning sugar rations and uses it
to make candy. But don't even
use it in my Coffee she explains
when war sacrifices are mentioned.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
A BAD MIXTURE

Before condoning the expenditure
OF billions of tax dollars, duplicat-
ing on every stable river in the
nation the tax-exempt government,
hydroelectric power projects such
as dot the Tennessee Valley, Ameri-
can taxpayers should make sure
they know what they are getting
for their money. The Clarksburg
Telegram of Clarksburg, w. Va,
turns to one of history's greatest
scientists for an answer.
Since we are indebted to Edison
more than any other man for the
development of the electric indus
try, his views of hydro power are
particularly interesting
In an article published January
5, 1929, Mr. Edison said.
Water power is political is
sue, not business one There
is far more danger in public mo-
nopoly than there is in private
monopoly, for when the govern
ment goes into business it can al
ways shift its losses to the tax
payers. If il goes into the power
business it can pretend to sell cheap
power and then cover up its losses
Further along in the same ar
ticle the wizard Of Menlo Park
summed up his views on govern
ment in business by relating an ex-
perience he had during World War
|. He said:
when I was in Washington
during the war l needed to have a
special article made up for me out
of tin. II was not at all difficult
thing to make and there was at
hand Navy shop entirely equip
ped to make It, I wanted that ar
ticle in great hurry | kept send
ing messengers oyer to the bureau
and they brought back encouraging
reports Of progress. In four days
the article was delivered. Some
time after / was curious to ascer-
tain how long it would take to
make the article in my own shops.
So I sent for one Of my tinsmiths
and told him what I wanted. He
delivered it in two and half
hours. l think that is just about the
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17

men, among the most battle-weath-
cred troops in General Jacob l..
Deveres' 9th Army Group, fought
for three days against completely
manned Siegfried defenses but
smashed through to get in on the
kill of two German armies in the
Saar Basin. They observed their
second anniversary overseas by
boosting their total of Germans
captured to 10000.
Commanded by Col. George E.
Lunch of Orlando, Fla, the men
of the land achieved a spectacular
record in Italy and France where
they stormed strongly-defended
beaches, waged difficult mountain
warfare, and affected rapid thrusts
deep into enemy territory.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17

Rugged fighting in Italy saw
them among first Americans to bat
tie on European soil when they
waded ashore at Salerno. They took
the treacherous heights of Mount
Maggiore and on Mount Castellone
beat off force of 1000 Germans
with 400 men. Playing key part
in one of the most brilliant ma
neuvers of the war, they infiltrated
enemy lines two miles to take
heights overlooking Velletri, opened
the gates to Rome, and became the
first unit to pass through the CAPT.
tai city.
From the beaches Of Southern
France, these doughfeet sped north
Continued on page 81
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
A Slight Peek Into
History's Pages
By Chas. d. Rowe

Chinese scholars have probably
been snickering in quiet way be-
hind their hands-or whatever 1t is
the Chinese do to express sly hum
or and amusement-at our attempts
of the past few years to remake
our economic structure and revamp
human nature. They might we'll
quote the old proverb to the eff
feet that there is nothing new un-
der the sun. And they might tell us
our New Deal was sired some thou
sands of years ago.
About 40 years before Christ the
Chinese Emperor WI Ii national
lied the natural resources of China.
established governmental control of
transport and trade, fixed prices
for commodities, Regulated public
works to occupy the unemployed.
His plans failed The Cost of food
and clothing skyrockgted. WI It's
subjects wanted to boil him in oil.
About A. D. |, theEmperor Wang
Mang nationalized the land of
China, distributed it in equal shares
among the peasants, made govern
ment loans of low interest to pro-
ductive enterprises, fixed prices,
bought excess farm products in
times of plenty and sold them in
times of dearth. This ended in in
ternal revolt and the emperor was
slain.
But that didn't end their new
deal experiments. In 1921 A. D.
another Chinese emperor announced
that "the state should take the en-
tire management of commerce, in
dustry and agriculture into its own
hands," He organized public engin-
eering enterprises, financed the
farmers crops, resettled the unem-
ployed in subsistence homesteads,
regulated wages and prices, ma
tionalized commerce, established a
budget system for governmental ex
penditures, and provided pensions
for the aged, the unemployed and
the poor (Seems as though we
have heard much similar doctrine
recently.) This growing govern
mental power required a vast bu-
reaucracy, which resulted in heavy
taxation. Corruption spread through
the vast bureaucracy, war and rev.
olution came.
A similar program was tried by
the Ptolemies in Egypt about 1923
B. G. It also ended in eventual
failure.
We are indebted to Will Durant
for pointing out this bit of history
to us in an excellent article in the
May Redbook From which we
gather that our New Deal is merely
an old deal undergoing a rejuvena-
ton operation.
Our housewives are finding they
must plan this years canning with
less sugar than they had last year.
Some of them wonder why Let's
see what the Office Of Price Adj
ministratlon says about it.
| Our sugar problem is a world
problem. OPA says Only about
one-fourth of our domestic sugar
supply is produced on the mainland
Of the United States. Because Of
lack of manpoWer, and because beet
sugar production depends largely
on hand labor, much of an increase
cannot be expected from that
source. The Japs. have destroyed
the industry in the Philippines, SO
we cannot expect any sugar from
there until well into 1916 Puerto
Rican and Cuban imports will be
reduced because Of drought, hurri-
cane and other adverse conditions.
Our armed forces are still using
tremendous amounts of sugar. And
now that Europe is liberated we
must send more sugar to the starry
ing people there. All Of this means
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
SMOKE JUMPING

Region OIie VI Vic VI Gov oSi VIZ
is expanding aerial fire control IN
the headwaters of the Flathead,
Sun River and Blackfoot, River
drainages of the Flathead, Lewis
and Clark, Helena and Lolo Ma
tional Forests this summer. Smoke
jumping, which began as an ex-
pertinent in 1899, has proved so
superior to ground methods of fire
control in roadless areas where ira
vel is by foot or horse that last
year many lookout and firemen
positions set up in the forests for
control of fires were abandoned in
favor of smoke jumper control.
Aerial fire control is not new
Experiments and actual effective
use of airplanes extends back over
20 years. Smoke jumpers have been
used for five years. They have
jumped 452 times to fires in some
Of our most rugged country Their
use has been highly successful.
Hundreds of tons of fire equip
ment and supplies have been sue
cessfully dropped to fire-fighters.
Careful studies of records, Stats
tics, survey data and experience
have gone into the planning OF
aerial fire control for the Cont
mental Air Unit.
This year another step in aerial
control will be taken by not only
expanding use of smoke jumpers
in suppressing fires but also
through substituting aerial patrol
and detection for many lookout po-
sitions. Scattered lookouts will be
retained throughout the area to give
detection coverage to the more haz-
ardous areas and report paths of
lightning storms. Aeras struck by
lightning will then be patrolled by
airplane with smoke jumpers
aboard ready to Immediately de-
scend upon any fire discovered.
Delivery of men to fires by para
chute is we'll developed and its SUI
periority over ground travel in re-
mote areas demonstrated. Aerial
detection Of fires is somewhat ex-
detrimental in that the airplane in
past years has. been used as an
adjunct to lookout detection. Now
it is planned to reverse the process
by making the airplane the prime
means of detection assisted by look
outs. How successful this will be
can be determined only by trial
Each method has its advantages.
The lookout has the area under al
most constant observation but there
are always large areas that cannot
be seen becuse of intervening
ridges. The airplane observer
views the country for a compare
lively short time but there are no
blind areas.
Last year smoke jumpers were
used twice on the Kootenai Ma
tional Forest once in the wilder
ness area southwest of Libby and
once in the rugged area north Of
Libby. In both cases the use Of
smoke jumpers proved very sue
cessful and practical. The Kootenai
Forest has used aerial delivery of
supplies and equipment to fires for
number of years past Since this
method of fire control in remote
forested areas has proven to be both
practical and economical the Koo-
tenai National Forest plans to con-
tlnue and even increase the use Of
aerial fire control measures on
those portions Of their protection
unit where aerial fire control
measures on those portions Of their
protection unit where aerial meth
DDS are indicated.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17
News Telling Of
Lincoln Co.
Servi(ennen
Bits of News from Here
and There About the Boys
from Home.
COLLECTED FROM ALP
CORNERS. OF THE WORLD

Sgt. William Stolarczyk came
last week to spend a furlough with
the home folks. Sgt. Stolarczyk has
had three years of active duty in
Africa and Italy.
Sgt. Fred Metzger returned home
Monday from Barstow. Calf, where
he is stationed in the ordnance
repair department of the Marine
Corps large supply station Sgt.
MetZger has been with the marines
for the past seven or eight years,
and was with the outfit at Guadaf-
canal. He was sent from that place
to the States for disqualification.
He is in Libby on Is day furlough
which he is spending at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. DeRosia.
He is Mrs. DeRosias son.
Clare Russell Sugden came Sun
day from Portland to visit at the
home of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Moody. Clare, who is
in the merchant marines, has just
returned from a three months
cruise in the southwest Pacific
Second 1t. Delvin G. Larson, a
fighter pilot, son Of Mrs. c. L.
Stocking, now of Kalispell but
formerly of Libby. is undergoing a
Course in combat flying tactics
with the Eighth air force 353rd
fighter group in England
Commanded by Col. Ben Rimer-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17

ratio Of efficiency between govern
ment and private operation in
some cases.
THE government never really
goes into business, for ii never
makes ends meet. And that is the
first requisite of business. 1t just
mixes a little business with a lot
of politics and no one ever gets a
chance to find out what is actually
going on !"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17

man, the veteran Psi Mustang
fighter unit has scored more than
425 victories over the luftwaffe. Of
these, 260 were destroyed in the
air
The Mustang fighter which Lieu
tenant Larson will shortly take in
to combat is one of the worlds
most formidable single-engine air.
craft 1t mounts six 5-calibre ma
chine guns and attains a speed of
more than 400 miles an hour in
level flight.
Sgt. John Corbett left Sunday ev-
ening to report at Salt Lake City
before being transferred to an en-
barkation point He has spent the
past two weeks with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. George Corbett, and
Libby friends.
Hugh Hennessy, c. c. S., is tenn
porarily stationed in San Francisco,
according to word received by Mrs.
Hennessy.
Bob Petrusha, w. T. &c, on L.
S. T., has been moved from the At
lantic coast to the South Pacific.
His brother, Daryl, has been in
the Pacific year and says pros
poets of getting home look pretty
slim. He is on a destroyer and
has just recently gotten his F l/c
rating.
Aboard USS Albert W. Grant at
Sea-Herbert l.. Zawadke, 81, ma
chinist's mate, second class, USNR,
son of Mrs. Clara Zawa,dke, OF
Libby, Mont, is aboard this 21OO-
ton destroyer, now back in action
after undergoing repairs for dam
age received in the Battle Of Surf
gao Strait.
The night she was damaged the
Grant assisted in the sinking of q
Fuso-class Jap battleship, scoring
hits with torpedoes.
The Grant was commissioned
Nov "a, l943. She played an in
shore role in landing operations al
Hollandia. New Guinea; Saipan and
Tinian in the Marianas. at Palau
and at Leyte in the Philippines
For her accuracy at Saipan and
Tinian, she won the nickname OF
"Sniper Ship"
y -
9Th Army Group. Germany
Capt Orval O. Saunders of Libby
the land Infantry Regiment
is one of the veteran doughboys oil
which experiencing some Of their
hardest combat in more than $50
days of battle, recently broke
through the Moder Line at Ober-
hoffen, captured Wissembourg, and
slashed their way through strong
Siegried Line defenses.
These 36th Division infantry
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-05-17

Sgt. John Corbett left Sunday ev-
ening to report at Salt Lake City
before being transferred to an en-
barkation point. He has spent the
past two weeks with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Corbett, and
Libby friends.