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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-04-25
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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1945-04-25
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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
They Haven't Forgotten
You, Joe

People of Wyandotte have not forgotten
the I'll Joes and Jills. When the city'S serv-
lcemen and women return from the present
war there will be no need for them to sell
apples on street corners, no standing in
breadlineS, no unemployment for the vet
Grams.
Through the efforts of small committee
OF leading business men, backlog of Jobs,
$500 of them, has been set up for the vets
The Work Pile committee set their plan in
motion with questionnaires which were sent
to all residents and business places, asking
for listing of all available work and of
postwar remodeling plans.
Work for each veteran needing it can be
supplied at full time, highly paid wage
rate for six months, it has been estimated
by the committee. Vets who were plumbers
interior decorators, carpenters, painters will
practice their trades through the jobs pro-
vided in the Work Pile plan. Listing of
jobs available which have not been filled
and situations wanted by the ex-servicemen
will be offered through special classified
section in the News-Herald
Taking page out of Johnny Appleseed's
book, the committee sowed the seeds that
will provide jobs aplenty for ex-soldiers,
eX-sailors, ex-marines. From the question
naire they sent out, they have devised
postwar program that will leave no vet
without job and will provide skilled men
and women to fit the jobs.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
Marines Have
Run of Town

Our company commander picked
out nice little house on a rise at
the edge of town for his command
post.
The house was very light, fairly
clean, and the floors were covered
with woven straw mats. A couple of
officers and a dozen men moved
into the house and slept on the
floor and We cooked our rationS
over an open stone cookstove in the
rear.
Then the word went around for
the men of the company to dig in
for several days. Two platoons were
assigned to dig in along the outer
sides of the nearby hills for perrin
eter defense.
The boys were told they could
keep the horses they had comman-
deered. that they could carry wood
en- panels out of the houses to make
little Lighthouses for themselves, but
not to take anything else, and that
they could have fires. except during
air alertS
They weren't to start their daily
mop-up patrols in the brush until
the next day, so they had the aft
ernoon off to clean themselves up
and fix up their little houses.
Different men did different
things. Some built elaborate houses
about the size of chicken houses,
with floor mats and chairs and
even kerosene lanterns hanging
from the roof.
One Mexican boy dug hole, COW
cred it with boards. and then cam
ouflaged it so perfectly with brush
you really couldn't see it.
Some spent the afternoon taking
baths and washing clothes in the
river. Some rode bicycles around
town. Some rode their horses up
and down. Some foraged around
town through the deserted houses.
Some went looking for chickens to
cook. Some sat in groups and
talked. Some just slept.
An order went out against wear
ing Jap clothing or eating any of
the local vegetables, pork, goat.
beef or fowl. But this was before
the order came out.
The marines had dug up lots of
Japanese kimonos out of the
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
AN ISLAND INDUSTRY
AND AN ISLAND FAMILY

Over on the other side Of the
island is a typical little town called
Waialua. 1t is a typical town be-
cause it is plantation town, and
plantation towns are the back
bone of the islands.
An integral part of the huge
chain of sugar cane plantations.
the town of Waialua is owned by
one of the forty or more planta-
tions that are scattered over the
Hawaiian islands. Practically all the
occupants Of Waialua are employed
in some way by the plantation it
self. Every little bungalow, the
general store, the school, the the
atre, the church, the gymnasium
building, the park, the tennis
courts, and anything else necessary
for a smooth-running little COM
munity is. supplied and owned by
the plantation. Life. is simple, quiet
and pleasant in a town such as
Waialua, and the majority of the
people were born there, raised
there, married there, and will prob
ably die there. But they will have
led a happy and full life!
Waialua has an excellent school
system, and the children of the
town can get a complete education
from kindergarten through high
school. Most of the school children
are of japanese ancestry. but that
is not unusual as the majority of
the people in any plantation town
are japanese. The japanese gener-
ally do the more mental work in
the plantation mill and fields.
was stationed near Waialua for
quite few months last year and
had the opportunity to meet and
make friends with some of the peo-
pie there. One night, while relax
ing at the Waialua UIS.O., made
the acquaintance of Herbert Ro-
bello, a clean-cut and intelligent
island youth of Portuguese-Ameri-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
The San Francisco
Conference

Iwice in a generation we Americans have
had to fight a-great war. Twice have we
been given the chance to join with other
nations to prevent it happening again.
The first try-the League of Nations
failed, largely because we did not join it.
Now the United Nations are meeting at
San Francisco in a second attempt to set
up9an international organization which will
keep the peace. They must not fail. For
if they do another world war-to be fought
with destructive weapons of the science of
the future which may well destroy civiliza-
ton and us with twill inevitably follow.
The prospects look good at San Fran
cisco. The main provisions of the new in
ternational organization have been accepted
by most of the United Nations. 1t is I'M
thinkable that they will fail to agree on
the few relatively minor points still to be
settled. But let us not be led into false
security by success at San Francisco There
is still another hurdle. The treaty must then
be approved by two-thirds vote of the
Senate of the United States.
Is there any doubt as to what the people
of this country want the Senate to do? Do
they want fancied-or even real-objections
that the treaty is not perfect to deny us
this second chance to save our children and
grandchildren from what this generation has
gone through? Do they want reservations
such as the proposal that the United States
delegate on the Security Council must go
back to Congress every time he is called
upon to vote - to take all the substance
out of the treaty? Let us not forget that
the League of Nations was beaten in 1919,
not by an honest frontal attack but by
indirection-by crippling reservations con-
sciously intended to destroy it.
Is it not the overwhelming will of the
American people that we must put the
United States Fundamentally behind this
new attempt to enforce peace and decency
in the world?
The Senate must listen to the voice of the
American people. The treaty must be rati-
fled. There must be no Gripping reserva-
TONS
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
Blind Prejudice

People often use the two words "blind"
and prejudice" together. AS a matter of
fact, you don't any more need blind" as
an adjective in front of prejudice" than
you need round" in front of circle" Pre-
JUDGE is always blind.
WebsterS dictionary defines prejudice as
an opinion adverse to anything without
just grounds or before sufficient knoWl-
edge" Right there lies the clue to why pre-
JUDGE is so hard to overcome Prejudice is
not considered judgment. Prejudice is pure
ly emotional.
A violent dislike for people who are "dif-
ferent" can usually be traced to one of two
reasons. Either the person with the preju-
dice allows his emotions to rule his mind, or
else he feels insecure and, because of his
insecurity, needs to feel superior to some
body.
So although our whole democratic con-
cept is based on the "self-evident' truth
that all men are created equal we are fire.
quently ham-strung in defending this equal
lty. Not that we are devastated by the logic
of the prejudiced, but by the fact that they
have no logic and are, therefore, the more
blndly imprisoned and venomouS.
People who feel prejudice, talk about it,
and act upon it, do far more damage than
they realize. They are Mortified by the
terrorS of Nazism, but they fail to realize
that NaziSm was nourished and grew fat on
prejudice against minority groups Can't
we freedom-loving people put curb on our
emotions? That would seem small price
to pay for freedom
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24

can blood. Herb and 1 soon became
fast friends and he invited me
over to his home to have dinner
some evening. 1t wasn't long before
1 took him up on that. as army
chow becomes rather tireSome.
The Robello home is located near
the center of town in the nice sec
ton where the skilled workers live.
1t has a screened porch, combi-
nation livingroom and diningroom,
three bedrooms, a modern kitchen
and a bath. There is every con-
venience that you would find in an
average and modern mainland
home. And in the shady backyard
the Robellos have a small but pro-
ductive garden. The bungalow it
self is surrounded by flaming red
poinSettia plants.
Mr.. Robello is in charge of the
large electrical power plant at the
sugar mill, and is more than cap
able at his job. He is a tall and
Stalwart man, while his wife is
small and delicate. But Mrs. Ro-
bello can cook a meal like mother
can, and 1 am speaking from pleas
ant experience. Besides, Mr. and
Mrs. Robello and Herbert, there
are two other members of the fam
lily. They are Priscilla, young girl
who will be very attractive woman
some day, and five-year- Reu-
ban. who keeps the whole house
hold in good spirits Reuban never
seems to tire of talking and run
ming around; into mischief one mo-
ment and out the next. I don't ever
remember seeing him without a
great big grin on his face. He is
going to kindergarten next year,
and already knows the alphabet
very we'll
To get back to the sugar plan
tation itself. Mr.. Robello spent an
evening one time in showing and
explaining the plantation and mill
to me. The fields of sugar cane,
which are within a radius of several
miles around the mill and town,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
Who Cares?

The Seventh War Loan Drive comes at
a time when evidently the war is half over,
perhaps more than half. But this will not
mean relaxation of the admirable effort of
the thousands of men and women who have
volunteered to sell these bonds, or an indif-
ferent frame of mind in the millions who
are asked to purchase them.
Some think of us as money-loving peo-
pie; at least they used to. Our purchasing
of bonds, time and again, in drive after
drive, has proved that it is not so. Bonds
are good inveStment-in tragic, unsound,
revolutionary, inflationary era there is none
better-but this is not what the individual
purchaser thinks of. His inspiration is
human, not economic; the sublime example
and the bitter plight of some son or brother
or sweetheart or friend who is investing
flesh and blood, life and death We do not
count the cost The way we wage war is
exceedingly expensive, maintaining the
lines OF battle at safe distance from home
with infinite supplies and prodigious armor
and high standard of living, for the armed
man, and painStaking medical and surgical
science If and when he comes to grief. Oc-
caslonally an anxious statesman or vigilant
newspaperman complains a little of our
extravaganza in this way; of needless ex-
pertinent, waste of metal change of plan.
Who cares? Right around the world our
servicemen stand ready to give their lives;
the more of them we can buy back, the bet
ter. If there is the remotest possibility that
by the expenditure of a small fortune
young mans life can be saved, all right; we
regard it as well spent.
In selling this latest issue of war bonds
there can be only one kind of sales-resist-
e2ce, one form of indifference, that, is
Siloughtlessness. The American civilian is
somewhat careless, forgetful, over-optimistic
character. If we stop to think; if we con-
slider the contribution of the fighting man
the empty trouser-leg of the infantryman,
the burned and patchworked face of the
aviator, the emaciation of the sailor drifting
in the lost boat, the tropical fever in the
blood of the marine, the sickened mind of
the prisoner of war-we will not begrudge
the surplus of our WARTIME prosperity.
ready cash and creature comfort We will
not put ourselves to shame.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
Help Wanted:
Male and Female
So the OPA made mistakes.

30 the OPA made mistakes.
Certainly. Everybody makes mistakes
But the basic mistake. the worst of all.
whether made by the OPA or a couple of
other fellows, was the failure to make it
perfectly plain to the American people that
laws may be divided into two categories:
(a) those laws the enforcement of which can
safely be left to enforcing agencies, and (b)
those laws which it is impossible to enforce
without the active cooperation of large
majority of the people.
The laws and regulations regarding ration
ing and price control belong in the (b) cate
CORY. There is strong evidence that big
proportion of our citizens have not actively
cooperated in these vital war measures and
in our opinion that is chiefly because they
have not understood the necessity for such
cooperation.
We all know about, or at least have heard
about, the forget-the-points pounds of but
ter or slab of steak, the 40c lamb chop, the
$40 nylon hose, the car with the A sticker
that gets around up to 200 miles a week;
and the Dozen Dubious Dodges. Perhaps
few OF the beneficiaries of these phenomena
are the kind of people whom nothing would
have stopped or will stop; but it is safe to
assume that most of them have acted. and
would now be acting, quite differently, if
they had been mad clearly to understand
that without their constant conscientious
support these war restrictions on our habits
and appetites can be nothing but Joke
and, considering the casualty lists, mighty
bad joke.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
PACIFIC IMPRESSIONS
by WIN. H. LITTLEWooD
N

are always well irrigated. When
harvesting time comes for some
certain field, 1t is set afire TO burn
off all of the extraneous dead
leaves. Then a narrow gauge rail-
way is laid right out into the field.
and big cranes with huge grab
claws literally tear up the cane,
placing it in the railway cars that
transport it to the mill.
In the mill, everything Is done
by machinery, rivaling any mass
production on the mainland. As
the cars of sugar cane stalks are
brought into the mill building, a
machine picks the cars up and
dumps their contents into a wash
ing conveyor where the stalks are
cleaned of any dirt and leaves that
are left. After washing, the stalks
go through the huge rollers, where
the juice is squeezed out of them.
Nothing is wasted. and the dry
pulp that is left is used to feed
the furnaces that supply the power
for the machines.
Meanwhile, the juice Is filtered.
heated. condensed, crystalized, dried
in vacuum centrifuge, and bagged
for shipment to the States, where
the raw sugar is further refined.
Everything is efficiently and
modernly done. The plantation has
agriculture and research labora-
tories to find and perfect the more
productive strains of sugar cane.
For a comparatively young indus
try, the sugar cane industry has
far excelled many mainland bust
ness ventures, and has given many
island families, like the Robello
family, a high standard of living.
I'll always have fond memories
OF Waialua and the Robello fam
lily. The Robellos have taken me
into their family as one of their
own, and have made a home away
from home for me. If / ever come
back to the islands, / think I
should like to live in Waialua.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24

smashed houses and put them on
while washing their one set of
clothes. If you ever want TO see a
funny sight, just take a look at a
few dozen dirty and unshaven ma
rineS walking around in pink and
blue womens kimonos.
A typical example was Pvt. Ray
mond Adams of Gleason, Tenn. He
had fixed himself q dugout right
on the edge of a bluff above the
river. He had a grand view and a
nice little grassy front yard. Out
there he had driven stakes and
built fire. He hung his helmet
over the fire like a kettle and was
stewing chicken. He had taken off
his clothes and put on beautiful
pink-and-white komono.
Later a friend came along with a
Jap bicycle with one pedal off, and
Adams tried without much success
to ride it up and down a nearby
lane.
If there ever is a war play about
marines I hope they include one
tough looking private in a pink
and-white kimono, stewing chicken
and trying to ride a one-pedaled
bicycle through a shattered Japan
csc village.
Private Adams is married and has
a boy eight months old he has
never seen. If the baby could have
seen his father that day he would
probably have got the collie from
laughing SO much.
My company of marines started
moving in just after breakfast. We
were to march about a mile and q
half, then dig in and stay in one
place for several days, patrolling
and routing out the few hidden
Japs in that area.
We were in no danger on the
march - at least we thought we
thought we weren't, SO not all the
marines wore steel helmets. Some
wore green twill caps, some base
ball caps, some even wore civilian
felt hats they had found in Japan
csc homes.
For some reason soldiers the
world over like to put on odd local
headgear. I've seen soldiers in Italy
wearing black silk opera hats. And
over here I've seen marines in COM
bat uniform wearing panama hats.
I've always enjoyed going along
with an infantry company on the
move, even some of the horrible
moves such as We had in Italy and
France. But the move we made
that morning here on Okinawa was
really a pleasant one.
Continued on Page I'D
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Continued on Page I'D
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-24
Is Years Ago in Wyandotte

The teachers of the public schools
in Wyandotte are demanding higher
wages as was disclosed at the recent
board of education meeting.
Not only that, but the architects
that are drawing up the plans for
the new high school. have sent in
their bill and want their pay.
The board of education also has
decided that they will secure the
Majestic theater for the June COM
mencement exercises. The speaker