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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Urge Students
to Keep Social
Security Cards

High school boys and girls who
have been working during Christ
mas holidays were urged today by
Robert G. Mish, manager of the
Dearborn office Of the Social Secur-
ity Board, to take care of their
social security account numbe
cards.
Students will need their cards
again when they take other jobs
during holidays, during next vaca-
ton, and throughout life" Mr..
Mish said. THE card Is the key to
an insurance policy with Uncle
Sam. and one number should be
used by every worker throughout
life. Wage credits, on which future
benefits will be based, are posted
to each workers individual ledger
sheet under both his name and
number since many people may
have the same name but no two
can have the same social security
number. More than one number
may cause some loss Of the wage
credits. And it's patriotic to take
care of the card. Thirteen bullets
could be bought for the cost Of
issuing q duplicate"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Trenton Filler
Is Decorated
Receives Fourth Oak
Leaf Cluster to
The Air Medal

AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE
BOMBBER BASE, ENGLAND -
Five Michigan filters were decorated
at ceremony at this Bit Flying
Fortress base for "meritorious
achievement" on bomber combat
missions over enemy Europe, it was
announced recently by Lieutenant
Colonel Robert w. Burns, command
ing officer of the 351st Bambord-
ment Group.
Technical Sergeant Edward r.
Gorham, 20. of 643 West jefferson
avenue, Trenton, a Fortress radio
operator, was awarded his fourth
Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal.
A veteran of more than 80 aerial
attacks on the enemy, he entered
the service on April 30, 1912, short
" after graduating from A. Z.
Smith high school. Riverview.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Trenton Police Release Driver
OF Car That Derailed Train
Conduct Investigation of Wreck Which
Killed Engineer and Fireman

Lee Ridenour, Dundee, Michigan
driver of the car which figured in
the derailing of New York Gen.
trail passenger train Friday, has
been released pending further in
vestigation, Trenton police an
nounced yesterday.
Otto Hayward, So, of Sylvanla,
Ohio, engineer Of the train, and
Floyd Harmon, SO, Of Toledo, the
fireman, were killed when the train
plowed into Ridenour's car which
had stalled at the Buffalo cross
ing, near Trenton. Ridenour and
Robert L. Taylor, Of Trenton, &C.
cupants of the car, leaped to safety
before the train struck the auto
mobile.
Three other persons we're slightly
injured as result of the crash
which derailed the engine, tender
and first five coaches.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04

earning the rating of "ace".
A member Of Lightning unit
"Satan's Angels. Purdy had one
Zero to his credit before he arrived
on Leyte and it was in protecting
American shipping in the waters
near the PHILIPPINE islands that hs
shot down six more planes.
In Is months of combat in ths
Southwest Pacific. "Satan's Angels
have shot down nearly $50 aircraft
TO make Pacific record for des-
truction by unit. Kills we're tall
lied after less than SIX weeks OF
lighting for an average Of two
planes a squadron each day.
Reason given for the success of
the group is the fact that Charles
A. Lndbergh lived and flew with
them for two months last summer.
The veteran flier taught pilots a
new technique for prolonging time
IN actual combat for reaching far
ther to hit the Jap and to HIT
MN harder. as well as fine points
In handling fighter planes.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Share of Sales Tax
Revenue Discussed
by Kelly Today

With the municipalities and local
governments clamoring for share
in the states good fortune Of hav-
ing a s50,O00,O00 postwar surplus
and an annual revenue of sos, 000,-
600 rolling in from the sales tax,
Governor Kelly will likely feature
this theme and that of the read
justment of fiscal schedules for the
coming year in his message to the
Legislature today.
Whether the Governor Will do
much about the recommendation
that the sales tax be cut from 3
percent to 2.5 has not been in
Dictated.
The about war effort was stress
ed in the Governors inaugural adj
dress and it Is expected that the
Veterans Assistance Bureau, estab-
lished a year ago, will be high
lighted in today's message to the
Legislature.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Michiqan Mirror

followed the transition Of Michigan
Agricultural College into Michigan
State College with a university
range of educational courses. Re-
member, please, that our pre-tran-
sition enrolment in 1920 was 2,036.
In 1890 it jumped to 4,42S; by 1910
to 8,457. For the 1884 year our
enrolment, including 4,753 army
trainees, reached a high peak Of
IL, 347-believe 1t or not!
Next consider our building sit
uation. We have had no state ap-
preparation for classroom building
since 1929, more than Is years ago.
Today the shortage of elassrooms
is so critical that the customary
three-hour final examination were
reduced In December to one-hour
each. We are unable to provide
adequate facilities to do an ade-
quate job.
"Oh yeah, you drive about the
campus and note q number of new
fine big buildings. What about
them? The student dormltories,
large auditorium, Jenison gymna-
SUM, fieldhouse, music building,
DIN memorial hospital, and the
livestock judging pavilion were all
financed on q self-liquidating basis
through student fees and public
admission charges. Not q dollar from
the state treasury went to pay their
construction costs.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Wounds Are Fatal

Seriously wounded In Germany
on November 81, Pfc. H. Dean Lock-
er died in Belgium hospital Dec
ember 10, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Locker, 156 First street, were
informed last week by the War De-
partment.
An only child, Locker was 81 years
old. He would have celebrated his
twenty second birthday on Decem-
Der Is. He was indicted at Camp
Custer, May 4, 1913. and received
his training at the Aberdeen Prov
ing ground, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and Lehigh University
and arrived overseas in Septem-
Der, 1914.
He graduated from Roosevelt
high school in 1871 and had been
member of the National Honor
society, Hi-Y, Thespians and track
team.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Last Day to Enroll
for Night School

Enrolment for night school
courses at the Roosevelt high school
will close tonight. The high school
office will be open from z to 9 pm.
for those who wish to enroll.
Glasses will begin January 8 and
will include: tipping, shorthand,
Mondays and Wednesdays; book
keeping and business machines,
Tuesdays; beginners sewing classes,
Mondays and Wednesdays; ad-
vanced servings. Tuesdays and
Thursdays; millinery, Wednesdays:
citizenship, Mondays and Thurs
days. All groups will meet from z
to 8 pm.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
It's March In January
Income Tax Due
Next Monday

The Ides OF March are about to
descend Up us =. only In Janu-
airy but nol,e-the-less fearful;
Hardly has the man Of the house
recovered from the shock Of what
Merry Christmas" really means.
when Uncle sam slides up and says
that you can't deduct gambling
losses UNLESS you also declare
the winnings and then the losses
can't exceed the wins accord
ing to that, have been using the
wrong system!
Mister Average Citizen, armed
with a dozen brand new pencils,
endless tables and books, stacks of
literature, and q couple Of gallons
of black coffee, retires to click this
thing once and for all that
guy charges couple of bucks for
nothing and I know with the money
I've paid in I'll have some due me.
Boy. this Is one time the govern
ment pays ME-"
Time passes blue clouds roll
more time more pencils
#. and the language indicates
more everything but progress. Fin
ally the worm energies still q
worm warm, worn, worm (say
it FAST still protesting that he Is
being robbed, and wends his weary
way to the little office and duti-
fully hands his buck or two across
the counter and stands awe-stricken
while an expert dashes it off in 80
seconds flat.
And who was it that said Blessed
are the meek, for they shall inherit
the earth minus the Inherit
ance tax"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Helps in Defeat
of Mad Colonel

A NINTH AIR FORCE FIGHTER
BOMBER GROUP, Belgium - Ed
ward G. Christman, p, formerly OF
Wyandotte, has been promoted 10
the rank Of captain it was announc-
ed at headquarters of a Ninth Air
Force fighter bomber group in Bel
GUM.
Captain Christman Is P-38
Lightning pilot with more than
sixty combat missions TO his credit.
Arriving in England in February,
1914, as a PAT Thunderbolt pilot,
he was assigned to fly twin-engined
aircraft. His group accomplished
the transition in time to play a vital
part in the air offensive preceding
the invasion.
Christman's missions include ac-
ton in the break-through at ST. Lo
during the early part of the Nor
mandy campaign. Flying in support
of the U. s. First Army, his group
figured prominently In the aerial as
sault against Saint Malo, which
helped reGuce the Nazi garrison
under the mad Colonel" Won Aul-
ock. AS fighter-bomber pilot, Cap
tain Christman has led his flights
on numerous strafing and bonn
bing missions against enemy rail
yards, supply centers, gun emplace-
ments and Similar targets which
hamper the advance of the foot SOL
dier.
His decorations include the Air
Medal with IA Oak Leaf clusters
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
bY Gene Allen an

serve others than rural people in
all fields of adult interest.
eff needs of Michigan farmers
are to be met, the agricultural ex-
pertinent station must have ade-
quate facilities, now sorely lacking,
to carry on its research work. The
extra cost would be a small fraction
of the added income to Michigan
farmers"
DR.. Hannah said that the legis-
lature would be asked in l945 to
appropriate s750,OOO for class
room building to be built immedi-
ately, 100000 for agricultural re-
search facilities and work, $6l3, ZOO
for continuation and expansion of
the agricultural extension service,
and $3.50, 900 for maintenance and
operation Of the college itself.
He conceded that the college en-
rollment could be frozen" at an
arbitrarily selected level and that
the college could be closed to addi-
tional students. This would be an
unprecedented denial of educational
opportunity. And it Is DR., Hannah's
belief that this extreme restriction
would meet with disapproval of
Michigan fathers and mothers, and
that the college board, an elective
body, would b loath to shut the
doors.
And yet, In some way, solution
must be found soon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Hcgadone Leaves
to Take Position
at MuskegOn

Webb Hagadone, former coach at
the Roosevelt high school, left We'd
nesday for Muskegon, Michigan.
where he was to assume the position
Of mems program director for the
Muskegon YMCA today.
The building with two gyms, a
swimming pool. bowling alleys, hand
ball courts, and various other fea-
lures, offers Mr.. Hagadone ample
opportunity to display his talents.
Mrs. Hagadone will follow to join
her husband shortly.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Dies this Morning
u, Detroit Hospital

Casper p. Davis died in the De-
troit Osteopathic hospital on Janu-
airy 4.
Mr.. Davis. who was So. had re-
sided at 515is Elm street and was
employed by the Great Lakes Steel
corporation. He Is survived by his
wife, Mildred M.
Funeral services viii be held at
2 pm. Saturday from the H. r.
Thon funeral home with the Rev.
w. e. Hall officiating. Burial viii
be in Michigan Memorial park.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04

But you can't charge admission
into student classrooms and lab
oratories. And if you lack the class
rooms, you can't hold classes. The
situation is going to be more critic
alt is bad. enough today-unless
immediate steps are taken to pro-
vide more classrooms before v Day
arrives"
''The problem Of financing edu-
cation for the returning veterans
is not fully understood by the pub
lie. Here's another headache.
1.-The CT bill of rights for war
veterans has been interpreted by
washington to underwrite the pay
ment of the college student tuition"
DR.. Hannah continued. TN the case
of Michigan State College, Uncle
Sam would pay us $40 annually
for each Michigan veteran and $50
for each outstate veteran. But 1t
costs approximately $500 q year to
provide instruction. Who Is going
to pay the difference, $270?
"One Thousand war veterans at
Michigan State would cost the
State of Michigan approximately
$3.50 900 q year. One alternative
would be federal aid. The National
Educational association has been
trying for 20 years to get 9 federal
subsidy for public schools. tt $780,.
100000 measure was debated last
spring By the Omitted States Senate
In q close vote.
Next, how about the people who
do the teaching? We know that
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Citation Is Given
to Edward Fisher

For outstanding performance Of
duty and exceptionally meritorious
conduct on September 9. 1914, in
Italy, Pfc. Edward N. Fisher has
been cited by Major General Chas.
L. Bolte.
The citation which was issued on
December IL was received this week
by Pfc. Fishers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. l. b. F1sher. Sta Poplar street.
According to the. report, when
hostile artillery and self-propelled
weapon fire shelled the nearby
town and road, communications
were disrupted between the bat
talon and regiment headquarters.
"Pfc. Fisher and two comrades
set out to repair the break but
were almost Immediately subjected
to q fierce artillery barrage. With
utter disregard for their own per-
sonal safety, Pfc. Fisher and his
comrades continued to repair the
lines and did not seek cover until
their mission was completed"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Organise Home
Nursing Class

With Miss Ivah Gilman, school
nurse, acting as instructor, home
nursing class is now beng organized
and the opening session will be
held on January "a.
Glasses will be held at the Nc
Kinley school Wednesday nights
from 7:30 to $50, the local Red
Gross chapter announced. Registra-
tons will be taken at the Red
Cross office, Wyandotte General
hospital, from to 4 pm. January
10 and II, or may be made by call
ing 400.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04

How would you like to put your
self in the shoes of a college presi-
dent?
II the shoes were those Of the
President of Michigan State Col
lege. that one-time cow college at
East Lansing, whose enrolment has
kept doubling persistently every ten
years since 1900, yeu would be con-
fronted with a sorry predicament.
Listen to DR.. John A. Hannah,
president, and judge for yourself.
its our job to provide the OPP
portunity of higher education to
every Michigan boy and girl who
wants to enroll here. We are ex-
pecting q great influx Of Michigan
war veterans when the war Is over
and when veterans elect to take ad-
vantage of the federal govern
ment's educational aid.
more significant, however, Is the
evidence that high school graduates
will 60 to college in increasing num-
bers and that this trend will con-
tinue many years. While the re-
turning service man Is . temper
airy responsibility, the postwar out
look points definitely to permanent
higher enrollments.
Now If you accept the fact that
colleges tomorrow must provide
educational opportunities to more
young people than ever before, what
would you do about the following
situation which exists at Michigan
state Colleges As we see It, ours
Is an unusual problem.
FIRST, consider the phenomenal
growth of student enrolment which
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Murphy Awarded
Bronze Star

Pfc. John Murphy, who is men,
Der of a medical detachment with
mechanical cavalry unit in
France, has been awarded the
bronze star.
Murphy Is now at q rest camp
after taking part in one of the
greatest campaigns Of the war in
France undertaken by the Third
Army. He was presented with the
medal for heroiSm displayed when.
working under continuous enemy
fire and without a weapon. he
brought wounded men back from
the front lines to . first aid COL
lection station.
He is the son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
John Murphy, IS Orange street.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Detroiters Are Parents
Of First Baby Of l945

Mrs. and Mrs. John Neil, 1921
Somheil court, are the parents OF
the first baby born to Wyandotte
residents In the New Year. Named
Cheryl Lee, the infant daughter OF
the Neils was born at 1880 am.
January at Wyandotte General
hospital.
First baby Of 1945 to be dellv-
cred at the Wyandotte hospital
was Joseph Dean Garibaldi, VINO
was born at 1888 am. He Is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Carl
baldi of Detroit.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
MontegrY SEXES German
Horses in Brest Brewery

Private Harold D. Montegry, Wy
andotte, and Sergeant Casimir Lux
aszwski, Kingston. New York, with
the Second Infantry Division in
France, were searching a Brest
winery when their attention was
attracted by a commotion in the
cellar. Investigation disclosed a eel
lar full of horses which the Ger
mans had used to haul wine to
the troops when they held the city.
First published in the magazine
outfit" by the Army Information
and Education Branch, ASF. the
article was sent to the News Herald
by Sgt. Daniel Fountain, Portland
Army Air Base, Oregon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
State Senate Opens

The 1915 State Senate opened on
Wednesday with one vacant seat.
due 70 the resignation Of Chester
M. Howell implicated in the state
graft trial.
Six bills were introduced in the
first session including the proposal
establishing q nine-man Michigan
Tourist Council.
Committees were cut from Is to
= giving partial victory to Sen
atpr J. T. Miliken who has been
campaign for drastic committee cuts.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
To Get Training
,U;ith Civic Opera

Shirley Hoynosh. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John s. Hoynosh, Twenty
second street, was among young
artists form the Detroit area named
for training by the Civic Light
Opera Association Of Detroit.
She was chosen after an addition
at the Hotel Detroiter Thursday
evening. Her selection was "A
Heart That's Free" The young
soprano win be given eight weeks
of training under the dirsctiosa=of
J. Albert Hurley, New York City,
and should she qualify, win be
given . part in the associations
light opera productions this season.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Tamp'er With Car;
Youths Arrested

Police yesterday arrested William
Kirts, 20, 1926 Third street, and
Frank Ludy, 10, of 1927 Drysdale'
for tampering with a motor vehicle.
The spot light on the Ford coach
of Margaret Dewitt. 1895 Fifth ST.,
was removed from the car when
Officers Janneck. Path and Kuc-
mienski arrived on the scene. When
searched at the station, screws taken
from the spot light were found in
possession of the pair.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
USES Office Here
Places Is Veterans

Manager Roy Straight Of the
Wyandotte office of the United
States Employment Service an
nounced today that Is veterans Of
World War II were placed In jobs
by the USES here last month.
eve want all returning service
men to know that the latch-string
at the employment service here is
always out to them. Finding them
suitable jobs is one of our greatest
ambitions and one that we are
proud to perform" he declared.
The employment service office
here is located at 1888 Biddle.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Train Destroys
Car Tuesday

The car of Roy S. LaValley, 1185
Clark street, Detroit, was totally
destroyed Tuesday, when it was
struck by a Michigan Central train
at the st. John street crossing.
The car was being pushed over
the tracks when it stuck there and
was hit by the train before it could
be moved.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04

buildings alone do not make a COL
lege. You must have well trained
educators.
Again, the story is one of the
colleges rapid transition and
dearth of funds to catch up with
its growth. Available approprla-
tions have never permitted us to
provide adequate compensation for
members Of our teaching faculty.
This we greatly deplore.
"For example, Purdue university
and Indiana university both pay
more to teachers than we do at
East Lansing. Result: We lose good
men and women constantly simply
because other schools offer more
attractive wages.
TN addition to its regular col
lege departments, Michigan State
maintains an agricultural extension
service and an agricultural expert
ment station and research pro-
gram that are nationally famous.
These services are additional and
separate responsibilities.
"Your county agricultural agent,
for example, - an employee of the
college. The salary range Is from
$2,l00 to $500.
More often than not, the agent
Is the lowest paid official 1t the
courthouse.
we want 10 sxpand cur extern
sion service, provide additional
home demonstration agents and All
club workers, and broaden The adult
educational program 20 that It viii
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Bus Stop added

Greyhound buses are now max
ing stops at Bondie and Biddle in
both directions. The new stop was
added by the company in accord
ance with the request Of Council
man Richard Kelly and the trans
portation committee.
The new stop was put into effect
beginning December 80.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
GIVEN ALEUTIAIs STAR

: AN ALEUTIAN BASE-Pvt. Eo<
ward L. Lewandowski, brother of
Mrs. Mary Grzywinski Of 3S42 18th
street, Wyandotte, has recently
been promoted to technician fifth
grade. Cpl. Lewandowski has been
awarded the Aleutian Campaign
Star for the Kiska campaign.
Previous to his entrance into the
service, Cpl. Lewandowsd was en-
ployed as a truck driver by the
Beverage Distributing Co. Of Wy
andotte.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Struck by Hit
and Run Driver

Raymond Slumnski, Is years old,
of 1015 Elm street, IS in Wyan-
dotte General hospital suffering
from a broken leg received when
he was struck by a hit-and-run
driver December %.
Slumnski was crossing Eleventh
and Elm streets, Friday, when he
was hit by the car. Taken to the
hospital, he was treated by DR..
Harpole.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
Veteran of 68
Missions Home

Veteran of So missions over Ger
many and France in 10 months
overseas duty, Technical Sergeant
Lee P. Duncan, 14l3 Nineteenth
street, is now home on leave.
A gunner on a Bog Marauder
bomber, Duncan is credited with
having shot down two FE 1895 and
one probable. He holds the Dis
tinguished Flying Gross, Air Medal
with IL oak leaf cluster and two
bronze stars for major battles.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-04
TRAINS AT AVON PARK

AVON PARK, Fla, Army AIT
Field - Second Lieutenant Fred D.
Dornblaser, Jr., of Wyandotte. Is
navigator in a Bit Flying Fortress
combat crew going through final
phase training at Avon Park Army
Air Field.
The Avon Park officer Is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dornblaser,
485 North Drive. Wyandotte.
1t. Dornblaser graduated from
Wyandotte high school and attend
ed University Of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.