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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24

served overseas with the Army, and
has now turned over the reins to
1t. Ridge.
Now home on temporary leave,
1t. Ridge will celebrate Christmas
with his wife and daughter, Patty
for the first time In three years.
Following his graduation from
Howe Military Academy which he
attended for five years, 1t. Ridge
was commissioned In the Army Re.
serve. He attended Cincinnati Col
legc Of Embalning, graduating In
1898, and opened q funeral parlor
IL. Trenton in October Of that year
Entering active service at Fort
Custer. March 8. 1912, 1t. Ridge
served two years overseas in the
ETO and returned home this month
or. temporary leave until April. He
Is the son of DR.. and Mrs. Ralph
Ridge, of wyandotte.
Mrs. Ridge graduated from Gin
cinnati College of Embalming and
has passed the board Of funeral
directors examination for Wayne
county. She previously graduated
from Marquette university, Milwau-
kee, Wisconsin, and has passed the
hygiene board examinations at the
University of Michigan.
Mrs. Ridge is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Wimbush OF
Trenton.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Old NewsbOys
Sales Top
$1,000 Mark

Trenton and Riverview Old News
boys, who braved freezing temper
atures to stand on village corners
and sell their annual goodfellows'
edition, collected more than $1,000
in the sale last Saturday.
With final reports not yet in,
Paul E. Tiefer. president of the
association, said today that s1,2s7.15
had been received so far. Seven
tenth annual sale of the papers
was conducted by Trenton and Riv-
erview businessmen, professional
men and police and firemen.
Fifty families will receive bas-
ketS of food, clothing and toys for
youngsters Christmas eve as a re-
suit of the Old Newsboys drive to
make the holiday merrier for them.
Jones L. Risk, past president of the
NewsboyS and charter member of
the association, will act as chair
man Of the investigating commit
tee.
Firemen Of the village have re-
paired toys donated for the Christ
mas project and new ones will also
be purchased to fill the baskets
from some of the funds collected
Distribution OF the baskets to
HlverVleW and Trenton families
VIII be made by Trenton Fire Chief
| Cameron Waldorf.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
First Steps Taken to Build
Motor Company Temple of Science

MT. CLEMENS, Mich. WD-First
steps in the erection of General
Motors Corporations $4,000, 900
Technical center were announced
here today.
In preparation for the vast ITEM
pie of science" Drain Commissioner
William G. Harper declared that
he has called for bids, to be opened
Jan. 5, on two drainage projects
expected to cost about 100000.
Meanwhile, Warren township Of
ficials nave approved an $4,000 wa
ter main extension leading to the
General Motors site at Mound and
12-mile roads, north of Detroit.
Detroit water will be used.
Another phase of the drain prof.
ect, Harper said, will entail build
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Detroit JObIess
Reach $4,000

The Michigan Unemployment
Compensation Commission paid S.
1874, 358.64 in benefits to Michigan's
unemployed for the week ending
December IS, it was announced to-
day by Eugene T. Dor1ner, execu-
tive director.
There is a total of 1921 un-
employed registered currently in
Michigan for unemployment bene-
fits. OF this number, 1883 are
women. The previous week there
were 776 less men and 753 more
women registered.
In the Detroit metropolitan area
there was a total of 92,284 reg
istered for unemployment benefits
for the week ending December Is
! OF these, 1892 were women.
The claims reported are con-
fined to those filed under the State
Unemployment Compensation Law
and excludes claims for readjust-
ment allowances filed by unem-
ployed veterans under the CT. Bill
Of Rights.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Serves Eight POstmasters

CARTHAGE, Ind. W.D - When
Grant Henley, rural mail carrier.
ended 80 years Of service here re-
Gently. he had delivered mail by
covered hack, bicycle, motorcycle
and automobile and had served un-
der eight postmasters. He was re-
placed by Sgt. Charles Whitfield,
recently discharged serviceman
who lost foot in combat in France.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Pays Z Tickets Plus

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. WG-Sam
Koby Of indianapolis paid s14 for
seven traffic tickets in one day.
Then Judge John L. Niblack
charged him SIS for wear and tear"
on the traffic department. He sus-
pended costs on the first six 81
fines and assessed them all on the
seventh fine.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
He Who Hesitates

BOSTON WD - In the 37-year
history Of the Christian Science
Monitor, no one ever has smoked
III the papers newsroom.
When Col. Evans Carlson, leader
OF the famed Carlson's Raiders.
visited the newspaper on the in
vitation of a Monitor Pacific war
correspondent. he pulled out a Gig
arctic and struck a match. Then
he heSitated.
Say" he asked one Of the edi-
tors. its all right if I smoke in
here, isn't it?"
oh, certainly" came the affable
reply. Then the editor added with
smile: "Of course. no one ever
has"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Only Do,Onriuer Woman Mortician
Turns Reins OUer to Husband, ETC
Veteran NOaC on Leave From Army

Only practicing woman mortician
in the Downriyer area and one Of
the few women in the profession
in the United States, Mrs. Sally
Ridge carried on the business of the
Ridge funeral home, Trenton, while
her husband, 1t. Ralph w. Ridge
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Father.Son Ey R-ak

SANTA ANA, Cal. W.R)-Col. Fay
0. Dice. president of the Army re-
firing board here, revealed that he
flew IS observation missions in the
China-Brma-India theater with his
own son as a co-pilot on a BPS.
1t is believed to be the only such
1ather-son combination of World
War II.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24

ing temporary railroad tracks to
BY pass Michigan Central trains.
Announced July "a, the technical
center was listed as a major post
war project of the automobile Cor
poration. Research activities will
be centeled in buildings Of ultra
modern design. The extensive
grounds will include an artificial
lake.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Optimism PAYS Off

FORT WARREN. Wyo. W.p-Af-
ter serving overseas for two years.
a CT, who had been stationed here,
came back recently to the No. 2
tailor shop in the basement of the
main PIX. He wanted to pick up
some clothes he had left there to
be cleaned two years ago. Sure
enough, his clothes were ready and
waiting. The clerk recognized him,
too.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-12-24
Shed Wire Kills Cow

SEDALIA, Mo. WR)-A COW owned
by j. e. Wolf of Sedalia bit into a
cud she couldn't chew.
1t turned out to be a light cord
attached to an electric light
strung through the COW shed.
Bessie was electrocuted.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
SAYS FRIENDLY
RELATIONS TO
BEGIN AT HOME

WASHINGTON. d. c. tNNPA)L
Building of friendly relations
throughout the world. on the part
Of America. would have TO begin
Al nome, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
told the first session Of the How
ara university forum last Wednes-
day night when she spoke in Ram
KIN Memorial chapel TO an over
IoV audience.
Piled with questions about poll
tsN repeal. the atomic bomb. mill
tary training. and the FAIR En-
ploymcnt Practice committee. She
gave strai9 ht forward answers ap-
- entity satisfactory TO her audi
t..
THIS BEGINNING Of friendly
relations. she declared. must. be
bEci on acceptance OF the doc
i1ne Of equality Of d isnity Of all
human beings. and recognition of
ire fact that they are entitled 10
tie opportunity % grow and ljye
j. =. atmosphere where that op-
l.,unltt is poSS bic.
Asked what ought To be done
with man like Senator BiIbo.
u. Miss. who. II not uphold
ing the constitution" Mrs RooS-
eNelt replied that his failure To
uphold the ,C constitution must
first he proved. Then Congress
might deal with IL" She said.
Passage ~ legislation 10 create
r ornament FEPC, wuIe deslra-
Nill not wipe out. race. d Sc
{ Hajinn uulesS the peap.o a,c
;nrr-l-hly behind The measure.
said
ptrIug her formal address Mrs
Roosevelt SAID America cannot win
'o qtacc unless 4 has true de-
ra.yaCy and economic security a.
l.e tctorc Try INK 20 sell these
! Cip,cs % other nations.
.k.n- OF brook trout six 'nc9e,
4 .g'. Hn certain sections 90 Han,
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
THE COMPLAINT

THE COMPLAINT was med by
Res Joseph principal health m
spcctoy from the Detroit Depart
-,at 90 Hca,,hs VINO said ae dis
covered ihe eat beng solo M the
II '.ct oct % - y am.
The father pied no: guilty. and
;he son ped guilty eaen asking
That soe oe nyoaed judge John
ID Nat;s rel sea. Sayu-. You
have been warned before and a
few days in jail VII give you an
opportunity - think over the enor-
vI,y II what You have done
Whether you realize il or not you
We're endangerlne the health and
lives OF the people in that commu-
nifty by selling them tainted meat.
You don't deserve 10 be let off with
a fine
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03

years confinement we're high dis
proportionate TO the offenses
proved.
II was requested that Jackson
be Immediately restored TO duty
and given an opportunity TO earn
an honorable separation from the
service. NAACP's attorneys for
Jackson are Thurgood Marshall
and his assistant. Robert L. Carter.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03

.krc of brook trout six 'rcars
.g'. Hn certain sections ~ Han,
C..rk end Fer creek. ..94'a,,
,r 20 .oafracstc~n Mon'ro-cu-.
& MS. aaS conservatory commission
aFd'
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
Discussion Series
Will Resume Soon

The third discussion series on
Detrolts future opens al the Main
library, Woodward and Kirby,
Tuesday, Nov. Is. at 8 pm. Spon-
Sored by the Detroit Public Libra
~ and the Citizens Housing and
Planning Council OF Detroit, this
series of meetings. "Detroit's Fu-
ture is Here will continue on
three successive Tuesdays: Nov. 20,
p and Dec. 4
At the Nov. - meeting the topic
VIII be. You and the Master
Plan - Technicians who worked on
youthe Master Plan will explain
II.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03

NELp TNt MAR eFFORT
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
ASK CLEMENCY
FOR NEGRO CT
IN NASHVILLE

WASHINGTON. d. c. - Peti.
ton for clemency was filed Octo-
Der %. with the Secretary Of War
by NAACP attorneys on behalf OF
Purdie S. Jackson. a Negro soldier
who had been convicted bv gen
eral court-martial in Nashville
Tenn, on February 7. 1914. and
sentenced to dishonOrable dis
charge and confinement for twelve
Q2) years for assaulting three
white civilians with criminal in
tent.
The charges grew out of an al.
tercation which occurred i'm the
dug store -nWned-by-e aa-aEtAe
civilians because the Negro soldier
sat in section reserved for the
exclusive use OF white patrons.
. 1T WAS POINTED out in the
petition that no Wrong-doing on
JackSon's part was established al
the trial: that the white men We're
actually the aggreSsorS: that Jack
son was acting in self-defcnSe: that
although the wounds which peti-
toner Jackson allegedly afflicted
were repeatedly serious. no medi-
cal authority was called In testify
who had attended same; and that
dlshonorable discharge and ~
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03

nc local NAACP. Samue. Gibbons
and Geor.e H. Fields.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03
Father And Son
s entenced In
Bad Meat Case

Dave HoIard ST, $50 E Boston
o0u.elard/ and Dave Howard Jr.
5G3 SuF1r!0r. We're each gwen 90
days/u the Detroit House Of Cor
.C% .ou foy having in their possess
son meat which had not been in
specl,d or approved by the Health
Department and for selling ii IN
shea. nca, marke, ~ 55GS Hastings
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-11-03

Fourteen year old Leroy Jones
is one OF the Michigan Chron.
iele's reliable newsboYs. Leroy
has been selling Chronicles for
two years and sells 100 papers
weekly. He is s.B student at
Garfield school and is fond of
mechanical drawing. Leroy
makes ,airplanes as hobby
and enjoys swimming and
boxing. He attends Ebenezer
Sunday school. Leroy has a
bank account OF S22 from
Chronicle earnings and helps
10 buy his clothing. school
supplies and show fare. He is
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam II. Jones, o! 2Sl {. Willis.
Photo by Bradley.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-27

cigaret, to have an electric eye
start a fan to blow out the
match for you.
Several experts agree that,
though IL would be tricky, it is
possible to devise an electronic
setup 50 that when Daddy comes
home from the STA and enters
his MISUNDERSTANDING front
door, loud speakers would an
nounce softly in every room in
the house:
Hi, Mother-here I am. Hot,
tired and hungry. Where are
my slippers? How about q
drink? What's for dinner"
Almost - II price and prac-
ticality were no object - you
could make up your own stunt,
place an order, and have cleo
tronic devices evolved to work
your Arabian Nights will.
ELECTRONICS NOW
The end of the war finds you
already living in an electronic
home, II you only knew it.
Every electric light bulb is an
electronic tube. Your radio Is an
electronic device. So is your
sun-tan lamp, your home movie
protector. Now that the war Is
over all of these will be better
than ever.
But those stunt gadgets! For
get them, for years to come.
To roast your prime ribs in
two seconds would require a
$50. 900 range that would be IS
feet long, five feet deep, seven
and q half feet high and would
use 100000 watts of current.
The electric fan probably
would blow out your match be-
fore your cigaret was lighted.
Instead of staying on until you
left the room, your lights might
60 out when somebody else en-
tered. And so 1t goes.
Some day electronics - the
vacuum tube - will work as
great miracles In your home as,
already, it has in war industry.
But not today, not next week
or next month. For now, be
content with electric light, sun
lamps, radio, FM, television,
moving pictures and other of
the blessings that really are
though you may not have re-
allied 1t - practical affiliations
of electronics.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-27
EIeefronies Age Will Offer
costly But Handy House Aids
BY s. BURTON HEATH
NEA staff Writer


NEW YORK - Just around
Q corner Is the age of cleo
,nics. Il won't be long now un-
that marvel of electrical sci
&c which has contributed so
.avily to defeating Nazis and
.ps can be turned toward your
me.
You have heard much about
hat electronics can do for you.
ou may have built up high
,pos. This seems to be the ideal
ne for q word of warning. II
this:
Electrcnics can do things so
onderful that electronically-
sntrolled gadgets seem to pos
20 human brains. Electronics
yuld make your home 50 COM
,rtable, your home work so
10y that the maid problem
|tould disappear.
but unless you are wealthy
bu probably won't have that
brit Of electronically . operated
bme within your lifetime. Your
hildren may see 1t come to
hss.
On q stunt basis there seems
} be almost nothing that cleo
tonics can not do. The electric
We, opening door or turning
. q water fountain; the cleo
eic ear, opening a garage door
vhen your horn Cor one of the
me frequency is sounded;
odar. These are familiar appli-
atoms already.
eAGIC EYE
. Popular science writer's have
voked the picture of a house
,ife busy In her kitchen. The
corbell rings. She looks up at
screen to see whether 1t Is
he neighbor coming with a cup
, borrow sugar, the insurance
aan coming to collect premiums,
white bearded youth selling
4 agazines to pay his way
Trough college and there1A
. such even in the postwar
,orld - or tramp who, hav-
ag discovered there is no wood
lie and the lawn already has
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-27

been mown, Is asking fof the
chance to earn . crust of bread
and q glass of water.
II it's a friend, Milady turns
on her own televisor so that
the caller can see her, and tells
her to open the door and come
in. II it's an undesired caller
she just keeps quiet or, II he is
too persistent, tells him to 60
away.
There's nothing impossible, or
even difficult, about such a set
up, but you won't have one right
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-27

away To do so would require
installation in your home, among
other things, of a small tele-
vision broadcasting station. And
that would cost a few thousand
dollars and would take up quite
some space.
1t Is possible to cook a pound
of roast in two seconds. It Is
possible to have an electric eye
turn on the lights when you en-
ter a room and turn 1t off when
you leave. 1t is possible. every
time you light a match for q
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-09-27

Practical application Of eectroncs this automatic dshwashe
Experimental model operated by Gale Idle Westinghouse en
is forerunner Of device In which tho housewife will
place dishes glassware and silver and then simply
The machine then Dishes washes
twice. cleans and drains itself automatically
Evening star., 1945-02-11

bounced violently to a stop. This
was something Charlie didn't have
to wonder about. He knew a bad
landing from a good one and he
knew, too, that you coaidn't even
call that a landing. His blood boiled
:. same old stuff those guys up
front could take a bounce plenty
of room and they could see them
coming. But not little Charlie, oh
no, he had to carom from ceiling to
floor, from wall to wall, just because
some careless pilot felt like putting
the ship down in hurry. In indig-
nant rage he disconnected his inter-
com phone and started forward to
gripe about the inhuman treatment
- to say nothing of the bruises -
he had just received.
What - No Pilot?
WELL, what goes? Where'd you
get your pilots license - Sears
Roebuck? l came near to leavin' on
that last bounce and if that's your
idea of fun I'll quit and join the
marines. Say -" Charlie hesitated,
looked at =, both waist guns and
peered anxiously at the vacant
pilots seats He gulped Where in
hell is everybody"
That old empty feeling rolled up
and punched Charlie right in the pit
of the stomach. He gulped and
moved over to the door beside the
abandoned waist gun. Some English
farm hands we're pounding on the
door. waiting to give assistance to
whoever needed it. But when the
door swung open. there stood Char
lie. weakly grinning. He threw his
thumb over his shoulder, hiked his
pants up and said: "Whaddya know
II brung the damn thing down
alone!r'
Evening star., 1945-02-11

ENGLAND
lLrTAlL END CHARLIE" was just
another tail gunner from
Brooklyn until he landed in England
the other day to become the "Mr.
Lucky" Of the U. S. Air Forces.
1t all began when Charles plane
was returning from a raid over Ger
many. His B-24 Liberator bomber
was seriously damaged by flax.
None of the crew had been wounded,
but the condition of the ship and
engines was 50 critical the Captain
pilot gave terse orders: Abandon
ship - bail outT Charlie, way back
in the tail, was blissfully unaware
of the excitement and remained
serene. His intercom had been shot
away - so he could hear nothing
but the shell-blasted motors.
Charlie. the back-seat driver, was
all alone watching the English coun-
tryside slip past beneath him. Per-
haps he wondered why the damaged
motors weren't silenced by the pilot
and perhaps he wondered why the
ground rushed up so fast.
Kept Flying
The plane. losing altitude and run
ming low on gas, just kept flying.
The other crew members, now safely
assembled on British soil, were say
ing silent and fervent prayers for
Charlie, but he didn't need them -
just then.
The wheels were still up when the
plane slid along on its belly and
Marion progress., 1945-10-04
WORD RECEIVED FROM
PFC. JAMES F. COOKE

Mrs. Charles H. Smith received
word this week from her brother,
Pfc. James F. Cooke, who has been
a prisoner Of Japan since May, 1912,
that he will be home soon.
He also notified his mother in Le-
noir of his intention to arrive in the
States soon and last Sunday she re-
ceived a cable from Manila in which
he said he would leave within few
days for the United States.
Although relatives have written
him throughout his period of ser
vice, he had not received word from
any of them for two years. Arriv'
ing in Manila he received a letter
from his mother.
He has made the acquaintance Of
many local people while visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Smith here.
Marion progress., 1945-10-04
LIEUT.. STEPP JOINS
FACULTY UNIVERSITY
AT SHRIVENHAM, ENG.

A former associate professor of
economics and government at Glenn
son College in South Carolina, First
Lieutenant Hubert F. Stepp, of
Marion, N. c., recently joined the
faculty of Shrivenham American
University in England.
The North Carolina officer will
teach subjects in the commerce sec
ton Of the new army Information
and Education division college, He
holds the B. A. degree from Berea
College in Kentucky and took ad-
vanced work at the University of
Virginia.
In the army since August 1912,
he became an officer in January of
1943 and later served on Air De-
fense Investigation teams in the
Mediterranean and European The
aters. He is married to an English
girl, Mrs. Hubert F. Stepp, who now
lives in London.
Lieut.. Stepp is son of John
Step of Marion.
Marion progress., 1945-10-04
KNITTED GARMENTS
NEEDED FOR SOLDIERS

Work has been tagging at the
Red Cross knitting room during the
summer months, necessitating a de-
cided increase in workers this fall,
Mrs. G. B. Justice, production chair
man, has announced.
A letter from the Atlanta Red
Cross Office explained that thous-
ands of knitted garments will be
needed for hospitalized service men
and troops on duty in the armies of
occupation.
Mcdowell is behind in its quota,
Mrs. Justice said, and more workers
must be found Immediately to sup
ply the needs of the armed forces.
Materials may be obtained from
the work room in the community
buildings Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 4 till p. m. or by calling Mrs.
Justice.