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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
We Ate The Worms For Meat, Says Frank Burnhan1

ovation we received from the Amer
lean Red Gross when we returned
to America, landing at Los Apge-
les. They came aboard our boat
with our ration books all filled OUT
and then they gave US each sl5G
for clothes and a suitcase"
When Burnham came to the
News Herald offices he was dressed
in a snappy sport outfit. Il told
the man in that Los Angeles cloth
ing store I didn't know what peo-
pie were wearing back here and this
is what he sold me. Everyone sure
has been wonderful to me. After I
rest up a bit I want to join the
Merchant Marine and maybe I'll get
a crack at those - Japs before
this war is over"
His sister, Mrs. Helen Johnson,
winked and ended the interview
with, well, maybe you ought to
just loaf for a month or so, so I
can put some fat on those skinny
bones"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

lying across the tracks and he was
unable to stop his train before pass
ing over the woman. She had ap-
parently been crushed by train
passing over the same tracks a few
minutes earlier.
John B. Reynolds. 2427 Dickin-
son, Trenton. stated that at ESQ
am. a freight train with lis cars
went south over these tracks going
between two and five miles per
hour. 1t is believed that this freight
train was the one that first hit
the 5O-year-old woman. She was
dragged 400 feet.
Relatives of Mrs. Mrozek we're
taken to the morgue early this
morning in an effort to identify
the badly mangled body. Mrs.
Mrozek's husband, Hipolit, works
at the Wyandotte Chemicals COM
pany. They have three children.
At the New Way Lunch this
morning 1t was stated that Mrs.
Mrozek had not reported for work.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Cross against
Lights; Girls
Struck by Car

Crossing against the stop light at
Oak and Biddle avenue Tuesday,
Barbara Henney, 473 Kings high
way and June McEchran, 1858
Seventh street, were struck by q
car driven by Theodore Lezotte, &C.
cording to wyandotte police.
Miss Henney was treated at Wy
andote General hospital for bruises
of the left hip and the face.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Recruit Ministers
as Macy Chaplains

A chaplain who wears the gold
wings of a Navy pilot Is In Detroit
this week to recruit Michigan min
listers for the Navy Chaplain Corps.
He is Lieutenant Commander Alex
ander j. McKelway. (ChC), USNR,
former chaplain on the huge car
rier Essex, and in World War I an
aviator and test pilot.
Commander McKelway now serves
as chaplain at the Naval Air Sta
ton, Glenview, Illinois, and is on
the temporary recruitment duty in
the Navy's urgent drive to recruit
1000 chaplains.
There are a large number OF
qualified younger ministers In the
Michigan area" the Commander
says, "and to them the Navy offers
the strategic opportunity within the
memory of living man."
"No ministry can compare to the
Navy ministry" he points out, "for
nowhere else are there such rich re-
turns in experience and service"
Commander McKelway served
aboard the Essex while that carrier
took part in Is engagements. includ-
ing the Gilberts and Marshalls
campaigns the strikes against Sal
pan, Guam, Truk and the Bonins
and the occupation of the Marianas.
I'VE had plenty of close ones" he
recalls, 'but nothing bigger than
shrapnel ever hit u.s."
Ministers interested In naval serv-
ice may reach Commander Nickel
way ut the Office of Naval Officer
Procurement, Book Tower Bldg,
Detroit, or call Cadillac 1853, ext.
So.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Hold Memorial
Service for BIay

Memorial services for Sgt. Earl l.
Blay who was killed In action in
Germany, April l, will be held at
the Congregational church at pm.
May 6.
Sgt. Blay was the son Of Mrs.
william Albright, and brother Of
Marie Podhola. A brother Is now
serving with the Navy.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Sent to Jail for
Drunk Driving

First to appear before Judge
Arthur Decker on a drunk driving
charge following the judges ulti-
matum that drunk drivers would go
tc Jail, was Amel Mutt, 40, of SO E.
lockwood, Ecorse.
Mutt was fined SOS and sentenced
to 20 days at Dehoco by Judge
Decker In justice court session We'd
nesday afternoon.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Blood Donors
Urgently Needed

An urgent appeal has been made
for all blood donors to sign up
now with their churches, industries
for the blood bank days that will
be on May 8 and at the First
Congregational church.
Appointments can be made by
calling Mrs. Earl Routh at Wyan-
dotte 0182 or by calling Mrs. Her
bert Garner at Wyandotte 2237-J.
The Blood Bank will be open on
Thursday from 2:30 until Gas and
on Friday from 2 o'clock until 6:15.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Tables Turned
On Lieutenant

Things were going okay for Clar-
ence Edwards, ST., Of 1873 Labadie,
as he impersonated a police lieu
tenant In a local bar until he at
tempted to arrest three men.
According to police, Edwards,
flashing a gold badge, tried to ar
rest Arthur Davis, John Conner and
Pete Monroe only to find the tables
turned and he, the one on his way
to the hoosegow. Taken to the
station, Edwards was charged with
drunkenness.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
E1changites Hear
Talk or, World
Peace Conference

John Stewart of Detroit, history
major at Wayne university, adj
dressed the Exchange club Tuesday
in regard to the San Francisco World
Conference which opened In San
Francisco, wednesday.
The 18-year-old college student,
won the state oratorical contest but
was defeated in the national con-
test at Chicago.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

installed. Initial tests show that the
reception over the FIN station is
absolutely static free. Police describe
the new Frequency Meditation
police radios as "clear as a bell"
1t is expected that formal per-
mission to place the new station in
operation will arrive from the Fed
eral Communications Commission
in Washington sometime this week.
Final tests were completed We'd
nesday night and under the new
FIN all police cars will be able to
hear one another and talk to one
another In case Of an emergency.
The transmitter and police car
radios were installed by Carl Wes-
ser, chief radio engineer for ia
ton WENA, the Detroit News FIN
station.
Plans for the construction Of the
Wyandotte News-Herald FIN sta
ton, WJJW, are awaiting the close
of the war and release of priority
equipment which is now being used
by our armed forces in the prosecu-
ton of the war. Radio station,
WJJW win be powered with 1000
watt transmitter, serving the entire
Down River district. The FEC
accepted detailed construction
plans for the Frequency Meditation
radio station in November.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Firen,en AnsUer
TaUO Alarms

Firemen answered two calls this
week to put out blazes at the home
of Mrs. Guy Cochrane and the
smoke house owned by George
Chinchak.
Three hundred dollars damage
resulted from the fier which was
started by a burning cigarette butt
at the Cochrane residence, 1900
Nineteenth street. Damage to the
Chinchak smoke house was esti-
mated at SIS.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

before oelng Drou8nt pack 10 tne
United States.
WHOLE COMPANY CAPTURED
Sheets whole company was cap
tured during fighting In France on
September IL. The men were taken
through Berlin on their way to
Stalag SC. Although the German
capital vas not bombed during the
night they were there, Sheets said
thai later during the winter the
men could see flashes from the AL
lied bombe blasting the city nightly
as they watched from their camp.
Food at the prison camp was
poor and consisted of a thin barley
soup served twice a day. With the
arrival - Red Cross food parcels
In December, the prisoners were
able to feast-but only for q short
time. German guards punctured
each can of food in the parcels 30
the men would not be able to store
any Of the goods away for the fu-
ture.
SLEPT ON STRAW
The men wese confined In un-
heated barracks and slept on straw
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

are a human being.
So spoke Frank Edward Burn
ham, 24-year-old brother of Mrs.
Helen johnson. 745 Eureka avenue.
But as he spoke he turned his face
to one side. It's habit he's gotten
into ever since Jap guard hit
him In the face with a shovel.
Prank had been put to work in a
Jap garden. 1t was a sweltering,
hot day and the American prisoner
paused for q moment to wipe the
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
By STRAUSS CAN'T

AT first picked the out of the rice fed to
by the aps Then when just had to have meat to keep
us alive left the in and ate them whenever
could.
"Not until the Japs Gagged in Los Banos prison
did believe I'd get hungry enough to eat dogs
and leeches Yes have devoured any sort of animal life
could lay my hands You get hungry you forget you
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

sweat from his brow.
"Jap guards wait for chances like
this" said Frank, "and he swung
the shovel with all his might. I
guess my mouth isn't a pretty
sight now but I'm going to get
some new teeth put in real soon.
Just as soon as I rest up"
The lean, tanned lad weighed 160
pounds when he was captured at
the Cavite Naval base in the Phil
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Olson Wounded

Private Oliver Olson, 10, was
slightly wounded in action with the
Infantry of the Third Army now
fighting in Germany. A telegram
received by his mother, Mrs. julius
Olson, Tuesday, informed her that
Pvt. Olson had been injured in
Germany April z, and was now in
an Army base hospital in Germany.
Overseas since December, he has
seen action in France, Belgium,
Luxembourg and Germany.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
GAS BOOKS STOLEN

Stanley Piatkowski, $50 Negaunee,
reported to police Tuesday that A
and B gasoline books were stolen
from the glove compartment Of his
car as it was parked near the Wy
andotte theatre.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
BASEBALL PRACTICE

Mellin Moran practice Wednesday
and Friday nights at Pulaski Park
at $50 p. m. Any players wishing
to join q Class A baseball team
should report to Ray Manthey at
the field.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

HI-LUSTRE AUTO WASH.
STEAM CLEANING CHASSIS AND
PAINTED. SIS. ALSO SIMONIZ-
ING. 1888 EUREKA adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Train Hits Woman This
Morning At Alkali Street
Tentatively Identified as Mrs. Helen
Mrozek. Mother of Three Children

The body of woman. crushed by at least train, was
discovered this morning at 1853 Alkai street
She has been tentvely identified Mrs Helen Mrozek
of 4O Seventh street. employee of the New Way Lunch
The body first discovered by Joseph Blame 413 Bid
die avenue engineer the New York Central railroad In
the WYandotte police he said he the body
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
Police FIN Radio Station
Now Ready For Operation
Clear AS Bell. Say Police Officers
After Final Tests Are Made Wednesday

The Wyandotte police department yesterday opened the
test circuit their FM station WRHV. Under
for several months the Frequency Modua-
ton radio station replaces the DID, Anticipated AM setup
Four police and police headquarters have been
equipped with the FIN receiving and boadcastng equip
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
LICENSES RENEWED

Renewal of restaurant licenses for
Ford Tavern, Tap Room and Kos
suth Hall was authorized by the
city council.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

SELL YOUR CAR TO GILBERT
Motor Sales. 10940 West Jefferson.
River Rouge.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

CASH FOR YOUR CAR - Any
Make or Model SIMPSON. zig
Sycamore Street Adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
APPLICATION APPROVED

Application of Rose Bodnar for
renewal of dance hall license at
Kossuth Hall was approved by coun-
ell. TUESDAY,.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
POPPY DAY is MAY 25

Permission to sell peoples on the
streets of the city May Is and 26
was granted Tuesday night to the
American Legion Auxiliary.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

bringing food to the American pris-
oners.
'"The Japs tied two Of those Fill
pinoS to a fence and then tried to
force the other two to beat them.
When they refused the Jap guards
dashed out at them with heavy
ropes. Finally, all four were beaten
to q pulp"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26
FIRST TAKEN TO
SANTO TOMAS

When Burnham was first cap
tured the Japs took him to Santo
Tomas prison camp. There he said
families were separated, the men
kept apart from the women. After
a month he was moved to Los Ba-
nos. There they were not allowed
any form Of recreation or music.
The food was pitiful, mostly wormy
rice and little Of that. He was
rescued from Los Banos February
%, 1915.
'In never forget the wonderful
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-26

before being brought back to the
United States.
WHOLE COMPANY CAPTURED
Evening star., 1945-02-09

HOUSE or FRANKENSTEIN." . Uni
yersel picture with Boris Karlon. produced
by Paul Malvern. directed by Erie C.
Kenton. screen play BY Edward T.. Lowe,
based on . story BY Curt Siodmak. At
Evening star., 1945-02-09

She suddenly sees marriage to the
rich local boy is not for her and
decides its more patriotic to stay
with the children. cook dinner for
soldiers and wait for Mr.. Kodiak.
Even Charles Winninger, as the
bewhiskered and lovable grand
feathers Gas he's affectionately
called, approves of these plans.
The climax comes when he breaks
down and confides to Kodiak that
he never lost his leg at the battle
of Manila at all.
II was in the hospital the whole
time" he said. Yes, sir, fell down
the hatch a week before the battle"
That song not allowed on the
radio because it plugs a beverage
company is fast becoming q stand
ard item on the Capitol stage. This
week Oracle Barrie ranges through
its many verses. She also lends the
Hildegarde touch to MY Heart
Sings" and very prettily, too.. The
Adairs are satisfied to tap out their
Valentine greetings and Comedian
Johnny Burke keeps the audience
laughing at the same old routine
he's been using since 1911. The
Herzogs, four young ladies with a
way on the trapeze, prove by means
OF a stooge in the audience that
swinging by ones ankles isn't SO
easy after all.
Evening star., 1945-02-09

nave Dccu AROUND SO long now GQaI
they virtually have become the pals
of audiences who are much more
afraid of running out of cigarettes,
or finding run in a stocking. We
think 1t would be better for Uni
versal to close down the plant and
wait until new type Of monster is
ready to go into production.
Edward T. Lowe, whose imagina-
ton devised House of Franken-
stein," had no better idea than to
do sort of summary of all the
studios previous horror pictures. 1t
will be remembered-or maybe 1t
won't, which still makes no differ
ence-that when the last picture
ended Frankenstein and the mon
ster were engulfed in the collapse
of dam. That looked like the end
|of them, and good riddance, but 1t
turned out otherwise. 1t seems that
they merely fell into. a kind of SUBJ
terranean refrigerator where they
turned into gigantic ice cubes, an
uncomfortable experience but not a
fatal one They are thawed out and
brought into the current story in
almost perfect condition.
Nor are they the only ones who
are resuscitated for the occasion of
the latest picture. Count Dracula,
known affectionately in our circle
as Good Old Drac, also has returned.
He shows up first as skeleton but
through the evil medical skill of
Boris Karloff, a mad doctor special
Ii1ip,n II, hn y te
to his old well-dressed form in
which he manages to pull of a
couple of his specialized killings.
They are quite dull really.
X X X
One of the major handicaps of
House of Frankenstein" appears to
be the lassitude of the cast. OF the
lot. only Karlof seems to be able to
work himself into a state of enthu-
siasm for terrifying the daylights
out of his associates and the Gus
toners. The others, even the pretty
girls who are about to become sacri-
fees to the machine-made demons,
seem totally unconcerned. One of
them, indeed, gypsy girl, goes
around petting the hunchback kill
er and the werewolf as if they were
couple of white rabbits.
| That, we submit, is not the sort
of conduct to send shivers up and
down the vertebrae
X X 4 y
To continue the constructiveness
which this criticism seems to be
assuming-foolishly, no doubt-Uni-
versals horror department should
busy itself with some new props.
Those Turkish bath tables which
are wired for 100000 volts of elec-
tricity to massage monsters into
activity, the whirring dynamos,
plasma coils and other devices have
begun to take on kind of terrifying
innocence.
The single new element, or per-
haps it is merely one we missed in
previous pictures of the series, is
the introduction Of quicksand as
way of disposing of Frankenstein
and the mad doctor in the fadeout
of House of Frankenstein."
No doubt it will turn out to be
nothing more than trick entrance
to another subterranean refrigera-
tor in which the pair will be pre-
served until the next installment.
1t cannot be denied that Universal
sent in its first team in its latest
horror film. In addition to Karloff,
there are such other terrorists as
John Carradine (Dracula), Lon
CLANCY as werewolf, and J..
Evening star., 1945-02-09
BY PATRICIA SIMMONS.

There is something very remark
able about the picture this week at
the Capitol. It's something Holly
wood should think about.
Here's a movie with absolutely
nothing to get excited about in pro-
duction terms of action, sets or
extravagant layout. From beginning
to end the whole thing hinges on
the pretty-ordinary American prac-
tice of Sunday Dinner for a Sol
dier" The table is set, the soldier
arrives, the dishes are washed and
put away, and right there you have
what turns out to be a thoroughly
enjoyable piece of entertainment.
It's the little human touches that
make life aboard the Florida boat
house-the dog named just dog"
the old hen very much part Of the
family and called Easter" because
1t was Matched from an Easter egg,
the three children who collect oyster
shells, love their big sister, Anne
Baxter, stand on their heads just
for the heck Of it. and in general
prevent life from becoming dull for
every one concerned. Then a soldier
comes to Sunday dinner, he meets
the hen. plays with the dog, is per-
mitted look at the priced collec-
ton and falls In love with the older
sister. And still the story doesn't
drag.
Anne Baxter happens to be one of
the few really pretty young things
ground Hollvuyc.oJ u,ho cor m ~~,, -
dramatic sequence and make the
tears look real. Given one cotton
dress, pair of blue jeans and an
old shirt. she managed to bring forth
her share of whistles from yesterday
mornings audience. At times the
rather-too-sentimental dialogue is
handled in manner which enables
one to overlook this fault; for in
stance, the scene where she explains
to little Mary what happened to
their parents. Mary Is comforted to
learn that death is just like her
story books. like those lovely pictures
inside which one can't imagine until
the cover opens
Not only extremely personable
youngsters, Connie Marshall, Bobby
Driscoll and Billy Cummings also
are capable actors. Their facial
expressions are wonderful, es-
pecially in that scene where they
stand by the road selling berries
trying to earn enough money SO
that they won't have to kill their
pet chicken for the soldiers dinner
Then there's the look Of utter
despair on the smallest boys face
when preparations for the soldier
go amiss-and we do mean amiss.
The clean curtains are blown of
the line, the pump springs leak.
a dish or two breaks, and to top It
all the dog chews a convenient hole
in the faxnily's feather pillow. Even
after this trouble is surmounted 1t
looks for while like the soldier
isn't going to show up. OF course,
he does.
If there's a sight that nobody
should miss it's John Kodiak wash
ing dishes. All the time, however,
It's pretty obvious that it wasn't
the dishes which prompted the gall
liant offer or the script writer's. In
addition to dishwashing. Sergt.
Kodiak gets 1t across to Miss Bax-
ter that he has a few other talents.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Where and When
Current Thsetsr Attroction
snd Time o. Showing

National Dark Of the Noon,
$50 pm.
Capitol Sunday Dinner for 4
Soldier: 10:45 am, 1:30, 400, 1:l0
and 10 pm. Stage shows: 1850,
$40, $50 and $40 pm.
Earle-'sTo Have and Have Not:
II an, 1:40, 4:25, 7:l0 and 10 pm.
Stage shows: l, $40. $50 and 9:15
pm.
Columbia-"Betwee Two Wom-
en-: I1:20 am, los, 2:45, 4:30, $40,
7:55 and $40 pm.
Keith's-"House OF Frankenstein"::
11:l5 am, los, $50, 4:40, 6:25,
8:l5 and 1905 pm.
Little-"A Bin OF Enforcement"
1l:15 am. los, $50, 4:35, $40,
sos and $50 pm.
Metropolitan - "WutherinR
Heights: 1l:25 am, 1:25, $3.50, $50,
7:30 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Meet Me In st. Louis:
1885 am. 2:05. 4:35, 7:05 and
9:35 pm.
Pix-''Voodoo Man.: 3:25, $50,
$40 and 10:35 pm.
Trans-Lux-News and shorts, con-
tinuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-02-09
Benchley's Dog,
Blase and Bored,
Wrecks Company
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
BY SHEHAH GI
HOLLYWOOD

11OlL1 WONJD.
Robert Benchley's dog Is going
to have pups in Week End at the
Waldorf" And to plant" the pos
sible father, the black lady dog has
to look up and spot white male
dog. But have you ever tried to
make dog look up when 1t wants
to look down? When I arrived on
the set they had reached the point
of having some one stand on q
ladder and fire a shot in hopes that
the dog would look up. The shot
cracks out. The dog yawns-and
looks toward the door. Then they
try putting another dog on the lad
der and have him make cooine
noises. But the doggy star think,
this is rather ridiculous and studies
the claws on his feet. Then they get
a cat and dangle 1t temptingly just
above the canine actress. Even that
fails. BY this time, I, too, am a
nervous wreck and glad when the
entire incident is abondoned-for
the time being anyway. Dogs and
babies: Stay away from them-if
they don't steal the picture, they
drive you crazy.
Charles Laughton is playing Capt.
Kidd, but when come to the set he
is, asleep in his dressing room with
the door open. And 1t is not a
beautiful sight. Even when Charles
is awake he's little hard on the
eyes. but asleep! He has to be
awakened for his scene and when
we tell him that we saw him un-
conscious, he demands, did I
snore?" NO." we tell him, you
were sleeping like a baby" (May
heaven forgive us the lie.) But
Charles is pleased and says, "Wait
til I tell Elsa (his wife). She says
I snore!" (You do, dear)
Cuddles (the nickname given
Laughton by the late Carole Lom-
bard then puts on his heavy coat,
his hat, his wooden stockings and
muf1er and walks out on the frozen
River Thames of 1896. The bold,
bad Capt. Kidd Is signing a cut
throat crew for one of his pirate
expeditions and has to pretend to
shiver in the cold frosty air. Actu-
ally he's sweating under the weight
Of his heavy clothes.
After this there's scene where
Randolph Scott has to push Gilbert
Roland on to the pile of rope by
the ship. Only Scott isn't there
The part where he pushes and socks
Roland was taken the day before
So Gilbert has to throw himself
down. And he's having trouble. He's
knocking himself down too gently
and gracefully. You should &C
down BOOM" admonishes Director
Rowland v. Lee.