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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Tuesday Set AS
Deadline For
Filing Coal Needs

Declarations Of coal needs for next
winter of household, business and
entertainment centers must be in
by Tuesday, the STA. has reported.
Forms are provided by coal dealers
and must be filed with the dealers
in order to secure supply of coal.
Unless consumer uses more than
IS tons of coal a winter, the coal
now on hand in his bin is not
counted in next years supply needs.
The regulation, which went into eff
feet on April 1, requires dealers to
deliver at least 80 per cent of .
full normal years fuel needs be-
fore october 1 to customers who
file their declarations, plus their
orders, between these days. They
must be willing, however, to accept
the kinds of solid fuel the dealer
can supply.
According to the Solid Fuels Ad-
ministration, the need for filing Of
declarations is caused through lack
of manpower in mines, increased
demands of war industries and lack
of adequate transportation. For
these reasons the supply of coal for
domestic use has been cut to 80
per cent of the normal supply for
the year.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
News Herald Golf School
Will Begin This Thursday
Pro Archie Van Will Conduct Glasses Men Women
Tuesday and Thursday Evenings West Shore Golf and Country Club

First class in the News-Herald
sponsored golf school viii be held
this Thursday at the West Shore
golf and country club on Crosse lie.
Instruction viii be given to both
men and women at the classes
which will be held every Tuesday
and Thursday night. Women's
groups will be given lessons at Z
pm. an men at o'clock on these
nights. %.g
Archie Van, widely known profess
sional golfer who will conduct the
classes, has announced that he will
give instruction in the use Of woods
on Thursday and on irons, Tues
days. 1.-The first class will include
instruction in the proper grip,
stance and swing" Van said.
There are no entry fgms to
fill out or instruction fees. All you
have to do is bring your own clubs"
the West Shore club pro pointed
out.
Following the end Of the school,
Archie Van will choose the best stu
dents and they will be given prizes
by the Wyaadotte News Herald.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
NylOns Aplenty
After Japs Quit

Good news for the ladiesI The
officials Of the E. ]. du Pont de
Nemours announce that there will
be all the nylon hose a woman
could ever dream about three
months after the surrender of
Japan.
The company further announced
that actually the size of the yarn
that goes into the hosiery and other
fine fabric can start rolling in half
a days notice. according to the in
ventors of the coal, water and air
product.
ALI they need do is to change
a little perforated steel disc on their
spinnerets. But the yarn will have
to be shipped to the "throwsters"
for twisting This means that the
hosiery manufacturer will have to
change over to their knitting ma
chimes again.
The stocking up of the hosiery in
the WnoieSale ana the retail chan
nels will also take time and can
only start when the War Produc-
ton Board gives the official go
ahead"
Nylon Is one reconversion prob
lem that the du Pont company is
not shedding any grey hairs about
since little time will be lost in the
makeover from war TO peace uses.
The demands in the peacetime will
also continue to be high.
At the present time. however,
every inch Of the yarn made will
continue to go to the military on
high priorities to help win the war
against the Japanese.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Dunsick Awarded Bronze Star after
Escape From German Prison Camp

Now home on 21-day furlough
from Percy Jones hospital, Cpl. Ed
die Dumsick today related how he
and II other American soldiers es-
capped from a German prison camp
in December.
Captured by the Nazis in the
Battle of the Bulge, the IL men
were taken to a prison camp about
five miles past the German lines.
The soldiers then attacked and killed
their guard and escaped. Seven
Of the men were re-captured but
the other five made their way back
through the countryside to Allied
territory.
Cpl. Dumsick has been awarded
the Bronss Star for DIS part - HE
escape and for aiding the wounded
men to return to the American
lines. Three times wounded, he also
holds the Purple Heart.
Cpl. Dumsick, who makes his home
at 1888 Cora, enlisted in the Army
in 1910. He served overseas two
years with the First Army.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Bar Companion
admits Stealing
Money From, Purse

After making the rounds Of beer
gardens, Friday night, with her
cab driver companion, Mrs. Gulley.
631 Plum, discovered her purse had
been emptied. When she started out
from an Ecorse beer garden she
had $50 in her pocketbook. 81.
Accusing the cab driver e6f tax
ing her money, she demanded he
drive her to the Wyandotte police
station. They had just left Q Wy
andotte tavern together and she
complained Of being i'll. At the po-
lice station Mrs. Gulley said she
saw Willard Unkel, "A, of 1858 Her
kinler street, the cab driver, drop
the money on window ledge as
they walked into the station.
Sergeant Paul Heilshorn inves-
tigating her story, discovered the
money lying on the sidewalk, be-
low the window.
Unkel Immediately confessed
stealing Mrs. Gulley's money.
Taken before Judge Arthur
Decker he pleaded guilty to simple
larceny and was placed on six
months probation.
The driver is employed by the
Down River Cab Co.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Annual Poppy
Day Scheduled

When the last gun has been
silenced and heroes come marching
home, theren be some for whom
the fight has just begun the
disabled, facing the heartbreaking
task of rebuilding q life under
physical handicap.
For these and their dependents
the Disabled American Veterans
render aid through the annual pop
by drive which will be held here
on May Is and rs.
Funds from this source are used
to meet the expense Of canteens
and welfare including furnishing of
shoes, clothing, fuel, medical, sur
gical, dental and optical services
as well as funds for tuition in ele-
mentary and high schools and an
educational loan fund for schools
Of high learning.
Volunteer workers are needed to
sell peoples. DAV Poppy Head
quarters are located in room 1924,
Statler hotel, Detroit.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Red Cross Quota
Oversubscribed
City Donates $4,000
In Month Long Drive
Photo By q. S. Navy

Wyandotte oversubscribed its Red
Cross War Fund quota by 20 per
cent, Charles Block, general chair
man of this years drive reported.
With a quota of $4,000 set for
the city, donations totaling 100000
had been received as result of
the March campaign. Final figures
were turned in to the local drive
headquarters this week.
The money has been sent to the
Detroit chapter to be given to the
national organization for use in
aiding prisoners-of-war. families Of
servicemen and war victims.
Assisting Mr.. Block for the Wy
andotte drive were Mrs. Stanley
Domal, general secretary and Mrs.
Herbert Garner, general treasurer.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14

at Regensburg, Germany were
bombed.
The Wyandotte flyer has taken
part in bombing attacks on mill
tary installations in Berlin, an air.
craft engine factory at Munich,
synthetic oil plants at Nurnburg
and Hamburg, and railroad yards
at Hamm, Frankfort, Hanover and
Ulm. These missions were flown
in close cooperation with Allied
ground forces racing across the con-
tinent.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Casper Peters of 1926 Third street.
GIVEN AIR MEDAL
Sergeant william r. Pidgeon, of
Wyandotte, Michigan, recently re-
ceived the Air Medal from Lieuten-
ant Colonel Robert F. Hamburger,
squadron commander.
Sgt. Pidgeon, who Is an aerial
gunner on a B-24 Liberator heavy
bomber, was cited for meritorious
achievement in accomplishing with
distinction numerous operational
missions over enemy occupied Eu-
rope The citation accompanying his
award read in part: 1.-THE courage,
GOODNESS and skill displayed by Ser
geant Pidgeon upon these occasions
reflects great credit upon himself
and the Armed Forces of the United
States"
Before entering the service, he
attended st. Patrick's high school.
He is the 19-year-old son of JOS
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Doolittle Lauds Work Of Eighth Air Force
Wyandoers Among Commander On We

eph Pidgeon, 431 Chestnut street.
His two brothers, Robert Pidgeon,
and Harold Pidgeon, are also serv-
ing in the Armed Forces.
is AERIAL GUNNER
Sergeant Harland w. Anderson,
%, Detroit, ball turret gunner on
an Eighth air force Bit flying
fortress, entered the aerial often
sive against Germany recently in
bombing attack upon an under
ground oil storage dump at Roud-
nice, Czechoslovakia.
He is a member of the 385th bonn
bardment group commanded by
Colonel George Y. Jumper, Natoma,
Calf. The group is q part Of the
Third Air Division, the division
cited by the President for its his
toric England-Africa shuttle bomb
ing attack upon the Messerschmitt
aircraft plants of Regensburg, Ger
many, in August, 1913.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Adams, 1908 Corbin street, Detroit,
he was a machinist at Ford's VIII
low Run bomber plant, Ypsilanti,
prior to entering the Army Air
Forces in September. 1913.
His wife, the former Miss Lor-
raine Mains, and two children, Son.
ia, three years, and George, one
year, live with his parents.
He received his Aerial Gunnery
Wings at Kingman Field, Arizona,
in October, 1914.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Scouts to Hold
Court of Honor

Wednesday, May 16, Troop Wy-6
will hold q Troop Court of Honor
at the Presbyterian church house
at pm
A full evenings program is plan
ned which will include the pre-
sentation Of the Troop Charter.
Scout Advancement Awards, and
the first showing of the motion
picture, "Klondike Derby at Eliz-
abeth Park" Also, famous glass
blower and chemist will put on a
demonstration Of plain and fancy
CLAN Woxk. This man has demon
strated glass blowing at the New
YORK Worlds Fair and is also an
Eagle Scout There wiz niso be
several hobby exhibits.
The parents of the Boy Scouts of
Troop 6, the Scouts and parents Of
Troop 2, and several local Scouters
have been invited.
The troop is making plans for a
week camp during the summer.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Putt Rites
Held Tomorrow

Katherine Putt, 81, died on May
Is at her home. $50 Sycamore
street, following a lengthy illness.
Born In Yugoslavia, she had lived
in the downriver area for the past
so years. She was a member of st.
Joseph's church.
Mrs. Putt is survived by her sons
Joseph, Peter, Sebastian and An
thony: two daughters, Mrs. Magda-
lena Junkein and Mrs. Katherine
Greenback. Also Is grandchildren
and "a Observation-Disclosures.
The funeral services will be held
from the Thon funeral home to-
morrow morning at $50 and at
o am. at st. Joseph church. Burial
will be in Mt. Carmel cemetery.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
KiaU0nia1ss to Discuss Pedcetime
Consumption in Tuesday Forum

Pros and cons Of the topic, Should
America Have Permanent Peacetime
CONSUMPTION Of American Youth"
will be discussed by the Kiwanis
Tuesday.
Fred Frostic Is chairman Of the
meeting and will outline the formal
proposals and summarize the dis
cussion. Other members Of the dis
cussion group are w. F. Newell,
Harry Wurster, Clarence Whitney
and Russ Sammis who will present
both sides Of specific phases of the
problem.
Included in the discussion will be
the argument from the standpoint
of health, discipline and characters,
also psychological and moral mpli-
cations; economic aspects and poll
teal implications: leadership, cit
izenship, education: international
and military aspects.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Unit Given
Service Plaque

ARMY AIR FORCES, PACIFIC
HEADQUARTERS - The Meritori-
Gus Service Unit Plaque has been
awarded to an AAF Aviation En-
gineers Battalion in which Ser
geant Sheldon G. Streicher, Of
Wyandotte, served on Angular In
the Palau Islands last fall.
& The award cites their unit for
Outstanding devotion to duty In
the performance Of exceptionally
dtU:c,fit tnks" under dangerous
conditions during the invasion Of
the Palaus.
Landing on D-Day plus 2. the
aviation engineers managed inside
of two months to build an airstrip,
a troop area, troop buildings, head
quarters and other service facilities.
They also completed q survey Of
the island and helped develop port
installations and roads. This work,
much of it performed under fire,
turned the island into q valuable
air base.
The battalion Is now helping
build Superfortress installations in
the Marianas.
Sergeant Streicher's parents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl G. Streicher of
1923 Sixth street, Wyandotte. He
was graduated from the Roosevelt
high school and prior to his entry
into the army in March, 1913 he
was employed by Mr.. o. w. Burke,
of Detroit.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Shortage of Fruit
FOrSeen In 1915

Last week State Department of
Agriculture inspectors started their
first inspection of raspberries and
also the first inspection Of straw
berries for Red STEELE root rot, re-
ports Charles Ffgy, Commissioner
of Agriculture. Records show there
have been more requests for rasp-
berry and strawberry inspection this
spring than in the past ten years,
indicating that because of the
shortage of this type plant mate
rial, growers are availing themselves
Of the service to put them In a
position to sell plants in the fall
Of 1945 and spring of 1916. To date,
less disease, both Red STEELE in
strawberries and virus diseases in
brambles, have been found than in
previous years.
1t Is becoming necessary to check
all stock being shipped into the
State, due to the discovery of sew
eral shipments of infected nursery
stock, states Mr.. Figy, and the bal
ance of the inspection force is con-
tinuing their policing duties In
checking on stock at sales coun-
tiers, acknowledgements, nursery
cellars, etc. With the cold weather,
the sales season has continued
longer than was anticipated.
After spending several days in
southwestern Michigan checking on
the fruit crops in general, Mr.. c.
A. Boyer, Director of the Bureau
OF Plant Industry, Department of
Agriculture, reports the picture for
the 1915 fruit crop is rather dark.
Strawberries have been damaged to
the extent of so to rs per cent
and this, of course, will greatly re-
duce the crop inasmuch as a sur
vey of the strawberry acreage shows
1t has been cut almost in half COM
pared with the acreage of the nor
mai ten year period. Cultivated
blueberries are practically all killed
while cherries. apples and peaches
show q damage In many cases as
high as 80 per cent Of the crop.
There has been some damage to
grapewood also, and the depart
ment Is getting requests to remove
what apparently were good vine
yards, the growers stating it would
take two years to bring the vine
yard back to the condition 1t was
in. prior TO the frost These grow
ers plan to put the land into corn
or other cultivated crQRs as soon as
1t Is cleared Of the grapewood.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Dedicate Var Loan
to Sons, Daughters
NOaU IN Services

With quota of $9,187.50, the 81
employees of the Wyandotte Term
inal Railroad company, have dedi-
Gated their part in the Seventh War
Loan drive to their sons and daugh-
tiers in service.
An Honor Roll bearing the names
Of all children Of employees who
are in the service has been posted
ins*he various divisions. The War
Bond committee includes Florence
Fox, Urban v. Uggen and Thomas
Torango.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Nab NickeI-a-Ddy
Newspaper Thief

Elmer Spry, 1906 Fifth street,
complained to the wyandotte po-
lice that his newspaper was missing
from his porch every morning.
Police officer Shopp made point
of dropping by the Spry home
shortly after the morning paper was
delivered. - - -'s-
Result: Earl Cone, IS, 1868 May
wood, RID Wyandotte, was ar
rested. His companion, a Juvenile,
was released after putting the
finger on Cone.
Elmer Spry should get his news
paper tomorrow morning.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
SPEEDERS ARRESTED

In a drive to curb excessive
speeding on the streets of wyan-
dotte. police have arrested Delma
st. Louis, 48, 3l95 Twenty-first
street. He was charged with speed
ing AZ miles per hour.
Ben A. Fisher. 80, BIS Third
street. was arrested for travelling 20
miles per hour and Eugene v. Rad
dotz, ~. 4138 Niagara street, Wayne,
was apprehended when he drove
his car "a miles per hour.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Protest Negro
Housing Plan

Two overflow meetings, In pro-
test OF proposed Negro housing,
were held in Ecorse township Thurs
day and Friday nights. Petitions
asking that 400 home units not be
built by the Parkway Development
company were circulated among the
residents. The proposed housing
plan win cover an area from the
new Heintzen school to Roberts tri-
highway subdivision.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14

ENGLAND, We DAY-Among the
1850 men and women of the
Eighth Air Force congratulated to-
day by 1t. General James H. Doc
little, who assumed command of
the Eighth in January, 1914, were
scores from Wyandotte.
81 wish to extend my personal
congratulations and my heartfelt
appreciation to every one of you for
the magnificent job you have done"
Gen. Doolittle said in a message
to all personnel.
Each of YOU" he continued,
may be proud of your part in the
defeat of Germany. 1 am proud of
you. The world is proud Of YOU"
COMPLETES 80 MISSIONS
Staff Sergeant Nicholas j. Pc
tiers, "a, of Wyandotte, ball turret
gunner on an Eighth Air Force
Bit Flying Fortress, has completed
more than 30 combat missions over
enemy territory.
Sgt. Peters holds the Air Medal
with five Oak Leaf Clusters for
"meritoriouS achievement" on those
missions, flown in the wars tough
est air theater. He is a member
of Lieutenant Colonel Chester C..
Coxs 388th Bomb. Group, a unit
of the Third Air Division, the divi-
sion cited by the President for its
historic shuttle mission to Africa
when MesSerschmitt aircraft plants
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
Michigan Mirror By Gene Auemon

eridge plan, the Wagner act, unem-
ployment insurance and retirement
systems of governments and indus
try are all expressions of the rising
demand for freedom from want.
This struggle for security, both
by the individual and by the ma
ton, prompts man to turn to one
of two PHILOSOPHERS as the method
by which he hopes to achieve secur-
ity. One philosophy Is that Of de-
mocracy where individuals through
cooperative participation in govern
ment keep the aggressors from en-
shaving them. Democracy safeguards
freedoms of the individual-freedom
Of speech and press, freedom Of as
sembly, freedom of religion, and
freedom from want-against the
rise of an unbridled individualism,
the Mussolini or Hitler, who be-
comes the absolute ruler over mans
fate.
Triumph Of the Allied powers
over Germany, which We celebrated
quietly last week, was a victory Of
democracy over the absolute state,
modified by Soviet socialism. Of
course.
Both Nazi Germany and Soviet
Russia have carried state controls
to new extreme In the two-way
quest for security Of the individual
and the nation. Under Nazi control
the individual was degraded to bar
barrie levels through curtailment
Of the expression Of mans urge
to create.
Il was the fear Of insecurity
which prompted nations In Europe
to embrace the false philosophy Of
authoritarian rule. Marshall Field
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14

And governmental efficiency can
be increased and protected, in turn.
to the degree with which the gov
ernmenk employee is given secur-
ity-freedom from want-as a re-
ward for loyal, faithful and salts
factory service.
SO goes the reasoning behind the
enactment Of senate enrolled act
No. 12l. introduced by Senators
Carpenter and Hampton, which en-
ables local governments - county,
city. village and township-to pro-
vide pensions for their employees.
A state retirement board, con-
sisting of seven members, is to adj
minister the law. Any local gov
eminent may elect to come under
provisions Of the act either by q
three-fifth majority vote Of its gov
erning body. or by majority vote
Of the qualified electors of such
municipality"
Retirement incomes, like govern
ment social security, are not pater-
nal bounty. They are to be earned
through contributions by employees
and employer. Combined revenues
win make possible monthly pen
sions to employees at the age Of
IS. Coupled with possibly some type
Of civil service, the new retirement
plan Is expected to attract and to
hold good workers ~ public service.
II Is . recognition Of today's urge
for security Of the individual end
Of the nation, and hence Is a by
product Of our changing world. In
either . peoples democracy and
capitalism q the states authoritar-
ian control Of . one-man Dictator
ship, man b going to find IN an
swer In his quest for security. Take
your choice.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14

Rejecting q new trend Of public
thinking toward government and
capitalism Is the retirement sys-
tenn for employees of Michigan To-
cal governments-county, city, VII
lage and Townships enacted dur
ing the 1915 session Of the Michi-
gan state legislature.
Here was one of the few bills Of
major Importance that emerged
from . wartime assembly devoted,
for the most part, to matters Of
wartime financing.
AS it affects every citizen In his
relationship to his local govern
ment, we believe you win Be In
terested In information about 1t.
Credit for its passage goes TO the
Michigan Institute for Local Gov
eminent of which State Treasurer
D. Hale Brake of Stanton Is the
president and to a special institute
committee headed by Ross billiard.
county clerk at Mason.
The measure is as modern as the
We triumph over fascism. Here Is
why. (.
=
william A. Lydgate, editor Of the
American Institute Of Public opin-
ion, recently pointed out in "What
America Thinks" that the political
thinking of our time has been DOM
mated by the quest Of the common
man for two kinds of security:
"(l) economic security for the IN
dividual and the family and q,
national security for the United
States in the family Of nations."
NE present United Nations Con-
ference Is . manifestation of our
yeArning for national security: the
social security act, the British Bev-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
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Police Gazetts

SHE LIVES on VlnewoOd {.
he's night man in local eatery.
Her story to the police goes like
this: "He follows me all the time
.. wherever I go. I can't get rid
of him. I'm afraid Of him. He says
he'll kill me. Told me he would
beat me up so bad even my own
folks wouldn't recognize me-"
To the police he had this to say:
81 want going to kill her. Wasn't
even going to beat her up. I just
wanted to scare her. We used to
keep company together. Now she
goes out with other men and
I've given her over 5000.
Our story: That's a lot of dough,
Joe. Mop
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
CANCER CONTROL is
EXCHANGE CLUB SUBJECT

A short talk and movie on the
current cancer drive will be the
program Of the Exchange club
Tuesday.
June 1880 and July l have been
set as tentative dates for the an
nual fishing party at Otsego lake.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
BREAK INTO CAR

Miss Thomas, ia Oak street, has
complained to the Wyandotte po-
lice that someone broke into her
car while it was parked in front
of her home. Keys and a first aid
kit were stolen.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-05-14
BOND BUYERS GET PINS

George Bremen, manager Of the
Wyandotte Theater. has signified
his theater's continued co-opera-
as War Bond Issuing Agency.
Purchasers Of War Bonds at
this theater during the present
drive win receive a special pin
designating their participation in
the Seventh War Loan" said Bre-
men. y