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The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-21

MINNEAPOL1S-The light fix ture came down and the typewriter went up when lightning struck the northside home of the Weiss family. The interior was demolished and the furniture and clothing were thoroughly shuffled Only injury was MT. Weiss. who was cut in the face and head when the chandelier
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-21

tried to get in bed with him. The bolt granted reciprocity by sending d typewriter from a desk upward with such violence that it stuck .u the ceiling.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-21

assured of not finding yourselves in the position that so many are now, but you will also be assured of a good mechanic to look after your needs.
 (Signed) J. c. JOHNSON
The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-21

ing here at noon Snday and being back with their trophy before dinner time.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Shrine Club Has
Ladies Night

Two hundred and fifty Shriners
and their wives gathered Thursday
evening at st. Johns Hall to cele-
brate Ladies Night with a banquet
sponsored by the Down River Shrine
Club. President Clare Allan pre-
sided.
Toastmaster Russell Samis intro
duced the guest speaker, James NJ.
Howell, special agent for the FBI.
Other speakers we're Harold Rich
eson, Moslem Temple Program
Chairman and Potentate Robert
Johnson. also of Moslem Temple.
Howard Bjork, Popular Wyan-
dotte humorist, presented the light
er side of the speaking program.
Music for the gathering was furn-
ished by Cliff Bells orchestra, high
lighted by the Anchorettes, Inc. en-
tertainers under the wing Of Pru-
dence Butterfield. The Anchorettes
are a group of young women. whose
husbands, brothers or sweethearts
are serving in the armed forces. As
their own contribution to the war
effort they devote much of their
time visiting hospitals and rehabili-
tation centers presenting a variety
program of musical entertainment.
Special guests Of the evening from
the Boulevard Shrine Club were
Gene Williamson, George Ingram
and Carl Johnson.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Continue College
Under CT Bill

Many Navy Radar Technicians
will continue their electronic edu-
cation in colleges after the war un-
der benefits of the G. 1. Bill of
Rights.
This is indicated by a recent sur
vey of men receiving Navy Radar
training at schools in Chicago, &C
cording to Lieut.. -Comdr. Byron e.
Flechtner, Officer in Charge of low
er Michigan Navy recruiting and
induction.
Navy adio-electronics training
Is valuable for men planning to
return to school after the war, he
said, because this training is cred
tied toward degrees by many large
colleges and universities.
This fact, plus the rights of quail
flied veterans to receive tuition and
cash allowances for their education
later, prompts many young men to
apply for Navy Radar training.
Applicants, II through so years
old, qualify for nine months Ra-
dar training by passing the Eddy
Test, given at all Navy Recruiting
Stations. This test covers funda-
mentals of mathematics, algebra,
physics, shop practice, electricity
and radio.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
State Patients
Cost County
Seven Million

Failure Of the state to pay the
full cost of maintaining its mental
patients at Eloise hospital, Wayne
county institution, has cost the
county more than seven million
dollars in the past seven years,
County Budget director, Albert N.
Pelham, reveals.
Complete figures on the county's
losses were presented last week to
a group representing the state aud
generals office, the state bud
get directors office and the state
hospital commission. The figures
will be given to the House ways
and means committee this week.
Until 1897 the state paid the
county 80 cents day for each state
mental patient at EloiSe, but the
county's actual cost for mainte-
nance was s1.25 day. The Legisla-
ture, at the county's insistence,
raised the states contribution to
Si.S4 s. Gay, bur Pelham said the
county's cost has risen to SITS a
day.
There are about $500 state mental
cases at Eloise.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Assigned to Service
Commands

CHINA AIR SERVICE CON-
MAND GROUP-Pvt. John e. Wal
erincz, 25, who formerly resided
with his mother, Mrs. Ann H. Wal
erincz, at 1144 Cedar street, has
reported for duty with the veteran
Service Commando" Group of the
China Air Service Command. The
organization of which Walerincz
is now member is responsible for
maintenance and repair of combat
aircraft in Maj. Gen. c. L. Chen
nault's Fourteenth Air Force.
A former student at Roosevelt
high school in Wyandotte, Waller
incz entered the Army in August
1943 at Ft. Custer, Michigan. A
month later he completed his basic
training at FIT. Leonard Wood, Mo.
In the fall of the same year he
embarked for overseas duty, and
before being assigned to the "Serv-
ice Commando" in China he served
for more than a year in India with
an aviation engineering battalion.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Indian Guide is
Club Speaker

Joe Friday, one of the last of the
real Americans, an Ojibway Indian
known to his tribe as Ahtik, will
speak to the Kiwanis Club on the
subject of outdoor life. The speak
er is an Indian guide of the Great
North Woods, a keen hunter, woods
man. expert canoeist. fisherman.
much sought guide, philosopher and
lecturer.
Joe Friday was born in a birch
bark wigwam near Hudson's Bay,
Canada over fifty years ago. He was
named Caribou" or "Ahtik" by his
parents, and was fifteen years old
before he saw his first white man.
He was trained in the hunt and
to paddle white water, and
schooled himself and learned from
the educated men that he guided
through the lakes and forest. He is
one of the last real woods Indians
and tells stories wonderfully clear
for those who love the great out
doors.
This meeting is sponsored by the
Boys and Girls Committee of which
Bruce Mckay is chairman. The
meeting will have special appeal to
our Michigan hunters and fisher
men and to sons or other young
friends of Kiwanians and such
guests are invited.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
War Workers Script Chosen
For Radio Presentation Today
Mrs. Cora Hyatt Awarded War Bond
for Vignette Used by Station WJR

Mrs. Cora K. Hyatt, SCI Marshall
street, has been awarded $50 War
Bond by Station WJR for a radio
script which was used on the Know
Your America" program over the
station at 8 o'clock this morning.
Her vignette titled Telephone"
was the subject Of Ronin Parker's
half hour broadcast this morning.
The script, chosen by the patriotic
program, tells the history of the
telephones. their early installation
and the cost, as well as the amount
Of wire used then.
Although she has taken part In
many contests and often been a
prize winner, Mrs. Hyatt was
thrilled when she received a tele-
gram from the radio station Friday
afternoon informing her that her
vignette would be used. This Is
the first script I have ever writ
ten," the Wyandotte war-worker
said, "and I never expected it to be
chosen to be read over the air."
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12

Lie COIllpdAy NeHC ashore WlID
the invasion forces at Lingayen
Gulf on D-Day. About 4:4O am.
an ammunition truck and trailer
loaded with heavy artillery shells
pulled to a sudden stop in front Of
the clearing station. 1t was then
the men notice a tire was bursting
into flame, and shouted a warning
to the driver.
Better give me q hand" the
driver answered. 1--WE got 225
rounds Of loss aboard this wagon. 3"
so We hustled out of bed" Przy-
goch relates, grabbed every avail
able fire extinguisher and started
to work. But by that time all of the
rear dual wheels were afire, and
the flames were enveloping the
truck"
The blaze was so hot that the
extinguishers were of no use at all.
"You could have fried eggs on
the bed of that truck" said Pvt.
John Hall of Muskegon, land we
knew it was a race against time.
A bunch of us carried big CT can
full of water from the kitchen and
started pitching it on the flames
with our helmets, dishpans-any-
thing We could get hold Of"
Meanwhile other hospital person.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
STORY OF SARAN

Soon after our mortars were set
In, our platoon sergeant, S/Sgt.
Thomas Woodward from Hatties-
burg, Mississippi, took us for a
walk down the beach and cool off
IN the shade. This did, and there
1 found more prisoners of war and
natives. While walking around, eye
ing the Japs and civilians, 1 saw
two Of our soldiers instructing two
Japs on how to dig a hole. The
prisoners were very nervous and
scared, and 1 could not figure out
just why the prisoners were dig
ging this hole. / found out soon
after that when our soldiers were
capturing these prisoners, a wom-
ans baby got killed. / sure felt
sorry for her, and will never forget
the sad look on the mothers face.
poor woman. when the Japs took
that baby from its mothers arms
and threw it in the hole. The moth
er cried and I walked away with
tears running down my cheeks. It
sure hurt me as much as the
mother.
In particular I noticed a Jap
soldier. He must have been hit by
a hand grenade as his head was
completely bandaged as were both
Of his arms. enjoyed seeing that.
These prisoners were rounded to-
gether and taken to a prisoner Of
war camp on the beach. We re-
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mel had been warned and were NOV
ing the patients out Of the build
ing to safety in the rear.
Just about then" laughed Przy-
gocki. "a tire blew. and don't think
we didn't jump out of our shoes
diving for ditch. But in a few sec
ondS We were back on the job
again, chucking that water for all
we were worth. We could see the
paint starting to blister on those
ammo cases"
BY their quickly organized team
work the men succeeded in dousing
the fire in a few minutes.
Text Of the citation, published by
Major .Jacoby, reads in part:
Their deed protected the lives
Of not only the officers and men
of their own unit, but also those
of 100 hospital patients who were
quartered in the immediate vicin-
ity.
They undertook their hazardous
task upon their own initiative and
with complete disregard for their
personal safety since they were fully
aware of the fact that the heated
ammunition might explode at any
moment"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Continued from Thursday
JAP LANDS PLANE ON
CAPTURED AIR STRIP

Around 4::30 P. NJ. heard planes
overhead. To my amazement there
was a dog-fight between six Jap
Zeros and three Of our planes. The
score ended up three for us and one
for the Japs. AS the fight was on,
one Jap zero took a dive and was
heading right for the row of trees
we were in. didn't know what to
think He finally came out of the
dive and cleared the row OF trees
by about 500 feet. He made right
turn and few machine guns
opened up on him. He proceeded to
the landing strip and made a land
ing, not knowing that the army had
landed and climbed out of his plane
and when he realized that the field
was ours, he ran back to his plane
but was captured by Sea-bee.
I didn't sleep much that night.
The bulls around there hadn't had
any water for days, and they keep
walking around our slit trench. I
expected any minute to get stepped
on but just kept throwing rocks at
them to keep them away.
The next morning we got out Of
our holes, ate, and moved up again,
this time into a cane field which
had been burned down day or so
after D-Day. We stayed there until
noon, ate my dinner, then got word
to move up again. I was getting
damned tired of pulling those NOR
tar carts. Again we followed the
railroad tracks for about another
mile. During this march I got my
first glimpse of the native prisoners.
They were guarded by two army
soldiers who were taking them to a
prisoner Of war camp. The natives
were very lightly dressed, in par
ticular the women. They wore rag
ged skirts, no shoes, and bare
breasted, which did not appeal to
me.
Again we stopped In a cane field
and set up the guns. The sun was
blistering hot and ! Has perspiring.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Urges Full Support
of Red Cross DriUe

Forseeing an intensified need for
Red Cross services as battle lines
smash further afield. Charles Block,
chairman of the local Red Cross
War Fund drive, asked Wyandotte
residents to give to their fullest
ability.
1.-The campaign to raise our local
quota of $4,000 as part Of the ma
tons $3.50, 900 goal, is Of great
Importance now that American
forces overseas are reaching the
peak of the fighting.
The Red Cross lapel tab is not
only an indication that the wearer
makes donation to the 1915 War
Fund" the chairman asserted, "but
it is a symbol that the contributor
Is doing the utmost in his power to
insure safekeeping of the service
mans morale with the Red Cross
as a go-between.
Quotas set by individual busi-
ness places in the city have been
met by many at this early part Of
the drive and others have almost
completed their goal"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Arrive Home
From Overseas

Private Don A. Taylor, husband
of Mrs. Vera NJ Taylor, Biddle ave-
nue., has arrived at Hallorhan hos
pital, New York. Pvt. Taylor is
suffering from Trench foot con-
tracted while fighting in the Battle
of the Bulge" in December.
Pfc. Kenneth Bondy. with 19
months overseas in the Asiatic Pa
cific theatre of operations will ar
rive on or about March II at Fort
Sheridan, Illinois and will leave
Tuesday for his home at SAT Lud-
ington.
He is the son Of Mrs. Mary Bondy,
SAT Ludington.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Wounded In
Burma Action

Mrs. Clara GaZdowicZ, 874 Vine
wood, has been informed by the
War Department, that her husband
Sergeant Peter Gazdowicz was
wounded in action in Burma, jan
uary 20. According to the War
Department telegram, Sgt. Gazdo-
wicz suffered gunshot wounds in
the right side of the face and left
shoulder.
He has been in service for three
an half years.
Army casualties in the European
theatre included Corporal Evald
Johnson, brother of Evalina john
son, 1749 Dee street, and Pfc. John
Csizar, son of Mrs. Elizabeth SSizar,
1885 Sixth street.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Force. Safe:
Take $1,000
Perkowski Home
Entered Sunday

Approximately $1,000 was taken
from the home of Jake Perkowski,
1854 Eureka, Sunday, when thieves
forced a safe in the bedroom.
Entrance was gained by forcing
a window on the north side of the
building which leads to a utility
room. Drawers of a desk in the
room as well as those of a desk,
dresser. and chiffonier in a down.
stairs bedroom had been pulled open
and their contents strewn about
the rooms.
The safe, in an upper bedroom,
had been forced open and $1,000 in
cash removed. Drawers of a dresser,
chiffonier and cedar chest in the
room had also been ransacked.
The Perkowsh home was entered
between 5 and 9:25 pm. while the
family was attending the theatre.
Phone wires had been cut on the
outside of the house by intruders.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Name Exchange
Club Committees

committee appointments for the
year were made this week by Ex-
change club president Louis Mann.
Named to the various committees
were:
Attendance: John Wohlin, chair
man, Fred Leveley, Stanley Mros.
Auditing: John Riley, chairman,
Gap Lanthier.
Aviation: Lester Goodney, chair
man; John Hance, Hayes Bigler.
Birthdays: F. w. Liddle, chair
man; George Ringo, Walter Blanks.
Citizenship: Ken Hauer, chair
man; Charles Weston, Tony Lab
adie.
Educational: w. E. BARLEY, chair
man; F. w. Liddle, Chris Kveen.
Inter Club: John You'd, chair
man; Jack Kreger.
House: George Ringo, chairman;
Bryan Jenkins, Adam Esele.
Membership: John You'd, chair
man; Joseph Lynch, George Leath-
erS.
Programs: Ted Mroz, chairman;
Henry Neitzel. Kurt Breitfeld.
Publicity: Gerald lager, chair
man; Kurt Breitfeld, Zig Sitkins.
Projects: Charles Weston, chair
man; F. w. Liddle, Bryan jenkins.
Reception: Charles Weston. chair
man; Claude Fitzgerald, Tony Lab
adie.
Recreation: Gap Lanthier, chair
man: Tony Allie, Zig Sitkins.
Service To Children: Chris Keehn,
chairman; Milt Davis.
Sick: Conrad Kreger, chairman;
Henry Neitzel, Ken Hauer.
Song Leaders: Claude Fitzgerald,
w. E. BARLEY, Adam Eisele.
Sheriff: Merlin Layton.
Deputy Sheriff: Arthur Decker.
Constables: Phil Bauer, Stanley
Ross.
War Efforts: Louis Mann, chair
man; Joel Johnson, Carl Bufe, B.
Grilliot.
Met. Council: Joseph Lynch, Zig
Sitkins.
Alternates: Claude Fitzgerald, Ed
ward LANCE.
Official Director: Fred Harnish.
Committee Advisory Board: F.-w.
Liddle, chairman; Walter Blanks,
Jack Kreger, Carl Bufe.
Boys in Service: N. D. McGlaugh-
lin, chairman; Hayes Bigler, Robert
Foster, Robert Bennett.
Bulletin: Edw. LANCE, Ted Mroz.
Visiting Committee: Don Andi-
son, Ralph Weaver, Joe Hance.
Co-Chairman: Joel Johnson, Milt
Howe, Ralph Wagner, Ben Grilliot,
Ernie Navarro.
Joe Friday, Ojibway India n
guide, will speak to Exchange club
members Tuesday at the Presbyter-
ian church house. He will speak on
hunting and fishing experiences
while guide in the north Cana
dian mountains.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Postwar Car to Feature
Safety, Economy and Comfort

also thinking of, and dreading, the
possibility of considerable loss of
life and limb in traffic accidents
following this war. 1t is small
wonder, then, that scant attention
is being paid to elaborate color
schemes, chromium trims or 'swanky'
patterned upholstery, while there is
an enormous amount of interest in
the safety features of the auto
mobile with an upsurging demand
for greater visibility"
Mr.. Drummer cited series of sug-
gestions recently submitted on be-
half of the A.A.A. to the Society of
Automotive Engineers as regards the
postwar car. Among these were:
More durable bumpers, even on
the sides of cars, but of standardized
heights.
improvements in the ventilating
system, as well as insulation to re-
duce noise.
Smoother bodied car, with greater
vision front and back. More durable
windshield wipers, and one to be
placed on the rear window.
Roomier interior, with adequate
space for three passengers, including
driver, in the front seat. Drivers
seat should have up-and-down as
well as fore and aft adjustability.
Three-door car, doing away with
left rear door for reasons of safety
and economy should receive serious
consideration.
Effective de-frosters and larger,
rear-view mirrors. Reduction of
headlight glare through the use of
polarized lights.
Drain-cock, fan belt, generator,
water pump, and radiator hose con-
nections should be much more &C
cessible, and better provision should
be made for application of jack when
necessary.
Present luggage compartments
should be continued; so should the
trend toward, simple, durable up
holstery. Consideration should be
given to installation of q radio as
past Of the original equipment.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Station Entered
This Morning

The Drysdale gas station, Ford
and Biddle avenues, was entered
early this morning and SO in change
and loose gas coupons equaling 100
gallons were taken.
Entrance was gained by breaking
a small pane of glass and entering
through the window. The station is
owned by Robert Drysdale.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Trenton Man
Killed In Action

Word was received Saturday night
by Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Venier, Third
street, Trenton, of the death of
their son Sgt. Alfred (BuO Venier.
According to the War Department
telegram Sgt. Venier was killed in
action in Germany February 20.
He was a graduate of Trenton
high school.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Social Security
Man To Be Here

A representative of the Social
Security Board field office at 14246
Michigan avenue in Dearborn will
be in the Wyandotte Post Office
this week. Robert G.. Mish. man
ager, or one Of his assistants holds
office hours there every Tuesday
from IL am. to / pm.
AL workers past the age OF IS
should be interested in learning
whether they qualify for month
ly insurance payments under the
Social Security Act. Widows. chill
drep and parents of workers who
have died at any time after jan
uary l, 1897 may be eligible to
receive lump-sum or monthly bene-
fits.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Long Illness Fatal
to Mrs. Augustine

Mrs. Francis Augustine. 68. of
1875 Oak street died at her home
last Friday from lingering illness.
She had resided In the down river
area all her life.
She is survived by one son,
George, two sisters, Mrs. Walter La
Blanc Of Wyandotte and Mrs. Ed
ward Wenzel of Flat Rock.
Funeral arrangements were in
charge Of the Nixon funeral home
where the funeral will take place
tomorrow &C nine O'Clock and at st.
Patricks church at $50. She will be
buried at the Mt. Carmel cemetery.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12

WASHINGTON, DC, March 10
The fabulously fancy or ultra-mod-
ern automobile, designed chiefly for
eye and sales appeal, will not be
given garage space by the average
motorist, according to findings of
the American Automobile Assocla-
ton.
The A.A.A. findings constitute the
initial installment of a continuing
study to determine what are the
things that the public wants in the
car of the future, according to H. j.
Drummer, San Francisco, California,
president of the national motoring
body.
IF the car follows normal ex-
pectancy and turns out to be what
the public wants" Mr.. Drummer said,
1T will not be the 'tear-drop vision,
but instead it will to a greater extent
than ever embody basic elements of
safety, utility. economy and COM
fort" He continued:
There is little question that the
war has had considerable effect up
on the motorists thinking along
these lines. The stark realities we
face in trying to keep over 24,000, 900
passenger cars rolling on the high
ways for the duration has COM
PEELED us all to visualize our car
Of the future from a very practical
standpoint.
Automobile owners have grown
to think in terms of long life for
cars, tires and batteries. AS re-
suit Of having to do things we rare
ly, II ever, did before by way OF
car maintenance, we conceive the
postwar car as vehicle in which,
for example, we shall be better able
to change and check tires, battery,
fan belt or fabrication, and one
which can be parked readily with
out scraping overly-wide tenders.
Automobile designers will do well
to remember. that Americans are
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Coal Consumers Must File
Declaration Of Needs Says STA
Forms To Be Made Available TO
Householders by Coal Dealers Next Month

A 20 per cent cut in coal supplies
for home consumers has been or
dered by the Solid Fuels Admins
tration for next winter.
New controls announced by the
STA take a great percentage from
allotments Of this year and provide
for far less than the amount which
the STA terms normal.
The allotment for household con-
sumers in Michigan will be 30 per
cent of all normal needs" - the
amount burned before any coal de-
livery controls were instituted.
The new edict applies to all types
of coal and will be based on a con-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-12
Step-Up WAVE
Recruiting DriUe

New WAVE recruits may apply for
duty outside the continental limits
of the United States in the Ameri-
can zone Of operations and in the
Territory Of Hawaii and Alaska.
The overseas service for WAVES
was pointed out as recruiting Of
the women's branch of the Navy
was stepped up to fill vacancies in
almost all fields.
Women from this area may make
applications at the WAVE recruiting
office. ninth floor of the Book Build.
ing, Detroit.