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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-07-20
By KATHERINE HUPFEL

land will remain - while the mer
who fight for it die.
A recent visitor to a home
near Main Street was surprised
that their young daughter was
allowed to stay up so late
Looking over at the sleepy
child during a IuII in card
game Saturday night, she
asked, aren't you too small to
stay up so later" "Mommy
says So" answered the child
drowsiIy; "but in the morning
she says Pm too big to lie in
bed" Child training plus
huh?
In Main Street drug store there
was a recent window display in vivit
contrast with the life that passed
before it A scene from the ole
South . a southern gentleman
and southern belle, waltzing tc
the strains of some lovely, Ions
since forgotten air A jasmine
cleaned in the girls light brown
curls, her shoulders rose from
foam of pink tulle that narrowed
at the waist and billowed out like
sunset clouds in a cascade to the
floor E. The man was smiling
down at her and it was evident
that when the dance ended they
would walk out on the wide veranda
and watch the moon between great
colonial posts of white that sup
ported the mansions portico =.
There would be the perfume of hon
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-07-20

eysuckle in the air, the sound of
laughter from the ballroom
the feeling of security, leisure and
gayety . To those who passed,
with the glare of the summer sun
in their eyes and the worry of a
world in chaos on their minds, this
fleeting glimpse of a scene from
the old South seemed more like
a page torn from a book of fairy
tales, than way of life that had
once really existed.
+
See you next week, on Main
Street adois.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-07-20

A main street mother, peftuFDeu
by the unruly ways of her teen-age,
son, was giving him lecture re-
Gently, unaware that the conversa-
ton was being overheard by the
black woman who does her laundry.
"Son, | was ashamed when you
came home last night" said his
mother; - you'd had too much
to drink" The boy remained
silent before her steady gaze
'Tt isn't the drink so much that
l object to-" she said; "as the fact
that you made a pig of yourself.
There are many good things put in
the world for us to enjoy - but
abuse any one of them, and it will
become the cause of suffering"
AS she went on to drive the
points of her argument home, the
black woman absorbed in what
she heard, moved closer to the
door One who abuses eating
becomes a glutton, the mother
pointed out; too much resting
makes one lazy and too much work
leads to a breakdown, a man with
out religion is lost and man who
overdoes it becomes fanatic. "And
so, son, it is the middle path you
want to follow - too much of any
thing Is bad" A sudden sound
at the door caused the two to look
up. Oats jes what l tells Big
Boy" declared the black woman.
"Do eve'y thing you does easy, son
- or you sho' gwine make misery
of it."
An old timer was airing his
troubles to group of cronies
on Main Street corner re-
Gently d.. Somebody had got
ten the best of him in deal
and he was plenty mad -.
"You don't seem to think much
O. that feIIer," remarked one
of the group +. "Think much
of him" exploded the old
timer. "If that double-crossin'
skin flint had his conscience
taken out it would be a minor
operation" -. Most of US
think that about folks who get
the best of us.
Two Mexicans were sitting be-
meath a tamarisk tree near Main
Street Saturday, watching the
world go by 1t was evening
and one was strumming softly on
his guitar :. n. A cotton truck
passed, loaded with workers on
! their way back to the land after
day in town F. This world, it
is strange, my friend = no?" said
one of the Mexicans, grown sud-
denly thoughtful. "It is good. in
all countries, that people should
live on the land, but bad that they
should fight for it" His friend
nodded. 'War, it is always badi
The people, they fight over the
land and die - but the land is
still there" F.. From time i'm
memorial it has been so =
drenched by mans blood, fertilized
by his flesh, the land is still there.
. A thought to make one shud-
der, but a truth to make one think.
From ancient times the COM
mandment Thou shalt not kill"
has been handed down to humanity
and until humanity as whole
slowly, painfully, learns the in
evitable result of transgression the
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-07-20

eMrs. w. F. Handy and Miss
Esther Zerr returned recently from
the formers ranch near Logan
New Mexico, where Mrs. Handy
went to oversee the branding of
her cattle. Her husband, 1t. Ham
by, is serving overseas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-07-20
ID. S. Harris Speaks
To Adventists Here

Elder ID. s. Harris of Baltimore,
Maryland. spoke to members of
the Seventh Day Adventist church
al the eleven O'Clock service here
Saturday. He and his family are
visiting Stewart Kline, pastor while
awaiting final arrangements for
their departure for a mission field.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-07-20

They will sail from New York for
Bombay, India, where Elder Harris
will be stationed as pastor of The
Adventist church.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
.U.S.Cdsud|ties
Hit 782,18O

WASHINGTON, Feb. IS tUP)
u. S. combat casualties an
nounced here reached 1872, $50
today. This was a jump of l734s
from last weeks compilation.
Secretary of War StimSon said
army casualties compiled through
Feb, Z totaled 693. .342.
These casualties. rejecting
losses through January iheladed
1880 killed, 40S.553 wounded
5S, 500 prisoners of war, and 90.-
723 missing OF the wounded,
2O2 Sl3 have returned to duty.
To the army total was added
SSS38 navy, marine corps. and
coast guard casualties announced
up 10 today. They included 49, ,536
dead, 40.607 wounded, l0,221 miss
ing, and 4,474 prisoners of war.
StimSon said army ground
forces alone have suffered 394 .S74
casualties on the Western Front
from the June D-Day to Feb. l.
OF these 63.4l0 were killed, 273,-
997 wounded and 57,467 missing.
He said ground force casualties
on the Western Front in January
were 81 962, including S.S4S killed,
4l,325 wound ded and 1l,7S9
missing.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Negro Pastor
Club Member

A Detroit Negro minister is a
member of the club which has pur-
chaSed~ Blossom Heath. Lake ST.
Clair night club, it was revealed
today.
The disclosure came in testimony
in a Macomb County circuit court
suit against the Village OF St Clair
Shores, in which the new owners
seek to compel the village officials
10 grant licenses and water serv-
ice.
The minister, the Rev. Charles
Hill, chairman of the inter-raCial
committee of the Detroit Council
OF Churches, expressed surprise AT
testimony that the club intends 10
seek a liquor license. He said II
was understood the place would be
used for fTaternai and reCTeational
activities.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16

activity from France.
Immediate concern of the Ger
man underground is the downfall
of Hitler and his Reich, but after
that will come the grim struggle
TO crush and root out the vicious
sabotage machine which Himmler
is already setting up in Germany
Before the recapture Of France
by the Allies, leaders of the Ger
man underground had thanklesS
task and the existence Of such an
organization was scarcely known.
From their headquarters in
France they worked against great
odds in the face OF constant
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Unionists Return
From War Front

John Marmon, president Of Lo-
cal l0l, United Rubber Workers
of America, returned today from
a three-week visit TO the Western
Front, determined 10 see that "our
men over there get every tire and
tube that possibly can be pro-
duced
Marmon was one OF nine rub
Der worker union officials who
visited the front.
THE evidences Of short sup
ply in some cases II nothing
short of tragic" Marmon said -
"It il our firm resolve TO see Ia
il that this threat 10 the army
procurement program is re-
moved forthwith"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Concert to Honor
Musician Here

1t Tom Wigle, who died a
heroS death in Italy and to whom
the Congressional Medal OF Honor
has been awarded, will be hon
.ured at tonightS concert. Karl
Kruger, conductor OF the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, revealed
today
when Tom played In the
Kansas City orchestra when /
was conductor there, he told
me once that in all the vast
literature for orchestra there
was one piece he preferred
above all others.
I'm memory of r gallant hero
I'm going 10 conduct that piece
tonight" the conductor said.
1t Wigle'S favorite fragment
was the "Allegretto' from Bee
thovon's Seventh Symphony.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
for service as set forth in the following:

E0R conspicuous galanry and intrepidity at the risk
of life above and beyond the call Of duty in the Nicn
y of Monte FraSSino Italy. On Sept IA, 1914 the Srd
platoon in attempting to seize strongly fortified hill posi-
ton protected by three parallel high terraced stone walls
twice thrown back by the whitening fire OF
chine guns and intense barages of mortar and artillery fire.
Lit Migle, acting company executive observing that
the platoon without officer volunteered to command
il in the attack.
Leading his up the bare, rocky slopes through
intense fire. he succeeded in reaching the
first of the stone walls. Having himself boosted 10 the top
and perhng there in full view of the he drew and
returned their fire while his helped each other and
Following the method he successfully negotiated
the second. Upon reaching the top of the third wall he
faced three houses which the keypoin of the enemys
defense.
Ordering his him he made a dash through
hail OF machine pistol fire to reach the nearest house
Firing his carbne he entered he drove the before
him out of the back door and into the second house
Following closely the heels the foe ne drove
them from this house into the third where they took refuge
in the cellar.
when his rejOined him they found him mOrtallN
wounded the cellar stairs which he had started descend
force the surrender of the enemy His heroic action
resulted in the capture of 36 German soldiers and the
of the strOngpont."
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
100000 JAW
Ballots Received

approximately 100000 ballots
in the UAW-CIO'S national refer
endum on the "no-Strlke' pledge
have been received at the Detroit
post office, Nat Ganlcy member
OF the referendum committee, re-
vealed today
Midnight, Saturday, Feb II. is
the deadline for mailing ballots.
Ganley said Persons who do not
receive ballots and who make app
plICations on or before the nth
will be given an. additional week
TO mark and return them.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Shakespeare Play
Target of PefriIIO

NEW YORK. Feb. Is GNS)-
Whether the current Broadway
production OF a little number by
one w. Shakespeare The Tenn
pest by name els play or a
musical comedy today became the
subject of a controversy lnvolv-
ING James Caesar Petrillo
PctriIlo'S American Federation
of Musicians has ruled that this
revival of The Tempest" is a
musical, with book and lyrics by
Shakespeare and melody by David
Diamond. As such. the production
requires employment OF mini
mum of l6 members Of the or
cheStra at S92 a week each.
The producers have appealed
this ruling, contending that their
Offering is a play by Shakespeare
with incidental music by Diamond.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Flier'S Rites
I'm Dearborn

The body Of Ensign John
Ernest Piatz. q. Will be returned
10 his Nome in Dearborn Saturday
from Sudbury Wash. where he
was killed In the crash of naval
training plane
The son OF Mr. and Mrs. John
PlatZ. 60l9 Barrie. Dearborn. he
was a graduate OF Fordson High
School He was married six
months ago 10 a former schools
mate. Lois Baer OF 5033 Eugene,
Dearborn.
lie enlisted two months ago
and, al the time Of the accident
Tuesday, was flying out OF the
PaSco Naval AIR Station m
Seattle
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
London Has Repaired
5O3,O29 Houses

LONDON. Feb. Is CUPl - Sir
Malcolm Eve, in charge of recon-
Structing war-damaged London,
announced today that scoops
houses had been repaired in the
cityS civil defense region up 10
Feb. s. This represented 20 per
cent of the goal of 7l9.300 houses,
planned 10 be made lIvable this
Wlntcr he said.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Invaders Sighted
off Corregidor

Continued from Page one)
107 tons of bombs on the fortress
island Tuesday
.r CoTregidor has been bombed
almost daily since Jan. q. Its
capture would unlock Manila Bay
to American shipping.
Radio Tokyo also reported
that 100 American carrier planes
bombed and Strafed the entire
beschline at Aparri in northern
Luzon for a half hour last Tues
day. Tokyo said American recon-
naisSance and raids IN the Aparri
sector had gradually become
intensified since Jan. 26.
An American landing in the
Aparri area would clamp a
pincers on the bulk OF japanese
forces remaining on Luzon.
GEN. MacA ARTHUR 6 HQ
LUZON. Feb ID GNSJ Amer
ican Long Tom artillery poured
voiley after volley today into
trapped japanese forces stub
bornly resisting in the Fort VIII
ham Mckinley district OF Manila.
Meanwhile on historic Bataan
an 11-mile advance netted the
Ysnks strategic Abucay on the
peninsulsS east coast inside Ma
Mia Bay.
~ Gen. MacArthurs FfrSt
Cavalry. 18th Airborne and 37th
Infantry Division clements com
pressed the iron circle upon the
trapped Japs inside Manila. troops
of the 18th Corps spurted II miles
south Of the Olongapo-Dlnalupihan
road al the base Of the Bataan
Peninsula 10 seize Abucay, which
the official communlque described
as the eastern anchor Of our first
defense line IN the 1912 cam
palRn.'
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Phone Strike Settled
In EI Pdso and Juarez

MEXICO CITY. Feb. Is up
Telephone service was resumed u
Mexico today after settlement o'
a dispute between employee oi
fhc STRAIGHTFORWARD Ericsson Tcls-
phone Co. and company Official,
Terms Of the settlement wore
nrt revealed The strike began
al midnight whom tClcphonc yor-
nertIons were discontinued r,-
tween Il Paso and Juarez, MoAlco.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16

vigilance by the geStapo. the field
gendarmene and the Vichy police.
Scores Of members in France,
Belgium, Luxembourg and inside
Germany were seized and exc
cuted. sometimes after extended
torture. but the work continued
and month by month its member
ship increased,
They propagandized German
troops, stole arms and ammuni-
ton from German military supply
warehouses. and blew up French
factories being used for Nazi war
work
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Channel Blasts Heard

LONDON, Feb. IS GNS)-Four
terrific explosions began a series
of blasts. heard about every half
hour during the night in the Deal
and Dover coastal areas, il was
reported today. The explosions
apparently came from across the
channel
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
u. y. European Ace
Now Facing JapS

u. s. FIFTH AIRFORCE HQ
LEZON. FEB - INSi More
grief was m store Tor the JspS
with announcement today that
MAJ. Walker Nahurin Of For
Wayne Ind is now icddlng a
Mustang outfit against them
Mahurin. once ranking ace in
the European thestcr with - VIC.
tories, has added two enemy
planes 10 his score during the last
few dayS
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Anti-NaZi Germans
Plot HifIer'S Doom
BY PIERRE J. HUss

When VctoryDay comes for Allied nations it also viii
be redetter date for band of unknown Germans who
organized and led the underground forces striking
santy Hitler and his Third Reich inside and outside Of
Germany.
Their identity is guarded for the duration but
they young men who joined hands with the Allies
could be established France after DDay
At the they directing the clandesne German
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Rosenman TO I+aIy

PARIS. Feb IS GNS)-Samuel
RoScnman special adviser 10 Pres
ident Roosevelt. is reported en
route from Paris 10 Italy 10 con-
leI MIth The President.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Red Drive Wins
I Key Centers
Continued from Page Onel
army in firm hold of almost $50
miles of the upper Oder.
SLICE INTO PoMERANIA


simultaneously the northern
wing of Marshal ZhukoV' First
White Russian Army fought it's
way through the German province
of Pomerania north of Bromberg
for gains of more than six miles
in smash toward Konitz. seizing
Luchnau and 50 other localities
The Germans launched bitter
and costly counterattacks in a
desperate attempt TO stem the
drive against KonitZ, but lost
more than l.5OO men, 1000 of
whom were killed.
Besides the 2, 100 captured and
1000 killed the fighting north
OF Bromberg, the First White Rus
sian Army captured another 5000
and killed 1000 NaziS as they
seized the big rail junction of
Schneidemuehl, bypasSed several
weeks ago.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
HITCHHIKES HOME

The young violinist came back
TO a country In the depths OF de-
preston. His father. artist and
ant dealer. had lost a fortune.
Said ms father
II remember he did not want
10 wire me for money. He
hitchhiked back here with his
fiddle under his arm. Then he
went out to Berkeley to school
for two years.
II was after this. in 1885. that
he ioincd the Kansas Symphony
OrcheStra-thcn conducted by De-
troltS famous Karl Kruger, who
today SAYS OF Ii. WiClc
tom had unusual musical
gifts. He was an excellent Vio-
linist. but even more than that
he had fine musicianship. ad-
mired his probing mind.
HAD DEEP CURIOSITY
"He had deep curiosity, i'm
tellectually and SPIRIT ~.
knowing him a. I do I am not
surprised at his magnificent
hcroism. That is the way
would expect Tom Ia be. lie
lived what he believed"
1t. NiEle married Margaret
Henry a lovely dental technlclan,
IN l9il That was after he had
operated q music school at Orr
vile, Cal for two years lie met
her through his cousin. Capt
Archie Wiglc a physician. now
serving in India.
IN 1910. Tom returned 70 BE-
trolt because OF his fathers sori-
Gus illness and went 10 work for
The Packard Motor Car Co.
Said the wife as baby Diana.
> years old sat on her mothers
lap and played with a. loCkCt sent
by her father 10 her mother from
Naples
II rr-rcad his letters every
day. They help me 10 keep 'go-
ing, Tor they are fun of faith.
lie sent uS poetry he wrote In
the front lines. lie spoke often
OF his men"
IN late August he wrote 10 his
family,
MY platoon il resting around
me Most Of them are veterans.
| like their common sense and
their willingness 10 work to-
Kether Common necessity un-
der fire does wonders 10 bind
group together
Here under artillery barrage
have seen many things which
have opened my eyes.
RENEALS PHILOSOPHY
Here man soon gets
philosophy whether " II ade-
quate Or not. Every one moves
along aud accepts II all a, IL
romes without too much com
planning. where else can we
know life but where life ~ lived
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16

AS such they hold that they should
be able 10 put It on with a p
piece orchestra and pay the play
erS S65 a week
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
OTHER CRITICISMS

.. Fundamental policies must be
established so that our postwar
interest in security and commerce
will be fully protected in the
handling Of the disposal OF sur
plus movable properties and sur
plus installations abroad
. CNRRA should not be used by
military for purposes OF increaS-
ing prestige of one country in
liberated areas, such AS Greece.
o British are using. for CONNER
eial purposes without any sale.
airpoTtS constructed by United
States in North Africa AT costs of
millions.
The subcommittee said lend
lease accounts ARE in such con-
dition that II is impossible 10 tell
with certainty the exact status Of
balances for inter-theater transac-
tjOns
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
and better where human lite
il constantly in jeopardy ."

II constantly in jeopardy -
Mrs Nlglc likes 10 rc-read the
letters which tell of ms visit to
Rome, how he played a fine
StradavarluS there. visited art
galleries Of which he had always
dreamed.
Il She likes 10 rc-Tcad his dcScrip-
dionS of the italian mountains. of
the quiet hItl- towns and the deep
valleys.
FANORITE VERSE
Her favorite bit of verse writ
ten by her husband in the
trenches north OF Florence reads f.:
Let my mind WinR upWard
Even as the mountains rise
above the plains.
EUen beyond my seat. o Lord.
From Whom the stream
reaches TO the fountains.
The medal from the President
will be presented TO Mrs Wiefe
tomorrow afternoon at the Fed
eral Building by the commanding
officer of the Sixth Service
Comm9nd. MAJ. Gen. Russell 3.
Reynolds.
The dead horoS parents, his
sister, Mrs. Harold Williams of
Chatham, and his baby daughter
VIII be present
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Trusted in Gracious Father
LEADS PLATOON T0 TOP

ADS ftNtoON tb TOR
lie was a mortar expert
He volunteered 10 lead pla.
toon. not his own, up q hillside
raked by croSs-hre, after that
platoon had been thrown back
twice and It's officers killed,
And he led that platoon TO the
top.
Says the President of the United
States:
81 am proud la bestOw the
Medal of Honor on 1t. Thomas
Wigic. .
with the citatton in her hand.
his mother, Mrs. A. Palmer Wigle
of 4S9 Peterboro, talked about
her son:
II remember when ne got his
first violin. II was just before
Christmas of 1920, He was 10.
"He came to me and asked il
I thought Santa would bring
him a violin for Christmas. He
said there was nothing in the
world he wanted hut that. His
grandfather Morrison got II for
him.
"He was I'm the Condor School
then. Never once In the years
which followed did I have Ia
ask him 10 practice. He was az
II always.
"He seemed possessed. Tie
loved II. His first teacher was
William kurth of the Detroit
Symphony Orchestra.
Then he went into North
western High School. We lived
on West Grand Blvd. in those
days. He played in the orchestra
there and we knew then he was
going 10 be n musician.
'It was 1927 when he gradu-
ated from high school and won
a musical scholarship to Mich
igan State College.
His whole world was his
music hut he read widely. He
had n philosophy Of life even N
n boy.
"In college he won scholar
ship 10 Salisbury. Austria. There
he studied with Michael Press.
MIR. Press took Tom into his
own home. III was wonderful
experience for the boy"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
Becomes Hero Inn Death
By VERA BROWN
Full Page of Pictures: Page /, Part

a mystic, deeply religious talented volinist,
composer Of symphonies, and artist to his finger
tips
That was I'd It. Thomas Wilfred Wigle ma
chine gun platoon leader of the both Infantry post
humouSy awarded the star-spaneled Congressional
Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt
II is the highest decoration this nation has to
give and the first given DetrOiter in this war.
Trusted in Gracious Father
Just three days before 1t Wiglc gave his life in the
service of his country while his division bated to crack
the Gothic line in Italy he wrote TO his lovely young wife
Mrs Margaret Henry Wige, of 2072 w. Euclid
II think could do anything, go anywhere knowing
that Gracious Father il taking oi YOU and
baby DO. Darling, and I'll sing Home Sweet Home
a. do my job to get back to YOU.
We do not live alone YOU and hut for and by each
other promised in the book of Genesis
The story of Tom Wige Is the story artist But in the
his country handsome artist who became
crack machine gun platoon leader
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
-" for GaHar1try
and Intrcpidity "

This IN military language IS the GrRyS story Of the
hCyoiS and the dC0th of It, Thomas WHfred Wjge the
Detroit roliSt and composer, to lchon though pOSthp
Uouyig has come the nations hqhcSt recoQHjtioathc
Congressional Mdoi Of Honor, first to be presented to
n DetOitCr az this icdr:
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
THE WHITE HOUSE,

Washington.
THE President of the United States takes
pride in awarding the MEDAL OF HONOR
pOsthumously to
SECOND 1T. THOMAS w. WIGLE,
"l35TH INFANTRY. I. S. ARMY,
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-16
BUTTONS REPORT

Senator Burton. in a separate
report said widespread resent
ment was caused in Greece be-
c,iHAs the British pat British uni
forms on representatives OF the
United Nations Relief and Rcha-
bihiatlon Administration. chiefly
financed by the United States.
The Joint report said:
. Accounting with foreign ma
tons on reverse lcnd-loaSe trans
actions Is deficient. with no value
or price beng agreed upon IN
many instances. Recommends I'M
mediate steps 10 correct this.
o Sound airportS and other in
.ktallatlonS abandoned by United
States and being used by Allies
WIN no accurate records on
which 10 base charges.