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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
Donkey Ball to
Aid Percy Jones
Hospital Fund

Donkey baseball returns TO Wyan-
dotte Sunday in the final game Of
the season with proceeds to be
donated to the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce Percy Jones hospital
fund.
The local share of receipts will
be added to the fund to which all
Junior Chamber organizations in
the state contribute in an effort to
aid wounded veterans at the Percy
Jones hospital and convalescent
facility.
The local Jaycees with the aid
of recreation director Harry Wag-
ner and the Wyandotte Chemicals
club have lined up a sports program
for the evening. At $50 pm, two
local Old Timers teams will meet
in a semi-final play for the city
championship. A Jaycee team will
take on an All-Star ball team in
donkey ball. Climax of the evening
will be a playoff for the city cham
pionship in the Class A baseball
league.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
CITY BEGINS WORK
ON PAVING PROJECT
Bound Truth
Lost. Then Found

The latest 'whodunit' in this
vicinity revolves around a marble
bust. weight $50 pounds, which
made it's way from the Bud Monu-
ment company in Ecorse to a front
lawn at Biddle avenue and Emmons
blvd. in Wyandotte.
How Bound Truth, the name of
the bust, got there is mystifying the
Ecorse police department. for it is
certain that it couldn't get there
alone. 1t disappeared late Friday or
early Saturday from the front yard
of the establishment, located just
across the bridge, and was found
Saturday. The sculptor, by name
Ziroi, said that he had placed it
there with another of his master
pieces for safekeeping among the
tombstones and headpieces.
Ziroli has regained his object dart
but has probably lost his faith in
mankind and is now keeping Bound
Truth" in a place safer than the
company of tombStones.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
Going Home?
Combat Medal
Winners Eligible
For Discharge

The Nays first announced dis
charge system won't let many men
and women out of the service. large
~ older men and those with long
service.
Mailmen, pharmacists m at s,
hos pital apprentices, disbursing
storekeepers, shore patrol, punch
card accounting machine operators,
key punch operators and classified
ton specialists are not eligible for
discharge. Neither are medical Of
ficers, Navy nurses, chief pharma-
cists and pharmacists.
Enlisted personnel AZ years of age
and over who were already eligible
for discharge are still eligible under
previous ruling.
Men who received Medals of
Honor, Navy Cross. Distinguished
Service cross, Legion of Merit, Sill
yer Star medal, or Distinguished
Flying Cross in combat may get re-
leased regardless of status. But no
regular Navy enlistees can apply for
discharge.
Navy separation centers TO be
activated shortly throughout the
country will be manned by especially
trained personnel now under in
struction at Naval Training schools
at Great Lakes.
At separation centers, discharges
will be speeded out of bell bottom
trousers and into civies in 72-hour
operation.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

origin to the manufacture of ma
rine engines, a by-product of trans
portation on the lakes.
The greatest marine thorough
fare in the world is the Detroit
river. The worlds largest waterway
gate is the 500 canal at Sault Ste.
Marie.
Michigan has water communica-
ton with seven other states, and 1t
affords 81 government improved
natural harbors in addition to many
ports that have been improved at
local expense.
Michigan mined iron and copper
ore are transported in Michigan
boats to Michigan industrial plants,
there to be converted into thousands
of modern appliances.
Pulp from Scandinavia is trans
ported by boats direct to Michigan
ports for shipment by railroad to
Kalamazoo paper mills. Foreign YES
sells travel via the st. Lawrence
river and the Great Lakes right to
our front door!
Products Of Michigan (peace-
time, of course) included automo-
biles, automobile parts, tires and
rubber products, basic steel, pig iron,
coke, furniture, drugs and pharma-
ceuticals, lumber, chemicals. paper,
beet sugar, clothing, machinery,
cast and forged iron and steel, Pc
troleum products. plastics, radios.
refrigerators, stoves and ranges,
flour, cereals, leather goods. dairy
products, furs, canned goods. fish
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
Scout Executives
Visit Reservation

Fifteen members of the execu-
tive board for Downriver Boy Scouts
were guests of Troop Wy Is at the
Howell reservation near Brighton
Wednesday.
The visitors witnessed the retreat
ceremony and then made a tour of
the 600 acre reservation. Outstand-
ing points of interest to the group
were the artificial lake, reforesta-
ton projects carried on by the
Scouts, the health lodge and the
Indian lodge now under construc-
ton.
Members of the District 9 execu-
tive board who attended are dis
trict chairman r. H. Samis, dis
trict commissioner, R. L. Dauber,
district executives S. D. Warner, A.
j. Lustry, Jr., Nick Mans. Trenton,
Ormund Hugg, Steve Rykwalder,
River Rouge, John Davis, Gene Dor
cey, Ecorse, Pat Reed and Arthur j.
ONeill. Wyandotte, A. D. Grafton,
Dale Huth, Lincoln Park.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

Lansing, for example. Michigan leg
iSlators might be induced to come
out for it.
Anyway, We can't stand by and let
Ohio and Indiana get this ditch
into which the Great White Father
would pour millions of dollars, even
if nobody ever would use the darn
thing. Why? We've got too much
pride. Yes, Stree!
Deserving of wide distribution and
thoughtful study is the new hand
book, Rural Michigan" just Issued
by the state department of public
instruction at Lansing. through the
cooperation of the w. K. kellogg
Foundation of Battle Greek. High
lights Of this study were presented
in this column recently.
The information it presents is
the most recent available" says DR..
Eugene B. Elliott, superintendent of
public instruction. Elliott points out
that the study is result of the
Conference on Education for Rural
Living held at Grand Rapids last
January, attended by representa-
tives from So counties, 126 commu-
mites and 26 organizations. He
adds:
The conference arrived at the
following conclusion: II there is TO
be an improvement in all areas OF
rural living. action must begin
where people live"
Hence the Importance Of infor-
nation contained in this challeng.
ing booklet which is intended to
stimulate thinking and. accordingly,
to induce action. That Is the true
American way.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

And now, the ultimate of boom
doggling dSeamS to consume tax
payers dollars and to keep army
engineers on federal payrolls: An
inland barge canal connecting Lake
Michigan and Lake Erie, distance
of $50 miles!
Fantastic as the idea may appear,
the project has been authorized by
Congress through its river and har-
Dor bill of March 2. 1945. approved
by President Roosevelt.
It would link the harbors of To-
ledo and Chicago by digging wa
terway across western Ohio and
northern Indiana. Army engineers
say the shortcut would save about
$50 miles of transportation by way
of the Detroit river, Lake st. Clair,
Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.
Because the canal would not ira
verse Michigan counties, interest
among Michigan people has been
tagging. However, the Indiana state
legislative board of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen have renowned the
scheme in no uncertain words on
the grounds that there was mo
economic justification for the prof.
ect."
To which, we agree. Here's why.
The Great Lakes provide the
greatest single factor in Michigan
life.
Our climate, famous with summer
vacation-seekers, is controlled by
the lakes.
Our automobile industry owes its
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

building at North Plant. The new
building and its equipment is sched-
uled for completion in the early
Spring of 1916.
Increased use of calcium carbO-
nate by the rubber industry is ex-
pected to account for a considerable
part of the added tonnage Of Wy
andotte Calcium Carbonate. corpo-
ration executives said. Similar TO
carbon black in it's reinforcing
properties, calcium carbonate per-
mitS rubber manufacturers to mar
ket their PREDICTS in any desired
color.
Wyandotte Calcium carbonates
have been marketed for a number
of years in several commercial
grades. 1t is used as a coating ma
terial for print paper and as an
extender in food and pharmaceuti-
cal products. Included in CONNER
cial uses for the calcium carbonates
are tooth pasteS. tooth powders,
dog biscuits, paints and varnishes,
printing ink, dynamite, baking pow
derS and medicines.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
A Lesson
Well Taught

MRS. HAL PEARSON spent most
of the week printing 2I2 year old
Douglas on how little boy should
behave during his first Mass For
days at breakfast lunch
and dinner she coached him.
You've got to be real quiet. You
mustn't say word you
mustn't say a word you
mustn't say a word
Yesterday, for 80 Mass at st.
Patrick's they went and Doug
showed the teaching had sunk in
until Father Doherty
walked to the altar to read
Hey" chirped Douglas, jumping
70 his feet. sit down. Yer sup
posed to keep quiet"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

ing tackle. cement and other lime
stone products, adding machines,
typewriters and office equipment.
One-sixth of the nations war out
put came from Michigan!
Sure, we're good. But so are the
Great Lakes.
The Lake Erie-Lake Michigan
waterway is not a new dream.
Part of the first link of a canal
system which was to connect Lake
st. Clair with Lake Michigan is
still in existence today. Between
Utica and Rochester is a stretch Of
the old linton-Kalamazoo canal.
1t is still used for water power by
the Utica Milling company.
Here's it's history. Just more than
100 years ago the Erie canal was
completed, and thousands of settlers
began arriving here from New York
state. Railroads were somewhat of
an experiment. Michigan boosters
conceived the idea of utilizing the
Clinton and Kalamazoo rivers,
bridging these waterways with a
canal to afford a croSs-state route
for horse-drawn barges.
Michigan's boy governor. Stevens
T. Mason, headed the project. Work
started In 1889. The canal got as
far as the present Bloomer State
Park at Rochester. Money ran out;
later the canal was completely
abandoned.
The early development of Michi-
gan was due largely to availability
Of water transportation.
Humorous al IL NAV anDear t0dav
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
Chemicals Company Begins Construction Program
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Pity Poor Pa

FACED with a mighty problem
that calls for deep thinking
our classified dept. has come
to US for advice. In Saturdays mail
they received a letter duly
signed from a lady on Sew
enth street.
Our classified dept. wants to
know: Is it cricket to print the ad-
vertisement that was ordered
and for three insertions?
The ad:
will the lady who left one
stocking in my husbands car, We'd
nesday, August Is. please call for
1t at his home
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
Mahaffy Returns To Base

William j. Mahaffy, M. M. 1c left
Thursday to return to his base at
Fort Pierce, Florida. after spending
two weeks leave with his wife, Do
lores and their children, of 102 Pop
lar street.
He saw his new son, John, born
July IL. for the first time. The Ma
haffys have three other children,
Dorothy, Elizabeth Ann, and Will
liam, Jr.
Mahaffy entered the service No
vember 5. 1943. He has two BROTH
ers in the Army. Jvt. James in
Ingolstadt, Germany. and Pfc Rus
sell in Manila. They are the sons of
Mrs. John Mahaffy of Romeo, Mich.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
Police Gazette
CHESTER COMBS

SOAfADo % Lit
leaves back door unlocked for
ice man. Thief comes and goes
with $50
Mrs Barbara Konoff 1916
Fourth says four of her chick
ems are missing. When police ar
rive she leads the way on a
trail of feathers and blood :.
that gees from her yard to neigh
boris yard up the neighbor'S
atepS right to the kichen door.
Series of house robberies on Kerr
street, in Fordville. keep Wyan-
dotte police on alert.
Mrs. Amy Sizemore $500
Thirteenth struck in eye with
plum shot out Of sling-Shot
by Twenty-second street Juvenile.
She was riding Loop Bus sit
ting near an open window. Glass
from her shattered spectacles may
cause permanent eye injury.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
Bazydlo Offers
Guilty Plea

Edwin Bazydlo offered a plea of
guilty TO robbery, unarmed, when he
was arraigned before Judge Arthur
Decker, Friday.
Bazydlo was bound over to cir
cult court when he waived exami-
nation. Bond Of $1,000 with one
surety was furnished. A warrant
was issued against Bazydlo on rec
ommendation of assistant county
prosecutor Victor Targonski.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
DIES THURSDAY

Mrs. Eva Loughman, u, died at
the home of her son, Dean, 1871
Chestnut, Thursday, following a
brief illness. She had been res
ident of Wyandotte for nine years.
The remains were shipped to
Youngstown for burial. Arrange
ments were in charge of the Nixon
funeral home
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

national holiday.
The mammoth street paving prof.
ect is expected TO run until De-
cember /, Liddle said. and city plans
include the paving of $500 square
yards. Cost to property owners has
been estimated at 50 foot, he
continued.
Stag. which is cheaper and bet
ter than the crushed stone former
ly used, will be employed as base
for the road beds Supplies Will be
purchased from local firms by the
Denton Construction company, who
have contracted for the job
This means an increase in en-
ployment for Wyandotte workers.
the city engineer pointed out. with
the possibility that many will also
be hired TO work on the actual con-
struction job, as well as In positions
supplying equipment for the prof.
ect.
Wyandotte Portland cement will
be used and the Stag base is 2 low
priced by-product Of the Great
Lakes Steel corporation.
Seventeen city streets will be
paved in the siX-month project, with
Twenty third street first on the
list. Twenty-six paving petitions
were filed by residents, Lddle said.
The work will include installa-
ton Of drains, manholes. catch ba-
sins. excavation. fine grading and
laying of concrete.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
30-Day Furlough

It's Paul King, son of Daniel
King, of Seventh street, has arrived
home on a 30-day furlough after
spending the past eleven months in
Germany. King, who has been in
the army for two years, is the hold
er of the the purple heart and one
cluster. the presidential citation and
three battle stars
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
SHRINE PLANS PICNIC

The Down River Shrine club will
hold it's annual picnic at Elizabeth
park. Trenton, on August 80 at $50
for members, their families and
friends.
Ball games and other sports will
be the feature of the day. The pic
mic will be held at the West side
of the park.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

chairman, William j. Knapp, Will
liam Marsh, Hays Metcalf. Louis
Partch, Ira Kreger, Harold William
son, Emmerson Mills; public affairs,
Bob Stewart. chairman, DR.. c. M.
Andreen, Harry Netcher, Martin
Lilienthal, Carl Nelson, Emmerson
Mills.
Vice-president Harold Stoner will
be chairman of the day. George
Wilbur will be master of ceremonies
and introduce the guests. Special
features will be led by Fred w.
Frostic and H. Norman Jackson.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
CAR RECOVERED

Police Sunday recovered a 1896
black Ford coach owned by Howard
Bridges, 1890 Fort street. The car.
which had been reported stolen
from the Wyandotte theatre park
ing lot, was recovered there by Of
Ulcers Dawson and Mendel.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

Michigan territorial act of 1886
required the installation of locks in
dams on the following rivers: Shia-
wassee, st. Joseph, Kalamazoo,
Thornapple, Huron, Lookingglass
and Grand 1t was recognition of
the navigability of these streams.
Governor Mason in his message of
Jan. 2, 1897 said that the need for
uniting the waters east and west
of the Lower Peninsula has long
been conceded"
Some persons wanted to connect
the Huron river with the Red Cedar
and thence into the Grand to Lake
Michigan. Others promoted a wa
terway utilizing the Raisin and the
st. Joseph or Kalamazoo rivers.
Every town in the southern tier of
Michigan counties had its own fav-
orite route which, of course, would
go right through town.
Personally, we wouldn't oppose
the Lake Erie-Lake Michigan new
barge canal so much, except for
one thing: The blooming thing is
going to miss Michigan altogether.
Now Michigan almost went to
fight with Ohio over the so-called
Toledo strip" of land We got the
best of the deal, for Congress threw
in the Upper Peninsula for good
measure to keep us from getting
mad. and also lot of us hike to go
to the Upper Peninsula, especially
when the weather Is hot in July
and August.
But If the army engineers would
change the canal route to include
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
MONEY STOLEN

Theft of $50 from his home Sat-
urday was reported to police by
Chester Combs. 90 Pine street En-
trance was gained through a rear
door which had been left open. Po-
lice found lunch kettle and Their
mos bottle left behind By the thief.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

BOYS GIRLS MAKE
BIG MONEY DELIVERING Wy.
ANDOTTE NEES-HERALD MON.
DAYS AND THURSDAYS. A FEW
GOOD ROUTES ARE OPEN NOW.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
For Veterans

AL PAYETTE has received
communication from a veteran
with plenty of capital who
is looking for a plant in Wyan-
dotte. He wants to build boats {.
hiring only returning veterans.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
New Newsreels at Wyandotte

New newsreels at the Wyandotte
lead off with a VI special, Japan
Surrenders and includes US. Cele-
brates End of War; Jobs for ALI;
Atomic Bomb; Berlin FrolicS; Case
line Ban Lifted.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

DONKEY BASEBALL AUG. 16,
WYANDOTTE CHEMICALS PARK.
BENEFIT PERCY JONES FUND.
adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
First Unit Scheduled For
Completion By Early
Spring Of Next Year
New Calcium Carbonate Plant Being Built
By Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation

Work a calcium carbonate plant, first unit OF
contemplated postwar building program planned by Wyan-
dotte Chemicals underway Wyandote Chemicals cor
poration officials announced today
The unit which will increase capacity by 80 percent
will located both north and of the present carbonate
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

BOYS GIRLS MAKE
BIG MONEY DELIVERING Wy.
ANDOTTE NEWS-HERALD MON
DAYS AND THURSDAYS. 4 FEW
GOOD ROUTES ARE OPEN NOW.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

Cash FOR YOUR CAR - Any
Make or Model SIMPSON, 219
Sycamore Street Adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

DONKEY BASEBALL AUG. Is,
WYANDOTTE CHEMICALS PARK,
BENEFIT PERCY JONES FUND.
adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
First Of Postwar Paving
Projects Started Friday
Street Paving Program Expected TO
Continue Until First of December

A 100000 paving project, first of the cityS postwar
construction programs started Friday two days after
the surrender of Japan announced City Engineer Will
liam F. Liddle revealed today
Scheduled to begin Immediately after Victory had been
declared the of the project delayed by the twoday
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

POST WAR FUTURE FOR GOOD
AUTO MECHANICS. PAY TOP
WAGES. SIMPSON PONTIAC
SALES AND SERVICE. PIG SYCA-
MORE ST. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

Eat GOOD FOOD IN COOL
COMFORT. BLOSSOM RESTAU-
RANT, 3240 BIDDLE adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

Israel Maloch of Wyandotte re-
ceived a patent on Jail safey de-
vice to be installed in the Wayne
County Jail. It is an electric alarm
that can be attached to Jail doors
and windows and rings when the
door is opened. The alarm is also
given If any attempt Is made to
saw through the bars.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20

OLD HOMESTEAD Is A GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE. i'd.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-20
40 YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

Ed B. Nellis won the great Trophy
padding race of the American Ca
noe Association at Sugar Island in
the st. Lawrence river to become
the Canoe Champion of America,
adding another to the many aquatic
victories that have been won by
Wyandotte Drawn and muscle.
There has been a gasoline famine
in town for several days, dealers be-
ing entirely out of the article.
The Wyandotte Athletic associa-
ton team lost 20 to 6 and IL to l
when they went to Adrian to play
ball. Some said that the deadly
character of the mineral water sold
in Adrian had something to do
with the score.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-20

real. One soldier sold his cheap watch, telling me "I'll buy car for it back in the United States"
 GERMANS SWAP
 Nobody wants German marks any longer except the Russians and Americans who can exchange them into rubles and dollars. Ger mans only barter. Physicians. bar bers and business men want goods. You can get your teeth fixed for one pack of Chesterflelds. Prostitu- tion is on the barter system, too. One chocolate bar gets you any, thing.
 Traffic in dope is terrific. dope having been stolen from German army hospitals and exchanged for jewelry or fat, which Is partic- ularly scarce. No night passes without several gambling clubs being discovered by the Military Police. They are filled with re- spectacle German business men, one of whom told me, 'This is the end of the world. Why not have -fun?"
 This is Berlin today, And it won't change before some border is brought into this unbelievable confusion and before the Germans begin to feel that they have some kind of solid ground under their feet, no matter how low their living standard. Tn short, the black market isn't a sur face abscess, which can be burned out, but an expression of the com plete despair, confusion and cyni- cism now reigning in Berlin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-20
Girl, 5, Hurt
 In Taxi Fall

Jean Blade, 5, 236 Sisson avenue, Hartford, was admitted to St. Mary's hospital last evening at 6 p. m. with a possible fractured skull, abrssions of the back, shoulders. left hand and right elbow and numerous other lacerations of the scalp. sustained when she fell from taxi on Cooke street yesterday while riding with her mother. Mrs. Catherine Blade, en route to visiting reiatiyes in the city.
 The Yellow Cab, driven by Albert Veneri. 7i River street. was proceed ing south on Cooke street, in the vicinity of Sterling street. when the door opened and the girl toppled onto the road. Motor patrolman, Joseph Tiarney reported.
 Bernard R2ey. Il Clinton street, passing by at the time. brought the girl to the hospital where her condition was reported as fair.