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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

supporting, the municipality owned
electric utility must adopt a rate
schedule that will yield revenue
sufficient to meet all current operat-
ing costs of the system, retire the
bonds issued for it's purchase or con-
struction, provide a reserve large
enough to pay for necessary extern
sions and improvements to the sys-
tenn. and pay into the operating
funds of the city each year an
amount equal to the taxes that
would be received from the property
il 1t were privately owned. To ex-
pect more than this is unreasonable.
All profits above these items should
be used as basis for reductions In
the rates charged for current so
that the consumers Of electricity
may receive the benefits derived
from municipal ownership.
whether the consumers of cleo
tricity in a city continue to enjoy
the benefits of municipal owner
ship depenss upon the wisdom with
which city officials appropriate
money from the revenue Of such
system"
Not purporting to be an expert,
but merely as one of the local tax
populi there are few thoughts on
the subject. particularly as 1t per-
tains to the situation in Wyandotte,
that I should like to point out.
Apparently most people are I'M
aware Of the fact that defeat OF the
amendment will result In reduction
of light rates of at least 800. Last
years l5qo dividend consumed $4,000
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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

Referring to the number Of tick
cts issued this month against over
time parking in the city, the chief
declared that the police will ask
that the court issue warrants
against the offenders who have not
paid the fine.
THE City Attorney called me
Friday" he said, land reported that
he had reached the conclusion that
the parking regulation was legal
and that he would render an opin-
ion accordingly to the city council
Tuesday night"
The ruling on the law was asked
after attorney for one driver who
had been given parking tickets de-
clared the ordinance illegal, invalid
and a violation of the state con-
stitution.
Attorney Alex Click moved for
dismissal Of the proceedings and
complaints against his client,
Charles ESSof in Justice court last
week, on grounds that the law was
illegal. The case was adjourned on
the motion Of the city attorney
until April 4 so that he could con-
slider the matter and give an opin-
ion on the procedure.
In statement to the Wyandotte
News Herald, Judge Arthur Decker
declared that regardless Of whether
the city attorney has ruled the
ordinance legal. he must still hear
the motion Of Click to dismiss the
case.
Under the power delegated to the
police commission, they have an
absolute legal right under the ordi-
nance TO limit parking on certain
designated Streets" Mr.. Schendel
declared in giving his ruling on the
law.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

dIOullQ SIUU mll1OLlS.
But as Al Jolson used to wag,
You amt heard nothing yeti"
In the 1915 session of the state
legislature at Lansing a total of
S41.6 millions in deserving operat-
ing needs has been EXCLUDED
from the states 1945-46 operating
budget, now set at $145.9 millions.
II a Michigan taxpayer were to
travel to Washington and carefully
survey the postwar planning being
done there, he would be impressed
further. National planning, fin
anced mostly out of federal funds,
calls for a great variety of worthy
enterprises.
The list is lengthy; the cost
would run into many billions.
And when the Michigan taxpayer
recalls the March Is figures of his
1914 federal income tax and then
dares to think about the national
debt which has scared from $40 to
nearly 1898 billions Feb. 28) since
June 80, 1899, and combined &C
cumulative effect Is one Of mental
intoxication. (Our national debt
June 80, 1932-about Is years ago
was o modest 1874 billionsD
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Japs Planned Massacre
Of Los BanOs Prisoners
Disclosure Made in Letter Written by
Captive Freed in Raid on Camp

Massacre of prisoners held at Los
Banos internment camp was plan
ned by the Japanese. A. R. Carlson.
of Allen Park, disclosed in a let
ter to his parents recently. He was
among the 2,14O American and Al
lied prisoners freed by paratroop-
ers from the Luzon island prison.
Written the day following the
raid by paratrooperS who rescued
men, women and children and
killed the Jap personnel there, the
letter said: Yesterday We were dra-
maticany rescued from a proposed
massacre by parachute troops, guer-
rillas and amphibiouS forces. Gods
hand was Enthusiastically in this OPP
Grafton because our situation was
indeed desperate. But it is all over
now. Nothing can threaten us any
more"
Among the prisoners rescued was
Frank Burnham, brother of Mrs.
Raymond Johnson of Eureka ave-
nue..
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
The Time Is Now -.
Gather Clothing
For UNRA Drive

It is now time for the people Of
Wyandotte to begin to gather their
serviceable used clothing to give to
the destitute millions in the war
devastated countries. Shoes, bedding
and piece-goodS remnants are also
urgently needed by those to whom
the clothing will be shipped.
BY giving these essential articles
through the United National Cloth
ing Collection, you will be doing
much to protect the health of and
to prevent the sickness, wretched-
ness, and death Of the people in
the countries from which the Axis
armies have been driven. The cloth
ing and bedding they possessed five
years ago, If not burned or confis-
Gated by the Nazis or Japs, Is now
ragged, threadbare, and totally in
adequate to cover their undernour-
iShed bodies.
Your sons, husbands and broth
eS have liberated these peoples
from enemy oppression and agrees
sion. You can help to free them
from the scourge Of physical ex-
posture to inclement weather. Thus,
will you assist them to rehabilitate
themselVe5 and in doing so, aid in
bringing about what we all hope
fora lasting peace.
The Wyandotte United National
Clothing Collection Committee, un-
der the Craftsmanship of Charles
Johnson, will have your contribution
of clothing collected on April Is.
This is the one nationwide clothing
drive for overseas relief to be con-
Quoted this spring. More than so
voluntary war relief agencies, some
Of which previously conducted indi-
vidual clothing drives, are partici-
pating in this one concerted cam
paign.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Killed In Crash
Flying Hump

Details of the death of her broth
er, 1t. Melvin H. Coughenour of
lockwood, Pa, who was killed in a
plane crash while flying the
hump" were received this week by
Mrs. Richard Dauber, Second street
1t. Coughenour was killed Janu-
airy Is in a crash near Bangfore
India, which resulted in the death
of all crew members of the plane
He had arrived in India January 2,
to serve as an Army ferry pilot
transporting supplies to China
bases.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Stand Mute On
Rape Charge

Released on bond of $1,000 each
Bernard Brown, Frank Howard and
Edward Sutherland, all of Lincoln
Park, will appear for examination
before Judge Arthur Decker in JUS
tice court, Thursday.
The trio were arraigned Thurs
day and stood mute. They are
charged with statutory rape.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Increase In Price
of Poultry Seen

In a move to encourage produc-
ton, the government will soon boost
the price of poultry.
Authorization for the increase In
price viii be made by Economic
Sterilization Director, William H.
Davis within the week. Planners will
be offered a price incentive Of a
little more than one cent a pound
to produce more broilers, friers and
other meat chickens.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Rotary VIII
Elect Officers

9otarians will cast their votes for
new officers at an election to be
held Tuesday, April 3. The past
president, vice president and secre-
tary will act as a nominating COM
mittee 70 bring in a slate of can
didates.
Polls will open on the second
floor, Wabeek tea room from IL
noon that day.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
ARMY TEST AT MISC

S. E. Grove, dean of students at
Michigan State College, announces
that qualifying test for 17-year-
old youths who are interested in
entering the Army will be held.
Approximately $50 Army trainies are
now receiving instruction on the
MISC campus. Full information
about the training program can be
had from high school principals or
college officials.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

Sgt. Clarence Fountain was re-
ported as missing in action March
3 in Germany.
Thursday. another War Depart
ment telegram arrived. This time
it brought news that Clarence was
safe and had rejoined his company
with the First Army.
More details came the following
day in letter from Sgt. Fountain.
Nom" he wrote, Il hope this
reaches you before any kilograms.
I was knocked out by conclusion
(from a German shelD and so was
missing from my company"
Sgt. Fountain went overseas Oc-
tober II. He has been in service two
years.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Boy Walks
Into Cars

Robert Allore, 557 Ludington,
was taken to Wyandotte General
hospital for X-rays of the left ankle,
after he was struck by car Thurs
day.
According to police reports, the
twelve-year-old boy alighted from a
bus at Biddle and Superior avenues.
He walked in front of the bus and
into the side of a car driven by
Thelma Burtis Morris, 1882 Backus.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Ong Presented
Purple Heart

A NINTH AIR FORCE ENGIN-
FER COMMAND BATTALION, Bel
gium-Technician Fifth Grade Will
liam j. Ong. Jr., of Wyandotte, has
been awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received while serving with
a Ninth Air Force Engineer Com
mand Battalion in Belgium.
A member of the Ninth Air Force
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
NeiU Pastor Is
Club Speaker

The Rev. P. G. Trembath, new
pastor Of Glenwood Methodist
church. will be the speaker at TO-
morrow's meeting of the Kiwanis
club, when the group will commem-
morate Holy Week.
Sacred music will be provided
by a group from Roosevelt high
school.
A delegation from Wyandotte
will attend the inter-club meeting
Of KiwaniS to be held in Windsor,
Ontario, April Is.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Letter to the Editor
Dear Mr.. CAN'T:

Dear Mr. CAN'T:
Judging by the content Of last
Thursdays paper. your desire for
more pro and con discussion Of the
Charter Amendment is beginning to
get results.
Apparently the article on Diver
sion of Utility Earnings by Mr.. E.
Mcdonnell impressed you so much,
that you published 1t forthwith. He
is one Of the top Municipal Utility
Engineers in the USA. In fact he
was employed by our own Municipal
Service Commission to plan and
engineer their 1913 extension project.
His words command respect. To
focus discussion in the proper per-
spective I should like to repeat sew
eral excerpts from his article.
CONCLUSIONS
"The facts indicate clearly that the
governing body. in some cities In
Michigan. is diverting unduly large
sums from the earnings OF the mu>
nicipally-owned electric utility sys-
tenn TO the payment Of the operat-
ing expenses Of the city govern
ment. In other words, the munich
pally-owned utility is being used
as a major tax collecting agency.
such a practice is inequitable,
economically unsound, and is view
ed by most managers Of city-owned
utilities as unwiSe.
The residents of the city have the
right to expect that the municipality
owned electric utility system will be
Self-supporting the same as If 1t
were privately owned. To be self
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Two-Hour Parking Law Is
Enforceable, Says Schendel
Click Calls Law Unconstitutional
In Action to Dismiss Complaint

Wyandottes two-hour parking limit ordinance is legal
and valid City Attorney Herbert P Schendel declared in
ruling Friday.
Enforcement of the law will be carried OUT, Police
Chief Martin Lentha said this morning "The police de-
parment will issue tickets to drivers who violate the park
ing law and will be issued against those drivers
who ignore the tickets"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
RELEASED ON BOND

Francis Pendergast, 1885 Third
street, was released on $50 bond for
his appearance in court today. He
was arrested on a warrant for as
sault and battery.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

Victory is the first objective
Of every American today. But vot-
ing is part of our job too; it is one
thing We on the home front can
do to show the men overseas how
much we value the thing they are
fighting for. The servicemen in the
European theatre and in the South
west Pacific cannot afford to relax
for a moment; neither can We at
home let down on that eternal Wig
lance which has been called the
price Of freedom.
Il feel confident that the people
Of Michigan will accept to the full
their obligation as citizens and
will make a special effort to get
to the polls and vote ON April 3"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

Fountain Safe,
Parents Learn

Last Saturday, Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Fountain, 239 Orange, received a
telegram from the War Department
with the tragic news that their son,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
DRUNK DRIVER.

William Harrison Harding, 3641
Nineteenth street, was arrested Sun
day for drunk driving.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
40 YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE
FLASH! !!

FLASH!
In the Vreeland Sutliff trial, the
jury was unable to decide who died
first Mrs. Sutliff or her son,
Vreeland. Since both bodies were
removed from the fire at the same
time, the jury said that not enough
evidence was submitted so that now
a new jury has to be picked and
the trial will start off with clean
slate.
If it is decided that the mother
died first then the son would in
herit the remainder of the estate
but if the son died first he would
inherit no more than allowed by
the law.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
Ts Uy
strauss
santZ

EDITORS NOTE: So that the voters
may know what the proposed NUM-
cipsi Service Charter Amendment is
all about. the Wyandotte News
Herald has asked the pros and cons
OF the issue be presented to the public
so they may study same and then
cast vote based upon their own con-
victions
Herewith IS letter 70 the editor
IN opposition to the proposed charter
change AS has been our custom equal
SPACE will be given any other eonvic-
ton relative to the Amendment.
The Wyandotte News-Herald is of
the opinion that the issue should be
decided bv the voters themselves.
after q full explanation. and without
political pressure.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

Polls throughout the State will
follow Central Standard War
Time on election day, April 2, in
stead of Eastern War Time.
Election booths in Wyandotte
will be open from am. CE.W.T)
to 8 pm. E.W.T) TO conform
with Central War Time hours.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

The Weary Willie Walker" COM
pany, booked for the Marx opera
has been cancelled because the
company has disbanded.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26
HAVE ANNIVERSARY

Wyandotte Exchange club will OBJ
serve their 18th anniversary May l.
A special program has been ar
ranged. - z
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

FIRE BURNS GARAGE
An estiuated SO damage resulted
when the one-story garage at 1440
Biddle avenue burned Saturday.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

Cash FoR YOUR CAR - ALL
MAKES - DOWN RIVER CHEW
ROLET. s411 BIDDLE AVENUE -
PHONES 1874, I235.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

DUMPING AND PAINTING -
DOWN RIVER CHEVROLET 341l
BDDLE AVENUE. PHONES 1924.
123S
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-03-26

Last weeks column told about the
postwar needs of the state govern
ment and the problem of whether
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-30

powers which should be accorded the delegate.
 Some senators take the position that congress must be consulted in each instance before the delegate can vote for the use of American troops.
 Others contend that the delegate, as the agent of the President, can order troops into action at anytime to protect American lives, property or international commitments.
 Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich, said he believed the ques- ton could be settled by writing into the bill the terms under which the delegate shall function. He proposed that the delegate be empowered to vote for the use of force only under direction of the President and that the President simultaneously notify Congress of his instructions.
 The size and character of the force in question will not be decided until later. The charter provides that member nations shall make such forces available through sub- sequent agreements with the Secur- ity Council after needs have been determined by combined military staff
 There may be an attempt to write in stipulations that American troops remain under purely American cofl- trol and limit their use to the west. ern hemisphere.
 Finally. there is the question Of whether such agreements with the Council should be regarded as treaties requiring q two-third vote of the Senate for ratification.
 President Tmiman attempted to settle that question with Q special message last Saturday. He promised that when such agreements are negotiated "it win be my purpose to ask the congress fof appropriate leglslatlon to approve them"
 Administration leaders said he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-30

4AOAAA 4 NoN ~
 Domei Agency said Allied troops attempted to invade the island, off the western coast of Malaya, once on Wednesday and twice on Thurs day. Domei claimed all three at tacks were unsuccessful with Jap anese garrison troops driving the invaders into the sea-"
 There was no Allied confirma- tion of the assault.
 Seventh fleet air patrols, oper- ating off Northern Formosa, de- stroyed an enemy freighter and four luggers. Six other luggers, beached on Ryukyu Island off For mosa's southwest coast. were set afire.
 Radio Station Damaged
 In French Indo-China 30 box cars. five barges, a radio station, railway bridge, and lighthouse were damaged by strafing planes with large trawler probably sunk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-30
then starboard into Hamamatsl and adjoining areas.

then starboard into Hamamatsu and adjoining areas.
 The ships weaved in and out of fog banks that rolled out over the coast, but spotter planes reported that shells fell dead on the targets. Huge, billowing fires that became conhagrations were sighted.
 In addition to cutting the railway lifeline between Tokyo and Nagoya, the warships also shelled two long bridges on the line-one of them over the Hamana Lagoon west of Hamamatsu resembling the San Francisco Bay bridge, and the other 19-span crossing over the Tenryu river estuary to the east.
 In addition to the 45 ,000-ton Massachusetts and the 35,000-ton King George V, the warships in- cluded the heavy American cruiser Quincy, the American destroyers Abbott and Hale and the British light Cruiser Newfoundland.
 Hamamatsu already had been 70 per cent destroyed by Superfort- resses.
 Radio Tokyo attempted to belittle the bombardment by saying that it had been carried out by small number of surface craft" and list ed airfields as the principal targets
 The carrier-based air attack on Tokyo marked return of Admiral William F. Halsey's third fleet to the area where it opened its current offensive July 10.
 Hundreds of Seafires, Hellcats, Avengers, Corsairs and Helldivers thundered out from the decks of such American carriers as the Lex ington, Independence and Essex and the British Carrier Formidable at dawn to begin what probably will be day-long assault.
 Nimitz reported that carrier planes on Saturday ranged from the northwest tip of Kyushu through the inland sea. They sank B Japanese ships, damaged 156. destroyed 138 enemy aircraft and damaged 156 other aircraft.
 On major enemy fleet units pre- viously damaged, the Allied airmen left the Battleship Haruna beached, the Battleship Ise apparently rest ing on the bottom, the heavy Cruis- CT Abba on the bottom with its guns silenced, the light Crusier Oyodo lying on its side and an old heavy cruiser also on its side.
 Bomb Hits Carrier
 One aircraft carrier-Either the super carrier Amagi or the Kat suragi, both of which have been damaged-was hit by bomb. An explosion followed which sent de- bris 1000 feet into the air Nimitz said.
 The raid raised Japanese losses since July 10 to 50 planes destroy ed, 705 damaged, 283 ships sunk and damaged. Among the ships sunk or damaged were 67 warships, com prising four battleships. eight car- riers, five cruisers. i7 destroyers seven submarines and i6 miscel- laneous craft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-30
Empire State. Workers Busy
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 tified. Identification was being made through dental work and jewelry.
 Aboard the plane with Smith were S/Sgt. Christopher E. Domitrovitch, 31, Granite City, Ill, crew member, and aviation machinist's mate 2/c Albert G. Perna, 20, of Brooklyn, N. Y, sailor who got aboard at Bed- ford, Mass. The plane was enroute from Bedford to Newark, N. J.
 LaGuardia said that the plane was travelling almost four miles a minute when it crashed into the skyscraper and sprayed burning gasoline over wide area.
 The other 10 persons killed were employees of the War Relief Services of the National Catholic Welfare Conference which occupied the 18th floor of the building.
 Attaches at LaGuardia Airport said Smith had asked by Radio for wea- ther conditions at Newark. They said he had been warned in the last radio contact that the Empire State building was 1,250 feet high, and sometimes invisible during fogs.
 Brigadier General c. P. Kane, commanding officer of the Newark Army Air Base, and Brigadier Gen.. eral M. F. Schneider, air inspector of the Army Air Forces, told La Guardia that complete" lnvestl- gation would be made.
 Gnnaro1 Tr.o ~ EQknr Deputy AAF Commander, wrote La- Guardia that it is our keenest de- sire that everything humanly pos sible be done for those who have suffered in this unfortunate and re- grettable accident and we shall leave nothing undone which lies in our power to that end.'
 Lieutenant General Hugh A.. Drum (Ret.), president of Empire State, Inc, said damage to the building could not be esetimated as yet. It was estimated unofhcially, however, at $500,000.
 Workmen began patching up the two gaping holes torn in the north and south sides of the building. Parts of the plane still in the build ing were dismantled and removed.
 Elevator service, shut of above the Goth floor when parts of the plane snapped the cables of two cars and sent them plummeting to the basement, was resumed.
 Fire Marshall Thomas Brophy said the department had received more than 100 calls - the highest in the city's history - within few minutes after the bomber crashed and shot flames 300 feet into the air