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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Ball JambOree
Nets More Than
81 Tons Of Paper
Recreation Sponsored
Drive TO End Thursday

More than 81 tons of scrap paper
have been collected to date at wy
andotte recreation centers for the
waste paper baseball jamboree
which ends here August Is.
Over 500 tickets to Detroit Tiger
baseball games have been given to
youngsters with several boys and
girls having collected more than
$500 pounds of paper. Eight tons
were collected at city Fairgrounds
last Thursday for the best record
for any week of the drive.
Paper may be taken to any Of
the eight Fairgrounds Thursday at
. pm. If more than 600 pounds has
been collected by any boy or girl
a special pickup will be made by
calling the Recreation office, Wy.
1905 before Thursday.
Baseball tickets and transporta-
ton money to and from Briggs sta
dunn will be furnished each boy
and girl bringing in $50 pounds of
paper. The boy and girl having the
largest total poundage Of scrap pa
per for the summer will receive SIS
War Bonds.
City Fairgrounds will close Fri
day, August II.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Four Youths
Face Stolen
Car Charges
Police Act TO Break
Up Series of Thefts

Four Wyandotte youths are fac
ing stolen car charges as police
acted to bring up series of car
thefts here.
Officers Path and Piasecki ar
rested Theodore Albert Caldwell, II,
of 534 Central avenue, Friday, as
he was driving a 1941 Chevrolet
coupe reported stolen by the De-
troit police department. A second
youth, Richard Adler, 10, 1864
Chestnut, was arrested in connec-
ton with the theft of 1912 Ford
coach stolen from Walter Vogt of
Manchester, when he was vacation
ing at Wamplers Lake.
Jim Johnson, 81, of lat Clinton,
was also arrested on a stolen car
charge Saturday forming by De-
tectives Schwartz and McCrea.
Arraigned before Associate JUS
tice Guy Murphy Thursday night,
James Hickey waived examination
on charge of unlawfully driving
away an automobile. Bond which
was set at $1,000, was not furnished
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13

Acting as a Junior physicist, Will
liam Voglesong, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Voglesong of Riverside
drive, Trenton, was among research
scientists who worked to perfect the
atomic bomb at Oak Ridge, Ten
neSsee.
An alumnus of Albion college,
where he had worked on cyclotron
breaking down atoms, VolgleSong
was requiSitioned by the Army Air
Forces in his senior year as instruc-
tor in physics for aviation cadets.
In May, he was sent to Oak Ridge
to work on atomic bombs. zae~~~-s
Voglesong, like other workers on
the new weapon, was sworn to Sec
recy. Like other workers on the mill
tary project. the 23-year-old Tren-
tonian was not permitted to leave
the site at first and later was al
lowed to go into town on passes.
Anyone who talked, he wrote his
parents, after the atomic bomb was
made public, was sent to Fort Leav-
enworth prison.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13

annual Inter-Lake
Regatta Held
This Weekend
Yachts Race From
Crosse lie to Monroe

The annual inter-lake yachting
association regatta was held by the
Crosse lie yacht club this weekend.
Although rain held the number
Of starters down, the 462. mile race
from Crosse lie to Monroe and re-
turn began at 9 pm. Saturday
night. Two boat-lengthS separated
the first two boats to cross the
finish line at Crosse lie at am.
Sunday.
First in the racing cruiser divi-
sion was a 44-foot cutter, The Last
Straw" owner by Charles Baysee Of
the Detroit Yacht club. Baysee was
awarded the Charles F. Warren
trophy.
Second to finish the race, and
first in his racing division, was
THE Breeze, an "R" class vessel
owned by Eric Rabe of the Crosse
lie club. He was given the Commo-
dore Cape trophy.
In the regular regatta race for
nipper, Bob Kreidler finished first
and Dan Jackson, second In the
lightning division, Harry Stanton
came in first with the Erie Gal"
Captain o. A. Johnson finished
first in the catboat class and DR..
Douglas Walters won the handicap
race in a surprise finish.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
TrentOnian Among Research
Scientists Who Worked On
Secret Of New Atomic Bomb
William Voglesong Is Junior Physicist at
Oak Ridge. Tennessee Bomb Project

Mail at first, Mrs. Voglesong said,
was not addressed to Oak Ridge to
maintain secrecy of the site. The
complete process was broken down
and different parts of the work
were performed throughout the
country. Only a man working at the
Oak Ridge project could know that
another man knew as much as he
did. Voglesong told his parents,
through numbers pinned to shirts
which they were required to wear.
While home on visits all Vogle-
song would tell his parents was,
You'll know what I'm doing the
minute it is announced. It's terrific
tightening beyond scien-
fists dreams"
An honor student at Albion COL
lege, he was awarded the bachelor
Of science degree in absentia. He is
a graduate of Trenton Slocum-
Truax high school.
A second Trentonian. Robert Ha-
ven, is member of the construc-
ton department at the atomic bomb
factory
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Youth Threatens Girl With Cur
IF I Can't Have You -"

IF 1 can't have you. nobody else
will" shouted 17-year-old Edward
H. Compeau of 256o5 Seventh street,
Crosse lie, as he brandished gun
in the face of Gladys Ansley, 534
st. Ignace, Thursday night.
After threatening Miss Ansley's
life and that of boy friend. Com
peau left. Picked up by police ten
minutes later, after being identified
by Miss Ansley, Compeau was held
for investigation of carrying con-
cealed weapons. The Crosse lie
youth told police he had thrown the
gun in the river from the Crosse
lie bridge after leaving the st. Ig-
mace street home.
Appearing before Associate JUS
tice Guy Murphy on a charge of
being a disorderly person, Compeau
offered plea of guilty and was
sentenced to six months probation.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
WZCnZ0nn mirror by Gene Aleman

Rural health In Michigan is not
what it should be.
Among rural youths reflections
military service) for physical rea-
sons were higher than among those
residents in cities. Many of their
defects were associated with faulty
nutrition"
"Cities have had full-time health
departments for many years, but
only since the county health depart
ment law was passed in 1927 have
Michigan's rural areas begun to en-
Joy the same advantages. With
modern transportation, rural and
urban health problems have come
to be much the same"
The study points out that coun-
ty or district health department
may be established by the local
county board of supervisors.
Social insurance Is provided for
most urban residents, but not for
the average farmer.
"Only a small proportion of
Michigan farmers and rural people
are included in the nations social
security program. Farmers, together
with all other self-employed per-
sons. are completely excluded from
the social assurances"
Social insurance is a sound bus
mess program the objective OF
which is to provide a safeguard
against economic hazards which are
unpredictable In the case of a sim
gle individual but are practicable
In the case Of large groups"
Many elderly farmers continue
to operate farms because of made.
quate provisions for current income
thus preventing younger men from
obtaining . start in farming"
Recommendation: That social Sc
curity benefits be extended to rural
citizens.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Fund for HenseI
Reaches S387.O5
as Campaign Ends

A contribution of $2O0.75 from
Sharples Chemical company and
employees increased the fund for
Sergeant Frederic Hensel to $387O5
which has been sent to Mayor Row.
land of Corbin, Kentucky.
Sgt. Hensel was the first Amer
lean casualty to have quadruple
amputations as the result of battle
action. With his wife, Jewel, he
plans to buy a chicken farm and
persons from every part of the
country have donated money in the
hope that this wish may become
fact.
The s186.3O. previously collected,
came from Wyandotte merchants
and interested individuals.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Stores viii Close
to Observe VI
Day Celebration

The Merchants Association Of
Wyandotte has announced the plan
to be followed by merchants when
VI Day comes.
In general, Chris Keehn, presi-
dent Of the association, said, We
will follow the plan set for Detroit.
If VI Day is proclaimed before
noon, the stores will close immedi-
ately and will open the following
day. If the day is proclaimed after
noon, the stores will close for the
rest of the day and the day follow
ing.
The State liquor store will close
Immediately and will remain closed
for twenty-four hours. This regu-
lation applies to all establishments,
wholesale or retail, which dispense
spurious liquors.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Disabled Veterans
Organize Chapter
In WyandOtte
First Meeting Held
On Thursday Night

With the first organizational
meeting held Thursday night at the
City Hall. plans are now underway
for the founding Of a local chap
ter of the Disabled Veterans Of
America.
State Commander Kercy Of the
DA.V. and Stanley Stuu, former
finance officer Of the Dearborn
chapter Of the D.A.V., laid the foun-
dation for the Wyandotte group az
the meeting.
All disabled veterans who are now
drawing claims through the govern
ment or who have not yet issued
claim. are eligible for member
ship. The disability may have been
received either in the United States
or overseas during World Wars I
and II.
The next meeting will be held az
pm. Wednesday. August 26 at
Kossuth Hall, Forest and Fifteenth
streets.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13

What's wrong with Michigan ru-
raj living today?
Listen to this.
I'm the rural areas of Michigan
live one and three quarter millions
of people 1t must be the primary
concern of all to make life in these
sections richer, more attractive,
more satisfying, more secure. That
some of these essentials are lacking
is manifested by the large number
of people-young people especially
who migrate to the city for COM
forts and privileges denied them
on the farm"
This frank admission that Mich
igan rural life must be improved
if Michigan is to possess a strong
foundation for sound prosperity Of
its citizens comes from three Mich
igan educators: DR.. Alexander G..
Ruthven, president of University of
Michigan; DR.. John A. Hannah,
president of Michigan State Col
lege, and DR.. Eugene B. Elliott,
superintendent of public instruc-
ton.
Their opinion was issued jointly
for Rural Michigan, a compre-
hensive study of Michigan rural
life just issued by the state de-
partment of public instruction
through the cooperation of the w.
K. Kellogg Foundation.
The challenge is founded upon
hard facts-not merely theoretical
guesswork.
Here are some of them.
Religious life, for example. In
1886 about 20 per cent of the rural
population Chose living on farms
or in small towns up to 1850 popu-
lation) were members of the 1882
rural churches then operating. An
other 10 per cent were members Of
urban Shurches. Average expendi-
ture per church for all purposes was
only $l,537.
Many clergynen, like teachers,
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13

blowing their horns as the first
report was heard In suburban
areas, otherwise dignified home
owners got out shotguns and rifles.
running into the streets 10 shoot
them off as they shouted the news
to neighbors. Crowds on the city 5
main streets shouted joyfully when
they heard the news and several
cried with the release Of pent-up
emotions.
Radios blared the news from
apartments in the business districts
as crowds gathered on street cor
ners to talk of what peace would
mean TO them and of the plans
they had made.
What will happen to Hirohito?"
when will the boys get
home?" who will govern
Japan?" were the questions on every
tongue.
Then came another announce
ment. And the gaiety that had
transformed the city into a carni-
val-setting, died as quickly as it
had been born.
As radio announcers flashed the
announcement that official sources
had said the surrender report had
no basis, disappointment could be
seen on the faces Of pedestrians,
the crowds turned slowly TO their
homes, and the city resumed its
usual Sunday quiet.
In the homes of servicemen,
mothers, wives, fathers kept an all
night vigil beside their radios, watt
ing for news TO come that would
tell them that their prayers had
been answered and their Joe would
be coming home.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
by
strauss
santz
Marking Time

THIS is THE standby column
the column we didn't want TO
write. But it is press time E.
rs hours of waiting have gone by
without the word we've all
been waiting for.
So much did We want TO say,
Japan Accepts Surrender Terms
OF Allies" but it is press time
and those glorious words have not
come over. The war with Japan is
still going on. At this time tomor-
row If they haven't surrendered,
you'll read about more atomic
bombs dropped on Nip cities. There
will be no long period of waiting.
Seventy-five hours is long enough
for the Japs to decide if they're
licked or not. If they don't yell
Uncle" by the time this day is out,
many thousands of them will wake
up to find their yelling days are
over on this earth.
But right now the composing
room is yelling for this copy. They
want something and they
want it quick.
On the subject of war all We can
think OF is the quickie pulled by a
cash customer at coffee this morn
ing. We know him we'll and
we know how patiently he has &C
cepted the "doncha know there is
a war going on" attitude OF many
store clerks. The one who waited on
him this morning was a typical
war crouch" who has en-
loved several years of saSsing John
@. Public and getting away
with 1t because there is war going
on and a shortage of clerks.
It was all war talk this morning
and the clerk was bending
her ear to listen. "Tell me-" she
asked. "how will we know when 1t
is all over?"
"Oh, you'll know all right" he
snapped back. When it is all over
the cash customers will spit in your
eye."
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Exchange Club
Committees Named

Committee appointments for the
Wyandotte Exchange club for the
six months period of August to
January 81, 1916, were announced
this week by John Wohlin, pres
ident.
They are: auditing, G. P. Lam
thier, John Riley; attendance, Fred
Lovely. Stanley Mros, John Riley,
Carl Bufe; aviation, Les Goodney,
Joe Hance, Hayes Bigler; birthdays,
Anthony Alfe, Arthur Decker,
George feathers; citizenship, Harry
Lamlein, Anthony Labadie, Henry
Neitzel; educational. Louis Mann,
Milton Davis. John You'd, Kurt
Breitfeld.
Inter-club, Claude Fitzgerald,
John You'd, Jack Kreger; house,
Kurt Breitfeld, George feathers,
Zig Sitkins; programs, Ted Mroz,
John Riley. Neitzel, Mann; pub
licity, Breitfeld, feathers, Sitkins;
projects, Charles Weston, Lanthier,
F. w. Lddle; reception, Fitzgerald,
Weston, Ellis Rasbury; recreation,
Gerald lager, Alex Wangbichler,
Riley, Harnish; service to children,
Davis, Chris Keehn, Burdette Mil
kins, Harnish; sick, Phil Bauer,
Rasbury, Lamlein.
Official directors, Decker, Lynch,
Layton; committee advisory board,
Mann, Edward LANCE, Rodney Kre-
ger, Walter Blanks; men-in-service,
Captain mclaughlin, Bigler, Rob-
ert Foster, Robert Bennett; cere-
monial committee, w. E. Bartly,
Weston, Liddle, Jack Kreger;
AWOL committee, Don Addison,
Ralph Weaver, Milton Howe, Ralph
Wagner, Hance, Joel Johnson, Grill
hot.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Pedestrian
Is Victim
OF Hold-Up
Strong-Armed While
Walking on 7th Street

Police are searching for two men
who strong armed Leroy Walker,
asa Vinewood, as he walked on Sew
enth street in the early hours Sat-
urday morning.
Walker told police that he noticed
two men following him as he
walked on Oak street to Seventh
street at 2:3O am. Saturday. When
he turned north on Oak the men
held him up taking yellow gold
wrist watch worth $50 and his bill
fold.
The men were described as about
six foot tail, weighing los to ITO
pounds, between the ages of 80 and
80. Both wore dark clothing. One
of the hold-up men had harelip.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Arrested For
Carrying Gun
Rowland Pleads Not
Guilty to Charge

Amos Rowland, %, of 504 Pal
mer, River Rouge, offered a plea
of not guilty to carrying concealed
weapons when he appeared before
Associate Justice Guy Murphy, Fri
day.
Examination was set for pm.
August % and a $1,000 bond was
set with one surety. Bond was not
furnished.
Rowland was arrested by Officers
Piasecki and Path. According to po-
lice reports, a 80 automatic pistol
was found in his possession when
he was arrested.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13

Hitch hiking home after a vaca-
ton in Washington, D. c., John
Waits. II, of 1918 Eureka was ia
tally injured when the truck in
which he was riding crashed into
a moving freight train at Somerset.
Pennsylvania. Friday.
Taken to Community hospital at
Somerset he died of injuries suf-
fered in the accident. A companion,
Jack Norm. II, also of Wyandotte,
was slightly injured.
A Roosevelt high school senior,
John was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Waits. Active in all high
school organizations. he was pres
ident of the Wy Hi club, partici-
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13

accept positions in rural communi-
ties as stepping stones to larger OPP
portunities in urban centers."
Rural pastors often are not ade-
quately trained for rural work"
Church services frequently are
weak and Sunday school teachers
unframed"
"The rural church, in many cases,
is neglected by UNCONVENTIONAL
groups"
Not pleasant reading, We grant.
But there they are-only a few of
many indictments presenting the
weakness of rural life In Michigan
today.
Education - Michigan has 6,166
rural school districts with student
enrolment of 367,908. 1t has 108
urban districts with an enrolment
of 581,832. Rural teachers receive
5000 less per year than those teach
ing In districts which employ super
intendents. Rural schools con-
sequently are In weak position to
compete for the better teachers. In
1910 the annual turnover of teach
ers in districts less than 1000 pop
ulation was 372 per cent, or an
average tenure of less than three
years. This compared with a state
wide average of only 10 per cent.
There are very few modern
school buildings in the rural areas"
"since 1918 only TOO new rural
school buildings have been con-
structed, although 1900 have been
modernized in recent years"
Many districts are not levying
as much tax for school purposes as
they can and should. In 1912, there
were BAT districts which levied less
than four mills for school purposes.
"a mill is one dollar per $1,000 as
sessed valuation.) A total of ia dis.
tricts levied no tax whatever for
school purposes. while 9o2 districts
levied seven mills or more"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13

Remember the old World War
song, How you gonna keep EN-
down on the farm after they've seen
Paree?"
More quotations from the chal-
longing study:
I'm the years between the wars
(World Wars I and I'D no more
than half of Michigan's farm youth
were employed in agriculture. Hun
dreds, uncertain of their futures if
they stayed on farms, sought the
opportunities of education and en-
ployment offered by urban life"
I'm spite of the many excellent
programs now active in Michigan
(4-H club work, high school voca-
tional agricultural or vocational
homemaking courses, etc. the over
all educational program is unevenly
developed. 1t does not reach effec-
lively the majority Of rural youth"
cit is frequently stated that far
mers give more attention to their
livestock and crops than to their
youth. What do you think?
One of the cultural advantages
of city life is ready access to books
and magazines through public IL
braries.
Not so, however, with many peo-
pie who live in the Michigan rural
communities.
'Two-fifths (42 per cent? Of the
rural people of Michigan are with
out public libraries. Scarcity of IL
braries is partly associated with
sparsity Of population. South Of the
Muskegon-Bay City line SO per cent
of the rural people are without pub
lie Libraries. North Of this line the
percentage is 81. while in the Lower
Peninsula two-thirds GA per cent?
have no public libraries"
The State Board for Libraries
recommends Q local per capita tax
Of 81 to So to be supplemented by
grants from the state.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
20 YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

Mayor Bishop was absent from o
warm council meeting at which the
aldermen transacted business in
free and easy attire. Among the
business was a proposal to raise
the salaries Of night policemen TO
$50 a month and one to abolish the
office of the ward supervisors, re-
placing them with one city assessor.
LOST-Top of hand painted shirt
waist button. Finder please return
to city clerks office.
A fire that broke out destroyed
the two large ice-houses of the
Eureka Brewing Ice Co.. situated
on the river front north the water
works station.
Called the fastest Job OF boat
building on the Great Lakes or
anywhere else, the 1000 ton steam
freighter Powell Stackhouse was
launched at the Wyandotte Ship
yard with Miss Katharine Stack
house Of Philadelphia performing
the christening ceremony.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
John Waits Killed When
Truck Hits Train Friday
Rites for High School Senior To Be
Conducted Here Tuesday Morning

pated in all school plays, was a
member of the Roosevelt high
school football team and a men,
Der of ST. Joseph church. John was
a graduate of st. Joseph grammar
school
Funeral services will be held at
$50 am. Tuesday from the late
residence and rites will be con-
Quoted at st. Joseph church at 9
am. Burial will be at Mount Car
mel cemetery. Arrangements are
in charge of the H. F. Thon COM
pany funeral home.
Besides his parents he is sur
vived by two sisters, Mrs. Arthur
Hooks and Mrs. Louis Weber.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
FRISCH WOUNDED

Among the list Of wounded in a
Navy casualty report this week was
Cpl. Peter Frank Frisch, USING. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Frisch, 1914 Maple street, Wyan-
dotte.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Crazy Business

1--WE INTERRUPT this program
to bring you a special bulletin. :. .
Stand by We switch you to
Washington Just one moment
please. Ladies and gentlemen,
here Is Robert st. John bringing
you an important announcement
from Washington. Hello D.. E.
this is Robert ST. John broad
casting from the White House with
an official announcement. :.
There Is nothing new to report from
here. will now switch you back
to your local station. Keep
tuned to this network for my next
special bulletin"
We will now join Robert st. John
with . coupla aspirin tablets
-. and go to press.
SEE YOU at coffee time.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Stuff
OUR ESTIMATED figure of $3.50

OUR ESTIMATED figure of $3.50
a foot for paving was almost on
the nose. City Engineer Iiddle Of
ficially pegs it at s3.45 foot for
a 28-foot street.
On week ago City Treasurer Ira
Kreger offered bet that the war
would end today. There were no
takers but for the record he
has until midnight.
Hudson Motor will shortly an
nounce a new auto dealer for wy
andotte. A modern showroom will
be built at Biddle and Eureka.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-08-13
Nine to Graduate
From Roosevelt
Summer Session

Nine students are included on
the tentative list of graduates from
the Roosevelt high school summer
session, which closed Friday, c. j.
Whitney, principal, announced to-
day.
The students are Gloria Cameron,
Helene Heilshorn, Jacob Kirch, Jr.,
Doreen Knight, Russell Kripps,
Beverly Rouse, Claude Winds. Henri
WrobeleSki, and Billie Yuill.