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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Just Ba-a-aad Boys
It Wasn't Our
Fault, Bad Check
Passers Write

It really wasn't our fault, bogus
check-passers wrote Detroit police,
blame it on the tellers, they made
it too easy for us.
The two men, sought by Wy
and0tte, Lincoln Park and Detroit
departments on bad chez
charges, wrote officers from To-
ledo, confessing that they were
the ones who have cashed 70
checks ranging from $50 to $50
under IL different names.
THE tellers in the banks are
really responsible for us having
passed the number of checks we
did," the letter, signed Wee R
Sorry" said. "All We had to do was
walk up to the teller and ask fol-
the checks"
Gasoline stations were usually
their victims.
Most common method of the
bad check passers was related by
a Wyandotte service station own
er, one of their victims.
The men. he said. frequented the
station often enough so that he
came to recognize them as custo.
mers and they had gained his con-
fiGence. Then one of the men
walked into the station saying that
his car wouldn't start and that hi
believed it was battery trouble.
The check-passer asked the at
tendant to help him carry a battery
to the car and install it. When the
attendant said he couldn't leave
the station, the man then asked
him to cash a check for him SC
that he could take the battery and
get neighbours aid in changing it
The attendant would then cash
the check, deducting the price of
the battery. The next day
back would come the check
marked insufficient funds" and
the customer was gone for good.
In the long-distance confession
one man identified himself as a
former bookkeeper and his brother
as an industrial worker forced out
Of his Job by the union.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
40 YEARS AGO
IN WYANDOTTE

The city council established a
record by completing all business
by $3.50 pm. The group voted to
ElSon, ANC, Mrs. Evelyn Dicker,
purchase nine badges, one for the
mayor and the other for the eight
aldermen.
After an inspection by state
railroad commission authorities 1t
was decided to erect four gates at
the Eureka avenue crossing as high
speed trains were passing through
the city without blowing their
whistles at the crossing.
Ex-Mayor Thomas D. Evans died
at his home in Detroit. Born in
Wales, ne came to Wyandotte from
Pennsylvania in 1879 and was a
dominant figure in the political
life of the community for several
decades. He Served three terms as
mayor of Wyandotte.
Grace Reynolds, caused sensation
when she appeared before an open
meeting OF the board of education,
to answer charges of Supt. Sooy
regarding discipline In the class
room. Invited by Mayor Bishop to
give her version of the difficulty
she declared that the superinten-
dent had flouted her authority In
the presence of her pupils and that
therefore she was unable to main
tain discipline.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Thefts Hit
Hundreds;
BlameStrikes

Shop-lifting cases, mounting to
the hundreds, which have hit Wy
andotte in the past several weeks
are blamed by merchants on strikes
which have resulted in lay-offs and
Tightening of the family budget.
One store alone reported 81
cases of shOp-lifting within the
past month. Most articles taken
are small and can easily be
stuffed into pockets to be snug
gled past cashiers and store de-
tectives.
Busy clerks have been given the
added task of watching customers
and when shoppers arouse suspicion
OF the clerks, store employees are
detailed to trail them. Housewives,
children and factory workers made
idle by strikes have all taken to
shop lifting and their petty thiev-
cry is pointed towards luxury
goods, food and small necessities.
With incomes cut off, Wyan-
dOtte matrous throw ethics to
the wind, and putting down
twinges Of conscience, stuff cans
of food into bulky shopping bags
while doing the weeks marketing
at food chain stores. Articles
ranging from tins of canned
meats and fish, bags of coffee,
chocolate, soap and even pack
ages of meat are dropped quickly
into handbags, coat pockets and
paper shopping bags to be
whisked past clerks.
When caught, the amateur shop
lifters either shrug off the ques-
ton with a philosophical "I knew
I'd get caught sooner or later" OF
tell policemen and merchants a
tale of hungry children and in
ability to pay for the things they
had stolen.
Shop-lifting, which usually occurs
sporadically around holidays with
very few cases now has become a
city-wide practice and growing
greater Gay by day as the number
of jobleSs increases.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
STRIKE THREATENS HOUSING PROJECTS
Steel, Labor
Shortage Hits
Building Program

A nationwide strike, which has
crippled Americas steel industry
will seriously curtail the vast post
war building program to alleviate
an appalling housing shortage, A.
d. Heron, Wyandotte real estate
dealer, revealed today.
The building industry faces a
10000, 100000 volume of business
in the next few years but the
shortage of iron and steel coupled
with a drastic need for skilled
and semi-skilled construction men
will make ii impossible for the
industry to build even 10 per cent
Of the homes required to ade-
quately house the country's grow
ing population.
Heron pointed out that more
than two tons of steel are used in
the construction Of an average five
room house. including nearly 400
pounds Of nails. Steel beams, plumb
ing, wiring, nuts and bolts and
other incidentals essential in the
production Of modern homes also
come from the back bone Of Ameri-
can industry the steel mills.
Effect of the strike will also be
felt in the cost of homes, the real
estate dealer continued, because
If wage demands Of steel workers
are met, a similar wage increase
must be granted to skilled trades
men in the building industry.
With the average age of construc-
ton workers about 50 years, the
present force of skilled labor must
be increased by veterans who have
had experience in building while
serving in the armed forces. If the
labor need is not met only about
300 of the 500 homes needed in
wyandotte can be built, he added
Carpenters, masons, plumbers,
electricians are desperately needed.
Loss of apprentices to the armed
forces during the war and failure
of high schools to educate young
men for the tasks were listed by
Mr.. Heron as chief reasons why
the building trades lacks sufficient
laborers today.
Discharged veterans play an
important part In the building
picture, he said, both as buyers
and workers. Under the CT. Bill
of Rights, discharged veterans
will be able to finance their own
homes and so will increase the
ranks of home-ownerS. The Bill
also provides excellent opportunity
for veterans who already are fin
ished masons, carpenters, electri-
clans and plumbers to go into bus
mess on their own, or to become
apprentices in the construction
| field.
I have need of six apprentices
alone" Mr.. Heron continued, "and
with an estimated $4,000, 900 900
annual volume of building in sight.
the present skilled labor force Is
inadequate for the job"
Thirty houses will be built by
the Heron company at Heron park
with the first to be completed in
six months. The housing project
will face the park which was re-
Gently donated to the city for use
as a recreational area.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Operation Of Industrial Plants With
Plut0nium Possible, Disc0Uerer Says
Merchants Elect
Officers Today

Meeting for the annual business
session Thursday, members of the
Merchants association elected six
new members to the board of direc-
tors for two year terms. New direc-
tors are H. K. Jacobson, Bernard
Mahalak, A. B. Sutton, Edward
Brohl, Harry Paskovitz, Joseph
Gartner.
The new directors will meet with
other members of the board today
for election of officers of the as
ISOLATION for 1916.
Past president, Chris Keehn, au-
tomatically becomes a member OF
the board to raise the number OF
directors to Is. Other directors in
clude Gerald Jaeger, Simon Fogel
Otto Asmus, E. D. Mclaughlin, A.
E. Balovitch, L. P. Roach.
Bud Watson, sports director OF
WJR and Charles Parks, of Vicks
tele-test, were guest speakers at
Thursdays business meeting.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Tag Day Brings
sos To Polio
Fund Campaign

Despite inclement weather and
near zero temperatures, tag dag
solicitors for the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis fund
drive received s7O8.3S Saturday in
sales of tags in the downtown
streets.
Honors for the day went TO the
Mahalak family. with Patty Maha-
lax, ST. Patrick school girl, solicit
ing S41.63 toilead the morning cam
paign. Frank Mahalak led the Jay
Gees in the evening drive with
1921.
The American Legion Auxiliary
collected s1O3.63, led by Mrs. Pick
ems with $40.13. Mount Carmel
schoolgirls collected s1726. Detec-
tive Carl Witt who solicited total
of s64.2S, led the FOP organiza-
tons drive for the day with FOP
collections totaling s295.5l.
A group of firemen, members Of
the Fire Fighters Association, gar
nered s12776 led by Charles Cornell
with $40.12.
Jaycees topped off the days &C
tivities soliciting S162.59 during the
evening.
Although tag day results were
lower than last years total, 1t is
estimated that an increase in in
dustrial solicitations and funds
received from other sources will
be enough to put the drive over
the top, chairman Dick Kelly
said. Final tabulations of the in
dustrial campaign have not been
completed.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Finder Of Atom
Bomb Element
Visits Local Plant

Possibility of operating industrial
plants with energy from plutonium
vas disclosed by DR.. Glen T. Sea-
borg, co-discoverer of the element
plutonium of atomic bomb fame
when he toured the north and
south plants of Wyandotte Chem
icals corporation.
The 32-year-Old scientist
amazed local production execu-
tives when he told them that
sufficient energy is available In
plutonium to operate the entire
plant for a 24-hOur period with
little more than a half pound
Of this new element"
For the past three and one-half
years, DR.. Seaborg has been on
leave of absence from the Univer-
sity of California to the Metallur-
gical laboratory of the University
of Chicago. Here he was primarily
responsible for the development of
the chemical separation procedures
which were used in connection with
the manufacture OF plutonium at
the atomic bomb plants in Ten
neSSee and Washington.
While in Chicago he was also
co-discoverer of two new chem
ical elements known as IS and So.
DR.. Seaborg was the guest of DR..
Roy E. Heath, manager Of indus
trial sales of the Ford division Of
Wyandotte Chemicals, on his recent
tour. In the last years of the war,
Dr. Heath was loaned by W.WC.
To join DR.. Seaborg's staff working
OF. the atomic bomb in Chicago.
While in Detroit, DR.. Seaborg
addressed the local branch of the
American Chemical society.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Octogenarian
Dies Saturday

Funeral services for Oscar l..
Pickering. "a. who died Saturday
night at his home, 333 Poplar, after
brief illness, will be held at
p. m. Wednesday at the Nixon fun
eral home with the Rev. Frank Firm
schild officiating. Burial will be in
Ferndale cemetery.
Pickering, a Wyandotte resident
for 80 years, is survived by his wife,
Sarah; four sons, Matt, Wyandotte.
Fred, Midland, Harry, Manton, and
Harold, Buffalo, N. Y, and two
daughters, Mrs, Cleo Wagner, Wy
andotte. and Mrs. Mary Belewski,
Flat Rock.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
PaskOvitz Heads
City Merchants

Harry Paskovitz was elected
president of the Wyandotte
Merchants Association at the
board Of directors meeting held
today. Anthony e. Balovitch was
named vice president and
George Wilbur was re-appointed
secretary-treasurer Of the asso-
citation for 1916.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Public Schools
Open In Flint

FLINT, Mich, Jan. %. - U.P -
Public. schools were open Monday
as Go maintenance workers start
ed their second week of truce"
in their wage dispute with the Flint
board of education.
However, there was no indication
of how long the 100 maintenance
employees would stay on the job
The latest offer of the school board,
a $40 bonus, was rejected Satur6sy.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Steps Il ito Path
OfCar: Davis Hurt

Stepping from the path of an
oncoming car, AL Davis. Sc, 2O12
Church Place, Trenton. was struck
by a second car Saturday night.
Taken to the Wyandotte General
hospital, he was found to have q
broken leg.
According to Trenton police re-
ports, Davis was crossing West JEFF
ferson and had reached the center
line of the road when he noticed
a car coming from the north. As
he stepped back from the path of
the car, he was hit by a south
bound station wagon driven by
James Chesney, 1859 West Jeffer-
son, Trenton.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Ladies' Hosiery
Hits A Snag

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.-tU.P)-
The only bright note on the lady's
hosiery front today isn't too
bright.
The Civilian Production Admin
istration says it will be six months
to a year before the shortage is
over but that it should ease up
some by Easter.
AS far as nylons go. monthly
production is now up to about g.
100000 dozen pairs. If they were
rationed, CPA says. every woman
would get pair. AS 1t is, some get
a lot, others none.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Mrs. C.. Ruttan,
Wife Of Auto
Dealer, Dies

Funeral services for Mrs. Charles
H. Ruttan, 40, of 1880 Rosemary,
Detroit, who died at her home
Thursday. were held at 2 pm. to-
day at the A. H Peters funeral
home. Burial was at Detroit.
Mrs. Ruttan is the wife of C. H.
Ruttan, Wyandotte Chevrolet deal
er and owner of Downriver Chevro-
let, Inc.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by one daughter, Marjorie: a
son, Kenneth, both of Detroit: her
mother, Mrs. Clara Elson, Byron,
Ont, and two sisters, 1t. Viola C.
Elson, ANC, Mrs. Evelyn Dicker
Byron, Ont.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Research Scientist
Kiwanis Speaker

The future Of rubber as it per-
tains to the national economy will
be discussed by DR.. George Wolfe,
rubber research director for the
Sharples Chemicals corporation who
will address the Wyandotte Kiwa-
mis- club Tuesday.
Dr.. Wolfe will cover the rubber
situation In general and the diff
culties encountered in the industry
In the manufacture of q suitable
synthetic material during the war.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
EXCHANGITES MEET
WITH SAFETY COUNCIL

Members Of the Wyandotte Elk
change club will meet with the
Down-River Division of the Detroit
industrial Safety Council Tuesday.
Or. Rupert l. CortyiSat. associate
professor Of speech at Wayne Uni
versity. win discuss The How and
When Of Applied Safety"
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Gunner Rob
Victim of $3.50

Police today are seeking two men
who held up and robbed Henry
Reifenburgh, $50 Vinewood, as he
left local bar Friday.
Reifenburgh told police that the
men forced him to hand over $3.50
he carried in his pocket, threaten
ing him with a nickel-plated gun
The hold-up artists were described
as about Is years old and wore dark
clothing.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
NeW Basement
Manager For
Federal Store

Martin Cole, former staff ser
geant with the Army Air Forces in
the Pacific. will return to his post
as basement manager at Federal
Department store here today. He
will replace Joseph Brown who will
become assistant manager of the
Vernon highway Federal store, De-
troit.
Mr.. Cole acted as basemen man
ager before his entrance into the
service.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Faces Circuit
Court Trial

Donald Burch, Belleville, charged
with statutory rape. was bound
over to circuit court for trial fol-
lowing his examination in justice
court before Judge Arthur Decker,
Thursday. Bond, which was set at
5000 at the time of his arraign-
ment, was raised to- $4,000.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

BOYS GIRLS MAKE
BIG MONEY DELIVERING wy
ANDOTTE NEWS HERALD MON
DAYS AND THURSDAYS. a FEW
GOOD BOUTS ARE OPEN NOW
EONUS. INQUIRE AT NEWS
HERALD OFFICE
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

BEN PSON HAS GONE
NUTS. HE'S STILL PAYING WAR
PRICES FOR JALOPIES. COME
GET HIS MONEY. 21s SYCA-
MORE, Wyandotte. Phone 1888. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
by
strauss
santZ
A Medal For Mary!
AND ANOTHER for Bartleyl


Not another column not an
other news story no, nothing
since the Grant took Richmond has
made az much fur fly as that
column WRONG NUMBER
PLEASE.
The repairmen at Michigan Bel
have been busy ever since
putting together the wires that
melted from the explosion.
Nh circulation figures jumped
so high the rotary press had to have
another squirt Of oil. Stockholders
called a meeting and began
rubbing their hands together.
Everybody was happy except
Mary ard her hello girls. They
we're scorched. They we're burned
They were mortified.
Practical jokers can't do this to
usl"
'Kibitzers should have their heads
examined"
Our work Is touch enough with
out finaglers making life miser-
ablel"
Mary doesn't deserve rough
handling like this!"
"A medal for Mary. We'd go to
he'll on horseback for Mary"
That's what the hello girls said
about their boss :. Chief Operator
Mary Deichelbohrer. 1t wouldn' I
sound good In a family newspaper
what they said about the make-life-
miserable-crowd >. who send taxis
on false runs =. promise chickens
that never laid an egg =. promise
coal TO people who are freezing
when the coal belongs to Eberts
Bros. The ribbers enjoy being or
the business end of a wrong num-
Der. It's fun to WOO someone else's
wife when between there's g
long wire.
The hello girls might have
laughed and said. $50 what" But
they were burned to FRAGILE upor
reading In print the antics of the
rib-artists. With or without wrone
numbers the phone company is then
pride and Joy. Mary Deichelbohrel
il their goddess.
They were cut to the quick. Mich
igan Bell execs were elated.
This was labors greatest compli-
ment. To rally round the company
and the bosses in this day and agt
isn't supposed to happen. Today!
motto is: To hell with the com
pany. Let 'em stew in their owl
juice.
wilfred BARLEY and Mary Del.
chelbohrer are blessed with better
fortune. They found that out wher
the rib-crowd went into the mon
key business. When the top execu'
tives of Michigan Bell learned th'
reaction it was like a silver lining
stitched beneath dark labor clouds
How many companies can boast o
loyalty such as this? Mary's stool
went sky-high. Bart was pleased a.
punch. They always thought they
had a great bunch working FOL
them. Now they were sure.
A week from now the memory o
that column will be colder than {
frozen fish but its reaction a.
Michigan Bell will linger long IL
the minds Of other company execu
tives who might wonder how the!
rate when the chips are down.
WRONG NUMBER. PLEASE wa
q bitter pill for our Chief Operatol
but when the smoke died ava,
there It was. plain to see A
MEDAL FOR MARY.
SEE YOU ct coffee time.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

BOYS GIRLS :. MAKE
BIG MONEY DELIVERING Wy
ANDOTTE NEWS HERALD MGsN
DAYS AyD THURSDAYS. a FEW
GOOD ROIITES ARE OPEN NOW
BONUS. INQUIRE AT NEWS
HERALD OFFICE.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Ask German Occupation Through I94

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s-Wg-The department
asked War continue handling administration
occupied Germany
today.
paper transfer" of authority still take place this
War will find il diff
impossible withdraw q wholly policing job.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

SIMPSON WILL PAY YOU
MORE THAN EVEN YOU THINK
YOUR CAR IS WORTH. 21s sYC-
MORE. Wyandotte. Phone zf3s. adv.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

WASHINGTON JAM zs.-UF-Ralph II. LAYERS. American
Legion Employment Division director said last night the
Army and Navy discriminating against
world in their civilian employment policies
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
LATE BULLETINS
Subsidies to Tn Birth Rate?

WASHINGTON Jan. 2s-W.p-A spokesman for the Ameri-
enec proposed today that the sub
the countYs brighter young and
reproduce their kind.
managing editor of the associations Journal
of HeredY said showed that the better educated
and women producing fewer and fewer children.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Strikers ThrO,U Case Before NLRB

DETROIT 2s.-UH-CIO United Workers. granted
Is by Ford ChrYsler take
68daYold strike against General Motors before National
Labor Relations Board examiner today.
Walter Reuher union straegisi will appear before NLRB
Gerald D. Reilly the JAW charges
labor practices He said last night the JAW would insist
ia per 1914 cents hour raise from GIN.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

OLD HOMESTEAD IS a GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE ADV.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
Security Council On the Spot TOda,

LONDON. Jan. 2s-Up-The UNo Security Council faces
todaY-the Iranian Russian
British controversies alleged threats world
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

SEE YOU at coffee time.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28

Official Newspaper of the City and Board
of Education of the City of Wyandotte
Published Every Monday and Thursday
Controlled Circulation - 13,600
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-28
TODAY'S WEATHER:

Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Some
warmer tonight Tuesday not much change
in temperature. Lowest tonight about 26.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-12

ity is stronger than those of the
other minority parties.
This is what happened:
The Popular party controlled "a
of the SO seats in both Senate and
House. 1t elected several assem-
blymen strongly in favor of in
dependence, but the executive
body of the party decreed that
none of its members could belong
OF any organization supporting
independence and to the party at
the same time.
The three legislators belonged
to the Congress of Puerto Rican
independence, a non-partiSan Or
ganization ardently in favor of
liberation. When the alternatives
were put up to them, they resign
ed from the party, joined the new
independence party but did not
resign their seats in the legiSla-
ture.
Washington officials who deal
with Puerto Rican affairs feel
that the United States may be
embarrassed if the independence
movement takes control of the
island government.
u. S. Relies On Marin
Meanwhile they are relying on
Luis Munoz Marin, Senate presi-
dent and leader of the Popular
party who has advised the people
that the new party will create
problems to the United States in
its international relations.
He has told the people that the
islands political future is the ex-
elusive problem of the United
States and Puerto Rico and that
it will be up to him and his party
to solve the problem when the
time comes.
Puerto Rico got its first native
governor in $50 years of Spanish
and American colonial rule last
August. This step, the people were
told, was in line with both the
Popular party's and the federal
administrations policies toward
Self-goVernment.
Independentistas, however, have
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1946-12-12
IDEA GETS $50 HAT

CHICAGO. - Last fall Mrs.
Mildred Franks, AZ, shot pleas.
ant and, with uncanny foresight,
saved the feathers until last
week. Then she made hat,
fashioning it with the feathers
from the pheasant, and had hat.
which, she estimates, would have
cost her around $50 if she had
bought it in a store.