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• HARRY WHITLOW . . . News-
Herald sports writer . . . turned
forty last Friday. Shame on us for
roasting him so much. All the time
we thought it was mental. Now we
know . . . it’s old age.
We shoulda known he was no
chicken. With trees you count the
rings. With Whitlow the forty hairs
are a dead give away.
• • •
Aside To Targonski
YOU COULDA had the dog catch
er’s job without a recount. Don’t
spend any of your legislature sal
ary. There ain’t no Santa Claus!
• • »
The Fox
HE WENT MEEKLY to the cigar
counter of a Biddle avenue store
. . . and got the usual. “No Cig
arettes.” But instead of walking out
he quietly hid himself behind a
display case and waited.
He was there sixty seconds when
another gent waltzed up to the cig
arette gal and sang out, “Make
mine Luckies.”
Bang . . . there was an explo
sion. The fag famined guy let out
a curdling yell. “See. See. You had
’em all the time. What’s that guy
got that I haven’t got?” screamed
the spumed one.
Watching from a distance we ex
pected the startled miss to fall right
through the floor. She had been
foxed . . . but good.
But the pint sized brunette gulped
twice . . . then without batting an
eye she quipped, “D’ya want me to
tell ya now, brother.”
• • •
Backet Os The Week
THIJ DETROIT furniture store
that will give you a full carton of
cigs . . . ‘With A Purchase Os $25
Or More.”
• • •
For Typewriter Pushers
THE PHILLY RECORD ... for
the second winter ... is distribut
ing free to its employees a cold pre
ventative which they say gives
85.92 per cent protection. It's called
Oravox.
• • •
Store Scene
TEARS streamed down her face.
Bhe was crying . . . crying with
joy ... as she wrung the proprie
tor's hands.
When Harry Paskowitz closed his
ttore Wednesday he found a brown
taper bag on the floor . . . that
had been swept into a comer. In
pide that bag he found two hundred
dollars.
Thursday noon a little old lady
same into Harry’s and quietly asked,
*1 don’t think I dropped it here
. . . but I’ve looked everywhere
£lse. You didn't by any chance find
$, paper bag with ...”
And then she was crying . . .
Bnd wringing Harry's hands . . .
and embarrassing the guy all over
She place.
• • •
Political Scene
WHEN THE PAC meets Thurs
day, Sydney Hillman will bow out
as chairman . . . and anew head
• . • outside of the labor movement
• . . may be chosen to keep the
organization alive. PAC will not be
disbanded as intimated by Hillman
last week.
(Continued on Page 8)
TRENTON SOLDIER
RETURNS TO STATES
Private Charles E. Lorenz, Army
Infantry, injured in action in
France, returned to the United
States on the U. S. Hospital ship,
Saint Mihiele this month. He is
temporarily being treated at Stark
General hospital. Charleston, 8. C.,
prior to being transferred to anoth
er Army hospital for definite treat
ment.
The son of Mrs. Kate Brimmer
21805 Gudlth road, TrentOn, he had
been overseas eight months. He
holds the good conduct medal, and
the European Theatre of Operations
and American Defense ribbons.
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Tough Guys From Cleveland
Wreck Matt’s Tavern Friday
Shades of the wild and wooly
west were enacted Friday night in
a Wyandotte barroom when three
strangers from Cleveland proceeded
j to tear the place apart. The tough
J hombres were deck hands from a
| freighter which had docked at the
1 foot of Pine street.
What caused the hrawl got lost
amid the debris of broken chairs,
tables and whiskey bottles but when
the smoke cleared away the police
were there to arrest Harry Segwich,
James Helley and Frank Graffner,
all from Cleveland, the friendly
city across the lake.
Matt’s Bar, 3355 Biddle avenue,
was the place chosen by the deck
hands for their free-for-all.
Judge Arthur Decker had the last
word and soaked them $139.10 for
damages to the tavern. It was not
disclosed what the ten cents was
for but a witness insisted that it
covered the price of a glass of beer
tipped out of the hands of an inno
cent bystander.
Thieves Make
Rounds; Break
Into Four Places
Thieves were kept busy Friday
night breaking into three business
places and attempting to gain en
trance into another. No arrests have
been made.
The American Express Company
reported that someone broke down
their front door and entered the
office to steal some guns and S6O
in cash. At the Eureka Auto Sup
ply Cos. an undetermined amount
of money was taken plus a consider
able supply of gas coupons.
Another store on Elm street re
ported that S2O was taken from the
cash register. Entrance was gained
through a basement window.
At the Fotfora Market, 1704 Oak
ihe* thieves were apparently
frightened away before they could
complete the Job of breaking down
the front door.
Send Overseas
Cards First Class
All Christmas and New Year’s
greeting cards for soldiers having
overseas addresses must be mailed
at the first class rate of 3c per
ounce, Postmaster Adam Przyby
lski, announced today.
Air mail 'for overseas is limited
to two ounces at the 6 cent rate. It
is permissable to enclose letters with
greeting cards sent at the first class
or air mail rate, the Postmaster said.
There has been a misunderstand
ing by persons desiring to mail par
cels to Italy. Parcels may be sent
only to the following cities: Rome,
Naples, Vatican City and Palermo.
The means the city of Palermo an£
not the Province of Palermo.
Michigan Mirror
“The one*«nan grand jury sys
tem, as authorized by the Michigan
legislature in 1916, constitutes a
powerful and effective weapon for
prevention of corruption in govern
ment. If the grand Jury is not ham
pered by restrictions as to adequate
funds, sufficient time and utmost
secrecy, it will achieve results where
other methods fail.”
Senator Homer Ferguson, who
spoke these words in a personal in
terview, ought to know.
As Detroit’s famed racket buster
who obtained the indictment and
conviction of approximately 150 per
sons a few years ago, including
such top public officials as a mayor,
police superintendent, prosecuting
attorney and sheriff—the law en
forcement machinery itself! —he has
had considerable first-hand exper
ience in the operation of a one
man grand jury.
Join us at the breakfast table, as
Senator .Ferguson discusses the
subject.
• • •
"It took three years' time to get
all the evidence necessary to bring
the grafters to trial in Wayne coun-
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PUBLISHED Every MONDAY and THURSDAY
IS WINNER ON RECHECK
Three Listed This
Week as Casualties
Three Wyandotte men were listed
among the casualties this week in
a report by the Army. Two o£ the
men were killed in action in France
and the other was announced as
missing following fighting in Italy
on September 24.
Private Vito Biondo, husband of
Mrs. Nancy G. Biondo, 1159 Third
street, and Pfc. Joseph P. Jakubiak,
son of Mrs. A. Jakubiak, 2332 Eighth
street, were killed in France.
Listed as missing is Pvt. Jerome
Olszewski, son of Mrs. Rose Mas
song. 2501 Cora. He has been in
service since August 1943 and has
been overseas since February. A
brother, John, Navy Motor Machin
ist’s Mate, took part in the invasion
of Leyte in the Philippines. »
Ex-Councilman Loses
80 Pieces Os Silver
The home of ex-councilman
George Behm was ransacked Satur
day. Gaining entrant* through *
rear window the thieves searched
through the house till they discov
ered a box containing 80 sliver dol
lars. Besides these they departed
with two diamond rings valued at
$450.
Behm lives at 51 Emmons Cos.
Police report finding the empty box
in a nearly field.
Fine Drivers for
Dropping Carbide Waste
Waste from the National Carbide
Cos. 1s still being spilled on the
streets of Wyandotte by haul-away
trucks and the police continue to
follow right behind and pass out
violation tickets.
Latest to pay $5 fines for mess
ing up the streets were Edward
Carroll, Earl Drake and Horace Fer
ris, drivers of the Sabadash com
pany who have contracted to re
move the waste material from the
National Carbide Cos.
ty,” said the senator. The interview
took place at the Detroit Golf club,
off Palmer road. It was Saturday
morning, about 9 o’clock, when we
sat down for eggs and coffee. 9
“The public must be patient,” he
continued. “A successful investiga
tion takes time.
“In the first place, you must have
adequate funds at your disposal,
and you must be trusted to use the
money properly pending final ac
counting when the task is finished.
My disbursements in Detroit were
counter-signed by Chester P.
O’Hara, chief attorney.
“Second, you must get the best
talent available. I hired fifteen
young attorneys, each man anxious
to make a name for himself, for $1
a year. O’Hara did a brilliant job.
All members of my staff worked
without stint and they deserve hon
est praise. I tried to get Purvis as
my chief investigator, and offered
him $30,000 a year to come to De
troit. I went to New York to con
sult with Thomas Dewey, then a
successful prosecutor in graft cases.
• • •
"You can’t reveal who you are
hiring as investigators, for all tes
timony must be received in utmost
secrecy. Your personal convictions
don’t mean a thing until you get
Publish Tuesday During
Thanksgiving Week
In n, move to conserve vital
newsprint The Wyandotte News-
Herald will publish one edition
during Thanksgiving week. This
edition will appear Tuesday, No
vember 21:
Deadline for editorial copy will
be noon on Monday. Classified
advertising will be taken up to
6 p.m. on that day.
WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1944
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Charles A. Block, Republican, was named as Stale Representa
tive as a result of an unofficial recheck held this morning.
Brothers In Service Miss First Meeting
In Three Years By Several Hours
Wyandotte Pianist
Will Give Concert ••
Leone Hahnke, pianist, will be
presented in a concert tonight at
the Detroit Institute of Arts. The
concert will begin at 8:30 pm. in
the lecture hall.
A member of the faculty of the
Wyandotte Conservatory of Music.
Miss Hahnke is also director of the
Grosse Pointe School of Music.
She has studied in Europe with
Artur Schnabel and Winifred Wolf,
and with Jose Iturbi in this country.
Miss * Hahnke made her debut in
Potsdam in Marmour Palace.
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
IS CHARGED
Police Saturday arrested Art Wil
lis, 41, from Marine City after he
knocked the teeth out of Philip
Rushlow in a local drug store.
Willis, a member of the U. S. En
gineers, is held on a disorderly
charge.
Rushlow. who is 15, lives at 2424
Fifth street.
the actual proof itself. And that
takes time.
“You must have new quarters.
For if witnesses are seen, others
will know how close you may be to
a solution. I have taken testimony
in taxi cabs, private homes, hotel
rooms and almost any place except
my own offices.
“The one-man grand jury is just
that. For example, there was the
Herman Gardens housing case. We
worked five or six months without
even cracking the case. Suddenly
a casual remark by one suspect led
to the first definite evidence of
wrongdoing. The pay-off man, the
connecting link in the conspiracy,
received immunity after I had taken
him to Chicago to obtain the evi
dence. Thaee city councilmen were
indicted and convicted. But it took
a year to solve this case—don’t for
get that.”
•
Senator Ferguson spoke with
firmness. He fairly snapped the
words out, giving them added em
phasis. Mops of his white hair tum
bled over his forehead in attractive
disarray. The effect, a bit pictur
esque, reminded us of the late Wen
dell L. Willkie.
OLD HOMESTFAD IS A GOOD
PLACE TO LIVE. adv.
* Arriving home on a 21-day fur
lough from overseas, Thursday,
Staff Sergeant Walter Spence
missed seeing hi* ; brother, Ray,,
Gunner’s Mate 2-c he had
not seen in nearly three yean, by
a matter of hours. Ray returned to
his New York base Thursday after
spending a leave here.
Staff Sergeant Spence has been
overseas for two and half yean,
serving with a medical detachment
on New Guinea. He was with a
Red Arrow Division medical collec
tion station, where first-aid was
given to wounded soldiers immedi
ately as they were brought back
from the front.
A former News-Herald employe,
Spence has been in the Army for
four years, receiving training at
Camp Livingston and Fort Devans
before going overseas. He will report
to a Miami, Florida, redistribution
center at the completion of his fur
lough.
Two other brothers are also in the
armed forces. Edw’ard, Sl-c, is with
the Navy and Bill is an Army Pri
vate First Class.
“Now this matter of granting im
munity to a key witness is impor
tant. Immunity is essential to suc
cess of the one-man grand jury.
The law says that a man does not
have to testify against himself.
It is his constitutional right to re
fuse to answer any questions that
may tend to incriminate hmself. -
“In bribery cases all parties are
equally involved as to guilt. Because
of the individual’s constitutional
protection, the state is helpless to
get testimony in such cases. This
situation is remedied when the judge
issues a written order commanding
the witness to answer questions and
granting him legal immunity from
prosecution. Then if the witness
refuses to answer questions, he can
be held guilty of contempt of court.
• • •
"Now you can’t give immunity to
everybody. The witness must be an
important link in the crime. Usually
he is one of the biggest rogues. In
granting immunity the judge must
decide whether to grant it to a pub
lic official or a private citizen. I
always felt that the official was
the worst criminal of the two, for
he had volated his sacred oath of
office. I would rather grant im
munity to a private citizen. f
“This weapon of immunity is the
only way to solve conspiracies
Father Os Editor
Dies In California
Heart Attack Is Fatal
To Earl R. Preston
Earl R. Preston, father of B§tty
Preston, news editor of the Wyan
dote News-Herald, died at Glendale,
California, Friday night, following
a heart attack.
He formerly operated a large dairy
farm at Petoskey and managed the
Petoskey, Bay View and Blks clubs.
He was widely known in fraternal
and social associations.
Surviving are his wife, Lily, and
daughter, Betty.
Miss Preston left Saturday for
Petoskey where services will be held
this w r eek.
Record Number of
Hunters Seek Deer
Two-Week Season
Will Open Wednesday
LANSING, Nov. 13. A record
number of hunters may seek deer
in Michigan during the regular gun
season November 15-30.
Conservation department game
men say there are ample indications
that more licenses will be sold this
year than during the previous rec
ord season of 1941 when approxi
mately 227,000 hunters were in the
woods. The 1943 license sale approx
imated 217,000.
All reservations for the week pre
ceding the season on the ferry from
Frankfort to Manistique and Me
nominee in the upper peninsula
were engaged weeks ago. The state
highway department will operate all
available ferries across the Straits.
Conservation department district
officers are making intensive can
vasses of homes and resorts that
can provide lodgings. Inquiries from
outktate are being received in larger
numbers.
One of every three hunters got
his deer last season in Michigan.
The department says that the deer
herd should provide equally good
hunting later this month. The herd
came through the 1943-44 winter
in good shape.
Hazel Park Papers
Involved in Suit
Concluding a trail that opened
four weeks ago on charges of slan
der, a Circuit Court jury at Pon
tiac awarded the Herald Review,
Inc. of Hazel Park, $3,500 damages.
The charges were based on state
ments printed in the Palladium dur
ing an election campaign last
March.
The Herald Review was awarded
$2,500 from Clarence B. Keister and
the Hazel Park Palladium, and
SI,OOO from Benjamin Walton, Ha
zel Park city commission.
which involve many persons. It is
society's best protection against po
tential corruption in government.
For the question before public of
ficials is always this: Which one
of us may get immunity? Not know
ing who may squeal, each official
is likely to remain honest.
“It is my personal conviction that
were it not for the device of im
munity for key witnesses, we would
have continual corruption in gov
ernment.
“Immunity polices your govern
ment. It allows conscience to assert
Itself, and conscience is a mighty
force for Justice. I have seen men
get down on their knees and pray
that they may be permitted to tell
the truth. The light of conscience
bums most brightly in hours of
darkness. The best testimony comes
at night.”
• • •
Senator Ferguson recalled how he
had to wait until 12:01 am. one
Monday to receive testimony, as the
law prohibits the taking of evidence
on Sunday. He merely engaged the
witness in conversation until the
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clock indicated at midnight the ar
rival of Monday.
“Again I want to emphasize it is
important for the grand jury to
have enough funds to do the job.
If you don’t do the job well, you
had better not try it at all.’*
As an illustration of the value of
the one-man grand jury to good
government, Senator Ferguson cited
the Michigan State Police and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“These agencies not only solve
crimes, they prevent crimes,” he
pointed out. “Thus they are well
worth their annual cost.
“The one-man grand Jury is a 24-
hour-a-day crusade in which life
itself may be at stake. My own life
was threatened repeatedly. But
crooks are cowards at heart, and I
knew it.”
As for the one-man grand jury
investigation at Lansing, Senator
Ferguson indicated he had been fol
lowing its progress through the
press. “These remarks of mine were
prompted by my own personal ex
perience as a one-man grand jury.
I feel definitely that the system it
self is sound. It is cheap insurance
for good government.*’
ODDFELLOWS FEATHER PAR
TY, THURS.. NOV. 16, 8 P.M.
L0.0.F. TEMPLE, 234 ELM. WY
ANDOTTE. adv.
Discover Error
In Tabulation
Gains 174 Votes In Wyandotte In Unofficial
Re-Tally Held This Morning
Charles Block, and not Victor Targonski, is the newly
elected member of the Michigan State House of Representa
tives from the Sixth District. This was disclosed this morning
through an unofficial recheck of the tabulation in the Citv
Hall. Block, a republican, gained 174 votes in Wyandotte
while Targonski’s tally remained the same.
Armed Forces
Claim Ten
From Wyandotte
Army Gets Six
and Navy Two
Ten Wyandotte draft registrants
from Wayne County Local Board
No. 58 were accepted Into the vari
ous branches of the armed forces.
Army
Henry Sobiech, 2750 Tenth.
Raymond W. Barr, 914 Maple.
Edward J. Wirtel, 2737 Tenth.
John Bartnicki. 4107 Eighth.
Robert L. O’Brien, 1858 Eighth.
Thaddeus Cieslak, 896 Superior.
‘ Navy
Joseph J. Usher, 223 Mulberry.
John Gishler, Jr., 304 Highland.
DIES ON WAY
TO HOSPITAL
Police were notified Thursday by
the Wyandotte General hospital
that William Selz, 68. 242 St. John!;
street, was brought to the hospital
in an ambulance and found to be
dead upon examination.
Police report that Selz lived with
Leo Brazenger who said that Selz
became ill after taking some med
icine which he had purchased in a
Wyandotte store. 4
The body has been removed to the
Wayne county morgue to await an
autopsy.
FINED FOR DRUNK DRIVING
For driving his car while under
the influence of liquor, John W.
Myers, 1107 Walnut street, was fined
SSO by Judge Arthur Decker, Fri
day. In addition he was placed on
a year’s probation and his opera
tor’s license was suspended for that
period.
STEAL CLOTHES FROM CAR
Breaking into a car parked on
Plum street Friday, someone re
moved $24 worth of clothing be
longing to Mrs. Pritchett, 2286 Ninth
street.
GAS TANK DRAINED
Steven O. Johnson, 23640 W. River
road, Grosse He, reported to the po
lice that the gas tank of his car
was drained Thursday night. The
car was parked on Biddle avenue.
by Gene Alleman
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* In the original count Democrat
Targonski was declared the winner
by 32 votes. First figures gave
Charles Block 12,878 votes against
12.910 for Targonski. These samp
figures showed that Block lost Wy
andotte by 1,932 votes but gained
back 1,900 of them in the township
tabulations, making him a loser by
32 votes.
The recheck shows that Block's
original Wyandotte vote of 5.660
should have been 5,834, a gain of
174 votes. Total tabulation which
is still unofficial shows that Block
won the Legislature race by 142.
His vote is tiow 13,052 against 12,-
910 for Targonski.
The Wyandotte News-Herald was
advised by City Hall officials Mon
day morning that this recheck la
still unofficial and a final an
nouncement must await the decision
of the Board of Canvassers.
Nurses Aide
Meeting Friday
A Nurses Aide meeting will b<
conducted Friday evening in tht
nurses home of the Wyandotte Gen
eral hospital.
As well as the general meeting,
, the evening's program will include
* graduation exercises for the most
recent class of nurses aides. The
meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m
All nurses aides are requested to
attend the affair. No further no
tice will be sent.
RECEIVE DEGREES
AT U. OF M. FRIDAY
Harvey Frank, 155 Cedar, was
gran led a Bachelor of Arts degree
by the Regents of the University
of Michigan on November 10. He 4s
a graduate of the College of Liter
ature, Science and the Arts.
Guy Henderson Oreutt, 2724 Van
Alstyne boulevard, was granted a
Doctor of Philosophy degree by the
regents of the University of Mich
igan Friday. He is a graduate of
the Horace H. Rackham school of
Graduate Studies.
BURNING BULB IGNITES COAL
An electric light left burning, and
covered with coal, ignited coal in the
bin at the Wyandotte Coca-Cola
plant Saturday mor\ing. The fir®
Was put out by men from Fire Sta
tion No. 2. No damage was re
ported.
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Wellington Howard, 1709 Oak
street, who has been associated
with Federal Stores for the past
three years, was recently
named manager of the Wyan
dotte Federal store. Before as
suming charge of the local
store, he was assistant manager
of the Grand River Federal
store.
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