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THE WYANDOTTE NEWS - HFRALD PAGE FOUR flenney at Shoemaker SHOEMAKER. Calif —Robert Ed win Henney, Seaman. First Class. USNR, 21. son of Mr. and Mrs. Or ville Henney, of 473 Kings highway. Wyandotte, has arrived at the world* largest naval receiving sta tion. a unit of the U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center, CASH BljMwO 56 "number $ l3O 1.0.0. F. HALL TRENTON EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT 8 O’CLOCK * DOWN RIVER’S • j LEADING THEATRES j FREEPARKING WYANDOTTE • MAJESTIC • RIALTO 2 BIG LOTS FIRST at OAK ST. TRENTON w* NEXT TO THEATRE I* WYANDOTTE Open Mon. - Fri. 6:15 Sat.. Sun. and Holidays. 12:15 ■ Phone W ? 2066 Ends Tonile First at Elm Edw. G. Robinson in "The Woman At The Window” "The Very Thought Os You” with-Dennis Morgan _____ _________*________ m ———— _______ TUES. —WED.—THURS. Suspense and Action 'V* • • xW* “-v - ■ •' M t ffjj Flash! News Highlights on Screen "What You Read in the Paper Tomorrow. You Can See On Our Screen Today!" LATE SHOW EVERY SAT. NITE FROM 10 P.M. * as * *oo*o 0&0'0m*0e0 0 0-0 0 0 00* * KUAI.TO * Open Mon. • Fri. 6:15 Sat.. Sun. and Holidays. 12:15 Phone Wy. 0117 HURRY! LAST 4 DAYS bing crosby /JrjprS BETTY KUnON C "JSCW SONNY TUFTS ( i MAJESTIC * Open Mon.-Fri.. B:oo—Sat.. 5 p.m., Sun. and Holidays, 12:45 Phon. v/y. 0042 Ends Jonite 3361 Biddle Virginia Grey in "BLONDE RANSOM" Gene Autry In "RED RIVER VALLEY" TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY E D EE f DISHES TO THE LADIES * E D E E f rrVEE. EVERY TUES. WED., THURS. "IXCE. ON OUR SCREEN * TRENTO* * ALWAYS TWO FEATURES AFTER 9:00 P. M. Box Office Open Daily 6:30 p. m.—Sat.. Sun., Holidays 12:30 M tt E^PAy nd Keys of the Kingdom' T SXTwZIu WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY THAT t-TTROXE POWER ~t NIGHT r-T, feSEJE HERNETjfI » »_ ED EE DISHES TO TOE LADIES F!DCC ri\CC Every TUES. WED. THURS. ' * KCE MONDAY, AUGUST 6. 1945 i for reclassification and further as signment. Henney, who has been in the Navy for two years, wears the American Area and European- African-Middle. Eastern Area serv ice ribbons for his duties aboard a destroyer escort. BLY WAR BONDS 2938 Biddle STARTING FRIDAY! CKIATIST MU Os OJt THAI ' %_ FOR WNOML | THE BELL TOLLS I * COOPER • ***** BERGMAN <4 s.- '• [o]3 11T2 • 4 7 ‘ nHK • • •' N,y _ - p+y •' if*- '’im' ?KNW' a One of the world's foremost magicians. Wlad. Koiowicz. will be presented in an International Mystery show, at Mt. Carmel on Thursday. August 9 for one day only. Kotowicz. who escaoed from the Nazis and was wounded three times in the present war. is pictured above goinq through with his famous "Maqic Bar” trick which has baffled audiences all over the worM. J OPEN EVERY DAY INCLUDING SUNDAY FOItItIOAA 'S FAFF PLUM AT THIRD NEAR BIDDLE SCHROEDER’S AIR COOLED Enjoy Yourself . . . -f * n a^r cooled comfort, amid //***%/C§ pleasant surroundings. /■ Here at Schroeder s ' v° u can en *°^ Meni n finest drinks, the SCHROEDER'S BAR 2922 BIDDLE AVENUE (Closed Sundays and Mondays) PLAY . . . WHERE IT'S COOL WE HAVE LARGE FANS Every MONDAY and THURSDAY at 8:00 P. M. Given By The MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART Kossuth Hall Forest and Fifth Sts. S2OO JACKPOT ON MONDAY S2OO JACKPOT ON THURSDAY Double Money Paid on Door Tickets! From the proceeds of these Bingos we have sen? over 8900 cartons ot cigarettes to our men in the service ra \^&, s"\>^B BLANKETS \* . DRAPES N^^gP 1^ SPECIAL! I Endinq DRAPES 7.«>c up | 1■ M W 1 I | 1 | 1 I IN MYSTERY SHOW FISH DINNERS • SERVED DAILY • Tuesday's Special HOT DOGS and SAUERKRAUT DINNER BOILED DlNNEßS—Wednesday IRISH STEW-Thursday Bring the Whole Family tor One of These Delicious Treats! P 1.514 Allen RdLj| U 2748 West Jefferson. 3 Trenton On and On They Go. . . Returns To Base Thomas Frederick Karbosky, son of Mrs. Helen MacDonald of 19120 Telegraph road, has returned to his base after spending a 15-day furlough with his family. An infantryman, Karbosky left for Robins Field in Georgia where he is taking a course in Medics. Besides his mother, Thomas has two sisters, Dorothy and Elaine. His stepfather is Edward MacDonald of the Wyandotte Police Depart ment. C'orp. Adams Home Home for 31 days from the E.T.O. is Corporal Thomas J. Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Adams of 2468 Twenty-second street. Corporal Adams spent six months in Africa and a year and a half in Italy with a medical detachment of the 15th Airforce before he arrived in Wyandotte on Tuesday. Several parties have been given for him since his return. He will report to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the end of his fur lough for further duty. Receives Bronze Star WITH THE FIFTH ARMY, Italy —Private First Class Anthony P. Pomnichowski of Wyandotte, re cently was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic achievement in action in Italy and also re cently was awarded the Medical Badge in recognition of his having daily shared with the doughboys the hazards and hardships of com bat w’hile serving with an infan try unit on the Fifth Army front during the Italian campaign. The badge is an oval silver wreath across is a litter. A eaduceus and the Geneva Cross are superimposed. It is worn above dec orations and service ribbons on the left breast. Pomnichowski is a medical aid man with the 338th Infantry Regi ment of the 85th '‘Custer" Division. He is the son of Mrs. Katherine Pomnichowski, 2408 Twelfth street, Wyandotte. Campfire Girls (Continued from Page 2> Hierlihv, Jo Ann Korn and Joan Simmons. BLUE BIRD HONORS Second lear Honors Aileen Walker, Jeanine Truesdell, Marilyn Rushlow, Loretta Sula, Nancy Drum, Arlene Mills. Third Year Honors—Judith Korn. MAIN CHARACTERS IN THE PAGEANT AT COUNCIL FIRE The following are the names of those taking main parts in the Council Fire: ' Indian Chief—Juanita Schieber. Fren h Mayor—Joyce Hierlihy. French and Indian W’omen—Phy lis Baldwin, Rosemary Schieber, Veronica Sula, Nancy Schave. Mur iel Redman. Norma Matejoski, Leo na Shephard. French and Indian Children— Harriet Sisneros, Margaret Sisneros, Louarrn Miles, Barbara Duperron. Mildred Kurepa. Marjorie Laemmel, Marion Morcha. Indian Brave—Sara Brodie. Indian Maiden—Eunice Smith. “Burn. Fire, Burn” Dance—Gloria Perry, Delores Coon, Delores Woj no, Eleanor Spas, Maryann Shonk, Pauline Schultz, Janet Boggs, Dana Putz, Sally Aflholter, Joanne Rusche. Ilene Brickev, Eileen Don nelly, Roseanne Mauren, Barbara Beecher. Indian Dance —Marie Hamer, Ja net Sinclair. Noreen Livemois. The resa Matulewicz, Phoebe Beaker, Geraldine Arnold, Gloria Sokolow ski, Bernadete Diegel, Mary Ann Yops, Lcnore Krause, Nancy Man nausa. SPECIAL HONORS Mrs. Ray Seavitts Camp F'ire Group of Ecorse gained top honors for the Camp Fire Group having the largest attendance at Day Camp. Special Honors also were awarded i to Mrs. O. Truesdell. Mrs. Charlene Schieber, Mrs. Ed Walker, of Wy andotte and Mrs. Ray Seavitt and Mrs. Elizabeth Counter for a per fect attendance as Helpers and Mrs. Edw. Affholter as assistant director, and Mrs. James DeMaggio as fin ancial secretary. Morris Birnbaum FOREST and NINTH STREETS WE PURCHASE 1 ALL GRADES OF I SCRAP IRON I and METAL I I • PHONE 0240 « LEDBETTER RETURNS WITH PATTON UNIT Cpl. Paul M. Ledbetter, of 935 Fort street, is a member of (ha 80th Tank Destroyer Battalion returning to the United States with a remarkable record of 225 consec utive days “on the line.” This famous spearheading TD battalion destroyed 33 German tanks and self-propelled guns, knocked out 157 pillboxes and 61 observation posts, captured 3,b64 of the enemy and handled the sur render of thousands in pacing the history-making Patton drives. The TD c cracked the Siegfried Line at Echtemach, Luxembouig, crossed the Rhine at St. Goar, con veyed Major General Stanley E. Reinhart of the 65tli Division to Regensburg to nego Jate the sur render of th it scour Nazi gnrrson. Their final missions were on the Enn River. Malinowski At Camp New York ASSEMBLY AREA COMMAND, FYance—Pfc. Edward A. Malinow ski, 2071 F'ifth street. Wyandotte, a Clerk wih the 19th Air Depot Group of the Ninth Air Force, is now at Camp New York, of the Assembly Area Command undergo ing processing for redeployment to the Pacific, through he United States. While at Camp New York, one of 17 similar redeployment camps of the Assembly Area Command lo cated near Reims. France, Pfc Mal inowski received a complete physical examination and had his service records and his adjusted service rating score brought up to date. Pfc. Malinowski has the follow ing decorations, including battle stars: EAME Ribbon, Combat Inf Badge, Good Conduct Medal, two Battle Stars. DO NOT LET TIRED ACHING FEET SLOW YOU DOWN See ANSPACH 10421 W. Jefferson Smargon Bldg., River Rouge Hours: 1 to 9 p.m.—VJ. 1-5810 # «L Quality Cleaning Looking smart is more a mat ter of clothes care than many clothes ... you have learned that from wartime necessity. After-war you’ll j make the most of this en lightening experience! </}«& DOWN RIVER'S LARGEST and FINEST CLEANERS WYANDOTTE Main Office and Plant 139 Maple Street Phone 0255 West Side 1010 West Oak TRENTON l West Jefferson and West Road TRENTON 0480 | STRUCTURAL STEEL PIPE and MACHINERY rsick Strok wttn Engineers At Kunming, CUiiw , Supply Service T/5 Nick Strok, 1200 Oak street, with the Engineers in Cl*na, is among the representatives of 40 states which handle supplies fcr ihe American forces in China and supply is a big job say Headquar tcis Services of Supply, Kunming, China I't find ways and means of brea.:- in the Japanese blockade against China, to get supplies to lighting Chinese forces, and to ad wnere possible in correcting maladjust ments of civilian economy of a re - ugee people—these wer? objective., of original US military missions to China. SUPPLIES FLOW IN Today supplies are flowing in Eighty per cent of this volume Hows through a Base General De pot in this area. When thr big story of China is written it will have to include the tremendous job of much accomplished will so little by the depot. There's not i.iuci. glamor. Depot operation is hard, routine work for laboring Gls and plenty A paper work for staf f . The Base General Depot greA from a small Advance Section de pot, suffered growing pains, but came into its own with formation of the China Theater and the in creased tonnage resulting from more and larger planes over tne “hump", opening of Stilwei. road, and construction of India-China pipeline. The depot now has more than 90 warehouses to handle its wide variety of supplies. WALK 24 HOURS A DAY All types of tonnage now com.nc into China, with exception of Air Corps technical supplies, are han dled by the Ease General where they are stocked for issue through advanced depots to using American and Chinese units in the field. Supplies are given a priority WASHERS IMMEDIATE SERVICE Complete Washer Rebuilding While Wringer Rolls Washer Motors Exchanged PICK UP and DELIVERY ALL WORK GUARANTEED LANDRiTHS 13715 SYCAMORE near Dix Road Phone Wyandotte 1075 W Yol>, TOO, SHOULD CALL tWyn. 4650 BETTER DRY CLEANING the SWING IS TO * MURRAY Iji CLEANERS 1517 EUREKA 48-HOUR SERVICE ON CLEANING and PRESSING S CASH HI AGO H Every Wednesday Nite at 8 P.M. Kossuth's Hull FOREST at FIFTH WYANDOTTE 15 GAMES 50c—55.00 FIRST PRIZE—S3.OO SECOND PRIZE S2OO JACKPOT EVERY WEDNESDAY NITE IN 55 NUMBERS OR LESS 3 CASH DOOR PRIZES! Sponsored by DOWN RIVER MARINE CORPS LEAGUE BENEFIT OF OUR SERVICEMEN DIRECT from EUROPE WARSAW - ROME - PARIS - SHANGHAI - LONDON ONE DAY ONLY THURSDAY, AUG. 9 8:15 P. M. OUR LADY of MT. CARMEL AUDITORIUM 10th AT SUPERIOR ADMISSION SI.OO plus itx; Children Vi Price Worlds Foremost Magician Wlad. Kotowicz W AND 37 36* TRICK S E 3 Kotowicz was a victim of Nazi's tyranny Escaped from Gestapo and wounded three times in the present war. PRESENTS VERSION AND VISION (Not Movies) OF MYSTERIES WHICH BAFFLED MANKIND THROUGHOUT CENTURIES! 2.500 LAUGHS AND THRILLS IN Stt HOURS OF SHOW for movement based or tactical Sit uation. The depot works 24 s a day to minimize turnaround time for vitally needed cargo plants. Other kinds of transportation are used—rail, motor truck, water ana pony cart fleets —to haul supplies. Chinese and American soidiei> work hand in hand on the big joo Technically trained units inc.u'l ing Quartermaster, Transportation. Engineer, Ordnance, Signal, Chem ical Warfare and Medical supply sections handle the supplies through the depot. Urban on U.S.S. West Virginia ABOARD THE USS WEST VIR GINIA IN THE WESTERN PACI FIC—Edward A. Urban, electrician s mate, third class, USNR, whose w.fe lives at 1030 Arch street, Wyan dotte. fought at Okinawa aboard this venerable man o’ war. the onlv battleship which has taken part in every major landing operation in the Pacific in the last six months. Blasted at Pearl Harbor by two bombs and at least six torpedors the old battleship was resurrected and repaired, then joined the fight against the Japs with a vigor that has won her a reputation as the “one ship task force.” In the last year and a half the WEST VIRGINIA has fired more than 3.000 rounds from her new 16-inch rifles, nearly 30.000 rounds from her secondary batteries and more than 200.000 bullets from her automatic weapons, a total of 5.500 tons of ammunition. The WEST VIRGINIA made her first combat strike by leading a col umn of fire support units into Leyte Gulf, flying the same colors she flew when she was damaged at Pearl Harbor. She poured salvo after salvo into the Jap lines, inter rupting the bombardment to splash her first plane. \ *t**^^^\