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CITY OF WYANDOTTE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
(Continued from Page 18)
expert on drainage laws. Having
mentioned to them Section 11.138,
Subdivision 1, and the amendment
thereto, they are of the opinion
that there is merit to Mr. Rouse's
contention from the health stand
point.
From the facts presented to me,
our disposal plant is inadequate
when Drain No. 5 is at its full capa
city and if it overflows at the Ecorse
Bridge during flood times, allow
sewage to empty into the Ecorse
Creek, this in my opinion is a men
ace to health and a nuilsance that
may be abated.
The act provides that in cases
of this kind, the State Commissioner
of Health should be notified and if
he cannot correct the situation, the
matter should be brought to the
attention of the State Stream Con
trol Commission. I would suggest
that a commission be appointed to
meet with the Board of Supervisors
and the County Drain Commission
er for the purpose of working out a
solution to this problem and if they
fail to act, then to meet with the
State Health Commission and the
Stream Control Commission.
Yours truly,
Herbert P. Schendel,
City Attorney
Referred to Drain No. 5 Commit
tee.
Copy of minutes of meeting of
the Plumbing Board of the City
of Wyandotte, held August 27, 1945.
Received and placed on file.
Copy of minutes of meeting of
the Police and Fire Commission,
held August 27, 1945.
Received and placed on file.
Bills and Accounts.
Estimate of the City Engineer
No. 1, dated August 28. 1945. on
work completed on contract of the
city with Frisch Brothers, for pav
ing of alley between Eureka and
Sycamore—Biddle and Van Alstyne:
balance due this estimate $153530.
Referred to Council.
To the Honorable
Mayor and Councilmen
Gentlemen:
The following claims have been
examined, audited and found to be
correct. I therefore recommend that
they be approved and payment
made.
Respectfully submitted,
Ford Wagar,
City Clerk
Engineering News Record ..$ 5.00
Elliot Addressing Machine
Company 4 25
Eberts Brothers Company .. 607.19
Down River Letter Sendee .. 18 50
Harley Davidson Motorcycle
Company 12.01
Cities Service Oil Company 3.17
Morris Birnbaum 4058
William Beattie 75.00
The Automobile Equipment
Company 26.55
Aronsson Printing Company 132.00
Ann Arbor Foundry Company 249.48
American Loose Leaf Corp. .. 17.60
Underwood Elliott Fisher Cos. .75
Julies Tokar 6.00
The Charles A. Strelinger
Company 12.25
Standard Oil Company 162.18
Service Office Supply Cos. .73
Herbert P. Schendel 17 36
Sanitex Wiper Corporation 23.50
George Sanger 60.00
Murray W. Sales Company 17.76
Remington Rand, Inc 102.06
Pennsylvania Salt Manufac
turing Company 12.04
Panama Carbon Company .. 53.00
Municipal Service Commis-
sion 386.69
D. Mellin Moran 3.53
Purchasing 100
Michigan Bell Telephone
Company 231.55
Lowrie Lumber and Supply
Company 176 40
Liquid Carbonic Corporation 490
Lily-Tulip Cup and Specialty
Company 9.75
Howe-Martz Glass Company 12.62
Fred Howarth Lumber Cos. .. 8.00
Hlckok Oil Corporation .... 43.20
J. D. Haven and Son 7.00
Groat's Hi-Speed Service .. 6.00
Griswold Sporting Goods Cos. 98.49
Genthe Brothers 45.59
Fogel's Super Service 24.25
Field’s Auto Parts 45.00
J. T. Wing and Company .. 20.82
Michigan State Highway
Department 325.00
D. Mellin Moran 9.80
Fogel’s Super Service 9.00
Eberts Brothers Company .. 44.56
Cities Service Oil Company 258.00
The Moto-Mower Company 31.36
■Wyandotte Paint Products
Company 52.33
John E. Youd Agency 806
■Wyandotte Chemicals Corp. 12.82
The Wyandotte News Cos. .. 60.31
Wyandotte Loop Bus Cos. .. 15.75
Whitehead and Kales Cos. .. 4.84
$3,615.58
PAYROLLS
Sidewalk Inspection $ 96.53
Construction 781.64
Parks 1.488.72
Public Buildings 50.96
Sewers 892.72
Public Buildings 431.32
Public Service 3,556.07
Construction 42.63
$7,340.59
$10,956.17
Referred to Council.
Recess.
Reconvening.
Roll Call.
Present: Councilmen Behm, Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Absent: Councilman Mason.
Resolutions.
Wyandotte. Michigan
August 28. 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Be.
RMOlvtd by the City Council of
tht Olty of Wyandotte that the
City Clerk be and he hereby is
directed to draw warrant on the
City Treasurer, payable to Frisch
Brothers, in amount of $1535.30, the
same to be paid from the construc
tion account in the City Engineer’s
budget, being Estimate No. 1, of
even date herewith, on work com
pleted as per contract between the
City of Wyandotte and Frisch
Brothers, for the construction of
alley paving. Special Assessment
District No. 488.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl. Sr.
Supported by Councilman Rouse.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm, Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resoived by the City Council of
the City of Wj’andotte that the
City Clerk be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to draw
his warrant on the proper funds
in payment of the list of approved
accounts as submitted at this ses
sion.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Kelly.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm, Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte. Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the
application of Jim Parish, 128 Oak
Street, for renewal of his junk
dealer's license for the operation of
a push cart in the city be and the
same hereby is approved: and the
' City Clerk is hereby directed to
, issue such license to the above
named applicant.
. I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl,
Burke. Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the re
quest of Local no. 292, State, Coun
ty and Municipal Workers of Amer
ica. for the use of one of the city
trucks for a float in the Labor Day
parade be granted and the city
will make a donation not to exceed
the sum of $50.00 for the purpose
of helping to defray the expense
of decorating said truck.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl. Sr.
Supported by Councilman Burke.
Yeas: Councilman Brohl, Burke.
Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: Councilman Behm.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the
City Engineer be and he hereby
is authorized to grant a permit to
the Quality Motor Sales to eract
a sign on their building, located at
562 Oak Street; providing the own
ers of said building file a letter
with the City Engineer stating that
the property owners are carrying
liability insurance covering said
sign.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl. Sr.
Supported by Councilman Burke.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm, Brohl.
Burke. Kelly. Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte. Michigan
August 28. 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that Sears
Roebuck and Company are hereby
granted permission to hold a band
tournament Monday, September 10,
1945, in front of their-store and be
it further resolved that the Public
Service Department is hereby noti
fied to block Biddle Avenue from
Elm to Maple Streets, from 7 ; 30
p.m. to 9:30 p.m on this date, and
the Police Department shall fur
nish proper police protection for
this event, all as outlined in the
communication from the Sears Roe
buck Company to this Council as
of this date.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Kelly.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the ap
plication of Stanley Migoski, 1107
Ford Avenue, Wyandotte, for trans
fer of ownership of Class “C” and
! “SDM” licenses from George Migo
ski, 1057 Ford Avenue, Wyandotte,
be and the same hereby is approved,
j all in accordance with the recom
mendation of the Police and Fire
Commission, as transmitted to this
' council by the Deputy Chief of
! Police Clarence A. Petraska, in his
' communication of August 28.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution bp Councilman Louis
Brohl. Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
| the City of Wyandotte that whereas
this council has by resolution recog
nized Local 292, State, County and
Municipal Workers of America, rep
resenting city employees, it is the
opinion of this council that the
Welfare Commission may, if they
deem it advisable, by resolution
only, recognize and negotiate with
whatever union has the bargaining
rights for the employees of the
Wyandotte General Hospital.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm, Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the City
Clerk be and he hereby is authorized
and directed to issue voucher on
the City Treasurer, in amount of
$7.15, in payment of city tax for
1945 assessed against
Lot numbered 11, Noah Leßlanc
Biddle Avenue Subdivision, City
of Wyandotte,
said amount to be charged to ac
count No. 96-99. Abatement of taxes
—real and personal, and credited
to the general fund.
All in accordance with the request
of the City Assessor as expressed in
his communication of even date
herewith, and for the reason therein
stated.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm, Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the City
Clerk be and he hereby is directed
to draw voucher on the City Treas
urer, in amount of $6.50, in pay
ment of SSOO of assessed value. 1945
city tax assessed against land in the
City of Wyandotte, described a*
Lot numbered 17 and the south
20 feet of Lot numbered 18,
Block 25. South Detroit Sub
division, except part taken for
the widening of Biddle Avenue,
said amount to be charged to ac
count No. 96-99. Abatement of taxes
—real and personal, and credited to
the general fund.
All in accordance with the request
of the City Assessor in his com
munication of even date herewith.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl. Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm, Brohl,
Burke. Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte. Michigan
August 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the City
Clerk be and he hereby is directed
to draw warrant on the City Treas
urer, in amount of $71.50, in pay
ment of city taxes for the year 1945,
assessed against the following de
scribed properties:
Lots numbered 15, 16, 17, 18 and
19. Yachtman’s Home Subdi
vision of Block 34, except the
Westerly 150 feet thereof, City
of Wyandotte,
such refund representing reduc
tions in assessments on the respec
tive properties, as follows; to-wit,
Lot 15 from $2250 to $1250
Lot 16 from SI9OO to $ 800
Lot 17 from SI9OO to $ 800
Lot 18 from SI9OO to $ 800
Lot 19 from S2OOO to $ 800
said amount to be charged to ac
count No. 96-69, Abatement of taxes
—real and personal, and credited
to the general fund.
All in accordance with the re
quest of the City Assessor in his
communication of even date here
with and for the reason therein
stated.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Burke.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte, Michigan
August 28, L 945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte that the de
linquent tax returns from the
County Treasurer for the month
of April, in amount of $6,568.98. be
and hereby are ordered placed in
the following accounts:
City of Wyandotte
School District
Board of Education $2,754.41
School District
Debt Service 170.70
General Fund 3,040.14
Account No. 101 Special
Assessment WPA Paving
and Sidewalk 121.98
Account No. 102 Special
Assessment Sidewalk
1941 Collection 284.42
Special Assessment
Account 197.33
and the City Clerk is hereby in
structed to draw warrant on the
City Treasurer from the Wyandotte
Special Account to the accounts
above mentioned.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl,
Burke. Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte. Michigan
August 28, 1945
RESOLUTION by Councilfnarl Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte.
That is a necessary public im-
provement and is deemed advisable
to vacate the following parts and
parcels of land in the City of Wy
andotte, County of Wayne and State
of Michigan, described as follows;
to-v. r it,
All that portion of the public alley
immediately east of and adjoining
Lot numbered fifty (50); the alley
immediately north of and adjoining
Out Lot A; and the alley immediate
ly west of and adjoining Lot num
bered sixty-two (62), all of Regent
Subdivision of part of the north
half of Section 29, Town 3 South,
Range 11 East.
Resolved further that the City
Clerk shall give notice, according
to the City Charter, of the time and
place when the Council shall meet
to hear and consider objections
thereto, and shall publish notice of
such hearing, together with a copy
of this resolution, twice not less
than one week before the time ap
pointed for such hearing, in one
of the newspapers published and
circulated in the City of Wyandotte.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilman Lo \is Brohl. Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl,
Burke. Kelly Rouse.
Nays: None.
Wyandotte. Michigan
Auguat 28, 1945
Resolution by Councilman Louis
Brohl, Sr.
Resolved by the City Council of
the City of Wyandotte:
Whereas the City Assessor has
presented Special Assessment Rolls
for the grading, paving and curbing
of streets in the City of Wyandotte,
described as follows; to-wit.
No. 490 Chestnut Street from Sev
enteenth Street to Twentieth
Street.
No. 491 Dee Street from Seventeenth
Street to Twentieth Btreet.
No. 492 Third from Baumey
Street to Goodell Street.
No. 493 Emmons Boulevard Court.
No. 494 Seventeenth Street, from
Ford Avenue to Goddard Avenue.
No. 495 Eighteenth Street, from
Ford Avenue to Goddard Avenue.
No. 496 Nineteenth Street, from
Clark Street to Antoine Street.
No. 497 Twentieth Street, from Ford
Avenue to Clark Street.
No. 498 Twenty-second Street, from
Ford Avenue to Clark Street.
No. 499 Twenty-third Street, from
Ford Avenue to Clark Street.
No. 500 Nineteenth Street, from
Ford Avenue to Clark Street.
No. 501 Twenty-first Street, from
Ford Avenue to Clark Street.
No. 502 Maple Str2et, from Seven
teenth Street to Twentieth Street.
No. 503 St. Johns Street, from Eighth
Street to Cora Street.
No. 504 Sixteenth Street, from Ford
Avenue to Clark Street.
No. 505 Mulberry Street, from Tenth
Street to Twelfth Street.
No. 506 Twentieth Street, from Clark
Street to Antoine Street.
No. 507 Twenty-first Street, from
Clark Street to Antoine Street.
No. 508 Twenty-first Street, from
Antoine Street to Goddard Avenue.
No. 509 Mollno Street, from Tenth
• Street to Twelfth Street.
No. 510 Maple Street, from Twen
teith Street to Twenty-first Street.
No. 511 Seventh Street, from God
dard Avenue to Baumey Street.
No. 512 Twenty-third Street from
Clark Street to Goddard Avenue.
No. 513 Sixteenth Street from Clark
Street to Goddard Avenue.
No. 514 Void.
No. 515 Twentylfirst Street, from
j Eureka Avenue to Maple Street.
No. 515 Twenty-first Street, from
Maple Street to Oak Street
Now Be It Resolved that the Spe
cial Assessment Rolls as prepared
by the City Assesor for the paving
of streets as above described be re
ceived and placed on file and be
open for public inspection in the
office of the City Clerk.
Resolved Further that the Coun
cil and the City Assessor shall meet
to review said rolls in the City Hall
on Tuesday, the 18th day of Sep
tember, A.D. 1945, at eight o’clock
p.m. Eastern War time; and that
the City Clerk give notice of such
review by publication in the Wyan
dotte News-Herald once in each
week for two successive weeks, the
first publication being at least two
weeks before the date of hearing.
I move the adoption of the fore
going resolution.
Councilmen Louis Brohl, Sr.
Supported by Councilman Behm.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl,
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
Special Order;
Mayor Behm appointed as a com
mittee for the purpose of revising
the building code the following per
sons:
Councilman George C. Behm
Councilman Harry Rouse
Mr. Duane DeWit, Police and Fire
Commission
Mr. Gustav Anselm. Fire Chief
Mr. Carlisle Wilson. Architect
Mr. Albert Blake, Associate
Architect
Mr. H. R. Curtis, Contractor
Mr. Fred W. Classon, City
Building Inspector
Mr. F. W. Liddle, City Engineer
Mr. Norman Richard, Carpenter,
(may sit in as alternate for
Mr. H. R. Curtis)
Mr. Classon to be chairman of said
committee.
Councilman Rouse spoke to the
meeting as to Wayne County Drain
No. 5 and asked that the Drain
Committee be augmented by the ad
dition thereto of the City Attorney
and the City Engineer.
Councilman Kelly announced that
a disabled veterans post had been
established in the City of Wyan
dotte and asked that suitable club
rooms be furnished for the use of
these veterans. It vas Councilman
Kelly's suggestion that three men
from industry and three business
men be appointed by Mayor Behm
to secure the proper facilities
Councilman Burke asked that a
member of the Recreation Commis
sion be appointed to the Swimming
Pool Committee. Councilman Burke
also stated that he had received
complaints from the residents of
Bennett Street about heavy trucking
on said street.
Councilman Brohl, speaking with
reference to the condition of side
walks in the city, asked that the
City Engineer ascertain whether
men are available for construction
work, and report his findings back
to council.
Councilman Behm suggested that
a sign be constructed and placed
on the City Hall welcoming the
Veterans home.
Adjournment:
Motion to adjourn at Eleven
o'clock p. m. by Councilman Brohl,
supported by Councilman Rouse.
Yeas: Councilmen Behm. Brohl.
Burke, Kelly, Rouse.
Nays: None.
FORD WAGAR,
City Clerk.
Service
Parade
Wyandotte Men With Task
Force 38
ABOARD THE USS ESSEX IN
THE PACIFIC—Edward G. Mass.
29. radio technician, third class.
USNR of 253 Spruce street, and
Herbert C. Grahl. 21, aviation ord
nanceman. second clqss, USNR of
933 Seventh street, both of Wyan
dotte, serve aboard this carrier
which steamed close to the shores
of Tokyo with Task Force 38 to
launch her planes against the re
maining strength of the enemy in
the final days of the war.
All hands answered reveille sev
eral hours before sunrise that morn
ing. They had had their breakfast
and were waiting at their stations
for the first light of dawn when
the deafening roar of the flight of
fighters took off one by one. fol
lowed by the bombers and torpedo
planes.
Hundreds of Jap planes were de
stroyed on the ground, but few
were sent up to challenge the at
tacks. The few that dared to fly
out to the Task Force never re
turned.
Shoup on USS Astoria in
Pacific
ABOARD THE USS ASTORIA
IN THE PACIFIC (Delayed>—Carl
C. Shoup, Jr., fireman, first class,
USNR. son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl C.
Shoup. Sr., 17047 Smith street, Wy
andotte, has helped this light cruiser
avenge her namesake —a heavy
cruiser which was sunk by the Japs
off Guadalcanal in 1942.
Since she entered Jap waters eight
months ago, this ship has been in
the thick of action at Iwo Jima and
Okinawa, in the North China Sea
and off the coast of Tokyo itself.
Operating with a fast carrier
force under Admiral William H.
Halsey, Jr., she has succeeded in
knocking 13 Jap planes out of the
air and hitting numerous others.
Pilots of this ship's two King
fisher seaplanes have fished seven
carrier-based airmen from the sea,
finding them on rescue search mis
sions and accomplishing some of
the rescues within shouting distance
of the enemy shore.
The ASTORIA was part of the
Naval task force which made the
initial strike on the Tokyo area.
In another operation, she and a
task force sailed continuously for
80 days, making intermittent strikes
against the enemy and setting a
record for the length of time any
sizable task group has been con
tinuously under wav.
Obituary
WALTER KWIATKOWSKI
Walter Kwiatkowski, 3362 Elev
enth street, died early this morning
at Wyandotte General hospital.
Fifty-three years old, he was born
in Poland. June 24. 1892 and had
lived in W’yandotte for the past 36
years. He w’as employed at the Wy
andotte Chemicals corporation.
Funeral services will be held at
8:30 am. Monday from the Czopek
funeral home and at Our Lady of
Mount Carmel church at 9 a.m. Bur
ial will be in Michigan Memorial
park.
Surviving are four daughters, Mrs.
Gertrude Michalik; Mrs. Victoria
Linden, Mrs. Jennie Kawalec, Miss
Eleanor Kwiatkowski; two sons,
Henry, S 2-c USN Philippines; Alex
ander, AMM 3-c, USN Pacific, and
seven grandchildren.
VICTORIA LEKITY
Victoria Lekity died today at Wy
andotte General hospital after an
illness. She had been a resident
of Wyandotte for 12 years, coming
here from Hungary where she was
born in 1883.
The funeral will be held Satur
day, September 1 at 2 p.m. from
the H. F. Thon Company Funeral
Home with the Rev. Frank J. Fims
child officiating. Interment will be
at Woodmere cemetery.
Mrs. Lekity was the widow of the
late Stephen Lekity. Her home was
at 1727 Third street.
True happiness is to no spot con
fined.
If you preserve a firm and constant
mind,
Tis here, ’tis everywhere.
John H. Wayne
Stricken Suddenly
At Summer Home
Walter E. Sommer, 535 Pine
street, 48 years old, died at Wyan
dotte General hospital, Wednesday.
Mr. Sommer, a life-long resident of
Wyandotte, was taken ill suddenly
at his Hickory’ Island summer home.
A member of St. John’s church,
ne was employed at the Penn Salt
company.
Surviving are one brother. Her
man, and one sister. Mi*. Harold
King. A sister, Miss Alice Sommer,
preceded him in death a month ago.
Funeral services will be held from
the late residence at 2 p.m. Satur
day and burial will be at Wood
mere cemetery. Arrangements are
in charge of the H F. Thon com
pany funeral home.
Nick Peters Opens
Old Business On
Return From Army
Nick Peters, recently discharged
under the Army point system, is
back in Wyandotte and has re
opened his shoe repair business in a
shop at the back of his home at
2826 Third street, between Oak and
Chestnut.
At this temporary location. Peters
will continue to serve his many Wy
andotte friends and old customers.
Asa staff sergeant in the 388th
Bomber group in the Bth Army Air
Force, Peters gained national prom
inence last February when news
was received that he had captured
two German SS men after he bailed
out of his blazing B-17. He marched
his prisoners through Nazi lines to
reach a 7th Army unit, ad of
five miles, freters received the Air
Medal.
Strauss Gantz
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ski has just solved a mighty pro
blem. A young woman complained
to him (in his official capacity > . . .
that she had been assaulted by a
sailor. Her story: “A sailor drove me
to the Idle Inn . . . but I struggled
and got away. That was last Monday.
On Sunday. I drove out there with
him again. I struggled ... but wasn't
able to get away.” Targonskis de
cision: No cause for action.
Biddle avenue barroom scene:
Two girls yelling . . . cursing . . .
pulling hair. Screams one. "You're
contaminating this joint. They
out to drive the likes cf you outa
towm.” Come the blue coats . . .
who lock over the battlers . . . and
make an official decision:
Its six of one . . . half dozen of
the other . . . both are V.D.’s.
* * *
SEE YOU at coffee time.
ASK RETURN OF BIKE
A week ago today a bicycle was
ridden away from the Sport Bowl
where it had been parked. The per
son who rode it away was not the
owner.
Police have been notifid, but have
not been able to locate the bike.
The bike belongs to a Marine who
loaned it to his young cousin while
he is away. If the bike is returned
to the Sport Bowl, no questions will
be asked.
tires and wheels stolen
A series of tire and wheel thefts
in the vicinity of 20th and 23rd
streets were reported to police Wed
nesday. Floyd R. Black. 1627 Twen
tieth street, told police a tire and
wheel had ben stolen from his car
as it was parked in front of his
home.
Two tires and wheels were taken
from the automobile of Amy Per
son, 2453 Twenty-second street, anc
one frqm the car of Clyde Ludwig.
1615 Twenty-third street.
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Death struck with terrible sud
denness one sultry July morning
when the charred body of a wealthy
baronet was found in his blazing
bedroom, on the second floor of his
luxurious Nassau, Bahamas, home.
Suspicion first fell on a real
estate operator friend who had
been sleeping
Just two rooms
away from the
death chamber,
but switched
quickly when
the dead man’s
widow and nu
merous acquain
tances stated
that he bad been
on unfriendly
terms with his
sou-in-law', a thrice-wed Frenchman
who had recently married the ty
coon's eldest daughter.
The trial became a Roman holi
day for Nassauvians who crowded
into the tiny courtroom to bear
evidence that the son-in-law had
been found to have singed hairs on
hia hands, arms and head, allegedly
caused when lighting a hurricane
lamp, but which could have hap
pened the fatal night.
The evidence was circumstantial,
however, and the son-in-law was
acquitted, with the recommenda
tion that he be deported from
Nassau. His attractive young wife
stayed staunchly at bis side
throughout the trial, but In recent
months has announced to the press
that they are legally separated.
According to this week's guest
detective, Frank Lovejoy of Mutu
al's "Calling All Detectives," this
unsolved mystery was known as;
L The Charlotte Cor day Killing
2. The OakeS'De Marigney Cate .
3. Julius Caesar and Brutus
4. Woman in the Window
ANSWER? doutojvma-nyoa
Frank Lovejoy
THE WYANDOTTE NEWS - HERALD
THURSDAY. AUGUST 30. 1945
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"All right, 'Father Brown/ isn't it about time to give
Nick Carter' a chance at that lost collar button?" "
News Os The
Book World
Edgar Snow, whose People On
Our Side” was a Book-of-the-Month
Club dividend, has anew and in
formative book out, “The Pattern
of Soviet Power.”
As war correspondent for the
Saturday Evening Post. Mr. Snow
was in Stalingrad when the Ger
mans were halted at the point of
their deepest penetration into Prus
sia. He traveled all over the Soviet
Union and was one of the Ameri
cans permitted to visit Poland and
the Eastern front. ‘'The Pattern
of Soviet Power” grew from his
first-hand observations.
The aim of this book is tc clarify
for Americans. Russia’s aims in the
post war world. The author reports
the program the Soviets have for
mulated in Poland, the Balkans,
Germany and on their Mongolian
frontier. He describes the Russian
plan for de-Hitlerizing Nazi Ger
many and the measures taken
prevent the creation of an antago
nistic Poland. He discusses the re
lationship between the Soviet Union
and the Kuomingtang Government,
and he has several interesting
chapters on the personalities of
Russia's political leaders.
Since th£ war. the Soviet Union
has set up a number of military
academies modelled after the Old
Cadet Establishments, and called
Suvorov schools, after the cele
brated military genius of that
name. Only orphans of Red Army
heroes and sons of high officers
are admitted. At one of these
schools. Mr. Snow ask£d a number
of cadets why they thought Russia
was winning the war. Without ex
ception. they all answered to this
effect: “Because Germany was the
aggressor and our country was in
vaded. Our people are fighting for
their Fatherland against enslave
ment. Our cause is just.” That did
not sound, comments Snow, as if
they were being trained for pur
poses of conquest or aggression.
• • •
A unique idea for anthology was
conceived by Sterling North and
Clip Boutell—one made up of stor
ies. poems and plays in which the
devil, in one form or another, plays
a leading role. Called “Speak of the
Devil,” the selections in this volume
range from pertinent excerpts from
Dantes “Divine Comedy” and Mil
ton’s "Paradise Lost,” to such mod
ern American stories as "The Devil
and Daniel Webster” by Stephen
Vincent Benet and “Bottle Party”
by John Collier.
• • •
Incidental bit of information we
picked up from “The Mode in Hats
and Headdresses” by R. Turner Wil
cox: Beards were in favor in an
cient Greece up to the time of Alex
ander the Great. Fearing that a
soldier's beard might serve as a
handle to the enemy in warfare
he ordered cleanshaven faces for
his army—and thereby started a
new vogue.
• • •
Typewriters were a rarity in the
days of Leo Tolstoy; the great mas
ter wrote all of his extensive works
in longhand. His handwriting was
almost indecipherable; his wife was
the only person who could make it
out. It was her lot to copy in her
own neat handwriting everything
he did. Usually, he would so revise
her copy that it had to be re-done.
In the case of his major opus. "War
and Peace,” Countess Tolstoy made
no less than seven copies.
This remarkable example of wife
ly devotion is described in Tikhon
Polner’s bogriaphy, “Tolstoy and
His Wife,” a discerning portrait of
one of the most important men of
his age.
Tolstoy was a complicated char
acter, whose moods varied from ex
treme gaiety to moroseness. In his
youth, he gambled away most of
his family estate. He was celebrated
at a writer before he was twenty
seven. Always he was passionately
intense about whatever he under
took. whether it was farming, fol
PAGE NINETEEN
lowing rh* rivals of the Orthodox
church, or devoting himself to a
simple life. The Countess once re
marked. “I have lived with Leo for
forty-eight years bu* I never really
learned what kind of man he r-as ■
• • •
General Carlos Romulo. who made
a two-year speaking tour of the
U. S., says in “My Brother Ameri
cans” that he received one of his
most successful introductions from
a chairman in Illinois. The chair
man took a full fifteen minutes to
heap him with embarrassingly ex
travagent praise. Then he wound up
impressively. “And now. ladies and
gentlemen. I have the honor tc in
troduce . . .” He turned to Rom
ulo and his eyes glazed. Swallowing
hajd. he said in a whisper that
could be heard to the highest ro > s
in the gallery. 'Say. what the heck
is your name?" “By the time we get
through laughing,” comments Rcm
ulo, "the audience and I were e!1
friends.”
• • •
The Book-of-the-Mon’h Club se
lection for October is Sinclair Lew.s’
novel, "Cass Timberlane.”
One of the Main backwoods char
acters Helen Hamlin describes m
“Nme Mile Bridge” is an old time
keeper for a lumbering camp. whos a
job it was to keep the books and
sell company supplies to the men.
He could neither read or write, but
he solved his problem most ingen
iously. When he sold two plugs of
tobacco or a pair of socks, he drew
pictures of these articles in the
ledger. Then he only had to re
member the name of the man who
boacht them and what he paid for
them.
Marriage
Licenses
Phillip D. Favio. 19. Detroit and
Virginia E. Fustini, 17. Wyandotte.*
Duane E. Collins. 24. Wyandotte
and Nellie Hickman. 23. Berlin. Md.
Richard V. Thompson. 18. Wyan
dotte, and Mary F. Barnett. 18,
Wyandotte.
Baliey K. Kallay, 28. Wyandotte,
and Shirley A. Nepodal, 24, Wyan
dotte.
Norman Weiner, 27. Wytndotte/
and Marie Hodger, 26, Inkster.
Joseph Grat, 58. Wyandotte and
Rose Ruszczyk, 41 Detroit.
John J. Baunoch. 23, Wyandotte
and Shirley H. Berry, 20, Wyandotte.
John W. Cooper. 20, Detroit, and
Mary Serewa. 16, Wyandotte.
Everett L. Headley, 23. Wyandotte
and Clara. I. Thorn, 18. Carleton.
Lyle L. Nelfert, 23, Wyandotte
and Mary E. Aaron. 23, River Rouge.,
A completely new technique of ser
vicing Army vehicles which was de
veloped by the U. S. Engineers, has
proved so successful at Fort Bel voir
that recommendation will be made
to adopt the system in the Army
Service Forces installations through
out the United States. Acting a.N
experimental station for ASF, the
main motor pool recently remodeled
its large shop building to establrdi
two long production lines to conduct
"preventive line maintenance.” Each
line has been departmentalized so
that GI mechanics perform special
ized operations instead of a multi
tude of tasks required under the
old system. Each vehicle, upon en
tering the building, visits each sta
tion in succession and comes out
the opposite end ready for the road.
The system includes both the 1.000
and 6.000 mile inspections. This has
resulted in speeding up the sendee
job and a marked reduction in num
ber of repair orders.
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Success in life expends upon per
* sistent effort, upon the improvement
|q i moments more than upon any
I other one thing.
Man’ Baker Eddr
by Baer