p. Home of A "MUST" FOR MAY * * * COMPLETE SUCCESS rosse ews FOR THE MEMOR.IAL CENTER DRIVE 99 Kercheval TV. 2.8900 Complete. New$ Coverage, of All the Pointes VOLUME J 2-NO. 21 .o;(l Per Copy ,a,oo Per Yeat GROSSE POINTE. MICHIGAN, MAY 24, . 1951 Entered as Second Class Matter et the Post Office at Detroit. Mich. Fully Paid Circulation , HEADLINES "M,y Buddy 'likes the "Home Town Journa' I", of th6 Early Reports Give \VEER As Compiled by the Hope for Success Gl'o'sse Pointe News 8 Thursday, May 17 A COLD FRONT plunged De- In Center's Drive troit temperatures 25 degrees over night. 'XesterdI1Y's high of 88 is the highest recorded for May Campaign Canvassers Express Confidence That Great Memorial Day exercises will 16 since weather records were be- Majority of Residents Will Lend Support be held at the War Memorial Center. 32 Lake Shore road, gun in 1872. Unseasonable heat to Pointe's Memorial also broke records in New York next Wednesday morning and and Philadelphia. While actual figures are still scarce on results of the all Pointe resicients are invit- • .. * campaign being conducted to raise funds for the Grosse ed to participate in honoring AT'J:,EMPT BY CHINESE REDS Pointe War Memorial Center, repor~s being received from the community's war dead. to cut main UN line thwarted by individual workers and zone leaders indicate that the drive The ceremonies will be held hi Allies who rushed in to plug the . '. f '1 .>-------- ._the fountain courtyard of the gap made by Chinese in South IS progressmg sabs acton y. 'v Center drive, weather permitting. Korean ranks. Red strategy re~ No totals had been tabulated 1951 B d t In the event of rain they will be ported to be to pound the center when the ~EWS went to press, U ge s held in the Center building. of the line regardless of losses. but Co-Chalrman John Kenower Scouts To Raise Colors Enemjo"s main blow expected to and Richard Huegli estimated Adopted by Pointe Boy Scouts will be in begin within 12 hours on the that about $2,000 had already , charge of the raising of the colors western front above Seoul. ... been turned in at the Center by F P k at 10:45 a,m. The Invocation . the few workers who have com- arms ar will be at 11 a.m., given by PICKETS DETOURED all but pleted their assignments, and by I' . , the Rev. Andrew Rauth of the five of the 15 DSR operators donors'b . who mailed in their con- I --- Grosse Pointe Woods Presby- scheduled to appear for hearings tn UtIons without waiting to be Tax Rate Boosted 55 Cents terian Church. ll on their pleas that they were not persona y contacted. P Th d' F d The reading of the Gold Star \villing Iy on strike. However, Mail Is Encouraging er ousan In ormer an Honor Roll of World War II will there was no interference with The Center mail has also con- Reduced $2.08 in Latter be by Mayor Homer Fritsch of the five who braved the assem- tained some very encouraging. Grosse Pointe Park. letters from residents, express-I Will Place Wreath toblage.file anTheinjunctionCity is notfor returnexpectedof ing their appreciation of all the F The City of Grosse Pointe A wreath will be placed by transit service until tomorrow. Center is doing for the Pointe. arms approved its 1951 bud- the Ladies' Auxiliaries of V.F.W. .. .. .. One such letter was accompanied get Monday night when the Post 995 and American Legion ALBERT SWARTZ. Detroit by a check for $100 and there council voted to increase' the Post 303. were sev~ral checks for $50 each. tax rate by 55 cents per thou- Three volleys will be fired and Jeweler and admitted fence, was The C1ty, Farms and Shores d d 11 f d 1 taps and echo played by mem- f 0 0 foundf in the garage of his home a e b f th b t . d san ars assesse va u- bel'S of these same posts, followed 4030 St t t I t dry ar e es orgamze 0 t' t d $'137 017 57 a ur evan ear y 0 ay I the five municipalities and there a lOn, 0 pro uce .. , . by the benediction, which will with two bullets in his head. is aSSUrance that every single This brings th'e new tax rate be given by the Rev, Father Thought to have been slain be- house in those areas will be can~ to $16.08 per thousand as a-I Lenk of St. Paul's Church. cause of testimony he gave in . t 1 ' $15 3 _ court. He was the second witness vassed. rr:h~re has. been co~s.jd- I gams ast year s .5. I "P D" attacked within the last six erable dlffJcult~ m obtammgl It was the first tax boost in the! 0PPY ay months concerned in a federal enough work~rs m the Park, and I Farms in four years. Assessments I case being tried in Chicago. not all sectlOl1~ of the. Woods have jumped from $34,191,440 S t f T d .. • .. have bee~ covered,. last year" to $35,576,790 this year. That was the caption on picture received by Mr. a nd Mrs. Harold Tyree of Provencal road from their son, Mall In Your Gift Cl k H Ft. t d t \ e. 0r 0 ay Friday, May 18 this B. " I er any ur on pOlO e ou Lieut. Thomas Tyree, who is stationed in Germany with the U. S. Army. A graduate of West Point, Lieutenaht Tyree ReSldents w.n? have not been,' to council that part of the antici- '. DETROITERS AMONG IN- keeps his parents informed of his act,ivities by sendinf{ hom~ a diary in the~orm of colored miniature slide!:i~ with aCM,' personall~, Sohclt:d',are, urged to pated increase over 1950 valua- AmerI~an L~glOn Post 303 IS JURED in train wreck today near companying captions. The GI in the picture was not identified, but M!.'. Tyree "thought the NEWS might be inter- send thelr dona~lOns dIrectly to I tions was offset by a reduction of I cooperatm~ Wlt~ other vet~rans Bryn Mawr, .Fa., The Pennsyl- ested. It was, and had a black and. white riegative'--and:-pl'int made froni' tl1e'coloiea ori o'imil for this reproduciton: the War. ~ftrnoq~l C"~!1,t~.ra~ 32 j approximately $730,000 in "es~ I groups wno wlll, ,_~\¥,~t,e.t~.8I~e~ b vania Railroad's Red Arrow Ex- I. " Lake Shore road. j tate" properties. ~hroughout the Pomte today seli- press plowed into the rear of a I Mrs. Edwin Mercer of Washing- I Wages Personnel Jum mg vet,eran .made popp~es. night express train from Pitts- i U · P ted- I M t D d- t P k Pl ton road reported that the re- ' , p Martm Nlelsen, chaIrman of bspUorgnhseWtohicahshl'gandals.toAPtedlela'nstrel-1j } ge aren.. s ar lna ooney 0 e lea e I a,r aces sponse she is receiving makes the Wa.~es to clty empl~yes have Post 303, stresses the importance - , canvassing work a great pleasure also mcreas:d ~pproxImately 8 of making a SUCcess of "Poppy IPneJ.rusroends.were killed 'and 56 others i To Immun"ze New Bon S,ecours HOSPI- tal Ord.er For rather than a chore.' She ex- I cen.ts per. hour m the ~ast year, Day" as the revenue from poppy It l' # presser;! the opinion that she I WhICh WIth other adJustlT'~n~s sales is directed toward .the re- · · · IAll Ch -ld '. Ceremonl-es t 16 would obtain 100 percent partiCi- ' c.ost a total of $16,610.60. A~dl- habilitation of wounded veterans REDS HAVE PUSHED UN line 1 ren At on Sa u'rday 1Meters pation in her section. ho~al personna} has been hIred and helping their families. back as much as 20 miles due to I ~ ' . Guy Wedthoff, municipal chair-1 whlch has boosted costs another The making of the poppies is in sheer weight ?f nU,mbers. Reds - 0 hi -------. I -- man for the City, stated that in- ! $25,150040. t itself a step toward rehabihta- have made galn~ wlth a call?us I! Medical Society Approves! t er Le~ders of Catholic Churches to ~e on Hand' for: City Also About to Buy 100 dications are that an average of Carried over from last year's I tion in that it enables a disabled disregard for theIr own casualtIes. Rd" 'f . 'I I Cltmax to Remarkable Story of Achievement of Same Type as Those Now about $140 will be collected in I funds and estimated revenue for person to participate actively in Enemy troops are within 10 miles I ecommen arion 0 CIVI b .each block there. The same re- the coming year is the amount of his support, of S~oul. Allies f01jght out of I Defense Authorities 'I Y Group of Nuns Being Used in Farms suIts are ant~cipated in the .Farms I ~]65,235.10, le~ving a balanc~ of Should today's weather be un- trap m east-:en;ra: Korea. I His Eminence Edward Cardinal Mooney will dedicate where EdWIn Ives, Jr., lS the: 5571,782.47 whIch must be ralsed favorable, tomorrow, Friday. May 1\/r TT" 25, A FORIVIAL INJUNCTION re- Th e W ayne C ounty Wled'lca 1 thide new, en arge B on Secours nosplta l' 111 C'a d'leux roa d .