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Bombed
US. Ambassador at
Warsaw Narrowly
Escapes Death .g

WARSAW, Sept. a. (UP)
u. S. Ambassador Anthony
j. Drexel Biddle, his wife
and daughter had a narrow
escape yesterday when a
German warplane bombed his su-
burban villa in what the u. S. en-
bassy said appeared to have been a
deliberate" attack
1.-THE fact the bombs were releas-
ed at low point in a power dive
leads to the belief that the bomb
ing of the villa was deliberate"
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France. with the most highly
trained army in the world. followed
Britain six hours later.
To the assertion of Premier Ed
Guard Daladier that ours is the
cause of peace and it will be victor
ious,' 6,5O0,000 Frenchmen in sky
blue and khaki entered the strug-
gle.
Australia. Britain's dominion
down under" leaped into the war,
followed by New Zealand.
Canada, with her famous Princess
Pats and crack fighting units, pre-
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War Machines On Rhine
Face Each Other WuriIv

PARIS Sept. 4. (UP)-( (Monday)-The two mightiest
machines the world has known the modern Ger
and French armies wariy faced each other across
historic Rhine today the first sunrise of the poen
ta second World War lighted the batteelds where more
than 100000 died in the 914lS war to end war
Frances declaration of against the Reich was only
half day old and the first clash had not yet occurred
The armies each with wholesome respect for the oner
for the part burrowed deep IN the
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pared TO join the motherland.

pared TO join the motherland
Under the statute of Westminster,
passed since the last great war,
the British dominions are free TO
make their own choice OF peace or
war.
For Hitler the war has been under
way for three days
His armies and bombing planes
have been shattering Polish cities,
towns and villages.
Thus far. his brother -in-arms a.
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TwoPoIish
Ships Sunk

BERLIN, Monday, Sept. 4. up
A German warship in the Baltic
has sunk Polish destroyer and
Polish submarine off the Polish
port of Gdynia, just west of Danzig,
it was announced early today.
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Japan Moves To
End Russ Conflict

TOXIC, Sept. 3. (UP-The Jap
anese foreign office today instruct
ed its Moscow embassy to seek an
immediate settlement of border
fighting between Japanese and So
viet-Mongol forces on the Outer
Mongolian frontier
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Japan Will
Stay Neutral

TOKYO, Sept. 3 tUP) = Japan
will remain neutral in the European
war because Germany signed a pact
of non-aggression with Soviet Rus
sia. the newspaper Asahi asserted
today, u l.
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S1nklng rapidly.
The number of passengers aboard
was between 100 and 1400. Figures
were uncertain because of last min
ute embarkations in Liverpool and
Glasgow.
British news agencies said that
',most of the passengers aboard
were Americans"
The British Immediately compar-
ed the act-unanimously attribut-
ed to a German submarine-to the
torpedoing of the Lusitania which
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American Officials
Eyacuate Families

BERLIN, Sept 8 CUP)-The
United States embassy received
word today that special cars carry
ing 81 wives and children of U. s..
officials and Is other American
citizens had reached Denmark. The
party left Berlin this morning.
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Pope Puts Prays
For World Peace

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 3. (UP)-
The pope went to his private chapel
at the Castle Gandolfo and prayed
for peace today after he was Off
cially informed that Great Britain
and Germany were at war
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Poles Radio
To Germany

PARIS. Sept. 3. (UP)-Polish
radio stations at 1 pm. today t8
am. EDIT interrupted their pro-
grams to announce:
"Hellow Germany, Hellow Ger
many: England has declared war
on you"
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s \ ( s
Survivors Taken
To Port; 314 US.
Citizens Aboard
BULLETIN

LONDON, Sept. Especially The British liner, SS
Athena, settled to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 25O
miles Uest of the northern Irish coast after
the last surUiU0rs had been transferred to ships
Casualties limited to killed by the explosion
of the torpedo fired by German submarine GOfernnient
officials unable to determine many pc, sons had
been killed hen the refugee ship, taking Canadians and
Americans from torn Europe, struck
LONDON, Sept (U)- Survivors from the British lin
SIS Athena which torpedoed early today by Ger
submarine rushed to scattered British ports by
Britain cruisers high officials disclosed this morning
Most of the passengers aboard the ship Canadians
There 314 Americans listed passengers.
Athena, with 246 Americans aboard, has been
torpedoed off Scotland announced officially today
The last radio from the big liner route from Liver
pool and Glasgow to Quebec and Montreal
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helped bring the United States into
the World war.
They took 1t to mean that Ger
many has launched unrestricted
submarine warfare-a renewal of the
World war policy of "Schrechlich-
keit" or frightfulness. e.
At am. there was no report
that any passengers had been res
cued.
WASHINGTON, Monday. Sept. 4.
UP)-U. S. Ambassador Joseph P.
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Scotland Yard Rounds
Up All Foreigners

LONDON. Sept. 3. (UP)-Scotland
Yard today began rounding up Ger
mans and all other aliens OF doubt
full nationality"
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their magnificent army of 6,500,000
men-the best trained in the world
and in the air and sea power of
their mighty ally across the Eng
lish Channel.
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WorPIones Fly
Over Holland
Toward Berlin

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 4. (UP)-
large fleet of apanes of unidentified nationality passed
Holland shortly after midnight drOnng eastward to-
ward Germany. . .-'t
The planes flying at a height of 5000 feet or more
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SUNRISE WAR EXTRA

Butter: Los Angeles, 2Sc; but
terfat. Imperial vaney fob. ranch.
grade A. SIC, manufacturing mia.
29c; route gathered cream, 2Sisc.
Il. A. Hay: u. s. No. 1. S13-13 80:
us. No. 2 leafy $12-12.50. U. 8. Nc.
2 1880 11.50. MINI. flax Sept. 1.551s
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of Spirituals for the Aeta Life Insur-
ance company employees last Thurs
day night. Nearly 800 persons at
tended. Mrs. Mary C. Corn, a mem
Der of Bethel church and choir will
appear at the New York Worlds Fair
on May A, Connecticut Day in a play,
MY Country Tis", written by Mrs.
Althea 0. Silverman, wife of Rabbi
Silverman and directed by Mrs. Dora
Mitnick Nahum. The play portrays
the various nationalities who came to
| America. The cast is made of Catho-
hes, Jews and Pedestrians. Mrs. Corn
is regarded by the director as playing
one of the leading parts in the play.
Word has just been received that DR..
D. F. Pughsley went under an opera
ton at the Mayos Clinic at Rochester,
MINI. Great hopes are held for his
recovery. DR.. Pughsley is one of the
leading dentists of Hartford. His
many friends are all anxious to see
him return to his office soon. During
his absence Miss Waldo has charge
and DR.. Jos M. Bullock is serving the
patients. Mrs. Frances Cox and Mr..
Joseph McCaster are still on the sick
list. Mrs. Cox is at her home in
! Warren St., and Mr. McCaskill is at
, the Municipal Hospital.
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where the youth will take complete
charge of the evening service at 1880.
1t will be an inspiration for both the
old and the young to hear the guest
speaker, Mrs. Jeffries, from Newton
Seminary, supported by local talent.
which is all youth. Come and see for
yourself what the youth of today is
doing. Tired but happy, three young
men from Shiloh conquered their
studio girl opponents Sunday before
vast throng at Zion A.M.E. Church.
The victorious debaters were Arthur
Lassiter, Lloyd Parham and Russell
Stokes. Incidentally that was the
first defeat these young ladies suffered
since their origin. At the annual
spring varieties, April 81, Shiloh's
B.Y.P.U. will defend her title as the
most dramatic B.Y.P.U. by present
ing another prize-winning play writ
ten by Mrs. Ariel Lassited. Come ont
to the Peoples Baptist, Thursday, the
9th and see how Shiloh B.Y.PU.
walks home again with another prize
IN the field of acting-"Parole" has
been the theme of public discussion for
the past year, consequently Shiloh
B.Y.P.U. will attempt to bring to the
people noted authority on the sub
iect. William S. Dabney, member of
the State Parole Board will speak at
Shiloh Baptist Church, May IA at 500
pm, on the subject parole" It is
imperative that the old come out and
hear, as well as the young, this much
publicized subject. The Press Club
will accompany Mr.. Dabney-At this
time we are glad to hear that Mrs,
Wright is well on the road to recov-
cry. We hope to see her back at her
church duties in the near future
Mrs. Washington, who had an opera
ton, is now convalescing at Symnes
Hospital in Arlington.-We regret to
hear of the illness of Mrs. Marian ].
Parham and hope sincerely for her
quick recovery-Master James Walk
er is recovering from the measles and
an injured eye. He will be out soon,
Banks, brother of Mrs. Lena
Walker, is resting comfortable at his
home, 119 Harrishoff St., Roxburv.
after an automobile accident.-Watcb
Tor club news next week especially
that of the "Debutantes" and the
dukes. "-Rumors are strong that
Harvard Playground will be named
Digger Memorial in honor of the late
Lieut.. Col. Edward Digger. Let's
hope that the playground will beft a
man who fought so valiantly for the
betterment of his communications
weekly boost goes to Mrs. Lena
Walker for her untiring efforts in the
sponsoring Youth Mite which is Sun
day, April %, at 7:3O-Please send
all news to Russell Stokes, 81 Airing
ton Street or give it to the Guardian
newsboy Edgar "Rudy" Smith. Let's
all cooperate and make West Medford
Musings the news of the week.
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PORTLAND
A.M.E. ZION CHURCH
Rev. ]. c. Taylor

PORTLAND, Me-, April 1s-Re-
member the Chicken DinnerNApril
9TH S6tI, and the Memorial Tea-April
30th.-Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Long.
Vivian MCLEAN of Washington. D, G.
announce the birth of a daughter on
April 5th.-A party was held on
Thursday for those who took part in
the church school concert and their
guests.-Mrs, Oscar Mathews is i'll
with tonsilitis.-Mrs. John Deas and
Mrs. James Hill were at home at a
Formal Tea on Thursday afternoon,
Mrs. Edward Richardson and Mrs.
William Ruby poured. The hostesses
wore black with rose corsages and the
table was most attractive. Roses, snap-
dragons and sweetpeas formed the
centerpiece and yellow candles were
used for lighting. Those invited
We're: Mrs. q. Austin, Mrs. E. Teixeira.
Mrs. Thomas Fraser. Miss A. L.
Hamilton, Mrs Coates, Mrs. C. o.
Durrant, Mrs. Arthur Lowe, Mrs.
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A little cheaper and little better
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NOTARY PUBLIC
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formerly scheduled at Al Arlington
Street will be transferred to 6 Sum-
mer Street until further notice. The
Discussion and Forum Group" will
meet at "A Walnut Street on Wednes-
day evenings as usual.
Chelsea Chisellings-Last Sunday
evening, April 16, after the evening
service at Peoples Church, Mesdames
Milliken, Billups and Tate, and Messrs.
CAIRO and Billups went with Rev.
Fuller to the Forum at the Chelsea
Public Library to hear fine discourse
on Communism, Fascism, Naziism
and Democracy" There was a Round
Table Talk and four very fine speak
ers participates: Mr.. Greene of the
Communist Party, George Henderson.
City Treasurer of Chelsea, Professor
Reed of Harvard and Mr.. Brown, At
least one of the speakers spoke rather
gllbly and loosely about True Demo-
cracy and True Americanism, but in
answer to a question put to the city
treasurer from the audience as fol-
lows: "In view of the fact that we are
living in country where wealth is
concentrated in the hands of a few,
where more than 10 million colored
people In the southern states are re-
fused the use of the ballot, a country
which burns colored persons at the
stake, and in country where a Con-
gress has been unable to pass an anti
lynching bill for the past twenty years
because a group of very weak Senators
and representatives did not have the
fn L.
you call this true Americanism or a
true Democracy?", was forced to adj
NIT that America is not at all a true
Democracy. The speaker also said that
he hoped that these conditions would
soon be remedied in the Southern
States by the use of the ballot. In
our opinion American Democracy, as
it stands in the United States today
IS not a bit better that Naziism in
Germany, Communism in Russia or
Fascism in Italy, for all of them op-
press the poor, and in America, the
Colored man is especially oppressed.
A great deal was said about "Blood
Purges" in Russia and in other foreign
countries, but the speakers seemed to
forget that all of this is legal in these
foreign countries, but lynching, dis
elimination and prejudice in the
United States as it is carried on
against the race are not at all legal.
We believe that America has enough
to clean up her own dirty house before
she tries to help clean up the affairs
of Europe. On the whole the Forum
was very fine and we enjoyed it very
much.
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John Long, Mrs. Joseph Fisher, Mrs.
Earl Ruby, Mrs. Eldridge jackson,
Mrs. Charles Fernandez, Mrs. Eugene
Cummings, Mrs. Arthur Johnston,
Mrs. Walter Gaskill, Mrs. George
Watts, Mrs. Richard Love, Mrs. Joseph
Simpson, Mrs. Isaac Baptiste, Mrs.
Clara Noblette, Mrs. Thomas Sanchez,
Mrs. Emory Dodge, Miss Margaret
Giro, Mrs. Kenneth Matthews, Mrs.
David, Miss Alice Love, Mrs. Samuel
Terrill, Mrs. B. F. Thomas Mrs. John
Vera, Mrs. ROBBIE Baud, Mrs. Flor
ence Nichols, Miss Minnie Mitchell.
Mrs. Arthur Roberts, Mrs. Alba Cor
nish, Mrs. Wallace Nash, Mrs. Robert
Lowry, Mrs. Mitchell Williams, Mrs.
James Lowry, Mrs. Silas Ball. Mrs.
Manuel Santos, Mrs. Harold Hill, Mrs.
Robert Scranton, Mrs, Julia Harris,
Miss Lydia Hall, Miss Josephine
Bradford, Mrs. Moses Green, Mrs.
Mary Branch, Mrs. John Dumas, Mrs.
William Meyers, Mrs. Thalia Perry,
Mrs. William Wilson, Mrs. Oscar
Mathews, Mrs. Joseph Smitz.
The Lydia Hall Dramatic Club have
started the cleaning and redecorating
of the main auditorium of the A.M.E
Zion Church, 46 Sheridan Street, Rev
j. c. Taylor, pastor. On Thursday
evening, Apr. 27 the club is giving a
Southern Chicken Dinner. Miss Hall
is asking all the members of the club
and friends to support and help her
make this dinner a success, as she is
planning to serve three hundred din
nerS
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men clad in their colorful native blank
cts drive their Basuto steeds round and
round over the wheat, vociferously
shouting their commands to the faithful
beasts.
By this thorough trampling the grain
pods are separated from the stalks.
Then it is all gathered up and laid aside
till a windy day when it is tossed up
and down over a container till the chat
and dirt are blown away.
The grain is then taken and soaked
in water until the hull peals off, when
it is dried in the sun; or the hull may
be removed by a process of pounding
for which a stamp or sort Of huge peStle
is used.
Next the housewife kneeling upon
the hard dirt floor of her hut spreads
before her one of her closely and beau
tifully woven food mats, places large
flat grinding stone just behind the mat,
puts the hulled wheat upon the stone
and with both hands rubs a smaller
stone back and forth over the kernels
till they are ground to -four which is
brushed off upon the mat and is gath
cred up and stored in skillfully fash
Toned clay pots and Jars until baking
time.
No less primitive was the harvesting
of the golden grain which is not usually
of a luxuriant growth because Of print
tive farming methods. 1t was cut by
gaily attired native men and women,
boys and girls with hand scythes and
sickles-strongly reminiscent OF the
days of Ruth and Boaz!
Editors Note: Mrs. Wright is the
wife of Bishop R. R. Wright, who pre-
sides over the Fifteenth Episcopal Dis
trict of the A.M.E. Church in South
Africa. She travels with her husband
throughout his diocese.l
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WEST MEDFORD

WEST MEDFORD, Mass, April 10
Church 10:45 am, Sunday School
1916, B.Y.P.U. $50, Evening service
1870. Rev. J. Frederick Bailey's ser
mon, "The Victorious Church." cap
tured the hearts of the many who at
tended church last Sunday. The
Junior choir rendered very capably
several selections featuring in one of
their songs solo by Withheld LETTERS
who really has a marvellous voice.
Sunday that talented Senior Choir will
sing in the morning instead of the
evening due to youth night At the
annual B.Y.P.U, meeting, a question
bee was held under the leadership of
the president, Miss Barbara Digger
who received an answer for almost ali
her questions. Youth! Youth! Youth
seems to be the keyword for the
worlds future success. West Medford
fully aware of this, is sponsoring a
youth Mite" Sunday, the % of April
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CHELSEA
PEOPLES CHURCH
166 Pearl Street
Rev. Luther Marion Fuller

CHELSEA, Mass, April 18-Sun-
day, April %, Dr. R. T. Reed of Bos-
ton, a very powerful preacher and
quite favorite at our church, will be
the speaker. DR.. Reed will give us
one of those evangelistic sermons filled
with the Old Time Religion and the
Baptism of the Holy Ghost. We are
cordially inviting all to come out to
hear him. Sunday School at 1890
pm, Mrs. Levina Milliken in charge.
Evening services at 7 pm. All are
cordially invited.
ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM
Beginning April % there will be a
change of program as follows: Mon
day afternoons and evenings at 6
Summer Street, Current Events"
Great Bible Characters" On Tues
day and Thursday ats. and ewes. the
classes in Lectures on Social and
Political Subjects" "Bible Study" and
English and Vocabulary Building
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BROCKTON

BROCKTON, Mass, April %
There has been a lull in the social
activities during the past week, but
the days following a holiday usually
are quite dull. Miss Dorothy Canada
had as a guest last week, Miss Ruth
Greene of Boston, who is a freshman
at Portia Liberal Arts. The two girls
were among the Inter-racial Students
group who heard the Ford Hall Play
ers in Boston last Wednesday evening.
Little Miss Frances Hargrove
was one of the participants in the
Shaw School Concert last week at the
school. She played a piano selection
which was well applauded Her sister
Myrna had the leading soprano part
IN the singing selection. Miss
Thelma Smith, Miss Claire Hargrove,
Mrs. Keziah Jackson, Mrs. Pearl
Brooks and Mrs. Frances Hargrove
attended the Odd Fellows BANQUET
and Dance at Deaconess Hall in Bos-
ton, on Friday evening. The Mes
slah Baptist Church will have as a
guest speaker at the Sunday evening
service, Mr.. William Dabney of the
Parole Board of Boston. Also on the
same program, the Attacks mixed
quartette will render musical selec-
tions. Mrs. Badger Howell spent
last week in New Haven, Connecticut.
Mr.. Raymond Hilliard, of New
York has been seen about town this
past week. He is spending a few days
with his mother, Mrs. Luebelle Hill
ard and sister Ruth. The Ladies
Aid Society of Lincoln Church served
luncheon to the ministers of the Pill
grim Fellowship Association last We'd
nesday in the church vestry. The
recent Marion Anderson controversy
has, without a doubt, caused some
people to stop and think. As the edi-
torial in the local paper stated, the
action of the OAR. was nothing 50
unusual, it only brought to light a
situation which has long existed in
Washington. l feel that since the
ball has started to roll we should be
the ones to keep it rolling. This
affair is more than a mere refusal for
the use of hall. 1t stands for the
segregation and discrimination which
our people, famous and otherwise,
have met for such a long time. You
ask, what can we do about it? The
least we can do is be concerned and
discuss the situation in our various
groups. Use your local paper as a
means to express your opinion on such
matters. For whatever else we have
not, we can boast freedom of the
press. Mr.. Harry Bernard, presi-
dent of the local branch of the Ma
A.C.P. has been making plans for the
annual membership campaign. He
intends for this years drive to be
more successful than that of last year
The names of the workers and cap.
tains will be mentioned at later date
. =. Buenos Dias Senores-E.M.J.
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MAIDEN
UNION BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. w. L. Clayton, Pastor

MAIDEN, Mass, April 18-All SER
vices of the day were well attended
with inspiring sermons by the pastor
morning and evening. The Junior
Christian Endeavor met in the after
noon with Williston Hobart in charge.
The comedy sketch Country Cous-
ms" is being coached under the CAP
able leadership of Miss Jennie M.
Smith, the president. The play is to
be given at the church on April 28-
The alterations for the installing of
the Pipe Organ are nearing compile
ton under the skillful workmanship of
Norman G. Williamson assisted bv
Everett West.-Tickets are going
rapidly for the Recital of Miss Alberta
M. Darlington May 8, in interest of
the Organ Fund Miss Helen Worthy,
violinist, will also assist on the pro
gram and Henry Gideon, organist.-A
testimonial dinner was rendered G,
W. Morrison of Herbert Street. Ever
EFT, by the Hotel and Railroad News
Company, in honor of his fifty wears
OF service at the Renaissance Room,
Hotel Touraine, Boston, April 12,
Rev. and Mrs. W. L. Clayton attended
as his guests. Mr.. Morrison is the
treasurer of the church.
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How African Natives
Thresh Wheat
By MRS. R. R. WRIGHT

The early morning sun is spreading
its golden glow over the majestic noun
talns and rolling hills of beautiful Ba-
sutoland, and covering with warmth
the verdant valleys lying in their en-
brace. All is still but for the chirping
OF the birds, the occasional barking of
dogs or the lowing of cattle; for the
people are scarcely beginning to stir
from their straw mats on the dung
smeared floors of their cut stone ron
davels.
Suddenly as we lie in bed gazing
up at the lovely matched roof of our
rondavel we hear commotion, excited
voices near the court of the kings
wives. We hurriedly dress and 90 out
side. On the hard soil the wheat is
spread In circular arrangement. There
are four horses and three men. The