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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-16
CITY NEWS

N.A.A.C.P. Executive Secretary,
Walter White, at First A.M.E. Church
(Old Charles st. A.M.E. COngrega-
tiOn) Warren St. and Elm Hill Ave,
Roxbury, Rev. Oliver w. H. Childers,
pastor, Palm Sunday, March II, at
1880 am. Fine music-Beautiful
service. Atty. Irwin T. DOrch will in
trOduce him. Come!
Mrs. w. Gordon, President of the
Six Wise Owls, Mrs. Vivian Physic,
Dorothy Morgan, Mildred Semper,
Thelma Wentworth and Miss Lena
Physic a member who has just re-
turned from Philadelphia, visited the
Music Lovers Club last Sunday,
March 10. An enjoyable time was had
and Miss Kay Bailey and Jimmy An
derson entertained with vocal selec-
tions. Addresses of welcome were
given by the President of the Music
Lovers, Miss Doris Perry, and Miss
Marion Watson. In the Junior Branch
Lucille Lake and Lowell Edney were
admitted to membership.
A gay surprise birthday party was
rendered in honor of "Bud" Davis by
Ruby Henry at her home, $50 Worces-
ter st. A tasty repast of chicken la
king, spaghetti, corn on the cob and
other choice delicacies were served and
merriment ran at a high key. Many
useful and handsome gifts were re-
ceived the most outstanding of which
was an elegant fshing-rod and floating
action reel, a gift from the hostess. The
guests included: Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Taylor;
Mesdames Dorothy Spencer, Jennie
Morris, Pearl Brown Washington ,
Willie Rudd, Martha Snowden, Ella
Rhone Harris, Dora Brown, Emily
Brown, Cora Parker, Misses Blanche
Taylor and Messrs: Earl Greene,
Henry Tyrell, Buster Snowden, Ed
ward Jones, E. J. Williamson, Thomas
Pearson, Galley Banks, Francis Penny.
The Philathea Bible Glass of Eben
ezer Sunday School met at the home
of Mrs. Evelyn Mendes. Members
present were: Miss I. J. Richardson.
Mrs. Eva McIvers, Vera Garfield, Eula
Butter, Evelyn Mendes Bernie Viii
Hams, Regina Smith, Anna Powell,
Lorraine Crawford Mary Washing
ton, and Bessie Ford. The Glass en-
joyed very pleasant discussion on
the Sunday School lesson by Mrs. Eva
McIver and Mrs. Vera Garfield, Mrs.
Bernie Williams and Mrs. Lorraine
Crawford which a delightful collation.
was served by the hostess, Mrs. E.
Mendes. All old and new members
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-16

the Blessed Sacrament Mission, Rox-
bury. Mass will be celebrated at 9 100
by Rev. Richard R. Early, ssh,
Chaplain of the Council.
Invited guests include the Most Rev.
Richard J. Gushing, Auxiliary Bishop
of Boston; Brother Thomas Howarth,
81; Luke W. Bardouille, Pres. Peter
Claver Conference of st. Vincent
DePaul Society, John P. Wooten,
leader in Colored Catholic affairs for
many years, and Martin D. Richardson.
newspaper man. The arrangements
are in charge of John W. Roberts and
Henry Santos, assisted by members of
the Council. Henry E. Quarles will
be POSTMASTER. The Grand Knight,
Oswald Thomas, extends a cordial in
vitatiOn to all members and their
friends to attend Mass and breakfast
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-16
Peoples Bapt. Church
Close Observance

Peoples Baptist Church climaxed
the II day celebration of its silver
anniversary and the fourth year of
Pastor Owens pastorate with a ban
quet in the vestry last Tuesday even
ing. Two hundred and fifty people en-
yoyed most sumptuous dinner served
by Fitzpatrick Bros. (of 342 Pearl St.,
Malden). The bill of ware was as
follows: fruit cocktail, olives, radishes,
celery and pickles, hot roast stuffed
turkey, cranberry jelly, giblet gravy,
mashed potatoes, fresh green peas,
banana and pineapple fritters with
fruit sauce, chicken salad, rolls, but
ter, frozen pudding, fancy harlequin
and french vanilla ice cream, coffee
mousse with nut and cherry centers
assorted cakes, coffee.
At the head table on the platform
the Rev. and Mrs. Owens were sur
rounded by officers of the church and
their wives and other invited guests
Among the speakers were: Rev. E. c.
Herrick of the Theological School and
Morris Taylor of the Shaw House who
spoke in happy vein and brought
greetings. Julian D. Steele of the
Armstrong Hemenway Foundation
and Mrs. Maude Trotter Steward, edi-
tor of the Guardian, were present but
did not speak. Mrs. Owens was pre-
sented with a beautiful bouquet and
responded pleasantly.
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are asked by the chairman, Mrs. Vera
Garfield, to be present at the next meet
ing Monday evening, Mar. is, at 1880
at the home of Mrs. Anna Powell, 10
Greenwich Park.
RESERVE FRIDAY, MAY "A -
MILDRED DAVENPORT'S DANCE
RECITAL.
ShelOh Khall's Electric Choir will
appear at 4th ME. Church, Shawmut
Ave, Sunday, March II, at $3.50 pm.
metropolitan Baptist Church at Sis
pm. Easter Service will be held in
Lynn subject, ''The Message of The
Cross. Sunday, March oath, 1880
pm; special services at Ebenezer
Baptist Church, Community Church.
Shawmut Ave, March 81, at 1880
pm, BrOOkline Baptist Church, We'd,
April at 500 pm. Sundays April
and IA reserved). Special Boy Scout
Reunion at Metropolitan Baptist
Church, Sunday, April q, at $3.50
pm; Everett Methodist Church,
Broadway, Everett, Tuesday, April
%, 8 pm, paper offering at the door
(S1.O0); Bethel A.M.E. Church of
Meeting St., Providence, r. l., at 500
pm; Onley Street Baptist Church at
1880 pm, Onley St, Providence, r. l.,
Sunday April %; Winter st. ME.
Church of Providence at 800 pm. and
COngden st. Baptist Church at 1880
pm, COngden ST., Providence, r. l.,
Sunday, May 5th.
Sheloh Khall's Electric Choir will
appear on the Press Club of Boston's
Second Annual Award Service at 4th
ME. Church, Palm Sunday at pm,
Rev. S. M. Riley, Jr., pastor. They will
appear in the interest of the Go
Workers for The Blind Club of Bos-
ton" of which the president, Mrs. H.
Abbie Durbin, is this years award re-
cipient. Boy Scouts will act as escorts
to the blind who will be special guests
of the afternoon with Edward F. Mil
Ter as chairman of transportation. The
program will start promptly at 3
o'clock. Silver offering at the door.
The Troopers Club gives a Satur-
day night party tonight in Lincoln
Hall, 158 W. Springfield St.
Spring MAY be just around the
corner, but the Evans Employment
Bureau is just around the corner of
Hammond St., at 657 Shawmut Ave.
At this convenient location, good posi-
lions are always available for either
full or part time, general maids or
Mothers helpers. Why not drop in
soon and let them assist you in find
ing the RIGHT job? The fees are
scaled to suit you purse and you can
be assured of courteous and friendly
Betty Wright, fashionable dress
maker of Roxbury, has returned from
a much-needed vacation in the South.
Travelling by motor she was surprised
and delighted with the courteous serv-
ice by filling stations in southern COM
munities.
Mrs. Mary Jackson, proprietor of
Western Lunch Box returned last
week from Paducah, KY. She was &C
companied by her mother who will
make her home here.
"Open House" at Lincoln Halls, 15s
W. Springfield St. is growing in pop
ular favor as more and more patrons
enjoy the informal gatherings, good
food and good music, every Thursday
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-16
CIR Man a1tth tlrr Nnt
By EDWIN MARKHAM

Bowed by the weight Of centuries he leans
Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground,
The emptiness Of ages in his face,
And on his back the burden of HE world.
Who made him dead TO rapture and despair,
thing that greves not and never hopes,
StoIid and stunned brother to the OK?
Who Ioosened and let down this BRUTAL Jaw?
Whose was The hand that sIanfed back this brow7
Whose breath blew out the light within this bran7
Is this the Thing the Lord God made and gave
10 have dominion over sea and land;
10 trace the stars and search The heavens for power
10 feel the passion Of eferniiy7
In this the dream He dreamed who shaped HE suns
And mark their ways upon the ancient deep?
Down all the caverns Of He'll to their last gulf
There is no shape more terrible Than this-
More tongued with cries against the worlds blind greed
More filled with signs and portents Of The SOUL
More packt with danger 10 The universe.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-03-16
Councillor Sullivan
To Speak for The
X. of Peter Claver

Councillor Daniel F. Sullivan will be
the guest speaker at the annual Com
munion Breakfast of the Blessed
Sacrament Council, Knights of Peter
Claver, on Palm Sunday, MCrch II, at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
HOSPITAL WING
 STARTS TUESDAY.
First Shovelful of Earth to Be Taken; Digging Hon-
 or Is Undecided

At 1l:S0 o'clock tomorrow, raorn- ing the first Shovelful. of earth will be turned for construction of the proposed new wing of St. Maryis Hospital. This will start one of the largest building projects in Water. bury in quite a few years, involving an estimated expenditure of $35O ,OO0 Tuesday. March 19, was selected fol the ground breaking ceremony be- cause 1t. is the Feast of St. Joseph patron of the Sisters of St. Joseph who operate the hospital. Mother Mary Sacred Heart, hospital super intendent, stated today that 1t was as yet undecided to whom would be given the honor of turning the first spadeful of earth at the Scovill Franklin streets junction.
 Other than members of the Board of Directors of the hospital, staff members, local clergy and religious 1t was not expected that the cere- monies would attract visiting dignit- aries of the church. or city. fi
 In addition to making available AuOIc UcuSi 4OT3 ,pdClCIlLS Iklc WlIlS which will extend along Franklin street and down Scovill, makes pos sible expansion of facilities and space for hospital personnel now considerably hanpered.
 Wadhams, May and. Carey of Hartford hold the general contract for construction of the, hospital wing and they are expected to have completed their work by the end of 1940. Louis A. Walsh was the archi- tect who designed the hospital addi- ton. it3l% {
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
MussOIini Was Smiling, Hitler Very Pale as They
 Ended Meeting MANY RUMORS ARE
 HEARD IN EUROPE They Talked on Italian Train Close to German-
 Italian Frontier
BY EDMUND LAURA

United Press Staff Correspondent
 Brennero, .Italian-G German Frontier, March 18.-(UP)a Adolf Hitler and BenitO Mussolini conferred secretly for two hours and 12 min utes today on issues which may change the course of the war.
 The best information was that they had discussed:
 l. A peace offensive
 backed jointly by the two { totalitarian powers, or:
 2. Some plan for closer
 cooperation if Germanysin-
 tensifies the war with the
 Allies.
 They came from their capitals in special trains. retired to the salon car of Mussolini's train to talk, and left for home immediately after they finished their conversations. Spec tators said they shook hands in fare- well, Mussolini was smiling and Hit Ter was pale.
 Communiques in Rome and Ber- said the meeting had been cordial.
 Mussolini had arrived first, at 9:30 a. m. (3:30 a. m., EST) and Hit Ter 40 minutes later. There was a brief ceremony at the station in 8 snow storm driven by a high wind through historic Brenner Pass, and the conference began at 10:30.
 Only Four Present .
 Shades were drawn in the con- ference car. It was announced that Mussolini, Hitler, Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano and Ger man Foreign Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop were the only ones pres ent nthe car. Italian policemen and Alpine troops wearin gsteel helmets and carrying bayoneted rifles kept guard.
 The conference ended at 12:42 p. m. Hitler's train started north UAAAOuSAL tIlC Pe1o do A.VO p. AA' uAi0 Mussolinis' train got under way for the south in five minutes.
 Mussolini and Ciano had escorted Hitler and von Ribbentrop to the Italian train over a red carpet. fanked by potted palms, which had been set upin the snow.
 Mussolini smilingly saluted the tOWnSreODle as his train Dllleld out. He wore heavy black overcOat over his Fascist militia uniform, Hitler wore a black leather topcoat.
 Left MysteriOusly
 They left as mysteriously as they had come, with the world wonder ing as to the import of their meet ing. It was announced that the conference had been arranged by von Ribbentrop when he visited Mussolini in Rome week before last.
 (Continued on Page N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
CROSS OF CHRIST ]! :
 KEY K. ' IOMYSTERY'
Rev. Charles E. Coughlin ' Traces Course of Jesus E in Sunday Speech

Detroit, March gfls-- (UP) -. All things find their explanation and remedy in Christ's crucifixion, the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin said yes- :erday in a Sunday sermon tracing the course of Jesus to the cross. {,
 ".The Cross of Christ. is the key t othe mystery of life." he said that cross has put its due value upon everything in this life. II brings together and makes consist ent all that seems discordant and aimless." st
 Father Coughlin predicted that "Christ's, arch opponent" would triumph briefly ih the worlds capitols. followed by atheists, radl- calls, and proponents of humanitar- ianisin and materialisn.
 But, he added. in calling for q revival of Christian spirit: N
 'sTheir Palm Sunday and its tenn porary triumph win Dc c prelude to Q deathless Good Friday and c cross upon which they viii wrlthe eger- .lastinely with no prospect Of an Easter Mofn%
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
Judge Inglis. Files His Findings On Appeals
1,O57 Pages of Typewriter Copy in Three Bound
 :s~ ~ Volumes = Data More Voluminous Than @ Those Filed By Defense Attorneys &

Judge Ernest A. Inglis filed in the local Superior Court this morning his finding in connection with ap- peals taken by fourteen nien to the Supreme Court of Errors in The Waterbury conspiracy. trial The finding consists of Y l037 pages Z. ot typewriter copy and is Included ill three bound volumes. Eighteeh sets of the three volumes were brought here by Judge Inglis himself. He arrived here at .10:30 a. m. and the process of stamping the volumes, designating their receipt by Clerk George H. Freeman of the Superior Court started. z; g.s,.y :sst', l1
 The volumes we're even more vol urninol1s than those filed by de- felise lawyers at the time they took their appeals. Their total wordage is believed to constitute the great est number of words placed on file in. the. history of thei@ Connecticut Courts. J. ;r s.;i is:s jsti r@.,a. x
 " NO Conclusions on Facts. l~@
 Judge InElis doeS not give an cou- cluSions as tp the facts. in the. con- spraey case in his finding. He mere ly reviews 2the case in its entirety as he. saw 1t using! hundreds of pages Of testimony heard at the s.triaF and his own charge to the jury. fee "
 Lawyers pointed out this morning that this is the procedure in a jury
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
THREE VIOLENT
 DEATH IN CONN.
None of Them Was Caused By Autos Is Week-End
 Report
(By United Press)

Safe driving marked Connecticut's weekend highway travel but there was a death toll of three from other forms of violence.
 Norman Rhoades, IA, New Milford was drowned in Lovers Leap Gorge of the Housatonic river when he slipped and fell down a 200-foot t:y embankment. Two companions, with whom he had been walking, heard his screams and saw him try to save himself by graspiag sapling. Il gave way under his weight and he fell into the swift current. Young Rhoades had been boarding at New Milford and went there from the Gill bert home at Winsted. {
 At East Windsor, Martin Baelis. 7S committed suicide by shooting him. self in the head. The body was found by his son when he went to the home for a Sunday visit.
 The poisoH death of Alton Smith ST. ct Derby, was said by Medical Examiner B. B.. Rentsch to have been accidental. It was believed he mistook the poison for bottle of medicine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
Murder Syndicate In New York Has Caused Deaths Of Twenty Victims
Head of Syndicate Is Being
 tSought-l5 Already ;. Are Arrested

~ New York, March 18-UP)-Dis- trict Attorney William O'Dwyer seeks an indictment today against the head of a murder syndicate which, he said, had caused the as- saSsination of 20 men.
 The syndicate, he alleged, had contracted to murder as a baseball player contracts for his services. Its customers. were the leading mobs o1 { the underworld.
 In custody were IS men alleged by O'DWyer to be the members of the syndicate, its customers, and its employees. The customers included Charles Hucky) Luciano, former head of a inulti-million dollar vice racket now in prison, Louis Gepke) Buchalter, big time industrial rack eteer now facing a life sentence, and the Purple Gang of Detroit.
 t ;! ~ Kill Own Empl0yeS
 Among the. syndicate's victims, he charged, were number of its own employees. It trained young punks' to do the actual killing and when they got to, know too lnuch,, they were assassinated by new "puliks. J The syndicate collected anything from $500 up for each murder, de- :pendhlg on the! importance of the victim. The actual killers O'Dwye1 alleged, were never paid more than y (Continued on Page 4)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
RUMORS OF THIRD TERM CONTINUE
Farley, Garner Deal Is Not 7 Given Credence - New
 Dealers Still in Lead
BY LYLE c. WILSON <,

United Press Statf Correspondent ,} Washington, March l8-C CUP)~7 'Reports that Postmaster General James Az Farley was cooperating informally but effectively with Vice. president John .N., Garner's anti third term nloyement circulated to- day among senate Democrats. s- z. < These reports were somewhat off, sets however, by negatiof of a con- ,sidcrably. .touted strategy whereby Farley has to have entered an anti- third term slate of delegates in the May IS Ohio preferential primary. {
 That Farley would enter a slate in opposition to the state organization which is fronting for the third term in Ohio was published here. and througft9ut the, country. But the deadline for filing in Ohio passed oyer, the week end and MT. RooSe- welt is assured Of 52 delegates there if he vents them. There was, in facts no: confirmation from Farley that he intended to go into Ohio at all, ' .
 No, Open Break Yet
 The political relationship between the Postmaster General and Presi-, dent Roosevelt still has not come to the open break which many observ- CTS predicted as developments con- tinued to challenge Farley's belief that there will be no third term ef- fort.
 The political breaks of the past
 Continued on Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
SCAPA FLOW RAID
 ANCERS BRITONS
Press Is Severely Critical of British Air Defenses
 That Permitted It

London, March 18.-(UP)-Briton wondered today whether the frs, air raid on civilians had touched off a new and merciless phase of the war while the press criticized the aerial defenses which permitted Ger man bombers to kill a civilian, bomb Scapa Flow, the important naval base, three Orkney Island towns and escaped with only two casualties.
 The Daily Telegraph said what will cause disappointment in the public mind is the knowledge not so much that raid on Scapa Flow could be achieved but that the raid- CTS were able to return to their base with such a small loss.
 Assuming that 12 out of IA Ger man bombers returned safely, the newspaper suggested some defi- ciency in defensive strength at a fleet anchorage as important as Scapa Flow"
 One Warship Damaged
 The admiralty said one warship in the Scapa Flow anchorage suf- fered minor damage although cot tages were destroyed in three towns and 14 civilians and seamen were injured in Saturday nights raid.
 (The commander of the German squadron claimed in Berlin that dir ect hits were scored with the larg- est bombs on the huge battle cruis- CTS hood, 42,OO0 tons. repulse, 32.0OO tons, and renown 32.000 tons and an unnamed cruiser. He said all of the IA Heinkel bombers participating in the raid returned home although
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
SUMNER WELLES. TALKS WITH POPE
Roosevelt Peace Envoy in 50 Minute { l1 Talk al With
 Holy Father

Vatican City, March .18.--CUP)-- United States Under-S Secretary of State Sumner Weiles spent 50 rnin- utes with Pope Plus this morning and then visited Luigi Cardinal Maglione, papal Secretary of State, for half an hour. ,.. It was reported that WelleS would confer again. with Premier Benito MusSolini in Rome late Tuesday be- fore he leaves for Genoa to board a ship for home. WelleS refused to confirm reports that; he would meet Mussolini again but 1t was said that this was because dolf Hitler might not give Mussolini any encouraging word for Welles about peace and if nothing were said about any more conferences. no false hopes would be raised. 'f
 Welles was accompanied to the Vatican by Myron c. Taylor, Pres- ident Roosevelt's personal represent ative to the Vatican. I'
 They arrived in two Vatican auto mobiles. Mounting the staircase to Clementine Hall. Welles and Taylor proceeded immediately to the Pope's Library.
 Welles was greeted with the same ceremony accorded German Foreign Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop last week, since both are ranked as Ministers of State. Welles and Tay- lor wore tail coats, white ties and silk hats. Two Chamheflaitis of the cape and sword received them in the otrtyard. Two Swiss guards in ned- ieval garb and two gendarmes were on the staircase. The master of cere- monies, Mser. Arhorio Meila Dl Fand Ella introduced the Americana to the Pope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18
FACES {
 .T'OUCHPROBLEM
Rehabilitation of Nation Is { Desperate One Saving 7. of, Homes BOthers
BY EDWARD W. BEATTIE


 Helsinki, March 18-(UP)-Fin- land tackled an enormous rehabili- tation problem today as Jul1u K. Paasikivi and K. Voionmaa, mem- bers of the Mission which Hast week negotiated the end of the war with Russia, left by airplane for Moscow to ratify the peace terfns.
 -Paasikivi and voionmaa will ex- change notifications with the Rus sian government at the Kreinlin and negotiate concerning Finnish private property in territory ceded to Russia.
 At home the Films worked to complete evacuation of ceded teri- tory and to organize new national defense and seek economic rehabil- itation with which to cope with the aftermath of war.
 Authorities faced the vital prob- lem of avoiding epidemics arising from the presence of thousands oi dead men-and horses killed in battle in Finish territory.
 "t Dangers Of Disease
 Real dangers from disease were expected to come during the spring thaw. which occurs usually iii mid- April. The severity of the peace which allotted to Russia large areas in Karelia and Northeast of Lake
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-18

miracle. Four men were certainly dead.
 At 5:25 a. m., the rescue work CTS sent out the crushed bodies of John Marks, 34, and Ross McFadden, 54, the crew of a mine train, who had been smashed horribly against huge electric motor which had been torn loose from its 1noorings by the ex- ploSion and flung across the entrance to one of the cross tunnels. The rescue workers had been able to see the bodies hours before they could reach them.
 Two rescue workers were killed Saturday night by gas.
 After reaching the bodies, the workers found the 35 cars of the mine train damned together in g mass of wreckage which further slowed their progress.
 Three Main Tunnels
 The mine is a tunnel mine". There are three main tunnels entering into the side of a great hill which run on more or less hori- zontal plane three miles into the earth. From these tunnels branch smaller tunnels at right angles and from these are rooms or chambers where the coal is mined.
 The explosion occurred three miles from the main tunnel entrance, in one of the side tunnels. It dumped tons of rock and coal into the tunnels, trapping the victims.
 Approximately 112 men were res cued Saturday afternoon and night, more than half of them suffering
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