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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
DEATH TAKES
JAkESA. MERRILL

James A. Merrill, well-knoWn
resident of the South End, huS-
band of Mrs. Kate Clark Mer-
rill, Beautician with parlors at
5o7 shawmut ave., died Thurs
day morning, August 3, after
several, months illness. He had
not regained his health since
last March when he suffered All
attack CT pneumonia which left
him with complications.
Mr.. Merrill was carpenter by
trade and was an expert in his
line.
Funeral services will be held
Monday, Aug. 7, from Emanuel
Temple. Humboldt ave, near
Waumoeck st. The remains can
be viewed at his late residence,
507 Shawmut ave. "
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
More Witnesses
In Cop Case
CONTINUED from Page onel

N~See1ENCU gfOH EHg6 Of1CJ
who's all army inductee, has
requested further deferment of
his induction at least until the
case has been finally settled.
Regardless Of the outcome of
the complaint against Patrol
man James Hickman now being
laid before police heads, the
civil suit against the accused
officer will be pressed by Atty
w. H. Lewis, Jr, counsel FOR
Pratt, 1t was announced this
week,
The. complaint now before
police headquarters grew out Of
an alleged brutal beating of
Elliott Pratt by Patrolman
Hickman on the night of June
% at Columbus and Mass. ayes.
Pratt suffered severe head in
juries when the officer allegedly
broke his night stick over Pratts
head Several witnesses said they
saw the alleged assault. Photo
graphs Of Pratt taken shortly
after the affair, showed bruises
and Commissions about the face
and head. Charged with as
sault and battery, Hickman was
tried before Judge Elijah Adlow
in the First Criminal Session Of
the Municipal Court on July
14-15 and was found not guilty.
Complaint to police commits
sioner's office was initiated i'm
mediately after the trial.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
CHURCH
PEOPLES BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. r. M. Owens, Pastor

Peoples Church carried her
usual crowd last Sunday. The
pastor delivered an interesting
and instructive sermon on Go
ing to Church and Going to
Worship" Many visitors and
many servicemen attended the
service. The quartette was An
ME Nelson, soprano; Edith Crit
fin, alto; Paul Clark, tenor and
James Hinson, bass.
During the month of August
the pastor will take his vaca-
ton; the pulpit will be filled by
competent ministers in and
around Boston.
The Daily Vacation Bible
School is doing very good work.
Watch these pages for the clos
ing night. The Bible School is
progressing nicely under the
summer schedule.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
New Cafe

Continued From Page one)
The general makeup of the
menu always includes a wide
assortment. Chicken is a lead
ing item. A speciality is Mary
land fried chicken and waffles.
Other chief food items are
steaks, chops, fish, poultry,
clans and crabs; and because
of the management's policy of
daily changes in the menu it is
easy for patrons to make a de-
sirable selection from the regu-
lar dinners listed.
The Restaurant is open until
S a. m. The general proprietor
is Norman Holder. The attrac-
tive young lady at the cash
register is q cousin, Mildred
Shorey, formerly OF New York.
Upstairs on the street floor
a banquet hall will accommodate
parties, banquets, wedding
breakfasts and suppers; but
smaller parties can be conven-
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
OBITUARY
LORENZO H. AUSTIN

The funeral of Lorenzo H.
Austin of TAB Columbus ave. who
died July Is took place on JULY
% at the Community Church,
Shawmut ave and Lenox st. with
Rev. Prescott officiating. Solos
were rendered by Mrs. Georgia
Bailey and Rev. ] E. JeItz. In
ternment was in Mt. Hope Gene
terry. The funeral arrange
ments were in charge of Mrs.
Matte L. Reid of the Millard p
Reid Memorial Chapel, 1o41
fremont st.
Lorenzo H. Austin was born in
Marshville, NJ c., March Is.
1885, one of eleven children born
to the late Green and Susan
Austin. At "a he was married
to Agnes Page and to this union
three children were born all Of
whom and the widow, survive
He lived awhile in Pennsylvania
end passed the last years of his
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
SOLDIERS ALL

Somebody has said that should Hitlers robot bombs
strike cities like Boston, New York Philadelphia Atlanta,
Birmr gham Alabama; Natchez, Mississippi the damage
inflicted and the fear generated that the attack might
spread to other localities would be the of jolt potent
enough to make the American public realize that the
nation is in Although the casualties among
fighting forces daily mount SOLDERING figure they
passed with almost casual reading by the average
citizen. Possibly the for the Indifference COM
placency because the families the victims widely
scattered And perhaps is for the that in
the industries in highway accidents and too, in the
binary routine of family life, the casualties much larger
than at the front, apparently touch the general public
lightly. There would be different and sadder story,
rating headlines and causing CONSERVATION and
nationwide mourning the deaths and destruction
heaped in few localities Moreover there is the newt
able aspect of the a boom for industry and labor
The big industriasts reaping huge profits Wages
have skyrocketed. The resulting exhlaraton engross-
ment in newfound prosperity have inspired the cynical
comment that many employers and wageearners will be
sorry rather than glad when the is over But from
another viewpoint there may be genuine poignant grief
unless people have put aside of their swollen earn
ngs against second depression which may follow the
wars closing as was the case after World War |.
For most of the has brought us only slight in
convenences such rationing and little curtament of
travel The country whole does not experience wars
destructveness and terror We go about several ways
prejudice while soldier urged to be-
eve that they fighting and dying for freedom from
those evils In Philadelphia this week thousands of men
went strike in effort deny other the right to
work because the latter of different color The
socalled Getty of Brotherly Love- belied its beautiful
by drama of haze. The strikers caused inter
rupon of work in industries vital to the successful
duct of the They placed higher value their
rowmnded preudice than the welfare of the country
The crisis has failed impress them there be
traitorous behavior among the home army of workers.
They deserted their posts 1t doesn't fair privilege
when similar action occurring in the front lines would be
met with courtmartial dishoTorable discharge and pos
sbly execution before firing squad The theater of
the shooting is distant; do hear the thunder of
reapng the lives of boys in battle From Phila
delphia, as the Army takes over may there the
needed lesson that every last of soldier the
present crisis and that righteous judgment labels traitor
of us who shrks duty which in any manner is con-
nected with the quick winning of the
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
Atty. Foster
(ContinNed from Paoe or

CONTINUED from Page Ore)
Musical and Literary Union.
Funeral services will be held
this Saturday morning, Aug. 3.
at 1890 at the Modern Funeral
Home, 81 Dartmouth ST., Cora
Reid MacKerrow director. Re-
latives arrived Thursday from
New Haven, Conn. to make the
funeral arrangements.
During the past several years
Atty. Foster had been associated
in practice with Attys. Malcolm
and Arthur Banks with offices
at 362-A Mass. ave, in the build
ing where Mr.. Foster main
tanned his residence. He is sur
vived by two sisters in sNorth
Carolina and nieces In New York
and Connecticut. He never mar
ried.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
RECENT EDITORIAL
DON'T SURRENDER THE VOTE

For the Colored voters of America two million
strong and the unquestoned key victory or defeat for
etner party IN 1914 there be attitude and ap
proach to this coming election AS of now there is little
TO choose between the Democrats and Republicans.
In coming days must become practical politicians.
We must drive hard bargains with the two major parties
We must take watand-see" attitude of complete indie
pendence from party ties.
=" nat both parties actually do rather than promise
IN the next months will be our criterion for political
cnoes Let the party bosses become wary and worried
OF our wrath Let them know we are watching their
move their every deed and misdeed Let them never be
sure tna they have the Coored vote in their pocket
only then can we ever hope to win our untrammeled
freedom as first class citizens of this land CHICAGO
DEFENDER
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05

life in Boston. During his life
he turned his hand to many
different kinds of work always
providing well for his family.
He was a fine type of Christian
gentleman and an ardent race
champion with many friends in
every walk of life Besides wife
and children he leaves to mourn
their loss, five sisters, one bro
ther, five grand children, many
other relatives and a host of
friends.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
IN MEMORLAM
Aug. 6, 1929 - Aug. 6, 1914
MRS. ADELINE OSBORN

Aug. 6, 1929 - Aug. 8, 1914
MRS. ADELINE OSBORN
Today recalls the memory
Of dear mother gone to rest.
Those who think of her today,
Are those who loved her best.
The call was sudden, the shock
severe,
We little thought such grief
was near;
Only those who have lost can
tell
The pain of parting without
farewell,
A silent prayer, silent tear,
Beautiful memories. Mother
dear.
Lovingly remembered by her
daughters,
MISS MARY A. OSBORN, MRS.
GEORGETTA BUCKLEY, MRS
FANNIE E. REEVES, MRS. MA
BEL ]. EASTMAN, MRS. FLOR
ENCE E. BUCKLEY, MRS. VIO-
LA MASON. - Grandchildren,
RAYMOND It. OSBOURNE,
MRS. THELMA BUCKLEY Nc
EAIR.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05

ientiy cared for at specially ar
ranged tables in the main din
ing room in the basement.
Visitors will find a CHEEKY
welcoming atmosphere at The
La Bra, where the North meets
the South
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
O'Banyoun's
Observations

To all who tuned in on the
wrong station for. the Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church broadcast,
last Sunday, know that the last
eight lines of that paragraph
were inserted into the column
after it left my hands. I know
the right station, having broad
casted from it myself. ..>
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05

hear that our old friend,
Charley Harris is spending part
of his vacation in Durham, and
hopes to touch Boston before he
returns to his duties. All of his
old friends will be glad to see
him.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05
Segregation coered the R IN
The Road Ahead
BY Noah C. A. Walter

COiOred Vote VIII
Not Be StereOtyped
During the past week, the re-
suit of an alleged Poll of some
10000 colored on how they in
tend to vote in 1884, has been
given almost as much important
space in the daily press as spot
war news. The Poll is said to
have been conducted by a Mr..
Edgar G. Brown, President of
some National Colored Council.
Mr.. Brown reported that his
Poll showed that If elections
were held today, colored voters
would go over 10 per cent to
Republican candidates.
Mr.. Browns Poll must have
been conducted either in "iron-
bound" traditional Republican
areas, or the only Democrats
tabulated were those who in
dictated that they would vote
Republican. The fact is, how
ever, that over 10 per cent Of the
colored are not going to vote
Republican or Democrat any
more than 70 per cent Of the
American Indians, Italians,
Irish, Jews or Poles.
T do not see how the Republi-
can Party leadership can be
hooked by such wishful dream
ings on the part of Mr.. Brown.
The colored who voted Repub-
lican "in memory of Lincoln"
and voted as machine Demo-
Gratis" no longer are with us. In
truth, the majority of colored IN
1914 will not vote as colored but
as Americans,
1t is about time that our
colored Specialists" become wise
and realized that the colored, as
a voter, can no longer be hypno-
tized by Spell-binding orators
indeterminate promises. Colored
equally will vote the Republican
and Democratic tickets. Yes,
some colored- leaders OF the
Democratic Party are taking 1t
for granted that the colored
voter will not "bite the hand
that fed him" during those hor-
ribie days Of depression back in
1888. Relief and WPA wore. not
given to colored alone, but to all
needy and joblesS Americans.
However, like all other Amer
cans. we certainly do not want. to
see a return to those days Of
relief checks. The colored vote
in 1914 like all Americans, is
looking ahead. He sees that
the world in which he lives is
governed by certain basic laws.
He has come to learn that +or
his own selfish interests these
laws must be modified or
amended to protect and i'm
prove his welfare.
Every colored demands elim1-
nation Of segregation and dis
elimination of colored in the
armed services and all walks
of American life. We are equal
ly interested in Win The War
Program that will not only bring
this war to an end quickly, but
establish a lasting p e a C e
against future wars. We de-
mand legislation to outlaw
lynching and poll taxes and all
other anti-American condi-
tons. However, we must demand
clear cut program of special
insurance and full employment
after the war in order to in
sure a useful life for all AM
orleans from birth to death.
Mr.. Brown and thousands of
others may issue reports from
their private miniature Gallup
Poll' on how the colored will
vote in "A. But the colored vor-
er will march together with the
men who are pledged for pro-
gressive social legislation for
all"
ARw RAE wRWM @AMAM
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1944-08-05

Rev. Layiscount gave us an
other earfull of his "grown-up
religion last Sunday, and l rec
ommend it to all thinkers. Ly-
curgus Lockman was the soloist
an dhe sustained his reputation
a san artist of highest quality.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
Home Service
Choirmon Gives
Report of Work Done

Home Service Chairman, Mrs.
Sherman Noel, reports that Home
Service handled 10 cases for the
month of December.
In the last few months Home
Service has received inquiries from
servicemen overseas about their
families at home, also, aided in es-
tablishing communications between
soldiers and families at home. Mes
sages from Norway and japan which
came through the international Red
Cross, inquiring about relatives in
this community, have been deliv-
cred and the answer forwarded to
National Headquarters.
Furlough and extension investi-
cations, reports for the Veterans
Administration, investigations for
dependency benefits, giving aid and
information in filing claims and in
vestigations for release from the
army, are some of the duties of the
Home Service committee.
The expense for the month was
S8.4l which was all for kilograms
, The number of hours was approx
~, . 4a1u !
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
Tells How Clothing
Is Tested For
Arctic Flying

Lincoln County's record-breaking
low temperature of as degrees be-
low zero, which up to l94l broke
all previous records, was balmy
compared~with sub-zero tempera-
lures recorded the year around at
Lawrence, Mass, in the Arctic room
of the u. S. Army Quartermaster
Corps.
Created to test cold weather
clothing for Uncle Sans doughboys,
this unique laboratory utilizes one
of industry's newest electronlc de-
vices, an electronic potentiometer
developed by the Brown Instrument
Co, of Philadelphia, Pa, it was re-
vealed.
Each soldier volunteering for the
tests remains for hours at time in
the arctic room, exposed to tenn
.peratures varying from 40 to SO
degrees below zero During these
| test periods the new and ingenious
electronic device is connected, it
| was stated, to wired harness which
each man wears under his cloth
| ing.
Temperatures at eight points on
his body, beneath the clothing be-
ing tested, are electronically record
ed in a matter of seconds by use of
the Brown potentiometer. accord
| ing to Army officials
The tests at Lawrence are said to
have verified one conviction of vet
eran Lincoln County amateur
weather experts, namely, that when
a man shivers he becomes warmer
/ Data accumulated there on the
reaction of the human body to long
periods of intense cold, and on the
thanksgiving qualities of differ
ent kinds of clothing and fabrics
have enabled the Quartermastel
Corps to make available the i'm.
proved types of Arctic protection
being used by our armed forces.
The results of the test will, it !:
! believed, be reflected in warmer
clothing which will be available t
civilians after the war.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
Y. p. S. ELECTS OFFICERS

The Young Peoples Society OF St.
Johns Lutheran Church held Its
annual winter party and elected its
officers Sunday evening. The group
met at the church and there elected
Art Neils, president, Mrs, Walter
Baker, secretary; Perez Baker,
treasurer, Leonard Sleizer, vice
president, The group then liked to
the north side of the Kootenai river,
where around camp fire they
played outdoor games and sang
They returned to the church base
ment where the hosts, Mr. and Mrs
Perez Baker and Mr.. and Mrs. Art
Neils, served them with a tasty
lunch
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
A MESSAGE FROM ITALY

TROY, Jan. 18.-Christmas this
year was spent by thousands Of our
boys in the armed forces in almost
every land of the earth. Many OF
them in strange surroundings for
the first time for the Christmas
season. Hundreds of chaplains in as
many camps. tried to bring a mes
sage, difficult in that the very
spirit of the season Peace On
Earth, Goodwill to Men, was iron
ical in the extreme
T/Cpl Eddie Mason sent the
Christmas program of the 337th En-
gineer Regiment, somewhere in
Italy, to his mother, Mrs. Edith
Mason,
For the most part the program
was the traditional American one
with special numbers and group
singing Of carols. The Christmas
Thought" by Chaplain George w
Lair follows:
The usual greeting Merry Christ
mas and Happy New Year seems
almost ironical to us this year, bui
if we 90 beneath the surface VIZ
will probably discover some mean
| ing in the expression, even while
we are on duty here. in Italy. VIZ
have all fallen into the custom O.
interpreting Christmas in the lighI
Of things about us which we mo
mentarily enjoy, some of which arr
good and some work to our disad
vantage, and in the absence of those
things, we are prone to think tha
there is nothing left in Christmas
for us, that it has been robbed of al
of its meaning. The fact is that the
finer part of Christmas is left ano
| is as attainable here as it is al
i home. Christmas marks grea
and sacred historical event-the
birth of Christ the Savior!
The words of the Scripture, "Fol
God so loved the world, that He
gave his only begotten Son, tha
whoever believeth in Him shoule
not perish but have everlasting
life are unaltered by these unwel.
comed surroundings. How much
then should that love mean to VI
in this time when destruction anc
Tragedy .dDOunO on every nand lT
every place in this disquietec
world! As we walk in the midst O.
this terrible tragedy and breathe it:
chilly breath, may we not hear the
sweet refrain of the soft music Of
Gods love as it speaks the very
mission of Christ to the World
Peace on earth, good will to men.
No, that great purpose of the com,
ling of the Son of God has not failed
Let the nations try Christ, in deco
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20

Mrs. Maude Chase of Troy was
Libby visitor Saturday
Mrs. F. R. Baney left Tuesday for
Wyoming because of the illness of
her mother.
Read Montana News. Buy the
Great Falls Tribune at Hough's
Drug Store. 1t
Mrs. Don Leach and Mrs. Dexter
Shaurette are leaving today for a
few days in Spokane.
L. D. O'Brien drove down from
Rexford Wednesday to look after
business matters in Libby.
1t. Delvin G.. Larson. who is with
the Air Corps at Moore Fields, Mis-
sion, Texas, is here on furlough.
Mrs. Clayton Nelson returned
from Spokane Tuesday after spend
ing week visiting relatives at that
place.
Gordon Wood, Shaw & Borden
representative from Spokane, was in
Libby last Thursday calling on
| friends.
M/Sgt. Dwight Stephenson is
spending his furlough here with his
brother and sister-in-laW. Mr.. and
Mrs Stephenson.
L. ]. Olson returned Saturday ev-
ening from trip to klickitat
Wash, and Portland, Ore, as audi
tor for the j. Neils Lumber Co.
Notice to Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs. There will be a dance al
the /. O. O. F. hall Saturday night
Jan. o. Come and bring a friend. Il
Mrs. Ray Deditius and son, Larry
/ has returned to Libby from Sar
/ Francisco and Salt Lake City. Mrs
Detitius plans to remain IN Libby
! Mrs. Ed Olson returned the frs
/ of the week from a visit with hel
daughter, Mrs. Warren G. Pellet
/ at Tacoma. Lieut.. Pellet is serving
| with the naval air corps.
A. MN &c Jack Daggett arrivel
Tuesday to spend weeks leave
from the Naval Air Station at Lo:
Alamitos, Calf, with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Daggett, ans
other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Harold A. Burroughs expect.
to leave early next month with he1
baby daughter to spend some time
with her husband, Lieut.. Burroughs
] in Michigan. It is expected he vii
be sent over seas within q shor
! time.
i Mrs. Thomas Murray end littl,
son will leave for Durham, N. G.
to join 1t. Murray, who is stationed
with the armed forces there. Mrs
Murray has spent the winter visit
ing her mother Mrs. Mayfair
I greaves, and other relatives here.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Sanders ant
little daughter arrived in. LIB.
Saturday from their home at Bly,
Ore, for visit with Mr. Sanders
mother, Mrs. Theresa Sanders, ant
with other relatives. They are stop
ping with their uncle, Frank Sieg
mund, while in the city.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
BENJAMIN PRICHARD
OBITUARY

BENJAMIN Prichard was born in
Brown county, Kansas, April 2,
1861. he grew to manhood in Kan
sas.
On August 9, 1882, he was united
in marriage to Minnie Mae Pip
pinger at Twin Falls, Kansas. To
this union seven children were born:
Albert of Bartlesville, Okla; Thorn
as, formerly of Troy, who passed
away a year ago last December,
Mrs Ora Rasmussen Of Libby; Cliff
ford of Tulsa, Okla; Mrs. nellie
DeRosia Of Libby, Mrs. Gertrude
Fields of Sidney, Mont, and Dale
OF Poplar, Mont.
The Prichards came to Montana
in 1910 and homesteaded in Rich
land county, where they resided I'M
til two and one-half years ago when
they moved to Sidney. Last May
they. came to Libby and made their
home here,
Mrs. Prichard passed away July
Is, 1913, at the age Of 79.
Death came to Mr.. Prichard JAM
uary II, 1914, at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. DeRocia, in Libby, Al
the age of IS years. He is survived
by three daughters and three sons
| az grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren and two brothers
Joseph Prichard, Peru, Kansas, anc
Sam Prichard, Wichita, Kans. Hi
was member of the Nazerene
church.
Funeral services were held at thu
| Gompf Chapel Sunday, January 10
at 2.30 .. m, with the Rev. E. Roy
Fort and Miss Lula BARNARD Of
| ficiating.
Music was by the Methodist choir
Pallbearers were Floyd Gilligan
Jack Hanson, George Baker. F. +
Baker. and Darrell Shaurette.
/ Out-of-town people here for tn
services were Mr.. and Mrs. Ra.
! Powell Of Whitefish, Mont, Mis-
Lula Bernhard Of Kalispell, Mrs
/ Albert, Mrs. Mauer and daughte
Of Troy, and Mrs. Russell Ford 9
1 Helena. Mont.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-01-20
HOSPITAL NOTES

James Racicot was brought to the
Libby hospital Thursday with Q
broken left arm, sustained while
coasting, On the same day, Alice
Riddle was brought in with frac-
tured collar bone.
The small girl Of L. L. Olson sus-
tanned a broken arm on Jan. Is.
Mrs. Robert Gehrke was admit
ted Saturday as a surgical patient
William L. Lloyd was admitted
on the 18th and passed away on
the 10Th.
Tom Mcclure was admitted Mon
day as medical patient and George
Noble Of Troy on Monday with a
fractured hip.
William Pattie of Troy was ad-
mitted Tuesday as surgical pa
tent
Born to Rev. and Mrs. E. Roy Fort
son, on Jan. IS.