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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1945-06-02
West MedfOrd

Nj. KOUNTZE
50 Jerome St. = Telephone ARL

w. MEDFoRD, Mass, May 2s
Pastor Bailey welcomed home
another local soldier boy last
Sunday when Pfc. Lawrence
Grundaway returned home hon
orably discharged after years
in the Pacific war are. After
rough siege in which he suffered
injury and illness, Pvt. Grund-
away was confined to a army hos
pital before returning home last
week to his relatives, Mrs. Blair
and Mrs. Harriette Danny of Lin
coin street. More of our boys are
coming home, but many others
will spend considerably more time
overseas.
Ladderman Charles Booker,
first colored member of the Med
ford fire department and one of
our soldier veterans who is maxi
ing good at home, told me about
the tragic fire in which former
Deputy Chief Ernest F. Pearson
lost both parents. Firemen Booker
urges us all to be very cautious
especially during the summer
months. We can if we try. Ex-
FiresChief Thomas A. Qualey,
who has retired after so years of
service and who opend the doors
to colored fremen, was recently
honored here,
The Medford mayoralty cam
paign is underway. This column
will not tell citizens how they
must vote. We believe voters are
entitled to vote as they please,
they resent having candidates
stuffed down their throats. We
therefore, will present the views
Of this exciting campaign as we
get it. This wee kthe campaign
of Mayor Walter E. Lawrence,
running for reelection against
Col. Carew and Fred McDermott,
opened with a bang last Thurs
day. Of the trio, Lawrence and
McDermott are better known in
politics, but Carew, famed as a
military leader, may provide
strog contest. To date we have
found no Carew men in the COM
munity, but we have talked with
men supporting the present mayor
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass, May 2s--
Mr.. and Mrs. A. James and daugh-
ter, Alice, of Pendletpn avenue,
celebrated Mr.. James birthday
anniversary with several friends
on May % and finished the day
with a birthday dinner at the
Carolina cafeteria, SO Eastern ave-
nue.. Proportion John Hall did
the dinner honors in sumptous
style. Miss Ruby Collins, for-
merly residing with her aunt, Mrs.
Josey Knight, is now domiciled at
her newapartment at 1862 Main
street. Mr.. Albert Scott of Mel
rose street, spent a pleasant week
end at Hartford, the guest of Mr..
Jesse Jackson. Miss Claudia Rob-
inson and Miss Louise johnson
will have charge of the Children's
Day program at the Third BaptiGt
Church. A Union Missionary
meeting with all missionary
groups from the local churches
participating, met at the social
center last Sunday. Mrs. Myrtle
Pulley is president of the Third
Baptist unit. The Rev. Homer C.
McEwen Of the st. Lukeis Con-
gregational Church at Brooklyn
was the guest preacher at the st.
Johns Church, May 9th. Clergy
men from various sections of the
country will be heard by the local
congregation in the near future
before a decision will be made as
to appointing a new Minister to fill
the vacancy caused by resigna-
ion of RevRoiand 7. Heacock,
now a chaplain in the us. Army.
The Rev. N. B. Brown of New
Britain, Conn, formerly a pastor
here, with his choir, was the
guests at the st. Marks CINE.
Church Of Auburn street. Miss
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EVERET

The Women's Progressive Club
of Everett is presenting the Ralf
Coleman Players in the play ITO
My Husband" on June 10, at S:15
pm. The performance will be
given in the Parlin High School,
Broadway, Everett, for the bene-
fit of the scholarship fund.
Persons wishing information
about the scholarship will please
write to the scholarship committee
chairman, Ruth Chandler, / Bald.
win avenue, Everett.
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CHELSEA
PEOPLES BAPTIST CHURCH
1856 Pearl Street
RevS. VirgtS Hill,
Samuel H. Bullock,
DrS. r. r. Reed and
J. E. Jets,
Committee In CHARGE
Committee In Charge

The service at the Peoples
Baptist church, Chelsea, will be
as follows: Morning service
Sunday 1O:45, Dr. r. T. Reed
in charge and will preach. Sum
day School 1890 p. M, Mrs. Le-
vina Milliken In charge. Holy
Communion every first Sunday
evening at 7.
Week Day Services
Prayer and praise service ev-
cry Friday evening at Z with
Or. R. T. Reed in charge. Choir
rehearsal every Tuesday evening
at Z. Rev. virgis Hill, in charge.
Public is cordially invited.
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Battle OF Russia"
At Medford Center

MEDFORD - The w. Medford
Community Center Historic and
Educational Committee will pre-
sent free motion pictures next
Wednesday, June 6, at 8 p. m.
The Battle of Russia" will re-
ceive top billing, followed by the
"Colored Colleges in Wartime
and "soviet School Children A
silver offering will be requested.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-08-10
Blanche Patterson
St. jones Womens
Dow Speaker Sunday

On Women's Day at st. James
A. M. E. church, st. Paul, Sunday,
August IL, Blanche L. Patterson,
teacher of Spanish at Sumner High
school, St. Louis, Mo-, will be the
speaker at the morning service at
1O:45. She will discuss, "What
Latin America Expects of a Good
Neighbor."
Miss Patterson, a native of Mis-
souri, and a graduate of the Uni
versity of Kansas, received her
master degree from the University
of Minnesota. For a number of
years she was regional director of
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and
is member of the speakers bureau
of the sorority's Non-Partisan
Council of Public Affairs.
A musical program will be pre-
scented at 5 p. m. Naomi Thomas
will be the speaker. Women mem
bers of fraternal organizations
have been extended a special in
vitation.
Jean Waters is general chair
man. Eva Neal is publicity chair
man.
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St. Peters Women's
Dow Success

The Women's Day service at st.
Peters A.M.E. church Sunday, Aug.
5, was a success and setting a
financial goal of $5OO.15 for the
men to live up to on their day.
Blanche Patterson spoke on
"Women's Day in Latin America"
at the morning services. The speak
er was introduced by Edith Bow
man, co-chairman of the program.
The music was furnished by a
mixed choir of women from other
churches in the city and the jolly
Sixteen Choral Group under the
direction of Emma Sims and Mary
L. Cannon.
Flossie Harris, Dolores Beasley,
Ruth Pittman and Avis Ware Car
ter's readings were patriotic and
Mrs. Dessa Gresham's religious
The soloists for the day were Anna
Pearl Horris, Bertha Johnson
Smith, Mary L. Cannon and Emma
Gates.
Others participating in, the SER
vices were Bessie Lewis, Blanche
Brisco, Elizabeth Ewing, Josephine
Chambers, Belle Glover, Allie Will
son, Adele Howell.
Malvena Glenn was general chair
man. Others on the arrangement
committee were Celia Boyd, Viola
Whatley and Dovie Phelan.
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Dorothy Carson
WEEDS Lieutenant
FloYd WASHINGTON

In a ceremony performed in her
home, Miss Dorothy Mae Carson,
daughter of ME-. and Mrs. Rufus
Carson, ST., GIT Carroll Avenue,
became the bride of Lieut.. Garry
Floyd Washington, son of Elder
and Mrs. Garry F. Washington, of
Cleveland, Ohio. Rev. A. Lawrence,
Pastor of Christ Temple church,
performed the marriage ceremony.
Immediately following the serv-
ice, a reception was given in the
home of the bride for relatives and
friends.
The newly weds departed the
morning of July 81. for Cleveland,
Ohio, where a reception in their
honor was given by the groom's
parents.
After a honeymoon, Lieut.. Wash
ington will report at Fort Huach-
uca, Arizona.
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Social and Personal
. ST. PAUL .

kins, Miss Marian Jeffrey, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. R. Shepherd, and Richard
Murphy. The children present
were: Constance and Patty Brown,
Beverly and Gabby Kirk, and Terry
Johnson, and Edward Stone.
Mrs. Matte Strong, wife of the
Rev. Joseph Strong, and her daugh-
ter, Charlotte, who have been the
house guests of Mrs. Bessie Powell,
735 Rondo Street, for several weeks,
returned home this week. Mrs.
Strong lives in Los Angeles, and
her daughter in Spokane, Washing
ton.
The Credjafawn credit union
board and officers, met on Monday
evening, August 6, at the home of
Mrs. Theresa Herring, with Mrs.
Herring and Mrs. Frances Moore as
co-hosts. After routine business,
refreshments were served. Officers
present were: Estelle Luclie, Cora
Belle Banks, Huron ]. Shelton, Jr.,
Alverta Coram, John R. Lawrence,
Nilee Nyan Lewis, John L. Banks,
Bella Alice Shelton, Theresa Her
ring, Frances Moore, Helen Adelia
Lawrence, Lydia Lucille Jones, and
Gerald Clovis Hargrave.
Walter Jackson, an uncle of Mrs.
Clarence T. R. Nelson of this city,
died in Cincinnati, Ohio, last Mon
day, as the result of heart attack
suffered while on his way to work.
Funeral services were held Friday
morning, August 10.
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st. James A.M.E. Service Guild
will meet Thursday, August 16, at
the home of Mrs. Emma L. Light,
GIL West Central Avenue, at TOO
p. m.
On Vacation: DR.. Frederic Inge,
teacher of botany at Bennett COL
lege, Greensboro, N. c., is spend
ing a month of his vacation at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Neal.
531 st. Anthony.
Mr.. Stanton Page, of St. Louis,
Mo-, left the city last week, after
visiting over the weekend, in the
home of his sister-in-law and her
husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Herman
Cotton, 31S N. St. Adams.
TOute BOnne Amies club had its
annual picnic, Sunday, Aug. 5,
which was to have been at Como
Park, but because of weather con-
ditions, was held in the home of
Mrs. Hartley Johnson, on Iglehart.
There the lunch was spread in the
beautiful Mexican room, after
which, the club members. and the
guests spent the afternoon playing
games and taking pictures. Club
members and their husbands pres
emit were: the Messrs. and Mines.
Thomas Neal, Matthew Evans,
Jesse Stevens, J. Wright, Lawrence
Tarver, James Strothers, John
Hickman; the Mines. Priscilla Kirk,
Ida Mae Murphy, Cornelia Smith,
Gladys Johnson. The guests in
cluded: Miss Helen Marthetta
Smith, Miss Laura Mae Smith, Sgt.
and Mrs. J. Hill, Mrs. Albert Har-
per, Mrs. Tully Hickman, Miss
Corrine Powell, Mrs. James Muir
ray, Mrs. Addie Jackson, Mrs. Lu-
ellie Williams, Miss Gloria Will
iams, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs.
Ivy Massengill, Mrs. Addie Jen-
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Phyllis Williams, Estella Roby,
Barbara Merrille, Adrian Merrille,
Norma Johnson, Wilma and
Minerva Johnigan, Matte Mae
White, Leola Jackson, Inez White;
Messrs. Albert Moore, Mackey Nc
Kay, Marven Crawford, Gilbert
Nevis, Willard Merrille, Leroy Cot
ton and Leon Johnigan. Because
of an accident James Gresham Jr.
was unable to attend.
Mr.. Phillip Robinson Jr., a young
businessman of Omaha, Neb., left
Sunday night, Aug. 4, after visiting
his uncle, Mr.. Robert Wynn, 22O1
Fifth Ave. &c., and his aunt, Miss
Osceola Wright, I'LL Emerson Ave.
So. Also Momm SIC Robert Leon
Wynn, formerly of Minneapolis, son
of Mr.. Wynn and nephew of Mrs.
Wright, returned to the Naval Air
Base in Pasco, WASH, after spend
ing a fifteen day furlough visiting
his mother, Mrs. Ella Dysart, Oil E.
22nd St., and his father and aunt
Birthday Party: Mrs. Ethel
Saunders, 523 Colfax Ave. No., en-
tertained on her birthday, July go
at dinner, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Per-
kins, Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Wallace
Mines. E. Boyd, Ruth Morris
Johnnie Mae Prizes, Tiny Holder and
Estella Howard; S 1/c and Mrs
Marion Parker and Miss Josephine
Thomas.
Proud Parents: Proud parents
are Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Mills
ST., Oil E. 22nd St. They have g
baby boy, Timothy Jr., born al
Fairview Hospital, Friday, July 20
Mrs. Mills is the former Grace
Jamison, teacher of music and Eng.
lish in the Junior High of Indian.
apolis, Ind.
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Visit Ends: Pvt. William
Mccoy returned to his camp
at Fl. Leonard Wood, Mo-,
after spending the weekend
visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Mccoy, 1907 o.
son Highway, and Miss Leona Ma
son of st. Paul.
Guests Feted: Mrs. Grace J. Bo-
hanon of Birmingham, Ala, and her
sister, Miss Beatrice Jones of Mont
gomery, Ala, were the recipients
of many courtesies during their
visit here in the city with Mr.. and
Mrs. Solomon Hughes, 2816 Elliot
Ave. The courtesies included sight
seeig trips by Mr.. Alex Eason, Mr..
and Mrs. Johnnie Williams; theater
parties by Mrs. Halle Ewing, Mrs.
Christine johnson and Mrs. Emma
Hall; dinner party, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Adair; pokena party, Mrs.
Doris Anderson. Friday night,
Aug. 8, Mrs. Hughes entertained
in honor of her husband, who re-
Gently returned from attending the
Joe Louis golf tournament in De-
troit and Mrs. Bohanon and Miss
Jones. Other guests were Messrs.
and Mines. Thomas Adair, Clyde
Johnson, Wilbur Dugas, W. M. Hall,
John Williams; Messrs. Bert Davi-
son, Fred Jones, Tillie Anthony,
Clyde johnson, Jr., and Misses Ear
line Donaldson and Edna Russell.
The Blue Monday Club was enter
tanned by Mrs. Lucille Woodland,
HOB Lyndale Ave. No., Monday,
Aug. 6. A six course dinner was
served after the business meeting.
Mrs. Beulah Coram was the guest.
Grandparents: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles B. Curry, 1886 Fifth Ave.
&c., received word this week that
their son and his wife, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Jr., are the parents of a
baby girl born Sunday, Aug. s, in
San Francisco, Calf.
Clevelanders Entertained: Mrs.
o. Harris and Miss B. Yancy of
Cleveland, Ohio, who accompanied
Mrs. Boyd Yancy of Minneapolis
home last week, and who have been
the house guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Gilbert, 1884 E. 32nd St.,
Mr.. Melvin Goldman, 525 Emerson
Ave. No., were extended courtesies
by Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Woodland, who
entertained at dinner. Mrs. Boyd
Yancy entertained them at dinner,
Friday, Aug. 8, at 1884 E. 32nd St.,
and the other guests included Mr..
and Mrs. o. Woodland, Mines. Alice
Daniels, Velma Nolle, Adelia Nevis,
Molly Goldman, Misses Eula Simms,
Dorothy Coins, Betty Nevis, and
Messrs. Robert Webb, Surett Hun
ley, Harold Simpson,, Robert Frank,
Floyd Puryear and Roy Brown.
Also Mrs. Harris and Mrs. Yancy
were guests of Fireman Webb on a
tour of the Naval Air Base. Sun
day, Aug. 5, Misses Harriet and
Luvenia Lane, 723 Fremont Ave.
No., entertained Miss Yancy and
Mrs. Harris at dinner. Miss Yancy
is former resident of Minneapolis.
DR.. and Mrs. John Eve of Hot
Springs, Ark, who have been the
house guests of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
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Social and Personal
Q MINNEAPOLIS .

W. Glenn, 364O Fourth Ave. &c.,
returned to their home, Tuesday,
Aug. z. DR.. Eve is a prominent
surgeon of Hot Springs and has
his own hospital.
Mrs. Lucille Malcolm of Panama,
who arrived in the city last Wednes-
day, Aug. 1, to attend Dunwoody
Institute, is stopping at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Gray, APO
E. 9th st.
Sgt. Robert McCray, Fl. Leon
ard, Mo-, came by plane to spend
the weekend visiting his wife, Mrs.
Eva Davis McCray, 7O5 Girard
Ave. No.
Mrs. w. C. Crews, 1928 Oakland
Ave-, had as her dinner guests,
Wednesday noon, Aug. 1, Mines.
E. A. Glover, Walter McElroy, C. C.
Underwood, ]. E. Riley, C. W. Haw-
kins, VIM. Mosley, Harvey White,
E. T. Cooke and Miss Vesta Mosley,
Minneapolis, and Mrs. C. C. Haw-
kins of Sumter, S. C.
Entertains ChicagOans: Mrs.
Bessie Gresham, 1886 Fourth Ave.
&c., entertained at dinner Thurs
day, Aug. 2, in honor of Mrs. Car
maria Dickerson, and Mrs. Aegean
Sharpe, house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Wesley, Mrs. J. Pullen,
of Omaha, Neb., mother of Mrs.
Harry Massengill and Miss Mable
Bludsoe of Hook, Tex. Others pres
ent werwe Mines. Robert Wesley,
]. E. Brown; Misses Jewel Jobe,
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Mrs. Jackson Entertains
Eleven at Dinner Pa

ELEVEN al Dinner FarLy
Mrs. Prezillia Ann Jackson, 685
Carroll Ave-, was hostess Sunday,
Aug. 5, to Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Will
liams, and Mr.. and Mrs. Talmadge
Carey, parents of the bridal couple,
Miss Theresa Ray and Talmadge G..
Carey, whose marriage took place
Wednesday evening.
Covers were laid for eleven. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Williams, Mr.. and Mrs. Talmadge
Carey, Miss Theresa Ray, Tai
madge G. Carey, Mrs. Mildred Eu-
banks of Chicago, a friend of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert Mitchell and Miss Pearl
Mitchell.
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Open Letter to
Wayman Church
Members and Pastor

Rev. L. C. Ashford and Congrega-
ton: Please accept my regrets for
being unable to keep my appoint
ment to preach at your church last
Sunday. Circumstances over which
I had no control, prevented my
doing so. wish to publicly ex-
press my regrets. I feel that it is
my ethical duty as a minister, to
do so. Thank you.
Yours in Christ,
Rev. M. Boyd Patrick,
St. Marks A. M. E. Church,
Duluth, MINI.
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released simultaneously ldSC Weeh
in Washington, London and Mos
cow on the Big 8 meeting in Pots
dam.
In the political and economic
section of the report on the
conference, which began on
July II and ended August 2, a
list of ten political principles to
govern the treatment of Ger
many includes one which reads:
"An Nazi laws which provided
the basis of the Hitler regime
or established discrimination
on grounds of race, creed, or
political opinion shall be abOl-
ished. No such determinations,
whether legal, administrative
or otherwise, shall be tOler-
ated."
Another in the same group
of principles declares: "The
judicial system will be reOrgan-
lied in accordance with prin-
ciples of democracy, of justice
under law, and of equal rights
for all citizens without distinc-
ton of race, nationality or re-
igiOn."
Russia seemingly stumped the
conference for a time with a pro-
posal concerning territorial trustee
ships. ed. note: 1t is known that
Ethiopia has been soliciting the
aid and championship of Russia in
its claims to certain Italian colo
MES in Africa.) On the trustee
ship question, the report states;
"After exchange of views on this
question, it was decided that dis
position of any former Italian ter
ritories was one to be decided in
connection with the preparation OF
a peace treaty for Italy and that
the question of Italian territory
would be considered by the Sep
TENDER Council of Ministers of For
eign Affairs"
Big Three Accord
The Council thus referred to was
set up by the Big 8 accord. 1t will
have headquarters in London, anC
will have representatives of the
five principal powers-The United
States, The United Kingdom, The
Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
China and France. Its primary pur'
pose is to continue the necessary
preparatory work for the peace
settlements. Its first task will be
the preparation of a peace treat!
for Italy.
In the opinion of political OBJ
servers, this method of handling
the peace settlements for Europe
eliminates the type of "peace con
ference" which occurred after tn
First World War, and shuts tn
door to any possibility that a Ne
gro will sit at the peace table.
The Ladies of st. James A.M.E
Church Missionary Society will
have their Women's Day services
Aug. 10, at p. m.
Cuddelus Jackson, evangelist, vii
be the guest speaker.
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Cord of Thonks

Cord of Thanks
We wish to thank our many friends and
neighbors for their kindness to US during
the illness and death of our beloved hus-
band and father, William GUIDE. Especially
do we thank those who donated cars and
those who sent the beautiful flowers.
Gods richest blessings on you all.-Mrs.
William Guide, wife; Alfonso Guyden,
son; Mildred and Alice, daughters.
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HELL CAT DIVISION

MEMBER HOME
Pfc. Claude Adkins, who was
with what was known as the "Hell
Cat Division" the 6612th armored
division, Company D., in the
European Theater of War, arrived
home last Thursday, Aug. 2, for a
furlough. He is stopping with his
mother-in-law, Mrs. C. Williams
of St. Paul, and his mother, Mrs.
Necie Adkins of Minneapolis.
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Bio Three AbOlishes
Race, Religious Bias
in Allied Germany

Washington D. G. (NNPA)-PreSldent Truman mas al
fixed his signature document abolishng all racial dis
elimination. ,
The document however, refers to Germany during the
initial Allied control PERIOD and signed also by Marshall
Stain and Prime Minister Atlee 1t is part of the report
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IN MEMORIAM

IN memory Of Philip Ware:
Days of sadness still come DER me,
Tears in silence often flow.
For memory keeps you ever near me
Tho you died two years ago. August 9.
Your wife, Willie Ware
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

that the general acceded
TO the Allied terms and
turned Sardinia over TO
Colonel Obolensky.
But a lot of risky work
had been done by the
colonel before the pipe
saved the day.
Obolensky and three
men were dropped over
Sardinia on Sept. 13,
1943. 1t was a bright
moonlight night and the
jump was made into a
valley about 10 miles
north of the town of
Cagliari, the port and
capital of Sardinia.
Obolensky had no idea
what his reception would
be as the Allies had had
no previous contact with
the local Italian com.
manders. Nor did he know
the disposition OF the
NaZi troops. As il turned
out later, had he and his
men been dropped the day
originally scheduled,
they would have fallen
Briefing His Men Before
Taking Off, Lieut.. Col.
ObOlensky (Second From
Right Led Dangerous
Parachute Missions Be
hind Enemy Lines.
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

into German handS--and the story
of the part played by the pipe would
have remained untold.
After landing, he left behind his
two radiomen, Lieut.. James Russell
and a British sergeant, William Sher-
wood. and proceeded with Capt Mike
-Formiehelli in the direction of Gag
lari, in search of the Italian general
Upon reaching a small railroad
station, they boldly boarded a stand
ing train and emerged on the other
Side-smack in the middle of a crowd
of Italian soldiers and civilians The
crowd froze TO the ground when they
beheld the armed Americans
The colonel didn't feel comfortable
either, for he couldn't tell when the
shooting might start. Yet he dared
not show indecision, so he walked
straight toward group of carabinieri
and demanded sharply to be taken
TO their commander.
Neither the carabinieri nor the
crowd could be sure that thousands of
Americans were not hidden behind
the train. At any rate, the crowd
broke into cheers, settling the issue.
Strongly escorted, Obolensky then
drove with Captain Fornichelli 10 the
Italian headquarters, 100 miles 10 the
north. Nazi troops, he was told, were
concentrated in that area.
Strangely, and happily. not one
German trooper was encountered and
the colonel finally met the Italian
commander of Sardinia, General
Basso and the strange episode of the
corn-Cob pipe was enacted
The following year, after the in.
vaSiOn OF Normandy, Colonel Obolen-
sky performed another successful
mission, this time in France He and a
group OF paratrOopers were dropped
behind the German lines with the
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-14

THE story of Prince turned COM
moner and his democratic corn
cob pipe - and the part they
played in delivering the island of Sar-
dinia TO the Allies without a casualty
how emergeS from beneath the
censor's blanket as one of the oldest
tales of the European campaign.
This, one of the queereSt incidents
in the maze of gigantic struggle,
was revealed by Lieut. Col. Serge Obo-
lensky, owner of the pipe and a leader
of paratroopers who made history
under cover in the critical earlier days
of the Continental invasion.
The corn-cob pipe came into un-
expected prominence after the colonel
was dropped by parachute over Sar-
dinia with the important and secret
mission of persuading the Italian
commander TO join the Allies with
his 900 men and TO kick off the
island the Nazi garrison, 10000 strong.
While at dinner with the Italian
general who was reluctant to make
a decision in favor of the Allies and
was cool toward the colonel, Obo-
lenSky, already prepared in his mind
to give up his mission, unconSciously
pulled out his corn-cob pipe which