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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-10-26
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Grams we have received g card
from our old schoolmate, Cap
tain Daddy Hamilton Kelley
who says he is just about 10000
miles away from Medford. The
card has a picture of Correg-
idor, the famous Philippine
fortress, if that will help fix his
location. Mr. Armand Furey
tells me he expects young Ar
mand home fro mthe Pacific
any time now The Medford
Mercury has announced the
first of three teams to apply
for the new City Basketball
League. They are the knights
Of Columbus, W Medford Jun
Tor Ramblers and the Doherty
Club, and, all players must be
below II years of age. So the
senior Ramblers will have to
join another loop. All Rambler
baseball players are asked to
meet at the Little Store in
preparation for the trip to the
Armory City League Banquet
this week. Little Esther FUR
enjoyed a recent birthday par
ty. More news next week g..
NIX,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-10-26

Rev. W. E, Marks, former pas
tor of st, Andrews, now pastor
ing in Berlin, Md, will speak
Sunday morning, Oct. 81, with
Rev. Milo Farmer of Hillsboro,
N. H., speaking at $3.50 pm, and
Rev. Woods in the evening.
BACK FROM JACKSONVILLE,
N. C. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Tyrance and grandson Robert
Bolden, Elliott ST., returned
home Saturday after a pleasant
vacation with relatives and
friends in Jacksonville, N. C.
Worcesterites will remember
when spots and mullets could
be had at the Southern Fish
Market on Laurel st. The de-
lights of those fish dinners will
be revived as Mr.. Tyrance tells
about choce spots and mullet
dinners he enjoyed during his
North Carolina visit. Miss
Jane Washington of Boston is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Stel-
la Ward, 5 Laurel st. Quin-
sigamond Lodge, 173, IBOEW
will initiate a class of candi-
dates at Elks Home, 210 Summer
st. and the initiating team,
Otto Boone Lodge of Providence
will instruct. The Square
and Compass Club of Worcester
will present Judy Wade and his
orchestra featuring Bostons
greatest tenor man at a
Thanksgiving dance in A, o.
Hall, Trumbull ST., Thursday,
Nov. %. The Cherries Com
mittea on entertainment, Mrs.
Charlotte Roberts, chairman,
and Mesdames Rernice Colds
berry, Mamie Roberts, Louisa
Shropshire has made extensive
friends at the annual social,
preparations fer members and
with games and dancing as fea-
ture attractions, to be held at
We McCorn's Barn, SO Laurel
st, Octo. 80. The young doc
tor will do his stuff as pre-
sented in a 9-act drama in the
Playhouse, Municipal Auditor
ium, Nev. 8, pm. by Club Els
quire. -. Benjamin Adamson of
Boston formerly of Worcester, is
visiting Worcester friends. .
Mrs. Moffitt and granddaughter,
Madeline, returned Friday from
a five-day trip. A surprise
party was rendered joan Will
son by her family at % Carroll
st. Among the guests were Jes-
sic Bates, Norma Toney, Walter
Coates, Pearl and Laura Sal
mon and many others, An
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in the street it is evident that
there is a tendency of voters to
shift away from Cong. Holmes.
YOUNG SOUTHERNERS DE-
MAND BALLOT. James E.
ackson, Jr., of Birmingham, tcld
1000 cheering delegates at
Southern Negro Youth Congress
in Columbia, s, c., Oct. IA, We
want the full badge Of citizen
ship-the ballot. We are Ameri-
cans, and we are determined
to come nto our heritage"
WORCESTER BEAUTLCIAN TO
OPEN SHOP IN GERMANY.
Mrs. Ella Mae Davenport, niece
Of Mrs. Chester Ward, S Laurel
ST., left Worcester Oct. 10 for
NYC whence she will sail Oct,
81 for Germany to join her hus-
band, T-Sgt. Otis Davenport.
She carries a complete equip
ment for a beauty shop which
she will operate for the wives
of Servicemen and other civil
ians, To uphold the ideals of
American Womanhood among
other nations, American women
overseas will want to lock their
best, Mrs. Davenport contends.
On her arrival she will imme-
diately occupy a completely fur
nished 5-room apartment. Sgt.
Davenport is stationed with the
S49th GIN Trucking CO. He is
veteran of eight years serv-
ice, During the war he served
two and a half years in the
Pacific with the 366th Inf. Re-
deployed to the United States
in Nov. 1945 he re-enlistGd and
sailed last May for duty n Eu-
rope. He halls from Montgom-
cry, Ala, Mrs. Davenport is
from Athens, Ga. They met in
Worcester and were married
here June is, 1912. 22ND AN
NIVERSARY. st Andrews M. E.
Church, Rev. P. L. S. Woods,
pastor, will celebrate its 22nd
year of service for God and the
community with a week of spe-
cial activities. On Oct. % Rev.
Marvin w. Gibson of John st.
Rapt. Church, was speaker and
on Oct. "a the speaker was Rev,
Joseph Of Mt. Olive Church.
Fridays speaker was DR.. Fran
els D. Taylor, district superin-
tendent of the M. E. Church.
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WALDEN
EMMANUEL BAPT. CHURCH

EMMANUEL BAPT. CHURCH
MAIDEN, Mass, Oct. 21-The
interesting sermons enjoyed by
the congregation attending the
morning and evening services
were delivered by Rev. Harold
T. Branch of Woburn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Farncis L. Stokes of Cam
bridge attended the mortgage
burning" at Rev. Willard Clay
tons church in Baltimore, Nd,
Oct. Is. They will also visit in
Petefsburgh, Va, enroute to
Washington. Capt, and Mrs,
Hamilton Kelley of Boston are
the proud parents of a son,
Charles Edward. Mrs. Kelley is
the former Harriet Taylor Of
Everett. The clubs of the
church are busy making plans
for a concert to increase the re
cipts of the Fall rally to be held
Nov. 10. Tickets are now On
sale for the concert and may
be obtained from any club pres
ident, Rev. James L. Jackson
of Maiden will be the guest
speaker at the morning and
evening services next Sunday
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1T is ALL RIGHT NOW
J. II. Edwards, 2 Liberty ST., Worcester 5
Telephone 5-8598

FROM THIS DAY FORWARD,
the column will make every eff
fort to serve every home with
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HE l947 BALL CLUB-Boys IA
to 10 who can play baseball are
asked to get in touch with ]. H,
Edwards, 7 Liberty st., to help
organize the Worcester Guards
baseball team and become mem
bers Of the Worcester Guards
baseball club. Homer Whea-
ton Post, VFW, will present at
q circus in Memorial Auditor
ium No. 17-24, HatsuShino,
famed white horse of Japan's
Emperor Hirohito. VETERANS,
The Worcester Colored Veterans
association under the guidance
of Frank Boone, pres, and Fred
Toney, Sec, is making wonder
full progress in obtaining mem
bers and in activities of interest
to veterans, The organization
will take an active part with the
Vets Political Party that re-
portedly is being formed for the
1947 city election. ERB TIDE.
From very close observation and
from the sentiments of the man
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MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
ReD, J. H. Dennis, Pastor

MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Reu, J. H. Dennis, Pastor
The theme at morning ser
vice last Sunday was 1T is
Good" Gen /, 29-31. Note the
facts in the text: a good God,
a good world, a good man, har-
mony, peace, power, What can
reason add, improve or change?
Science uses only the product
at hand, the. things that God
made and pronounced good.
Still there are some persons
who see nothing good in the
world. Some are helping to bet
ter this world or are planning
the next. They are the people
who call thew world bad be-
cause they themselves are bad,
God said it is good. What more
can man ask of God? The
world is his to subdue, to use
its commodities for mans good
and the glory of God. OF the
one, two and three ta ent per-
sons mentioned in the Bible,
only one of them is accused of
throwing away his opportunity;
and he lost out. The woman in
the cornfield looking for a bet
ter ear of corn got none at all
and went away with her basket
empty. Weak people go here
and there getting nothing
Start where you are, God made
you good, gave you talent and
power to use it. What more?
At 7;30 p m the topic was THE
Prospective" The text rests
upon the life, death an dresur-
rection of Christ. The proof
the resurrection is backed by
not merely two as witnesses
but by five hundred or more -
a statement recorded by the
| great Apostle Paul. He gives
God credit. "By the grace OF
God I am what I am" Jesus is
coming again and raise us in a
new body like his own. The
sermons we're a.tentively re-
ceived. Visit us some time;
Come to Zion; enjoy the SER
vices.
Miss Eleanora Lee, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs A E Lee, 12C
Crescent st, Auburndale, spent
the weekend with her parents
She is a student in a New York
college. A fire at the Lee home
last Saturday did slight dam
age. Nobody was hurt. The fire
started at 8 p m and was
quickly extinguished.
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other surprise party of interest
was the birthday party given
Saturday night, Oct. 10, in
honor of Miss Frances Duffy at
her home, A Clayton st. Among
out-of-town guests were Miss
Joan Washington of Boston,
James and Joseph Valley of
North Brookfield. Others in the
large gathering were young
folks of Worcester, and it was
a most enjoyable evening for
all. Miss Duffy was the reci-
pient of many beautiful and
useful gifts.
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he had been for is years, as q radio
technician with the Reichsposts. the
state organization dealing with most
Of Germany's civil communicatio ions.
He Joined the Na1s In 1888. For
five years the fact that he was not
a party member had kept him from
taking an examination for promo
ton to the next civil service grade.
In 1899 he took the exam and got
the promotion. He did not tight In
the war because Of a youthful eye
injury and because the Reichspost
tried hard and successfully to hold
its employees. His only military
service was the three days he spent
building barricades in the Berlin
streets, just before the Russians
came.
One day when 1t was all over and
Kurt was helping to remove q tank
barrier from the street near the
house, four Russians and . German
came and took him away. 1t seemed
that somebody had informed on him
as Na1. That was Monday. In a
nearby house. he was questioned by
the Russians about his party con-
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care also will be free. In case trou-
BILE develops, however, Kurt must
foot the extra bills.
This, of course, could only be ac-
complished by selling something.
But II the charges are at all sub
stantial the Theurers know they will
be hard put to 1t to meet them. For
one thing, much Of the furniture in
the apartment belongs to their par
ents. For another, it would bring
almost nothing If they sold it. In
Berlin these days very few people
want to buy second d-hand pianos.
Marianne is afraid there will be
minor complications for herself If
not for the baby. She knows her
diet Is not what an expectant
mother should be getting. They
have already given her II intra-
venous injections of glucose at the
clinic to combat her undernourished
condition. She had lot Of trouble
with her teeth after Max was born,
and thinks 1t will be . miracle If
she can avoid having to pay = big
dental bill.
There is anothsr problem: win
Evening star., 1946-11-03
By NewboId Noyes, Jr.

enforced visit to the Russians. But
from the moment he came home on
that Saturday, everything was
changed.
In the first place, Kurt lost his
Job. As a former Nazi, he found
himself debarred not only from pub
lie service but also from any position
of responsibility. This meant 1t was
for him to do the sort
of work for which he had been
trained.
The Theurers did the only two
things they could do. First Kurt
became one of the thousands who
were paid u pfennigs tseven cents)
an hour to clear what used to be
Berlin's buildings out of Berlin's
streets. Secondly, to supplement his
wages, their only income, he and
Marianne spent their savings.
It is hard to translate German
currency into dollars and cents in q
way that is not misleading. OFF,
cially the mark Is now worth 10
cents. At this rate, Kurt. with his
u pfennigs an hour, was making
about 50 a week. Actually, however,
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He seems little small for 2-year-
old. When you pick him up there
Is an unsubstantial quality to him
that makes you wonder whether, for
all Kurt and Marianne's efforts, he
is as healthy as he looks.
He is fat. But, according to the
doctors charts, he is 10 pounds
underweight. Much of the first year
Of his life was spent in air-raid
shelters. At months he had dou-
BILE pneumonia as a result. However,
he is organically sound. If the life
he has led and the lop-sided nature
Of his diet have developed weak
nesses which may manifest them
selves some day, these now are con-
cealed beneath the roly-poly, jolly
front with which he presents the
world. Like most European chill
dren, he Is an unknown quantity,
anxiously watched.
Next to food Europeans generally
are preoccupied these days with the
question Of how to keep warm. The
Theurers, we have said, are lucky.
They have their coal for this winter
900 pounds Of it, 200 pounds for
each member OF the household, sup
piled by Russians from their zone
Of occupation In Germany. It cost
them 13 marks. They also have
two small boxes of firewood-one
for the household and one for the
child.
The biggest problem In the
Theurers life at present is the
coming baby. A neighbor reports
that Marianne cried for two days
when she found she was pregnant.
This desperate reaction has passed.
She and Kurt now act, on the sur
face at least. very much the way ex-
pectant parents are supposed to act
the world over. Despite months Of
planning, however, they have been
unable to figure out how they are
going to get food for an additional
mouth. Also. in today's Berlin, there
are immediate practical difficulties
involved In child-bearing and in
fant-rearing.
Marianne has been receiving pre-
natal care at public clinic. Her
treatments 50 far have been with
out charge-paid for by the health
insurance tax. If there are no COM
plications delivery and postnatal
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tDlstflputed py the AsSoclateo FEcssJ
mally happy and decent lives. They
do not plan for themselves or for
the children. They can ind no
basis on which to plan.
They do not understand what 10
meant by talk Of the guilt of the
German people. They say that the
war is just something which hap
pened to them. They say they
never knew anything about death
camps or things like that.
"An I know" says Marianne, '.is
that my parents taught me always
to do what is right. never to harm
others. We did what we had to
do and harmed nobody"
They think the Nazi leaders were
responsible for everything and that
1t is right to punish them. They
think the three who were acquitted
at Nuremberg should have been
imprisoned. Beyond this they are
not 50 sure.
Those who win q war have the
right to punish those who lose, but
they should leave some hope for
the future" Kurt says.
In short, the Theurers feel pretty
sorry for themselves and for their
country. Not 50 sorry, however, that
they are Indifferent to the troubles
Of others IN this postwar world.
II see," says Kurt, "in the
Tagespiegel that they have trouble
getting meat In America. That il
bad. Once 7 did not reali1e how
hard thing it is to be hungry. Now
know"
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Election
Continued From Page c-1)

Democrat alternated with Repub.
lican In the White House. In no
case, however, were the conditions
Of the axiom violated.
When Hayes was chosen by the,
majority Of one vote in the electoral
college in 1876, the Democrats
elected majorities in both Houses
and maintained those majorities
for four years. Since Hayes was
q Republican neither party was
completely in power In the four
years preceding the election Of Gar.
field, Republican, in 1880.
The absence Of dominant political
power continued. At the beginning
of Garfield's administration the
Senate was made up Of SO Demo-
Gratis, 81 Republicans and one in
dependent. The House elected in
1880 included 1873 Democrats, 146
Republicans and 10 Greenback
Party members. When the Green
hackers voted with the Democrats
the Republican lead was wiped out.
Two years later the Republicans
won o slim majority in the Senata
but definitely lost the House. In
the Senate there were So Demo-
Gratis and 40 Republicans, the Re-
publican total including two re
adjusters" from Virginia who voted
with the Republicans. The House
elected in 1882 was made up Of 1913
Democrats, 124 Republicans and one
Gfeenhack Party member.
In 1884 Cleveland was elected for
the first time. The Democrats
maintained their House majorities
during his administration but at no
time did they have q majority In
the Senate.
In 1888 Harrison, Republican, was
elected President by an electoral
vote of 233 to 1853, although Cleve-
land received majority of almost
100, 900 in the popular vote. With
Harrison, the Republicans elected ,
slim majorities In the Senate and
House.
The loss Of the House by the Re.
publicans two years later and the
subsequent election Of Cleveland
conforming to the conditions Of the
axiom, already has been related.
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The Theurer Day Begins
A Few Minutes After 6

The Theurer day begins few
minutes after 6 o'clock, when Kurt
gets up. He shaves, dresses and
leaves the house at 6:45, having
eaten. his breakfast--two slices Of
dry rye bread and glass Of water.
He takes eight slices Of bread with
him to eat during the day.
Whether he has a good day or a
bad one depends largely on how
successful he Is in spreading out
the eating Of this bread. Ideally. he
should take q couple Of slices at
$50, four at / pm. and the two
others later in the afternoon. But al
though he knows 1t is important to
hold back this way, hunger can do
funny things to mans will power.
There are some bad days when
the bread is finished by 10 am.
These are the days on which, four
or five times in the course Of the
afternoon, things suddenly go black
and Kurt must sit down wherever
he is and put his head between his
knees for a minute or two before
tackling the barrels again.
Occasionally, last summer, Kurt
took to work with him, as well as the
bread, . tomato grown in the little
garden of Marianne's parents in
Charlottenburg. Those days were
very good.
Meanwhile, Marianne has arisen
sometime between Z and 7:3o. She
washes Max and dresses him. Eight
o'clock is breakfast time for them.
Max gets a daily ration Of half
liter of milk, slightly more than one
pint. His breakfast consists of q
cruel Marianne makes out of half of
this milk mixed with whatever ce-
real is available. Max gets the entire
family ration of cereal-150 grams,
or about five ounces. This is also his
meal at suppertime. Into 1t goes the
family's entire sugar ration-two
ounces.
Marianne used to have the same
rye bread breakfast that Kurt eats.
Recently, however, because of her
pregnancy, the rye has disagreed
with her, and the doctor has given
her certificate emitting her to
bread made from wheat. Also, since
her sixth month, she has been al
lowed a pint Of milk day. She
mixes her bread with the milk. Half
of this she eats for breakfast and
puts the rest aside for her lunch.
Then, taking Max along, Marianne
goes out to buy milk and food. This
must be done early. Later in the
day the stores may be empty. II
the weather is good she tries to
keep Max outdoors, walking around,
until noon.
Lunch is Max's big meal. At the
least, he gets plenty Of bread and
potatoes and one or two unrationed
vegetables-carrots, etcumbers and
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she have time enough, once she
knows the baby is on its way, to
get to the cinic-half an hour
from the apartment by streetcar,
with two changes? She has called
at an emergency ambulance post
and they have assured her that II
she reaches them by telephone-in
itself no mean feat-they will send
her car. If, that is, there are any
available at the time. The cars,
they say, are very busy.
Then there is the matter of car
ing for the baby after it arrives.
The doctor doubts that Marianne's IS
diet has been sufi1cient to enable
her to breast-feed the baby. He
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the purchasing power Of the mark
is nearer IS cents than 10 cents
which would give him the German
equivalent of 81 a week.
At any rate, there obviously was
no element of choice in Kurt and
Marianne's decision to spend their
capital. They had to continue to live
In their apartment; If they moved
out, there was no place to go. The
rent was rs marks a month. 1t had
never been reduced despite the fact
that, for almost a year, half the
apartment was uninhabitable. Oast
spring it was finally cut, by law, to
43 marks.)
Food cost money, too, and Max
had to be fed no matter what hap
pened. Kurt walked the broken city
all summer, hunting for work which
would bring in more money. BY the
time he found 1t, q year ago last
September, the savings were all gone.
His new job was better than what
he had been doing because 1t paid
more and brought him indoors.
Physically, however, it was and is
exhausting. He gets A marks week
in take-home pay to work from
7:15 am. to 5:45 pm. Weighing bar
rels OF paint for construction con-
Germ. The barrels weigh slightly
more than he does. He handles them
alone.
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says it may be possible to get halt
pint of milk a day on special
ration card, but he is not sure OF
this.
As to clothing, Marianne is lucky
in that she has a few things left
over from Max's infancy-a couple
of long shirts, about dozen diapers
and SO on. Even If she had money
to buy them, she could not get ad-
ditional things for the baby except
at fantastic black market prices.
Berlin mothers who are having their
first children these days are wrap
ping them in anything warm they
can find.
1t viii not be so bad, according
to Marianne, If she can get enough
soap to wash the baby's things
frequently and thoroughly. She has
heard a rumor that she may re-
ceive an additional allowance of
soap for the baby, but this is by
no means certain. without it she
does not know how she will manage.
AS 1t is, she has hard time getting
by with the faInily's tiny ration
Of soap chips every three months,
and the four pieces of toilet soap
each of them is allowed for the
year.
Evening star., 1946-11-03
u. S. Plans Arctic Defense
CONTINUED From Page C-I)

problem, politically, lies in the fact
that many Canadians are still wed
spiritually to Britain.
Canadians opposed to the building
of vast bases In the north argue that
they are unnecessary because Of the
forbidding nature OF the terrain, and
that, once built they might fall easy
prey to an invader and thereby
might actually assist an aggressor
against this continent.
Population Largely Centered.
Canada's population is largely
centered within a 100-mile-wide
band running along the United
States border in country varying in
nature from east to west but in each
case much like that to the south Of
it on the American side. The rest
of her great land mass Is virtually
uninhabfted.
The Americans last spring brought
strong pressure on Canada to do
something jointly about defense.
Something short Of an outright mil
itary alliance was proposed, entail
ing no obligations on one country
to go to war in defense Of the
other. But thorough coordination
was called for, with active co-opera-
ton in all matters relating to de-