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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-07-02
AWARD OF MERIT
PRESENTED

The Illinois Department of
The American Legion, at cere-
monies last night in Rockford,
sponsored jointly by the De-
partment and Walter Craig
Post of Rockford, honored the
business men of the city
through the Rockford Cham
Der of Commerce with a Spe-
cial Award of Merit for their
outstanding work in the en-
ployment and unemployment
of Veterans. The presentation
of this award, the first of it's
kind in the United States, was
made by William P. Kleus-
kens, Department Command
er of the Legion. The ceremo-
MES were broadcast by Radio
Station WROK of Rockford
and WGN of Chicago and the
Mutual Network.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-07-02
JAPANESE JET PLANE TO
FEATURE LEGION
SOUVENIR DISPLAY

Zion-Benton Post of the AM
erican Legion is sponsoring an
exhibit of great interest at the
local 18th of July picnic in Shi-
lob Park. A large collection of
war trophies and souvenirs
gathered from all parts of the
world and every war theater
by the service men of this COM
munity during World War II,
will be exhibited.
The main attraction of the
event will be a plane brought
Continued on page ~
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-07-02
LEAVES OF HEALING
FOR JULY

The Apostle Paul in writ
ing his second letter to Tim
othy warned that in the latter
days men would reject the
fundamentals of the Christian
faith, ''having a form of god
illness, but denying the power
thereof" In striking fulfill
ment of this prophecy the
world today is inundated
with the cult of Modernism.
The professors of religion in
many of our universities and
seminaries along with their
disciples in some of the pulpits
of the denominations hold in
contempt the gospel of power
through the Blood, preach
ing in it's place an "evangep
of social reform.
In spite of the widespread
apostasy from Christian truths,
God still has his little remnant
in every land and nation, and
the people who compose this
little company are invariably
witnesses to the saving and the
Continued on Page g.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-07-02
INDUSTRY NOTES
By George Hallacy

Our message this week is
going to be very short but we
hope sweet when did you
last visit the Zion Department
Stores remodeled candy de-
partment?
Here you will find a new re-
novation, a huge oval shaped
table heaped with delicacies
suitable for summer appetites
:. many of them products of
our own Zion Candy Industry;
others made by outstanding
Continued on Page III
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-07-02
LEGION JULY 18th
RADIO PROGRAM

Indianapolis, Ind.-The Hist
anniversary of the Declaration
of Independence will be dra-
matized in a nationwide 80
minute network radio show by
The American Legion on July
4.
Entitled "The Spirit of In
dependence" the program will
depict the development of hu-
man freedom and the growth
of free institutions in the Unit
ed States which have given the
American people the finest
government and happiest way
of life on earth.
The program will origi-
nate in Station WOR in New
York City with five pickup
points. It will be carried over
the entire coast to coast net
work of the Mutual Broad
casting System from 1:15 to
CONTINUED on page -
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-07-02
NEWS ABOUT JAP JET

The plane which the Ameri-
lean Legion will exhibit at the
18th of July picnic created a
great deal of excitement when
used by the Germans as one of
the last attempts to stop The
CONTINUED on page III
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-07-02
WITH THE EIGHTH
ARMY IN KYOTO. JAPAN

Thomas A. Shaffer of 29O6
Ezekiel Avenue, Zion, is now
serving with the 58th Signal
Battalion, an organization of
Headquarters I Corps, in Kyo-
to, Japan, and has recently
been promoted to Technician
Fifth grade as a reward for
Continued on page ~
Evening star., 1947-03-23
COUGHING is 0FFENSIvE!
Here's Quick 3-Woy Relief:

delicious flavor and welcome cough re-
lief. Now in greatest demand Of whole
80 year history 4 boon to smokers.
Buy packs today one for your pocket.
one for bedside il night coughs strike.
Evening star., 1947-03-23

light that streamed from a lonely
farmhouse.
Home" he told me.
A man strolled from the house.
That you, Billy?" he called out.
yep, l caught me a ride" the
boy called back.
Have any luck today?"
Got me anotherr
He scrambled from the coupe.
Thanks, mister. Now I got time to
feed my lostlings."
Have supper first" the father
urged. But the boy scooted toward
the house, where we could hear his
excited voice inside. That boy'll
get ahead" the father said. "Will
you have bite to eat, mister?"
mo thanks. I've got to reach Ma
rino," l said, and drove off.
ELLEN, my wife, met me in the
lighted kitchen. She kissed me.
You're late again, George! You
missed wonderful supper - steak,
mashed potatoes, salad. I'm not
going to let you put in such terrible
hours. 1t isn't worth it. don't care
what your Chicago boss writes!
You'll ruin your health for the little
money he pays your
Il don't work too hard" l said
casually.
She stared at me. why, George,
you're dead on your feet! Only this
morning you were cross as bear -
said you couldn't stand the killing
grind! Tell me. What's come over
you?"
A man gets time to think when he
travels high, lonely road under the
stars. Time to think things out, to
get the furrows out of his mind.
Ellen" l said. to-day I met a
real business man. For the amount
OF money make and the short
hours -" grinned at her, squared
my tired shoulders confidently -
heck, guess l don't work SO hard
after ALL" The End
Evening star., 1947-03-23

unbuttoned his coat. A lamb poked
out its nose, ba-a-aed in thin voice.
Its lostling, mister"
whats a lostling?"
"A lamb whose mother died. The
other ewes won't nurse strange
lambs. You gotta bottle-feed 'em,
and herders don't have time for that
on the move. They give 'em to me-"
"You mean that lostling isn't just
pet you picked up?"
Heck, no! I'm in the business.
This is the fifth lamb they give me
this summer
AT THE side road l swung right.
Six miles wasn't anything for the
coupe, but this boy would be tired
from the long walk, and the added
weight of the lamb. Tell me more
about this business of yours" sug-
gested.
"Well, Ma puts up my lunch, and
leave for the main road at six am;
l follow the focks - maybe five or
ten miles - till l get a lostling.
Some days lose out, but that's a
chance gotta take in this here
business.
What comes next?"
"If get lostling, bottle-feed it
till it can Craze. Pa gives me the
skim milk free. In the winter a buyer
comes through, and l sell it."
ANY money in it, sonny?"
"A lot! A sleeps worth five - six
dollars. I figure to get a dozen this
year. Heck, III be richr'
Don't you figure it's poor busi-
ness? You work all day and half the
night. And look at all the time you
waste bottle-feeding the lostlings.
Maybe you net sixty dollars. That's
only a few cents day for your work,
sonny"
Its good business" he said stub
bornly. I'm used to walking. make
out all right
Presently we reached blocks of
Evening star., 1947-03-23

home, eh?" said the service
station attendant. Then take the
hill shortcut into Marino, mister.
Saves half hours driving time -
and you won't meet no sheep on
that road"
Sheep l growled.
'Yes - this is the season when
they're moving through the hills to
fresh pasture"
In this new territory, I'd been
batting my brains out to make a
dollar. For the steenth time I'd been
delayed on my route. didn't want
another late supper, or miss again
the joy of putting my youngsters to
bed. So / swung the coupe up into
the hills.
When I reached the high plateau,
l discovered that the attendant had
erred. There were the sheep, a vast
flock. choking the road. l slowed
down, and began the long crawl to-
ward home. The radiator split the
sheep into two woolly rivers. Baaings
hammered my ears. Grinning herd
ers whose dogs hemmed in the sheep,
called out: Much thanks, sefior.
You are courteous to our sheep"
COURTEOUS - and l wished l was
driving forty-ton tank! After what
I'd been through - to be held up
by sheep! I'd left home at 9 am,
driven a hundred miles, called on
seven clents-all for a skimpy COM
mission of $14; a net. say, of eighty
FIVE week. remembered what my
Chicago boss had said, that this was
good territory - until my predeces-
sor became more interested in race
horses than peddling hardware.
within a year." he'd written,
you'll be netting $500 month and
thank me for it."
Six hundred month, eh? Yes, if
I worked nine hours a day. If I
didn't get ulcers. If outsmarted my
competitors. If didn't have to hang
around an hour, like today, while a
store owner decided if he wanted six
new shovels or eight. What you had
to 60 through to make an honest
dollar!
The sun had dipped below the
horizon. Purple shadows crowded
over the lonely hills. The last sheep
baaed its Stiffness
shifted savagely into high. Forty
minutes to travel three miles - on
a shortcut!
HEN saw the boy up ahead;
Tanned face, arms folded across his
stomach. bulge inside his coat. He
hadn't asked for ride, but suddenly
l braked the car: he shouldn't be
alone up here, with night coming on
opened the door, called him and he
crawled in. Going far, sonny?" 1
asked.
lust three miles to the side road
and then some distance up that,
mister"
How far up the side road?" I
asked.
six miles"
''Goshr' I said. Wont you get
home pretty late?''
Gee. it was most midnight last
night. Look, I got company" He
Evening star., 1947-03-23

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or smoking at the very
first aratchy tickle. Get
Smith Brothers famous
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Evening star., 1947-03-23

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Evening star., 1947-08-17
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. c. D-1f


identical to the maid of honor's.
Mr. Frank Connolly was best man
and the ushers were Mr.. John Con-
molly, Mr.. Thomas Murray and Mr..
Emmett Sheehan.
A wedding breakfast was held fol-
lowing the ceremony at Hotel 24o0,
the bridal couple leaving later for
honeymoon at Virginia Beach. They
will make their home in Washing
ton. MIR. Holland is a graduate Of
Georgetown University and will at
tend Georgetown Law School in the
fall. His bride Is graduate Of Holy
Cross Academy.
Evening star., 1947-08-17

Another cousin Of the bride, Mrs.
Robert Scullin, was the soloist.
Mr.. Silk gave his daughter in mar
riage. She wore a white m'arquisette
gown with q fingertip- veil and 3
shower bouquet Of lilies Of the val
ley and gardenias. Her maid Of
honor and sister, Miss Patricia B.
Silk, wore an aqua marquisette dress
and carried mixed bouquet Of
pastel flowers. The bridesmaids were
Miss Maureen karkin, who was cos
TUNED in pink, and Miss Mary Ann
Sheehan and Miss Patricia O,Dea,
who were similarly clad in yellow
marquisette. Their bouquets were
Evening star., 1947-08-17
Jean Silk Bride
Of Joseph Holland

st. Gabriel's Catholic Church
was the scene Of the wedding yes
terday morning Of Miss Jean
Therese silk and Mr.. Joseph Lee
Holland. Both are Washingtonians.
She is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert James Silk and he is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Z. Hol-
land. The Rev. Louis w. Albert per-
formed the ceremony at 8 o'clock
and Father Edwin, r. A., cousin OF
the bride, said the nuptial mass.
Evening star., 1947-08-17
Mr.. KOontz to We'd

Mrs. Parker Herlong of jackson
vile, Fla, announces the engage
ment of her daughter, Miss Patricia
Herlong, to Mr.. John Philip Koontz,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Berkely
Koontz Of this city. The wedding
will take place September n il,
the Church of the Nativity here,
Mr.. Koontz is a graduate OF
Georgetown University School OF
Foreign Service. His bride-to-be is
presently associated with the War
Department Joint Research and
Development Board.
Evening star., 1947-08-17
Items of Interest

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ E. Ryon of Crest
wood have returned home follow
ing two weeks stay in Eagles
Mere, Pa, and a similar trip by
motor to Niagara Falls and Canada.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
Flora Macdonald CoHege
Graduates 51st Glass

with a plea to the graduates that
they bring their every thought in
to captivity to Gods will, SO the
peace OF God which passeth all
understanding shall be theirs.
The Sunday morning program
included the traditional process
s:cnal, For All Thy Saints an
anthem by the college glee club,
and the singing of the senior class
hymn by the congregation.
The Rev. M. C. Mcqueen, pas
tor of Grahams Memorial church,
Clinton, conducted the evening
dedication service sponsored by
the student Christian association.
Assisting was a communion SER
vice with the Rev. Thomas A.
Frye pastor of the Red Springs
Presbyterian church, elders of
the local church, all visiting minis
tiers, and elders among the fathers
OF the 1947 graduates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
NEGRO
Continued From Page One)

parently made by a running man.
The FBI entered the case yester.
day at the request of Assistant At
torney General Lamar Caudle,
himself a North C%arolinian, to dis
cover whether any federal law had
been violated in the seizure of the
Negro.
The theory that Bush might have
escaped from the white men de-
veloped after a painstaking search
of the heavily wooded area in
Northampton and nearby HEREFORD
counties.
Bush was charged with attempt.
ing to criminally assault Mrs.
Margaret Allen Bryant, a stenog-
rapher, Thursday night in Rich
Square. High school boys heard
Mrs. Bryant scream and chased a
Negro. Bush was later arrested
and taken to the Jackon Jail.
Solicitor E. R. Tyler, who was
with the FIJI tonight, attempted
to have Bush removed from the
jail for safekeeping in view Of
racial tension existing in North
ampton county where two of every
three persons is a Negro.
Missed BY Minutes
Tyler said ne was delayed in
reaching Sheriff Stephenson OF
Jailer E. W. Edwards by telephone
and when he finally contacted Ed
wards he learned that Bush had
been seized only five minutes be-
fore.
The masked white men came to
the door Of the Jail about 2 a. m.
Friday. They demanded Bush,
and Edwards said, since they were
armed and he wasn't there was
nothing he could do except sur
the young prisoner.
Gov. R. Gregg Cherry sent a
large force of highway patrolmen
and State Bureau of Investigation
into the rea and an
nounced that he would send every
man in the SBI if necessary. He
declared that North Carolina will
not tolerate lynchings and mob
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
WI TO Use new
CHAPEL JUNE z
Building Soon To Be Com.
pleted; Seat 1850
Persons

WAKE FOREST, May 25-Tem'
porary arrangements have beer
made to use the new chapel fol
the first time for graduation ex'
ercises on Monday night, June 2
at Wake Forest college. The build
ing will have a seating capacity
of approximately 1,750 seats fol
the graduating exercises.
Officials expressed hope that the
chapel will be completed in the
near future for permanent use.
A scarcity of building materials
has delayed construction of the
building which began in 1912.
DR.. Theodore Floyd Adams,
pastor of the First Baptist church
of Richmond, Va, will deliver the
commencement address on Mon
day evening in the new chapel.
The baccalaureate sermon will
be given by DR.. Harold Wayland
Tribble, professor of theology at
the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary in Louisville, in the Bap'
fist church on Sunday evening,
June 1, at 8 o'clock.
DR., Thurman D. Kitchin, presi-
dent of Wake Forest, will award
the diplomas and will give a brief
farewell talk to the graduates.
A full program has been arrang-
ed for the seniors and their guests.
The Wake Forest College Woman's
club will entertain at a garden
party on the campus for all at
tending graduation On Sunday aft
ernoon from four until six o'clock.
DR.. and Mrs. Kitchin will give
a reception for the seniors and
their guests on Monday afternoon
from four to five o'clock.
The annual alumni luncheon will
be held in the student cafeteria
Monday afternoon at one o'clock.
T. Ashley Haywood Of Rocking
ham, president of the General
Alumni association and class OF
1911, will preside. The college
male octet will sing at this lunch
con.
The trustees will hold their an
nual meeting at II o'clock on
Monday morning. Senior orations
in competition for the Ward metal
are also scheduled at II o'clock
Monday morning. The presentation
of other medals will also take
place at this time.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
POLICE TO CHECK
ATTACK SUSPECT
Henry A. Hampton Will
Be drilled On "Black
Dahlia" Crimes

LOS ANGELES, May 25-WH-
Henry Alfred Hampton, 80, held
for an attack on a 43-year-old
mother, was being checked today
a. a possible suspect il the Black
Dahlia" series of murders, but
officers doubt that he was the man
they were seeking.
Long Beach officers, after ques-
tioning Hampton, eliminated him
as a suspect in the Staying of Mrs.
Laura E. Trelstad, 81, found
strangled May II.
Her body had been mutilated and
she was the fifth woman to be
murdered in a pattern started with
the death Jan. IS Of Elizabeth
Short. the BLACK Dahlia." Los
Angeles police said they would
question Hampton but did not re-
gard him as a hot suspect in the
BLACK Dahlia" cases.
Hampton was arrested after
Mrs. Violet Eunice Asher, 43,
North Long Beach, was found
bleeding and near death yester-
day. He admitted being with her
after meeting her in a tavern but
claimed he was drunk and denied
attacking her.
Mrs. Asher, mother of a six
.year-old boy. said she remember
ed little about the attack. The
timely arrival of a motorist prob
ably saved her from death at the
hands of her assailant. She is ex-
pected to view Hampton in a po-
lice Zine up" Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
EISENHOWER
CONTINUED From Page One)

Guard, and the Organized Re
serve.
These unwise and unpatriotic
actions must be stopped at nee.
sEisenhower's letter added EN-
phatically that the Regular Army
must take the initiative in secur-
ing the cooperation he wants.
~"The National Guard and the
Organized Reserve corps r JUS
as much a part of the Army of the
United States as the Regular
Army" he said.
To War Days
He minated strongly that much
Of the present difficulty traced
back to the war, when Regular
Army officers were highly critical
OF certain National Guard and Re.
serve outfits.
1.-THE success or failure OF a
specie unit in the war cannot be
attributed to the component OF the
Army which fostered its initial or
ganization," he reminded the War
department officers, "since the
identity of the unit with a particu-
lar component was eventually lost
through attrition and subsequent
replacements."
War department spokesman,
while insisting that instances OF
bad feeling" between the Regu-
lars and Reservists were few and
far between, said the complaints
were being investigated and that
an answer would be sent to the
Reserve Officers association when
the inquiry is completed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
DRIVERS
Continued From Page One)

are: % an eye test CD highway
sign test % driving rules test
"a road test.
The poorest visual reading that
viii lpermit passing with glasses
is 2O-50. This may be with both
eyes together, or it may be with
best eye alone.
The sign test consists of the
showing to the applicant several
pictures containing highway warn
ing signs. The applicant will be
requested to tell what the driver
should do when he comes to such
a sign.
Inability to read is not grounds
for denying a driver license. The
rule section of examination con-
sists of Is simple questions that
deal with the safe operation of a
motor vehicle.
The road test will consist of a
drive of some II to Is city blocks.
In the past some applicants have
begun road tests with the under
standing that the exabiner would
tell him to pass red lights, exceed
speed limits, and otherwise drive
improperly. This. however, has
not been the policy in North Caro-
lima nor will it be during the re-
issuance.
Previous practices governing the
issuance and use Of learners per-
mits will not be changed. The
only change that will occur with
respect to fees charged will be
the increase in the cost of an
operators's license from one to
two dollars.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-26
BREAK EXPECTED
IN REF0ULE CASE
Fulton County Police With
draw Guards From Home
: OF Couple

e. ATLANTA, May 25-F)-There
was every indication tonight thai
police were expecting a major
break in the case of Mrs. Paul
R. Refoule, whose strangled ano
semi-nude body was found II
Peachtree creek II days ago.
For the first time, Fulton county
police withdrew guards from the
Refoule home, a remodeled stone
mill. part Of which dates from
Civil war days, and permitted
thousands of the morbidly curious
to peek in windows and trample
the honeysuckle covered grounds.
In addition, all the detectives
working on the case and police
Chief Neal Ellis dropped abruptly
from sight. None could be found
at home, at headquarters or at
the county jail.
Disappearance of the detec-
tives came less than II hours after
a bloodstained rope had been found
lashed to a tree just a few feet
up the slope from where the 81
year-old society Woman's body
was found.
Chief Ellis announced last night
that microscopic examination OF
the rope showed it came from
a ~clothesline in Mrs. Refoule's yard
and that it bore human blood
stains, He said that the rope was
the murder weapon and specu-
lated that Mrs. Refoule had been
hanged and her body later thrown
into the creek.
The chief also announced that
Refoule, French artist husband
of the slain woman, had said he
himself cut off the piece Of clothes
line with a saw some time ago
because it was too long When
strung across the yard. Ellis quot
ed Refoule as saying he tossed
the rope into a tool chest and had
not seen it again until it was found
yesterday.
The limb on which the rope
was discovered by a convict
guard was at eye level with an
abandoned road which once was
known as a Lovers Lane. The
tree was on the path to the creek
where the body was found.
Ellis said he believed Mrs. Re-
foule was strangled into uncon-
seriousness, probably at her home,
then taken to the tree ans left
hanging for as long as three hours.