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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25

Clubdom, as all other great
projects, had its origin in the
church; for we learn that in
the years Immediately preceding
the birth of the GUARDIAN,
women had banded themselves
into clubs where those of like
tastes and inclination could
come together for an hour or
two, discuss literature, music,
the fine arts, domestic arts,
plans for the amehoration OF the
condition of the less fortunate,
often meeting in the church
par'ors or in the various homes.
Invariably conventions were
held in the churches. Many
of these clubs, large and small,
were scattered throughout the
state. Each had for its aim,
improvement, uplift, sharing
the good, education Some were
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25
COLOR BIASED
TEACHER FIRED

PEPPERELL, Mass - Because
of her alleged co'or bias in a
recent basket ball game be-
tween Pep 3ereli ard Aver High
School. MIS- Re- ,ert A NewhaIl
was ousted as girls basket ball
coach at the PepPeTel school.
The schoci Coian,.ttf3 this
week appointed her husband
T., the joo. He is a native Of
Pepperell. Ills Yong ara at
tractive wife, "a Southerner,
halls from Oklahoma. In re-
firing her from the coaching
job the school committee, COM
posed of Guy Murchie, Sidney
Mason and Miss Lucy Spring,
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25

Talbert was regularly en-
ployed as boat barber. On the
fateful night he failed to show
up at his job when the boat sail
ed out of Boston Haybor to its
doom.
For days the weather had been
vicious with heavy rains and
high winds raging along the
North Atlantic coast. Talbert's
brother, apprehensive over
weather conditions, is said to
have besought Talbert to stay
off the boat. He thus was the
tContiHued on Page Four
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25
Carter WoOdsOn at
Twelfth Church

The Aristo Club of Boston
sponsored a program at the
Twelfth Baptist Church on
Sunday, Jan 10, at 7:3O as a
prelude to Race Week History
Celebrations" The program was
CONTINUED on Page ~
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25
NERL PRESIDENT
VISITS HUB

Rev. Central L. Mack, nation
al president of the National
Equal Rights League with
headquarters in New York, was
in Boston last weekend for a
conference with officials of the
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25

local league. He and Louis E
Pasco, president of the Boston
league, discussed plans for
Boston Massacre Day and for
the observance Of the birthday
of william Monroe Trotter.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25
JOSEPH A. TALBERT
BARBER for ILL-FATED
PORTLAND BOAT,
DIES AT rs

The death Of Joseph A. Tai
bert, II Holyoka st. Boston, re-
called the great marine disaster
Of 1898 whsn the Steamer Port
land from Boston sank off Cape
Cod and all its passengers and
Grew persisted
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25

attributed their action to lack
of convincing evidence Of hav-
ing changed her attitude of
co,or prejudice"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25

Miss Phyllis Nelson maid of
honor; Misses Ethelyne Her
bert, Inez McKerrow, Yyonne
Herbert, ard LAEian ChriSto-
pher, bridesmaids.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25
Federated Clubs
During Guardian
Foty-Five Years
BY GLADYS HOLMES

orchids 20 purely social.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1947-01-25

Of
NEW ENGLAND
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Eros Returned

It is a small incident, of course, but
perhaps the return of Eros to Piccadilly
Circus may be sign of returning nor
malcy" in England. The statue of the
infant god of love was restored to its
pedestal with official ceremony. A large
crowd of people attended and reporters
writing about the occasion mentioned that
"any splash of color" was welcome against
the grayness" of the times. 1t seemed like
s'the good old days" before the war to see
the flowers girls" with their big baskets
of blossoms reassembled around the
winged bow boy.
Eros is no accidental relic of antiquity
He dates from time when armed conflict
was not much more than a variety OF
athletic exercise. The epoch to which he
originally belonged was one in which no
atoms had been split, no techniques OF
mass coercion devised, no theories OF sub
servient Standardization evolved. He rep
resented something more than the classic
equivalent of the modern "boy meets girl"
principle Born out of Chaos, brother OF
the Earth and Tartarus, comrade OF
Aphrodite, he was regarded by HeSiod as
a unifying force. The Spartans and the
Cretans sacrificed to him. A festival of
freedom was held in his honor at Samos.
In Athens he was worshipped as the
1iberator of the city. His eff1gies were
made by Lysippus, Scopas and Praxiteles.
In his Piccadilly aspect he was created
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Mr.. Ford's Letter

Elsewhere on this page there is published
a letter from Charles E. Ford, local attor-
ney, who takes exception to two editorials
in The Star discussing recent rape case.
Mr.. Ford differs with The Star in its
view that judge of the District Court is
without power to accept a plea of guilty
to an indictment charging rape. The Star
has previously stated its position, and
there is no intention here to debate the
question with Mr.. Ford. One point might
be made, however. He cites and quotes at
some length from the Seadlund kidnapping
case, in which another court ruled that
trial judge, in his discretion, may or may
not submit to jury the question OF impos-
ing the death penalty on kidnaper. Even
a layman. Mr.. Ford says, should be able
to understand this.
That is true. But the question whether
District Court judge can accept guilty
plea in a rape case (Which takes from
jury its exclusive power to recommend the
death penalty is not governed by what
some other court has said with reference
to the kidnapping law. It is governed by
the language of the Court of Appeals in
the Green case, and there this was said:
"The (triaD court is therefore without
power to accept plea of guilty upon an
indictment charging rape in this District" :"
That, too, seems understandable enough
to layman.
Mr.. Ford also takes exception to the con-
tention that the sentences imposed in the
recent case of three men convicted of
raping a thirteen-year old girl were too
light.
This, of course is matter of opinion
It is worth noting, however, that Mr.. Ford
was the attorney for the principal offender
in that case, and was naturally interested
in getting him off as lightly as he could.
Mr.. Ford was also counsel for the de-
fendant in another recent case in which q
young woman was dragged into the shrub
berry around the Library of Congress,
raped and brutally beaten. There again,
Mr.. Ford was interested in protecting his
Client and the jury did not recommend
the death penalty. But the trial judge,
in imposing sentence, said that this "is an
atrocious case" and added that the de-
fendant, except for Mr.. Ford's skill in
handling the case and the jury's gen.
eroSity" might we'll be facing the electric
chair.
Perhaps this is as it should be. But The
Star does not think so, and it is not i'm
pressed with Mr.. Ford's views as to the
adequacy of sentences in rape cases. For
there is, after all, public interest in these
matters And that interest is served, not
by letting rapists off as lightly as possible,
| but by seeing to it that they are punished
as severely as the law permits.
Evening star., 1947-07-19

by Sir Alfred Gilbert, an eminent Victorian
SCULPTOR and goldsmith. Competent critics
call the statue "a beautiful work. but they
add that it was "shorn of some OF the
intended effect through restrictions put
upon the artist" Unveiled in 1893, it serves
specifically as memorial to the philan-
thropic Earl of Shaftesbury, long president
of the Ragged School Union and sponsor
of much legislation of Importance to labor
including the Ten Hours Bill OF 1S47
and the Factory Act of 1874. The appro-
priateness of Eros as symbol of a career
devoted to sociology conceivably may be
missed until it is recalled that he was the
patron of human fellowship and brother
hood as well as strictly romantic attach
ment
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Acres of Distant Light

The night is 1UGrn1,, not one 101nd St1rH
Among the tassezs OF the Wheat
Heavy pith gold Aboue the sweet
Tail orain that SINNERS in the heat.
A quietude more deep prevails
In acres of that distant light
Where lovely Spica shines tonight
In tenceless field OF neoulous light.
Were this the only hour OF stars
How could mere words, ho1D could the
tongue
Picture the sky? o radiance hung
For man! o song to go unsung!
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1947-07-19
,~p.%=.4>. Letters to The Star ..zss-<~
Readers Commend the District Commissioners and Take
Issue With The Stars Criticism of a Rape Trial
Milk Deliveries


To the Editor Of The STAR
Before the war all dairies delivered milk
daily at an early morning hour. AS an econ
omy measure intended to aid in our great war
effort deliveries were ordered to be made on
alternate days instead of daily; and for some
unknown reason deliveries were to be made
later in the day instead of the early mornings.
The milk-consuming public accepted these in
conveniences without complaint so long as the
necessity for the original order still existed.
However, the shooting war has been over for
two years and the people have been urged
to return to normalcy in all business habits
and relations that had been interrupted by
the exigencies of war.
But our dairies do not seem to be aware
that the wartime restrictions have been lifted.
They continue to deliver on alternate days
instead of daily; and in the late hours OF
the morning when many homes have no one
to take the milk in and place it in refrigera-
ton. And this, too, in spite Of the fact that
the price of milk thus delivered is up some
thing like 1S or 20 cents per gallon as COM
pared with the charge when the service was
SO much better. I think the public should
demand return to the service we enjoyed
before the war. F. C. c.
Evening star., 1947-07-19
France and Germany

Although it has functioned smoothly up
to now, the sixteen nation Paris Confer
ence on European recovery seems headed
for vigorous debate over the question of
reviving Germany's economy particularly
in the Ruhr, the country's industrial heart
land.
Most of the conferees agree with the
revised American view-containeG in the
new directive to General Clay, commander
of our zone in Germany-that German
production must be reinvigorated to re-
invigorate Western Europe. But the French
have important reservations on this point
They are in favor of encouraging max
imum output of coal in the Ruhr, but as
they have just made clear at the Paris
meeting-in answer to a Dutch proposal
they are opposed to an all-out revitaliza-
ton of the regions heavy industry. In the
words of their delegate to the conference
"any steps in that direction should be sub
ordinated to the necessities of security;
we must constantly take account of this
in the course of our work."
This view is understandable. In the past
seventyflve years, France has suffered
three German invasions at terrible cost
in terms of blood, treasure and national
survival. It has reason, therefore, to look
with jaundiced eye on proposals to re-
store the industrial power of Germany. 1t
has reason to fear that such a restoration
might lead in few decades to a new
militaristic Reich-a vengeful Reich bent
on Shattering the French again in another
march of conquest. If we were in the same
position, it is more than probable that our
outlook would be similar and that we too
would be reluctant to see maximum
exploitation of the German productive
potential in steel and other heavy indus
tries readily convertible to war purposes
Yet it is a fact-and the French are
aware of it-that the revival of Germany's
economy is essential to European recovery
The problem is how to bring about the
revival without at the same time creating
the danger of revived militarism. The
American idea is to deprive the Germans
of all armament plants and to maintain
long international watch to make sure
that they do not convert their regular
heavy industry to military production. To
back this up we have offered to enter
forty-year, four-power pact with Russia,
Britain and France to keep the country
disarmed This offer has been welcomed
by the British and French, but the Rus
slams have turned it down, and SO the
security question remains pretty much up
in the air.
In the circumstances, it is not surprising
that France seems ready to argue strongly
Il 1s,,,s% s%pt }hn Nf
German economic reconstruction. The
Ruhrs resources must be exploited If the
Marshall proposal for European recovery
is to make good headway, but the compli-
eating factor of French fear cannot be
ignored. Before the Paris Conference fin
ishes its fateful task, the world is likely
Evening star., 1947-07-19
For Government Efficiency

Taken as whole; the new commission
on governmental organization is made up
of men of such fine caliber that it offers
real promise of bringing about effective
action on national problem of first i'm
portance. This problen1-the problem of
making our Federal administration more
eficient-has been the subject of more
than few studies in the past, but nothing
of consequence has ever resulted from
them. Now. however. there is universal
agreement that something definite needs
to be done, and there seems good reason
=. to hope that it will be done. At any rate,
judging from the qualifications of the
group just named to undertake a special
study to that end, both Congress and the
President apparently are intent upon get
ting action.
The comnisSion-entitled the Commits
Branch of the Government-has come into
being in keeping with joint congressional
resolution. Its twelve-man membership is
bipartisan. Four have been named by the
Speaker of the House, four by the Pres
ident pro tempore of the Senate and four
by President Truman. Two Senators and
two Representatives are included. Other
governmental members are Secretary of
the Navy Forrestal and Civil Service Com
missioner Flemming. The remainder is
made up of such distinguished private citi-
zens as former President Hoover, Joseph
p. Kennedy and Dean Acheson. AS further
insurance of it's nonpolitical character, the
group will not report its findings until the
Eghty-first Congress meets in January,
1949-an arrangement that will keep its
work out of the 1s48 presidential campaign.
It is easy. of course. to recall that past
efforts in the field of governmental organ
ization have added up to little more than
talk. But that does not justify cynicism
over this latest try. The makeup of the
twelve-man group is too impressive for
that. 1t is a. nonpolitical body. and it
undoubtedly is qualified to make highly
constructive recommendations to minimize
waste, confusion. lost motion, duplication
and general inefficiency in the giant, enor-
mously complicated and sprawling ma
chinery of the executive branch. Big gev-
ernment is here to stay, but its bigness is
no excuse for costly sloppiness in it. Every
one agrees that ours needs an overhauling,
and the new commission is fully equipped
to show how that need can be met. If
Congress acts on its findings, the benefits
to the Nation will be far-reaching.
Evening star., 1947-07-19

@. Is poison ivy found in all parts Of the
country?-E. Y.
A. Poison ivy or poison oak in one or various
forms infests practically all parts of the coun-
try except mountain elevations above about
5000 feet and arid lands.
@. What languages are most widely spoken
throughout the world?-C. D. E.
A. Chinese, English and Russian. However
although Chinese is spoken by more people
than any other language the dialects are so
different that Northern and Southern Chinese
cannot understand each other.
O. What is the cause of the foot going to
sleep, and what is the correct name for this
sort of thing?-T. T.
A. The medical term for this trouble is
paresthesia-an abnormal or disordered sensa-
ton due to some interference with the nerve
supply. such as unusual pressure This could
be caused by sitting in cramped position.
@ Are shoe sizes the same in England as
in the United States?-T. H. E.
A. Differences in American and English sho.
sizes range from. one full size to size and 9
half. For instance, an English womans sizs
5 shoe is equivalent to 61A in the Uniteo
States Widths also differ.
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Communists Duty of Patriots

To the Editor of The Star:
For days the Communist Party has indulged
itself in hysterical outcry against arrests by
the legally elected Greek government OF
handful of Communists revolutionaries. In the
light of the recent guerrilla invasions the act
of the Greek government in securing itself
against attack by fifth columnists from the
rear is fully justified.
Only few days before the roundup OF Reds
began, the Communist writer James S. Allen,
unwittingly provided justification for the
Greek arrests. Writing about Hungary and
Bulgaria in the June II issue of the Daily
Worker, he said:
Hungary and Bulgaria are cleaning out the
subyersive elements who have been caught plot
ting against the government This Is the IN
alienable right of all sovereign states, and the
duty of patriots -.
"Just as we dealt with the Benedict Arnolds
and Copperheads in our time, the new democ-
racies of Eastern Europe are taking care Of
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Garden or Desert Our Choice

DCSVIC OU1 ~%hfO1~~
70 the Editor of The Star:
I have just had my attention called to the
address of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in
New York City, May n, 1947. His closing words
are so timely and so gripping that hope you
may give them publicity:
"The stake in the campaign is not property
and dollars, no matter how wasteful war Is OF
these commodities. It is not merely famine
and pestilence for a given proportion OF the
earth's population. 1t is rather the way OF
life to which we are devoted; it is civilization
as we know it. Even more it is rapidly becoming
humanity's existence. The earth may become
a Towering garden or a sterile desert-and we
may make the difference"
DELCEVARE KING.
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Imitation Simplifed

To The Editor Of The star:
was pleased to see The Star notice Don't
Buv Meat" this July IS. I have wondered why
the consumers have not made such move
long ago. have been amazed that the people
will stand for this wholesale gouging. 1t has
been the same outrageous prices for clothing,
shirts and shoes for some time. If people would
get together and strike against buying from
the gougers, prices would have to fall
H.. B. BRADFORD.
Evening star., 1947-07-19

their own traitors hope better than we
did"
That is exactly what the Greek government
is doing. The only difference is that the gov
ernments of Hungary and Bulgaria are tyran-
nical relationships imposed by Moscow, where
as the Greek government was elected by IS per
cent of the people. VERITAS.
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Questions and Answers
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

of fact BY writing The Evening Star 1nformstion
,ureau, 31G / Street NE. Washington 2. D. C.
Please inclose three 49, cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1947-07-19

The chap who got through college by
writing fiction may have concentrated on
letters home to his father.
Evening star., 1947-07-19
Enemies of Communism

To the Editor of The Star:
Fletcher Pope is seriously in error in
linking together Mr. Wallace, Senator Pepper,
Mr.. Reuther Mr.. Bridges, John L. Lewis ct al.
as persons giving laid and comfort" to the
enemies of America
OF the three labor leaders mentioned, MIR.
Reuther and Mr.. Lewis are avowed enemies
of communism and have done everything
humanity possible to drive out Communists
from their own unions and to oppose any
growth of Stalinist organizations or ideology
in the American labor movement.
The American labor movement under its
present progressive leadership and with its
history of devotion to the social welfare of the
great masses of the American people, is our
strongest bulwark against dictatorship or the
growth of pernicious ideologies of the extreme
right or extreme left. BERNARD PHILLIPS
Evening star., 1947-07-19

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter, although it is permissible tof
writer kaoUn to The Star to use
non. de plume Please be brief.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-01-30

Also a large selection
of kneehole desks in wal
nut and mahogany.
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East Orange

Mrs. Edith Stager called on Mrs.
Ruth Mertz and Mrs. Mary Heldman,
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Boutwell, called
in the Bob Potts home Saturday, and
also called on Carl Kimmel and Mrs.
Roscoe Blakesley at the Button hos
pital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Amstutz of
Harrod, Mr.. and Mrs. Rayon Bout
we'll and children Lynn and Sue were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Eli
Amstutz, Eunice and Rhoda Amstutz
of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Ladd of To-
ledo, Miss Avonell Wolber of Tifin
attended church services at the Riley
Greek Baptist church and were din
ner guests of their parents Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Wolber and sons.
Mrs. Marie Wolfley of BIuffton
was a dinner guest Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Virgil Cribley and Virginia
and Donald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Heldman of
Kenton, Mr.. and Mrs. 7. w. Smith
and daughters Ann and Jane of Ar
lington, Mr.. and Mrs. Kermit Boehm
and sons David, Stephen and John,
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Boutwell, and
son Michael Dale, Mr. and Mrs. B. J
| Boutwell, were supper guests Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Heldman and
| Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenny Chidester and
children called on Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
on Boutwell, and children Sunday
evening.
Mid-week prayer meeting will be
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hearsal this week.
Mems Brotherhood on Thursday
evening at St. Johns church at 500
o'clock. Guest Speaker, Rev. Robert
Turner of Riley Creek Baptist church
Girls Guild meets at the home
of Marilyn and Wanda Everett on
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
Catechism, Saturday at 9:30 q. m.
Youth Fellowship on Sunday even
ing at TOO.
Joint Consistory on Thursday even
ing following Brotherhood meeting.
st. Johns:
$50 a. m. Morning worship
1880 a. m. Church school
The choir meets for reheasai on
Thursday evening at 1880.
Mems Brotherhood on Thursday
evening at the church at o'clock
Speaker, Rev. Robert Turner of Rile,
Creek Baptist church. Plan to at
tend.
Youth Fellowship, Sunday evening
at 700.
Catechism, Saturday at $3.50 a. m
Joint Consistory to meet following
Brotherhood meeting on ThurGda!
evening.
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Paul Fl. Cramer, Pastor
$50 q. m. Church school
Mr.. Nelson Steiner, Supt.
10:30 a. m. Morning worship
$3.50 p. m. Youth Fellowship.
Union Evening service at 1880.
Hancock County Chorus at the
First Mennonite church.
Junior choir practice, Wednesday
at TOO p. m. at parsonage.
Senior choir practice, Thursday at
7:30 p. m.
NOTEl Program for Union ser
vice sponsored by Ministerial Asso,
citation being sent to you direct.
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remains the same at present.
Miss Elizabeth Boehr expects to
leave Wednesday for Akron, Pa, and
from there she is to go to Austria
as a relief worker under the auspices
of the Mennonite Central Committee.
She is to be stationed in Vienna.
An impressive farewell service was
held at the Ebenezer church for Miss
Viola Welty who is to leave again
for the mission field in Nigeria, At
rica.
Hiram Schultz and Charles Reese
attended the State Convention Of
Township Trustees in Columbus last
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DEFENsELEsS MENNONITE
CHURCH

Rev. e. ]. Shady, Pastor
Thursday
7:30 Mid-week service.
Sunday
e:30 a. M. Sunday school.
10:30 q. m. Morning worship.
Theme: 1.-THE Church and It's
Power. Junior church in the base
ment.
TOO Adult c. W. B. program
TOO Senior W. P. B. program in
basement.
Junior c. w. B.
7:45 Evangelistic service.
"Christ's Interchangeable Command
Everyone Is welcome to these ser.
vices.