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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
AUTO OUTPUT
LAST WEEK

Detroit Production of cars
and trucks in the United States
and Canada this week hit a
new postwar high of 109,123
units, according to Wards Au-
tomotive Reports.
Revised figures for last
week show 83,444 vehicles
produced. In the comparable
week last year the total was
1888 while in the same week
of 1941 the plants turned out
1866 vehicles.
This week was the first
time since July 10 that pro-
duction exceeded 100000.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
fife TheOCrat

With the University operat-
ing on three-semester sched-
ule since the beginning of the
war emergency, many students
are completing their work at
other than the traditional June
commencement time, and
three commandments now are
held at Illinois each year-in
June, February and October.
Some of the people completing
work in August will receive
their diplomas at the October
9Th exercises, while others not
planning to return to the cam
pus for that ceremony, will
receive theirs by mail.
Pearl is the librarian at the
Zion-Benton Township High
School and was recently mar
ried. Mr.. and Mrs. James John
son reside at Russell, Illinois.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
INDUSTRY NIGHT AT ZION
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

At the first Fall dinner meet
ing of the Zion Chamber of
Commerce on Tuesday, Sept,
9th in the Gold Room of Zion
Home, the president, ROLAND
H. Lundahl, had designated
the evening as Industry
Night. In keeping with en-
dustry Night" program the
president introduced some Of
the newcomers to the City's
business-Mr. E. w. Medberry
the new manager of the Zion
Marshall Field Co. plant, who
was the guest of Mr.. Charles E.
Sieloff; Mr.. Ed. I. Thiele, the
manager of the Ben Franklin
Store; Mr.. Roy Withycomb,
manager of the Homecrest
Store; Mr.. R. L. Newenham,
the new superintendent of the
Zion Grade Schools, who was
the guest of Mr.. Hubert W.
Pearce, principal of the Zion
Benton Township High School;
Miss Adeline Jay Geo-Karis,
an attorney, who since her dis
charge from the Navy, in
which she held the position of
1t. Commander, has opened Of
fices in the Administration
Building, Room FOG; and Mr..
C. R. Toomey of the Toomey
Photo Studio at $500 Sheridan
Road.
Mr.. Ernest Mintern of Err
MES Market at 1882 9th St.,
and Roy Woodruff of the
Woodruff Garage on Galllee
Avenue were unable to be
there.
Glenn Reinier, program
chairman introduced DR.. j. &.
Sylvester of Abbott Laborator-
les, as the speaker of the even
ing, who explained the manu-
facture and use of Penicillin
and streptomycin in everyday
language. His talk was enjoy
ed by all present; he showed
some slides of the development
of these drugs which through
World War II have saved
many lives of our boys.
Mr.. Hubert w. Pearce, prin-
cipal of the Zion-Benton High
School explained the advance
1nents desired in the special
School election called for Sept.
ember 18th.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24

of calculations of the total fish
carrying capacity of all the
divers backwaters.
The waters selected for the
count will be blocked off by
seines, and as many fish as pos
sible will be caught in hoop
nets. Then the powdered root
of a plant used in fishing by
South American Indians will
be thrown in the water to kill
the remaining fish and bring
them to the surface. All the
fish will then be counted and
weighed.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
FISH SURVEY

Biologists of the state ma
tural history survey are about
to take a thorough census of
the fish in two or more Missis-
sippi river backwater areas.
The results are expected to be
of interest to both amateur
and commercial fishermen, as
they can be used as the basis
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-09-24
COMPLETES STUDIES
FOR DEGREE

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois,
Sept. 2-Pearl Cornell john
son of Box 226, Zion, Illinois,
is one of some 200 students
who completed work for de-
grees from the University of
Illinois in August. She is a can
didate for the degree of Bach
elor of Science in Library Sci
ence.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Junior EIks Club
Holds Dedication

The Roger Romine Herd No. 1877
officially opened Sunday, February
9th at 4 p. m. Members of the Sen
ior Elks Lodge and the Daughter
Elk Lodge were well represented.
Among those present were: Ex-
allied Ruler Chas. c. Patterson,
A. Arbow, second vice-president Pa
cific States Association; Glen NAL
lory, secretary, and many others.
The outstanding part of the build
ing is the soda fountain which was
built entirely by the Herd, mainly
Junior Exalted Ruler Buddy Jones.
They also did the painting. They
have their own business officers
and can handle the business with
as much efficiency as any one else.
This is the only known Junior Elk
Home in the country. The build
ing is, however, strictly supervised
at all times. Nc~one above the age
of 20 is allowed unless accompanied
by their children. The building
will be opened only on Friday, Sat-
urday, Sunday and holidays until
school is out Directors are Mr..
Walter Powell and Mr.. Curtis Gray,
who have worked hard toward the
goal they have now attained.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
zefa Phi Beta Presents Guest Speaker

Zeta Phi Beta Sorority presents
guest speaker, Mrs. Mydgett Laster
Of Berkeley, Calf, during their
Finer Womanhood Celebration Sum
day morning at the II o'clock ser
vice, Tanner Chapel A. M. E.
Church.
Soror Laster who is director of
the Far-Western Region is ma
tive of Louisiana, received her edu-
cation at Southern University
where she graduated with honors.
At present she is in the costume
designing and dress-making busi-
ness.
She is the founder of the Gam
ma Beta Chapter in Berkeley and
was Basileus of this chapter until
appointment last year to Director
of the Far-Western Region.
The Iota Chapter of Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority selected Mrs. Jessie
James as the most outstanding wo-
man of the community. Mrs. James
will be awarded a token of appre-
citation for her outstanding ac-
compElshments, Sunday morning,
during this service. A closed ban
quet will be given in her honor
Monday night Feb. oath at the
ElkS Club.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Graham Pulling Ahead In
City Commissioners Race

In marked contrast to the views
of other candidates present at an
open meeting of the League of
Women Voters last Tuesday,
George E. Graham, Independent
write-in candidate for the office of
city commissioner, averred that a
minority member OF the commits
sion could well do more than sit
by and watch the majority run the
city as they pleased.
Graham has propelled himself
into a status of vital concern to
the other /Would-be incumbents by
his plain-spoken views and concep-
tions of municipal problems with
thoughts toward their solution.
After the" meeting Graham re-
marked that the attitude of sub
servience to the majority was in
fantile and that he would consider
the vote given him by the people
as a mandate that his program
be carried out,
The shortage of available jobs in,
the city at present is an indication
of an even greater crisis in times
to come, and the aversion of still
greater concern in that direction is
dependent upon inducement to
small business men, who would en-
ploy from SO to 100 people, to To-
cate in the valley.
Reduction in transportational
fares is also a goal of the indie
pendent crusader, who feels that
the present bus system is, at bess
inadequate.
Reorganization of the Health and
Sanitation Department and it's
heading by person with a degree
in public health service is a further
objective in Graham's campaign
platform. A new health and sani-
tation code with teeth for re-en-
forcement is a must in this over
crowded city, he contends.
Expansion of parks within them
selves, supervised entertainment
and recreational facilities for young
people would be of infinite value,
Graham propounded, in the reduc-
ton of Juvenile crime in the area.
Divorcement of civil service from
city politics, extension of city linn
it's, downtown parking, and a po-
lice department free from political
pressure are all up for an airing
should Graham find himself in
stalled in the office of city COM
missioner.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Carver Monarchs Play Final
Home Game--T ucson | onight

The Carver Monarchs will close
their 1946-47 basketball season
with two games this weekend. To-
night at the Carver gym, the Mon
archs will seek revenge for the
PIG upset handed them a month
ago by Tucson Social Counts. To-
nights game against Tucson will
be the. last home game of the sea-
son. Tomorrow night the Mon
archs will invade Phoenix Unions
Girls Gym to oppose Coach Bou-
chard's st. Mary's knights, a team
which handed Carver its worse de-
feat of the season, 1888, early in
January.
On January II, the Tucson
Counts, headed by Fred Batiste,
former Tucson High football, bas-
ketball and track star, upset the
local Sepia high quintet who until
that time was riding high on six
victories and no defeats. The fall
marked the beginning of slump
which took the MonarchS six
games to overcome. Carver, this
year, has established a record for
making a comeback against teams
which earlier in the season defeat
ed them. Phoenix Indian School
upset them 43-39 a week after the
first Tucson game. It was entirely
a different story in the return en-
gagement. The Monarchs scalped
the Braves 61-38. The same" thing
happened in the case of the Mis-
sion All-Stars. The Mission tripped
the Monarchs 1928 in their first
game; however the Carver bas-
keteers turned the tables by win
ming 1925 in their second encoun-
ter. Vengeance seems to be the
war-cry of the Monarchs, while the
Tucson group seems equally insist
ent upon making it two in a row,
as Carver did against them last
year. Pat Clarke, Roy Stenson, Carl
O'Ke1ley, CresS and James Lam
ders, and one or more of the famed,
Batiste brothers are expected to
lead the Tucson cagers. Little Jerry
Vance and Curtis McNear will be
playing their last home game for
Carver. Vance has been regular
on Carver's team for the past three
years though standing only a few
inches above five feet. McNear, a
newcomer to Arizona, played baS-
ketball at Kansas Vocational School
in Topeka, but his experience in
Kansas enabled him to break into
the Monarch starting lineup. Both
are seniors and plan to go out of
the state to college together.
Tomorrow night at Phoenix
Union Girls Gym, the st. Mary's
knights will play host to the Car
yer aggregation. Both the Knights
and Monarchs are battle-scared
tournament victims. While the
Monarchs were being upset and
ousted from the West Central Dis
trict Tournament by fighting
Wickenburg five on the West coast
Coach Bouchard's charges were en-
countering unexpected defeats by
California opponents in the annual
West Coast Catholic High School
Tournament.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Mh1MM1 ~
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Persons in all walks of life are
interested in the future welfare of
their veterans, as these individuals
are and will be greater influence
in the communities in the future
if they are able to contribute their
share to a growing Nation.
In young and growing Nation
skilled laborers are needed. One
can only become skilled through
training or experience or a COM
bination of both.
Veterans have in the CT Bill one
of the greatest opportunities for
training in the various skills, if he
is able to meet the minimum
training requirement for the
trades. Schools in Cabinet Max
ing, Electronics, Welding, Machine
Shop and Carpentry are opening
at Arizona State College, Tempe.
These courses are available for
GI's that are interested in learn
ing some trades or skills sufficient
enough to earn an Independent liv-
ing in the future. These cources
are made Tor the GI who is inter"
ested in getting ahead.
The Veterans Committee of the
Phoenix Urban League is making
plans for a traiing survey which
they hope will tend to give them
information needed in the assisting
of locating and aiding Veterans in
getting Training Facilities.
Several of our Negro businesses
have had their places approved for
training by the State Council for
Veteran Training and are doing a
good job of training. We hope more
will be able to do the same.
All Negroes interested in Bar
Der Training are asked to come in
the Urban League Office, 1885
East Jefferson st. and leave their
names with the office assistant.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21

Frankfurt, Germany.-The Negro
soldiers stationed in Mannheim,
find themselves fortunate to have
in that area an Army Service Club
that is one of the finest in Ger
many.
The club, centrally located in the
Kaserne, services more than 1000
men with full program of events
which consists of muiscal hours,
coffee hours, bingo, table tennis,
whist, pinochle and bridge contests,
recording hours, movies, talent
jamborees and many other special
events, which vary from week to
week. All of these activities are
closely supervised by the Army
Hostesses who make sure that the
soldiers enjoy and benefit from the
time spent at the club.
Three Army Hostesses assigned
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Detroit Coop Chain
Intorp0rafion Near

Detroit.-A meeting to plan in
corporation of the million-dollar
Detroit Consumers Cooperative
took place here January IS.
Originally planned by the men,
bers of one union, the coop sup
er-market chain now has broaden
ed its base and represents the
whole community. Among those
present at the January IS meeting
were Frank x. Martel, president
of the Detroit Federation Of La
Dor; George Edwards, president Of
the Detroit City Council; Donald
Munson of the Detroit City Plan
ming Commissioners well as cler-
gymen from Catholic and Protest
ant churches, members of the
Michigan Credit Union League and
Eastern Michigan Cooperatives,
representatives of the American
Association of University Women,
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
American Veterans Committee,
Wayne University and the Fore
mans Association of America
There is no intention to limit the
coop to food distribution, the
meeting was told, although grocery
operations are being given first
consideration.
Meanwhile, in Lansing, a sample
coop store has been set up in the
union hail as advance publicity for
the coop supermarket which is
in process or organization.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
One OF THE FINEST ARMY SERVICE clubs
IN GERMANY LOCATED in NEGRO AREA

by Theater Special Services to the
Continental Base Section, under
whVse immediate supervision the
club operates, share the duties Of
directing the club between them.
They are: Miss Carolyn Pool, Of
Saluda, South C9rolina; Miss Mer-
cedes Hopkins of Atlanta, Georgia,
and Miss Jean Moore, of Lilling-
ton, North Carolina.
The activities they supervise
take place in a club that is COM
fortably and completely furnished,
and includes an Army Exchange
Service snack bar, and a library,
under the supervision of trained
librarian.
Every effort is made to make
the soldiers feel at home in the
club, and there is something that
even the most retiring will find an
interest in.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Negro's Partiti patton
In Broadway Shows
Have Big Increase

New York.-During the years
1914, 1945 and the early part of
1916, Negroes appeared in thirty
seven Broadway stage productions,
according to compiled information
in the 1946-1947 Negro Handbook,
edited by Florence Murray, and
published this week by Current
Books, nc.
Roles allotted Negro actors in
many of these productions have
indicated the trend toward un-
precedented liberalism, as revealed
by the use of racially mixed casts
with Negroes in. principal parts
and casting use of Negroes in un-
stereotyped roles.
In the 1946-1947 Negro Hand
book, the highlights of the Negro
in the legitimate theatre are COM
piled by Mabel Roane, Executive
Secretary of the Negro Actors
Guild.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Boys Club Announces
Broad jump Contest

Brand new posters were put up
on the Bulletin Board of the East
Side and West Side Boys Clubs re-
onntlv, annourc:-o~ +Ho '-"I. pro"oI
National Standing Broad Jump
Contest, set up under the auspices
Of the Bows Clubs of America.
This contest is one of a series of
National athletic contests conduct
ed by the Physical Program Com
mittee of Bows Clubs of America.
Director Ronnv Thomson. of the
Phoenix BOYS Clubs, announced
that much interest is being dis
played in this contest. Many bows
have signed up already for this
years Broad Jump Contest in the
three age divisions --Midgets, Jun
iors and Intermediates.
National individual champions
will be determined in each age
division and individual scores will
be considered for individual cham
pionships. Athletic Coaches, Herb
Barnett and Tom Browne are
greatly pleased with the way the
boys are signing up.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Open Door Church To Hold
Young Peoples District Meet
BY ". w. BOONE

The Open Door Church, Soldiers
of Jesus Christ will hold their
Young Peoples District Meeting
March 2-7 inclusive.
Everybody, old and young, is in
vited to attend the meeting, to en-
courage the youth, and see what
they are doing as ambassadors for
Christ. The youth of today is the
Church of tomorrow.
If we fail to train our youth in
this Christian warfare, we will
face a corrupt Church of tomor-
row. The youth are measuring the
depth of this experience and bap-
tism of the Holy Spirit by the quail
ity and character of our everyday
life. It is not the hours of bless
ings, shouts of praise, and enjoy
ment derived from this sacred and
glorious experience, will not by
themselves convince this genera
ton of it's needs. It is the Christ
life, the character of holiness of
God expressed in our daily contact
with the ,sin-sick humanity which
will convince them of the reality
of our experience. The divine i'm
perative of the gospel has become
the responsibility of full gospel
youth to the world.
"I pray you, in Christ stead, be
We reconciled to God". We are not
building an organization; we are
preparing the youth as ambassa-
dors for Christ to build the king
dom of Christ.
Other churches will participate
in this youth program. Do not miss
this youth week. Remember the
date, March 2-7; location, 1O9 S.
18th st.
L. BARNES, Pastor.
PARLINE COLBERT, Sec.
v. w. BOONE, Dist. Supt.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Publication Of News
By Artillery Group
In Germany, Ends

Grafenwohr, Germany.-After 8
months of publication, "The Can
noneer," formerly published by the
3Oth Field Artillery Group, and
more recently by Grafenwohr Mill
tary Community, ended publication
this month.
First published in May, 1916 by
the Field Artillery Group which
consisted of the 288th, 351st and
686th Field Artillery Battalions
and other Negro units stationed in
Grafenwohr, the paper became
widely read and quoted.
Many of the men who were asso-
ciated in the editing and publish
ng of "The Cannoneer" were rela-
lively new to the newspaper field,
but they succeeded in putting out
an eight page paper that kept the
soldiers informed on education, en-
tertainment and military happen
ings in and around the community.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
GIs Acquire Many
lkiIIs Al 8th Army
Trade School, Janan

Yokohama, Japan.-Things are
humming educationally in the
Trade School at Keio University,
near Yokohama, which is being
conducted by the Information and
Education Division, Eighth Army.
In the words of Captain William
E. Wood, of Greer, South Carolina,
the Trade School director, "Uncle
Sam is keeping his end of the bar
gain. He promised our CTS educa-
ton, along with the travel-and
this setup here at Keio represents
just that"
The trade school, which gradu-
ated it's first class last November
ID, was organized last October and
offers expert instruction in radio,
electricity, welding. mechanical
drawing, carpentry and machine
shop.
Lieutenant Colonel James E.
Oehler, Dallas, Texas, is comman-
dant of Keio University which
houses two other schools, the Adju-
tant Generals Administrative and
Clerical School under the command
of Colonel J. E. McGill. and the
Cooks and Bakers School under
the leadership of Major Norman
Krause.
Many Negro soldiers are
sprinkled among the students at
the trade school. For the most part,
they are young men who have less
than a years service in the Army
and who are anxious to acquire
civilian trade experience.
discharged because of it's inability
to reach a verdict.
of manslaughter. Davis was SEN
fenced to a term of not less than
three nor more than eight years
in the Arizona State Prison.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Joe Asks For Pardon

Joseph Wayne Davis, Phoenix
policeman, has asked to be paroled
from, the Arizona State Prison
where he has served two years of
three to eight year term for the
1914 October Staying of a fellow
officer, Det. Leonce (Frenchy)
Navarro, who Vas killed in the
City Hall.
His application for communication
will be heard by the Arizona State
Board of Pardons and Paroles on
March 19 when it meets in the
state prison.
It took two juries to decide Da-
Wis fate.
He was charged with murder,
but on Dec. II, 1914, the jury was
The next jury returned verdict
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
WRINKLES
Wrinkles betray ones Individual
Rambling Thoughts By The
Philosopher

Wrinkles betray ones individual
ity.
We are creatures of habit, wheth-
er in the wrinkles in our clothes
or in our faces.
- A wrinkled coat hung up some-
where looks like it's possessor. He
has worn it long enough for it to
become set to his bodily habits.
Wrinkles, therefore, stand for
our individuality.
Every once in a while good
dresser must send his clothes to the
preSser to have the wrinkles taken
out. BY this act he recognizes
that his clothes assist him in ming
ling with his fellows because they
reduce him to conformity with
them.
Most pressed clothes look alike,
and the well dressed man looks
very much like other men. When
your clothes have become set to
you and conform to you, you are
no longer in. style.
For this reason the clothes of
poor men and of common people
express them much more than the
clothes of those who have differ
ent suits.
The iron that is used in press
ing the clothes must be hot, but
it must not be too hot.
So with our ideas. They must
conform to a certain degree with
the ideas of those about us. And
the difficulties and obstacles we
encounter are the hot iron.
If the iron is too hot, however,
the clothes are burned. Some peo-
pie are so roughly handled that
they become bitter or querulous.
Everybody needs to be ironed
out occasionally by the hot iron
OF circumstance, but he is FORUM
ate If it is not too hot.
AS time goes on our faces be-
come wrinkled. That is, they be-
come set to our habitual thoughts
and actions. The more individual
we are the more we are wrinkled.
It will be noticed that in the case
of those who have little individu-
ality, who are anxious to conform
to those about them, that their
faces do not show many wrinkles.
We say that they are not indica-
tive of much character. That
means that the character they
have is like that of other people
and they have not much person
ality of their own.
A wrinkled face and a wrinkled
suit make better photograph or
picture than those which present
no wrinkles. That is because they
express most the individuality of
the owner.
In travelling through a foreign
country one can see the most of it
by mingling with the common peo-
pie. If he confines his travels to
the fashionable hotels he will meet
the same kind of people in Paris
or Tokyo or London that he finds
in Chicago or New York.
The inhabitants of "the country
of table d'hote" all look alike and
talk alike.
Those, therefore, who wish to see
the actuality of another land had
best go out of the beaten track
and mingle with the ordinary folk.
They have the habit of their Pc
culiar land most impressed upon
them, in their features and in their
clothing.
Arizona sun., 1947-02-21
Mrs. Paul Robson
Will Appear Here

Mrs. Paul Robson, anthropolo-
gist and author, will discuss '"The
Negro and Pattern of World AT
fairs" at North Phoenix High
School, in the Town Hall meeting,
on Monday evening, February "a,
at $3.50.
While she travelled with her ia
nous husband, Mrs. Robson wrote
her first book, paul Robson,
Negro" She also studied anthro-
pology and in 1916 went to French
Equatorial Africa and the Belgian
Congo where she gathered material
for her lectures and books on AT
rica and the Negro.