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Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-28

RAILROADS MUST OPERATE around the clock
every day and night of the year.
Although they know this, leaders of 16 rail-
soad unions are demanding fve-day, Mon
day through Friday, week for one million
railroad employees.
They want 48 hours pay for 40 hours work
in itself 2C%o wage increase.
They also demand minimum of IL hours
pay for any work performed on Saturdays,
and 16 hours pay for any work performed ON
Sundays and holidays.
On top of all this they want an additional
increase of 25c an hour for every employee!
You'd Pay the Bill!
Summing up these demands, they mean that
shese union leaders seek to force the railroads
70 give one million employees an annual raise
hTich would avsrass $500 per smpIoysi
The total cost Of this would be NO less than
- billion dollars per year. which Ii more
chan twice the expected net income of the
-aihcads this year.
You'd pay the bill, because If these in
creased costa are forced on the railroads,
s-<~~
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-28

DR.. and Mrs. r. L. Phipps spent
last week in Richmond attending
the meeting of the Medical So
ciety of Virginia.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-10-28

they must have still further rate and fare
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14
OBITUARY

Mrs. M. J. (Alice Swartz-
baugh) Yoder, born February
p, 1864, the oldest in her
family of eight, was united in
marriage to M. J. Yoder in the
First English Lutheran Church
in Goshen, Indiana, March %,
1885. To this union were born
four children. Mr.. and Mrs.
M. J. Yoder celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary
in 1886. Mr.. Yoder preceded
his wife in death four years
ago in August Mrs. Yoder
passed to her eternal home
December 20, 1947.
One son, Hugh, died in early
childhood.
Those remaining to mourn
Mrs. Yoder's passing are:
Ralph Yoder and son of Bat
tie Creek, Michigan; Florence
Austin of Mishawaka, India
ma; and Paul Yoder and chill
dren of South Bend. Two bro
theirs - Clarence Swartz-
baugh of Elkhart, Indiana, and
Robert of Mishawaka, Indi-
ana, and the only remaining
sister, Mrs. Harry Potts of
Kendleville, Indiana.
Six nieces - Mrs. John A.
(Gladys) Studebaker of Zion;
Mrs. Edward (MabeD Bixler
of Grayslake; Mrs. G. W. Mes
sick of Shivington, Colorado;
Mrs. G.. A. Swanson and Miss
Dorothy Kesler and Mrs. Ger
trude Nickum Taylor; one
nephew, Wilbur Kesler, all of
Zion.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14
OBITUARY

Mrs. Rose E. Lindskog was
born June IA, 1870 in Brother
town, Wisconsin, and departed
this life December 80, 1947, at
her home on South Sheridan
Road, Zion, at the age of IT
years, months and Is days.
Mrs. Lindskog came to Zion
from Chicago in 1914 and she
has been a member of the
Christian Catholic Church.
Surviving to mourn her loss
are her husband, Louis; and
two sons, Alexander, of Wau-
kegan; and Michael of Blue
Island, Illinois; and three
daughters, Mrs. Ernest Heath,
Napa, California; Mrs. Gerald
Miller, of Waukegan; Mrs.
Ray Cook of Zion; and sis
ter; Mrs. Anna Struck of Zion.
There are eight grandsons and
one great-granddaughter.
She was preceded in death
by three sons and a daughter.
Funeral services were held
from the Congdon Funeral
Home on Sunday afternoon,
January 4, 1913, at 200 p. m.
with Elder A. A. Wright Off
ciating. Burial was made in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14
OBITUARY

Mrs. Blanca Johnson was
born December 6, 1894 in Cop
enhagen, Denmark, and de-
parted this life at her home in
Winthrop Harbor, on Deem
Der 80, 1947 at the age of So
years, and "a days.
Mrs. Johnson came to the
United States in 1909 and set
tied in Chicago. On January
13, 1915, she was married to
Earl Johnson, also of Chica-
go. Together they moved to
Winthrop Harbor in 1923.
She was an employee Of the
Fieldcrest Mills in the Table
cloth Department, and attend
ed the Winthrop Harbor Com
munity Methodist Church.
Surviving to mourn her loss
are her husband, Earl, and one
daughter, Muriel Kessler, and
three grandchildren. Also sur
viving is a sister, Mrs. Paula
Eden of Chicago.
Funeral services were held
from the Congdon Funeral
Home on Friday afternoon,
January 2, 1913, at 200 p. m.
with Elder A. A. Wright and
Rev. Philip H. Ashby officiat-
ing. Burial was made in Ridge
wood Cemetery.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14

A tale of government con-
troll over grain prices and mar
keting. "And it might make
good bedtime reading" says
one Canadian wheat man, "for
and y. S. officials who may be
now toying with the idea of
clamping sharper restraints on
free markets because of rising
prices"
When the war ended, Cana
da's government decided to
keep it's grains sternly in hand.
The only exception was rye.
With the worst wheat hun
ger of modern times gripping
the globe, and with southern
neighbor y. S. expanding its
wheat fields vastly, Canada's
farmers this year actually
planted 1919 fewer acres to
wheat than in the peak war
year of 1910.
The Canadian farmers's
world wheat prices didn't
Continued on Page 81
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14
OBITUARY

Frances Fawcett was born
May 27, 1868 in London, Eng
land, and departed this life
December 81, 1947, at the age
of "a years, 7 months and 4
days.
Mrs. Fawcett moved to Zion
from Chicago in 1912 and mar
ried Mr.. Fawcett in 1914. In
1923 she moved to Antioch
where she resided until 1888,
then returned to Zion.
Surviving to mourn her loss
are her 9O-year-old husband,
Thomas A.; one daughter,
Mrs. Florence Hall of Oak
Park and two sons, Homer
Fawcett and Clyde Fawcett of
Waukegan. There are five
grandchildren and five great
grandchildren. One son, John,
and one daughter, Grace, pre-
coded their mother in death.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon, January
S, 1913, at 900 p. m. with FL
der A. A. Wright officiating.
Burial was made in Pine View
Cemetery, Beach.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14
RUBBER SHORTAGE

Tire Manufacturers have
suddenly found themselves
smack in the middle of a syn
thetic rubber shortage. It's the
first such famine since the
wars end.
" Their inventories of the vital
war-baby material have reach
ed the barrel-scraping stage.
And, though lately-sagging
synthetic output is now being
stepped up, best estimates are
that subber products makers
will get about 1919 less syn
thetlc next month than they'd
like.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14
ALICE YODER

Mother laid aside her tasks
To seek eternal rest
And we who now are left be-
hind
Will know that she is bless
ed.
No longer need she bear the
strife
That comes to living souls;
No longer need she sail the
Where foam flecked pillows
roll.
She is at rest, in peace with
Christ
In that eternal land,
Where love is paramount to
By Gods most kind COM
mand.
Franklin Lee Stevenson
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14
The GheOCraf
LAKE COUNTY BIRTHS

Lake County births increas-
ed in 1947 from 1902 in 1916
to 1851 in 1947 as reported
by County Clerk Jay B. Morse.
The number of deaths de-
clined from 1,474 in 1916 to
l ,407 in 1947.
The 1947 marriage licenses
totaled 1888 against 1896 in
1916.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14

The state of New Mexico
boasts over 10000 miles of
highways, and enjoys a large
tourist travel.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14

Warren G.. Harding is the
only Journalist to become
President of the United States.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-01-14

For quality enlarger-turn
to PETE RADIO & CAMERA
and the B. & J. Solar Auto
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the exceptional sharpness that
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It's the professionals choice.
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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-17
fife TheOCrat
BLITZ ON GRAIN
GOBBLING PESTS

Washington - H-hour is at
hand for nationwide attack
that will send billions of grain
nibbling rodents and insects
scampering for cover.
Food conservation officials
are set to launch a 81 million
blitz on meddling pests which
are destroying an estimated
half billion bushels of last
years grain crop as it waits in
storage or moves to the mills.
This damage is almost equal
to the nations entire grain ex-
ports from 1947 harvests.
The rat and insect chase will
reach into all 5000 counties
in the U. S. County agents,
working with the Agriculture
Departments extension SER
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-17
SEA LAMPREY FIGHT
TO BE CONTINUED

With the Lake Michigan
commercial fishermen report
ing that as many as one-third
of the fish caught off Wauke-
gan bear Lamprey mark, the
annual battle against these
eel-like Sea Lamprey will start
again this spring, according to
the Washington News.
The Lamprey lies motionless
in the water and then attacks
a passing fish, attaching it's
sucker-like mouth to the side
of the fish and sucking it's
blood.
The Interior Department
last year had an appropriation
of $4,000 to combat this
plague. Led by this depart
ment the work will consist
mainly of installing a series of
Weirs in streams which empty
into Lake Michigan at the
northern end to trap these eel
like creatures when they go
upstream during the spawn
ing season.
Rep. Ralph Church, of the
10th district, stated that the
sea lamprey menace is an elm
ternational problem" and urg-
ed corresponding action by
Canada.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-17

round. They are a better look
ing people than most Africans.
Perhaps that is one reason for
their pride.
AS usual we got lots of
promises to come to Sunday
School but you never can bank
on them until you see the full
fillment - which we didn't.
There were a few out this
morning, but not all that prom
ised.
Did I tell you that we got
nice box of things from Zion
Gospel Tabernacle for Christ
mas? 1t came by freight and
we brought it back from Mai
robi with us. It contained a
blanket for each of us, sheets,
towels, a table cloth, several
large cans of Zion hard cam
dy, peanuts, soap, and toys for
the children, also sweaters for
the boys and Mary. 1t was all
very nice. While | think of it,
we could use some white table
napkins and a couple more
table cloths sometime. They
are something we didn't get
too much of. We have several
cloths but only a few odd nap
kins. A nice white one would
be lovely to have for company.
People ask what we want so
I'll tell you when I think of it.
Bob went to Kahamega yes
terday but couldn't get in the
stores as the Indians were all
mourning for Mohandis Chan
di.
With love,
Isabel.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-17
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

HaVana-If you are an Am
erican with money to invest
abroad, you can learn two
things at the Donation trade
conference here.
One is that the world is
bristling with business oppor-
tunities-almost every country
has a laundering for your capt.
tai; but, and this is lesson num-
Der two, you and your money
are somewhat like Little Red
Riding Hood going into for
est of wolves.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-17
Wednesday, March II, 1913

vice, will help farm groups Or
ganize local ''rat days" when
farm families in a certain area
will set traps, spread poisons,
clean up rat-attracting trash
and grain piles.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-17
LET T E r S
From Our
MISSIONARIES IN AFRICA
Isabel Campbell
CONTINUED from page "

who comes wearing no cows
skin, just his own! Gene drew
a colored chalk picture for
them on the blackboard which
they seemed to enjoy very
much. Gene explained it in
English; I put it in Kiswahili,
and then my Nandi teacher,
Josepho, put it in Nandi. It's
hard to say whether Genes
thoughts got across or not but
we tried hard enough.
I plan my lesson each week
in Kiswahili and give my YER
sion. Joseph translates it and
gives his version afterwards.
Faith and Bob both warned me
that the Nandi were very hard
to teach, but they seem eager
to learn and in time and with
patience they may do quite
we'll. AS a people they are not
forward like the Tirihi. They
are shy and hesitant and bit
suspicious of us "wazung"
(Europeans). They like to wor-
ship quietly and sing their
songs slowly, whereas, the Tir-
hi like to speed it up and clap
their hands for rhythm or use
a drum. Bob doesn't let them
use a drum for the II 100 o.
clock Sunday Service but they
are allowed to use one for the
evening meetings during the
week. Out near Musa's house
there is large rock where he
goes on the nights of the meet
ings and beats the drum-not
a heather beat-a Christian
one I suppose they would say.
Then he usually solos on a
hymn, and then beats some
more until the people gather
for church service. They US
ually start about six o'clock,
lasting until 900 or 200 pm.
They like long services!
Bob got a letter from Over
seer Mintern asking what
would be good month for
Carl Lee to visit our station
June or September. [ thought
he was planning to come in
year or two, but evidently it
may be this year. don't know
what Bob's answer will be.
On Friday, Molingati, Flea
nor and I went out on Hut
Visitation" in the Kihuyu area.
We don't mention these people
very much. They are really
very few. For the most part
they live down the country
pear Kijobi. They are a very
progressive tribe, however, and
this quality is hard on the
white people for when the XII
huyu gets just 50 far, he feels
it is best to get rid of the white
man and run things himself.
There is much anti-white trou-
BILE among them. The A. [. M.
is having serious trouble in one
of their stations because OF
this. There are only a few XII
huyu near us, and since Gre
clan, Faiths cook, is of that
tribe, we would like to see him
get work started for the few
who are up this way. 1t was
very interesting to get out and
see their huts and gardens of
corn, beans and sweet pota-
toes. It's surprising the differ.
ence in appearance there is in
the various tribes. Gradually
one gets SO one can distinguish
-o-ao ILL., rrro11 rrrh &c I'll ma O
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-17

There are now 1928 Ameri-
can Legion posts in the Depart
ment of Illinois.
Evening star., 1948-05-27
FirefIies Studied
To Adapt Secret
ToHumon Health
by the Associoted Press

BALTIMORE, May 27-A biology
professor at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity is studying firef1y "tail-lights"
to see if they can help make human
beings healthier.
DR.. William D. McElroy says the
same stuff that makes flreplies glow
also may have some bearing on the
nutrition of human organs.
He says he already has discovered
Evening star., 1948-05-27

| that the compound producing the
glow appears to be derivative of
vitamin K, essential to human
blood -clotting.
DR.. McElroy has been experiment.
ing with the insects for the last
year under a grant from the Ameri-
can Philosophical Society.
He explained the secret of the
glow this way: A compound in the
bugs body is acted upon by liquid
phosphates and heatless light re-
suits. It's sort of like plugging in
a lamp.
The same thing happens in the
human body, he says. Only instead
of a glow" humans get energy. 1t
lights up fireflies and gives Joe
Louis his one-two punch.
Evening star., 1948-05-27
Ski

Ripping full sweeps! Whirng boernos Rued oterers!
Deep founced fovoes! The very popular styles you've
been yeonng for at price that puts nary dent your
budget Stripes prints, pods in smart blacks or luscious
poses too. Sizes Il to Is.
Sorry, No Mail Phone Order
Sportssho Third F1or,Was e.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
COWBOY:
(Den1.., Ida.)

It looked like political suicide
when Sen. Glen H. Taylor (Dem.,
Ida.) came out formally as vice.
presidential candidate on Henry
Wallace's third party ticket, but the
Grooming cowboy from Idaho
didn't see it that way.
He did it, he said, to support Wal
lace in his gallant fight for peace"
and because the Democratic party
has surrendered to wall street and
the military"
IT am not leaving the Democratic
party; it left me-" Taylor declared
dramatically.
Taylor accused the Democrats Of
having betrayed the principles in
which I believe" and gloried ver-
bally in the wonderful freedom that
now would be his to campaign with
Wallace against this bipartisan
coalition and all its works; Taft
Hartley 49, universal military train
ing - this drive toward war - high
prices and racial discrimination
and suppression of civil liberties"
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
Ladies Prefer Blends

The cosmetic business is booming
among the natives of New Guinea.
Bobby Gibbes, Australian aerial
trader, claims that he is doing big
volume of trade with New Guineans
in lipstick and peroxide.
He says New Guineans, men and
women alike, use ipsticks for war
paint on tribal ceremonial occa-
sions: and the men eagerly buy all
the peroxide they can get to bleach
their hair.
Releases by WNU Features.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
LOUISIANA:
Long Trail

Louisiana was back on the Long
Long political trail again.
In a Democratic runoff primary.
voters of the state called Earl Long,
brother of the assassinated Huey,
to be their governor once more.
After he had remained in a state of
political eclipse for eight years
Long won a walloping victory over
Sam Houston Jones, the man who
beat him for office in 1910 and
brought an end to the regime set up
by Huey Long IL years before.
In Louisiana, winning the Demo-
cratic runoff primary was the
equivalent Of being elected, since
the Democratic party is in absolute
power throughout the state.
1t was triumphant comeback for
Earl Long personally and for the
Long family in general after Earrs
political fortunes had sunk to such
a low ebb in 1914 that he couldn't
even get himself on the head Of a
ticket.
This election, as a matter of fact,
was Longs only statewide victory
except for 1886, when he was
elected ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. He be-
came governor in 1889 when Rich
ard w. Leche resigned the post in
the midst of Louisiana scandals"
Leche and other political leaders
went to prison for various misuses
of state funds and property.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
RITZ 'S.EYE.
W Rockets

Army scientists are saying now
that improved control devices on
German w rockets eventually will
be able to steer them to within
yards - instead of miles - of their
targets.
During World War II, German
V-2s missed their mark by an aver
age of six miles.
So far, however, scientists are
only in the first stage of improving
the rockets craftsmanship.
1t. Col j. G. Balm, chief of the
guided missiles branch Of army
ordnance, said actually there are
only go seconds of fight during
which the W. can be controlled
from the moment it leaves the
launching platform until it leaves
the earth's atmosphere.
In the vacuum outside the atnos-
pheric layer the W. tu1nbles about
crafty. When it curves down and
hits the earth's atmosphere again
it straightens out and plunges to-
ward the ground at speeds up to
3,400 miles an hour, making control
at that point impossible.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
PASS THE MEAT:
Rap Vegetarian Diet

Two University of Chicago physi-
ologists, DR.. A. j. Carlson and Fred
erick Hoelzel, have come up with
new evidence supporting an earlier
finding that vegetarian diet is not
only delusive fad but actually
may cut the lifespan.
They have shown that rats fed
the vegetarian diet raise fewer
young than those that ate every
thing, and the young they did raise
were subnormal.
''Many Of the offspring Of the veg
etarians also were hyper-excitable
and manifested more fear of being
handled than did the offspring of
rats on the omnivorous diets" DR..
Carlson observed.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
FEARFUL:
Hoof and Mouth

Cattle. hog and sheep growers of
the U. S. continue to live in the
shadow of a fear that the hoof and
mouth disease which has been deci-
mating livestock in Mexico for
many months will spread across
the border and affect U. S. herds.
At a recent session in Chicago
joint committee of the cattle, hog
and sheep raisers forwarded a plea
to Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
Anderson to renew efforts to eradi-
cate the disease.
Among other things. the stock
men requested that these actions
be taken:
I Renegotiate with high Mexican
L. officials on plans for resuning
the interrupted slaughter and burial
program.
= Immediate construction Of a
4. fence along the present quaran-
tine line about $50 miles south of
the u. S. border.
, Build new beef canning plants
~. in the clean states of north
ern Mexico and continue to run
those now operating.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
RENT CONTROL:
Extension

The tenants got another reprieve.
Legislation extending federal rent
controls for month beyond the
February % deadline - through
March 81 - was passed by the house
and senate and sent to the White
House for signature.
The bill was approved while the
senate was considering legislation to
continue rent controls for IA months,
and it will operate to give the house
and senate time to agree on long
range extension measures.
In evolving rent control extension
during the interim provided by the
stop-gap bill the house was expect
ed to devote considerable time to
wondering whether congress should
not wait and see whether prices
will be stabilized at a lower figure
following the recent market break
before it acts in the matter.
It was probable, however, that the
house would go along with the SEN
ate's 14-month rent control extern
sion, but would attempt to make
"good many" revisions.
House hackers of rent control
legislation are determined to pro-
tect tenants who have agreed to in
creases up to is per cent against
further hikes in their rent. The SEN
ate bill now under consideration
would freeze rents at the increased
level from December 81, 1913, when
the Is per cent leases expire, until
April 80, 1949.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
COLD CHICKEN:
No Fuel Oil

Campaigning politicians this year
may have to eliminate "a chicken
in every pot" from their lists of
promises because there might not
be enough chickens to go around.
Reports from the poultry belt in
the Midwest say that the severity of
the fuel oil shortage is cutting into
the 1948 baby chick hatch to threat
en- poultry and egg production this
year.
Thousands of farmers cancelled
chick orders for early March deliv-
cry because they couldn't get oil for
their brooder stoves. Iowa and the
Northwest were suffering most
from the situation, but it also was
bad in Illinois and Indiana. The
kerosene shortage has been severe
enough to cause hardship in most of
the poultry producing area.
Some poultrymen were deferring
chick deliveries until later dates,
hoping that warmer weather would
ease the tight oil supply.
Officials of one large hybrid chick
hatchery in Iowa claimed they
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
PAPER FROM WHEAT:
At LO1Uer Costs

Department Of agriculture chem
lists say they have perfected proc
ess for producing fine paper pulps
from wheat straw at lower costs
and higher yields.
DR.. T.. B. Howard, chief Of the
bureau of agricultural and indus
trial chemistry. said the wheat
straw burned and wasted last year
would have been sufficient to pro-
duce all the cellulose pulp needed
for magazines and books.