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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-25
ANNUAL ADDITIONS

Annual additions will be CIV
en- pupils and students of Zion
Conservatory of Music and Ex-
preston, Monday, June 9Th,
1949.
Hours
900 A. M. to 1900 noon
100 P. M. to 5 100 P. M.
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Thank God For All That Was Done!

Thank God For All That Was Done!
Thank God for this City
ask you to realize the privileges had in living
49, was talking this past week oldme resident of this
pie who here in the early days. said that believed the
great majority with right motive
establish "a City for Cod He replied EYES, absolutely and
ing else than produce Zion Passion Play There
statement perhaps, than realize.
More and is this Church reaching out foreign
fields Go into all the world and preach the Gospel
creature The sound pictures Nicodemus
Night and "The Last Supper going different
parts OF this country and Canada and that God will
richly bless the messages which they convey.
you and all, to your hearts and
lives to God and to GO FORWARD soldiers
HYMN, sung by the Congregation entitled, "Sodiers of
Christ, Ariser'
Soldiers of Christ, arise,
And put your on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies,
Through His eternal Son;
Strong in the Lord of hosts,
And in His mighty power,
Who in the strength Of Jesus trusts
Is than conqueror.
Stand then in His great might
With all His strength endued,
And take to you for the fight,
The panoply of God
That having all things done.
And all your conflicts past
= Ye may oercome through Christ alone
a@% And stand entire at last.
Leave unguarded place.
No weakness of the soul;
Take every virtue, grace
And fortfy the whole.
From strength to strength go on
Wrestle and fight and pray;
: -*< Tread all the power of darkness down,
! And win the wel-fought day
BENEDICTION
May the Of the Christ the love If God
the Father the fellowship and the Hov Snir;
rest and abide till He In His Name and
for His sake Amen. ~
OjnnpHpp UooGN
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-05-25

There are no moving parts in
the freezing mechanism, which
fact makes possible a ten-year
warranty on the unit and con-
trolls.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-15

Arthur Mann and his assistants
fashion upholstery, in their
quarters above the Feed store.
This led to his entering the en-
ploy of Zion Industries in the
early summer of 1923.
On July LIST, 1924, Frederick
DePew was united in marriage
to Miss Cora Eta Priddy, and
to this happy couple six child
rem have been born. Their
names are: Dorothy, now Mrs.
Harold Van Seyoc; Norma
Mrs. Fred Godin; Gloria Joan
who will be a freshman, next
year at the Zion-Benton Town
ship High School; Donna Jean
will be in the Seventh Grade;
Frederick Ronald will enter
sixth Grade; while William
(Billy) Jasper will be a pupil
in the fifth Grade. All are at
tending Lakeview Grade
School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred DePew
are now grand parents, and
their granddaughter will be
three years old in July, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Godin.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. DePew
are members of the Lakeview
2. I. A. When asked if he had
any hobbies, Fred replied that
upholstery was his only hobby,
"a hobby which has develop
ed into his life work. Needless
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-15

to say, Fred still heartily enjoys
his trade, his family, and his
home.
This is the 57th article in this
series, presenting to our read
ers the life stories of local bus
mess and professional men.
These article are prepared by
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-15
THE DE PEW UPHOLSTERY
CONTINUED from Page u

WIN SN ocoCSN, AA oAAN--
really was a most practical
man. He was always broad
enough to show his men the
proper and best ways of doing
things
Fred worked for Arthur
1872 years. During those years
many individuals came to
Fred's home in the evenings,
seeking his advice and sugges-
tons regarding their personal
problems in home furnishings.
Some insisted on his helping
them out and after a time he
began doing work evenings
and on Saturday afternoons.
In 1889 he remodeled his
three car garage at his resi-
: dence, 1925 Gilead Avenue,
and used it as shop in which to
work.
Fred's fathers advice to his
sons was to learn a trade and
stick to it and "stick tight"
This exhortation Fred has fol-
lowed closely since taking up
the upholstery trade.
September II, 1911, Fred
went into business for himself,
using his three car garage as
his shop. He has been. favor
ed right along with ample
work; and at times the demand
has necessitated his hiring ex-
ira upholsterers in order to &C
commodate his customers.
On June Fl, 1916, the Fred
DePew family moved to their
new home at 2O21 Gilead Ave-
nue., which suited his family
and his growing business much
better. This home is situated
on Gilead Avenue, just north
of the curve on concrete State
Highway 173.
Fred has studied his line of
upholstery work very closely
and is enthusiastic about his
profession. His aim is to give
his customers personal atten-
ton and consideration. They
will sometimes bring him a pic
ture, drawing, or may just de-
scribe what they would like in
the way of an upholstered par
Tor set, occasional chair, set
tee, dining room, and he en-
beavers to please their various
tastes as to quality and style.
His many repeat orders indi-
cate his large group of salts
fled customers. Often his Gus
toners desire an old frame
made into a new upholstered
creation; and he does his best
to please them.
Fred is the second oldest Of
the four boys born into the
Jasper H. DePew family, old
time Zion members, who were
pillars in Zion during DR..
Dowie's regime and w. c.. Vol
iva's time. Fred's father was
very closely associated with
both the above mentioned lead
ers in Zion, as personal attend
ant; and possessed rare liter
airy ability.
Fred was born in the City of
Zion, April 9th, 1908, and OBJ
tanned his education in Zion
public and parochial schools.
Upon finishing school, he
worked for a short time at the
Zion Bakery, then for a while
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1949-06-15

Carl L. HUH and Dan Loblaw
for THE THEOCRAT and THE
COMMUNITY NEWS, under
the aupices of ZION STATE
BANK.
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Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
COMMUNISM: Big II on Trial

mo different from that at the Scots
boro trial"
Police said the reason for the detail
was that the Communist newspaper,
the Daily Worker, had been building
this thing up for days"
AS the legal battle opened in the
courtroom many who had been lol-
ling on park benches in the square
outside got up and began marching
up and down. Soon the line had about
300 persons, all parading silently.
The trial is the first of its kind in
American history. The defendants are
specifically charged with conspiracy
to organize a party advocating over
throw of the government by force and
violence. They face a possible maxi
mum penalty of 10 years in prison
and $4,000 fine.
The trial originally was scheduled to
include twelve. William z. Foster, 81,
national Communist party chairman
and the 18th under indictment, is ail-
ing however and his trial will be put
off until later. The Communist defense
lawyers tried unsuccessfully to get the
trial of the entire group deferred as
we'll
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
In Short

Died: In Rio de Janeiro, Charles
Ponzi, fabulous Boston sWindler of
the 2O's.
Appointed: AS head of a new $780,
100000 program to develop atomic
energy for power and transportation,
DR.. Lawrence r. Hafstad, pioneer
atomic scientist.
Cancelled: BY the US. Army. all
permits for GI's in Germany to marry
German frauleinS.
Presented: BY the AFL American
Federation of Musicians, a silver
plaque to President Truman as the
champion of world peace" because of
his mastery of harmony in states
manship, as in music" Mr.. Truman
plays the piano.
Killed: BY shooting, Grenville
Baker, 27-year-Old member of the
wealthy New York banking family.
Sentenced: To Is years in prison for
treason, Martin James MOnti, former
lieutenant in the Army Air Forces.
Killed: Twenty us. Air Force men
in a Superfortress crash near Loch-
goilhead, Scotland.
Confirmed: BY the Senate, Dean
Acheson to succeed George c. Mar
shall as Secretary Of State.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
Marshall Plan
Patient Is Recovering

Patient Is Recovering
How was Europe making out under
the Marshall Plan?
Progress is encouraging" said Of
ficials of the Economic Cooperation
Administration this week as they pre-
pared to brief Congress on their Sec
ond-year needs of $4,5OO,OOO,OOO. But
western Europe 'still has many diff
fculties to overcome" including a
foreign trade showdown.
Here's what E.C.A.'s recovery score
card (excepting Germany showed:
Total output of mines and factories,
nearly equal the rate in 1898, last
prewar year Of peace. Steel produc-
ton at 1875 peacetime highs. Cement
output, electric power, railway freight
traffic all over prewar. Farm crop
yields, 20 percent above 1947, but s.
percent below prewar in caloric con-
tent.
But European consumers are not
getting all the benefits Of recovery yet,
said E.C.A. Most of Europe's re-
sources. instead Of going into con-
sumer goods, are being put into plants
railroads, machinery and equipment.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
The Soviet
'Peuce' FeeIers

'Peuce' Feelers
From Italy, from France, from Wash.
ington came delicate suggestions by
Communist spokesmen that peace be-
tween Russia and the United States
was possible.
Up to a few weeks ago the Soviets
insisted, regularly, that American top
officials were 'imperialist" and "war
mongers." Now that tone has changed.
Palmira Tagliatti and Marcel Cachin,
Red leaders in Italy and France respec-
lively, have recently professed they
see no lasting barriers to complete col-.
laboration between the east and west.
This week the Soviet Embassy's In
formation Bulletin, published in Wash-
ingtOn, carried an article calling for
achievement of a stable and lasting
peace" between 'all peoples"
Washington circles could not explain
why the COO of the dove had replaced
the clank of the armor. One observer.
however, made this comment:
ACTIONS still speak louder than
words"
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28

"COCIAL SECURITY" lOomed
y this week as the greatest
issue on which. Congress may bat
tie the newly-inaugurated Presi-
dent of the United States.
The Truman program calls for
vastly expanded old age and unem-
ployment benefits and new health
and disability insurance. Already it
has provoked bitter debate. Sides are
lining up.
Administration Proposals
Here's what the new Administra-
ton wants:
Old age pensions to be increased
By ct least so percent over present
rates. with benefits also for a de-
ceased workers family. The program
that now covers SO,O00,O 900 employed
persons would be extended to 20,-
100000 more and would include do
mestic and farm workers and the
self-employed.
Unemployment pay providing much
larger benefits than now provided by
the states
Disability pay so that an i'll worker
would get the same benefits as if he
were unemployed and a permanently
disabled worker would draw the same
as if he were on old age pension.
Payment Of doctor and other med
ical bills.
10 finance the program, the Adj
ministration was reported getting
ready to ask Congress for about eight
billion dollars in payroll taxes next
year-more than twice as much as is
now collected. The eight billion would
be. piled up from three percent pay
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
SideIights

. A New Jersey assemblyman intro
duced bill to raise jury fees from
So daily in most counties to Sc. He
explained: "Most women called for
jury duty have to pay more for baby
sitters than they receive as jurors"
. Machines that simultaneously cut
and load coal are just being put in
United States mines. The Soviets,
who already have claimed inventing
telephones, radio and airplanes, now
say coal-cutting machines were de-
signed by Russian engineers 20 years
ago.
. On advice of the State Depart
ment, the Children's Aid Society of
Washington red facedly accepted d
clothing for 900 needy children, do
mated by Sonora Peron, wife of the
Argentine president. US. government
officials feared Moscow might exploit
this example Of Americas "destitu-
tion."
. In Memphis, a speeding car smashed
into parked taxicab. The two We
hicles hJrtled 80 feet to a hospital
door. Two men got out of the wreck
age and walked in for treatment.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
Science
House Fly's Triumph

The victory Of house flies over SCI
enee was revealed this week by the
World Health Organization in Ge-
neVa. Il said the common fly has be-
come immune to DOT.
DR.. Paul W. Bierstein Of Shenan-
doah, Pa. public health engineer of
WHO, said reports from all over the
world showed the chemical no longer
could exterminate the fly. In fact, he
said. it never killed certain varieties
of hard-shelled flies which are as
dangerous germ-carriers as the sof-
ter-shelled kinds. While DOT nearly
wiped out the soft-shells, the others
reproduced in enormous numbers.
But WHO scientists say they're not
licked yet. They are trying out three
new insecticides which they will use
in rotation 70 try to prevent any
strain from becoming immune and to
stop the propagation Of naturally i'm
mune species.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
Inaugural
Now President BY Rioht

Now President by Right
No longer was Harry S. Truman an
Accidental President" He was Pres
ident by his own right. And Wash
ingtOn spent a week celebrating his
Inauguration.
The program was filled with recep-
tions and parties and dinners and
balls, topped by the solemnity of the
Oath-taking. There was a new high
silk topper, striped pants and a black
morning coat for the President. The
First Lady had new ball gown of
black panne velvet. Daughter Mar
garet had a lovely gown in Margaret
Pink"-a delicate new shade between
that of shell pink and pink cham
payne.
Washington hotels had long been
sold out for the weeks events. A
committee worked frantically trying
to find rooms for visitors in private
homes. Others stayed in nearby
cities, committing back and forth. Mil
lions more outside of Washington
also saw the show. 1t was the first t
be televised
When Mr.. Truman took office il
1945 on the death of President Roose.
welt, he asked prayers for Divine
guidance. This week he asked again
With Gods help we shall move
forward together" he wrote in brie
statement. 'The Inauguration of th'
President and the Vice-President O
the United States is a day of solemn
dedication of the American people Il
those goals we unite in seeking
just and lasting peace throughout tn
world and a stable and productive
economy at home and abroad.
Congress got into the friendly Spiri
of Inaugural Week by voting to rails
the Presidents pay from $4,000 t
100000 a year and his tax-free ex
pense allowance from $4,000 to $50,
600.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
War Surplus
Boraeins in Ships

Al-4l Il I@lass~ - Htes
A Senate investigating committee
turned up evidence this week of 81
g0Vernment-oWned surplus ships that
were sold with hidden treasures"
In one case, the committee said, a
surplus ship was sold as scrap to a
subsidiary Of Henry ]. Kaiser for
$50. "After the purchaser. started
scrapping operations, the committee
said, "699.92 tons of pig lead were
found in the double bottom fuel tanks
to give the vessel greater stability
The lead was salvaged by the pur-
chaser and sold for $206,831.04'e
A stenographer's error may have
cost the government $4,000. The
stenOgrapher listed the lead ballast
in a steamship at five tons. The ship
was sold for 200. Actually it con-
tanned 10 tons of lead ballast which
alone were worth S4l, ,736.
The committee said the SO other
ships contained smaller amounts Of
lead balla 80 no case, it said, was
the ballasts value considered in fix
ing the sales price. Total value Of the
lead originally placed in the 81 ships
was figured % s511. .754, but the. COM
mittee said some Of this may have
been removed before the ships were
sold
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28

Unforgoften Man

UntOTgotten Man
This week of President Truman's
Inauguration was one in which De-
feated Candidate Thomas E. Dewey
might have preferred obscurity.
Instead, last October's "Cinch-to-
be-President" was planning aggres-
sive leadership of the Republican
party. Politicians saw no outward
signs that he planned to quit public
life.
The New York governor will make
two top Lincoln Day banquet
speeches: in Washington Feb. 8, in
New York Feb. IL. There have been
reports (Which have been denied) that
Dewey quarter-backed the recent un-
successful effort of liberal Republi-
cans to oust Sen. Robert A. Taft as
COP. policy committee chairman.
What could be in back Of Dewey's
mind?
He has said he won't try for the
Presidency again But Republicans
note there will be a Senate seat open
in 1850.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
The Accused Accuse

The Accused Accuse
Eleven of the nations top Com
munists went on trial in New York
this week, charged with working to
overthrow the us. government by
force. But as the trial got under way
the Communists and their lawyers
protested so loudly at court arrange
ments it was difficult to tell who was
the accused and who the accusers.
Some 400 policemen, largest police
detail assigned to a court case in the
city's history, had been assigned to
duty at the federal court house and
surrounding neighborhood. This de-
tail, one defense counsel said, was a
deliberate, purposeful effort to poi
son the minds of the prospective
jurors"
Another defense lawyer complained
that ''only 90 to 80 seats" had been
set aside for the public. He said that
at the war crimes trials at Nuremberg
the public had more space.
Another lawyer charged that the
police detail had "intimidated" him.
Still another said the atmosphere was
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
SOCIAL SECURITY: battle-ground Of '49

More and more social security de-
mands now are being made by unions
in negotiations with employers. When
the million-member CIO United Auto
Workers Union starts new contract
negotiations this spring, it will put
major stress on pension and medical
care plans. Wage demands will be
secondary.
"We are taking social security plans
out of the category Of fringe demands
and putting them at the top of the
agenda," U.A.W. President Walter P.
Reuther wrote this week in a letter
to 800 union locals.
Reuther urged the locals to boost
wage demands high enough to offset
the cost of health and pension plans
if managements refused to discuss
those issues. He said the union would
demand a raise to 'restore buying
power" to the levels of June, 1916,
when price controls were abolished.
At present prices, this amounts to
about is cents an hOUr-lOWest wage
demand by the U.A.W. since the war.
Some Expansion Likely
The outlook now is for Congress
sional OK of some social security ex-
pansion. But despite Democratic ma
jorities in the House and Senate it is
doubtful that the President will gel
everything he wants.
Health insurance appears sure to be
the center of a knock-down battle
with some Democrats joining the op.
position. Senator Walter A. George o
Georgia, a Democrat and chairman o
the important Senate Finance Com
mittee, predicted that the measure i
very controversial and said Con
greSs will 'go very slow" on it.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
Quotes

John L. Sullivan, Secretary of
the Navy: With 20 per cent of
the earth covered by water and
with the advantages of conceal
ment and difficult detection af-
fOrded by that water =. future
conflict might involve as many
battles under the sea as on the
surface"
J. Howard MCGrath, Demo-
cratic National Committee chair
man: THE road to Communism
is lined with the wreckage of
governments which neglected the
welfare of their people,
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
China
Bankrupt Chiong

Bankrupt Chang
Chang Kai-shek seemed arms-less
and his cause seemed hopeless. OBJ
servers described his armies as
bankrupt"
Chinese Communists had moved on
top of Peiping, the last great city in
the north which had held out against
them. Nationalist forces and officials
continued to move out of Nanking.
Foreign powers had stepped aside.
The US and Britain told the Nation
alists they could give no aid or sOlace
at this stage, and Russia refused to
help mediate peace because of her
policy of ''noninterference in the af-
fairs of other countries"
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
PEOPLE: Rita Gets Her Man

which has 100000 members, took up
the criticism. Mrs. Joseph r. Chesser
of Chicago, the federation's motion
picture chairman, urged American
clubwOmen to- stay away from future
HaywOrth films in protest against the
most distasteful episode.
This week, in Cannes, Prince Ally
came up with what passes in Holly
wood as a happy ending.
The descendant of the Prophet
Mahomet, son of Potentate Aga Khan
and heir apparent to the religious
leadership of millions of Ismaili
Moslems announced he would divorce
his English wife and marry Rita Hay
worth
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28

He was accused of risking war by
sending troops into the key port of
Aqaba on the Red Sea, dangerously
close to Israers armies. Critics said
he had flouted the United Nations, en-
dangered Britain's friendship with the
United States, given Russia a wedge
to step into the eastern Mediterranean,
and had lost the friendship of the
potential ally Israel.
Defense in Commons
This week the hefty union leader
turned diplomat stood up in Com
mons to defend his policy. He said
British troops were sent to Aqaba at
the request of Trans-Jordan, with
whom Britain has a mutual assistance
pact He parried a question by Win
ston Churchill asking why Britain
had failed to recognize Israel. But he
made one important conciliatOTy ges-
ture with the announcement that
Britain now was ready to release
Jewish refugees of military age in
termed on Cyprus.
Herbert Morrison, leader of the
House of Commons, promised a full
dress debate on the Middle East pol
icy next week. Many observer:
thought the course of this debate
would determine Bevin's future il
the government.
Jews Make Concession
Meanwhile a more hopeful air o
peace pervaded the Holy Land. Israel
and Egyptian negOtiatOrs on Rhode
were making progress. They agreed
to respect each others national Sc
Curity during the talks. Then thI
Jews made a major concession b.
agreeing to immediate" release of al
Egyptian brigade of about 5000 mel
trapped since mid-October.
Progress also was made at Tel Avi'
on,Israel's armistice talks with Trans
Jordan. It seemed possible that the bi
spot on which Bevin found himsel
would be considerably smaller by tn
time Commons went into a full-scal
> discussion of his policies.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28

roll taxes on employees and on their
employers.
Later, when health insurance swung
into high gear, the tax would be
upped an additional one percent each
on worker and boss.
Organized labor says it stands be-
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
Journeys End

Journeys End
Rita Hayworth, movie star and
divOrcee, had travelled from Holly
wood to Mexico to Cuba to Europe
with Prince Ally Khan, fabulous man
of wealth and married.
Miss Hayworth, accompanied by
her four year old daughter. recently
occupied a Swiss estate at which the
Princes British wife and their two
sons also stayed.
This phase of the romance stirred
several British newspapers to acid
comments about the actress and the
prince. Then an official of the Gen
eral Federation of WOmen's Clubs,
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28

hind the Truman proposal, but there
is mild disagreement over details.
The CIO wants the boss to pay most
of the bill. It said in a recent bulletin
that it did not want taxes increased
more than about 2 or 212 percent on
workers and 4 percent on employers.
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28
Israel Issue Puts
BeUin on Spot

ERNEST BEVS position Shaker in his
IL three and half years BritainS foreign secretary
For weeks attacks against him had been growing From within
his party him. At three members
the Labor Cabinet said to have turned against policy
British press hit him harder and harder handling Of
Milford chronicle., 1949-01-28

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