1945 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Download: PDF — 1945 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
1945 YEARBOOK
THE START OF IT
'LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE’
INTERFERENCE
ORGANIZATION
YOU CAN’T CHANGE THEM
CORPORATIONS
BETHEL HOME
ORDAINED MINISTERS
ORDAINED MINISTERS
OTHER SOCIETY INSTITUTIONS
WATCHTOWER BIBLE COLLEGE OF GILEAD
GRADUATES OF GILEAD RECEIVING DIPLOMAS
GRADUATES OF GILEAD RECEIVING DIPLOMAS July 31, 1944
PRINTING PLANT
PRODUCTION REPORT
SHIPPING
THE FIELD
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TERRITORY
SPECIAL PIONEER PUBLISHERS
GENERAL PIONEERS
THE PUBLISHER
OPPOSITION
UNITED ANNOUNCERS’ THEOCRATIC ASSEMBLY
RESOLUTION
OTHER COUNTRIES UNDER THE BROOKLYN OFFICE
ALASKA
NEWFOUNDLAND
ICELAND
THE WEST INDIES AND BERMUDA
PUERTO RICO
BRITISH HONDURAS, CENTRAL AMERICA
PANAMA AND CANAL ZONE
COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA
EGYPT
SYRIA AND LEBANON
PALESTINE
ARGENTINA
CHILE
PARAGUAY
URUGUAY
AUSTRALIA
BRAZIL
BRITISH GUIANA
BRITISH ISLES
CANADA
COSTA RICA
CUBA
DENMARK
FINLAND
FRANCE
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
INDIA
JAMAICA
MEXICO
GUATEMALA
NEW ZEALAND
SOUTH AFRICA
SWEDEN
NORWAY
SWITZERLAND
TRINIDAD
WEST AFRICA
SUMMARY
ANNUAL MEETING
YEARTEXT FOR 1945
YEARBOOK
of JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
containing report for the service year of 1944
Also daily texts and comments
Corporate Publishers
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society
Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc.
International Bible Students Association
124 Columbia Heights Brooklyn 2, N. Y., U. S. A.
Branch offices appear on last page
Copyright, 1944, by
Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society
Made in the United States of America
WATCH TOWER BIBLE & TRACT SOCIETY
OFFICERS
N. H. KNORR President
H. C. COVINGTON Vice-President
W. E. VAN AMBURGH Secretary and Treasurer
WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY, INC.
OFFICERS
N. H. KNORR President
H. C. COVINGTON
Vice-President
W. E. VAN AMBURGH Secretary and Treasurer
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
N. H. KNORR President
JESSE HEMERY Vice-President
E. C. CHITTY Secretary
W. E. VAN AMBURGH
Ass’t Secretary and Treasurer
INDEX OF COUNTRIES
Page
Alaska 84
Argentina . 91
Australia 95
Brazil 102
British Guiana 106
British Honduras 88
British Isles 108
Canada 115
Ceylon 148
Chile 93
Colombia and Venezuela 89
Costa Rica 121
Cuba 127
Denmark 132
Egypt 90
Fiji Islands 101
Finland 134
France 137
Gold Coast 178
Guatemala 156
Hawaiian Islands 138
Iceland 86
India 141
Jamaica 148
Mexico 151
Newfoundland 85
New Zealand 157
Nigeria 179
Northern Rhodesia 167
Norway 175
Nyasaland 169
Palestine 90
Panama and Canal Zone 89
Paraguay 94
Puerto Rico 87
South Africa 160
Southern Rhodesia 164
Sweden 170
Switzerland 175
Syria and Lebanon 90
Tanganyika and Portuguese East Africa .. 170
Trinidad 176
Union of South Africa 161
United States 52
Uruguay 94
West Africa 178
West Indies and Bermuda
1945 YEARBOOK
of Jehovah’s witnesses
JEHOVAH GOD never fails to accomplish His purpose. When one looks back through the centuries of time, it appears that all things accomplished have taken a natural course; but little do people realize that the things thus accomplished were brought about by the Almighty God through his active force. The creation of the heavens and the earth, the bringing forth of vegetation, the making of live animals, and the producing of man are all accomplishments of God, because he purposed them to be so. The heavens with their countless celestial bodies, the earth and all that therein is, are God’s handiwork. “For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.” (Isa. 55:10,11) Puny men should appreciate this truth by now and recognize their dependence upon the great Creator, but they continue to think more highly of themselves than they ought to. That which Jehovah purposes comes to pass in an orderly manner and nothing can or will stop it. Furthermore, Jehovah is never hurried; but in his due time he accomplishes his pleasure and blesses those whom he will bless.Noah was one of the comparatively few men in ages past who enjoyed the favor of God’s blessing. He loved righteousness, and Jehovah counted him as a “friend”. Noah and his household had faith in Jehovah’s purposes, believed His word, and showed willingness to follow His orderly arrangement of things. By God’s grace, Noah had the marvelous privilege of building the ark, which he faithfully did under Jehovah’s direction. Not only were proper plans made for the preaching that had to be done by Noah prior to the flood, but it also took organization to lay out the ark, construct it, fill it with the animals, and feed them for a year (as well as his own household) while passing from the “world that was” into this “present evil world”. The work done by Noah was possible of accomplishment only because Jehovah caused it to be, and because he organized it and brought all things to pass exactly on time, his due time, to his honor. He gave full proof that he is truly a God of purpose and accomplishment, and he gave due notice in advance of his actions.
Not then was it God’s due time to establish the “new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness”, but his purposes were being accomplished concerning Noah and the destroying of that old world, which was filled with violence. All events were leading to things of greater importance, one of which was that, at the appointed time, his beloved Son, Christ Jesus, should make his appearance. This his only begotten Son did a little more than four thousand years after the creation of man. The Son of God was made a “little lower than the angels” and appeared in the flesh among the common men, and he did this to accomplish the purpose of God. The Son of God came forth from the great heavenly organization of Jehovah, leaving his glorious estate and taking on the form of man. His primary reason for so doing was the vindication of Jehovah’s name; for that mighty name had been defamed for centuries by Satan the Devil, who claims that men serve God with selfish motives and that the integrity of all men can be broken in time, causing them to turn away from God and curse Him. Satan has tried to prove this for centuries, but has been proved a liar many times.
The Messiah of the Jews had been promised for many hundreds of years, and all Israelites seeking a better world were looking for the Messiah. The religionists, the politicians and the commercial men of the Jewish nation were satisfied with their own construction of the national order; but not so the. people of good-will with faith in their God’s promise of a Redeemer. In God’s due time, and hence right on time, the Messiah made his appearance. He came, primarily, to announce that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand”. This was a real challenge to the ruler of this world, Satan, “the prince of this world” (John 12:31), because it was an announcement of a new government for world affairs and, it being a heavenly government, it meant the ousting of Satan himself. The announcement of the kingdom of heaven meant that Satan’s rule of the heavens must end, as well as his earthly puppets be removed. It meant that Satan’s “present evil world”, heavens and earth, was in for a battle for supremacy. It was a proclamation of the New World, which meant one world under one government.
It was not Jesus’ idea to take over the old world governments and rule them, with their corrupt politicians, hypocritical clergy and wealthy businessmen. No; it meant the cleaning out of all this, in God’s appointed time and after due notice of the coming change. Jesus knew that the people must be informed of the Righteous Government, and he made official announcement of the One Government that would rule the one world. At the time this Government should take over its power under Christ a final witness must be given concerning this government, in the last days of the “present evil world”, and at the treading down of it, even as Noah had the privilege of announcing the collapse of the “world that then was”. In Noah’s day a warning was given under Jehovah’s direction and, at the same time, a way of escape was provided.
THE START OF IT
While Jesus was on earth as a full-grown man, having consecrated himself to Jehovah God at Jordan and being there baptized by the holy spirit, he began a work that no man or power on earth or in heaven could overthrow. He began the preaching of the “kingdom of heaven” and he also began to organize for further advertising of this kingdom, the new government. For this he was charged with sedition, was brought before the courts, and was killed eventually; but before that he organized his representatives so well that the faithful followers of Christ Jesus would choose nothing but the work of preaching that “the kingdom is at hand”. Even though organized, they could not have accomplished this work, any more than Christ Jesus could have accomplished it, without the holy spirit of God operating upon them. They needed Jehovah’s backing, his active force, his power to support them and direct them in their organization. They received it at Pentecost, and Jehovah has never failed to support his faithful servants in every time of need and has directed them when there appeared to be no need. Jehovah, through His Son, formed an organization that has been used through these many centuries to preach good news and to keep the spark of true worship of God alive.
Jesus while on earth assembled to himself twelve apostles, one of whom turned traitor; but the other eleven stood shoulder to shoulder and carried the torch of the Kingdom message into all the lands round about Jerusalem. What they told the people was not only the promises set forth in God’s Word about the blessings to come, but also concerning the destruction of the old world and the need to escape into God’s safe place of refuge. They had full faith in their God in heaven, their Father, that the Government, or the “kingdom of heaven”, would be fully established and that he would accomplish all this. They appreciated their responsibility, now that they had entered into a covenant with God, to see that this message was preached. Having walked with Jesus and having received the light concerning the truth of God’s kingdom, they, of necessity, would have to preach it. No longer did the old world of pride, shame and haughtiness hold attractions for them. It never did; that is why they left it so readily and thereafter were ‘in the world, but not a part of it’.
When on earth the Master was not seeking the prominent men of this world, the chief priests, the scribes, the Pharisees, the businessmen, or the politicians; but he was seeking people who wanted to work in the interest of peace, righteousness and true worship of God, such as the fishermen Peter, John and Andrew, and Matthew the tax collector. All of them were humble men, all of them from the ordinary walks of life, but all were seeking the Messiah and looking for better things than this old world had to offer. They were looking for the “kingdom of heaven”. They found it; and they recognized Christ Jesus as the Messiah, the One that would be King in the government to rule the earth in peace and righteousness. They chose to follow him, giving up all they had, whether much or little. It was their love of truth, righteousness and pure worship of God that made these men of faith walk with the Lord Jesus. It did not take them long to recognize that Christ Jesus was the Son of God, and they were anxious to learn at his feet. They did, for they had found the King, Savior and Redeemer.
'LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE’
After these ordinary, humble men had been walking with Jesus for some time he told them: “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” (Matt. 5:14-16) The purpose of his gathering together these men of good-will, lovers of truth, was not just to make them wise in the counsel of the Lord, but that they might let shine the light they received. Wisdom is not shown by the gaudy dress of priests and by the clergy holing up in some synagogue or cathedral; but “Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: she crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words.”—Prov. 1: 20, 21.
While Jesus was with his disciples he sent them out in two’s to various parts of the country to let the light shine. After his death and resurrection, and after his sending unto them the holy spirit or active force, all the apostles let their light shine by putting on the most intensive preaching campaign ever inaugurated on this earth up to that time. That work, started there in many tongues, never ceased. They ‘let their light shine before men’. They did not ‘hide the light under a bushel’ or keep it within the walls of a monastery or nunnery, but they held their light high, so that all could see and hear the truth. They believed in education for all men! The apostles of the Lord and those who associated with them kept their eye on the Kingdom and preached it, and they never turned aside to follow anything else. This was their lifework. The boundaries of cities and countries, even though these boundaries were lakes, mountains and seas, they crossed to preach the Kingdom, the only hope for man.
The early true Christian did not mix up in the affairs of this old world, for he knew he was an ambassador of the New World and represented a new government. The apostles and their companions believed the wise man’s counsel when he said: “Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.” They desired always to be in the light and to be guided toward the new government, the Kingdom, and to understand the truth and follow it. They fully appreciated that to keep their eye on the right thing would mean their going in the right direction; that if they turned their attention to the things of the old world they would go into darkness. They appreciated the Master’s counsel: “The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.” (Matt. 6:22,23, Am. Stan. Ver.) The apostles had only one vision, an eye single to the glory of God; and, because they fully appreciated Jehovah’s purposes and diligently studied his Word, their whole body was full of light and they reflected that light wherever they went.—2 Cor. 4: 6.
The disciples and followers of Jesus having been begotten of the holy spirit at Pentecost, the organization that Jesus developed when on earth went into action. The apostles were the eenter of that organization and the brethren everywhere looked to them for direction and counsel. They willingly took the lead in preaching, and they counseled their brethren in spreading the gospel to all parts of the earth. They hearkened to the words of Jesus, who said: "Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit.” (Matt. 28:19, Am. Stan. Ver.) Regular visits were made by them to all the church, and to the church were added many daily. The adding to the church was not accomplished through miracles, or by forcing people to join up with this new group that made its appearance at the time of Jesus’ preaching. It was not a proselyting scheme or the starting of a “new religion”. Their assigned duty was to see to it that the Kingdom gospel was preached, and from the central headquarters at Jerusalem they sent forth servants and their assistants to carry this message of life into all of Israel. Those seeking after God found him through the preaching. “For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? and how shall they preach, except they be sent?” (Rom. 10:12-15) This took organization and planning, and because the whole organization worked in unity, having the same motive, true worship, great strides were made in the preaching of the gospel, not only among the Jews, but among the Greeks also, and eventually among all nations. When the call went forth to all Gentiles, unusual progress was made.
The message was carried across the seas into Greece, Italy, all parts of Europe, up into the northern part of Asia Minor, and to Babylon in the east. It found its way down into Egypt to the south, and it filtered into all parts of the Roman Empire. That the all-embracing command to preach the gospel of the Kingdom in all the world would eventually be accomplished and then would the end come, was Jesus’ clear-cut statement. It required organization to preach the gospel of the Kingdom in all the world, but it must be done; for God’s Word does not return unto him void. It requires time to preach the gospel of the Kingdom; it doesn’t happen as a matter of chance. It must be performed under the direction of Christ Jesus, the King, through the active force or spirit of Jehovah God. It is a work that Jehovah purposed should be done. That work is accomplished in his own due time and by the means he ordains for its accomplishment. We see this preaching work carried on today by Jehovah’s witnesses in all the world, in all nations, and it is carried on in basically the same manner as the early church did it.
INTERFERENCE
Those of the early church fully appreciated that the “light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart”. (Ps. 97:11) Even though there were many evildoers and mischief-makers, persons who were trying to stop this work and interfere with the progress of the preaching, they did not for one moment dampen the zeal of Jehovah’s witnesses back there; nor do they now. God’s servants in the earth were and are not fearful of the actions of men; for they know it ‘is better to obey God rather than men’. They heed the counsel of the psalmist, who said: “Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.”—Ps. 37:1, 6.
While worldly authorities may have power to interfere with the work and stop it for a while, Jehovah’s witnesses fret not because of these evildoers, nor are they envious of the power of these workers of iniquity; for they know that in God’s due time this gospel that was ordained to be “preached in all the world for a witness” will be so proclaimed, because nothing can stand in the way of Jehovah’s purpose. Therefore the light is going to shine as never before, and it will shine forth as the noonday sun. This is God’s work, accomplished through his Son, and his message is going to shine forth as a bright light; for he says “thy righteousness [will be] as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday”. There will be nothing to becloud the clear, true, sharp message of the Lord; for it will be bright, clear and understandable to those who have an ear to hear. No government or league of governments can buck up successfully against that which Jehovah causes to be. “Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.”—Ps. 2:1-3,10-12.
The message preached by Jehovah’s witnesses is not preached for the purpose of pacifying the rulers of this world, as the clergy do. It is not preached for the purpose of becoming friends of this world; because the Master said when he was upon the earth: 'If ye are friends of the world, ye are at enmity with God.’ (Jas. 4:4) Christ Jesus came as the King of the New World of righteousness, and that means something must give way. That which must give way is the Devil’s world, with all its kings and rulers. The apostles and their followers believed this, and so do the present-day Jehovah’s witnesses, namely: that the old world is certain to give way to the New World of righteousness. The King of righteousness did not come to establish peace with the old world, but rather war. He said: “Think not that I came to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.”—Matt. 10: 34, Am. Stan. Ver.
Why should Christ Jesus preach “the kingdom of heaven is at hand”, a new government to direct the affairs of earth, not the old world, but a New World of righteousness, if he was satisfied with the old situation that existed? The nations of the earth are trying to establish a new “world order”. This they have been trying for thousands of years, establishing new “world orders”. Every one of them has failed, and every one that man brings about will fail. Now the time has come for the complete overthrow of the “god of this world” and his puppet governments, because Jehovah God has accomplished certain things since the time of Christ till now. For nineteen hundred years Jehovah has been calling out of the Gentile nations a people for his name. The last of these are being called, and that work is now about accomplished.
The next step taken concerning the action of the “kingdom of heaven” was in 1914, when Jehovah, by Christ Jesus the King, took unto himself his great power and began to reign. The King cleaned out the old “heavens” and cast the Devil down to the earth, as is recorded in Revelation 12:10-12: “And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Satan’s time to rule has run out, and all those who prefer that rule to the New World of righteousness will be run out at Armageddon, after which the one Government, the “kingdom of heaven”, will rule the one world in righteousness.
Christ then came to his temple in 1918 for judgment. There judgment began at the house of God; and those who were looking for easy positions within the Lord’s organization, who did not wish to work according to the direction of the King Christ Jesus, were cast out. The “faithful and wise servant”, the anointed remnant of the Lord, were chosen to do and accomplish God’s will of preaching this gospel until the end should come. Willing publishers were on hand, anxious to follow the lead of the King Christ Jesus in the onward march of proclaiming “the kingdom of heaven is at hand”. Now that the King is taking action against the old world, he sees to it that Jehovah’s witnesses give the final announcement concerning the end of the old world and the beginning of the New. The last call is being made and will be made during the postwar period to all those who love righteousness.
Now that the time is at hand for the overthrow of the Devil’s organization, a big preaching work must be done, bigger than the work done in the days of Noah. In Noah’s time the population of the earth lived in one particular section of the earth, and very likely Noah could have preached to all the inhabitants round about before the flood came. There is a bigger work to be done now in the preaching of “this gospel of the kingdom”, announcing the final destruction of this old world and the incoming new government of righteousness to rule this earth; and therefore “this gospel of the kingdom” must be preached in all the world for a witness until the end comes. Peter and all the apostles announced the Kingdom in their day, 1900 years ago. One would think that the nations would take heed; but they go headlong into the support of the 'old world order’ and want to patch it up. It won’t last!
The people chosen to do this preaching work, Jehovah’s witnesses and their companions, are willing to do it and are glad to take upon themselves this responsibility of giving the warning and, at the same time, announcing the good news. It must be done the same as Christ Jesus did it. When he was upon the earth he went from house to house, village to village, city to city, and went to all parts of the Holy Land to preach “this gospel”. He taught his followers to do the same thing. Later the command went forth to his apostles to go into other parts of the earth to preach, and they did go. Now the command is to preach “this gospel” of Jehovah’s kingdom and his Son’s kingdom in all the world “for a witness”, for he prophesied that this should be done and then the final end of the world would come.
These glad tidings set forth in God’s Word have great drawing power. To study God’s Word takes time, but it pays well; for 'to know Jehovah and his Son Christ Jesus is eternal life’. To gain life requires more than merely saying “I believe”. It requires showing faith by works. To do that means taking a stand against the whole world of wickedness and coming out foursquare for the Kingdom and its King, Christ Jesus, in vindication of Jehovah’s name. Reading the truth and accepting it makes one do that. It is not the joining of a religious institution and then going through some daily or weekly rituals; but it is the forsaking of this world and what it offers and the taking up of the preaching work of Christ and the apostles, and not for personal gain. Those who have taken up this course will find that many in their own household object to the action they are taking. Daughter will turn against mother, son against father, and individuals will leave their brothers and sisters for the sole purpose of preaching “this gospel of the kingdom” in all the world for a witness. Jesus said this would occur; for he stated: “Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law: and a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that doth not take his cross [stauros, stake] and follow after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” —Matt. 10: 34-39, Am. Stan. Ver.
Every individual must make his own decision as to whom he will serve: either Jehovah God and his Son, Christ Jesus, two great Kings who have now gone forth to wage war against this old world; or the old world and its god, Satan. It is not a matter any longer of following your father’s religion or your mother’s religion; it is a matter of making your own decision and following the truth, for “the truth shall make you free”.—John 8:32.
Jehovah’s witnesses and their companions know that there is only one way to attain life, and that is to serve Jehovah God and “worship him in spirit and in truth”. (John 4:24) This being true, they want others to have the same privilege; so they speak the truth on the matter to those they meet. Those that heed the message set forth in God’s Word will be protected and taken through the battle of Armageddon, even as Noah and his family were protected and taken through the flood. Those who have an ear to hear will hear gladly, for “blessed are your eyes, because they see; and ears, because they hear. For indeed I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see what you behold, but have not seen; and to hear what you hear, but have not heard”.—Matt. 13:16,17, Diag.
Today men and women are living in marvelous times. Those who have consecrated themselves to serve God appreciate these times. Men of old spoke of these times and wrote concerning the day in which we live, and they desired to see this day and hear the things that are spoken in this day. Because many scriptures were due to have miniature fulfillments in the earthly day of Christ Jesus, men of faith looked forward to the first coming of the Messiah. But with greater anticipation and with more glowing prospects have men of faith since then looked forward to the new day when the King would reign in full power. We are now living in that day, just prior to the final conflict. The King Jehovah reigns and his Son Christ reigns, and those who hear and see these things rejoice and make them known to others. It is a most joyful time, a day when the final witness of the incoming New World is given and the judgment is sent forth concerning the destruction of this old world.
The message that Jehovah’s witnesses preach runs absolutely contrary to the ideas and plans of men. Jehovah’s witnesses teach the Bible, God’s Word, to the people of good-will; and this Word of God shows that the “present evil world” is on its way out, and that the “kingdom of heaven is at hand”. The “new heavens” are already established, the Government is functioning, and the earth is about to be cleaned up and made ready to complete the New World. The old- world rulers, with their religious paramours, preach that this old world is going to keep right on running as it has for a long time. The religionists want to patch it up and give the people more religion; and the rulers believe them. Some day not too far distant the rulers of this world will appreciate that the clergy have been lying to them and, as Revelation the 17th chapter records, they will “burn her with fire”, throw her off the “beast”, out of world government, and destroy her. They will at last learn of her deceptive machinations and will have nothing more to do with organized religion. This, however, will not save the governments of this world; for they too must go down in the battle of Armageddon, because they refuse to acknowledge the new King of the New World of righteousness. Then there will be one government and one world. Christ will be King, and those on earth who worship God with all their heart will be of the one world, under the one Government, the “kingdom of heaven”.
ORGANIZATION
For individuals to take a definite stand for the New World of righteousness under the one Government means that they will meet up with persecution and opposition, and will experience many distressing times. It means hardship in the old world as they ‘go to disciple all nations’; for this is the work they must do. Jehovah’s witnesses are not engaged in this work for any commercial gain or for what they might get out of it for themselves. They are in it because they love Jehovah God and his kingdom of righteousness above all else, and desire to worship God as he would be worshiped and should be worshiped. Jehovah’s witnesses know that “godliness with contentment is great gain: for we brought nothing into the world, for neither can we carry anything out; but having food and covering we shall be therewith content”. (1 Tim. 6:6-8, Am. Stan. Ver.) Jehovah’s witnesses, having consecrated themselves to the Lord and being guided by his spirit and Word, can see themselves clearly, as in a mirror. They know that when they came into the world they brought nothing into it, and neither can they take anything out when they leave the world in death. But, having food and clothing and shelter, they are content to preach the gospel of the Kingdom; for “godliness with contentment is great gain”.
Jehovah’s witnesses and their companions are Godfearing people; and they are content to do one thing, namely, preach “this gospel of the kingdom” in all the world. In so doing, they have contentment, peace, joy, and real happiness in the service of their Maker. They rejoice to be able to carry on their work in an orderly manner and according to good organization. In the apostles’ day they had a central governing body of “apostles and elders”, or mature brethren, at Jerusalem, who looked well to the affairs of the church and the preaching of the gospel of the Kingdom. Under the Lord’s direction, as revealed in His Word, Jehovah’s witnesses follow the lead set by the apostles in organizing the work. In the early days of the church Jehovah’s witnesses met in homes and there they studied God’s Word. Why should it be different today? Jehovah’s witnesses do not build churches or institutions and then appoint bishops, priests, deacons, or elders to reside there the rest of their days, or until they receive a better appointment; but they follow the Scriptural admonition on organization.
The apostles had a central governing body in Jerusalem, and from there they sent out representatives who served the brethren or the church in various parts of the country. These authorized representatives in turn made appointments, from among the elders or mature ones, of supervisors or overseers, gave them assistants and appointed these assistants to help carry on the work. They did not go about the country appointing bishops, elders and deacons, as might be indicated in the reading of the King James Version translation. When this translation was made the words ‘‘bishop” and “deacon” were substituted for the Greek words meaning “overseer” or “superintendent” and “assistant” or “servant”, which are proper translations for the Greek words episkopos and diakonos respectively. The Goodspeed translation gives us the proper understanding of organization within a company of the Lord’s people who are assembled together to worship God: “Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the devoted adherents of Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the superintendents and assistants ; God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.” (Phil. 1:1, 2) Paul and Timothy appreciated that they were servants of Christ Jesus, and in praying God’s blessing on the members of the company at Philippi they made special mention of those who were superintendents or company servants and their assistants.
Those appointed by the apostles to look after the interests of the church in the various cities must be men without reproach, of good standing, wholly devoted to the Lord, and able to teach. When so appointing them the apostles might have said, “You will be the overseers [episkopos]”; and, as stated at 1 Timothy 3:2 (Goodspeed), “A superintendent [episkopos] must be a man above reproach, only once married, temperate, sensible, a man of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach.” Again, speaking of these overseers or superintendents, Paul says to Titus that they must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious or addicted to dishonest gain. (Titus 1:7) Those appointed by the apostles were to act as “guardian of your souls”.—1 Pet. 2:25, Goodspeed; Heb. 13:17.
In large congregations it was impossible for the overseers or superintendents to take care of all the work; so assistants were appointed. In the Greek, the word appears to be diakonos, and the proper translation of this word is “assistant” or “servant”, and, in harmony with this, 1 Timothy 3: 8,12,13 says: “Assistants [didkonos], in turn, must be serious, straightforward men, not addicted to wine or dishonest gain, . . . The assistants must be only once married, and manage their children and their households well. For those who do good service as assistants gain a good standing for themselves and great confidence in their faith in Christ Jesus.”—Goodspeed.
Those whom the apostles appointed as superintendents and as assistants in the church organization back there were already elders or mature brethren in good standing. Having a full appreciation of the responsibilities placed upon them because of their knowledge of God’s Word, they were willing to assume the responsibilities of superintendents or assistants in directing the work of preaching the gospel.
Following this lead of the apostles in organizing the early Christians, the governing body of Jehovah’s witnesses today holds to the same arrangement. Men devoted to doing the Lord’s will and mature in spiritual things are appointed in the different congregations to serve as superintendents or as their assistants. Among the terms that Jehovah’s witnesses use today are “company servant” and “assistant company servant” in the company. The company servant has general charge of and looks to all the interests of a congregation, and therefore he might be called the “superintendent” or “overseer”. Working with him, and charged with certain responsibilities, are the elder ones in the company whom the Society appoints as assistants. These assistants care for some particular work in the company and are therefore called “territory servants”, “accounts servants,” “advertising servants,” etc., as the case may be. But in every instance the elders in the companies appointed to positions of responsibility act as servants of the Lord, and for their brethren. In a large city, instead of one large group in general assembly, there are units of not more than 200 each. Over a unit is a unit servant, who acts as general overseer over the unit; and he has his unit assistant-servants, just as a company servant. Thus in one large city there are many “overseers”, with many more “assistants”. All together, the several units in such city are one congregation, and thus the one congregation has several “overseers” and many “assistants”, all of them being “servants” as well as elders.
In order to properly preach the gospel of the Kingdom in the whole world, Jehovah’s witnesses undertake a momentous task and therefore must have an orderly arrangement. The work to be done, in its final analysis, is not a hard task but is a big one. The work may well be termed a “simple work”, for it is done without show; but, at the same time, the preaching of the gospel, done in the manner that Jesus did it, is a most telling and far-reaching work. Jehovah’s witnesses are trying to do just one thing, namely, hold out the only hope for mankind, which is God’s kingdom. People have so often prayed for it, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven,” but in parrot-like fashion. Therefore the properly presenting the importance of it and its magnitude to the peoples of all nations becomes the charge of true Christians. Being commanded to “publish the glad tidings”, all servants of God naturally become publishers of the Kingdom, or Theocracy.
The “seventy” that Christ Jesus sent out to the various parts of the land of Palestine were publishers or announcers of the King and his Kingdom. They went from door to door, village to village, and preached that “the kingdom of heaven is at hand”. Publishers of the Kingdom do that very thing today.
Some call at farmhouses, others at apartments, and still others from house to house. In some lands it means visiting people in their adobe huts and their lean-to’s; but wherever people live, that is where Jehovah’s witnesses are directed to go: “Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations.” Jehovah’s witnesses and their companions, coming from all nations, kindreds and tongues, have the responsibility of preaching this message to their fellow men in all languages; and this is to be done before the final end. All are publishers, organized for work under one central governing body, and they do this work because they love it.
Where there are several of Jehovah’s witnesses in one village or town, all come together for worship and service as a group. They are organized into what is known as a “company of Jehovah’s witnesses”. These companies of Jehovah’s witnesses may consist of anywhere from two persons upward. In large cities there are many company units, sometimes fifteen or twenty. But all companies, units and publishers do the same work; all have the same keen desire to worship God, which is expressed mainly by announcing Jehovah’s purposes to the people who will listen to their message. It is passing strange that such great opposition should be brought to bear against these earnest people, who speak only to those who want to hear. They do not try to force anything on anyone. If a person cares not to listen, the publisher goes on to someone else. There is no coercion. Simply stated, they say: “I have something good I want to tell you. Do you have a moment to listen?” If the person does, they preach. If not, they will come back later, because sometime all must be told, if they can be reached.
Jehovah’s witnesses are not the moneyed men of the earth, not the commercial men, nor politicians, and certainly not the religionists; but they come mainly from the common walks of life. You will find in their midst doctors, lawyers, manufacturers, carpenters, laborers, housewives—the middle class and the poor— for not many have been called from among the rich to enter the kingdom of God. There is one thing that holds them together as a solid unit, and that is their worship of the Almighty God and their desire to preach “this gospel of the kingdom”. They believe in the one God and in His Son, Christ Jesus, who made it possible for them to come unto Him. They believe this one God so implicitly that, no matter what he says, they do it. They realize that Jehovah has spoken through his Word, the Bible, and that is their Textbook. This Textbook makes it so clear that the one work to be done today is to preach. They are positively filled with this idea, because it is right and in harmony with the Lord’s will.
To the world in general Jehovah’s witnesses appear very peculiar, and quite frequently they appear foolish in the eyes of the world; but it is this “foolishness of preaching”, as the world looks at it, that is accomplishing the greatest work ever done in this earth. Noah looked foolish and sounded foolish, when one looked at conditions from man’s viewpoint. He talked about a flood of waters coming upon the earth, when it had never so much as rained since Adam’s day. “What foolishness!” men thought. But nevertheless a flood of waters did come and it destroyed the world. (2 Pet. 2:4,5; 3:5-13) Noah had God’s word backing him up.
Jehovah’s witnesses today are simply preaching. They are not doing harm to anyone; they are just telling the people what is about to happen in the battle of Armageddon. They are scoffed at, they are persecuted, they are thrown into prison, and they are haled before magistrates and judges; but all this still doesn’t change the Word of Almighty God. The warning is still given, and Jehovah’s witnesses, no matter where they are, will continue to proclaim it.
YOU CAN’T CHANGE THEM
The course these ministers of Jehovah God take is not an easy one, looking at it from the persecution angle. If it were a matter of religion with Jehovah’s witnesses, they might as well join up with some religious sect, such as the Roman Catholic Hierarchy, and practice their religion on a string of beads or light a few candles and set them before images. That is an easy way to worship a god. That kind of worship is not pleasing to The God, Jehovah. Religion has taught the people today that they can get a paid-up policy on everlasting life by attending church regularly. But the Bible gives no such guarantee. The Bible points out that the only way to attain to eternal life is to know Jehovah God and his Son and to do the will of the Most High. Even the Son of God ‘learned obedience by the things that he suffered’ and, because of his faithfulness and obedience, was given eternal life and the highest position in the universe next to his Father. The same requirement is laid down for every true, faithful follower of Christ Jesus today. Eternal life does not come the easy way. It comes by doing His will, and this his disciples do with gladness of heart despite the scoffings of this world.
If they tried to please man they could not please God; so they know it is better to “obey God rather than men”. It is not that Jehovah’s witnesses want to be obstinate or defiant and run contrary to the laws of the land. They do not. All laws of all lands that are in full accord with truth and proper conduct, and are in alignment with God’s Word, they will obey. But when laws interfere with the true worship of God, then they must prefer to obey God rather than man. They cannot turn away from true worship. Their trouble with the world comes only because they preach as did Jesus. The apostles were severely chastised, buffeted about and thrown into prison because they would not line up with the Jews’ religion, but preferred to preach Christ and his Kingdom. Stephen, one of the early servants of the Lord, was stoned to death. That is not a very pleasant way to die; but he chose to die rather than change his mode of worship. He learned the right way to worship God, through His Son, Christ Jesus. The right way to worship is to be a minister, a preacher of the gospel; and this all of Jehovah’s witnesses are.
Why is it that Jehovah’s witnesses are so different from everybody else? It is not because of the way they walk or talk, or how they dress, or how they act in general. The only thing that makes them different is the way they worship. They do it the way their Master did it: in the streets, in the homes of the rich and poor, in the villages, and in the cities. They do not conform to modern practices of religion, confining their preaching to the synagogue, the cathedral or the church building; having social functions (bingo games, dances, cakewalks, parties, etc.) and forming all kinds of entertaining societies within their organization. They are just a one-track-mind people, just as one- tracked as Paul was, who said: “This one thing I do”; that is, serve God and the interests of his kingdom, and his servants.
So what else can Jehovah’s witnesses do today but carry on the work just as the apostles did 1900 years ago? They have the same kind of organization: very simple, not pretentious, not for show. They esteem it a privilege to share in the fulfillment of Jesus’ prophecy: “This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness . . . and then shall the end come.” (Matt. 24:14) That is their one track.
By the Lord’s grace, and under the almighty hand of God, they will keep on doing that one work no matter in what land they live and no matter how small a group they be. Even though they be isolated and alone, or be in large congregations, they will continue to preach “this gospel of the kingdom”. The nations of the present world will never be able to change them or to assimilate them. The governments and rulers of the past six thousand years were never able to assimilate Jehovah’s witnesses, and they never will. It would be far better for the nations of the earth to take the advice of Gamaliel, who said: “I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this idea or movement is of human origin, it will come to naught, but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop it. You may actually find yourselves fighting God!” The Sanhedrin “were convinced by him, and they called the apostles in and had them flogged, and warned them not to speak about the name of Jesus, and then let them go”.—Acts 5: 38-40, Goodspeed.
The report which follows in this Yearbook sets out the accomplishments of Jehovah’s servants during the past twelve months, or during their service year of 1944. You will find Jehovah’s witnesses in many lands, living under different customs, different laws, and different climates. But you see them doing just one thing, namely, preaching the gospel. In order to tie all these groups of Jehovah’s witnesses together into one unified organization, and in order that this general work of preaching might be carried on systematically, Jehovah’s witnesses use several legal organizations.
CORPORATIONS
In 1884 a small group of Christian people banded together and, using the laws of Pennsylvania, organized the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society. They received from that state a charter to carry on their Christian activity. The chartered purposes of that Society are in full accord with the Lord’s command to 'go, disciple all nations’. The words of its present charter show that the purposes of the Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society are:
To act as the servant of and the legal world-wide governing agency for that body of Christian persons known as Jehovah’s witnesses; to preach the gospel of God’s kingdom under Christ Jesus unto all nations as a witness to the name, word and supremacy of Almighty God JEHOVAH; to print and distribute Bibles and to disseminate Bible truths in various languages by means of making and publishing literature containing information and comment explaining Bible truths and prophecy concerning establishment of Jehovah’s kingdom under Christ Jesus; to authorize and appoint agents, servants, employees, teachers, instructors, evangelists, missionaries and ministers to go forth to all the world publicly and from house to house to preach and teach Bible truths to persons willing to listen by leaving with such persons said literature and by conducting Bible studies thereon ; to improve men, women and children mentally and morally by Christian missionary work and by charitable and benevolent instruction of the people on the Bible and incidental scientific, historical and literary subjects; to establish and maintain private Bible schools and classes for gratuitous instruction of men and women in the Bible, Bible literature and Bible history; to teach, train, prepare and equip men and women as ministers, missionaries, evangelists, preachers, teachers and lecturers; to provide and maintain homes, places and buildings for gratuitous housing of such students, lecturers, teachers and ministers; to furnish gratuitously to such students, lecturers, teachers, educators and ministers suitable meals and lodging, and to prepare, support, maintain and send out to various parts of the world Christian missionaries, teachers and instructors in the Bible and Bible literature, and for public Christian worship of Almighty God and Christ Jesus; to arrange for and hold local and world-wide assemblies for such worship; to use or operate radio broadcasting stations for preaching this gospel of the Kingdom; and to do any and all other lawful things that its Board of Directors shall deem expedient for the purposes stated.
The Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, a Pennsylvania corporation, is fulfilling its chartered purposes.
Another organization with like purposes and principles is the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc., a New York corporation, organized in the State of New York in 1909. This corporation’s chartered purposes are practically the same as those of the Pennsylvania corporation.
In 1914, to aid in the spreading of the gospel of the Kingdom, the International Bible Students Association, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was created in London, England. The purposes of this organization are the same as of the two previously mentioned. All three corporations work in full accord with one another to carry out their Christian duties.
For convenience, Jehovah’s witnesses in other countries have organized other corporations for holding property, such as La Torre del Vigia, of Cuba. All these corporations created by Jehovah’s witnesses under state or national laws are non-profit, benevolent, educational, Christian, and philanthropic organizations. None of the officers receives any pecuniary gain, but all serve because they are consecrated to Jehovah God and their lives are wholly devoted to the work of preaching the gospel. The corporations mentioned have the same president; thus the policies set for one organization are instituted in all. These corporations are used by Jehovah’s witnesses in whatever locality they are legally recognized to advance the activities of preaching and teaching God’s Word.
The Pennsylvania corporation, whose name is Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, is used by Jehovah’s witnesses to carry on its chartered work in the state of Pennsylvania and throughout the United States, as well as to operate all the branches of the Society throughout the world. The printed matter that this corporation uses is obtained from the New York corporation for use in other countries. Some of the branch offices of the Pennsylvania corporation have their own printing plants to further the chartered purposes of the Society. Contributions made by people of goodwill throughout the entire world are usually made to the Pennsylvania corporation, which Society directs the world-wide work. This corporation, according to its charter, has the “right, power, and authority to take, receive and hold donations and contributions of money and property, bequests and legacies to be used to further the chartered purposes”. Money sent in to the “Good Hopes” fund is expended by the Society in a manner that will further spread the message of God’s kingdom in all parts of the world, and in the best interests of all people of good-will.
The New York corporation, which was organized in 1909 in the state of New York, looks after the work of Jehovah’s witnesses generally throughout the entire United States. In the state of New York it owns and operates the Bethel home, the factory, the Watchtower Bible College, radio station, and several farms, all of which will be described later. All the work in connection with these institutions has a direct bearing on the preaching of the gospel and the preparation of the message to be sent out to Jehovah’s witnesses for their use in the field-service work. None of them are profit-making institutions, and none of those working in these places mentioned receive any pecuniary gain because of things produced.
The International Bible Students Association, of the United Kingdom, owns and holds property in England, all of which is used for its chartered purposes. These corporations, no matter in what country they are organized, have been formed for the convenience of Jehovah’s witnesses, so that their work will have greater scope and can be carried on with less hindrance.
BETHEL HOME
The institution known as the “Bethel home”, owned and operated by the New York corporation, is located at 124 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn 2, N. Y. This headquarters building of the New York corporation houses the offices of the president and the secretary-treasurer; also the studios of WBBR radio station. This also is the home of the “Bethel family”, which, during the past year, comprised 228 Christian men and women who have consecrated their lives to serve Jehovah. They come from all walks of life and have given up their former vocations to devote their entire time to the service of the Most High.
In addition to their regular Bible studies and the advanced Theocratic ministry course carried on at scheduled times in the home, they perform other duties of caring for the home or working in the Society’s factory, located at 117 Adams street, where magazines, Bibles and books are produced and shipped out to the companies of Jehovah’s witnesses. No one living at this home receives a salary, but each one does receive an allowance of $10 per month, good food, and a comfortable room in which to live. In addition to his duties in the home or factory and his regular study of Bible literature and Bible subjects, everyone has ample opportunity to carry on his ministerial duties of preaching the gospel from door to door and conducting studies in the homes of the people of goodwill in the city of New York.
ORDAINED MINISTERS
One’s going through a theological seminary or some other school does not necessarily mean that he is ordained of God to preach the gospel. He may have gone to that school merely for an education or to “get a job” as a minister. The only ones whom God ordains are those who wholly and unreservedly devote their lives to him. He is not interested in persons that take up the preaching of the gospel as a profession for gain, such as a doctor does medicine or an attorney does law. Peter told the servants of the congregation to “feed the flock of God . . . willingly; not for filthy lucre”. (1 Pet. 5:2) The sincere follower of Christ Jesus takes up the preaching of the gospel because he loves it, knows it is the most important work in the world, and desires to show his belief by his works. Because he demonstrates his zeal, devotion and love for God and His kingdom, Jehovah gives him His spirit, which is His active force, to proclaim this message with boldness, and he has a “ready mind” for this work. Without God’s spirit operating upon his people to give the testimony, nothing could be accomplished. Thus the consecrated one is ordained a preacher, because God’s spirit directs the creature to do this work.—1 Tim. 2:7; Isa. 61:1, 2.
Those residing at the Bethel home and all Society institutions, as well as traveling representatives and branch servants, are ordained ministers because of Jehovah’s action toward them, and they show their ordination by full-time service and devotion to Christian work. As a matter of record there are listed below a few of the ordained ministers that devote their full time to the work carried on by Jehovah’s witnesses and who serve under the direction of the corporations. In addition to these servants listed, there are thousands of other ordained ministers that serve congregations under the direction of the Society; and there are many thousands of others, male and female, who are evangelists and missionaries or pioneers, traveling from place to place in territories where there are no company organizations. The list following by no means represents all the ordained ministers of Jehovah’s witnesses throughout the world.
ORDAINED MINISTERS
Abbuhl, David; Abrahamson, Richard E.; Akashi, J. L.; Alias, Joseph; Alspach, Russell William; Anderson, Arvand A.; Anderson, Henry Alexander; Anderson, John Henry; Anderson, Richard M. (Jr.); Arnold, Edward L.; Astle, Robert Louis; Attwood, Anthony Cecil; Avey, Arthur William; Babcock, Earle; Baeuerlein, John Adam; Baker, Glenn Seymour; Ballard, Ernest E.; Barber, Carey W.; Barnett, Arthur Eugene; Chitty, Ewart Charles; Chornobay, Theodore; Claus, Arthur L.; Clay, Edgar Allan; Clemons, Charles S.; Coingcold, Alfred; Coller, Romeo; Connor, Andre Francis; Conrad, John Jacob; Cornelius, Russell Stewart; Correnti, Joe; Coultroy, Charles Russell; Coup, Garrison Leffew; Coville, Allan Stanley; Covington, Hayden Cooper; Crabb, Roy; Crofoot, John Adrian; Culley, Elbert Franklin; Cummins, Albert E.; Cutforth, C. W.; Cutforth, John Ashlin; Danley, J. A.; Deane, Lyman Lee; DeBoer, Adrian; DeCecca, Giovanni; DeFehr, John F.; Delionoy, Emile; Derderian, Dickran P.; Devan, Frank; Dillon, Lee Edward; Dischman, William Robert; Dixon, Henry M. Stanley (Sr.); Dixon, Henry M. Stanley (Jr.); Dixon, Joseph R.; Dockey, E. L.; Donley, Carl Trent; Downie, Malcolm MacPherson; Droge, George Henry; Duncan, Harold Billet; Dunham, A. P. R.; Dwenger, Heinrich; Eckley, Fred Garfield; Eicher, Charles Emile; Elrod, William A.; Emery, Wilfred Vryburgh; Enervold, Johan Henrik; Fanning, Edward; Feaster, Lenox M.; Fekel, Charles John; Ferdinand, Baw Joseph; Ferrari, Charles L.; Ferrari, Joseph; Feuerbacher, Max R.; Finch, H. J.; Fischer, William R.; Fleury, Maurice; Forsyth, Thomas; Fredianelli, Bruno John; Fredianelli, Charles; Fredianelli, George; Friend, Maxwell G.; Frost, Charles E.; Fulton, Paul Tower; Gacek, Walter; Gangas, George D.; Garrett, Floyd Franklin; Geyer, Benjamin P.; Gillespie, Ray E.; Gilmer, Charles Mathews; Gilworth, Lewis Gorden; Glass, Russell Ellsworth; Goff, Cecil Joseph; Goff, Gerald Dean; Goings, Chester; Gonzalez, Raymond; Good, Forrest Gilmore; Goshen, Elijah W.; Goux, Arthur R.; Gray, Donald Francis; Green, John Arthur; Greenlees, Leo K.; Guiver, Ernest L.; Hackenberg, Chauncy F.; Haigh, Joseph Horace; Hall, Paul Marshall; Hallberg, Robert Vincent; Hammer, Paul; Haney, Arthur; Hannan, George Edwin; Hannan, William Trenchard; Harper, Charles Hiram; Harteva, Kaarlo Jalmari; Haslett, Donald; Hatzfeld, Robert Henry; Heath, William Pratt (Jr.); Hemery, Jesse; Hemingway, John Tom; Henry, John Edgar; Henschel, Milton George; Hibbard, Olin J.; Hillering, Thurston Andrew; Hoffmann, David N.; Hojnacki, Roman Victor; Hollister, Frederick Stevens; Holmes, Robert Arthur; Hopkins, J. C.; Huzzey, Clarence Seward; Ihrie, Elmer Carl; Ilett, Ambrose E.; Inglehs, Ans; Jackson, William Kirk; James, Herbert William; Jensen, Klaus Momrad; Jewulski, Theodore Geo.; Johnson, Gay Wilbur; Johnson, James Wilbur; Johnson, Lennart A. S.; Johnson, William Everett; Jones, George; Jones, James Wiley; Jones, Stanley Ernest; Just, Harvey August; Judson, Henry G; Karanassios, Athanasius; Kellaris, Alexander Nicholas; Keller, Eduardo Francisco; Kelly, George W.; Kennedy, Keith; Kershaw, Arthur; King, Harold George; Kipland, Donald Otto; Klein, Karl Frederick; Klein, Theophilus Erhart; Knorr, Nathan Homer; Koski, John Wallace; Krochmal, Chester; Kurzen, John Godfrey (Jr.); Kurzen, Russell Walter; Kusiak, Mike; Kutch, John Andrew; Laguna, Andrew; Laguna, John; Lang, Albert Sherman; Larson, Max Harry; Lauderdale, Robert Phillips; Laurix, James W.; Lazenby, Robert L.; Learned, Alvin Eugene; Leathco, Charles Dillard; Leffler, Ralph H.; Leistikow, Raymond; Lemons, Paul H.; Lester, Cornelius; Linden, G. F.; Lindan, Alvin Diedrich; Linden, Marcus L.; Lindsay, Ludwell Moses; Lockwood, Willard Monroe; Lubeck, Joseph; Lundgren, H. B.; Lunstrum, Dave A. T.; Lusga, Frederick; Lutz, John; Lyon, Clayton Hobert; Lyon, Walter; Macmillan, Alexander Hugh; Mann, Albert Henry; Maples, Lovie Raymond; Markus, John Frederick; Martin, Louis R.; Martinsen, Martinus; Mason, Bernard Brock; Maygarosi, Martin; McClure, Milton A.; McConkey, Charles W. (Jr.); McCormick, Gilbert Yarwood; McCumber, Clarence Lacy; McFarlin, Harold Leroy; McKee, George L.; McLeroth, Frank B.; McLemore, Lester Loran; McLunan, Roy G.; McWilliams, Robert Garland; Millar, John Evans; Miller, Grant Dallas; Miller, James Merritt; Miller, Robert Marlon; Mills, Elam George; Mock, Wayne Hubert; Morgan, Robert Emil; Morris, Leland Bernard; Moyer, Ralph Kratz; Moyer, Willard Kratz; Muniz, Juan; Nathan, Jack; Nester, Ralph Kendall; Ney, Robert Glen; Nordstrom, Bengt William; Oertel, Henry Carl; Olson, Howard Charles; Oman, Enok; Orrell, Eugene Dallas; Pacholke, Theodore Ervin; Paine, Robert Edward; Papadem, George Drakos; Papegoerge, Demetrius; Papeyioproulos, Aristokles P.; Paschall, Arthur Lee; Pate, Arden; Paulson, Nils I. K.; Peach, Arthur Frederick; Perry, John Alvord; Peterson, Charles Taze Russell; Peterson, William; Phillips, Frederick Edward; Phillips, George Ross; Pierce, Jack Robert; Pillars, Oscar Lawrence; Platt, Frank Gordon; Poloney, Paul S. (Jr.); Powers, Jack Augustus; Price, Frank William; Puddiner, Michael Philip; Quackenbush, Colin Dale; Quackenbush, Myron Neil; Rademacher, William; Rann, George A.; Reddish, Kemp Caldwell; Redford, Walter; Renye, Charles Francis; Reusch, Lyle Elvern; Reynolds, Stanley Edward; Rice, Everett J.; Richards, David John; Richards, John; Richardson, George Wilson; Riemer, Hugo Henry; Robb, John Birrell; Rohner, Charles; Roper, Lester Lee; Rowe, L. V.; Ruege, Guenther Arthur; Russell, George M.; Ruth, William E.; Rutimann, Alfred; Ryan, Roy Ansil; Sabo, Lewis M.; Santos, Joseph; Schavey, Beryl E.; Schedel, Wilhelm; Schierling, Waldenger; Schroeder, Albert Darger; Seal, Alfred Wayne; Secord, Arthur Henry; Shelton, Joseph Philip; Short, W. Clayton; Siebenthal, Theodore Hess; Sillaway, Charles Eugene; Sioras, John P.; Skinner, Francis Edwin; Slik, Henry; Smith, Thomas Erskine; Smoker, Leon Charles; Southworth, Charles Herbert; Starbuck, Floyd Bailey; Steel, Albert Leroy; Steele, Robert C.; Stelman, Joshua Monroe; Stewart, Harold Lloyd; Stierle, Walter R.; Stoitz, Mervin M.; Stone, Roscoe Allan; Stover, George William; Stratigos, Peter George; Suiter, Grant; Suley, Walter; Sullivan, Thomas J.; Sumen, Theodore Arthur; Suvak, Andrew; Swayze, Roy A.; Swingle, Lyman Alex.; Taavisainen, Karl Henrik; Talma, Gilbert Louis; Teasdale, Sydney Ernest; Tedesco, Angelo B.; Telischak, Mike; Tharp, Alexander E.; Thomas, Robert Wayne; Thorn, Walter John; Toujian, Shield H.; Ulery, William Amos; Traub, Ricardo; Ulrich, Clarence; Umlauf, Jacob; Verth, Rowland Stanley; Van Amburgh, William Edwin; Van Daalen, Arthur Frederick; Van Daalen, Homer Samuel; Van Sipma, Samuel Martin; Vanice, Ernest Ray; Voigt, Walter; Voss, Addie; Wagner, Andrew K.; Wagoner, Paul V.; Wallace, Francis Brady; Wargo, Michael (Jr.); Wargo, Paul; Wargo, Pete; Werner, Arnold; West, Albert James; Wetzler, Harold David (Jr.); Wheelock, Richard C.; White, W. C.; Wiburg, Carl Emil; Wiedenmann, David; Wilda, Edmund C.; Willett, Frank Allan; Williams, Claude Marvin; Williams, James A.; Wills, Cymar Laurie; Wilson, Ennis Robert; Wilson, Frank C.; Wise, Charles A.; Woodburn, Sydney; Woodworth, Clayton J.; Woodworth, Harold; Woodworth, W. Eldon; Worslee, Arthur Albert; Yost, Earl A.; Yuchniewicz, Stanley; Yuille, Nathaniel Alston; Zakian, Arthur S.; Zeil, Robert; Zennig, Gerhard; Zilke, Robert; Zinser, Henry Frederick; Zubuhl, Victor; Zuercher, Franz
…