Supplies For Mission Reach Miss Flora Foreman Ahead Of Congo Return
Donations of hospital supplies and assorted items pour in for Miss Flora Foreman missionary bound for the Belgian Congo. She has shipped over a thousand pounds this week and will lead the maternity ward at Wimbo during a four year stay. Belts and neckties are especially welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Foreman
Monroe
Belgian Congo
Hereford
Amarillo
Miss Foreman
Congo
Flag to Fly at Half Staff for War Dead Dispatch
President Truman orders the US flag flown at half staff on days war dead are brought home from overseas. Memorial services are set for October 10 in San Francisco and October 26 in New York for thousands of soldiers returning to final resting places in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
San Francisco
New York
Nyama Mission Hospital Public Health Leader Assigned
A new public health chief will oversee Nyama Mission Hospital and health work in Wimbo Nyama and Katako Kombe stations about 50 miles apart in the five state mission region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nyama Mission Hospital
Wimbo Nyama
Katako Kombe
Chocolate price scare hits candy makers across the globe
The piece notes cocoa price pressures as British and Brazilian traders hold large stocks while American demand wanes. Factories pause purchases, hoping prices fall, and shops shift to cocoa-free confections like pink and green bonbons. The author warns of a looming crack in the cocoa crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priday
Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Africa
South America
Cuba to Free Most Rebels After Arrests Off Coast
The Cuban supreme tribunal was expected to release about 700 members of an expeditionary force captured aboard two ships off the Cuban coast. Leaders will be held. The prisoners faced charges linked to an abortive plot to overthrow Dominican President Rafael Trujillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuban Supreme Tribunal
Rafael Trujillo
Chocolate cocoa price shock explodes public taste
Washington writer Frederick C. Othman warns readers of cocoa inflation and cocoa cartels. He notes beans cost under a nickel before the war and may reach about 50 cents per pound now, discusses sources in British West Africa and Brazil, and mocks government control while urging prudence with chocolate supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Cocoa Cartel
British West Africa
Brazil
Youth Hit by Truck Is Up and About
Donald Lee Perkins a 10 year old in the Perkins family of 3006 Jackson was treated for back injuries and facial cuts after a pickup struck him on Twenty fourth between Washington and Troy Love. He was reported up and about though stiff and sore with shock still in the morning and expected to return to school next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lee Perkins
C. L. Perkins
Jackson
Donald
Washington
Troy Love
Power outage on Carolina Street jolts supper plans
Housewives in the 400 block on Carolina Street found their electric power interrupted yesterday evening. Trouble-shooters from Southwestern Public Service Company identified a faulty transmitter and fixed it with a twist of pliers, restoring lights while families ate by candlelight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Street
Watts
Southwestern Public Service Company
Rabbi Bluhm Discusses Palestine At Temple Talk
Rabbi Arthur Bluhm preaches tonight at Temple B nai Israel on To Whom Does Palestine Belong. Mrs G B Pryor of Dallas speaks on Good Will and Understanding Among Religious Groups. Friday service at 8 pm open to public. Temple location Twenty fourth and Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Bluhm
Temple B'nai Israel
Palestine
G. B. Pryor
Dallas
Twentyfourth
Taylor
Lillian Menke Elected Dormitory Officer at OBU
Lillian Menke daughter of Mr and Mrs John Menke Route 1 was elected treasurer of Oklahoma Baptist University s largest women s dormitory. A senior at OBU Shawnee she previously attended Wayland College Plainview and West Texas State College. She majors in education and plans to teach next fall. Confucius identified as K ung and the name means philosopher or master K ung in Latin form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Menke
John Menke
Route 1
Oklahoma Baptist University
Lillian
OBU
Shawnee
Okla
Wayland College
Plainview
West Texas State College
All Saints Church installs visitor initials board
All Saints Church in Brightling Sea England has placed a board inviting visitors to carve their initials on the church door marking a new visitor engagement initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Saints Church
Brightlingsea
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cuba
Yellowstone
Kentucky
A. W. McKee
Delrich
Catton
Cudahy
O. P. Co
I Et Packing Co
Frederick C.othman
Agriculture Department
State Department
United Nations
L.N. Pittman
Optometrist
Polk St
N. L. Boykin
Paros
Ian Tr
Service
Confucius
China
K’ung
Payne
BODY
Amarillo Venetian Blind Co
ROY Hill Plumbing
W. 15Th
Bert
Toa
Neo
Walker
Claude
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!