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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
1
The nation remains split over Truman's firing of General MacArthur as he faces Senate and UN criticism while MacArthur argues for a broader war plan. The Chinese spring offensive and UN responses unfold as domestic talk turns to taxes and baseball.
The U S public health service reports 1950 marriages at 1,669,934, up nearly 6 percent from 1949, the first rise since 1946. Divorces, about 385,000, declined 3 percent to the lowest since 1943, with Nevada leading in both marriage and divorce rates.
The defense department announced that 1200 doctors educated at government expense or deferred to study medicine and with under 90 days in service will be drafted into the armed forces in July August and September unless volunteers fill the gap within ten weeks.
The piece notes Mother’s Day on May 13 as a major uplift for main street stores from the Midwest to Maine. It highlights post card quality promotions, the Norman Rockwell poster, and the National Committee observance funding child welfare. It traces frozen foods growth led by Clarence Birdseye from 1912 to 1929 and forecasts frozen food share rising to half of US food spending by 1987.
A National Council of Churches survey shows U.S. church membership rose 51.5 percent from 1926 to 1949, outpacing population growth by about 21.5 points. Protestantism led gains with 56 percent, Catholics up 48.4 percent, and Jewish congregations 22.5 percent.
Dr Benson Y Landis associate director of the council department of research and survey notes church membership in the United States reaches all time highs both in raw numbers and as a share of population Yet the number of individuals not on church rolls also rises The survey shows membership ratios climbing from 5 per cent in 1780 to 15 per cent in 1850 then 35 per cent at 1900 to 50 per cent in 1940 and over 54 per cent in 1949 It highlights faster growth among smaller sects and denominations which tend to evangelize intensely and emphasize the second coming of Christ.
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