Christian Science marks 75th anniversary of its textbook
Boston notes the 75th anniversary of Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The article covers global church growth, publishing activities, the Monitor’s reach, and widespread healing emphasis, with figures on churches, practitioners, and relief efforts.
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Boston
Christian Science
United States
Mary Baker Eddy
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mass
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Monitor
New England
Less Than 20 Percent of U S Youths Live by Religion
A YMCA survey of 1 935 youths aged 18 to 29 in areas covering 75 percent of U S YMCAs finds under 20 percent use religion as daily guidance. It notes beliefs about race sex politics and church attendance, with less than half attending weekly and 75 percent reading the Bible only occasionally.
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New York
YMCA
Bank in Wingate Robbed of $1,000
Wingate Security Bank in Wingate Texas was burglarized during Wednesday night with over $1,000 in cash taken including $1,034.30 mostly in silver. The robbers attempted to remove the safe but failed and moved it from its usual spot. Sheriff Don Atkins reported entry by breaking a rear door lock and cutting into the vault room with welding torches. An undetermined amount of bonds and checks also disappeared.
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Wingate
Texas
Wingate Security Bank
West Texas
Runnels County
Don Atkins
Lana Turner Legally Adopts Stage Name
The actress Lana Turner appears in court to formalize her screen name. The judge asks who she is called at home, she answers Lana, and the request is granted. Her legal name becomes Lana Turner with prior names including Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner and Shaw Crane and Topping among former identities.
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Los Angeles
Lana Turner
Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner
Shaw
Crane
Topping
Lana
Julia Jean
Henry J
Bob) Topping
Tinplate
Ndsman
Artie Shaw
Steve Crane
Mervyn Leroy
Julia
Jean
Mildred
Frances
Communism Gains Swiftly in Japan
Japanese Christian leader Dr Tagawa warned at a Presbyterian Church assembly that Communism is spreading rapidly in Japan while Christianity gains adherents. He cited that more than half the trade unions lean toward Communism and urged missionaries to treat Formosa Japan and China as near neighbors to protect Christian influence.
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London
Japan
T. Kagawa
Presbyterian Church Assembly
The
Assembly
Formosa
China
Eighter from Decatur Decatur Wise County Legend
This Day in Texas recalls Wise County and its seat Decatur famed for the chant Come on, eighter from Decatur. Ada of Decatur inspired the saying used by Waggoner Ranch cowboys, later rendered as Eighter from Decatur by time. Curtis Bishop notes the signs erected in 1949.
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Wise County
Texas
Henry A. Wise
Young Republic
American Congress
Lone Star Nation
Wise
Decatur
Ada
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Baguio
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Oslo
Vienna
Rome
Athens
Christian Science Board of
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Christian Science Journal
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Studer’s
Studer
Myyen
Aio Sed
Texas State Bank
Austin
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Travis
O. Henkel
Ruthie Huey
Curtis Bishop
Zale
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Zale’s
Southwest
Midwest
C.O.D
Zale Jewelry Co
Austin, Texas
Zale’s Diamonds
Antwerp
Belgium
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