Christianity Spreads in Soviet Union Despite State Anti Religion Efforts
Moscow reports a rapid rise in Christian activity amid the State Anti Religion Organization. Estimates place 9 000 000 Old Believers and 6 000 000 others, with 1 000 000 militant sectarians. Baptists and Evangelists noted strongest growth, especially in Ukraina and Leningrad Province.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Uion
M. Poutinzey
Teime
Ukraina
Poutinzev
Rusia
Kiev
Minsk
Leningrad
Baptists
Anissimovtzy
Anystim
Bezbojniky
Poutinzey
Orchard White Lotion Ad Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement extols Orchard White lotion claiming two lemons mixed into a three ounce bottle purifies skin by removing freckles tan and discolorations. The copy highlights ease of use low cost and a rosy complexion as the desired result.
Big Air Classic Balloon Down Reports Across U S Forces
The page lists multiple balloons from U S Army Navy and clubs downed at locations across New York Ontario Pennsylvania and Maine with distances ranging from 175 to 705 miles. Several units report no data while others track progress over towns such as Cranberry Lake Mottville Brockville Parkaville Hancock Nashua Martinsburg Pope Mills and Harpersville.
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U. S. Army
Cranberry Lake
N. Y
U. S. Navy
Mottville
St. Louie
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Hancock
Bar Harbor
Detroit Flying Club
Keating Summit
Army
Nashua
N. H
U.S. Army
Martinsburg
Scripps-Howard
Winoosk
Davey Tree
Pope Mills
Beacon Journal
Harperaville
In Memoriam Mrs. Frank D. Hundley
A Maybeury Woman's Missionary Society committee reports resolutions on the death of charter member and first secretary Mrs. Hundley. It notes her faithfulness, devotion, and the loss to her husband children church and friends, and expresses heartfelt sympathy to her family. Signed by Mrs. J. G. McNulty Mrs. H. A. Cassell and Mrs. C. M. Thacker.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Maybeury
Frank D. Hundley
J. G. McNulty
H. A. Cassell
C. M. Thacker
No Woman Can Keep House Efficiently
An old advertisement extols Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a health aid for homemakers. It quotes two testimonials from Mrs Fare Dix pore of Lancaster Ohio and a Michigan resident who credit the remedy with improved energy before childbirth and during housework, urging others to try it.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Utica
Michigan
Dixpore
Lancaster, Ohio
Sturgis
Lydia
Pinkham
Forbes
Star
Food for range cattle and loco weed cautions
Washington notes range cattle feed varies with forage crops though 6000 known species exist. The Forest Service herbarium holds nearly 60000 growths from 20 years of effort and expeditions abroad. Loco weed damages cattle, eradicating via grubbing chemicals and management, while blue grama ranks high in value for grazing.
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Washington
United States
Forest Service Herbarium
British East Africa
Nicobar Islander High Hats and Odd Beliefs
In Nancowry Harbor Nicobar Islands residents joke that heaven requires a stovepipe hat. A local medicine board with crude drawings depicts life evolution and shows upper zone men wearing tall hats. Ill natives consult this board over Western medical practices.
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Nancowry Harbor
Nicobar Islands
Keverybody
Bay of Bengal
Saint Peter
Nicobate
Medicine Board
Bomb Found in Home of Famed Vice Crusader
Pittsburgh authorities said an apparent assassination attempt against Rev. Dr. Charles H. Zahniser, noted vice crusader and executive secretary of the Pittsburgh Council of Churches, was thwarted when a timed bomb in his office was discovered by his secretary and removed before detonation.
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Vice
Pittsburgh
Charles H. Zahniser
Citizens’ League
Star Mascot Io Boosting Yanks
New York May 31 The Luck League boasts a youth star mascot Padie Bennett with a .750 batting average claim. Since 1920 he has been with the Yankees and helped pennant runs across six of eight seasons in which clubs he joined won titles. Eddie began with the Chicago White Sox in 1919, moved to Brooklyn, and cemented a six pennants in eight years with Ruppert’s Yankees by last season. He says luck has followed him since bench days in youth and basketball before the majors.
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New York
Padie Bennett
Yankees
Hugmen
Eddie
Chicago White Sox
Rooklyn
Robins
Cleveland
Indians
Brooklyn
Piace
Wilbert Robinson
Colonel Ruppert
Senators
Magician
Pope Pius Celebrates Birthday With Meditation in Rome
Pope Pius marked his 70th birthday with a day of spiritual retreat at the Vatican. All normal Vatican activities were suspended as thousands sent messages from around the world. Diplomatic representatives signed a special regina in the pontifical ante-chamber while Swiss guards wore holiday uniforms and papal flags were raised.
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Rome
Pope Pius
The
Vatican
Motor fuel dope claims debunked by government tests
Washington May 31 The American Motorist magazine citing H C Dickinson head of the heat and power division of the U S Bureau of Standards says fuel dopes are bunk After testing 100 plus dopes on lab and road the study finds none raise horsepower or mileage and none reduce carbon deposits knock or improve overall engine operation unless they affect fuel knock.
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Washington
American Motorist
American Automobile Association
H. C. Dickinson
Heat and Power
United States Bureau of Standards
Plow Will Work as Owner Sleeps in Lincoln
Lincoln Nebraska May 31 A Grand Island farmer F L Zybach 32 has built a manless tractor device that can plow fields without the owner present The spoon like arm fits the first furrow and the tractor completes the rest automatically with a safeguard switch and auto stop The invention grew from tedium of plowing and the Lincoln plow works showed interest
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Lincoln
Neb
F .L. Zybach
Grand Island
Zybach
Lincoln Plow Works
Meter Measures Drop By Distance
Washington May 31 A railroad era device tests crop movement across roads as a department of agriculture agent pilots a farm crop meter. The machine records distance on crop shares from a car mounted system to show percentage time spent on crops like cotton corn and wheat.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Federal
Detroit
Ford reliability tour plans outlined for 68 contestants
Detroit reports a Ford reliability tour set to begin June 27 from Ford airport with a ten passenger Ford-built Pathfinder plane. The itinerary includes Pittsburgh on June 8 and routes east to Alleg coast, southwest to Texas, north to Nebraska and back to Detroit.
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Detroit
Allegde Coast
Texas
Nebraska
Ford
Pathfinder Tour
Pittsburgh
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Eset
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Ohio
Frank Dindore
Lancaster
Islands
Happy
Kenova
Bluefield
Washington Orchestra
Norfolk & Western Ry
Eddie Bennett
Pope
F. L. Zybach
Grand Island, Neb
Bluefield Furniture Company
Rale
Coats
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