Sunday Schools Seek 12,000,000 Missionaries Active
Winona Lake Ind May 22 Twelve million Protestant children in the United States not in Sunday school are the problem facing the Presbyterian Board of Public Worship and Sabbath school work Dr Harold McA Robinson secretary reports to the general assembly The board aims to reach seventy two million Protestant youth and school age not in Sunday school Missionaries have organized Sunday schools in areas with no religious privileges gathering nearly fifty thousand children The need remains vast in the southern mountains and among the South's black population The board is developing a family religious education program and notes a large rise in weekday religious instruction and the expansion of church schools west of the Mississippi and south of Kentucky
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Winona Lake
Ind
United States
Board of
Harold McA.robinson
General Assembly
Robison
South
Celebration marks anniversary of Legion home opening
The Harry Congdon Post No. 11 American Legion hosts a celebration tomorrow night for the first anniversary of its new hall. Chief Justice George W. Wheeler attends as guest of honor with Bridgeport officials and Mayor Clifford B. Wheeler among participants. Dancing and refreshments follow a speech. Ex-service members are invited to attend in open house format regardless of membership.
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Newel House
Harry W. Congr
American Legion
George W. Wheeler
Bridgenc Post
Clifford B. Wi
Bridgeport
Fred Faulkner
T. Lesson
Harry Congdon
Egyptian factions fail to agree as talks break down in Cairo
Diplomatic talks between Zanghioul Saad Pasha head of the Nationalists and A iy Yeghen Pasha premier have collapsed. The split factions include the Yerhen party backed by Jewish and educated elites, Zagloul’s followers among students laborers and peasants, and the Dissentients of lawyers and pashas. Disagreements over negotiating with England threaten renewed conflict.
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London
Zanghioul Saad Pasha
Adly Yfeghen
England
Zahroul
Emland
Milford Class of 345 Is Confirmed
Milford May 22 Bishop John J. Nilan of Hartford administered the sacrament of confirmation to a class of 345 at St Marys church in a 10 30 mass including about 25 adults. The class was the largest in parish history. An afternoon program honored the Blessed Virgin with all parish children participating.
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Milford
John J. Nilan
Hartford
St. Marys Church
F. H. McClean
James A. Ledwith
Bridgeport Invites You Suburban Day on May Twenty Fourth
Bridgeport invites visitors from surrounding counties for Suburban Day hosted by the Retail Board of The Chamber of Commerce. The event centers on Bridgeport with a fifty mile radius drawing towns and hamlets from Port Jefferson to Patchogue and Long Island. Merchants are urged to welcome visitors, cooperate, and make the day memorable for a successful summer.
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Bridgeport
the Chamber of Commerce
Sound
Port Jefferson
Patchogue
Long Island
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