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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1948

Page

13

Red Inroads Into Church Units Listed

The House Un-American Activities Committee branded two clergymen and two religious organizations as Communist. It cited The Protestant magazine and claimed inroads into YMC A EWCA Epworth League and other church bodies. Also named were Rev. Claude C Williams and Rev. Eliot White as examples.

Washington House UN American Activities Committee the Protestant Y.M.C.A Ew.c.a. Epworth League Methodist Federation For Social Action New York Methodist Church Communist Party People’s Institute of Applied Religion Birmingham Justice Department Claude C. Williams Institute Eliot White

Communists Criticized in U S A Pamphlet Series

A booklet declares the Communist threat aims to erode religion by infiltrating churches and synagogues while planning five pamphlets on communism education labor and government to be issued before year’s end. It notes Reds would destroy Bibles seize churches and restrict religious activity.

Christian Register U.S.A

Britain seeks U S scientists for East Africa posts

The Colonial office in London plans to recruit fifty American scientists and technicians to fill wartime gaps. They would be stationed in East Africa for large railway developments. The request is under review by the ECA in Washington with salaries potentially funded by ERP and allowances in Sterling.

London Britain Colonial Geological Survey Colonial Geodetic and Topographical Survey Colonial Office East Africa ECA Washington

Reverend Kurth to Receive Honorary Doctorate at Dubuque

The Rev. Andrew E. Kurth, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian, will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity by the University of Dubuque at a rectorial convocation. Also honored will be the Rev. Ray J. Harmelink and IBM president Thomas J. Watson. Kurth moved to Cedar Rapids in 1946 from Naperville Illinois and has led youth conferences in eight states. He chairs the ministerial relations committee of the Dubuque Presbytery.

Andrew E. Kurth Westminster Presbyterian Church University of Dubuque Ray J. Harmelink Philadelphia Thomas J. Watson International Business Machines Corporation Kurth Cedar Rapids North Central College Naperville Ann Arbor Mich Detroit Detroit Council of Religious Education Detroit Council of Churches Presbytery of Dubuque

Clergyman Receives B D Degree and Further Studies

A clergyman from North Central earned his Bachelor of Divinity from Evangelical Theological Seminary in Naperville in 1925. He completed graduate work at the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago.

Air Force Expands Bomber Reach With Aerial Refueling Plan

The Air Force aims to extend bomber range by equipping six groups of B-29s as aerial tankers to refuel Superfortresses in flight. Tests of a more powerful six engined B-36 should finish by mid December, signaling a broader strategy to project force to distant targets from Alaska or Labrador.

Washington Air Force Air Symington Congressional Russia Alaska Labrador

Fur Burglaries At Chicago Net $125,000 in Loot

Chicago police report two daylight fur burglaries totaling 125000 in loot and 1000 in cash. The larger break in the garment district stole 100 fur coats and other pelts from Globe Fur and Novelty Company, using a sledge to breach a glass door and alarm failure.

Chicago INS Garment Loop Globe Fur and Novelty Company, Inc

Russia charges US Britain over Palestine and oil blocs

In Paris the Soviet delegate charged the United States and Britain with seeking to pull Palestine into the Anglo American military bloc and their oil monopolies. He accused Britain of plans to unite Arab Palestine with Trans Jordan as proposed by the late Count Bernadotte and rejected his plan to alter the UN partition by giving the Negev to the Arabs.

Paris Russia U.N United States Britain Palestine Semyonk Tsarpkin Trans-Jordan Folke Bernadotte Bernadotte Negev Western Galilee U.N. General Assembly Tsarapkin

UN delegate urges Palestine plan enforcement and troop withdrawal

A Soviet delegate warns that the United Nations must order all foreign armed forces out of Palestine and accuses the US and Britain of pressuring to alter the partition plan. Observers link the remark to Arab forces that invaded Palestine on May 15 after Britain ended its mandate.

Palestine Britain

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