Methodists Plan Evangelistic Campaigns In Dixie This Spring
Methodist bishops and district superintendents from nine states meet January 6 8 in Chattanooga Tenn to plan a united evangelistic campaign in April and May aimed at 200000 new members. The effort titled You Need Christ Now spans two main phases April 17 26 and May 15 24 with regional leadership schools and minister exchanges. Leaders include Bishop Roy H Short and Bishops Clare Purcell Arthur J Moore Costen J Harrell Paul N Garber John Branscomb Marvin A Franklin and William T Watkins along with Dr Harry Denman head of the General Board of Evangelism.
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Methodist
Chattanooga
Tenn
South
Roy H. Short
Nashville
Methodist General Board of Evangelism
Bishop Short
Methodist Church
Clare Purcell
Birmingham
Ala
Jurisdictional College of Bishops
Arthur J. Moore
Atlanta
Costen J. Harrell
Charlotte
N. C
Paul N. Garber
Richmond
John Branscomb
Jacksonville
Fla
Marvin A. Franklin
Jackson
Miss
William T. Watkins
Louisville
Purcell
United Campaign
States
Harry Denman
General Board of Evangelism
Henry Chitwood
Alabama
H. E. Wilson, Jr
Demoplis
A. F E. Shafer
Dothan
Wilbur L. Walton
Mobile
W. F. Calhoun
Montgomery
Carleton Preer
Selma
Thomas S. Harris
Troy
W. H. Curl
Albertville
Extinct coelacanth specimen found by South African expert
Prof J B Smith, icthyologist, arrives in Durban with a preserved coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae, a fish long believed extinct for 50 million years. The specimen, second since 1938 in African waters, ends a 14 year search though the first found was badly decomposed.
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Durban
South Africa
J. B. Smith
Madagascar
Smith
Gold Heiress Weds German Nobleman
Nancy Oakes, 28, daughter of Lady Eunice and the late Sir Harry Oakes, married Baron Ernst Lyssard von Hoyningen Huene in Nassau. The candlelight ceremony at St Mary the Virgin drew guests from Bahamas England Canada the United States and Mexico before a honeymoon in Europe.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Nancy Oakes
Baron Ernst Lyssard von Hoyningen Huene
Europe
St. Mary the Virgin
England
Canada
United States
Mexico
Nancy
Eunice
Harry Oakes
Ministers to Fill Alabama Pulpits as Guest Evangelists
Ministers from Mississippi and Tennessee will fill Alabama pulpits as guest evangelists in the first phase of the mission. The schedule will be reversed in the second phase.
Early Christians Faced False Sacrifice Accusations
Historical reports indicate early Christians were frequently accused of performing human sacrifices during religious ceremonies, accusations that arose from misunderstanding and opposition to Christian practices.
Financier Rubinstein Faces Deportation Following Draft Dodging Conviction
New York financier Serge M. Rubinstein known as the boy wonder of Wall Street faces deportation after Attorney General James P. McGranery ordered him held pending surrender by 4 p.m. He could lose a $1,000 bond if he fails to appear. Rubinstein, 44, has fought deportation since a 1947 draft-dodging conviction and previously had a 1943 deportation order reversed.
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New York
Serge M. Rubinstein
Fe Mer
Boy Wonder
Wall Street
Old Russia
United States
Washington
James P. McGranery
Rubinstein
McGranery
Fifth Avenue
Hollywood
Milton Golden
Rubinsein
Beverly Hills
U. S
Board of Immigration Appeals
Immigration Service
Justice Department
Search for state man missing since Dec 25 extends into fifth day
An investigation into the disappearance of taxidermist L. S. Blackmon from a fishing camp near Malcolm, Alabama, entered its fifth day as searchers comb Alabama River swamps. Deputy Sheriff H.4. Hall joined the effort after a boat was found floating in the river the day after Blackmon was last seen.
Thief Behind Parish Box Loot Hits 15 Churches
A crafty thief robbed parish boxes at 15 churches in Athens. After St. John’s Church, the priest emptied the box and found a note reading Dont you fear God. The thief later returned, replying God has enough to eat I dont.
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Athens
St. John’s Church
Persecution Is Rapped By Pope In Encyclical
Pope Pius XII denounces persecution of Oriental Rite Catholic churches behind the Iron Curtain in a bitter encyclical to their patriarchs bishops and local ordinaries. He calls for a crusade of prayer as priests are condemned and Christian communities suffer, citing Bulgaria where Bishop Eugene Bossilkoff and three priests were executed.
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Vatica
Pius XII
Bulgaria
Eugene Bossilkoff
Nicopolis
East
Europe
Chickens Speak in a Code Revealed by Scientists
Researchers Dr. Nicholas Collins of Cornell and Prof. Martin Joos of Wisconsin report that chickens use distinct sounds to signal danger, location, or requests. They recorded and analyzed the vocalizations with a spectograph, translating tones into objective traces.
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Martin Joos
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Joes
Collins
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Salvation Army Organized in 1878
The Salvation Army was organized in 1878 signaling its formal establishment and early expansion as a charitable and religious service organization.
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The
Salvation Army
Labor Unrest Marked In 1952
The 1952 year saw more strikes and work stoppages than any since 1946, with 4 95 stoppages and 3.3 million workers involved. Major stoppages included 34 events exceed 10,000 workers each, led by the CIO United Steelworkers two month strike. Atomic Energy Commission pros were affected in five stoppages and unions GL and CIO dominated the actions.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO
United Steelworkers
Atomic Energy Commission
410 Deaths Likely Toll For New Year’s
Chicago reports the National Safety Council estimates 410 Americans will die in traffic accidents during the four day New Year holiday. Previous figures showed 590 expected for Christmas week. AP survey recorded 556 as the all time high, with 744 deaths during this year's Christmas period and 789 last year, including 82 in fires and 106 in other accidents.
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Chicago
National Safety Council Today
Associated Press
Unidentified man killed in Birmingham traffic toll rises
An unidentified Black man was struck and killed by a car on a west side street last night in Birmingham. The death marks the 35th traffic fatality in the city this year, compared with 34 in 1951.
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Birmingham
Churchill's Iran clash drives Churchill to seek Ike meeting
The piece outlines Churchill's push to announce a visit to Eisenhower, blocked by Eden. It details Iran talks with Eden and Acheson, a proposed Iran Britain oil deal, a World Bank loan, and US aid while warning of wider contract implications across Asia if Iran’s refinery were seized.
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Paul Nitze
State Department
London
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iran
Great Britain
World Bank
Britain
Abadan
United States
ECA
Eden
Asia
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Egypt
Near East
Acheson
England
World Court
Mossadegh
Churchill
Truman
New York
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Accused Negro To Be Put In County Jail
Roy Lee Alexander of Decatur Negro was to be transferred to the county jail today on a burglary warrant, after being caught Saturday night by night watchman John G. Ware as he and a companion tried to enter Brock and Spight wholesale grocery on Bank Street. The other suspect escaped.
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Roy Lee Alexander
Decatur
J. B. Whitmire
Alexander
John G. Ware
Brock and Spight
Bank Street
Churchill to visit New York amid warline tensions
Churchill chose to travel to New York after learning of MacArthur's atomic bomb proposal to Eisenhower and a New York Times interview hinting at a potential Eisenhower Stalin conference. Eden and Churchill had opposing views on postwar strategy as tensions with Moscow rose.
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Ment
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
Eden
Churchill
General MacArthur
Eisenhower
Manchuria
New York Times
Stalin
New York
Washington
Truman
Proposal Discussed by Acheson and Eden in Paris
The fragment notes a proposal discussed by Secretary of State Acheson and Foreign Minister Eden in Paris amid London talks with Nitze in London. The British reportedly had no objection to the plan.
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Drew Pearson
Winston Churchill
Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Eden
Dean Acheson
Paris
Iran
Churchill
Bernard Baruch
New York
Nitze
London
Acheson
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