War reporter DeWitt Mackenzie life saved by shell dud
Gladwin Hill profiles DeWitt Mackenzie editor notes his wartime rescue at Vimy Ridge in 1917 when a shell failed to explode. The piece recalls Mackenzie's calm under fire with Sir Philip Gibbs and William Philip Simms and his later rise as the AP correspondent and author of The War Today.
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DeWitt Mackenzie
Sahegin
MacKenzie
Associated Press
Vimy Ridge
Sir Philip Gibbs
William Philip Simms
Gibbs
The Girl In The Mask and Mackenzie the AP Legend
Obituary and profile of James Mackenzie a renowned AP foreign service analyst who covered Munich and Berchtesgaden and later led the AP Foreign Service. Born in Vermont he rose from farm work to Syracuse University. He advised and reported on key prewar and wartime events and valued fact over speculation.
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Mackenzie
London
England
George Ingram
West Burke
Syracuse University
Syracuse Post-Standard
Seneca Falls
Oswego
Auburn
Schenectady
New York
McKenzie
Versailles Place
J. P. Morgan
United States
Associated Press Foreign Ser
Vice
Munich
Chamberlain
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Bavarian Alps
Czecho-Slovakia
Godesberg
Reich
Sudetenland
Poland
Hungary
Balkan States
Italy
Special News Service
Sunday Lesson at Sunday School and Passover Plot
Newman Campbell recounts Luke 22 1 38 and I Cor 11 26 as the Uniform Lesson for March 16. The piece discusses the Passover near Jerusalem, Judas betrayal for twenty dollars, the supper where Jesus blesses the bread and cup, and the disciples debate who is greatest while Jesus affirms servant leadership.
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Egypt
Jesus
Jerusalem
Luke
Satan
Judas
Iscariot
Christ
Peter
John
Ee of
Can
Simon Peter
Peter Jesus
Features Syndicate
Tna
S. S. Meeting at Hartselle
Morgan County Baptist Sunday School Association calls all officers teachers and Sunday school leaders to attend a conference at Hartselle Baptist Church in Hart selle on Tuesday March 18 from 2 30 to 5 00 p m and 7 00 to 9 00 p m Dr Davis Cooper director of Sunday school activities outlines why leaders should attend noting the large reach of 26 000 Baptist churches and 750 000 workers and the district association plan to contact them all
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Morgan County Baptist Sunday School Association
Hartselle Baptist Church
Davis Cooper
Baptist Executive Board
Aoe
Hawthorne and Others Named in Historic Obituary List
A list of individuals including Mary Bland, Charles Bobo, Eleanor Buchanan, George Coggin, David Chandler, Eleanor Jackson, Billy Jones, Blouise Long, Claude McBride Jr, Blouise Reithman, Dick Still, Dolores Street, Raphael, Bertha Mae Timberlake, Martha Waterhouse appears in the Hawthorne family record. The compilation names Sarah Lee Hill Jr and others in a memorial context.
Plan to supplement annual conferences like Ridgecrest
The note describes efforts to extend the work of major conferences, including Ridgecrest, and other large gatherings. It frames this as a strategy to broaden reach and impact beyond established meetings.
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Ridgecrest
Accidental Shot Kills Four Year Old Girl in Alabama
Four year old Catherine Howard died when a shotgun discharged accidentally on the lawn of her Cullman home. Coroner W H Drinkard reported the incident and ongoing details awaited.
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Cullman
Ala
Catherine Howard
Here
W. H. Drinkard
Child and Brother Involved in Accidental Shooting
A loaded gut exploded during rough play by a child and a younger brother. The deceased is survived by father L. F. Howard and mother, six brothers and two sisters, with no further details provided.
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