United States Seen as Future Center of Religious Thought
Dr. W. W. Hamilton of New Orleans, president of the Southern Baptist Convention, predicts the United States will become the world’s center of religious thought as foreign missionary work winds down. He spoke at the convention in Alabama, attended by about 10,000 delegates from 18 states, and urged homeland spiritual preparation for global gospel duties.
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United States
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W. W. Hamilton
New Orleans
Hamilton
South America
Woman's Missionary Union
J B Lawrence
Atlanta
WMU
America
Special revival services planned at Sixth Avenue Church of God
Interest grows as Rev. Richardson preaches simple, convincing sermons at the revival in progress. Visitors return nightly and special services are set for remaining nights including world peace prayers, Sunday school for children, and Young People’s Night with a talk on "If I Were Twenty One Again." The current sermon is titled The Marks of the Christian preceded by an old fashioned testimony meeting.
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Sixth Avenue Church of God
Richardson
Honeymoon Gold Chapter Twenty One Feud Over Food and Music
The Gray Gull cottage scenes show Mrs. Edmonds clashing with cooking duties while the major frets over a perfect steak. June and Donald Heath share love and career tensions as a distant oil slick shadows a quiet island night. joined by a docked boat and a secretive voyage, the chapter ends with unspoken futures.
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Gray Gull Cottage
Mrs. Edmonds
River traffic moves barges through Alabama and Kentucky reach Paducah
The Central Barge Line delivered a midwestern grain barge to Guntersville Alabama on May 8. The Sylvia T towed a Birmingham pig iron barge to the Ohio River via Decatur and arrived in Paducah May 10. Destrehan reached Guntersville May 11 with Gulf gasoline barges. Norman Crawford passed Kentucky Dam May 11 with grain bound for Guntersville. Betty Gardner carried automobiles to Guntersville May 12. Golden Eagle sails upstream toward Chattanooga with passengers. Idlewild entered the river May 12 for upriver run.
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Ohio River
Paducah
Kentucky
Norman Crawford
The
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Kentucky Dam
Betty Gardner
Wheeler Dam
Former Resident Adolphus Sanderson Dies in Roswell
Adolphus Sanderson 67 died at his Roswell New Mexico home on April 29 after living in Decatur for over 30 years. He worked at Holland Blow Stone Co. and is survived by his widow daughter Mrs Bill Tully two grandchildren in New Mexico five brothers Granville BE L Ellis Arthur and Warren and many nieces and nephews, including several in Decatur.
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Holland Blow Stone Co
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Granville Sanderson
Tuscumbia
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Arthur
Arkansas
Warren
Moulton
Life As Lived In Camp By The Associated Press
A compilation of short vignettes from Army induction camps on personal notes from selectees. Entries cover Camp Blanding Florida, Camp Wolters Texas, and other posts describing goodbyes to families, drafting rites, and service life with light humor and local color.
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Camp Blanding, Fla
Selective Service Board
Camp Wolters
Tex
Lewis M. Hverdos
Youngstown
Ohio
Bridgeport
Funeral Sermon for Pastor’s Own Son
The Rev. H. O. Egertson delivers a funeral sermon for his own son in Los Angeles. The vacant home speaks in memory as a fishing pole and a new camera linger unused beside him in grief.
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Los Angeles
H. O. Egertson
Alabama to Confer 594 Degrees in May Commencement
The University of Alabama will award 594 diplomas during a May 24 to 26 commencement marking the university’s second century. Notables include Tulane’s Dr. Rufus C. Harris who opens events, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College president Dr. Theodore H. Jack, and Rev. John A. Davison delivering the baccalaureate address.
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Rufus C. Harris
Tulane University
Theodore H. Jack
Randolph-Macon Woman's College
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Board of Trustees
Phi Beta Kappa
Randolph Macon Woman's College
Tutwiler
McLester Hotel
Alumni Council
Alabama Union
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Alumni
Tuan University
Funeral Sermon for Jordan a14 Killed in Accident
Our Savior s Lutheran church records a funeral sermon for Jordan aged 14 who died in an automobile incident. The father recalls the radio clock bicycle and paper route as symbols of a life cut short. The sermon reflects on the line By man cometh death.
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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Jordan
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