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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1946
Page
5
Dorothy Dix counsels a 26 year old to accept a delayed wedding after her fiancé spent 45 months in a Japanese prison camp, suggesting reluctance risks happiness. She notes possible reasons for delay and urges breaking the engagement if the groom is not ready to marry.
Philadelphia AP report details Father Divine, self styled God and Negro evangelist, announcing his marriage to Edna Rose Ritchings, a Montreal born white woman, as “in name only.” He claimed his first wife approved the union, and spoke to followers amid chant and celebration at Circle Mission church, tying the act to his global mission against Hitlerism and barbarism.
President Truman orders Gen. Omar Bradley to tighten veterans pensions and readjustment benefits to curb rising payments. Veterans groups fear a return to 1933 economy cuts, urging VA reform within its own agency and resisting harm to veterans. Bradley favors an independent panel if limits are needed.
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