Dr Potts named editor of The Upper Room Devotional
Dr Potts, longtime decocrat director for Crusade for Christ, will edit The Upper Room starting September 1. He succeeds Bishop Roy H Short, Houston-born editor, as the magazine expands its global and ecumenical reach with editions in Spanish Portuguese Chinese and Braille.
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Dr. Potts
Br. J. Manning Potts
Chicago
Crusade For Christ
Ralph §. Cushman
Methodist General Board of Evangelism
Roy Hi. Short
Jacksonville
Fla
Upper Room
Grover Co. Emmons
University of Virginia
University of Chicago
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Potts
Richmond
Petersburg
Roanoke
Virginia
Annual Conference and Potts to Move to Nashville
In 1944 he became associated rector of the Crusade for Christ a four year Methodist program raising 98 6 million for special purposes enrolling 1 million new members and boosting church school attendance Special daily devotions in every Methodist home were a goal Married in 1920 Dr Potts and his wife have four children three sons and one daughter The family is expected to move to Nashville when he assumes duties in September.
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Crusade For Christ
Methodist Church
Kentuckians Push Dixiecrat Ticket
FRANKFORT Ky AP Harry G Fielder of Frankfort announced the States Rights Democratic party will be organized in all Kentucky counties. O W Baylor Versailles said each Democratic congressional candidate in Kentucky will be asked to publish his views on States Rights to guide voters on whether to vote in the congressional races. County organization will begin after petitions are filed to place the party on the November ballots with Thurmond for president and Fielding Wright?
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Frankfort
Harry G. Fielder
Democratic Party
Kentucky
Fielder
Jackson
Miss
O. W. Baylor
Versailles
Police Investigate Fatal Shooting at Home
Police said a shooting at a home left one man dead and three Abercrombie children aged five to seven unharmed after being sent to a store for groceries shortly before the incident. The victim died in a hospital the following day. Authorities are reviewing surveillance and interviewing residents.
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Ment
Abercrombie
Wilkins
Baldwin Woman Held For Slaying Husband
BAY MINETTE AL AP Mrs Freda Abercrombie four year old mother of three was bound over to the Baldwin County grand jury on a murder charge. Justice of the Peace Frank Propst released her on two thousand five hundred dollars bond after her attorneys argued self defense. Sheriff Taylor Wilkins said she signed a statement admitting she shot her husband with a 22 caliber rifle during an argument.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Freda Abercrombie
Baldwin County Grand Jury
Justice of the Peace
Frank Propst
Taylor Wilkins
Czechs praise Best Years of Our Lives at festival
Czechoslovak critics lauded the 1947 Best Years of Our Lives at Marianske Lazne during the International Film Festival. Earlier showings drew harsh criticism for Blossoms in the Dust, sparking debate over American cinema choices at the event.
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U.8
Film Prague
Marianske Lazne
Marienbad
Livestock prices mixed as buyers pace slow in Chicago market
AP dispatch from Chicago notes US Department of Agriculture figures show salable hogs about 2,300 head, with varying changes by weight. sows up 1 to 3 dollars, light weights slow to move. Cattle: 500 head salable, steer and heifer quality steady to near steady on high grades, but most prices softening. top stockers hit 41.25 for 1037 to 1349 lb steers, average-choice heifers 38.50, cows weaker 24.00–31.00, slaughter calves to 28.00, vealers 32.50, feeders 23.50–30.00.
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Chicago
USDA
Barber Promoted From Technical Sergeant To Second Lieutenant
ORLANDO Fla Special From technical sergeant to second lieutenant is the jump Earle H Barber of Dothan has made in the Air Force Reserve. Barber received his commission in the Reserve last month from Col Stoyle O Ross of the Orlando Air Force Base. He will report to Perrin Air Force Base Texas for his first tour. He served in World War II as navigator with the 15th Air Force in Europe, was shot down and held as a prisoner of war for 11 months and earned the Purple Heart. He entered the Army Sept 22 1939. He is married to Evelyn McClenny of Newville.
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Orlando
Fla
Earle H. Barber
Dothan
Air Force Reserve
Barber
J. C. Barber
Stoyle O. Ross
Orlando Air Force Base
Perrin Air Force Base
2537Th Afb
Sherman
Tex
15Th Air Force
Europe
Evelyn McClenny
Newville
Children's Workers Conference Opens at Lafayette Street
The Alabama Conference sponsored event begins Tuesday at 2 p m at Lafayette Street Methodist Church under Miss Vera Zimmerman. Sessions run through Thursday noon with courses on nursery, kindergarten, primary, and junior work led by named educators from several states. Local arrangements by Mrs J S Bailey.
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Children’s Workers
Alabama
Lafayette Street Methodist Church
Vera Zimmerman
C. H. Hildreth
Roland Culver
Pine Apple
Ala
Mary Calhoun
Lakeland
Fla
Ann Maria Domingos
Macon
Olive Smith
Nashville
Tenn
J. S. Bailey
Lafayette Street Church
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