Churches Push Policy Reforms Amid Postwar Debates
The Foreign Missions Conference of North America urges Congress to adopt the Stratton Bill admitting 100000 displaced persons annually, while urging reconsideration of Palestine partition and UN approaches. Leaders call for Christian action against communism, support for a Christian University in Japan, and stronger church backing of UN efforts for human rights, reconstruction, and disarmament.
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America
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Congress
Stratton
Palestine
United Nations
General Assembly
Security Council
Assembly
Committee For Justice and Peace
The
Holy Land
Washington
Mark W. Dawber
Home Missions Council of
Dr. Dawher
Old Church of
Russia
Board of Missions of the Methodist Church
Christian University For
Japan
Christian People of America
Ralph E. Diffendorfer
Board
Division of Foreign Missions
Christian University
Norfolk
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Y. Diffendorfer
Joseph C. Grew
Chancclor W. P. Tolley
Syracuse University
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
U.N
Covenant of Human Rights
Europe
Asia
County Agricultural Program urges erosion control through dams
Gillespie County Agricultural Conservation Program emphasizes dam construction as a simple erosion remedy. Dams, eligible for 1948 AC funds, require prior county committee approval and plans showing need and specifications. Benefits include improved livestock distribution, reduced trailing, and floodwater spread to protect soil and store underground water.
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Gillespie
Gems of Thought and Local Holiday Gatherings
A collage of quotations on virtue and fruits of labor followed by a community notes section. Miss Mary Frances Fletcher visits family in the area during holidays. Mr and Mrs Alfred Lehnt and Mr and Mrs Albert Sagebiel spend Easter with relatives in Fredericksburg. Walter Parker hosts a large Easter barbecue for 17 youths. Clergy and families attend services at the Tabernacle Church. Antonette Parker and Jacqueline Johnson, students, return home for Easter. Lynn Masters from California visits the Clara Masters family.
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Walter Parker
Antonette Parker
John Tarleton College
Jaqueline Johnson
Stevensville
A Messenger of God: Sunday School Lesson at Presbyterian Church
The Presbyterian Church led by C Douglas Brewer and Rev C Workman lists 10 a m Sunday School and 11 a m worship. Lesson focuses on Ezekiel the prophet and God speaking to exiles with notes on temple restoration. Officers to be installed April 4 include J R Peril as Superintendent and several co teachers. Delegates to Spring Meeting of Presbytery set for April 8 9 in San Antonio with Mrs David Schmidt and Mrs A L Bier schwabe representing groups. Visitors welcome.
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Ezek
Tople
God
Ezekiel
J. R. Peril
A. L. Bierschwale
Charles Gammenthaler
Paul Jones
David Schmidt
Fred Whitewood
Watkins Tarr
Warren McDougall
Young Peoples
Douglas Brewer
Louis Stevens
Arthur Wendel
Presbytery
San Antonio
the Devine Redeemer Church
Woman's Association
A. L. Bi
If it's anything Catholic ask a Catholic
A reflective piece on the Catholic Church likening its universal baptism to universal suffrage and comparing its diverse followers to a bustling Grand Central Station. It cites Saint Peter and Jesus parables, mentions Al Capone's deathbed plea, and closes with the idea that mercy is extended to all who seek it within Catholicism.
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Jesus
St. Peter
Peter
Grand Central Station
Heaven
al Capone
Harper's Churches Extend A Cordial Welcome This Sunday
Church notices from Harper's list St James Lutheran with Rev M C Hoermann April 4 services and Sunday School. First Baptist revival begins June 13 under Rev Jack Minter. St Anthonys, Methodist and Catholic events noted with visitors and youth activities. BEANO party planned April 25 to fund rectory refrigerator.
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ST. James Lutheran Church
M. C. Hoermann
First Baptist Church
Jack Minter
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Mary Lane
Dunior Lane
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Emerson
L’estrange
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Mary Frances Fletcher
Southwest State Teachers College
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Fredericksburg
Albert Sagebiel
Arthur Grosenbacher
Sredericksburg
Tabernacle Church
Walter Jost
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Meier
Kneese
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R. B. Goff
Lee Goff
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Round Mountain
Ida Kneese
Stewart Smith
Junction
J. A. Milam
J. B. Birt
Mrs
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Charlie Rogers
Clarence McDougall
Douglas Duderstadt
St. Anthony’s Society
Youth Sodality
John L. Weaver
Nath Walker
OPP & Metzger
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