Great Peace and Five Nations Iroquois League Origins
The article recounts the Iroquois Great Peace ritual and the creation of the Five Nations League. It covers Haiwatha the visionary, Tadodaho’s initial opposition, and the grand council that united the Onondaga, Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca under a Tree of Peace. It notes the league’s aim to deter invaders and invite other nations, while preserving individual tribal autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
League of the Iroquois
New York State
North American
Five Nations
Hay-yonh-wat’-ha
Haiwatha
Longfellow
Tadodaho
Tah
Hiawatha
Navy flying boat soars after rocket assisted takeoff
Captain William Core uses four jet assisted take off rockets built by General Tire to lift a crippled Navy flying boat from a small El Paso lake. The device adds 1200 horsepower for 12 seconds enabling a safe climb to San Diego. Rockets are now aiding sea rescue flying boats amid rough seas and calm water where takeoffs were previously impossible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
el Paso
Pacific
William Core
Marine Flyer
General Tire & Rubber Company
Pasadena
California
Gore
San Dego
Christian Citizens Call to Action for World Peace Cooperation
Widespread church led call urges every citizen to write U S delegates for the San Francisco World Security Organization plan. The message, drafted by Dr Henry B Coffin, urges prayer and public letters to officials to back U N aligned global cooperation for lasting peace. Delegates listed include Stettinius Connally Vandenburg Bloom Eaton Stassen and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Cooperation In World Security Organization
Jesus Christ the Lord
Henry 8. Coffin
Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Prayer for UN Conference Leaders to Seek Peace
A church utterance asks the Most High to guide United Nations representatives in a conference. It prays for unity and restraint to prevent war, honoring the bloodshed and sacrifice of those who fought for freedom and urging wise measures for peaceful change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
W S C S Meets With Mrs Tobin in April Meeting
The Women's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church met at the home of Mrs. Tracy Tobin on Wednesday April 11. Nine members attended with Mrs. Carl Ochler presiding and Mrs. G E Pape directing the program. WorshipCall Response Europe study Southeast Asia and benediction led by Mrs Staudt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Womens Society of Christian Service of the
Methodist Church
Tracy Tobin
Carl Ochler
G. E. Pape
Church In
Europe
R. E. Bode
South East Asia
Eight Gillespie youths register for selective service
Eight Gillespie County boys who reached 18 in March registered with the county selective board, secretary Walter Jenschke said. Names listed: Rudy O. Wendel, Luis L. Cruz, Calvin D. Moehle, Milton R. Ahrens, Carl J. Alexander, Charles R. Grona, Willie H. E. Heiner, Elwood B. Young. Mrs. Teresa Tobin, visiting family, has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
County Selective Board
Walter Jenschke
Rudy O. Wendel
Luis L. Cruz
Calvin D. Moehle
Milton R. Ahrens
Carl J. Alexander
Charles R. Grona
Willie H. E. Heiner
Elwood B. Young
Stallings Reelected Kerrville Mayor Again
Jesse F. Stallings was reelected mayor at the Kerrville City Council meeting on Tuesday morning. He has served on the council for 12 years and was named mayor for the first time last year. Council members include E. M. Forman S. Eastland Herbert C. Holchak and Lloyd H. Luna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse F. Stallings
Kerrville
Stallings
E. M. Forman
S. Eastland
Herbert C. Holchak
Lloyd H. Luna
Crowds in London Await V E Day Celebrations
London crowds flood hotels awaiting V E Day declaration. Police plan mass officer deployment but allow ample celebratory latitude. Aerial parade anticipated as U S Eighth Air Force Liberators fly over London returning from action in Germany. Also notes visitors from Fredericksburg and Wisconsin relatives visiting local residents.
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London
Eighth Air Force
Borceaur
Kenneth Parker Honored With Supper During Furlough Visit
Belmore Roberts home hosted a supper Tuesday night for Pfc. Kenneth Parker of Hondo before he reports back to his station Friday after a 19 day furlough visiting relatives. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Creighton Stevens and son Supt Neal Fox and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belmore Roberts
Creighton Stevens
Charlie Barrett
Neal Fox
J. M. Stevens
Sam Parker
Olive Parker
Pfc
Kenneth Parker
Hondo
Kenneth
Helping Hand Club Discusses Spring Work Plans
The Helping Hand Club met Thursday evening April 12 at 2 30 p m in Mrs Willie Strackbein’s home with eight members two visitors present After the business meeting Mrs S S Stewart led a round table on spring tasks including house cleaning gardening and chicken raising The hostess served sandwiches salad pie and coffee The next meeting will be at Mrs S S Stewart’s home Topic Being a Good Neighbor.
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Helping Hand Club
Willie Strackbein
S. 5. Stewart
S. S. Stewart
FFA Boys Sponsor Rodeo and Dance Event in Harper
Harper High School FFA boys sponsor a rodeo at the Harper rodeo grounds next Saturday after noon with a barbecue supper at Stewart's Grove at 6 30 p m hosted by the PTA. Proceeds go to the FFA boys to build and equip a housing tools project. A dance follows at Bein's Hall with a cordial invitation to all local residents.
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FFA
Harper High School
Rodeo
Harper
Harper P. T. A
Stewart's Grove
FL. PF. A
Bein's
Albert in Italy with 15th Air Force ground crew
Sgt. Oscar C. Albert of Alice Texas serves his 15th month in the Mediterranean theater with a B24 Liberator squadron as an aircraft sheet metal worker. Former metalsmith at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, he is married to Clara A. Albert, who lives in Harper Texas with her parents Theo and Mrs Oehler.
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AAF
Italy
Oscar C. Albert
Alice
Texas
Mediterranean
Albert
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Clara A. Albert
Harper
Theo. Oehler
Last Rites For Roosevelt At Hyde Park Estate
Franklin D Roosevelt is buried at Hyde Park behind the family garden after a simple yet solemn ceremony attended by President Truman cabinet members Supreme Court justices and foreign dignitaries. The service featured a 21 gun salute and a military guard, with Prime Minister Mackenzie King among guests. Mrs Roosevelt and two children watched from the grave as the body was interred in the Hudson Valley site.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Hudson Valley
President Truman
Washington
Supreme Court
Mackenzie King
Canada
Alfred Clay
Warren G Harding
Roosevelt Estate
Effudson
Krum Elbow
West Point
Sunderbeatt
George W. Anthony
St James Episcopal Church
Mrs. Roosevelt
Pacific Pvt Thomas Whetstone heads overseas for service
Pvt Thomas Whetstone, 20, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Whetstone of Harper, leaves for overseas duty in March in the Pacific. He is a Harper High School 1910 and Schremer Institute Kerrville graduate who helped on the family farm before volunteering for the US Army in August. His basic training was at Camp Hood. He had a brief furlough at home before departure.
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Great Lakes
Naval
Gay
Harry Paul McQuain
Caeat Lakes Naval Training Center
Tle
Lewis McQuain
Wellford
Wva
McQuains
United States
Europe
Pacific
Thomas Whetstone
Fred Whetstone
Harper
Harper High School
Schremer Institute
Kerrville
US of Arms
POL Hs
Camp Hlood
Thomas
Lions Club backs World Peace resolution at bi monthly meeting
Harper Lions Club held a barbecue dinner with 36 members and two guests as it endorsed a resolution for a World Peace Organization to stop aggression and unite nations. The measure, to be sent to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco starting April 25, calls for an unbiased court system and outlines tasks for postwar relief. President Truman's remarks at the Capitol on April 13 described the weight of the moon and stars and urged prayers, while attendees noted other local visits and wartime honors including Sgt. Morris Bein receiving the Bronze Star for Normandy and Germany campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Lions Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Lion Cummings
Junction
Kenneth Parker
Army Air Corps
National Lions Club
San Francisco
Lion
Clarence Clair
Melvin Jones
Paul Delorey
Lee Goff
Am Fredericksburg Lions Club
Palace Theatre
Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg Club
Lions Club
P.T. A
Washington
Truman
Capitol
Secretary of the
Senate
Trath
Tratian
Set
Morris Bein
War Department
Sgt. Bein
Chas. &. Bein
Normandy
France
Germany
90Th Infantry
Popcorn loses weight when popped due to moisture loss
A pound of popcorn weighs slightly less after popping as moisture escapes and volatile compounds are released. The reduction is small and not detectable on an ordinary one pound scale.
Unclear Quote on Kindness and Rest for Wife
A fragmented line presents a character recalling misinterpreted kindness when he sent his wife away for a rest and then exclaimed Goodness knows. The snippet hints at a dramatic misunderstanding or turning point in a domestic scene.
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M. R. Harrington
U. S
Harper Presbyterian Church
Christendom
New World Security Organization
Dumbarton Oaks
D. C
Tom Connally
U. S. Senate
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Sol Bloom
U. S. House of Representatives
Charles A. Eaton
U.S. House of Representatives
Harold E. Stassen
Stewart Lane
St. Paul
Minn
WRU
Gillespie
Teresa Tobin
Ben Kneese
Mrs
Hilmar Lott
Gitter
Jimmie
Hardinsville
Wisconsin
Rev
A. A. Gitter
F.F.A. Barbecue Committee
Oscar Albert
Airforce
Military Guard of Honor
Dean Hopf
Meat Salad Co. Co
J. R. Peril
Wm. Strackbein
David Schmidt
Carlos Parker
Carl Qehler
Culbert Andel
R. Bode
Milton Casper
Mas Lange
Wallace Brown
Erato Hope
Erato Hopf
Arthur Bierschwale
Watkins ‘Tarr and Sons
R. Deaton
Francis Floyd
Yee
The
Conference For World Security Organization
Carl Oehler
Uwo
Joe Rogers
Roy Deaton
Pat Rogers
Harry Irantzen
Palestine
L. Feller
Max Lange
Lorenz Wendel
Legion
Jacob Spaeth
Miss Meta
Doss
Alfred
Sgt
A. Morris
Colemanetta oVisit
Russel Pauley
Oliver Hopf
Brooklyn
Alfonso
Jimmie Foserhauser
Miss Davis
Arvie Tatsch
Harod Georges
Lorene Sagebiel
San Antonio
Albert Sagebiel
Juce
Lon Whetstone
Barth Thatley
Russell Pauley
New Amsterdam
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