Bishop Pickett named vice chairman of India council
W W Reid notes Bishop J Waskom Pickett of Wilmore Kentucky, head of the Bombay area for the Methodist Church in India, elected vice chairman of the National Christian Council of India. The council's chairman is Bishop W S Azariah of Dornakal. Pickett is famed for studies on mass movements among village outcastes and low-caste groups.
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India
J. Waskom Pickett
Wilmore
Bombay
National Christian Council of India
Anglican Church In
Wv. S. Azariah
Dornakal
Pickett
War Prisoners' Aid network reaches twenty countries
The War Prisoners' Aid of the World's Committee of the Y M C A. employs 76 secretaries and 223 workers who operate from Stockholm, Chungking, Berlin, Geneva, Tokyo, Calcutta, and New York. They visit camps, contact activity leaders and prisoners, and provide encouragement, guidance, and material aid to aid prisoners.
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Stockholm
Chungking
Berlin
Geneva
Tokyo
Calcutta
New York
Confession Depth and Sincerity in Catholic Practice
A skeptical reader is guided through Catholic confession emphasizing true sorrow for sins. The priest urges honest contrition, honest effort to battle habits, and the need to hate sin as a serious offense to God. It notes that forgiveness comes from God through the priest, not from hollow lists or empty words. For more information, write to:
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God
Julius Real Buried in Turtle Creek Family Cemetery
Julius Real longtime Texas Republican Senator dies at 84 and is buried in the Turtle Creek family cemetery. Governor Coke R Stevenson delivers a eulogy as the Texas Gebirgs sing at the grave. Rev. Van Dyke conducts the service at the Smith Funeral Home. Real, born May 7 1860, served as county judge and state senator and helped found a county named Real. The funeral features a male quartet and the Comfort Lieder taafel with singers from Boerne and San Antonio.
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Julius Real
Texas
Turtle Creek
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas Gebirgs Organization
van Dyke
P. S. van Dyke
Kerrville
Smith Funeral Home
Kerr County
Casper
Emelie Schreiner Real
Gretchen Schmidt
Hilda
Oscar Neunhoeeffer
Walter
Arthur
San Antonio
Charles Real
Austin
Mathilde Ingenhuett
New York City
Georgetown University
Kerr
Bandera
Kimble
Real
Comfort Liedertafel
Boerne
Wm. Dietel
War Prisoners Aid Provides Worship Facilities
War Prisoners Aid has assisted prisoners by providing worship facilities for Protestant Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox detainees as part of efforts to defeat boredom and prepare inmates to return to normal life.
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Ers
Methodist Church backs India immigration plan to U.S.
At Dr Murray T Titus suggestion the General Conference pledged support to Congress measures to admit Indians on the quota basis and permit naturalization for resident Indians. Similar messages will go to other church assemblies this summer and members are urged to contact senators and representatives.
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Murray T. Titus
Batavia
Ohio
Lucknow Christian College
India
Methodist Church In
General Conference of
The
Methodist Church
Congress of the
United States
China
Goodwill helps handicapped find work nationwide
Oliver A. Friedman of Goodwill Industries in Milwaukee reports that over 90 cities employed handicapped persons last year with 3 691 933 in opportunity wages. About 25 000 were employed, 10 000 placed outside, and 1 296 224 bags of clothing plus 726 801 pieces of furniture were collected.
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United States
Oliver A. Friedman
Milwaukee
Wis
Goodwill Industries
Goodwill
Mr. Friedman
Man
God
Kneese Returns From Houston Republican Convention
A. H. Kneese came back Thursday from the Republican convention held Monday and Tuesday in Houston. He praised Gov. Bricker's speech as a strong presidential candidate. The Texas delegation will go uninstructed to the national convention. Mrs. Dan Arnold and her two daughters are visiting her mother, Mrs. Stella Duderstadt, for several days.
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A. H. Kneese
Houston
Dan Arnold
Stella Duderstadt
Fredericksburg Visitor Loretta Jenschke of Fredericksburg
Loretta Jenschke of Fredericksburg is visiting this week in the home of her aunt Mrs. Arthur Baumann.
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Loretta Jenschke
Fredericksburg
Arthur Baumann
Mr and Mrs Strackbein Visit Henry Markwortt Home
Mr and Mrs Edgar Strackbein and their two children visited the Henry Markwortt residence Sunday evening.
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Edgar Strackbein
Henry Markwortt
Church and Community Notices From Harper Area
Sunday services suspended due to Texas Lutheran meeting in Seguin. Next service June 11 with Rev. Ander. Various confirmations, visits, and family news listed for local churches including First Baptist Presbyterian Methodist and St. Anthony's with Bazaar preparations and parish activities.
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Texas
American Lutheran Church
Seguin
H. F. Ander
Lutheran Welfare In
Trinity
House approves FEPC funding amid row over racial policy
The War Agencies Appropriation bill includes 500000 for the Fair Employment Practices Committee for the coming year despite a 123 to 119 party vote against it. The FEPC, created by executive order a year ago, has 106 staff with a racial makeup chiefly nonwhite. Critics describe it as meddling and divisive, while supporters hail civil rights efforts. The same bill sets Land Bank loan rates at 4 percent, matching a 4 percent reduction in existing and future loans.
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House
War Agencies
Fair Employment Practices Committee
FEPC
Committee cites 17 railroad firms for discriminating conductors
The group reports that seventeen railroad companies failed to hire Black applicants for conductor and engine positions, signaling ongoing discrimination concerns. The issue highlights hiring practices and calls for equal opportunity across the rail industry.
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Norman J. Dietel
Harper
Wendel
Harper, Texas
PLAY
National Advertising Representative
Wspape
Advertising Service, Inc
Nations Editorial Association
America
Holbrook Bidg
San Franchco, Cal
First State Bank
Federal Deposi
Chas. J. Whitewood
H. P. Gartrell
Johns. Morris
Chas. E. Bein
Helen Doris Brown
John S. Morris
Herman Harper
Fred Whitewood
Jnc
W.w.reid
William B. Spofford
Church League For Industrial Democracy
Episcopal
Jesus the Christ
Catholic Information
Anthony's Church
Hollandia
U. S. Signal Corps
Dutch New Guinea
Sherman
Asser
Family
Stevenson
Texas Gebirgs Singers
Sen
C Fisher
Harper’s Churches
ST. James Lutheran Church
Walter C. Probst
W. E. Fletcher Sr
W. E. Fletcher
Tucson
Ariz
Louis Grosenbacher
Albert Sagebiel
Sagebiel
Frank Kroll
Waldemar Kroll
Vernon Ramsey
Mrs. L. D. Nixon
First Baptist Church
R. A. Allen
B. E. Breihan
Tom Nichols
Dolf Peril
Harper Sunday
Carl Ochler
Abilene
Mrs. Ochler
Fred Elkins
Portland
Oregon
Lonnie Frederick
Petersburg
Mrs
Alois Jung
Worth Howe
Glen Hopf
Mrs. Omer
Little Son
Jack Jones
Clem Little and Son
Cpl. Buel
Junction
Caro Cottle
Little Son of Rocksprings
Cers
Philadelphia Transit Company
South
Chicago
Detroit
Land Bank
Bureau
Congress
Floy Bode
Magnolia Mobilgas
Mobiloil Harper
Gulf Gas
Gulf Pride
Gulflube
Gulf Station
Hard Roeder
Harper Community
Travelers Cafe
Welcom
Louis’ Place
San Antonio Highway
Lawrence O'Bryant
Mar
Schreiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
John Deere
Fairbanks Morse
E. E. Saenger Lumber CO
Gilleaple County
Lochie Storage & Commission Co
Cooper
Martin
Ernst Lochte
Felix Hei
Fredericksburg, Texa
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