Call for World Prayer by Laymen Movement for a Christian World
The Laymen Movement for a Christian World calls on Americans and all peoples to pray for United Nations delegates and the UN’s success. It urges faith in God as the UN’s foundation, amid postwar debates on security and disarmament, while highlighting ongoing church-backed Manila hospital rebuilding and a Methodist eight month study of Protestant faith for 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Nations
New York
Weyman C. Huckabéeé
Movement
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Council
Manila
Evangelical Churches
Crusade For Christ
Advance For Christ and His Church
Woman's Division of
Christian Service
Division of Foreign Missions
Board of Missions and Church Extension
G. Bromley Oxnam
Methodist Church
Bishop Valencia Lays Cornerstone for Mary Johnston House
Bishop Jose L. Valencia, head of the Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands, laid the cornerstone for the Mary Johnston building as part of a new church project.
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Jose L. Valencia
Methodist Church
Philippine Islands
Mary Johnston
Nehru and Gandhi Leader of Peace Movement
India’s prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, regarded as the best known follower of Mahatma Gandhi, stands as the principal figure in the peace movement within Hindutva and broadly influences the era’s political dialogue.
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India
Pandit Jawaharla Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Hindutam
Rheumatism drove detective from work to health return
Mr. Jerry Watkins of Hot Springs Arkansas, chief of detectives, suffered severe rheumatic pain forcing a leave from police work. After trying HADACOL, he reports rapid improvement and return to duty, attributing his recovery to the vitamin and mineral supplement. He endorses HADACOL as a remedy for nutritional deficiencies causing rheumatic symptoms.
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Jerry Watkins
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Watkins
Mr. Watkins
First European Displaced Family Arrives in Gillespie County
Mr and Mrs Egon Breckner and their two year old son Egon Jr arrived after a long journey from Germany. They are the first displaced persons to reach Gillespie County under the US World War II rehabilitation program. Reporter Walter Fuhrmann interviews them on the Harry Jordan ranch twelve miles west of Fredericksburg along Live Oak Creek. The couple, in their early twenties, praise American kindness and the vast scale of the country.
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Egon Breckner
Egon Jr
Germany
Gilespie County
U.S
Walter Fuhrmann
Radio Post Farm
Inter
Harry Jordan
Fredericksburg
Live Oak Creek
Displaced couple finds America wondrous amid pecan tale
The Breckners, a Hungarian German family displaced by World War II, arrived in Gillespie County after a long trek from Europe. They learned about pecans from Radio Post photographer J F MacDonald and expressed amazement at American life, noting plentiful food, cars, and bright stores. The move was facilitated by the National Lutheran Council under the Displaced Persons program, with ship costs covered by the government. Egon Breckner, born 1925, served as a mobile mechanic with American forces and learned English from soldiers.
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Gillespie County
Europe
Germany
Egon Breckner
Marosrsarh
Hungary
Breckner
Egon
Deggendorf
Donnau
Wald-Kirchen
Nehru cites Gandhi teachings on nonviolence and world moral force
At a U S reception Nehru questions whether the twentieth century can differ from barbarism only in weaponry. He asserts a path aligned with Gandhi that seeks solutions through moral force rather than physical force, warning against ignoring ethics.
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India
Mahatma
United States
Mr. Nehru
Gandhi
Reform Day Observance Prompts United Evangelistic Advance
Observance of Reform Day by Protestant churches on October 30 launches a fifteen month United Evangelistic Advance. Thirty seven denominations with about 47 million members lead the effort under the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America to show Protestant unity. Key topics include Religious Freedom, Separation of Church and State, The Priesthood of Believers, The Worth of the Individual Soul, and The Relationship of Protestants to Democracy.
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United Evangelistic
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Jesse M. Bader
Advance
Beievers
Catholic belief in purgatory explained by author
The article argues that God does not treat all sins as capital offenses. It discusses mercy, justice, and the Catholic view of purgatory citing biblical and historical references. It notes prayers for the dead and belief in partial forgiveness after death. It ends with a call to ask a Catholic about the topic.
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Lord High
Hell
Machabees
Christ
Judas
Jerusalem
Jesus
Heaven
Harper's Churches Extend A Cordial Welcome This Sunday
Sunday services at Harper churches include 10 a.m. church school and 11 a.m. worship with a sermon on the knowledge of good and evil. Wednesday family night, films on refugees, and interdenominational relief efforts are noted, along with local baptisms, visits, and hospital updates.
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Harper’s
Coifi
Humber
Out FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Morning Worship and Meetings
Rev. Jack Minter leads Out First Baptist Church with 11 a.m. morning worship. BTU at 7 30 p.m. Sundays. WMS and Brotherhood meet 8 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Fridays. Royal Ambassadors and Girls Auxiliary also meet 8 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Fridays. Alfred Spaeth returns after serving as juror in San Antonio. Mr. and Mrs. Clint Brown visited San Antonio. Henry Markworth and family visited Midland with daughter Mrs Alb Whetstone.
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Out First Baptist Church
Jack Minter
BTU
WMS
Brotherhood
Ra's
Royal Ambassadors
Ga’s
Alfred Spaeth
Federal Court
San Antonio
Henry Markworth
Alb. Whetstone
Midland
Wedekind Family Visit to Bracketville Daughters
Mr and Mrs Fred Wedekind visited their daughters Mrs F Casper and family and Miss Maretta of Bracketville during the weekend Miss Maretta returned home with them during the trip
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Fred Wedekind
F. Casper
Maretta
Bracketville
Miss Maretta
Relatives Mourn Departed in Quiet Farewell
The account notes that those left behind felt only regret for the relatives and friends who had departed, signaling a quiet farewell with gratitude for their presence.
Primitive Baptist Church Elder to Speak in Harper
Elder E. V. Gibson of the Primitive Baptist Church will hold services at the Presbyterian Church in Harper on Sunday November 6 at 3 PM. Singing starts 30 minutes before. No invitation extended to all.
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Primitive Baptist Church
Harper, Texas
Elder
E. V. Gibson
The
Harper
Presbyterian Church
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