Washington Strike, Union Pressure, and CIO PAC Notes
Washington witnessed a two day AFL street car strike amid a National Labor Management Conference. The piece lists CIO PAC materials pressuring for FEPC, minimum wage hikes, 52 hour pay for 40, and broader social security asks as left wing pressure rises alongside European socialist trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Labor Management Conference
Washington
AFL
Transit Company
John L. Lewis
Truman
CIO
Political Action Committee
PAC
Phillip Murray
Fair Employment Practice Commission
FEPC
Murray
House Military Affairs Committee
Sidney Hillman
Hillman
CIO News
C. B. Baldwin
Congress
England
Spe
Papacy praised as enduring mighty in Catholic tribute
A Catholic tribute extols the Papacy as timeless and vigorous, tracing its line from the Pope who crowned Napoleon to Pepin the Short and noting the Church’s global reach, missionary zeal, and growth in the New World alongside a long history of power and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Flavian
Napoleon
Pepin
Republic of Venice
Catholic Church
Kent
Augustine
Attila
New World
Missouri
Cape Horn
Europe
Britain
Rhine
Antioch
Mecca
New Zealand
London Bridge
St. Paul's
World War II Chaplains Deathsand Relief Efforts Highlighted
Seventy six US Army chaplains were killed in action and hundreds wounded or decorated in World War II according to a recent Army report. Relief efforts funded by churches ship thirty cubic tons of Bibles and papers to Philippine churches. The Oxfordman Liebman scholarships fund racial understanding at Boston University School of Theology. The African Methodist Episcopal Church marks fifty years of mission in South Africa with 490 congregations and 64 852 members. The American Friends Service Committee notes Europe’s dire food situation and funding gaps for relief. Methodist social committees oppose compulsory peacetime military training citing ten reasons. Community notices invite participation in religious events and charitable clothing drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Army
Church Committee For Relief In Asia
Fifth Ave
New York City
Philippine Islands
United States
Boston University School of Theology
Methodist
Joseph F. Ford
Boston
Oxman- Liebman
G. Bromley Oxman
Episcopal
New York
Methodist Church
Joshua Loth Liebman
Temple Israel
African Methodist Episcopal Church
South Africa
J. R. Coan
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Natal
Zambesi
Sierra Leone
Gold Coast
Nigeria
American Friends Service
Europe
UNRA
Social Service Committees
Genesee
New York State
Dutton Peterson
Thanksgiving Services Set for Sunday at Union Church
On Sunday November 18 the Union Church hosts a 10:00 a.m. Thanksgiving service with an 11:00 a.m. Union Sunday School and a 2:00 p.m. session titled Know Your Church for questions and answers. A 2:30 p.m. Christian Youth Fellowship features informal choir practice and recreation. The sermon centers on Why Christians are Always Thankful, citing Colossians 1 12 14 and Psalm 50 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Sunday School
Union
Paul
The
Colossians
Sgt Wuest Returns Home After War Adventures
Sgt Wuest of the Lost Battalion 131st Field Artillery is returning to McCloskey General Hospital Temple for confinement. His broken legs suffered in a May 9 accident will be reset after recovery, with prior improper care noted. His brother Oliver, also a veteran, is home awaiting orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Wuest
131St Field Artillery
Java
Singapore
Jimmy Schandua
Schandua
Burma
McCloskey General Hospital
Temple
Sgt. Wuest
Oliver Wuest
Oliver
U. S. S. Mississipni
Pacific
Church Services Announced At Four Local Congregations
A notice lists Sunday timetable and worship times for St James Lutheran and First Baptist churches with Rev A R Allen. Methodist Church led by B E Breihan invites attendance and cites a quote about overcoming tribulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
A. R. Allen
Electric Light and Radio Outfit for Home or Camp
Stehling-Pfiester Electric Co offers a 6-volt Tiny-Tim plant, Emerson radio, and 190 Ah glass jar batteries for 109.75. Mrs Clarence Nixon and Miss Agnes Jung visited Fredericksburg relatives while Roy Roberts of Eagle Pass spent the weekend with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Keen
Goldthwaite
Walter Parker
Jesse Walker
Noxville
Harper Tueday
Roy Deaton
Paigerson
J. J. Rogers
Fred Nabers
Jean Nabers
Guam
J. S. Whitewood
Jack Smith
Eddie Lee
Seguin
Ray Silvers
Willard Silvers
New Braunfels
Emerson
Stehling-Pfiester Electric Co
Fredericksburg
Texas
Clarence Nixon and
Small
Gaughter
Agnes Jung
Edwin Jung
Roy Roberts
Eagle Pass
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Tivydale
Rane
Catholic Information
Lord Macaulay
Forest Green
Alton Kneese
Round Mountain
Ida Kneese
Detroit
R. T Franken Steen
Elgin Kunz
San Antonio
Alfons Klein
Kunz
Hilmar Klein
Center Point
Edgar Klein
Emilie Klein
Chas. Britz
Otto Wertheim
Alex Wertheim
A. S. Wertheim
Delbert Grona
Kenneth Klein
Leroy Kasper
Alfons Feller
Albert Bernhard
Felix
Alfons Stehling
Lawrence Klein
Chas. Klein
Rudi Klein
Alois Klein
Willie Klein
Emil Fritz
Emil Fritz, Jr
California
Chas. Roeder
Bruno Feller
White Oak
Walter Helmers
Henry Helmers
James Klein
Harry Klein
Dan Wiley
Oliver Moore
Moore
Junction
Kerrville
Kohler
W.w.reid
Youth Sodality
Aan
ST. James Lutheran Church
House of God
Harper's Churches
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Pat
Paris
Schroeder — Hannemann
Stehling
Fredericksburg, Texas
Uncle Sam
America
Victor’ Aay
Lockers, Inc
U. S. Treasury
Wader
Ef Preasury Department and
War Advertising Council
Gulf Station
Hard Roeder
First State Bank
Harper, Texas
U. S
Gillespie County
Scereiner Wool & Mohair
Kerrville, Texas
CO. T. Holekamp
Manager Junction, Texas
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