Reverence in Using God’s Name Urged in Daily Smith Letter
A Daily Smith letter argues that taking the Lord’s name in vain covers more than profanity and includes insincere belief and actions. It cites Moses and Jeremiah, urges reverence in speech and conduct, and warns of judgment for blasphemy in church and nation alike.
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Daily Smith
God
Moses
Jesus Christ
Jesus the Christ
Socrates
Washington
Abraham Lindon
Jeremiah
Smith
Tin Soldier: America’s Tin Supply From Jop Handed Down
A fragment highlights tin in ships and subs and notes that ninety percent of the nation’s tin comes from Jop hands, framing tin as a patriotic, dramatic resource.
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America
Atomic theory and social quips in a curious 19th century mix
A fragmented excerpt blends jokes about cats and possessions with an illustrated layman’s lecture on atomic theory. It explains atoms, molecules, and electricity, then shifts to a reflection on warfare and humanity’s peril with nuclear capacity. The tone mixes humor and instruction from a period newspaper snippet.
Kiwanis And A B Clubs To Play Softball Game
Members of the American business club and the Kiwanis club will play a softball game tomorrow afternoon at 6:45 on the high school diamond. Manager Gib Clinard of the A B club will do the catching with Darrell Bulla or Frank Armfield slated to pitch. The Kiwanis club has not announced its lineup.
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American Business ‘Club
Kiwanis
Gib Clinard
A. B
Darrell Bulla
Frank Armfield
Wanis
Austrian Police Arrest Auschwitz Camp Leader Grabner
Austrian police detained Ernst Grabner, former commander of the Auschwitz prison camp in Oswiecim, charged with personally killing about 2000 people. He faces trial by an Austrian peoples court, according to a Vienna dispatch via Exchange Telegraph.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Vienna
Ernst Grabner
Oswiecim
Auschwitz
Upper Silesia
Grabner
GI Joe Goes for Colors in Civvie Wardrobe Shakeup
Wartime uniforms end as GIs plan bright, de patterned civilian styles. Veterans survey by Army Times and American Legion Magazine finds two thirds will buy branded, colorful suits with comfort focus. Chicago designers report Joe seeks conventional fits with bold hues and easy wear for postwar life.
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Lucia Perrigo
Joe
American Legion Magazine
Chicago
Ro Sneath
Veteran's Service Bureau
Daniel Trepanier
Escanaba
Mich
First Army
Erwin
Nelson Kincer
Kona
Seventh Army
15Th Air Force
James Earle
Echo Ops Savikas
Fishing Fleet Fights for Lives of Airmen in Pacific
In the Pacific Iwo Jima and allied air sea rescue units form a coordinated net to save downed airmen. Army B 17s Catalina flying boats and navy PB4YS coordinate with radio links to speed lifeboat drops and rescues. May saw over 100 airmen saved despite harsh dangers and distant shores of Japan.
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Iwo Jima
Ly Little Island
Pacific
Japan
Iwo
Cmdr
James Parker
Wenham
Mass
Army
Navy
Catalina
Chicihi Jima
Robert B. Richardson
Marlboro
Congress Plans To Create Atomic Energy Control Commission
Washington observers say the atomic bomb may shorten the war and spur peacetime energy development. Senate committees will act after Congress reconvenes, with Truman proposing a government controlled commission to oversee production and use of atomic energy for the common good. Chairman Thomas and Senator O Mahony stress broad access and postwar civilian uses beyond war.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Senate
White
Thomas
Utah
Military Committee
Control Commission
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Appro
Congress
Big Timber Deal Marks Record SC Timber Sale
In Charleston on August 7, the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co. announced the sale of over 42 000 acres of low country timber to seven manufacturers in a 4 069 000 dollar deal. Purchasers have 11 years to harvest. Land spans Dorchester County near the Edisto river and Berkle y County's Wassamassaw area. White oak was bought by Chicasaw Wood Products Co. of Memphis.
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Charleston
S. C
South Carolina
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Dorchester County
Edisto River
Wassamassaw
Berkley County
Chicasaw Wood Products Company
Memphis
War Trucks Return to Farm Use in Postwar Sale
The surplus property board reports about 2,600 former military vehicles have been sold to farmers in over 30 states. The note adds a poker fact listing 2,598,960 possible five card hands with only 40 straight flushes.
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Washington
Local Lumber Dealers Named in Purchases List
Purchases were Booth Parker Lumber Co Sumter Sumter Williams Furniture Co Sumter Flack Jones Lumber Co Ridgeville Lightly Brothers Hampton County The Coatings and Chemical Co Sumter and Ogmulee Lumber Co Augusta.
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Booth - Parker Lumber Co
Sumter
Willaims Furniture Co
Flack-Jones Lumber Co
Ridgeville
Lightly Brothers
Hampton County
Th Coatings and Chemical Co
Sumter and Ogmulee Lumber Co
Augusta
Address Sought for Charles Lew Carroll by Draft Board
Mail addressed to Charles Lew Carroll by local draft board No 4 was returned. Carroll's last address was 711 South Main Street. Anyone knowing his whereabouts or new address is asked to contact the board. The rest notes Persian rugs as a distant aside.
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Charles Lewis Carroll
Draft Board No. 4
Carroll
South Main Street
Carrol
CIO Leader To Speak Tomorrow In Thomasville
The High Point Thomasville industrial union council sponsors a CIO mass meeting at Thomasville High School auditorium Wednesday at 8 pm. Morris Muster, international president of the United Furniture Workers of America CIO, will discuss CIO security postwar plans and the 65 cents per hour minimum wage. Other speakers from AFL CIO hosiery workers Amalgamated Clothing Workers and Textile Workers Union of America will join the program.
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High Point
Thomasville
Amalgamated Clothing Workers-Cio
The
Texts Workers Union of America
Women urged to register and vote in New Orleans mayor race
Shirley Wimberly told women in a radio address that marriage prospects influence voting, arguing New Orleans lacks men as they leave for jobs in other states. He claimed women outnumber men and municipal government offers fewer opportunities than in other cities.
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New Orleans
Shirley Wimberly
Rugs Distinct by Districts Across Persia
Persia is home to diverse rug types unique to each district. We note regional varieties and their distinctive patterns reflecting local craft traditions.
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Persia
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Erwin Drugolewski
Detroit
Gs Joe
Claire Phillips
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