Lutheran Membership Grows In United States and Canada
The United Lutheran Church reports 144 new members last year and total membership of 1 880 628 after a church survey of 4000 congregations in the United States and Canada. One third of additions were unchurched individuals with four congregants per year on average, and four percent came from converts from Roman Catholicism, strongest in the New York Synod including New Jersey and New England. State by state breakdown shows Iowa and Wisconsin leading with 14 and 13 respectively, followed by several states and provinces with smaller gains.
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Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church In
F. Eppling Rein- Eo
Reinartz
United States
Canada
Mr. Rainartz
New York
New Jersey
New England
Lutheran Church
Iowa
Wisconsin
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Ing
Illinois
Michigan
Neachio
Orenton
Ashington
British Columbia
Georgia
Kansas
Maryland
Texas
Pennsylvania
Delaware
North Carolina
Florida
Idaho
Kentucky
Tennesee
Ontario
Bec
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Mississippi
Missouri
Nova Scotia
Oklahoma
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Alabama Truman backers face fight in Democratic primaries
Backers of Harry S Truman in Alabama plan to place pro Truman electors on the ballot or pursue a court challenge to secure votes for the national Democratic nominees. They aim to block the states rights ticket led by Thurmond Wright and seek labor support to back Truman Barkley.
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J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Langan
Mobile
Truman- Barkley
States’ Rights
Naional Democratic
Softening Hard Water With Sodium Phosphate
A substance, sodium phosphate, is added to hard water to soften it. It prevents calcium and magnesium from reacting with soap, allowing lather to form and soap to be more effective.
Charges Denied By Gen Metts On Draft Board Bias
Raleigh August 16 Adjutant General J Van B Metts rejected American Legion claims that Vietnam era veterans face discrimination in draft board appointments. He said World War II veterans are welcome on vacancies and that local boards include clerks, election chairmen, and school superintendents in the selection process. He noted reserve members and those under 18 are ineligible.
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Raleigh
Adj
J. van B. Metts
American Legion
Ray Galloway
Wilmington
Washington
Galloway
Metts
Cherry
County Board of Elections
Armed Forces
National Guard
Spy Charges Put Against American Naval Attache
Pravda reports that Lt. Robert Dreher of Oil City Pennsylvania, assistant U. S. naval attache in Moscow, was caught receiving secret information from a Soviet official and forced to leave the Soviet Union. The United States embassy denies the espionage charge, saying Russians framed the case. Dreher left Moscow May 1 after a tour begun in November 1947.
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Moscow
Pravda
U. S
Russia
Robert Dreher
Oil City
Dreher
United States
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Soviet Union
Walter Bedell Smith
Leslie C. Stevens
Washington
State Department
Odessa
Winston-Salem Hospital Names New Nurse Director
Miss Margaret Mae Cheek of Burlington is appointed director of nurses at City Memorial hospital in Winston-Salem. Administrator C. K. Shire announced the Aug 16 appointment, noting the post had been vacant. Cheek has prior nursing experience at Duke University Hospital Mary Elizabeth Hospital Raleigh and Charlotte Memorial Hospital.
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Winston-Salem
Margaret Mae Cheek
Burlington
The
City Memorial Hospital
C. K. Shire
Price Changes In Stock Mart Are Slight
The stock market loafed along today with minor price changes. Declines were posted for U S Steel, Youngstown Sheet, General Motors, Studebaker, Schenley, American Can, Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, Standard Oil NJ, and United Airlines. a few issues rose including Woolworth, Boeing, American Telephone, Electric Power and Light, American Smelting, Dow Chemical, Philip Morris, Radio Corp, and American Tobacco.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General Motors
Studebaker
Schenley
American Can
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Standard Oil
United Airlines
Woolworth
Boeing
American Telephone
Electric Power & Light
American Smelting
Dow Chemical
Philip Morris
Radio Corp
American Tobacco
Fate of Russian schoolteachers sparks U S tension
AP analyst DeWitt Mackenzie assesses the case of Oksana Kosenkina and Michael Lamarine, two Russian teachers seeking asylum after alleged Soviet coercion. The Russian consulate incident, British stance history, and U S asylum pledge frame a broader clash over Soviet influence and diplomatic sensitivities.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
America
New York City
Conan Doyle
Oksana S. Kosen‘kina
Michael J. Lamarine
Soviet Union
Truman Labor Day address looms amid tax debate and campaign shifts
President Truman plans a Labor Day address as critics argue a tax cut fuels deficit financing, while Dewey delays response. In Albany, Dewey and Warren map strategy as issues center on high prices and peace with honor. States’ righters spark clashes with regular Democrats in SC, MS, OK.
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Dewey
Congress
New York
Albany
Earl Warren
Warren
Dixie
South Carolina
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Thurmond
Wright
State Election ‘Board
States Rights Democratic Party
Virginia
Truman
Cal K H. Strickland
Democratic Executive Committee
Ashton H. Williams
Clark Charges Probes Hurt Inquiries
Attorney General says open hearings have hampered oral investigations into Communist activities. He declined a request for loyalty data on William W. Remington, a former Commerce Department official, as Elizabeth Bentley testifies that Remington passed secret information to Soviet agents during the war. Remington denies the accusation amid questions about FBI warnings and his transfers to confidential posts.
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Washington
Clark
Ferguson
Rmich
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Congressional
Remington
FBI
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
Arabs and Jews clash over truce breaches in Jerusalem
In Jerusalem the Arab and Jewish sides traded accusations of truce violations after the latest flare up since the cease fire. Mortar and machinegun fire echoed across the city as UN mediator Bernadotte urged restraint.
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Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Trans
Amman
Legion
Israel
Bernadotte
Stockholm
Holy City
Tel Aviv
Bernard Joseph
Sheik Jarrah
Old City
Burlington Mills Reports Large Nine Month Net Profit
Burlington Mills Corp. posts nine month net profits of 21.1 million dollars, or 5.81 a share, for the period ending June 19, vs 18.2 million dollars, 5.01 a share, in 1947. Net sales rise to 206.8 million, the highest for any like period in company history.
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New York
Burlington Mills Corp
Attorney General Declines Ferguson Request on Remington Data
In a public reply Clark told Ferguson the issue has been raised with the White House and that the loyalty program matter must be respectfully declined. The exchange centers on information and investigative techniques related to Remington data.
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Remington
Ferguson
Clark
White House
Clark orders broadcaster arrest in Tokyo
A G Clark directed the arrest in Tokyo of American-born Iva Toguri D Aquino for wartime Tokyo Rose broadcasts. D Aquino, Los Angeles native and Portuguese citizen wife, will be brought to the United States to answer treason charges. She is among at least six English-speaking Japanese women dubbed Tokyo Rose by US servicemen for broadcasts to forces in the Pacific from 1943 to 1945.
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Washington
Aftor
Clark
Tokyo
Iva Toguri D’aquino
Radio Tokyo
D'Aquino
Los Angeles
United States
Justice Department
D’ Aquino
Tokyo Rose
U. S
Pacific
Georgia Girl And Escort Fatally Harmed on Sea Beach
At a lonely Atlantic beach in Volusia County a young woman was found dead in palmetto brush with her bathing suit torn and signs of a struggle. The man, Blount, lay on a blanket on the sand, apparently killed in his sleep. Sheriff Littlefield said two killers, likely sex offenders, were involved and rewards totaling 1000 dollars were offered for information leading to arrests. The couple, who met at the resort last Thursday, were last seen about 6 30 Saturday night.
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Littlefield
Blount
Volusia County
Atlantic
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Purge Charges Stun Berlin as Communists Plot List of Enemies
Berlin reports claim a communist fifth column in the western sectors prepares a purge list of anti communists for retaliation if the western allies leave. Montags Echo cites Soviet sources alleging Moscow dictates German policy and criticizes Marshal Sokolovsky. A Dairy call starter aims to boost milk supplies for home use and export.
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Berlin
Liberal Democratic
Montags Echo
U. S
Britain
France
Telegraf
Moscow
Germany
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Kremlin
80 Year Old Woman Praises Tru Aid Relief from Rheumatic Pain
An elderly resident reports dramatic relief from rheumatic pains after using TRU-AID. She previously suffered severe right side pain, unable to walk, but now motion is restored and she feels markedly stronger. The ad promotes TRU-AID as a three ingredient liquid remedy sold in High Point drugstores.
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Tru-Aid
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