Missionary Effort Backed by Vast Business Network
An American Herald story outlines Jehovah's Witnesses as the controversial, militant religious movement led by Charles Taze Russell and later Joseph Rutherford. It notes their world reach, courtroom battles, large literature distribution, and rejection of flag salutes amid anti religious sentiment abroad and in the United States.
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Aid
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Earth
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Pittsburgh
Willkie and Willkie Known by Navy Immortals
Navy athletics highlight Ed Willkie a Hoosier who rose from obscurity to star left guard in 1920. He played with Maj. E. E. Swede Larson, helped Navy defeat Army and Gray legs 7 0. Sports writers praised the powerful tackle in 1920 previews.
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Dy Joan Grover
Annapolis
Wendell Willkie
Ed Willkie
Crabtown
Army
Navy
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Rutherford Convention Moves to Detroit for Four Day Sermons
Signatures had been vague and not fully frank. The convention shifted to Detroit after the high command had already decided measures. Conventions run four to six days with sermons and business sessions, then members return home on foot or by hitchhiking, warning inhabitants of Armageddon and selling Judge Rutherford's books to seek converts.
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Atlanta
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New York
International Bible Students Association
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Ohio Department of Agriculture
Columbus
John Bricker
Bricker
Trs
Detroit
Ed Willkie shines in Navy victory as key blocker
The piece credits Ed Willkie for opening running holes that set up Navy’s winning touchdown and calls his defense impregnable. It notes Willkie’s Olympic background, a crucial wrestling loss, and lacrosse at the Naval Academy. Also mentions his 1928 class ranking and later business career.
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Ton Willkin
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Wendell Willkie Hero figure echoes in academy chatter
In a fragmentary dialogue locals discuss Wendell Willkie and a coworker named Wendell connected to a Hoosier mentor and several sports roles. The conversations touch on reputation, family ties, and distant references to Navy politics, with odd phrases and misheard names coloring the scene.
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