Church Concepts Declared Too Old
In Buffalo on August 1 the Federal Council of Churches leader warned Christianity fails to attract followers due to Shakespearean language and Augustine era theology. Charles P Taft told the Disciples of Christ convention that Christianity should align with modern economies to win new converts.
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Buffalo
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Disciples of Christ
Flying saucers sighted by Long Beach residents
Four Long Beach residents reported seeing a flying disc around 6 p m last Friday and others echoed the sighting the same day confirming it was not a hoax. Witnesses described a reddish green blue disc racing across the sky with smoke trailing and pieces breaking away as it disappeared.
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Long Beach
Harry Kessler
Orange’ Ave
John Salerno
Linden Ave
Paul R. Rioth
Junipero- Ave
Mgr
van Dorn R. Carpenter
Raymond-Ave
Rioths
J. K. Walker
Pacific Coast Hwy
City sought approval to buy heavy tractor after fire
City Council was to consider an emergency resolution to buy an $11,497 heavy tractor without bids to replace one damaged by fire at the city dump. Roy Bastion safely moved the burning machine away from the dump, while another dozer and a tractor were affected. Repairs and temporary reassignment of equipment were noted as the sanitation plan continued.
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Carl. B. Witsching
Roy Bastion
E. 68Th’ St
Harry Inville
Automotive Department
Linville
Return of Anita Rombonnet Sparks Indonesian Portraits
Anita Rombonnet, returning after 28 years in the Dutch East Indies aboard the Dutch freighter Madoera, described Indonesians as savage and stupid and criticized Japanese terror and communism. She blamed Dutch colonial policies for tensions, noting her husband died in a Japanese internment camp and she was tortured early in the war. She heads to Mobile, Alabama to join relatives.
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Anita’ Rombonnet
East Indies
Indonesia
Flier Killed as B-25 Crashes Near Kelso Washington
McChord Field Wash Aug 1 One man was killed and two of three others bailed out after a B-25 bomber caught fire and crashed east of Kelso while en route to Hamilton Field California. State patrol and police found the wreckage after daybreak with one body in the debris and another unaccounted. The plane, leaving McChord at 2 am, dropped a flare over Lone View area then was seen with an engine on fire.
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Loneview
Sailor Charged With Killing 9 Hangs Self
William W. Smith, 21, a seaman second class, awaiting court martial on charges of killing nine shipmates aboard an LST off the China coast, was found hanged in his cell at the Anacostia Naval Receiving Station. He had been held in solitary confinement pending trial, with reports that on April 23, 1946, he fired on the crew of LST A72, killing nine and injuring one.
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Washington
Wiliam W. Smith
China
Anacostia
Smith
Mrs Norman Thomas Dies in New York
Mrs Norman Thomas wife of the Socialist party leader died suddenly in New York City the Socialist party headquarters reported She had been attending a meeting of the party national executive committees in Reading Pa when she was summoned home The spokesman said the circumstances of her death were not immediately learned
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New York
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Thomas
Reading
Burglar Steals 100 Pounds of Coffee from Warehouse
A second story burglar broke into a coffee company office and warehouse at 1341 W Anaheim St and took 100 pounds of coffee in five pound sacks. Police report the theft occurred last night and the suspect appears to have stocked up for several years.
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Coffee
Anaheim St
Air Force Faces Fuel Shortage Ahead of Anniversary
Washington Ag 1. The Army Air Forces disclosed it has only about 30 days of aviation gasoline and oil due to heavy commercial demand. Officials said curtailing operations to conserve fuel allows Air Force Day observances to proceed as routine. Bids on aviation gasoline since Jan 1 have been taken as few offers remain.
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Washington
Army Air Forces
Ai. A. F
Air’ ‘Forces
Indians to Be State's Wards
Washington August 1 Interior Secretary Krug announced federal plans to withdraw from administering Indian affairs in California. The department will centralize Indian administration in Sacramento as California prepares to assume responsibility, following a 50 percent cut in California Indian Service appropriations and the state’s substantial Indian population. Congress and the State Legislature must approve the transfer. The state has about 33 000 Indians, many from 50 small reservations left by the federal government.
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Washington
J. A. Krug
California
Krug
Department
Sacramento
Indian Service
Congress
Citizens Protest Use of Names in East Long Beach Oil Fight
Citizens protest use of their names on a committee opposing subsurface drilling in East Long Beach. Attorney Philip N. McCaughan says he declined and had no authority. others deny knowledge of committee membership and request publicity of the false attribution. Names include George M. Vermillion a school board trustee and businessman, and E P Perry manager of Farmers & Merchants Bank East Long Beach branch and president of the East Long Beach Improvement and Industrial Association.
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East Long Beach
Averkamp
Philip N. McCaughan
McCaughan
New Skipper Commands Los Angeles Cruiser
Capt Edward A Solomons aged 48 a World War II Pacific veteran has assumed command of the U S S Los Angeles in a change of command ceremony in Long Beach Harbor Clarence Voegels 47 of Menlo Park Calif relinquished command after ten months and will join the Bureau of Ordnance Solomons a 1922 Naval Academy graduate hails from Sumter South Carolina.
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Edward A. Solomons
Los Angeles
Long Beach Harbor
Clarence Voegels
Menlo Park
Calif
Bureau of Ordnance
Washington
D. C
Solomons
Naval Academy
Sumter
S. C
U S Expects to Leave Greece Within Year
Dwight Griswold, head of the U S mission to Greece, said the United States expects to be out of Greece within a year and does not plan to build American influence or seek commercial interests. He added troops will not be sent beyond about 100 military personnel to assist with supplies and provide advice.
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Acluens
Dwight Griswold
U.S
Greece
Man Awarded $1500 Damages in Fall Slip
Roy Brockman, operator of a service station at Seventh St and Olive Ave, won $1500 in Municipal Court before Judge O Benton Worley for ankle injuries after slipping on a drainage expression while lifting an automobile battery at the Savoy Garage. Brockman was represented by C Ransom Samuelson.
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Roy Brockman
Seventh St
Olive Ave
Savoy
O. Benton Worley
Brockman
C. Ransom Samuelson
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