Schweitzer tours United States amid wide publicity
Dr Albert Schweitzer and his wife Helene Breas lau drew a crowd of more than 35 photographers during a U S visit arranged to raise funds for his African work. He discussed why he chose medicine, his leprosy program in French Equatorial Africa and plans for a new volume titled Reverence for Life.
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New York
Albert
United States
Helene Breaslau
England
Dr. Schweitzer
Germany
Africa
Schweitzer
Purope
Goethe
Aspen
Colo
French Equatorial Africa
Emory Ross
Albert Schweitzer
Fifth Avenue
Bach Society
Paris
Assisi
Week End Editorial on Forrest Warren Death Triumph Faith
The San Diego Daily Journal editorial honors veteran correspondent Forrest Warren who faced a cancer diagnosis with fearlessness and hope. It highlights his May 17 front page confession, donations to the Forrest Warren Cancer Fund reaching thirty five thousand dollars, and the belief that death is a gateway to eternal life achieved through faith and service to others.
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Forrest Warren
San Diego Daily Journal
Warren
Jesus Christ
Browning
The Menace of Totalitarianism and Theological Dangers
A compact critique argues totalitarianism as a global threat surpassing mere forms of government. It links personalism to church communion, warns against doctrinal fundamentalism, world detachment, and sectarianism on the Continent, urging translation of biblical concepts to modern contexts without losing substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
United Evangelistic Advance aims to enlist 35 million members
Forty two denominations pledge support for the United Evangelistic Advance to begin next fall and run for 15 months. The drive, sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches, targets the nation’s unchurched and plans a National Teaching Mission and university missions to attract and assimilate new members across over two years.
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United
Evangelistic Advance
United Advance
Jesse M. Bader
Department of Evangelism
Federal Council of Churches
Federal Council
Elmer G. Homrighausen
Princeton Theological Seminary
United Evangelistic Advance
Operative Lutheran Evangelism
For Christ and
Methodist Church
America
Congregational Christian Churches
Church of the Nazarene
Church of the Brethren
Southern Baptist Conventions
Disciples of Christ
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Southern
New Life Movement
Presbyterian Church In
U. S.A
Northern
Protestant Episcopal Church
Aoe
Bishop Oxnam Goes to London
Bishop G Bromley Oxnam a Methodist bishop from New York and chairman of the World Council Central Committee leaves July 1 from La Guardia for a July 15 meeting in Chichester England. He will also attend the Executive Committee meeting of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs and join delegates from 154 church bodies in 44 countries to discuss international relations and church policy and study the concept of The Responsible Society across the iron curtain.
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Bishop Baker
World Council
New York
James Chamberlain Baker
Los Angeles
Methodist Church
Amsterdam
England
World Council of Churches
Netherlands
California - Arizona
Hawaii, Mission
New York City
G. Bromley Oxnam
la Guardia
Pan American
Council
Chichester
Bishop Oxnam
Conference of USA
Commission of the Churches On International Affairs
Oxford
Amsterdam Assembly
The drinking question from Raymond A. McConnell
A speech urging individuals to refuse or abstain from serving alcohol to curb a social health issue. It argues neutrality is impossible and stresses personal influence in Lincoln and beyond. Public figures and Hollywood are cited as examples of anti drinking actions, calling all to consider their stance.
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Raymond A. McConnell
Plymouth
Lincol
Nebraska
Hollywood
Lincoln
Presbyterian Church Plans Expansion
Dr Louis H Evans pastor announces expansion of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood Sunday school after a fund raising drive exceeding 250000. With over 4000 pupils and 57 weekday activities the program spills into nearby apartments and offices. The church tops the denomination with more than 5000 members and has generated about 1 million dollars in the last eight years.
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First Presbyterian Church of
Hollywood
Louis H. Evans
Presbyterian U
Catholic Directory Shows U S Catholic Population At 26 718 343
The 1949 Official Catholic Directory reports 26 718 343 Catholics in the United States including Hawaii and Alaska, up 642 646 from last year. It lists 117 130 conversions in 1948, clergy at 42 334, nuns 141 606, brothers 7301, and 4 401 524 Catholic instruction participants. Brooklyn is largest diocese with 1 203 915 Catholics. Pittsburgh 787 476. New York 1 657 680. Philadelphia 1 001 868. The hierarchy totals 181 members including four cardinals.
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United States
Hawaii
Alaska
Brooklyn
N.Y
Pittsburgh
Architoceses
Eage
New York
Philadelphia
Chi
Boston
Influence of Daily Kindness Shapes a Nation
Dorothy Thompson cites a spiritual autobiography and honors her father a quiet minister who lived democracy as daily service. He influenced many and avoided demagogy, teaching respect for all people. The piece argues ordinary mothers and fathers mold America's spiritual climate through steady decency and courage.
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America
Dorothy Thompson
Current Ladies’ Home Journal
Lfe
Wordgworth
Lucy
Christ
Upstate
New York
Walt
Whitman
Friends
Congress urged to back Barden education bill
Mirror urges broad public action in support of Representative Graham A. Barden's education bill. Prods Protestant groups and individuals to write letters or telegraphs to Congress, noting NAEP letters to teachers and principals and urging constituents to contact their representatives.
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Graham A. Barden
North Carolina
Avery Friend
America
National Education Association
Protestant Church
Lfe
Congress
House
Washington
The South Will Do It on Hooded Beatings in Alabama
The Christian Science Monitor argues that many Southerners will punish Ku Klux Klan violence themselves while defending home rule. It notes widespread denunciation of masked beatings near Birmingham and critics warn against tying federal laws to local self-government. The piece mentions Alabama moves to ban masks amid a broader call to separate outlawry from legitimate Southern aims.
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South
Christian Science Monitor
Mason and Dixon Ring
Alabama
Birmingham
Klan
Russia Opposes UN Silent Prayer Plan
At Lake Success New York Soviet Russia objected to a proposal to open the UN General Assembly each year with a minute of silent prayer and meditation. Aleksander A Soldatov cited religious diversity among UN members and opposed a separate prayer building in the new permanent headquarters. The U S and Britain backed the plan while France indicated conditional approval depending on majority support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trygve Lie
James Hyde
U.S
Alexander Cadogan
Great Britain
Pierre Ordonneau
Character and Destiny in Classical Thought
The passage contrasts shifting times eroding works with the permanence of character. It cites Greek saying Character a Destiny and Walt Whitman noting that nothing survives except personal character, implying enduring value lies in moral makeups over external achievements.
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Walt Whitman
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International Congregational Council
Audrey R. Vine
Beaks
Russia
United Nations
Russell J. Clinchy
Hartford
Conn
Congr Gational
Douglas Horton
General Council
International Council
James C. Baker
Emil Brunner
London
del Oe
U. S
Mirror of Opinion
U.N
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