Federal union urged as mandate from church crusade
Dr. E. Stanley Jones after a 30 city speaking tour argues laity and ministers mandate federal union of denominations. He lists nine benefits from unified action including solidarity, moral leadership, reduced wasteful competition, and unified public voice. A Pullman porter echoes the call that all should go together.
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Federal Church Union
E. Stanley Jones
United States
America
ABC
Federal Union
First Protestant Film Enthusiastically Received
Preview audiences in New York greeted Beyond Our Own as the first feature-length film sponsored jointly by major Protestant denominations in the U. S. A. It combines a forthright religious message with drama and will be shown in churches jails clubs factories schools and domestic relations courts. An LA Arch-Diocesan union committee voiced alarm at Forever Amber being deemed wholesome for patronage citing entertainment conflicting with American home ideals.
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New York
Beyond Our Own
Protestant Film Commission
U. S
Arch-Diocesan
Union of Holy Name Societies
Los Angeles
Legion of Decency
Forever Amber
Hollywood
Movie Capital
London
Melbourne
Manila
China
Commission
Paul F. Heard
Mr. Heard
James K. Friedrich
Redwing
Minn
Cathedral Films
Anson Bond
Time Square
Christian Youth Campaign of America
J. Arthur Rank
Rank
Visual Aids Committee
World Council of Christian Education
Geneva
Canada
Aloysius Vachet
Renaissance Films
Montreal
Italy
France
Spain
Ireland
Mexico
Catholic Actors’ Guild
Week End Editorial on Oscar S Straus Memorial
Editorial lauds Oscar S Straus as a model immigrant and statesman honored by a Washington monument. It recalls President Truman praise and warns Americans to oppose anti Semitism and to welcome European Jewish refugees seeking home and opportunity in the United States.
Modern Meaning of Miracles in the Age of Science
A reflection on belief in miracles across eras from biblical to modern times. It argues miracles now mean law abiding powers used to achieve previously unbelievable ends, calling for ongoing faith and action. The piece closes with a prayer praising inspired souls and urging democratic unity and moral clarity.
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Henry Hitt Crane
Film Mission Expands as Churches Promote Religious Screens
Protestant and Catholic groups push cinema as a tool for faith, education, and ethics. Beyond Our Own leads a seven film series with world premieres and plans for distribution to churches, jails, clubs, and courts, alongside youth theater and stage efforts to broaden outreach.
NCC Deplores Acrimony Among Religious Groups
The National Conference of Christians and Jews adopts a resolution denouncing name calling and unworthy motives toward any religion. It urges Protestants Catholics and Jews to unite in tolerance and charity to lead amid global chaos and religious strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NCC
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Letter From the Moderator to Congregational Churches
Albert W. Palmer calls for a united church free of sectarian rivalry. He urges practical Christian service, postwar reform, and living the Beatitudes and Golden Rule to confront a doomed world with faith. Jesus can save the world if enough followers demonstrate his life in this pivotal age.
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Christian Church
Christ
Jesus
Albert W. Palmer
American Named to Head World's YWCA
Miss Silace Reid Barnes of Lake Forest Illinois was elected president of the World's Council of the YWCA at its first postwar meeting in Hangchow China. The council, with delegates from 22 nations, is the YWCA legislative body, representing 65 participating countries. Barnes will serve four years and is a Lake Forest College board member who has toured Europe and China for the YWCA.
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Silace Reid Barnes
Lake Forest
Ill
Hangchow
China
World Council
Geneva
Switzerland
Miss Barnes
Lake Forest College
Europe
R. F. Woodsmall
Northern Baptists Launch Relief Drive
A special Northern Baptist Convention committee announced a drive to collect 300000 pounds of used shoes and clothing. They will also provide 100000 CARE packages via Baptist women, eight car loads of relief cereal through the Baptist Youth Fellowship, and $175000 for relief. The effort, part of the Baptist World Alliance Relief Committee, unites Northern Southern and Negro Baptists with Clothing Month in November and supports Truman’s food conservation campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Baptist Convention
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Baptist World Alliance Relief Committee
General Relief Appeal
Truman
Straus Honored for Tolerance at D.C. Memorial Fountain
President Truman dedicates the Oscar Straus Memorial Fountain in Washington D.C. and urges expanded admission of European displaced persons. Archibald Roosevelt accepts the fountain on behalf of the nation. Straus served as Secretary of Commerce and Labor from 1906 to 1909 and died May 3, 1926.
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Truman
Oscar S. Straus
Washington, D. C
United States
Europe
Archibald Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Straus Memorial Association
Oscar Straus
Commerce and Labor
Baptist Sunday School
Talbotton
Georgia
Bavaria
Straus
Congress
Baptists Launch National Evangelistic Crusade set to reach thousands
The Northern Baptist Convention unveils a two year Crusade for Christ Through Evangelism. It aims to revitalize Bible use and boost Baptist church growth with 231 leadership training conferences across the country in November. The plan targets 400 000 new church accessions by 1950 plus 100 000 trained visitors and service to 1000 underprivileged neighborhoods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Baptist Convention
World Mission Crusade
Catholic schools enroll a record 3,000,000 students
An all time high of 3,000,000 children are attending Catholic schools and colleges this fall, up 50 percent in 25 years, according to the National Catholic Educational Association. Catholics nationwide are expanding parochial schooling with new buildings under construction and a multi million dollar program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Catholic Educational Association
Federal Council of Churches urges winter food relief plan
The council calls church groups to reduce cereal grains meat and fats consumption to aid relief. Saved funds should fund foreign relief. Households industries and public spaces to conserve coal. Churches to urge Congress to share burdens with those in suffering overseas.
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Congress
Federal Council
German Church Gains Ground After Nazi Era
Dr Otto Dibelius, bishop of Berlin Brandenburg, says the German church is slowly regaining ground lost under the Nazis. He notes scientists and professors join religious discussions and reports 33000 pounds of aid collected by 33 Lutheran churches for Europe. He is visiting the U S at the invitation of church groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Otto Dibelius
Church Province
Berlin-Brandenberg
Evangelical Church of the Old Prussian Union
Brandenberg
Germany
Dibelius
Dr. Dibelius
Europe
Federal Council of Churches
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Wilson Named NCCJ Protestant Co-Chairman
Charles E. Wilson president of General Electric was elected Protestant co chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews at a board meeting. He succeeds Dr. Arthur H. Compton who led the post for nine years. Wilson will serve with Catholic co chairman Thomas E. Braniff and Jewish co chairman Roger W. Strauss. He was prominent as War Production Board vice chairman and was named by President Truman in 1946 as chairman of the Civil Rights and Universal Training commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
St. Louis
Wilson
Thomas E. Braniff
Roger W. Strauss
A Practical Religion Hope to Unite Mankind Through Faith
Leo Tolstoy describes a new religion suited to modern development, a practical faith free of dogma and mysticism. He envisions generations consciously building a Christlike unity on earth, not promising future bliss but earthly happiness.
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Leo Tolstoy
Festival of Faith draws thousands across Protestant groups
The Festival of Faith service in Kiel Auditorium St Louis drew about 11 000 worshipers from 400 churches across 15 Protestant denominations. Bishop Angus Dun urged unity and cast out differences while warning of godless powers and urging Christians to examine their own faults.
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Angus Dun
Washington, D. C
Kiel Auditorium
St. Louis
Metropolitan Federation of Churches
Dun
Cleveland
Henry Sloane Coffin
Presbyterian Church
Assembly
God
Pasadena
Pasadena Council of Churches
Cleveland Kleibauer
Hollywood-Beverly
They May Have Life: Presbyterian Tribune on Food Saving Crusade
The piece urges American civilians to follow President Truman's wartime food saving plan to feed hungry abroad. It argues for reduced U S consumption as a peace effort and ties it to Christian duty. It notes Protestants and Catholics can observe fasts and donate meal costs to Church World Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Tribune
Truman
America
United States
Church World Service, Inc
Lutherans Allocate $1,000,000 for Japan Missionary Work
The board of foreign missions of the United Lutheran Church in America meeting in Harrisburg Pa voted a million dollar allocation for missionary work in Japan over the next three years. Fifty additional missionaries will be sent to Japan and four new missions in Argentina were approved. The church has allocated 1,248,000 for 1948 foreign mission work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Foreign Missions of the
United Luthern Church In America
Harrisburg
Japan
Argentina
United Lutheran Church
Catholic Dioceses Pledge Aid for Thanksgiving Food Drive
The National Catholic Welfare Conference reports 114 American dioceses pledge cooperation in a Thanksgiving Food Collection drive for war stricken countries. The effort aims to gather 25 million pounds of food during the week of November 23 to 30, urged by Archbishop John T. McNicholas of Cincinnati as chair of the Welfare Conference administrative board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Catholic Welfare Conference
John T. McNicholas
Cincinnati
The
Welfare Conference
Mirror of Opinion Homeage to Mickey Mouse
The piece honors Disney's Mickey Mouse on its twentieth anniversary noting Walt Disney and peers praise the character. It highlights Mickey as a universal ambassador breaking down prejudice with a single whisk of whimsy across cultures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Walt Whitman
Mickey
Walt Disney
Eddie Cantor
Gay Blade
Minenie
Mickey Maus
Michel Souris
Mikki Kuchi
Can Americans Take Criticism Can Americans Take Criticism
In a Christian era column C G argues that power breeds resentment and criticism. A senator returning from Europe notes widespread anti American propaganda and misrepresentation. The piece urges Americans to accept inevitable critique with sportsmanship and humor.
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Europe
Lord Acton
Far East
America
Great Britain
C&g
Aging singer becomes symbol of democracy in Germany
J Elmer Spyglass a 70 year old former concert star and longtime exile returns to public service as a tionist at the U S consulate in Frankfurt He tends American interests across western Germany assisting displaced people and reconnecting Germans with the United States His birthday drew flowers from most of Schwalbach and nearby areas highlighting his role as a living emblem of American democracy abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
U. S
J. Elmer Spyglass
Spyglass
Europe
Frankfurt
America
Schwalbach
Abolish War And Fall Of Civilizations Urge
A speaker argues to abolish war and class structures, warning that failure risks a decisive victory by materiel power. He notes the atomic age created a world split between two dominant powers and opposing ideologies. Salvation may lie in Christianity and other religions, even from unexpected sources.
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United States
Soviet Union
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David E. Lilienthal
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