Goodwill Industries Born From Morgan Memorial Case
A half century ago Edgar J. Helms founded Morgan Memorial on Shawmut Avenue in Boston to aid destitute by collecting and repairing old clothing for the needy in exchange for work. The movement grew into Goodwill Industries with workshops, shops, and stores across cities, paying wages of over eight thousand dollars weekly for relief and employing ten thousand handicapped workers nationwide.
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Boston
Edgar J. Helms
Old
Henry Morgan
Shawmut Avenue
Morgan Memorial
Goodwill Industries of
Goodwill Industries
Goodwill Industry
Washington, D.C
National Goodwill Industries
Robert F. Bradford
Massachusetts
Agate
Christian Service
Dr.elms
Peiping
China
Oslo conference inspires world peace through Christian unity
Dr. Harold C. Case recalls Oslo great Christian conference where delegates from Africa Indonesia Dutch and English spoke of transforming power. They left as friends united under one Lord and country the Kingdom of God, convinced the Spirit of God can foster worldwide goodwill justice and peace.
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Oslo
Harold C. Case
Christ
Jesus Christ
Kingdom of God
Poll tax dispute stirs cross party fight and church response
Congressman Bender calls poll tax a disgrace provoking a sharp reply from Bishop Moore. The clergyman defends state poll taxes as protective, civic and educational, while opposing federal anti poll tax legislation as meddling and undignified. He argues the tax reflects citizen responsibility, not discrimination, and cites northern party interests in major cities.
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George H. Bender
Cleveland
Ohio
John M. Moore
Methodist Church
Mr_ Bender
Bishop Moore
North
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Detroit
South
Japanese Youth Show Tremendous Interest in Christianity
A nine member deputation returned from Korea and Japan reporting a strong appetite for Christianity and democracy among Japanese youth. They cited Dr Tokihiko Kagawa converting 18 000 youths in one month, a figure he said would be a year’s target before the war. The group conducted two months of study for the Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
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Japan
Tokohikg Kagawa
Kagawa
Korea
Foreign Missions Conference of North America
Church Tower Citizens Get Their Chance
The Christian Century summarizes eight congressional action areas likely before the next session, aiding voters and Christian groups to engage with Senators and Representatives at home. It lists bills ranging from universal military training and arms for Latin America to health, education, housing, and international cooperation measures with notable names and acts.
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Congress
House
Senate
State Department
United States
World Health Organization
Tome
Eaton
Latin America
Andrews
Dolliver
Taft
Department of Health, Education and Security
Avison
Selson
Murray
Wagner
Ball
Ives
Salton
Fio Committee
Clifford F. Case
New Jersey
Judiciary Committee
United Nations
Thomas
Sabath
U.S
International Trade Organization
European teachers form Christian school movement in France
Miss Olive Wyon of England, newly named to the World Council of Churches study department, reports a French teacher at a Chateau de Bossey conference urged forming Christian education centers. Delegates from the U S and several European nations attended to promote Christian schooling and a Christian schoolmaster as a moral guide.
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France
Olive. Wyon
England
World Council of Churches
Chateau de Bossey
Geneva
United States
Miss. Wyon
Miss Wyon
Miss ‘Wyon
Churches to intensify relief drives for needy nations
American Protestant churches plan widespread campaigns in rural areas to raise wheat and farm products for war ravaged countries as UNRRA programs wind down. Church World Service and Lutheran World Relief will coordinate efforts with state and local church bodies and seek involvement from service groups and civic leaders. Donors can designate contributions to either agency.
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UNRRA
United States
World Service
Lutheran
World, Relief
Roth
Sin
Church World ‘Service
Lutheran World Relief
Life With Father praised by Times critic Pryor
The Times critic Thomas M. Pryor calls Clarence Day’s Life With Father a well made picture at Warner Theater. He notes William Powell delivers a balanced performance in this wholesome entertainment and recommends the film to viewers.
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Clarence FE
Day
William Powell
New York ‘Times
Thomas M. Pryor
Powell
Warner Theater
E Stanley Jones on Caste and its Global Echo
Dr. E Stanley Jones, back from India, critiques caste in India and America. He asserts both systems rest on blood and perceived intellectual hierarchy, yet schooling and education erode such claims. Jones notes India’s center yields while America clings, predicting caste end may hinge on mass movements and reform.
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E. Stanley Jones
Pasadena
India
America
Dr. Jones
Jones
South Africa
Opening of Seabury House Marks Episcopal HQ Move
Presiding Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill announced plans to move from New York to Seabury House Greenwich Connecticut the denomination’s first permanent residence for its presiding bishop. The 99 acre estate will include a 25 room colonial house for meetings and a cottage for the bishop’s family with the aim of Seabury House becoming a spiritual capital for the Episcopal Church worldwide.
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Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Church
New ‘York
Seabury House
Greenwich
Conn
Sherrills
Episcopal Church
Lamberth
Archbishop’ of Canterbury
Church of England
Episcopal
Herbert L. Satterlee
Sheriff
Japan Thanks U S Religious Groups
The Japanese House of Representatives unanimously adopted a resolution praising American religious and other relief groups for supplying food, clothing, and medical supplies to Japan through licensed Asian relief agencies. The measure lauded the gifts as acts of goodwill and sympathy from the American people.
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Tokyo
Japan
Asia
House of Representatives
White Lara
Sapan
House
Assembly
Demagogue Menace in Germany Warned by Cleric
Dr Stewart Herman of the World Council of Churches warned from Geneva that Germans faced dangerous demagoguery due to hopelessness. He cited economic gloom and a church unable to guide the nation, saying a non Hitler lookalike demagogue could win wide support for flawed salvation schemes.
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Stewart Herman
Department of Reconstruction and Inters Church Aid
The
World Council ,of Churches
Geneva
Germany
United States
Hitler
Herman
Europe Is Gripped By Widespread Starvation Crisis
The piece depicts Europe’s long famine with millions in hunger on diets around 1800 calories daily. It warns of youth suffering physically and morally, with foraging and black market activity, increased crime, job scarcity, and declining work quality and civic interest.
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Europe
Huronpe
Chaos in the Orient Warns of World War Risk
Leslie B. Moss of Church World Service warns after a long Asia trip that ferment in the Orient could become the most destructive force in the universe unless a new global framework of community morality and responsibility binds peoples together. He calls China a land of catastrophe and notes floods threaten a major disaster while the government battles the Communists.
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Philippines
Siam
Indonesia
Singapore
China
Leslie B. Moss
Church World Service
Moss
Catholics Report Gain In 1947 Directory
The 1947 Catholic directory lists 25,288,178 Catholics in the United States Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands, up 66,048 from last year. It notes more than 100,000 converts among the faithful.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Oslo conference unites youth from 70 nations
Echoes from Oslo describe a 1200 delegate gathering in Oslo July 22 to 31 with leaders from 70 countries under the theme Jesus Christ Is Lord. Europeans and Americans move toward shared social concerns. attendees recall becoming friends for one Lord and one Kingdom of God amid tension.
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Oslo
Norway
Ruaaia
Japan
United States
Harold C. Case
Robert Root
The
Des Moines Register
Rool
Alex Johnson
United Communion
World's Alliance of the
Y.mc.a
Y.W.C.A
World's
Student Christian Federation
World Council of Churches
World's Sunday School Association
International “Missionary — Council
World Alliance For Friendship Through the Churchess
World Christian Endeavor Uvion
Theodore Bilbo A Fearful but Imperfect Demagogue
The piece argues Bilbo was crude and corrupt, a dangerous demagogue whose rise relied on Mississippi conditions. It notes his use of fear of minority groups, his clumsy methods, and venal hypocrisy, warning democracy could produce a more capable demagogue.
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Theodore G. Bilbo
United States Senate
Mississippi
Bilbo
A. Tors
Sso
The Permanent Crisis and US Soviet Policy
The piece argues the main American diplomatic task is curbing Soviet expansion. It criticizes Truman's $100,000,000 Greece Turkey aid proposal as inadequate. It asserts the US must maintain a stronger position militarily economically and morally to outpace the Communist world and achieve a peaceful free world.
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Truman
Greece
Turekey
Tassia
Europe
Asia
Soviet Union
Vandenbaren
Mountain Silence and Awe in the Matterhorn Vision
In the Mirror of Opinion, a speaker describes the Matterhorn rising like a sentinel in alpenglow. The peak inspires thoughts of eternity, human fragility, and a timeless spirit watching over ages. Many travelers seek the Alps for rest, peace, and moral uplift, unable to explain the pull. First Methodist Messenger.
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Lare
Alps
Swise Alps
God
Fran
The Magic Word and the Power of Liberty
A historical reflection on liberty as a universal political word. It notes how phrases like Give me liberty or give me death resonate across Western societies and nations emerging from war. The piece compares liberty's magic to other political slogans and hints at how svoboda could influence Russia’s future rhetoric.
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North
South
Russia
Democracy loses as crowd silences Smith at Ol South Meetinghouse
In Boston a chartered Ol South Meetinghouse event by Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith was disrupted by about 40 hecklers. Smith spoke for an hour but left without a word as opponents, including Communists, liberals, and others, booed him down, challenging free speech in a hall tied to revolutionary history. The episode is portrayed as a loss for democracy over authoritarian rhetoric.
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Boston
Gerald L. K. Smith
Ol South Meetinghouse
Smith
Epéale
Ecklers
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