Father Divine’s New Marriage Shocks Cult Circle
Philadelphia August 8 The self styled god Father Divine reported to have married Edna Rose Ritchings a 21 year old Montreal woman in April. The ceremony took place at the Washington home of Rev Albert L Shadd with a wedding banquet in Philadelphia. Divine described the union as in name only asserting God is not married. The bride nicknamed Sweet Angel reportedly worked in Montreal and attended the New Day publication of the divine sect.
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Montreal
Edna Rose Ritchings
Washington
Albert L. Shadd
Divine
Mother Divine
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Charity
New Day
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Mary
D A Moves To Halt Cornero Gambling Ship Bunker Hill
Los Angeles district attorney Fred Howser said he would act to stop Tony Cornero’s gambling ship Bunker Hill eight miles off Long Beach. He cited San Pedro Bay jurisdiction and planned to file warrants with Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz, with documents ready by Thursday afternoon.
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Los Angeles
Fred Howser
Tony Cornero
Bunker Hill
Charles Stratton
Eugene W. Biscailuz
Cornero’s Gaming
Long Beach
Divine remarks on marriage vows and postwar mission
In an August 8 1946 wedding banquet address Divine outlines a marriage as a bond beyond fault and sorrow. He declares the union should propagate virtue and holiness, opposing vice, self-indulgence, and discrimination while linking the couple’s duties to a broader anti Hitlerism mission.
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Monroe
News-Star
Plane lands then two men flee into woods
Dren saw the plane land and two men run from it into the woods. Examination revealed a woman's nightgown and papers showing the craft was registered to Luscombe Aviation Corporation of Dallas. A few hours later the plane took off again with no one nearby. Dallas said Luscombe no longer owned the plane.
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Dren
Luscombe Aviation Corporation
Dallas
Tex
Luscombe Corporation
Gasoline Wholesale Price Increase Announced in North Louisiana
J M McBride district manager of Standard Oil Co announces a two tenths of a cent per gallon wholesale gasoline rise in 22 North Louisiana communities effective today in Monroe. He notes retailers set their own prices and that most stations already raised a cent last August 1. All types of fur and wool are hair.
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Monroe
J. M. McBride
Shreveport
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Standard
McBride
Baffling Light Plane Visit Near Franklinton
Farmers in Franklinton Louisiana puzzled as a light plane briefly visited a pasture. Sheriff Loyd Mulina reported two children were involved in the incident and investigators sought explanations for the mysterious aerial stop.
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Franklinton
Loyd Mulina
Common People No Longer in Church at Convention
Jackson Jarman of Mexico Missouri told the International convention of the Disciples of Christ in Columbus Ohio that the church has lost the common people and its voice sounds strange. He warned of gross immorality both inside and outside services and cited chaplains who say half of veterans had extramarital relations when opportunities arose. He questioned the level of religious nurture provided.
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Columbus
Ohio
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