World circled by Yale radio Christmas broadcast
A vast international broadcast plan with Luther an Hour Christmas program airing on over 1400 stations worldwide. The Voice of America and Armed Forces Radio Service coordinate with networks from the Netherlands to Finland and Britain to Australia to reach millions in multiple languages.
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Lutheran Hour
Voice of America
Armed Forces Radio Service
U. S. Coast Guard
Courier
Near East
Middle East
Mediterranean
Open Sea
Foreign Broadcasting Service
Holland
Goeth Houe SA
QS Lea
Radio
Huizen
Radio Hilversen
Southeast Asia
China
India
Pakistan
Burma
Pacific
Cadena
Radio Colon
Latin America
Light
British Broadcasting Corp
Australia
New Zealand
Foreign Service
United States
Doughty Little
Finland
Europe
Stalin
Lahti
New Orleans
Miami
Dallas
Jacksonville
Delta
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Welfare board approves funds and parole plan in Baton Rouge
In November welfare spending totaled 9.246 million with allocations of 9.488 million for February. The board heard that 86 people asked to be removed from rolls before January 1. Parole service at Pineville was approved for the remainder of the biennium. A 21,900 contribution was voted to license nursing homes and set standards. James C. Bolton of Alexandria was re elected chairman.
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Baton Rouge
State Board of Public Welfare
Pineville
Department of Health
James C. Bolton
Alexandria
Arcadia High Composes Christmas Concert in New Auditorium
Arcadia High School Band presents its annual Christmas concert in the new auditorium at 7 30 p m on Thursday evening December 18. The program mixes popular selections old favorites and Christmas numbers with special performances and no admission charge. The district says holiday vacation begins Friday afternoon December 19 with classes resuming Monday morning December 29 featuring a Christmas tree sermon and dinner.
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Arcadia
Arcadia High School
E. L. Self
Red Stripe on Marine Blues Mark Chapultepec Bloodshed
The red stripe on the dress blue trousers honors Marine blood spilled at Chapultepec during the Mexican War.
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United States Marines
Chapultepec
Murder Told as Result of Living in Sin in Tennessee
An elderly man John Rutledge, 73, is held on 20000 bond for murder of Ralph Hooper, 28, after claiming Hooper lived in sin with a woman not his wife. Two brothers Jim and Dave Myers, 36 and 38, charged as accessories, waived hearings and are held on 5000 bond each. Rutledge allegedly killed Hooper with two pistol shots and a shotgun blast at Rutledge’s cabin, then buried the body in a shallow grave near the Obion River with the Myers brothers.
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Union City
Tenn.p
Sin
John Rutledge
Ralph Clinton Hooper
Jim Myers
Dave Myers
Polk Station
Elbert Burcham
Rutledge
Hooper
Myers
Obion River
Lone Marine Keeps Watch at Pago Pago for 35 Years
For over three decades a single United States Marine served on duty at Pago Pago Samoa. The lone Leatherneck commanded the Fita Fitas, the native guards who protect naval property on the island.
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United States
Pago Pago
Samoa
Central Baptist Church Christmas cantata and mission goal
A Christmas program with a cantata The Light Oer Bethlehem by Louise E. Stairs and a Lottie Moon foreign missions presentation will be at Central Baptist Church Sunday at 7 00 p m The offering goal is 1000 with white gift wrap at the altar and advance offerings accepted from absent members.
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Charles B. Littleton
Lottie Moon
Central Baptist
Bethlehem
Louise E. Stairs
Bazooka Expert Receives Navy Cross for Saipan Action
Marine Corporal Charlie D. Merritt of Greensville South Carolina knocked out seven Japanese tanks with seven bazooka rockets on Saipan and earned the Navy Cross for the feat.
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Charlie D. Merrit
Greensville
S. C
Saipan
Marine Corps Emblem Maintains 1868 Shape And Symbols
The Marine Corps emblem remains nearly unchanged since its 1868 adoption, featuring an anchor representing the sea and an eagle perched above it in the Western Hemisphere motif.
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Marine Corps
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