Voice of Prophecy expands reach across continents
The Voice of Prophecy, led by H. M. Richards, began in Long Beach California and grew to a network of 26 stations on a western network. It expanded coast to coast and now reaches 430 stations in the Western Hemisphere with broadcasts in English Spanish Portuguese and translations planned for China. The program offers free Bible Correspondence Courses in multiple languages and braille materials with over two hundred thousand enrollees and branch schools in Australia.
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Guernsey Cow Produces Five Calves In Three Freshenings
A pure-bred Guernsey cow on Paul G. Burkhart’s East Earl farm produced five calves in three freshenings. First calving in 1942 yielded one calf, second in March 1943 brought two heifers, and the third on June 15, 1944 produced two bull calves.
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Paul G. Burkhart
East Earl
R. 1
Registered Cow Delivers Twin Calves at Sauder Farm
Conestoga Jewel a registered Holstein cow owned by Melvin L. Sauder East Earl R. 1 produced female twin calves. The mother is from the Sauder herd.
Bible Ques tions and Answers feature to run weekly
The Voice of Prophecy offers a weekly Bible Questions and Answers column to newspapers in the Western Hemisphere. Over three hundred papers have already agreed to carry the feature, and readers of the Clarion will soon see it appearing weekly as a special feature.
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New Zealand
Chungking
South Africa
Honolulu
Central
South America
Richards
Voice of Prophecy
Voice of Prophecy, Inc
Western Hemisphere
the Clarion
First Sermon of Jesus Christ in John Chapter Three
The article notes Jesus first preached in Johns Gospel Chapter Three with the text John 3 16 and the need for the new birth This single person audience emphasizes the cross as central and personal salvation offered to each reader through faith in Christ.
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Christ
Judea
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Invasion Keeps Pace Amid Large Allied Push in France
Allied forces reported the invasion keeping pace with the planned timetable as they broke through near Balleroy and pressed on Caen while Germans counterattacked at Montebourg and Carentan. About 600 to 700 square miles of France had been liberated, with strong pincers forming around Caen and Caen’s defense shaping the battle. Rommel diverted around a quarter of his forces to France and the Low Countries as the fight intensified.
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Eisenhower
Balleroy
Cerisy Forest
Caen
Montebourg
Carentan
Cherbourg
Erwin Rommel
France
Low Countries
Paris
Rouen
IMPORTANT VISITORS TO INVASION FRONTS
War leaders and allied aides visited the Normandy front soon after D-Day. Gen Charles de Gaulle planned to go to the invasion coast to bolster French resistance while American and British leaders, including Eisenhower Marshall Arnold and Churchill with Brooke Smuts, toured the front for five hours. The two sides did not meet.
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France
United States
Normandy
D-Day
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U. S
Harry H. Arnold
Air Forces
Ernest J. King
U.S
English Channel
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Imperial Staff
Sir
Allan Brooke
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Nazis Retreat Across Italian Front Near Rome
Allied reports say German forces pull back along the Tyrrhenian to the Adriatic front as Eighth Army troops cross the Saline River near Pescara five miles north of the city. American infantry hit new dug-in defenses east of Orbetello on the Tyrrhenian coast while advancing toward Rome. South of Terni the center sees resistance but some gains. RAF bombers attack Hungary and oil refineries near Komarom despite weather.
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Budapest
Red Troops Break Through Finnish Defenses Near Viipuri
A Helsingfors dispatch reports civilians preparing to evacuate Viipuri and other Karelian towns as Red Army reserves join the battle. Gen Leonid Govorov’s forces penetrate along a 23 mile front, overrunning more than 40 towns and villages and driving through the Mannerheim line built after the 1941 Finnish advance. Russians push toward an intermediate defense line south of a third belt guarding Viipuri’s outskirts.
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Finland
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A. Govorov
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Mannerheim
Marianas Raid New Defeat for Japs
An American carrier task force sank 13 Japanese ships and damaged 16 more in three days around the Mariannas, with 141 aircraft destroyed and 15 American planes lost. Ten ships were sunk or damaged as a Jap formation retreated from Saipan. Allied HQ said Mokmer airfield on Biak is active as assaults push toward Borokoe. Biak casualties through the first week of June: 85 killed, 340 wounded.
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Tokyo
U.S
Saipan
New Guinea
Mokmer
Biak
Borokoe
Roosevelt declares Japan can surrender or be destroyed soon
President Roosevelt spoke nationwide, saying Japan can be forced to unconditional surrender or suffer national death by action. He asserted Allied forces push toward Tokyo as Pacific advances cripple Japanese ability to resist and Germany faces three final walls with the United Nations ready to strike back the Nazi war machine.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Germany
United Nations
France
Demobilization Plans After Victory Urge Immediate Action
James F. Byrnes announced a postwar discharge plan targeting rapid demobilization after Germany’s defeat with priority to fathers and front-line veterans. The senate report projects 2.5 million army ground forces released within the year at 200k to 250k monthly, while 57–58 million men and women must gain employment and 16 policy options address postwar economic stability.
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James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Germany
Senate
Special Committee On
Price Control Battle shapes fate of wartime measures
Senate passes extension of OPA price controls while opposing cotton ceiling adjustment. Ches ter Bowles warns the bill could shatter stabilization if cotton provisions remain, signaling continued opposition before final approval. Separately reports from Asia describe Chinese actions against Japanese forces near Canton Hankow and in Yunan province.
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Senate
House
OPA
Chester Bowles
Govrnment
Costs of War Mount as Year Ends
The United States has spent about 200 billion dollars on the war so far and another 95 billion is expected by year end. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau says rising costs stretch from Naples to Rome. The Marshall Islands campaign cost about 6 billion.
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Treasury
Moxgen‘thau
Naples
Rome
Poe
Berlin
Stock activity and Canadian lend-lease totals
Stocks rose in the week with gains across autos utilities and manufacturing shares led by several divisions. Canada reports $912 million in lend-lease goods to Allies in ten months ending March 31 with most supplies to the United Kingdom. total likely over $1 billion.
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Europe
Sxork
Aleo
Canada
e-Allies
United Kingdom
Allies
United
Wheat harvest set to exceed one billion bushels this year
The U S department of agriculture forecasts 1 034 785 000 bushels total from winter and spring wheat for this year, a bumper crop though not beating separate winter or spring records. Weather may still reduce totals, but crops are progressing well after a late start.
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U. S
Department of ‘Agriculture
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