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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1950
Page
10
Alan Patons Cry the Beloved Country receives high praise from critics and readers across the United States. It is hailed as literature with lasting value, while other notable titles such as The Egyptian and Nineteen Eighty Four top current reading lists.
ST LOUIS January 30 1950 AP two Lutheran groups with over 2 3 million members take first step toward doctrinal unity ending a fifty year split The American Lutheran Church and Missouri Synod announce agreement on doctrine subject to convention approval Each group will retain its identity Missouri Synod membership about 1 69 million American Lutheran Church 689 310 members.
The American Motor Hotel Association Board of Directors meets at Palomino Motor Hotel in Phoenix to finalize plans for the sixth annual convention. Rapid City, South Dakota, is set as the site for May 14. Attending executives include Co. S. Bosquet of Pocatello, Idaho president. Charles Blicker of Seattle national VP. Charles E. Neff of Las Cruces treasurer. and William Massion of San Antonio executive secretary, with Clarence Hammond of Phoenix to attend and Bob Grisham of Temple may attend.
Acting City Manager Ray W. Wilson ordered all department heads to refer new construction and repair matters to Kenneth K. King, the new director of public works. King will use the city engineer's office to prepare plans bids contracts and estimates for payments.
Nimble-footed pedestrians hopped over a six by six inch ditch running the Jefferson Street sidewalk beside the Maricopa County Courthouse. City Public Works Director Kenneth K. King found the unguarded, unlighted trench at 7 a.m. Fresh concrete showed two footprints of pedestrians. Fire Chief L. B. Barnum said the ditch was left by a construction company installing a new fire alarm system.
Alan Paton, a softly spoken South African author, once head of a major institution for Negro juveniles, wrote Cry the Beloved Country and later withdrew to California to finish a poetry volume. He returned to the United States for Lost in the Stars and found Broadway transitions overwhelming, aiming for a long South African novel on Briton versus Boer conflict.
North Carolina hosted a Truman regional pep rally that highlighted a split in the Democratic Party in the South. Absentees and absent governors signaled conflicts over civil rights while labor and Negro voters shift loyalty, complicating future elections amid party realignment.
AFL Federal Union members at IHC Milwaukee plant returned to work after a five day strike by about 200 foundry workers. The walkout followed changes in payment for work time that cut earnings. The company agreed to reinstate wage allowances in the foundry and wage conferences were to begin today.
More than 400 people joined the Dons Club travelcade despite rain. A caravan of 79 cars from 22 states and two buses toured Sacaton Indian Reservation. Pima Boy Scouts danced Hopi ceremonies for visitors while services at the Pima Indian Church showcased a trained native choir. A. E. Robinson spoke on Pima arts and crafts and David Johnson recounted tribal history. Next week’s copper mine visit in Miami area is canceled due to Sunday capacity limits.
Canadian External Affairs Secretary Lester B. Pearson led 13 officials who arrived in Tokyo en route home from the Ceylon conference. They will meet Gen. Douglas MacArthur before leaving Friday.
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