Japan Sows Religious Freedom Under Allied Occupation
In postwar Japan independent religious groups surge as occupation policy grants freedom. Dr. W. K. Bunce notes democratic trends but warns true understanding will take time. Sects rise from 28 to 100 Buddhist, Shinto, and Christian groups amid a shift away from state control and new forms of cults and labor unions. Smaller donations replace large patron gifts as temples adapt to economic distress.
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Occu
Tokyo
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W. K. Bunce
Westerville
Allied Command
Lutheran and Nazarene
Dr. Bunce
Fan Fancier Nabbed in Memphis Pawn Plot
MEMPHIS Tennessee police arrested Leon Johnson age 42 after hotel guests complained about missing electric fans triggering police alerts. Within two hours he was caught attempting to pawns a fan and surrendered eight fans in the process.
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Memphis
Winifred Wagner Sees Hitler As Kindly Man
Bayreuth based British born Frau Winifred Wagner, former Wagner festival leader and Hitler confidante, living in poverty while awaiting denazification appeal. She hopes festivals resume under her children, trains her grandchildren, and seeks British citizenship restoration if law passes. She recalls meeting Hitler in Bayreuth in 1925 and 1933 becoming chancellor, noting his early charm and later regimentation.
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Er Swer Snonspton Bayreuth
U. P
Frau Winifred Wagner
Adolf Hitler
Siegfried Wagner
Frau Wagner
England
Bayreuth
Remembering a Nazi leader and Wagnerian festivals
The speaker recalls a past person who hosted festivals, enjoyed Wagnerian music, and treated guests kindly. They describe long conversations and a close bond over festival life, noting Hitler never returned to Bayreuth after 1940 and that the leader may have become insane in his final years. The memory remains tied to the festivals as a central life focus.
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Hitler
Bayreuth
Junior Mound Star Full Legion Member
Emilio Lefty Escobado of Laredo Texas holds a rare Legion distinction by playing as a junior pitcher for the American Legion post while also being a full member of the Legion. He joined the Army Air Force at 15 and served about a year before his release, later reclaiming eligibility through veteran status.
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Laredo
Tex
U.P
Emilio
Lefty) Escobado
American Legion
Legion
Armed Forces
Lefty
Laredo Post
Army Air Force
Fire-Eating Admiral Gets Far East Post
Vice Admiral Sir Patrick Brind, soon head of the British Pacific Fleet, is famed in the Far East for a daring 1939 incident aboard HMS Birmingham when he confronted Japanese cruisers at Tsvingtao to free a British merchant ship. A separate report notes Irwin M. Newell, University of Oregon biology professor, exploring Alaska to test a Siberia to Alaska land bridge theory.
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Far East
Hong Kong
Patrick Brind
Brind
H.M.S. Birmingham
China Station
Tsvingtao
North China
Asia
Alaska
Engene
Ore
University of Oregon
North America
Bering Straits
Irwin M. Newell
Alaskan
Bering Sea
Arctic Sea
Point Barrow
Newell
Sibera
Cape Wales
Arctc Institute of North America
Fairyland Moonlight Delights Chicago Visitors
The park district expects over 3,000,000 people to view the fairyland moonlight display at Buckingham Fountain in 1948. More than 1,500,000 gallons of water are used with carefully planned lighting to create the soft moonlight effect, a tribute to late Miss Kate Sturge. Budingham donated the fountain near the lake front and collaborated with technicians for months to realize the effect.
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Chicago
U.P
Pari
Kate Sturge
Budingham
Lake Front
Park District
Zeitz Given Court Warning Over Delinquent Taxes
Philadelphia notice to pay 535 in delinquent taxes was sent to Harry Zeitz, 18, warning of court action after he failed to respond. Zeitz is serving a clear sentence for shooting a man during a holdup last December.
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Philadelphia
Harry Zeitz
Zeits
Street car and boiler factory rival for noise lead
In Chicago a 12 month study by acoustics expert Dr. Howard C. Hardy compares street car noise to boiler factory noise. A mobile lab at a busy downtown intersection records 100 decibels from a street car, while factory tests show 110 decibels. City council plans to use the findings for new noise abatement laws.
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Chicago
Howard C. Hardy
Hardy
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