Books At War Aid For Ex Service Members
The American Library Association runs hospital and shipboard libraries to aid recovering veterans and mariners. Over 10 000 former service men remain in hospitals with 8 000 in Public Health Service facilities. Braille editions are being produced for the war blind though limited in number. The program extends to discharged soldiers and sailors, with direct loans from ALA War Service and lists like Five Hundred Business Books.
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American Library Association
Federal Board of Vocational Education
Association
State Library Commission
A. L. A. War Service
West Thirty-ninth Street
New York City
S. A. War Service
Merchant Marine
Coast Guard
United States
United War Work Funds
Merchant Marine Department
Great Sapphire Deposits Discovered in Sunda Pass
In 1882 a landslide in the Sunda pass of the Himalayas revealed a rich sapphire deposit yielding many fine gems. Besides this, the main source of top gem sapphires is a district in Ceylon renowned for its stones.
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Sunda Pass
Himalayas
Ceylon
Beauty of the Dawn Awakens the World
At dawn the world awakens refreshed from night’s sleep and the day’s dust falls away. The paragraph extols dawn as the moment when the world and a man feel renewed, hearing the air’s sweetness and the day’s music.
On Valuing Men
A reflection praises valuing true worth over appearances, comparing a horse and grey hound’s abilities with a bank and its gear. It asks why people do not value men for their own merits rather than external trappings or status.
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Likewanger
Northern Baptists launch $100 million New World Movement
The Northern Baptist Convention unites 10 666 churches in a national fund drive from April 25 to May 2 aimed at 100 million dollars. Leaders Dr John Y Aitchison and Dr Frank W Padelford mobilize 34 state directors and campaigns to expand 40 Baptist schools and missionary work while aiding Christian Americanization and pensions.
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Northern Baptists
Northern Baptist Convention
Runyon
New Jersey
Smith G. Young
Lansing
Mich
William W. Stickney
Vermont
John W. Baily
New World Movement of
John Y. Aitchison
General Board of Promotion
Frank W. Padelford
Baptist Board of Education
Padelford
Aitchison
Galilee
United States
Miss Carmen Aguinaldo Visits Washington D C
The 19 year old daughter of Emilio Aguinaldo visits Washington meeting Congress wives at the Congressional Club and receiving an ovation from a Filipino American audience. She studies at the University of Illinois and lies homesick for her father while praising America and her Filipino heritage.
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Emilio Aguinaldo
Washington
Congressional Club
Carmen Aguinaldo
Washington Monument
America
Urbana
Philippines
Telegraph Preacher of Managua Converts Operators
Ramon of Managua, nicknamed the telegraph preacher, uses his key at night to send gospel messages and appeals to fellow railway operators. A converted railroad station agent, he has a record of many conversions. His wife abandoned her saloons after conversion as part of Northern Baptist push raising 10 million dollars April 25 to May 2 to fund New World Movement activities.
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Ramon
Managua
San Salvador
New World Movemen of Northern Baptists
Local notes from LaSalle area weekly visitors and visitors
LaSalle shoppers and townsfolk are listed visiting relatives and attending events. Several residents are noted as traveling to Granville Oglesby Mendota Geneseo and Plano. Names include Mrs Thos Monahan Mrs Dougherty John R Thomas Marie Lauer Dolly Newton Jane Trent Tillian Meek and Sidney Meek among others.
Odd Fellows Attend Lodge Initiation and Camp Fire Outing
The Rebekahs from this city and Spring Valley attended the initiation of members into the Lily Revexolh Lodge in Peru on Friday evening. Odd Fellows from this city traveled to La Salle for La Salle Lodge initiation the same night. Camp Fire Girls enjoyed a May 15 outing near Shebana School with games lunch and woodland hikes. Boy Scouts postponed their entertainment to June 3 due to a school event after a Friday meeting.
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Rebekah
Spring Valley
Lily Revexolh Lodge
Peru
Odd Fellows
la Salle
la Salle Odd-Fellows Lodge
Camp Fire
Shebana School
Boy Scouts
Chicago
Ill
Rockdale
Not Slamming the Departed
A rural woman's meeting heard a humorous anecdote when a young parishioner asked a member if her husband was well. The member replied with comic deadpan that he has been dead these last twenty years, praise the Lord, provoking laughter.
Twelve Convicts Escape From Joliet Prison Farm
Prison authorities plan guards at Joliet Farm after a mass escape over weekend. Twelve inmates fled the honor farm from the same bunkhouse. one, William Jackson, was found dead near Wheaton on the third rail line. Archie Wilson, a life-term murderer from Cook County, is among the escapees. The breach prompted a temporary guard system to replace the honor system.
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Joliet
William Jackson
Wheaton
Honor Farm
Archie Wilson
Cook County
China Faces Surge in Personal Crisis Reports
China records up to half a million self destruction cases in a single year as crisis reports surge globally. Authorities note rising mental health strain and social pressures contributing to increasing incidents across the country.
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China
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New World Movement
Lupton Wilkinson
Aguinaldo
U.S. Capital
Ladd
Thos. Monahan
LaSalle
Mrs. Dougherty
Cherry
John R. Thomas
Arthur Jordan, Sr
la Salla
Marie Lauer
Rockford
Mrs. Glover
Granville
Wm. Morgan Sr
George Lunn
Wm. Morgan Jr
Kate Mavin
Jane Trent
Tillian Meek
Mendota, TI
Dolly Newton
Geneseo, Ti
Thos. Gosling
Mrs
Sidney Meek
Oglesby
Illinois
James Edwards
Webster Park
Geo. Thompson
Zearing, Ill
Plano
Thompson
Illinois Valley Sash and Door
Rock and Water Sts
Peru, Illinois
Minooka
Morris
Princeton
Starved Rock
Ottawa
F. E. Fisher
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