Renee Martz Child Evangelist Preaches Worldwide
Nearing eight, Renee Martz is a child evangelist who preaches to audiences totaling about 200,000 with 6,000 conversions. Her parents and tutor, all evangelists, guide her schooling as she travels from Belfast to Houston. She began preaching in 1946 after hearing a call she describes as a voice from above.
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Shirley. Temple
Teenee
Renee
Jack Martz
Ruby May James
Reading
Esther
Hospital
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Britain to Take Over Its Neglected Children
Britain plans a new Children’s Bill bringing all maltreated and homeless children under state supervision. The measure aims to replace harsh 19th century care with individual foster care funded by the state. The findings stem from Myra Cortés committee reports on institutions and foster homes.
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Centennial railroads and the west link a century of travel
The article recalls rail expansion beyond the Great Lakes as 188 525 miles of tracks reshape travel. It notes Chicago’s Pioneer locomotive first trial on Oct 25 1848, a five mile run on crude rails, amid Lincoln’s 1848 congressional campaigning in Petersburg Illinois. Concluded on Page 3 Column 4.
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Great Lakes
Pioneer
Abraham Lincoln
Petersburg
Ill
Stephen T. Logan
United States
Children Five Years Old Found Working in Defiance of Law
Washington reports rising child labor violations from the Secretary of Labor. Inspectors found 9,600 minors employed in unsafe or uncertified jobs in 1947, including some as young as five. The under 18 group showed one in four violations, with many under 14 and some under 12.
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Endowment to Open Paris Student Center This Summer
The Carnes gie Endowment for International Peace will establish a Paris student center this summer to provide American books and publications to European students, aided by cooperation with the American Library in Paris. It aims to support American and European students studying in Europe and connect them through seminars and conferences. Dr Howard E Wilson will lead the program starting in May.
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Carnes Gie ‘Endowment For International Peace
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Endowment
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Gente
American Library
America
University of Minnesota
Rome
France
Howard E. Wilson
Old grad still attends lectures at Cincinnati university
Thomas J. Creaghead, 80, of Covington Kentucky, a graduate of the University of Cincinnati in 1889, renewed his membership in the 27th annual business and professional men's group. He attends weekly current affairs forums and is retired head of Creaghead Engineering Co.
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Creaghead
Creaghead Engineering Co
Cincinnati
French Antiques Market Roars as Franc Falls
The franc devaluation sparks frantic buying by dealers in Paris as U S tourists lure. Auctioneers report surprising prices for items likely to appeal to Americans, including a set of American city engravings selling for over 1 000 and Louis XV figurines selling at Hotel Drouot for 1 216. Buyers rush to replace social circles with selling heirlooms for cash amid evolving values.
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Paris
WNNS
Seine
Hotel Drouot
Operation Mulberries Colossal Engineer Feat Unfolds
Portland harbor Dorset hosts Mulberry units resting at anchor as they form a U shaped berth to shelter battleships. The project began with Churchill notes and Quebec Conference plans to land supplies by portable harbors, created by British Admiralty and War Office in 1943.
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England
Normandy
Kinglish Channel
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Churchill
Quebec
France
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War Office
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Presidential Primaries Begin With New Hampshire Election
The article outlines the 14 state presidential primaries scheduled from March through June to select delegates for the party national conventions. It explains direct presidential voting versus indirect delegate selection and notes New Hampshire as the first and Truman’s nomination considered likely for the Democrats.
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New Hampshire
Truman
Philadelphia
UN Commission Strives for Europe Recovery Amid Europe Tensions
In Geneva the United Nations Economic Commission organizes Europe’s self help with over 20 technical committees behind closed doors at the Palace of Nations. Non members like Italy Romania and Austria invited to participate. Western Germany is represented by three allied governments. Spain participates. The Soviet bloc offers no active participation though documents are supplied. Eastern bloc Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia cooperate. Decisions reached unanimously, absence of Soviet delegations noted. Concluded on page 5.
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Romania
Austria
Germany
Spain
Soviet Union
Russia
Ukraine
Bern
Anatole Koulayenkov
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Seceretariat
East
Danube
U S Grows Fruit and Veggie Intake Since 1928
In San Francisco George Casey Sr of the Pacific Fruit Exchange reports that average per person food consumption rose from about 190 pounds of vegetables and fruit in 1928 to 222 pounds in 1947. He notes a 75 percent of Americans lack vitamin C in the last 24 hours.
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