Distinguished Jurist Thatcher Honored by The Churchman Dinner
Judge Thomas D Thatcher a Yale Wisconsin Harvard and Columbia graduate and Republican Presbyterian received an honor at The Churchman annual New York dinner. The publication led by Dr Guy Shipler has shifted leftward and pro Russian inclinations. notable past honorees include White Chiang Kai-shek Roosevelt Eisenhour Baruch. George Marshall declined the award. Israel also declined.
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Wisconsin
Harvard
Columbia
Guy Emery Shipler
Yugoslavia
Tito
Stepinac
Dr. Shipler
Hungary
New York
William Allen White
Mme
Chiang Kai-shek
Wendell Willkie
Eleanor Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Dwight D. Eisenhour
Bernard Baruch
George Marshall
Rabbinic response to Churchman dinner cites anti communism
George Sokolsky notes a New York rabbi willing to accept a citation for Israel while Bishop G Bromley Oxnam heads the 1949 Churchman Dinner. The piece criticizes Judge Thacher and others who withdrew as anti Soviet sentiment rose, arguing widespread ignorance of communism and its global impact.
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New York
Israel
G. Bromley Oxnam
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Harold Ickes
Judge Thacher
Soviet Russia
Communism
Churchman
Dr. Shipler
The
New York Mirror
Honeymooners Turn Cabbage Key Into Tropical Home
Claude and Eva McCall plus Malcolm and Barbara Simmons live on Cabbage Key, a 2000 acre Florida island. They built two-room palm thatched cottages and sustain themselves with clams and shrimp, spending about $10 weekly on food and fuel. Barbara paints by candlelight, selling a portrait for 175 dollars, while snakes and wildlife surround their Robinson Crusoe life.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Hal Boyle
South Seas
Cabbage Key
Florida West Coast
Claude
Eva McCall
Malcolm
Barbara Simmons
Simmons
McCall
Silas Dent
Barbara
Island Life Comes Under Pressure as Developer Moves In
By Hal Boyle. Two women recall snake scares on Cabbage Key while a syndicate buys the island for 200000 and plans to turn it into a playground for the wealthy. They say they would not change their life despite a looming deadline.
Giant Palomar Eye Reaches Six Sextillion Miles Into Space
Pasadena March 1 AP The 200 inch Palomar telescope has photographed nebulae six sextillion miles away, twice the reach of Mount Wilson 100 inch, suggesting the instrument is as powerful as hoped. Dr Hubble took a 60 minute pre dawn exposure on Feb 1 revealing previously unseen celestial structures. The mirror still needs six months of polishing before perfection.
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Pasadena
Calif
Palomar Mountain
California Institute of Technology
Mount Wilson
Palomar
Coma Berenices
Milky Way
Ira S. Bowen
Palomar Observatories
Won't Insure London Atomic Damage Noted in France
French insurers refuse coverage for damage from atomic fission and British circles are not surprised. In Britain there is no attempt to follow suit as war risks on share property remain excluded.
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London
Britain
French Seize 4 More Reds in Spy Roundup
Paris reports say four new suspected Communist espionage agents, including two army officers, were arrested, questioned, and released in a government counter espionage drive led by Interior Minister Jules Much. Six others arrested earlier remain in custody for possible trial.
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Paris
Jules Much
Maurice Thorez
Communist Party
Social Council Class Teaches Nature Study at Church
Four instructors led the fifth session of the Social Planning Council volunteer training at the First Presbyterian Church. C L Riley directed, with H Kuehnle on trees and shrubs, D R Pratt on birds and wildlife, and Richard Emmons on astronomy. Final session at YWCA next Monday covers party games led by Mrs Ruth Hinkle.
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Social Planning Council
First Presbyterian Church
C. L. Riley
McKinley High School
Dc. H. Kuehnle
Lincoln High School
D. R. Pratt
Richard Emmons
Kent State University
Canton
Y.W.C.A
Ruth Hinkle
Ohioan Seeks 10 Percent Withholding Tax Limit
Representative Harry J. McGregor of Ohio introduced a House bill to cut the federal withholding tax to 10 percent of an employee’s wages. The proposal aims to simplify payroll deductions and potentially reduce tax burdens for workers.
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Washington
Harry J. McGregor
Ohio
House
Laura Wheeler Crochet Square Pattern 954
Featured crochet pattern 954 by Laura Wheeler with charming filet squares. Instructions and charts allow joining or using a single design for large or small pieces. Send 20 cents to The Canton Repository Needlecraft Dept. in Brooklyn with pattern number name address and zone.
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Laura Wheeler
Canton Repository
Needlecraft Dept
P. O
Flatbush Station
Brooklyn
N. Y
Massillon Death Rate Declines in 1948 Says Health Chief
Massillon health commissioner Dr. William B. Wild reports 294 deaths in 1948, down from 321 in 1947. Death rate drops from 9.7 to 9.0 per 1000. over-65 deaths rise slightly, with heart disease still top killer and no maternity deaths for the year.
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Massillon
William B. Wild
Wild
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