Cambridge platform shaped American self government
Descendants of New England gather in Chibridge Mass to mark a 300 year old Cambridge platform and its role in church self governance and local town meeting. Historians note seeds of the Revolution and enduring congregational autonomy across denominations. Coveted leaders from Boston Cambridge Dedham and Hartford reveal the platform’s influence.
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Chibridge
Mass
Congregationalism
Cambridge
New England
Baptists
Universalists
Disciples of Christ
Henry Wilder Foote
Frederick L. Fagley
New York
Stone
Boston- Salem Bay Colony
Plymouth
New Haven
Connecticut
Boston
Dedham
Lyng
Salem
Ipswich
Durbury
Rowley
Braintree
Hartford
Conn
Weekend Cloudy Forecast With Showers Predicted
The Weather Bureau expects a mostly cloudy weekend with occasional showers and highs in the upper fifties. Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the low forties. Tomorrow stays partly cloudy with little temperature change. Keedysville weatherman J A Miller notes a 38 degree morning and a 57 degree high yesterday. Farmers plan to seed winter wheat as rain holds up.
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Weather Bureau
Loweid-Forties
Keedysville
J. A. Miller
Seven Volunteer For Army Service In Area
Seven men from Hagerstown and nearby areas volunteered for Army service in the past week. James E. Law of Smithsburg, Ferman Shingleton of 415 West Franklin Street, and Barney W. Miles of 129 West Washington Street passed exams and enlisted for three years with the Air Force. Garnet Robinson of Mercersburg and Richard G. Harnish of 66 Northern Avenue joined the regular Army unassigned. Paul E. Taylor and Rankin Metcalf Jr. of Mercersburg enlisted for three years in the U S Constabulary.
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Hagerstown
James E. Law
Smithsburg
Ferman
Mercersburg
U.S. Constabulary
Actor Robert Walker and companion fined for drunken driving
Los Angeles court records show actor Robert Walker and his female companion Thelma Patricia Byrnes were fined after being arrested early yesterday. Byrnes pleaded guilty to drunken driving and received a 159 dollar fine while Walker admitted to being drunk and disorderly and paid 56 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Robert Walker
Thelma Patricia Byrnes
Walker
Realty Market Lively Again on Sunset and Nearby Lots
Real estate transfers populate listings on the north side of Sunset Avenue and surrounding streets. Transactions include varied parcels from Potomac Park to Sandy Hook District with prices ranging from 5 to 25 thousand dollars and multiple mentions of “other considerations.”
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Sunset Avenue
R. Landis Coffman
Norman Rosen
Potomac Park
Catherine S. Gebr Garrett
William W. Garrett
Abner V. M. Gearhart
Randolph
Edward E. Poffenberger
Willard D. Kefauver
Sharpshoro
Tilghmanton
Hagerstown
Roscoe P. Keplinger
L. Russell Barlup
McDowell
Theodore Grayson Reeder
Gerald L. McCoy
Sandy Hook
Charles C. E. Stoner
Raymond W. Ferry
North Avenue
Locust
Mulberry
Sylvester M. Funk
Mary E. Funk
Adin K. Martin
Locust and McComas
Arthur D. Thomas
Harry Elmer Roller
Spruce and
Wilson Boulevard
Clinton M. Hackersmith
Helen Kohler Denniston
Dewey Avenue
Howard J. Wishard
David T. McKee
Lexington
Robert L. Clopper
Lawrence A. Fiery
Smithsburg-Ringgold
Greensburg
Leiland R. Barlup
Vergie E
Katherine L. Mentzer
Virginia
Glenside
Charles P. Shirk
Thomas Johnson
Clearspring
Netti L. K. Bitler
Chesa- Peake and Potomac Telephone Co
Summit
France Near Martial Law as Strike Grips Coal Mines
A nationwide strike in France grew violent as police and soldiers were overrun. Strikers seized weapons and controlled towns, shutting nearly all coal mines since October 4, costing over 2 million tons of coal and large monetary losses tied to the European recovery program. The cabinet blamed Cominform for fomenting the action aimed at wrecking the BRP.
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France
U S And Canada To Pledge Full Aid To Alliance
U S and Canada plan full aid to a North Atlantic alliance with Britain and Brussels powers. A treaty could be ready for ratification by mid 1949. Potential expansion to Ireland Iceland Portugal Greece Turkey Italy and other Western European states is discussed.
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Eermed Snouki
Eire
Iceland
Portugal
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Greece
Turkey
Italy
Ernest Bevin
Brussels
Canada
India
Pakistan
Ceylon
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
North Atlantic Alliance
United States
Marshal Montgomery
Spain
Iran
U .S
Europe
Pro Government Says Communists Plan North China Assault
Dispatches from Peiping report that Communist forces are assembling troops and supplies for a potential fullscale attack in North China amid rising tensions.
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Peiping
China
Mennonites Dedicate Mental Institution at Brook Lane Farm
The 100 acre Brook Lane Farm near Leitersburg will house a 23 patient hospital built for nervous breakdowns and similar illnesses. It features a modern cement block building, separate male and female wards, radiant floor heating, and a staff residence with a nurse head. Delvin Kirchhofer led planning with Mrs. Helen Kirchhofer as nursing head, while staff and visitors from Canada and California attended the Advisory and Planning Committee meeting.
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Brock Lane Farm
Kirchhofer
Brook Lane Farm
Delvin Kirchhofer
Ohio
Middle East
Palestine
Egypt
Italy
Helen Kirchhofer
India
Canada
California
Brook Lane Farm to be dedicated with public open house
Brook Lane Farm near Kansas and California projects nears completion thanks to Mennonite volunteers from Western States and Canada who carpentered and canned for provisions. Dedication is set for Sunday October 31 at 3 pm with open house from 1 pm to 3 pm and 4 pm onward inviting the public.
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Kansas
California
Brook Lane Farm
Mennonite Central Committee
Truman Urges Miners to Block GOP Labor Plans
President Truman pressed miners to oppose Republican efforts to curb union bargaining and to back welfare funds for workers. He denounced attempts to restrict collective bargaining and warned of a push to amend laws, urging a Democratic victory in the November elections. He endorsed Dan Flood for the House and urged policies on housing, education, minimum wage, Social Security, and inflation control. The speech covered Wilkes Barre and Johnstown ahead of Pittsburgh appearances.
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Mr. Truman
Anthracite Health and Welfare Fund
Truman
Wilkes-Barre
Sth Congress
Dan Flood
House of Representatives
Johnstown
Pittsburgh
Typhoid claims seven year old in Marley Park area
In Annapolis on October 22 a seven year old Marley Park boy died from typhoid fever and his sister is ill with the same disease, according to County Health Officer William J. French.
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Annapolis
Marley Park
William J. French
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