Thrift urged as LDS church records show million-dollar surplus
President J Reuben Clark Jr urged thrift at the LDS conference noting a church treasury surplus of over one million dollars while criticizing luxury in chapel and stake houses. He cited rising expenditures from 1946 to 1948, stressed education costs, building needs, and warned against debt and inflation while urging frugality and parental instruction.
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Membership of LDS Church Tops One Million
Salt Lake City reports the LDS Church now lists 1,016,120 members after 10,471 converts in the past year. Joseph Anderson announced the figure during the church’s 118th annual general conference, noting 4,132 missionaries and 3,298 stakes and wards. About 2,000 missionaries were trained in Salt Lake City missions.
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Jews Attack British Camp Killing Commander and Five
Militant Jews fired on a British army camp at Pardes Handa near Haifa killing the camp commander and five others and wounding seven. Officials say the assailants fled with guns and munitions after stealing from the armory of the 12th anti-tank regiment as the unit planned to evacuate the camp for return to Britain.
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Display Of U S Strength Urged As War Preventive
Air Secretary W Stuart Symington urged that the United States gather its military strength and place it in plain view of Russia as a war preventive. He spoke in Raleigh and warned that a strong America is a peaceful America while urging speedy enactment of a draft law and universal training.
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Uranium Spark Hits Jadique Lake Region Prospect
Prospector John McClelland and George Branscombe report discovering uranium near Jadique Lake north of Flin Flon. Since the find last week, more than 50 claims have been staked as fortune seekers flock to the site.
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Four Killed In Egypt Riot
Cairo reports four dead and 130 wounded as troops fired on rioters in Alexandria for a second day. Authorities count at least 332 killed yesterday amid violence sparked by police wage protests. Police returned to work claiming to halt the unrest.
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Hog Prices Rally After OPA Decline
Hog prices rose today marking a rebound from the post OPA low. Prices gained up to $1.25 per hundredweight as producers reduced shipments. Chicago quotes showed gains of 75 cents to 1.25 dollars while St Louis and St Joseph, Missouri, advanced 50 cents to 1 dollar.
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Dolores de Rio Looks For Peasant Roles In Mexico
Dolores de Rio talks from a Mexico City home about preferring barefoot peasant parts over Hollywood dress-ups. She just returned from Buenos Aires for a Spanish version of Lady Windemere's Fan and plans films in Spain and Mexico, with no marriage plans and no talk of Orson Welles.
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Oldest NH town clerk reelected after caucus failure
Blake H. Rand 84, longtime town clerk of New Hampshire, won re election by a landslide despite the Republican caucus failing to renominate him.
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Blake H. Rand
New Hampshire
George Burns Becomes Neighborhood Baby Sitter Sensation
Hollywood star George Burns earns a lighthearted reputation as a go to babysitter as Gracie Allen notes the regular gigs. Burns recalls bottle feeding and chores while insisting he is no slouch at childcare. The spinster neighbor tales spread and Burns ends up caring for several evenings weekly for free.
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Marr Wins Mayoral Race With Home Unity Slogan
Comanche Iowa voters elected Charles Marr as mayor to avoid domestic strife. His opponents Emil Kahler and his wife earned 95 votes combined, while 221 voters backed Marr under the slogan Dont break up a home vote for me.
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Charles Marr
Comanche
Emil Kahler
Marr
Orpheum Ad Promotes Movie Listings by Phone
Advertisement urges readers to learn what is playing at the Orpheum by listening for a phone call. The brief note highlights the cinema’s offerings and a public call to engage with the theater’s schedule.
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