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Taft Plea Urges All-Out GOP Southern Campaign
Senator Taft spoke at a theater after a $25 dinner, urging a nationwide Republican push in Southern states. He criticized government expansion, corruption, and the Reconstruction Finance Corp, calling for stricter wartime lending and a tougher foreign policy stance toward communism and the Soviet Union.
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Race, policy and sports mingle in New York and New Jersey
In a multiethnic city scene, the fourth annual community conference in Forrests House advocates ending segregated schools and bias. Justice Delany grills welfare authorities over court overreach. Dr. Lanier becomes president of Texas Southern University, with 100 institutions present. Monte Irvin enters NJ politics amid baseball honors, while federal school aid faces debate over race segregation.
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RFC Millions Critique of Luxurious Hotels and Slum Eradication
The author denounces federal aid to luxury hotels and urges redirecting funds to housing for the masses. He cites Wagner and Straus on New York City slums and notes the high rents and rent controls that persist. He argues luxurious developments create long term financial liabilities and calls for eradication of slums and decent housing for all.
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Sixty six years to China sixty six years to China
An 89 year old woman known as Shepherdess Mother of Hinghwa has returned to the United States after sixty six and a half years as a Methodist missionary in China. Mrs. William N. Brewster began in Foochow in 1884, married in 1890, and helped establish a Christian community in Hinghwa. She took over as district superintendent after her husband’s death in 1916, aiding a huge Mission presence of more than 40,000 Christians, 200 churches, schools, an orphanage, a hospital, roads, river traffic, and land reclamation projects. She retired in 1934 at age 72.
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Medal To Negro Mother From Catholic Prelate
Six mothers were honored as Mothers of the Year at the National Catholic Conference on Family Life in St. Louis. Most Rev. Joseph E. Ritter presented medals, including to Mrs. Oscar Lancaster, a Negro mother of five.
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