Sloan and Murphy Greatest Riders of All Time
A Washington Evening Star feature recalls famed horsemen Ted Sloan and Isaac Murphy with anecdotes from Maryland tracks. Jackpot l Ore man notes Sloan's flair, fur coat, and feats on Ballyhoo Bey and Ben Holiday, while praising Murphy for unmatched pace judgment and Saratoga success.
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Sloan and Murphy
Lewis F. Atchison
Washington Evening Star
Murphy
Jackpot
Sloan
Saratoga
Missionary Lessons From China Report to Church Board
New York reports from over 150 U S and Canadian missionaries returning from China form an exploratory study for the Division of Foreign Missions. The review urges unity, indigenous leadership, and missionary humility while noting successes in women and children outreach health education and welfare and criticizing overemphasis on institutions and foreign owned property.
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New York
Christian Missions
China
Division of Foreign Missions
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
U. S
Harold S. Matthews
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Congregational Christian Churches
Churches
A Gay Deceiver Is Rabbit Fever
The article warns that tularemia, a highly infectious disease spread by wild rabbits, opens season for rabbit fever alongside small game hunting. Dr. Carl A. Wilzbach notes risk to hunters, cooks, housewives, and market workers who handle infected rabbits and discusses transmission through cuts or abrasions and common symptoms like headache and fever.
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Carl A. Wilzbach
Wilzbach
Father Divine is a Greater Influence For Good
The Courier notes Father Divine’s Peace Movement shifted public view from derision to respect by decades of community benefit. It cites racial integration, vast property pooling, anti installment buying, slum clearance, cheap meals, education support, and moral virtues as outcomes. The piece portrays his influence as worldwide and transformative.
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Father Divine
God
News Briefs From New York on Valor and Campus Debates
Count A J Gary of New York reports a bravery award list led by Patrolman Harold K Randolph of the 75th Precinct killed in action. Randolph died after wounding a gunman who fired into a tavern while off duty. Robeson talk at City College stirs protests over academic freedom. FEPC fight continues with calls for executive action. Gabrielson criticizes the South, referencing Reconstruction and party shifts.
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Hamilton
Kingston
Dwyer Brothers
New York
Editor quits Boston Herald over Taft review
John H Crider resigned as editor of the Boston Herald claiming the paper refused to publish his review of Senator Robert A Tafts book Foreign Policy for Americans He said the piece was fair and included his own thoughts and that if he cannot say what he believes in his paper there is no point in staying on He supported Eisenhower for president.
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Boston
John H. Crider
The
Boston Herald
Robert A. Taft
Crider
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
the Post
Husband shoots self in Walnut Hills home
Christian York, 50, fatally shot himself Monday night at his kitchen table on Symmes street Walnut Hills. His nephew Louis York tried to intervene as York drew a 22 caliber pistol from a holster and placed it to his ear. He died at General Hospital. Mae York, wife, and William York, brother, were present. York had diabetes and had carried the gun in a holster for days.
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Christian York
Symmes Street
Walnut Hills
Louis R. York
Clark Street
Mae York
Christian
William York
Elliston
York
Taft Open to States Rights Man as VP Prospect
Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft, seeking the GOP nomination, says he would consider a states rights candidate for vice president while stressing no shift in civil rights policy. He says a Republican Democrat ticket seems remote, and he quips Byrd could win with him.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Taft
City Club
Taft
Senator Byrd
D. Va
Times-Star
Sigma's 37th Anniversary Conclave in Birmingham
Louisville writer reports lavish plans for the 37th anniversary conclave of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity in Birmingham Alabama From December 27 to 29 The theme Sigma's Role in a Changing World was announced by National Executive Secretary William E Dear Jr Conclave headquarters at Parker High School to host all business sessions chaired by Chester Hawes and co chaired by Robert Williams
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Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Birmingham
Alabama
Sigma
William E. Dear, Jr
Parker High School
Chester Hawes
Robert Williams
Reverend Herbert S Bigelow Passes Away at 54 Years
Obituary notes Rev Herbert S Bigelow longtime pastor of Peoples Church for 54 years. He welcomed colored members amid prejudice and later served as Ohio Constitutional Convention president and state organizer chair. He championed civil rights in church and politics and left a generous will and trust for charities.
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Ohio Constitutional Convention
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