Court reverses course on Jehovah's Witness license fees
The Supreme Court, by a 5 to 4 vote, reversed a 1942 ruling and voided local ordinances in Opelika Alabama Fort Smith Arkansas and Cre Grande Kriz requiring Jehovah's Witnesses to pay license fees for distributing religious literature. The decision also voided Jeanette Pennsylvania prosecutions for distributing religious literature without a license. The reversal aligns with constitutional protections for freedom of press and speech.
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Supreme Court
Jehovah's ‘Witnesses
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Aect
Opelika
Ala
Fort Smith
Ark
Crea Grande
Kriz
Jehovah’s Witmasea
Jeanette
Robert Murdock, Jr
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona ordinances ruling in a Supreme Court brief
The court handed down a brief opinion for the court as a whole explaining its reasons in the Pennsylvania case. Justices Douglas Stone Murphy Black Rutledge joined in the holding that the ordinances were unconstitutional, with Reed Frankfurter Roberts and Jackson dissenting.
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Arizona
Cour
Pennsylvania
Douglas
Stone
Murphy
Black
Rutledge
Reed
Frankfurter
Roberts
Jackson
Stillwater minstrel to be presented in two parts
The Stillwater high school will stage a two part minstrel this Thursday and Friday evenings. Part one features a wide range of numbers including Rose Ann of Charing Cross, The Preacher and the Bear and Moonlight Mood with several student performers. Part two continues with a variety of taps tunes and songs followed by a finale with all singers. Samuel Vega of the Coast Guard returns to New York after a weekend with his parents. Rehearsal for all Upt on Chapter O E S officers is called.
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Rose Ann of
Charing Cross
Theresa Mohl
Mr. Shadrack
Joan McClements
Jackie Connor
Bette Nelson
Connie Baldwin
Mr. Blackout
Gal
Dolores Layman
Aileen Aldrich
Mr. Asbestos
Mr. Snowball
Jane Tompkins
Frances Peacock
Ruth Collamer
Mr Bones
Rachel Capeci
Verna Baldwin
Shirley Smith
Frances Tanner
Little Red Schoolhouse
Joan Mohan
Barbara Bull
Dorothy Tatro
Jean Morrissey
New York
Aileen Aldrien
Theresa Mohan
Merrill Baker
Ruth Wilson
Sylvia Brookley
Tulip
Caroly Brewster
Church Society and W C T Join Evening Meetings
Tonight at 7 pm the Second Baptist Church Society meets, followed by the W C 5 of the Methodist Church gathering at 8 pm in church parlors. Nominating committee reports are planned with Miss Trene Brownell, Mrs George DeWein, and Mrs Charles Cowins. Ruth Cowin leads devotions. social committee includes Mrs George De and Miss Ruth Cowin.
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Methodist Church
Upton
Trene Brownell
George DeWein
Charles Cowins
Ruth Ruth Cowin
George de
Ruth Cowin
Navy men lead new airfield at Patuxent River station
The Cedar Point Maryland airfield project at Patuxent River Naval Air Station is led by Cmdr William T Bassieur and Cmdr Thilliston E B Clark, veteran officers with Pearl Harbor duty and naval aviation backgrounds. Bassieur, 43, from the Naval Academy class of 1923, has battleship and ship air officer experience. Clark, 37, a Naval Academy graduate from Virginia, came from a Pacific bombing squadron and served on the carrier Lexington as landing signal officer.
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Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Cedar Point
Navy
Wright Field
Dayton
Army
Naval Service
William T. Bassieur
Naval Academy
Regular Navy
Cmdr
Thilliston
EB. Clark
Pacific
Lexington
Clark
Philadelphia
Severe quake occurs under sea near New Guinea
A very severe earthquake lasting over three hours was recorded by Fordham University seismograph in the southwest Pacific. First shock at 10:18 p.m. local time, about 9,000 miles from New York toward New Guinea, with later quakes noted 2,300 miles west of New York off Colombia. Department of State notes transfers of Georges Lamont’s son to Winnipeg, Canada.
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New York
Sns
Southwest Pacific
Fordham Univesity
Ne. York
New Guinea
Fordham
Colombia
South America
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