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Methodists elect India missionary as third bishop in split conference
In Kansas City the Methodist Episcopal general conference chose Rev E Stanley Jones of Sitapur India on the twentieth ballot with 560 votes amid a three day deadlock. Two other bishops named were Dr Raymond J Wade of Chicago and Dr J C Baker of Urbana Illinois. Delegates sang hallelujah as the result was announced and urged dry platforms at national conventions. In Pittsburgh Fred Laber 48 chief engineer of Pittsburgh Corrugated Paper Box Co was killed in a machine shop accident after being caught in a revolving shaft.
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Kansas City
U. P
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
E. Stanley Jones
Sitapur
India
Jones
Republian National Convention
Raymond J. Wade
Chicago
J. C. Baker
Urbana
Hallelujah
Pittsburgh
Fred Laber
Pittsburgh Corrugated Paper Box Co