World religion notes show faiths, gifts, and postwar aims
A World News piece recounts a chaplain gifting a 1500 dollar offering to Rio de Janeiro mission work, calls postwar rebuilding hard, and quotes Bishop Baker. It notes Dr. Day resigning to join the New Life Movement and Dr. Channing Tobias urging race equality alongside Christian outreach. It also highlights St Luke's Manila during occupation, Japanese director Kamada, and praise for Protestant missions in Africa with growth figures and education needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Manila
P. I
T. Kamada
St. Luke's Hospital
Tokyo
Karmada
China plans hospital expansion and training drive
The article outlines a program to organize 655 hospitals in China including 500 five bed facilities and 100 large units. Dr. P Z King cites personnel shortages as the main difficulty while 5,000 Chinese doctors exist and a post war plan calls for 20,009, with schools able to train 500 yearly. One proposal expands missionary classes and another offers two year courses to assist doctors. The need for nurses is highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
P. Z. King
Local News From Middletown Wafting Fragments and Returns
Middletown Virginia reports First Lt. Joseph M. Bowers Jr. returns from Germany to a 30 day furlough with wife Laurie Jean Bowers. The 86th Division plans to depart for the Pacific theater after training. Various local residents and visitors are noted at homes and gatherings around town and nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Joseph M. Bowers, Jr
66Th
Black Hawk
Germany
Laurie Jean Bowers
86Th
Samuel D. O'Neal
Winchester Memorial Hospital
O'Neal
FE. H. Ludwig
C. H. Morse
Kit
Portsmouth
D. H. Glenn
Ona Evans
Joseph
John Shull
Sidney
Winchester
Betty Coffman
Rose Marie Coffman
Strasburg
Joseph Comer
Fitten
Nellie V. Suess
Washington, D. C
Bernice Burdette
Suess
Social Visit Highlights From Winchester Dinner
Mrs Burdette and Mr and Mrs Lewis Lear along with Mr and Mrs Robert McKinsey of Mechanicsburg Pa visited Miss May Ginn in Winchester. Miss Dot Sensenney left Huntington W Va after staying with Mrs Joseph Watson and Miss Kathryn. Miss Dorothy Felty stayed with her parents at Roanoke. Mark Sperry and daughters from Washington DC spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Trone Sperry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdette
Lewis Lear
Robert McKinsey
Mechanicsburg
May Ginn
Miss Ginn
White Palace
Winchester
Dot Sensenney
Joseph Watson
Kathryn
Huntington
W. Va
Dorothy Felty
Austria rises to Europe's third oil producer
Berne Austria has emerged as Europe’s third oil producer edging Hungary while Roumania leads with 5 million tons and Poland follows. 1944 output stood at 1.5 million tons, up from 1937’s 30,000, with experts forecasting a potential 2 million tons annually. Swiss observers note Vienna refinery damage from Allied raids but expect operations to resume within six months.
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Berne
Austria
Europe
L'Indicateur Industriel
Geneva
Hungary
Roumania
Poland
Vienna
Memphis man juggles roles as salesman, receptionist, and ticket taker
George W. Knox works as an outside salesman for an office equipment firm at 9 a.m. He collects for a funeral home during the day then serves as receptionist there until midnight. From 8 a.m. he handles funeral home calls by phone, including ambulance and death inquiries, and also acts as a baseball park ticket taker with shifts on afternoons and one weekly night away.
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Memphis
George W. Knox
Knox
Local notes and arrivals in Reliance and RELIANCE Va
June harvest is under way as farmers gather hay. Tilden G. Stickley returns from abroad for a 30 day furlough before heading to the Pacific. C H Lakey family visits R R Stickley in Frederickshurs. Mrs Ira K Gruber recovers from a broken rib. Carroll Ritenour has enlisted in the Navy. A few close friends from this area are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance
Tilden G. Stickley
Will
Pacific
C. H. Lakey
Frederickshurs
Will Construe Suit Over Crone Land Title in Frederick VA
In Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia the will of Mary A Crone is to be construed to clear a cloud on about four acres on the Martinsburg Turnpike near Winchester. Non residents and unknown heirs are required to appear within ten days after notice to protect their interests in the realty.
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Charles
Milton
Mary A. Crone
Frederick County
Virginia
Martinsburg
Winchester
Marion H Anderson
William McCann
George Crone
Lee Crone
Lawrence Crone
Edith Crone
Allen Crone
Community Attends Birk Boyer Wedding at Waterlick Church
A local gathering filled the Old School Baptist Church in Waterlick for the wedding of Birk and Boyer. Families friends and neighbors from the area attended the ceremony and shared in the celebration at the historic church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyer
Baptist Church
Waterlick
Local notices speak of visits and birthday wishes
Tuesday reports Juanita Tiedrick returning home from Cumberland Maryland after a visit with her grandmother. A card shower was given for Rev H E K Richardson on his birthday recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Tiedrick
Cumberland
Maryland
H. EK. Richardson
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News In the World
Cdr
W.w.reid
Brazil
People’s Central Institute
Methodist, Institutional Church and Social Settlement
Rio de Janeiro
James C. Baker
Los Angeles
Albert Edward Day
First Methodist Church
Pasadenia
Cal
New Life Movement
General Board of Evangelism
The
Methodist Church
America
Christ
Channing Tobias
Africa
Thomass. Donohugh
National Health Administration
Christian Churches and Missions
M Uyv
Montgomery Ward
Loudoun St
Circuit Court
Marion H. Anderson
Whitacre
Offerederick County
Birk
Rei
Conoco
Continental Oil Company
Hee Station
Montgomery ‘Ward
Jersey
EATON
South
Zook
Wena
Sale Automotive Supplies
Were
Supreme Quality
FORD
S. Loudoun St
Ward's
Garden Club
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