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Omaha-Posten from Omaha, Nebraska • 4

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Omaha-Posteni
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Omaha, Nebraska
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4
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OMAHA POSTEN THURSDAY MARCH 8 IMS "YOUR BLOOD MAT SAVE TOUR NEXT-OF-KIN' Bleeding headquarters will be set up at the Scottish Rite Cathedral 20th and Douglas Streets 6:00 Hi-League meeting Topic: "The Person I Am There will be no evening service Tuesday 8:00 Sunday School meeting Wednesday 2:00 General meeting sponsored by Circle No 1 8:00 Meeting of the Brotherhood Rev Anton Lun-deen Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church will be the speaker Thursday 8:00 Bible Study and Prayer service Study topic: With Friday 8 pm Choir rehearsal Saturday 9 and 10:30 a Confirmation classes 2:00 pm Neighborhood Round-Up Aujuitano Lutheran Church 36th and Lafayette Ave Rev Hanson pastor Res 1124 North 36th Street Tel GL 1187 March 11th 4th Sunday in Lent 8:30 am Morning service 9:45 a Sunday school with Senior and Junior Bible classes 11:00 a Divine Worship with Camp Fire Girle as our guests 7:00 Lutheran League Discussion Group 8:00 Evensong Wednesday 7:00 Vesper Choir rehearsal 8:00 Lenten service Friday 8:00 choir rehearsal Saturday Confirmands will meet Seniors at 9:30 a and Juniors at 11:00 a Junior Mission Band will meet at 2 pm Saturday this week March 10th Come and hear AH $mm0: 0 etaoi shrdl cmfwy The Douglas County Chapter American Red Cross has issued an appeal for blood donors to provide blood plasma for badly wounded Yanks on battlefronts all over the world Omaha will be visited by the Kansas City Mobile Unit for four days March 12 13 14 and 15 to collect this offering toward the five million pints of blood asked for nationally by the army and navy The national figure represents an average of 10 pints of blood a minute throughout the year The blood is taken at 31 centers throughout the nation with many cities ihcluding Omaha served by mobile units for blood donors may be made by calling the chapter house at ATlantic 2723 ijdti RnMq fMl ilikire Betters P-aAU J- Tv Ho SM WJ OU An anthology of American poetry during 300 years has been published in Stockholm receiving high praise from the literary critics It Is edited by Mrs Ebba Dahlin Swe-dlsh-Amerlcan teacher and lecturer formerly of the University of Washington THE SALVATION ARMY SCANDINAVIAN CORPS 901 South 27th Street When looking for a place to go on Sundays visit our Corps Serv'cos 10 AM snd 7:80 PM Adjutant A Mrs Ed Nelson Officers ftjdrr Cj ft Behind the Scenes with Kari Stefan Netherlands Nationals have large Investments in the United States Queen Wilhelmina owns an apartment house in Washington in which there are about one thousand apartments all occupied and there Is a waiting list Warren Buffett fifteen year old son of Congressman Buffett of Omaha delivers papers to that apartment building and makes $140 a month doing it The Patent Office is 155 years old The first patent was issued to a man named Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for method of making pot and pearl In the last 109 years of operation Patent Office receipts have exceeded cost of operation by more than two million dollars More than two million patents have been granted According to present indications there will be no new postwar aviation legislation passed for some weeks to come The reason Is the Interstate Commerce Commission is occupined with hearings on proposed amendments to the Railroad Retirement Act When that business has been disposed of the Committee expects to take up the pending aviation bills i Washington traffic and transportation problems are many and different More than 975 thousand people go and return from work each day Nearly 40 thousand people work In the Pentagon Building about 17 thousand in Agriculture and 10 thousand or more In Commerce Many of these have found living accomodations in Maryland and Virginia Both States profit greatly from these resident government employees who are obligated to pay stat income tax Penny head of the Penny store organization taked to a group of 50 Congressmen the other day on the question of Golden in business He told the Congressmen that the Golden Rule would solve all of our world affairs If it was really carried out in a real Christian manner He told them how In 1902 he started his first store at Kemmer Wyoming and how he has 1609 stores and a number of farms in Missouri Mr Penny told the Congressmen that he is now close to seventy years of age and he attributes his success In life to trusting hls fellowman and following the principle of Christian teaching He is now making trips all over the United States and Canada to tell I his story to leaders in Dusiness the professions and labor The Pentagon Building where 40 thousand people are employed In connection with the war was once expected to be converted to storage space for valuable government Trinity Lutheran Church 30 St at Redick Ave Rev George Bernard pastor Res 6338 North 30 St Tel Ke 1713 Miss Evelyn Smith organist-choir director Harry Robertson sexton Res 3023 Red lck Ave Tel Ke 5052 Thursday Mesdames A and Bergman will entertain the Missionary Society at 2:00 Service Newt Robert injured on December 26 by a German tank was flown from a hospital in England to Fitzsimons Hospital in Denver during the past week left leg is crushed tames Nielsen is back at Fitz-ilmons having trouble with the leg that was broken in an airplane crash a year ago Elmer Omye is among those on the way across Richard Johnson has been promoted to sergeant Gilbert Hanson in Italy and Carl Turner in England have received air force decorations for meritorious service Double sevices will be offered at 9:00 and 11:00 the fifth Sunday in Lent Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday The Intermediate and senior departments of the Sunday school will go directly from the service classes The object is to accomodate the large attendances at festivals and to if an extra service will bring more people Youth Conference at Luther the coming week-end Any one interested In attending on Friday should see the pastor for transportation Offering envelopes may be secured from Robert Blumenschein in the basement after services You need your church AEL First Covenant Church 23rd and Davenport St Wm Freeman pastor Sunday Match 11 9:45 a Sunday Bible school 11:00 a Morning sermon: rrom 5:00 Vesper services The ACapella choir of Grace Bible Institute will sing 6:00 pm Young People's meeting Topic: "The Significance of the A Johnson will be the speaker files It Is now reported that when the war is over the Pentagon will become the largest hospital in the world Adolph Sabath is a Congressman from Illinois He is 79 years old and has been In Congress 39 coonsecutive years He was bom In Bohemia His tenure of office exceeding that of any other sitting member of the House entitles him to be called the Dean of the House Steps are now being taken to help France into the battle lines and to rehabilitate French Industry 85 per cent of which is said to be intact and ready for operation For the French army our government is contributing a billion or more in equipment and supplies Early shipments will Include 2000 haevy cannon 11000 light tanks 2300heavy tanks and motor guns 8800 heavy trucks and ample supplies of munitions small arms etc Practically all such equipment and materials are ready to go France now has about 50-000 troops on tye battle front mainly from its African armies From French factories our government has ordered army and civilian goods In an amount exceeding one billion dollars and the raw materials for the commodities will also be shipped from our shores including coal Many of our merchant ships have been assigned to France and $700 millions have been expended in repairing French naval and other vessels The ships will be operated by French com panies with French crews and the shipping corporations will receive full freight charges for the trans portation of the contributed sup plies Thousands of tons of relief food supplies are being shipped across to French ports France is insist ing upon coordinate position among the United Nations and the placing of important German In dustrial regions under permanent French control The rehabilitation of France stems to be well underway There will be some curtailment of work in our shipyards and 150000 men will be transferred to other work It Is announced that a large number of employees will be placed In repair yards Ever since lend-lease was started our ship-yards have been busy making repairs to the naval vessels and merchant shipping of our allied nations Inasmuch as other coun tries have not had extesnive naval battle experience the past year the repairs have amounted to reconditioning Our own navy has been doing most of the hard-hitting especially in the Pacific Over two billion dollars have been spent upon the repair of foreign ships Our yards have been turning out merchant ships at the rate of 120 per month principally of vessels of 10000-tons capacity averaging more than four per day rYvt sM 2d mmm mmm You will lovs this smooth writing it is Just exactly what you havo boon looking lor in Paper with a deep biuo hand bordered deckle edge and Tropical Blue with a white bordered with three attractive stylos oi imprinting to choose from SO Folded Vellum gaily hand bordered and r4 7 decklo edge and 50 envelopes to match both im- II printed with your name and complete at Serving All Fronts By Adjutant Nelson TAKE IT ALL This story come from London and it really proves that the i in the armed 1 res really appreciate the servlet they receive from Salvationists In a certain English city one of our women officers was making a collection of money for a specific purpose At one door her knock was answered by a sailor "Can you kindly help she started to say but before she could say more the sailor punged his hand into his pocket and pulled out a good-sized bill "Yes I can he exclaimed it all I said give It tf the first Salvationist I He then told her how a short time previously he had been stranded at Liverpool and had asked a policeman where he might stay for the night By mTstake the lad was directed to a certain hotel and arrived there only to dls-ver that It was our Institution for homeless women and not for sailors However to the surprise the officer insisted on putting on her coat and bonnet and taking him to the club operated for sailers "What impressed said the sailor the fact that she put on her coat and bonnet and took me to the club through the Then -in the morning when he offered to pay the officer replied: you were stranded there is no As the sailor left it was with the feeling that he would never forget the kindness shown him the reason for saying it to the first Salvationist he met World relief and our plan for sharing In it were described by our general In a BBC broadcast recently The speech was broadcast in English and repeated in 25 other languages Our international leader in it stated that of suffering was inextricably woven Into the life of the Salvation and that we will do our share In the immense tasks ahead A copy of the Danish KRIGS-RAAbeti dated June 3 1944 has arrived at our New York office The contents indicate that our work in Denmark continues apparently unhindered At the time of the printing street meetings were even permitted Good news from Depmark indeed l-' SjP A-- I use this coHvzKinrr ornat iuut Store Name and Address Please send me boxes Aristocrat Personalised Stationery SO iolded sheets and SO envelopes at $175 per box Boxes Stylo oi Paper Style oi Typo No Blue with Blue Ink No White with Blue Ink Name to be imprinted THE SALVATION ARMY SCANDINAVIAN CORPS 901 South 27th Sheet Adjutant and Mrs Ed Nelson officers Our concert last Saturday was a good success with a large crowd attending The string band continues to take part in our services singing Swedish as well as American songs Sunday our services will be as follows: Sunday school and Bible class 10:00 a This is the first Sunday of our contest and we want to get off to a good start Welcome to join us on Sunday mornings Morning service 11:00 a Evening services at 7 and 7:30 Come and bring your friends Friday March 23 our weekly united services that have been held during the past three months will close with the service that night Speaker will be Brigadier Leader of Chicago Special meetings will be held in April with Major Petterson of Chicago as speaker nil abolish Shotv and ce in winter anJ in summer CLIMATE PLANNING This has been a bad winter Almost every time gone outdoors suffered with cold and I have felt that Hie government should do something about the climate It would net east the government more than a thousand trillion dollars to host the outdoors in winter snd to cool it in summer This would double your present income taxes for a couple of generations but it would give millions of jobs and redistribute wealth until all be broke Yes I think Uncle Sam shook! sir-condition all-ontdoors and make it cosier in winter cooler in for the pee-poL Tv Name to be imprinted-Address -City- Address Choree Check or Moser s' Warn -Zone State- Zone -State Ordet 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