Church Council
Meets In Seattle
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SEATTLE, (/P)—‘The first bi-en-;
nial conference of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America ever to be held west of
the Mississippi convened here to-!
day with an official attendance of
more than 1,500.
Twenty-five major Protestant,
denominations are represented in
the three day session which has
attracted delegates from Asia and i
Europe as well as every portion of
North America.
“No matter what forms of con
trol over atomic energy we may
establish, we shall be at the mercv
of those who exercise the control,”
the general secretary, Dr. Samuel
McCrea Cavert warned in an ad
dress prepared for the opening of
the council’s biennial meeting.
“And,” Dr. Cavert added, “the
truth which has been disclosed . . .
is that man is not good enough or
wise enough to be entrusted with
such knowledge and power. . . . ”
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LADIES AID WILL MEET
FRIDAY EVENING
The Ladies Aid of the Federated
Church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Earl Towner on the evening
of Friday, December 6, at 8
o’clock.
Freight Embargo
Will Stop Housing
SEATTLE, (/P) — A prediction
that the national rail, freight em
bargo will result in an almost im
mediate closing of the northwest’s
sawmills came today from the
West Coast Lumbermen’s associa
tion.
H. V. Simpson, association vice
president, said halt of rail move
ments will “force the sawmills to
close.”
“It is a body blow to the na
tion’s emergency housing program.
The disastrous effect will be felt
for months to come.”
H. E. Brown, production vice
president of Boeing Aircraft Co.,
said materials are on hand to meet
most manufacturing needs for the
balance of the month but, he said,
“There is no saying how serious
the consequences will be” if the
embargo lasts beyond the end of
the year.
THE COLONEL
IS TRIGGER HAPPY
FORT OGLETHORPE, Ga„ (JP)
Col. John A. Hoag, commanding
officer of Fort Oglethorpe, not
only is an ardent collector of fire
arms but from the models on his
shelves he designs his own guns
and tailors them to his shooting
tastes.
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former air sevicemen announced
they had chartered a D-4 cargo
plane to load and leave here Fri
day for Anchorage loaded with
17,500 pounds of groceries, tobac
co and other items, including beer.
The firm, the Wy-East Sales com
pany, reported it planned to send
several plane loads of cargo into
Alaskas cities each week.
The Reef Knot, which arrived
here Sept. 22 from a tour of duty
in the Philippine Islands serving
army installations, would be char
tered to the Alaska Steamship
company. The vessel has facilities
to handle 100 tons of refrigerated
perishables.
Meanwhile, two Alaska bus':-;
nessmen had arrived to work with i
Com. Chester, J. B. Gottstein, An
chorage wholesaler, predic ted
! trade between Portland and Alas-!
ka would grow and other Alaskans
would be here soon to personally
contract for goods. E. E. Bell, who
owns a dairy herd on Kodiak is
land, said he came here to line up
hay and feed for his cattle, which
he said he must slaughter soon un
less feed arrives at his farm with
in a few days.
I F. Lyle Baker, president of the
Wy-East Sales company, said air
cargo rates on the chartered craft,
would be 24 cents a pound to An
chorage and 25 cents to Fairbanks.
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