Word: cadman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Hardboiled Variety has called it "a saintly picnic, a slice of sweetness, a glorification of the humble and the familiar." Fortuitous though his creation was, Seth Parker has gained a radio following greater even than that of august Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman. Says the preface to his hymnal: "Seth Parker believes that religion is tangible; that it is a kind word, a thoughtful deed and is not something apart from every day life. He has probably done more to make religion a part of the American home than has any other...
...religious broadcasting, their new policy closely corresponds to the one followed by National Broadcasting Co. since its formation in 1926. NBC donates about 32 hours a week to religious broadcasts. The Federal Council of Churches selects the speakers in programs intended for Protestant audiences, notably Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman. The Laymen's Committee of the National Catholic Welfare Council selects Catholic speakers, notably Rev. John A. McClorey, who conducts Sunday services at 6 p. m. followed by questions & answers by Dr. Edward L. Curran. An NBC program for Jews is now under consideration...
...Nobel Peace Prize; of heart disease; in Upsala. Long a crusader for world peace, he believed it could be secured by unifying Christian denominations. In 1925 he summoned the Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work at Stockholm (leader of U. S. delegation was Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman), expounded his plan of "Evangelical Catholicity...
...exhibitionist Uncle Cocoa, the Comet's reporters wrote his and his wife's "own stories" of their honeymoon, contrived new bedroom stunts to keep them on the front pages. So, too, for need of a current "master mind of crime," a dullwitted hoodlum named "Bum" Cadman was built up into a king of outlaws. So, too, were girls in the street paid by photographers to sob publicly at the funeral of Cinema-sheik Adolphe Valerino. (Few days before, Editor Peters had sold out an entire edition by the ingenious banner-line: VALERINO DEAD-followed by small type reading...
...church constituents, the new church will be called "Congregational and Christian." It will have two moderators. Rev. Dr. Carl Safford Patton, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, was elected by the Congregationalists to succeed Rev. Dr. Fred B. Smith. Dr. Samuel Parkes Cadman of Brooklyn, syndicated advice-giver, was nominated but had his name withdrawn. Christian President, too ill to attend the Convention, is Dr. Frank George Coffin of Columbus, Ohio. Observers believed he would be reelected. After 1935 the new Church will have but one moderator...