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Died. The Rt. Rev. Henry Judah Mikell, 68, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Atlanta, Chancellor of the University of the South; of a heart ailment; in Atlanta.
"Chaplains, though shorthanded, are doing tremendous service conducting Christian burial services for every casualty. When they don't know the denomination of the dead, they conduct both Protestant and Catholic services. . . .
"Heading the Protestant chaplains is a six-footer, light-haired, blue-eyed Lieut. Colonel Alfred C. Oliver Jr. from New Jersey, in service since 1917. Energetic and hardworking, Oliver had several close calls, as have all others. Once Oliver's driver, approaching a bridge, suddenly swerved off the road...
In Britain two chaplains, one Catholic and one Protestant, qualified as paratroopers. They volunteered for training so that they could accompany men of their paratroop brigade when it goes into action.
The German Army has taken over for its own use the American Church (Protestant) in Berlin, Dr. Henry Smith Leiper of the World Council of Churches announced this week. In World War I the church was allowed to stay open.