In 1948 there were 2,161 missionaries
In 1948 there were 2,161 missionaries called to serve.
1,046 entries in this era, shown 200 to a page. This is page 6 of 6, covering 1948 to 1949. See the same material on the moving timeline.
1948
It was announced that Ricks
It was announced that Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho, would become a four-year college in the 1949-50 school year.
Japanese mission is created
Japanese mission is created
Joseph Anderson, secretary to the First
Joseph Anderson, secretary to the First Presidency writes to historian Dale Morgan: "An experience running over several years has persuaded us of the unwisdom of giving access to our manuscript records to people writing books, because that same experience has shown that people writing such books are rarely qualified to appraise accurately what they read, and too frequently, whether conscious or unconsciously, they misrepresent what they find. Such manuscripts will therefore not be available for general inspection or use."
KBYU increases coverage to parts of Provo, Utah
KBYU increases coverage to parts of Provo, Utah.
KSL receives a television license and construction permit from the FCC.
KSL receives a television license and construction permit from the FCC.
Mission presidents from around the world reported increasing numbers of baptisms
Mission presidents from around the world reported increasing numbers of baptisms. An expanded building program was started.
Mission presidents reported increased baptisms; building program expanded
Mission presidents reported increased baptisms; building program expanded.
Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 1,000th weekly Music and the Spoken Word broadcast
Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 1,000th weekly Music and the Spoken Word broadcast.
Reid E. Bankhead is first to receive Master of Theology degree from Brigham Young
Reid E. Bankhead is first to receive Master of Theology degree from Brigham Young University where he later becomes professor of religion.
Ricks College announced becoming a four-year college in 1949-50
Ricks College announced becoming a four-year college in 1949-50.
Significant increases in Indian membership in Southwest states
Significant increases in Indian membership in Southwest states.
Significant increases were made among
Significant increases were made among the Indian membership in the Southwest states.
State narcotics officer asks church officials
State narcotics officer asks church officials to quietly surrender for destruction the "quantity of opium, an opium pipe, and some other trinkets" in LDS Bureau of Information on Temple Square. Seventy's president Richard L. Evans protests that these materials have been there "since time immemorial." First Presidency cooperates rather than face court order.
Tabernacle Choir performed its thousandth national broadcast
Tabernacle Choir performed its thousandth national broadcast.
The 1948 Church Membership 1,041,970
1948 Church Membership 1,041,970
The Church News, LDS Servicemen's Edition ceases publication; first cable television system introduced
The Church News, LDS Servicemen's Edition ceases publication; first cable television system introduced.
The Tabernacle Choir performed its 1,000th
The Tabernacle Choir performed its 1,000th national broadcast over radio.
Thomas S. Monson History
First general conference broadcast on KSL television.
1949
A film made by the Church in Hollywood, The Lord's Way, was introduced
A film made by the Church in Hollywood, The Lord's Way, was introduced.
At a special welfare meeting held
At a special welfare meeting held in conjunction with general conference, the Welfare Program was declared a permanent program of the Church.
Chinese mission is created
Chinese mission is created
CHURCH NEWS reports that paraplegic convert
CHURCH NEWS reports that paraplegic convert Mrs. Luett J. Standliff has been baptized while strapped to stretcher in Salt Lake Tabernacle baptistery.
CHURCH NEWS reports that Ute Indian
CHURCH NEWS reports that Ute Indian Albert Harris has been "recently chosen to represent his race and Church on the Roosevelt Stake High Council."
Film "The Lord's Way" made in Hollywood introduced
Film "The Lord's Way" made in Hollywood introduced.
First counselor J Reuben Clark tells
First counselor J Reuben Clark tells meeting of bishops: "I wish that we could get over being flattered into almost anything. If any stranger comes among us and tells us how wonderful we are, he pretty much nearly owns us."
First counselor J. Reuben Clark reports
First counselor J. Reuben Clark reports that Emily Smith Stewart is prompting her father and church president, George Albert Smith, in making administrative decisions. This is only known period in which a woman has such influence on LDS church administration.
First Counselor J. Reuben Clark writes
First Counselor J. Reuben Clark writes that "the General Authorities of the Church get precious little from the tithing of the Church. They are not paid as much as a first-class, stenographic secretary of some of the men who run industry."
For the first time, general
For the first time, general conference was broadcast publicly over KSL television in Salt Lake City, although since April 1948 it had been carried by closed-circuit television to other buildings on Temple Square.
Full-time missionary Robert T
Full-time missionary Robert T. Martin is first American to win grand prize from Conservatory of Music in Nancy, France. In 1975, LDS James Arthur Waite, age sixteen wins first place in violin from Conservatory of Music in Paris.
George Albert Smith History
Called as president of the Pasadena California Stake.
Great Lakes mission is created
Great Lakes mission is created
In 1949 there were 2,363 missionaries
In 1949 there were 2,363 missionaries called to serve.
KSL Television, a CBS affiliate
KSL Television, a CBS affiliate, goes on the air as the first commercial TV station in Utah.
LDS-owned KSL-TV television station begins broadcasting
LDS-owned KSL-TV television station begins broadcasting. It is the first television station owned by the church and becomes the flagship of church-owned radio and television stations.
Music and the Spoken Word first broadcast on television
Music and the Spoken Word first broadcast on television.
Presidency announces that "there is no
Presidency announces that "there is no truth whatever" in dispatches from Moscow's Tass news agency that "Latter-day Saint missionaries are acting as spies in Finland."
President of the Brazilian Mission, Rulon
President of the Brazilian Mission, Rulon S. Howells, meets with the elders. He announced that the only way the Church would grow in a certain city would be to separate the two blacks and whites, with a white branch using the chapel and the blacks meeting in a home of one of the members. They could be brought back together when the white branch was stronger and the idea of integrated meetings was more acceptable.
President Wilford Woodruff made the following
President Wilford Woodruff made the following statement: "The day will come when all that race will be redeemed and possess all the blessings which we now have."
Presiding Bishop LeGrand Richards approves installation
Presiding Bishop LeGrand Richards approves installation of cigarette vending machine in bus terminal of Church's Temple Square Hotel.
Southwest Indian mission is created
Southwest Indian mission is created
The 1949 Church Membership 1,078,671
1949 Church Membership 1,078,671
The first commercial recording by the Choir
The first commercial recording by the Choir. “The Mormon Tabernacle Choir of Salt Lake City, Volume I,” is released for sale.
Thirty-one-year-old Harold Brown arrives in Buenos
Thirty-one-year-old Harold Brown arrives in Buenos Aires as new president of Argentina Mission. He is former FBI agent with experience as U.S. Vice-Consul in Uruguay. Suspicious Argentine authorities arrest him temporarily on Sept. 9. This is beginning of strategic church assignments given to Mormons with training in U.S. intelligence and security services.
Welfare Program declared permanent at a special welfare meeting
Welfare Program declared permanent at a special welfare meeting.
When stake president complains to First
When stake president complains to First Presidency about pari-mutual betting on horse races, "Pres. Smith said that the position of the Church has always been against horse racing on Sunday." First counselor J. Reuben Clark immediately and emphatically adds, "on any other day, too, where there is betting."