Religion: Radio Strife

The Rev. J. Frank Norris, fundamentalist extraordinary, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Tex., returned to national news dispatches last week by a means not even hinted at in his favorite Genesis. Save for local items, Dr. Norris had been out of print since a year ago last summer when he shot and killed one Dexter E. Chipps while the latter was calling on him (TIME, July 26, 1926, et seq.).

Dr. Norris has been attacking the state Baptist association of which he is not a member, utilizing the radio for this purpose....

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