# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S12 # Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration) a AQ Oe ; ., President's: Report, sy District Presidents and Former. District ’ Presidents Lt , A Dr. JA. Rimbach, ‘former President of -Oreg. -Wash. District, died no 1941 : Rev. S. W. Herman Daib, former President of N. Wis. District, died os ReveJ. P, Klausler, President of N. 1. Dak. -Mont. District at the time : . “of his. ‘death, 1941 os ‘Rev. Aug. B Breihehn, former President of. s. Dak. District, died ; 1941. a ; a Rev, L c. ‘Meyer, former President of Minn, District, died 1942. Cel lt Rev: J. G. ‘Kleinhans, former’ Président of S. Tl. District, died 1942 wre ~Rev. Wim, Cholcher; former President of S. Nebr. District; ‘died 1943. - 7 ». Rev. Ji FE Harms, former, President of.N: Nebr. District, died 1943 he Rev, S. D. Matthius, former President of Central District; died 1944 eg Rev, G. - Birkmann, D.D., former President of Texas District, t died hs ‘ " Miscellaneous Rev. Emil Schueler, Milwaukee, Sec’y Board of Home Miss. in N. A, on died 1942 mo Dr, Ferd. Rupprecht,. Editorial Staff, Coneordia Publishing House, . ae . ” died 1942 Rev. S. Michael, Statistician, died 1943 . 2 “Rev, E..G. Nachtsheim, member of Board of: ‘Support and: Railroad oo “. See’y, died 1943 “| Rev, A. W. Bartling, Chicago, Board of Contro River Forest, died ‘ _ 1944 Rev. Henry Haserodt, Oakland, Board of Control, Oakland, died a 1944" | i ‘i a Mr. O. Ottomar Kolb, former member of Board’ of ‘Support and aoe ., Pensions, died 1944 2 Mr, Henry Jost, Board for So. Am. Missions, died 1942 Synod; will desire to pass, appropriate: resolutions. . Your. President, in consultation with the. Vicé-Presidents, and wae when so stipulated by ‘resolution of Synod: with: approval of ‘the ey An College ‘of District Presidents, appointed, committees 8. which, Synod - ovis Had ordered. “n° i: Beeause of the national or world crisis, which. has $0 definitely. eh and seriously affected. also : ‘the activities. of our. Synod» ‘and: has aoe created .emergencies which demanded : immediate ‘action, «your 30! President found it necessary to appoint special committees to study ‘and,’ with. God’s help, to, find’ solutions for fhe enormous “ and: vering problems which confronted us.