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==What was reported in the newspapers== | ==What was reported in the newspapers== | ||
[[File:19330506Davis.jpg|right|thumb|300px| Jeffersonville Evening News, | [[File:19330506Davis.jpg|right|thumb|300px| Jeffersonville Evening News, May 6, 1933]] | ||
Here is '''what William Branham said''' about the event: | Here is '''what William Branham said''' about the event: | ||
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*William Branham said that the story was carried by a paper (1950), the "Courier Journal" (1951), the "Sunday Visitor" (1954), the "Louisville Herald", and the "Associated Press" (1961). <br> | *William Branham said that the story was carried by a paper (1950), the "Courier Journal" (1951), the "Sunday Visitor" (1954), the "Louisville Herald", and the "Associated Press" (1961). <br> | ||
[[Image:14Converted.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Jeffersonville Evening News, | [[Image:14Converted.jpg|left|thumb|300px| Jeffersonville Evening News, June 2, 1933]] | ||
Here is '''what we know''' about the event from conducted numerous searches in online newspaper archives and from microfiche sources in Indiana: | Here is '''what we know''' about the event from conducted numerous searches in online newspaper archives and from microfiche sources in Indiana: | ||
*There is an advertisement which appeared in the Jeffersonville Evening News on May 6, 1933 for a series of meetings (see photograph on the | *There is an advertisement which appeared in the Jeffersonville Evening News on May 6, 1933 for a series of meetings (see photograph on the right). | ||
*There was a similar advertisement which appeared in the Jeffersonville Evening News on May 27, 1933 (not reproduced). | *There was a similar advertisement which appeared in the Jeffersonville Evening News on May 27, 1933 (not reproduced). | ||
*There are no references to William Branham in 1933 other than an article from the Jeffersonville Evening News on June 2, 1933 | *There are no references to William Branham in 1933 other than an article from the Jeffersonville Evening News on June 2, 1933 (see photograph on the left) which stated: | ||
It | ::FOURTEEN CONVERTED | ||
::Fourteen conversions are reported in a tent meeting conducted at Eighth and Pratt streets by the Rev. William Branham. | |||
*It should be noted that the June 2, 1933 article does not mention a light or the Ohio River and casts serious doubt on the number of people that William Branham claims to have baptized. The article says absolutely nothing about people being baptized. | |||
*There are no other newspaper reports in any other newspapers, either in the Jeffersonville area or internationally which talk about this event. | |||
We must reasonably conclude that the story of the light appearing on the Ohio River was never reported in any newspaper. We must also conclude that William Branham estimates of numbers were wildly exaggerated. | We must reasonably conclude that the story of the light appearing on the Ohio River was never reported in any newspaper. We must also conclude that William Branham estimates of numbers were wildly exaggerated. | ||