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Show HIGHLIGHTS . - week's news ORCHIDS: American soldiers in Italy are showing a decided preference pref-erence for orchids as Easter flowers for their sweethearts, wives and mothers in the United States. Red Cross workers who are arranging to have the flowers purchased and delivered, de-livered, report that these exotic blossoms blos-soms are leading the more conventional conven-tional roses, lilies, and gardenias in nldiera' choice. i BISHOP: The Rev. Thomas N. Nicholson, retired bishop of the Methodist church, died at 88 in Mount Vernon, Iowa. He was bishop of Chicago from 1916 to 1924, and of Detroit from 1924 to 1932. He served as president of the Anti-Saloon league. Before his episcopacy, he held several pastorates and was president of the Methodist college at Mitchell. S. D. |