davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1951-02-05
America Boy Scouts
To Celebrate Birthday

February, a month of notable
birthdays, sees the celebration of
a birthday" in which all Ameri-
cans can properly join. Boy
Scout Week, Feb. 6 to IL, reminds
us that one of Americas largest
youth organizations has reached
another milestone.
The Boy Scouts Of America has
reached it's forty-first anniversary.
Since Feb. 8, 1910, more than IT,
100000 American boys and men
have influenced by the Scout Oath
have been influenced by the Scout
Doth and Law. They have benefit
ted by using their leisure-time en-
ergies in outdoor living and act
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To Broadcast
Anniversary Of
History Week

NEW YORK, Feb. 5. (ANP)-
The 25th anniversary of Negro
History week will be observed
Sunday, Feb. II, On the American
Broadcasting company network.
The United Negro College fund
and the National Urban league
will present a special discussion in
honor of the occasion on the "Ne-
gro College Choirs" program
heard at 1890 am, EST, on ABB
C stations.
Featured on the anniversary
program will be James E. Allen,
treasurer of the New York AS
ISOLATION for the Study Of Negro
Life and History, and DR.. Dan
Dodson, a director of the Center
for Human Relations Studies,
New York university.
Mr.. Allen and DR.. Dodson will
cite some of the outstanding events
concerning the Negro in American
history, and the significance of
Negro History week. The Fisk Uni
versity choir will also be featured.
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Wins Railroad
.Jimcrow Suit
After ; Years

RICHMOND, Va. Feb. 5. (AN-
transportation on southern rail-
roads was outlawed here recently
in a decision made by the U. S.
Court of Appeals.
The appellate court ruling in fav-
or of William C. Chance, Par
mele, N. c., on his charges that
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
had violated his rights under the
federal constitution by trying to
force him to sit in segregated cars
on the train.
Chance filed suit involving an
incident Of June s, 1948, when he
was travelling from Philadelphia to
Rocky Mount, N. c.. At that time
in Richmond, Va, he refused to
obey a conductor who told him to
move to a jimcrow coach. He also
refused similar requests in Peters.
burg and Emporia. In Emporia he
was put off the train.
The district court ruled against
| Chance, but the appeals court re-
versed this action.
, 1951-02-05
Disintegration
Causes Outlined

"Our fatal insistence upon race
as a dividing factor has produced
a disintegrated society,"" writes
Lester B. Granger, executive di-
rector of the National Urban
League, in his article "Does the
Negro Want Integration?" in the
February issue of The Crisis, Of
ficial organ of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People.
"Our job today" Mr.. Granger
states,-'for Negro and white Am
orleans alike-is to prevent
further disintegration and promote
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a position Indignation The future
of America as a nation depends
upon our increasing and support
ing" those who are dedicated to
this promotion of Indignation: Ne
gro and white citizens who may
not see the damaging implications
of segregation, Mr.. Granger as
serts, shave no role to play in
producing the democratic Negro
citizen in the American democracy
of tomorrow"
The author emphasizes that mere
breaking down of physical bar
riers imposing segregation is not
in itself the accomplishment Of in
tegration, but merely the opening
of doors to that end. The spiritual
nature of integration, he states,
requires that after physical bar
riers are removed, "those who have
previously been debarred shall
move forward freely to take ad-
vantage of their new o%pportuni-
ties -. (and) new responsibilities"
Also features in the February
CRISIS are "Books by Negro
Authors, $780," an annual biblio-
graphy by Arthur B. Spingarn,
NAACP president; "Prelude to
Our Age" a Negro history poem
by Langston Hughes; "The Chico
Story; Black and White Harvest"
by C. Wilson Record, and "Dixie
Without Magnolias," excerpts
from a series of articles written by
Daniel Guerin for the Paris news
paper COMBAT.
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ivities of cultural and practical
values which lead boys to become
dependable men.
Today over 2,750,OOO boys and
men are actively enrolled in over
$4,000 different units. Fortunate
indeed are communities where
S co n 6 flourishes. American
adults of good character give gen
erously Of their time to give lead
ership. Others help by raising
funds and are members of Local
Boy Scout Councils which in turn
provide training for leaders, camp
facilities, worthwhile year-around
activities, personal advancement
and opportunities for Scouts to
render community service.
In celebration of this birthday,
the Boy Scouts T engaged in a
nationwide clothing collection to
meet emergency needs abroad,
are stepping up their training for
Civil Defense and are promoting
! greater interest in conserving the
nations natural resources.
May you have more happy birth
days, Boy Scouts!
, 1951-02-05
SOME THREATENING
NATIONAL DANGERS

Although this is no time to be
alarmed, it is nevertheless a time
when we should be on the alert,
lest the evil day come upon us un-
aware. There are reasons to be-
leve that our nations leaders have
been asleep at the switch; how
else can we explain u utter un-
preparedness for the current en-
Urgency; how else can we explain
a certain measure of desperation
in all we are attempting and doing.
There is not that calm and deli
beration that should characterize
a mighty nation. We are caught
off balance and we are up against
the problem of staving off a fear
paralysis. Business as usual and
politics as usual and hold the Ne
gro back as usual, have about de-
pleted our moral resources and we
find ourselves face to face with
some imminent dangers that we
may as well consider in time.
In the first place, there is a too
great tendency to underrate Soviet
Russia, while o~ver-rating out
selves. Nobody doubts the right
eousness of our cause nor do we
doubt our mighty potential; but
wars cannot be fought with po-
tentials; and unless these potent
ais are turned into fighting
strength and that right early, we
may be caught in the next wal as
we were in the last, and that is,
unprepared.
There is one thing Of which we
may be certain and that is, we are
not going to have some other ma
ton fight while we get ready. We
are going to have to fight from
the very beginning and this fact
alone is going to make a great diff
ference. I read weekly the United
States News and World Report
and it is filled with comparisons
between this nation and Russia and
without exception Russia is under
rated.
In football, coaches have learn
ed that overconfidence is one of
a teams worst enemies. 1t is far
better to over-rate the opposing
teams strength and strategy. An
over-confident football team is a
liability Of greatest magnitude. 1t
is even so in matching nations for
war. It would be much better for
this country to see in Russia a
powerful antagonist, than as a
weak military push-over. There is
q limit to even the influence of
b~illion-dollar talk. By itself it can
not win vars.
Another great danger lies in our
readiness to believe that Russia is
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BETWEEN THE LINES

having internal troubles and will
likely crack up from within. W.
have believed this about Germany
in the last two wars but Germany
did not crack up. 1t is poor STRAIT
egg to count too heavily on dis
sension behind the iron curtain to
turn the scales of fortune in our
favor. Unfortunately, the Reds
seem to be more convinced on
communism than we seem convinc-
ed on democracy.
If we could get as enthusiastic
about spreading democracy as the
reds are about spreading commun-
ism, we would have easy sailing
over the rough waters ahead.
There are too many people in this
country who do not believe in
democracy; and there r too
many people throughout the world
who do not believe in the brand Of
democracy we are offering the
world, to give us much comfort in
the promise. For better or worse
we are not enjoying the confidence
of the nations who are even now
marching at our sides.
Another danger that we need to
ponder seriously is simply this
When our supposed anti-commun-
list allies get their last dollar from
us, will they fall away and be-
come our enemy? Reference here
is to Tito and France and all the
rest. When these satellite nations
have squeezed from our excheque1
the last farthing will they not do
as Germany did after World Wal
I? Germany got our billions but
! she proceeded to go Nazi.
There is the very grave danger
| that we may in our present pro.
pagandized frenzy give help to oul
| proffered friends who may in time
of crisis turn against us. Our cur.
rent crop of friends are bought
friends, and it is a truism, thai
bought friends are never paid for
| am wary of our current allies
/ and their "for sale" friendship
! There is not in our current array
of friends one that rings true.
The danger that we must figh'
| alone is a very real one. Fighting
Russia and her satellites with bu'
| token assistance from our reputec
allies is a big task to say thu
least. The final danger enumerat
| ed here is that we will be blet
white in Korea in our f~ace-savins
war. 1t is exceedingly difficult t,
appraise our leadership in the cur
rent crisis. Our international posi-
ton is a threatened one
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Since 1910, more than 17,75O,OO0
American boys and men were act
i've in the Boy Scouts of America.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
Students Launch
Campaign Against
Indecent Movies

CHICAG0-(NC)-Two hundred
boys from 25 high schools and two
colleges have voted to launch a
campaign to rid this city of indie
cent movies and obscene theatrical
advertisements. The youngsters
are members of CISCA, Chicago
Inter-Student Catholic Action.
They have been successful in
having Objectionable adver tise-
ments removed from city bill
boards, subway stations and Loop
transportation services, and have
plans calling for city and state leg
islation to cope with obscene mo-
ton pictures and stage plays.
They voted to conduct the new
campaign under the leadership of
Peter j. Foote. CISCA president
and local commander of the Fight
ing seth, and Thomas Brennan,
chairman of the Legion of Decen-
cy. The meeting was addressed by
the Rev. James Conroy, national
director of the Fighting seth, and
the Rev. Francis Lawlor, O.S.A.,
CISCA moderator.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30

new hobby - star gazing with its
proper meaning.-B.A.M.
The Right job for Judith, by
Enid Johnson. New York, Julian
Messner, Inc.
Judith Hale felt that she needed
nothing in her life but her driving
urge to sing. Education, friends or
love must not intrude upon her
burning ambition.
At her mothers insistence, she
enrolls at Barnard College and ar
ranges to take voice lessons out
side college from Maestro Hopper.
She lives at the Settlement House
with her mothers friend, Cordelia
Price.
After falling in several audi
tions, Judy realizes that the Macs
tro is a fraud, and becomes inter-
ested in the worthwhile work be-
ing done at the Settlement House.
Finally she realizes that success or
failure can have no meaning unless
you have someone to share them
with.
Besides being an exciting roman
tic novel, The. Right job for Judith
is a good career book. The adven-
lures Judith has in learning to be
unselfish towards others prove to
be entertaining as well as useful
reading for young adults-P.M.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
ST. Joseph's, Dover,
Yearbook Honored
Pupils Score High

DOVER - The 1851 edition of
Chimes, annual of st. Joseph's high
school, won second-cIass honors in
the 3lst All-American yearbook
critical service of the National
Scholastic Press association. it was
reported last week. The Chimes
competed in the division for letter.
press yearbooks of senior high
schools.
Thirty.five seniors of ST. Joseph's
took part recently in state pre-
liminary examination in Ohio his
tory, government and citizenship.
The following students ranked in
the 95th perceptile: Norma Jean
Weigand, Mary Ann Dapoz, Rose
Ann Karl, Eugene France. Sam
Mascotti, Marian Fondriest, Joe
Bernard, Barney Lawless, Charles
Casagrsm, jeanne Weigand, Nor
ma Mattevi, Ruth Weaver, Jose
phine Angelo, Vincent Kyle, and
Dick Deiome.
Ranking in the goth percentile
were: Shirley Meechsn. Mary Lou
Obermiller. Dorothy Werner. Betty
Zuchegno. Addie Weston, and Mar
garet Strszissr.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
The Time of Your Life
By Father Hafford

slide back of the wheel. II isn't
nice poetry, but it works It limps
like this, after / make the Sign Of
the Cross: Almighty God ! prom
is, Thee that ! shall drive most
carefully" If any insurance com
pany wants to turn out a few mil
lion of that, it is welcome to the
idea / think it would look good
pinned to the north end of a sun
visor right ahead o. the driver.
Amen to that.
Our Controlled Age
1t is getting to the point where
everything is being controlled
but temperS.
What's Wrong With Us?
Every parent wants a healthy
child, and would like it to be a
genius but takes it for granted
that the child won't become a
saint.
Sport Slant
/ suppose there are a few per.
sons in America who like basket
ball more than /, but there is one
special reason that / don't attend
many games. It's the booing that
has become more important than
neutrality-suspicious.. Half the
time the players are the target and
the other half the officials get the
breeze with sound effects. Really.
now, what goes on here? School
spirit should not run in that direc-
tioR. | know of no educational in
stitution where booinp is taught as
one of the fine arts, let's have an
end to it.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
AppREssocRAPH MACHINES

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The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
LIBRARY NOTES
Real Stars More Romantic
Than Stage or Film Stars
From fhs Department of Library Science
College of st. Mary of the Springs

Book About Stars. With the first
chapter, the reader starts on a fas.
cinating journey of exploration
there are interesting stories about
stars, meteorS, and comets, the sol
ar system, eclipses of the sun and
moon, and the earth's place in all
this. The sky chart of the stars
that watchers in the United States
can see during each month of the
year is practical help.
The book is written in simple
language and has an appendix com
posed of seven tables which in
clude a pronouncing dictionary,
Greek alphabet, consultations, gal
axies, etc. A good index makes il
valuable for reference. Young
scientists will love this work-for
many it will be the beginning of a
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
College Has
Leading Role
AT Workshop

Students of the College of st.
Mary of the Springs will take a
leading part in the forthcoming re-
gional workshop of the National
Federation of Catholic College Stu
dents to be held at t1rsuline col
lege, Louisville, KY, Saturday,
Dec. l. Mary Catherine Zang, q
Junior at st. Mary of the Springs
and regional president of the
NFCCS, will preside over the work.
shop.
Another junior, Alice Kleman,
regional treasurer, also will take
part in the sessions.
Heading the panel discussion of
the Mariology commission of the
NFCCS will be Mary Catherine
Baer, regional chairman of the
commission and student at st.
Mary's.
Other participants from the To-
cal college will include Patricia
Quirk. Alice Ptacek, Grace Futer-
er, Margaret Waller, Mary Jane
Taylor, Barbara Chase, and Carol
Staub.
Delegates from 10 colleges in
Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky will
take part in the sessions, sched-
uled to begin with Pontifical high
Mass at $3.50 a. m.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
For Young Adults

The Real Book About Stars, by
Hal Goodwin. Illustrated by Paul
Wenck. Garden City Books, Garden
City, NY.
Do you know where and how to
find the consultations you read or
hear about? Do you know what
the moon looks like? The answers
to these questions and many, many
more can be found in The Real
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
The Saint Of the Week

Andrew is good Catholic name,
for it belongs to one of the Apos-
ties. st. Andrew Day is Friday the
last of November. They tell us that
Andrew means courageous, and
that well tells the story of St.
Andrew. He was fisherman with
his brother St. Peter until Christ
told them that He would make
them fishers of men. Andrew was
crucified on cross built in the
shape of an "X', and from that
time on that shape of cross has
been known as st. Andrews Cross.
If you lack courage, pray to st.
Andrew.
Hard Cash
Tapping too many ponies"
and covering too many horses"
wastes billions each year.
Move
If you plan to honor the Immac-
ulate Conception in a special man
ner, you had better get move on.
1t would be fine gesture if you
started an extra rosary each day
that the world would get to learn
more about the Mother of God. |
think that is what is wrong as
far as non-Catholics go; they don't
know enough about Mary to 60 to
her with problems. If you belong
to her sodality, you ought to be-
come a committee of one to pray
for the spread of devotion to her.
Flying corks
From the Pop House
"She is too lazy to make a
face; that's why she keeps the
one she has got"
Crime on fhe Move
There is a mess of crime in the
news, and a lot OF it that never
makes the paper. You can help in
great measure if you keep your
eyes open. Right now | am think
ing of the purse-snatching that is
going on in stores and right out in
the open. Be alert, and you can
keep some of these things from
happening.
All Shined Up
Remember, now, if you are
planning to pick up a few indul-
gences, you have to be in the
state of grace. All over the coun-
try there is last minute furry
to gain the Jubilee Indulgence
and some of the little pilgrims
are sure to forget that it doesn't
all depend upon the visits. There
is no indulgence Mess the per-
son gets to Confession and Holy
Communion. If we hope to have
the temporal punishment due to
sin forgiven, we must be free
from sin. II sounds right, and it
is right. BY the way, that IS the
best way to be even though we
are not hunting up indulgences.
Chilly Thought
They are mailing quite a to-do
about the one millionth traffic
death that is going to be chalked
up this month. Brother. 1t makes
you want to go to bed until jan
uary, but then you think of the
truck that crashed into somebody's
bedroom, SO what's the use? Well,
play it safe. have worked up a
little prayer that | sa. each time /
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
Christmas Seal
Sale For Missions
Begins In Schools

Distribution of the official
Christmas seals by the Pontifical
Association of the Holy Childhood
began this week in all the schools
of the Diocese.
Proceeds of the sale will be used
to build orphanages, schools, and
clinics for the care OF children in
mission areas.
The Holy Childhood association
is the Church's official mission So
ciety for children, and all its work
is for the benefit of children.
The associations seals were the
first to be used in connection with
Christmas mailing.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30

new hobby - star gazing with its
proper medning.-B.A.M.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-11-30
For the Children

Abraham Lincoln, Friend Of the
People, by Clara Ingram Judson
Chicago, Wilcox and Follett.
A readable and absorbing biog-
raphy of the prairie president, this
account draws upon accurate sour
ces of information. 1t presents Lin.
coins own recollections of his
early childhood and gives panor-
anna of his life from simplicity in
in log cabin to the complexity OF
guiding the ship of state in the
White House.
For the intermediate and junior
high school grades.-L.I.
Paddg's Moon, a fantasy by Mary
Regan, illustrated by Evelyn Han
sen. Chicago, The Erie Press.
Paddy's fascinating adventures
from the land of leprechauns to
our world are told vivaciously with
the aid of rainbow-hued drawings.
This charming little fellow has a
lesson to teach, too-that of char
ity and self-sacrifice. He puts II
over in a way children will love,
remember, and follow. A nice
Christmas purchase!-M.B.S.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
School Registration
In Falls Church

Pupils who will attend grades
Z through II at Falls Church city
schools have been asked to re-
port before opening day next
Monday, to receive their sched-
ules and general instructions.
Supt. Irwin H. Schmitt asked
that the following schedule be
followed for prospective students
of the Jefferson School on Cherry
street:
Seventh grade. Wednesday, 9
am; eighth grade, Thursday, 9
am; ninth grade, Friday, 8 am.
Tenth-graders are requested to
report to the Thompson house at
13 Sleepy Hollow road, near Seven
Corners, at 9 am. Wednesday,
and 11th-graders are asked to be
there at 8 am. Thursday.
Other pupils in grades l
through II are requested to reg
lister before September 10, if they
have not already done so. Twelfth
graders will attend Fairfax
County's Falls Church High
School.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Stood Up for Rights Says
Irishmon Who Defied Russians

The 59-year-old printer said he
didn't come in contact with the
Russians much, except to say
Good morning" and Good eve-
|ning"-but several poked theil
heads into his compartment to say
goodby when the train arrived.
Most of their talk was in Rus
sian, said Mr.. Butler, but he did
hear one describe a Cleveland fac
tory as marvellous" and another
talk admiringly of Iowa's "beau-
tiful" fields.
When Mr.. Butler turned to claim
his baggage here, a blow fell. His
baggage was gone.
What" roared the Irishman.
Gone where?"
To the Hillsborough residence
with the Russian delegation, came
the answer.
The missing gear was retrieved
without incident by Hillsborough
police.
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Stain Terms Chinese
Alliance Unbreakab|e
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW, Sept. Prime
Minister Stain today called the
Soviet-Chinese alliance "unbreak-
able"
Stalin's statement appeared on
the front page of Pravda in con-
nection with a message from
Chinese Communist Leader Mao
Tze-tung congratulating Stain,
the Russian armed forces and the
Russian people on the sixth an
niversary of the defeat of Japan.
Macs message to Stain also
referred to the firm alliance of
the U. S. S. r. and the Chinese
Peoples Republic directed at joint
prevention of the restoration of
Japanese aggressive forces"
China and the Soviet Union
haye a pact of mutual assistance
in which one would come to the
aid of the other in the event of
aggression by japanese forces or
any forces allied with Japan.
Mao's message described Soviet
Chinese relations as a great
friendship" In reply, Stain said: ::
II thank you. comrade chair
man, for the high evaluation of
the role of the Soviet Union and
its armed forces in the matter of
destroying Japan'S aggressive
forces"
Evening star., 1951-09-03
Secret System Of tunnels
BEING Built Under London
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Sept. 3.-A secret
network of tunnels is being built
deep under the streets of Central
London, the Daily Express report
ed today.
Four main shafts are being sunk
to 100 feet and will be connected
by tunnels, the newspaper said.
It added that the work is being
carried out under a three-year
building plan and that the exca-
vation work is being concealed by
high walls. Workers have been
told not to inquire into the nature
of the project, it said.
The Express quoted Sir Arch
ibald Gill, engineer in chief of the
general post Office, as saying "the
work is in connection with de-
fense. AS an engineer, I can tell
you that depth of 100 feet under
ground gives the maximum atom
blast and radiation protection in
the Central London area"