davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

David a Saviour which is Christ,
the Lord.
"And suddenly there was with
the angel a multitude of heavenly
hosts praising God and saying:
" Glory to God in the highest
and on earth, peace good will to-
ward men, - The Gospel Of
Saint Luke.
X \ 4
The folks at Mar.Ed are sIut-
ions for punishment. Christmas
isn't quite here. and they are
moving! On the 9th only
two days after Christmas, Mar
Ed is leaving fhe old location on
Fleming Street for the new - to
that wonderful new building on
DUval Street right across from
Ia coneha.
Which brings Us to the big
news who wants 10 carry all
those clothes over? Not they'll So
TO facilitate matters. you can go
on over to the old Mar-Ed on the
18th. that's day after tomorrow,
and you'll find all those wonder
fol new formals and party
dresses reduced twenty per cent.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

fhe pockets to match the stars
in your eyes. Then there are so
many other pretty party frceks
Of nYlon and lace and satin.
don't know about you, but the
one dress | got wasn't enough
for fhe holidays, and right after
Christmas will find me shopping
for another.
Of course, fhe other new
clothes at Chic are gala, and
just right for the little parties.
Chic, Uptown, is such q nice
store, and the parking problem
is nil, so look aroUndl
Then from the Rodriguez who
are visiting way up north, the
very Merriesf Christmas to you,
and thanks for your patronage!
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

No medieval yule feast
was complete without
the plum pudding. In the
book of common prayer
of 1910, the prayer for
the last Sunday before
Advent began with the
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

kind, forgiving, charitable, pleas
ant time; the only time l know in
the long calendar of the year,
when men and women seem by
one consent to open their shut-up
hearts freely, and to think of peo-
pie as if they we're fellow passen-
gers and not another race of crea-
lures bound on other journeys"
X X X
The people at DonsId's
From Flora TO Sue.
Donald and Ann.
Also Rvfhie and Lou
. All join in saying,
Merry Christmas TO YOU"
X X r
It seemed / sent
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

such scads Of Christ
mas cards, but Of
course / couldn't reach
all of you, my very
good friends. So via
the old column, I'd like
to send greetings, the
Evening star., 1952-11-16

Wolff, the Bard College psychologist who
had done extensive research in graphology,
was handed a batch of handwriting sam
pies done by individuals whom he'd never
seen.
''One of these people" he was told, lis a
murderer. The police know that one of them
must have committed the crime, but they've
got no way of singing him out. Can you give
them something to 60 on?"
Wolff shuff1ed through the papers until his
keen graphological eye was arrested by one
"a blotted. disorderly script in which the
letters sloped every which way.
This, he declared, "is dangerous hand
writing - sadistic, aggressive, brutal, inflex-
Continued ON next page
Evening star., 1952-11-16

signature on memo you've addressed to
him. Chances are, it. somewhat restrained,
deliberately neat and lacking in emphatic
strokes "a reflection of your deferential
attitude toward your boss
Spotting a Murderer
oUCH simple matter as how much pres
sure you put on your pen, the experts point
out, is an indication of how hard you concen-
trate. How neatly and uniformly your letters
are formed is sign of how well your thoughts
are organized and how much at ease you
are emotionally.
When handwriting is unusually ragged
and disorganized, that's when investigators
start watching for serious trouble. Once DR..
Evening star., 1952-11-16

FOLLOWING attack of coronary occlusion.
this mans writing changed. Dots and imper-
fections in upper loops of the 90, "k'' and ''b''
have for long been connected with heart disease
Evening star., 1952-03-23
New Zealand Security

New Zealand is strenktheniflg
Its military security ARRANGEMENTS
following q visit from the chief of
1.-THE British Secret Service.
Evening star., 1952-03-23
Assam Imports Rice

Assam. i section Of India which
formerly exported 5000 tons Of
rice o year. now has to draw on
outside supplies Of IL. 900 tons.
Evening star., 1952-03-23

| Feather Shoes Hide Tracks
BRISBANE. Australian abc-
lrigines wear shoes made entirely
Eof bird feathers to hide their
footprints from their enemies.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09
Applause For The
Supreme Court

After the attack made upon private schools of
the nation as being diyisive, it cheering to all
sincere Americans to learn that the United States
Supreme Court had upheld the teaching of religion
to our youth in public schools by reeasedtme
program. President Conant of Harvard and the peo-
pie attending a convention in Boston of public
school administrators, had opened an attack upon
all private, non-tax-supported schools being con.
trary of the principle" of unity in education. The
opposition voiced by them is not new, but it was
something of a shock to good people of beloved
nation who still have some idea of true freedom.
Accordingly 1t was all the more encouraging TO
those who have at times doubted the trend of things
in this great democracy to see the highest legal
court in the land declare that it is within the Con-
suon for the public schools to permit students to
attend classes in religious instruction according to
voluntary releasedtme plan There may have been
some who had begun to suspect the Supreme Court
of being somewhat liberal in recent years; this new
est action is, therefore reassurng Perhaps the rs
ing sentiment of the people for things fundamental
and true, as against the loud and raucous words of
communist propagandists is now having a salutary
effect This would point to the necessity of all right
thinking citizens taking active stand in matters
which concern the welfare of their community and
the nation at large.
If the audience fails to applaud an artist on the
stage he justly feels his work is poor; if the public
office holder receives no approval from the voters
he may rightfully feel that his efforts for Justice
are not wanted Hence hearty word of commenda-
ton to the u. S. Supreme Court
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09
The Heavy Burden
Of Tyranny

The Administrative Board Of the National Cath
olic Welfare Conference has called upon all Amer
leans 10 pray for those untold numbers of our fel-
low human beings who bear the heavy burden of
tyranny. The Bishops Of the Board made their APP
peal 10 all, Catholic and non-Cahohc alike to pray
for all who suffer severely, no matter who they
are what their religious affiliaton.
This is the second time within the year that the
Bishops have expressed their sorrow at the shock
ing plight of so many members Of the human fam
lily around the world. Each time they have made a
strong plea for prayers to the all-merciful God TO
Tighten the sufferingS of many OF His children
That the Bishops words need to be needed is
emphasized by the latest news dispatches from the
iron curtain countries. China, in particular is re-
ceivng the most furious onslaught of the enemy
OF God There were 500 American Catholic mission
aries in China at the start of the Red conquest To-
day the number is below 80 A similar story can be
told of other nations ensaved OF course IL is heart
ening to hear reports of the steadfastness in the
faith of the native clergy religious and people But
ii is highly problematical how long the church can
continue 10 function in the face of wholesale brutal
persecution
Every one who loves God, and therefore his fel-
bowman, must be hearsick at the thought of all this
We cannot long maintain our own sell-respect if
now fail 10 raise our voices to Almighty God 10
spare these brothers and sisters of ours in the
human flesh Just modern methods Of communi-
cation have made the people of China innermost
Africa neighbor all of MS must feel more
keenly the obligation of love for and mercy toward
our fellowman in sore distress.
If there is nothing else We can do it is certainly
within the reach OF all that they lift their hearts
and voices IN prayer The plea OF Bishops to all
of us Catholic and non Catholic neghbors alike is
but an appeal to our sense of duty to obey the
fundamental law of love given by God to all men
The heavy burden of tyranny can be ghtened by
prayers OF brotherly love.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09

Amidst the usual celebrations the sending OF
flowers and the visits home the observance of
Mothers Day should have an added over,tone this
year-one that might easily be missed in all the
happy eamor
This day has been set aside by official procla
nation to do honor to all our mothers, living or
dead The day for most of us and rightly So has
an individual and particular significance We think
Of one particular mother and OF the individual
who owes so much to her We thank God on Moth
ers' Day for our own mother and pray Gods bless
ing and an abundance Of His good things for her.
There is a wider and more general aspect, though
OF Mothers Day, which becomes increasingly clearer
and more important each year OF our modern era
II is the consideration that in honoring our own
mother we are at the same time honoring her state
Of life Itself We are paying homage to person
our mother and at The time to an exalted state
OF life: motherhood
The present age has been singled out for many
unique qualities some good and some bad one
Of the worst Of these qualities is the growing
conviction that motherhood far from being an eX-
alted state. is actually something TO be avoided
Men have gone so far in this enlightened age that
many look upon motherhood as the cause Of many
Of the worlds evils.
There are people today who say that overpopu.
lation Is the cause of the principal evils OF the
world, that il breeds hunger and want. fosters
Communism, and in general keeps back the human
race from its destined progress.
Our observance Of Mothers Day, May H. comes
right in the midst Of the Fifth World Health As.
semby. held m Geneva Switzerland from May s
to May "a Observers say that one Of the main
questions confronting this organization is the prob
lem Of over-population and that world system oi
birthcontrol may be recommended
Along with our prayers for your own mother
on Mothers Day all thinking men and womer
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09

Those who recognize the COM
munist fifth column for what 1t
is, solely a servant of the Soviet
dictatorship, recognize how false
any claim is that involves the
communists with the free trade
unions. CIO committee reports
on the unions expelled because
of Red leadership tell the story
very well. They show that the
Communist Party is interested
solely in advancing the purposes
Of the Stdlinite dictatorship and
is opposed TO the trade unions
IN reality.
This realization is further
borne out by the destruction of
the free trade unions in every
country where Soviet satellite
regimes have been set up. The
communist newspaper Troltd,
published in Bulgaria, states this
quite bluntly in its issue of Feb
ruary %: Because the peoples
democratic state that is, the Red
rule in Bulgaria. is one of the
forms OF the dictatorship of the
proletariat II is now political
ly incorrect to speak in defense
of the workers and employees
interests as it was in the past,
and the trade unions do not have
and cannot have such a task"
That is putting it plainly
enough. The trade unions"
which have only the name and
no longer the reality of being
work efs' organizations, have
only one function under any Sow.
let regime. That function is to
get out production and to exploit
the workers, compelling them to
give what is ironically callet
voluntary extra service" to the
Red.ruled state. Workers ex-
pressions of grievances are to be
prohibited and labor discipline"
imposed by the so-called trade
unions.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09
A Call To Duty

Many young people of our communities will be
graduating from grade school, high school and col
lege in a few weeks. Thousands of others will mark
intermediate advances in the progress toward le's
work. All of them will soon be called upon to make
an important decision, or later, that will al
feet not only themselves, but in the welfare
of the whole community.
The three great influences in the life Of child
are his parents, his priest and his teachers. Within
this sphere of influence there are many serious du
ties One of the most important and at the same
time, easily neglected of these obligations is that
of counseling the young person and aiding him in
choosing state of life
The call that comes from Almighty God TO young
boy girl to give over his her life to His service
takes many forms For some, it may come quite
clear and dstince and be eVerpresent For others it
may be veied, for Gods good reason, and inter
mittent
Whatever the case may be, il is the solemn duty
Of all those 10 whom the child looks for guidance TO
help interpret the call and to offer every cOnsid-
Grafton needed for the young person to enable him
to give definite answer with a good conscience
vocation to the Sacred Priesthood and TO the
religious life is a special gift of God No earns
it deserves it. II is something to be prayed for
trusting in Gods goodness to answer our prayers
Last week, in letter to the priests of the Do.
cese, Bishop Ready sounded call for concerted
prayer by the people of the Diocese, priests and
laymen, young and old alike for great increase in
vocations to the priesthood and the religious life
He has set aside Marys month of May a special
time of prayer for this purpose and directed that
special prayer be rected after each Mass for this
intention.
Added to prayers-aWayS the most import
ant consderationl-we must all realize our duty to
aid the Bishop, by every means possible in provid-
ing priests and Sisters to carry the work of Christ
in the Diocese of Columbus.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09

mind by letter received from
a textile worker, an official OF
his CIO union. He refers to the
question raised by some as to
whether the Smith Act, under
which the IL communists were
convicted at Foley Square, may
be used to injure free trade un-
ions. Naturally, he is concerned.
The answer is an emphatic
mo" The Smith Act declares
illegal any conspiracy to adyo-
cate the overthrow of the govern
ment of the United States by
violence. II applies to the com
munist conspiracy and to moth
ing else. Day after day, in The
Ddilu Worker and other Red or
gans, the communists contend
that the Smith Act will not only
curb the Red conspiracy but al
so harm labor unionism. That
is to be expected of the eommun-
lists. For them it is a logical ar.
gument, for they contend that
the Communist Party is ''the van
guard of the workers." that il is
the sole agency that can think
and act for the workers. There
fore, according to their concept.
any curbing of the communist
conspiracy is an injury to the
party of the working class
in other words, to those who do
all the thinking and acting for
the working class.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09
INQUIRY CORNER
Who Originated May
DeUOtiOns To Mary?

@. What is the origin of the
custom dedtcating May to the
Blessed Virgin?
A. The dedication of this joy
full month to Our Lady seems to
have been originated by Father
Latomia of the Roman College
of the Society of Jesus in the
eighteenth century. To counter
act infidelity and immortality
among the students he made a
vow to devote the month to
Mary, and it has received the
worldwide approval of Catho-
lies. Pope Plus VII granted an
indulgence of 800 days each day
for observance of the devotion
either in public or in private,
which according to the Raceolta
has been increased to 5 years for
private devotions and 7 years for
public. In his Encyclical on the
Liturgy Pope Plus XII said,
There are besides, other exer-
cises of piety, which although
not strictly belonging to the
sacred Liturgy, are, nevertheless,
of special import and dignity
Among these are the prayers
usually said during the month of
May in honor of the Blessed
Virgin -
What is the Inder of forbid
den books?
A. Exercising the power and
responsibility given by Christ
for the protection of minds and
souls the Church has always pro-
tected the faithful against books
that are harmful. The Muratori-
an Canon of ITO A. D. showed
this concern for pure version
of the Sacred Scriptures and the
first list of forbidden books ap-
peared in the early fifth cen
tury. The first general catalogue
of forbidden books to be called
by the name Index was issued by
Pope Plus ", following the
Council of Trent. In addition
to the relatively few books listed
in the Index the Church pro-
hibits the following groups of
books: Religious books without
Catholic censorship, such as un-
authorized editions of the Bible
and reports of visions; books
against the faith, attacking re-
ligion or ridiculing Catholic
teaching; books against morals,
such as those teaching supersti-
ton, spiritism or impure ideas.
The reaction to such prohibitions
indicates the Catholics under
standing of his religion, for such
action protects him from poison
ing his mind, just as parental
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09

ages to fill her days with moth
ing but the roles of mother,
nurse, cook, seamstresS, teacher,
gardener, family physician and
electrical repair-man. An anna
teur at everything, she is safe
from the insanity that threatens
the one-sided expert in any field.
The amateur can thrive only
in a community that puts other
values above money: as soon as
profit is taken really seriously
she or he is rapidly pushed to
the wall by the professional in
any trade or field. The best is
the enemy of the good here, as
always. And when the competi-
tion becomes fierce and severe
enough, the amateur is given
two choices and only two: he may
select a hobby and ride it until
it becomes a full-time job, or re-
tire from all his fields of inter-
est and quietly starve as hobo
on the rails.
The specialist is, however, the
enemy of the person. This fact
the Church has recognized
throughout her history. The re-
ligious orders are case in
point: you never heard, did you,
of a Mother Superior who broke
down from over-work? Or of a
monk who became so engrossed
in his monastic activities that he
needed three sleeping pills
night in order TO rest?
The Church is never on the
side of the one-sided; even her
contemplatives are forced to
share period of relaxation from
prayer; even her most over-bur-
dened prelates must take some
time from active duties for med
itation. That is one of the rea-
sons why the Church is safe
from any of the eXaggerations
and lopsided monomanias that
trouble enthusiasts outside her
fold. The life she urges is we'll
rounded life, with no unseemly
hulges nor piercing cornices.
She is at war with every neuros-
is-for every neurosis is a mar
rowing of interest to a single as
pect, good or bad, of mans Ca
pacities.
Miseonception OF Life
The pagan world has learned,
at fourth or fifth hand, a meas
ure of this ancient wisdom: its
psychiatrists urge patients to
knit or weave, to circulate
among other people, to cultivate
a hobby as a brake upon their
primary occupation. But these
things are recommended to them
on the low grounds of self-inter-
est alone. do this" say the
physicians, and you will worry
less" Or, TRY this, and see how
much your sleeping habits are
improved"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09

authority safeguards their chill
dren. A good explanation of
this important work has been
published recently entitled,
What Is the Index?"
@. Hoa0 can I GnSa0er a pact
fist friend of mine tDho says that
Christ taught n1eekneSS and not
bloody iUdr bettDeen men?
A. Your friend is right when
he says the meekness of Christ
under injustice is to be imitat-.
ed. He is also right in feeling
that war is not the Christian
solution for MISUNDERSTANDING
and inequalities among men.
For the individual Christian
heroic forbearance under perse-
cution has always been most
heartily urged and practiced by
spiritual writer's and saints of
the Catholic Church. 1t is an
other thing, however, to stand
by and see an innocent person
abused. To stand piously by
while bully is whipping a small
er man, or to merely pray while
a man is beating his wife is
neither human nor Christian; q
father may turn his own cheek
as Christian, but he cannot see
his family mistreated and do
nothing. Likewise in interna-
tional affairs defense-and only
defense - of the innocent is
unfortunately necessary some
times. 1t is not true Christian
virtue to stand devoutly by while
men are enslaved, minds are
twisted and souls are destroy
ed by evil men. Our present
Holy Father has constantly urg-
ed men to avoid war in every
way possible, and while con-
demning communism has never
suggested war as a solution. The
true solution is spiritual. So
long as there is any possible
avenue of peace the, Christian
will not accept war, but if it is
thrust upon him, if the alterna-
tive is destruction and degrada-
ton of the innocent he can ac-
cept war. Christ did not hesitate
to make a whip and drive evil
men from the temple, but He
did teach us from the cross to
forgive our enemies. We can
avoid war by following His teach
ings, but nowhere did He take
away the right of man or nation
to self-defense under unjust ag-
gression.
(Send questions to Inquiry
Corner, The Catholic Times,
Box 636, Columbus (16) Ohio.)
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-05-09
Lsbor's Evident Duty

The communist contention that
the Smith Act is halting the Red
conspiracy will injure labor is
as false, therefore, as previous
contentious of a like character.
When the Foreign Agents Regis
tration Act was passed in 1888,
and when it was supplemented
by the Voorhis Act in 1910 to
cover subversive organizations,
The Daily Worker then cried
aloud that the trade unions
would be affected. Nothing of
the sort occurred, and it could
not occur. The trade unions are
not SeditiouS groups, and their
oery eriStence is contrary TO the
10hole concept of the Communist
Party, the agent of MoScol0.
The time has come for trade
unionists to reject all the efforts
of communists to make out that
their party is part of the labor
movement" This has already
been done in the sense that those
unions which have had commun-
ist control have been elected
from the CIO. 1t has also been
reflected in the general attitude
of the American Federation of
Labor, including its report on the
slave labor camps of Soviet Rus
sia.
The bleak lines of oppressed
workers under every Red satel.
lite regime, who are being ar
bitrarily moved from their
homes under orders of the Red
bureaucracy, give testimony to
the expressions of the working
people which follows in the wake
of Stalinite domination. The pic
ture of their oppression should
be presented IN every trade
union meeting IN order that the
slavery ,ehich is spreading un-
der the name of "tDorkerS' eman-
cipdtion" may be fully exposed.