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The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
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NEW YORK R-When you think
of the people you meet along llfe's
weary toll road. >.
Such as Banjo Feet. Now here
was a man who had everything 1t
takes to get ahead in this world.
Broad feet and, well, this is KID
from our own neighborho0d, and
anything would get you ahead
there.
So Banjo Feet got ahead. He
played center on our football team.
You probably remember our vel:
'south 40 hay, north 40 clover, we
can whip anybody, over and over!'
Banjo Feet wasn't very good
center at the start. Nobody could
knock his shoes off the ground, OF
course. But they did kind of shove
him from one side to the otEer, SO
that every once in while, after ne
had bent over too far, he would
snap back and knock the enemy
ball carrier back on the next play.
Gradually he learned to get the
100000 wang of It'll Then, as he
sharpened. up-b-0-oingl
They would bump him in one
direction and old Banjo Feet would
Immediately give a counter vibra-
ton and knock the opposing player
head over heels. Boiang! Boingi
Boiang! Boiang Our teams Ball.
/ suppose in the whole history OF
football there was never a center
quite like old Banjo Feet. He could
bend into the opposing line from
any angle, holding his balance like
a salt shaker, sitting out the
bIockers and then, all of sudden,
enemy ball carrier back for a s.
yard loss.
You would think that the forward
pass would defeat old Banjo Feet.
But not him. They never had a
chance to throw the ball. Because
the moment the other side started
calling signals old Banjo Feet
would start vibrating and by the
time the other sides quarterback
got the ball-well, "Bo-o-o-ing."
he'd be knocked back off balance.
There isn't much more to say
about Banjo Feet. After he got out
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
Oldster Flies Jet

LAREDO, Tex. Rs-Elderly S. H.
(Slats) Rogers flew a jet airplane
for 80 minutes Tuesday, just as
he wished.
Rogers claims he built Texas
first airplane back in 1911 and flew
it in 1912. He said he has flown
almost everything since then ex-
cept jet.
He went up in a jet for As min.
utes with Col. w. T. Samways of
the Laredo Air Force Base at the
controls for Is minutes of the
time.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
Breach Charged

TOKYO R-Peiping radio said
today the Communicated regime
of North Wet Nam has charged
Gen. j. Lawton Collins military
mission to Indochina was an sex
tremely serious breach" of the
Geneva .armistice agreement.
Peiping said Pham Van Dong
foreign minister of North Wet
Nam, had sent a protest to For
eign Minister Y. M. Molotov of
Russia and Foreign Secretary An
thony Eden of Britain, who acted
as chairmen of the Geneva con.
ference.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
SMILE, DOCTOR, SMILE! THAT WAS THE
MOTTO OF TWO KEY WEST DOCTORS

Results of the survey in Key West, made Jointly by
the Florida Association of Mental Health and the Flor
ida Federation of Womens Clubs not yet been pub
lished, so far as The Citizen knows.
Mind is the most marvellous thing in the universe and
has been the subject of theories than anything else
Psychiarc treatments while effective in instances
have the gamut of unsubstantated claims great
extent people have been led believe that is those
people who do not think for themselves that all you have
to do if you think you mentally ILL., is to consult
psychiatrist and, presto you better.
If you brood long enough you come to think that not
only mind is out Of order but your body Also We
heard minister in Key West say that, you
concentrate thinking for five minutes that your little
finger hurts you you will convince yourself that it does
hurt you.
But man is fortunate that he can't concentrate on
anything for minute without thoughts fitting in his
mind about other things Then how person brood
for hours day after day. about particular thing?
That question is easily answered While he broods, thou
and thoughts about other things evolved.
You can't think about anything that has not been
thought of thousand times BEFORE Nobody can blank
out all thinking while he's awake. You may speak about
persons musing or being in brown study but he can't
muse about nothing.
The worlds worst "disease' is worry. Worry unbal-
your mind, and, if continued from day to day.
eventually wrecks your system. When that hap
pens, your stomach stops functoning properly, and
which become the primary is not corrected
You know the best kind of doctors for illness that
stem from worry? Not psychiarsts psychoanalysts
but doctors who make you smile, who cheer you
used to be said by many Key Wesers that the late
DR.. John B. Maloney and DR.. Joseph NJ Fogarty helped
their patients more by their than they did by
the medicine they prescribed OF course that
aggeraton but still there was much truth in it.
They entered sick room smiling and joking and
mnimzed, instead Of magnified, the condition of pa
tent They knew that the chances of patients getting
better enhanced hundredfold If he stops worrying
They knew that broodng mind really retards the bene-
ficial action of medicines.
So The Citizen advocates more power to the Florida
Association of Mental Health and the Florida Federation
OF Womens Clubs in their efforts keep minds healthy
for healthy bodies depend mmeasuraby on healthy
minds.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
H-DUST SURVIVORS
TO LEAVE HOSPITAL,

TOKYO R-The % survivors Of
the japanese fishing boa. Lucky
Dragon, which was busted with
radioactive ash from the Ameri-
can hydrogen bomb tests in the
Pacific, will leave Tokyo hospitals
about Dec. 20, hospital authorities
said here. 3 2Srd fisherman died
after a long illness.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09
WITHDRAWAL SET

OTTAWA Up - Canada expects
to withdraw her last remaining
troops from Korea early next year,
an authoritative Defense Depart
ment source this week.
The Key West citizen., 1954-12-09

One reason newspaper advertising is better, and
effective, than any other kind is that it is
rammed down your throat those who read such advers
ing do so because they want to.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

China an d
h u n d r eds of
Chinese priests
languishing in
prison W h lie
we of the
Western world
enjoy relative
peace and free
dom?
Part of the
answer is the
d e m ocra tic
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

Read the want ads and profit.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

Halloween costume in order to
raise one whole dollar for Bis
hop Sheen" to L. P. T. for
SIS. my wife gave up a flower
corsage one Sunday and sends
the money to the missions.
to E. z. Enclosed is SIS which
would have provided my mid
morning 'pep-up' coffee"
White is the color in which
all other colors are concealed.
It is the Papal color, and the
Holy Father appropriately joins,
in His intentions, prayers for the
five colored continents of our
World Mission Rosary. At your
request and 50 offering to the
Missions. We will send you a
World Mission Rosary.
Cut out this column. pin your
sacrifice to it and mail it TO the
Most Reverend Fulton ]. Sheen.
National Director of The Society
for the Propagation of the Faith,
100 East 38th Street, New York
16x, New York or your Diocesan
Director Reverend James Kulp.
246 East Town Street, Columbus
Is, Ohio.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08
St. Xavier's Life
To Be Filmed By
Indian Company

BOMBAY, India - fNc) = The
life of st. Francis Xavier. the
Apostle of the Orient, is to be
filmed in a grand multi-lingual
movie.
The film is sponsored by the
United India Artistes, a producing
concern of Bombay, and the screen
play has been written by Father
George Prokosch, . Divine Word
priest attached to this archdiocese.
Other members of the producing
unit IS we'll as the cast include
several Catholics.
The movie, which Is offered in
three languages English, Hindu
stani and Konkani-is expected to
be released for exhibition early
next year.
The production of the new film
has come at a time when devotion
to st. Francis Xavier has increased
throughout Catholic India follow
ing exposition of the Saints body
in Goa last year.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08
Polish Bishops
Loyalty Oath
Called Invalid

VATICAN CITY - radio, NC)
News that the Polish hierarchy
has taken an oath of allegiance to
the communist government of Po-
land must be considered in the
light of anti-Church terror and
violence that reached a peak there
during recent months, according to
Osservatore Romano.
1--WE do not know what founda-
ton the report may have" the
Vatican paper said, "but if 1t IS
confirmed, conditions in Poland
would be sufficient of themselves
to help understand that the action
of the Bishops was not free. 1t
was the result of lengthy moral,
administrative and physical vio-
lence from which probably not
even extortion was absent" the
paper stated.
AN oath taken under such con-
ditions would be effectively in
valid and the government knows
it well. But for the Warsaw op-
pressors all that is of no account.
They will hold it valid and will
make use of it as a pseudo-legal
weapon for further violence" Os-
Servator Romano said.
Reports of the Bishops oath
must be judged in the light of the
general climate established there
in recent months" the paper con-
tinued.
The oath was extracted, the pa
per suggested, perhaps through
an influence of powers foreign to
Poland and about which we can
have only a shadowy idea. Vio-
lence and falsehood, perfidy, hy-
pocrisy, flattery and extortion are
tightly interlaced by the com
munists for the purpose of op-
pressing the Church.
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-Cod Love You
The World Takes Offense
At The Practical Christian
by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

Why is the Church prosecuted
In Poland and not in the United
States? Why are there only ZIG
foreign missionary priests left in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

OF one man by the brutality of
'brainwashing'." These words of
Father (Maior) George M. Rim
koWski, Air Force Chaplain from
Toledo, O., introduced an indoc-
trination program for the combat
crew members of the 18th Fighter
Bomber Wing.
The program, which will become
an integral part of eamhst crew
training, aims to demonstrate that
an understanding of communism as
an intrinsic evil and the possession
of knowledge 10 refuta II is the
key TO understanding "brsinwash-
ing" and fhe best defense against
it.
"We must understand the aims
and detectives of communism. /"
Father Rinkowski explained, land
the present and clear danger of
world domination by it. We surely
must understand the political, eco
nomic, military, and psychological
methods employed to gain those
objectives." !"
Red Philosophy Probed
The program goes beyond the
facade of communist programs and
probes into the philosophy of com
munism, explaining what it is,
what it does, and what are its vul-
nerabilitieS. To better illustrate the
contradictions of communistic phil
osophy, an analysis of the philos-
ophy of democracy is used as a
yardstick for comparison. This
phase of the indoctrination covers
the nature of man, his rights and
corresponding duties.
1T must be remembered" Faith
er Rinkowski emphasized, that de
mocracy recognizes the state is not
antecedent to man but receives its
lust powers from the consent of the
governed"
other phases of the program in
clude discussion of the rights of
ownership and private property,
and a discussion of the psychology
Of man from both the rational view
point of ''who man is" and the ex-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

maculate Heart of Mary missionary
who had himself signed prepos-
ferrous confession after 13 months
Of conditioning in a Peking prison.
Asked how the communists OBJ
tanned fantastic confessions, Father
Albert Van Lierde declared 'There
is no such thing as breaking
point, after which a man is willing
to sign anything. These confes-
sionS-and there are hundreds of
them before the final one is ar
rived at-are drawn from the vic
tim, phrase by phrase, adjective
by adjective, distorted incident by
distorted incident.
"These confessions are extorted
over long periods of time and
through innumerable sessions with
communist interrogators. Single
phrases are twisted from the vic
tim in the terror of torture and
more often by the feigned kind
ness of the interrogation,
The strange thing is that In his
confused state the prisoner actual
ly believes that the Red Judge is
his friend, as he claims to be, and
is really trying to help him out of
the entanglements in which he
finds himself, Father Van Lierde
stated.
The priest related that his most
resistant moments were the actual
moments of torture. At that point
the victim is least inclined to yield
to the Red Interpretation of the
Grimes" charged against him, he
said.
Expelled from Red China more
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

spirit of the Western world
which suffers the other mans
opinion to thrive in the midst
of disagreement. The whole
answer is much deeper and more
mysterious. Persecution arises
either because society becomes
definitely anti-Christian or be-
cause Christians truly live the
Gospel. This provokes the an
tagonism of the world. Our
Lord told us if we love Him
''the world will hate YOU.
Communism can never enslave
man until it exiles God. Thus
persecution must precede the
nom les of Communism.
Hence they make the fight
against the Church a battle to
death. There is no persecution
in the Western world partly be-
cause it waters down Christianity
so as to mean anyone who be-
lieyes that Christ is a great
teacher like Budda or George
Bernard Shaw. In this case,
there is nothing to fight against,
one either ridicules Christianity
or tolerates it as a point of
view. When the world is con-
sciously Christian, it perse-
cutes; when the Christians are
consciously Christian, they be-
come an "offense" to the world
and the world persecutes them.
Our Lord said: Blessed are We
when men hate, revile and per-
secute you" When this hap
pens, we are witnessing to
Christ"
The way to ward off persecu-
ton is to deny ourselves. Per
scouting" our ease, our egotism,
and our selfishness, releases us
from external persecution. This
is the real reason America is
free from persecution-the char
ity and sacrifice of our faithful
to the hungry and needy in the
other parts of the world. Con-
tinue to be that way.
GOD LOVE YOU to the follow
ing: to Fl. B. o. for 500. This
is part of the fire insurance
commissions l have received"
. to J. E. and her co-workers
at S. & D. for S100. This is
in accordance with my promise
to you of sending some contri-
button every 10 weeks. It COM
prises the sacrifices made by
myself and my co-workers."
to G. F. for 81. This is the
money saved to buy a Toni
doll" to r. H. During
my lunch hour l put aside "The
Bishop Sheen Story to attend
a turkey rattle. / made a promise
that if the Good Lord would
bless me with a turkey | would
share it by sending 81 to the
Missions. Enclosed is So. to
A. 0. Enclosed is 81 repre-
senting sacrifices of lawn cut
ting, strawberry sundaes and
breakfast at home" to M. N.
for $12.78. THE enclosed rep
resents 1919 of my first months
rent for the Missions in thanks
giving for having found that for
which | searched" to J. M.
and M. D. who gave a circus in
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

than a year ago, Father Van Lerde
has scars on his arms and legs as
cruel reminders of the tortures he
suffered. He was forced to kneel for
hours on a sharp stick. During the
questioning he had to squat with
bricks stuck in the bend of the
knees and digging into the flesh of
the calf and thigh. His wrists were
handcuffed behind his back and
he was then hung from the wall
by the rope around his wrists.
When ne screamed with pain an
old sock was showed down his
throat with a stick.
He was kept without sleep for
periods up to IA days. When he
fell from exhaustion he was pulled
upright by his hair. In his delirium
he saw and spoke to people who
were not there. His arms and legs
swelled to twice their normal size
and became discolored with infec-
ton, but he was told he would re-
ceive no medical care until he had
confessed
"The communist Judge did not
even know of what to accuse me
when I was first arrested" Father
Van Lierde related as he recalled
their initial conversation:
"What crimes are you guilty of"
the Judge asked.
"Pm not guilty of any crimes"
the priest replied.
"But you must be guilty. You
were arrested, we're you not? The
peoples government does not ar
rest anyone who is not guilty. You
must search your conscience. admit
your crimes, beg the government
for forgiveness. Only then can you
be returned to society and become
a useful member In the peoples
democracy"
The interrogations began at 10
p. m. and lasted into the dawning
hours of the morning. Every now
and then the interrogator's voice
at times cajoling, at times threat
ening-was interrupted by the ag-
onizing screams of other prisoners
being ''interrogated" in other
rooms of the dank, dark prison.
After more than a year of inter
rogation, torture, fatigue, terror
and wrangling, the priests confes-
sion finally emerged.
It was a long chain of distorted
incidents, he related. In essence
he Confessed" that he had trans
mitted military and political in
formation to an imperialist, enemy
power-the United States. The fan
tastic confession" was twisted
from these facts:
Father Van Lierde served as an
N.C.W.C. correspondent before the
communists took over Peking. He
wrote by-line story about the mob
trials in areas then taken over by
the Reds and another about the
works of mercy being carried on
by Catholic groups in Peking while
the city was under siege by the
Reds.
The first story mentioned com
munism, therefore it was some
thing political, the communist
Judge declared categorically. The |
second mentioned the siege which |
was something military. These |
stories were seen in the us. Ca |
tholic press by His Eminence Car
dinal Spellman, Archbishop of New /
York, the Red judge argued. The |
Cardinal transmitted the informa- I
tion to President Truman, he stat
ed. Father Van Lierde admitted /
this was possible, so in the end he |
confessed" TO the "crime" of !
illegal information. |
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08
ThoughfIsss
Keep Her In Mind

What with all the emphasis on
the Christmas Season, one could
almost forget that this is the Mar
ian Year. Don't forget the Blessed
Virgin. Keep her rosary and litany
in mind and in use daily.
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perimental viewpoint of what man
is"
The final phase covers the all i'm
portant techniques of "brainwash-
ing" and the four factors of con.
ditioned reflex-passiye, depend.
ent, receptive and reactive.
Fsfhsr Rinkowski pointed cut
that while many have suecumhed TO
"hrainwashins" because Of the lack
of knowledge TO combat II, many
others have fought IL successfully
through sound knowledge of the
moral, ethical. philosophical, and
psychological principles involved.
Father Rinkowski emphaticalIy
stated, I'VE owe it to our men to
provide them with the weapon of
knowledge. We are letting them
down If we fail in this responsible
ity."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08
Chaplain Starts Course
To Fight 'Brainwashing'

FIFTH Air FORCE, Korea - NC - "The greatest en-
emy of freedom Is ignorance knowledge of communism its
philosophy strategy tactics and knowledge of the right
the sures safeguards against it, This true whether
we consider communism from the viewpoint of the whole world
from the viewpoint Of attempt TO destroy the fraedon
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

Thought For the Weak
You won't have any trouble low
ing your enemies If you make
friends out Of them.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08

N Yeu haven't been reading the
want ads. you have been losing
money. Read them and prefii.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-01-08
Reds Fake Kindness To Obtain
Confessions, Missionary Saws

WASHINGTON - (NCl = Feigned kindness not torture
is the potent weapon which draws confessions from com
munSt victims.
This testimony given here by young Belgian I'm
The Arizona post., 1954-12-17
.Criitiiciizes
Slow Pace

BONN (JTA) - The slow
pace of German indemnifica-
ton of individual victims of
Nazism drew the fire of three
major parties in the Bonn
Parliament. The debate devel-
oped over a motion by the So
cial Democrats, who were
Joined in criticism of the in
Identification program by a
leading Christian Democrat
and a leading member of the
liberal wing of the Free Dem
ocratic Party.
In support of his motion,
Social Democrat DR.. Adolph
Arnd demanded to know why
the government had failed to
issue implementation and adj
ministrative regulations to
the Federal Indemnificatlon
Law, which was passed 18
months ago.
Replying, Secre ia ry OF
State Hartmann, said that the
regulations, in draft form,
were now in the hands of the
Cabinet. (These drafts have
already drawn the fire of the
Central Council of Jews in
Germany as "inadequate.~
Herr Hartmann indicated that
the budget estimates for in
Identification would not be
increased unless, contrary to
expectations" it was found
that $36,OO0,OOO was insuffi-
cient.
The Arizona post., 1954-12-17
Official Asks
Schools Closing
On Holidays

NEW YORK (JTA) - DR..
William Jansen, Superintend-
ent of Schools, has recon-
mended to the New York City
Board of Education that it
close the city's public schools
on three days of Rosh Hasho-
nah and Yom Ripper. He said
on each of these days that it
is impossible to run the
schools safely.
'I made the recommends
ton to solve an administra-
tive problem" DR.. Jansen
said. "It is becoming increas-
ingly difficult to cover our
schools with the limited staff
available on Rosh Hashonah
and Yom Ripper. We try to
get substitutes to cover the
places of absentees, but we
can get only a fraction of the
number of substitutes we
need"
The Arizona post., 1954-12-17
|U.N. Votes
Funds to Arabs;
Israel Abstains

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(JTA)-The General Assem-
bly's Special Political Com
mittee approved a resolution
extending the life of the U.N.
Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Arab refugees until
June 80, 1860.
The vote on the resolution
was Al in favor, none against
and eight abstentions-Israel
Iraq, Burma and the five
members of the Soviet Bloc.
The resolution would fix the
UNRWA budget for the next
fiscal year at SCI, 100000 for
relief and rehabilitation.
The Israel delegate ex-
planned his delegations alb
stention on the grounds that
certain portions of the draft
resolution dealing with UN'
RWA did not emphasize suf-
ficiently Israel's insistence
that repatriation of the Arabs
to their old homes in Israel
territory is no longer feasible.
The Iraq delegate said ne
abstained from voting be-
cause the resolution does not
sufficiently ecogniz e the
rights of the Arab refugees to
return to Israel territory
The Arizona post., 1954-12-17
Blasts Law
On Entry

NEW YORK (JTA) - De-
nunciation of the "continua-
ton of our restrictive immi-
grafton policy" as morally
evil" and from the point of
view of our gaining friends in
the battle for democracy, a
stupid blunder," was voiced
by Governor-elect Averell l
Hartman of New York.
Mr.. Hartman spoke at the
Fortieth Anniversary Found
ers Dinner held in connection
with the 10th annual meeting
of the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee. He
directed his attack to the pres
ent immigration policy and
demanded that the McCarran-
Walter immigration Act and
the refugee act of 1858 be
drastically overhauled.
Mr.. Hartman noted that
the number of actual refugees
and escapes who have been
admitted to the US. under the
Refugee Relief Act is minus
cule"