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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
. Veterans Repay 6S4,623
81 InapS In IN Years

Gil Loans In III Years
Veterans have repaid in full
684. 623 Gil loans tor homes. farms
and businesses totalling more than
So billion in the past decade of the
CT loan program. Veterans Admin
istration announced today.
The 684,623 loans repaid as OF
June IS, 1854 represents nearly 10
per cent of the 1852 5l8 loans made
totalline $3.50 billion
This high rate of repayment Is
matched by the low rate of claims
VA has paid on lorecloSed loans
2,574. or less than one per cent OF
the total number of loans made.
To date, the government has SUI
fercd an out-of-pocket loss of only
SGT million and that amount is Sub
ject TO substantial further recover
les either by sale of acquired Sect
rity or from veterans themselves.
Although the majority of the
loans repaid are for homes, more
business loans have been paid off
percentage-wise.
More than 1875 TIA business loans,
or So per cent of the 2l4,544 loans
made. have been paid back in fun.
Total amount of the business
loans repaid is more than 1882 9
million out of $5777 million borrow
ed by veterans.
Of the 214,544 business loans
made, VA has paid claims on IL ,6f3,
or only Sd per cent. The current
loss before further recoveries is 50 4
million.
Fifteen per cent or $4,000 or the
1851 ,643 home loans made since
1914 have been repaid in full Mo-
ney-wise nearly $2.7 billion has
been repaid out of 1921 billion bor-
rowed. Gil home loans are usually
written with Is TO 30-year terms
Claims paid by VA on forecloSed
home loans amount to only 1886
or approximately one-half of one
per cent the loans made. Current
loss to VA before further recoveries
is $163 million dollars
AS for farm loans, veteran farm
ers have repaid 368l9 loans totall-
ing SOB milliol out of &C 33l farm
loans totalling 1857 million that
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
Methodist Church
Picnic Slated

The annual picnic of the Japanese
Methodist Church will be held this
Sunday, August Is at Lincoln
Park. Both Issei and Nisei worship
services will be held at II am at
the park The Rev TT Machida
will hold the Issei service and the
Rev Norio Yasaki, the Nsei service
After the services, the Duzzer5'
Cake Auction will be held Proceeds
fro mthe auction will be divided be-
tween the Monograph Fund and
the Bus Fund.
BOARD MEETING
The official board of the japanese
Methodist Church will gather for
its monthly meeting at pm Tues
day, August II, in the church par
Tor
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
Flower Glasses Set
At Methodist

A class on flower arrangement is
now being held at 8 pm. every
Thursday in the japanese Metho-
dist Church. There will be eight
weeks of basic arrangements follow
ed by classes in advance work Mrs
Fuiikado will be instructor.
Glasses are open to all and inter
ested persons are asked to bring
their own flowers, bowl scissors,
notebook and pencil
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
. ANOTHER BOY

Mr.. and Mrs John Matsudaira,
1923 Bellevue. are the parents of 4
Id. l OF. baby boy, born Monday at
Seattle General Hospital The new
conner, who joins a brother Paul,
has been named Peter Mkt The
paternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs Tom Matsudaira, and the ma
ternal grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs T Inouye, all of Seattle
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
Q IN EUROPE

Miss Yoshi Shitamae visited the
Paris Opera House recently while
sightseeing in Paris. according to a
letter sent her family She is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs F Shita-
mae. BOG Sixth Ave. S.
Miss Yoshitamae left August l by
plane for Europe to visit her sister,
Mrs. Joe Ike, in Weisbaden, Germa-
ny She expects to be in Europe for
about a month
En- route home, she plans to visit
another sister, Mrs. Harold Nishi of
Ithaca, NY
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
. BABY BOY

Mr.. and Mrs. Hatsuji Hanada
1882 23rd Ave. S., are the parents OF
a Id OF. baby boy born Saturday
at Group Health Hospital The
newcomer, who joins two brothers,
has been named Terry H
The paternal grandparents are
MI. and Mrs. I. Hanada of Seattle,
and the maternal grandmother is
Mrs M. Tanaka of Tacoma.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
q NEW ARRIVAL

Mi and Mrs. MitSuji Abe and
Bruce, Jolene and Patrick welcomed
to the family new baby boy,
George Yoshito Id. IA or, born
Saturday at Swedish Hospital Mr.
and Mrs Chotaro Abe are the pate
rnal grandparents, and Mrs. Yaichi
Tanaka is the maternal GRANDPA
Cher.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1954-08-11
Church Notices
BAPTIST

Baptist
9Ol +. Sprtice ST.
9:45 a.m.-Sunday School for all
ages.
10 am.--lssei service.
ll:I5 a.m-NiSel worship service
100 pm.-iou,n fellowship meet
ing.
la27 Main 81.
10 IN Sunday School.
IL a.m.-Young peoples devotion
al service Rev S Masunaga to
speak
CONGREGATIONAL
sos 18TH b.
10 to IL m.-Sunday School
IL a.m.-Pilgrim Fellowship Hour
IL am-Issei morning service.
Saturday activities for high school
students. 100 to 4:30 pm.
FAITH BIBLE
l2S 18th Ave.
$50 m.-Sunday School for all
ages
IL a m.-Worship service. The
Rev James Cuthbertson. speaker.
7:30 m,-Evening service. The
Rev Cuthbertson to speak,
August 1870 pm. Rev. Cuth-
bertson.
August 1850 pm. Dinner for
Mr.. and Mrs Bob Oelschlager; 7
p.m.-Rev Cuthbertson; pm
Fireside wiener roast and testimo-
MES.
. Sundays
KRKL-lo5O on the dial 8 to
$3.50 m.
METHODIST
1896 Washington 81.
10 ammo church school because
of picnic.
IL m.-Nisei worship service al
Lincoln Park The Rev Norio Yasa-
XII will speak
IL noon-Duzzers Cake Auction
NICHIREN BUDDHIST
Ie4z Weller st.
IL am.-YBA service.
2 p.m.-Issei service. The Rev. X
Ikuta to speak
PRESBYTERIAN
5z2 9th Ave. s.
II a.m.-Nisei service DIR Fair
DOurn TO speak.
ST. PETERS CHURCH
1919 king 81.
9 a.m.-Holy communion
- - -
HPays to Advertise
In The Northvsss T1mes,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
Spanish Journalist Is Amazed
At Optimistic Priests In us.

WASHINGTON - (NC1 - "Hap-
py, optimistic priests" proved to
be one of the most startling aspects
of American life to a veteran Span
ish newspaperman as he completed
a six-week visit in this country.
i found all the priests smiling,
pleased with their people-proud
of them,n said Francisco de Luis,
general manager of Editorial Cato
lica, a Madrid publishing house of
newspapers and books. Mr.. de Luis,
who is also N.C.W.C. News Service
correspondent in Spain, came to
the us. at the invitation of the
State Department to study relations
between the press, radio and tele-
vision.
Americas clergy, Mr.. de Luis
said, provided marked contrast to
European priests, whom he de-
scribed as somher, serious, Sorry
about the people.
In America, the homes of the
people are always open to the
priests, he said In Spain, priests
usually come to the homes OF
Catholics only for the last rites.
Mr.. de Luis visited cities in the
East, in the Midwest, on the West
Coast and in the South. He stated
his US. stay dealt a death blow to
the impression prevalent in Europe
that Americans are materialists,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
German Bill
Would Close
200 Schools

HANOVER, Germany - NC) -
Thousands of Catholics of the
State of Lower Saxony have sol
emnly protested here at mass
meeting against a new school bill
which would wipe out about 200
Catholic schools.
The bill, now before the state
parliament, would base the public
school system in the so-called uni
fled school (Gemeinschaftsschule)
TO be attended by children of all
denominations. They would be sep.
arated only for a specified number
Of hours each week to receive relig
ious instruction according to the
denomination to which they be.
long.
Last month the Bishops of Lower
Saxony Jointly protested against
the proposed measure, warning
that its enactment would endan-
ger internal peace. They also de.
clafed that the Dill is unconStitu-
tional and violates the provisions
of the German Concordat with the
Holy See of 1888.
The bill makes some provisions
for the maintenance OF denomin-
ationsI schools tBekenntnissehul-
enl but in the Catholic view
these provisions are of such re-
strictive nature that in practical.
lY all cases operation of Catholic
schools would be made iruPess-
ible.
The meeting, addressed by many
prominent speakers, protested sol
emnly against the violation of par.
entail rights and declared the deter
mination of the overwhelmingly
Christian people" of Lower Sax.
ony to fight against the proposed
measure with all legal means.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
Catholicism Called Greatest
Foe OF Reds In East Europe

authorities when the Batory reach
ed England.
Describing current conditions in
Poland. Capt. Cwiklinski said that
the Polish people remain uncon-
vinced by the priest patriots
which the communists have lined
up to combat orthodox religion and
that ''the people treat their ser
mons with a grain of salt"
"All holy days in Poland, and
particularly the celebration of Cor
pus Christi, became a huge mani
festation of the power of the
Church. They are thorn in the
side of the regime ? he said.
He said people continue religious
observance despite every block set
up by the regime and despite the
fact that most of the people are
physically exhausted from the tre-
mendous amount OF work required
for even a frugal living.
The regime is trying to draw
the faithful away from the
Church by opening many stores
on Sundays and offering for sale
articles which are scarce" he
said.
Meetings and rallies are also
scheduled to conflict with Sunday
Masses and movie theaters are
opened early Sunday morning at
lowered prices to draw the children
away from the Churches, he said.
Capt. Cwiklinski escaped from
the Batory in England last June
His wife and two children are still
in Poland.
A bill to grant residence in the
us. to Capt. Cwiklinski was intro
duced in Senate on the day of the
captains testimony In introducing
the bill Senator Herman Welker of
Idaho said that the captain lis do
ing a great deal TO help us in our
fight against communism"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19

IT PAYS TO USE THE
TIMES CLASSIFIED ADS.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19

not interested in spiritual values.
He cited a visit he made TO .
noon, weekday Mass at downtown
church in Chicago, which he had
regarded as 1.-The city of gangsters.'
He found the church crowded and
many people receiving Communior
during the Mass.
This is not an indication of ma
terialism," he commented.
Mr.. de Luis made another OBJ.
servafion to prove his point. He
said his reading of the American
newspapers showed that the pa.
pers in "maferislist America"
give more space TO Lenfen fes.
lures than those in Catholic
Spain.
The Madrid journalist also stated
that he found Sunday observed as
day of rest and prayer much
more widely in the US. than in
some European countries.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
As Matters Stand
Joe Breig Says.
Murder In Calyin's Town

They we're the votes of the Social
Christians. Every last one of the
Is is Catholic.
Gen eva is overwhelmingly
Protestant" ! do not want to be
unfair TO my Protestant brethren
IN America, or anywhere else.
know that there must be any
number of them who hate with a
Mortified hatred the sin of the
murder of infants by their own
mothers.
But terrible evils and errors OF
one kind or another do eventual
ly arise when people leave the
Church established by Christ. to
follow false prophets who invent
their own theologies - theologies
like the blasphemies of Calvin.
&C Geneva is Overwhelmingly
Protestant 1t is something to
think about.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19


The 53-year-old captain told of
religious devotion IN Poland that
grows greater with every Red at
tempt at suppression. He described
people standing in rain and snow
outside crowded churches.
The churches and shrines of
Poland were never so filled" he
said simply And he explained that
the surge of religious spirit is
more than a return to traditional
piety. 1t is an enthusiasm for the
principles of religion which are so
contrary to communism, he said.
Religion is great and pow
srful weapon and an enemy of
communism and the eommunistie
regime" he stated.
Capt. Cwiklinski said that he had
been forced to flee the liner he
commanded in England when he
learned that he would be arrested
by the communists because of his
attempts to keep communist infil-
tration and religious suppression
off his ship
Aboard the Batory, he said, he
had been successful in breaking up
communist cells and In counter
manding orders for the obliteration
of Mass and religious observances.
He explained that he was, for a
time, secure in his position. The
ship required an experienced cap
tain and he was able TO choose his
own crews and ease out "propagan-
da officers"
He described Red attempts to
remove all chapels from the trans
Atlantic liner, to forbid crewmen
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
WRS-NCWC Aids
Rat-Plagued Island

NEW YORK - NC) - A plane
load of concentrated cod liver oil
was shipped here by War Relief
Services-National Catholic Wei
fare Conference, the American
Hierarehy's relief agency, bound
for the rat-plagued island of Min.
danao in the Philippines.
Msgr Aloysius j, Wycislo, WRS-
NC.W.C. assistant executive direc-
tor, said the shipment was in re.
sponse to a plea that said the
plague of rats infeSting the island
had wiped out much of the food
supply. A shipment of 100000
pounds of dried milk will follow
soon.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19

NEWARK-Father Edward A.
McGinty, pastor of ST. Francis de
Sales, was guest speaker at the
regular meeting of the Newark
Council 72l, Knights of Columbus.
Father McGinty led a discussion of
Puerto Rico. other participants
were Leo Reichert, Frank Stare, Jr.,
Joseph Dolan, Michael Massaro and
Anton Mathy.
On Wednesday, council members
attended the st. Francis de Sales
Irish program in Slattery Hall The
Holy Name Society sponsored the
affair.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19

TO attend Mass. and to circulate
communist propaganda among in
ternational passengers on trans
ocean crossings.
when | took command of the
Batory | thought ! would be able
to save the ship from communiza-
tion had regard TO keeping
religious obserVances aboard my
ship and the passengers could at
tend Mass or conduct prayer serv-
ices according to their religious be-
liefS ..
II wanted passengers to have
the impression that Poles are an
industrious, hospitsble and hon.
orabIe nation. | wanted TO prove
that one could sail on . Polish
ship without coming in contact
with communism. For a rather
long time | succeeded, but when
the security authorities began 10
tread on my steps and when II.
nalIy was threatened with arr
rest, | decided TO leave the ship
which was a part OF myself"
Questioned by the legislators on
the fact that convicted communist
Gerhard Eisler had escaped from
the us. on the Batory as a stow
away Capt. Cwiklinski said he had
never heard of Eisler until the
stow-away was identified by an
American newspaperman aboard
the ship. He described a calling
down he had received by Polish
communist officials for releasing
Eisler into the hands Of British
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
friqhffnl thenlnr

frightfui theology of predestina.
tion.
Calvin made a theological sys-
tenn out of one of the most ter
rible blasphemies ever uttered by
mortal man.
He said that God, before he Gre
ates human being, decides wheth-
er the person He Is about to create
is going to heaven or TO hell.
Thereafter, there is nothing that
the person can do about it.
If the person comes into the
world predestined to heaven, he
can sin like a devil all his life,
and still he'll 90 to heaven when
he dies.
II the person arrives on earth
predestined to hell, he can live
like saint until he draws his
last breath-and still God will
send him to hell.
What a theology What a God!
What blasphemyl
But | was talking about a Relie-
iouS News Service dispatch from
overwhelmingly Protestant" Ge-
neva.
The dispatch was about a stormy
debate that took place in the Ge-
neva cantonai parliament.
GA canon in Switzerland is one of
the states that make up the Swiss
Federation)
cannot find words in which to
express fully to you how distaste-
full it is to me to tell you what
the debate in the Geneva parlia-
men was all about.
You, / am sure, will find it equal
ly distasteful But there are facts
in the world that must be faced
and reckoned with.
The debate was about abortion.
That is to say, the issue before
parliament concerned mothers
who procure the murder of their
own infants.
No, ii was not about mothers
whose infants had been torn from
their arms and murdered by the
agents of Hitler or a Herod.
II was about mothers who hired
killers TO kill their own babies; the
killers being medical men in Ge-
neva.
Geneva is a center of that kind
of thing.
Last year, said the Religious
News Service dispatch, there we're
5000 official abortions in Geneva.
In the same period, only 2.400 ba-
bies were born in a population of
100000.
OF the 5000 official abortions,
1,700 involved women who had
come from France, Italy, Germany,
the United States and the Arab
countries for treatment" in Ge-
neva.
That was the situation. Now it
so happened that a man named
Pugin, Catholic, had become
health minister of Geneva. The
multitudinous infanticide struck
horror to his heart.
Abortion is sanctioned by Ge-
neva law, but pugin recognizes a
higher law, which no man-made
law can set aside.
Pugin fired the city officials who
were in charge of the regulation"
of abortion. He appointed IL spe-
cialists, and ordered them to re-
view every case. and to disclose
in each case where the woman came
from, and where she was present.
! ly living.
That brought on a storm in parlia
ment.
Pugin was denounced by the
elected representatives of the peo
pie of Geneva. At last q vote was
called fora vote on whether Il
support Pugin. or not, in his eff
forts TO curb. If he could not wipe
out, The practice of the murder oi
! the innoeents.
Pugin lost. There were 81 vote.
against him-the votes of Liberals
Communists. Right Wing Demo
Gratis, and Socialists.
Sixteen votes supported Pugin
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19

Yes, it is. Ge-
n eva Switzer-
land is what
you might call
the Rome of
Protestantism, if
Protestan tbs m
had a Rome.
Geneva wa S
t h e headquar
ters Of John Cal.
vim Jean eau
v / n W h o
thought I'm the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19

The dispatch from Religious
News Service closed with four
words: Geneva is overwhelming
ly Protestant"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
Sure .Enuf

Opportunity doesn't always
knock, Most of the time it's stand
ing right i'll front of you if your
eyes are open.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
Church Continues To Flourish
Despite Communists, Pole Says
WASHINGTC

WASHINGTON - (NCl - US legislators given
another vivid picture of religion the most powerful force
ski of the Polish liner Baory testified before the Senate Inter
naIS
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19
Sisters OF Mercy To Meet

WASHINGTON-(NC) - Sisters
of Mercy of the Union from all
over the United States will gather
in Chicago April 10 to % for their
second annual educational confer
ence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
10 FILA Field Chiefs
10 Discuss New Policies

More than 70 field office di-
rectors Of the Federal Housing
Administration have been called
to Washington to discuss nation
al housing policies and their adj
rninistration.
FILA Commissioner Norman p.
Mason said the meeting would
be held August Is and II. At
the meeting. he added, the pat
tern would be set for carrying
out President Eisenhower's fous-
ing policies-"to help people own
their own homes and to provide
better housing In America"
Mr.. Mason said discussion
would include new housing legis-
lation, new ways to safeguard
the integrity of FILA programs
and management improvement
methods for field offices. Another
objection is the assurance OF
uniform processing Of applica-
tons for FILA mortgage insur-
anCe,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Gives Up. Likes Prison Best

SOUTH BEND. Ind. (R).-A
man who served I'VE years in an
Illinois prison after breaking jail
here six years ago surrendered,
saying THE prison sentence was
the best thing that ever hap
pened to me-"
Prosecutor Patrick Brennan
said Willard Manuel, IS, told him
he studied art. foreign languages
and law In Statewide Prison at
Joliet. III, has written two books
and is considering "a serious art
career"
Manuel told Mr.. Brennan he
was arrested in Chicago after his
jailbreak here November 10, 1948.
Since his release from Statewide,
he had been living in Gary, Ind.
When he escaped. Manuel was
held on a burglary charge. Mr..
Brennan said he hasn't decided
whether he'll prosecute Manuel
on a jailbreak, charge, which
could mean one to five years in
prison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
The Curious Beer

CENTRAL CITY, Colo. Dr.
Cameras snapped in this historic
old mining town as delighted
tourists pointed their lenses at
what they thought was tame
bear.
But they scattered in a hurry
after Sheriff Kenneth Mckenzie
took a close look at the full
grown animal.
That's a real bear, and not a
tame one" he said. The sheriff
said he believed the bear to be a
grizzly which strolled from the
woods and ambled lazily through
the streets.
Its sure lucky nobody was
hurt" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Never Leave Door Open

DIES MONIES OFT was
warm. So they left their hotel
door open. two Federal revenue
agents told police.
Sometime during the night
they were robbed Of $500.
The agents, Ben Hardaway
Cox ard c. w. Mabbitt, have
been attending a school at the
Internal Revenue Office here.
Fellow revenue service work.
ers said the loss was probably
deductible in figuring income
taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
Life in the u. S.
Shower Dry,
HeChopsHose
OF Neighbor
By The As.ssis,.d Pres.

PHILADELPHIA. July 3l.-
Thomas L. Girard, 66. walked
into the bathroom Of his sub
urban Drexel Hill home to take
a cooling shower.
But he found there was no
water pressure. He had q good
idea why. he said later. and
decided ito do something about
it."
Armed with q Ratchet, lie
went to the home OF Mrs. Mary
c. Grim. three blocks away. Mrs.
Grim was sprinkling her lawn.
Mr.. Girard commenced to chop
up Mrs. Grim's hose In little
pieces.
At a hearing Friday before q
justice Of peace, Mr.. Girard was
released on $500 bail for q fur.
ther hearing August Z on charges
of assault and battery and dis
orderly conduct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
A Story Of IA Meows

MOULTRIE, GA. lP).-Wil-
liam Raiford was plagued by
rats. He got q couple Of cats
and pretty soon there were no
rats.
But at last count, there we're
IA cats.
you can't win," says Mr..
Raiford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-01
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