davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Paugh, Sr,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Paugh. Jr.,
motored to Belhaven, Va, on Sun
day and spent the day with Mr.. and
Mrs. Olen Pase.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12
Coffee Popular

Coffee is more than twice as popu-
lar us. beverage today as it was
40 years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1955-08-12

The average farm in Formosa is
three acres.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-09-09
WASHINGTON LETTER
WASHINGTON LETTER
War Crime Investigation Urged

WASHINGTON - A strong
sentiment is building up for an
international investigation of
war crimes committed by com
munists against American pris-
oners in Korea, both during the
fighting and after the armistlce.
The interest is not centered
here alone, but is manifested
throughout the country. Veterans
organizations in various sections
are taking an interest in the mat
ter.
A Congressman, Representa-
tive Thomas ]. Dodd Of Connect
icut, su~ Zests the same action in
letter to Secretary of State
Dulles, but he would not con-
fine the investigation to the pos
sibility of UN action alone. He
says il could be carried out by
that body, or by "a specially
constituted international tribunal
or commission" He says the u.
S. could submit numerous doe
umented instances of atrocities
and torture"
Interest in this proposal is
heightened by the fact that this
Government only in recent days
ma lie public a new code OF con
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-09-09
Movie Deterioration

Officials Of the National Legion NJ Deccncy
stated last week that the moral tone of movies Is
deteroranp That surely, could have been pre-
dicted when liberal minds combined with evil forces
to prohibit any honest eensoring OF movies Here
in Ohio too il is all too evident that there is no
movie censorship, Despite the promise made with
heroic stand Of honesty by the Theater Owners As
sociation to keep the movies clean after the failure
Of legislators 10 pass much needed law of cen
sorshp more and more indecent films appear on
the screens.
Legion of Decency officials also stated that
many Catholics getting lax on movies. The box,
office success Of condemned films must he
due in part TO patronage by some Catholics. Mrs.
James F. Looram chairman of the Motion Picture De.
partment Of the International Federation Of Catho-
lie Alumnae rightly called attention to letter
from the papal Seefetarate which stated: There
Is little doubt that the faithful have the obligation
of informing themselves the judgments made by
the competent film Judging offices concerning the
moral value OF films, and of acting accordingly"
Everyone must understand that as long as box
office attends the deterioration of the moral
tone Of tho movies, there must also follow den-
ite deterioration Of the moral tone of the people
Mr. Moshcr uhe who blocked Ohio censor
ahip) 10 the contrary Notwithstanding,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-09-09
Message from Argentina

The prelae Of Argentina who explained the res-
son behind The Churchs refusal to permit Inc feroh
government 10 repair the churches damaged In the
political upheavaI there some weeks ago put IL
verv nlainIv when he said that the Church could
not permit profane hands to touch the ChurcnS
wounds.
His explanation only served TO emphasize that
. predominantIy Catholic country has been lnill-
trated and is now being controlled by minority
OF communist inspired leaders The manner IN wnlch
the Catholic churches of Argentina we're treated
reveals the kind of thinking back of the perpet
rators II could have been nothing but Communists
behind the diabolical work.
II is now definitely established that the Peron
ISIS who attacked and set fire to the churches used
fiame-throwerS and napalm TO increase the confla
grafton Government trucks transported gasoline
and other yolatiies 10 help along in the burning.
Although Peron tried to blame the Communists,
If Is quite evident that he and his regime were hand
In glove with them in the work. For it was govern
ment arson squads that did the work.
The police said they had instructions" and
could not protect the churches. The fremen said
they had no water pressure and stood by for two
hours to watch the fire Then to add to the damage
they flooded the structures with water. In several
of the churches every tabernacle was hammered IN.
The wreckerS broke the reiquary in the altar stone
and scattered The relics. Statues were broken and
marble altar rails were broken so that no piece
longer than twelve inches remained Anything burn
able was piled in the center Of the church and
burned
II is silly for Peron 10 blame this destruction on
Communists for he is surely their leader. For
Americans the message from Argentina is 1T can
happen in the United States, too!" II is only neceS-
sary TO direct attention to the communist lnitra-
tion which still goes on IN the Eisenhower Re
publican administration to emphasize this message.
Probably many American voters thought 1t would
end with change Of administration but the battle
goes 10 remove and expose them.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-09-09
Unceasing Compassion

when Christ met the ptiful funeral cortege emer.
Ting from the little town of Naim recorded in Sun
days Gospel His heart went out in compassion for
the widowed mother whose only son had died just
rs His heart goes out in compassion for all who
must bear trials and sorrows mothers in particular,
"Do not weep" we're the words in which He voiced
His divine compassion, and they form message of
hope for All who are in sorrow
For Christ came into the world to redeem men
from sin which il death of the soul and bring them
hack 10 the life of grace everlasting following Him
obeying Him, loving Him. all reasons for fear and
grief are taken away, the Same power by which He
restored 10 life the Of the widow Of Nam is
constantly exercised by Him through the Sacrament
Of Penance IN restoring life to souls that have been
killed by sin Again and again He utterS that same
peremptory summons which awed the crowd that
day In Naim: Young man say 10 thee arise!"
II Is : summons that conveys the deepest compass
sion calling In use his free will TO turn from
wrong 10 right. from spiritual death 10 life
And the Church when feeling q mothers grief
Wher any nj her sons and daughters fall into sin,
bringing death upon themselves constantly utters
passion like that Of her Divine Founder she calls
on the errinr ones to arise from the evil ways into
which they have fallen, 10 shun the occasions Of
sin. She is truly compassionate indeed when she
sternly warns the sinner of the dangers he faces
as she does IN the words of ST. Paul in SUNDAYS $
Episte: BE not deceived. God is not Knocked For
what man SowS that he will also reap For he who
so"s in tie flesh, in the flesh also he will reap
corruption But he who Sows in the spirit from The
spirit he will reap life everlasting"
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duet for US. seryicemen in time
Of war.
Surely, it is not too much to
ask" Representative Dodd said
to Secretary Dulles, that, as we
require our own soldiers and
sailors and marines to carry the
full responsibility of patriotic
conduct even under the most
difficult of circumstances, we
demonstrate to them that those
who subject our citizens to un-
, Speakable brutalities and tor
lures will not escape condemna-
tion and punishment"
II is noted here, too, that, with
in. A matter of days, American
Air Force personnel who have
beea released from illegal con
finement have told the American
public of the horrors of their
Imprisonment under Chinese
communists,
In calling for this action on
the part of our Government, the
prime movers in this campaign
assert that the us. prisoners of
wa" taken in Korea were denied
proper medical attention, sub
iected to over-exertion, starved,
tortured physically and mentally,
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and murdered under atrpciouS
circumstances, and that men in
military uniforms were seized
and tried as spies, most ser
lou violation of the rules of
warfare. In addition, prisoners
have been illegally detained after
the cessation of hostilities.
Representative Dodd told the
State Department that action by
this Government resulting in an
international investigation would
bring to bear upon the commun-
lists the tremendous power and
strength of public condemna-
tion;" would inform and edu-
cate millions of people in the
world who are still in position
to make a choice between COM
munism and freedom, and would
demonstrate in an unmiStakable
manner that the us and its
free world associates will not
ignore or let pass unnoticed a
planned course of barbarism and
inhuman conduct"
Congressman Dodd was Chief
Trial Counsel for the US. at the
international trial of nazi leaders
in Nuremberg, Germany in l945
and 1916.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-09-09
MONSICNOR HIGGINS
MIRA as Labor, Catholics

orally haunting delegates who
didn't want TO be bothered. The
writer knows of one Catholic la
Dor leader who locked himself
in his hotel room during ma
tional CIO convention and cut
off the phone service for several
hours to avoid being proselytiZed.
Another prominent labor official,
a Protestant in this case, played
hide-and-seek with them at a SUBJ
sequent convention and eventual
ly threw them off his trail, only
to find in his Pullman berth,
that night, collection of MIRA
pamphlets and phonograph rec
ords which he had emphatically
declined to accept earlier in the
day.
Intentions Suspect
In addition to their personal
distaste for MRA's overly zeal
Gus missionary strategy-which
sometimes had its humorous nV-
ertones- many union officials,
perhaps the majority, are sus-
picious OF MRA'S intentions in
the field of organized labor. This
suspicion was publicly express
ed a few years ago in a resolu-
ton, introduced at national
AFL convention by prominent
non-Catholic delegate, calling
upon the Federation to investi-
gate the movement.
Nothing ever came Of this
resolution, but shortly there
after the International Confed-
Grafton of Free Trade Unions is
sued a controversial report which
said. in effect, that MIRA is anti
labor. This may or may not be
true, but, in passing, il is only
fair to add that one of MRA's Sc
verest critics, Bishop Leon JOS
eph SuenenS, Auxiliary of Ma
lines, Belgium, has come TO the
opposite conclusion and has Civ
en- the movement a fairly clean
bill of health in the field of so
cial and economic policy,
Not Merely Civic
This continuing controversy
with respect TO MRA's socio-eco-
nomie policy is admittedly inn
portant. But even more import
ant for present purposes is the
question as to whether or not
MIRA is theologicaliy sound. Or,
TO put it another way, whether or
not Catholics may in good con-
science associate themselves
with the movement There are
the questions TO which Bishop
Suenens addressed himself in his
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-09-09
Inquiry Corner
Father He0Iey

age us to perseyere until the In
justices and sufferings of this
world shall be removed by the
triumphal coming of Christ. They
should move us to be ready for
Gods judgment at all times.
@. M husband Is not q Cath
olic and his comments are pret-
tg pointed tohen 1t comes TO my
sisters family. They hdee all
been de00ted Catholics. but et'-
cry misfortune seems to strike
them and noiD my sister rs err
pecting another child and she
Is not nell, they are hard
pressed financially, etc.
A. To the extent that people
are devoted Catholics they find
it possible to bear with misfor-
tune and keep peace of soul.
People who question Gods JUS
tice in regard to His friends are
/. like the friends of Job who urg-
ed him to despair and die, while
Job was blessed because he
trusted God even in great af-
Fiction: 1.-The Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away: as it hath
pleased the Lord so it is done:
blessed be the name of the
Lord" Job 1:2D Christ made no
promises of health and prosperi.
ty for His devoted followers and
He gave great crosses to the
Apostles. to all the saints and
especially to His Blessed Moth
er. While good Christians are
often healthy and prosperous,
and there can be an unshakable
foundation of happiness in the
devoted Catholic we should re-
member that following Christ i'm
wolves carrying the cross. Only
God knows what is really good
for us and apparent tragedy and
failure often lead to greatness
and nobility of soul.
Q If man tDds made IN the
image and likeness Of God from
the beginning hoW could he fall
and be sent aa0dy from God?
A. Adam was made in the inn
age and likeness of God, but it
was likeness and not identity.
We are also in that same high
position due TO our spiritual ma
ture and our supernatural desti-
ny, but that does not mean that
we are perfect as God is per-
feet. The souls that reach heava
en- will reach the perfection pos
sibie to man and the image and
likeness of God will be relative
ly complete and it will be eter-
nal for them.
Send questions to Father Ed
ward F. Healey, Inquiry Corner,
The Catholic Times, Box 636, Co
lumbus 16) Ohio,
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The local press has reproduced
a series of lurid announcements
from London in which Cyprus is
depicted as a terror island IN
which life and limb are, to say
the least most precariously pre-
served. Nothing could be less
true.
Gross Exasserstion
Some sticks of dynamite have
been tossed and three lives lost
since January last, when the
first incident of terror" took
place. A clandestine organization
called EOKA has INDUCED in an
endless amount of threats and in
covering walls with its paint. But
to present Cyprus as a land IN
which the ordinary citizen lives
in fear of his existence is a
gross exaggeration. Politics bub-
bles merrily, to be sure, and the
eternal question of the annexa-
ton of the island to Greece is
the great issue of the day, I'm
fortunately space is limited in
viii Al to discuss this complex Is
sue.
Some months ago in this col
umn | raised the matter of the
urgency of the Cypriot case and
suggested that in the worldwide
scene, in which so many situa-
tions of real peril exist, perhaps
the immediate solution OF the
question here was bit less sub
ject to precipitation than one
might think. | was honored by
letters from several citizens of
Greek origin accusing me of be-
ing a stooge of Britain, friend
of tyranny, and any number of
other choice epithetS.
Since | have been in Cyprus |
have not changed my opinion. !
am not arguing one way or an
other for or against enoSis--
that is, the union with Greece. |
merely argue that as things
stand | see no evidence of the al
legged tyranny and violence of the
British authorities.
Detail the Comrades ignore
My third day in NicoSia, | at
tended q meeting sponsored by
the Communist Party of Cyprus
at the Alhambrs, in the center
of the city. The place was pack
or With bearers of Greek flags
and the speeches, as nearly as |
could gather. were lurid denun-
citations Of Britain and the Brit
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q. My ,0ife is conUert and
her mother has been l0dginq a
campaign for btrth-control. We
hare four children, all OF them
under school age and she claims
that | am enddngering nay Wife's
health. What dnSa0er can |
make that she l0ould under
stand? She says that her church
makes no objection TO birth
control.
A. In the first place you must
keep clear in your mind and
keep your wife straight on the
fact that whatever God COM
mands must be right. As Pope
Plus XI stated in the encyclical
on Marriage (CaSti Connubii,
1890: Every attempt on the
part of the married couple dur
ing the marriage act or during
the development of its natural
consequences to deprive it of its
natural power and to hinder the
procreation of new life is inn
moral. No justifiable reason or
necessity can change an action
immoral by nature into an action
that is moral and lawful" This
moral teaching rests first of all
on the divine authority of the
Catholic Church. There is much
literature available giving the
medical and the social argu-
ments against this unnatural
practice, and it would seem that
you could secure some of these
pamphlets, booklets or books
ESPECIALLY those by physicians
and medical authoritleS) and
loan them to your mother-In-
law. Having children is not a
disease and the modern unscien-
tific panic about women with
several children being in great
danger is shown up by many &C
tive mothers of large families.
If a mothers health really is in
danger the couple should con-
suit the priest in confession for
advice.
Q. When t0ill the Second
Coming of Christ take place?
A. AS with the end of the
world we should leave the NAM
ing of dates and speculation
about the Second Coming to
those who have nothing else to
do. We are given an awe-inSpir-
ing picture of the last days in
the Gospels and in the Apo
calypso, but not with the idea
that we should be anxious about
the date. (See St. Matthew "a:
23-5l especially verse SO. But
of that day and hour no one
knows, not even the angels of
heaven, but the Father only.D
We gain through study of these
passages if we let them encour-
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recent book - the most scholar
ly, most objective and most char
liable treatise on MIRA which we
have thus far encountered.
The Bishop answers both ques-
ti0ns in the negative. MIRA, he
says, is not merely a civic organ
ization as its leaders keep in
Sisting. Rather it is new relig-
iona new form of Protestant
ism. Therefore, the Bishop con-
cludes, Catholics may not become
associated with it. For all Ca
tholics," he says, "the matter is
settled; no participation what
ever in the movement as it is at
present is compatible with the
logic of the faith or with COM
plete fidelity to the Church"
Error of Their Ways
As recently as last winter, in
the presence of this writer and
a priest companion who is writ
ing a doctoral dissertation on the
movement, a group of MIRA mill
tantS including several Catho-
lies from Western Europe - re-
spectfully but rather blandly
dismissed Bishop Suenens' book
as the\ purely personal opinion
of an individual theologian.
Meanwhile, as the NCWC News
Service reported on August %,
the Sacred Congregation of the
Holy Office-the Vatican body
entrusted with safeguarding Ca
tholic faith and morals-has is
sued a formal decree on MIRA
which substantially confirms
Bishop Suenens' conclusions and
which, it is hoped, will convince
the Catholics in the movement
of the error of their ways. This
decree of the Holy Office in
cludes the following directives:
Il. II is not fitting for either
diocesan or religious priests,
and much less for nuns, To par
ticipate in the meetings of Nor
al Rearmament.
-. If exceptional circumstan-
ees should make such participa-
tion opportune, the permission
of the Sacred Congregation of
the Holy Office must be request
ed beforehand. This permission
will be granted only to learned
and experienced priests.
"3. Finally it is not fitting
that the faithful should accept
posts of responsibility in Moral
Rearmsment. and especially not
fitting that they join the social.
ed policy tsar,'."
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1955-09-09
RICHARD PATTEE
Report from Cyprus

ish. There was not a single gend-
arme anywhere about. No linn
itation was placed on what was
said. | submit that If the local
regime is tyrannical, it is a queer
sort of repression that toler-
ates a communist sponsored
meeting at which Greek flags
are displayed, the sole purpose
of which is to flay verbally the
power that rules the island.
Incidentally, the local commun-
lists are among the most ardent
defenders of enoSis. Once Cyprus
becomes Greek-if it does-the
Communist Party will become
illegal and no longer enjoy the
privileges of articulateness which
the British have allowed it. This
is a detail which the comrades,
quite obviously, ignore.
A Thin Hold
But enough of politics and
now to religion.
The island is divided among
its 5l7,000-odd people into about
30 per cent Greek speaking al
most all nj them Orthodox, and
20 per cent Turkish, all Mos
lem. Catholicism has a very thin
hold on things here. There are
perhaps 5000 Catholics in all,
divided between the four thou.
sand Maronites and the thou.
sand Latin rite Catholics.
Here in Nicosia there is large
Franciscan parish and among
the community a most attractive
and knowledgeable American,
Father Kelvin Mooney, o.F.M..
Many of the Catholics are Raj
men and their families, USA
personnel in radio or otherwise.
and other assorted foreign resi-
dents. There are several entire
1y Maronite villages tucked
awsy here and there: Kormskiti,
ASomatas and some others.
In Komakiti an American re-
ligious of Swiss origin, Mother
Paula runs the local school. In
Larnaca on the south coast is
Villa Regina Pacis with one
priest and chapel in town. At
fabulous Famagusta. where the
ruins of some 365 churches are
to be seen, there is Maronita
church used also by Latins and
one Spanish Franciscan. In Linn.
aSsol, there is one Italian Fran
ciscan; at Kyrenia, a chapel for
some so people served by one Of
the priests from Nicosia. There
are few isolated Armenian rite
Catholics scattered about.
The Legion of Mary operates
regularly, largely composed Of
foreign residents. Instruction for
non-Catholics, Father Mooney
tells me, draws perhaps a hun.
dred in English and some thirty
or forty in Greek. Prejudice
against the Church is strong
among the Orthodox and CONVEX
Sions so few as to be rarities.
In a word, this is another
Greek Moslem country with the
Church maintaining a tenuous
foothoid at the best. In Nicosia.
Terra Santa College under Catho
hc auspices draws EoodIy mum
her of ron-Cathoiics.
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(Which mildly threatened for
few days 10 blossom into a minor
public scandaD had never heard
of MIRA before.
MIRA is fairly we'll known in
Europe, where il has its inter
national headquarters; but il has
never really caught on in the
United States in spite of the fact
that it was started here in 1909
by an American citizen, Dr..
Frank Buchanan, at that time a
Lutheran minister. For several
years its best efforts in this
country were concentrated in the
field of organized labor. During
the middle '40S the movement
as il is familisrly referred to
by its devotees ~ persiStently
tried To infiltrate the labor move
ment But, MIRA press releases
To the contrary Notwithstanding,
this was more or less complete
waste of time.
A Bit of a Nuisance
To our personal knowledge,
the majority of labor leaders
who were urged repeatedly and
inSiStently to affiliate with the
movement let it be known, as
Soon as common courtesy would
permit, that they simply were
not interested and would prefer
to be lei alone. MIRA gradually
got the point and eventually bow
ed out of the picture. During the
past five or six years its agents
have not been in evidences at any
of the major labor conventions,
whereas in the middle '40s they
rarely missed one.
Indeed, one of the things that
hurt them most in labor circles
WAS the fact that they made =
bit ri nuisance nut n themsel.
ves AT union conventions By LIT.
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vided military
transportati o n
in Asia, at a
nominal charge
for n large
group OF civil
ians represent
ing the social
ed Moral Re.
ar m a me g n /
movement. Inc
chances are
that many of
those who read
this story