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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

under the United States occu-
patton.
Agrarian reform undoubtedly
has a tough, uphill path. So
far the institute has equivalent
Of $40 million recovered from
associates Of former President
Fulgencio Batista and $13 mil
lion from voluntary contribu-
tons. Much more is still needed
to pay for appropriated lands
and finance prospective CO.
operatives.
Prospects Seem Good
The experiment is unques-
tionably a big job for the new,
inexperienced regime. But if
the enthusiasm of the peasants
means anything its prospects
are good.
Land redistribution is only
one Of the many enormous eco
nomic problems facing a nation
pillaged by its former regime.
Uncertainty under Fidel
Castro's revolutionary govern
ment has led to a sharp drop
in private and foreign invest
ment. This has led to a near
standstill in the construction
industry and to consequent I'M
employment. Roughly half a
million Cubans are jobless out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

good. although world prices
are down.
Foreign investment and tour
ism, both important to the
Cuban economy, are Of sharply
but there is hope both can be
attracted back to the country
II and when the tension and
feeling Of insecurity ease.
The road ahead, however, is
not easy. The Cuban people
are not going to be able to
live indefinitely on enthusiasm.
II the Cuban revolution is go
ing to succeed, Fidel Castro
will have to climb down of
that cloud and go to work in
earnest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Woman in Hospital
After Couch Burns

Mrs. Thethonia Fields, 46,
was admitted to Georgetown
Hospital early today for smoke
inhalation. after a couch in
her apartment at 3012i2 r
street NV. caught fire, police
reported.
Mrs. Fields husband Henry,
SO, was treated at the hospital
for second degree burns on his
left foot and released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

outside the city. They moved
into town.
Hundreds of bridges were
washed away in the province.
Soldiers, flremen and Boy
Scouts manned rescue boats.
Army helicopters dropped sup
plies to isolated mountain
villages.
Red Cross teams rushed in
medical supplies and fresh
water. Emergency repairs were
being made to rail lines and
highways.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

Of a total work force Of "a
million.
To take up the slack, the
government has embarked on
a public works program and
deficit spending. This is a polit-
ical necessity and probably will
be difilcult to stop when II
becomes necessary for Mr.
Castro to ask his people To
tighten their belts in an austen
ity program later on. He I;
reported only recently aware Of
the dangers Of imitation in the
current situation.
Minister Is Able
SO far the public works pro.
gram seems in good shape
under the able direction Of
Manuel Ray Rivero. the young
vigorous public works minister
Mr.. Ray believes Cuba can take
a manageable deficit" without
risking runaway imitation.
His department now Is spend.
ing $13 million a month anC
this probably will go higher
The money is going into a use.
full program Of roads, schools
hospitals, and bridges. About
$4,000 workers are on the roll.
and another 10000 probably
will be added.
The critical time for Mr.
Castro Is still months ahead
perhaps in 1860. That's wher
his promises fall due.
AS one Habanero put it
"Fidel has shown us roses, but
unless he waters the plants
they'll die"
The people have been prom
ised thousands of new housing
units by the end Of 1859. Tit
peasants have been promised
their first land before the enc
of the year. The government
has promised jobs for all.
Cuba's present economic pic
ture is spotty, but it is not yet
frightening, and there is a more
than even chance it will pull
through despite gloomy predic.
tons. The sugar crop has beer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Austria ries to Reach
Isolated Flood Victims

Festival managers were talk
ing about arranging some con-
certs as benefits for the flood
victims.
Salzburg was damned. The
floods routed the poorer tour
lists who were on camping sites
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
Minister, 63, Swims
80 Miles in River

ST. LOUIS, Aug. IA (AP).-
"A 63-year-old minister swan
80 miles in a little more than
seven hours yesterday and said.
II wasn't a bit wobbly.'
The Rev. William j. George,
pastor of the Assembly Of God
Church in suburban Kirkwood.
entered the Mississippi River
near the Alton, ILL.,, dam and
emerged near the Veterans
Bridge here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

HaVana-repreSe CUBA. Tney
are people who, like the vast
majority Of Cubans, depend on
the land for q living.
Many now live in novels
eking out an existence for their
families. They have been told
this is their revolution-a revo-
luton Of the farmers. II the
promises are not fulfilled their
disillusion will be terrible,
Communists will have their in
ming.
The peasants place great
hopes in the future Of agrarian
reform and cooperative farm
ing. Competent economists say
there is no reason why the
program shouldn't succeed
with careful, intelligent direc-
ton.
Land Holders Cry Out
The National Institute Of
Agrarian Reform has outlawed
the huge Federal landholdingS
and is intent on chopping up
the big farms into small plots
for distribution among the
landless tenants. sharecroppers
and squatters.
The landholders, however,
have given out with anguished
protests coupled with dire pre-
dictions about the future Of
Cuba's economy. which de-
ponds mainly on sugar.
Proponents defend the law,
pointing out that such meas
ures have worked in other
countries - including Japan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14
COMMUNISM IN CUBA
Castro Must Fulfill
Promises He Made
BY WILLIAM L. RYAN
Associated Press FOREIGN News Analyst

HAVANA. Aug. 1.-THE development Of Fdel Castro's
revolution has its hopeful SIDE
The touching unquestoning faith Of the campesinos-
the little people Of the countrysden their leader
seen to be believed
To them revolution only hope and they-not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-14

Whot hope is there thot FideI Cos
tro's revolution will help cubo's
compesinOs' Mr.. Ryon found on
q survey trip to the island thot II
Is time for Mr.. Castro to voter
the roses he hos shown the people.
This is the Lost Of three articles.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

opening of the World Refugee
Year last June, His Holiness
Pope John XIII made a
special radio appeal to the
world asking all Catholics to
participate Fundamentally in
the work of the year. He said
that response TO the pspal
appeal has been generous.
and that Catholics in all
countries are cooperating I'M
reservedly in national pro-
grams.
Father de Riedmatten sug-
gested that the resettlement
goals of the World Refugee
Year should not be defined in
too limited a fashion. New
needs may arise every day"
he said, "and it would be most
disappointing if within the
framework of the WRY Ger
tain aspects of the refugee
problem were overlooked just
because we did not bear in
mind that this problem has
unfortunately become a per
manent one, revealing more
misery and distress every day
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Newark Catholic Responds
To CSMC Invitation

high ranking representatives
of the missions bishops,
priests, religious. and lay
workerS-who are experts in
the fields of study which will
be covered by the committees.
These experts will also be
among the principal speakers
at the convention. In their
preparatory work for the con-
vention, the committees will
make use Of program study
kits which have been prepared
by the CSMC National Center.
All high schools affiliated
with the CSMC have been in
vited by Msgr. Edward A. Ere
king, chairman of the National
Executive Board, to join in
the work of the COMMITTEES
of 60" Each school is allowed
to choose the committee on
which its members prefer to
serve.
The director of the CSMC
in the Columbus Diocese is
Msgr. James w. Kulp. Sister
Mary Wilhelmina is moderator
of the CSMC group at Newark
Catholic.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

The Ohio Fuel Gas Co. an
nounces the retirement of Gil
bert r. Miller, 1893 Ridgeview
Rd., as purchasing agent for
the firm. Mr.. Miller's retire
ment became effective Nov. i.
He had been with the gas
company AZ years. holding one
of the firms longest current
service records. He started as
a Production Department
Clerk at Mt. Vernon in 1912.
Miller was born in Lancas-
ter and was graduated from
Lancaster High School. He al.
so took his business training
in Lancaster before joining
the gas company.
He ard his wife have .
daughter, Sister Teresa, of
the Carmelite Monastery at
Wheeling, VIVA, and two
sons, the Father Francis Miller,
a Carmelite priest at Tucson,
Ariz. and Gilbert r. Miller,
Jr., Columbus.
Miller is a member of ST.
Agatha Church and the Holy
Name Society.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
FIR. Reidy
Appointed
By Mayor

LONDON Father Ed
ward Reidy, pastor St. Pat
rick Church, has been APP
pointed to London's new
Board of Appeals on the
Zoning Ordinance.
Mayor Bryan Jenkinson
calls the five-man board the
''most important board IN
city government"
"They are all God-fearing
gentlemen" the mayor said,
with wisdom to carry out
decisions courage to
withstand pressure !.
from interests detrimental to
our community"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Talks On
Russian Tour
At Newman

Father Bernard g. Hart,
OF, Professor Of Social Wei
fare at st. Mary's of the
Springs College will speak on
"A Priest Visits Soviet Rus
STA" at 8 pm. Nov. Is, at New
man Hall. This is the second
lecture in the current New
man Hall Lecture Series and
is sponsored by the Faculty
Council of Newman Hall and
the Newman Alumni Associa-
ton. There is no charge for
admission.
Father Hart studied at
Catholic University of Amer.
lea and the State College OF
teachers in Albany, NY. Az
Ter working for some time in
the State Reform School, he
entered the Dominican Order
and after ordination TO the
priesthood received the Mas
ter1s Degree in Social Work.
Last year the American
Book Company invited Father
Hart with thirty-seven other
educators in social welfare
and education to make a tour
of Soviet Russia, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark and Yugo-
slavia. In each country the
group was met by the Minis
ter of Education who showed
them features of the educa-
tional plan Of the locality.
Father Hart will answer
questions from the floor and
when the discussion is finish
ed, refreshments will be
served.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

Newark
Catholic High School Unit of
the Catholic Students Mission
Crusade was the first in the
Columbus Diocese to respond
to an invitation from the Ma
tional Center of the CSMC
(Cincinnati) for cooperation IN
the program of the Crusade's
10Th National Convention,
which will be held August %
%, 1860, at the University of
Notre Dame. The invitation
was to join one of the four
Committees of so" to prepare
special programs of action for
adoption at the convention
The four committees will
consist of volunteers from six
ty high schools affiliated with
the CSMC. The fields of ac-
ton which the committees
will represent will be Africa,
Communism. Latin America,
and the Philippines.
1t is expected that each com
mittee will carry on some spe-
cial program of study during
the current school year that
will lead to methods of mis-
sion that can be proposed at
the National CSMC Conven-
sion action that can be pronos-
ed at National CSMC Conven-
ton for adoption by the entire
membership of the Crusade.
The work of the Committees of
so is in line with the general
program of the CSMC, which
is to supply information to the
Catholic students of the Unit
ed States about the mission
apostolate of the Church in
all parts of the world, includ-
ing the Americas.
Members of the Committees
of so will have an extraordin-
airy opportunity to participate
directly in the missionary
work of the Church. The COM
mittee members will meet,
during the convention, with
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

evil, that we'd best pray for
salvation. Well now, that
EVIL is powerfully close to
attacking home - meaning Us
in this very diocese of Co
lumbus.
Not long ago, in studying
Geography with fhe grade
school children, we found g
new socialist definition for
tbs word democracy" which
shocked US. Since that first
shock, we've read further and
are more stunned. We are be-
ing "brainwashed" in this our
wonderful country and are
following The psyehop lit l.
clans like a herd of sheep.
Look at the morals of this
country by way of the divorce
columns. crime rates, movie
ads, and magazines. Nobody
has CUTS enough to stop the
wicked anything. It's either a
case of CEN SORSHIP or
CRUELTY.
Thomas Merton has said:
1.-THE Church is not, and has
never been, merely for the
r.ass-rnan, the passive, inert
man who drifts with the
crowd and never decides any.
thing for himself 80"
Our country's secret docu-
ments are stolen with rela-
lively little connivery. Our
country's open, truthful,
sworn-to reports to the nation
are secrets to most of us cit
liens because we won't bother
to get or read them. The re-
ports of the COMMITTEE ON
~UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES
are more scary than a mys-
terry novel and we are the vic
tims-soon slaves if we don't
wake up. The human devils
are infiltrating all around us
generally - same as they did
in other countries. These de-
mons have been ordered to
work until "RELIGION" is
synonymous with IN NJ
TTY." Will we let things get
that bad?
AS the good Sister said in
SOUL, the Blue Army Maya
zine, "Do Something!
Let's be proud of our
FAITH, OUNTRY, and IN
and work for
all three and be quick
about it! RNH
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
John Carroll
Wins Grid Title

CLEVELAND Unbeaten
John Carroll University cap
tured the 1859 football crown
in the Presidents Athletic
Conference last weekend by
banking top-contender West
ern Reserve, 300.
Quarterback Pete Pucher
fired two long touchdown
passes to halfback Jerry
Schweicke rt to pace the
Jesuit-taught John Carroll TO
victory.
John Carroll, which had q
"a record last year, now
holds a so mark for the sea
son.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

The assertion was made by
Father Henri de Reclamation,
O.P., at a meeting of the
Executive Committee of the
Program of the United Ma
tons High Commissioner for
Refugees. The Holy See is one
of the Is members composing
the Executive Committee, and
Father de Riedmatten and
MSgr. Giovanni Ferrofino,
Counselor of the Apostolic
ture TO Switzerland,
served as the Holy Sees repre-
sentatives at the meeting
here.
Father de Reclamation told
the committee that The idea
for an international refugee
year was first preached in
public on September n, 1857,
at the third International
Catholic Migration Congress,
at Assist. At that time, he
said, Mssr. Edward {. Swan
strom. executive director of
Catholic Relief Serviees-Na.
tional Catholic Welfare Corr
ference, referred TO the Infer
national GeophysleaI Year and
asked: Would il be roo fanei'
fuI an idea 70 suggest an In
'ternational Migration Year -.
10 focus attention OF people
around The world on the
urgency Of solving many prob
lems?n
The Dominican priest recall
ed that on the eve of the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Newman Process
Advanced

BIRMINGHAM, England
The possible qualification of
Cardinal John Henry New
man was moved forward with
the setting up of an historical
commission TO investigate
documents relating to his life
and virtues.
The commission was estab-
1ished by Archbishop Francis
j. Grimshaw of Birmingham.
II. was understood that it will
be headed by Archbishop
David Mathew, scholar and
author, who is the Bishop for
the British Armed Forces.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
ST. Andrews
Plans Cana
Conference

Father Robert Wlllmes, S.
T.. will conduct a Cana Con-
ference Sunday at St. An
drew's social hall from 1:30
to $50 pm,
Father Willmes is on the
staff at st. Stanislaus Noviti-
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Holy Family
Holds Open
House, Nov. II

Holy Family High School
will hold open house on Tues
day, November II. from z to
Q pm. All teachers will be on
hand in the various classrooms
TO meet with the mothers and
fathers.
The Mothers Club member
ship drive will close with
open house and all parents are
urged TO attend.
Refreshments will be served,
and door prize will be given.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

versity, Cincinnati. He studied
at the Gregorian University
in Rome and st. Louis Uni
versity.
Previous to his assignment
at st. Stanislaus he was direc-
tor of laymen's retreats at
Milford, Ohio,
zwNznrSr1EE
Dir. and Mrs. H. H. Krause
are co-chairmen of the Cana
committee.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Chicken Dinner AT
ST. ~Christopher's

Women of St. Christopher
Church will sponsor a chicken
dinner and bazaar Sunday
from | to 7 pm. in the school
hall. Mrs. Frank Staropoli is
the general chairman of the
event.
Mrs Donald Guyton and
Mrs. Donald Kruse are CO.
chairmen of the bazaar which
will feature handmade ar
ticles suitable for Christmas
gifts.
Proceeds will go to the new
church now under construc-
ton.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

q G, Cleve-
| a n d. Or
daine ed In
8 4 0 a t
West Baden
College, FIR.
vii m e s
W a s gradu-
ated from
St. Xav
h and
Xarrinf. TIn1.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Teenage Education
Is Holy Name Topic

Father Hillary Entine of
Auuinas High School, will
speak on "Teenage Education
Sunday at the St. Agatha Holy
Name communion breakfast
in the school hall, following
the 8 am. Mass.
Enrolment of new Holy
Name members will take
place.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Vatican Spokesman -.
Many Are Ignorant
OF Refugee Year

GENEVA, Switzerland, NC) = Too many people
are ignorant of the reasons for the World Refugee
Year and public opinion in general is not yet sufficient
ly aware of refugee problems, a spokesman for the
Holy See told a United Nations body here.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Letters TO us.nAIl
the Edifor...UYI

Editors Note: Many interesting and provocative
letters, must be rejected for publication each week
because the author did not sign his name and address.
Pen names or initials will be used upon request but
authors must also sign their real names and addressesl.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Tabernacle Society

The Tabernacle Society will
meet Wednesday at l pm. at
St. Joseph Academy for its
monthly hour of alteration.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13
Church Not Just
For Mass-Man
Dear Editor:

e Dear Editor:
Sister Jeanne Marie, SIND. has written an article
DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING Here goes
a "something."
For the past year. some few people have become
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

NJ you haven't been reading
fhe want ads, you have been
losing money. Read and profit.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-11-13

alarmed at the desperate
world chaos. We have all been
warned that Communism is
The Republican., 1959-02-26
DIED
ISAAC Nj. WOTRINc

ISAAC Nj. WOTRING
Isaac Martin Wotring, aged SO,
retired farmer, died Sunday. Feb
ruary %, at his home at Aurora
following a long illness.
A lifelong resident of Aurora, he
was born March so. 1862, a son
of the late David and Mary Waltz
WoTing. He was member Of St.
Paul's Lutheran church.
Survivors include four sons,
Calvin. David and Donald. all of
Aurora: Clyde Wouing. Brandon
Vile. W. Va; two daughters, Mrs.
Sophia Lipscomb, Oakland; Mrs.
Myrtle Shillingburg. Aurora; 2S
grandchildren, 81 great grandchil-
dren and two great great grand
children.
Funeral services were conducted
from St. Paul's Lutheran church
at Aurora on Wednesday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock with the Rev.
George Weirick, pastor, officiat-
ing. Burial was in Aurora ceme-
terry
The Republican., 1959-02-26
] Will Share

Yes friends, | will share my
God with you, on HIS terms.
To the readers of the Plain
Truth and listeners to the
World Tomorrow program; and
to those of you who have read
Exodus 31:12-17, and understand
what FOREVER means and would
like to have the sign or mark of
God, also to all that know God.
And hereby we do know that we
know Him, if we keep His COM
mandments.
He that saith | know Him, and
keepeth not His commandments,
is a liar and the truth is not in
Him. Il John 2:3-4). Read also
James 2:1O-11.
l am having this published so
that all Of us in thirty or forty
mile radius that know God, or
are willing to come to the knowl-
edge of Him, through our Savior,
may have an opportunity to come
together, to worship Him as He
commands, if there is enough of
us to do So
If interested please write me,
giving directions to you, and | will
Try to contact you.
But if | John PA offends you,
and you don't love God, l John
5:3, please do not write me.
If any one is interested in COM
ing to the knowledge of God, you
need help, so may l suggest you
send for the plain Truth maya
zine, and two booklets 1875 in
Prophecy" and the United States
in Prophecy These are Free as
the TRUTH must be- Matt: 1878.
Send your request to Herbert w.
Armstrong, Box Ill, Pasadena,
Calf.
Those who long for fellowship
in Christ with friends of the same
faith, please write me immediately
Sincerely
Your Servant in Christ
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Gormania, w. Va.
ADV. it,
The Republican., 1959-02-26
EDWARD M. WEEKS

Edward Mitchell Weeks. aged
ninety-two years, Of Washing
ton, d. c., and summer resident Of
Oakland, died Saturday, February
81. at Doctors hospital in Wash
ington. d. c. He had been in i'll
health tor several months and re-
Gently underwent an operation.
He was retired superintendent
of Bureau of Engraving. Surviving
are his widow, Thekla c. Funden-
berg Weeks, of Washington; and
the following children, Robert w.
Weeks, West Chester, Pa: Dorothy
w. Weeks, Wellesley, Mass; Mrs.
Laurence c. Staples, Washington;
one brother, Joshua F. Weeks, of
Philadelphia, Pa.;one sister, DR..
Emma Weeks Meter, Riverside,
n. Y; four grandchildren, and ten
great grandchildren.
40 Years of Engraving
Mr.. Weeks was a native of River
side, N. j., and a graduate of the
Pennsylvania School of Industrial
Art. He began a 4O-year Bureau
career when he went to Washing
ton in 1900. HIS jobs included en-
graver, foreman of letter engravers
and superintendent of engraving
His designs appear on some us
currency and he did the letter en-
craving on several postage stamps
He took special pride in a facsimile
engraving he made of the Declara-
ton Of independence shortly be-
fore his retirement
Mr.. Weeks held a law degree
from George Washington univer-
sity. However, interest in his
work kept him from taking up
patent law. For many years he was
a vestryman and Sunday School
superintendent at St. Adams Epis-
copal church. He also was a past
master of the Singleton Masonic
lodge n Washington.
He helped found the Capital
City Chess club and at the age of
80, was still in class A of the Chess
club in St Petersburg, Fla, where
he usually Wintered.
Funeral services were conducted
Monady afternoon at o'clock
from St. Alban's Episcopal church,
in Washington, D. c.
During the summer months Mr.
and Mrs. Weeks had resided at
Crook Crest.