War Loan Appeal For 7th Victory In World War II
A fragmented wartime plea urges Americans to buy bonds and support the 7th War Loan. It underscores commitment and warns that victory depends on public financial sacrifice to fund supplies and troops.
15 Jun 1945
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Newspaper
Catholic Telegraph Register
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
1
A fragmented wartime plea urges Americans to buy bonds and support the 7th War Loan. It underscores commitment and warns that victory depends on public financial sacrifice to fund supplies and troops.
The university announces summer sessions opening June 15 with new faculty members. Rev. W. Monheim S.M. will teach religion, Jerome McAvoy S.M. returns to secretarial studies, Albert Rose S.M. serves as instructor in the language department, and Sherry S.M. along with Siegwarth S.M. teach French. John Perz S.M. joins as an instructor in sciences. Graduate offerings include education, economics, science, and social studies.
Official Catholic Directory data show minimal shifts from 1943 figures for the Cincinnati archdiocese in 1944. Deaths rose 2.5 percent largely due to war casualties, baptisms fell slightly, and marriages dropped from 2302 to 2215 after transfers to Columbus diocese. The archdiocese spans 19 counties with 56 priests and 205 parishes among 321 brothers and 2,641 sisters, and Catholic schools serve over 48,000 youths under 1,890 teachers.
Partial list of local shops and addresses including Weaver's Hardware Clover Dairy Manhattan Hotel Schneble's Phat and other vendors along 3rd Street and nearby streets. Connectivity to full directory unclear with several unreadable entries.
Warren D. Brennan Maryknoll Missioner now home at 760 Summit Ave recalls his Far East service. He says Chinese Communists would hinder postwar reconstruction and threaten mission centers if the Soviet Union increases support. Brennan describes bombing raids, injuries, and his time with air force units in India and China. His mother Mrs Rose A Brennan belongs to Holy Family parish in Cincinnati.
The archdiocese notes support for the Archbishop's War Bond fund as Catholics respond to postwar religious needs. Gifts include a $100 war bond from Mrs Barbara Thesken of St Teresa's Cincinnati and $25 bond from Bernard Goecke of St Elizabeth's Norwood, plus $34.03 in cash from St Mary’s Springfield schoolchildren.
Five archdiocesan servicemen were reported killed or died of wounds in the last week. Cpl John James McLaughlin 21 was killed in action overseas after two years in service and leaves his mother Mrs Helen M McLaughlin and fiancee Miss Mary Katherine Kluck. Pfc Vincent Magnarini 26 killed in action on Okinawa April 28 after enlisting in 1941, survived by parents Albert and Mrs. Magnarini and three sisters. Seaman Second Class Albert F Messmer 20 died of rheumatic fever in Seattle naval hospital, son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Messmer.
A traveler visits St. Gregory’s and notes the large seminary with seminarians from Oklahoma to Brooklyn. He observes their Plain cassocks and devotion, the universal church ethos, chapels set for communal prayer, and the daily Mass habit with full congregational responses.
The Most Rev John T McNicholas urged training scholars among priests and sisters at Purcell High School graduation. He outlined archdiocese programs in natural and speculative sciences including a three-year natural science plus three-year philosophy track, with only five students admitted yearly. He praised American priests but warned against mass production and noted concerns about women’s depth in philosophy though sisters have shown strong study results.
The Rt. Rev. J. Beckmeyer and Monsignor John Vil to lead the 45th ordination jubilee observed June 21 at the archdiocesan seminary. The 1900 Mt. St. Marys class produced 21 priests, seven alive. notable members include Father Auer and Father Moor yer.
Andrew G. Favret ranks eighth in a class of 853 at West Point. He is the son of Mr and Mrs James R Favret of Hyde Park St Marys parish and a member of the Our Lady Lourdes church.
A solemn Pontifical Mass at St. Peter's church will mark Chillicothe's 100th parish anniversary on June 24. Bishop Michael J. Ready of Columbus will officiate. The city’s Catholic history dates to 1815 with St. Mary's founded in 1838 by Dominicans from Somerset Ohio.
The Rev. Henry L. Schaeffer assigned to St. Vincent de Paul Church Riverside by order of Archbishop Clarence G. Issenmann acting as Chancellor.
The Dayton hospital building fund reached over 750000 with a 100000 gift from National Cash Register to St Elizabeths campaign. The drive reports show divisions led by Dr R S Brinkley and others at varying percentages of quotas and a 975 woman canvass of Daytons residences continues.
A souvenir parachute transformed into a nylon veil now graces the throne and tabernacle of St. Xavier’s church in Cincinnati. The Sanctuary guild of St. Xavier’s Tabernacle Society sews and mends vestments and altar linens each week and is currently conducting a drive for new members.
The graduate school of social service at Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio received a $25,000 grant from the General Education Board of the Efeller Foundation. The gift was announced in a letter from W. W. Brierley to Dr. John L. McMahon, college president.
Bishop Joseph P. Hurley of St. Augustine announced plans to purchase a site for a large Catholic hospital in Miami. The facility, Southeast Florida’s first Catholic hospital, will house 200 to 300 beds and be located on part of the Villa Vizcaya estate once developed by James Deering of the Deering Harvester company.
Dr. Matthias E. Haas S M 56 dean of the University of Dayton College of Engineering died June 5 after a weeklong illness. Funeral services were held June 8 in the U D chapel with Fr. Walter Tredzin and other religious leaders officiating. Haas born December 25 1888 in Chicago joined the Society of Mary in 1905 and joined the U D faculty in 1912. He held degrees from the University of Dayton and University of Pittsburgh and served in roles including institutional representative for engineering and government sponsored science programs. He and his family are noted among the university community.
Twenty three degrees and certificates will be awarded at Xavier University informal commencement exercises Saturday morning in Bellarmine chapel and Campus Union building. Seven downtown evening division graduates will be presented by Rev Victor Zzasapak to Rev Joseph A Walsh with degrees listed for BA and B Litt. The Evangree division and baccalaureate speaker details appear in later column.
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