63 TV Stations Carry Christopher Program Weekly
News of television growth reports 63 TV stations are carrying the weekly Christopher program reaching an audience projected at seven million. The spread reflects rising interest in televised content and the expanding reach of early TV networks.
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Christopher
New York
Christophers TV program reaches large audiences nationwide
Presentation of Our Lady features What One Person Can Do with Father James Keller guiding real life anecdotes of individual impact. Films cost 3500 weekly, funded by donations. 52 shorts planned yearly. Guests include Fred Allen Anita Colby Bob Considine Igor Gorin and more with many stars previously appearing.
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The
Christophers
James Keller
M.M
Christopher
New York
Hollywood
E. 48Th Street
New York City
Baltimore
Cleveland
Detroit
Omaha
Christopher Friends
Fred Allen
Anita Colby
Bob Considine
Igor Gorin
Snooky Lawson
Carlos Romulo
Ed Sullivan
June Valli
Fred Waring
Charles E. Wilson
Eddie “Rochester
Anderson
William Bendix
Jack Benny
Joe E. Brown
Johnny Burke
Jerry Colonna
Bing Crosby
Dennis Day
William Gargan
Tom Harmon
Peter Lind Hayes
Mary Healy
Bob Hope
Gene Lockhart
Fred MacMurray
Danny Thomas
John Charles Thomas
Jimmy van Huesen
Robert Young
Loretta Young
Enormous Work Reported by NCWC Bishops Told U.S. Can't Shirk World Challenge
Catholic leaders in the United States warn the nation must accept a leadership role amid global crises. Archbishop Keough and NCWC officials urge sustained international solidarity and action through UN cooperation, honoring papal peace aims while aiding mission areas such as the Philippines and Yugoslavia. The NCWC report highlights human rights concerns in Yugoslavia and praise for U.S. Catholic press coverage of religious persecution in Red China and elsewhere.
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NCWC
U.S
Washington, D. C
United States
Ace Ee
Jus XII
Holy See
Christ
N Eat
Archbishop Keough
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Tanganyika
Keough
Yugoslavia
Ncwc Office For
United Nations Affairs
Bishops’ Committee
Samuel Stritch
Chicago
Unesco
Jerusalem
Palestine
Thomas K. Gorman
Dallas
Catholic Press of
Red
China
Virgin birth debate and parthenogenesis explained
A New York dispatch from Belfast reports the British Association on science discussing virgin births. Dr. Alexander D. Peacock argues science will not achieve human virgin births. parthenogenesis occurs mainly in invertebrates and plants, with no solid evidence in humans.
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New York
Belfast
Morters
Ireland
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Alexander D. Peacock
Dundee University
Catholics Report Large Rise in Korean Conversions
In the year ending June 30, 1952, 7,292 adult Koreans converted to Catholicism in six mission territories in South Korea, led by Taegu vicariate with 5,529 conversions. Infant baptisms reached 3,667 and 4,710 baptisms occurred at death. Total baptisms reported: 15,669 in two thirds of South Korea. Protestant and Catholic chaplains will join all major units of South Korea's air force, with 44,830 soldiers reported converted since 1951.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Patrick O’connor
wWavsews
Taegu
John Choei
Kwangju
Harold W. Henry
Minneapolis
Bartholomew Kim
Chonju
Chumchon
Hubert Ayward
Christchurch
N.Z
Maryknollers
Ncwc Radio and Wire
R.O.K
Air A Oreas
Riggser
Cho In-Sook
Ne Oe
Lee Sam-Bo
I Chaplains
R.O.K. Army Chaplains
President-Elect Eisenhower as Grid Coach in 1916
The piece recalls Dwight D. Eisenhower as a football coach at a St Louis college now part of St Marys University during 1916 and notes his 1915 West Point graduation. It also mentions Vatican Radio predicting world rejoicing and a Holy Father message of blessings to Eisenhower after his election.
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United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Louis’ College
St. Mary’s University
Marianists
San Antonio
Tex
West Point
Eisenhower
Fort Sam
U.S
Vatican Radio
Holy Father
Augusta
Pius XII
General Eisenhower
United States of America
California Votes to Exempt Schools From Taxation
Californians backed tax exemptions for parochial and other nonprofit schools by an estimated 75 000 with more ballots to be counted. Prop 3 passed statewide as Catholic and other religious leaders advocated the measure, while opponents faced scrutiny over funding sources and regional totals in Los Angeles San Francisco and other counties.
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California
Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
State Assembly
Senate
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Fresno
Alameda County
California Taxpayers’ Alliance
YMCA
CTA
Washington, C
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Scottish Rite Masonic Supreme Council
Southern Jurisdica
Washington, D. C
NCWC
Nobel Prize Winner Mauriac Has Fine Books in English
Francois Mauriac, 1952 Nobel prize for literature recipient, is a French Catholic novelist whose works have been translated for U. S. readers. Born 1885 in Bordeaux, he wrote for the Resistance and remains a noted critic of communism. his novels explore faith and grace and include The Loved and the Unloved among English editions.
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Mauriac
Stockholm
Sweden
Francois Mauriac
Bordeaux
Francois
Resistance
French Academy
Maurice
le Figaro
Paris
U. S
Therese
Dark Angels
Legion of Mary Defies Persecution in Suiyuan
Belgian priests Fathers Albert Gutsens John Kerkhoff and Joseph Lindmans report that Catholic Chinese in the Archdiocese of Suiyuan endure torture and jail. Despite nine men being chained in Big Tiger prison they continue to aid prisoners teach catechesis and administer baptism of desire to dying inmates.
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Hong Kong
Archdiocese of
Suiyuan
Legion of Mary
Thiaeeeiata Heart of Mary
Legion
Albert Gutsens
John Kerkhoff
Joseph Lindmans
Linsburg
Belgium
Ferdinand
Mao Tse-tung
Doela
Salatsi
God
Catholic Quebec Eminent In Fairness on Schools
Quebec maintains a dual school system with equal tax treatment. Catholics and Protestants run separate boards and receive government grants. Prime Minister Duplessis and opposition leader Marler praise the plan as a model for minority treatment across Canada.
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Catholic Quebec
Toronto
Quebec
Superior Council of Public Instruction
Aoe
Que
Paul Suave
Canada
Maurice Duplessis
George C. Marler
NCWC
Japan Embassy Official Received Into Church
Kazushiro Narita former charge d'affaires at the Japanese Embassy in Ottawa was received into the Church before his departure for Japan. He took First Communion and was confirmed by Archbishop Antoniutti at the Dominican Monastery Church with sponsors Edmond Cloutier and Mrs Cloutier. Narita now holds ministerial status from Japan and awaits a new diplomatic post.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Kazushiro Narita
Edmond Cloutier
Babies fed meat diet found healthier and calmer
Research by Dr. Howard M. Jacobs and Dr. George S. George of Loyola Stritch School of Medicine reports babies fed a meat enriched diet show a 40 percent lower illness rate and greater vitality. The study, published in Pediatrics, covers 303 infants at St Vincent's Infant and Maternity Hospital in Chicago.
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Chicago
Howard M. Jacobs
George S. George
Pediatrics
Stritch School of Medicine
Loyola University
Jacobs
St. Vincent’s Infant and Maternity Hospital
Georgia Officer Powers Catholic Faith Through Knights of Columbus
An Army lieutenant with the 17th Infantry Regiment in Korea, praised by his chaplain Rev. James F. Madden, credits the Knights of Columbus correspondence course for converts with his conversion. A London Methodist minister argued the Catholic Church uniquely appeals to reason, not fear, in attracting converts.
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Korea
Georgia
James F. Madden
Philadelphia
Knights of Columbus
London
W. R. Basham
Britain
McGrath Opens Private Law Practice in Washington
J Howard McGrath former U S Attorney General and former Rhode Island Governor has started a private law practice in Washington with Russell Morton Brown of Providence R I as partner.
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