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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1948
Page
4
Dr. George Richmond Grose, Star-News religion editor, is on a brief leave of absence. This week articles of general interest to readers of this page will be substituted for Dr. Grose's editorials.
In New York Dr Wynn C. Fairfield and Rev Charles W. Rawson warn the Arab Jewish clash is damaging Protestant mission efforts in Palestine. They cite churches schools hospitals and orphanages at risk, urge neutral UN police to restore order and protect sacred sites.
Essex County juvenile court Judge Harry W. Lindeman told a joint meeting of the National Association of Training Schools and the National Conference of Social Workers that 95 percent of youths sent to corrective schools had no regular religious training. He urged spiritual values and adherence to the Ten Commandments to shape better behavior and fulfill juvenile court care duties.
Rev Ernest Hunter Wray describes the Pilgrim Christian Tabernacle as a twenty year old non denominational church that operates without collections pledges or membership rolls. The church bought a $55000 building, now owes 22500, and does not pass offering plates. It funds a Tibet mission and has sent 26 young people into full-time Christian work. An old people’s home supports 14 elderly residents.
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was honored at a New York luncheon by the World Council of Christian Education for chairing its board of sponsors. He urged a militant Christian effort to revive faith and education, calling for unity among Protestants Jews and Catholics against communism and noting the impact of the Supreme Court ban on religious instruction.
Delegates at the Church Conference on Special Work in Atlantic City urged churches to define their role in community welfare and educate members accordingly. Dr. Roswell Barnes of New York warned churches were losing their place, citing fuel and gasoline ration struggles during the war. Rev. James Robinson and others argued against segregation in social work and called churches to reform internal practices.
The Interfaith Committee approved two moves to align released time programs with a Supreme Court ruling from Champaign Illinois. Schools will not distribute literature about religious classes elsewhere and will not accept reports on attendance. Judge Koernr is to hear the case after a venue change.
Berlin reports show many funerals conducted without priests as Germans explore unChristian groups. The Society for Spiritual Freedom claims thousands of members in the American sector, while Free Religious Communities grow nationwide. Jugendweihe rites mimic Christian confirmation without Christian teaching.
Chicago announcement by Pearl Rosser names One Man's Family The Greatest Story Ever Told Pepper Young's Family Fibber McGee and Belly and The Aldrich Family as top family listening programs for National Family Week Balloting used a ten point standard judging family life morals and community interest
A Louisville crime prevention method using church laymen will be piloted in Indianapolis. George W. Stoll originated the plan, and Indianapolis committees will form groups of about 20 laymen to assess prisons jails courts hospitals and child care institutions. The approach claims to have cut crime and juvenile delinquency in Louisville.
Francis Cardinal Spellman Archbishop of New York flew from New York to Melbourne Australia for a cen tenary celebration and urged that Jerusalem and all Christian Jewish and Moslem sanctuaries in Palestine be spared from chaos bloodshed and destruction He tied his plea to his UN brief and said war must not desecrate the Holy Homeland The party includes Msgrs McMahon Boardman Shes Killian Sheen Bergah Quinn and McCarthy with plans to visit New Zealand China Philippines and Japan after Melbourne and return in five to six weeks.
Maj. Gen. Luther D. Miller, Army Chief of Chaplains, said Universal Military Training would not harm soldiers morally or spiritually. He visited Fort Knox to inspect the Universal Military Training unit and projected a need for 50 more chaplains if UMT is adopted, with churches offering war-experienced chaplains. He met with chaplains at other units and talked with Louisville’s Religious Advisory Committee for UMT.
Seven Protestant clergymen in Philadelphia launch a daily peace prayer chain. Each will ask seven friends to join, who in turn invite seven more, creating a growing network of prayers. The group says the effort makes them instruments of the Prince of Peace.
Rev. Harry C. Meserve proposed forming a broad interfaith group to replace the released time program with a Community Institute for Religious Education in Buffalo. He urged abolishing school hours released-time, favoring voluntary after school study of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish traditions by lay leaders to foster mutual understanding and unity.
The Near East Christian Council executive committee met in Cairo for the first time since the war to plan resuming normal activities across the Balkans and Arab world. Rev Cady Allen chaired sessions at All Saints Cathedral with delegates from the Audio-Visual Aid Overseas Committees and the Foreign Missions Conference. A two day conference on audio-visual methods for evangelistic and educational work was held, and the FLMC group said it will travel to London before returning to the United States.
A new national center for the rural committee of the Church of Christ in Japan was formally dedicated on a 27 acre tract about 25 miles from Tokyo. Notable participants included Dr. Toychiko Kagawa Yotara Kurihara and Motojiro Sugiyama.
Reconstruction of churches damaged in the war will be discussed at the German Congress on Church Building, set for May 21 to 25 in Berlin. The chief obstacle to church construction in Germany is the lack of raw materials.
Dr. Paul Empie, newly elected executive director of the National Lutheran Council, says Lutheran unity in America seems inevitable as a by product of council activity. He emphasizes unity will come from the participating bodies, not the council, and outlines three ways the council can influence progress. He notes the council acts only within the authority granted by eight member bodies and is not a free or super agency.
Mrs Willard Stevenson of Minneapolis Plymouth Congregational Church is named the first associate short term missionary for the Congregational Church. She will serve as house mother and student counselor at Ahmednagar College near Bombay, a Bombay University branch. Her assignment runs nine months, beginning late April, with a clergy successor and then an educator to follow. Dr Bhaskar Hivale initiated the plan with Congregational leaders to foster foreign understanding.
Grand Rapids public schools will not conduct a census of religious school preferences. The Board of Education, following a committee led by Mrs. Earl R. Knutson, rejected the request from the Grand Rapids Ministerial Association. The hearing included Rev W J Murphy, Rev Kenneth R Bisbee, and Rabbi Harry Esarig. Superintendent Arthur S Krause questioned legality and cited teachers’ duties.
The World Council of Churches and the International Missionary Council announce 24 leading churchmen from 18 countries as commissioners. Notables include John Foster Dulles Reinhold Niebuhr and G Bromley Oxnam. The commission will draft a report on The Church and International Affairs for Amsterdam Assembly and promote codification of international law and arms control.
A Prague dispatch outlines a Soviet centered approach to religion in Southeastern Europe. The proposed Czechoslovak constitution promises freedom of worship yet constrains religious activity to public order. Clauses curb sermons with political aims and hint at state claim over religious social welfare.
Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard of the Danish Lutheran Church will visit the United States next September, co sponsored by Danish Lutheran Church in America and United Evangelical Lutheran Church. He will depart after the World Council of Churches assembly in Amsterdam closes September 4, attend Lambeth Conference in London in July, and remain about a month in the U S giving lectures at several universities.
Four hundred Paris rail workers joined a pilgrimage to Rome to mark the 50th anniversary of the Union Catholic Rail Workers in France.
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