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! Korrhccarolina Catholik Volume I. X Nazareth, N. C., Sunday, February 2,1947 Number 18 This heroic statue to U. S. Marine Corps hero Sgt. John Basilone, of Rar tan, N. J., has been completed by sculptor Philip Olando, of Plainfield. N. J., friend of the winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Sgt. Basilone, a Catholic, won the nation’s highest award for heroic services in Italy, the first enlisted man in the Marine Corps sc honored in World War II. He was later lfilled in action on Iwo Jima. Press Association photo. (NC Photos; Monsignor Sheen Sounds Battle Cry In Struggle Between Good and Evil NEW YORK —(NC)— Announcing that the subject of his talks this year is “the all important subject N)f communism,” Msgr. Pulton J. Sheen, of the Catholic University of America, tn the Catholic Hour last Sunday and declared that Grace Moore Killed Was Under Instruction Copenhagen, Denmark — Grace Moors, world famous as a star of the opera and screen, was killed last Sunday in an airplane crash in this city only a few months af ter she had anounced her intention to become a Catholic. Miss Moore was known non-pro fessionally by her married name (Continued on Page 7) civilization is on- the threshold of an era in which men either passionately cling to God or vio lently oppose Him. He returned to the Catholic Hour program, which is pro duced by the National Council of Catholic Men and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting Company, for the 17th year. His talk was the first of a series of eleven addresses en titled “Light Your Lamps.” Stating that civilization today is (Continued on Page 7) Poles Afraid to Vote Against Reds Writer Says After Trip Thru Nation By G. R. Burnst, Staff Cyrresponden Warsaw.—(NC Radio) — Skill fully conditioned and thoroughly cowed according to tested methods of totalitarian regimes, the Polish people went to the polls in large numbers for the January 19 gener al election, but it was not a “free and unfettered” election. In casting their vote, the Polish people were motivated by fear, not genuine political convictions. This impression, shared by most foreign correspondents here, I gained during a 400-mile trip on election Sunday through Poland’s new western terrtoyies to the for mer German Baltic port of Stettin, which now is called Szczecina. I heard many reports of pre election terror and intimidation, and the effect of such methods was sho^n by the pitiful eagerness with which most voters exposed the “right” ballot to scrutinizing eyes of election officials, among whom were few representatives of Vice Premier Stanislaw Mikolajc zyk’s Polish Peasant Party, the only opposition permitted by the Warsaw regime. ' The Poles inew and were afraid of the consequences of an anti government vote. In Podkowa Lesna, near War saw, a school inspector warned (Continued on Pag^ 7) Orders To Destroy Opposition Given By Warsaw Government By G. R. BRUNST, Special Correspondent WARSAW—(Radio)—The Warsaw regime, riding high as an aftermath of the obviously rigged January 19 election, has evidenced a, determination to wipe out the last vestige of demo cratic rule in Poland, it has been disclosed here by Jakub Berman, Vice Minister, who is regarded generally as the Soviet representative in the Warsaw Government and the real behind-the-scene power. Using the word “ruthless1’ six times, Minister Berma%agBicted the sternest measures would be employed to stamp out the so-called illegal activities^a^gHgg the underground. He warned Vice Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, leader of the Polish Peasant Party, that the coalition in the Polish Citizen Tells Outcome of the Election Before It Ever Begins SPRINGFIELD, 111. —(NC) — “Today, twenty-three days before the election, I prophesy that the Red will carry at least 70 per cent of the votes. It is high time the other nations, allied with Russia, make an end to this lying bus iness.” Writing from the heart of Rus sian occupied Poland, a young rel ative of a Central Illinois resident, whose identity is withheld for ob vious reasons, not only predict ed the outcome of tne election but also describes in detail the tyranny of the red oppressors in Eastern Europe. The letter, how in the possession of Bishop Janies A. Griffin of Springfield in Illi nois, was smuggled out of Poland. "What we have endured these past two years is more than we suffered all through the war years, due to the fact that I am a recog nized opponent to the new pagan ism,” the writer states. “In my em ployment,” he continued, “I am subjected to all sorts of indignities and hardshps, although I have never failed to do my work ably and conscientiously. My hope, and the hope of thousands like me, (Continued on Page 12) Dominican-Fathers Plan Series of Missions COLUMBIA, S. C. — Eight mis sions will be conducted by Do minican Fathers in North Carolina parishes, it was announced this week by Rev. Patrick Walsh, O. P., whose headquarters are in Co lumbia. Missions will be conducted at Holy Trinity church, Kinston; St. Paul’s, Henderson; St. John’s, Roa noke Rapids; St. John’s, Waynes ville; St. Lawrence, Asheville; Im maculate Conception, Durham; St. Paul’s and St. Joseph’s, New Bern. The Forty Hours Devotion will also be conducted by the Domini can Fathers in many parishes throughout the Diocese of Raleigh. The missionaries are under the di rection of Father Walsh. Bishop's Relief Drive Will Open Next Month Washington.—(NC)—His Excel lency, the Most Rev. John T. Mc Nieholas, Chairman of the Ad ministrative Board of the Nation al Catholic Welfare Conference, annonced this week that six reg ional meetings will be held throughout the United States with in the next thrqp weeks in be (Continued on Page 12) present government will continue only if( the Polish Peasant Party “d scontinues its league with the underground and imperial forces abroad.” Seeking to sever Poland’s tradi tional ties with the West, the War saw regime cunningly has appealed to Polish patriotism. While care fully refraining from open attacks against the Church—recognizing the fact that Poland is 90 per cent Catholic—the regime seeks in devious ways to weaken the link between the Church in Poland and the Holy See and aims at creating the Polish “national church,” which would be subsevient to the State in the same manner as the Russian schismatic church has be come the tool of the Soviets. But there are little or no signs of suc cess on the part of the regime in shaking the loyalty of the Poles to the universal Church “What will America and Britain do?” . . That’s the question that I have been asked by many Poles. They hold the two Western powers mor ally responsible to the It alta pledge of a truly democratic Poland and declared that only the firmest pol icy toward Moscow can bring about a change which will prevent Poland from being submerged completely in the Soviet power sphere. Meanwhile Vice Premier Miko lajczyk, as leader of the Polish Peasant Party, has announced that he will ask the United States, Brit ain and Russia, co-signers of the Yalta agreement not to recognize the balloting in the January 19 general election as a “free and un fettered election.” He said he also will demand that the highest Pol ish court declare the election in valid, but this is regarded general ly as a futile gesture. Mr. Mikolajczyk insisted that the election’s results, topheavy in fa vor of the communist-dominated regime, were brought about by the (Continued on Page 6) Pope Pius XII Deplores Political Usage of Supplies Sent by the U. S. Vatican City.—(Radio)—Food and supplies that the United States “so lavishly” has sent overseas, in some countries have been tagged “with a price of adherence to a political party,” His Holiness Pope Pius XII told a group of ten U. S. newspapermen, whom he received in an audience. . He told the journalists that world leaders who are “genuine ly devoted to the physical and social betterment of all classes” in the light of Christian principles will recognize gladly that which was so clear to George Washing ton—that “religion and morality are the indispensable supports of political prosperity and that mar False Soviet Charges Turned In Reverse By Vatican Newspaper VATICAN CITY—(Radio, NC) —An emphatic Repudiation of the charges made against the Vatican in an article appearing in the So viet publication New Times, and broadcast over the Moscow radio, is made by Osservatore Romano, Vatican City newspaper, which at the same time states that the accu sations unjustly made against the Vatican are very true about Soviet Russia. ' The Soviet article, titled: “The Vatican’s Anti-Democratic Activi ties,” had charged that during the first five years of the war the Church expected “a certain victory for Hitlerian Germany and fascist Italy,” and added. “Encouraged by the policies of the axis powers, the Vatican cen tered its hopes on the downfall of the Soviet Union and on the defeat of the democratic move ment in al countries. But the Vat ican's calculations proved false. After the defeat of the fascist ag gressors the Vatican began to re vise its tactics in order to influ ence the progressive masses, at tempting to bring them under its reactionary, influence.” (Continued on Page 7) i Many Are Applying For Mission Priesthood RALEIGH — “Vocations to the priesthood are coming in so fast at the Maryknoll Seminary all the applicants cannot be accommo dated,” is the good news Father John J. Flinn has to tell North Carolinians. Father Flinn is making a tour of the southeastern states in be (Continued on Page 12) ality will not be maintained with out religion.” The American newspapermen accqmpanied Prime Minister Al cide de Gasperi back to Italy from his mission to the United States. The Prime Minister submitted his resignation a few days after his return to Rome in a cabinet con troversy. Franklin C. Gowan, at tache of the staff of Myron Taylor, President Harry S. Truman’s per sonal representative to the Vati can, arranged for the audience be tween the Holy Father and the group of journalists. There were a few of U. S. military personnel who also were received during the (Continued on Page 7) \
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