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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1958, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A ilium t it i Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday november 19, 1958 humility of new Prince of Church astounds visitors f11, i Bishop o Hara is educator linguist Philadelphia a he an swered the Doorbell himself this Tail thin Clergyman with to genial crinkles at the Corners of his eyes. He took the wraps from his sur prised visitors and squared them into the Lii Jan by. It was considered so unusual for a Man of his station to do this that these and other callers made news of it. Among those they know. The wonder of so Many of his people eventually came to the priest s attention. But How can i Ever meet the poor unless i answer the Doorbell myself he said to an inquiring Friend. The action and the words were characteristic of the most Rev. John k. O Lara. C.s.c., roman Catholic archbishop of Philadel phia. Outgoing warmth this outgoing warmth is hut one of Many gifts in i lie makeup of the 70-year-old archbishop who wit i 22 others was raised to the car Dina late monday. Linguist scholar administrator writer All Are part of a work which he in fines As the highest stewardship that can he held on  of Liis Elevation came while the archbishop slept., members of his ecclesiastical Circle were quickly told and among the archbishop s people already about the Day s business there was much rejoicing. Archbishop o Haru assumed his spiritual authority Over the Phila Delphia diocese of More than a million catholics in 1952, succeed ing the late Dennis cardinals Dougherty. Cardinal Dougherty built schools and churches on a Large scale. Archbishop o Hara in loudly continued this work. 33 new parishes under his leadership 12 free cat Holic High schools were completed 33 new parishes founded and enrolment in parochial Grade schools was increased from 41,000 in 19r 0 to More than 200,000. Branching out archbishop o Hara established two schools for mentally retarded children. They became a National pattern. His roots Are deep in education. His first Fame came As prefect of religion at notre Dame from 1918 to 10.". 5 and later president of the College for five years. A Story is told of his remarkable memory. Joe the archbishop would say As he walked briskly across the Campus i Haven t seen you at communion in six weeks. Don t you think it s about time you went to confession Joe More than Likely would be Lieve his Roommate gave him away. Archbishop o Hara was born May 1, 1888, in Ann Arbor mich., son of a country lawyer and school teacher who eventually went into foreign service As a Diplomat. He travelled widely in Europe and South America getting to know the languages along the Way. He became fluent in Spanish and portuguese. Years later this skill was to help him run a news serv ice for Central and South America while he was at notre Dame. He gave up his High place at notre Dame to become military Delegate to the armed forces in charge of 500 Catholic chaplains. He was consecrated a Bishop in 1940. In March-1945 he was appointed Bishop of Buffalo an office he held until 1951. Up 1 Hoto archbishop o Hara Cardinal Cap tradition for Vatican . Envoy strikes lower income totals washing ton a personal income declined slightly in october after rising for seven straight months the Commerce department reported. The drop was attributed to labor disputes in some major in Dpi series. October personal income totalled $57.5 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate. Until last month personal in come had risen steadily from its lowest recession rate of 4 .4 Bil lion in february. Scono miss keep a close watch on this statistic be cause it is a Good measure of con Sumer purchasing Power. Roughly half of the month s decline in payrolls resulted from fewer hours worked and the other half from lower employment the report said. Industrial dispute in the automotive fabricated metals machinery electrical machinery and Glass industries were largely responsible for these  archbishop up photo Cicon Nuiji Bridgelall from kills youth 16 Rochester . A six teen year old David Crouch exploring a Bridge High Over the Genesee River Gorge fell 100 feet to his  and t w o companions were climbing on the veterans memorial Bridge 212 feet above the River. The Concrete Span has three hollow shafts equipped with ladders and catwalks. The other two boys told police Crouch was in the Lead half Way up one of the Arches. He apparently slipped and fell into a Shaft. Medical schools Given million by foundation new York up the John and Mary b. Markle foundation made Grants of More than $1,160,-000 during the year ending last june 30 toward medical training it was announced  foundation was established in 1927 by the late John Markle Pennsylvania Coal operator and has made Grants totalling nearly $20 million during its 31-year sex Istance. No nose not bad surgeons say it can be put Back hot Springs a. A the nose made news at the mid Atlan tic meeting of the International College of surgeons. Not just the Normal nose As at is but the detached nose and How to get it Hack As it was. A lost nose does t present a hopeless situation some of them have been put Back again with Good results reported or. Albert p. Seltzer of the University of Pennsylvania s graduate school of Medicine. Not so rare such loss of nose As a result of Accident or mayhem is not so rare Seltzer reported on three cases of nasal recapping within a year. One of the cases involved a woman Dis covered in a bar with another Man by her irate husband. He was so upset he Cut off  noise. She was rushed to a he spinal. Doctors sen the police Rushing Back to the bar to retrieve the nose. They found Ion the floor. It was cleaned up sewed Back and the woman suffered a minimum of disfigurement Seltzer s interest ended with to medical history. He offered no word on whether the woman Wen Back to the bar. Washington a the most Rev. Amleto Cicognani will become a Cardinal after serving 25 years As the Vatican s Delegate to theroman catholics of the . Archbishop Cicognani the sixth apostolic Delegate to the ., was just named a Cardinal by Pope John Xxiii in Vatican City. The selection followed u Long tradition. All of archbishop Cicognani s predecessors had been named Cardi nals. Last March 17, the apostolic Dele Gate celebrated a double anniversary. It had been 25 years since he was named to the Post and 25years since he had become an  one of the busiest envoys in Washington the 76-year old apostolic Delegate is not considered a member of the holy see s diplomatic corps. He is accredited to the roman Catholic episcopate of this country not the government which docs not main Tain diplomatic relations with the Vatican. Like soldiers the Gray haired soft spoken new ardinal lives in a three Story Talian Renaissance building in embassy Row on Massachusetts ave. His office also is located Inge building. I have seen every major City Nany of the smaller ones and every diocese in the .," he has said. After All we priests Are Ike soldiers we have to obey and by Mission is to the entire coun  native of Brisighella Italy archbishop Cicognani is a Doctorow theology philosophy and Canon and roman  asked to compare Washington and Rome the apostolic Delegate replied wistfully the Church is the same every where and we serve where we Are sent. I used to like to walk beside the tiber. Now i walk by the to  political Wing of Al Cio gave $570,000 Washington up the political Wing of the Al Cio contributed More than $570,000 to Campaign funds of political candidates this year it was Learned Here. The Money was allocated by the labor federation s committee on political action Cope but no breakdown on specific sums Given to candidates was available. Cope has reported to Congress that it collected $527,000 in Volun tary contributions from Union members and affiliated organizations up to last oct. 31. Informed sources said that $43,000 difference came out of surplus funds from1957 collections i at on own Bac Kother labor organizations also have political arms. They include the United Auto workers United mine workers Railroad brother hoods and the machinists Union. No estimate of their campaigns pending has been made Public. Cope commenting on the nov.4 election which saw about two thirds of the candidates it endorsed win office called for in creased political efforts by Labo next year and in 19go. The newsletter published by thearl Cio group attributed much of the successful results to the grassroots Doorbell ringing work of Trade unionists in the wards and  Gen Gruenther says . Fails in word War Washington up Gen Al Fred. M. Gruenther said the .has failed to get our Story across in the worldwide propaganda Battle with the soviet Union. But Gruenther former supreme Allied commander in Europe and now president of the red Cross predicted Tufts country would win the cold War because they have trouble on the other Side  he cited the fact Liat 3 million persons have fled from communist East Germany in the past 10 years. Gruenther told the 65th annual meeting of the association of Mili tary surgeons that this country s greatest Handicap in the propaganda War with Russia is our extraordinary High Standard of living which naturally excites a tremendous amount of jealousy and  factors but he said there were other contributing factors behind Amer Ica s propaganda a e a k n e s s. He cited a the failure of americans to learn foreign languages. He said Only about 5 per cent of the americans who enter the state depart ment s foreign service can speak a second language.2a Lack of the poise that would befit a Champion in react ing to setbacks like the launching of the first soviet sputnik. He said this country must develop that poise because we Are bound to have More  said the russian sput Niks have proved beneficial be cause they improved the american attitude toward education an science and deprived this country of a certain amount of  that Lead since the launching of the first sputnik he said we have More or less overcome the prestige the soviets gained in that  he said no amount of scientific Success or military strength could offset a soviet propaganda Victory in the underprivileged nations where he said there were billion and a half persons and half of them go to bed hungry every  driving in empty lot causes quite a Jam Louisville by. A Wil Liam Jackson 61, wanted a safer place than a Street to practice driving a car. He picked an empty  accelerated a bit too much. The car crashed through a Fence and hit a building across the Street. Police estimate damage tothe building at $1,500. Jackson was charged with reckless driving and having no Driver s permit. No negligence found in . Rail disaster Jersey City n. J. Up the Hudson county grand jury found no evidence of criminal negligence in the Newark Bay commuter train disaster which Cost 48  is the opinion of this jury that the sept. 15 tragedy was due to human failure the. Jury s presentment , the jury added that the failure to adopt and install certain available safety devices May have contributed to this  presentment climaxed a lengthy investigation of the tragedy which occurred when a Jersey Central commuter train flashed past slow and Stop signals on the approaches to the Newark Bay draw Bridge and hurtled past derailing devices into the Bay. Baruch tells americans apathy Means disaster new York a Bernard Baruch the financier whose wis Dom is sought by presidents said a nothing can be done philosophy could bring about America s Down fall from internal  deep in our hearts Baruch said we know How Socope with inflation How to assure our Security How to overcome All the other dilemmas that beset  know that it requires self ii Sciplini and the subordination of personal interest to the National interest. We know that it Means Universal  we lost the strength of character to do this have we rown so apathetic that we will not Rouse ourselves before some terrible tragedy overwhelms us in time of peril apathy is the unforgivable sin the irredeemable  letter from Ike Baruch spoke at a dinner in his Honor Given by b Nai b Rith. He received the jewish fraternal organization s president s medal from Philip m. Klutznick of Park for est 111., the  said Baruch was Hon ored for his creative Wisdom his sense of Public service and  and humanitarian  letter from president Eisen Hower addressed to dear Bernie was read by Gen Alfred m. Gruen ther president of the american red  letter praised Baruch As � great american citizen and a warm personal   
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