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WASHINGTON (NC)-A prediction that the Communist people will rebel against Communist rule and that the Red regime will be short lived was made by Archbishop Paul Yu Pin of Nanking, at a press conference here. GRAND COMBE, Oct. 8 (NC). munities must move into them The Archbishop will leave this (Radio, N.C.W.C. News Service) cupation, to an independent re-The reopening of the school Church authorities and Catho- country shortly to head a Chin- TOKIO, Oct. 15.-News of the public.) lie lay organisations town near protested A source close to General year in this industrial ese Catholic cultural mission on death of Archbishop Michael Nimes, was the occasion of a against this decision, but advised a three-month tour of Latin James O'Doherty in Manila has MacArthur said he was "deeply demonstration by a large part the miners to obey the judgment America. brought expressions of deep re- grieved and shocked" by the of the population who protested of the court and avoid any ac Signs of revolt in Red -occu- gret from General Douglas Mac- death of the Archbishop, whom against the eviction of the Bro- Lion which could disturb public pied China already are appear- Arthur and other American offi- he had known during the prethers of the Christian schools peace. ing and stem from Communist cials who had met the Irish- war years. The two met again A nation-wide campaign to terrorism, the Archbishop said. born prelate before the war and early in 1945 when the Philipfrom the school where they taught the miners' children for collect funds for the building of Several underground organisa- were associated with in meeting pines were liberated. Two years over a century. The thousands schools for the miners' children tions already have formed to the enormous problems of reha- ago, when this correspondent who paraded through the streets in the Grand Combe region is fight the regime, he added. The bilitation after the liberation of went from here to Manila, Gendemanded the restoration of now in full swing. Archbishop. estimated that at the Philippine Islands from the eral MacArthur asked him to convey his personal greetings to scholastic liberty and shouted, This week. in another mining least 100 priests already have Japanese. "We want God." Large con- community of this coal region, been killed in the Communist (Archbishop O'Doherty died the prelate. Brig. Gen. Courtney Whitney, tingents of police called by the at Besseges, Bishop J. Girbeau drive against the Church, and in Manila on October 14 of prefect to prevent possible vio- of Nimes blessed a new school, said that while Open persecu- pneumonia. A priest for almost a former resident of Manila and lence watched the orderly de- built by the parents, who donat- tion of China's 4,000,000 Catho- 52 years, he headed the Arch- now here on General MacArmonstration. ed their labour and some build- lics has not become widespread, diocese of Manila for 33 years. thur's staff as chief of the GovThe eviction of the Brothers ing materials to provide a Cath- It is growing daily. Churches Altogether, he has spent 38 years ernment Section, said: "I am was the last act of a battle olic school for their children to have been either destroyed or in the islands, witnessing their greatly saddened" by news of which began two years ago. All replace one nationalised by the turned into stables, schools or development from an American the Archbishop's death. "He was a great man," said public buildings, he declared, possession through Japanese occolliery schools were in the past Government. Brig. Gen. Frayne Baker, of Bisreligious schools, but with the marck, N.D., now a civilian ocnationalisation of coal mines the cupation official here, who comschools, like all mining property, manded the Philippine supply were taken over by the Governbase in Manila in 1945 and was ment During the transition associated with Archbishop period the Government permitLONDON, Oct. 17-A demand "This conference repre- these machines should not O'Doherty in the efforts to solve ted the Order to teach a few classes until the beginning of That the sale of contraceptives senting the main women's so- be restricted as they were a po- the rehabilitation problems in this school term, when the final from automatic machines be cieties in the Catholic commu- tential source of dollar income. the devastated city. change -over was to take place. outlawed has been made by the nity, is greatly disturbed to notA In the meantime, the authorities National Board of Catholic Wo- that slot machines are being offered the religious some bar- men's Conference, meeting at utilised for the sale of contraceptives. They firmly believe racks which the miners consid- Blackpool, Lancashire. In a resolution being sent to that this method of sale ered uninhabitable, and a suit the Prime Minister, is dangerous to the morals of the Minister followed. The court decided that the barracks were suitable quar- of Town and Country Planning, young people and is indeed an ters for the Brothers and Sis- and the Minister of Health, they invitation to promiscuity. "They call upon the Home ters, and that the religious corn - declared: Secretary to prevent the sale of slot machines for this purpose, Neglect to do this will react against the national welfare both morally and physically. It is urged that steps be taken immediately to prohibit the sale from slot machines and to refuse permission for such machines to LONDON, Oct. 13 (NC)- social institution, The marriage desecrate the King's highway." union cannot be dissolved at the Church marriages must be preThe conference decided, in addition to sending copies of the ceeded by civil ceremonies un- will of the two parties alone." The draft prescribes that divder a draft law drawn up by a orce will be granted only for resolution to the Ministers, that of Catholic women, joint Czechoslovak -Polish law important reasons and in a law ain delegation company with of commission, according to a War- court alone; that husband and other Christian bodies,women seek saw broadcast heard here, It is wife enjoy joint ownership of an interview with the will Minister concerned with the licences for the slot machines. During the discussions on this subject there was a reference to what was called a "scandalous" statement recently in the House of Commons to the effect that the use and manufacture of
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YOKOSUKA (Japan), Oct. 13 f (NC)-Hundreds of employees at the naval base here attended three lectures by the Very Rev. Theodore Geppert, S.J., Rector of the Catholic University of Tokio and specialist in sociology. Given at the request of the local union, the lectures dealt with "Social Unrest and the Labour Problem," Communism and capitalism, and principles of be Christian a wife will social teaching as and that preproperty, allowed to retain her maiden requisite for social and industrial name and the husband to as- peace. sume his wife's, Meantime, Russia has further the present law, which now furtightened up her divorce laws. ther curbs the obtaining of divThe Supreme Court has ordered orces, was passed. The Supreme Court ordered lower courts to grant divorces only for "serious and well- the stricter divorce policy for the sake of "strengthening the conciliafounded reasons" when tion has failed or the marriage Soviet family and marriage" as would contradict "the principles a basic social problem.
the broadcast, will cover the marriage law, the marriage property law, the family law, and the guardianship law. The broadcast said: "The project is based on Soviet law and on Czechoslovak and Polish legal practice. Its basic precept is the permanence of Communist morality." by Published Before 1944 divorces could be Printed and of the marital union. In contrast to capitalist countries, the obtained simply by registering Keith Francis Spruhan, at 450 Hay "The Record" Office, 1944 Soviet Union and the People's and paying a small fee. In Street, Perth. Democracies treat marriage as a (Continued loot of nest ecoluime)
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