DENVER ONTHOUC Adolph Hitler Has Issued a Call to Thousands of Germans Living in the United States and Other Countries N.C.C.W
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CONFRATERNITY STUDY CLUBS SWING INTO ACTION HARDSHIPS OF Contents Copyrighted— Permission to Reproduce Given After 12 M. Friday Following Issue REPORT SHOWS HERR ADOLPH WANTS MILITARY RECRUITS Going on the theory, “ Once a EARLY DAYS IN ENTHUSIASM IS German, alwayt a German,” DENVER ONTHOUC Adolph Hitler has issued a call to thousands of Germans living in the United States and other countries N.C.C.W. TOLD AT HIGH PITCH to return to the fatherland as mili tary recruits. The Reichsfuerhrer commands, if you please, even the Germans who are naturalized Mrs. Ella Mullen Weekbaugh Had Task of Nearly All Who Followed First Course Are American citizens to announce ‘Selling’ New Organization to themselves for labor corps and Studying Current Lessons— Many army service at German consulates Societies, Priests The National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service Supplies The Denver Catholic Register. We Have not later than March 31. There Is, Also the International News Service (Wire and Mail), a Large Special Service, and Seven Smaller Services. New Members Recruited of course, no way the order can be enforced, unless the persons i While the National Council of Catholic Women has VOL. XXXI. No. 26. DENVER, COLO., THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1936. $2 PER YEAR study clubs working under the direction of the Con volved return to Germany. been developed in the past ten years to what is perhaps the fraternity of Christian Doctrine are swinging into action The high moguls of the Nazis most efficient lay organization of Catholic Action in this this week throughout the diocese for their second semes are having, a difficult time trump part of the epuntty, bitter trials and seemingly insurmount They Fear U. S. Kidnapers ing up charges againsf Catholic ter’s eight-week course. According to all reports received leaders so that they may send them able obstacles were its lot in the early stages of its forma by the Rev. F. Gregory Smith, diocesan director of the con to prison. A good many priests tion, it was revealed at the closing banquet Pf the Denver fraternity, enthusiasm is much greater at the start of the and nuns have been sentenced as Diocesan council by Mrs. Ella Mullen Weekbaugh. the result of the laws that prohibit second semester than it was when the. initial course was The early-day struggles of the now gigantic organiza begun last fall. All indications point to continuance in sending money out of Germany, tion were not confined to Colorado, Mrs. Weekbaugh de although, in every case of a con JPPOINTEO TO Study club work by the great maJority of those who com viction, the money smunled out clared, but were described by her as being national in pleted the first course, with not a few who had partici of the country was used to pay scope, when 14 bewildered women gathered in Washing honest debts contracted before the pated in the work merely as a member of a club now hav ton to plan the work of organizing. Locally, Mrs. Week ing organized a group and assumed the leadership of it. tyrannical law went into effect. baugh found herself to be, at first. NISHVIELE SEE It would seem as though this Reports of the advance are in a lone apostle in the work. Her adequate to date, according to Fa source of persecution has now been paper follows in full: exhausted, but the Nazi officials, Washington.— (Special NCWC ther Smith, but it is almost a cer Reminiscences! Reminiscences Wire)— 'The Rev. William L. undaunted, have turned to another VOTED TENOR TO tainty that there is an increase of of what? The word means some Adrian, a priest of the Diocese of from 75 to 100 clubs in the dio II field. thing built on facts, or actions of The Catholic Youth associations Davenport, has been named Bishop cese. In Fort Collins, where the the past. But 16 years ago we of Nashville, according to word re confraternity was not organized are the new targets, and the had no facts, no foundation, not charge; “ Catholic youths have been ceived here Wednesday, Feb. 12, for Study club work last fall, there SINC LEID IN even one shovel to start the very from Vatican City. implicated with Communist ele are now 15 in operation. Enough m L small excavation for that foun new Study club literature has been ments seeking to overthrow the dation. Everything was vague, Davenport, la.— (Special Wire) present regime.” Catholic youths, — The Bishop-elect of Nashville, distributed in the Cathedral parish shadowy. The summons, a letter, to indicate that from ten to 12 according to the Nazis, are guilty came to me one day in March, Tenn., the Rev. William L. Adrian, of distributing Marxian literature. OPEOI, 'FIOST' additional groups have been 1920, from the Most Rev. Bishop is one of the outstanding Catholic CLOSE ID S7.0D0 formed for the current course. Absurd as such a charge is, espe Tihen. This letter stated that an educators of Iowa, according to cially since Catholics could expect priests of the faculty of St. Am Still to.be developed in most of -It was announced this week by attempt to organize the Catholic the parishes is the Junior Study no more mercy from the Marxian Monsignor Joseph J, Bosetti that women of the nation was to be brose’s college, where he served In the 1985 financial report of Socialists than they get from the for some 23 years. club, which is made up of high the Cathedral parish released by Alessandro Canepari, noted opei'- made in Washington in Septem school pupils. Unlike the adult Hitler tyrants, it is not at all un atic tenor,, will sing the lead in ber. Each archdiocese ■was re Father Adrian was born in Monsignor Hugh L. McMenamin, likely that many of the leaders will Sigourney, la., April 16, 1883, re clubs, which study for two eight- rector of the parish, the total an Faust, which is to be produced in quested to send a representative, week periods in the year, the Jun be convicted. That will furnish the city auditorium late in .April ceiving his grade school course in nual income was shown to be ?57,- that plans might be formulated iors are requested to continue the Nazis with mere anti-Catholic by Hie Denver Grand Opera com that place. He attended high school 869.56. Of this amount, over which would' embrace the whole their work throughout the school propaganda. pany under the auspices of the in St. Ambrose’s academy and con $13,000 was donated as a diamond country, and I was requested to year, the result being that twice Catholic Charities and the Knights tinued his education in the college jubilee offering. The net operat attend for the Archdiocese of as much ground is covered in their A student publication of New Of Columbus. department of that institution, re ing expenses amounted to nearly Santa Fe. All my pleading was in study as in the clubs for adults. York university carried a vicious Mr. Canepari is one of several Although they themielvei. were willing to.pote for photographers ceiving the Bachelor of Arts de $51,000,' making the net gain for vain. I was fearful, but our Bish The Junior clubs are likewise much attack on Georgetown university, of Monsignor Bosetti’s proteges op was adamant. on arrival in New York from England, the Duke and Duchess of Marl gree in 1908. Because of his out the year close to $7,000. conducted by the Jesuit Fathers, larger in membership than the A notion of the heavy expense who have attained distinction in The result was that 14 bewil borough asked ship news cameramen not to include their children. The standing record in the college, he after the Catholic team handeff the the world of singing. As a boy in noble English couple admitted their request was the result of their was sent to the North American adult groups, as it is recommended of running a large city parish may Violets their first basketbalL^efeat dered women gathered in that that as many as 25 high school stu be gained from a study of some the Cathedral choir, he revealed a room, around a table, each with fear of U. S. kidnapers. college in Rome, his ordination in 20 games. The student/hditorial dents band together under a lead of the expense items of the Cathe voice of unusual richness. In his that “ what are we here for?” ex taking place in the Eternal City said the Jesuit school Was anti- first year of .singing, he was given April 15, 1911.* er, while the recommendation to dral. The salary of the priests Jewish. Since three members of pression on her face. Fourteen grownups is .that their clubs con and clerical help amounted to a solo part in one of the Mon complete strangers, summoned to Returning to the United States, the Georgetown hoop squad are sist of from eight to 12 members. $3,017; the salary of lay help came signor’s concerts and he atnazed an apparent “ will o’ the wisp” con HOME ECONOMICS Father Adrian began a long-and Jewish, and happen to be among the audience with his mastery of useful career as a member of the With the Junior clubs, an adult to $9,460, and that of the teachers ference. Well, I remember how leader is necessary, a field of work in the school totaled $8,080. the best-liked boys in the school, the part. petrified, I was, wishing again and faculty of St.