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BATAAN REVIVED MEN'S RELIGION

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By GEORGE WELLER | Copyright, 1043, by The Indianapolis Times e cago Daily News,

guess é¢ Im going,” said an army offiesr just réturmed from Batéan, Hé had just stepped out from His first bath in four months and was rubbing his chest. Nobody guessed % i because SestiteL. tion is oné thing Mr. Weller they do not even let you think about in the daily more stringent rules of the rear area of the war zone. “I'm going,” he said, “to church.” The officer's annouticement caused - somewhat Jess astonishment than it would have two months ago when the first evacuees from Bataan beSince that time it has begun to be noticed that cute coming officers have brought with then something less tangible than

* their notebooks of military intelli-

gence but nontheless definite. Itis a marked enhancement of interest

in religion. ~~ From Battle to Church _ It is noteworthy that, in a world

dominated by production indexes

and geographical strategy, men who have undergone the experience of battle have found themselves increasingly turning to God for consolation. It is interesting to see, here in Australia, this increased de-

votion meeting the tides of incom‘ing troops who cannot but partake

of the spirit derived from the Amercans’. ordeal in the Philippines and ava, ‘The officer described above, when - he retuened from church, was asked whether he felt it had done him good.

“1 hope 80. It was the first time I had visited: a regular church in ‘20 years,” he said. Describing conditions upon Bataan, he said that the feeling that only God could help the besieged began when hospital No. 1 was severely bombed. The Japanese apologized for the outrage and the Americans considered themselves secure thereafter. Four days later the Japanese launched an extremely heavy raid upon the same hospital with tragic success. Forty-seven Americans were killed, 53 wounded. God Only Protector

“When they saw what happened there, they knew henceforward that only God could protect them,” said _ the officer. : Services, which had been held unitil then under Chaplain’ William A. Dawson, a Baptist minister of Camarillo, Qal, had only. ‘been visited by a handful but their number increased daily. After the hospital bombing the little chapel was crowded; There were many.

- new baptisms among all faiths.

On Bataan peninsula the Catholic

services of the Philippine scout regiment, which one American offi- . cer has called “without question the |}

finest fighting force in the world today,” were regularly attended by Protestant officers. Similarly, it is known that at least one’ American submarine commander, recently

decorated with the navy cross, now|

wears around his neck St. Christopher’s medal, given him by a Cath-

olic priest in the Philippines.

Mae West Church Increased interest in religion is

apparent in the rear of the war

zone, too. Among many places of

worship in western Australia, regularly visited by Americans, is the

ouaren known to Australians as

“Mae West’s church.” ‘The church, ~ actually named St. Columba, was | gen the nickname because the Australian pastor, when in the ® United States, had temporarily held . & small pastorate near Hollywood. Observing an opulent lady wore

@ ! r shipper, frequently seen at prayer

~ alone, the clergyman made her

acquaintance. When he expressed

his desire to build a church upon the same model in western Australia, the unknown lady offered to

help him financially, only later re-

vealing herself as the film star.

NO-SPLINT IDEA USED FOR YEARS IN POLIO

By Science Service CLEVELAND, May 16.—~An active treatment of infantile paralysis in early stages, somewhat like the now famous Sister Kenny treatment

atrics meeting here. Many children getting this treatdischarged “cured” at the

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ARMY SEEKS CLOSER LINK TO SCIENTISTS WASHINGTON, May 15 (U. PB). —Sécretary of War Henry L. Stimson disclosed today that a program had been instituted to bring inventiveriéss of American scientists in closer contact with army and navy staffs. . To co-ordinate the work of the offide of scientific research and the findings of leading civilian scientists, 4 three-man committee 1s. being set up. It consists of Dg. Vannever

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RECEIVES DEGREE IN OHIO Ernest E. Yunghans, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hrnest Yunghans, 1026 Temple ave., réceived the degree of master of arts this week from Western reserve tfiiversity, Cleveland, O. :

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FAIR HAVEN, N. Jd, May 15 (U. P.) —Mrss, Nannie Hart van Sauter, more familiarly known as Alexandria Morrisini, one of America’s first prima donnas 50 years ago, died yesterday. She would have been 90 next month. : Mrs. Van Sauter, widow of the former Baron Frederick van Sauter, was born in Owego, N. Y. and moved to Cleveland where her sing-

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