Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 March 1950 — Page 2

Every Part of Nation

"Church Membership at All-Time Peak,

By BRUCE BIOSSAT, Times Special Writer ; "NEW YORK, Mar. 13—Religion is enjoying the biggest boom

—$§-has-ever-had in America.

Church membership is at an all-time peak and embraces a larger share of the population than ever before. It's still rising. And new churches are springing up. all [around the country to meet, the swelling need. youthful soul-baring in these Hundreds of newspapers have sbsal 4 od ai published serialized versions of '°P8 Sessions seemed sincere. -. religious books and played them: The growth of U. 8. population up like spot news stories. Millions coupled with this general upsurge are gobbling up these same books of religious interest actually has at the bookstores. Some of these nyt church bullding programs

works have been printed twice! in the same’ paper. {far in arrears. Dr. Truman B.

- a ‘Douglas, of the Board of Home An evangelistic, revivalist spirit! y has spread widely. Right now 38 Migsions of Congregational

_|Christian Churches, says millions Protestant Seominstions are si lof Christians have no church to

“win America for Christ.” Up- attend. There's not a single

are ringing doorbelis in a down-|COTmmunities with. 2500 or more to-earth effort to draw every good | People. prospect into the fold. The target| Yet this is one of the great is big: 10 million eligible non- bullding periods in U.S. church churchgoers, ~:~ history; Protestant —denominaLast November 700 Methodist tions have $1 billion in new conministers from all areas joined struction planned or under way. 300 local preachers in Philadel-|The Catholics’ backlog also is .phia fof an intensive week of Pig. In fast-growing Houston, evangelism. Nearly 35000 reli- TeX. you can count 515 churches

“Biggest Religious Boom

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i (affairs, wards of 1 million church laymen Church in any of some 700 new" /5C take such in-

Aid fo Veterans Two employment officials were

/torfous service in vetjerans’ employment” ‘by Clyde A. Lewis, national Veterans of For-

eign—-Wars—commander;—— Mr. Lewis presented plagues to Col. Everett L. Gardner,

eon in the Antlers Hotel.

post, district and state officers, scored public apathy toward important problems concerning our security and economic welfare, Urges ‘Interest In Politics He urged all citizens to be more active and take a greater interest in politics and important

terest, which is our responsibility ‘as well as our privilege,’ Mr. Lewis ‘said, “we shall soon be members of a government run by default.” Mr. Lewis voiced opposition to thé United World Federalist movement, saying its success would mean a loss of our national sovereignty. He lauded Indiana

gious-minded folk crammed into today. The total was 335 in 1936. the city’s huge Convention Hall] Financing this expansion is a! for 'a windup meeting, |stickler, “even though churches! Become Big Business [are getting record contributions) ; {from their members and frtends.! Religious campaigns are getting |,., : to Selig business. In the most |IV® the old story—high costs. recent “Religion in American|

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service.

Herman J. Fritz

VFW progress and community].

mn " Life” program a whilé back, four] But what's stirring this re-| national radio networks were en- markable interest in religion?

Advertising Council lent a hand every war.” But older heads

Louisville, Ky., after services at

ai-! ivi irector, Indiana Employment Security Division, and Fred —W.. Jenkins, Veterans ' Employment! | tive, at a lunch-| 5 Service representative, at a unc [the law of Dowden, Denny “The VFW. commander-in-chief, and Adams, was a practicing atspeaking before more than 200 torney in Indianapolis since his

Mr. Adams, junior member of

graduation from Harvard University Law School in 1916. He lived at 1321 N. Meridian St. Mr. Adams handled the legal affairs of 19 major Insurance companies. He recently was elected president of the National! Association of Life Insurance Companies. ‘In World War I, Mr. Adams was a field artillery officer overseas, and in World War II was chairman of the speaker's bureau

mittee, civilian- aide for Indiana to the Secretary of the Army and

war work of the Indiana State Bar Association. From 1920 until

attending Harvard.

listed to help. The highly cXpert| Some say: “It happens after] i Operated Stores

for the first time, and 5000 rell-\quickly point out that the surge ‘glous posters sprouted on Dbill-/of religious fervor after World boards across the land. . |War-1 was ‘mild compared to this

A epeclal . fervor sometimes One. {Oxford St., an Indianapolis drug-| seizes varticular places or groups. | Possibly the most common be- gist for nearly a half-century, Milwaukee people, troubled over lief in and out of church circles [died -today in‘ St. Francis Hos-! what they thought was the “ex-iis that, plagued by the twin fears pital. He was 71. cessive commercializing” of of atomic warfare and economic] A lifelong resident of IndianChristmas, plunged eagerly into insecurity, people are grasping apolis, he was one of four broth-| a pre-holiday campaign to “Put desperately for rock-iike -certain-lers who independently have, Christ Back in Christmas.’ {ty. They want spiritual peace owned and operated a group of With 200 merchants co-operat- as an antidote to the confusions stores under the Fritz name, ing. they pasted up 1200 posters and tensions of their material during the last 50 years. 1 bearing the slogar. It was-car-{ world. | He owned stores at 1202 KE. ried on hotel and theater mar-| A few who have studied the 10th St, 2202 Madison Ave. and quees, 160 billboards, auto stick-' trends, however, think they re-in the 600 ‘block B. Illinois St, ers. Pictures of the Nativity ap- fleet .g search for more than mere but-sold them eight years ago to peared in 275 taxicabs. Radio and| refuge from fear and chaos. They help his brother, John P., operate television broadcasts entered into pajjeve the upsurge is a sign that his store at 641 Virginia Ave. i the unprecedented drive... . - lpeople. are reaching In the last month or so, some values than they have found in!sung at 10 a. m. Thursday in St. | American colleges have been thelr industrial way of life. To Philip Neri Catholic Church after ht in the rolling tide {them it’s a quest not so much for services at Grinsteirier Funeral caught - up 8 ‘|ecertainty as for a better quality Home at 9:30 a. m. Burial will be Marathon campus revival mee = of ltving.— ie Ts serkid ; ings-—one carrying on nearly & some of the figures support this| Surviving are three brothers, | week—have occurred here and) view, for religion's hold on the John P. Otto H, and Albert C..| there. Though exhibitionism may American people has been in-'and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary | have played a part, most of the | creasing steadily for a long time. Huttle, all of Indianapolis.

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the pilot tried to pull the ship up for another landing attempt after coming in too low the first time, ;

wering the airliner appeared to fail when ‘previously occured Apr. 4, 1933,

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two miles short of its landing point, an RAF field here. i Broken suitcases in the wreckage spilled cigarets, chocolate, fruit, nylon stockings and other luxuries the football fans bought in ration-free Ireland as gifts for their friends and familes In muskrats burrowed through the Britain. Se . (canal near Calexico, ( The world’s worst air disaster water widened the bréak to 80 © feet and poured forth on the Mexican side of the border. ~~ The break was discovered Saturday in the south bank of the glant canal which parallels the

Elmer Hartzog of the Imperial Valley Irrigation District said

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