The Sign Magazine
Contents 1953
Volume 32 January 1953 #6
When America Changes Presidents... John C. O'Brien
TV's Ace in the Hole... Arthur F. Lenehan
Purgatory on a Witness Stand... Louis F. Budenz
Old St. Mary's Churchyard... John F. Boyle
The Steam that Heats New York... James C. G. Conniff
Israel - a Kingdom Divided... Leonard J. Schweitzer
They Sing for Peace (A Sign Picture Story)
France's Common Man... Staff of "The Observer"
You Said It, Mr. Shakespeare... Doyle Hennessy
Alocholism - Disease or Vice?... Milton Lomask
Only Through This Door (A Sign Picture Story)
Suffer Little Children... Robert L. Reynolds
For Better - For Worse... Jean Harnett
Fighting Sculptor... George A. Cevasco
The Scourging... Jude Mead, C.P.
Such Bright Ideas... Leslie Gordon Barnard
The Fortune Hunter... Hugh B. Cave
The Final Tears... Paul Annixter
Eisenhower and Our Allies... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Sports... Don Dunphy
Radio and Television... John Lester
Letters
The Visit to St. Elizabeth... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
And So a Son - Poem... James C. G. Conniff
Heart of Christ - Poem... Sister Helen Dolores, C. S. J.
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
People
The Dove - Poem... Berniece Bunn Christman
Fire - Poem... Sister Mary of the Visitation
Books
Volume 32 February 1953 #7
Washington's Split Personality... Ruth Hume
Music in the White House... Paul Hume
Listen to An Incredible Story... Jim Bishop
Ellis Island's Young Immigrants (A Sign Picture Story)
Danger Signals in the Middle East... Robert Meyer
Jim Crow Draws Blood... John Laurence
Our Information Outpost in Italy... John E. Dineen
Count Your Blessings... Bob Crean
The Chicopee Reel... Joseph O'Connor
The Crowning... Jude Mead, C.P.
Gathering at the River... Lucile Hasley
The Sign from Tree to You (A Sign Picture Story)
The Lovely Fact of Labor... E. Boyd Barrett
Seminary Hill... Myles Connolly
Helping Hand... Charles Carver
Democracy for Whom?... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Sports... Don Dunphy
Radio and Television... John Lester
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Letters
People
The Older Singers Answer - Poem... Earl Byrd
The Birth of Our Lord... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
Retaliation - Poem... Sr. Philomena Mary S.N.J.M.
Books
Volume 32 March 1953 #8
Meany: AFL's New Chief... John Cort
Canada: Big Middle Power... Anthony J. Wright
Our Frustrated Vice-Presidents... John C. O'Brien
The New Red Purge... James V. Parker
Vagaries of French Government... Bertrand de Jouvenal
A Busy Man's Birthday (A Sign Picture Story)
The Ninth Hour... David Vincent Sheehan
Winter Night... Dorothy Dalton Clarke
And Baby Makes Seven... Ed Mack Miller
The Synagogue Finds the Seminary... Helen Walker Homan
So You Want to Adopt a Child (A Sign Picture Story)
The Carrying of the Cross... Jude Mead, C.P.
St. Patrick's Day in the Morning... Doran Hurley
Red Petticoat... Bryan MacMahon
First Son... Dorothy Tooker
And Now the Jews!... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Letters
People
Patron of the Dying - Poem... Margaret Devereaux Conway
Green Legions - Poem... Desmond Lonergan
Jesus Presented in the Temple... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
Consummation - Poem... Kathryn Cronin
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, O.P.
Books
Volume 32 April 1953 #9
We Can Be Atom-Bombed... Jim Bishop
The Reds Cry Wolf... Victor Riesel
A New Labor Law... John F. Cronin, S.C.
Spain - Our Jilted Ally... Stanton Griffis
Mr. Europe's Revolution... Andrew Boyle
English Catholics on the March... Edmund Campion
Experiment in Understanding... Ed Cony
Doubting Thomas... Neil Kevin
The Crucifixion... Jude Mead, C.P.
Holy Week on Molokai... Brother Engelbert, SS.CC.
The New Easter Vigil (A Sign Picture Story)
Easter in "Little Poland" (A Sign Picture Story)
Lilacs Are Better... Monica Krawczyk
The Pigeon from St. Bartholomew's... Myles Connolly
A Look at the Record... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
A Look at the World... Anita Colby
The Finding of the Child in the Temple... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
People
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
Books
Letters
Volume 32 May 1953 #10
Montana's Senator Mike... William M. Healy
Me for Main Street... Art Smith
They Give You the Right Time (A Sign Picture Study)
The Reds See a Good Thing in Finland (A Sign Picture Story)
The Church Down Under... James G. Murtagh
France Has Her Fingers Crossed... Countess Waldeck
What Do You Ask, My Daughter?... Mother M. Eleanor
Your First Girl... Jim Bishop
TV's Temperamental Character... John Lester
A Chance for Ex-Convicts... Ed Cony
Lawyers Also Mend Marriages... Francis D. O'Mara
Away With Him!... Rupert Langenstein, C.P.
Remembrance of Helen... Cecile M. Roach
The Yankee Gesture... William Arthur Breyfogle
Dogwood for Alison... Frank P. Jay
The Last Date... Charles Carver
The Parlor Game of Genocide... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Carolina Jubilee (Picture Story)
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Sports... Don Dunphy
Radio and Television... John Lester
A Look at the World... Anita Colby
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
People
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C. P.
The Agony in the Garden... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Books
Letters
Volume 32 June 1953 #11
Hollywood's Nice Girl... Jerry Cotter
Our Teen-age Drinkers... Milton Lomask
Good Old Big City... Harry Schlegel
The Anointing of the Queen... Andrew Boyle
16th Century Housing Project (A Sign Picture Story)
Brightest Star in the Flag... John E. Dineen
A Catholic Looks at UNESCO... Alba Zizzamia
Take Up the Cross... Paschal Drew, C.P.
Fathers are V.I.P.'s... Robert Odenwald, M.D.
Communist Crazy Quilt... Albert D. Sears
Romance in the Spring (A Sign Picture Story)
The Magic Palace... Frank Bennett
Marriages are Made... Leslie Gordon Barnard
The Big Man... Patrick S. Traynor
Athe News: Cloak and Dagger Style... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
The Bishop Gets Out of Jail
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
Letters
The Grimy Towns - Poem... Clifford J. Laube
People
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
Commencement - Poem... Patricia MacGill
The Gardener - Poem... Herbert A. Kenny
The Scourging... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Tall on the Cross - Poem... Louise Juarez
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
A Look at the World... Anita Colby
Books
Volume 32 July 1953 #12
Little Miss Dynamo... Peggy Cotter
North of the Border... Anthony J. Wright
St. Ann of Scranton (A Sign Picture Story)
Iron Curtain Seminary... Bernard Quinn
Allah Brings Happiness (A Sign Picture Story)
The Sign of Friendship... Malachy MCGill, C.P.
The Name is Susan... Lucile Hasley
Do if for Mom, Patty... Jane Sprenger
Quiet, Please!... Frank Remington
It's Easy to Write Every Day... Russell Hall Davison
Davvy... Mildred Lynn Greenwald
The Miracle... Bruce Marshall
Reach for an Angel... Margaret E. Barnard
Editor's Report... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
Letters
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
People
As Many As Are Here Present - Poem... Burnham Eaton
Be Still and Know - Poem... Anobel Armour
The Crowning With Thorns... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Hollywoodo Pan-Dowdy... Anita Colby
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
Books
Volume 33 August 1953 #1
Airport Chapel (A Sign Picture Story)
A Prayerful President... John C. O'Brien
Dynamic Redhead... John Cort
Angels on Wheels... Ken Yarber and Jim Smiley
David and Red Goliath... Bernard S. Redmont
Germany's Hour of Decision... Leonard J. Schweitzer
Where Spanish Padres Pioneered (A Sign Picture Story)
The Convicts' Friend... Milton Lomask
The Big Houses of Yesterday... Mary Catherine Wallon
Johnny Masculine's Last Mile... Frank Scully
Poor Bandaged Children of Eve... Sister Mary Jean Dorcy, O.P.
The Cat and the Cornfield... Bryan MacMahon
My Father's Ears... Maxine Wood
The Murderer... Leslie Gordon Barnard
The Missing Liberals... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
You and Buck Rogers... Anita Colby
The Carrying of the Cross... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Temptation - Poem... Sister Mary Estelle, O.P.
Harvest Home - Poem... Sarah Wingate Taylor
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
People
Books
Letters
Volume 33 September 1953 #2
Three-Star Family... J. C. Maguire
Behind Seminary Walls (A Sign Picture Story)
The Old Mill Stream (A Sign Picture Story)
Bishop's Director... Rod Odell
Switzerland Goes It Alone... Robert Parker
Assignment in Hong Kong (A Sign Picture Story)... Elsa Chaney
Master Plan for Peace in Asia... John Gerrity
The Passion of Mary... Boniface Buckley, C.P.
The Pact... Will Oursler
The Housewife... Edward A. Connell
The Importance of English... Paul Hume
Husbands Are Married, Too... George H. Weldon
Last Haircut... Louis Hasley
Yours Truly... Robert Greenwald
Outlandish Strain... Florence B. Jacobs
Back-Seat Drivers... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
Letters
The Crucifixion... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Shadows - Poem... Theodore Maynard
Wonderful Clown... Anita Colby
For a Child of God - Poem... Jessica Powers
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
People
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
Books
Volume 33 October 1953 #3
Young Labor Organizer (A Sign Picture Story)
He Bats for Little League... Arthur Mulligan
Eisenhower's Right-hand Man... Edwin A. Lahey
Christ in Washington Square... Cecilia Maguire
Freedom's Friend in Asia... John Gerrity
North American College... George Salerno
Back to School of Top NATO Bosses (A Sign Picture Story)
Bevan Doesn't Like Uncle Sam... J. K. Adair
Giant Goes to God... Andrew Boyle
The Admirable Mlle. Jaricot... Countess Waldeck
Angels Don't Have Bones... Carmen Lund
Handicapped Workers Are Good Business... Joseph M. Kelly
Casey Up...to Date... Matt O'Brien
Pere Martin's Navy... Michael J. O'Connor
The Pumpkin on the Vine... Frank P. Jay
Too Many Japanese?... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
Letters
One Lump or Two?... Anita Colby
The Resurrection... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
People
Books
Volume 33 November 1953 #4
A Day in the Life of a Cardinal... Jim Bishop
Labor, the Crucified Crusade... Victor Riesel
CYO in Action (A Sign Picture Story)
Spain's Quiet Revolution... E. Alan Walker
Higgins, the Blood Banker... Irene Corbally Kuhn
Today's Women Can't Cook... Art Smith
We Never Ate Better... Harry Schlegel
What Every Man Knows... Ray Neville
Camera Cuties (A Sign Picture Story)
God's Grace on the Gridiron... Donald A. Foskett
The First Day... Robert Cormier
The Wilderness... Kennedy MacDonald
Take Cleopatra, Take Benedict Arnold... Harry I. Shumway
"As Others See Us"... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Radio and Television... John Lester
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Sports... Don Dunphy
Letters
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
Even the Dead Get Rich... Anita Colby
People
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
The Ascension... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Little Song - Poem... Austin Fowler
Books
Volume 33 December 1953 #5
American Scene
In the Cabinet Hot Seat... John C. O'Brien
Farewell to Catholic College Football... Charles G. Johnson
Graveyard for Racketeers... Alonzo Tier
This Is Main Street, France... Bernard Redmont
Silent Night, Holy Night (A Sign Picture Story)
School for Late Vocations (A Sign Picture Story)
Sung Any Good Hymns Lately?... Paul Hume
My Search for Faith... Lord Pakenham
The Bishop Returns
National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Anything You Want... Leslie Gordon Barnard
Christ-Mass at Dawn... Doran Hurley
The Island... James A. Dunn
Massacre at Qibiya... Ralph Gorman, C.P.
Current Fact and Comment
Stage and Screen... Jerry Cotter
Radio and Television... John Lester
Sports... Don Dunphy
Letters
A Carol of Stars and Snow - Poem... Sr. Mary of the Visitation
Sign Post... Aloysius McDonough, C.P.
People
Song for a Mother - Poem... Winifred Corrigan, R.C.
A Few Christmas Stories... Anita Colby
Woman to Woman... Katherine Burton
The Coming of the Holy Ghost... Gerald Vann, O.P.
Books
Christmas Books and Children