“RADIO PRIEST”
NO SUNDAY BROADCAST GIVEN. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. DETROIT, February' 4. Father Coughlin, the “radio priest,” did not make his customary Sunday nationwide broadcast.. All efforts to ascertain the cause were unavailing. An announcer told listeners that “probably events transpiring this week will enlighten you.” Two weeks ago Father Coughlin defended the Christian Front, declaring Dial his place was al the side of accused. Last week he declared there was a definite need in the United States for “a Christian Front.” The head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mr J. Edgar Hoover, recently' announced the arrest of 18 members of the "Christian Front” on charges of conspiracy to create a revolution, overthrow the Government, and establish a dictatorship.
POSSIBLE REASON. CHURCH COMMITTEE'S CENSORSHIP. i Received This Day, 9.15 a.m.) DETROIT. February 5. The Archdiocese Chancellor. Dr Edward J. Hickey, unofficially' suggests that Father Coughlin's failure to broadcast on Sunday was the result of the church committee's censorship.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 February 1940, Page 5
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