Show ft Boys Town Founder i 4 iDies Dies on Berlin Trip BERLIN May 16 JP P Msgr Edward J. J Flanagan kno throughout the world as the father of Boys' Boys Town died at a army hospital today after a heart attack He had been in inspect ing facilities in Germany for the youths he loved so well well well-reg regard less of nationality j The year old Nebraska priest priest famed famed for his hi cr cred There is no such thing as a bad boy was boy was stricken last nis 0 at Harnack house an a America Ameri military government for lor or visiting officials I Rushed to the station rn mil ml tary ary hospital he tan failed d to res reso rupo to o oxygen and special heart In ions Hons physicians physician said aid He died 2 05 am a.m. Receive e Sacrament Catholic Army Chaplain I. I Walsh administered last sa ments at the famed priests priest's b side when death came Fath Path Walsh said he died peacefully as In n prayer Father Flanagan who has hu ch chia 0 planed the cause of or boys for more than three de dewent deca decade went to Vienna last March to tu tuc Austrian youth conditions D his tour he was wa received In no Ron by Pope Pius XII Later he came to Germany the invitation of the U. U S sIn S. S Inn arm In HH 1917 7 he made a similar mis mili i to Japan The Nebraska priest founded I world renowned home for ne nee boys in 1917 on the outskirts Omaha Originally It was wu a lit liti house which he rented by bo bor in ing 90 in the Christmas season Boys Town has since grown i ia in ina Ina a busy community Incorporated I 1936 it Is now listed in the U. U postal guide of Harbored Delinquent Boys Boyi 1 Father Flanagan gave to boys accused of crimes rangi from petty thievery to murder I B pleaded in many courts for CU cus custod of the youths youths contending contending thi th proper environment was the m HIM moi effective antidote for curbing Juvi Juvinile nile bile delinquency Father Flanagan's efforts effort In th UM cause of ot youth have brought hb him hinI into contact with famed tamed person perso in many lands h 4 On his tour of Japan he call callon called on Emperor Hirohito He al conferred with Empress Nag il ilon on welfare work for Japans Japan children chil chiJI Later he went to Korea Korta a II the invitation of the U. U S. S army array The priest made a previous tzi to Europe in 1946 when he UK his brother the Rev P. P A. A Flan gan g-an visited their native Ireland They were welcomed in ill Belfast bj a crowd of Holl Hollywood wood produced a film 01 01 Father Flanagan's life in was called Boys Town |