Kupujmo vojne BONDE in ZNAMKE ffO. 18 DOMOVINA AMERICAN IN SPIRIT FOREIGN IN LANGUAGE ONLY AMERICAN HOME SLOVENIAN MORNINfl DAILY NEWSPAPER CLEVELAND 3, 0., SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1944 LETO XLVII — VOL. XLVII Japoncem so potopili ta teden 38 ladij Iz raznih naselbin !IZ BOJNE FRONTE 1 * Dajmo... posodimo STRICU SAMO v 4. VOJNEM POSOJILU da bomo hitreje dosegli zmago! j Detroit, Mich. — Pred dnevi je tukaj umrl Herman Toman, star 65 let in doma iz okolice Ljubljane. Pokopal ga je rak v ! želodcu. Mnogo let je bil zastopnik neke zemljiške tvrdke in z?pušča ženo, sina in hčer. Pri podpornem društvu ni bil I nobenem. Keewatin, Minn. — Po urad-| nem obvestilu je 19. dec. 1943 ! nekje na Pacifiku umrl za rana-I mi Andrej.Kostelic mlajši, star j 24 let. Strica Sama je služil dve | leti in zapušča očeta, tri brate i (dva v armadi) in štiri sestre. Indianola, Pa. — Na Havajskih otokih sta se srečala bra-! tranca iz drugega rodu Andy | Hrovat iz Indianole in Albert Zcrch iz Harmarvilla, Pa. Prvi je tarq že 15 mesecev in pred kratkim se je vrnil z Gilbertskih otokov, kjer se je udeležil bitke na otoku Makinu, Albert je pa tam dva meseca. Los Angeles, Cal. — Dne 13. jan. je tukaj umrl Gregor Sirk, star 84 let in rojen v Litiji na Dolenjskem. -V Ameriki je bil 43 let in v Californiji 20 let. Za. pušča štiiM sinove in tri hčere. Nanticoke, Pa. — Dne 9. jan. je za rudarsko naduho umrl John Horjak, star 57 let in rojen v Kačji dragi, Kal pri Gorici. V Ameriki je bil 34 let in naj prvo v ,Frontenacu in Breezy ITillu, Kans., odkoder je odšel v Oklahomo in od tam je prišel sem, ves čas rudar. Zapušča že. no, tri sinove (dva pri vojakih) in tri hčere. Švedska ne bo hotela biti za pribežališče New York.—Nek š v e d s k i vladni uradnik je izjavil, da Švedska ne namerava biti po vojni pribežališče• vojnim kriminalcem raznih dežel. Švedsko časopisje zato svari vojne zločince, naj še ne zanašajo na to, da bodo našli na Švedskem varno zavetje, kadar jim bodo doma tla gorela pod nogami. -o--- Zahteva po delovni sili je vedno manjša Washington. — že od meseca septembra postaja zahteva po delovni sili v ameriški industriji vedno manjša. V septembru je bilo v Zed. državah zaposlenih rekordno število oseb, namreč 64,400,000, v čemer je vključena tudi bojna sila. V novembru jih je bilo pa že 63,100,000 in v decembru zopet manj. -o- Poroka Poročnik Michael I. Lah Jr. se je 13. januarja poročil z Miss Eda W. Burke iz Wilmington, Delaware. Poroka je bila v ar-madni kapeli. Novoporočenca | sta se nahajala par dni na obisku ! pri ženinovih starših, Mr. in Mrs. Michael Lah, 18907 Kil-deer Ave. Bilo srečno! va, ki bi bila bolj prijazna Rusiji, bi sovjetska vlada sprejela posredovanje Zed. držav. Mnenje diplomatov je, da bo Rusija vztrajala na meji, kot je bila leta 1939, ko si je.prila-; stila ta del Poljske v sporazumu s Hitlerjem. V zameno pa bi dovolila Poljski vzeti nemško ozemlje v Prusiji m Šleziji. Govori se tudi, da bo premier Churchill osebno govoril s Stalinom in skušal doseči pobotanje med Poljsko in Rusijo na miren način. -,.'.■",', t___ .- :, ■"■=-^====r===s Švico preoblečena v obleko železniškega delavca. Njeni otroci so bili poslani v Švico že 12. decembra. Edda je obiskala svojega očeta Mussolinija .v bivališču pri jezeru Garda, toda j ta ji ni mogel pomagati. Nemška tajna policija ji je bila neprestano za petami, toda prijatelji so ji pomagali, da se je izmuznila v Švico. Švicarske oblasti so jo internirale, ker je prišla čez m e j o nepostavnim potom. SOVJETIJA ZANIKA "GOVORICE" 0 MIRU Angleški vladni uradniki pa izjavljajo, da so pripravljeni to zadevo pozabiti in zreti nanjo kot na "neljub dogodek." -o- Nove uradnice Društvo sv. Neže št. 139 C. K. of O. ima za letos sledeči odbor: Predsednica Mary Ivane, tajnica Eva M. Peterlin, 1165 E. 60. St., blagajničarka in zapisnika-rica Louise Pikš, zdravnika: dr. Seliškar in dr. Perme, nadzornice: Jennie M. Yelitz, Mary Peterlin, Mary Skulj. Seje so vsako 3. sredo v mesecu v stari šoli sv. Vida. Cirkus pride! V mestnem avditoriju bo od 29. januarja do 6. februarja velik cirkus. Obenem bodo nastopili tukaj tu,d i najboljši cowboyi in jezdeci v raznih tekmah. Nastopili bodo dresirani psi, konji in sloni. Predstave bodo vsak večer ob 8:30, ob nedeljah pa poleg tega tudi popoldne ob 2:30. ZA 2 MILIJONA !JE ŽE BONDOV PRODANIH | Greater Cleveland strumno j koraka naprej, da doseže svojo .kvoto za 4. vojno posojilo, i Stric Sam je vprašal narod za j 1.4 bilijonov dolarjev, da more i nadaljevati vojno. Odbor, ki vodi kampanjo tu-J kaj, je včeraj poročal, da je bilo v prvih štirih dneh kampanje prodanih v Clevelandu za $2,-282,625 vojnih bondov serije ' "E," katere je kupilo 63,134 po-1 sameznikov. O i -'v i --^O-tHr^r®- . Dve firmi izdelata* polovico iodina za potrebo dežele Los Angeles. — Polico vsega iodina, ki ga potrebujejo Zed. države, izdelata dve firmi v Kaliforniji in sicer Dow Chemical Co. in Deepwater Chemical Co. Drugo polovico ga pa importira. mo iz republike Chile, ki ga pro-ducira devet desetink svetovnih potrebščin. Iodin izdelujejo iz petroleja. Dobite ga danes skoro v vsaki hiši, ker se rabi za rane proti' i zastrupljenju. Zdravniki ga ! predpisujejo za razne bolezni, dočim ga veliko porabi tudi indu-• strija in fotografija. Ves svet ; danes porabi nekako 3 milijone ' funtov iodina. i --o_ Gazolina še vedno ne bo za civiliste Washington. — Tudi če bo vojna v Evropi končana pred koncem letošnjega leta, pa bo mera gazolina za civilno prebivalstvo še vedno zelo majhna. ] A ko po končani vojni v Evropi j armada ne bo zahtevala toliko 'gazolina. ira bo treba na dati v (Sobota 22. januarja) RUSIJA—Ruske armade, ki pode Nemce od Leningrada, so zavzele železniško k r i ž i s č e Mga ter s tem osvobodile železniško progo med Leningradom in Moskvo. LO N D O N—A n glešk i bombniki so sinoči zopet napadli Berlin. Cez dan so a m e r i š k i bombniki napadali francosko obal. Do 1,000 zavezniških bombnikov je sodelovalo. Sinoči so nemški bombniki obiskali London in napravili nekaj škode. ITALIJA—Nemci gra d i j o 65 milj j u ž n o od Rima novo obrambno linijo. Primorali so italijansko prebivalstvo, da dela na utrdbah. Ameriške in angleške čete počasi napredujejo proti Rimu. -o--- Senator je vložil predlog za protekcijo zavarovalnic Pittsburgh, Pa. — Senator Styles Bridges je imel v tem mestu govor, v katerem je poudarjal- da mora kongres sprejeti postavo, ki bo varovala,sistem živ-Ijenske zavarovalnine v deželi. V senatu je vložil predlog .glasom katerega bi lahko oni, ki imajo zavarovalne certifikate, odtrgali od dohodninskih davkov vsoto, ki jo plačajo letno za zavarovalnino. "Mi moramo na vsak način gledati na to, da se sistem zavarovalnine za življenje ohrani v naši deželi, s čemer si ohranimo i tudi svobodo ter zagotovimo vsaj I nekaj utehe milijonom delavskim družinam po smrti njih reditelja," je izvajal senator. Ameriške podmornice jih imajo na svoj kredit najmanj 12. Washington. _ Zavezniška 1 poročila zaznamujejo ta teden velik udarec japonskemu brodo-vju. Podmornice in bombniki so v operacijah vse od Marshall-skih otokov pa do Indskega oceana zalezovali japonsko bojno in trgovsko ladjevje ter potopili 38 ladij v enem tednu. V včerajšnjem poročilu je bilo zaznamovanih 20 japonskih trgovskih ladij in ena knžarka. Ameriške podmornice so jih potopila dvanajst, in sicer devet tovornih parnikov, dva transporta in en velik tanker. Od začetka vojne pa do konca tega tedna je bilo torpediranih 558 japonskih ladij in od teh je najmanj 408 potopljenih. Neka angleška podmornica je v Indskem oceanu torpedirala in potopila eno japonsko križarko in tri tovorne ladje. To je prvo poročilo, da angleško bojno bro-dovje operira tudi v Pacifiku. General MacArthur je včeraj poročal, da so bile v južnem Pacifiku potopljene tri japonske tovorne ladje, s čemer je naraslo število potopljenih ladij v enem tednu na ;)2. Torpertoi čolni in bombnyki so, potppili ob. Novi Gvineji 24 japonskih bark. Angleški admiral je obiskal rusko pristanišče London. — Admiral Eraser, vrhovni poveljnik angleškega brodovja v domačih vodah, je obiskal ruskega vice admirala Golovki.ja v nekem ruskem pristanišču. To je bilo prvič, da Porota se ne strinja z odlokom OPA Kansas City. — Urad za kontrolo cen (OPA) je tožil Marks Inc. za $1,235,692, ker da je kršila maksimalne cene. .Firma izdeluje candv in je zmanjšala težo šestim vrstam candya, ne da bi znižala obenem tudi ceno. Federalna porota se je pa izrekla, da ni firma ničesar zagrešila in ni odobrila tožbe OPA. osvobojene dežele, da se postavi njih industrijo na noge. -o-— Nov grob Po kratki bolezni je, umrl Joseph Vogrič, star 60 let, stanujoč pri svoji sestri na 389 E. 161. St. Bil je vdovec. Tukaj zapušča sestro Josephine Muzic in več sorodnikov. Rojen je bil v št. Florijanu pri Gorici. Tukaj je bival 30 let in je bil član društva Združeni bratje št. 26 S. N. P. J. Pogreb bo v pondeljek zjutraj ob desetih v cerkev Marije Vnebovzete in na Kalvarijo iz želetovega pogrebnega zavoda, 458 E. 152. St. Naj počiva v miru. Selitev urada Poznani slovenski zdravnik, dr. Louis J. Perme, je preselil svoj urad iz 15619 Waterloo Rd. na 10535 Carnegie Ave. Telefon v uradu: RA 2741, v rezidenci: YE 8222 in CE 3500. Vesela vest Pri družini Mr. in Mrs. Joe Rudolf, 633 E. 99. St. se je ogla. sila tetka štorklja in jim pustil za spomin krepkega sinčka. Mati in dete nahajata v Glenville bolnišnici in se prav dobro počutita. Mr. in Mrs. Louis Hrovat sta s tem postala že driigič stari ata in stara mama. čestitke! še na mnoga leta Dne 25. januarja bosta praznovala 39 letnico srečnega zakonskega življenja dobro poznana farmarja Jernej in Angela Mavko v Madison, O. Sorodniki, prijatelji in znanci jima čestitajo in želijo, da bi učakala itudi zlato poroko. je angleška poveljniška ladj/i napravila vizite v kakem ruskem pristanišču. Iz vojaških razlogov imena tega pristanišča oblasti ne povedo. -o——•— Na vlakih je en kvort žganja $20 New York. —- Na vlakih v južnih državah prodajajo butleger-ji žejnim potnikom žganje in sicer jim računajo $20 za kvort. Pravijo, da trgovina zelo cvete, ker ljudje, ki potujejo, imajo denar. ROOSEVELTOV PLES V SND NA 30. JANUARJA Domoljubni in požrtvovalni rojaki ki že vae let pomagajo v kampanji za nabiranje prispevkov r isklad, iz katerega se> črpa finančna pomoč za- pobijanje otroške paralize, so tudi .letos pridno na delu. Kot vsako leto, bo tudi leto,* prirejen Roosevel-tov ples v avditoriju SND, da sf s tem) dofti nekaj denarja za ta sklad. Ta ples bo 30. januarja ob osmih zvečer. Vstopnina bo 50 centov za osebo. Že sedaj apeliramo na rojake, naj se v velikem številu udeleže in tako pomagajo nabrati denar za pobijanje največje morilke človeštva — otroške paralize. Republikanci so dobili še 2 glasova Washington. —- V poslanski zbornici so dobili republikanci dva nadaljna glasova. Pri izrednih volitvah v Pennsylvanij;i sta bila namreč izvoljena dva republikanska kongresnika. Tako imajo zdaj v poslanski zbornici demokrat je 217 glasov, republikanci pa 209. Mornar na dopustu Iz Great Lakes, 111. je dospel na dopust za 15 dni mornar Tony Krall, sin Mr. in Mrs. Anton K rail iz 157. ceste. Stanuje pa pri svoji soprogi Angie in sinčku Toni ju na 16009 Waterloo Rd. Prijatelji ga lahko ob priliki obiščejo. Prva obletnica V nedeljo ob desetih bo darovana v cerkvi Marije Vnebovzete maša za pokojnega Alojzija Lav rich v spomin prve obletnice njegove smrti. šesta obletnica V nedeljo ob pol dvanajstih bo darovana v cerkvi sv. Vida maša za pokojnega Štefana Andolek v s pom i n 6. obl et n i ce n j e g o v e smrti. . ( .....•_______>••>■ . ■ OB TEDNU POGAJANJA MED UNSJO IN JEKLARN0 SO PREKINJENA t delavski odbor obljubil posredovati. Donovan trdi, da ni hotela kompanija privoliti niti v eni ;izmed 22 točk, ki jih .ie predložila unija. Obratno je pa jek-larna stavila uniji pogoje, ki so absolutno nesprejemljivi,, in ki bi bili slabši kot pa v stari pogodbi. V glavnem so zahteve unije, da dobe izboljšano mezdo 17 centov na uro. Linijski voditelji vse dežele gledajo na ta pogajanja. Ako bodo jeklarski delavci dosegli izboljšanja, bo s tem zlomljena vladna formula, ki jo je postavila za maksimalno mezdo v jeklarski industriji. Unija, ki je naznanila . neuspeh pogajanja, urgira delavce, naj ostanejo na delu, dokler ne poda svoje odločitve vladni posredovalni odbor. Cleveland, O.—Pogajanja za novo pogodbo med Republic! Steel Corp. in unijo jeklarskih delavcev (CIO) so bila preki-injena in sicer so jih prekinili! kompanijski uradniki, ki so izbočili vso zadevo v nadaljno akcijo delavskemu odboru v Wash-!ingtonu. Tako naznanja Wil-! liam F. Donovan, načelnik unij-skega komiteja, ki je vodil podajanja z jeklarno. Republic Steel Co. izjavlja, da je izročila zadevo vladnemu odboru, ker znaša j o zahteve unije na leto najmanj $53,000,-j 000 v večji mezdi. Pogajanja med unijo in je-i klarno so začeli že 13. decembra, ker je stara pogodba potekla na božični večer. Takrat je j pustilo delo 70,000 jeklarskih i delavcev z izjavo, da ne bodo I šli na delo, dokler ne dobe no- i ve pogodbe. Stavka je bila kon- i čana v treh dneh, ker je vojni1 RUSIJA NE MARA POSREDOVANJA AMERIKE London. —Diplomatski krogi so mnenja, da bo Rusija vljudno, toda odločno zavrnila po-! nudbo Zed. držav, da bi posre-I dovale v sporu med Rusijo in . Poljsko zaradi bodoče meje. 'Ameriški državni tajnik Hull je ponudil Moskvi to posredo-I vanje. j Odklonitev Moskve bo bazirala v glavnem na tem, da ruska j vlada ne mara sedanje poljske i vlade v Londonu, ki da je sovražna ruskemu režimu. Šele I potem, ako se razpusti sedanja ! poljska vlada in organizira no- CIANOVA ŽENA JE INTERNIRANA V ŠVICI Zurich, Švica.—Grofica Edda Ciano, žena grofa Ciana, ki so i ga Nemci ustrelili v Veroni, ker I je izdal Mussolinija, se nahaja is svojimi otroci v Švici, kjer je i internirana. Edda je hči Beni-j to Mussolinija. Mrs. Ciano je pribežala v Švico 9. januarja, en dan poltem, ko se je pričela v Veroni obravnava proti njenemu možu,; ; grofu Cianu, ki je bil potem j ! ustreljen na 11. januarja. n.rr>fi'<>-j niunn iia nribfižala V London.—Zastopniki ruske vlade, ki se nahajajo v Angliji, so odločno izjavili, da ni bilo ruski vladi absolutno ničesar ' znanega o depeši, ki jo je priob-' čila Pravda, glasilo komunistič-Ine stranke in v kateri se je za-itrjevalo iz Kaira, da se je Anglija dogovarjala z nemškim zunanjim ministrom von Rib-bentrppom o separatnem miru. i V. G. Dekanozov, pomožni komisar zunanjih zadev, se je čudil, ker je ta vest povzročila to-; liko prahu v Angliji in drugod, j Izjavil je tudi, da mu ni bilo ' ničesar znanega o kakih mirovnih pogajanjih, dokler ni čital o tem v Pravdi. 1 sti, toda fakt je, da so odnošaji .' med Vatikanom in Berlinom >' vedno bolj napeti. To pa vsled številnih aretacij katoliških du-j hovnikov v severni Italiji, ki jo - ima zasedeno Nemčija. Ako bo vojna v Evropi kon-l£a do srede letošnjega leta, bo phcanih malo družinskih oče-'v Pod orožje. Prav za prav bo po končani vojni z Nem-30 Ustavljena vsa mobilizacija Nncev. T A _ )c>a upanje da se bo Nernči-./usila pred spomladjo, vedno ^ Sineva. Napadi zračne sile .n'ske zmage ne bodo dobile iJne- Na vsak način bo potreb-.'"vazija na Evropo, ki mora j. na 1 kasneje spomladi. Raču-da bo potem vojna v Evro-"ajmanj do jeseni. Ako bo trajala vojna v Evro-j ^ Preko poletja, lahko računa-j i' da bo krvava. Na vsak na-j ^Mahico stavimo na to, da boj poražena pred prihod-' dflm°- Dozdaj so vedno upa-( ( bru. Važne probleme bo la), kongresu na rame, ki bo ^ vso odgovornost. Ob tem j . 'le še veliko prezgodaj, daj ■ ^ m°glo Mr. Roosevelta izlo-1 ot Predsedniškega kandidati MS. I j IVi A i Uvsem bo Mr. Roosevelt; 'Vas ^ ga ne tort"0* ujeli vadi; ,jnjania Poljske ,ki je postalo »Ij.V *ase zelo "vroče" tukaj. | 1 glasovi šo zelo važni vi j^1: New York, Michigan,! ^ s> Wisconsin. Zato bo po-| ^ 1 vPlivati na Stalina, da do-j •^Porazum, ki bi bil po vo-! ".lakom. Vprašanje je, v ,;ivt? bo mogel vplivati na Sta-j , j't. ' hoče imeti v Poljski vla-: ](.{j1,0 prijazna Rusiji. Roose-' 0 izgubil poljske glasove, »ia Jaki ne bodo zadovoljni z * Rusijo. V A ist u'atkem bodo dovolili do- 1 vojakom, ki se že dol-' 1jril°re onstran morja, zlasti j S01v tropičnih krajih. Tisti,; bji. 'h v največjih bojih, bodo 1 Pt'vi dopust. !6ko° iSG vojna nadaljevala ej, 'eta, hoče imeti armada v^J°rja 5,000,000 mož. V to tudi zračna sila. Dru-)fav,° °stali doma v treningi in )ah razna potrebna dela. 0 j.; kvota za armadp preko »ž b0 presegla 5,000,000 Živ;], A Mil konzerve so se nagr-lj v skladiščih, doma in zu-eve-°''0' da so jih nakupičili St0 .J!1 •i^ bodo najbrže nekaj Vit> }j' civilnemu prebival-< Ur bo izdatno pomagalo ji: v grocerijah. .^ela, A "e, i va umetnega kavčuka ne I, L0t Se je pričakovalo. .Naj-'Hi ^ Se more pričakovati av-iz takega kavčuka le- 1 ^ O.'0°0,000. To bo vzdrža-o avte na ceatab» če bo- restrikcije nadalje v 1 so ruske armade na se-dosegle res velike ' Pa se ne sme pozabiti, da Korejo premaknit, jugu iz ovinka Dnje-'»lo, " s Krima. To bi pome \ j • Se Nemci umičejo same ,er Se sami hočejo. I "°st sicer ne pride do jf^jl^^L^ ^jjj^^^^L "AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA" AMERICAN HOME SLOVENIAN DAILY NEWSPAPER (JAMES DEBEVEO, Editor)v 6U7 St. Clair Ave. HEndcrson 0628 Cleveland 3, Ohio. Published daily axcept Sundays and Holidays NAROČNINA: Za Ameriko in Kanado na leto $6.50. Za Cleveland, po pošti, celo leto $7.50 Za Ameriko in Kanado, pol leta $3.50. Za Cleveland, po pošti, pol leta $4.00 Za Ameriko in Kanado, četrt leta $2.00. Za Cleveland, po pošti četrt leta $2.25 Za Cleveland in Euclid, po raznašalcih: Celo leto $6.50, pol leta $3.50. četrt leta $2.00 Posamezna številka 3 cente SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada, $6.50 per year. Cleveland, by mail, $7.50 per year U. S. and Canada, $3.50 for 6 months. Cleveland, by mail, $4.00 for 6 months U. S. and Canada/ $2.00 for 3 months. Cleveland by mail $2:25 for 3 months Cleveland and Euclid by Carries $6.50 per year; $3.50 for 6 months. $2.00 for 3 months. Single copies 3 cents Entered as second-class matter January 5th, 1909, at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, under the Act of March 3d, 1878. No. 18 Sat., Jan. 22, 1944 Rešimo trpeče človeštvo Leta 1916 je zadela Zedinjene države strašna nadloga, morda nič manj huda, kot kuga — takozvana otroška paraliza. Preko vse dežele je naenkrat zbolelo 27,000 oseb za to morilko človeštva; samo v New Yorku je bilo 9,000 takih slučajev. Newyorske družine so bežale od sosedščine v so-sedščino, da bi obvarovale svoje otroke pred kruto roko "pohablijivke." Končno so zbežale družine ven za deželo. Železnice so takrat prodale več polovičnih (otroških) voznih listkov, kot kdaj poprej v zgodovini ameriških železnic, ali pa kdaj potem. V mnogih naselbinah so postavili straže, ki so zabranjevale Newyorcanom naselitev, da bi ne zanesli bolezen tudi v naselbino. Končno je epidemija polegla, toda za seboj je pustila sled tisočev in tisočev pohabljenih in zveriženih otrok in odraslih. Starši, vsi preplašeni in vznemirjeni, so oblegali Zdravnike, ki niso mogli pa skoro nič pomagati. Zdravniška veda namreč do takrat še ni poznala nobenega učinkovitega sredstva za pobijanje te epidemije. Niti ni bito na razpolago denarnih sredstev za skupno akcijo proti tej ubijal-ki človeštva, otroški paralizi. Zato so obravnavali vsak posamezen slučaj, vsak posamezen problem in v večini slučajev — brez uspeha. Leta 1921 je zasegla otroška paraliza tudi Franklin Delano Roosevelta. Enajst let pozneje, ko je postal predsednik Zedinjenih držav, so praznovali njegov rojsfni dan s tem, da so ustanovili sklad, v katerega je narod začel zbirati prostovoljne prisveke za pobijanje otroške paralize in za pomoč onim, ki so od te strašne bolezni prizadeti s stalnimi posle-' dicami. Toda šele 3. januarja 1938 je bil inkorporiran narodni sklad za pobijanje otroške paralize. Predsednik Roosevelt je takrat rekel ". . . generalni namen tega sklada naj bo, da vodi direktno in skupn« borbo proti tej bolezni. Napelo se bo vse sile, da se vprege v deJo vsako odgovorno preiskovalno agencijo v tej deželi in ji da potrebna denarna sredstva, da raziskuje in skuša priti do dna vzrokom otroške paralize in najde metode, po katerih bi se mogla preprečiti." In tako je bila dežela pripravljena, ko je lansko leto otroška paraliza zopet obiskala narod. Začela je svoje morilsko delo v južni Kaliforniji in se je od tam razširila proti severnu in vzhodu v Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, v Washington in Oregon. Potem je pa kot blisk udari5a proti vzhodu, najprej v Connecticut, potem nazaj v Chicago in številne druge kraje. To je bila epidemija ,pred katqro so nas zdravniki svarili še v januarju, ko se je vršila kampanja za nabiranje denarja v gori omenjeni sklad. Epidemija je razsajala v enako velikem obsegu kot leta 1916. Toda zdaj narod ni bil tako preplašen in brezmočen. Rapidna diagnoza, možna vsled boljše zdravniške vede, je čekirala razvitje epidemije s takim uspehom, da je bilo polovico manj slučajev kot leta 1916. Zdaj so imefi zdravniki na razpolago že sredstva za zdravljenje. Ako je bilo potreba za rešitev življenja deti osebo v takozvana "železna pljuča," se je to takoj izvršilo; ako je bila potrebna operacija, da je dobila prizadeta oseba zopet moč v ude, v noge in roke, se je izv ršilo — kar vse je omočila dobra roka naroda, ki je dala denar s prostovoljnimi prispevki. To je, za kar se vrši "pohod šestič" v Ameriki. To je, kar pomeni boj proti, tej morilki človeštva, ki najraje udari na naše naslabotnejše, na otroke. Zbiranje sredstev za ofenzivo proti tej najkrutejši nadlogi človeškega rodu, je dolžnost vsakega posameznika, je dolžnost nas vseh. Dajmi in dolarji, ki pridejo iz žepov na vseh omogočijo nadaljevanje napora, da varjemo zdravje naroda. Zdravje naroda pomeni tudi VAŠE zdravje, VAŠIH otrok zdravje, istotako vaših SOSEDOV in njih OTROK. Le premnogokrat pozabimo, da je posameznilcdel skupnega naroda in da je zdravje vsega naroda v dobrobit vsakega posameznika. Otroška paraliza udari lahko posameznika, pa udari tudi lahko posamezne okraje ali pa vso deželo. Nihče ni varen pred njo. In kjerkoli udari vedno napade brez vsakega svarila, nenadoma, trenutno. Zasluga pa je tega narodnega sklada za pobijanje otroške paralize, da se je moglo zgraditi močno obrambo proti divjanju otroške paralize. V naših laboratorijih noč in dan raziskujejo nadaljna sredstva, da se boj nadaljuje še z večjim uspehom. Vse to pa omogoča sklad, v katerega dajejo ob tem času dobri ljudje svoje denarne prispevke. Ako bomo s tem nadaljevali, smo gotovi, da bo prišel čas, ko bodo otroci aboslutno varni pred napadom te strašne epidemije*- :,'< >]: >;; Kot drugod, je bil tudi v našem lepem in naprednem Euclidu organiziran poseben odbor, ki bo zbiral prispevke za sklad, kot smo ga opisali zgorej. V tem odboru se: župan Kenneth j. Sims, častni predsednik; Dr. Leonard E. Loss, predsednik; Rev. Anthony L. Bpmbach, Mrs. Loren J. Bul-lard ,Rev. Jerry E. Carpenter, Mrs. James Debevec, R. H. Erwine. Ralph V. Hill, John Luikart, Tom Roope, Mrs. Jack Strahosky, Leonard B. Vorhees, Y. H. Votipka, Mrs. Fred Wi k, dr. Harry W. Wise. BESEDA IZ NARODA Dr. Sv. Antona 138 CKO Bratje! Te dni ste prejeli večinoma vsi pismena opozorila, da se v nedeljo 23, januarja ob pol dveh vrši izredna seja našega društva. Seja se vrši v navadnih prostorih stare šole sv. Vida. Marsikateri se bo vprašal, čemu je potreba izredne seje. Preveč bi vzelo prostora in časa, če bi vam hotel tu razjas-njevati vzroke, zakaj se je odbor in članstvo zbrano na .letni seji odločilo za izredno sejo, ker bo to treba razjasnjevati na seji, da vam bo vsem .jasno, kako naše društvo obstoji in kakšne korake bo treba povzeti, da kaj opomoremo naši blagajni. V zadnjem dopisu sem vam že omenil, da so naše seje vse preslabo obiskane in da ni tistega zanimanja od strani našega članstva kot bi moralo biti. Po zadnji naši redni seji sem imel priliko razgovarjati se s par člani našega društva. Ni jim šlo v glavo, zakaj sklicevanje izredne seje. Čim bolj sem jim dopovedovitf, tem manj so me razumeli ali niso hoteli razumeti. Seveda temu nerazumevanju je krivo to, ker jih že zadnjih par let ni bilo na nobeni društveni seji in zato pa tudi ne vedo o težkočah našega d-ruštva. Pridite v nedeljo na sejo vsi, ki niste zadržani z delom ali mogoče radi bolezni. Na tej seji moramo nekaj ukreniti glede naše društve'ne. blagajne. Zato je navzočnost vsakega člana nujno potrebna, da se ne boste potem jezili nad odborniki društva, če vam mogoče kakšen sklep te izredne seje ne bo všeč. Vsak član, ki se brez tehtnega vzroka ne udeleži seje, je kot cokla pri vozu, ki ovira napredek društva. Taki brezbrižni člani so društvu samo v oviro. Zdramimo se in delujmo res bratsko, da ne bomo bratje samo na jeziku ali kadar je treba dobiti pomoči pri društvu. • Vedno poudarjamo, kako smo pri naših društvih bratski, ampak, če bo šlo tako naprej, bo kmalu tudi za nas veljalo tisto pravilo, ki pravi, da se bratstvo*neha pri dolarju . . . Res žalostno je, da se vedno zanimajo in žrtvujejo za društva samo nekateri. Pridite bratje v nedeljo, da bomo lahko res kaj koristnega ukrenili v korist našega društva in nas vseh. Da bo pa malo spremembe, bo odbor poskrbel za malo okrepčala po seji in bo morda že tam prišel kakšen dolarček v našo društveno blagajno. Vsak član, ki bo prebral te vrstice, naj opozori ša, drugega člana, sicer boste pa itak prejeli oziroma ste jih že opomine na sejo po pošti. Nikar ne dopustite, da bi bilo vse to prizadevanje, samo glas vpijočega v puščavi. Z bratskim pozdravom, F. A Turek, blagajnik i Članstvu društev Najsvetejšega Imena V nedeljo 23. januarja ob treh popoldne se vrši glavna1 letna seja Zveze društev Naj-1 svetejšega Imena v cerkveni i dvorani fare sv. Lovrenca v; Newburghu. Na to sejo ste vabljeni vsi člani zgoraj omenjenih društfeV ! iz vseh slovenskih fara v Cle-velandu in okolici. Možje, očetje in mladeniči, ki ste še tako 1 srečni, da vas niso še poklicali | v službo Strica Sama, zdramite se vsaj sedaj v predzadnji uri. Časi so zelo resni. Saj vidimo, da hoče nam sovražni komunizem uničiti našo vero in naše katoliško prepričanje. Ta- • ke organizacije, kot je zveza društev Najsvetejšega Imena, so v sedanjem času zelo potrebne. Mogoče bo kateri rekel, da nam tukaj v Ameriki ne preti komunizem. Le nikar se ne motite, vedno bolj se nam približuje. Komaj pred par leti se je skrivala ta žival še daleč tam za Črnim morjem, dartes pa se.že šopiri in hoče gospodariti že na obrežju Jadranskega morja. In še celo tukaj v svobodni Ameriki, med našim narodom, v naših slovenskih organizacijah, zvezah in jeclno-tah, je tega plevela že toliko, da se iz njega že kar kadi. Zato pa se držimo organizacije, ki si prizadeva, da stori temu konec, ali da vsaj napravi mejo — do tukaj in nič dalje! Zveza društev Najsvetejšega Imena je že in bo postala še bolj močan steber ali podpora naše katoliške akcije, katera se je rodila v nedeljo 16. t m v šoli sv. Vida, Cleveland, O. in katere namen je, da prepreči vso nadaljno podporo in prispevke partizanski-ko-rnunistični akciji SANSa od strani slovenskega katoliškega naroda v Ameriki. Člani društev Najsvetejšega Imena iz vseh slovenskih župnij — v nedeljo je glavna Seja vaše zveze v Newburghu. Vsi ste vabljeni in dobrodošli. Posebno pa apeliram na člane iz fare sv. Vida, da se odzovete v velikem številu. Res, da nam je Stric Sam pobral že precej našega članstva, a vendar nas j? še nekaj ostalo. Pridite na to sejo vsaj vi dragi možje in očetje. Pokažimo se vsaj na letni seji, da se zanimamo in tudi zavedamo, da smo še člani društva Najsvetejšega Imena pri fa-ri sv. Vida. Lawrence Bandi, blagajnik --o- Začelo se je Kaj se je začelo? Z organiziranjem nove akcije katoliških Slovencev. Prav je in čas, da se je pričelo! Tako ..je rekel eden ali drugi, ko se je vračal v nedeljo 16. januarja iz dvorane sv. Vida, kjer se je vršila zanimiva seja, da, zgodovinska seja ali zborovanje predstavnikov in zastopnikov katoliških Slovencev v državi Ohio. Torej zborovanje se je vršilo. Da, poudarjam: zanimivo zborovanje, ki ima lahko dale-kosežne posledice; lahko, pravim, farno če bomo katoliški Slovenci hoteli in se tozadevno tudi malo potrudili in se pred- Joan Ross, America's girl brone rider, will be one of the 162 performers in Larry Sunbrock's huge combined, "Wild West World Championship Rodeo — Big Top Circus and Hollywood's Daredevil Thrill Show", coming to the Public Auditorium, downtown Cleveland, for a nine-day rua si ...ng Saturda January 29th. ! through Sunday, February 6th ; with performances at 8:30 P.M. 1 nightly and Sundays st 2:30 P.M I featuring the "Lone Ranger", im-ptrsonated, "Superman" and th» original "Pistol Packin' Mama". vsem prebudili iz spanja katerega smo spali. Tega zborovanja so se razen prav majhne izjeme udeležili čč. gg župniki in njih pomočniki slovenskih župnij v državi Ohio, med njimi vsi trije prela-ti, monsignorja Rt. Rev. V Hribar in Rt. Rev. B. J.Ponikvar in kanonik Rt. Rev. J. J. Oman, potem Rev. Milan Slaje iz Lor-aina in Rev. M. Jager iz Bar-berton; za njih duhovne pomočnike pa žal ne vem vse po imenu. Videli smo tam Rev. Slap-šaka, Rev. Baraga, Rev. Bazni-ka, Rev. Čelesnika in morda je bil še kateri. Kar se tiče iaji-kov jih je bilo veliko število, možje in žene, ki zavzemajo pri organizacijah, društvih in drugih ustanovah prav častna in odgovorna mesta. Takega zborovanja, tako zamišljenega resno spontanega še nisem videl, dasi sem bil že pri marsikateri seji ali zborovanju. Zborovanje je otvoril Rt. Rev. Msgr. B. J. Ponikvar, ki je v resnih pa res jedrnatih besedah povedal, zakaj smo prišli skupaj in kaj je n^ša dolžnost. Govor kakršen je bil njegov in pa še pozneje ostalih drugih, bi bil vreden, da bi se ga steno-grafiralo in se ga tako lahko priobčilo v celoti. Za začasnega predsednika zborovanja je bil izvoljen Rt. Rev. kanonik Oman, ki je ob otvoritvi zborovanja kakor med zborovanjem" povedal zakaj smo se sešli, namreč zaradi politične akcije in nameravanega shodan ker Sans je krenil na napačno pot, na pot, ki vodi v komunizem itd. K besedi se je priglasil Rev. M. Slaje, ki je dejal, da smo enkrat pač šli na led, oziroma so nas speljali; ampak zdaj je pa tega dovolj. S temi ljudmi je bilo pač nespametno mešati se in z njimi sodelovati se pač ne da. Rev,- Slaje je strokovnjak, ne samo s peresom, katerega zna izborno sukati, pač pa tudi v govoru. Za njegovim govorom je sledil v daljšem govoru Rt. Rev. Msgr. Hribar, starosta slovenskih duhovnikov v Ohio; iz njegovega govora je izžarevala ljubezen do slovan-Stva in tudi Rusije kot take, ampak komunizma tega pa mi ne moremo in ne sprejmemo. Popolnoma v soglasju z drugimi je tudi Msgr. Hribar»pouda-rjal, da je treba, da gremo na delo v smislu zborovanja. Za njim je pa govoril Rev. M. Jager iz Barbertona. Da je on izboren govornik je vsem znano, tudi to pot je bil, ker je med svojim govorom izvajal besede Gospodove. "Ne imejte z njimi nobenega opravka." Poleg gg. duhovnikov so govorili g. Anton Grdina, g. Jos. Leksan iz Barbertona, zlasti je bil zanimiv v svojem govoru b. Frank Matoh iz Collin-wooda in potem se razni drugi. Meni so pa porinili svinčnik, v roke in naročili, da pišem, kar sem tudi storil. Žal, da nisem stenograf, da bi vse govore ste-nograf\i'al, tako pa sem ujel to, kar mi je utegnil moj svinčnik registrirati. Povem pa, da sem bil včasih kar v zadregi, kajti rad bi, da bi z preudarkom poslušal pa nič pisal. Zborovanje je bilo kakor vidite iz imen in pa tega meglenega malega poročila izborno, prvovrstno, da zgodovinsko. Že v začetku sem omenil, da če se bodo katoličani malo potrudili. Da, dragi moji, če se bodo katoličani potrudili, če se bodo zbudili iz spanja. To se zdaj tiče nas lajikov, kajti gg. duhovniki so storili svojo dolžnost v polni meri; ako stvar ne" bo uspela in ne bo šla naprej, bo to naša krivda, ne duhovnikov; to vam pa lahko rečem, ker sem poslušal in pisal. Katoliški Slovenci! Rojaki in rojakinje stopite na plan brez sramu in brez strahu pa pogumno. Nimate vzroka se sramovati in se bati. Čemu? Čigavo delo pa so krasne slovenske cerkve in šole'? Mar ne vaše in vaših pravih voditelj ev-slo-venskih duhovnikov? Poglejte no cerkve sv. Vida, sv. Lovrenca, Marije Vnebovzete. Presv. Srca Jezusovega, sv. Cirila in Metoda, saj so nekatere prave katedrale. Pa šole. In vse to je vaše delo. Slovenski narodni dom bi niti eden ne stal v svoji veličini, ako bi ne prispevali in zidali tudi vi, ki šte največ dali. In vas naj bo sram ali pa strah? Ne! Pogumno na plan. Vi, ki ste postavili z svojimi žulji veličastne hiše božje, se menda ja ne boste pustili, da vas bo ena pest samozvanih voditeljev predstavljala pred ameriško janvostjo kot komuniste; taki, ki niso mignili z prstom in ne z enim centom za one veličastne stavbe, ki so ponos vam, a Bogu pa v čast. Taki nas ne bodo vodili in predstavljali kot komuniste. Pred leti so se mudili pri nas, v duhu svetosti umrla: nadškof Jeglič, škof Gnidovec in potem za njima še zdaj živeči škof dr. Rozman. Ti, ki so v večnosti, bi se v grobu obrnili, ko bi videli, da se katoliški Slovenec nič ne briga za svojo vero in svoj narod in škof Rozman, ki vodi v največji bridkosti naš narod tam doma, bi ne mogel doumeti in razumeti tako brezbrižnost in pa, da katoliške Slovence v Ameriki predstavljajo kot komuniste, ki so povzročili našemu narodu toliko strašnega gorja. Ali ste videli v letošnjem Koledarju Ave Maria sliko, originalno fotografijo, ki kaže procesijo, v kateri škof Rozman na čelu procesije, brez škofovskega ornata nese križ? Ste li videli? Če niste pa poglejte, pa malo pomislite, kaj to pomeni. Katoliški Slovenci, na noge! Nikar ne bodimo med tistimi in pa ne podpirajmo tistih, ki ca križ sramote in morijo naše verne Slovence. Svojo lastno akcijo hočemo, pa naj velja kar hoče ;tisti, ki hoče pari rati s komunisti in partizani, prosto mu; vsi pa ne bomo. Ni se nam treba bati vsake zgage pa astrašiti raznih že obrabljenih psovk; vse to pustimo v nemar. Saj so Gospodu, ki je večna resnica, ko je bil na zemlji očitali razne stvari, nazadnje ga pa na križ pribili. Akcija kateri je bil postavljen temelj, četudi začasen, lahko postane odločilen faktor v zgodovini katoliških Slovencev in to samo če hočemo. In v nedeljo so dejali vsi navzoči: Hočemo! Slovenec in Slovenka, slovenski duhovnik je bil in je še najboljši voditelj svojega naroda, pa bilo tukaj ali v stari domovini in lahko mu popolnoma zaupaš. V spovednici mu zaupaš svoje slabosti, ki so zapečatene z nezlomljivim pečatom spovedne tajnosti, pri mizi Gospodovi ti podaja samega Boga, kratko on te spravi z Bogom, ako si ločen od njega in zakaj bi mu torej ne zaupal tudi takega vodstva? Sicer so gg. duhovniki poudarjali, da naj stvar vadijo lajiki, saj so silili, da sejo vodi lajik in oni bodo že pomagali. Oni ne silijo v j ospredje, a lepo pa je, da se jim' da priznanje in pravica od naše! strani. Da in od lajikov je bilo predlagano in podpirano, da so gg. župnik ali njih pomočniki kot uradniki v katei'emkoli odseku te organizacije. Na zborovanju je bil izbran začasni odbor, ki vodi vso stvar do glavnega zborovanja in odbor sestoji sledeče: predsednik Rt. Rev. kanonik John J. Oman podpredsednik Anton Grdina, tajnik zapisnikar Jože Grdina, blagajnik Frank Matoh. Odborniki; iz župnije sv. Vida: Anton Strniša, Lavrenc Bandi in Mary Otoničar, za župnijo Marije Vnebovzete : Frances Marolt, Joseph Muzic in John Habat; za župnijo sv. I^ovrenca: Anton Meljač, Jakob Resnik in Anna Gliha; za župnijo sv. Kristine: Math Te-kauc, Frank Hočevar in Katie j Robert; za Barberton Jos. Lek-1 t šan in vključno župniki in 4 pomočniki. . | fDalte na 3 ?t,ranli J, ftj yerjamf al' pa i iIIMIISSIiHIIM O kolini in klobasah (Križkraž) Na'farmah, kaj se zdaj godi' Na farmah teče rdeča kri; kolin nastopil spet je čas, pripravljanje je spet klobas Na farmi je veselja dan, ko stari prešič je zklan; ga "barhajo" in režejo, j še gorko kri mu strežejo. Seveda, kri za godljo bo in za klobase se lahko pripravi ko koline dan, nastopil je pričakovan. Sčetinec marsikak že šel "po gobe," farmar bil vesel če vagal dosti funtov je, • mesa in špeha bo za vse! 1 Klobase že omenil sem, naj zdaj vam pa še to pove" Jdkod izvira to ime, — klobasa imenuje se? ■ Oblika nje je kot kolo, nabasano tako, tako; pa zvezati, "zašpinati," jo treba je zediniti. Na svetu konec vsaka stvar 1 ima povsod in pa vsikdar; ' a pri klobasi tega ni, brez konca se jo naredi. Klobas okusnih vifst je vet;* njih slava kmalu pa bo Pr? ' ker zanje ni poletni čas, ' cedaj skominjajo le nas. ! So krvavice, riževe, mesene in pa jetrne, klobaso v starem kraju cl"' sem jedel dobro, kašnato. ' 3 še druge vrste se dobi: jc ; jim Yankee pravi: "gorkif,' • pravilno "hot dogsh sem^' vam Yankee vedno s slasW \ • Še ena vrsta je klobas: j o "wienarcih" se čuje glaS| , mi pravimo jim hrenovke, i ker s hrenom taka rihta q i . Klobasa ima tud moža, -'L želodec — prekajenega . gotovo ste že jedli kdaj; g zelo, zelo je drag sedaj! ^ Klobasa sestro tud ima; It kaj mislite, katero pa? salama to je, — Italijan a jo rad uživa dan na dan- U Klobasa sama pa tako, vam dobro teknila ne bo, a če repe, zelja kislega f r ni zraven skleda zvrhana. v Da žejo si utešite — ga lonca vina zraven gi'e[ ■ a pa spijte glažek al pa "Na zdravje vsi klobas^61 -- ———— ft ! Postrežba, ki | zmore vsak Nam je znano, da jjj smrt dragega povzroči ^ ^ breme denarnim sreds ^ i . < družine, ki more izdati omejeno vsoto za zadni" ^ strežbo. To je vzrok, da ' ^ mi take cene, ki pokrijeJ°( ^ slučaje. Ne glede na c0llj a naši odjemalci lahko zžlf Ijeni našega najbolj šeg91 j fecijskega napora ter SPT ve, častne postrežbe. takem položaju, naj se K do nas in se pogovori z 11 ftn njegovem problemu. ff AUGUST F. S«4 POGREBNI ZAVODI1-478 E. 152. St. IVanh°e) Lovrač Spisal JAN PLESTENJAK kaj si jedel po tistih krčmah?" Lovrač je krčevito stiskal roke, kremžil obraz in se .gradil za trebuh. Dihal je globoko in stresalo ga je. "Še, še!" je šepetal. Milka je odbrzela in prinesla še latvico. "Pomagaj mi, Lovriček, ven bi šel rad," je izjecljal. Noge so se mu vlekle, život mu je bil sključen in glava mu je visela kot odsekana. Marijanica ni mogla za njim. Sesedla se je k peči in tulila. "Zdaj je po njem," si je mislila in trepetala v grozi. (Dalje prihodnjič.) -o- MALI OGLASI Dajte pregledati vaš grelni sistem za ekonomijo Ekspertna postrežba na vsem sledečem • Električno kontrolo • Stokerjih • Oljnih burnerjih • Furnezih na plin in premog • Pihalnikih • Prezračevalnih edinicah Dočim imate avtomatično gorkoto, prihranite na kurivu, ako imate termcr-stat, ki ga inštaliramo na vaš furnez ali bpiler. Vse delo in material vključno cena je od $40 in več Rodney Adams Heating Service 21601 Westport Ave. KE 5461 DELO DOBIJO Moške in ženske splošna tovarniška dela v se potrebuje za 6 dni v tednu 48 ur dela na teden Plača za ZAČETEK Moški 771/fcc na uro % Ženske 62V£c na uro Morate imeti izkazilo držav-lajnstva. Nobena starost ni omejena, ako ste fizično sposobni opravljati delo, ki ga nudimo. Zglasite se na Employment Office 1256 W. 74. St. National Carbon Co., Inc. (20) Hiše naprodaj Za 2 družini, 4 in 4 sobe, podstrešje ometano, v dobrem stanju, blizu cerkve Matere Vne-bovzete v Collinwoodu. Ugoden nakup za $6,500. Za 2 družini v prvovrstnem stanju, 5 in 5 sob, vzidane shrambe, velik lot, garaže, blizu E. 140. St. Cena $8,500. B. J. Hribar 954 E. 144. St. i_(20) PELO DOBIJO DIP TANK BARVARJI Truckerji Strojni riviterji Pomagači riviterji Press operatorji in pomagači Operatorji škarij Drugi in tretji šiht Plača od ure. THE CLEVELAND TRACTOR CO. 19300 Euclid Ave. (22) Poln čas 5:10 popoldne do 1:40 zjutraj Šest noči v tednu. V mestu— 750 Huron Rd. ali 700 Prospect Ave. Plača $31.20 na teden. Delni čas— 1588 Wayne Rd.. Rocky River. Tri ure na dan. 6 dni v tednu. Plača $9.90 na teden. Ako ste zdaj zaposleni pri vojnem delu. se ne priglasite Employment Office oaprt od 8 zjutraj do 5 oopoldne vsak dan, razen v nedeljo. Zahteva se dokaz o državljanstvu. Kie Ohio M Telephone Co 700 Prospect Ave., Soba 901 (18) TERRIFIC . TITANIC - COLOSSAL XHE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOW! CLEVELAND AUDITORIUM E. 6th and LAKESIDE I NINE BIG DAYS AND NIGHTS STARTING SAT. JAN. 29 AND DAILY THRU SUN. FEB. 6th SEE THE SENSATIONAL. WILD WEST RODEO With Champion Cowboys in Competition! AND HOLLYWOOD DAREDEVIL'S BIG THRILL SHOW Performing Sensational Stunts 162—TOP PERFORMERS—162 • See! Cowboys Compete for $10000 Bronc Riding — Bull Dogging — Brahma Steers • AMERICA'S BEST CIRCUS ACTS Elephants-Dogs-Ponies - Aerial Act* » SEE! THE DIVE BOMBER CRASH IN MIDAIR Steeplechase Races—circus Clown« • SUPER MAN LEAPS HIS CAR OVER A BUS! • THE LONE RANGER IMPERSONATED, DEFENDS THE STAGE COACH ORDER TICKETS NOW PUBLIC AUDITORUM m oonn WALGREEN DRUGSTORES 7Jc—$1.10—$1.65—Box Seats $2.80 j Children 55c ' Mail Orders Accepted—Pobile Auditorium J--' LETTER FROM AFRICA Continued Prom Page 4 the offending tooth and was told what it would cost him. After the money had been paid over the "dentist" grabbed up both his tools and flourished them. This was the signal for the two "highbinders" to grab the "patient" and plop him or her down on the vacant box, retaining a firm, grip on him. The "patient" would then begin to wiggle and moan. X saw no stoics. The "dentist" would, then force open the "patient's" mouth, plunge the pliers therein and, after a short but violent struggle (which was a flurry of arms, legs, robes, knees, feet and elbows) come up with one or more bleeding teeth which he held up triumphantly for the gaping crowd to see. In one case the struggle ended with the ''patient" flat on his back in the mud and the "dentist" with his knee on "patient's" chest. At the conclusion of each of these festivities, without exception, the "patient" fled precipitately without one backward look, holding his jaw. (And just think of the luxury in which you folks suf-ferU Around his neck the "dentist" wore a double necklace of large human molars. He himself had only 2 front teeth. Take it for what its worth but 35 our guide said that most "dentists" Ai have all their front teeth kicked out. Y. (Now you know what that undefined urge is that you've had for years!) Pc Prom here we went to see the doctor. That worthy, who was as dirty bj; as the dentist, we found sitting in the mud with a wide old board in front of Ja him on which were many little piles of ln powders, herbs and whatnot. "Patients" would come up, relate their symptoms ^ or show their wounds and would be treated on the spot (after payment of la_ fee). There never was an instant's f1. hesitation, nor cogitation and there L. was a specific for everything. "Pa- ™ tients" looked no happier leaving than r when they first came up. For an ex- " tra fee the "doctor" would also "con- P; jure" for patients. 5,. And after that the barber—a villain- r* ous looking wretch. His shop consisted [T of two old boxes, a bowl of muddy water and two very sharp knives. If he "nicked" a patient he just reached down and pinched off some filthy N mud and clapped it on the cut. He was 1 not the jovial, gossipy type, and he' ™ reeked of garlic. fl. Thence we proceeded to an Arab ri beys' school where about 15 different r' little boys from 8 to 12 were screaming j ° their lessons from the Koran, each in j °, a different key. A venerable native ]" with a long stick presided over this dim, dingy stall. If a boy lagged or err-ed this old "gaffer" socked him on & the head with the stick. p This was enough of the "Souk," so we entered the labyrinth of dark streets and narrow passage-ways in ., which "big-town" Moslems spend their fj, .days. These streets and alleys bften not over 5 feet wide, were lined with ' little cubby-hole stalls and were crowded with nearly all the people and . animals of the types we had seen in ) the "Souk." The odors were similarly " concentrated. It is easy to see how p bubonic plague, typhus and all man- . ner of other diseases spread rapidly m such places. All these places are infested with vermin. At a butcher- J( shop we saw fresh killed meat being ,, dragged on the filthy ground, walked cn. full of flies and bugs, cut up for sale. The streets are covered with bam- ' bco or board lattice work to keep the , . hot sun out. After wandering about for ^ a couple of hours we were more than glad tc get out. The prices were so eutrageous that we bought nothing. . and it was too tough on the nostrils .. to linger and haggle. You wanted to ^ keep moving. ; On arriving at the gate where we'd ' left our Corporal with the Ford we . found him sitting with his pistol across j. his knees, in high dudgeon. He said „ he was "sure glad to see us" because . the natives had all but taken the car & and him with it. On the way home we passed a num- , ber of native villages. These consist of „ one or two old stone huts and the „ rest ipok like wigwams and are grass thatch laid over a bamboo frame. They J are about 10 feet high and have a " diameter of from 8 to 10 feet. Whole " families sleep in these. They take in a ; few fat. fluffv sheep and goats for warmth and to use as pillows. On the floors are dry grass covered with skins and blankets. After so long a time these huts get so full of vermin . that even the natives can't stand _ them, in which event they build a new £ one and use the old one for a stable and guest house. Each village that has access to wa- 3 ter has a water-wheel of the age-old type with a camel or a donkey pulling a pole around in a circle. This oper- j ates the water-wheel and draws up water. Luxuriant grass, well manured, c surrounds the water-well. When "Mu- j ley the Moslem" wants a "shot" of £ 1 water he gives the "beastie' 'a couple L of boots in the back of the lap. This j causes the * "beastie" to go round a j ■ couple of times and brings up a few ] L gallons of water. After about 2 rounds , , the "beastie" just naturally collapses j ' and starts to eat grass lying down. -The next fellow that wants water re- ' , peats the process—and so it, goes. < i Water-wheel camels and donkeys are [ said to be very "snooty" and are said I to "buck" for the job just like soldiers • "buck for orderly" — but that is only local goslip. Now I must stop before the Sultan finds out about me. Here's wishing you and .yours and all the folks in the office a most happy Christmas—and here's to the day when we'll all be j homq again! j Sincerely, (Signed) I Lt. Colonel Fred W. Frey j (Former Assistant Prosecuting Attorney) A RMY° NEW S Continued From Page .4 23rd. His address is: Ludwig J. Speli, TJ. S. Co. 1002. U, S. N. T. S„ Great Lakes. 111. A telegram from the War Department informed Mr. and Mrs. John Mahne of 125129 Vashti ' Ave., that, their son, Sgt, Emil J. Mahne has] been reported missing in action over i France. He was a gunner on an Amer>-lean Bomber. Mr. and Mrs. Anton Habjanec of 1260 Addison Road, received a letter from Italy from their son Tony, informing them that everything is O. K with him. His address is: Cpl. Tony Habinec. ASN, 35306406, 79tli Ftr. Gp. 86th Sqdn. APO 525, c-o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Arriving from Africa, Stanley Ahlin, Sl/C will be home on furlough until January 23th. Friends can visit him at the home of his mother, Mrs. Margaret Ahlin at 1101 E. 66 St. In a letter, part of which has been censored, Victor R. Meljac writes to his parents that he never expected to get so far in such a short time. He was home in November on a week's furlough and now he is 10,000 miles away from home. He writes that it is very hot and that our boys see to it that the Japs don't get lonesome. We relay greetings from him to all his friends. His address is: Victor R. Meljac F 3/C, Gen. Detail TJSN Rec. Barracks. Navy No. 10, c-o Fleet Post-office. San Francisco. Calif. Stanley Mara, Petty Officer First Class Boatman's Mate, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Mam. 14410 Sylvia Ave., arrived from Bermuda for 12 — 1 davs. He has been with the Navy four years. Paul Krascc of 11533 E. 172 St., reports new addresses of his two sons as follows: Pvt. Frank F. Krasoc, 35026129. Anti-Tank Co. 179th Inf., APO 45. c-o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. — Pvt. Paul Krasoc, 35315318, 452nd Engineer Depot Co.. APO 950. c-o Pcrtmaster, San Francisco, Calif. On furlough till yesterday was Tech Sgt. Paul Novak, son of Mrs. Novak of 3436 E. 73 St. He returned to Fort Jackson, North Carolina, where he is in service with the Field Artillery. The Zbacnik family of 6422 Spilker Ave., received a letter from their son, S/Sgt. Albin Zbacnik, who is in England. He writes that he is well but he does not care for England. He mentions that he received the American Home and that he enjoyed reading every word of it, and to keep on sending it so that he will be informed on what's SPECIALNO za ta mesec v vašo korist! Prihranite plin in vendar boste imeli gorko vodo 24 ur na dan, ako inštalirate — Termostat — Konvcntor proti prepihu — Pin jacket iz asbestosa — Novo cev za furnez — Vaš grclec za gorko vodo očiščen in popravljen. Vse delo in vključno material za tanke 30 galon za $22.50 Delo garantirano Mi tudi prodajamo in inštaliramo nove tanke za gorko vodo. Rodney Adams Heating Service 21601 WESTPORT AVE. KE 5461 V vaše zadovoljstvo Ako imate v hiši kako pohištvo, da vam ne odgovarja v vaše zadovoljstvo, naj bo divan ali stoli, ki potrebujejo popravila, vam vse to jaz popravim v vaše zadovoljstvo po zmerni ceni. Pokličite John Lukanc, 698 E. 159. St. MU 3729. (Sat. x) DELAVCE Za delo znotraj in zunaj Dobra plača od ure THE WHITE MOTOR (0. 858 E. 79. St. (21) ženske — Nočno snaženje Zglasite se v EMPLOYMENT OFFICE 8. nadstropje tekom, dneva ali pri Mr. Burgessr po 6 uri zvečer Stalno delo—dobra tedenska plača. 'JilllllHItlirditUllillMUlIllilllllllllUlIl^. 1 ZA DOBRO PLUMBINGO 1 \ IN GRETJE POKLIČITE 1 A. J. Budmck & CO. 1 :5 PLUMBING & HEATING | 6631 St. Clair Ave. 5 Bus. Tel. HEnderson 3289 H Residence IVanlioe 1889 ^tUMiuiiiiiiimmiiiiiiiiiiiiMHiiitiiiiiiu" VAŽNOST TRINER-JEVEGA GRENKEGA VINA - BODITE ZDRAV! TOŽIMO Povsod slišite: bodite zdravi to zimo! Zdravnikov primanjkuje. Ena tretjina jih je pri bojni sili. Kljub temu bomo dobro izhajali če bomo pametni. Glavna stvsft je, da je naš želodec v dobrem stanju, da se prepreči zabasa-nost. Imejte doma Trinerjevo Grenko Vino z vitaminom B-l in ga rabite kot zapisano na steklenici. To zanesljivo in uspešno želodčno lahno odvajalno sredstvo daje boljši apetit in prebavo, drži črevesje čisto. Vaš lekarnar ga ima naprodaj, ker ga kupuje na tisoče družin. Ako ga pa ne morete dobiti v vaši soseščini, pišite na Jos. Triner Corp., 1333 S. Ashland Ave.. Chicago 8, 111. prepričali se "boste, da je Trinerjevo Grenko Vino z vitaminom B-l izvrstna preparacija._ _ Stanovanje v najem Stanovanje, obstoječe iz 3 sob, se odda v najem starejšim osebam ali novoporočencem; na razpolago je kopalnica, klet; in gorkota. Vprašajte na 15422 Calcutta Ave. (18) PODPIRAJTE SLOVENSKE TRGOVCE Naprodaj Naprodaj so jaclceti za tanke iz asbestosa, se p.erfektno prilagajo in so za tanke 30 galon. Cena je $4.50 vsakemu. Naprodaj so tudi filter j i iz fibra, vseh velikosti, cena $1 vsak in več. Rodney Adams Heating Service 2/601 Westport Ave. KE 5461. (18) THE BAILEY CO. Ontario in Prospect St. (18) LIVARJI za bench in squeezer pomagači Čiperji Brusači Izdelovalci modlov Dobra plača od ure in delo od kosa West Steel Casting Co. 805 E. 70. St. f 18) new in Cleveland. He expressed the hope that he might be .home for next Christmas, as he has missed the last two. Best regards to friends are also bin Zbacnik, 35304068. 1001 Sig. Co. mentioned. His address is: S/Sgt. Al-Ser. Grp. APO 638, c-o- Postmaster New York, N. Y. A turkey dinner, with all the trimmings. was enjoyed by Albert Maver of 1059 E. 61 St.. in New Guinea on Christmas Day. As he ■ wrote a letter to his folks on that day, he asked them to save a seat for him at the Christmas dinner tablo.for next year. He also wired Christmas greetings which arrived on the feast day of the Three Kings. His address is: Pvt. Albert A. Mavec, 35304066, Hqs. Co. 2nd Bn„ 543 E. B. & S. R. APO 565, c-o Postmaster San Francisco. Calif. First Lt. William H. Puccl, son of Mrs. Magdalen Pucel, 4629 St. Clair Ave., has arrived home on furlough from Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma. He will be home until January 27th. . A telegram from the War Department notified Mr. and Mrs. Anton Ma-lavasic of 19401 Pawnee Ave., that their son Sgt. Anthony Malavasic has been reported missing since Dec. 31st over France. He was a gunner on an American Bomber. Anton Z alar of 19003 Grovewood Ave., is visiting his daughter, Cpl. Jean Zalar, who is in service with the WACs in Homestead, Florida. I Pvt. Frank Marincek. son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marincek, 975 E. 74th St., is spending a 15 day furlough with ; his folks. Friends may visit him at the above address. Mrs. Theresa Jeric Rangus of 3583 E. 81 St., has four sons in the service of Uncle Sam, each far away from the others. Lt. Dr. William J. Jeric arrived home for a ten-day leave, but. after three days at home, he was recalled to duty by wire. He is a Navy doctor. His address is: Lt. (J. G.) William H. Jeric. MCUSN, Norfolk Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia. — Cpl. Ladimir M. Jeric li> now at home on a 14 day furlough, returning to Florida on January 26th. He states that he likes the army life. His address is: Cpl. Ladimir M. Jeric, 1157th School Sq. Minorville Sta., Orlando, Florida.— Pvt. Frank Jeric was heard from, sending best regards from Hawaii to friends. His address is: Pvt. Frank Jeric, Co. F. 111th Inf. Regt. APO 158, c-o Postmaster San Francisco, Calif. —Pfc. Victor Jeric writes from Los Angeles, California, that they don't need gloves there at the present time, as it's rather warm. He sends greetings to all his friends. His address is: Pfc. Victor Jeric, Co. B, 3rd Ord. Sig. Bn., APO 183, c-o Postmaster Los Angeles. Calif. -4m VOZNIKI TRUKOV Stalno delo Unijska plača The Slar Elevator Co. E. 38th and King Ave. (19) SE PRIPOROČAMO ZA PO-P RAVI L A FENUERJEV, OGRODJA IN Z A BARVANJE AVTOMOBILOV. Superior Body & Pain! Co, 6605 ST. CLAIR AVENUE FRANK CVELBAR, lastnik ST. CHRISTINE NEWS Continued From Page 4 S 2/C surprised all by arriving home for the holidays . . . Pvt. Ray Jacoby sends his greetings from New Guinea . . . Harvey Mlachek home to celebrate the New Year . . . Another soldier, Rudy Zaic, making the rounds . . . Danny Praznovsky S 1/C, one of the unfortunates, was recuperating in the hospital during the holidays. . . . Sgt. Frank Primoznik was also home, taking a dub at his old accordion . . . The former Ann Dragozet,' Mrs. Edward Moore, was home with her soldier husband during the holidays . . . Frank Sprinzl sending his greetings from Hawaii . . . Tillie Walters is now at home recuperating after undergoing an operation a while back . . . Professional basketball came to Euclid a while back and''twas at this great event that our girls exhibited their basketball playing. Before 1,100 fans they overpowered the Euclid Rd. Machine five to the score of 37 to 6. Louise Recher meshed in 17 points to stage one of her one-man shows. Chris Intihar was second high scorer . . . • After a struggle of four quarters, our girls came out victorious when they won their first league game against the Spars. 23-19. Marty Golinar did or rather staged the finer arts of guarding Chris Intihar was in the center of it all. They lost their second league game to the National Screw and Smelting five, 31-21. The last quarter proved the most exciting. In this quarter the girls managed to account for almost all their points. At another game the Stella Walsh team overpowered our girls and were victorious by soihething like 15 points . . . Bill Switai has been elected captain of the beys' squad . . . The boys were defeated in their first attempt which meant opposing Immaculate Conception and in their second attempt they proved victorious, overpowering St. Jerome's, 21-13. Bill Switai and Ed Pcsch share top honors for the team. They will play two league games this week and the girls play one. Our boys white-washed the St. Joseph squad twice by an outrageous score. Tommy Burns is a new member to the team, i He graduates from Shore shortly. ! Tommv has already made quite k j name in basketball. Loads of luck with I the team "star" . . Add Service : news: The Marines have Stan Grego-i rin but Marty Golinar claims valuable i priorities . . . The Sprinzl house-| hold has moved and is now making' j its home quite a-ways from here. A j mest likeable person, Anne Sprinzl, j we'll sure miss you. While saying I good-bye a few tears were shed, and that does prove what the word "friendship" means. "It is a rare .jewel and when weve found it folks, lets treasure it always. Remember it, will you, Slovenes. ... So Long, THE SPY / V BLAG S P 0 fol I Jl TRETJE OBLETNICE SMRTI NAŠE BLAGOPOKOJNE SOPROGE IN MATERE Helen-e Lukanc ki je Bogu vdana za vedno zatisnila svoje dobre oči dne 23. januarja, 1941. Tri leta je že minilo, kar Te več med nami ni, božja volja to je bila, da si zdaj nad zvezdami.' Sladko počivaj tam v grobu, v tihem tam kra.iu miru, duša pa večno plačilo uživa pri ljubem Bogu. Žalujoči: SOPROG in OTROCI. Cleveland, O., 22. januarja. 1944. N> jej, Lovre, lačen si," je P vanJ Marijanica. Odpr-e okno. Tako čudno vroče ji Rajalo, v glavi ji je raz-Zdaj in zdaj se bo zgo-I- Zamahnil bo z rokami in f° ga več. "Morda pa le ni 'f P^v, Matevž," jo je gri-Vest in zvračala vse nanj. Pedala je skozi okno in se l| ln zdaj ozrla, kako bo de-¥ strup. Pol latvice je že ? atll> pa ni bilo še znaka o f upi j en ju. r1 ZVezde šteješ?" jo je po-|hz levico Lovrač in jedel. ,, ' ne, tako zagatno se mi tn i"6 reS' tudi •'aZ Sem Se j Potil, ko sem jo kresal v f!f« Je Postrgal skledo in [ JJlco vanjo, da je zaropo-L Iar'janica je stopila od v' P^ala skledo, jo odne-f kuhinjo in tam potopila I ,fteVle b°'" se je Plašila-V. me je spravil ob de- |, ,aj te zmekasti sam Luci- |lele »tiskala pest. Vzela je Itr k ropotala z nJimi L . em v peč Jn prisiu. r® čakala. L ■ °ma je zaslišala divji l1^. Milka!" je zatulil 'I' .^ilka je skočila s pe-Jjj riCek se je pretegnil in njo. Marijanica pa je L J vrat. Lovrač se je .|vi,Za mizo, da je pokala, plašno gledal. |j v6na sem!" se ji J'e |alaarŽal0 v duši in pl'e" Mili]e k°vrača in Matevža. L\T mleka> mleka!" je L 0Vl'ač. Glas mu je bil Jv>i?,čudm> visok, o, riceif n- , , ,. R Je begal sem in tja, ' |aVjja skočila v kaščo in L ^ Pred očeta latvico ■ !§a p enila se ga je in za- 'ičfc st riSedel je tudi Lovri" ,X '. 1>mel v očeta, kakršne-fe«1- Mar-- V popil mle- J ii1t>jnica Je zaihtela, vila da se ga da v tj Vi4e morebitne slučaje, a, bi se kdaj očitalo, - ril i^olžv ari' niso napravili svo-,-ji febnju°S(;' Pa v tem oziru 3 CWakov. \ g} u Pa še enkrat poudar-|e Vl,>i invSlovenke, ki še [ Jwr n ^ vere svojih očetov in (la See(l staro šaro ter noče-{ v tej novi domovini ei1'Nist,ln Predstavlja, da ste . ^:**vzdramite se in zdru-' f Nj upa.i v tej novi akciji, I in k°Vori v imenu nas, kdo i "Nit^ srn°, Pa kaj hočemo ij° to naše drage tam on- iii': 'Č eškega oceana. Ne jo® \ j81 pl°tu, pa zimurkajmo tf Pritrjujmo drugemu. ; ki človeka vo-rS • ' srednje poti ni. PhoJ^no tozadevno nam je pfgor j^1 Kristus, ko je dejal : I off' ,z menoj je zoper me-. Zn in mora biti dovolj 'J to^J^kega. Biti katoličan, " iin za£°varjati ko-P^j. -j.*1® &re in ne more iti JjVojj je tudi jasno povedal ffl! • r°^®ici pokojni papež i^ikj p°vedali so njegovi Mzj. ln sedajni papež Pij 6 Jt Poglavarjev sv. Cer- ^ končno merodajne. Jože Grdina. NAZNANILO PREMESTITVE zdravniškega urada iz 15619 WATERLOO RD. na 10535 CARNEGIE AVE. Telefon urada: RA 2741 Rezidence: YE 8222 Ako ni odgovora, pokličite CE 3500 M. LOUIS 1. DFPMF DEADLINE FOR ALL CO. WEDNESDAY NIGH' DEDICATED TO THE YOUNG AMERICAN SLOVENES NUMMMWMMMMMN St. Vitus Dance Wounded In Action Keep the jjate open for next Saturday evening, January 29 and attend the annual dance which will be sponsored by the United Lodges of St. Vitus Parish at Slovenian National Home, 6417 St. Clair Ave. Proceeds will go for the church. Music will be furnished byPete Srnick's orchestra. Come and bring your friends. Mr. and Mrs. John Petrovcic of 10G8 E. 68th St., have been informed by,the War Department that their son, s/sgt. Prank Petrovcic, attached to the Infantry of the 37th Division, was seri- > ously wounded in action on Bougainville in the South Pacific on January 3. This is the second time Sgt. Petrovcic has been wounded since the Division went into action in this war, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal several months ago after having been wounded in the battle of Munda. Sgt. Petrovcic will be 28 years of age on March 1. and is a graduate of East High School. Before entry into the service, he was employed at the National Acme Company. He- has been in the Army since January, 1941, having been among the very first to be diafted in the 24th Board, and has been overseas since Mary, 1942. He has now been vacated from the immediate battle zone, and his current address is: S/Sgt. Prank Petrovcic. 35006148 (Hospitalized). Theater Directory. APO 502. c/o Postmaster. San Francisco, Cal. At the War Department's suggestion, mail should be directed to the above address in place of his former APO 37 in order to expedite delivery. His friends are urged to write. -o- Ursuline College Alumnae Sponsors Templeton Alec Templeton, the blind pianist wizard, will be heard in Cleveland on February 18th in the Music Hall under the sponsorship of Ursuline College Alumnae Association. Known to millions of radio listeners, and voted the outstanding radio personality of the year in the NEW YORK TELEGRAM poll, Mr. Templeton plays in humorous and serious vein with a skill and art known and loved by all America. Those fortunate enough to have heard Alec Templeton in person, in some of his past concerts in Cleveland, know that he always plays to a "full house' with tickets sold to "standing room only." These eye and ear witnesses will tell you that when Templeton plays, the volume of applause raises the roof, and the audience laughs and cries and shouts for more of his wonderful music. Ursuline College is proud of the privilege of sponsoring this young world-famous pianist. This announcement of the concert is made to the friends ol' the College and to all who enjoy hearing music superbly played so that they may have the opportunity to purchase tickets while seats are available Tickets may be obtained from any student or alumna pf Ursuline or they may be sent for by mailing a check or money order to the College at 2234 Overlook Road. Cleveland. For further information, readers ol this column will find announcements of the concert in the windows of this newspaper printing office, and also in the Grdina stores on St. Clair Avenue Ticket prices are: $3 30, $2.20, $1.10 and an early mail order will assure you a good seat to the biggest treat ol the season when Alec Templeton in person will play in the Music Hall on February 18. 1944. Mail your order NOW! "TWO BUCKS A DAY" The following letter was received by us through the sy of Hon. Frank T. Cullitan, Prosecuting Attorney, t° this letter was written by Lt. Colonel Fred W. Fry, his able assistant, and who is now with the forces in Africa. Hq. Base Sec. G-3 APO 759—U. S. Army c/o Postmaster, N. Y., N. Y. Oct. 17. 1943 Hon. Frank T. Cullitan, Prosecuting Attorney. 1560 East 21st St., Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Frank: I was very glad to hear from you and have the news from home. Also. I heard from Jules, with a great deal of satisfaction, that they had raised your salary. It still will be only about half what it ought to be. I hope that by this time you have received not only the harem slippers but also the captured German field mess kit I sent you—a knife-fork-spoon-can opener assembly, which came right from the front lines in the Tunisian campaign. As I think I told you before it is the practice of Moslems to use the folded over heels of harem-slippers as clearing houses or postoffices for love notes and messages of intrigue. Accordingly I inserted some small notes thereunder to see that yours shall be inviolate and to confund curious friends in the hope that you might have a little extra fun with them. Same is common practice here among our people and we have quite a lot of fun with these slippers besides finding them very pracaicaljand useful for bedroom slippers. Some of the "notes" inscribed in the heels of some slippers I have seen would really curl your hair. Last week-end I took my first day off in around 2 months and visited another, and a famous city in the interior. It is a very old city with a small European settlement on the outskirts, situated in a green valley full of palm trees and "saints" tembs with a towering and majestic range of snowcapped mountains just beyond it. The principal thing of interest there was the native city of "Medina" with its "Souk" (open market place) and its dark, narrow, stinking. lattice-covered streets. We got a government licensed guide who had all the earmarks of a varlet, left a Corporal to guard our Ford, and started out from just inside the lofty, battlemented walls. The Souk is a great, partly paved square in which were milling about I don't know how many thousand filthy natives, a very few clean natives (!) and a few Europeans. From" all I can gather a souk is a place where anybody who is big enough can buy and sell goods. We saw dirty, wild-eyed, scraggly-haired natives making faces at poor, tired old cobras and pythons; howling, whirling and dumb dervishes; jugglers, fakirs who swallowed swords, had trained animals, religious fanatics, whining beggars, beggars with open sores full of flies and bugs; dumb beggars, creeping beggars, crawling beggars, camels, goats, sheep, dogs, cats, birds, bears, monkeys, baboons, "chimps", parrots, chickens, ducks, geese; one ant-eater, one crocodile (securely chained and madder than a Republican on WPA) and thousands of stalls, piles of all manner of commodities and the greatest assortment of the most foul and putrid odors ever to assail my nostrils. After once around this souk—just to make you wonder why some forms of Louis Accordion Cafe 783 E. 222. St. Corner Nicholas Ave. NOW OPEN AGAIN AFTER REMODELLING Music Every Saturday I EVERYBODY WELCOME! life exist—our guide took us 11 "dentist" whose office consls dirty blanket stretched over two old wooden boxes, a n>sl half filled with human teeth, of ordinary, broad, mechanic one very sharp knife and very hard-looking assistants.' ed three "extractions" from * cination. In each case the J was the same. The "patient"' with evident trepidation. P' Continued on Page ' Mid-Winter Dance Christ the King Lodge, No. 226, KSKJ will hold a Mid-Winter Dance tonight. Saturday,Jan. 22 at the Slovene. National Home on St. Clair Ave. Music will be furnished by Pete Srnick's Orchestra. So an invitation is extended to all, in fact anyone who wants to have a good time. The entertainment committee will be on hand to see that no one will go home hungry or thirsty. Don't forget—tonight come to our MID-WINTER DANCE. JOSEPHINE TRUNK Treas. -o- 1944 ELECTION RESULTS The following were elected to office to guide the destiny of the Orels for the coming year— Matt Mlinar—President PaulineErbeznik—Vice President Agnes Kosec—Secretary ' Josephine Kozel—Treasurer To the retiring board of officers the Orels extend their sincere thanks and to the new officers, good luck! BOWLING TOMORROW The Orels are holding another bowling party tomorrow afternoon at 1:45 p. m. at the Linsz Alleys. The bowling-alleys are located on the 4th floor of the Linsz Building on East 13th St., between Chester and Euclid Avenues. We'll all mčet at the alleys. Be prompt. SNOWBALLLL FROLIC TIDBITS "After the meeting the 1943 board closed its books with a slam bang party for the members. The menu consisted of delicious hamburgers, cookies, snow (popcorn) balls and hot choco-late with marshmallows. Music was furnished by Frank Branisel and his recorded varieties and Matt Mlinar with Suzy featured. ♦Our ex-president, Mary Ann Sever, missing her last official meeting and party due to a touch of the flu. "Agnes Kosec and Curly Jo Kozel holdovers fisjm 1943 in their roles of secretary and treasurer. ""Stardust" getting a lPt of replays for the dancing fans. "Agafs Kosec and .Joe Merhar giving out with some modern ballroom steps ala Ginger Rogers and Frčd As-taire. "Curly Jo and Frank Mlinar doing K. P. duty in the kitchen. "Rudy Klemencic serving in the armed forces in town and helping the Orels celebrate. "The party ended with singing of favorite melodies. W% hope everyone enjoyed the party and for the February meeting we'll have another one. This time it will be our annual St. valentine's Day Party. Meeting will be on Thursday, February 10th. "Get behind the 4th War Bond Drive! WEDDING BELLS Last Wednesday's wedding ceremony at St. Vitus Church united in »carriage Cpl. Frank Gerjavic, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gerjavic, 20563 Tracy Ave., and Miss Ronnie Luzar, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Anton Luzar of 1035 E. 69 St. --o- Subscribe to the "AMERIŠKA DOMOVINA" Chas. Thomas, Lou Cherney, Larry Terlop, Emil Gregorčič, Andy Rezin and Tony Zeleznik of England. Aviation Cadet Tony Godec of Nevada and Cadet Frank Mahnic of North Carolina. Seaman Harry Zakrajsek, Joe Glivar. Frank Ponikvar and St. Sgt. Joe Vad-njal of Florida. Henry Stavec, Louis Papes, vie Kuz-nik, Ralph Hočevar and Harold Mik-llch of Texas. Seaman Al Rosman, Joe Kastelic, Vicky Meljac and Thomas Hadala from aboard duty ships. QsLs. Joe Urbancic and Joe Zawlcki of Mo. Cpl. Vincent Sustersic and Cpl. John Fonda of Colo. Tech. Sgt. Louis Kokely of Fiji Islands: Seaman Ed Zabak of Alaska and Pvt. John Gucanac of India. Steve Eqleston, Ralph Godec. Francis Krall and Rudy Blatnik of Illinois. Pfc. Tony Boldin of N. J.; Pfc. Ber-nie Lozar of Louisville, Ky.; Rudy Ka-sunic of Calif, and St. Sgt. Skufca of Neb. . . . Lack of space limits the list find the publication of their interesting missives. The boys waht to be remembered by those they left behind—with little dots and dashes of what goes on at home. Don't disappoint them. Write those letters—today—. I reprint for your reading pleasure a verse sent in by Pvt. Jerry Gliha to stress 'the importance of a letter—"A Letter from You" x I'm a soldier now for the U. S. A. I get lonely sometimes and begin to pray; I look at the sky—it's always blue And I keep on praying for a letter from you. I look at the clock—as the hours roll by Then turn in my bed and begin to sigh. The lights are turned out—the day is through; I'm waiting for a letter—"A Letter from You" The morning seems bright, birds sing all the day But as for me. I have nothing to say; I do my duty to keep us all free And patiently wait for something "for me" The hour draws near, there's a bedlam of joy; I feel like a kid with a brand new toy. They just called my name! Now I'll never be blue 'Cause i just received a Letter from You. Don't ever forget we're fighting to win; We need all your help—so won't you pitch in? There's nothing much we ask you to do— Only send us "A Letter" "A Letter £a>m You." These simple and sincere expressions of a soldier boy's thoughts certainly make one feel guilty—especially a negligent correspondent. _THE SHADOW Both the photographer and the mother had failed to make the restless little four-year-old sit still long enough to have her picture taken.Finally the photographer suggested that the "little darling" might be quiet if her mother would leave the room for a few minutes. During her absence the picture was taken successfully. On the way home, the mother asked, "What did the nice man say to make mother's little darling sit still?" "He thed, 'Ycuthit thtill. you little newthuns, or I'll knock your block off,' thow I that thtill," she explained. Thirty days has September. April. June and Seaman Bender; He serves them now. without reprieve. For being absent without leave. • I'm full of damned malaria, I shake the whole day long. • The quinine's ringing in my ears, 1 I'm anything but strong. Mosquito bites all over me, You'd think I had the itch, 1 My ears are full of Guinea mud My bunk—a muddy ditch! ' I'm living in a jungle, It's hot as merry hell, C-rations is my menu. No cooking I can smell. For this I get TWO BUCKS A DAY, And a chance for a little ground, That measures: four by six by four, And a covered grassy mound. My pal came down here with me, The lad was just 18. Got him a bed he'll never leave, The coverlet is green. Another one will see no more, Another lost an arm, And hundreds more I do not know Are now all safe from harm. And when 1 hear a bunch of guys, i Who're safe and far away, | Refuse to work because they want i TWO DOLLARS MORE A DAY, i I only wish we had them here, ' For just a week or two, • To live in Guinea jungles, And there we'd let them stew. ; We'd give them all malaria, 1 Let the mosquitoes have a feast. 1 We'd let them bury many a lad, | From North, West, South and East. We'd let them sleep in foxholes, : We'd feed them from a can. We'd let the hot sun blister them, 'Twould be no Palm Beach tan. We'd let them see them die With sniper's bullets whizzing close, : With star shells in the sky. And then we'd send them home again, To their 10 bucks a day To tell the others what they'd seen, | Way down New Guinea way. I'll bet these guys would have enough, At home they'd gladly stay, No strikes they'd start right soon again, For TWO MORE BUCKS A DAY. —Written in New Guinea. BEROS STUD 6116 ST. CLAIR $ Our Studio iz new, ro«^ spacious, possessing every ' ence. Call Tel. EN oW For appointment TO-" OPEN SUNDAYS 11 A. M. TO 4 P. NO KIDDING....ARE YOU 1 REALLY DOING THE BEfT ir!$»you can. too rZm Gnucuncement Tite £ac)ies \ You too can have a beautiful face by treating it with famous LUMINOUS LURE FACE CREAM. Its a way Cream. It cleans and softens your skin adding beauty. It can't be beat as a night cream an') such it builds your tissues of your skin. It's econoifllC because very little has to be used to do its magic. A new federal tax will be added to all cosmetics soO)i> t| don't delay, girls!, Get your cream today and give 1 self a good' treat. L To buy this wonderful Luminous Lure Crefm, call j Boh ar's Beautu Salon 6213 ST. CLAIR AVENUE f ...... which so patiently waited until the disturbance of having no electricity was fulfilled. "The Fall of Humpty Dumpty," seemed to be the most enjoyed attraction of the evening. Its star was Richard A. Koss, or Humpty Dumpty. We'll be looking in the future for you, Dickie . . . Mrs. Jennie Intihar had a busy week when home arrived her son, Rev. Louis Ule, OFM . . .Brother Robert Hochevar was also home and seen attending church with his mother ... A soldier -and his girl seen attending church, the soldier, Danny Novinc, the girl Dolly Arko . . . Pfc, Peter Hrnilovich having a good time with the gang back home . . . Cpl. Albert Holny home for the holidays and seen with the Mrs. walking hand in hand , . . Pvt. Anthony Pesek, "man about time" .> . . Henry Walters Continued on Page 3_ FRANK CHAMPA'S Glen Park Cafe 1049 E. 185 ST. MUSIC EVERY FRI., SAT. SUN. Finest Beer. Liquor. Wines SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 29th, 1944 Slovenian National Home, St. Clair Ave, SRNICK ORCHESTRA United Lodges of St Vitus Parish DANCE Admission BIRTHS < A baby girl was born Wj' Mrs. Adolph Jalen, 987 E. Women's Hospital. The molten name was Dorothy Gacn'H Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sodnii|| erf of the Merrymaker Cafe.JB perior Ave., announced the a new bartender, when a 5 their first, was born at East )} pital on Eddy Road. The m°<3 1 former Marion Konchan. nikar Sr. and Mrs. Marion T who assist in the business |fci proud of their grandson. Cfc, tions to all! Jt The family of Mr. and fl'i Jevnikar of 561 E. 250 St.. their first child, a baby b°>'| the MacDonald House. Tl>e>1 maiden name was Theresa h 983 E. 76 St. DEATHNO®^ Bizil, Frank — Husband of' !C (nee Novak), father of Co« •< Pvt. August, William, Joseph v Kessler, Frances1 Shay, R05 and Josephine. Residence j Hecker Ave. Felicijan, Ursula—Moth«' ' Crotty, Edward, Joseph, Ff L dence at 3314 St. Clair Ave- a Gjorgevich, Radcjka — ^ ter, sister of Elias Popovic » Ohio. Residence at 1576 E- Hočevar. Frank — Brother and Sophie Bele. Residence Clair Ave. Hrovat. Joseph—Husband ? (nee Sever), father of Jos® (Powell, Frances Streetz. A"' rovcic. Vera Pirnat and J8'1 Residence at 1070 E. 74 St. Milich, Velinka—Mother Residence at 3783 E. 53 St. ( Obrovac, Thomas—Husband ette, father of Kathryn. Jos«: er of Mrs. Barbara Radocaj. at 2705 Jav Ave. Slapnik, Ignac—Husband (nee Kepic), father of Charl and Louis and of the Habjan. Residence 6102 St. Struss. Anton—Husband 0 .father of Anne Kline. ReS 1414 E. 34 St. Sulak. Nancy—Daughter Mrs. Leonard Sulak, 6401 2C Zakrajsek, Josephine Mee —Wife of Louis, mother of baby girl. Residence at wood Ave. Zupančič, Alq|s—Father Jj Rozman. Mary Zakovsek, lin, Louis, Albert, Frank, Ed*; liam and Victor. Residence 52 St. , ARMY NEWS Mr. and Mrs. J. Rakovec, 3915 Spokane Ave., received a letter from England from their sen' Sgt. Frank. He wiites that they had a good Christmas dinner and that they had some English children come in. to whom thev gave gifts and candy. His address is: Sgt. Frank W. Rakovec. 15377541, AFO 13635 AA. c-o Postmaster New York, N. Y. Another son, Joseph, was heme cn a short furlough and returned to the army college last Sunday. His address is: Pvt. Josgph Rakovec, 15127110, Co. B. Sec. 4, 2510th S. U. AST., University of Maryland, College Pk., Md. The latest addresses of the three sons of Mr. and Mrs. John Rozanc. of 15216 Lucknoy Ave., are as follows: A/C Victor F. Rczance, 15140366. 6th AAFFTD, Sqdn. 2, Fid. Sec. 1, Thun-derbirr! No. 1, Glendale, Arizona. — Pvt. Edward J. Rozance, 35054818, 226th CML. Dep. Company' 2nd Regt. UTC, Camp Siberc, Alabama. — Pvt. Ivan J. Rozance, 15311099, 1580 Service Unit, Q. M. Sec. W., Camp Campbell, Ky. SPAR Jean Vintar, SC 3/0. daughter cf Charles Vintar of 5704 Bonna | Ave., was home on furlough this week, j after training and schooling received from the Coast Guard. She has just' graduated from the cooking and bak-her station at Miami, Florida. Her ing school. She returned yesterday to brother John is in service with the Armv Air Corps and has been across somewhere in Africa for some time. Brother Stanley expects to leave soon for the army, feood luck! A letter from Italy written by Pvt. Louis Elovar expresses the Season's greetings tc all his friends and acquaintances. His address is: Pvt. Louis Elovar, ASN, 35319559. Co. B, 713 RY. OPN. Bn, APO 763, c-o Postmaster New York, N. Y. Pvt. John S. Kromar was home until yesterday visiting hit- parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kromar, 1113 E. 63 St. His army address is: Pvt. John S Kromar. Co. A, 6th Bn., Fort McClel-j Ian, Ala. A .younger brother. Frank, is . with the Air Corps, and his address is: A/S Frank Krcmar, 61 C. T. D., U. V. M„ Burlington, Vermont. On a 12 day furlough from Great Lakes. 111., is Seaman Ludwig J. Spell, of 810C Sowinski Ave, He wishes to thank the Catholic Youth Organization of St. Vitut' foi- his Christmas gift. He is returning to duty on January Continued on Page 3 n__'___ ST. VITOS HOLS MM 'XlMlw Review Tarawa ... did you notice this past week the article that, the Press carried concerning Master Tech. Sgt. Sheehan (his son) and his experiences at Tarawa? Judging from that article we can truthfully say that his dad has every right to be as proud of his son as he is. We were all pleasantly surprised to find out that Spar Jean Winter's leave turned outja be longer than previously expected. She was kept busy visiting-friends and relatives during this past week. We fcope she enjoyed her leave. PUBLICITY COMMITTEE ATTENTION ALL JUNIOR HOLY NAMERS: There will be a meeting this coming Tuesday evening, January 25, in Room 4. Time: 7:30 o'clock. Elections will be held and other important affairs will be discussed. After the meeting there will be box-hockey and ping pong. So let's all be there for first meeting of ' 1944. -K^-- ST. LAWRENCE PLAYERS WILL PRESENT "CONQUERED" IN ST. VITUS AUDITORIUM TOMORROW The St. Lawrence Dramatic Guild is returning the favor, by presenting a drama in four acts entitled "Conquered" or "Junior Wins" by Roeder. (St. Vitus Players had given several plays in Newburgh for the benefit of St. I.awTence Church.) The play will be given tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 and al 7:30 p. m. in the St. Vitus School A. ditorium. All lovers of the stage are invited to come and see this interesting play that is full of pathos and laughs. Admission is 50 , cents and the compute proceeds will go to St. Vitus Church. Sodality News The following would be of interest to the girls who had attended our last meeting and had heard Mi'. Sheehan give his talk on nutritional problems and also had told the girls of his son who had just returned from ' THE HOME FRONT Coming Events: JAN. 23.—"Conquered" and "At Hathawajts Christmas Tea" will be enacted by the members of the St. Lawrence Dramatic Guild at the St. Vitus School Hall tomorrow evening. JAN. 30—Repeat performance of above mentioned at the St. Lawrence ■ Church Hall. FEB. 5—Ufano Amistads Dance. FEB. 12—Valentine Dance sponsored by "Krka." LENTEN SEASON—Rehearsals for another appropriate production are underway! The Dramatic Club assures you another evening of wholesome entertainment when they present "The Confession" , PAST EVENTS: The OYO Basketball team certainly appreciated the "record attendance" at their first annual dance! The proceeds of this affair enabled them to purchase their flashy "blue and gold" uniforms which they proudly display at their weekly games. This active group has now opened a club room in the school hall for the CYO members. Since it is not, as yet, completely furnished the boys request that the parishioners send In any odds and ends that are not in use at home but may provide comfort and recreation for them. The Diocesan Honor Roll now, also, claims thenames of the boys and girls of Sft. Lawrence Parish who are in the Service. The coopertlon of Sodalists— Josephine and Frances Strainer, Antoinette Mally. Dot Strekal, Vicky Hočevar and Mary Jane Kenik—was greatly appreciated. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The "Vestnik" is nearing completion, pictures of servicemen will still be accepted this coming week. If you have nut taken care of this matter, as yet, t,.*B$e do so at once. WEDDING BELLS Congratulations to our recent new-lyweds: Mr. and Mrs. (Albina Zore) Zajewski. Mr. and Mrs. (Jo Ludwig) Bernard Codec. Mr. and Mrs. (Julia Tekavic) Wm. J.ickacki. "* Wedding Bells are in the "offing" for: John Skube and Justine Tekaucic. August Wasco and Mary Skerl (Prince). MILITARY NOTES Enjoying' the pleasures of "home s./.est home" after the holidays were: I'rank MiKic, Laddie Jeric, Danny Novi fc. Rudy Strainer, John Blatnik, Geo. Blatnik, Eddie Terlop, Al Valish, Benny Godec. Paul Novak, Geo und Bill Mijcinovic. Ensign Bill Jerin (M.C.) arrived from Va. for a furlough, but was recalled to Florida before he had the opportunity to contact friends and relatives. Letters of acknowledgement and appreciation for Sodality packages, Christmas sifts and personal, greetings pjur in from all corners of the Universe.-—From John Rožnik, Pat Novak, Toiiv Kastelic, Sally Urbancic and r ■■ 'V Y an char of Sicily. THE YOUNGER SET AT ST. CHRISTINE'S Well, folks, this is my very first "44" report to you, quite amazing isn't it? Am I bragging or complaining! Figure it out. Here's coming down from my high horse to greet all of you with a very breezy. "Hello." And now for my report to you "younger Slovenes," NEWSY GABS DE LUXE: The Christmas Program our school children put on proved to be a huge success. After excluding all expenses the net profit showed somewhere near the $400 marker. This success was due to the children's hard work of selling tickets, the patience and never-ending work rendered by our most kind nuns, and to all the women who rendered their services in making the costumes for this affair. To all of you we say, "Thanks, you couldn't have done bet- ♦ T*K*n Irtrt fhnro'o fho ailHlAllfP The American Home NEWBURGH NEWS STRAIGHT FROM AFRICA BUY EXTRA BONDS t Jff* WAR LOAN