Naslov—Address nova doba 6233 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland, Ohio (Tel. HEnderson 38£t) (NEW ERA) URADNO Gl. A SILO JUGOSLOVANSKE KATOLIŠKE JEDNOTE — OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SOUTH SLAVONIC CATHOLIC UNION Naša J. S. K. Jednota je samo bratska podporna organizacija bre* vsakih drugih prime«!, In kot taka uspev». Ohranimo jo tako! '—m flacnnd class Matter April 15th, 1926, at The Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio Under the Act of March 3rd, 1870. — Accepted tor Mailing at Special Bate of Postage, Provided for la Section 1103. Act of October trd, H17, AattojMč March lath, 1>36 7' — ŠT. 7. PT.P.WT.ANn OHTO WRDNRSDAY. FEBRUARY 14 — SREDA. 14. FEBRUARJA. 1940 VOL. XVI. — LETNIK XVI. CLEVELAND, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 — SREDA, 14. FEBRUARJA, 1940 IZ AIHE IN INOZEMSTVA |?.SVRH0 INFORMACIJ l^nik ^00sevelt .ie pre-Hi dr? en.naznanil, da bo zvez-^e]i. avi1* Podtajnik Sumner Ifcerhft °^P0t°val v Evropo, C,°biSkal Rim- P*ri*. Be,•- m kajon,.in bo skušal do-PfttiaJ- m°goče avtentiene in-■ NoJo«-6 ° razmerah in raz-EL J'1- Predsednik je po-l^in v] ^ files'ne bo evrop-nj(- adam ničesar predlagal fr«' Priporočal, ampak Ie P°sIušal- Kar tlačijo h’ s*uz^° v infor- "ih drž-?. nl'nistraci-ii Zedinje-š^Udho' 1,el:)itne poznejše ^vZa *e Zedinjenih dr- tev mir Jredovan-1e za skleili-!ienih .U J0(*° odvisne od dob-r ‘nforniacij. v GE0R0UI ‘Nnjju . bany> Georgia, je v branjih urah 10. fe- S- i?!stošil. len vihar. Kstrof6 doseda-i z»ano, je v wHnt.1 1Zgubilo življenje 17 menili pa je bilo ra- .(jN i00načasno brez doma je s 1,1 udi 'n materialna i#%rie,Ceni 0(1 7 do 10 mili-1 3 la,,jev- I CLJUBA pohvala |fe’skov.^SOV*m kongresnim ;ffli tori n'm °dk°rom je pre-jSMlg., lin nastopil William » načelnik ameri- n® °^tožo r'10Rra-^nikov,” ki je j Vedi?1 ter '*e Priznal, da ie j (in, lleke dokumente. Do-n j bi dokazo-I |Nga 'I k*1 Predsednik ome-'4 % n.iori®resnega odbora J *es ,1a skrivaj v zvezi A Sw ie 'V™'.11.!; j r‘eduje- srebrnosrajcmki ’j ?)evi« .° Slične či!je kot Hit-I ^Oavosrajčniki,” toda iz V liziaviiri?iČnih ozir°v- Dalje j ’ Je ^iesov odbor Y Lalievaiatl'i0tiČei1’' in’ če 1)0 j * svojim delom kot V*'’ I>o^ta? srebrnosrajeni- .•M"'1 pj.g'1 ° nePotrebno. Poslu- ulv'1 o"dnik P>*esoveSa °d-' jT; ^°hvali * ° !)l 0^es^ral proti i<;^A STARINE J, L-liji p^ase -ie bilo prodanih d ranc>.ii in ra ni m nev- y (, S e',r°Pskim državam jlJ \ |'V’'° starih’ameriških Washingtonu 'k\ ta> teden vršila kon-I rK* ^atc,,i Je bilo baje fj k1*5 % skandinav- ve^ tisoč topov ftJaL ?it(lnj(1IJ°nov Pušk, ki se še ^ojn. f^^tovne vojne na-v ameriških 'Jfj*4'1 ^°tntl' Ginjene države si novo, moder-w,0 mornarico in sj na-^Wv'i.Uhla A. Douglas-u, ali ravno ta kam-z-1 panja je bila ona, ki ga je na- (Dalje na 4. strani) MLADINSKI ODDELEK ~ JUVENILE DEPARTMENT PREVARANA ŠČU^A Gladina jezerca se je bleščala J nih žarkih, le tu in tam Je vzvalovila površine. . p]a. Med trstjem in travo na dni j ^ vala ribica. Majhna ze^®n^as j ribica. Spretno se je ovijala ™ „ brezskrbno je švigala po bis H ^ Zavila je med korenine star bregu. Krenila je ob bregu in doma niti prav zavedla ni. 0 gjjjio šavsnilo po njej. Spoznala je ^ ščuko, strahovalko jezerca, m ^ sC|ji je prešinila. A vendar je še » J toliko moči, da je sPreS°von aUSIttjii se "Mogočna ščuka, rotim e> me!” zno, ds -Ne," je odvrnila ščuka op„danes še bi ji ribica ne ušla iz zre nisem jedla prav nič, pril*®” deja1® 3 “Nu,” je navidez brezskr ye. ribica, “če si še tešča, ti P jn ce ^ liko boljši plen kot sem sama-ne bo ugajal, me lahko požre • "Kje?” , Pokaže® ti 1 “Tamkaj na oni strani. ! pot.” v -none5®111 J "Dobro," je dejala ščuka, & 0Il0 , te tja in ko požrem tebe, po ribo.” . ]a r®ica’ 1 ■'Ne, to ne bo šlo," je ‘ naj^ f Apot je zapletena in je sama ujde" j 1 a Č2 ms pcžreš tamkaj, tionS ■ Dobro, požrli te bom » “Ali mi res ne moreš prizai ^ 1 ‘•Ne," je odgovorila ščuka trfl “pojdive.” b dru# , Zaplavali sta čez jezerce, . bregu je res nepremično 1 ■ rjt)icO > riba. Neslišno je ščuka ° i0 je P°' ; in šavsnila po ribi. V trenu ^ požr® j žrla in že se je hotela obrni . ‘ še ribico, ko jo je nekaj P° jp j« , ku. Srdito je šavsnila P° igjjlo j° "■'< prihajalo prav iz želodca. naV# J . vednfe močneje, vedno vise ^ jpt j vsemu srditemu otepanju .J F rancelj vesel potegi«1 na. laVaia [ Ribica je brezskrbno °c P . je pr«) 1 lje. Kako dobro ji je služilo. J ogledala past. ,„vnlji'a’ f 3 “Ce bi bila z malim *1» J bilo bolje zate,” si je dejala med ločje. Ivan Albreht: . SNEŽENI MO/ O, jojme, tc so križi in noč in dan skrbi, ^ še preden mož končal j ga sonce raztopi! | že pet dni smo .trpeli m zda j bo pa vse zainsPr |j sneženega moža nam j pregnal bo sončen dai ■ j TONGUE TWfiT*3* j Give Grimes' Jim's great gj'^suceeSS a Six solid thistle sticks sti j fully together. snarIed,isy J Saucy Stephen Strong ng 10 j sickly stingy Stringer snakes at six pence. eahbatf>s L A swan swam several ° ^ sj9tit | ' i the same salt sea and s» ; iback- —• I his eyes groaning arid f°u ■ in the kichen 01 his home- ^ tfPjjj '; Above him knelt Benson 9 ' . rubbing snow 011 his bare : lcet' , ..s£;dU>ef^ ; “You're safe, mv boy, gjfi ^ - j' man soothingly. "Your hai ^ jet ,j . i are badly frostbitten so y°u ^ j I rub on snow." GUs, f%,J ■ "Where's Peggy9' af-ke ■ j. “She’s all right," eXC' cause1 ,,e:: , S "we only drove to. Gray s ^ p f i j ,c threatening and PeggV d j ; you after the blizzard st_ , 0li < couldn't get you, so I WS1S _ , j » ing to see what was 'vr0 r .. | mighty glad I did." .jp h*5 Jd j , 1 Gus sat up and tried to » .•{ ,! cuer’s hand with his owi ^ < one. "I owe you my '^e' , j-ji a, I can't thank you enough J11 .rP a ® ((ii . be you faithful friend. I1 j : i sir! Wait till I see PegSV- rC!" 0: | her what a fine fellow y°11 ll0d •' pe ^ But Benson only smiie Hl1 ,r: 1 "Tliat’s all right, old >nn ^ & | 1 looked as if he would _______________ THE ENGINEER And daddy says it takes ‘ ypr ^ ^ That’s mighty strong I,er'’t’ To drive an engine, and 3 ^ Possessed by very fe"' i»j Hv ■ , 1 P? And then you know an e" J? J ^ 1 alwayr full of grease (p - ^ You wouldn't like thatin , Are just a pack of ficcS ^ 1 The train is going to star ||| K Imagine you're inside. And either be conductor Jj Or decide to take a rid1 ' S*" Of course I am the engineer And you a passenger— Or you can be conductor, if To be so you prefer. But I should think a lady would • Just rather sit and ride. It seems to me, like mother says, You haven't any pride. No, no! You can't be engineer™ That’s settled! Needn't cry! It’s not a woman place, dad says, AH kinds of work to try. THE BLIZZARD feeling in his stomach. Then he had to! tell himself: "The house is gone, too!" j The cold was biting at his feet and through his very bones. He turned des-j perately to the left and ran. This time he ran into something. He felt it with j his benumbed hands. It was straw. “Oh, now I know!” he exclaimed. “This is that old rick near the barn. Now if I go to the right, I’ll reach the 1 barn.’ But he went to the right and there ' was no barn. The white flakes cut his : face and swirled around him like mad 1 . imps in a dance of triumph. They; seemed to cry: “Now ^ve’ve got you!”! He remembered stories of people being frozen to death right on their own j doorsteps in storms like this. He tried to ] ; think calmly, but thinking didn’t do : any good. “I’d better keep moving. I won’t lost heart. I must be brave!" he told himself. And Peggy might be out in the storm, I too! Perhaps she was trying to tele- j I “Peggy,” Gus said, with a reproachful look on his face, “It isn’t a fellow's job 1 1 I to look after babies, and I’d just refuse j ’ ; flat, it it wasn’t you that's asking me.” i 1 “Well now, that’s real nice,” replied ] i his sister Peggy soothingly, as ;;he : : donned her coat. “I hope you'll both be , 1 good ’ “I wouldn’t mind some of the other 1 ; beaux that hang around here,” went; j 011 Gus, “but that Benson fellow 11 I can’t stand. Little skinny sissy! Besides i he’s a teacher! I never thought you’d • take up with a teacher!” Peggy only laughed. “Wait till you’re twenty instead of I twelve and you’ll know a lot more,” she I said. “We’re going to drive through Long Green Valley and will be back; soon.’ ! Gu; waved them goodby from the I front window, and noticed what a hard I time Benson had getting his car start-I ed. It was a very cold day, and Peggy’s j cheeks were very pink. Gus was fond phone him now. He began trudging along head down, hands in pockets. Eves were of no avail, so he shut them to keep the snow out. On he went and suddenly bumped into something. It wras the rick again. This gave him courage and he burrowed in and found a stick which he had put there himself some weeks before. With the stick he made a deep furrow iir the snow as he walked to the right of the rick, but when he tried to retrace his steps, the furrow was all covered up. But he went 011 trying and dug deeper. He had been out in the blizzard an hour and a numbness was stealing over him. Some of the pain and cold was sinking away, but he knew that this was the worst sign. He goaded himself on, and shouted for help. First it was "Help! Help!” Then the grip of the bliziard tightened and he began tc call: "Peggy! Peggy!” and then: “Mother!” His father was far away on a business trip, and, of course, his mother was in heaven, but she seemed near to him then in that moment 'of despair. Eis feet were like lead and even his leg:: did not feel like fish and bone. His 1 knees gave away under him ahd he sank down sobbing in the snow. How long he lay he did not know, but suddenly he felt disturbed. He did not want to be disturbed. He felt warm and peaceful and it seemed as if his mother’s kind arms were around him. Then the next thing he felt was a terrible pain in his feet and hands. He opened of his sister, who had been a second mother to him and little Bob since their own mother had died two wears before. He was fond and grateful but he hated I to be left to mind the baby. “I’d rather be scared to death than bored to death,” he muttered as he ; turned from the window, and his remark 'sounded quite fine to him. so he said it again and even wrote it 011 the edge of a magazine. Baby was asleep and the house was very quiet. It was still outside too, and ! the light looked yellow. ToW’ser scratched at the door and when he was let in. he sniffed about anxiously and barked as loudly as he dared. Gus got j restless too and wandered aimlessly to 1 the porch. Whew! It was cold! The wind was rising, and how it cu*! “Gee!” exclaimed Gus, as he backed : into the house. “I hope Peggy will enjoy ! her ride in this awful cold!” He went down and tended the furnace . which helped wile away a little tittle, and when he came up again and glanced out of the window he, saw only whiteness. “A blizzard, by golly!” he cried, rush- : ing to the window. “Poor Peggy! I hope that poor fish will have sense enough to ■ get her to a safe place. Guess she’ll j phf lie pretty soon. Gee, I hope she will:” Ha peered anxiously out while Towser : j whi led at his feet. The big silent flakes : fell last, driven slant-w'ise by the keen win-’, and covering every landmark. Gus j had a horrid feeling of being buried, deep, deep, deep, and cut off from everybody and everything in the nidst of the stiffling whiteness. Suddenly he thought of their cow. Bossy, and the old horse, once a favorite of his mother's and now 111 old pensioner of the family. “The window neav old Dick’s stall is open.” he 1 thought. “I ought tc fasten it tight .iiid I’d better water and feed both while the baby’s asleep." Hb put 011 his warm jacket and cap, but not his gloves. His boots were in the ! barn, and it was only a few feet from 1 the house. Whew! When he opened ihe back door a gust of wind nearly blew, him ofi his feet, and it seemed as if n i great angry ogre had thrown a bucket-; full of snow' violently in his ?ace. He laughed though. It was lots of fun. Out Into the blizzard he dashed headed straight for the barn. He ought tc reach It in a minute or two. How queer! He certainly ran far enough 5ret the barn wasn’t there. "The wind's blown me off my course. T. guess," he muttered. "Or else it’s blown the barn away!” He stared through the wicked white-nesr around him: but could see nothing except the snowflakes. They made him dizzy “I’d better go back,” he thought, and turning right square around he ran as hard as he could. He van and ran, a deadly sinking / / T/tr Coeyrmm^ COGOANUT MACAROONS Beat together— 1 cupful sugar 1 teaspoonfu! vanilla yolks of 2 eggs. Add 1 tablespoonful butter or vegetable oil and, beat again. Add 2 and V2 cupfuls rolled, oats and 2 teaspoonfu! baking powder 1 cup shredded cocoanut. Work together till well mixed. Beat the whites of 2 eggs and mix 1 with the other ingredients. This mixture will look very dry and j f stifl but will be all right. Drop bits, about a teaspoonful, on a j buttered pan and bake in a moderate! oven As soon as the macaroons are brown, ’ ; they are done. j Let cool slightly before taking up with ! a pancake turner or spatula. Put on a cloth or a wire cake rack till cold Only A Scrap Of Paper Ben stripped the wrapper off his newr magazine and tossed it upon the table. A moment later he Was buried in the next chapter of a continued story for which he had been eagerly wating. The gentleman " who W'as sitting in the plea ant living room of the Palmers wait;ng for Ben's father, watched him thoughtfully. At last he said: “Yr:u don't know of a businesslike, relit ble boy about your age, do you, whom I could get to help me in the office on Saturdays?" Be:i sat up eagerly. “Why, I might take the job myself,", he returned. The man smiled. “No, I think not," he said quietly. “I want an unselfish boy and a thorough one as w'ell." Ben looked astounded. “You see,” the mail said, pointing to the scrap of paper, “you gave me an index of your character right there. It1 is only a scrap ol paper, to be sure, but it was your work to fold, it up and put it in the fireplace or the waste paper basket. You did neither. Some one else must do what you neglected to do. That means you are requiring the other person to carry his burden and yours. A thorough boy would have hesitated to make this neat room untidy by a care- i less act. I am afraid you will not do." ’ Ben’s face flushed. . “No,” the caller said earnestly, “and that is the unfortunate part of it. A boy j of thirteen is plenty old enough to: think. Here comes your father now. I thank you for this pleasant conversa- j tion." And the stranger went forward to ! meet Ben’s father. Ben never forgot the lesson given him [ I by the scrap of paper. Later he proved himself a really worthy boy and was j given a confidential place in the office * of the man who had shown him how straw may show which way the wind blows. {.»us tu v Strniša: SINICA Sneg po našem parku raja, v mrzlem pišu se vrti, draži vrabce, jim nagaja, vsepovsod jih prepodi. 1 Mala Zlatka kliče ptičko, ki na oknu pela ie. drobno, ljubljeno siničko, kam že odletela je? Ji v slovo je pela ptička: 1 “Ti si srečna med ljudmi, jaz le bedna sem sinička, ' k* človeka se boji. *! Tebe ljubi dobra mama. 1 za te noč in dan skrbi, jaz pa sem sirota sama, 1 kruha ni, ljubezni ni!" Sneg po našem parku raja nad siničko, mrtva spi, zmrznila je sredi gaja. divja burja piska ji. ! Dragotin Kette: OSEL IN PETELIN Na plotu stoji petelinček in poje lepo in poje glasno. In hvalijo njega občutke vse cibke in čopke in putke: ’ Koko, kokodajsk, koko! To sliši pa sivček osliček Hi glavo privzdigne od tal: Viž, da bi ti kulcurical, vse cibke bi k sebi priklical, peteha v koš b1 deja' i Pa kaj vam je storil osliček? I no, kukuricnil tako, da putke je splašil v dvorišču, a mož mu je dal po hrbtišču dve gorki in dve za uho. 1 dozens of sand crabs spill out on the i beach. In half a minute—by daddy’s ; watch—there wasn’t a crab left on the beach! Every single little creature had “dug itself in” to safety. But Helen and ! Jack had the fun of watching. FUN IN THE SUNNY SOUTH enough after that. Reservations to get on the train: bags to bring from the store room and pack; teachers to interview' rand sure enough. Jack’s teacher did say she was glad to have him miss I school when he could see and learn so mUch that was new and interesting), and triends to bid farewell. And when, two days later, the two children found themselves 011 a silvery : beach, with dancing waves near at hand, warm sunshine w'hicli made Hel-en’s sun-hat feel very comfortable, and , interesting sight on all sides, they felt j as though the city of snow and ice and school they left behind was very, very fai away “What are we going to do first?” j w asked Helen, as they watched their; ■ father walk away toward the big hotel, ^ where he was to keep an engagement [ with a business friend. ^ “Let’s sit down and see what we can 1 do first,” suggested Jack. “Maybe we’d j. rather play in the sand and maybe we’d rather hunt shells to take home to j mother and, maybe—” But fie never finished that sentence, for Helen interrupted with the exclama- ^ tion. “Jack! Look! what are those funny ! creatures?” Jack looked where his sister pointed : and saw a dozen queer creatures tossed up by the wave that was even then receding down the sandy slope. “There’s one jellyfish,” he said. “Oh, I don’t mean the jellyfish," ex- ■ claimed Helen. “I mean those funny little things!” But even as she pointed] 11 the funy things were gone—right before f j the children’s eyes they disappeared. ^ ! Jack was much excited and ran down v j close to where the wave had been with * ’ | Helen tagging at his heels. “Now you watch!” he commanded v ■ excitedly. "There’s another wave com- ; * ’ j ing. i^ow watch!” Helen watched and Jack watched and r ’ \ again they spied a dozen wiggling crea- , % i tures that looked more like crabs than c I; I anything else they had ever seen, only j; they were smallei than the crabs up c i where the children lived. But again. _! even as they watched .the crabs dis-' 1 appeared before their eyes. j t j "Let’s empty out oui lunch and ( j hide it behind these rocks,” sug-j; gested Jack, “and then we can grab up some of those funny creatures and ( ! put ’em in the box." j H j No sooner said than done. With many j j I a warning from Helen, to cover it tight-j ly end to set the rock close on top so * 1 nobody would ever guess two perfect- 1 2 i ly good lunches were hidden there, Jack ; j put the lunch safely away, and the! = ; children filled the box with the crea- , , e tures they had begun to watch. Put in 0 i the box. the little things couldn’t get j ■ 1 awaj. and in an hour the box was full. " ; What to do then was the question that! ’ ; was answered when Daddy appeared, “What are you going to do with >0 inaiiy sand crabs?” he asked laughingly. “Is that what they are?’ ’asked Helen “Well, we’re going to take them home.” “I’m afraid you can’t do chat, those ; little things can’t live long out of wet ; sand. Haven’t you noticed how quickly : they ‘dig themselves in’ once they get j thrown up on the beach." “Is that what they were doing all the i time we thought they were disappear-1 ing?” exclaimed Helen. “Well, we don’t want them to die. If they can’t live without wet sand, let's let them go ; back. Jack.” j Jack agreed, so finding a place where ; the sand was wet and warm, , the chil-| dren tipped the box over, and let the Komaj je lakomnica spregovorila, že se je zgodilo: poleg nje je iz tal zrastel prekrasen črn jahanec, ki je hrzal in | kopal z nemirnimi nogami v tla. 1 Vrag v sodu je poprosil z milim glasom: “Zdaj sem ti izpolnil vse tri želje! Izpusti me iz soda, kakor si mi oblju-, bila!" Ženska je pograbila čep in ga izpulila : iz vehe.--------- f Oj. da bi tega nikoli ne storila! Kajti J vrag bi ne bil ves vragoljast, če bi še ! tisti čas ne maščeval za svoje ujetništvo ; v sodu. Zaklel je, da se je zabliskalo za Kuči rjem, pograbil zlati sod in ga treščil v kučarski grad, da se je le-ta sesul v razvaline, pobral z zemlje čudežno ri-; biško mrežo, ujel vanjo žensko, si jo opr-! til na smrdljivo grbo, skočil z lakomnico v mreži na čilega jahanca in odpeketal v pekio s takšno vražjo naglico, da je bobnelo po vsej Beli Krajini. ; Tako se je vrag maščeval, tako so se želje lalikomne in napuhnjene žene 1 otoškega ribiča razblinile v nič! Grad ha Kučarju je izginil, le kamenje graj-; škili zidin Je še danes raztreseno med i vinikami kučarskega trtja,---------- ; Zvedeli so Belokrajinci, da je vrgel vrag zlati sod na1 vrh Kučarja, pa so pričeli kopati po gori, da bi našli za-| klad. Se dandanes se primeri, da se ta ! ali oni sanjač napoti na Kučar in kop-1 lje in koplje, misleč, da bo našel zlati : sod. Toda doslej se to še nikomur ni po-[ srečilo. Tudi čudežne mreže ni! In vsi ribiči ob Kolpi lovijo ribe v mreže, ki jih sami i spleto. Nikdar pa ni ribji lov v Kolpi tako bogat, kakdt' je bil takrat, ko je otoški ribič vrgel v vodo Čudežno vražjo 1 mrežo. 1 Kdor ne verjame, da je res tako, naj gre na Otok pod Kučarjem in vpraša Belokrajince, kam so zapravili čudežno mrežo. Dobil jih bo po grbi in še ga bo-; do Otočani nagnali v dir, da jo bo pobiral iz Bele Krajine ko sam hudir! ' i < “Zvonček.”,) “Go right now,” exclaimed Helen, in, excitement. “While other children are going to school?” cried Jack gleefully. “Exactly,” replied their father, "we'll I leave tomorrow night. And I’m sure you ! 1 will learn much more in the ten day's j trip with me through Florida than you j could possibly learn in as many days at I school. Ask your teacher today if I am not right" It was a Very short time after Christ- j mas vacation, and Jack and Helen had ! I I ! fgr--N Lojze Zupane: VRAG V SODU 1 Belokrajinska) V starih časih je na Kučarju živel graščak, ki je bil bogateč, da mu v vsej Beli Krajini ni bilo para. Vsega ; S| je imel na pretek: loze, zemlje in živine. Toliko je imel gozdov, da bi jih ne : iztrebil, če bi vsi njegovi tlačani sekali; drevesa leto in dan; toliko je imel svoje j zemlje, da bi je ne pregledal, če bi od j c zore do mraka hodil po njej; toliko je imel živine, da bi konj, govedi in ovac ^ ne preštel v debeli uri ... še več ko lesa, polja in ovac pa je imel vinik. Vsa ^ Kučarska gora je bila zasajena s trtjem. 1 Graščakove vinike so rodile velikanske i grozde, jagode na gozdih pa so bile de- j bele ko orehi. Grajski hlapci so sleherno jesen nacedili izpod graščakove vinske stiskalnice toliko vina. da so napolnili vse sode v grajski zidanici. Kučarsko vino je bilo sladko ko med, takšnega ni ; takrat dajalo nobeno drugo trtje v Beli j Krajini. Zvedel je za izvrstno vino kučarskega ; graščaka sam vrag. Kakor mnogi drugi revni Belokrajinci tudi 011 še ni omočil jezika v njem. Lepega dne so se mu : pocedile sline po kučarskem vinu. Spod- i vihal si je rep, vzel v kosmate roke popotno palico in se napotil na daljno pot. Tri dni in tri noči je šepal iz pekla do Kučarja. Ko je prišantal na grajsko, dvorišče, je srečal oskrbnika, ki je hitel s prazno majoliko v roki v zidanico po vina za graščaka. Vrag se je potulil, da ga oskrbnik ni videl. Toda ko je oskrbnik natakal v zidanici vino v majoliko, se je zlodej skozi priprta vrata vtihotapil v grajsko klet in se skril za velikanski sod v zidaničinem kotu. Ko je oskrbnik natočil vina v majoliko, je odšel in za seboj zaklenil vrata. Tako je žejni in utrujeni vlag prišel v grajsko klet. V zidanici je bilo temno ko ; v rogu. Se vrtfg, ki je bil navajen peklen- ' ske teme, je moral malo počakati, da j se je razgledal po temini. Ko pa so se mu zelene oči privadile teme, je pričel j šepati od soda do soda ter potrkavati s j členki po njih. Zadovoljno se je re-. žal: vsi sodi v zidanici so bili polni | ko jajce. Vrag je cmakal z jezikom in | se veselil gostije, na katero se je bil; sam povabil. ••He, he, najprej bom pokusil vino iz vseh sodov," je brundal sam s -seboj.! “Tisto vince, ki bo najslajše, bom potlej ' pil do mile volje.” In res: kakor je mislil, tako je storil! V kotu zidanice je bila polica, na njej pa so v vrsti stale lepo pisane majolke. Vrag je pograbil največjo majoliko, potlej pa iz vsakega soda odtočil za polno posodo Vina. '’to Mi je bfrd M poskuš-njoi Ampak močno kučarsko vino je tudi vraga prevarilo: ni še prišel žejni črnuh do poslednjega soda, že je opit obležal na mrzlih zidaničinih tleh. Pijani vrag je zaspal. Smrčanje, ki mu je hroplo iz kosmatih prsi, pa se je slišalo skozi zidaničina vrata prav na dvorišče, kjer so grajski hlapci in dekle ružili debelačo. Brž so pohiteli h graščaku in vsi v en glas zakričali; “Milostni gospod, v grajski zidanici je tat! Napil se je vina, zdaj pa drnuha, da se kar sodi tresejo v kleti!" Graščak je odšel s hlapci in deklami pred grajsko klet. še pred pa so se vsi oborožili S cepci, kosami in vilami, da bi tatu pobili na tla. ko ga bodo ujeli. Toda žvenket kos in gnojnih vil jčspre-. budil vraga iz smrščečega sna. Slišal je, da se pred vrati zidanice zbirajo ljudje. Na mah je uganil, da my gre za kožo. Had bi ušel, toda nikamor ni mogel. Skozi zaklenjena vrata ni upal, četudi bi jih s peklensko močjo lahko zdrobil v prah, ker bi potlej padel zalezovalcem v pesti Ker tudi skozi zamreženo okno ni mogel na prosto, je potegnil iz največjega soda čep, se napravil majčkenega in skozi veho zlezel v sod. In ko je kučarski graščak odklenil vrata ter vstopil z oboroženimi hlapci v klet. ni bilo tatu nikjer. Le iz največjega soda v kotu zidanice je prihajalo nekakšno klokotanje: vrag v sodu je hitel požirati vino. da bi ne utonil v njem . . Pogumni graščak je stopil k sodu in skozi odprto veho pokukal vanj. Imel je kaj videti! Na dnu praznega soda je čepel vrag, se bojazljivo oziral kvišku in opletal z dolgim, kosmatim repom kakor pobesnili bik, v očeh pa mu je gorel zelenkast. ogenj. Ko pa je nazadnje graščak Še poduhal skozi veho v prazen sod. bi bil kmalu padel vznak: v sodu je smrdelo po žveplu in zažgani smoli. 'Ha. ha!<‘ se je zasmejal graščak. “V sod se je skril tat, ki je sam vrag! Nikoli več ne bo prišel v mojo zidanico vino pit!" i To je dejal, pograbil čep in z njim zamašil veho. Zdaj je bil vrag v sodu ujet! Na graščakov ukaz so grajski hlapci zavalili sod z vragom iz zidanice ter ga izpred gradu zakotalili po bregu nizdol. Sod se je* zavalil v Kolpo in splaval v«) vodi. Tisti dan je ribič z Otoka, vasi pod Kučarjem, lovil v Kolpi ribe. Po vodi je priplaval sod in se ujel v ribičevo mrežo. Ribič pa, ne bodi len, potegne mrežo na suho, 7. njo vred pa tudi sod, v katerem je Bil sam vrag. Že je hotel odpreti veho, da bi pogledal, kaj je v težkem sodu ko se je iz zaprtega soda oglasil vrag s prosečim glasom ■_ “Kdor že si. reši me! V sodu je tema, da nikoii takšne! Kučarski graščak me jo zabil v sod in vrgel v Kolpo. Izpusti me iz soda, v zahvalo te nagradim 7, vsem. kar koli si boš poželel!" I, kdo im si tl, ki govoriš v sodu?” je zategnil otoški ribič z vprašujočim Blasom. Vrag se ni hotel izdati, zato je odgo- ; voril: 1 hardly gotten settled back mto regular habits when a telegram came asking j. their father to come South at once. He | had many times promised them that j ■‘next time" he would take them along, j and this sudden call seemed to take him ! to the very part of Florida he most! wanted them to see. So at the dinner' table in the evening, he announced that j they all three would start for the Sunny \ South the next evening. Of course, there was excitement: "Nikar ne izprašuj, kdo sem in od 1 kod sem. Mogočen sem! Ce me izpustiš iz soda, ti bom pričaral bogastvo, kakršnega ni( v Beli Krajini." Bibič je bil skromen mož. Po velikem bogastvu se mu ni kolcalo, le mrežo, ki bi bila vedno polna rib, kadar bi jo , vrgel v Kolpo, si je zaželel. "Daj mi ribiško mrežo ,ki bo vedno j polna rib, kadar jo bom vrgel v vodo,” j je dejal. "Ozri se. zn teboj Mi na tleh!" je za- ! kričal nestrpni vrag. “Zdaj me pa brž izpusti, sicer se bom zadušil v sodu!” Pabič se je ozrl. Res, na tleh, poleg soda, je bila lepa, nova mreža, kakršne še ni videl svoj živ dan. Za poskušnjo jo je vrgel v Kolpo. In zgodilo se je čudo: \ komaj se je bila čudežna ribiška mreža omočila v reki, že je bila polna rib.: Ves srečen je otoški ribič pohitel na- ; zaj k sodu, da bi odprl veho in izpustil iz soda neznanca, ki mu je pričaral bogato ribiško mrežo. Toda komaj je bil izpulil iz vehe čep, že je zagledal kosmato roko z dolgimi črnimi nohti, ki jo je neznanec potisnil skozi veho. “Hu, vražja vragolija!” je zakričal1 ribič od strahu in udaril s čepom po kosmati roki ,da se je spet skrila v sod. Potem je pa brž zabil čep nazaj v veho , in zbežal domov. Doma je ženi povedal, da je po Kolpi priplaval sod, v katerem je zabit sam vrag. Dejal je. da je sod potegnil na suho. In hi pozabil povedati radovedni ženščuri tudi o čudežni ribiški mreži. Ampak žena otoškega ribiča je bila zgnetena iz drugačnega testa kakor njen strahopezljivi mož. Ko je zvedela, da zna vrag čarati in da obljublja tistemu, ki bi ga izpustil iz soda, bogato nagrado, je pohitela na breg Kolpe. Prisopihala je do soda in zakričala: “Hej, vrag! Izpustim te iz soda, če ini! izpolniš tri želje. Mojemu možu si dejal, da znaš čarati. Zdaj čaraj, potlej te bom izpustila iz soda.” “Vse bom storil, kar želiš!” je zajav-skal vrag v sodu. “Povej mi, kakšna je tvoja prva želja, izpolnil ti jo bom.” 1 Ženska, ki bi se rada takoj prepričala, če zna vrag zares čarati, je zapovedala : “Pričaraj, da se bo hrastov sod, v, katerega si zabit, spremenil v zlatega!” Komaj je ženska spregovorila, že se je zgodilo : hrastov sod se je spremenil v j samo suho zlato, da je ženski kar vid' jetaalo. “Kakšna je druga tvoja želja?” je zdajci vprašal z zaslinjenim glasom vrag v sodu. > ; Lakonmici ni bilo dovolj, da je imela že zlati sod 111 čudežno ribiško mrežo! 1 ’■ Napuh jo je prevzet, da je zaželela posta, ti graščakinja. Uprla je pretkane oči; na vrh Kučarja, kjer se je belotil grad, j : potem pa zapovedala: “Hej, vrag .pričaraj, da bo grad na i Kučarju moj in jaz kučarska graščakinja!" j Komaj je ženska spregovorila, že se! je zgodilo: vrag v sodu je pričel žužlija- j ti nekakšne kozje molitvice, nazadnje pa je zagodrnjal: “Grad na Kučarju je tvoj ,ti si graj- ; ; ska gospa! Pojdi v grad, na vrhu Ku-i čarja te pričakuje že pokorna služin- i ; čad!” Toda prevzetnici še ni bilo dovolj! Na mah se je napurila, kakor da se že ; v sami svili in barzunu sprehaja po I ; grajskih sobanah. Rada bi odšla takoj na vrh Kučarja, toda ni se ji ljubilo1 hoditi. Zato je zapovedala vragu v so-; du, naj ji izpolni še tretjo željo. "Zdaj mi pričaraj še konja vranca, da ' gf> po Jezdi m v svoj gvad na Kučarju!” i ELY, MINN. [ DEAR EDITOR: I was glad to see so many letters in | the Nova Doba last month. All were j very interesting. I enjoyed the articles by Lois Kochman, Robert Jurgel and my sister Florence, as well as others. There was a traveling art exhibit of the Minnesota Artists Association, with 30 pictures placed on display at the school. The president’s annual ball was held on January 30. When the Hibbing and Ely junior college basketball teams line up for a game in Memorial gymnasium recently, Earl Edwards and Agnes Alar ,veteran jaysee cheerleaders, were there pitching for coach Narney Banks. We had a very bad fire on Friday, January 19, destroying the Ely Casli Market, a store operated by John M. Grahek. The building was owned by Marko Slogar. I was surprised to find the pictures of Roseline Mantel and Patsy Bottiani in the Duluth Herald News. They are the editors of the Ely High Lights, a student publication. We had a spell of cold weather lately. I suffered a bad cold lately and do j not feel very well. Albert Shustar was operated on for appendectomy. There | is a lot of news here in Ely, but Uncle Stan covers most of it and I am so sleepy that I will close now and say so long, until March. • »Margaret Mary Startz (Age: 10) No. 129, SSCU and a sparkling hat. She wore a red, | white and blue satin outfit in a Military | Drum Beat’ with two other girls. She I also appeared in the finale number. She | wore an orchid net hoop dress with a big green bustle and a big orchid hat. I How happy I was to see her in the j recital. I enjoyed watching her dance before all those people. I hope she will dance her way to fame. I know all you | other juveniles do too. I wish everyone could have seen what my playmate, can do. I also feel proud for our Union | for having such a wonderful dancer as | a member. Let’s all wish Jean Antoinette i Jemiai the best of luck in her career! as a dancer and hope that some day we can be proud to know that one of our j juvenile members became a famous I dancer. Florence Prosen (Age: 11) No. 173, SSCU Ely, Minn. — This is my first article to the Nova Doba. I am ten years old, and on March 7th, I shall be eleven years of age. I am in the fifth grade and my teacher’ name is Miss Bjork-man. I like her very much. In school my subjects are Arithmetic, Geography, History, Music, Language, Spelling and Art. Every 'fuesday we have banking, j i and if everyone banks we have the j ; honor of having a one hundred per cent j ! room. Before Christmas we had a one j I hundred per cent record for four con-I secutive weeks. I would like to tell you how I became : a member of the SSCU. One day Mr. | | Frank Tomsich, secretary of lodge 1, j | SSCU, and assistant supreme secretary, | i and Mr. Joe Kovach, came over to our house, and after a short visit, asked my daddy if he would like to become a ! member of the SSCU. After they ex-; plained all the rules and regulations, | my daddy was glad to join. Daddy also ! enrolled my mother and my sister Bet-| ty, as well as me. We are all proud mem-; bers of the SSCU. Lois Donahue (Age: 10) ECKHART MINES, MARYLAND DEAR EDITOR: I am not good in writing letters, but here I am writing my first letter to the Novt Doba ,to try myself out. I have been reading the many interesting contributions of the junior members on page three and I thought it would be alright for me to write too. I am one of the members of the South Slavonic Catholic Union and I am proud of it and I am sure everybody is too. I am the only one here in Eckhart that is writing to the Nova Doba. It is very cold here and lots of snow. We go out and sleigh ride and ski. On Sunday afternoon I went out to ride. I had a race with the other children. I was surprised when I won the race. Then the next day I raced again ,but I didn’t win it. This is all I have this time because this is my first letter. I am trying to write to the Nova Doba every month if I can, and I will write more. I don’t think it is too late to wish you all good luck throughout the year of 1940. Remember I always try to read all the articles in this paper. Wish a great success to the SSCU. ; Jennie Tomsic (Age: 12) No. 187, SSCU at the last minute. The basketball teams received a call from another school and they had to leave right away to play that night. Well, they both won anyway and that party is something to look forward to again. But the freshmen were sure disappointed. Our school teams have played quite a few games this year and have won j most of them. I go to all of those that are played here as I have an activity ticket. I bought it at the beginning of the school year and the ticket lets me in to all football and basketball games, the junior and senior plays, the high school operetta, five other plays and entitles me to all copies of our school paper. I think it is a swell idea having the activity ticket plan. This is the first year our school has tried the plan. Well, I certainly hope to find a lot of letters on the juvenile page this time. Rosie Cheledinas (Age: 15) No. 88, SSCU CLEVELAND, OHIO DEAR EDITOR AND JUVENILES: This month I am going to give you all a special treat. It will not be a poem or an imaginitive story but a real life account of a playmate of mine who is a member of our grand union. She is a j juvenile member of lodge No. 132. My playmate whose name is Jean Antoinette Je Jemiai is better known to her friends as “Toni.” On Feb. 6 she celebrated her twelfth birthday. I hope all the juveniles join me in wishing her a happy birthday. “Toni” is in the sixth grade at Oliver Hazard Perry School. She is very fond of paper dolls and coloring books. She also makes scrap books. She also loves to read comics and story books. "Toni" also enjoys playing with her, little brown and white dog “Timmy.” Sports also interest her. Last summer her parents bought her a bicycle with which she has much fun. For Christmas she received a beautiful shiny pair of ice skates. “Toni” enjoys these as much as her roller skates. But most of all she likes tap dancing and does it very well. “Toni” has been taking lessons for four years. She can always be seen practicing and developing her steps. “Toni" also is a very good singer. Her grace and her beautiful voice make her a very attractive girl. Lately “Toni” had spent much of her time dancing. I wondered what the reason was. Then one day she told me that she was going to be in a recital. This excited me very much. I wondered what type of a dance she would do and what kind of costume she would wear But “Toni” -is very shy; she would not tell me about it. She invited my sister Bernice and I to go to the Little Theatre in Cleveland to see the recital. Since my sister and I love to watch dancers we begged and begged our mother to let us go. At last mother gave us permission. We could hardly wait for Jan. 21 to come. But it came at last. Antoinette’s mother hired a taxi. How excited we were when we got to the Little Theatre in the Cleveland Public Auditorium. Since we were early we went back stage with Antoinette to the dressing room. How nice it was there. It looked like a real movie star’s dressing room. It was time for “Toni” to put on her costume so we went through the long hall to our seats in the balcony. There were many people anxiously waiting for the heavy wine-colored curtains with gold trimming to open and the first number to start. At last the program began. Danny Gilio’s School of Stage Dancing was starting the recital. Since there were so many numbers I will only describe the ones that Antoinette appeared in. The first was “Forty-Second Street," in which she wore a pink silk dress trimmed with silver. How pretty she looked. It made me feel proud that I was her playmate. Her next number was a duet in soft shoe rhythm. Her costume was of rose colored satin with white flowers around the neckline. The skirt had many pleats. The next was a grpup number in which she wore a patched suit and an old hat. It was called “New Yorkers.” What I liked best was her solo. I don't think I’ll ever forget how pretty she looked under those bright lights doing the “Broken Rhythm with a flarred skirt covered with lace Swing.” Her costume was of green satin which had very sparkling little gold flowers in it. She had big hooped sleeves GOWANDA, N. Y. DEAR EDITOR: First of all I wish to thank you for the one dollar check I received for my December article. I’m trying to write an article every month and I hope I can keep it up. The weather out here is just nice. The sun in shining after a new-fallen snow. It is a very beautiful day for skating, sleding and skiing. Although winter is a beautiful season I can hardly wait for spring to come, when we will have warmer weather. I’m also including a short story but I couldn’t think of any title. Now, during the winter months, when there wasn’t anything to do during the evenings, Billy got enjoyment out of playing the radio, not listening to it but having it on full blast and looking to see how it was made. When anyone was ill or didn’t feel well, they would tell him to play it softer but he never listened to them. One day he didn’t feel well and his brothers and sisters played the radio loudly and he was pleading with them to turn it off. Later when he was well, they saw a different change in him and he never had the radio on full blast again. Violet Widgay (Age: 16) No. 89, SSCU BARBERTON, O. DEAR EDITOR: Here I fm writing in the Nova Doba again. Now I have to tell you. the news. How glad we are that our aunt and uncle came from Eveleth, Minnesota, John Sedey and his wife, they came to see Ohio. These two weeks here were as cold as in Minnesota. Maybe you boys and girls ask me how I know that the weather is cold over there. My parents told me because they came from Minn. As my father and brother were listening to the news on the radio, she heard a knock at the door; she went to the door and can you guess who it was, — it was my mother’s brother well my uncle and aunt. When we came home from school we saw our aunt and uncle sitting at the table.' Gee how we children were glad to see them for the first time. We never saw them before1. My mother was so glad that she made a surprise party on them Saturday night, January 27; they danced until morning. Sunday morning they headed for Minnesota. They stayed two weeks with us; maybe they would stay longer if he didn’t have business in his store. We are planning to go and see them next year. Valentine Day is peeking around the corner. You boys and girls better not forget to get your mothers and fathers a valentine. Well, I have no more to say so I’ll close and send best Valentine wishes to all the readers and writers. Mary Novak (Age: 12) No. 44, SSCU TRINIDAD, COLO. DEAR EDITOR: It has been quite a while since I have written but have been too busy with school. How is everyone? Fine I hope. I am going to write an incident that occurred before my eyes and also corresponds with the weather we are having now. The topic is Wet. On this day the snow became slush, the- river rushed past bearing large lumps of fast-melting ice, the streets became veritable rivers, and as for the people as I sat there and watched to my surprise . . . Here comes a man carrying an umbrella from which streams of water fell. He rushed madly by, as if he would get less wet when running; but in trying to avoid an unusually large puddle he steps off the sidewalk into the west snow, from which he emerges minus a rubber and wetter than before. As he disappeared, I saw half a dozen girls crowded under one umbrella, their hair sticking in wisps to their faces, their skirts held very high, and their soaking “picture hats” hanging limply over their eyes. As they crossed the street, a cart passes splashing mud and water over them, and so confusing a bicycler that his wheel slips on the slippery pavement, overturning him into the flowing brook of a gutter. Now passed an automobile in which sit creatures in rubber coats and hats down which flow countless rivulets ending in a large puddle in each lap. Here, walking or rather plodding along, goes a man the very picture of wretchedness. His trousers cling to him, his once fine silk hat loofts like a private waterfall, and he has in disgust at last folded his umbrella. By his side is a little lady who looks as if she had just been drowned .leading a poor bedraggled dog something like a wash-cloth. Still it snows, and still it thaws, and still the gutters leak; and on the ceilings comes damp spots; and always from everywhere comes a steady drip, drip, drip. That is all and I will try to write more often. Jennie Tomazin (Age: 13) No. 84, SSCU cold wave has set in now. I’m afraid the supreme officers who are now in j Ely, find it a little too cold. Skating takes up a great deal of my time. I don’t mean in an indoor rink, either. I’m afraid the Ely skaters would find it rather awkward to enjoy skating in a building! Tobagganning is another favorite winter sport. At the present we have no tobaggan slide, but the slopes of the golf course serve just as well. Basketball games are also in full swing in Ely. Our school colors are red and white. A pep squad has recently been organized for our games, and is j out for a good start. From reading the delegates’ accounts of the convention, it seemed that they all had a splendid time. I am very glad; because I certainly enjoyed every minute of it too. I just couldn't keep back a few tears as the train left Ely. The memory of the convention days and all the friends attending it, especially my four guests from Pennsylvania will always remain with me. I hope it’s not too late to wish you all a happy new year. Roseline Mantel No. 1, SSCU Seven Dwarfs.” Between scenes they presented some popular songs of Gulliver’s Travels — “Faithful Forever,” "It’s A Hap-Hap-Happy Day," and “Bluebirds in the Moonlight." It’s the first real marionette show I’ve ever seen and I surely enjoyed it. I wish all Juveniles always greater and bigger happiness and luck and may our page of the Nova Doba continue to be as interesting as in the past and even better. Irene Pavlich, No. 5, SSCU ROUNDUP, MONT. DEAR EDITOR: Well, here I am again as I promised. I only hope I will be able to keep on with my resolution to write every month. Gosh, it’s warm at present, just like spring in the middle of winter. And only last week it was about thirty degrees below zero. But then, I don’t suppose this warm spell will last very long. Semester examinations are all over with and that certainly is a relief. We had our semester and six week’s tests all during a few days and that surely kept one busy cramming for them. We have a new English teacher at school. She has been here a few weeks now. The freshmen were planning to have their dance last week and had everything ready but it had to be postponed BLAINE, O. DEAR EDITOR: This is my first letter to the Nova Doba and I hope you can take a little patience with it. I am a juvenile member of Lodge 155, Blaine, Ohio. I was thinking many times to write, but I always put it off, I’m the type of a person who likes to read better than write. I go to Bridgeport High School and I am a Sophomore. I take the following subjects: English II, Bookkeeping I, Home Economics II, Biology. We have a large band, a very fine basketball team which is very active in the Ohio Valley. We also have a lot of different organizations. I come home from school 4:30 p. m. every day and the first thing I do is turn the dial on the radio to WCLE Cleveland where they play Slovene polkas and waltzes. I am hoping to spend my vacation this summer in Cleveland. I promised Mrs. Matt Petrovich that I would come and stay with her. A few months ago I was in Cleveland. I visited Mr. and Mrs. Česnik, Mr. and Mrs. Petrovich, Mr. and Mrs. Vehar. I was in the Slovene Auditorium, which the janitor is Mr. Vehar. I knew Mr. Vehar for many years. He used to live in Barton. I am thanking the Vehar family for their kindness that they showed me, while I was there. I asked my mother to show me where the Nova Doba was published, but Mr. Terbovec wasn’t in, but I want to meet you and it will be this summer sometime. A few years ago our lodge bought a new flag and we had a large celebration where Mr. Janko Rogelj was our guest speaker. I remember well that he and Mr. Terbovec promised to come to see us again. I hope I see him in the near future also. If this letter doesn’t go into the waste basket, I’ll write again. I wish the JSKJ lodges would get more new members in 1940 and which I am proud to be a member of. Frances Glogovšek ELY, MINNESOTA DEAR EDITOR: It’s been such a long time since I wrote my last letter, that I don’t know just where to begin. The second semester in our Ely schools is looming up before us. After a week of exams, it’« a relief to know that half the school year is over. Each year the music classes give an opera. This yeai “Carmen” was chosen. It will be given on the twenty-ninth of February, with the Ely High School Orchestra accompanying it. I suppose most of you would be surprised to learn that we had our first snow just a few days before Christmas. Just when it began to seem as if we would have some snowless holidays, it did snow. Until the last week, we have had a very mild winter, but a SOUDAN, MINN. DEAR EDITOR: Sister Mary surely surprised me by her most interesting letter last month —I always knew Mary had some hidden genius. She’s very shy and bashful though. The days seem to go by so swiftly during school time when I began to flunk what exciting week-ends await me. I have had some thrilling moments—riding the airplane. I have used the control stick a few times—but I hardly believe I’ll ever become an avia-trix. When the aviator starts the barrel roll, downward dive, the drop, and last but not least—the loop—I can never figure out where the ground really is. It surely is fun—and I only wish that some day I may be at the controls and give another Irene, thrills—thrills which one can never forget. The lakes are firmly frozen over now. (They surely would be with the temperature down to 36 degrees below zero.) Fishing seems to be a predominant sport. I enjoy riding on the lakes when going fishing—the lake is a wonderful highway—so wide and smooth. The car may be going 70 miles an hour and ho patrol man is there to say “No.” The snow that had settled on the lakes, flys up in a terrible-blizzard-like atmosphere as the car speeds along. It really is a wonderful sight. I noticed a few Indians crossing the lake and they stopped and looked with open-mouth astonishment. They probably thought they saw an original “flying demon.” Last Saturday a few of my friends and I decided to do some practice target shooting. I used to be a “good shot” when I was twelve, but I believe I’m j going backwards now, since I have not been out with my 22 very much since then. One of my friends can shoot a penny tn mid-air. It really is a sight to marvel. Practice does make perfect in the game of shooting. Declamations and speech tournaments are coming up this year at school as before—but with a great deal more zeal and promises. This is the first year I believe, in the history of declamations on our Iron Range that the girls are permitted to take orations. I have taken dramatic and humorous declamations in the past and this year I intend to take the oratorical declamation: “The Monster in the Public Square.” I am also working on an interpretive reading. My Speech teacher wished me to take up extemporaneous speaking, but I do not have the faith in myself, as I should have, for I de* clined her wish. The extempore speech requires some extensive study on problems of today—war, peace, and our economic world. On January 27 the Soudan Study Club sponsored a card party and dance at the Elisha Marcon .Auditorium. I went to the dance. I believe it was good entertainment for all since it is very seldom that people of Tower and Soudan have dances. Many high school students were present since now that our school is upset, dances in school are few and far between. Soudan has organized quite a fine team of hockey players — they have won a majority of games which they have played with the neighboring towns. The most interesting game so far has been with the city of Tower, most likely because of the antagonism present. New Year’s election of officers for our lodge proved exciting. My Dad was re-elected president and Brother Jack Recording Secretary. I am going to join the Adult division of the lodge soon since I am going to be eighteen on March 18th (my lucky birthday this year!) I will not be able to belong to the juvenile section — but I surely will never forget those sweet memories of my childhood (my but I’m a big little girl) I always dreaded to think about leaving the Juvenile department — everything was happy, and so interesting — it will always be a great pleasure for me to look back over the Nova Doba and say “Oh, look at Elsie Desmond’s article, how can she write so much?” “Here is Florence D. Startz — she certainly has variety in her articles — some lovely poems.” I am happy to see that some juveniles whom I have met at the convention write — .friendship is more greatly assured and appreciated. Some articles prove interesting because they tell us something new, — an informative article. Bob Jurgel surely tiid a good job of this type of article when he portrayed his wonderful visit to the Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science. Last Thursday we had a fascinating lyceum program at school — a marionette show of ‘‘Snow White and The ELY, MINNESOTA HELLO EVERYBODY: It’s time for some more news from the place where the mercury goes down to 25 below zero and the people wear ear muffs. Though it has been a little chilly lately, we Elyites don’t let the cold weather stop us from having our share of winter fun. The skating rink is always crowded; here and there skiiers in many different positions can be seen, and sleigh-rider parties are in full swing. Next week Saint Theresa’s club, of which I am a member, is going to have a sleigh-ride party, but the trouble is, Ely is getting to be a “one-horse town.” We’ve been looking all over for horses for the sleigh-ride but all of the horses seem to have suddenly disappeared. The truth is, in the winter horses are hired at the logging camps around here to haul logs — hence, the scarcity of horses. Saturday night our special orchestra played at the banquet given by the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. People from all over the United States attended. After the banquet I went to the dance given by Saint Barbara Lodge No. 200. At the dance we were honored by the presence of Mr. Anton Zbasnik, Mr. Kumse, Mr. Vranichar, and Mr. Rogelj. These men gave short speeches that held the interest of all. Mr. Ule and his son furnished the music. A very fine lunch was served by Mrs. Mertel, Mrs. Cerkovnik, and Mrs. Zgonc. And, of course, we can’t forget the beer which means so much to most of the men. I also met some of my old acquaintances. It’s funny, but even in a city the size of Ely, people don’t get to see each other for months at a time. Among the young people present at the Barbara Lodge dance was a pretty young lady, a junior in high school, who is very athletically inclined. She is on the girl’s swimming team and is also captain of a girls’ basketball team. This girl’s name is Emily Grahek,, One day in the gymnasium, she expressed the wish that she could gather up enough courage to write an article to the Nova Doba. (By the way, she said she never misses the juvenile section of the Nova Doba.) Well, Emily, I'm going to try and help you gather up some courage. If you have enough courage to go through the strenuous practice routine of the swimming-team girls, I know you have enough courage to write an article. So — "What say?" — Are we going to hear from you next month, Emily? I hope so A number of people here have been suffering with the flu. The flu does make one uncomfortable; but think of all the people across the ocean that are starving, freezing, dying like animals: Poles, Finns, Russians; yes, even Germans. My grandfather, Evan Push (my mother’s dad) from Krka, Jugoslavia, wrote that a number of young boys had been sent out to get ready to fight and that several teams of horses had been sent to help in case of war. “Conditions are getting worse,” says Grandpa. "The people are nervous and watchful •— worrying, wondering, waiting for the day when our own beloved Jugoslavia may be pulled into the war.” My cousin from Germany writes that she is very careful of what she puts in her letters to us. “All the letters that are sent out,” says she, “are opened, read, and reread.” Woe to the person that writes anything against Hitler, the man hated even by many of his so-called followers. We hope Jugoslavia will not be I dragged into the war. We hope no l other countries will enter this mad fight for power. We can only thank God we live in America! God bless America, our own, our native land Where peace means liberty — liberty, peace, Where desires for land and power cease, Yes, this is our own, our native land Where the people are governed Ey the people's own hand. Justine Korent No. 200, SSCU CLEVELAND, O. DEAR EDITOR: Once again this month I am writing for the Juvenile Page, but this letter will not be as long as my last one in last week’s issue. In last week's issue of .the Nova Doba we had Ed Omahen of Denver, Colorado writing to us his first letter and doing an excellent job. Yes, Ed we agree with you about trying to get new members and thuscon-tributing success to your own lodge. I believe it is all members duty to enroll at least a new member once a month and I feel that many of you others agree with Ed and me both ... Same city we have a nice poem, entitled "The Little Fly” written by Emil Ambrosic, his first letter... His sister, Mary Ann, our other delegate pal finally wrote to the friends of the SSCU her letter, and about her wonderful time in Ely... To Hibbing, Minnesota, another juvenile delegate writes to us again and asks if we all had a nice Xmas. I guess we all did, Carolyn (Continued on page 6) °LD PROFESSOR calls streamline magic CARPET ‘yer Class Together For First Conference! I Louis Omer, Lodge No. 36, John- : j stown, Penna. Joseph Oblak (engineer) Lodge No. 70, Chicago. i Margaret Mary Startz, No. 129, Ely, : Minn. Florence Prosen, No. 173, Cleveland. ,: Rose Koprivnik, Lodge No. 1, Ely, 1 ; Minn. Edward Oshaben, Lodge No. 185, St. . Michael, Penna. Henry Jereb, Beaverdale, Penna. i Bob Jurgel, Lodge No. 26, Pittsburgh, < 1 Penna. (Conductor.) 1 Lois Kochman, Lodge No. 78, Salida, i Colorado. Rosie Cheledina, Lodge 88, Roundup, 1 Montana. 1 { Lillian Tanko, No. 132, Cleveland. 1 Justine Korent, No. 200, Ely. ) ! Violet Widgay, No. 89, Gowanda, N. Y. _ ] j These bright young pupils all start- i j ed the New Year with an article for < j this page. Because Uncle Stan an- i | nounced the Old Professor would re- i I sume his Honor Roll in the same issue ; ; that these scribes had articles, he is : j extending the entry date to include ! February contributions. So everyone ! hop on the bandwagon of fun. Write ! that article—send it in, and we’ll all get j together again next month. Maybe 1 : you’ll all get a star after your name. : When you get six stars—there’ll be : ' a whirr! And something will whirr ] i right towards you! Of course in some I) | cocktail rooms if you get a star it j i means a free round on the house. Tsk !: | tsk, such a way to talk to children, but j. ! Uncle Stan reminded himself that j: Joey Oblak was on board. You know ; I how it is Joey! Heh Heh. So next trip—the first of a series of j 1 dandies will come next juvenile issue, j: Be sure you’re on tap with a story or 1 any kind of article. ’Cause you want j i to be on that Magic Carpet Streamline j: Flyer! I ■ , Class is dismissed, and the professor, i: instead of being last to get out of the j 1 classroom is the first— He had to duck ; : a barrage of tomatoes and the like! 11 Nice pupils! Heh! Heh! : Stan Pechaver i , No. 2 SSCU j treating a situation is w sa imnf*' Especially when you've Offline raUVe Profess01- and a *Elationa,fc.CarPet Flyer. Here's t We’ve ertf *!, ®tan finds himself ^ *e start *!. characters—how start th„ *tlle story? How would *«!. he st°ry?—That's a topic in ^^to^oVtV3 Priday morning frofess™. fi week's honor roll. to cin« I tsk’ is a little Iate in 1 i'oune n *act everyone of his ; ? w Us are on time. They ^*8 SDithau fun~Pulling hair, V J** with rubber bands, '*** litle set \ rootin’~ just a nice *5 ®aking šiingetv,her' There’s a guy «5t; 8 slingshots. Can you im- i ^fessorw’ stlueaking sound of i Jtoodv raio t°n shoes is heard. in J!Xes’ Pushes a bit of v w When the Professor S6* **ie last '*• S peeks in cautiously k 1,1 the fa ltne.some guy hit him se C® with a wet sponge, little o S a*r'ght. His pupils l (l%ed ge*s- He looked up as ; , rooin. and suddenly k8(ts Un ci„ ,0n the floor- Tripped! if*is?* ripes a ™ of£ > his hi glasses further > evoi-f n°Se! Then raps for SCtaS? is ^iet- iT Xt I?.. corner raises his “Arth Doc?” queries Prof. > ^low Ul' told me was 40 ^atiti iSr!”~The whoie ciass *tbhein' s° Withnd the Professor ^ e prow everyone feeling D*^01 ca^s for his prize ft1 ^ Plni-o ’ of Loclge No. 173 t ^ 128 t,Ce Dorothy Startz of « of the iu y> ^nn.; genial co- reariv CarPet Flyer arise CaPWicatv£ ?nn°Unce the Iist of ' ll>e admission. Irene , e’ but k hostess, is missing she can tr ,sister Mary is on X °' 5 in ki zna samo ! : ^C!b«o t,,! niS0 vsta!i. je pa de- . ; atigijj2anje leP° in dobro, ’ f V1'"' in 16 znali tudi jezik ! i . m&ter. 1 , ! S ^ 12- razred, na- i f Š0'° in se P°sl°- ! : ;^Cklh tovarišic, s kate- , ^ A ifti brf *'oli!co lepih mladih i * »tej j ’ Pa ni za pomagati. ' v\j.lnl moramo z njim. oitateljem Nove Dobe! j Matilda Zupančič, ^^uštvo št. 29 JSKJ. j f Ax ELY, MINN. 1 j JUVENILES: | 1 aSheckat(f*’eat surprise to re-1 J the n December ar- t | , J the vo°rds ttlat here might I ery oldest two. Thank ! J , have no idea how s •Hinp y°u have made ' v of ^ant 11116 as °ne of youi is-f*t,,. k„° thank you from ihe i^toii!U- 111 do everything j AJJ* 1940 A Up to it;' You kno.w. V^'itie f, aeic Carpet Honor : everv ;yer is swell and I n6le juvenile writer I vC1' the the flyer. It’s true, teij J °oclles and oodles i V C 0nCe , mbers about as you t(1 to y°u start writing it’s down your pen. V lh, a v, to the Nova Doba, «■ kcoh!- pal' E'sie M. Des-- VI« ^ R,°se Mary Startz Vfc to ;U'garet’s articles. She i EvO&Wa llnd now they ire V^i u ^Ose * r6aret and I didn’t 1 It ni ary was related to i- 1 %r 1 Came through the 1 CUVen»e paee is really i m V%0llth,, **'Ce something now. | 4 i ilRc] five new writers '• ’1.^if>W.a and Im sure we’ll! m,iit5?ext month- \h ^ ti ting that wonder- f I ^0y ^^Hes are expecting ^°w, you can’t let us ti NOVA DOBA rr GLASILO JUGOSLOVANSKE KATOLIŠKE JEDNOTE Lastnina Jugoslovanske Katoliške Jednote IZHAJA VSAKO SREDO Cene oglasov po dogovoru Naročnina za članeTSc letno; m nečlana $1.50; za inozemstvo $2 ofMcial'organ of the SOUTH SLAVONIC CATHOLIC UNION, Inc., Ely, Minn. Owned and Published by the South Slavonic Cathotyc Union, Inc. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY Subscription for members $.12 per year; nonmembers $1.51) Advertising rates on agreement Naslov za vse, kar se tiče lista: NOVA DOBA 6233 St. Clair Are. Cleveland. O. vol. xvi. cj.gfg§MQ4 nqT7 Predkonvenčna članska kampanja JSKJ Glavna nagrada: ‘Prosta vožnja in častno članstvo na 16. konvenciji - 1‘OGOJl ZA KVALIFIKACIJO: Glavni odbor je na svoji seji meseca januarja odredil veliko predkonvenčno člansko kampanjo, ki se ima pričeti 1. marca in zaključiti 30. junija 1940. Glavna nagrada, ki jo je glavni odbrir odobril za uspešne agitatorje ali tekmovalce, je PROSTA VOŽNJA IN ČASTNO ČLANSTVO NA 16. REDNI KONVENCIJI JSKJ meseca septembra v Waukeganu, III. Poleg proste vožnje in častnega članstva na 16. redni konvenciji bodo uspešni koiitestanti upravičeni tudi do dnevnic v znesku $4.00 na dan in do običajnih nagrad, ki jih Jednota plačuje za nove člane in ki so tedensko priobčene v Novi Dobi. Šestnajsta redna konvencija se prične 23. septembra in častni člani konvencije bodo^pozvani na zborovanje 26. septembra. x Kandidat za častno članstvo na 16. konvenciji je lahko vsak član ali članica, mladinskega, ali odraslega oddelka, v starosti od 16. leta naprej. Za kandidata se mora prijaviti pri svojemu društvu in društveni tajnik ali tajnica mora ime ali imena kandidatov sporočiti na glavni urad. Ža vsakega novo pridobljene ga člana bodo kandidat je prejeli gotovo število točk in s častnim članstvom na 16. redni konvenciji bodo odlikovani vsi tisti kandidat je, ki bodo dosegli sledeče število točk: Iz New Yorka, Marylanda in West Virginije ... 4,000 točk; iz Pennsytvanije, Ohio in Minnesote ......... 3,000 ” iz Indiane, Illinoisa in Wisconsina 2,000 ” iz Michigana ......... ..............2,500 ” iz Nebraske ................................. 3,500 ” iz Californije, Oregona in Washingtona ....... 6,000 ” iz vseh ostalih zapadnih držav .............. 5,000 ” Za novopridobljene člane bodo kandidat je za častno članstvo na 16. redni konvenciji prejeli sledeče število točk: ZA ČLANE PRIDOBLJENE V MLADINSKI ODDELEK: Za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt JA (15c mesečno) 100 točk, za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt JII ($1.00 mesečno) 250 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt JC za $500.00 (85c mesečno) ..............................200 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt JC za $1000.00 ($1.60 mesečno) ........................... 400 ’’ ZA ČLANE PRIDOBLJENE V ODRASLI ODDELEK: lo točk za častno članstvo, a se vsled zadržkov ne bo mogel udeležiti konvencije, tedaj se mu bo nakazalo vsoto, ki bo enaka vsoti za vozne stroške in dnevnice. Po društveni seji meseca junija in do 30. junija bodo smeli nove elane sprejemati društveni predsednik, društveni tajnik in društveni blagajnik. Zdravniško preiskavo prosilcev za članstvo v mladinskem oddelku se zahteva samo v državah Ohio in Idaho, drugod se pa iste ne zahteva. Vse prošnje za sprejem in za zvišanje zavarovalnine morajo biti v glavnem uradu ne pozneje kot 5. julija. 1 ukaj je ponudba, kakoršne ni razpisala še nobena organizacija. Enake prilike obiskati konvenčno mesto in pa Chicago ter Milwaukee, ki sta samo uro vožnje oddaljeni od Waukega-na, niste še nikdar imeli. Pogoji so tako ugodni, da jim vsak kandidat lahko zadosti v manj kot enem mesecu. Kdor bo ponudbo sprejel in posvetil kampanji vsaj eno uro na dan, bo svoj cilj prav lahko dosegel. ANTON ZBAŠNIK, glavni tajnik. riško armado in mornarico in za domače civilno letalstvo. NACIJI V MEHIKI V Mehiki deluje vsaj par sto nemških agentov in špijonov, katerih glavna naloga je netiti sovraštvo Mehikancev napram Zedinjenim državam in dajati direktive za sabotažo v ameriških tovarnah, ki izdelujejo letala in drugi vojni material za Anglijo in Francijo. Mehiška policija je zadnje čase aretirala že več teh nemških špijonov. VSAK PO SVOJE (Nadaljevanje V neki znanstveni reviji čita- j mo, da se pivo navadno izdeluje j iz hmelja, vino iz grozdja in žga- j nje iz žita, ampak da je teh vrst j pijače možno izdelovati tildi iz riža, kaktusa, sliv in krompirja. I Mi, ki nismo znanstveniki, toda smo šli skozi visoko šolo prohibicije, bi mogli h gori omenjenim surovinam dodati še marsikaj. Na primer: fige, borovnice, bezeg, maline, kolerabo, buče, čmeriko, regrat, deteljo, alfalfo itd. Bogovi, kaj vse smo pili tekom prohibicije! čudno, da smo še živi! Francoska patrolna ladja je nedavno ustavila španski parnik Castillo Beular, ki je bil naložen z nemškim blagom za Španijo. Vse je kazalo, da bo tovor zaplenjen, toda, ko so našli na španskem parniku tudi lep nov avtomobil, Hitlerjevo darilo španskemu diktatorju Francu, je francoska pomorska patrulja dovolila španskemu parniku odpluti. Francoska jeza napram diktatorjem torej ni tako huda kot si navadno predstavljamo. * včasih je treba dati priznanje in pohvalo tudi sovražniku. To ni. vselej lahko, pa je pošteno. Jaz nisem bi! še nikoli prijatelj zime in menda nikoli ne bom, toda letošnjo januarsko zimo v Minnesoti sem hvalil na vsa usta, in bi jo bil še bol j, če bi bil imel več časa. Seveda je tudi to relativno, če v Clevelandu kaže tofdomer 20 nad ničlo, se kremžimo in pritožujemo, v Minnesoti smo pa zimi enakih prufov peli hozano s tako ihto, da se je tamkajšnjim domorodcem kar za malo zdelo. Na tihem jih je Aienda nekoliko jezilo, ker nam južnjakom niso mo-, gli pokazati 25 ali 30 pod ničlo, češ, kaj imate pa vi! Na federalnem sodišču v New Yorku se je moral nedavno zagovarjati črnec zaradi lastova-nja in obratovanja 100-galon-skega kotlička. Odvetnik obtoženca je prosil sodnika, naj ne bo prestrog, češ, da tisti kotliček ni bil za profit, ampak je bil samo nekak hišni prijatelj revnega Črnca. Sodnik pa je obtoženca kljub temu obsodil na šest mesecev zapora. Iz tega je razvidno, da si človek dandanes niti prijateljev ne sme izbirati po svojemu okusu. Znanstveniki že dolgo časa znajo vzgajati nove rastlinske vrste s križanjem različnih rastlin, ki so si deloma sorodne. Tako smo dobili rastline, ki so napol marelica in napol sliva, napol paradižnik ia napol krompir, napol buča in napo! melona, napol rž in napol pšenica, napol tobak in napol petunija itd. Slična križanja med živalmi so nam dala mulo, ki je napol konj in napol osel, živyjo, ki je napol govedo in napol bivol, perutnino, ki je napol kura in napol puran itd. Pravijo tudi, da je mogoče križanje med lisico in volkom. Vsi taki križanci, rastlinski ali živalski, se imenujejo hibridi. Vpričo tega se mi zdi, da sem tudi jaz, dasi nenanienoma, vzgojil čudovitega hibrida, namreč r.ahfcd, ki je napel minneeot- s 1. strani) ski in napol ohijski. Tako čuden in godrnjav je kot dete lisice in volka. Jaz se pa zdaj ukvarjam s pamžem, ki je nastal iz tega divjega zakona, in ga skušam likvidirati z medom in brandy-em. Tudi ta medicina" je hibrid. Med je nabran na ohijskih lipah, jablanah, detelji in ajdi, brandy pa je izdelan iz califor-nijskega grozdja. Razmerje sestavin te medicine je po nasvetu dr. Caheja: žlica medu in pint brandya. Pa, prosim, nikomur ne povejte! A. J. T. RAZNO IZ AMERIKE IN INOZEMSTVA (Nadaljevanje n 1. »trsni) delki in pridelki se prodajajo Kitajcem in Japoncem, Angležem, Francozom, Italijanom, Rusom, Švedom, Norvežanom, Fincem, Dancem, sploh vsem, ki morejo plačati in jih odpre-miti. Ameriške simpatije so lahko tu ali tam, toda business je business. , UDOBNOST ZA TURISTE V vseh državah zapadno od reke Mississippi in po nekaterih državah srednjega zapada bodo turistom, potujočim po železnicah, v večjih mestih na razpolago avtomobili v najem. Te avtomobile bodo posojale železnice proti določeni odškodnini. Turisti bodo na večje daljave lahko udobno potovali z vlaki, nakar bodo manjša okrožja lahko obiskali z izposojenimi avtomobili. V to svrho se je združilo 11 večjih zapadnih železniških družb in avtomobilska u-godnost bo potnikom na razpolago od 1. maja naprej. ŠKODA VSLED ZIME Mrzli zimski val, ki je v januarju segel daleč na jug, je posebno v Floridi povzročil veliko škodp, največ na zgodnji zelenjavi. Računa se, da direktna po mrazu povzr očena škoda znaša okrog 8 milijonov dolarjev; nadaljne 3 milijone dolarjev škode pa odpade na semena, gnojila in delo. Tudi na južnem sadju je mraz povzročil precej škode, vendar ne toliko kot na zelenjavi. SAMO PO ZAKONU Novi zvezni državni pravdnik Robert Jackson je odločen zahtevati izpolnjevanje postav, toda ne bo dovolil preganjanja manjšinskih strank zaradi političnega prepričanja. Kdor prekrši postavo, naj bo kaznovan, toda kdor je samo drugačnega mnenja kot večina, ni zaradi tega kazniv. Jackson se še Spominja, kako so ga tekom zadnje svetovne vojne napadali nekateri nadstoprocentni patrioti, ko je napt otoval ideji pošilja-1 nja ameriških vojakov v Evro- j po. TOVARNE RASTEJO Ameriške tovarne, ki izdelujejo letala, se neprestano širijo. Samo evropske države so naročile v Zedinjenih državah za več kot tisoč milijonov dolarjev letal. Poleg tega je treba izpolniti naročila leta! aa amo BALKANSKA KONFERENCA Konferenca balkanskih diplomatov, ki se je v začetku tega meseca vršila v Beogradu, je začrtala smernico ožjega sodelovanja med balkanskimi državami. Sklenjeno je bilo, da se balkanska zveza podaljša še za sedem let; da vse balkanske države zasledujejo odločno in miroljubno nevtralnostno politiko; da stoje skupno na straži za nedotakljivost vsake posamezne balkanske države; da se izboljšajo odnošaji med Madžarsko in Bolgarijo. Zdi se, da so balkanski državniki prišli do spoznanja, da če balkanske države pozabijo na svoje medsebojne spore in predstavijo napram ostali Evropi nekako skupno fronto, se morda izognejo evropski vojni. Za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $250.00 150 točk, za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $500.00 300 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D« za $1000.00 600 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $1500.00 900 99 za člatia, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $2000.00 . . 1200 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D" za $3000.00 1800 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E" ali “F” za $250.00 200 točk za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F" za $500.00 400 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E" ali “F” za $1000.00 800 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $1500.00 1200 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $2000.00 1600 99 za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali '‘F” za $3000.00 2400 99 Za člane, ki bodo pristopili v odrasli oddelek iz mladinske- KAJ STORI TURČIJA? Turška vlada je pretekli te-eten nenadoma zasegla nemške ladjedelnice v Istambulu ali Carigradu. Govori se, da bo v kratkem vlada zasegla vso nemško lastnino v Turčiji. Nemški tehniki in mornarji so odslovljeni. Zdi se, da se na Balkanu pripravlja vojni vihar. Turčija je, kakor znano, zaveznica Anglije in Francije, dasi se vojne ne udeležuje. Ruski vladni časopis “Izvestija” svetuje balkanskim narodom, naj se pripravijo, da jih tuji interesi ne zapletejo v nevarno borbo. Jugoslovanska Katoliška Jednota v Ameriki ELY, MINNESOTA GLAVNI ODBOR: a). Iz vrše valni odsek: Predsednik: PAUL BARTEL, 225 N. Lewis Ave., Waukegan, «*• Prvi podpredsednik: JOSEPH MANTEL, Ely, Minn. k n Drugi podpredsednik: PAUL J. GBLOCK, R. D. 1, Turtle,. neAver. Tretji podpredsednik: FRANK OKOREN, 4759 Pearl St., v* Colo. ricVG- Četrti podpredsednik: JOHN P. LUNKA, 1266 E. 173rd St., v land, Ohio. Tajnik: ANTON ZBASNIK, Ely, Minn. Pomožni tajnik: PRANK TOMSICH, JR., Ely, Minn. Blagajnik: LOUIS CHAMPA, Ely, Minn. n.ftchur^ Vrhovni zdravnik: DR. F. J. ARCH, 618 Chestnut St., F1C1SU Penna. f C]jU Urednik-upravnik glasila: ANTON J. TERBOVEC, 6233 SC. Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. b). Nadzorni odsek: Predsednik: JOHN KUMSE, 1735 E. 33rd St., Lorain, OW0- 4 1. nadzornik: JANKO N. ROGELJ, 6203 Schade Ave., Ciev ft °hi°. Trjitet, Sil] 2. nadzornik: FRANK E. VRANICHAR, 1312 N. Center St., Illinois. J m 3. nadzornik: MATT ANZELC, Box 12, Aurora, Minn. pi, L, 4. nadzornik: ANDREW MILAVEC, Box 31, Meadow . --------------------------------------------------——— ; In GLAVNI POROTNI ODBOR: « Predsednik: ANTON OKOLISH, 1078 Liberty Ave., Barberto ’ ; ^ 1. porotnik: JOHN SCHUTTE, 4751 Baldwin Ct„ Denver, coi 2. porotnik: FRANK MIKEC, Box 46, Strabane, Pa. 3. porotnica: ROSE SVETICH, Ely, Minn. , «,?, h 4. porotnik: VALENTIN OREHEK, 264 Union Ave., Broot^ „ Jednotino uradno glasilo. : £||, NOVA DOBA, 6233 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio ^ ; ................................................—---- — ’ i ^ Vse stvari, tikajoče se uradnih ladev, naj se pošiljajo »a SlaFIJyfva0 naj 80 denarne po&iljatve pa na glavnega blagajnika. Vse pritožbe in pn* i\i0i IT naslovi na predsednika porotnega odbora. Prošnje za sprejem n nsjjjajo 81 prošnje xa zvišanj^ zavarovalnine in bolniška spričevala naj se P vrhovnega idravnika. mefflW uj' fQty Dopisi, društven* naznanila, oglasi, naročnina nečlanov ln lzprei ^ y ^ ilovov naj se pošiljajo na naslov: Nova Doba, 0233 St. Clair Aye., ^ Jugoslovanska Katoliška Jednota v Ameriki je najboljša JP* gfojjfl* aavarovalnica v Zedinjenih državah in plačuje najllberalnejše P°riUt 1 1865 -■.» i« rojsV / I j vesa naj se izredcip jo, kajti vsako dr^° jn iflj S presajanju nekaj ko ^ oi to začasno- ne more ' * j ? toliko vej kot prej' je % Z rastočih dreves J g tem času odstranijo vS ^ polomljene veje. ^m ^ pregoste, se zamorej0 < jr % ti slabejše ali Pa 3'i t s kovca v barskem ok*8' til se je v Vir-Paz®^’ ej opanke. S seboj je *n1 j\ * a ko je prišel v Sv vec zahteval 42 din ^v. kan jo je nato mahn1 sp i| i rico, ker je slišal, » . »>,i > Dpanke za 2 din cen®J prihranil ta 2 din, -’e pribliiao 100 lan ^ of^i i konferirancev podala in civilna i vojna je končala. Unija je bila ohranjena, suženjstvo pa je bilo odpravljeno. Veselje za mir se ni še poleglo, ko je morilec ubil Lincolna v gledališču 14. aprila istega leta. že ob odprtem grobu je ves ameriški narod in sploh ves svet občutil velikost moža. In njegova slava je rastla od dne do ! dne. Lincoln je postal junak j svobode, demokracije in preprostega ljudstva. Njegov spomin ostane večen. — FLIS. RAVNANJE Z DREVJEM (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) ------- velike ostare’e rogovile. Dre-1 vesce naj se ne posadi bolj glo-' fcoko kot je rastlo prej. Izkoplje | naj se primerno globoka in dovolj široka jama, da se korenine drevesa lepo razpeljejo, to je, da jih ni treba zakrivljati ali podvijati. Predolge debele korenine se smejo primerno prirezati; to se naj izvrši z ostrim nožem ali škarjami. Vse obtolčene ali nalomljene korenine naj se odrežejo. Za drevo so važne drobne korenine; kolikor vec teh drobnih korenin j ima drevo, tem boljši so pogoji | za rast. Pod korenine in na korenine je priporočljivo nasuti dobre gnojne prsti, toda nikoli ne svežega gnoja. Med koreninami ne sme ostati nikakega1 praznega prostora, zato je pri sajenju priporočljivo rabiti tudi roke. Ko je vsa zemlja na- j za j zasuta, naj se jo dobro pO- j tlači, nakar se okoli debla napravi plitva vdrtina za nabiranje vode. Sadi naj se v suhem | vremenu, po sajenju pa naj se | drevo dobro zalije. Nekoliko ve-!' eja drevesa je dobro privezati j h kolti Veje • presajenega Ire & ENGLISH SECTION OF B V 01 f'»cia|0rgan W of the South Slavonic Catholic Union. AMPLIFyiNG THE VOICE OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING MEMBERS lanapolis News feolis> Ind- — The °f the newly or-% ' Joseph’s Sports fofc J”6 ’ SSCU held on NsfeL »embers. ^^eetin!^ Brodnick °Pen-^ ttiemt. initiating two Cets Eob West ^ber« „e' After these two blithe ^ accepted ^ electLmembers Present ve ^ Club °f °®cers for our rere elected as °f- k. jj: sPorts Club: Presi-feident rS ^i^harcic; vice S,e;0LrS Loviscek; sec-Nn P* ^ secretary, Mrs. % r ■ , ovnik; treasurer, K grS6k; Publicity com-juf ,Un° Canalas, Mary ^ lna Mauser, Sophie terai hue- 'is : Iness of the meet- |, -v jj, 0r§anizing bowling t eParation for the J Ifcelci i„U^!ament Which will ft ^date h leveland in April. 111 ht J as not been definite- ii ^ headr,"111 be forthcoming j Jeters. Si)n i^°0d turnout at the ge/y but we would ^;j- Pfesent °^ers wh° were $ | W p £?* Del i Sr- and Mr- r,! n were looking ft Sing T°Spects and enjoyed * are prepared the bacon. ttior S ^or the time n ije al.6 next time. I hope f \ our pros bowl on ^ ^tlo r. J^das, Pub. Com. Wl,'n Skidding too n :‘,M fMt>,,, lany Motorists are j to,!a^er drivers. They : ^ j. good brakes, *I\ts Cs> and cindered ■sNse Ud ^00 kittle of com- ^KiS, the greatest win-1 ^ vviH continue m] tk * a11 the efforts to 'I auSers. Even with 5 i’, j!0u’re not sure of I Th y°U h°ld y°Ur J to' best brakes 1 ^ s °’ are useless once 3 |,VWerve8 out Of con-> ^ e oy/°Ur car begins to Č y10 relPray to regain con' $C *8e thc brakes and Lectio, front wheels in V8 Vn ^’nith the rear C S dl"S' :ftf8i»lnWfy to P1''’™1 ■ S ft at)M 3 w down grad- ■ ^Piyuig and releasing «’ ^ntil most of the I v^. rj,0 the car has been bave the time •f \ Iltlport ^ gra(lual stop, it’s 1 to dl'ive slowly \ S°^ Ji ’ aIer^ to forsee V.^ to -lere it may be ne-^de^01 0n the brakes ^emergency stop. Human Fly to- j Wh0 hospital. His Jaim ” Weather & Whether By Max Fink Conemaugh, Pa. — As the cold weather keeps its grip in this section, your writer could not hibernate any longer without writing some discussions which happen to be the main topics of the beginning of any conversation. It’s mostly an everyday custom—the colder the weather the hotter it becomes a conversational question. Yes that’s cn every Tom, Dick, and Harry’s mind. When the mercury does a nose dive, people get into discussions and arguments which lead to wagers and wrangles. I hope nobody loses a good friend on account of the weather. The thermometers are visited very much right now, but the Weather Bureau in Washington is, of course, the last court of appeals for all climatic disputes. Right now the raging question on everybody’s conversation is: What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in U. S., when it was registered, and where it was registered? Well the answer is 66 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit), at Riverside Ranger Station, Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, February 9, 1933. I bet that was one time, that nobody enjoyed skiing or sleigh riding in that section of the country. Some other everyday questions are—is there a state which never has experienced zero weather? The answer is No. The state that comes the closest of not experiencing much cold weather is Florida which once recorded only two degrees below zero. Which state had the colder-weather, South Carolina or Louisiana? This is a trick question because South Carolina, which is considerably farther north than Louisiana, has seen the mercury at 11 below, while Louisiana has had is down to 16 below. Which has been colder, Maine or New Mexico? The answer is neither because its been 48 degrees below in both states. Texas or Delaware? Texas by six degrees. Rhode Island or Alabama? Both have had recorded temper atures of 18 below zero. Now are you frozen yet? If you are, how about something on the country’s hottest weather ? The record set in Death Valley, California still stands at 134 degrees. Now you see' that at times it’s as cold, if not colder', in the so-called warm states of the south as it is here in the north. I think that at this time of the year it is one of our duties to see whether or not our plans for a SSCU Softball League shall be completed. This League which I am talking about is the one which had been talked about at the close of the last softball season. I see that Lodge 35 from Beaverdale, Pa., is making progress by holding dances at intervals for the benefit of of the softball team. What do you say SSCU lodges around Johnstown? Let’s get together and form a league which will show interest within the brothers and sisters of SSCU. Conemaugh is 100 per cent for this organization and I believe we can get Lodge 35 from Beaverdale also. We would like to form a league of six lodges at least. How about St. Michael, Kelso, and any other lodges cooperating with us. I hope to read about tile thoughts of the other BRIEFS Claridge News :*i ! In Ludlow, Colo., lodge 233, j SSCU will hold a dance on Sat-I urday, February 17, at the ! Highway 85 hall. Proceeds of [the dance shall go into the lodge treasury. ! The importance of the Balkans as a cog in World Peace ; machinery is everywhere recog-j nized today. But there was an-j other time, during the Balkan I Wars, 1912-13, when the Bal-I leans were the battleground of ! southeastern Europe. Mr. An-! thony J. Klančar, Cleveland stu-! dent of Yugoslav literature, has written an article “The Balkan I Wars and Serbian Literature” I for the Winter issue of “Books i Abroad,” international quarter-1 I ly. Dealing with the effects of ' wars on literature, it describes the condition of Serbian poetry | and other literary production { before the outbreak of the World War. This is Mr. Klan-car’s first article dealing ex- j clusively with Serbian litera- j ture. His work in this field has up till now been confined to re- \ viewing Yugoslav books for: “Books Abroad.” Mr. Klančar! has written largely on Slovene j literature. Colorado Federation Boncarbo, Colo. — I received the following information from Bro. Frank L. Tomsic of Wal-senburg, Colo, on the forthcoming meeting of the Colorado SSCU Federation. This meeting, which is scheduled to take place in Walsenburg, is in the care of the two SSCU lodges located in that city. The next meeting of the Colorado Federation of SSCU lodges will take place on Sunday, March 31, 1940, at Kapusin’s hall, starting at 9 a.m. A dance will be held on the evening before, that is Saturday, March 30, proceeds to go into the federation treasury. This dance will be held in Pavilion’s hall on 7th street. Music will be furnished by Berdin-Jerman. Bro. Tomsic requests that I report the number of lodge representatives to attend the federation meeting. Unfortunately, i I cannot give him a complete report as only five lodges have responded so far. I therefore request the secretaries of the remaining Colorado SSCU lodges to please report, without further delay, the number of representatives to attend. Also the lodges, who are not yet members of the federation, are invited to join and to send representatives. Inasmuch as the regular SSCU convention will take place this year, it is our duty to discuss the by-laws and to suggest necessary changes. Bro. Frank Okoren, third supreme vice president and active secretary of lodge 21, SSCU, Denver, Colo, reports to me that his lodge has elected him to the by-law committee. Let the other lodges follow this example, and let their representatives bring along suggested changes, corrections and additions to the federation meeting. Delegates who shall represent the Colorado lodges at the regular convention will then be duly informed of the wishes of the majority of the members in this state. If all SSCU lodges in Colorado joined the federation, the membership would number 2,000 or more in both departments. At the end of 1938, our federation represented 1,517 members. We read with great interest the report of our supreme secretary Anton Zbasnik who was overjoyed with the new year’s greetings of a lodge secretary who accompanied new juvenile application blanks with her Avishes. Let us follow the good example of this secretary and enroll new members in both departments. John Lipec, Sec’y. Drive Safely The manufacturer's of automobiles by constant study and research have increased the speed and the safety features in their cars. Unfortunately the drivers of these cars have failed to increase their skill and reduce their bad driving habits. Habits of walking and driving, that were permissable in the horse and buggy days are causing the accidents today. Alert attention and caution are necessary for modern traffic conditions. Bureau of Public Relations Cleveland Police Dept. lodges regarding our plans about a great SSCU League! Max Fink Lodge No. 30 The Awakening At Indianapolis Indianapolis, Ind. — I should start this article: This is my first article to the Nova Doba, I belong to St. Joseph’s lodge, 45, SSCU, of Indianapolis, and have been a member for 23 years. But 1 won’t continue. For years, we, the members of St. Joseph lodge of Indianapolis have been trying to get the unit to become sport minded. We have quite a number of young members who read the articles in the Nova Doba about j the various tournaments sponsored by the SSCU. We Have been quite envious of the other lodges who have been competing j in these tournaments; therefore, we have decided to stop being a wallflower and get into the; swing of things. With the sports committee set up, our dreams j had materialized. The date was j set for a meeting of all sports-! minded members, and about thirty showed up. Officers elected are: Louis Milharčič, presi- j dent; Louie Louiscek, vice presi-! dent; Louie Lekse, treasurer; Caroline Predovnik, secretary; Sophie Somrak and Brono Ka-; nalec, publicity commi 11 e e .; Plans were made for increasing the sports treasury and for the coming bowling tournament to be held in Cleveland on April 27 and 28. Prospects of this lodge look very promising, and we will all be in Cleveland and really be in there a. pitchin’. On reading the Nova Doba, I wonder where all the Stans’ come from. The articles are good reading and are well written. Anne Prosen has some splendid article^. Maybe now that our lodge has “arisen from the dead” we,might have some; representation on the English-j conducted page from Indiana- j polis. I hope to meet all of the Stans and the rest of the SSCU members. I will be seeing you in Cleveland. Louis Louiscek No. 45, SSCU Claridge, Pa. — Once again St. Michael’s lodge, 40, SSCU is being heard from. At the December annual meeting, the following officers were elected: John Supancic, president; Henry Yerina, vice president; Frank, Supansic, treasurer; Rudy Ye-; rina, recording secretary; An-j dy Kosoglav, financial secre-, tary; John Turk, Rudy Kosoglav and Nick Yakovich, trus-l tees. Nick Yakovich, athletic, supervisor. Here is hoping for a highly successful year in 1940 and with the proper co-opera-j tion from the membership, we should make great strides. Although our lodge has not: been heard for sometime in the Nova Doba, we have been keptj quite active. Several new meih- j bers have enrolled into our lodge. Bowling has been onima in sport this season. At the^ 1939 national SSCU duckpin tournament, our team won the j championship in the men’s division. while our' ladies’ team I placed second in the women’s j division. It is our desire to come j home with both teams winning first place in 1940. John Utz-! man, Firpo Bianchette, Joe P. Hatycka, Peggy Supansic and Neen Yakovich are all back for this coming event. Back again with much improvement are Pappy Schmuck, Ham Yerina! and Lou Butcher. A newcomer | to our fold is John Weija, a fel-; low from whom you shall hears a lot. To date, we have won 17! games and lost 12. Our team is anxious to play match games with any SSCU I team within the radius of 50; miles of Claridge. So what do j you say, Pittsburgh,' Canons-buig, Strabane, Center, Elec- ■ trons, and others residing in this neighboring vicinity. We are willing to play any one of these teams on a home and i home basis. Please contact the writer for further details. Nick Yakovich, Athl. Supr. Box 112 PLANS READY FOR GIGANTIC CON VENTION CAMPAIGN! FREE TRIP TO WAUKEGAN, ILL.; CONVENTIO CITY IS REWARD! WITHIN EVERYONE’S REACH By Uncle Stan Lodge 233 (^||j city.' they' complet^ ed plans which will electrify the fraternal world, particularly the membership of our own organization. The 16th quadrenniel regular convention of our SSCU will be held in Waukegan, 111., this September. And around this was built the most amazing fraternal plan for increasing membership — second only to the original juvenile convention and athletic conferences. It means that members will be able to take a trip to Waukegan, III., with all expenses paid and $4 per day during the latter part of our convention! Realizing that our Union’s progress cannot be retarded; that steps must be taken to keep on promoting; to keep the SSCU on its record of being the most progressive organization in the nation, there was one man who laid awake nights, thinking, thinking, always thinking — seeking a new way to build better fraternalism through new original, and productive ideas. He is Anton Zbasnik, our supreme secretary. And from this mind was conceived another original idea which will stimulate the ever-growing roots of our Union. Before the supreme board arrived, Bro. Zbasnik had ground work for this thrilling campaign laid out. Details were nearly complete, and when presentation was made to the supreme board for approval, there was no doubt about the outcome. For this idea was accepted enthusiastically, and it means the beginning of another banner year for our SSCU — and a great deal of success depends on how our vast progressive membership accepts this campaign of campaigns. Will they be enthusiastic and see what tremendous opportunity lies before them? Reactions will be waited eagerly! Everyone pays lodge dues each month. They pay for the insurance and health protection —which must always come first. But after that, what else can they get. Aren’t they all in a sense stockholders in a vast fraternal empire that they I themselves built up? Yes, they' are, and that is why so much attention should be given every individual member! With this great thought in mind, the idea conceived by our j supreme secretary hinges j around a spirited campaign drive for- new members which officially opens March 1, and will be climaxed when successful campaigners meet together with delegates — all like one ] big happy family, in Waukegan, home of the 16th regular convention this Sept. 23. Waukegan is nicely situated. Just a short distance between, two great cities — Milwaukee to the north, and Chicago to the; eouth. And the link between — a straight two-lane highway which will make it so con veni-| c-nt for sight-seeing trips and the like. There will be so many .things to do, and it is being ; made possible by this campaign. If you read last week’« official minutes of the supreme I board session, you would have noted that the rules governing the campaign were printed in (detail. It will run on a point system: If you live in Maryland, New York or West Virginia, you’ll need 4,000 points; Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Minnesota, 3,000 points; Indiana, Illinois, or Wisconsin, 2,000 points; Michigan, 2,500 points; Nebraska, 3,500 points; California, Oregon, or Washington, 6,000 points; all other states, 5,000 points. Here’s how you get the “points.” In the juvenile department— I for every new member enrolled in JA (15 cents per month' plan, it counts 100 points, For every juvenile enrolled on the .IB ($1.00 per month) plan, 250 points. For every new juvenile enrolled in Plan JC, ($500 or 85 cents per month) you get 200 points. And for all juveniles insured for $1,000 under JC you get 400 points. When the official table is printed look through it, and then plan an early start to qualify for that trip to Waukegan. In the adult department a similar plan has been adopted. Number of points depends on the type and amount of insurance a new member signs for. The rules of the contest will be printed in full, aiid kept in front of your eye" each week, go that you can aee for yourself just what progress you are making. PREPARtC FOIl MAR« 1! START SIZING UP YOUR COMMUNITY N O W , A N D WHEN T H E C O N T E S T STARTS YOU V1LL BE THE HONORED PE ISON WHO WILL BE TH.'J FIRST TO QUALIFY, AND YOU CAN BE SURE THAT UNCLE STAN WILL WRITE A SWELL STORY ABOUT IT, IF HE HAS TO COME OYER TO YOUR TOWN TO INTERVIEW YOU PERSONALLY! Shrouded in secrecy these last few weeks is the story of the mysterious person —rather lady -— in Cleveland and Bro. Janko N. Rogelj, genial creator of the mystery is not relenting. To date he has not revealed the name.The young lady didn't write either as your Uncle Stan was led to believe. But Ha Ha! Uncle Stan thinks he has the thing solved pretty well — Head next week’s thrilling installment of the story which is causing the eyes of the nation to focus in this direction ! Gophers of lodge No. 2 planned wonderful entertainment at their last meeting Thursday. But very little of it came through as expected. First of all. uniforms for the three Happy Hosts — Perushek, Pechek, and Pechavar, didn’t come till the day after the party was over. Next the amplifying units, scheduled to be temporarily installed for the stage and floor {Continued on pm;«' 0) Ludlow, Colo. — The following officers were elected at the December meeting of lodge “Sloga,” 233, SSCU: Steve Sa-lapic, president; .Bruno Bene-deti, secretary; John Logar, treasurer; B. Bell, recording secretary. The lodge will continue to meet on the third Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. In the future, the meetings shall be conducted in the English1 language, so that those who do not understand Slovene may not have reason to complain. I hope that the members shall attend the lodge meetings in greater numbers. I-take this means to caution the members to pay their assessments on time. Failure to pay means suspension. Those parents whose children are enrolled in the juvenile department of our lodge, and wrho are in arrears several months of assessments, are requested to catch up on their obligations by the end of this month, for next month the lodge shall not pay any assessments for any member. On Saturday, February 17, our lodge shall hold a dance, proceeds to go into the lodge treasury. The dance shall take j place in “Highway 85” hall in j Ludlow, beginning at 8 p.m. John Logar, treasurer! \ Rambling Chatter S'int.. ------------ By Big Stan Strabane, Pa. — This is the story of the Strabane Sentinels, the campaign child born during the conference-conven-tion campaign of 1939. like all human children in its early stages of infancy, life is not too certain as a thousand and one complications may set in and take away the child’s last heart beat. But as the child grows and becomes older, so does its resistance against death becomes greater and soon the child is classed in the average group with a better than ten to one chance of maturing. The daily health chart of the Sentinels could have run on lines similar to that of a child, hut not a healthy child. This new bom child had the misfortune to hit unforseen complications, complications that were serious and reached the point where they actually threatened the very life of the Sentinel child. Fever set in, its temperature rose to the danger point and the state of delirium set in. For many days the child was not alive and not dead. Then as all hopes for a complete recovery were about to be lost, the doctors found the cause and prescribed the rightful remedy and the crisis was reached. The child rallied, responded to the treatment and finally showed definite signs of recovery. Its days of convalescence were short and soon the Sentinel child was completely recovered and took on the aspects of a healthy, normal child —with a better than ten to one chance of maturing to manhood. Today, the Sentinel child is nearing his first birthday in splendid health and shows definite signs of bearing no ill effects of his illness. The progress is upward and though little the first month of the new year, nevertheless its health is...improving and that's what really counts. All of the ill effects have been removed and a careful watch in the future by its doctore will not let anything harm its fast improvements. 1940 will be a banner year for the child IF the doctors keep their promise and enforce its present code. First Anniversary The Sentinel child will have his first birthday this coming month but the anniversary will ngt be celebrated until the weather is warmer and the days longer. This has been decreed by the doctors because in this manner, you will have longer to celebrate and better weather to travel and enjoy yourself. That is why we ask you to keep June 15th open so we all can celebrate the first anniversary and the recovery of the Sentinel child. It will be a fitting occasion and we will plan n day’s entertainment to please all so keep watch in the Nova Doba for further developments. But now, just remember that June 15th will be Sentinels' day in Strabane at Drenik’s park. Will we see you then? Sentinels’ Sallies Sally—a word that covers a multitude of meanings, among which are: a dart of intellect, a bit of fancy, to leap forth or to issue suddenly. Such a word should be fitting for this bit of writing for at times there will be a bit of fancy or again, bits of lodge news will be given to you suddenly. For example: Mike Migliorati, the boy that pays first continues his very good habit by being the first to have his dues in for the month ... John Bevec and John Tershel, a pair of Johns that believe in keeping paid up in advance... Pete Lombardi, our new recording secretary very active on the job and will make one of the better Sentinels soon Lodge 170 About This and That! Chicago, 111. — All members of lodge “Zvezda,” 170, SSCU are cordially invited to attend the next meeting on Wednesday, February 21, in the usual quarters. We shall take into consideration, and discuss the by-laws, and for this reason, it is advisable that all members look over the by-laws, and if in their opinion any changes are necessary, to present them at the next meeting. The results of our discussions will then be submitted to the federation of SSCU lodges, which shall meet on April 7, in La Salle, 111. The convention year is an ideal time to devote to our by-laws, in addition to the campaign for new members. It is the duty of all to assist in improving the various sections. The delegates who shall represent our lodges will in turn then be governed by the various proposals, and make decisions accordingly. From the minutes of the supreme board’s annual meeting it is evident that the supreme board too will make certain suggestions to bring the by-laws up to date. Therefore, the rest of the membership should assist them to the best of their ability, so that the by-laws will be modernized and improved as much as possible. We shall also take up the two dances at our next meeting. These dances were sponsored by the Chicago SSCU lodges, and took place during the months of October and December. Agnes Jurecic, Sec’y There’s a Moral in This Mr. Dicker is considerably peeved. He is wearing his soup and fish and is going to play bridge at the Van Hams. He hates the Van Hams, and feels all bundled up in his evening clothes. Besides he’s a rotten bridge player. Why is he going, you may well ask. Because, when his fond and loving wife asked him what day it was, he refrred her to the date on the morning paper. Of course, it was their wedding anniversary! Ho hum. Husbands are a stupid breed. ... Carl Subrick promising to have four good members in the near future, all of which Carl states will be very good material for the Sentinels ... Stanley Guzel and John Martinček becoming interested in the doings of the Sentinels ... Rudy Krulce to uphold the Sentinels score this coming tenpin tournament in Cleveland... and that the Sentinels will definitely take in the tenpin tourney this year... A bit of Fancy, yes it sure is for John Tershel has given your reporter a fancy way to conduct the office and books of the secretarial post. It will eliminate many a headache and at the same time reduce the heavy burdens of being secretary. Yea man, all the members have to do now is to pay on time and the job of being secretary will be a PLEASURE. So thank you Johnny, your method will give me many additional valuable moments for other duties. As a parting shot, you Sentinels are again reminded of the importance of attending the monthly meeting and of having your dues in on time. This new system does not allow for tardiness and YOU will suffer if you don’t break the bad habit of tardiness. You have been warned so beware. Attend your meeting and above all, pay your dues on time. Stan Progar No. 236 SSCU By Elsie M. Desmond Read the fine editorial in last week’s issue of the Nova Doba, written by our fine editor. Yes, we all agree with you editor on your saying that “After reading ‘Blood and Battlefield’ a person never again would even consider a war between two civilized nations.” But to Mr. Valentine Orehek’s translation of the installments was very well done. I extend my heartiest compliments, Mr. Orehek for your translation of “Blood and Battlefield.” And same to Ivan Matičič, author of the scenes he witnessed when he fought in the war and then later wrote them. To Mr. Orehek: With the editor, we, the other members hope that you will have other interesting articles for publication again. Read Little Stan’s article last week. Yes, our wonderful scribe, not cub, anymore is being teased, but I presume the secret will be out today or in next week’s issue. Yes, Stan will be able to work again, after finally being told the secret, beh! heh! I must tell all my friends about the club I was recently initiated into. There really was not much of an initiation, but yet, allow me to precede. Down in Collinwood I was asked to come to the. Statuette’s Dance given by the members. Fortunately I took the person’s tip and went to the dance which turned out to be a very big success. In the next week’s issue of two local papers I gave them the publicity. I got to know the officers of the club, namely: Frank Kosich, president; Ester Zupanc, vice-president; Edith Coff, secretary; and the treasurer, Albina Merhar. Then I told them that I would like to join their club because I had heard that they were giving performances for the SIo-veniah people and they were quite well known. So at the next meeting I was present. Thanks to Miss Edith Coff for introducing me to the members. Then I followed with a brief speech. I soon got to know all the members and they are all so nice, sweet, young people. December came and we held elections. I was chosen reporter. So for the future I will be giving them all the publicity Now on Tuesday, February 27, the Statuettes Club will represent the Slovenes with their rendition of Slovenian Night at the Memorial School Community Center. Johnny Vadnal, Ed and Stan Slejko will furnish the music, they are the very active members of the club also. Frank Kosich will act as master of ceremonies as he is quite noted for that position. We will also have other acts put on by only the members of the club. So we wish to invite all the folks from Cleveland to attend our affair. There is no admission charge. The program will be in the evening at the Community Center and the occasion will be Slovenian Night” presented by members of Statuettes Club. So with hopes of seeing all my friends and hoping to meet new folks too, I remain your other Nova Doba newsreporter, Elsie M. Desmond. Booster Bits Attention Pennsy Sport Supervisors Strabane, Pa. — By the time this is printed, you will have undoubtedly received a meeting notice from Paul J. Oblock. The notice will be a meeting of all Pennsy sport supervisors for the purpose of setting the site of the annual duck-pin tournament. It will probably take place in Pittsburgh so please plan your business so as to be sure to attend this meeting of all sport supervisors. It is important that you attend so PLEASE BE PRESENT. Oh yes, the meeting is scheduled for Sunday, February 18, 1940 at two p.m. Stan Progar Thank You A Bit Late She wanted to be in the beauty chorus, so she wrote an application, enclosed' her photograph, and was asked to come for an interview. Imagine her surprise when she was told by the manager that she was too late. “Is the position filled, then?” she asked. “No,” replied the manager: "I meant that you should have come when you had your photograph taken.” Euclid, Ohio. —Thank you, fellow members of lodge Napredek, 132, SSCU. Your beautiful floral offering sent to me during my recent illness in the hospital was greatly'appreciated. Your thoughtfulness at this time will never be forgotten. Congratulations to the juvenile contributors! Your fine work during this beginning of 1940 assures many hours of pleasant reading in your pages. Denver, Colorado, is taking the center of the stage with two new contributors during the month of February, namely — Edward Omahen and Emil Am-brosic. Good work! Don’t forget to beat next month’s deadline. We’ll be watching for you! All the way from Ely. Yes' — none other than Miss Mildred Paksyla. A very talented young lady who promises an article every month. Splendid! We’ll be on the lookout. And happy birthday Mildred. Then comes a very interesting letter from Mary Ann Ambrožič. She’s from out Denver way. Lots of Colorado Sunshine in her article. Glad to hear from you and don’t forget your resolution. I’ll be checkin’ up on you! Ha, ha. Veronica Barbie and Frances Zele give us Strabane highlights. Have you found the filling yet, Frances? Give us the low-down, gals. Hold on, everybody. We’re going back to Hibbing for our joy ride and meet our promising young miss — Caroline Kern. Had the pleasure of meeting Caroline back in ’37. Remember? Glad to hear you’re enjoying your skates, Caroline. I tried master ing the art and wasn’t doing bad. Have to give it up for the remainder of the year though. Tsk, tsk. Have a skate on me and come gliding into the Nova Doba next month. See you then! Hold on gang! We’re headed right back for Cleveland. And here — sure, you all know her by now— the cute little scribe that has won her way with all of us — Elsie Desmond. Very good work, Elsie. Keep it up. Your contributions in the paper are swell! I know you won’t let us down next month. What’s all this about Juvenile Page Honor Roll. Sounds great and I know all the juveniles are really enthused. See you all in the Nova Doba next month. Don’t forgej; those resolutions! Among the regular adult contributors we find none other than our own Anne Prosen. Glad to hear from you, Anne. Uncle Stan is still scratching his brain about the mysterious gal-friend. Tsk tsk, Stan. That’s life for you. Time to say so-long. See you all again very soon. Don’t forget your articles for next month, juveniles. Albena Nosee. Cleveland, O. — The Collinwood Boosters lodge 188, SSCU is holding its regular meeting on Monday, February 19. at 15717 Saranac Rd. Although the attendance in the past has been fairly good, we would like to see more members take an interest in their lodge. All of the former baseball players and all other members interested in sports are especially urged to be present at this meeting as plans for the coming year will be discussed. At the January meeting suggestions were brought up to hold some kind of an affair in the near future. It’s been some time since our lodge has held any doings but this time it looks as though our boys really intend to go places and do things! But in order to achieve any kind of a success it requires the cooperation of all the members, therefore, all you brothers and sisters do not depend on the few active members to do everything, but pitch in and do your share. I’m sure that if we all stick together and take an interest in the lodge activities we’re bound to succeed. During the past year we have enrolled about sixteen new members. I think that’s doing pretty good. Keep it up boys, and I’m sure that at the rate we’re going now we’ll wind up with a much bigger and better lodge at the end of 1940. I’ve noticed that the date for the National SSCU Bowling Tournament has been set for April 27-28. We’ve always had a poor showing at the former tournaments but according to the progress we’ve made during the past year, we should have a larger representation this time. Our boys are all looking forward to this event. In closing, don’t forget all you members, attend the meeting Monday and give us your ideas on how to make our lodge a bigger and better fraternal organization in regards to increasing our membership. Bring all your candidates, and if you don’t get them to join, just turn them over to our organizer and I’m sure he’ll convince them into joining. How about it, Johnny? You’re doing all right, keep up the good work. Well, so long folks, I’ll be seeing you next week. Mary Laurich, Sec’y. Contributions Fro® Junior Members (Continued from Pa8® ^ ROCK SFRl>'G.S,ffTft DEAR EDITOR: , _ not [St! The month of January ^ tt around the corner and is ^ ^ to fulfill my promise. I 8“ $ of \ delegates know what it £ you will have to be doing « ^ ^ the year, writing a letter nesfl01*’ ' Doba. I read all of Elsie • jpoi j. articles and they are a ^to®' . Once while I was reading ^ biot- j name and here she was ing that we should write. 0. I always enjoy reading ^ in by other members, too. j ^ i back memories of the sw _, was tW* ° in Ely during the four days I , „ plus the fun I had on il# , still corresponding wit ,s • , members I met in Ely. joe^ " have to thank Mr. and » • ^ s? shek and everyone else stay in Ely so nice. $ 0* I guess in Rock Spr ^ ft ij winter made a resolutio $ ^ year out right by Sivin® I* We didn’t have any sn ^ yf even on Christmas. I -gge& & j ' Santa got here, but he ^ ^ & jjj way around ’cause I WT0ng ^ = b gifts. Only one thing ■ stiu is. my dad was sick and Well on January 8 bad tffi j vacation was over ana ^ prf*-, > back to school. I think js opf , well off since some *1 I January 2. the i“v%' | In closing I wishf the SSC0 0 J: | all other members of ^ppy ^ supreme officers a ve | * prosperous new ye^ Straus ft* « No. 13 n ' .u *41 DEAR EDITOR: -rftBifJ L Well here I am agai" wnic&1 * « * well known Nova Doba ^aVe i written two weeks ago- j )ike- t | story which I hope yo pegg!IJ u title of this story is begins on the Ice.” This sto V . ! Peggy and her frien s ^ |e| skating one day. pef cVl0# ttif jj tyj girl and she wanted to \ girls how well she sk do | 1 could skate very fas . w too. Peggy’s friends we ^ en, ^ while and watched h 8 sf'j eyes. Soon Peggy caI” . w the a ** thin ice. “Plop” shei fe but ?|( Her friends called for ^^ heard it because the ction- | cries to the opposite ! thought of running & were too stunned to thin . ^ ed and screamed. It wa jt way. Peggy had to die. to grow dark, Peggys neig# worried and went to n ^r. search of her missing ciflJjB, went on she met some ,8r]jji& frozen figure. It was ne _ Seeing her the mot tifl>e^ !;in sad it was for a long, tfiey , friends felt very bad and t^tt# »,< never to go ice-skatws * any more. - \ *“» % if DEAR EDITOR: w t»e \ This is my second arttf^ gK ^ Doba. Last month* ff0llid - lodge, No. 36, SSCU ^ i d hj on the fourth Sund . e \tt j k Everybody had a e°°° t J L myself. This was the f p tried to dance. Here is $ . ttj juvenile page, entitles ^ Lodge Dance”: ;n # . ft U; There they were, so n y ; k There were Franky, cracKer’ /lij Prank with his ston . Tony with Ms *««0^ tjj,I I Also, Joey, and the 1 ^ - I He and his guitar a ]e racket, : 1 in Except me, and my J ja- Why am I so glad? . cn# f. t Because it was m.V . i ^ To try my fancy step , / * At the old lodge danc• ^ . >i DEAR EDITOR: t^r t0 This is my second let ifi ^ Doba. I thought I cou* Juvenile section, sp I* Fj, \ plan to write more lette fB /, j It is very cold °utf oZel> A t near where I live is ^ boys and girls go ice &[}se {j* j watch them often b 9 \t. any ice skates. I stepPe , yerf S|(. of ice and fell in. It *s L’ For Christmas I bad fri pj M I exchanged gifts witln 10dj£.£ family. On Dec. 31, 0 9t. - \ iL' gave us a Christmas e, A. ■, -I was made up of an 0 Ij and a delicious box ^g{ i & *L want to thank our 10 f ® I W juveniles such a nice ■ ILM also gave us a treat. df 5„i L ll I am In the eighth 6 Alexander school. °h&S- Jfy V movies every other I ^ f ;;j,. year exams will be here 1; ‘f<; I pass in all my A; ning to go to high sen I wish I had more .i’ can’t find anything to more next time. J .a FranK » jjp, ^ c»te (Continued on vj.t , IJ > been designated by ** ^f’j £ tBj tor H. C. Atkinson ^ him as his deputy a ings. M fy LITTLE STAN’S ARTICLE | (Continued rrom page 5) show, did not make any appearance, and to add to the situation, our genial accordionist Frankie Kromar preferred eating hamburger — but it was learned later his accordion wasn’t around. So he is excus-ed. But anyway, meeting time! rolled around, and what hap-1 pened you could print in a | couple of lines. Particularly as! far as business was concerned, j Rather, it was more of a pep j rally than a meeting. Gopher j girls changed alleys at the | Bowling Center, and suddenly | hit a slump, which saw two of the stiffest competitive teams j sweep six successive games in two weeks. Sweet Shoppe, composed of last year’s Arrowhead j Girls rolled over 2,300; Christine Merhar, in the clean-up position had an average of 185 for three games; and Jay Otrin’s hook ball worked perfectly. But just after the match Julie Perushek, consistent lady that she is, chalked up a brilliant 212; and Marie Kuzma a 190 something. But Gopher Girls vowed they would snap out of the doldrums and climb back to the key positions in the lady’s league. Meantime, they’re still concentratirig on raising funds for that trip to j Cleveland, and you can be cer-! tain they’ll have snapped out of j the slump by that time — WE HOPE! After the pep talk, floor was cleared, tables set up, and the!. Three Hosts went to Charlie’s j where waited a big kettle full | of Chili Con-Carne—made only j. like Charlie Welsh can make it. I And it was delicious. The Hosts!. remember when they saw Char-! lie the night before, and he as- j, sured them he would be only to I, glad to prepare the feast. And; it was all of that. Even Char-. lie’s pet wild duck seemed to!, agree that the Gophers were ■ doing the right thing! And certainly enough! With . Louis Pechek dishing it out; ( Bernard Hutar and Grandpa ( Josey Kuzma helped along and before you knew it everyone , had had not one or two bowls, but three and three and a half! ( Filled up, members left one , by one. Soon only the three hosts were left, and they had to clean up. You ladies know how it is to clean up a lot of greasy dishes! Hm. Several times, Uncle Stan wanted to “buy” his way out of washing dishes, but nothing doing! But! Mary Betty Dejak was a life-; saver. She volunteered to wash. Stan and Eddie wiped, and Pe-shek went to town with the broom, and in less than a half hour everything was cleaned up — just like at home! Before this the fellows had discovered they had forgotten the dish rags and practically everything else, including sugar for the coffee. But some last minute scurrying around fixed that. It was fun, and next meeting hopes to find everyone present to enjoy a real stage show, impromptu style — it’s bound to hit the spot like Charlie’s swell chili! Meantime, get ready for the big campaign, and let’s get ready to again go to town! You too, Bertha E. Heh Heh! Stan Pechaver. To kill a little time is to murder a great big opportunity. Good Reason Joe: “I can’t eat this soup.” Waiter: “Sorry, I’ll call the manager.” Joe (to manager): “This soup, I can’t eat it.” Manager: “I’ll take care of it at once. Call the chef.” Joe (to chef): “Dammnit, I can’t eat this soup.” \ Chef: “What’s the matter with it?” Joe: “Nothing, only I ain’t got a spoon." Employment Agencies Rules regulating the operation pf private employment agencies in the state will be drafted following asurvey by the Employment Service Division of the Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation, Acting Director Wade Hammond announced. Need for greater supervision of the business methods of such agencies is necessary, Acting Director Hammond said, to correct conditions which are giving rise to an increasing number of complaints of unethical practices of some operators. Representatives of private employment agencies will be invited to attend hearings to be held shortly in metropolitan centers of the state to voice their opinions in person and express their viewpoints and suggestions for rules to govern the operation of private agencies, the state official said. Under provisions of the Ohio unemployment compensation act of 1936, it is the obligation of the Director to draft rules regulating private employment agencies, and to secure the cooperation of licensed agencies in obtaining compliance with such regulations. A. J. Wilson, chief of the legal department of the BUC, has !! ljaii v bolnišnico, kjef je ležal , j 24 dni v globoki nezavesti. No--! bena zdravniška pomoč ni u-■; spela; le smrt ga je r ešila hu-i dega. trpljenja. : Kako splošno je Jail pokojni i Rudolf priljubljen, je pričal nje-i gov pogreb, pa tudi sočustvova-i nje prijateljev z njegovo obu-i j pavajočo družino. Upam, da jo ,' prijatelji tudi v bodočnosti ne • I bodo pozabili. . | Prijatelj Rudolf, bodi Ti lah-i! ka svobodna ameriška gruda, . katero si ljubil in kjer si pre-: živel večino svojega življenja! i Sončni žarki, ki niso nikjer ei-i stejši in svetlejši kot tu na zapadli, bodo poljubljali kraj Tvojega zadnjega počitka po življenjskem trpljenju. Prijate-! lji pa bodo skušali tešiti bolest Tvoje družine; zapustiti si jo moral, toda ne bo zapuščena in pozabljena! Mary Kershisnik. Cleveland, O. — Predstava v korist Slovenskega muzeja. — Slovensko dramsko društvo “I-van Cankar” je na svoji seji dne 7. februarja sklenilo, da pokloni prihodnjo predstavo, 17. marca, popoldne ob 3. uri, igro “Naši domači tujci,” ki je povzeta iz življenja ameriških Slovencev, v korist Slovenskemu narodnemu muzeju. Avtor igre je Andrej Kobal, ki je spisal tudi “Denar,” “Plehar” in več (drugih iger. Igro režira Vatro i J. Grili in bo sedaj prvič igralna. Vstopnice bodo v nekaj dneh v predprodaji pri vseh zastopnikih Prosvetnega kluba S, I N. Doma in v raznih trgovinah. I Ta igra je izredno poučna za i starše in otroke in se vrši v sedanjem času v Clevelandu in v I Madisonu, O. Vas že sedaj opo-i zarjamo, da si preskrbite vstop-! nice pravočasno, katerim cena j bo v predprodaji 25c in na dan i predstave pri blagajni 35c. Zvečer bo ples. Erazem Gorshe. Emitindhiti', IVttsh. — Nrt letni seji društva Bratje svobode, I št. 162 JSKJ, je bil za leto 1910 izvoljen sledeči odbor: Louis ’Kerne, predsednik; Joe Sasek, podpredsednik; John Mehelich, tajnik; Josephine Richter, bla-igajničarka; Mary Balant, zapisnikarica; Rudolph Petchnick, i J. Chacata in Ivana Chacata, j nadzorniki. Društveni zdravnik i je dr. Walleniber. Društvene seje se vršijo v društvenem domu • vsaki tretji ponedeljek v mese- i cu. Člani se ponavadi branijo sprejemati društvene urade; posebno tajniškega. Delo tajnika ni lahko, posebno, če člani ne prihajajo na seje, če ne plačujejo pravočasno svojih ases-mentov in če sploh ne vršijo svojih društvenih dolžnosti. Povsod se jih dobi nekaj, ki povzročajo sive lase tajnikom. U-pam, da tega ne bo pri našem društvu, posebno upam, da bodo člani skrbeli za pravočasno plačilo svojih asesmentov, da ne bo treba nobenega suspendirati. Ako bo kdo suspendiran, si bo sam kriv. Asesment bora pobiral ob nedeljah doma, tretji ponedeljek pa na društveni seji. Prosim, da člani to upoštevajo. Ker se je blagajna močno izpraznila, je bilo na januarski seji sklenjeno, da vsak član plača 20 centov društvene naklade. Dalje je sklenjeno, da se 17. marca ^rši plesna veselici v dvorani Krain. Priredijo jo skupno vsa štiri tukajšnja društva in klub. Začetek bo ob 8. uri zvečer. Godba bo izvrstna in naše žene in dekleta bodo poskrbele za kuhinjske dobrote kot le one znajo. Vsi Člani in vsi drugi rojaki tega okrožja so vabljeni, da posetijo našo veselico 17. marca. Tisti dan bo god sv. Patrika, o katerem pravijo, da je bil dober svet* nik, ki je kače preganjal, torej ples ne bo proti pravilom, čeprav bo še post. Saj veste, Irci (Dal.ls sia 8. stsani> naše Jednote. Omenjeni se je bil baš vrnil z Elyja, Minn., kjer je obiskal glavne odbornike in urad naše Jednote za časa letnega zborovanja glavnega j odbora. Jako pohvalno se je ; izrazil ne le o poslopju naše i Jednote, pač pa tudi o vzornem redu in poslovanju v glavnem | uradu. Med glavnimi odborniki ; vlada lepa sloga in kooperacija, J kar nam jamči, da bo Jedno-i ta tudi v bodoče napredovala. ! Poleg tega je pa brat Zvezieh | tudi omenil, da je mnenje gl. odbora, da bi mi v Chicagu z dobro agitacijo — naj že lahko ali pa težko — še pridobili lepo število članov v odrasli oddelek Jednote. Mi smo to vzeli na znanje — in evo vam: naša podaljšana kampanja za nove člane! V nedeljo dne 4. feb. je v dvorani SNPJ priredil pevski koncert naš dobro poznani pevec Tomaž Cukale z obširnim programom. Sodelovala sta tudi dva čikaška pevska zbora “Sava" in “France Prešeren,” ter par drugih solistov. Ves program je bil zelo dobro izvajan, dvorana je bila polna, in nekaj finančnega uspeha je naredil. Vsi mu to privoščimo, ker ga šola še vedno precej stane; pa tudi zato, ker je vedno pripr avljen sodelovati tudi na naših priredbah. Radi tega smo se tudi naši člani udeležili njegovega koncerta po najboljši možnosti. Končno vabim vse člane, da se gotovo udeleže . prihodnje mesečne seje, ki se bo vršila 17. feb. v navadnih prostorih. Seja bo sama na sebi važna, ampak po seji pa sledi še prijetna zabava, kajti naš tajnik mi je zadnjič šepnil na uho, da ima društvo še vedno nekaj v dogah ... Pozdrav vsemu članstvu, in nasvidenje na seji! Joseph Oblak. Hock Springs, Wyo. — Prijatelju v spomin. —~ Bilo je 1. februar ja v zgodnji jutranji u- ii, ko je zazvonil telefon. Kli-;1! ca la je bolniška strežnica iz tu-1 kajšnje bolnišnice. Povedala je; j da je pred par minutami pr emi-! nil Rudolf Strauss, in prosila,: da naj o tem previdno in obzir- j no obvestim družino pokdjnika. Dasi smo vsi že dalje čase pri- j čakovali take žalostne novice, j r.as je vse eno pretresla in smo ; vsi zbegani odbrzeli v bolnišiii- ; co. Vzoren mož in skrben oče družine je bil mrtev. In v srce 1 i l .segajoč je bil pogled na zlom- j Ijeno družino, ki je dneve in no-ti prečula ob njegovi bolniški ^ i postelji, ob času smrti pa ni bi- i la navzoča. Njena žalost je bi- j la vsied tega tem večja. Pokojni Rudolph Strauss je bil rojen 17. aprila 1890 na Vol- ; či pri Poljanah nad Škofjo Lo- : ko. Bil je sin slavnega, skoro čudodelnega zdravnika iz Tol- j mina pri Cerknem, katerega no. \ prekosijiva zdravniška znanost j' ne bo nikdar pozabljena v Slo- ’ veniji. V Ameriko je prišel leta 1909 kot 19-letni mladenič in je takoj vstopil v društvo JSKJ. Vzljubil je to deželo in si preskrbel ameriško državljanst- j vo, kakor hitro je bil v Ameriki j predpisano dobo. Ko je Amerika vstopila v svetovno vojno, je bil med prvimi, ki so bili poklicani pod orožje. Leta 1921 . se je poročil z dekletom iz do- ( mače vasi. V zakonu sta se to- j dili dve hčerki, tylary in Elsie; j zadnje imenovana je bila dele- ■ gatinja na tretji mladinski kon- , venciji v Elyu preteklo poletje. , Pokojni Rudolf je bil dobre- j ga, mirnega in veselega znača-1 ( ja, zato so ga radi imeli Vsi, kij j so ga poznali. Na njegovem o- i j brazu se je vedno zrcalil na- j smeh, tako v sončnih kot de- j ^ ževnih dneh. Dolgo vrsto let je j f bil rahlega zdravja, toda tega ^ ni nikdar tožil. Kljub slabemu j. zdravju je vztrajal pri delu, do- ^ kler mu niso pošle zadnje moči; i, skrb in ljubezen do družine .sta j ga spravili v prezgodnji grob.! { Začetkom januarja je bi! p?spe-j nik poročal, je bila januarska seja dobro obiskana in se je vršila v lepem redu in bratski vzajemnosti. Ako bo članstvo hodilo redno na seje, bomo pričeli zvoniti pri društvu tako, j da se ne bo slišalo samo po j Chicagu, ampak, da bo šel glas | našega zvona po celi Ameriki.1 Glede pridobivanja novih čla- j nov mi ni potreba veliko pisati j in tudi vam članom se ni potre-! ba veliko truditi. Vsak član našega društva naj dobi samo e-' nega novega člana za leto 1940, j pa sem prepričan, da bomo dobili zlato kolajno od Jednote. Kampanja za nove člane je veljavna za vse članstvo društva, ne pa samo za odbor in par delavnih članov. Le ako bomo vsi vršili svojo dolžnost, bo uspeh za društvo in Jednoto. Seje v letu 1940 bodo še posebno važne, ker bo letos konvencija. Večkrat pride do debate na društvenih sejah glede e-ne ali druge točke v pravilih, češ, da ni pravilna, toda vse debatiranje in sklepanje je brez pomena, ako se ne vrši v letu pred konvencijo, ker dobro veste, da po toči se ne izplača zvoniti. Ako ima kateri član kaj dobrih priporočil, naj se udeležuje redno društvenih sej in naj poda priporočila, ki bodo v korist članstvu in Jednoti. Enkrat v aprilu bomo imeli domačo zabavo; že sedaj vas j torej opozarjam, da si rezervirate april za naše društvo. Vso stvar ima v rokah odbor, ki boi podal natančno poročilo enkrat! pozneje. Dne 7. aprila gremo v | La Salle na sejo federacije. Po j seji, pravijo, da bo pa prav ime- J niten program. Iz Chicaga bo sodeloval na programu “Prešernov” kvartet; kuplet in šaljivo enodejanko “Vedež” bodo igrali igralci iz Chicaga. Kaj bodo pa v La Salle spravili na oder pa še ne vem. Gotovo bo kaj imenitnega, kot je to v navadi tam. Vse članstvo naših | društev je vabljeno, da gre z \ nami v La Salle. Pripeljite tudi svoje prijatelje, ne bo vam žal ! Imeli boste prav good time. Z bratskim pozdravom, Anton Krapenc, < tajnfk društva Jugoslovanski i Zvon, št. 70 JSKJ < i Chicago, til. — Naše društvo i Jugoslovanski Zvon, št. 70 JS-j< KJ je sklenilo, da bo kar naprej nadaljevalo s kampanjo za nove člane. Čeprav se je naše društvo primeroma dobro postavilo v zadnji kampanji, smatramo za našo dolžnost kot zve-! I sti člani Jednote, da za nas agitacija za nove člane v oba oddelka, sploh nikdar ne preneha. J Naše seje so precej dobro ob-; iskane, kljub temu pa je žele- j ti, da bi se članstvo še v več- j jem številu udeleževalo društve-! nih sej, kar bi koristilo njim samim, ker ^ dobili več informacij o poslovanju društva in Jednote, ter bi obenem pospešilo porast in razvoj društva. Društveni odbor za leto 1940 je ostal večinoma prejšnji. Glavna sprememba je v tem, da imamo novega društvenega taj-j nilta, Antona Krapenca, ki je bil pred našim združenjem tajnik društva Jugoslovan, št. 104 JSKJ, nad deset let, ter je ves ta čas jako vzorno vodil društvene posle. Prepričan sem, da bo svoje dobro delo tudi zdaj nadaljeval, ker je v prvi vrsti zmožen, pa tudi zaveda se dobro, da je vsak tajnik duša organizacije in da je ha njegovih plečih odgovornost napredovanja ali pa nazadovanja društva. Društvo je nadalje sklenilo, da priredi enkrat na spomlad veselico v korist svoje blagajne. Datum bo pozneje naznanjen. Društva JSKJ v Chicagu ob-državajo tu pa tam skupne seje samo za svoj ožji krožek, to je poleg federacijskili sej, ker to zahtevajo lokalne razmere. Na zadnji skupni seji je podal precej obširno poročilo naš brat | John Zvezieh o glavnem stanu | truda pa se itak nikjer ne more j ! doseči uspehov. i Pri tej priliki naj še omenim, ! da so mi glavni odborniki z let-nega zborovanja v Elyu poslali pozdrave. Prav lepa hvala za pozornost! K sklepu še enkrat opozarjam naše članstvo v državi Colo-radu na veselico v soboto 30. marca in na zborovanje federacije v nedeljo 31. marca v Wal-senburgu. Pozdrav vsem in na svidenje! — Za federacijo društev JSKJ v državi Colorado: John Lipec, tajnik. Joliet, III. — Članom in članicam društva Sv. Petra in Pavla, št. 66 JSKJ, naznanjam, da se bo naša prihodnja seja vršila v nedeljo 18. februarja; vršila se bo v navadnih prostorih in se bo pričela ob 1. uri popoldne. Na januarski seji podpisani ni-j sem bil navzoč zaradi bolezni; obiskala me je bila tista preklicana “lumbago’ ’in me je držala skoro deset dni v postelji. Istočasno je bil odsoten tudi naš nadzornik Frank E. Vranichar, ker je bil pri letni reviziji v Elyu, Minnesota. Vsled tega prosim člane in članice, da se kar mogoče polnoštevilno udeležijo prihodnje seje 18. februarja v svrho razmo-trivanja važnih zadev v korist društva in Jednote. Nedvomno nam bo imel marsikaj zanimivega povedati tudi sobrat Vra-nichar. Za po seji bomo imeli: nekaj okrepčil ir. se bomo pri-; jateljsko kaj pogovorili. Bratski pozdrav in na svidenje v ne- j del jo *18. februarja! — Za dru-j štvo št, 66 JSKJ : John Adamich, tajnik.! __________ l Chicago, lil. — Vsi člani in članice društva Zvezda, št. 1701 JSKJ, so tem potom vljudno! vabljeni, da se gotovo udeležijo i naše prihodnje seje, ki se bo vršila v sredo 21. februarja v navadnih prostorih. Na tej seji bomo razpravljali o pravilih. Vsak član ali članica naj pred sejo malo pregleda naša pravila in, če misli, da bi bila kaka točka potrebna izpiemembe, naj1 na prihodnji seji tako izpre-membo priporoča. Taki društveni sklepi bodo piedloženi na zborovanju federacije društev JSKJ, ki se bo vršila 7. aprila v mestu La Salle, 111. Konvenčno leto naj bi bilo poleg kampanje za novo člane i posvečeno razpravam o pravilih. Dolžnost nas vseh je, da pomagamo pri vseh izboljšavah. Delegati, ki bodo zastopali naša j društva, bodo iz r azprav v na-i šem glasilu črpali priporočila | ter bodo potem na konvenciji | po svoji razsodnosti glasovali za točke, katere bodo smatrali za najkoristnejše za članstvo J. S. K. Jednote. Iz zapisnika letnega zborovanja glavnega odbora je razvidno, da bo tudi glavni odbor pri-j poročal nekatere izboljšave v i pravilih na podlagi izkušenj v i poslovanju. Zato bi morali tudi ! mi ostali člani po naših močeh pomagati, da se naša pravila modernizirajo in izboljšajo kjer in kolikor je mogoče. To bo olajšalo in skrajšalo delo konvencije, obenem pa bo pomagalo k še večjemu napredku naše[ Jednote. Na prihodnji seji bo podano tudi poročilo o dveh veselicah, ki so ju priredila chicaška dru-1 štva JSKJ skupno, in ki sta precej povoljno izpadli. To sta bili i veselica meseca oktobra in božičnica za mladino v decembru. I K sklepu še enkrat: ne pozabite naše redne seje v sredo 21. februarja. Sestrski pozdrav vse- j mu članstvu! — Za društvo Zvezda, št. 170 JSKJ: Agnes Jurečič, tivjnica. ! i Chicatfo, lil. — članstvu društva Jugoslovanski Zvon, št. 70 JSKJ, vljudno vabim, da se u-deleži prihodnje seje, ki se bo vršila v soboto 17. februarja ob 8. uri zvečer v navadnih prostorih. Kot ie se br?t pvsined- medsebojne osebnosti in pojdi-1 mo skupno na delo za novi Dom.! Treba je samo zaupanja, sloge j in korajže, pa bo šlo. — Za Slo-1 venski dom, 4464 Washington St., Denver, Colorado: Mike Mavetič, oskrbnik. Boncarbo, Colo. — Pravkar sem prejel od sobrata Franka L. Tomšiča iz Walsenburga, Colo., poročilo o določbah tamkajšnjih dveh društev JSKJ z ozirom na zborovanje federacije društev JSKJ v državi Colo-1 rado. Omenjeni dve društvi sta namreč prevzeli nalogo, da uredita vse krajevne podrobnosti j tega zborovanja. Da se bo pri-' hodnje zborovanje vršilo v Wal-senburgu, je bilo določeno že na zadnjem zborovanju, ki se je vršilo v Pueblo, Colo. Načrt za prihodnje zborovanje, kot mi ga je sporočil sobrat Tomšič, je sledeč: Prihodnje zborovanje colo-radske federacije društev JSKJ se bo vršilo v nedeljo 31. marca 1940 v Kapušinovi dvorani in se bo pričelo ob 9. uri dopoldne. Prejšnji večer, to je v soboto 30. marca, pa se bo vršila zabavna prireditev v korist blagajne federacije. Ta prireditev se bo vršila v dvorani Pavilion na 7. cesti, katera dvorana je primerna za take prireditve. Godba Berdin-Jerman iz Puebla, ki bo na tej veselici igrala, se smatra za najboljšo v tem okrožju. Naši člani in drugi rojaki so že zdaj opozorjeni na to prireditev in naj si večer 30. marca rezervirajo za poset te veselice. Sobrat Tomšič me prosi, da mu sporočim število društvenih zastopnikov, ki bodo prišli na zborovanje federacije, toda za enkrat tej njegovi želji še ne morem ustreči, ker dosedaj sem dobil zadevna poročila samo od petih društev. Tajnike ostalih društev JSKJ v državi Colorado torej prosim tem potom, da naj mi brez odlašanja naznanijo število zastopnikov, ki se bodo zborovanja udeležili.'Tudi ! društva, ki dosedaj še niso včla- 1 njena v naši federaciji, so vabljena, da se nam pridružijo in ^ pošljejo na zborovanje svoje zastopnike. i _ V letošnjem letu se bo vršila redna konvencija JSKJ in važna naloga naših federacij je, da razpravljajo o pravilih oziroma : v koliko so ista potrebna izpre-i memb in popravkov, čim več društev se za tako delo zavzame, tem večje soglasje in tem večje 1 zadovoljstvo bo. Sobrat Frank Okoren, 3. glavni podpredsednik in agilni tajnik društva št. 21 JSKJ v Denver ju, Colo., mi je sporočil, da je omenjeno društvo njega izvolilo v odbor za pravila. Tako naj bi napravila vsa društva in njihovi zastopniki naj bi prinesli | priporočila za morebitne izpre-membe na zborovanje federacije, da se tam o istih nadalje razpravlja. Delegati, ki bodo zastopali coloradska društva na redni konvenciji, bi potem vedeli, kakšno je mnenje večine članstva v tej državi. Ako bi se vsa društva JSKJ v državi Colorado pridružila federaciji, bi ista zastopala 2,000 ali več članov v obeh oddelkih. Konci leta 1938’je naša federacija reprezentirala 1,517 članov. Ona štiri društva, ki dosedaj še ne spadajo v federacijo, so torej vabljena, da se nam pridružijo, da bomo organizirani sto-procentno. V Novi Dobi smo čitali poročilo našega glavnega tajnika sobrata Zbašnika, kako ga je razveselilo novoletno voščilo tiste društvene tajnice, kateremu so bile priložene pristopne listine novih mladinskih članov. Kaj, ko bi se tudi mi na sličen način tako zavzeli pri vsakem društvu in glavnega tajnika na sličen način “razjezili” z novimi člani odraslega ali mladinskega oddelka! Torej, stopimo na delo! Saj se še dobijo novi člani, samo potruditi se ie treba. Bfcs dolgujejo asesmente zanje za j več mesecev, naj poravnajo ta J dolg do konca tega meseca. Pri- i hodnji mesec se bo za nikogar i več založilo. Pri tej priliki tudi naznanjam j članom in članicam ter drugim | rojakom v tem okrožju, da boj naše društvo priredilo veselico j v korist društveni blagajni v so-1 boto 17. februarja. Veselica se bo vršila v dvorani “Highway 85” v Ludlovvu in se bo pričela ob 8. uri zvečer. Društvo se priporoča za obilen poset. — Za : društvo Sloga, št. 233 JSKJ : John Logar, blagajnik, j Denver, Colo. — Kot oskrbnik sedanjega Slovenskega doma v denverski naselbini in kot član raznih naših podpornih organizacij si štejem v dolžnost napisati par besed o potrebi novega Slovenskega doma v Denver ju. Mi vemo, da bi se novi Dom izplačeval, in venuf, da bi bil v ve- j liko reklamo za vse naše podpor- ! ne organizacije in za našo naselbino v splošnem. Nahajamo se v industrijskem okrožju, zato je novemu Domu bodočnost zagotovljena, že zdaj vprašuje mnogo različnih organizacij za najemnino prostorov. Pokažimo torej rojakom in vsej naselbini, da zmoremo res primeren Dom za naše potrebe. j Mladina predstavlja našo bodočnost in s primernim Domom j v naši naselbini jo bomo obdr-j žali med nami, da se ne bo po- j tikala po tujih in morda nepri- i mernih prostorih. Obdržati mladino med nami je v interesu nas in vseh naših slovenskih podpor- j nih organizacij. V naslednjem želim podati nekoliko obrisa, kakšen naj bi j bil novi Dom. To samo na podlagi izkušenj. Dohodki bi bili mesečno približno sledeči: Klu-bovi prostori $100.00; kegljišče j S50.00: dve trgovini v ospredju $60.00; osem sob v prvem nad- j strop ju $120.00; avditorij. $50.00; najemnine ostalih dvoran $50.00. Skupni dohodki bi po tem računu znašali $430.00 mesečno; j izdatki bi bili $305.00 mesečno; čisti prebitek $125.00 mesečno. Iz tega se lahko povzame, da bi se novi Dom izplačeval. Bil bi v korist vseh naših podpornih organizacij in v korist naselbini v splošnem. Posamezna organizacija ne bi uspevala ,toda z združenimi močmi bi gotovo napredovali. Za zgradbo Doma bi potrebovali približno $30,000.00. Posojilo se pa danes težko dobi. Na rokah bi morali imeti najprej $15,000.00 in za ostalo bi dobili posojilo. Nekateri mislijo, da je to neizveljivo, toda po mojem mnenju se da izvesti, če'se skupno zavzamemo. Vsa društva, spadajoča k Domu, bi se morala strniti in poseči po delnicah, da spravimo skupaj potrebno vsoto. Prav za prav bi morali delnice že dolgo časa prodajati, toda žal, da jih dosedaj še nimamo. Mesto, da leži društveni denar v različnih hranilnicah ali je naložen na hipoteke, bi ga investirali v našem Domu. Zakaj ne bi zaupali našega denarja samim sebi in ga investirali v naši lastni instituciji. Vsaka prireditev v Domu bi bila v korist društvom, ki bi imela tam vložen svoj denar. Da bi člani, spadajoči k različnim organizacijam, morali zaradi tega plačevati izredne dru štvelie asesmente, je prazna govorica. Danes je v takih zadevah drugače kot je bilo pred 20 leti. Zadeva je vredna razmotriva-nja na sejah naših društev in na Sejah direktorija. Večkrat se sliši, da se sedanjega Doma ne izplača popravljati. To tudi jaz priznani, toda zaradi tega ni treba vsega opustiti. Pojdimo z energijo na delo ter si zgradimo novi Dom, ki bo odgovarjal vsem zahtevam. Res, da bo treba dosti dela, toda potreba je tako velika, da se mora nekdo žrtvovati, da se tej potrebi ^adosii Pozabimo ns 2abava in šport i !^0sebno teko mrzla kot j&L ’ktni čas, ko po- S K5'85*’ PtiC-ki, ki [ **>«» T’ "ekam ,,lašno 1 N njih T pa tja se! »tiaje x- e nekako žalostno k Ju* n .^a teko naše član- i dn ^ tako so si g0' *°,dr g°d že najeli dvo-| * ,f esne veselice in iuJ Plk«ike. 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