^ FAIR and square, to Podrage and support the IS OUR.MOTTO CLEVELAND JOURNAL A Weekly for American Slovenes THE FIRST AND THE ONLV AMERICAN - SLOVENE N E V/S PAPER PRINTED IN THE ENGU3F LANGUAGE ^E IV. -ISS UE NO, 29. Entered as second-class matter August 2, 1928, at the post-offi ce at Cleveland, Ohio, under the Act of March 3, 1879 CLEVELAND, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1931. PRIČE FIVE CENTS B y JOURNAL JESSIE _there’s not so much do- this week—but we’ll give ? l«whatwe have! The Stores Slovene Co-operative are holding a picnic at the D. T. J. Farm, in con- gotiemian i tj 0 ii with the Co-opekative "chool which is being conduct- d this week at the D. T. J. Čamp in Auburn, Ohio. j jhe £t D. Z. Z., (Slovene Co- operative Association) is repre- ente d at this school by M'iss Rose Kodrich, Miss Mamie A. Bokal, [Vlessrs. Emil Gorjanc, Wilb ijin Kastelec and Otto Tekautz, X Did you know that advance sate tickets for the operas at the lW Cleveland Stadium are o n de at Mrs. Kushlans Kandy Kitchen ? By the way—we might men- tion that the Slovenes are the on ly nationality group to be given this privilege. This was made possible by Ir. Max B. 'Cook, promotion ed- itor of the Cleveland Press. S Get your tickets early! You lnow—we have several Slovenes in the opera chorus. Let’s at- tend! Tickets range from 25c to »2.00. Pair enough—don’t you iink so? I ,, * Lodge ‘ Nanos No. 224 S. N. P.J. is holding a picnic at Hart- ™an' s farm on Ridge Road, No. Royalton. The entertainment committce b urging everyone to attend if possible! S , buess this “Social” idea is “ntagious. The Loyalites are holding a social after their next regular rneeting, the 1 2th of August. fhere will -be dancing, cards °f course—refreshments! Here s hoping your first social ' s a SUr -cess—Loyalites! % ^he Maccabees are expecting *? ^ ave a grand ole time at Eu- C '| beach Park next Sunday! ™ an y games have been plan- Set ^ There’11 be loads of niče Pfizes- PRAISE On Seventy-Fifth Birthday, Nicola Tesla Is Given Vclume With Felicitations From 100 Scientists. -too! . , °ld Collinwood “bridge” 2 1 going to stand in the way of e tw o Slovene National Homes thls Sunday! ^he Holmes avenue Home and ' e ^aterloo Plai road Home are WORKED ON ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS FOR 50 YEARS. On Occassion of His SeventyFifth Birthday Ali Newspapers Carried Stories About Him. The noted Jugoslav electric mventor, Nicola Tesla, celebrated his 75th birthday on July 10th, and on this occassion was given a ° much space in the country’s newspapers as any great celebri- ty. However, he celebrated his birthday by vvorking the usual time in his shop. In recognition of his great achievements in the iield of Science he was presented on this occassion with a volume containing letters of congratula- tions from about 100 inventors and scientists the world over. — Among the authors presenting their felicitations were: Sir Oliver Lodge, Dr. Lee De Forest, E. F. W. Alexanderson, John Hays Hammond Jr., Robert A. Milli- kan, Secretary of Commerce La- mont, H. H. Westin^house, Count Von Arco, and B. A. Behrend. Tesla has passed three mile- stones. of the century and today is considered the father of both the modern radio and the mo¬ dem power generation and trans- mission. However, the scientist expressed himself that he means to accomplish his greatest feat in the last quarter of his century. This electrical genius was born in Jugoslavia (then Serbia) Corn¬ ing here as a young man, vvork- ing in Thomas A. Edison’s labo- ratory for a few years. Soon, however, he found his own com- pany and in 1888 sold a number of patents to George Westing- house. These patents revolution- ized the entire electrial industry. « Working independently, he soon vvas, recognized as an au- thority on power and one of the chief designers of the Niagara Falls project, which harnessed this water and turned it into cheap power. He also designed many other large power systems Later he turned his attention to vvireless and on his research is based .much of the modern ra¬ dio. At present he is working on the transmission of power by wireless, and so far he claims that he has proved, by experi- ment, his theories of some hith- erto untapped source of power and he is confident that he will be able to turn these experiments into practical use. If this ever is realized it will be the greatest triumph of science since the ra¬ dio, and will be even of a great- er use in industry and commerce-.- Nicola Tesla is a quiet worker despising ali publicity and per- sonal farne. Due to his reticence, the world knows little of his ach- ievements, although he is credit- ed with numerous inventions, among which is the inductive motor. Several years ago it vvas ST. CLAIR LIBRARY EXHI- BITS MR. BEROS’ PICTURES A very interesting exhibit of photographs by the local photo- grapher, Mr. M. S. Beros is be¬ ing held at the St. Clair Public Library. The exhibit consists of three photographs made by the artist. They are: “Crow’s Nest View” Plymouth, England; —. Study in Profile” and “The Spinner” taken at Podgora, Dal- matia. The “Study in Profile” Has been chosen for the traveling exhibit of the Cleveland Photo- graphic Society. SERVICE FEATURE FOR LODGES. Because of the great number of English speaking lodges in Cleveland and the numbets of the readers of the Cleveland Journal who belong to them, the Journal announces that it will reserve space for ali official no- tices of lodges. There are many things which the secretaries would like to teli the members at the last moment before some affair and are unable to do so. The lodges are invited to send their official notices to the Cle¬ veland Journal and they vvill be published in a special’ column re- served for them. The editors of the Cleveland Journal wish to make it clear that the column is reserved for official notices only and will not publish anything that is of controversial matter. It also vvishes to State that anything ap- pears in the column is not a mat¬ ter of editorial policy and ali the responsibility will have to be as- English-Speaking Lodges of S, S. P. Z. Gonfer Discuss Ways and Means of Spreading a«d Unifying Sports Activities in Organization MR. VATRO GRILL OPENS TWO DAY SESSION Clevelander Chosen President of Permanent Board For Rules Last Saturday the first athletic conference of the English speak¬ ing lodges of the S.S.P.Z. was opened at the Slovene National Home on St. Clair avenue. The purpose of the conference was to make a unified program which will make possible for intersec- tional athletic competitions and for a unified program vvhich will have the sanction of the whole S.S.P.Z. organization through the executive board. Included into the program of the confer¬ ence was the ways and means of getting the young Sl° ve nes inter- ested in a sports program which vvould be interesting to ali the members in ali the sections of the country so that competition wou!d be possible. The meeting was opened by the Supreme President, Mr. Vatro Grili who made the opening talk and then turned the meeting to the temposary officers who were immediately elected for the con¬ ference. The temporary board consisted of Mr. Joseph Poteh of Chicago, the chairman; Mr. Michael Shimrak of Euclid, Ohio vice-president; and Mr. Stanley secretary. JUGOSLAV ASSOCIATION OF CHISHOLM PRESENTS LI- BRARY WITH NEW PICTURE sumed by the undersigned. Notices as well as news infor- Tisol, of Chicago as mation should be in the office of Board members of the S.S.P.Z. the Cleveland Journal not later than Tuesday evenihg of the week that it is expected to ap- pear, accompanied with the date on which it was sent and under¬ signed by the sender and the po- sition he holds in the lodge. Jakac Lectures October Will See Opening of Pic- tures in Most Important Ex- hibit Hall in Ljubljana v . Zortz has been engaged ° pla yfor dancing. M ni ; m 8 a combined picnic at Fdlsons in W°ci nikar’« f stated that some of Edison s in S ta ™' ven.ions were r=ally Te.l». wo,k, Edison did not deny this, but Tesla’s reservedness did not per- mit him to comment on this as- sertion either way. Tesla is a real scientist — working only for the betterment of the world and is contented only in his laboratory. A(t e % Pa L tei ^°^ ack Day” at League , V JH ,° n tke 9th of August, there Po f 6 5 dance held at Mervar’s Gardens! Thi ere he good mušic by the who live in Cleveland were also been present at the Saturday ses- sion. On Sunday morning the con¬ ference continued with its delib- erations and elected a permanent committee to make a set of prop- ositions which will be presented to the executive board at its next semi-annual meeting. Every local English speaking S.S.P.Z. lodge has been repre- sented at the conference plus del- egates from the Victorians of The Chisholm Public Library is the proud possessor of a new pic- ture which will be hung in the club rooms of the library* Due to the interest of the American Ju¬ goslav Association of Chisholm the picture a work of H. Grego- ry Prusheck has been presented to the library through the interest of the members. The picture is a stili life of a pot of flovvers on a table. It has -been valued at $125.00 Mr. H. Gregory Prusheck is an American Slovene artist who has made a favorable impression on the art critics in America. His numerous exhibits in the various cities of the United States es- pecially among the Slovenes make him a well known artist not only to the American puhlic but also to the Slovenes. Many of his art pieces may be seen in the private homes of the people of the com- munity as well as in the National Home on St. Clair. Several years he has held his art exhibit here. MAIN LIBRARY EXHIBITS MR. JAKAC’S WOODCUTS The Main Library is exhibit- ing Ivan Zorman’s latest edition “Pota Ljubezni’’ together with the wood cuts by Božidar Jakac. There is also a dispjay of the pre- vious literary works of Mr. Zor¬ man and photos of the author and illustrator. The exhibtion will be held for two weeks and may be visited on the third floor of the library. The two bulletin cases are in the cen¬ ter of the floor fronting the Fi¬ nance Dlvision which is located in the east end of the building. Miss Eleanor Sunderland, who is in charge of the St. Clair Ave. and E. 55 St., Library is partly responsihle for the inereased in¬ terest that is being continualIy stirred up among American cir- cles for Slovene art. MAMOUTH GYM MEET HELD IN CLEVELAND Athletes From A Score of Cities to Be Present Saturday and Sunday RETURN AFTER EIGHTEEN YEARS Au d ience of 10,000 Expected to Attend Two Day Athletic Meet E Dedicates Opening Night in Hon- or of the Slovenes SIK TO PARTICIPATE Miss Fabian to Have One of Solo Dances in Carrpen Jugoslav Statistics ■i i. —. .v" Population of Jugoslavia Increas- es By Two Million L ^* U<) an ^ °odles of cool re es nments! tičk C ^ ets are on šale for 35c. No tL f he sold at the door ' s ^ ht of the dance! your tickets now! Ji ^ Klids l ever ' re ady, peppy Klever ko’ .J 6 ooldirig a dance at Spel- y , Sa tur,a ay ! y 0 i, j , ^'sslng something if d0nt attehd! MACCABEES TO HOLD PICNIC A basket picnic of the United Hives and Tents of the Macca x bees in Cleveland and vicinity til, be held at Euclid Park at East 222nd and Lake Shore Boulevard. The program spon- sored by the Central committee w ill include free dancing, races for young and old, bathing and a bali game. During the interim of his go- ing away from the United States and the present time Mr. Božidar Jakac, artist who livea in Cleve¬ land for more than two years has been busy lecturing ih various cities of Jugoslavia telling of the conditions in America and the impressions of America as he has seen it during his travels from coast to coast. Ali of his lec tures are accompanied by films which he has taken while in America and phonograph records of typical American mušic, espec- ially the Indian songs and dances and the Negro spirituals. Mr. Božidar Jakac has been scheduled to appear on many lec- ture platforms among them the LIniversity of Maribor. The lec¬ tures will not be given until the fall when the cool weather sets in and listening will he more ap- preciated in the comfortable tem- peratures of the season. Pressure has been so great that Mr. Jakac has been forced to give the lec Hires in which he is now engaged. He predicts a very busy season next fall. Word bas also been received that an exhibit of his pictures wil be held in the Jakopič Pavilion in Ljubljana next October when he will exhibit pictures which he made while in the United States Two noteworthy occurar.ces in Jugoslavia have happened in the Chicago, the Trail Blazers also of j last week which are especially Chicago; the Rovers of Euclid, Ohio and the White Starš of White Valley, Pa. The delegates vvere Joseph Poteh, Stanley Tisol, Michael Shimrak and Frank Pre- vic. The elected athletic board con¬ sists of Rudy Lisch of the Spar- tan, Cleveland, president; Frank Previc of the Evening Starš, vice- president and Stanley Tisol of the Trail Blazers the secretary. CARD FROM EUROPE Miss Pauline Plevnik sends us a postcard from Vrii Turnica, Šmarna Gora, that she is having a great time being an Alpine climber but that she hopes to do a good j ob of it. She States‘that she is not too busy to think of her friends of the Cleveland Jour¬ nal to whom she sends her best regards. The card is undersign¬ ed by Miss Pauline Plevnik, Mrs. Plevnik, Mesdames Pavla Lovse- tova and Majda Lovsetova, Mary Molk and Lortz Binja. The same mail brought the best regards from Mr. Michael worthy of remark. One is the re- suit of the census which was taken of the population not long ago and the other is the political change that has come off in the government machinery. Especially interesting are the results of the population, whose census took plače last April of this year, and it is evident from the number polled that the pop¬ ulation of the country has in¬ ereased two million. In 1921 the population of the country was close to twelve million while the population of this year is in the vicinity of fourteen million. In Jugoslavia the women outnumber the men by more then one hundred and twenty five thou- sand. For every square kilometer there are 56.02 inhabitants while in 1921 there were 48.02. The thing that interests us the most is the population of the Dravska Banovina which is Slo- venia. On April 1 st there were one million one hundred twenty thousand five hundred and eighty four inhabitants, of which 540,- 1 75 were men and 580.409 vvere vvomen. In the vvhole of Slovenia there vvere 15,631 foreigners vvhile there js one million sixty four thousand hundred and The Roman and Greek Catho- lic Gymnastic Slovak Union Sokol will stage a mamouth Competi- tive athletic meet next Saturday and Sunday, July 25 and 26, on the athletic field of Benedictine High School, 10510 Buckeye Rd. Dominic Sloboda, Lorain, O., is general chairman of the pro¬ gram. The committee promoting the meet, composed of Cleveltnd members, includes Joseph Mich- lovic, chairman; Stephen Kinotek, vice-chairman; Paul Janotka, sec- retary and George Bujnak, trea- surer. The program of athletic exhi- bitions consists of calisthenics, horizontal bar, parallel bars, bučk, horse, running events, high jump and pole vault. Winners in the events will be avvarded prizes. Men, vvomen and children s teams from the follovving Ohio cities vvill participate: Cleveland, Campbell, Akron, Youngstown, Lakevvood, Barberton, Lorain, Canton, Nevvton Falls, Rossford, Warren, Struthers and Hubbard. Farrell, Pa., New Castle, Pa. and Greenville Pa. vvill also be rep- resented. The organization has held many similar athletic meets in the past, usually in the east. The last one held in Cleveland vvas in 1918. The officers of the Cleveland district are Anna Odal, Andrevv Omiliak, J. Matuscak, ■ Paul Ole- jar, Stephen Stanislav, Arpad Toth, John Vozar and Anna Ho- das, ali of Cleveland, and Dom- inic Sloboda of Lorain, Ohio. Francis Walkovic of Akron is the chief instruetor of the 1 6 branch- e s in Ohio. Instructors include Stephen Krajcik, John Placko, Michael Babuska and Ladislav Kobrony. Over 500 athletes and 2,000 guests from other cities are ex- peeted. The probable attendance is estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000. The exhibition Sunday, July 26, is in honor of the annual SHo- vak Day. GUESTS Telich vvho is novv touring Eu rope in an automobile. The preš- twenty two Slovenes. There is a .l^ent card is from Trebnje. [9.97 percent of inerease in po- Mrs. Frank Janchar, of 620 E. 94 St., has as her guest her niece, the popular Miss Frances Justine, of Lorain, Ohio. Mrs. Janchal also vvas visited by her other niece “Babe” Justine vvho has just ar- rived from Miami, Florida, vvhere she is a študent at Oxford. i pulation in the last ten years. In the cabinet of the govern¬ ment there vvere several changes in the personal of the ministry made vvith a hope of better ef- ficiency in the running of the gov¬ ernment. In the last week the king came to reside in his summer cottage at Bled and also vvent to Lika vvhere he vvas most joyously re¬ ceived by the populace. This week he vvill visit the lands. along the river Sava and he vvill end up his tour at Zagreb. Stupendous, majestic, collossal and significant; the Summer Grand Opera in the nevv Cleve¬ land Stadium, July 28 to Aug¬ ust 2, vvill be ali of this—and the Slovenes are playing a great part in making it the world’s greatest opera./In fact, so impor¬ tant a role are the Slovenes play- ing in this great venture that The Press has dedicated the opening night, Tuesday, July 28, at the performance of “Aida” as “Slovene Night.” Because of this, The Press has also opened a box office at Kushlan’s Con- fectionery in the Slovene Nation¬ al Home to make is convenient for ali the Slovenes to procure tickets. There are six Slovenes vvho are having prominent parts in the various choruses of the Opera, and ali are doing their best to put the Slovenes on a higher cul- tural level. Two sopranos, Miss Marie Mensinger of 1046 East 74th Street and Mrs. Mary Potoč¬ nik, daughter of Mr. Peter Srno- vrsnik, organist at St. Vitus have merited places in the chorus, vvhile Mr. Joseph Mtauer from St. Lavvrence Church vvill sing bari¬ tone. In the special choruses, Miss Molly Kozely of 4686 West 1 30th Street associated vvith the Cleveland Civic Opera Club vvill sing alto and Mr. Louis Belle of the Zarja chorus vvill sing second tenor. Miss Emily Fabian of the Chester Hale Troupe vvill repre- sent the Slovenes in the ballet Premiere Danseuse of the Metro¬ politan Opera, Rita De Leporte. Miss Fabian has also been honor- ed by being seleeted as one of the ten dancers vvho vvill give a special dance at the performance of Carmen. Ali these Slovenes are intensely interested in their vvork and foretell a brilliant future for the Press Opera. Mr. Joseph Mauer,, vvhen asked his opinion of the opera said, “It is the great¬ est and most marvelous thing that Cleveland has ever seen, and let us hope that it vvill be repeated every year. Under the great leadership of Mr. Golterman I have gained much experience, and if it is repeated next year I vvill be the first to apply for a plače in the chorus.” The Press never thought of ex- pense in connection with the Opera, and have imported the world’s greatest stars to appear as soloists at the operas. Hovv- ever, if the summer season of opera becomes an annual affair, the Slovenes can hope to have a soloist soon of their own in one of the operas. Ali the choruses are obtaining skillful instructions free of charge, from the leading direetors of the vvorld, and in a year or tvvo they might be polish- ed enough to merit a plače vvith leading stars. This vvill not be an ordinary opera season—it vvill be a spec- tacle, a parade and a pageant performed on the world’s largest stage—making the greatest gala festival the people of Cleveland have yet seen. There vvill be choruses, hallets, horses, camels, chariots and 1500 performers. Skarting on Tuesday, July 28 vvith | (Continued on page tvvo) PAGE TWO. CLEVELAND JOURNAL “(Elmlanii 31ountal t* The Tetter Opener 1 Lodge Notices! Published Every Friday by The American - Jugoslav Printing and Publishing Co. 6231 St. Clair Ave. — Cleveland, Ohio WHAT WE THINK ABOUT IT The suggestion in the last is- sue of the Journal directed at the Slovene Junior Orchestra to STAFF EDITOR . FRANK T. SUHADOLNIK FEATURE WRITERS . JOHN PRISTOV, FRANK SODNIKAR reorganize is a splendid one, brit SCRAMBLINGS . AN ^A ERSTE SPORTS EDITOR . HEINIE MARTIN ANTONČIČ SPORTS WRITERS . JOSEPH J|ARC, “GINGY” KOSTELEC TOWER O’ TATTLES .. FRANCES T. GERBEC BUSINESS MANAGER . VATRO J. GRILL Subscription Rates: One year Six Months: $1.00 $ 2.00 . Established May 24th, 1928 |E> 10/}. CLEVELAND, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 24th, 1931. not altogether original. If we had never considered re-estab- lishing ourselves we would have become generous and surrender- d our funds to a worthy cause a long time ago. We are inclined to believe, hovvever, that it would prove folIy to attempt to resurrect the Tunior Orchestra during the warm lays when both mind and will Slovenc Schools Increasing That the idea of Slovene school at the Slovene Na-j generall y are l ax and unattentive tional Home on St. ulair avenue was not an idea to oe sneered at or even an „ to more, day by day, as the seasons roli by. Cleveland organize and prevent the dissolu- may be proud of the faet that it was the home of the. i on of our Junior Orchestra in idea of Slovene instruction to the youth of America J he future. which was interested enough to enlist and carry on dur ing the past winters. The start was small indeed but encouragmg enough to make it worth the while of other centers oi Slovene people to begin Slovene schools. Last yeai Chicago was enlisted in the roster of cities in which a | MRS - MAR J^ PRISLAND HERE distinct organization was set up to give instruction in Slovene language and in which information about the j Mrs. Marie Prisland of She- Slovene people could be given. Information which is|boygan, Wis., the supreme pres- altogether too scarce in our hurly burly life. Very re- cently information has been received that a Slovene school has begun in Lorain, Ohio, with a good crowd attending the classes. Whatever may be the opinion of sceptics and peo- It is very gratifying to note hat others than members of the Junior Orchestra are taking inter- est in our success. —Louis Hodnik, Preš. who vvere active in the campaign. Ali these presentations will make Mrs. Prisland quite impor- tant in our city for the members have really secured about half of the entire gain in this last drive vvhich totalled close to 750#nevv members. The Slovene Ladies Union has reached a general fund of $20,000.00 with a membership of 4000 which is indeed remark- able for only its five years of ex- istence. The organization has its own monthly official organ and very alert and capable supreme offi- cers. Cleveland has better than a third of the entire membership and the supreme president, Mrs. Prisland, is at ali times ready to comment the members on ali their undertakings. Without a doubt Cleveland branches will feel highly honored with her presence and will favor her with quitc a reception in ex- tending her a warm welcome. —Albina Novak c,ollInwood sokols Collinvvood Sokols are request- ed to attend their classes in full numbers every Monday and Thursday to prepare for the an- nual picnic on August 2, 1931. —Louis Žele, V7alter Lampe, Mike Urac, Anna Vadnal. SLOVENE pPERA DAY (Continued from page one) the performance of ‘ Aida , op¬ era* s grandest spectacle, and will ident of the Slovene Ladies Union will honor our city with her visit sometime in September. She is coming to present branch 47 of Garfield Heights the “gold- en book of merit,” an award ple who are always ready to throw the wet blanket | which was attained by making the whenever a new idea is begun, they must certainly get | 3est § ain m membership durmg In thi: their rebuff in the information that Slovene youth is he ca ™P a ‘g n . , , . , . .. r-*i , , ,. , . i tj! j gilded book will be the photo- mterested enough m the Slovene to enlist m schools for | ; fsi m m 1^1 # fsi m isi ® isi ® KEnmore 3835 KEnmore 3835 The AUTO REPAIR SERVICE GENERAL REPAIRS ON ALL MAKES OF CARS Towing — High Pressure Lubrication — Ignition CANFIELD GAS — WM. PENN OIL 15808 WATERLOO RD., Cleveland, Ohio i m i i i I—111—i i I—I i S.—111—i 1 i—S PICNIC i held by the Cleveland Co^operative Societies in conncction with the Co-operative School at the D. T. J. Farm SUNDAY, JULY 26th 1931 ihe undeniable sweep and povver J of the book and its abi!ity to make an alien race assume form in our imaginations. ‘‘The Good Earth" is vvithout question, a book to be read—and kept for re- reading.” (Taken from ScribnePs—May issue) W' at 10. A. M. 10 prizes will be given away. There vvill be singing by different. choruses and several speeches vvill also be de- livered. Czech mušic vvill be furnished for the danc- ing. 1 DIRECTIONS TO FARM:—Take Route 422, seven miles from Chagrin Falls, O., to Brown Rd. and direct to the farm. Look for the D. T. J. signs. i ■ ® I i # $ I # I ul #I I ® Jr I ®. Dramatic Incidents of SLOVENE HISTORY By John Pristov and Frank Sodnikar THE BLACK DEATH ‘1 certainly vvould not admit any stranger j int 0 ttij home at such a; time. ‘‘You are right, neither vvould I, vvith this d^j raging around us, novv already for 2 years, since 15 03 '! “How this vvoman looked. Sine vvas an old y' I imagine around ninety, hunchbacked, fraif and a ^ ly able to vvalk; if she had not had a cane to 8Upp ^ herself on, she vvould have keeled over, I pity h er> ^ it is too big a risk to, take strangers in at this tim e ." ‘‘Are you talking about that strange old vvom, who has been going around asking for lodgingš?" que " tioned another vvoman vvbo had also come to feteh w a , e at the village vvell of Gosdorf. “I vvould have take n ^ in myself, but you knovv how it is vvith ali this c hol eta raging around here. ”We are fortunate that we have been spared f t0ft this calamity thus far, rnay the Lord preserve Us ^ further.” “A teamster, vvbo travels around, toki m e ,” sai( | a lady vvho had just arrived,” that village after vii] age had been štručk, and vvhere before the y W ere full of ljf e and gaiety novv they are nothing but empty shacks^ villages vvhere every house is its ovvn tombstone.” “■It is coming to such a point that inhabitants 0 1 vvhole cities are nothing but dead corpses.” ‘‘Why so many people die that they have scarcely any plače to be buried in, they just burn the bodies.” “Somebody tolci me, that men vvilling to sacrifi ce themselves are employed to puli out the dead bodies from houses and bring them to the village limits w [, ete they pile them up and burn them. “What is this ccmiing to, by the. looks of things God has determined to vvipe out the entire Slovene race," lamented another. ‘‘Well, ali vve have to do is to vvatch ourselves. should not leave any strangers into our homes vvhere they could spread their germs. If vve are careful we vvill yet pass over this crisis. But if it touches one home of our village it vvill swiftly spread to the other homes," cautioned someone else. 1$ Z»1‘ t oU •cO 0 #P 5 a« h e to a his . t vvo |n h r 0 y 9liteS ’ ^ e rr° r -, .1 "j for >h' fot "^3 hi ts - f»' ,b ‘ als° c si» J fa bi ' While this gossiping vvas going on in the square ol the village, in the far side of the town the lady of the discussion vvas slowly vvorking her way to the last hut in the higher part of the tovvn. It vvas her last possible plače of refuge in the village—Gracar’s cabin. Rain stopp per class gani one class A on the sandlc Approaching she could hear the laughing and joy- ous shouts of mirthful children. This plače had an as- pect altogether different than the others. It was a small home, built vvith snovv-vvhite limestone and covered vvith a roof of stravv. I he outside vvalls vvere adorned with pictures of saints and events. In the arch over the door- way vvas a representation of St. Florian sprinkling wate: on a burning house, this no doubt, put there to invoke the protection of St. Florian against fire. The vvoman could not see much light coming from the windows, but she caught fliekering shadovvs from the lamp. This house did seem hospitable, so a new hope returned. Hc J spirits arose, as she rapped vvith a nevv vigor and hw knock vvas ansvvered by a sonorous “At once, be patienti” 1 he door opened cautiously, and there appeared a man of a jovial personality. He seemed neither rich a 01 poor. His dress vvas typical of a Slovene peasant; boots, short knee pants vvith vvhite linen protruding at th E knees, velvet vest and a ruffled shirt made up his attir c - As Gracar opened the door and looked at the vvpman, he saw a thin, hunchbacked old vvoman la 1 black dress; her gray head vvas covered vvith a blat scarf vvhich čast a shade over her face; she had a stick in her hand and to ali appearances vvas a vveak old lady- What do you wish, mother?” he asked vvith j°f ous query. h class B took a 7 to Sidney Hill ners registere inning to vvii hits was the ! Scoring I ! the Schneidei St, Michael's sel and Rua; fports at ba 1« five hits three and th Thirteen , bekje numbe; Re Pair a s th, Ltterns, 1 ^lovic on Roz ®'s allo vvhiffed hiti 8 and Bra. the he; avy bi Leftv . 'y Me J Br °8 to a 6 C °t)nolk We ^blet 0 Just a bed for the night, to shelter me; please b e charitable to a helpless and homeless thing like rny seR ’ Well, let s see, vve are slightly overcrovvded 88 ' is, but I always have a plače for a destitute lady. neighbors may riclicule nre as a beggar but stili I k°' C as vvarm a heart as any of them.” invited h e ’ Hesitating not vvithin. in the least, Gracar CM irS 11 « The furnishings of the room vvere plain and table vvere made of unpolished vvood. The ^ vvere vvhite and bare, save for a crucifix and an i m8r of the Blessed Virgin M'ary. In one comer vvas a ^ spmnmg flax on the spinning vvheel. In another co' ■ne 1 vvere a few children grouped around their gr an dfa t!,eI vvbo^ vvas telling them tales of h the Furks. ovv the Slovenes foU!? 1 zb* I vvas not expecting such hospitality, (but b ea 1m at lBle Lord vvill repay you for this kinJ ne . were the only vvords that the old lady uttered bef° re £ ‘ “ Teli asleep. (Continued on page four) \ .. Sla ^ic 6li S- >3? Jfis n c, l:S 'n>' 1 s -1 3, d „ igsv.N' fe H? s ' )ar ed i •Ve 111 U 3 Stili /V' s ' er Vili; full 1931. CLEVELAND JOURNAL PAGE THREE JOURNAL ■ ■•■■•■■■■■■■■•■■S •* PORT .. j jftETEL S HI1TSIMJ T L0YAUTES Comrades Crash 13 Safeties KRAINZ’S FIELDING SCINTILLATES Zaletel BY JOSEPH A. JARC KsaaaaaaaaaMaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai laanraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaEaai Eddie has allovved hits and one run and was unearned, the result Jarksvvicz on the ‘St , °f Ufe s ^clt K eddie /-aieic registered his ^ 1 victory over the former seC ° nC s as he hurled and batted ^tes to a 7 to 0 decision. ... tw0 appearances against 1» hl tbe Loyal‘ tes > bot fi ve tkat run [ an error ■■■ ' n( j for the losers was nicked n ° U |d hits. Krainz on short ■ e d U r vvinners, handling StaI hard chances. Novak and )\ Cabian also cllcked nicely. a j. Zaletel Breaks Up Game jhe Comrades drew first blood ijje third frame as two hits and wa ik loaded the paths. b|ta nts o{ e Sc arcely : ^°diea," 3 sacrifice bodies '•ts vvhere lin S?3 God ne race," dves. We es vvhere ireful we >ne home horaes," tquare ol !y of the last hnt possible and joy- d an as- i a sraall red with ed with le doot- ig wate« invoke woroa» ws, but This =d, H« ind h e[ -e. be , a red a ich no1 boots, at tb' atti fe ’ at h 11 ' , in a bla° k , stk k la^' h ■seti' be as it M? | h et ha' rS ysf f n« f th« r tiA E. Za- letel sent won his o\vn game as he a single into right, scoring two of his mates. Secolic scored two more as he singled to center. 1 he Comrades scored twice more •n the fifth and once in the eighth. While E. Zaletel pitched mas- terful bali, his mates led by No¬ vak, who clouted three hits made the going rather easy. Secolic and Zalokar connected safely twice. Gaski and M. Sodja were the °nly Loyalites who hit s afely. Zaletel štručk out four and walked three. Jarkewicz whiffed two and passed one. Baseball Breezes John (Gingy) Kostelec Rain stopped most of the up- per class games last Sunday. Not one class A game being played on the sandlots. St In class B the Berichon Fords took a 7 to 3 pasting from the Sidney Hill team. The vvin- ners registered 6 runs in the last inning to win. Cudnick with 3 hits was the Fords best perform- Scoring 1 1 runs in two innings the Schneider Sports downed the St, Michael’s in D, 11 to 1. Koe- sel and Ruay starred for the Sports at bat. They connected f°r five hits the former getting three and the latter two. Jt Thirteen proved to be the lucfey number for the Kozan Shoe Eepair as they shut out the Blue Lantern s, 13 to 0 in class E. Bogovič on the rubber for the koran s allovved only two hits an d whiffed 9. Grgas with four hhs and Bradich with three were the heavy hitters for the vvinners. X Lefty Merhar hurled the Bra- 2ls ^ ros to a 8 to 5 victory over *he Cot)nolly Sports. The Sport .1 ' Vere a hle to get only three bingles Betsy Ross Surprise In 9 - 2 Win Over Progressives Boosters Edge Clairwoods 4 - 2 The Betsy Ross team pulled a surprise by drubbing the Pro¬ gressives, 9 to 2 for their brst victory of the season. The Flag- makers have occupied the cellar position for the first round, but are now really playing fast bali. Holovvenkor, their pitching ace, has seemed to štručk his stride, and is now shovving plenty of zip. He set down the S. N. P. J. out- fit with 5 hits, while his mates pounded Kulvvin and Cvetic for 1 2. Holovvenko štručk out two but his players clicked nicely and stopped vvhatever threats were made by the losers. Flolvvenko also starred at the plate getting two oijt of four. E. Starman and C. Starman each got two bingles. as also did Riddle. Kulvvin breezed two and passed thre- Wick was the only Progressive to connect safely, doing so tvvice. SCHEDULE Week of July 27 GROUP a Monclay, Whitc City ORELS VS LOYALITES Tucsday, Gordon Park S. Y. M. C. VS COMRADES Wednesday, Gordon Park G. W.’s vs PIONEERS Friday, Gordon Park S. Y. M. C. vs ORELS GROUP B Clairwoods vs Progress. - Betsy Ross vs Col Boost,- Pirst game Sunday must begin promptly a. m. — Not later. i A i % * t ♦♦♦ -9:00 -10:30 morning at 9:00 DOLJACK DAY COMMITTEE COMPLETES PLANS COLLINWOOD BOOSTERS CLAIRWOODS 2 4, and 12 of them were strike-out victims before Merhar’s slants. Zak vvith two slashing doubles was the outstanding hitter for the Brazis. JS Bobby Connors lirnited the Central Typewriters to 2 hits and the 23rd Ward Democrats vvon by a shut-out, 5 to 0 in a class A indoor game. Betson continued his heavy hitting for the Demo¬ crats by crashing out a triple and single and Maggie connected for a circuit drive. JS The Farah Sports scored tvvo runs in the ninth to take over the Cleveland Transfers, 2 to 0. T. Kubilus getting tvvo hits for the Sports. Sheller and Marks each droVe out tvvo hits to help the Emmett Walsh for Council defeat the Cor- lett Catholic Club, 5 to 2. The Gabel Bills scored a 9 to 6 upset over the strong Comella Sports. They crossed the plate 5 times in the last inning tel vvin. With Gulič pitching superbly in the pinches, the Collinvvood Boosters nipped the ‘Clairvvoods in a fast moving tussle. Gulič vvhiffed nine but his vvildness let six get on the path via the free route, only to be stranded there. Nagy, vvith a double and single led the Boosters’ attack. Krall connected safely tvvice. Zust on the mound for the losers breezed seven and vvalked four. S. Y. M. C. VVIN, 8 - 6 The S. Y. M. C. defeated the 23rd Ward Democrats in the fea- ture tussle, in this week’s sched- ule in the East Madison Play- ground League. Other results vvere Nick Sports 7— Mihelčič Grocers 0. Friedl Sfcorts 3— G. W.’s 0. Sunday August 9th, League Park Definite The Committee and friends in- terested in boosting Doljack Day completed their plans for August 9 the date set aside for the honor- ing of Frank Doljack, local Slo- vene member of the Detroit bali club. Mr. Frank Mervar, chairman of the entertainment committee and donor of the hali vvhere the evening festivities are to be^held, reports everything in readiness. His chief kitchen maid is to be Miss Jennie Prusnick. The priče for the evening affair is thirty- five cents. The reserved seats for the bali game seli at one dollar and forty