The Oldest Slovene Daily in Ohio Best Advertising Medi lum ENAKOPRAVNOST EQUALITY NEODVISEN DNEVNIK ZA SLOVENSKE DELAVCE V AMERIKI Najstarejši slovenski dnevnik v Ohio Oglasi v tem listu so uspešni VOLUME XXIII.—LETO XXIII. CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, (SOBOTA) JANUARY 13, 1940. ŠTEVILKA (NUMBER) 11 o Kratke vesti j| »z življenja in »veta {Jugoslavija bo baje dovolila italijanskiZa nesrečnike armadi prehod svojega hrvatskega ozemlja' v Prem°g°vniku I j Sestanek članov jugoslovanske in rumunske vlade. — Knez Pavle in kneginja Olga bosta te dni posetila Zagreb, da manifestirata edinstvo Srbov in Hrvatov. ni rešitve loparjema se je izplačalo Cleveland. — Včeraj sta dva °Parja odnesla $3,000 iz Fo-* B,ook Tavern gostilne, t> 7T Edison fve. Edwarda °°rdine-a, 35-letnega gostilni- . . ■ . . .. carJa, sta -u-, jugoslovanskih vladnih vodite- j«. t>ia roparja pobila s samo- ...... KreRnm v.- i, . . . . liev na severni men s člani rn- Število smrtnih žrtev je do- Konferenca S. N. Doma BEOGRAD, 12. jan. — Jugoslovanski regent Pavle se bo sestal danes v družbi ostalih Kresom grabiti na tla, ko je hotel po-svoj revolver, ki ga je i- Ijev na severni meji s člani ru munske vlade. Na sestanku bo- za baro. Gostilničar je nekaj i razPravlJali ° varnostj Bal- Kinut Prej prinesel denar z na Z ozirom na gr0zec0 ne" ba>ike An • , v , , . j varnost ruske agresije. Sesta- Qa bi menjal čeke delav-; b J cem, ki j nek se bo vršil v Vršasu, v bli- U so zaposleni v bližnjih L. l°varnah lzini rumunske meje. V zvezi s tem je rečeno, da Pp() V ZVEZI ,e Jugoslavija pristala na to, vojni i da bo dovolila italijanskim če- waukee, Wis. — Tukaj se! tam prehod svoje meje, če bi zveza "Mothers j šle slednje branit Madžarsko, :e Against War," ki je | toda to dovoljenje je veljavno tu pre in da stoje zdaj za jugoslovansko i krono. Kongresnik Thomas A. Jenkins, republikanec iz Irontona, jO., ki si že nad leto dni prizadeva za sprejem te predloge, je iz- Smrtna kosa Po dolgi in mučni bolezni je v | javil, da je dobil zagotovilo, da Mount Fair bolnišnici umrla Ma-: bo predsednik Roosevelt podpi-ry Supan, rojena Furlan, stara sal to predlogo, s čfemer bo po-55 let, stanujoča "na 1058 E. 147 : stala zakon. Jenkins je napove-St. Tukaj zapušča žalujočega so- J doval, da bo država Ohio preje-J^wood, N. J. — Mrs. Mary proga Antona, doma iz Mokro- i la denar tekom enega meseca. •a je bila prisiljena ležati j noga, brata Franka Furlana in j Predloga je bila poslana danes iw. n' v nostpiii nh Kvnip.m svakinio Frances Furlan, sopro-! v Belo hišo. BARTDEY, W. Va. 12. januarja. — Nocoj je zamrlo skoro zadnje upanje, da bi spravili na površje zemlje še žive premogar-je, ki jih je zasulo, ko je nastala v rovu eksplozija. S premo-garji, ki so še pod zemljo in o katerih ni več upanja, da bi jih spravili žive na dan, bo doseglo število smrtnih žrtev 92. To je največja premogovna nesreča v Ameriki izza leta 1928. Raymond F. Salvati, podpredsednik korporacije, ki lastuje rudnik, je objavil nocoj sledečo izjavo: "Reševalno moštvo je storilo vse, kar je bilo v njegovi moči ter je prodrlo dovolj globoko v rudnik, da je lahko ugotovilo, da je vsako upanje na rešitev zasutih premogarjev zaman. Nesrečniki so vsi mrtvi. U-mrli bi bili tudi, če bi se zabari-kadirali proti plinu, ker v rovu ni dovolj zraka." Reševalno moštvo je našlo 27 trupel, od katerih so jih samo troje prepoznali.- ANGLEŠKA LETALA NAPADLA NEMŠKA MESTA IN RAZNE BAZE Mr. Ludvik Medvešek nam po- j < # —---- roča s konference snd sledeče: Angleži so pričeli vračati Nemcem šilo za Sejo je otvoril predsedniki ~ . v 1# ognjilo. - Svojo zračno vojno so zanesli zdaj nad Nemčijo. VČERAJ JE BILO POGREZNJENIH PETERO LADIJ LONDON, 12. jan. — Vlada*- s,eglo 92. _ Največja to-' Krist Stokel ob osmih zvečer. Po prečitanju imen direktorjev in zastopnikov je bilo ugotovljeno, i da je konferenca sklepčna. Za direktorja sta bila izvoljena L. Poljšak in A. Tekavec, med Mrs. Zakrajšek in Frankom Virantom pa se je vršila ožja volitev. Izvoljena je bila Mrs. Zakrajšek. Nato se je razvila debata o resoluciji glede Slovenskega narodnega muzeja. Direktor Vatro J. Grill pojasnjuje zadevo, češ, j da resolucija priporoča, da di-rektorij pobira prostovoljne prispevke v ta namen, to je brez vsakih obveznosti od strani S. N. D. V zadevo poseže direktor Ku-shlan, ki priporoča, da se ne dela nepotrebnih stroškov SND. Naj se idejo sprejme, ko bodo razmere in čas dozoreli zanjo. Sprejelo se ie predlog, da sme direktorij ukreniti vse potrebno, da se izpremeni oder v dvorani v toliko, da bo boljša akustika. Ako bodo finančne razmere dopuščale, se bo to zgodilo. Delničar A. Grdina je nato govoril v interesih North American banke ter o koristih, ki jih imajo lahko naši ljudje od nje. Razvila se je o tem daljša debata, nakar je delničar Grdina odšel. Velike Britanije je danes uradno naznanila, da so njeni letalci podvzeli več napadov globoko v notranjost Nemčije, kjer so bombardirali več krajev. Angleška letala so letela nad Hamburgom, važnim nemškim pristaniščem, nad industrijskim mestom Frankfurt am Main, kakor tudi nad celotnim industrijskim okrožjem v Porurju. Nad angleško obal pa so priletela nemška letala, katerih eno se je zaletelo celo nad predmestje Londona, kjer so ga pa pregnali angleški protiletalski topovi. Angleško ministrstvo zračne PADEREWSKI V POLJSKI VLADI PARIZ, 12. jan. — Ignacij Jan Paderewski, slavni poljski pianist, je dospel danes v začasno prestolnico poljske vlade, ki se nahaja na francoskih tleh. Paderewski, ki je star 82 let, se je odzval klicu svojih rojakov, naj pride in sprejme sedež v poljski vladi v izgnanstvu. Splošno sc sodi, da bo eden izmed prvih aktov poljske vlade formalna obtožba stare poljske vlade in vrhovnega vojaškega poveljstva, ki se ju smatra za odgovorna za razsulo sile je danes naznanilo, da po- j poljske armade in ž njo vred greša 17 mož, ki so bili najbr-; poljske države: Med glavnimi že ubiti v zračnih bojih. | krivci te liste sta imeni Jože_ postelji ob svojem ! svakinjo Frances Furlan, sopro , 1 j kap. i več sorodnikov. Rojena je bila v Ohio prikrajšana meseca okto- nioo. Martin je povedal Fordove- >. n možu Henryju, staremu j go pokojnega brata Josepha in ' Za to vsoto je bila država et. kati--- • - - ' —*----J-:i---- " ----- ---—:i---j*--------- elje ^ ni mogla dvigniti s po-' i dneb vendar >s6(j a a nekega mimoidočega lejjiv je prenesel na dru- bo dala O^1 l>OMOc »n jg .Norveška. — Kralj Haa- ensu ^erega je zadela ter Pa zbolela za pljučni- Cerknici na Notranjskem, kjer j bra leta 1938, ker je Social Se- Ra - ............zapušča dva brata, Edvarda in curity Board izjavil, da je biv- Pavla, in sestro Nežo, omož. Lo- j ši governer Martin L. Davey kr-gar in več sorodnikov. Tukaj je šil tozadevna pravila ter izrab-bila 35 let ter je bila članica ljal sklade v svoje politične svr-'lSce, nakar se je uredilo i društva Svobodomiselne Sloven-' he. Stal°- | ke, št. 2 SDZ. Pogreb se vrši v - v ska bo ivm \ !torek iz Joseph Žele in Sinovi po- grebnega zavoda na 458 E. 152 St. Bodi ji ohranjen blag spomin, preostalim pa naše sožalje! Slovenski radio Jutri popoldne ob dveh bo pela na slovenskem radio-pro-gramu ga. Josephine Milavec-Levstek, odlična altistka in so-listinja. Vabilo i Anno, Morie in Helen. Pokojna Mr. in Mrs. John Flaisman,; je živela na 17818 Delavan Rd. 6400 St. Clair Ave., vabita vse; Pogreb se bo vršil iz A. Grdina prijatelje in znance na srnjako- j in Sinovi pogrebnega zavoda, vo večerjo, ki jo bosta servirala | čas pogreba naznanimo v pone-danes zvečer. i deljek. Naše sožalje. Rjavil včeraj ob otvorit-e>% Z0''3' norveškega parla- ij ' a si bo Norveška še na-Pri2adevala> ohraniti gvo. 'oje ralnost ter da bo ojačila . Oborožene sile. Švedski >?4r-av stav je ob včerajšnjem 3al jnem S°voru parlamentu » je t0) da so se je, da sta mu slednja dva pove- zbrali kar trije duhovniki ali dala, da sta pregledala rekorde bivši duhovniUii ki se hočejo o njegovi preteklosti in da sta vaim delavskemu ljudstvu ter v torek zjutraj ob 8:15 iz August F. Svetek pogrebnega zavo-ne bi bilo Forda, bi on, Martin, i da na 478 East 152nd St., ter v ne mogel "ronati" svoje unije, cerkev sv.. Alojza na E. 109th St. "Ob neki priliki je Martin; in St/ Clair Ave., ter na St. Paul kazal šop bankovcev in dejal, pokopališče. Bodi ji ohranjen da je Bennett izjavil, da se mo-, blag spomin. Preostalim naše so-ra korporacija sporazumeti s žalje! Homerjem Martinom." . Gospodje voditelji med seboj \ Pasje licence Martin se je tudi dvakrat se-1 Vsem' ki imaj° Pse< se nazna" stal z Geraldom L. K. Smithom, da se dobe Pas-ie licence bivšim protestantskim duhovni-11 Glenville Pet Shoppe, 10638 kom in pomočnikom pokojnega iSt Clair Ave- in sicer do 20-raketirskega governerja Huey j Ja™arja, vsak dan od devetih Longa. Kmalu potem pa jc; zJutraj do devetih zvečer. Kdor Martin dejal, da mu je župnik :do takrat ne bo oskrbel svoje-Coughlin ponudil "lepo poslop-.^ Psa s PasJ° licenco, bo moje" za njegov glavni stan. M po tem datumu plačati vec.________ "Martin mi je ob raznih pri Rusi grozijo baje Fincem, da bodo V bolnišnici S Svetkovo ambulanco je bila odpeljana v St. Lukes bolnišnico Miss Albina Nose, 22331 Beckford Rd. Nahaja se v sobi št. 220. Zjčasno obiski niso dovoljeni. Doma Iz bolnišnice se je vrnil na dom Mr. Joseph Fajdiga, 14614 Thames Ave: Prijatelji ga lahko obiščejo. Mi mu želimo skorajšnje okrevanje. prišli Nemci, če se Finci ne umaknejo Ruski letalci so pričeli z intenzivnim bombardiranjem finskih mest. v Helsinkih so ruske bombe pretrgale telefonsko zvezo mesta z zunanjim svetom. se postaviti na čelo njegovih unij. zadovoljna ž njim. Dalje je Martin rekel, da sta ga omenjena dva prosila, naj ne resig-nira, češ, da vesta, da bosta! morala obravnavati s kako de- Novi avtomobili lavsko unijo, zato dajeta pred-. Pri Elyria Auto Repair and nost pogajanju ž njim. Martin Welding, 6815-31 Superior Ave. je izjavil, da mu je Ford ob' ljubil, da bo "deloval ž njim' in da mu bo dal finančno po- imajo nove lične 1940 Willys. O-glejte si ta avtomobil in peljite se ž njim. HELSINKI, 12. januarja. — Neki oficijelni finski izvestitelj je naznanil danes celo serijo destruktivnih poletov ruskih letal nad razna finska mesta ter pripomnil, da so Rusi na fronti v nik, skozi katerega je pričelo grmeti proti Fincem: "Ako se finske čete tekom 48 ur ne umaknejo iz svojih položajev, bodo prišli Nemci!" HELSINKI, 12. januarja. Kareliji zagrozili, "da bodo pri- j Sovjetska Rusija je pričela da- šli Nemci, če Finci v teku 48 ur ne odpokličejo svojih čet," ki se upirajo Rusom. Rečeno je, da so Rusi med svojimi črtami in Mannerheimo- nes z najsilnejšo zračno vojno proti južni Finski; bombe ruskih letal so pretrgale telefonsko zvezo Helsinkov z zunanjim svetom. Ruski letalci so bombardi- vo linijo postavili radijski zvoč- rali kak ducat finskih mest. ----------——------- ---------- sko društvo "Anton Verovšek" priredi jutri popoldne ob treh v Slovenskem narodnem domu krasno Cankarjevo dramo KRALJ NA BETAJNOVI. WW.?'' *wlv™'Jwl*! gTTCXN 2 1nakopravnost 13. januarja, 1940. WKWWMUMUMt»MBt«aPBt UREDNIŠKA STRAN "ENAKOPRAVNOSTI »ENAKOPRAVNOST« Owned and Published by XHK AMERICAN JUGOSLAV PRINTING AN1J PUBLISHING CO. 6231 ST. CLAIR AVENUE — HENDERSON 5311-5315 Issued Every Day Except Sunday* and Holiday« PO rsctnaa^lcu v Clevelandu, ra oelo leto.................................$5.50 la 6 mesecev....................$3.00; »a 3 mesece......................$1.50 Po poŠti v Cltvelandu, v Kanadi ln Merici ca oelo leto.................$6.00 m C mesecev....................$3.36; za 3 mesece......................$2.00 Sa Zedinjene držav« «a oelo leto ........................................$4.50 m 6 mesecev....................$2.50; za 3 mesece......................$1.50 Za Evropo, Jutno Ameriko ln druge Inoieauk« države: «a oelo leto.......................$8.00 ssa 6 mesecev....................$4.00; Catered as Second Class Matter April 26th, at the Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, under the Act of Congress of March 3rd, 187fl. .vrhu, RUSIJA: - ZA IN PROTI V "Ameriški Domovini" smo čitali te dni članek "Zadnji utrinki komunizma," v katerem razvija urednik svoje pojme in nazore o Stalinu, komunizmu ter o rusken vdoru v Finsko. Članek je pisan natančno v takem duhu kakor so pisani tozadevni članki v skoro vsem ameriškem časopisju, razlika je samo ta, da one članke pišejo Ameri-kanci, v "A. D." pa jih piše urednik, ki je slovenskega in slovanskega rodu. Odveč bi bilo pogrevati stara, tudi v našem listu že našteta dejstva o Abesiniji, Avstriji, Španiji, češkoslova- j vijo pohod tega slovanskega orjaka. Norčujejo se iz nje ški, Albaniji in Poljski, ki so bile brez najmanjšega očita-igove armade in iz njegove kolebajoče hoje, kakor bi ne nja vesti izdane, napadene in pogažene, pa se ni živa | vedeli, da je to dete komaj shodilo in se zdaj prvič postavilo na lastne noge! S škodoŽ3ljnim zasmehom poročajo, kako se jim ustavljajo njihovi bojni tanki, kakor bi ne vedeli, da je tem velikim kmečkim otrokom, ki so šele v zadnjih dveh desetletjih pričeli prodirati v misterije mehanizma, komplicirani tank to, kar je modernim, pomehkuženim otrokom zapadnega sveta, lokomotiva pod !. . . Če pa ponujali Finski velik kos ozemlja v ruski Kareliji v zameno za koncesije na finskih otokih, toda Finska, ki je že tedaj dobro vedela, kdo stoji za njo (Daladier je te dni priznal v francoskem parlamentu, da je pričela Francija že takoj ob pričetku rusko-finskih pogajanj zalagati Finsko s strelivom in drugimi vojnimi potrebščinami), ni hotela ničesar slišati o kaki zamenjavi, temveč je vztrajala pri svoji "neodvisnosti!" Vidite* to je smešno, to! "Neodvisno" jagnje sredi krdela volkov. . . Takšno je resnično stanje stvari, katerega ne bomo spremenili ne mi, ne ameriško časopisje s svojimi ogorčenimi tiradami, ne "A. D." s svojim sramotenjem in zasmehovanjem ruskih vojakov, ko pravi, da je bilo treba Fincem "samo malo zaropotati, in mogočna Stalinova armada, pred katero se je dvajset let tresel ves svet, jo je ucvrla v beg, kot zmočen kuže." Ne vemo sicer, koliko je v tej Stalinovi armadi komunistov, vemo pa, da so — razen morda nekaterih Azijatov z Iztoka — vsi RUSI, ki korakajo kljub zaprekam svoji bodočnosti naproti. Pot — ne pravimo: komunizma! — vodi navzgor, k s katerega jo ostali, nekdaj mogočni narodi že davno ubirajo po drugem bregu nizdol. In vprav ta grenko-bridka zavest je tisto, kar je združilo degenerirane evropske nasilnike na skupnih barikadah, da zausta- da so italijanske oblasti v Ri- i vojnih razmer sklenili zvišati na-mu kaznovale več trgovcev in1 ročnino in prodajno ceno za zasebnikov zaradi prodajanja j dvajset odstotkov; da pripravljajo merodajni či-nitelji v Nemčiji proglas bojkota francoske in angleške literature, tako v originalu, kakor tudi v prevodih. kave; da so nedavno otvorili v Na-poliju angleški institut; da so švicarski listi zaradi Koliko časa ostanejo Zed. države nevtralne? V sredo prošlega tedna je bilo v Washingtonu otvorjeno tretje zasedanje 76. kongresa Zedinje-nih držav. Ob tej priliki je predsednik Roosevelt, kot je običajno, naslovil na zakonodajce poslanico "o "stanju Unije." Am- znotraj, kajti od tega odvisi moč njene demokracije. Indirektno je udaril po kongresniku Diesu, ko je rekel: "Nauki, ki naperjajo skupino proti skupini, verno proti veri, pleme proti plemenu, razred pro- pak, kakor je bilo bilo pričako-jti razredu, podžigajoč plamen cluša zmenila za to, dočim so mednarodni "človekoljubi," ki so prej te države izdajali in prodajali, zagnali zdaj huronski krik nad usodo Finske. V članku je med drugim rečeno: "Človek se mora na ves glas smejati slovenskim časopisom (v Ameriki sta samo dva tako trapasta), ki so požrli Stalinov otročji izgovor, da je šel osvobodit finski narod." Pravilno! Gornji stavek je — razen ugotovitve o dveh slovenskih časopisih, na katero se bomo pozneje povrnili - resničen, kajti res mora biti naiven tisti, ki pravi, da je šel Stalin osvobojevat finski narod. Ne, Stalin ni šel osvobojevat finskega naroda, — to je samo diplomatska ukana, za katero tiči staro pravilo vseh brezobzir-nežev, da nameni posvečujejo sredstva — pač pa je šel, in to v zadnjem trenutku pred nevihto, zaščitit i meje Rusije pred tistimi, ki ji strežejo po življenju. Kdo so tisti, to ve urednik "A. I)." prav tako dobro kot urednik "E." Da bo pa vedela to vsa javnost, namreč naša slovenska javnost, bodi mimogrede omenjeno, da strežejo Rusiji po življenju vsi tisti, ki danes jokajo in tarnajo nad usodo Finske, dočim se za usodo onih dežel, ki so bile ogrožane in pogažene po fašističnih nasilnikih, niso zmenili! Tozadevno dokazovanje za in proti bi se lahko zavleklo v nedogled, ker argumentov je v obilici za eno in drugo stran, da se pa temu izognemo, naj ponovimo v zvezi s to zadevo besede človeka, ki ga moremo smatrati tako rekoč za avtoriteto, ker je njegov cilj in smoter vse drugačen, kot pa ščititi Stalina in zagovarjati njegovo politiko. Ta Človek je ruski aristokrat, baron Ilokassov-ski Vrangel, bratranec pokojnega generala Vrangla, znanega antiboljševiškega bojevnika in vojskovodje, bivši častnik ruske carske armade in vnuk generala Vrangla, governerja Finske, ko je bila slednja še del carske Rusije. Ta ruski aristokrat, odločen sovražnik Stalina in njegovega režima, ki je zdaj na turneji po Zedinjenih državah, kjer prireja predavanja proti boljševiškemu režimu, je izjavil na svojem potu skozi Cleveland, časnikarjem sledeče: "Ni treba imeti simpatij do ruskih komunistov, pa se mora kljub temu priznati, da bi morala vsaka ruska vlada, pa naj ji načeluje Peter Veliki ali pa Stalin, staviti Finski enake pogoje. "Pet in dvajset odstotkov vse ruske težke industrije je nameščene v docela izpostavljeni in odprti pokrajini okoli Leningrada, odkoder je do finske meje samo dvajset kilometrov. Zato mora Rusija dominirati obe strani Finskega zaliva. "Položaj primerjamo lahko našemu lastnemu Panamskemu prekopu, kjer imamo svoje vojaštvo, pa ne morda zato, ker potrebujemo več ozemlja, temveč iz strateških ozirov, da zaščitimo kanal. "Prosim, razumite me prav. Jaz gojim vse spoštovali jenje do maršala Mannerheima, s katerim sem osebno znan. Ampak dejstvo je dejstvo! In to dejstvo je, da so Finci pod generalom Mannerheimom, za časa civilne vojne, bombardirali Kronstadt, rusko pomorsko bazo, ki ščiti in varuje Leningrad." , In če so mali Finci lahko bombardirali to rusko pomorsko bazo, od katere je odvisna varnost Leningrada j levjih tac, ki so prava slaščica in 25 odstotkov celotne ruske težke industrije, ali je ne j za one, ki vedo, kaj je dobro, bi tem laže bombardirali, recimo, Angleži, Nemci, Francozi ali morda celo cela kombinacija sil? Je pač nesreča, da je varnost vse severoevropske ruske meje odvisna od zemljepisnega položaja Fihske in ostalih baltiških držav. Sicer pa je znano, da so Rusi vati, se v nji ni bavil toliko z notranjimi problemi dežele kot s poležajem, v katerem se je Ame-riša zna5la. vsled izbruha vojne v Evropi. Simpatija za demokracije sovaštva pri ljudeh, ki so preveč brezupni, da bi mogli misliti sami zase, so bili slej ko prej rabljeni kot gesla, na katerih so demagoški diktptorii -'aha1' k moči. Ko so prišli na oblast, so božičnim drevescem, ki se jo navije, pa gre kak mehanizem poči, lokomotiva obstane in otrokove modrosti je kraj. In vendar se iz teh otrok vzgajajo poznejši inženirji in mehaniki najmodernejših strojev, katerim njih pogon ne dela nič več skrbi in težav. H koncu še to: Kdo sta tista dva trapasta slovenska časopisa, ki sta požrla Stalinov otročji izgovor, da je šel Stalin osvobodit finski narod? Ker nismo mi tega še nikoli trdili — nimamo namreč navade, trditi budalosti — torej ne moremo biti vključeni v teh dveh. Ali je morda eden izmed teh Amerikanski Slovenec, oziroma njegov sourednik Rev. Trunk, ki pridno lomi svoje kopje za Rusijo? In kdo je drugi? V zgodovini Rusije so vladali že razni trinogi in na-silniki, ki so že davno v grobu, Rusija pa še živi. Rusko zemljo so teptala kopita tatarskih in mongolskih konj, dokler niso Rusi obrnili kopja ter pognali zavojevalcev nazaj na Vzhod, nakar so ž njimi zamenjali vloge. Rusijo so poseli ko roji požrešnih kobilic nemški Križarji, katerim pa so ruske bojne sekire razklale njih ščite ter jih pognale iz Rusije preko Baltika nazaj v njihovo germansko domovino. Stalin vlada danes, toda ne bo večno vladal; kar je ustvaril zdravega, bo ostalo, kar je bolnega, bo samo od sebe shiralo in umrlo, Rusija pa bo živela še dolgo, dolgo, ker ima za življenje vse one pogoje, ki jih je ostalim velikim narodom že davno zmanjkalo. Vso poslanico prveva ton glo- vklenili v svojo tiranjo cele na-boke simpatije za Anglijo in ; rode in zasužnjili slabotnejše so Francijo. Medtem ko je predsed- j sede. nik seveda poudarjal željo in J "To je nevarnost, na katero nado,da Zedinjene države ne bo-|m0ramo biti tudi v Ameriki bolj do potegnjene v evropski kon- J pozorni. Kajti oni, ki opravičuje-flikt, pa njegove besede ne do-(j0 agresorje v tujini, in enako puščajo nobenega dvoma, da se j tiste sebične in strankarske gru-bo to gotovo zgodilo, a/ko b. ob-; pe doma, ki se ovijajo v plašč stojela nevarnost, da bo Hitler j laži-amerikamzma z namenom, bodisi sam ali s Stalinovo po-j da pospešujejo svoje lastne go-močjo zapadne sile ugnal v kozji j spodarske, finančne" ali politične rog ter se povzpei v pozicijo, v j koristi, sedaj preizkušajo evrop-kateri bi ukazoval Evropi. j ske trike na nas, hoteč nas na-Rooseveltova izvajanja zvoni-1 hujskati v boj drug proti dru- ŠKRAT Angleški kralj Karel I. je bil velik ženskar in je kot" tak ujel na svoje limanice nevesto nekega angleškega meščana. Zgodilo pa se je, da je meščan, ki mu je ■kralj na ta način odtujil izvoljen-ko, prišel na neki sestanek med kraljem in bivšo nevesto. Premeril je oba od vrha do tal in rekel samo eno besedo: "Remember!" Napočila j* igral je na veli- «di rm°1)iko in zabaval gosto i , 0 Poslušalcev z veselimi in javnimi pesmimi. Tobakov Z(jA"ton Jakob je prišel s Tere-od "Medveda". Rad bi si za-nekoliko ogledal." Tudi se lllllllillllllilllllllllllilllllllilllllllll^ "Takoj," je dejala. drugo roko se je igral s krušnim nožem. To noč je prišla Tereza k njemu iz lastnega nagiba in uporabila je vse ženske umetnije, da bi vzbudila v njem vero, da ga ee ljubi. Anton Jakob je zbiral žetev svojega zakona, bila pa je pičla. Rahel dih in pleve kakor zrnje je odletelo z dlani v vse vetrove. Bridkost! "Gottfried, srčno ljubljeni," je pisala Tereza naslednje jutro, "če me ljubiš, boš ostal z doma j še par dni. Bolje bo tako za naju oba. Poželim te vsako minuto, vsako sekundo, toda moja duša potrebuje miru. Nabrati moram moči. Danes je vse žalostno. Vreme se je spremenilo in oblaki se zbirajo. Če že mora deževati, upam da bo kmalu deževalo in bo najino polje, ko se vrneš, spet suho. Strahovito te pogrešam! Kako dolgo bom to lahko zdržala? Strahovito sem Čez teden dni se je spet pojavil Gottfried. Tereza ga je sprejela strastno zmedena. Kakor ptič je frfotala po stopnicah gor in dol in skušala prikriti svoje veselje, medtem ko mu je istočasno šepetala na uho najbolj nore reči, ki se jih lahko domislijo le zaljubljenci. * "Toda," je rekla, "zaenkrat morava opustiti zdaj najine majhne sestanke na travniku. Zelo previdna moram biti! Sporočila ti bom, kdaj in kje se bova lahko sestala." nesrečna in strahovito srečna." j Gottfried je takoj opazil, kaj Nesla ie nismo v nabiralnik k! se je pripetilo. Nagrbančil je če- ^ tam P°nudila krasna pri-fere°St' da se je lahko postavil s >tarZ°' Ni Se branila stopiti v al0° gOStilno> nasprotno, zaba-Jel ^ ¥ Anton Jakob si je nana^0"' najbolj ošaben izraz, ■ ■ 1 ^.iun prihod je vzbudil naj- Pozornost. 11 greva zdaj domov?" je Terezo. Prvi cesti. Ko se je vrnila, ji je povedala Luiza, da je jrospnri nrlŠPl W bi-še s karabiuko na rana. Šel -je, lo. Divje je pogledal. Sanjal je o večnem trajanju onih ljubkih, „0'.I. Zdaj pa mu je pognalo Terezino vedenje ščemeč T, tieni 11-in nd' sa-ih-do- kakor je dejal, na strelišče, da bi ^trah, besnost po vseh udih. Vse se vadil. se je zdelo tako tesnobno blizu, . . , , , , . tako ozko in stisnjeno. Bilo mu Ko se je Anton Jakob vrnil, je . , , , , . J , . , .„ | ie, kakor da prebiva pod to stre-postavil karabinko v omaro in J 1 v , td +u ho mračna nesreča, hladna groz-spet odšel, da bi govoril z Roth- lisbergerjem. Ni bilo videti, da bi n-'a" bil srečen. Končno je spoznal, da | "Ali se je za moje odsotnosti ga Tereza ne ljubi. Ne! Ne ljubi j kaj pripetilo?" ga. Tega večera je sedel pri mizi i "Nič, popolnoma nič!" ga je hladen kakor kamen. Tereza ga ! zagotavljala, je pogledovala naskrivaj skozi Zgrabil jo je za roko. V njem trepalnice. Vedela je, kaj čuti. je kipela besnost. toda tega ni mogla spremeniti; I "Ali je on — ali je on —?" njenega srca se je polotilo brez- j Več ni spravil z ustnic; vsaka r/\vl.av§ust! Užil ga je, toda j mejno usmiljenje do tega sta- j nadaljnja beseda bi zvenela kakšen ^ ^ zanJ še mnogo bolj rajočega se moža. Toda to ni bilo j kor preklinjanje boga. ono usmiljenje, ki bi ubralo so-j "Ne bodi tako neumen, Gott-čutno struno v človeški duši. Ne, i fried!" je dejala, bilo je neobčutljivo, kruto usmi- j Toda bral je v njenih očeh: ljenje, ki vidi v življenju sočlo-; vse. vse. In kar je bral, ga je na-veka, kako se mu bliža dan jeze., vdalo z grozo. Osvobodila si je Nekaj demoničnega je bilo v tem1 roko in ga pogledala, hladno, usmiljenju. ! preračunljivo, medtem ko je nje- . , . „ v ga grizla ljubosumnost, ga trla Zdaj seveda m bilo vec vaz-jfe no, kaj s** je ugodilo. Odločila se je- stvari in žrtvujem sebe. Daljne dežele, puščava, mesta onkraj o-ceana, nemara celo smrt!" Odločil se je zdaj za to zdaj za ono. To in ono je nameraval storiti, toda vse le iz enega nesmiselnega razloga: da bi kaznoval Tere- Strmel je predse v tla. "Ali ga ne bi spil zvečer z menoj pri "Medvedu" en bokal?" je nadaljeval in dvignil glavo. "Mislim, da bi ga oba prenesla kak kozarček." Gottfried je odklonil, češ, da zo, da bi jo vklonil v prah. Toda , ima delo. bila je ovira, ki je vsak njegov"Lepo," je pripomnil Anton sklep priprečila: Tereza sama. j Jakob, "nocoj ne bom šel sam, Kadarkoli ga je pogledala, je za- ostal bom doma." netila novo iskrico ljubezni v njegovem srcu; zdelo se mu je, da mu vsakokrat zašepeče: "Počakaj, ljubček! Počakaj!"' Nekega večera je sedel Anton Jakob pod lipo. Nič posebnega ni premišljal, le nekoliko začudeno je razmišljal o stvareh. Gottfried se je tik mimo lipe j vračal domov. Gottfried je šel v hišo in pogledal v Terezino sobo. Sedela je pri oknu in razglabljala. "Stari čepi zdolaj pod lipo," ji je dejal. "Zdi se, da je melanholično razpoložen. Izjavil je, da ne pojde nocoj nikamor." Gottfried je govoril osorno kakor človek, ki so ga razžalili. "Ljubi, kako se bo to konča-"Poslušaj fant!" ga je ogovo-jlo?" je vzdihnila. "Povedati mu ril Anton Jakob. "Zakaj pove- j bom morala, kako je z menoj, šaš glavo? Skrbi, kaj? Hm! —i prisiliti ga bom morala, da mi bo Vsakdo izmed nas ima svoje skr- j verjel." bi. Ali te je pustila na cedilu?! Da ti bo verjel ? To bo pač rad Pridi, povej! Kdo je? Ali smem j storil!" je odvrnil Gottfried in vedeti?" j zaškripal z zobmi. I Glava se ji je povesila na prša. Gottfriedu, ne bi dovolila, da bi se igral z njegovo bodočnostjo. Ta otrok! Koliko tisoč trenutkov je posvetila temu nerojenemu. "Ne! Ne sme priti na svet s prekletstvom. Raje naj bo Antona Jakoba otrok. Mora biti Antona Jakoba ortok! Gottfried se mora žrtvovati." Vstala je, smuknila je v tesen plašč in odšla iz hiše, da bi poiskala Antona Jakoba pod lipo. Še vedno je sedel tam negibno. Kakor duh je smuknila na njegovo stran in naslonila glavo na njegovo ramo. Nekoliko ga je ganilo, kajti tiho je zagodrnjal. "Tone," je rekla, "končno vem." Začutila je, kako se je njegovo telo nenadoma streslo. Počasi jo je pogledal. Zdelo se je, da je zmeden od vsega prikrivanja, ki ga je obdajalo. V somraku je bolščal v Terezine oči, kakor bi se hotel prepričati, če res živi v njenem telesu kos njega. Niti trenila ni. Globoko se je oddahnil, poljubil jo na čelo in ji stisnil roko. Vstala je. "Ali boš kmalu prišel gor?" ga je vprašala z mirnim glasom. Prikimal je in ko je stekla nazaj v hišo, je še vedno kimal in si prikimal par solz iz oči v kodrasto, sivo brado. ( Dalje sledi j I v v Isce se Išče se delavca za na farmo. "Danes zjutraj, kosem se j Oglasi naj se pri'K. Kalin, 15929 zbudila, mi je bilo slabo. To je' Saranac Rd. — Plača po dogo-gotovo znamenje." . v voru. "Motiš se," je odvrnil Gott- ert'Za je skomizgnila z ra- ade ^ obraz Je bil otrPe1' m mršav. Korakala sta *°ttf • domu in molčala. ried Je bil že tri dni odso- ' Ogovarjala ga je k temu Vd'lJUi"----" -•- , i— -i-i iu neV da m prvič je bila hvalež- 80 bile med tem, ko je šla jen 0110111 Jakobom domu, vse e, pri Gottfriedu. "Kdo da sem v mislih pri An t Je premišljevala. "D ji je stisnil roko. nig. 1Ca>" je rekel, "ali pa tu-)j Q Pozabila, da prične no-• rylsc lvpoln°ei drugi avgust, ko- ga ni bilo. Kljub te- A*| Sob p^ega posta AIi veg, kaj fried, "nisem mislil niti na de-j klico niti na ženo." "Toda nekaj te muči. Nikdar se nočeš izpovedati. To je naj-brže navada učenih ljudi, da vlačijo tako naskrivaj skrbi skozi življenje?" "Moje skrbi so zelo malenkostne. Smejal bi se mi, če bi jih poznal." "No," je dejal Anton Jakob, "prihodnjo nedeljo je strelsko tekmovanje. Kaj bi bilo, če bi se ga enkrat udeležil? še prav nobene nagrade nisi pridobil rodbini. Rad bi videl, da bi prišel z vencem domov!" "Ne znam streljati, oče," je izjavil Gottfried. "Mahder ali A-drijan ali kdorkoli, vsi se spoznajo bolje na puško kakor jaz." "Gottfried, najdražji!" Kakor dih so bile njene besede. "Tako izpolnjuješ svojo obljubo! Tako mi neprestano povzročaš gorje, dan na dan, uro za uro mi mečeš v obraz očitek, da ti nisem zvesta, da ti zvesta ne morem biti! Ko bi ti le poznal globino mojega srca ! Tam bi ugledal samo cvetoča polja, cvetje, cvetje, za tebe! Ne, še mnogo več!" Povesil je glavo, nič več ni rekel in po kratkem oklevanju jo je zapustil. Tereza je obsedela pri oknu. Misli so ji blodile v bodočnosti. Njen otrqk! Njen sveti i otrok! Nobenemu človeku, niti', V najem | V najem se odda stanovanje, i obstoječe iz štirih sob, kopalni- "Mahder in Adrijan bosta o- ca jn furneZ( pripraVna za malo aeni?" nocoj!" „vele jutri. iNe ! bridkost in se je zvijal spričo j njenih pogledov. "Da," je rekla z globokim gla-"Tone,! je dejala, ko je vstala : som. "Ti gotovo ne trpiš polo-od mize, "nocoj ti bom pustila vico tega kar jaz! Dokler živi odprta vrata." on, ne moreš biti edini. Prisegel "Ne verjamem, da bi ti bilo še si mi, da boš prenesel zaradi kaj do mene," je suho odvrnil, mene vse, in zdaj stojiš tu, ko-"Tvoja stvar je, da se o tem maj si se povrnil, in vsak tvoj prepričaš." 'pogled mi je strahovit očitek! "Ne verjamem, da bi imelo ; Za boga! Končala bom to stanje. 1 j najmanjši smisel. Ne, dekle, nik-igla bom. Jaz! Le še par dni in je hitro zaklica-! dar več te ne bom motil." ! izginila bom ter ohranila družini | Obrnil je svoj obraz k njej.; Mullerjevi njen mir!" Ha ha! i Bil je docela trd, samozavesten, Vzravnala se je in stekla od- m0red^Uca' 110C°J! TeWb Se ^ogniti." a bolečina jo je prešini- ^o videli." . ca'"*'- m°3a ljuba, mala, de- J1 je zašepetal. nisi videla, kako so te ha'-o6du" vsi ogledovali? ,tim n kopala sta pod zvezd- višav h"1-' 0gnji 80 PlaP°lali idje ,, . in kasno v noč so h t?" avili in hrumeli po ce-'Res. kakSr strah vzbujajbč. "Poleg tega," je nadaljeval, "sem truden. Vse jutro sem tod. Gottfriedu je bilo, kakor da ga stala na planini. Ne bosta mi hodila navzkriž. Nočem, da bi mi lastni ljudje pokvarili prilike." Naprodaj Hiša naprodaj, 10 sob za dve družini, garaža. Takoj $500, — ceija $3600. Stalno $30 na mesec. družino. — Vse v dobrem stanju. — Vpraša se na 1054 East 72nd St. Stanovanje v najem Stanovanje obstoječe iz treh j sob, kopalnica in druge udobnosti se odda v najem. — Naslov Hisa se nahaja na 1072 E. 67 St.!. . , . A, . , v , . , .. . , izveste v uradu tega lista ah pa Ako si hočete ogledati to hiso v & r nedeljo od 2. do 4. ure popoldne, obrnite se na Joseph Globokar 986 East 74th St. ' HEnderson 6607 pokličite HEnderson 5311. V najem Opremljena soba se odda za e-no osebo. Parna gorkota. Vpraša se na 6513 Edna Ave. streljal in nato popravljal z ■ stk.ka ogromno breme. Dva te-Rothlisbergerjem kosilni stroj, dna se je izogibal hiše z vsemi mogočimi pretvezami. Obup ga je poganjal zdaj sem, zdaj tja, Truden sem. Truden v dno duše." Vstal je. Videla je, kako se je prisilil, da je zaustavil prihaja- kakor uvel list. Ljubil je Terezo; tudi življenje je še vedno ljubil; na noc. Od; a v olnoč/ Mullerjevi hiši je bilo joč vihar v svojem srcu. Bled je toda vsenaokoli njega je bila bil; njegova postava se je maja- j brezmejna zmeda, nikjer ni bilo la sem in tja; grizel si je ustni-1 rešitve tej uganki. Prvrnile so se ce. Tereza je vztrepetala, kakor i skrbi prejšnjih let. Z dvojno si-da jo obliva senca smrti. Odšla i lo so se zrušile nanj. je iz sobe, on pa je spet sedel. stna ,V?e tiho in nobena slav-! Ko je bil sam, je globoko vzdih-ala U.UC ni gorela. Tereza je j nil in si podprl glavo z roko. Z *nimaa SvoJi Postelji z izteg-! "' " ~ 0raj d-!0lfa bila vlačuga. *i!" \QVdko trpim! Kako tr-j cikala sama v sebe.! W, wNi m°Ja krivda! Ta- i ViA1 ti! P°korim se za te-s Pim!" Ptih v Q ak°b se je priplazil po i Je zašepetal. "Ali! "Morda," je dejal nazadnje, "bi bilo bolje, če bi dokončno zapustil Gam. Nemara uredim HRANILNE VLOGE TEKOČE OBRESTI PO 3% ST. CLAIR SAVINGS & LOAN CO. 6235 ST, CLAIR AVENUE Kampanja za "Cankarjev glasnik" sedaj v teku... CANKARJEV GLASIH mesečnik za leposlovje in pouk vima sedaj kampanjo za nove naročnike! AKO ŠE NISTE NAROČNIK TE VAŽNE REVIJE POSTANITE ŠE DANES! 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Oglejte si ta WILLYS in peljite se ž njim. + Stai/r/€«Aj DAwcs- s- Aff cee MA, -fHee&'s /OOTK^C, ZUMBERAKS, LITHS STAGE UPSETS OYER SERBS AND SDZ Croatians Crush Cleveland Workers in Initial Mixup; Miljenovic and Obat Lead Assault; Serbs Bow To Liths, 30-27; Lose Zak Through Injury; Spartans' Final Period Pickup Tops Saints, as Prebil Makes 12 Points. ss 3E ENAKOPRAVNOST 6331 Hi. Clair A vena« HEnderson 5311 • 5312 h:i3:i.hij.rjj.ri.i.>.i.i.iT»ii.ij.i.i.i.»rrrTTTTTri ENGLISH SECTION STAN ZORC, Editor rtotxrimrtzT ^)j.ij,rlxixlj.ixilXTrimrT,TTXirfx! Carries AU OHtetel New* of JTiiter-IiOdee League • JANUARY 13, 1940. ■«.'■1 UT I.M,T,I.MJ.I1,I.1.IJ.1.I.II.I.I.IJ.IXIJ.IJ.IJ III The CFU Zumberaks and the Lithuanians, two cellar position teams, simultaneously pulled one of the most startling sets of upsets that the Inter-Lodge League has seen in many a day. According to the standings, both the Liths and Zumberaks were considered no competition but the two underdogs went to the wars lr.st Wednesday confident that they weren't quite ready to cal it quits and showed the fans and their opponents that they aren't to be counted out of the running—not just yet, anyway. In the third scrap of the evening, the league-leading SSPZ Spartans had a real fight on their hands for three periods before their greater strength in the reserves began to take effect. For a while it seemed that the scrappy St. Paul quintet was going to make the card complete by staging what would have been the biggest upset of the season, a victory over the Spartans, lone undefeated team in the league. Zumberaks 26, Cle. Workers 14 This, no doubt, was the bigger upset of the two that took place at the Center last Wednesday night. The Zumberaks, kicked around plenty by practically every other team in the league, came back courageously after taking seven lickings in eight starts and walloped a supposedly superior team into submission in the thirty-two minutes of thrill packed action. The Croatians, led by Pete Miljenovic and Johnny Obat, who had 10 and 9 points respectively, got off ona slow start but managed to bring their defense into action in the riecond period in time to put a check on the Workers who had a slight advantage. However, once '(he second half got under way, there was no question as to what the outcome of the game would be. It was the CFU five from then on. Liths 30, Serbs 27 Battling tooth and nail thru-out the entire game, the Liths and Serbs had a more interesting game from the point of closeness than did the Croats and the Workers, although this upset was not nearly so surprising as was the first one. The Liths have a better team than their standing in the league would indicate. They have lost several games by only one or two points, all heart breakers, but the Liths are a bunch of fighters and they haven't given up. Any team that eases up against them is more than likely to suffer the same fate that the Serbs did Wenesday evening. The Lithuanian Athletes were in the battle all the time altho they were on the tail end of the score every once in a while. Joe Zebris paced the plucky winners with 12 points while Joe Yanchar, star of last week's St. Paul-Serbian tilt, was (high for the Serbs with 12 markers. The Saints probably aren't half as sorry because of losing the game as they are because Frank Zak, star center, was injured in the tilt, and will be lost to the squad f6r the remainder of the season. Zak received a deep gash that required five stitches over his left eye -when he collided with two Lith players while trying to recover the ball. Spartans 43, St. Pauls 29 Week after week teams have been going against the Spartans with the hope of being the ones to fulfill the now seemingly impossible task of toppling the blue and gold from the undefeated column. And week after week the opposition has failed to reach its goal. After their latest victory over the Saints, it seems more than likely that BEROSSTUDIO for fine Photographs 6116 St. Clair Ave. NEW - MODERN - SPACIOUS Every Convenience OPEN SUNDAYS 11-4 p.m. Tel. ENdicott 0670 the SSPZ men will remain unbeaten this season. Their wir. over the Croatians clearlj-showed the advantage the Spartans have in their powerful reserves. This game like all the other Spartan games, was played on even terms for the first half but the second half saw the SSPZ men pull away from the Pauls at the very start. Prebil, Jurca, and Korman paced the winners with 12, 8, and 11 markers respectively. I-L STANDINGS GP W L Pet. Spartans .......... 9 9 0 1.000 St. Pauls........... 9 5 4 .555 Serbs ................ . 9 5 4 .555 Cleve. Workers . 9 3 6 .333 Liths ................ 9 3 6 .333 Zumberaks — 9 2 7 .222 I-L SCHEDULE I Ved., Jan. 17 7:15—Cleveland Workers vs Liths. 8:00-Pauls. 8:45- -Z u m h 6 r a k s vs St. -Spartans vs Serbians. Hockey At Arena Resting uncomfortably in last place as the result of'a succession of heartbreaking injuries, the Cleveland Barons were dealt another body blow last Sunday at New Haven when Lome Du-guid, veteran left winger, suf- THIS WEEK By Louis Jartz Dewey for president! You'll be getting more and more subtle propaganda, or let us say publicity—it's a nicer word. His qualification for the job consists in the fact that he "busted" a few rackets in New York. But that isn't any qualification, and he needn't, have any as the Republicans hope to have another era where The president smiles and sits And sits and smiles Though the farmer cries That no one buys And babies sick Need farmers' milk But the president sits and smiles And smiles and sit. «< * John L. Lewis and the CIO leaders have been cleared of Communism by the Dies committee report. It came about, according to Jay Franklin, that the liberal members of the committee demanded a decent report of the findings of the committee; or else a minority report would be turned in refuting Dies and his aid, J. B. Mathews, a former fellow traveler. The liberals of the.committee also wanted the Dies majority group to mention names on the charge that there are Communists employed by the Federal government. Well, there were no names mentioned and it seems that the only employee of doubtful character is the special investigator, self-confessed former fellow traveler, J. B. Mathews. Prevent Fires People of Cleveland! Do you realize the seriousness of fire in your homes? Do not let your daily newspapers scream with headlines such as there: "Women and Children Burned To Death!" or "Families Driven Into Zero Weather By Fire In Their Homes!" Such headlines can be avoided by care and caution practiced in the daily routine of home life. Overheated furnaces and defective chimneys go hand in hand in making a perfect setup for a fire. With the cold weather at hand, it is only natural that the occupants of any home will try to be warm and comfortable. Sometimes draft or ash-pit doors are left open to create a draft to start a good fire. Occasionally the draft is left open too long or is forgotten entirely. Then trouble starts. If paper or other combustible material is too close to the overheated furnace or stove, it may ignite. If woodwork, such as partitions, joists, or flooring, is too close to an overheated furnace or stove, it will char and may in time ignite. If heat conductors are overheated, they may cause fires between partitions. Use proper care and : judgment in starting the fire and don't forget the draft/ Chimneys in some of the older homes are not equipped with flue linings and therefore are dangerous. The mortar between the bricks becomes brittle from long exposure to heat and weather, and falls out, leaving a hole through which heat and sparks may come in contact , with adjoining wood, and in the News About Town Elsie M. Desmond We attended the Frances Rupert Cadets, No. 14 SSZ, Dance last Saturday night at the Slovene Society Home on Ilecher Ave. Johnny Pecon, master of the accordion and his orchestra provided the music for the crowd of dancers who certainly enjoyed themselves. At the affair, we saw the popular Johnny Vadnal dancing away the evening and enjoyed himself immensely with that certain someone. Danny Derus came all the way from Baltimore, Md., to attend the dance. Joe Brodflik, recently graduated baseketball. and baseball star of Collinwood High, was also present as was the ever popular young miss, Jo Klein. Jennie Modic seemed lost without her steady companion, Mary Dru-govicn. We exchanged greetings with A1 Jelercic, who was a delegate to the SSCU convention which was held in Ely, Minn., in August of last year. Mrs. Rupert, president of the lodge, spent the evening selling tickets at the booth with Miss Rose Treha. Mrs. Klein watched the dancers while her husband gave a hand behind the bar. Joe Skedel was wearing that nice smile of his all through the evening. And no wonder! His one and only was along. Elsie , Yerek, attractive as ever, got a | lot of attention. Several mem-I bers of the Jadran singing i group were present, among i them the misses Angela and Olga Kern. CANKAR'S PLAY, "KING OF BETAYNOVA," TOMORROW Lovers of community drama will have an opportunity tomorrow afternoon, to see one of the outstanding masterpie c e s of Slovene dramatic literature, when Ivan Cankar's three-act play, "King of Betaynova," will be presented on the stage of Slovene National Home on St. Clair Ave. The curtain goes up at three o'clock in the afternoon. Ivan Cankar belongs to that class of.literary workers about whose merits endless controversies and disputes are waged in their lifetime, but no sooner have they died than everybody seems to agree that they were really great. Examples of such belated recognition of literary geniuses will be found in all literatures, and is not a Slovene specialty. The younger generation will recall the bitter controversy occasioned locally by the Cankar memorial statue in the Jugoslav Cultural Garden, which finally resolved itself in the setting up of the statue on one hand, and the establishment of Cankar Foundation, which publishes a monthly magazine in honor of the writer, on the other. "King of Betaynova" is one of Cankar's strongest and matur-est dramatic efforts. Its central theme deals with the mentality of the leading citizen of a small town, who believes and practices the doctrine that the world and the worldly goods belong to the strong. "The meek shall NOT inherit the earth," is his motto; in the attempt to make it work he doesn't stop even at murder. Cankar is a master of psychological detail, and there is no work of his where this mastery shines with greater brilliance than in the unforgettable scene when "The King" breaks clown and meets his moral defeat. Still, in the'end, he wins out —■ "striding over warm human corpses," the slave-mentality of the those who believe that "the King can do no wrong" coming to his aid. The play will be presented by Anton Verovšek Dramatic Club of Collinwood, which presented it first in spring at the Slovene Workmen's Home for its 15th anniversary, and will now repeat it at public request for the benefit of Cankar Foundation. It will be directed by Mr. Louis Kaferle and will include a strong cast headed by John Ste-blay in the title role. The performance will be followed by dancing with Frankie Yanko-vich furnishing the music. — VJG. Betka can't get over the ex-' course of time start ^ fire which fered a bad eye injury which pensive $100 Jackson day din- mayhave serious results. will keep him on the sidelines 'for an indefinite period. Having just rounded into his ner given by the Democrats. "Hundred dollars a plate!' Gosh," she says, "a plate or two' Grill for office again.' ---------t, _ _ ^ I *-------7 .......—«.' ' " 1............... best playing form, Duguid was] would be enough to run Vatro hit by a stick and his eyelid al-' most torn from the base. Luckily, the eyeball escaped being touched. An operation on the injured optic was performed and Lome is hoping to resume his place in the lineup in a week or two. Coach Bill Cook is having a hard time finding enough players to dress. Only seven of 17 puck chasers have escaped the injury jinx so far this season. The list of casualties reads like a war report from the front line trenches. Here it is: Harold Jackson: bad skate cut which required six stitches; Larry Molyneaux: t w i s ted knee; Joe Jerwa: broken thumb; Dick Adolph: torn knee ligament; Charley Mason: torn knee ligament; Ossie Asmund-son: bad injury to eyelid and eyeball and broken toe; Paul Runge: fractured thumb; Peggy O'Neil: fractured thumb; Bob Blake: bad case of grippe. And now Duguid. Of the players injured, Mason, Adolph and Runge are still unable to don uniforms although Runge has been rushed east to join the team in case he is able to fill in. Playing a tough succession of games in the east, the defending champions are in a bad way. Their next home game is Sunday night against the fast-step-ping Pittsburgh Hornets. The'Ohio SNPJ lodges are going to celebrate a big day at the SNPJ farm sometime this summer on their new farm out, Chardon way. We learn that Mi-1 *or tbf inspection! Ian Medvesek and Donald Lot-! rich of Chicago are already! Some others present were Ray Stupica, Hank and Ed Sin-kovich, Olga and Dorothy Poje, Al, Tony and Stan Pluth, the three Sterlekar brothers, and Andy Bohinc. Students of Collinwood High certainly rate as first class jitterbugs we found after watch- to be the most dan- i m« them do their "stuff." Two young men w on lengthy applause after catching the crowd's fancy with their piano rendition of several popular popular songs. Sorry that we forgot to mention Hank Prijatel's adorable TO THE VOTERS OF THE 23rd WARD: Why not have your home inspected by experienced men? Probably some of the most innocent looking things, to you, might prov gerous. Let us point them out to you and save some damage at a future date. Call the nearest f:re station and ask for the officer in charge. No charge It is my intention to write articles from time to time enlightening the people of our community on the various problems which confront a city councilman and to bring to light some of the accomplishments for the general welfare and good of our ward or community. At this time I wish to report that ail ice skating rink has been made at Gordon park, located immediately north of the NYC rail road tracks and east of the East 72 street boulevard. It measures about 85 by 280 feet and will be in use during the entire season. I am trying to create several other ice rinks in the community with the help of all interested skaters. In order to Remember this! If at any! little New Year's Eve hat "i« last '''expediate* matters' 'rt 23 Ward , ,, ,, ar® ai5eaa/Jtime you smell smoke in your j week's column. Skaters Association is being scheduled to address the big af-} home< can the fire department Johnny Pecon's "swell" or-j formed. Anyone interested can immediately, and they will lo- chestra plus the salesmanship attend a meeting of this club, cate the trouble. A delay in (showed by the Rupert Cadets,! Tuesday, January 16, at the St. calling may result in serious (was responsible for the large i Clair Recreation Center begin-damage or loss of life. Do not : turnout and huge success of the ning at 7:00 p. m. fair. Every now and then I pick up the bible and malce an effort to read one of it's books. The accounts of Christ's life by the four Evangelists is good reading over and over again. I used to like to read the gospels from the prayer books when I attended Mass, but I'd skip all the rituals and prayers. Undoubtedly it was the improper thing to do; but it was enjoyable and gave me an appearance of piety. The ether accounts in the Bible are uninteresting and delay. The niitted people affair. We wish to thank Mrs above article was sub. j Rupert, the Cadets, and the or-1 Many Important Issues Many important issues are coming up for consideration before the present 1940-41 council such as: transportation, the street railway franchise question, expansion of the municipal light plant, the budget appropriation for operating the city during 1940. The eight committees of council have not been appointed as yet by the president of council, however, action on this will in all probability take place at the January 15th meeting. These committees will constitute of the following: Finance, Transportation, Public Safety, Legislation, Public Welfare, Public Development and Service, Public Parks, Property and Recreation, Public Utilities. Republicans Dominate Council The council is composed of 33 members, 23 republicans and 10 democrats. Henry C. Miller, Democratic Council Clerk was displaced by Christian Bannick. in the interest of our j by Herbert W. Snider \ and Herbert W. Kolmorgen,; Chiefs of the 12th Battalion Cleveland Fire Department. SPORTS BRIEFS Miss Fern Long, Adviser At Library, To Lecture Miss Fern Long, Readers' Adviser at the Main Public Li- hard to read. Lately, I wanted brary, will be guest lecturer at to find out more about Job's j the next meeting of the Slo-boils. The account started well1 venian Language Club, enough in a contest between the j Her topic "The Political In-Lord and Satan over Job. But j fluence In Modern Czech Litera-the afflictions visited upon Job: ture," promises to be particu-were too many, and so I just larly enlightening, considering skipped most of them and read ! conditions as they are today, the few last paragraphs for the i The lecture, one of many that chestra, who took it upon them selves to see to it that everyone present had a wonderful time. You are cordially invited to | attend the Adria singing club's i ! dance tonight at the Slovene! Societv Home on Recher ave. to undisputed first place in The dance will commence at'Class A of the Greater Cleve-8:00 p. m. with Louis Trebar1 land Basketball League by de-and his bovs of melody, furnish-; feating the Nickel Plate Grilles, ing the rhythms. 34-30. With the May's are Ed The society which was or- Malatin. Nick Lalich and Joe ganized in January 1937 has I Petrus. All three were former-just recently held its elections, j 1-y with the St. Lazar Serbians Officers of the club are as fol-1 lows: President, Matthew, Wolk; vice-president, Albert. —Edward J. Councilman Kovacic, 23rd Ward the Chicago White Sox ball club and whose interview appeared on this page a short time ago. The May Co. cagers swept in- wtas fleeted on the second all- star team of 1939 as picked by the Sporting News, baseball publication. The Utopian Falcons blasted a new three game team high of 2692 to cop honors last Sunday in the Cleveland SSPZ United Lodges League bowling. In the same league. Bill Schuster, of the Spartf.n Cavaliers had a 606 series. Zagar; treasurer, Vera Smolic; secretary, Florence Bricel; recording secretary, MaVy Zagar. Photographic Society News At their annual election of officers last week, the members of the Women's Photographic Society of Cleveland elected the following staff to direct their activties for the year 1940: President, Caroline Sorn; vice-president, Mary Jane Mathe-son; secretary, Helen Stafford and treasurer, Rhode Harm a. Miss Sorn, the newly elected president, is well known among younger Slovenes. She is a member of the Clairwood lodge and also the Yugoslav University Club. At present the Society is exhibiting a very fine show of prints at Clark's Restaurant, E. 9th and Euclid. A number of Miss Sorn's prints are in the exhibit. Ladies who are interested in photography, whether they are beginners or experienced photographers, are invited to visit the Society at its club rooms, 402 Finance Building, any Wednesday evening. Information concerning the club can be had from Miss Sorn; 6034 St. Clair avenue, or Miss Eleanor Cerne, 6403 St. Clair avenue or Miss Madeline Zupančič, 6728 Edna avenue, who are members of the Women's Photographic Society. moral. Scanning the book again, I decided not to read Genesis because there seems to be a faint memory that I previously got tired of too many begats, so I tried proverbs. There are a few good sayings in this book; but most of them are just repetitions of a father's advice to his son that it is better- to be righteous than evil. As far as I'm concerned, Shakespeare's, G. B. Shaw's and those folksy sayings are much better. ... ,, and "Poet Lore Slippery H eather One of her local successes oc- Ice and snow always bring curred in 1930 when the Play problems for drivers. After all, House Theatre presented her th mam thing to dojabout driv-j translation of Fran Langer's Czech play "Periphery." Aside from these she has many translations in manuscript of Czech poetry and prose drama. have been offered, by Slovenian j Language Club will be held at I the St. Clair-55th St. Library,! 8 :00 p. m. j Miss Long is a graduate of i Radcliffe College and obtained her Ph. D. at the University of Prague, Her thesis "Karel Ma-cha and the English Romanticism" is recognized as a distinguished contribution to English literature. She has also contributed to such outstanding literary reviews as "Central European Observer," published in Prague, ing in slippery weather is just what we do about walking in i slippery weather. We are all, pretty careful about that. The j first thing most of us do when j we go out on a'slippery morn-j ing is to put one foot down cau-1 tiously and get the feel of the surface to see how careful have to be. The best drivers we know do practically the same thing with their cars. The first thing they do after- they get started is to test the surfaee and, , _ ,, , _ , in this way they determine the j Polka - South of the Border surface and know the degree of j and your other record and sheet caution they must exercise to j music hits at be safe. This seems like a very sensible idea. —Bureau of Public Relations, Cleveland Police Department, Gayety Girls News The Gayety Girls Club of Euclid is letting you know that the club which was organized last May is very active at present even though not much has been heard of them. The club now boast two new members. The yare Faye Beras and Lillian Zaitz. At this time, the Gayety Girls also wish to announce that they are planning a dance this spring. By means of selling chances, the girls are raising money to hold the dance. They also wish to publicly thank everyone who has been so kind as to purchase tickets from them in order to make possible this affair. More will be heard from the club a little later through this page.—Frances Mihevic, sec'y. in the Inter-Lodge League. Another former I-L basket-baller is Francis Talty who is now a regular in the John Carroll lineup. The Erin Brews had a polo victory over Akron to their credit after turning back the invaders 11 to 9, last Sunday in one of the two polo games at the Equestrium. Pidgeon got four goals to pace the Erins. Louis Zgonc, sports writer and commentator for th6 SDZ News and Western Reserve University football manager, rated j a write-up in Norm Siegal'sj column in the Cleveland Press; this past week. Zgonc, Reserve's | "Beau Brummel," was shop-: ping for some new clothes to j who is a keep his title when he was spot- j tion, are ted by Siegal who made a note Novak for Sheriff John M. Novak, former city councilman of the 23rd Ward, and once deputy sheriff, announced this past week his intentions of becoming a candidate for the sheriff's office. The only Republican running for office so far is Emett J-Potts, former deputy police inspector, altho Robert W. Chamberlain, assistant to Safety Di-recto'r Eliot Ness, has been reported considering entering the race. Potential Democratic aspirants against Sheriff O'Donnell-candidate for re-elec-Thomas M. Carey-Clerk of the Board of Elections. of it in his daily "Private Sights Henry C. Miller, former city clerk and Hugh J. McFarland. former councilman. _ Of A Public Sightseer" column. Mike Kreevich, outfielder for Late New Year's' Eve Dance The CFU Zumberaks, mem-we| bers of the Inter-Lodge League, will hold their New Year's Eve Dance tonight at the Twilight On Radio Program Josephine Millavec, popular Zarja singing society star, will appear on the Slovene radio program tomorrow afternoon at Ballroom. E. 61st and St. Clair.; 1:00 p. m. over station WGAR. 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