— 1 =3= S i Naslov — Address nova doba 6233 St. Clair Avenue ‘ Cleveland, Ohio (Tel. HEnderson 3889) DOBA (NEW ERA) URADNO GLASILO AMERIŠKE BRATSKE ZVEZE — OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AMERICAN FRATERNAL UNION Ameriška bratska zveza je samo bratska podporna organizacija brez vsakih drugih primesi, in kot taka uspeva. Ohranimo jo tako! Entered as Second Class Matter April 15th, 1926, at The Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio, Under the Act of March 3rd, 1870. — Accepted for Mailing at Special Rate of Postage, Provided for in Section 1103, Act of October 3rd, 1917, Authorized March 15th, 1925 NO, 19. gT ig CLEVELAND, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7 — SREDA, 7. MAJA, 1941 DRUŠTVENE in druge SLOVENSKE VESTI k ^Vanajsto poročilo o poteku 1' ]tpnPan,*e nove£a imena, *za-i\ ,^eno 2. maja: V mladinski on-e^ek je dosedaj pristopilo novih članov, v odrasli od- rf: sed s^uPa-i Vsota do- ji ZaPisane nove zavaroval-4 r $17^" Za mladinski oddelek ' I $17^0-00’ za odrasli oddelek ^ Šte ' °'00’ skuPa-i $349,800.00. ^ kanS do sedaj prijavljenih 111,1 Ver ov za 4- mladinsko kon- I '2a ’ za redne delegate 36, 77 Cias^'ne delegate 41; skupaj nih itevil° dosedaj kvalificira-^ ‘ gat anc^at°v: za redne dele- * Ci^^tne delegate 6; is Im v. • število aktivno sode- ; JOcih društev 105. x i' * Nov y kval-r Z(lpad je pretekli teden ,y ]eg lc*ral svojo prvo redno de- Veticj1-11,1'0 Za m'a^ns^° k°n" > vrSii J°’ ^ se '30 meseca avgusta Cer 'a v Elyu, Minnesota. In si- liiinK-6 Prva coloradska co- SUs a. Miss Dorothy Mary *i r ^an’ca društva št. 118 ,k! ^ Bon Carbo, Colorado. a ieseT-0 v Minnesoti, kjer )f( sj • ez Ameriške bratske zveze, j«< p6r^ staknilo za klobuk novo i**’ čaSf S kvalificiranjem nadaljne t* % c*e^eSatinje za 4. mladin-llirj tinja°nVencij°- r^a nova delega-^ «W Je ses^ra Anne Murgel, > ^lyu1Ca društva št. 200 ABZ v V V %Ul * % tekme kegljačev Ame- J. iile!b^tske zveze se bodo vr- & lii(jjV dneh 9., 10. in 11. maja v rfl^ Mapolisu- *nc*- Zastopanih šest držav. Največja v h\’ j a Pa se pričakuje iz dr- v N^vg^^na, Illinois in Ohio. Hivšit a« društva št, 71 ABZ 1 Ha f'eea^ 0menjenega dru-1 ^’lll rp ®nci j i v Waukega- ?^Še| 0r*y je pred nekaj dnevi «0 ^ Pi'itair°S!;oVo^no ^ vojakom | Uje* bo v kratkem t . ^Žav^611 'z C°iunibusa nekam te '°s6(ja -° Alabamo. Piše, da mu iOJ U^ja j v°j^Ško življenje čisto ('a bo o nadaljnih iz-(DalJe na 4. strani) v-1 M; ' SPLOŠNI TEDENSKI PREGLED OBRAMBNI BONDI Poštni uradi Zedinjenih držav in tudi mnogi bančni zavodi prodajajo tako zvane obrambne bonde in varčevalne znamke. Nominelna vrednost bondov je $25, $50, $100 in več. Kupna cena istih pa je $18.75, $37.50, $75.00 in v tej proporci ji naprej. Nominelno vrednost dosežejo bondi ,v desetih letih, kar pomeni, da se v iste investiran denar obrestuje malo manj kot po tri odstotke. Varčevalne znamke se dobijo v vrednosti 10 centov in več. Znamke ne nosijo nikakih obresti, toda se morejo zamenjati za bonde, kadar jih je zadostno vsoto. Na ta način zamorejo zbirati prihranke tudi ljudje s skromnimi dohodki. Pomniti je treba, da dokler bo imel svojo vrednost denar Zedinjenih držav, jo bodo imeli tudi bondi te republike. GRADNJA LETAL Produkcija vojnih letal v Zedinjenih državah napreduje z vsakim mesecem. Po izjavi neke letalske avtoritete znaša polovična produkcija letal v Zedinjenih državah, prišteta k produkciji Velike Britanije, več letal, kot jih producirajo države osišča skupno, število letal, izdelanih v Zedinjenih državah in Veliki Britaniji, iz lahko umljivih razlogov ni bilo navedeno. PRODUKCIJA PREMOGA Po skoro enomesečni stavki so se pretekli teden vrnili na delo premogarji na poljih mehkega premoga in pričakuje se, da bo produkcija v kratkem normalna. Začasni sporazum je bil dosežen tudi z lastniki premogovnikov v južnih državah in so tudi tamkajšnji premogovniki začeli obratovati. Dne 12. maja se bo v New Yorku sešla konferenca, ki bo skušala izravnati razliko v plačah na severu in jugu. Tekom pogajanj se bo delo nadaljevalo na podlagi začasnega sporazuma. POMORSKA PATRULJA Ameriška patrulja, sestoječa iz vojnih ladij in letal, patruljira do dva tisoč milj Vzhodno od ameriške obale po Atlantiku. Patrulja ne bo v nobenem primeru napadla nemških vojnih ladij ali letal, ampak bo samo sporočala njihove pozicjje.'Ta poročila ne bodo šifrirana, ampak v prosti angleščini, da jih bodo razumele vse angleške vojne in trgovske ladje, ter se bodo znale napram temu ravnati. HRANITE SMODNIK! Ameriški vojni department je suspendiral regulacije, ki so določevale gotovo število pozdravnih strelov za vsakega visokega vojaškega ali mornariškega poveljnika, kadar je obiskal garnizijo. Pozdravni streli bodo oddani le, če bodo zahtevani v naprej. Vojni department namerava smodnik hraniti za bolj važne slučaje. POTREBE INDUSTRIJE Predsednik Roosevelt je naročil lokalnim odborom za novačenje, da naj registrirance, ki so nujno potrebni v obrambnih industrijah, klasificirajo v razrede odloženega vojaškega vež-banja. Mnogi izvežbani delavci so dosti bolj potrebni v industriji kot v armadi. Sodi se, da bodo častno odpuščeni iz armade tu-(Dalje na 4. strani) SELEČE SE NASELBINE Ponekod so uvedli prenosljive knjižnice in prenosljiva gledališča kot sredstvo za razširjanje kulture, preostalo pa je za federalno vlado, da poskusi ustanoviti prenosljive naselbine. Ta ideja eksperimentacije je začela s Farm Security Administracijo, ki je lani imela že 16 takih selečih se naselbin na potu in namerava poslati še nadaljnih dvajset to poletje. Nazivati jih naselbine, je seveda nekoliko pretirano, ali bodo zares take za tisočine migratornih delavcev, kjerkoli se začasno nastanjajo. V svojem prizadevanju, da bi rešila problem 350,000 družin, ki se vsako leto selijo od dela do dela, je ta vladna administracija najprej postavila stalne tabore za stanovanja delavcev na prehodu. Ti tabori so bili in so še vedno jako koristni, ali z njimi ni bilo rešeno vse vprašanje. Kočujoči. delavci so mogli ostajati v njih le kratko časa, kajti njim je bilo treba iti tja, kjer je njih delo bilo potrebno. In tako se je Farm Security Administracija odločila prinašati naselbino k delavcem samim. L. 1939 je FSA postavila tabore na kolesa, kakor naglasa nedavni članek v publikaciji poljedelskega departmenta, “Consumers Guide.” Lani se je 16 teh taborov na kolesih preseljevalo z delavci od žetve do žetve, ustavljalo se tam, kjer so se delavci ustavljali, in se ž njimi pomikalo tja, kjer je poljedelstvo in sadjereja potrebovalo njihovo delo. Lani so se ti tabori premikali skozi Arizono, Califor-ni jo, Idaho, Oregon in Washington. Letos z dvajsetino več taborov na razpolago bodo šli tudi na bombažna polja Texasa, vzdolž atlantične obali od North Caroline do Floride in gor in dol po dolini Mississippija. Vsaka taborna skupina ima pogoje za 200 družin. Vsaka ima po 200 podstav za šotore, na katerih morejo delavci postaviti svoje šotore, šotori se postavljajo v formaciji ulice. Imajo tudi voz za vroče in mrzle kopeli s prostorom za ,18 mož in 12 žensk za istočasno rabo. Imajo tudi pralnice in sušilnice na kolesih. Drogi in električne žice, napeljane na lokalne elektrarne, preskrbujejo z razsvetljavo. Kjer ni bližnje elektrarne, Dieselov motor proizvajo elektriciteto. Tanki za vodo, kurivo, brizgal-nice, kotli, peči in stranišča na kolesih so tudi na razpolago. “Trailer” z bolničarko in medicinami služi za prvo pomoč. Drugi tak voz služi kot urad upravitelja in njegovo stanovanje. Preseljevanje tabora ni poglavitna težkoča. Delavci sami pomagajo postavljati in razpo-stavljati tabor. Največja težko ča je najti pravo mesto za tabor, ki naj bo naj bližje tam, kjer se dela, in zato je treba stalnega poizvedavanja in poznavanje lokacij. Povprečno se je lani vsak tabor ustavil po trikrat v sezoni. FSA uradniki poročajo, da so lani delavci radi sodelovali, celo z navdušenjem. Vsled teh udobnosti delavci in njihove družine se prav hitro prilagodijo normalnemu načinu življenja. Vsak delavec v taboru posveča po dve uri na teden, da se tabor drži v redu. Naselbina ima svojo samoupravo, ali v vsaki se nahaja upravitelj, pisar bolničarka in čuvaj, ki so pla čani od vlade. Več kot 3,200 družin je lani našlo zavetišče ža več ali manj (Dalje na 4. strani) PESMI VOJNIH ČASOV Nedavno smo čitali v listih, da je v neki kavarni v Sofiji, glavnem mestu Bolgarske, nastal pretep, zkradi melodije “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary,” ki jo je na željo ameriškega poslanika Earlea zaigral kavarniški orkester. Neki nemški civilist v kavarni je protestiral proti tej angleški koračnici in proti poslaniku, ki jo je naročil. Beseda je dala besedo in užaljeni Nemec je zalučal prazno steklenico v poslanika, ki jo je pa ta z roko prestregel in dobil rano na roko. Kot tipičen Američan je Earle odgovoril s pestjo in zbil Nemca na tla. dogodek je zbudil precej komentarjev, večinoma šaljivih, po Balkanu in v Ameriki, in to je bilo približno vse. Omenjena afera dokazuje, da imajo pesmi vojnih časov svoj pomen, četudi niso direktno vojaškega značaja. Pesem “It’s a ong, Long Way to Tipperary” je bila priljubljena med angleš-dmi in ameriškimi vojaki tekom zadnje svetovne vojne. Druga, skoro prav tako popularna popevka iste dobe je bila “There’s a Long, Long Trail.” Tekom ameriške revolucionarne vojne so ameriški vojaki marširali po koračnici “Yankee Doodle,” ki še zdaj velja za ne-cako narodno himno. Nekaj let pozneje, tekom francoske revo-ucije, je postala v Franciji popularna marzeljeza (La Mar-sellaise), ki je Se-danes francoska himna. Tekom ameriške civilne vojne so postale popu-arne melodije “Dixie,” “The Battle Cry of Freedom” (Vojni trik svobode) in “John Brown’s Body.” Tekom špansko-ameriš-ie vojne je bila popularna pesem “There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight.” Tekom zadnje svetovne vojne je bila na ameriški strani "najbolj popularna koračnica “Over There.” V sedanji vojni so si angleški vojaki iz Disneyeve “Snegulči-ce” prosvojili popevko “Hi-ho, Hi-ho, It’s Off to Work We Go.” Popularna je med njimi tudi znana ameriška “South of the Border.” Nadaljna popularna pesem med Angleži je te čase “There’ll Always Be An Eng-and” (Anglija bo vedno). Med nemškim vojaštvom je te čase popularna pesem, ki poudarja, da bodo Nemci odpluli proti Angliji. V Zedinjenih državah je z ozirom na razmere v Evropi postala zadnje čase popularna pesem “God Bless America.” * STANJE JUGOSLAVIJE DOBRO SOSEDSTVO Sedanja administracija' v Washington je od vsega začetka skušala gojiti kar najboljše odnosa je z republikami Centralne in Južne Amerike. Nekaj časa ni bilo posebno uspešna, ker prejšnje administracije niso vselej dovolj prijateljsko nastopale napram sosednim južnim republikam. Marsikje je bilo vkoreninjeno znatno nezaupanje napram močni severni sosedi. Toda osem let dobrega sosedstva, ki ga je naša republika izkazovala svojim sestram na jugu, je v glavnem odpravilo to nezaupanje. Dobro sosedstvo je postalo obojestransko. To dobro sosedstvo se je poglobilo, ko je vlada Zedinjenih držav pri mnogih prilikah pokazala, da se ne mara niti zdaleč vtikati v notranje zadeve južnih republik, in ko je vpričo nacij-ske nevarnosti izjavila, da je pripravljena protektirati ves (Dalje na 4. strani) Dejansko je Jugoslavija podjarmljena in razkosana po sovražnikih, legalno pa še obstoja kot samostojna država. Legalna vlada Jugoslavije je te čase v Kairu, v Egiptu, v bližnji bodočnosti pa bo morda v Londonu. Vlado predstavljajo kralj Peter in ministri, med katerimi so tudi trije odlični predstavniki Hrvatov. Vlada Zedinjenih držav priznava vlado Jugoslavije v inozemstvu in istotako priznava jugoslovanskega poslanika Konstantina Fotiča v Washingtonu. Jugoslovanski fondi v Zedinjenih državah, ki so bili po predsedniku Rooseveltu zamrznjeni, bodo na razpolago jugoslovanski vladi v inozemstvu. Jugoslovansko vlado v inozemstvu priznavajo za edino legalno vlado poleg Zedinjenih držav in Velike Britanije tudi vse druge države, razen Nemčije, Italije in Japonske ter tistih manjših držav, ki so se pridružile osišču. Vlada Zedinjenih držav ne priznava legalnosti razkosanja Jugoslavije ter je odločno na strani sil( ki se borijo proti Nemčiji, in njenim satelitom. Danes vlada Zedinjenih držav še ni oficielno v vojni z Nemčijo in Italijo, toda vsi znaki kažejo, da ta oficielna vojna ni več daleč. Med ameriškimi Slovenci menda ni nobenega, ki bi se ogreval za Hitlerja, Mussolinija in za tiste, ki so z njuno pomočjo splezali na visoka mesta, toda, če je kateri, stori prav, če tako navdušenje zase obdrži ter ga ne stresa okoli. Pomni naj, da bo tudi Amerika zgradila koncentracijska taborišča, če bo uradno stopila v vojno z Nemčijo in njenimi priveski. Skupaj z jugoslovansko vlado v Egiptu je en del jugoslovanskih teritorialnih in zračnih sil. Celokupno jugoslovansko vojno brodovje je pridruženo bi’odovju Velike Britanije na Sredozemskem morju. Tako poroča tiskovni urad jugoslovanskega poslaništva v Washing-tonu. Iz J.ugoslavije same ne dobivamo nikakih poročil, na katera bi se mogli zanesti. Radijske postaje so v rokah sovražnikov in pisemska pošta je v teh časih počasna in nezanesljiva. Ali bo v bližnji bodočnosti omogočena kakšna pisemska ali časopisna zveza med Ameriko in jugoslovanskimi kraji, za enkrat ne vemo. Vsa pošta, ki smo jo dosedaj dobili iz Jugoslavije, je bila odposlana še predno je bila slednja napadena. Ako bomo v bližnji bodočnosti dobili kaka pismena poročila iz zasedene Jugo-slavije, bodo gotovo strogo cenzurirana. Skoro izključeno je, da bi zunanji svet kaj izvedel o četniškem ali gverilskem bojevanju, katero vodijo oddelki jugoslovanske vojske v balkan skih gorah. Morda bomo kaj izvedeli o tem čez mesece ali leta Za enkrat tudi še nimamo nikakih točnih poročil, kako so si Jugoslavijo razdelili njeni so vražniki. Iz pomanjkljivih poročil moremo pa precej zanes ljivo sklepati, da si je vso Dal macijo prisvojila Italija, da je Banat zasedla Madžarska in da je znaten del južne Srbije dobila Bolgarska. Kako pristrižena je “neodvisna” Hrvatska, nam tudi še ni znano. Slovenija je na vsak način še bolj razkosana kot je bila prej Po nekih poročilih je Ljubljano z okolico zasedla Italija in naj brž si je prisvojila tudi večji de bivše Kranjske. Spodnjo štajer (Dalje na 4. strani) ZAPOZNELE VESTI OD TAM PREKO RES ZELO ZAPOZNELO Uredništvu Nove Dobe je bilo pretekli teden še dostavljenih par iztisov ljubljanskega dnevnika “Jutra.” Nekateri teh iztisov so iz februarja in najnovejši je datiran 14. marca. “Novice,” ki smo jih povzeli iz teh iztisov, so torej že močno zastarane. Da li bodo v od sovražnika zasedeni Sloveniji slovenski listi še izhajali, ne vemo. Ako jim bo dovoljeno izhajati, bodo pa seveda smeli poročati le tisto, kar bodo dovolili njihovi “predpostavljeni,” to je Nemci oziroma Italijani. Vesti od tam preko bodo torej zelo mršave, če jih bomo sploh kaj dobili. I SMRT SODNIKA V Ljubljani je 11. marca umrl vsled kapi ugledni pravnik Anton Avsec, sodnik deželnega sodišča v pokoju. Pokojnik je bil rojen pred 66 leti v Gornji Cikavi pri Novem mestu. KROMPIRJEVA MOKA Vsled potrebe štedenja s pšenico je bila že pred meseci izdana odredba, da se mora moki za kruh dodajati določena količina koruzne moke. Del koruzne moke pa se sme nadomestiti s krompirjem. V Zagrebu je bila ustanovljena prva tvornica za izdelavo krompirjeve moke. Slične tvornice za krompirjevo moko imajo že delj časa v raznih drugih državah. GASILSKI JUBILEJ Prostovoljna gasilska četa v Ljutomeru bo letos obhajala svojo 70-letnico. Ustanovljena je bila leta 1871 in je ena najstarejših gasilskih čet v Sloveniji. VOLČJA NADLOGA V okolici Kolašina so v letošnji zimi povzročali veliko škodo ovčarjem volkovi, ki so bili zaradi globokega snega in hudega mraza zelo drzni. Veliko tolpo volkov je baje vodila stara volkulja. Lovec Vuksan Radovič je v neki izredno mrzli noči razmetal kose zastrupljenega mesa na kraju, kamor so hodili vsako noč tuliti volkovi. Vaba je imela uspeh. ? ajti uničila je okrog 30 volkov, katerih večina se je medsebojno požrla, da so na pozorišču ostali le krvavi ostanki. TIHOTAPSTVO V raznih obmejnih vaseh, posebno v Prekmurju, se je zadnje čase silno razpaslo tihotapstvo. Več tihotapcev je bilo pri njihovem poslu ustreljenih, še več pa aretiranih in obsojenih na stroge kazni, toda vse to pri drznih ljudeh malo zaleže. Najbolj priljubljeno tihotapsko blago je saharin. TREBUŠNI TIFUS V Vojvodini se je pojavila epidemija trebušnega tifusa in ob lastva so ukrenila vse potrebno, da se bolezen omeji. Postavljene so bile posebne bolnišnice in cepljenih je bilo okrog 10,000 oseb proti tifusu. Okužene vodnjake so zaprli in pod nadzorstvom so tudi vsi ostali javni vodnjaki. •ČUDNA NEZGODA Pri Leskovcu v južni Srbiji je nedavno kmet Blagoje Cekic oral svojo njivo z dvovprežpim plugom. Nenadoma pa so se tla pod vprego vdrla, in kmet, s (Dalje na 4. strani) VOL. XVII. — LETNIK XVII. VSAK IP0SV0JE Zanimivo je, koliko vojskovodij, državnikov in prerokov producira Amerika dandanes. Tudi med našimi dragimi rojaki. Kdor dvomi, da je tako, naj se samo za 'pol ure nasloni na baro, strmi v kozarec in posluša. Dosedaj se nam niti sanjalo ni, da je med nami toliko zakopanih talentov, ki so zgrešili svoje prave poklice. * Kakšna škoda, da ti vojskovodje in državniki niso bili pravočasno pozvani za svetovalce Churchillu, Metaxasu, princu Pavlu in generalu Simoviču! če bi bili ti vojskovodje in državniki imeli besedo, bi bili Angleži danes pred vrati Berlina, Jugoslovani in Grki pa bi bili stlačili Lahe prav v peto italijanskega škornja. Hi Vsekakor je značilno, da sa-mopostavljeni državniki in vojskovodje povedo strmečemu svetu, kako bi moralo biti, šele potem, ko se je polomija že zgodila. To je precej varno in ko-modno. H* Bolj neprevidni so preroki, ki* s čudovito sigurnostjo napovedujejo razvoj bodočih dogod^-kov. če bi bila za krive preroke določena zaporna kazen, bi jih bile vse ječe polne. Ker pa paragrafi za take reči še ne določajo kazni, si najbolj ignorantni vedeži brez strahu usta hladijo ŠJSB1? mažejo. * j Zdi se, da za samopostavljene državnike, vojskovodje in preroke ni treba dosti drugega cot par funtov fantazije, domišljavosti in ignorance, pa so v svojem elementu, in svet se jim divi. Tako vsaj mislijo. V praksi pa tisti preroki ne bi niti vedeli točno povedati, koliko bo ura jutri ob tem času, državniki ne bi znali upravljati niti stojnice popa in hot dogs, vojskovodje pa ne bi bili zmožni voditi niti bataljona backov in kozli-čev, $ Mladi jugoslovanski kralj Peter mora že zelo zgodaj okušati trdi kruh pregnanstva. Pomanjkanja najbrž ne bo trpel, cljub temu pa ne bi hotel deliti usode z njim najbolj skromni sin slovenskega rudarja v Ameriki. * Zvezni zakladniški department računa, da bodo v bodoče zvišani davki na tobak za 200 milijonov dolarjev na leto. To pomeni, da bo šlo 200 milijonov dolarjev več v dim kot jih gre zdaj. In bogovi vedo, da jih gre že zdaj dosti. Vsekakor bi bilo lahko še slabše. Na primer, če bi ženske ne kadile. Kot stvari stoje sedaj, bodo dober del tistih 200 milijonov plačale ženske. * Amerika postaja bojevita. Pri mestu Baldwinu v državi Georgiji je nedavno izkušenega lovca Johna Nunnallya napadla razjarjena lisica in ji je komaj ušel na drevo, odkoder so ga šele rešili na pomoč došli psi. Kaj še bo, kaj še bo! * Pripoveduje se, da je bil biblijski paradiž v sedanji državi Irak. Ko sta ga Adam in Eva polomila, ju je Jehova iztiral iz raja in pred vhod postavil stražo angelov z ognjenimi meči. Danes niso več tam na straži angeli, ampak Angleži, in ne stražijo prepovedanih jabolk ali figovih dreves, ampak olje. (Dalje na 4. strani) Siš Kampanja norega imena oA. B. Ti. Četrta mladinska konvencija ABZ se bo vr: la v Elyu, Minnesota 15., 16. in 7. avf ista 1941. Za ('elegata za mladinsko konvencijo lahko kandidira vsak član mladinskega oddelka v starosti od 12. do 18. leta. Kandidirati morejo tudi mlajši mladinski «'lani, ako jim je za konvencijo zagotovljeno spremstvo staršev ali kake druge odrasle osebe. Odrasli člani zamorejo kvalificirati kot Častni delegati za 4. mladinsko konvencijo. Redni in častni delegati bodo upravičeni do plačane vožnje do konvenčnega mesta Ely in nazaj ter do dnevnic v znesku S.'1.00 za čas potovanja in čas konvencija. Izdatke za hrano in stanovanjc bodo morali redni in častni delegati sami trpeti. V svrho kvalifikacije za rednega ali častnega kandidata 4. mladinske konvencije bo moral vsak kandidat zapisati gotovo število novih odraslih ali mladinskih članov oziroma gotovo vsoto nove zavarovalnine, za kar se mu bo zapisalo v kn-(':t gotovo število točk, kakor je označeno v naslednjem: KREDIT ZA ČLANE PRIDOBLJENE V MLADINSKI ODDELEK: Za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt: Točk JA (15 centov mesečno) ............... 100 JB (S1.00 mesečno) ................... 250 JC za $500.00 (85c mesečno) .......... 230 JC za $1000 ($1.60 mesečno) .......... 400 J D za $259.00 ..................... 100 J D za $500.00 ..................1.... 200 JI) za $1000.00 ...................... 400 KREDIT ZA ČLANE PRIDOBLJENE V ODRASLI ODDELEK: Za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt: Točk “D" za ®2.'0.00 ...................... 150 “D” za $500.00 ....................... 300 “D” za $1000.00 ................. J... 600 “D” za $1500.00 ...................... 900 “D” za $2 )00.00 ................... .1200 “D” za $:;000.00 .....................1800 Za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt: Točk “E” ali “F” za $250.00 ............ 200 ‘•E” ali “F” za $500.00 ............ 400 E” ali “F” za $1000.00 ........... 800 “’2” ali “F” za $1500.00 ...........1200 "E” ali “F” za $2000.00 ...........1600 “E” ali “F” za $3000.00 .......... 2400 V svrho kvalifikacije ali izvolitve rednim ali častnim delegatom 4. mladinske konvencije je potrebno, da kandidati zapišejo sledeče število točk: Točk V državah New York, Maryland, West Virginia ...................... 45011 V državah Pennsylvania in Ohio ... 4000 V državah Indiana, Illinois in Wisconsin ............................3000 V državi Michigan ..................... 3500 V državi Kansas ........................4000 V državi Missouri ... 3500 V državi Nebraska ......................3500 V državi Minnesota ................... 1200 V državah California, Oregon in Washington ..........................6000 V ostalih zapadnih državah .............4500 Za člane, ki bodo prestopili iz mladinskega oddelka v odrasli oddelek se za j prvih $500.00 zavarovalnine ne bo dalo nikakega kredita, toda kredit se bo dovolilo za vsote, ki bodo presegale $500.00 zavarovalnine. Kandidatom se bo dalo : kredit tudi za vsote zvišanih zavarovalnin starih članov. Kampanja se je pričela 1. februarja in se bo zaključila 30. junija 1941. Vse prošnje za sprejem in prošnje za zvišanje zavarovalnin morajo biti v glav- 1 nem uradu najkasneje 5. julija. Imena in naslovi kandidatov za red- : no ali častno delegatstvo morajo biti prijavljeni glavnemu uradu najkasneje 15. junija. Vsaki prošnji za sprejem in vsaki prošnji /.a zvišanje zavarovalnine naj društveni tajnik priloži navodilo, komu naj se točke kreditirajo. Vsak kandidat zamore vpisovati nove člane samo v svoje društvo. Noben kandidat ali delegat ne more odstopiti svojih todii novopristopli člani plačali pel inesc .ilh asesmentov. Fr o.. k Kramar: C\iaterimki dan ) je leta 1920 pokojni pred-; se. ik Zedinjenih držav W00-drc 7 Wilson proglasil proslavo Ma‘ urinskega dne, je določil, da se laj ta dan praznuje vsako leto drugo nedeljo v maju. Ta dan naj bi bil posebno posvečen materam in vsi otroci naj bi se jih na primeren način spomi-; njali, pa naj še živijo ali pa ne. Tudi mi priseljeni ameriški Slcvenci se spominjamo naših m; ter, katere smo večinoma pustili v starem krr.ju, ko urno od’iajali v neznani tuji svet, v Ameriko. Tudi naše misli pogo-( ste krat splavajo preko morja tja, kjer smo pustili naše mate: e, ko smo morali za kruhom v svet. Nedvomno so vsakemu izmed nas globoko v spominu ostale besede, s katerimi se je mati zadnjikrat poslovila od nas. Vsak se ginjen spominja solz, ki so privrele materi iz oči, ko je sina ali hčerko po-; slednjikrat opomnila, naj je ne pozabi v tujem svetu. Pač nihče ne more opisati bolečin materinega srca, ko so se trgali njeni otroci od nje in odhajali v tujino. Mati se je zavedala, da je rodna domovina premajhna in prerevna, da bi mogla preživeti ves naraščaj, zavedala se je, da je že usoda našega naroda taka, da mora del istega vedno odhajati v tujino, da se preživi. Vsega tega se je zavedala in zato je skrivala svojo žalost, ko so se otroci drug za drugim odpravljali od doma. Toda. ko je res prišel dan ločitve, se ni mogla več vzdržati solz. Te solze so bili biseri, katere nam je dala mati za na pot v tujino. Za marsikoga, ki je odšel iz rodne Slovenije v Ameriko z namenom, da se po nekaj letih vrne, ni ta vrnitev nikdar prišla. Razmere tukaj ali tam so biie take, da se ni kazalo povra-čati čez lužo. Marsikatera mati je torej zaman čakala, da objame svojega sina ali hčer ob povratku iz Amerike. Njena največja sreča je bila v njeni osamelosti, ko je dobila pismo od sina ali hčere iz tujine. Danes mati marsikaterega izmed nas počiva v hladni gomili rodne slovenske zemlje. Ne moremo stopiti h tej gomili, da bi tam posvetili pokojni materi ljubečo misel. Danes od daleč objokujemo celo pogreb matere Slovenije. Sovražni tujci so jo zakopali, zakopali so jo živo, in mi smo prepričani, da bo spet vstala, ko pride njen čas. Ob priliki Materinskega dne se nekako domislimo tudi naše v Ameriki rojene mladine. Če prav preprislimo, se ta mladina ne loči dosti od nas, namreč ko smo bili mi mladi. Zrasla je v popolnoma drugačnih razmerah kot smo zrasli mi, zato ima v gotovih ozirih drugačne nazore kot jih imamo mi, toda je v splošnem pridna in poštena. Tu in tam se nam zdi razposajena, toda to je le izraz zdravja, mladosti in brezskrbnosti. Če bi bili mi zrasli v takih razmerah, ne bi bili nič boljši, pač pa morda slabši. Tudi ameriška mladina spoštuje in ljubi svoje matere, morda bolj globoko kot smo jih ljubili in spoštovali mi. To kaže, da je ta mladina dobra. Pojdimo na Materinski dan na pokopališča in videli bomo, koliko ljubečih otrok je prineslo tja pozdrave svojim pokojnim materam. In, kjer imajo otroci še žive matere, jih skušajo na ta dan na različne načine razveseliti. Materinski dan je velik praznik in pravilno je, da se ga spoštuje od obeh strani. Matere naj ne zmerjajo svojih otrok, ako se v kakem oziru ne strinjajo z njimi. Pomnijo naj, da vse na svetu se izpreminja. Otroci pa naj od svoje strani skušajo razveseliti svoje matere, vsak dan, posebno pa na Materinski dan. Vsak žarek sreče, katerega bodo privabili na obličja svojih mater, jih bo prijetno ogreval še v poznih letih, ko bodo matere že davno počivale v tihih gomilah. Vsaka sreča matere je sreča njenih otrok do konca dni. Nato se čita zapisnik prejšnje seje, in je sprejet kot čitan. Ker sta dva nadzornika od-; šotna, predlaga tajnik Krapenc, da se naj navzočemu nadzorni-. ku dodeli še dva člana zbornice, j da pregledajo knjige. Izvoljena j sta bila brata M. Vogrich in J Martincich. Nato nadzorni od-j bor takoj gre na svoje delo. Slede poročila odbornikov. Predsednik Vranichar poroča 0 kampanji novega* imena za porast mladinskega oddelka, o bo- ] doči mladinski konvenciji, ter o kegljaški sezoni in glavni tekmi, katera se bo vršila na dne j 9., 10. in 11. maja v Indianapolisu, Ind., ter o splošnem delovanju federacije. Poročilo z odobravanjem sprejeto. V sličnem tonu poročata tudi oba podpredsednika, br. Gottlieb in ses. Jurečič. Njiju poro- 1 čila se sprejme. Sledi poročilo tajnika-blagaj-I nika: Cenjeni bratje in sestre: — Tukaj Vam podam kratko poro-! čilo o gibanju naše federacije od 23. junija pa do danes t. j. 120. aprila 1941. Federacijska seja in prireditev v De Pue, 111., 123. junija je izpadla izvrstno, ; to v moralnem in finančnem : oziru. Posebno, če vzamemo v i poštev, da je to mala slovenska naselbina. Prepričan sem, da bo tudi pri agitaciji za novo članstvo pomagalo, ker ljudje bolj ; spoznajo pri takih prireditvah i našlo Zvezo. Največ zaslug, da i je cela stvar tako dobro izpadla, ' ima gotovo tajnik št. 130, brat I Ignac Benkše, in člani omenje-; nega društva, kateri so se veliko trudili, da je bil tako dober ; uspeh pri prireditvi. V imenu federacije se jim prav lepo za-■ hvalim. Dne 4. avgusta 1940 se je vršila v Chicagu, 111., seja delegatov za šestnajsto redno konvencijo, na kateri je bilo navzo-I čih tudi več zastopnikov, kateri niso bili delegati.‘Na tej seji je | bilo sprejetih več priporočil za j pr&vila, kar je smatrala večina j navzočih delegatov v korist Zve-j ze. Konvencija je sprejela pri-| poročila, katere so navzoči delegati na konvenciji smatrali koristne za Zvezo. Ker so priporočila vseh federacij samo svetovalnega pomena, se moramo pač pokoriti in upoštevati sk'lepe konvencije. Ker se nahajamo v kampanji za novo članstvo, priporočam navzočim zastopnikom, da gredo | na delo pri svojih društvih ta-j ko, da bodo vsa društva, katera so včlanjena v federaciji, čast-! no zastopana na mladinski kon-' veuciji. Izgovor, da je težko dobiti nove člane, ne drži, ker ! društva, ki so bila vedno aktiv-| na, gredo tudi danes naprej s : pridobivanjem novega članstva. | Vse je odvisno od agitatorjev, j kateri gredo na delo. če ti razu-I mej j, kaj prodajajo, je še vedno lahko dobiti ljudi naše ali drugih narodnosti, ki se radi zava-I ruj; jo pri pošteni in varni druž-j bi, kot je naša Ameriška brat-:ska zveza. Bratje in sestre, k sklepu vas poživljam, da greste vsi na delo za večjo in močnejšo Ameriško brt^sko zvezo. . Finančno poročilo: DOHODKI: ! Blagajna 23. junija 1940 $273.20 Čisti preostanek prireditve v De Pue, 111. 55.00 Obresti na banki ............. .93 Prejeli od Ameriške brat-; ske zveze, januarja ; 1941 100.00 Skupaj §429.19 IZDATKI: Vožnja zastopnikov v De Pue, 23. junija 1940 $ 59.50 Znamke in pisalne potrebščine 1.67 Nagrada 14 častnim delegatom po $2.00 . .. 28.00 Oglas v programski knjigi ob priliki konvencije 15.00 Vožnja delegatov in zastopnikov na sejo 4. avgusta 1940 v Chicago, 111................- 19.40 j DOPISI Chicago, lil. — Zapisnik seje federacije dru š t ev Ameriške bratske zveze za državi Illinois in Wisconsin, ki se je vršila 20. aprila 1941 v Golenkovi dvorani v Chicagu, IH. — Brat Frank Vranichar otvori sejo po novih obredih ABZ s primernim nagovorom. Čitanje imen odbornikov. Navzoči vsi razen: John Adamicb, dr. L. F. Kompare, Ignatz Benk še in Anton Oberstar. Odsotni so radi tehtnih vzrok-ov, zato jih zbornica oprosti. Odsoten je tudi br. Bartel, bivši predsednik, brez pojasnila zakaj. Poleg fe-deracijakega odbora je navzoč tudi gl. tajnik Anton Zbašnik, priznan od zbornice kot častn: svetovalec. Kosilo zastopnikom 4. avgusta 1940 ........... 12.10 Bond za tajnika-blagaj- nika za 1941 ............. 3.75 Plača tajnika-blagajnika za leto 1940 ___________ 25.00 PJača zapisnikarja za leto 1940 ............... 10.00 Skupaj ...............$174.48 Blagajna 20. aprila 1941 je $254.71. Anton Krapenc, tajnik-blagajnik. * * Poročilo se sprejme. Zapisnikar Joseph Oblak poroča o kampanji za nove člane ter priporoča aktivno delo v tem smislu še v nadalje. Poročilo sprejeto. Nadzorni odbor poroča, da so knjige tajnika-blagajnika v redu, ter bilance, kot so v njegovem poročilu, pravilne. Poročilo se sprejme. Publicijski odbor poroča, da je objavljal vse važne zadeve in agitiral ža našo federacijo ter Zvezo v splošnem. Poročilo sprejeto. Nato br. tajnik prečita pismo gl. predsednika Janko N. Rogelja, ki se glasi: * * Cleveland, Ohio, 18. aprila, 1941 Federaciji A. B. Z. za Illinois in Wisconsin: Spoštovani mi zastopniki: Veliko dobrega sem čital o pripravah Vaše napredujoče in aktivne federacije v zadnjih izdajah Nove Dobe, Res, upoštevanja in posnemanja je vredno Vaše požrtvovalno delo, s katerim bodrite zanimanje za našo Ameriško bratsko zvezo. Naše članstvo čita Vaša poročila z velikim veseljem. Hvala Vam! Kot glavni predsednik Vaše in moje Ameriške bratske zveze bi .Vas prosil, da še nadklje gojite, to bratsko delo in razpoloženje med Vašimi člani in članicami ,v državi Illinois in Wisconsin. Sedaj se vrši kampanja novega imena. Prosim, storite po Vaših danih močeh, kar je mogočega, da bo ta kampanja uspešna in plodonosna. Želim Vam dosti dobrih in resnih zaključkov na Vaši seji, kakor tudi obilo zabave na popoldanski prireditvi, ki ima tako bogat in mičen program. Pozdrav vsem zastopnikom in zastopnicam federacije, kakor tudi vsem glavnim odbornikom ABZ, ki bodo navzoči. Z bratskim pozdravom, Janko N. Rogelj, glavni predsednik ABZ. Pismo z odobravanjem vzeto na vnanje. Slede poročila društvenih zastopnikov : Brat Bregač od društva št. 3 pravi, da je vesel lepega napredka, in žeji, da federacija še nadalje napreduje. Od društva št. 66 poročata br- Zivetz in br. Martincich, da bo društvo aktivno v kampanji novega imena, ter da vestno sodeluje s federacijo. Za društvo št. 70 poroča br. Dremelj, da je društvo aktivno za federacijo in Zvezo, ter priporoča veliko agitacijo za prihodnjo mladinsko konvencijo. Od društva št. 92 poroča ses. Shetina, da je njih društvo delavno v fedgraciji in bo aktivno v kampanji, ter želi federaciji in Zve:u veliko uspeha v kampanji. Br. Vogrich od št. 124 poroča, da mu je društvo naročilo, da naj na tej seji protestira proti plači gl. tajnika, in pa proti številu gl. podpredsednikov ter proti sedanji lestvici izplačevanja bolniške podpore; nadalje, da s.) dnevnice potujočih gl. odbornikov previsoke. Od društva št. 170 poročata sestri Jurečič in Kovačič, da tudi njiju društvo dela za kampanjo novega imena in za mladinsko konvencijo, ip da društvo upa, da bo poslalo delegata na Ely. Nadalje svetujeta, da bi se kaj naredilo za mlade člane, ki so vpoklicani v vojaško službo. Za društvo št. 158 poroča br. Pintar, da nje- govo društvo želi več pojasnil in navodil glede uprave mladinskega oddelka, ter da društvo pridno deluje v kampanji za nove člane. Od društva št. 211 poroča br. Zvezich, da sodelujejo v tej kampanji po možnosti. Za društvo št. 220 poroča br. Spo-lar, da so Illinoiški Indijanci sicer delno aktivni, lahko bi pa bili še bolj — in zdaj bodo morda pričeli živahnejše gibati, ko pride toplejše vreme. Od društva št. 225 poroča ses. Vogrich, da je društvo v kampanji za nove člane. Nadalje priporoča, da bi se za mladinske člane pobiralo asesment za eno leto vnaprej, kar bi olajšalo poslovanje društvenih tajnikov. Vsa poročila društvenih zastopnikov se soglasno sprejmejo. Predsednik Vranichar da gotova pojasnila na vprašanja zastopnikov, ter želi, da ker je gl. tajnik navzoč, naj on še bolj podrobno raztolmači vse zadeve, o katerih so zastopniki želeli različna pojasnila. Gl. tajnik Zbašnik tolmači in odgovarja na vmesna vprašanja. Bila je daljša diskuzija, katere so se udeležili vsi navzoči. Končno so bila vsa vprašanja zadovoljivo pojasnjena in debata je bila na tozadeven predlog zaključena. Nato br. predsednik v zbranih besedah predstavi gl. tajnika Zbašnika, katerega dva sinova sta prva kvalificirala za delegate mladinske konvencije, ki je govoril o sedanji kampanji, ter o splošni agitaciji za Zvezo. Izrazil je željo, da bo ta kam-kanja nekaj izrednega, ter navduševal navzoče, da naj vestno delujejo do konca. Povedal je, da so vse države (razen dveh) v katerih poslujemo, odobrile naše nove prošnje za sprejem članov, da se izvrši sklep, ki je bil sprejet na zadnji konvenciji, da lahko sprejemamo nove kandidate v Zvezo do 35. leta brez zdravniške preiskave. Posebno pažnjo priporoča društvenim tajnikom pri vpisovanju novih kandidatov, ker morajo natančno preudariti njih stanje glede zdravja in karakterja. Pojasnil je tudi da Zveza v smislu svojih ukrepov in državnih postav drži pod svojim okriljem tudi one člane, ki so zdaj in bodo v bodoče v vojaški službi Združenih držav. Govor gl. tajnika je bil z odobravanjem vzet na znanje. Nato br. Vogrich vpraša, kakšno stališče zavzema naša Zveza glec^e sedanjega stanja Jugoslavije. Br. Zbašnik pojasnuje, da se je z gl. predsednikom, Janko N. Rogeljem, udeležil sestanka zastopnikov vseh slovenskih podpornih organizacij, ki je bil sklican dne 19. aprila v Chicagu. Na tej konferenci je bilo sklenjeno, d d se izvoli ožji odbor izmed zastopnikov vseh naših jed-not in zvez, ki bo sodeloval s centralnim odborom jugoslovanskih bratskih organizacij, kateri bo priključen Ameriškemu rdečemu križu. Vsaka organizacija bo med svojim članstvom: zbirala prispevke, jih izročila ( centralnemu odboru, in ta pa Rdečemu križu, kateri bo po-j tem pošiljal zdravila, hrapo, ob-! leko in drugo blago vsem potrebnim ljudem v zasedeni Jugoslaviji. Z odobravanjem vzeto na znanje. Vzame se v pretres kampanjo. Br. Krapenc predlaga, da se plača vsem članom ozir. čja-j nicam 50c za novega člana v’ odiasli, in 25c| pa za člana v mladinski oddelek iz federacij-ske blagajne. Br. Zivetz podpira. Sprejeto. Vname se razprava, kako deliti v bodoče prebitek federacij-skih priredb. Sestra Vogrich predlaga, da naj, dobi federacij ja eno četrtino-od čjstih dohodkov, društvo ali društva pa, ki priredi ali prirede program in veselico, pa ostale tri četrtine prebitka. Sprejeto. Predsednik Vranichar svetu je, da federacija moralno podpre kegljaško turnejo v Indianapolisu, Ind., v maju. Krapenc podpira. Sprejeto. Br. Živetz predlaga, da naj se vrši prihodnja konferenca federacije dne 9. novembra 1941 v Jolietu, 111., ko bo društvo štev. 66 slavilo 35-letnico obstanka, in bo navzoč kot glavni govornik br. Janko N. Rogelj, glavni predsednik. Sprejeto. Na-t<£ se br. Zivetz zahvali v imenu naselbine in obljubi, da se bodo v Jolietu dobro pripravili za prihodnjo prireditev naše federacije. Sklenjeno, da vsi odborniki delajo brezplačno; le tajnik-bla-gajnik ima $25 letno, zapisnikar pa $10 letno. Nato sledi volitev bodočega odbora. Izvoljeni so: Frank E. Vranichar, predsednik; John Gottlieb, podpredsednik; Agnes Jurečič, podpredsednica; Anton Krapenc, tajnik-blagajnik; Joseph Oblak, zapisnikar. Nadzorniki: dr. L. F. Kompare, Mary Shetina, Math Vogrich in John Zvezich. Publicijski odsek: Joseph Oblak, John Zvezich, Joseph Dremelj, Mary Shetina, Math Vogrich, Ignac Benkše, Pauline Vogrich, Anton Oberstar, Andrew Spolar, Jacob Pintar in Mary Kovačič. S tem je dnevni red izčrpan, in predsednik se zahvali gl. tajniku za navzočnost na seji in za koristna pojasnila federaciji, nakar zaključi zborovanje s pozivom na dobro udeležbo na prihodnji konferenci. — Za federacijo društev ABZ v državah Illinois in Wisconsin. Frank E. Vranichar, predsednik; Joseph Oblak, zapisnikar. Aurora, III. — Člani dr# Sv. Jerneja, št. .81 ABZ, so t& potom pozvani, da se gotovo deležijo prihodnje seje, ki se vršila v četrtek 8. maja. 0° njena seja bo važna. Zadnje ^ se sc; člani naše seje bolj sl. posečali, zato naj bi P-i^JI noštevilno na sejo vsaj v # tek 8. maja. Po seji bodo & <* virana okrepčila. Na svidenj ^ — Za društvo št. 81 ABZ. ^ Joseph Fayfar, Jr., taj jh Joliet, III. — Društvo S' J Petra in Pavla, št. 66 ABZiJ na seji meseca decembra ^ sklenilo, da sme tajnik po s^: ari razsodnosti spremeniti čas «b nih mesečnih sej tako, Or bolj prav zanj. Podpisani ta] ^ 8t{ ima samo eno nedeljo v®1 ^ prosto. j.! . Tem potom sporočam člans Sp, omenjenega društva, da s® J «« naša prihodnja mesečna seja ^ šila v nedeljo 11. maja. , Ju se bo v novi šoli, soba št. u ^ se bo pričela ob 1. uri P°P°]fj i? Ta seja bo zelo važna in P°nr. < ljiva za vse člane in ^ to je želeti, da se je cla^ ^ udeleži v kar največjem s ( j da ne bo nihče imel vzr0^ Jjj oporekanje glede sklepov ^ Ker si mogoče kdo H| sem postal pri društvu n \ diktator, naj ga v tej ven . ^ bolj utrdim s tem, da na 8 roko proglašam za ^an L j? za delegatstvo na 4. nila . ^ konvenciji v avgustu dve . članici. Prva je Marie F. ** - i in# °a char, starejsa hčerka \ ^ ^ društvenega nadzornika 1 ^ 5tl enem prvega glavnega 118 , ^ nika ABZ, Franka E- ^ ^ charja. Druga pa je £° ^ Zivetz, hčerka nam dobro ^ s(: nega brata Johna Zivetz®^ ^ šega, oziroma vnukinja 11 o, mnogoletnega društveneg3 *^ 'i sednika Johna Zivetza s ^ šega. . . gtj Omenjeni naši članic1 ^ tem proglašeni kot kand' ^ ^ za delegatstvo na 4. nda ^ t konvenciji, obenem pa ! J šeni, da pripeljeta na Prl^t>' ti sejo toliko novih članov, ^ ( t, sta imeli obe zadosti t ^ fr kvalifikacijo. Pripomn’1^ . da je v glavnem uradu cej točk kredita, katere r.; ill Jifi njam kandidatinjama, vsaki polovico. lis Zdaj pa kar vsi na delo_ bo v tej kampanji naš® $ ^ med zadnjimi, kar še ^ ^ nobenkrat. Če bomo VP’ 0! ^ blitzkrieg,” bo naše dr^^^ prihodnji mladinski v ^ zastopano ne samo z dve^! ^ legatinjama, ampak še 2 j ^ delegatoma, za dobro Bratski pozdrav! - Za ; št. 66 ABZ : ^ ^ John Adamich, ^ ,iicž> i Chicago, lil. — Vesel ^ federacije dne 20. apr>^ f prav dobro obnesla. * ^ gram je bil uspešen, in ^ na se bo prilično op0111^^ ^ imenu pripravijalneg3 ^ ^ se tem potom prav lep0 j/ ^ lim vsem tistim, ki so P*1 ^ t0, !i in izvedli program, . <|c l|n gim, ki so opravili na veselici. Posebna tajniku A. Krapencu, igro i-n imel največ na s ^ druge predpriprave; .up, A. Golenkotu in J. ,i! ti( sta imela v oskrbi točil11 ^ sestram Kovačič, Jureč1^ . ^ K melj, ki so imele v osk1 t-' ^ njo. V imenu federacij1 ■ j^i;. • zahvalim bratoma gl- ^ Zbašniku, ter gl. nadz0^.^ ^ E. Vraničarju, za časU in pomembne govore. ft ^ se tudi zahvalim PeS^eI| ^ Cl] ru “France Prešeren, ih vemu kvartetu za jak0 c stop. Teden pozneje s°a1I11o^ tfj svoj koncert, katerega j ,jj : primernem številu »de L J di člani ABZ. Njih ^ igro vred ie bil dober Sl nimiv. Zahvala'gre tuf1 ^ M ^ du Udovichu za nastop ^ ^ nih pesmih, sestrica11’ |iT, tt char, katere je sPreJ!1..liii<^ t! klavir Mrs. Frances (Dalje na 8. stran | 1 Sharon, Pa. Sklep redne seje društva Sloga, št. 174 ABZ, ki se je vršila meseca aprila, določa, da vsak član in članica plača v mesecu maju 25 centov društvene naklade. Ta naklada pojde v društveno blagajno, ki je sedaj prazna. Pripravljamo se za praznovanje 15-letnice dne 9. avgusta in moramo imeti nekaj denarja na rokah, da se nabavi to ali ono. Od posameznikov se ne more zahtevati, da bi iz svojega zakladali za take svr-he. / Torej, člani in članice, pomnite, da za mesec maj je 25 centov društvene naklade. Kdor ne plača te izredne naklade, tudi rednega asesmenta ne more plačati. To naklado naj upoštevajo tudi tisti člani, ki pošiljajo svoje asesmente tajniku po o-trokih ali pa po drugih osebah. Prosim vse člane in članice, da so točni s plačevanjem asesmentov. Sporočati mi je žalostno vest, da je paše društvo nenadoma izgubilo dobrega in dolgoletnega člana Johna Peršina. V nedeljo 27. aprila je še prišel v Slovenski dom, da plača asesment tajniku, nakar se je vrnil domov. Zvečer okrog 9. ure je šel k počitku, in ko se je kake pol ure pozneje odpravila tudi soproga k počitku, ga je našla1 mrtvega. Pokojnik zapušča .so- j progo, tri hčere in več vnukov,! brata Lawrenca tukaj in brata Jacoba v Warrenu, Ohio. Doma i je bil iz Iške vasi pri Igu in jej prišel v Ameriko leta 1904. V tukajšnji okolici je bil najstarejši rojak in najstarejši član j naše organizacije. K naši organizaciji je pristopil že pred mnogimi leti, kajti njegova certifikatna številka je bila 3493. Pristopil je bil k društvu št. 31 v Braddocku, od tam pa s prestopnim listom k tukajšnjemu društvu št. 174 ABZ. Svoje obveznosti napram društvu je vedno točno izpolnoval in ni bil nikdar suspendiran. Pokopan ja bil 30. aprila na Hrvatskem pokopališču. Naj bo pokojnemu sobratu ohranjen blag spomin, sorodnikom pa naj bo v imenu društva izraženo iskreno sožalje! — Za društvo Sloga, št. 174 ABZ: Frank Kramar, tajnik. THE MAGIC CARPET JUVENILE PAGE 418 Mahan Ave. č* DeaRtt HAZEL PARK, MICII it J,mSTAN AND READERS: 4 ® one ,e^’nn'nS to write on the average On p!“er every two weeks, otjjae- y’ April 9th. we tePtespntTunt scenes on the stage to 9? can Hist different times in Ameri-tol ,as a sn°ry an<^ w^h each scene there j 511 Indian^ ^ tlle Glee clu*D' We have 811 India0 m °Ur school and he did 1 ^ °f the n*1 Worship dance. The climax '0 °11" Withrrm Was the song “Carry i ^Idine whole cast on the stage ? trn„iarounc^ Statue ol Liberty abom th 6 ^am’ Well, that’s enough Th ‘he P^gram. !Wng ,,eath» out here is wonderful, a>W the j , re AT LAST! The robins *° there ^ Wa*te us UP every morning, Some of )u no °hance of over sleeping. Just be{0 6 *rees are already budding, 'lass typJj6 ®aster vacation our biology *°me tree °n a *‘eId trip and grafted 1?snaltCt.S’ met quite a few friend-°Ur E °n the way. Vacation this year is ten Nay , e B°t off at noon on Good Ajfrfl , We don’t go back until Here co twenty-fifth. the second installment of *eek ^ Seeing trip of Detroit. This ^k, are 8oing to visit Belle Isle Today BELLE ISLE ^hear^6 wil1 start our trip from c^y‘ are ah°ut a bus {rfles Jrom Belle Isle so let’s take N t0 J?1 here, down Jefferson Ave. "oit e bridge that connects De-island. Prom here we S. jacross the bridge or take a "'ote fuj. 15 that the latter would be % Co ’ 80 let’s take the ferry. It l’VnS 3 nickel- Look all of the #t|tl s talking the boat was moving ait6ttion e,a*ready at the island. Which N hu d we go? We have over toad acres to cover today. J®# niCe S °n rhe island are smooth hoft S° ^ won’t be hard to travel. *stf Cq. ^he road winds and look, Sftiaii m8 to a bridge that crosses ^thef canal- You can rent a canoe H't v * and ride on these canals. We Ne ® time to do this today, be-S; "ave to see the rest of the ws ^°wn this way we can see Carillon that was built by !* s column folks; the swans f^I f, °tt around it make it even jflf Canacla over there across j,| Jj'Ht’t ,r’ It looks like a nice place, , »cm,' Maybe we can go over I' it^ Vif i?ay when we' go on another # . ^6 ate ^ave to walk back this way t# h* ^lUa ®°in8 to see the flower house w ^ (I like t0 travel on pa- v/VevSf, my feet don’t get tired.) $ ^ theaQuarium over there, see tv 68 th fPS are worn in places. That , [i,^ year tllere are a lot of visitors i1 . **. a„v ’ *°u can find big fish, small jll ?l2;e fish you want in this i? j]1'5' Vie’ We walk out on this bal- 4 houln Tsee the flowers in the CrJ ’s move on and enter S' » u ^ouse through the front .jf . !01kctiOtlave to go a long way to find i; of Ul of Plants like this. It takes b. c, 3 atiri C!rk to keep those tropical tr ^%e fj plants alive. Well, that’l all |ff‘ a, th,Wer house. Those plants all >ti^t0s€s grounds of the flower house 5 t! Se4sohtl<1 during the height of the In ijjj *;he lawns are in full bloom. if C)et . nS> there are many fish ^0 like h rQit River. For those people j b^6, Vo^ rses they can rent them over* i it v Catl also rent a horse and •' ’4th 011 thP°U Want to. There is. also a to vjta. but we won’t have , W lUst h It’s getting dark and r, v0|,e we ,ave time to see the fountain '• arle;. There it is over there. J thp r,e ^U!>t going on. Every few .a lights change colors. They - let’s e now. Here comes our v l!ightsBet ab°ard. So with the col-|i- the hv°f the tountain behind you V W i'ou, j, *eht lights of the city be-ft e- ’ leaving you until the next 1)1'' i Anna Hiti (Age 14) Lodge 144, AFU. l’t ^ R. D, No. 2 Box 277 i,' j, Barberton, ohio f ti^iH tai|T°R AND MEMBERS: f r»ie® to kittle time writing an ar- ,it 'til, 6r for a D°ba. Well! I have a ] get m°Ur lodSe. But I’m still try- »h** mej6' It,s hard getting them it',; of the boys are getting rf St>. tlftve tun at Easter? I 06t and ■ Easter in school our <, tty, a(i(J o,. Janitor hid eggs in the $ W^es- to find them. We had boj|^ an e’ °ne was for the one that , firing „ with two pencil marks on i v* »Ole ^ 11 was found on a tele 4‘ i ®be n,(. ^he other prize was for d then at°1Uncl the most eg8s- (j t|'lea beld a me Easter Sunday one 'to put n egg and the other person * the ifl thpa Penny in it' It the penny $ 'he ^8 and egg the other person got J hoifji penny and if you miss, ' - Wrig^booi . hg the egg got the penny. ^ 5re trQtfi ad a spelling contest. Two jf the)?01 bg t0 cl school won, and they i V* they ^Pilngfieid and if they win ( !h^t btjjgg go to Akron. There are ^ tl^j. ‘ The one who wins the ^petiSR65* to Washington with Paid. I haven’t any more news. I’ll write more next time. Mary Novak (Age: 14) (Swell—Ed.) iff THE UNIFORM We are not ashamed of the Uniform and if you be a friend, You’ll never say against it any word that may offend; For it has covered honored bodies and By heroes has been worn Since the birth of the Republic, when the Stars and Stripes were born. Uniforms have many patterns, some are Khaki, some are Blue, And the men that choose to wear them, are of many patterns, too. Some are sons of gentle parents, some are college graduates, Some have many manly virtues, few are simple reprobates. No, indeed they are not all angels; Black-guards? Yes, we have some of those, But when they come into the service They all wear civilian clothes, Men of kinds, when they are drinking, misbehave, act rough and swear. Drunken soldiers or civilians are very disgusting anywhere. So grant us then your kind Forbearance, We’ll appreciate it more Than a lol of noisy cheering, when We’re leaving for a war. When you meet us out in public, on the Streets, or anywhere, We don’t merit sneering glances or a patronizing stare. For we have an honored calling as our garments plainly show. You may be a thief or parson; How on earth are we to know? When you're looking at a soldier, and he’s looking back at you Who is there to judge between you, as you stand there man to man? Only one, the Great Almighty; name another ii you can. So drop your haughty bearing, drop your egotistic pride; Get aqcuainted with the soldier or service man, and the heart and soul inside. Test and try to analyze him; criticize him thru and thru, And you will very likely find him. Just as good a man as you. (Anonymous) (The above lines were copied from “the Questions and Answers Booklet,” published by the Regular Veterans Association, Washington, D. C„ which is a National Service Men’s Association.) I am one of your regular readers of your paper and a member of Lodge 36 Conemaugh, Pa. —Michael I. Rovanšek, Staff Sgi, Air Force, U. S. A., McChord Field, Wash. I really hope Helen does get to go and have as good time as I had two years ago. But I also hope I can go again. The Hi-Way-85 Club where Lodge 233 gave all our dances is now a skating rink. And boy, it’s really a rink of fun. Oh! yes, we still have our dances there. Three times a week we have skating. Sunday is Ludlow day. It’s in honor of the strike of 1914. They have a very beautiful monument there. After the j parade and all the doings, there will be a dance at Ludlow Valley given by my father. He really run the place. Lots of luck to all our candidates. Mrs. Jennie Prettol (nee) Jennie Logar Ludlow, Colo. couldn’t stand the pain from the soldier’s whip so she fainted. A woman who had seen the soldier whip Frieda forgot herself for a moment and told the soldier he ought to be ashamed of himself for whipping a poor defenseless child. The soldier said: “Speak when you are spoken to.” He also gave her five lashes and gave her the same warning he had given Frieda and went away. The woman didn’t faint although her back was very sore. She felt sorry for the little girl on the ground and decided to ask a neighbor for some water to bring Frieda back to consciousness. She got the water and gave some to Frieda. When Frieda came to, she said: “Where am I?” The woman told her everything. Frieda became very happy when the woman told her that she was also a Jew and had become separated from her family while they were trying to get out of Germany. Then Frieda told the woman everything that had happened that day and that she did not have any money. The woman said: “You needn’t worry about that. I have enough to take both of us to England and then some, that is if you care to come with me.” Frieda said she would be glad to go anywhere if it would take her out of Germany. Then she remembered that she did not know the woman’s name. The woman told her that it was Mrs. Kern. They spent the night on her uncle’s porch because no Germans were allowed to keep Jews in their homes. Early the next morning they went to the station to wait for a train. While they were waiting the woman bought the tickets and some food from a restaurant nearby. The food tasted good to Frieda who hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday noon. When the train came they got on and started on their journey to England. The train took them to the border. There they had to wait for another train. While they were waiting some soldiers came along and started to search the Jews. They took all their money and other valuables. They thought that it wasn’t wrong to steal from Jews. Frieda wondered why they didn’t find any money in Mrs. Kern’s pocketbook. When the soldiers had gone the woman took her in the ladies’ rest room and said, "You probably wonder why the soldiers didn’t find any money on me. Well I will tell you. I know the soldiers would search us so I wrapped my money in a piece of paper and put it in the ball of my hair. The soldiers did not think of looking there so I still have my money.” The train came and at last Frieda was going away from Germany. (Bo long till next time.) (Continued) Mary Lisac No. 122, AFU Box 96 NEW DERRY. PA, DEAR EDITOR: I am so proud that you placed my article in the Nova Doba, and I thank you so much! My hobbies are to work and play, and even though I like to do both, I still like much better the play part of my hobby. Three members of Lodge No. 126 are draftees. One is a volunteer, who is my brother. The other two were drafted. One is my cousin, and the other is our lodge secretary. I should have started to write to the editor sooner than this, but we had too much fun running around, jumping and playing. I didn’t have time to write then, but here I am again. I thought I would write soon after Easter, but when I think of something to write, and feel that I want to tell you—then I write. We have nice weather out here now. We see people working here and there in the garden. After school I think of writing, but I can’t think of what to write. So I put my head down, and think of how happy I would be to see my article in print even though I may have just a little bit—but I guess it will do! Patricia Penich, Lodge No. 126, AFU (That’s a good way, Pat! Just write and the editor will see that it gets in print!—Editor.) 207 Second St., S. U. CHISHOLM, MINN. DEAR EDITOR: I am sending another poem, as I like to make them up. This is it. THE BIRDS Now the snow is melting. And. Spring is in tine air. The children all are happy, Because the birds are here. There is the Robin and the Sparrow The Bluebird and the Crow, And many, many others. That you all should know. They sing in the treetops, AH the live long day. They make the children happy, That are at their play. • So let us all be happy, No matter what is wrong. Just remember that the birds, Are singing their joyous songs. It’s true you know, that when something is wrong, I always sing and then I forget everything that was wrong before. So, Little Stan, when you are correcting our letters and you get a little disgusted, just remember what I said in my poem. I hope you all enjoy reading my poem as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Hope you all had a happy Easter. So long until I write again. Alyce Sega (Age: 11) Lodge No. 230 (Little Stan never gets disgusted that way—Alyce. But he does like to hear the bird;; sing.—Ed.) LUDLOW, COLO. DEAR EDITOR: First of all I want to thank you for my two dollar check. I do not know if this letter will be printed or not since I am not a juvenile member any longer. I read an article from La Fayette, Colo., written by Ann Slavec. It was a very nice article. I know Ann wil! see this article if it is printed because she always reads the Nova Doba. You see Ann came to America just a year before we did and we were together very much in the old country. I saw Ann two years ago when her mother and she came to see us with friends. I hope I can see you again soon. Keep up your good work Jack. At the rate you’re going we will have you an all-star football man before long. Congratulations Elsie M. Desmond for your wonderful articles; I see you’re one of Nova Doba’s most treasured reporters. You surely do a fine job on all those long letters. There surely are a lot of them. I wish we could all do as fine as you. There are many other nice articles in the paper and I congratulate every one. There are two delegates from this lodge. Helen Gergely and myself. We’re working very hard for our members. Box 193 LA FAYETTE, COLO. DEAR EDITOR: Well here it is Saturday and not a thing to do, but write to the Nova Doba. The last couple of weeks it was warm and it looked like spring was here. Yesterday the weather fooled us, we got 10 inches of snow and it sure is cold. Today the snow is melting ahd is it muddy. For Easter it rained but otherwise we had a very nice Easter, which I hope all the other Juveniles had also. Yesterday was Arbor Day and our class was invited to sing while the Garden Club was planting a tree. But it snowed so we had the program in the School Auditorium. It wasn’t quite as nice as if they were going to plant the tree, but it was beautiful. As Frances Zele said: Have you Juveniles any hobbies? Well my hobby is to collect greeting cards of different kinds. I have about 6 different season cards and around 300 all together. Many of them are very beautiful. We get many cards on Christmas and Easter, so instead of me throwing them away I keep them as a hobby. I like to read Mary Ludvik’s articles very much and I hope to see her soon for she is my second cousin and we never have met. I also would like to see her sister Josephine for she is more my age. Velma Tekavec’s article is very interesting especially her story. I can hardly vfait from one month to the other for her story to continue. I wonder how she can make up such a splendid article. Well soon school will be out for summer vacation in another six weeks. We get out on May 30th. These last six weeks will be the longest month and a hali in the whole year. Rose Plutt wrote about the background the mountains give Denver. Well in Lafayette the mountains are much closer and most beautiful. You only have about 15 miles to go and you are high up in the mountains. I believe all the delegates for the Fourth Juvenile Convention ate anxious for August to roll around. I will not be able to be a delegate at thi? convention, but at the Fifth Juvenile Convention I will try hard to become a delegate. I wish all the delegates luck and a very grand time in Ely in August. I enjoy reading the articles of other Juvenile writers and hope they continue on writing such splendid articles to help fill “The Magic Carpet Juvenile Page” as I will try to do. So until I write again Ann M. Slavec (Age: 13) Lodge 21, AFU (A very nice article, Ann! Keep ’em up.—Editor.) IIOMER CITY, PA. DEAR EDITOR: This is my second letter this month and the reason: Because I want to finish the story I started last time. So here goes: While Frieda was wondering what to do a soldier came along rnd told her to go away from thera. Frieda was so scared that she couldn’t move. The goldier became angry and gave her five lashes with a whip he carried and then he said, “If you are still here tomorrow you’ll be shot or put in a prison camp for children.” Frieda R. D. No. 1 WASHINGTON, PA. DEAR EDITOR: This is my second letter to the Nova Doba. I hope the Nova Doba readers enjoyed reading my first article as much as I enjoyed writing it. (They did, Rose! —Ed.) Well, another great holiday has gone by. I guess everybody knows that the holiday is Easter. I hope everybody had a very pleasant Easter. In my last article I stated that the pupils in the eighth grades of Amell and South Strabane Township were to go on an educational tour to Pittsburgh on March 15, but the date had been postponed to March 29. That morning the pupils gathered at their local schools and bus stops just as if they were go- ing to school. There were over sixty-five pupils accompanied by six teachers. We arrived at Pittsburg about ten o’clock. Our first stop was at the Fort Pitt Block House. This is a very historic site of Pittsburg. It is on Penn Avenue near the point. All that remains of the original Fort Pitt built in 1759, stands as a reminder of the period between 1753 and 1758 when the French, British, Indian and Colonial troops struggled for possession of this prized region. Forst Duquesne originally occupied the site, but was burned by French troops as they vacated the fort in favor of the British, who hoisted their flag over the ruins and soon afterward built Fort Pitt. From there we went to the zoo. Here we saw the animals that are seen in most zoos. I enjoyed the monkeys and the baboon the most. It was time for lunch after we got out of the zoo. We had our lunch at Isaly’s, the well known dairy bar of Pittsburg. After satisfying our appetites we boarded the bus and headed for the Carnegie Museum. Here we saw many historic relics. After that we again boarded the bus and went to the Conservatory of Flowers. Here we saw a variety of beautiful flowers. When Mother Nature was just awakening from her slumber on the last month of winter, the flowers here were at their height and beauty. Our last stop was at the Allegheny County Airport. Here we witnessed the landing of the Pennsylvania Central Airline Planes. It was rumored that Gail Patrick and Pat O’Brien were aboard on one of these planes, at the time of our departure. Therefore we just missed seeing them. By this time the day was well spent and the time arrived for us to return home. On our return trip we enjoyed ourselves by singing and wise-cracking. All in all the day was well spent in receiving beneficial aid in our school studies and in a social way by getting acquainted with the pupils of the other schools in the two townships. As in the fall of this year we hope to enter Trinity High School’s freshman class. This is Rose just saying so-long to all. Rose Pelan (Age: 12) Lodge 75 Meadow Lands, Pa. (Excellently done, Rose. By the way Little Stan visited in Meadow Lands, April 20. Missed seeing you.—Ed.) the rules helped you immensely. Well, that’s nice. Hope the other juveniles take notes of them too. I would like to know if you have any relatives in Cle\ veland by the name of Sever who reside in the Collinwood district. If they’re your relatives I know them ... So let me know, Mary Ann . . . Magic Carpet takes a flight way to the state of Pennsy —Strabane first stop to find, yes just discovered a new writer so welcome to our Juvenile Page Miss Veda Tomsic, member of popular lodge No. 149 .. . It certainly should not be your last letter Veda, after the nice way you wrote your first article you should keep up with your writings monthly or even more. So what about that promised article for' May? Another new member of the Magic Carpet? Yes, it’s Josephine Laurich and may we have the pleasure of asking you to stay on our Carpet Jo? Hope so. Strabane is certainly taking that advantage, and they are very welcome to it; only hoping they will continue remembering that they are welcome. Incidentally, Jo, the girl I chum around in school with is also named Josephine Laurich. What a coincidence. . . . Yes, Angeline, your name was on the Honor Roll for your good writings for the page . . . Keep it up . . . Certainly haven’t heard from you for a long time, Tommy Jereb, but the, Magic Carpet is just waiting for your presence. It certainly would be wonderful to see your Mickey Adamick’s name honored as world’s champion. That’s swell. Say, Tommy what about trying to make the-Honor Roll every month? So closes our nice trip with last week’s writers of the Juvenile Page. Don’t forget your articles for the month of May, juveniles. We want to have at least fifty articles printed, don’t forget! Another of my school friends, Miss Sophie Kapelj, member of No. 71, AFU is now at home recuperating from an appendix operation. All your friends of the Juvenile Page wish you a very speedy recovery, Sophie. It was nice of the girls of Sophie’s homeroom of Collinwood High School to send her a beautiful compact with a cowboy and her name engraved on beside a card with all the girls’ signatures. Hope to see you soon in school, Sophie. And that concludes this column until further writings. Elsie M. Desmond No. 173, AFU Box 22 Indians! Box 86 STRABANE, PA. DEAR EDITOR: I am sorry I could not write sooner because I wanted to write a bigger letter this month. It won’t be long now when school will be over and all the fun will begin. The weather is beginning to get warmer and the days longer. This means we will have more time to do things. Our school (Chartier’s High) will be out a week ahead of other schools around here because we had a week’s vacation for Christmas instead of two. I hope to have some time to visit other schools in their last weeli. The only reason I go to school is to play ball and wrestle. I hope that someday I will play in the big leagues. (We all hope so too, Eddie, and say, you ought to make a good wrestler, too. You’ve got a nice physical build!—Ed.) At our lodge dance on April 19th, I was very much surprised to see Little Stan out here. He was introduced to many of the juvenile writers of this page. He seems to like ‘jitterbugging’ very much—especially for a man of nis size. It was very nice meeting you out here, and I hope to see you again soon Edward DeLost, Lodge No. 149, AFU (Strabane treated Little Stan swell, Eddie—and it was nice meeting you, too! Write again, won’t you?—Ed.) No, this isn’t one of the Cleveland Indians — but the genuine in a scene from the Third Juvenile Convention and Athletic Conference, held at Ely, Minn., Home Office City of our AFU. One of our juvenile delegates is seen posing with th little papoose and Chief Gooday at a Lake Vermilion Chippewa Reservation where juveniles visited —one of the many highlights of the three-day affair. The program this year will be different — but the locale in the same beautiful wilderness country. 19711 Arrowhead Ave. CLEVELAND, O. DEAR EDITOR: Congratulations to Miss Rose J. Kužnik for her work in qualifying as a delegate! So it goes to show that not only the state of Minnesota will be represented but also Pennsy and many delegates from here. And to think that mother and father and sister and three brothers all attended the convention. This certainly is a 100 per cent family of the American Fraternal Union. Congrats should be extended to all the family and I hereby have the honor of writing in words: Congratulations to our Kuznik family of Export Now what about keeping up with your writings, Rose and continue to encourage more of your fellow AFU’ers to attend this gigantic Fourth Juvenile Convention which will take place in August in Ely, Minnesota and what about encouraging some of your new members to write for our wonderful Juvenile Page. They’re all welcome you know and we'd like to enter them on the Honor Roll so what about it, Rose? From Joliet, our friend, Marie F Vranichar writes her second article and is glad to be in the paper once again. You certainly must be very very busy, Marie—your tap dancing, belonging to the “Y”, going swimming belonging to the band and playing the sax! Just keep on with your work you’ll never regret it . . . Have hopes of seeing you at the convention. I’ve already met your nice parents and hope to be introduced to you ... My correspondent, Florence D. Startz writes another of her interesting letter, some thing which I look forward to reading everytime I read the “Page” . . . Welcome back to the Nova Doba, Mary Ann Sever. So you've found out that STRABANE, PA. DEAR EDITOR AND MEMBERS: Well here’s my article for May at last. It seems that I didn’t write to this paper for three months, but it is on time and ready for the right month all the time. On April 14, we went on a trip to Washington, D. C. to see the Japanese cherry blossoms. We left Strabane at 11:00 o’clock in the morning. Leaving Strabane, we go on to Uniontown where we see the Pa. mountains ahd Fort Necessity and the battlefield site going onto Friendship Hill to Markleysburg then to Frostburg, Maryland, then at last to Cumberland, Maryland, and Hagerstown, Maryland, seeing the An-tietam National Battlefield site; then on again to Frederick, Maryland, to the Monocacy National Mil. Park (project) and then the Congressional Airport which is in Washington, D. C. Next going along Potomac River for about one mile then in the city of Washington, D. C. itself, we see the Interior Dept. Navy Dept. We come to Washington’s Monument which is 555 feet 5% inches high, a stupendous shaft of granite. It is 550 feet square at the base, 34 feet at the top and terminates in a pyramid of pure aluminum. The foundation of rock and cement is 36 feet deep, 126 feet square. The corner1 stone was laid in 1848, the monument was finished in 1885. It is the highest work of masonry in the world. Next is the U. S. Capitol set on a height overlooking the amphitheatre of the Potomac. It is one of the largest stateliest buildings in the world. It is 751 feet in length and 350 feet in width covering three and a half acres. The statue of Freedom on the dome towers 307 feet about the esplanade. The cornerstone was laid by President Washington in 1793; the central building was fnished in 1797; and the extension was first occupied by Congress in 1857. Next is the Lincoln Memorial on the site of Potomac River on the axis of the Capitol and the Washington Monument. It is a monumental structure, standing in a broad plain surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills. Statue of Lincoln is in the center of Memorial, while smaller halls at each side of central space contain second inaugural and Gettysburg addresses. Surrounding the walls, encasing these memorials, is a colonade of 36 columns for each of the 36 states at the time of his death Next is the White House, the home of all Presidents from the time of John Adams to the present. Washington selected the site and laid the cornerstone in 1792. The building is of Virginia freestone. After the house had been fired by British troops in 1814 and only the walls were left standing, the re stored exterior was painted white to obliterate marks of the fire Next is the Library of Congress It was completed in 1897. The Library is seen from the Capitol. The dome and lantern are finished in black copper with panels gilded with thick coating of golf leaf and the cresting of the dome terminates in a gliding finial representing the torch of science ever burning. Next Supreme Court Building hill is] a superb edifice of glowing white marble in design and proportions comporting with its dignity as the home of the Supreme Court of the United States. The west facade with the broad stairway leading up to the portico with its imposing Corinthian Columns and sculptured pediment. The inscribed dedication reads: “Equal Justice Under the Law.” Next the National Guard Armory on Pennsylvania Avenue which is the route of the Inauguration Day procession from the Capitol to the White House. Next is the United States Treasury seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. The solidarity of the massive building is in keeping with its office as a treasure house—The Bank of The Nation. The total length is 450 feet and the width is 250 feet. Next moving along at 7:00 O’clock is Hotel Continental, Munsey Building, Department of Agriculture and the beautiful Freer Gallery of Art. The most beautiful sights of the trip were looking at the United States Capitol through the Japanese cherry blossoms and also looking at the Washington’s Monument through the pink cherry blossoms. It’s true as they say the cherry blossoms are beautiful around the U. S. Capitol buildings when they are in full bloom. Well, now a little about Strabane. On April 19, we had a dance which Little Stan ATTENDED AND WAS GREETED HAPPILY BY ALL AFU MEMBERS. How do you like Strabane, Little Stan? — And you too BIG STAN, you should write more to the NOVA DOBA. And now a few words to all the mothers who belong to this wonderful American Fraternal Union, on MOTHER’S DAY. GREETINGS TO MOTHER Loving is remembering And remembering is to say— May happiness be in your heart TODAY and EVERY DAY. Mother—My arms offer welcome; She heeds to their call; A trusty old arm chair Holds no fears at all— No fears that the secrets Of days long since past, Or well-guarded memories Will creep out at last. And here her head bowed; She’s dreaming once again . . . I am old friend; I“ve been a Mother you know .. . This hope too, I’ll cherish If it lengthens her days; For hopes will outlive Both MOTHERS—and chairs. A trusty old friend is our MOTHER dear, . For she is the one holding no fears at all. Well, Elsie Desmond I think we are both at our half way mark. My aim is to get the other half of the points before the end of the campaign. Matthew Opeka’s article will be in the Magic Carpet Juvenile Page this month or the month of June, according to his statement on Sunday, April 20, 1941. The time is passing quickly with my favorite summer sport which is bicycle riding. This month also is the month of school picnics. The Alexander school will hold its picnic at Olympic Park in McKeesport, Pa. I no longer go to this school but I still intend to go to this picnic whether or not I go to this school when my minds made up. And to you Little Stan I will look forward to your next visit to Strabane but make this visit a longer one. And now leaving you until next time with best regards to all members of the American Fraternal Union. God bless each and every one of the Juvenile Department. So-long, Dorothy Martinčič (Age: 15) No. 149, AFU AWARDS TO JUVENILE CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH Florence Dorothy Starti, Lodge No. I, Ely, Minnesota, $2.00; Robert Zbasnik, Lodge No. 1, Ely, Minnesota, $1.00; Stef-fie Okoren, Lodge No. 21, Denver, Colo., $1.00; Rosemarie Tekauti, Lodge No. 30, Chisholm, Minn., $1.00; Julia Balantlch, Lodge No. 30, Chisholm, Minn., $1.00; Mary Novak, Lodge No. 44, Barberton, Ohio, $1.00; Florence Mae Kern, Lodge No. 54, {libbing, Minn., $1.00; Lillian Gustinčič, Lodge No. 11, Cleveland, Ohio, $1.00; Rose Pelan, Lodge No. 75, Meadowlands, Pa., $1.00; Patricia Penich, Lodge No. 126, New Derry, Pa., $1.00; Rose J. Kuinik, Lodge No. 138, Export, Ba- $2.00; Joseph Sedmak, Lodge No. 149, Strabane, Pa., $1.00; Vincent Braddock, Lodge No. 149, Stra-bane, Pa., $1.00; Arthur Lesjak, Lodge No. 155, Blaine, Ohio, $1,00; John Lesjak, Lodge No. 155, Blaine, Ohio, $1.00; Vincent Ilovar, Lodge No. 155, Blaine, O., $1.00; Charles Krainik, Lodge No. 162, Enumclaw, Wash., $1.00; Gloria Terbovec, Lodge No. 141, San Francisco, Cal., $1.00; Elsie Desmond, Lodge No. 173, Cleveland, O., $2.00; Justine Ko-rent. Lodge* No. 200, Ely. Minnesota, $1.00; Alyce Shega, Lodge No. 230, Chisholm, Minn., $1.00; Donald Zofchak, ,odge No. 232, Meadowlands, Pa. $1.00. NOVA DOBA GLASILO AMERIŠKE BRATSKE ZVEZE VSAK PO SVOJE (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) Lastnina Ameriške bratske zveze IZHAJA VSAKO SREDO Cene oglasov po dogovoru Naročnina za člane 72c letno; za nečlana $1.50; za inozemstvo $2 OFFICIAL ORGAN of the AMERICAN FRATERNAL UNION, Inc., Ely, Minn. Owned and Published by the American Fraternal Union, Inc. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY Subscription for members $.72 per year; nonmembers $1.50 Advertising rates on agreement NOVA DOBA Naslov za vse, kar se tiče lista: 6233 St. Clair Ave. Cleveland, O. VOL. XVII. ŠT. 19 JANKO N. ROGELJ, GL. PREDSEDNIK: VSI NA POMOČ! Sto in tri društva naše Ameriške bratske zveze kažejo aktivnost v kampanji novega imena. Priglašenih je sedemdeset kandidatov za redne in častne delegate. Po zadnjem poročilu v Novi Dobi imamo štirinajst rednih in častnih delegatov. Samo dve državi sta dosedaj zastopani: Minnesota in Pennsylvania. Nadvse častno in posnemanja vredno se je odzvala država Minnesota, odnosno mesto Ely, ki prednjači v tej kampanji. Pridobili smo 609 novih članov in članic v oba oddelka. In kampanja se zaključi 30. junija. Samo še dva pičla meseca sta na razpolago, bratje in sestre. Klic na pomoč je sedaj na mestu. Kdor je pričel z delom v tej kampanji, ne sme odnehati, če sam ne more, dobi naj pomoč, katere ne sme odrekati noben član ali članica. Poleg pravic imamo tudi dolžnosti pri naši organizaciji. Sedaj naj dejansko izkazujemo tiste dolžnosti, ko je klic na pomoč najbolj na mestu. V deželo je prišla blaga in topla pomlad, delavske razmere so se do gotove mere tudi izboljšale, naša organizacija je dobila novo ime, Nova Doba je oživela v angleškem čtivu za našo ameriško mladino, pogoji za sprejemanje članov v mnogih državah so se izboljšali za naše agitatorje, nagrade za pridobivanje članov so mične, nekatere federacije nudijo dodatno pomoč, vse to nas mora opominjati, da gremo z večjim zaupanjem in korajžo na delo. Ne bodimo malomarni, življenje je neprestano gibanje in doseganje novih uspehov. Vsak človek mora imeti svoj cilj, katerega hoče doseči. Človek brez cilja životari ter je sameifiu sebi v napotje na tem svetu, življenje ima svoj namen, da vedno in povsodi ustvarja in gradi za prihajajočo bodočnost, življenje brez načrtov in smernic nima nobenega pomena. Poleg vsakdanjega dela mora imeti vsak človek še eno delo, ki mu je v zabavo, kratkočasje in ponos. Naše misli in naše delo ne sme biti enosmerno, po našem dnevnem delu moramo usmeriti naše energije v delo ali zabavo, ki krepi naše telo s spoznanjem, da smo ponosni na to, da doprinašamo po svojih močeh nekaj v dobrobit človeške družbe. Vsi naši člani in članice imajo hvaležno in plemenito priliko, da obogatijo in ovenčajo našo Ameriško bratsko zvezo z novimi darovi v obliki pridobljenih članov v tej kampanji. V Novi Dobi so priobčene slike naših kandidatov, ki so kvalificirali za redne ali častne delegate. To je častno priznanje za vsakega posameznika, da je dosegel svoj začrtani cilj, na katerega je ponosen. To je nesporen dokaz, da je delal neomahljivo in pridno. To je tudi živ dokaz, da je delal, dokler ni premostil vse potežkoče, preko katerih je moial priti, da je kvalificiral za rednega ali častnega delegata. Na j več je duševno bogastvo je zavest človeka, ki ga dela srečnega in zadovoljnega. Brez sreče in zadovoljiva ni pravilno usmerjenega življenja. Srečo in zadovoljstvo moramo pa sami iskati v delu in pridobitvah, ki so v občo blaginjo obstoječe človeške družbe. Vsak izmed nas je poklican, da vrši delo, ki ni plačano z denarjem, ampak s priznanjem in pohvalo, in ki ni nobenemu naprodaj za denar. Vsi naši redni in častni delegatje, vštevši vse one, ki so jim pomagali, niso šli na to delo, da bi bili plačani, ampak sli so na delo iz gole zavesti, da hočejo priznanje in pohvalo za svoje nesebično in samaritansko delo bratskega udejstvovanja v naši bratski in podporni organizaciji. Kadar ima človek duševni užitek od svojega lastnega ponosa in pridobljene zavesti, takrat še le z vso svojo duhovno silo čuti tisti blagodejni občutek, ki je ovenčan s tiho srečo. Na obrazu le takega človeka je pristen in zdrav nasmeh, odsev srca, ki osrečuje človeško življenje. Zato, vsi na pomoč, da našim priglašenim kandidatom pridobimo delegdtstvo četrte mladinske konvencije. Ah, to bo sreče in zadovoljstva v očeh teh delegatov, ko pridejo v rojstno mesto naše Ameriške bratske zveze! Bratje in sestre, res, resda, dajmo in pomagajmo; hvaležni nam bodo, a njih hvaležnost bo naše lepo plačilo. Listi v Nemčiji in Italiji na vsa usta hvalijo Charlesa Lindbergha zaradi njegovih defetističnih govorov. Ta hvala zelo čudno diši, pa naj se jo poduha od katere koli strani. * Neka clevelandska učiteljica, ki je zadnjih šest let preživela na krasnem francoskem otoku Tahitiju v Južnem morju, se je nedavno vrnila domov, češ, da je življenje na omenjenem otoku postalo neznosno. Odkar je bila F1ranči ja poražena, se tahitski Francozi neprestano prepirajo med seboj, ker nekateri držijo z apizarsko Petainovo vlado v Vichyu, drugi pa z vlado “svobodne” Francije, kateri načeluje uporni general De Gaule. Omenjena dama pripoveduje, da se zaradi tega vršijo celo dvoboji s sabljami med bolj civiliziranimi tahitskimi Francozi. Vsekakor bi sodili mi, da tisti Francozi še niso stoprocentno civilizirani, ker še ne mečejo bomb na neutrjena mesta ter na neoboroženo prebivalstvo. * ženska moda ne dovoljuje žepov, ker žepi bi kvarili obliko. Kljub temu, če bi bila moderna ženska ostavljena na samotnem otoku, bi bila za dolgo časa preskrbljena z najbolj nujnimi ženskimi potrebščinami, kajti eksperti so ugotovili, da v neizogibni ročni torbici, brez katere ne napravi ženska niti koraka iz hiše, je navadno spravljenih nad 50 potrebnih in nepotrebnih predmetov. Moška moda, če se vključi površnik, dovoljuje 17 žepov, in v teh žepih nosi povprečni moški komaj pet različnih potrebščin. Kaj vse bi ženske nosile s seboj, če bi imele 17 žepov! * Poročevalec za neko ameriško univerzo je nedavno polnih 24 ur opazoval krave, kako razpolagajo s svojim časom. In pro-našel je, da se čade 8 ur pasejo, 12 ur počivajo in 4 ure samo postopajo okoli. V tem se krave ne razločujejo dosti od povprečnih dvonožnih državljanov. * Kdor dvomi, da je prosperi-teta v deželi, četudi samo umetna, naj samo pogleda na ceste, kjer dandanes dirka več avtomobilov kot kdaj prej v zgodovini Amerike. In pri tem je zanimivo, da se avtomobili letošnjega pridelka ponašajo z bolj pestrimi barvami kot velikonočni pirhi. Kaj te mavrične barve pomenijo, avtor te kolone ne ve in tudi ne skuša ugibati. Prijatelj Cahej meni, da to pomeni vojno; če druge ne, vsaj civilno vojno, ko se bodo ameriški avtomobilisti trkali in pobijali na ameriških cestah. * Stric Sam je počasen in prizanesljiv možak, toda njegov spomin je čudovit in njegova roka je močna. Njegovi otroci in nečaki kričijo in izzivajo, povzročajo izpore in stavke in počenjajo vseh vrst neumnosti,] stric Sam pa jih samo prizanesljivo gleda in posluša. Ve, da je večina dobra ter ne misli nič slabega, ve pa tudi, da so vmes se-bičneži, pokvarjenci in zlobneži, in te si stric Sam točno zapisuje. In če postane situacija resna, bo stric Sam vedel, kako napraviti neškodljive njegove sovražnike, pa naj bodo zunanji ali notranji. Vsi, katere napadajo iz-kušnjave, ,naj vedo, da so bili pravočasno opozorjeni, da ne bo pozneje nepotrebnega joka in škripanja z zobmi, živimo v zelo nenavadnih časih. A. J. T. SELEČE SE NASELBINE (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) časa v teh potujočih taborih. Letos se pričakuje, da bo jih dvakrat toliko. — Common Council.—FLIS. DRUŠTVENE IN DRUGE SLOVENSKE VESTI (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) kušnjah od časa do časa poročal v Novi Dobi. * V Sharonu, Pa., je dne 27. aprila umrl John Peršin, član društva št. 174 ABZ. Zapušča soprogo, tri hčere, več vnukov in dva brata. Doma je bil iz Iške vasi pri Igu in je prišel v Ameriko leta 1904. ❖ Društvo št. 2 ABZ v Elyu, Minn., je v teku enega meseca izgubilo kar tri člane. Posledicam operacije je podlegel Edward G. Richards, star 31 let. Utonil je Frank Urmas, star 30 let. Po nesreči je bil do smrti obstreljen Robert L. Maki, star 6 let. * V White Valley, Pa., je na-gloma umrla Julija Rupnik, rojena Ha j ne, stara 62 let. Pokojnica je bila članica SSPZ, pri ABZ pa je bila samo še na podaljšani zavarovalnini. Zapušča soproga, tri sine ,tri hčere, štiri vnuke in enega nečaka. Rojena je bila v vasi Soteski pri Toplicah na Dolenjskem. šča je take postave v vseh državah avtomatično razveljavila. MNOGO GROCERIJE Armada Zedinjenih držav, ki bo štela v kratkem 1,400,000 mož, porabi vsak dan 500 ton mesa, 300 ton krompirja, 250 ton sadja in za 50 tisoč dolarjev kruha. Račun za grocerijo zna-| ša $700,000.00 dnevno. V tem pa ni vštet grocerijski račun za vojno mornarico, ki znaša posebej $133,000 na dan. ZATON LISTA V Bostonu je dne 30. aprila letos izšla zadnja izdaja dnevnika The Boston Evening Transcript, ki je nepretrgano izhajal 111 let. Zadnja izdaja je izšla v 31,000 iztistih. SPLOŠNI TEDENSKI PREGLED (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) di mnogi vojaki, ki so zaradi visoke industrijske izvežbanosti potrebni v industriji. ZNAČILNA INŠPEKCIJA United Press poroča, da so dne 5. maja prišli na krov štirih jugoslovanskih parnikov, ki se mudijo v newyorškem pristanišču, stražniki ameriške obalne straže, v svrho “inšpekcije.” Značilno pri tem je, da bil malo prej poslan iz Rima splošni radijski poziv vsem jugoslovanskim parnikom na Atlantiku, naj se zatečejo v pristanišča Argentine ali Brazilije, oni na Pacifiku pa naj se podajo v pristanišča Japonske, Mančukua, Thailanda ali republike Chile. Italija, ki je zasedla dober del Jugoslavije in menda celo Dalmacijo, si zdaj svoji oblast ukazovati jugoslovanskim parnikom na visokem morju, toda ždi se, da italijanski “ukaz” ne bo dosti zalegel. Tudi gori/omen jeni štirje jugoslovanski parniki bodo najbrže za nedoločen čas ostali v newyorškem pristanišču. IZVEŽBANI DELAVCI Obrambni program zvezne vlade zahteva mnogo izvežba-I nih delavcev, posebno strojnikov, kovinarjev, električarjev in drugih. V raznih mestih so federalni uradi, kjer sprejemajo prijave takih delavcev. Sposobni in izvežbani delavci takih strok so sprejemljivi do 53. leta Starosti. OBSOJENI MORNARJI Sodišče v Jacksonvillu, Florida, je spoznalo krivim kapitana in 20 mornarjev italijanskega parnika Confidenza, ki so poškodovali parnik, ko je bil isti v ameriškem pristanišču. Mornarji drugih inozemskih parnikov, ki so bili na slične načine poškodovani v ameriških pristaniščih, pridejo pozneje na vrsto. Najvišja kazen, ki jo določa zakon za take delikte, je 20 let zapora in 10,000 dolarjev globe. VSEM ENAKE PRAVICE Vrhovno sodišče Zedinjenih držav je pretekli teden soglasno določilo, da morajo ameriške železnice ‘lati enako postrežbo črncem kot belim potnikom. Tožbo, ki se je vlekla tri leta, je bil vložil kongresnik A. W. Mitchell iz Illinoisa, ki je črnec, ker je bil nekje v Arkansasu primoran zapustiti spalni voz in se preseliti v posebni voz za črnce, kar je bilo v soglasju s postavami države Arkansas. Omenjena določba vrhovnega sodi- CANADA SE NE ŠALI Canadska vlada je pretekli teden zasegla tovarno National Steel Car Corp. v Hamiltonu, Ontario, zaradi stavke, ki bi mogla škodovati obrambnemu programu. Stavka je bila proglašena baje zaradi trme kom-panijskih uradnikov. Spor se bo skušal rešiti potom pogajanj, toda tovarna bo tekom pogajanj obratovala naprej v upravi vlade. RUSIJA VZNEMIRJENA Razni znaki kažejo, da je Rusija vznemirjena vsled vedno naraščajoče nemške moči. Prevoz vojnega materiala, namenjenega v inozemstvo, po ruskih železnicah, je bil prepovedan. Iz Moskve poročajo, da je bilo nedavno poslanih 12,000 nemških vojakov na Finsko, ki je soseda Rusije. Iz Švice se poroča, da je bilo na rusko-nemško in rusko-rumunsko mejo poslanih nadaljnih 25 ruskih divizi j; že pred tem je bilo ob rekah Dnjestru in Prutu od Lvova do Odese nameščenih 40 ruskih divizij. Rusija utrjuje svoje postojanke v severni Estoniji v bližini Finske. Ruski obrambni komisar maršal Semjon Timo-šenko je ob priliki prvomajske proslave poudaril, da mora biti ruska vojska v teh nevarnih časih pripravljena, da odbije vsak napad, pa naj bi prišel od kjer koli. ^ AMERIŠKA BRATSKA ZVEZA Ustanovljena 18. julija 1898 GLAVNI URAD: ELY, MINNESOTA GLAVNI ODIiOR IZVRSEVALNI ODSEK: .Oti' Predsednik: J. N. Rogelj .............. 6208 Schade Ave., Cleveland.-^ 1. podpredsednik: Frank Okoren .............. 4759 Pearl £t„ Denver, ^ 2. podpredsednik: P. J. Obloek rd No. 1, Box 506, Turtle CreeK, ] 3. podpredsednik: Joseph Kovach ............ 342 E. Sheridan St.. Ely 4. podpredsednik: Anton Krapenc 1636 W. 21st Place, ChfcaOT! 5. podpredsednik: Joseph Sneler ......5237 Carnegie Ave., Pitisburghj. podpredsednica: Mary Predovich ............ 2300 Yew St., Butte, Tajnik: Anton Zbašnik .............................. AFU Bldg., Ely, Pomožni tajnik: Frank Tomsich, Jr.................... AFU Bldg.,®1^ "Lj Blagajnik: Louis Champa ..................................... Ely, Vrhovni zdravnik: Dr. F. J. Arch ........ 613 Chestnut St., Pittsburgh ( Urednik-upravnik glasila: A. J. Terbovee....6233 St. Clair Ave., Clevaw NADZORNI ODSEK: jf AM’ Predsednik: John Kumse ...................... 1735 E. 33rd St., Lorain, 1. nadzornik: F. E. Vranichar............... 1312 N. Center St., J* 2. nadzornik: Matt Anzelc ......................... Box 12, Auror®^7fl 3. nadzornik: Andrew Milavec, Jr................ Box 31, Meadowlan® p, 4. nadzornik: F. J. Kress..................... 218—57th St., Pittsburg11' FINANČNI ODSEK: J. N. Rogelj............................. 6203 Schade Ave., Cleveland, v Anton Zbašnik, tajnik..................................AFU Bldg., ®y> *■? John Kumše................................... 1735 E. 33rd St., Lorain, , Frank E. Vranichar............................ 1312 N. Center St., Andrew Milavec, Jr. ............................Box 31, Meadowla0® GLAVNI POROTNI ODBOR: Predsednik: Anton Okolish ............. 1078 Liberty Ave., Barbertoft f 1. porotnik: Frank Mikec ............................ Box 46, Straban*’ 2. porotnica: Rose Svetich ................................ Ely, 3. porotnik: Steve Mauser...................... 4627 Logan St., Denv’e'j(J 4. porotnik: Ignac Zaje ............. 683 Onderdonk Ave., Brooklyn 6 NAGRADE V GOTOVlN1 ZA NOVOPRIDOBLJENE ČLANE ODRASLEGA ^ DINSKEGA ODDELKA DAJE AMERIŠKA BRATSW ZA NAGRADE V GOTOVINI. JU Za novo pridobi j ene člane odraslega oddelka so Pre Iji deležni sledečih nagrad: za člana, ki se zavaruje za $250.00 smrtnine, $1-25 ^ za člana, ki se zavaruje za $500.00 smrtnine, $2.00 n . za člana, ki se zavaruje za $1,000.00 smrtnine, $4.00 n° za člana, ki se zavaruje za $1,500.00 smrtnine, $5.00 za člana, ki se zavaruje za $2,000.00 smrtnine, $0-00 ^ za člana, ki se zavaru je za $3,000.00 smrtnine, $8-00 "(S Za novopridobljene člane mladinskega oddelka Pa lagatelji deležni sledečih nagrad: za članu starega načrta “JA” — $0.50; za člana načrta “JB” — $2.00; za člana novega načrta “JC,” s $500.00 zavarovalnih' za člana novega načrta “JC” s $1,000.00 zavarovali Vse te nagrade so izplačljive šele potem, ko so člane plačani trije mesečni usesmenti. UMIK IZ GRŠKE Angleške čete na Grškem so se dobro izkazale, toda bilo jih je prcnmlo. Vsega skupaj so imeli Angleži na Grškem samo 60.000 vojakov. Po neizogibni kapitulaciji Grške se je okrog 48.00 angleških vojakov rešilo na ladje; okrog 3,000 je bilo ubitih ali ranjenih, okrog 9,000 pa ujetih. • TU SE GRE ZA OLJE Anglija ima naj novejšo vojno na rokah v kraljevini Irak. kjer se gre za obrambo njenih bogatih oljnih vrelcev v Mosulu. Nedavno so Angleži, v smislu pogodbe z Irakom, izkrcali neka.}, vojaštva v Iraku za zavarovanje svojih oljnih vrelcev, in pretekli teden so poslali tja na-daljna ojačen ja.-Sedanja >^la-da Iraka pa je pod vplivom Nemčije in iraške čete so napadle angleške vojake. Baje jo iraška vlada naprosila tudi; Nemčijo na pomoč. Kako se boi ta najnovejša vojna razvijala,; bo pokazala bližnja bodočnost. ni, ko je washingtonska vlada , zasegla nemške, italijanske in danske parnike, zasidrane v naših pristaniščih. Brez vsakega dogovora ali poziva so južne republike sledile vzgledu Zedinjenih držav ter zasegle nemške in italijanske parnike v njihovih lukah. Nekatere teh parnikov so 1 nemške oziroma/italijanske posadke uničile ali poškodovale, toda večina teh pomorskih edinic je prešla nepoškodovana v upravo ameriških republik. Razume sje, da bo po vojni lastnikom zaseženih ladij plačana; primerna odškodnina. Značilno je, da so ameriške! republike skoro stoprocentno j soglasno nastopile v taki resni! in kočljivi zadevi kot je zasežba parnikov evropskih držav in da so južne republike skoro do pike sledile vzgledu Zedinjenih držav. Evropski diktatorji lahko iz navedenega dejstva spoznajo, da panameriška solidarnost ni prazna fraza. ZAPOZNELE VESTI OD TAM PREKO • (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) 1----- I plugom in vprežno živino vred, S je padel v staroveški vodnjak, ki je v starih časih služil za na-| makanje zemlje. Klice na pomoč I so slišali sosedje na bližnjih nji-1 j vah in so iz dva metra globoke j I vode izvlekli orača vsega pre-; mraženega, nekaj pozneje pa ! tudi mrtvo vprežno živino. SLOVEMEC V TUJINI V Helsinkih na Finskem je nedavno z velikim uspehom di- 1 ligiral Gotovčevo opero “Ero z onega sveta” slovenski rojak Leo Funtek. Leo je edini sin por' i kojnega slovenskega pisatelja |i Antona Funtka in je bil rojen v h Ljubljani. Po klasični gimnazi-,1 ji se je odločil za glasbo. Bil je11 na akademiji na Dunaju in po-h zneje je nekaj časa bival kot di- i rigent v Nemčiji. V Helsinkih na j i Finskem biva že okrog 30 let. < Poročen je z Angležinjo in je1! v prejšnjih letih nek šel na kratke obiske no. Zdaj je uprav . opere v Helsinkih. AVTOBUS V PRE^1 Jj V Rugovski klisuri’ kilometrov od Peči, je P j ; ni vožnji odpovedanem, potniškega avtobusa 111 i zgrmelo v 150 meti^ ■* prepad. Avtobus se krat prevrnil in sc u - I sami Bistrici. Nesreča f še večja, če se ne bi ^ j pri prevračanju za(lllni! | sokem snegu. Vseh s jji. i kov je bilo poškodov* d ; bus pa sc jo popo'n° POŽARNA N£Sp . :■ Vdovi Neži Kisov^y ljah v Poljanski doli';'. J no pogorela hiša. V *** ^fjm: lastnica sama, amp® ' *,|il v najemu delavec b .A ki pa je usodno n°c • pri delodajalcu Božn‘l ;! je bila le Aličevi sečnim otrokom. I’1'1f niki in drugi ljudje • p-čili, da ni vse pogorC je bila zavarovana s tisoč dinarjev. ^ STANJE JUGOS^ "Tj (Nadaljevanje s ■ sko, Koroško m -K ra n j ske (mend a G ° ^ vzela pod svojo c i ja. Prekmurski ^ J menda pripadli M? * d j Kakor že omenj'-"^' čila o razdelitvi Jl,fc ^ lo pomanjkljiva 1,1 .^|jj Prav posebno so poročila o razti’*j‘ nije. Vse gori na. na drobcih poročil- ^ dimo tu jn tam. . o usodi Slovenije n‘ 'f|0!,!:| mo vedeli, dokler )ir menih ali časopis111 rektno iz Slovenije- .f (in čila bomo pa morda kali. DOBRO SOSEDSTVO (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) ameriški ^kontinent. Vlada Zedinjenih držav tudi po najboljših močeh pomaga južnim republikam pri izboljšanju njihove lastne obrambne sile. Pospešuje se tudi trgovina med severom in jugom, kar je za republike Centralne in Južne Amerike velikega gospodarskega pomena, posebno zdaj, lto so jim evropskieksportni trgi skoro odrezani. Da so republike Centralne in Južne Amerike pripravljene prostovoljno slediti zunanji politiki Zedinjenih držav, se je najbolje pokazalo pred par ted- New Eft a ENGLISH SECTION OFB ▼ Oll»c,dl°rgan w of the American Fratern&i Union. Nova AMPLIFYING THE VOICE OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING MEMBERS Indianapolis Set To Welcome AFU Tenpin Bowlers Seventh Annual National Tourney Opens Friday; Bigger Prizes; Excellent Program be mixing it with the grandest AFU crowd .you’ve ever known! You’ll have fun and added thrills galore. Thosa of you who have been to Indianapolis before know what to expect. Those that haven’t — well — you’ll surely and absolutely find out— and if you don’t have any fun, jit certainly won’t be the fault of the committee! 0 u r American Fraternal Union has been very generous with its members. Appropriate funds have been set aside to help finance this event which will be the biggest in history! Whether you bowl or not— Indianapolis wants you. to come out and participate in this—the greatest AFU Tenpin tournament in history! SO IT’S ALL OUR FOR INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY, MAY 9, 10, AND 11TH! WE’LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU ON THE FIRING LINE AT DEZE-LAN’S ALLEYS. CONSULT YOUR TIME-TABLE — YOU PEOPLE FROM CLEVELAND, AND FOLLOW IN- (Continued on page 6) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The stage is set! Friday, ^ith a huge throng present, the curtain will rise on the Seventh* Annual National AFU Tenpin Tournament in j p2elan’s alleys in Indianapolis, Indiana. Historic dates r this occasion are May 9, 10, and 11th! And there are s° °iany major parts to the gigantic program arranged | “hat when it is all over it should be the biggest event in j r<*ternal history. i his is the second time our toerican Fraternal Union is ^ducting Us tournament in "e midwest. This is the first Qtionai Tenpin tournament ^er ony new namer And with m^ wral)Pe^ oil the gla- 'l>Uv Und patriotic color of the teniurfj. I find n°e first tourney j °Ur new name, our organ-i°n has seen fit to make the asion more auspicious by pn(ung officially our Supreme c[es‘dent, Janko N. Rogelj of ^ eveland, 0., and-our Supreme E Bro. F. E. Vranichar ; pe °Uet, 111. Bro. Anton Kra-H , c> fourth supreme vice-presi-. Chicago, 111., will be on !ntl ^ith the crack Chicago °^’lers. ■ ^ fom Cleveland, arriving bJetime Friday morning will ■. kittle Stan, athletic commis-b»°ner and English Editor of a°^a i^oba. Now don’t look for r°al tall guy, will you! lhitf^kle anfl efficient com-p S ^ot^e ^ Indian-iti > *lave completed an amaz-y() Program which will keep j1 busy from the moment you j the train to the time of ^'^rture. Hardworking Secre-r^> Louis Milharčič has an-^’unced the heaviest run of in-keglers will be from Indianapolis, and Illinois l y^h about five or six states Ped to be represented in all. 'vil]GarnS ^rom Cleveland, Ohio th *eave by train—a lot of H-Tti ^anning to leave Terminal er Nation at 1:30 a. m. to.^ay morning; scheduled ^111 rive in Indianapolis at 7:3C f So’ this train will also be ’’y Malavasic’s Blue Jacket* jjje0 wiil play for the tourna-g dance on Saturday night °cause of working condi 1 ‘s> °ther groups will leave or ^^faains but all will be a- the firing line wnen tney win ue f scheduled. In this story appears a train- ^ time schedule, and you can take ^ your pick. Included are other ^ instructions, which if you fol- ^ low you won’t go wrong. A lot of the keglers plan on going by machine. In fact every- ^ one who has heard of the great Indianapolis hospitality is set with itchy feet—ready to go and ^ as soon as they can! According to Lefty Milharčič, j the tournament will officially ^ open Friday, May 9th—with a , prominent personality throw- j ing the first ball. Indianapolis • keglers will be on the firing line j first so that the out of town bowlers can roll ’em on Saturday afternoon and Sunday. Following the bowling—and possibly during the rolling, a smoker buffet get-together will be held. Saturday, with b owlers streaming in from all sides, will be a big day at the alleys. Then in the evening the gigantic Bowlers’ dance at which Tony Malavasic’s Blue Jackets will supply the rhythm beats—the likes of which you will really and sincerely enjoy! They’re all set, in fact, their musical fingers have been itchy for this occasion for the longest time! Sunday morning and afternoon the remainder of the bowlers will complete their shifts, and all get together for the bowling banquet where prizes will be announced and awarded ; the winners. Here our supreme officers will speak and you’ll find the accompanying program something to really thrill about. Rumor has it that Bro. Anton Kra-penc and Bro. Fajfar of Chicago are going to entertain in a special number! And in between times, you’ll Pennsy’s First Delegate The Blue Jackets Will Play k *** J* Cleveland AFU Softball Schedule Lodge 55 Active In Campaign Union town, Pa. — Members of Lodge No. 55, AFU, are invited to attend the next meeting which will be held in the regular quarters Sunday, May 18th at 2 p. m. At this meeting we must also discuss what can be done so that we won’t be the last in the present New Name Campaign. Up until now, I have enrolled three new members into the adult department and nine in the juvenile department; a grand total of 12 in all! We must all do our best for our lodge so that we can show up real well in the campaign just as we did in past campaigns ! At the regular meeting, Mav 18th, you will also vote on the referendum recently released to lodges for ballot by the supreme board. Everyone must vote at the meeting, and a big turnout will show our voice when votes are counted. Those members who are late or have forgotten to pay their lodge assessments, I beg of them to come in and take care of their dues. The secretary cannot keep on paying out of his own pocket, and the assessment must be sent in to the supreme treasurer at the right time each month. Many members promise that they will pay at the right time, and then they forget leaving the secretary to look for ways and means to raise the money to send in to the supreme treas-1 urer. If there isn’t any money about, the member is suspended. I beg of you to at least think a little about the work necessary for the secretary, and don’t make it more burdensome than you have to. Don’t forget to j come to the meeting, Sunday, I May 18fti. Joseph Prah, secretary Lodge 55, AFU Pictured is Miss Rose J. Kužnik, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kuznik, former who is secretary of Lodge No. 138, AFU of Export, Pa., who has qualified as regular delegate to the Fourth Juvenile Convention. She is one of our brilliant Magic Carpet Juvenile Page writers and she &ays: “Best of luck to those of you who are candidates! I knew I would qualify— and was surprised to do it so soon. That quota isn’t heard to reach. I know, I’ve reached it. So, please try!” “AH you have to do is to get a copy of our by-laws and visit the homes of the people and explain to them what a good organization we have. No fancy speeches are necessary once they see the low prices of the policies offered!” Cleveland, O. — Announcement was made this week by President Stan Zagorce that the AFU Softball league of Cleveland would officially get underway Monday, May 12 when Betsy Ross and Napredek of Lodge 132 tangle in the season’s opener at Kirtland field, 49th and Lakeshore boulevard beginning at 6:30 p. m. Remainder of the* week’s schedule is: Wednesday, May 14 St. John’s and Betsy Ross at Rooseve'lt on East 200th; and Friday, May 16th Napre-dek’s vs. St. John’s at Napredek field. Although the league has just started, openings in the first round are still available for Ilirska Vila, No. 173, G-W No. 180; and Collinwood Boosters. Plan to organize your club at the next lodge meeting. 12th Report %EW NAME CAMPAIGN (Period Ending May 2) New members enrolled—Juveniles, 386; adults, 292; total—678. New Insurance Written — Jifvenile $175,550; adult, £174,250; total—$349,800. Candidates for delegate to the Fourth Juvenile Convention: Regular juvenile, 36; honorary, 41; total—77. Delegates already qualified: Regular, 10; Honorary, 6; total—16. s Total active lodges—105. Colorado’s First Delegate Lodge 190, AFU Meets May 14th Butje, Mont. — Our next meeting of Lodge Western Sisters, No. 190, AFU will be held Wednesday, May 14,1941, at our usual quarters beginning at 7:30 p. m. Wfe wtiuld likft to see a large attendance. We have a referendum which members must vote on at this session and there are other matters of great importance to all. Plans are underway for a play which will be pi’esented May 25th. Everybody is invited to attend this meeting. Mary Predovich, secretary Lodge No. 190, AFU New Name Campaign Nearing Climax; Colorado Qualifies First Delegate \ TOTAL SWELLS TO FIFTEEN Ely, Minn. — Rippling waters of Northern Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes are already gurgling in happy anticipation of the nearing visit of what is expected to be over 100 Juvenile and Honorary delegates and friends who will come from all parts of the nation to participate in our American Fraternal Union’s Fourth Juvenile Convention ! With time literally flying by,*' candidates—70 in all—have two months time to boost their points and qualify as delegates so that they will be able to hop on that train which will whisk them to Ely—Home Office city of our AFU—in Minnesota this* coming August. In special dispatches Mayor John Kapsch of Ely, Minn.; the Ely Commercial Club; the Eveleth Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Richard Floyd of the City of Eveleth. and all units in that beautiful wilderness country are cooperating with our American Fraternal Union to make this the best and most unique convention of them all! For this year finds plans for the entertainment of delegates more diversified—more f u n than ever before—and, believe us, they had plenty of fun at past conventions! Within the next few weeks, you will find the pages of Nova Doba filled with pictures of what scenic beauty really is up there in Minnesota where you'll be spending three big days— and that isn’t including the extra days you’ll have to travel! The New Name Campaign was really pepped up and is now moving along at a fast pace. More delegates, some who are very near the qualification mark; others who have about half-way to go; will be announced from week to we^ek! In winter—people go to Florida to get away from the cold frigid blasts. In summer—Ah! They go north to Minnesota where the days are warm—the nights, nice and cool—making sleep really a comfort! L'suallj' vacations like this are afforded only by those who have the means! BUT OUR AMERICAN FRATERNAL UNION MAKES IT EASY FOR ITS MEMBERS TO ENJOY SUCH AI TRIP ANI> GET PAID FOR IT TO i BOOT! ALL YOU HAVE TO 1)0 IS ENROLL ENOUGH NEW MEMBERS j TO REACH YOUR Ql’OTA—AND THE DOORS TO THE MOST SPLENDID; VACATION—IN THE MOST BEAU- j TIFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD— ARE OPEN TO YOU! AND YOU GET PAID FOR IT! It’s all out now—campaign closes June 30th, and with about two months to go, you should be able to go right out and knock ’em dead! Let's hear from you immediately! COLORADO QUALIFIES FIRST DELEGATE On the heels of the recent announcement that Rose J. Kuz- nik had been .the first to qualify from Export in the state of Pennsylvania—this week comes another sensational announcement from Colorado! It is that Dorothy Susan, daughter of Bro. and Mrs. John Suasn, former who is secretary of Ron Carbo, Colorado lodge No. 118, AFU, is the 10th juvenile delegate to qualify and the 15th of the grand total to date. And Bon Carbo Lodge No. 118 isn’t stopping at that. They plan to qualify one honorary delegate, too! Hats off to Bon Carbo—for opening Colorado’s door in our American Fraternal Union’s New Name Campaign! And now, those candidates in these same states, and others—we, who lived in Minnesota and know what we’re talking about —urge you to go right out and shoot the works in this campaign of campaigns! You certainly won’t be sorry! Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes— wild, beautiful scenery, in the center of which is located our beautiful Home Office—are beckoning you! Qualify this week! Lodge 81, AFU Members Are Urged To Attend Meeting Charming Dorothy S u san, daughter of our good secretary and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Susan of Lodge No. 118, AFU, of Bon Carbo, Colorado, swelled to 15 the total list of delegates who have qualified in our New Name Campaign, and become eligible to attend the Fourth Juvenile Convention in Ely. She! has the distinction and honor to! be the first delegate from Colo-| rado! In her first letter to Nova | Doba, to be published on the ju-j venile page next week, we takej an excerpt: .j “My father is the secretary of Bon Carbo Lodge No. 118, AFU—and has: been for quite a number of years. He (and thanks to the other members of^ our lodge) helped me to get over the required 4,50C points needed in Colorado to qualify as a delegate to the Fourth Juvenile Convention. I am looking forward to the trip very much. I will try hard to work for the benefit of the AFU and I know I will enjoy the convention!” (We know yon will, too, Dorothy. —Ed.) | • ---------------------- St. Joseph’s Lodge No. 29, AFU, of Imperial, Pa., will j sponsor a dance May 31, 1941 | at the Imperial Slovene National Home. — John Virant, Sec-1 retary. Aurora, 111. — As the regular '< monthly meeting to be held Thursday, May 8th, 1941, is to be a sort of special and im- ' portant one, I am requesting that all members attend this so-called important meeting. The meetings of late have not been attended very well. Let’s jmake it a duty to attend all meeting. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. Everyone is urged to be present. Joseph Fayfar, Jr., sec’y i Lodge No. 81, AFU BRIEFS Sixth Honorary delegate to qualify in our New Name Campaign was announced in a special notice from our supreme secretary. Bro. Anton Zbasnik, this week. She was Mrs. Anna Mur-. gel, of Lodge No. 200, AFU of Ely, Minn. This marks another ! notch in Minnesota’s excellent | record in our New Name Cam-i paign. Bro. Zbasnik advised that ! Lodge No. 200 has 1,700 points , balance out Of which Joseph Omerza has 750; while the remaining 950 must be credited to some candidate. --- Lodge 132, AFU of Euclid, O., will sponsor a picnic at Stu-SQk’s farm June 16th. ljUle^ are Tony Malavašič of (j, ls Blue Jackets orchestra Htth >Ve'aiK' w^° entertain Mi^li«* dance in Ihdiana-Saturday, May 10th. They Lodge 45 Will Spon-sor Bowling Tourney Dance On May 10th/ Indianapolis, Ind. — The big Seventh Annual Tenpin Tourney Dance will be sponsored by Lodge No. 45, AFU of Indianapolis, Saturday, May 10th. To this dance are invited all members of the AFU in Indianapolis, and all visiting keglers'and guests of the tenpin tournament. A personal invitation is extended to our supreme officers who will be present at the tour-! nament. Everything is in readi-i ness for the dance and a goq,d 1 time is assured. Members are asked not to for-'get that the next regular meeting will take place on the THIRD Sunday of the month—• j not tlie second as was usual. All members are asked to attend the next meeting, May 18th. Frank Urajnar, rec. sec’y Lodge 45, AFU ‘ AMERICAN FRATERNAL UNION Founded July 18, 1898 HOME OFFICE: ELY, MINNESOTA SUPREME BOARD EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: President: J. N. Rogelj............... 6208 Schade Ave., Cleveland, Ohio; 1st Vlce-Pres’t: Frank Okoren .............. 4759 Pearl St., Denver, Colo.; 2nd Vice-Pres’t: P. J. Oblock RD No. 1, Box 506, Turtle Creek, Pa.; 3rd Vice-Pres’t: Joseph Kovach .......... 342 E. Sheridan St., Ely, Minn.; 4th Vice-Pres’t: Anton Krapenc.......... 1636 W. 21st Place, Chicago, 111.; 5th Vice-Pres’t: Joseph Sneler ..... 5237 Carnegie Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.; 6th Vice-Pres’t: Mary Predovich ......... 2300 Yew St., Butte, Montana; .Secretary: Anton Zbašnik ...................... AFU Bldg., Ely, Minnesota; Assistant Secretary: Frank Tomsich, Jr........... AFU Bldg., Ely, Minn.; Treasurer: Louis Champa ................................ Ely, Minnesota; Medical Examiner: Dr. F. J. Arch ........618 Chestnut St., Pittsburgh, Pa. Editor-Mgr. of Off’l Organ: A. J. Terbovec .6233 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, O. TRUSTEES: President: John Kumse ..................... 1735 E. 33rd St., Lorain, Ohio; 1st Trustee: F. E. Vranichar.............. 1312 N. Center St., Joliet, 111.; 2nd Trustee: Matt Anzelc .................... Box 12, Aurora, Minnesota; 3rd Trustee: Andrew Milavec, Jr................Box 31, Meadowlands, Pa,; 4th Trustee: F. J. Kress....................218—57th St., Pittsburgh, Pa. FINANCE COMMITTEE J. N. Rogelj ....................... 6208 Schade Ave., Cleveland, Ohio; Anton Zbasnik, Secretary ........................AFU Bldg., Ely, Minn.; John Kumse________________________________ 1735 E. 33rd St., Lorain, Ohio; Frank E. Vranichar.........................1312 N. Center St., Joliet, 111.; Andrew Milavec, Jr .......................... Box 31, Meadowlands, Pa. SUPREME JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Chairman: Anton Okolish_____________ 1078 Liberty Ave., Barberton, Ohio; . 1st Judiciary: Frank Mikec _______________________Box 46, Strabane, Pa.; 2nd Judiciary: Rose Svetich ............................ Ely, Minnesota; 3rd Judiciary: Steve Mauser................ 4627 Logan St., Denver, Colo. 4th Judiciary: Ignac Zajc__________ 683 Onderdonk Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Indianapolis Set To Welcome Bowlers (Continued from page 5) Bowling Information Final! Lodge 66, Joliet, III., Launches Concerted Drive In New Name Campaign Joliet, 111. — At our meeting held in December, members of Lodge No. 66, AFU, decided fhat the lodge secretary will have the power to call monthly Meetings at his convenience. The ^epretary now has only one free Sunday each month. * And so at this writing, I would like to notify members that our next regular monthly meeting will be held Sunday, May 11 at 1 p. m., in the new school, room 5. This meeting' is very important to all members, and that is why they should make it a point to be present. I would urge that as many as possible attend this important session. If a large attendance acts on important matters, no one can question any actions | taken at the meeting, and it will make their decisions more impressive. Names Candidates If therč are any who may think that I might be a kind of “dictator” I will let them think in this vein, and agree with them when I take it upon myself to announce our candidates to the Fourth Juvenile Conven- tion in Ely, Minn., August 15, 16, and 17. ' The first candidate for delegate is Marie F. Vranichar, oldest daughter of our first supreme trustee, Frank E. Vranichar; and second is Dorothy Jevitz, daughter of our well-known and popular brother, John Jevitz, Jr., and granddaughter of our Bro. John Jevitz, Sr., lodge president for many years. These are our candidates for the Fourth Juvenile Convention and I urge the candidates and members all to bring enough new members to our next meeting so that we will raise enough points to qualify both young ladies. You may also be interested to know that at the Home Office of our AFU there is already a good number of points, and these will be credited equally to each of our two candidates. Now—everybody go to work so that our lodge will not be the last in this campaign! It never was last before! If we launch a “blitzkreig” our lodge will not only qualify two delegates to the convention—but two more for good measure! For Lodge 66, AFU John Adamich, secretary Chisholm Thespians Present “Village Venus” To Ely Audiences Sunday Program Under Auspices of Lodge No. 114 Ely, Minn. — A cast of popular Chisholm, Minn., people, members of the dramatic club of the Slovene National Home of that city will present, “Village Venus,” a three-act play to Ely audiences at the Washington auditorium, Sunday, May 11. The program is under the auspices of Slovenec Lodge No. 114, AFU of Ely, Minn. (Ed. Note: Picture arrived too late for publication.) A well-balanced program of entertainment is offered. And after the play, a dance will be held in the Yugoslav National Home to music by Cyril Logar and his orchestra, where a prize wil 1 also be awarded. Your play-ticket is your admission to the dance. For 35-cents you see both ' play and dance. There is no other charge. Entertainment between acts will be provided by the Ely quartet, Stanley Boldine and his orchestra, Matt Rom, humorist, and Rudolph Snidarsich, Soudan, kettles. Cast of the play is as follows —all of Chisholm, Minn.—Louis Ambrozich, Mrs. Vida Udovich, Miss Frances Debelak, Stefan Shaltz, Mrs. Mary Pluth, John Pahule, Mrs. Mary Sonchar and Albin Samsa. Prompter is Frank Jenko and the entire production is directed by Mr. Frank L. Tekautz, popular Slovene Hour radio announcer. Everybody is urged to at-atend! Joseph Milkovich, sec’y Lodge No. 114, AFU Notice To Uncle Sam’s Recruits All lodge members in the American Fraternal Union are notified to send in addresses of those members who have been recruited in Uncle Sam’s Selective Service Army. Immediately after address of enrollee is submitted, the Nova Dob* will be sent each week — anywhere in the country. Send in his address today. STRUCTIONS THEREIN — AND START ON YOUR WAY TO A WEEKEND OF MORE FUN THAN YOU’VE HAD IN A CENTURY—OR HAVEN’T YOU LIVED THAT LONG YET? Heh Heh! The first hundred years are the hardest, you know! BETSY ROSS "DARK HORSE” TEAM Cleveland, O. — Those reports and rumors we have been hearing now for some time have been definitely confirmed and it looks as if Lodge Betsy Ross will present a dark horse team to compete with all those other teams scheduled to bowl in the National AFU bowling tournament this weekend in Indianapolis. * ¥ They’re not going out to bring home any trophies. In fact as yet no decision has been made as to whether or not this team will be eligible to compete officially for any of the prizes. However to quote the team members themselves: They’re out for a “heck of a good time.” Of the five members composing the team, a couple of them would really make star members of a star team. Then there also a couple of them who \vould also make star members —yes—definitely but perhaps not quite the best that come. •¥ * So we’re leaving it up to the future to prove which side of the team comes out on top this weekend. With a fifty fifty chance like that, it would be rather foolish to predict the results. We will also leave it up to the Judges to decide which of the prizes—if any—should they prove to be good enough—would they be entitled to. * * We reserved a space at the top of this column to present to the public a picture of this team. However it seems that even with the able assistance of Little Stan it proved too difficult to get the required picture. So until this weekend you’ll have to use your imagination in picturing them. Incidentally the team had its first game a couple of weeks ago. This will probably be its last game, of the season too. So the members have decided to keep their fingers crossed when they play in Indianapcilis this weekend. * * The team came about as the result of a brainstorm after two teams searched frantically for members to complete their teams. Finally it was decided tb combine the two teams. Most anything can happen when the By Louis Milharčič Indianapolis, Ind. — With the National AFU Tenpin Tournament scheduled to get underway I Friday, we would be happy if; all bowlers would cooperate and follow these instructions. REGISTRATION — will be at the Holy Trinity school hall at 902 Holmes Avenue where someone will be on duty from 9 a. m. and on Saturday morning. Anyone arriving in town j before that time must go to Dezelan’s bowling alleys at 959 Holmes Avenue. Everyone must try to register immediately upon arrival so that they may obtain a schedule book and lodging reservation information. LODGING — For those who| prefer a hotel, reservations have; been made with Hotel Lincoln. Bowlers are cautioned to maintain equilibriums enough to prevent any damages. Those who prefer a private home, we have arranged such lodging with people residing near the alleys and our headquarters in the school hall. DANCE Tenpin Bowling dance will be held at 8 p. m. Saturday with \ Tournament Schedule j si ' -I Ei V Friday Night—7:30 p. m. (r I f \ MEN’S TEAM EVENT | 1 Alley—Team CaP|J 1 St. Joseph Red Stripes ........................J* . • 2 St. Joseph Blue Stripes......................F. Konovs 3 St. Joseph Sparklers........................ B. Can® m 4 St. Joseph Sharks...............................vji .•% 5 St. Joseph Boosters ............................M. "J m, 6 St. Joseph Buddies ... F. Ve® 7 St. Joseph Stars............................F. Slew®11! 8 Samaritans ................................... A. BnJ H 9 Samaritan Boosters............................J. La®? 10 Sloga........................................L. Urban* Q ||i \ Saturday—2:00 p. m. j LADIES EVENTS 1 Alley—Doubles—2:00 p. m. 3:00 p. m.—Singles—A1, ] 1 J. Somrak—M. Brišnik .................................(u 2 E. Predovnik—C. Predovnik ......................... [ii 3 M. Brodnik—M. Golc............................... j 22< 4 D. Rossa—R. Rossa .................................< 0j[ 5 H. Mestek—J. Skufca .........................-...'j <]a 6 M. Perdan—M. Skufca .........................-..-•— ^ 7 F. Vranichar—D. Steiner ............................ pe 8 L. Kosick—L. Russ............................c....... p]( 9 H. Zortz—J. Zo re................................... an 10 V. Kumse—M. Kumse ...............................—| j 11 M. Pazder—P. Vfdrick.........................■-•"''J r 12 M. Mauser---Mary .................................. an Saturday—4:00 p. m. MEN’S EVENTS .« atl Alley—Doubles—4:00 p. m. 5:00 p. m.—Single— 1 J. Krall—F. Martich ......j.......................' 2 I. Kocin—F. Krall 1 Pl 3 J. Jevnikar—J. Quinn ............................ 4 A. Baraga—S. Zagorc .......................,........j 5 A. Zadeli—S. Zupan..............................’"‘j . 6 J. Medle—A. Floreancig............................ 7 J. Brove—E. Evanish ■"—j ». 8 G. Vinovich—L. Balant.............................. [ 9 J. Zgonc—A. Evanish .......................... j kl 10 F. Gorensek—F. Gradišek..........................-\il j-U 11 J. Baraga—L. Vidrick | 12 E. Rupert—A. Perdan ............................ “j [ j, Saturday—6:00 p. m. » Alley—Doubles—6:00 p. m. 7:00 p. m.—Singlest 1 C. Flarey—L. Dolmovich (DO) ..................... ' 2 T. Kovacic—F. Kovacic (DO) ......................’j>: ' i 3 J. Opeka—J. Okolish jj 1 4 N. Tholt—S. Pechaver ............................... 1 5 F. Doles—J. Novak .................................J 6 L. Urbančič—C. Urbančič (DO) ...................."j 7 J. Stevens—L. Loviscek (DO)......................... j 9 L. Schooley—M. McCracken ............... ...c.T..- “ 10 A. Toth—R. Ivancic " i 11 M. Radkovic—H. Somrak ............................. v Sunday—9:30 a. m. LADIES TEAM EVENT ^ Alley—Name 1 St. Aloysius President.....................Hermina J 2 Joliet No. 66........................Frances C. Vr3*11^: 3 St. Joseph Star Boosters.....................Martina T&i 4 Samaritans.................................. Mary 5 Betsy Ross No. 4.........................Mildred S i 6 St. Joseph................................Emma Pred° Sunday—11::45 a. m. ^ MEN’S TEAM EVENT J Alley—Name ' 1 St. Martin’s Jays.......................... John j. 2 Combined Lodges No. 1....................Louis 3 Combined Lodges No. 2......................Frank 4 Combined Lodges No. 3......................Anton G® ^ 5 St. Roke Boosters...........................Frank ** y 6 Cardinals No. 229 ................................d 7 Betsy Ross No. 1..............................Andy 8 Betsy Ross No. 2.....*......................John Je ^ 9 Betsy Ross No. 3............................... 10 St. Aloysius Secretary’s..................Edward Ei 11 St. Aloysius Treasurer.....................Joseph # f 12 St. John’s...........,.............*.......Joe Zabu* Sunday—2:00 p. m. MEN’S EVENTS rfi Alley—Doubles—2:00 p. m. 3:00 p. m.—Singled ! 1 C. Wohlgemuth—I. Rožance........................... ^ 2 J. Hren—A. Brišnik ............................... ^ 3 J. Zore—R. Bozic ............................... I1' 1 J. Bright—M. Barberic............................. 1* 5 H. Dezelan—J. Turk ................................Is 6 F. Konovsek—L. Konovsek............................ 7 J. Volker—A. Komlance.............................. ' 8 S. Mervar—J. Predovnik............................” , j 9 V. Zore—F. Jonta .................................., j 10 F. Zunk—J. Stanfield (DO) A. Jelercic (SO) .....|. 11 C. Mauser (DO) F. Slemensek A. Mestek (S) ......., 12 R. Cesnik—L. Žnideršič (D) ......................." Tony Malavašič and his orchestra at the helm. BANQUET The banquet will be held at 4 p. m. Sunday. TRAVELING INFORMATION Anyone arriving from Cleveland will probably come in on Highway No. 40 which is Washington street. Hotel Lincoln is on West Washington and Illinois streets. From hotel to bowling headquarters you will go down Washington street, west to Holmes avenue—five minutes by machine; ten minutes by street car. SCHOOL HALL r Most fun and entertainment will be at the School Hall from the opening of the tournament Friday; thru Sunday. IMPORTANT All bowlers should be at the alleys at least 30 minutes be-' fore their scheduled appearance. They are to report to the secre-! tary in charge. So come on to Indianapolis to ; the AFU Seventh Annual National Tenpin Tournament and 1 have a lot of fun! Lodge 233 Ludlow, Colo. — Members of Sloga Lodge No. 233, AFU, Ludlow, Colo., are cordially invited to attend the next regular meeting that will take place Sunday, May 18 beginning at 10 a. m., in regular quarters. Members will vote on the referendum recently released'for ballot to lodges by the supreme board. You can vote only at the meeting, so please be present. At our..laJt meeting we decided to hoIcPa dance on Saturday, May 17 at Ludlow Club 85 and proceeds, if any, will go to the lodge treasury. Everyone from far and near is invited. John Logar, secretary Lodge No. 233, AFU Betsy Ross members get together. , , * As a result, the team now is composed of three boys and two girls. And more power to them. The team is captained by Patsy Krall (or should we say Joseph Krall—because he is one of the three men on the team and consists of the following: Adolph Perdan, Frank Martic, Captain Krall and Rosemary and Dorothy Rossa. Here’s wishing the Betsy Ross Dark Horse gets his nose over the finish line in time to bring home a cup. If not a cup —then at least the memories of one grand weekend. Cleveland Bowlers Transportation Information Because of obstacles that; have arisen, we are able to give you temporarily the following information. Round trip fare to Indianapolis, and return provided the group totals 15 or more is $8.55 per person. As many as possible should make jt a RointNto leave with the largest-group—at 1:30 a. m. Saturday from Terminal Tower station. In regards to those leaving later, other information will be conveyed personally. Nearness of deadline without confirmation of certain details prevents a more complete explanation. Trains leave Cleveland for Indianapolis at: 7:37 a. m.; 12:25 p. m.; 6:10 p. m.; 9:45 p. m.; 1:30 a. m.; 3:16 a. m.; and 4:30 a. m. Trains leaving Indianapolis: 4:35 a. m.; 7:30 a. m.; 1:45 p. m.; 5:40 p. m.; 4:30 p. m.; 10 p. m.; and 10:50 p. m. The trip averages about 6 and a half to seven hours. NOTE: At the moment it is doubtful whether those bowlers leaving later may be able to benefit with special rates. However, we will do what we can and notify you personally. If in doubt call Nova Doba, HEnder-son 3889. Where AFU Bowlers Will Roll In 7th National Tenpin Tournament mem Indianapolis, Ind.—The Nation’s Speedway City is prepared this week-end to entertain a huge number of bowlers and guests who will compete for prize money in our AFU’s Seventh Annual National Tenpin Tournament, opening Friday evening, May 9; concluding Sunday, May 11. Lodge 45, spon-i sors of the big affair this year is all set, according to Louis Milharčič, secretary. See you in Indianapolis this weekend! Napredek Lodge Meeting Friday Euclid, O. — Members of Lodge No. 132, AFU of Euclid and Cleveland are invited to attend the next regular meeting, Friday, May 9 at 7:30 p. m. A vote on the recent referendum released by the Supreme Board to members recently will be taken. ' At this time, we might discuss plans regarding our coming picnic which will be held at Stu-sek’s farm, June 15th. f 0 Then the activities 0 ft?-baseball team will coWe ^ i’ discussion. We have our younger members a this sport who are worki” for our Napredek lodge being active in sports. j ■ Please attend our n®* jibing—all members—Fri«a 9, at 7:30 p. m. John Tanko, Lodge No. I Struthers Cardinals, Lodge 229 Bnteitaius AFU Crowd At Dance By Little Stan Wes Struthers, 0. — Back at the desk in Cleveland on Monday morning, Little Stan looks carefully over what was once a beauty of an Adam hat — but now made more valuable than ever imJ' 8Un because of a lot of autographs! ^ l * Ohio^aPPened in Struthers,( Popularni ni^ht ^here our ", 229 11 Vardlnals of LodSe No- 1 othev Were sPonsoring an-1 danc °ne ^-heir excellent lo\fPn *n Croatian Hall on '! peiV2\road'And jt 80 hap' j p]e “ at six Cleveland peo- a« ev!Cn the trip and real*y had i ' Client time. NltTthe trip were: Mr- Wood d Launch of Col-ainj p. °°°sters, Vickie Smuk /» ve]an)railGes Perovshek of Cle-■ Matt a formei'ly of Ely, Minn., • pteill 11Zelc. Jr., son of our su-'' whor rustee of Aurora, Minn., .1 and Lec‘ent]y came to Cleveland, ' luxe etid 'Vith several of our AFU H0ttleS ln ^e Slovene National 1 rT'tj j * * Pert f,C' m” Launch’s ex- ^rfiii';''1^ance—we were really ly a i1 a lot of corners—final-](, *n Struthers at the >hoij.r, when everybody Miq that the little birdie I Majy ^ispered to Secretary j' \ ®nich that Little Stan )i lffiv;iJtll'n8'> was a liar. But the; all the guests con-j Vest k- ^hat this had been an \ *rdie after all. | . At r * * fr'fte l,r.st figured that the girl H ^ lcket-box was Mary Pe- 'l'ig found out her name ^tl)^5'*0, A close kin—step- \icjj’ ,We believe—of Mary| ..lad Passed away, and l||,day '* Cs were conducted Sat- ^tenf].morning, preventing the: (j^nce °f Mary Penich at %es I?,06- Our sincere condol-j ' Mary. H th * * "5* 4?0atian Hal1 in struth- \ jammed to capacity.: SofUSic—a delightful mixing Polka’s, waltzes, and the I If> W8 nice—not bad at all. Ro°d! Heh Heh. Were! % * d°Wnstairs were every-Jabe 8 r8al busy. Saw Molly 8ofi0Jld ^er betrothed, Bro. f^is u-! *1’ 'V^° real*y went out 0fay look after the wel-ie Clevelanders! f Pi • * teve R.V‘avic’ Stan Pogačnik, jN jj a J*ch, Rose Slabe, Mr. ^DJ>n3' ^lahe, Mr. and Mrs. v^k pUc,1i^ n’oodles n’oodles. S KiJVec and his son, and Lincoln Lodge in '°H. Ai;,ljoyed a fine conversa- ^ WVi- ^ VVas whirr this way S Non(Ilr that way, meeting °! a*l swell Cardinals, fy. * * JJcte Sumn wouldn’t be com- i • °lich °U^ about Mrs. ?*nia of and her daughter, Vir-L ^itn ‘Others. Recognized Sv, ^ediately. Virginia, you a a's a delegate to the >i0;,(1 ^rd J uvenile Con-•>0i TB”d Wou*d she like to ^'1 tho u. J*ttle Stan asked her, fought of it was thrill- Nth. + erc’s still time! Two 8 ^ go! ^ac]{ * * >• 8 Liho S^a^e this week pre- lorjl ,(! ^tan from writing a v°0flh Hnd description resu-a!1 thf>.e u t t'airt ^ut j^e assures ^ th° - Was a *°t °f g°od a" ^erjti H' *1aPPened that will at a later date in *«0* vvay—especially if r Frank Vlosich, to you—comes thru with what he promised. Don’t forget, Gigolo! _ * * A real thrill was experienced. Some years ago. when Little Stan was a “Cub” reporter from Ely, Minn., he enjoyed a correspondence,? full of fun, with the Rupnik Sisters of Wheatland, Pa., near Sharon-Farrell —near Struthers. Their names: Carolyn and Mary Rupnik. Then for the last few years there hadn’t been any letters. Who would ever think these people would meet—especially at that time. ! * * But at this Cardinals’ Dance was introduced to Carolyn Rupnik and it certainly was one of the most pleasant thrills known! Her sister Mary is now married, but also met her young sister and brothers and mother who attended the affair. Her mother speaks excellent English, and they’re really a swell group. Had a nice dance with Carolyn and really hope to see the Rupniks again soon! * * ■ The Cardinal baseballers had their own little promotion on the side, and at intermission they awarded some prizes—Little Stan wasn’t lucky here, but that Eddie Glavic is a real so’thern announcah! Steve Babich, Bro. Glavic and Little Stan even entertained with a sour trio number over the mike— something about rolling out the barrels. Heh Heh! * * Which leads on to the story of the hat. Bro. Olson ovich wore it for quite a while, and toward the end of the dance, it was passed about. When Little Stan got it back, a lot of Cardinals’ names were autographed on it—a really splendid memory of the whole occasion. Little Stan is going to hang that hat in the old trophy room! Heh Heh! ♦ * Later on in Nebo’s with a lot of Cardinals—(Not going to say can’t remember the names, Rose Slabe—Heh Heh!) — After all this is Monday. Then Gigolo wanted to direct our group or Highway 422 which would takf us back to Cleveland. But 01-sonovich insisted, .and was the winner and new champion. You ought to have seen his Buick move around—the poor Chevy had everything to do to keep up. But it was grand l^or it took the group only an hour and a half to get back home! Thank you Struthers Cardinals for a really grand time! * * Attended a meeting Friday night at Glen Park Cafe where Napredek’s had a meeting in regards to baseball. A lively crowd was there and Frank Sesek, athletic supervisor presided over the meeting. Looks like they’re going to have a real club this year! All out for first practice Monday evening at Napredek field near the Euclid National Home! * * Joe Korencic, delegate to Waukegan, and former athletic supervisor was there, and it was like old home week, because afterwards had a real nice top-ner with Southern comfort with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sajovec. and Louis Sajovec. Matty Molk was there for a while too but he had to go to Geneva, and space is short and Little Stan has to leave too! Lodge 13N of Export, Pa., will celebrate their 20th anniversary at a picnic to be held at Beech-wood park July 4th. Anton Zbasnik, supreme secretary of our AFU will be guest speaker. Duekpin Highlights The Saturday night in Stra-bane was really swell. Mr. and Mrs. Boles, their family, Stan Progar, Frank Mikec, and everyone treated Little Stan perfect. And that scenery in Stra-bane—the beautiful hills and valleys of Pennsylvania—so picturesque—and so like Minnesota. Only difference being there are larger hills, while in Minnesota there are lakes in the valleys—and no apple blossoms in bloom. ' John Boles, secretary of Lodge No. 149. Strabane, Pa., can really play the accordion. He told us he played often for dances and wedding in days gone | by and hif sample of music was excellent. Sunday morning took pictures with apple-blossoms in the background.! At Lodge No. 149 dance in the SNPJ Hall, two lambs were awarded guests. Little Stan figured maybe he could get one. After all Bro. Terbovec got one, but the editor’s luck ran out. John Boles got one, tho. A cute' wcoly thing, too! You should have heard its “baaa” in the morning. Andrew Milavec took Little Stan out to see Pennsy—drove out to Meadow-lands, and met the cutest delegate of them all again. She was Jacquelinc Schimmel Mcr her daddy and mother, and it certainly was nice. Jacky has grown much prettier—and she was pretty before—and so much cuter—and she was cute before. Ilmmm—maybe Little Stan should wait for about six years! ¥ And don’t let anyone tell yor i that Strabane isn’t a good town! j It reminded Little Stan so much of home that he didn’t feel lonesome once. The thought! didn’t even occur to him! With people so nice, accomodating,1 j and all—who could feel lone-i some ? * A thank you to all member? ol Lodge No. 149 for the splendid treatment accorded Little Stan on his visit Especial-lj to our Mr. and Mrs. John Boles, Stan Progar, who did make it tc the Pitt bowling banquet; to al) the juvenile writers there; to Frank Mikec—nnn’ everybody! * And until next year’s tournament! But right now, keep your eyes peeled for the tenpin tournament in Indianapolis; and always keep in mind our New Name campaign! v The Fourth Juvenile Convention is the climax for 1941 national American Fraternal Union activities; and it is something that you all can go to, and get paid for it—if you qualify. Vou haven’t much time left to do it! But in eight weeks—you could do a lot— couldn’t you? * Mr. and Mrs. Peklaj of Pittsburgh attended the affair and seems they are relatives of the Peklaj’s on Tyrone. They promised an early visit to Cleveland soon. Sent their best to the Cleveland Peklaj’s. * Some five or six years ago carried on quite a bit of correspondence with Frank J. Progar, brother of Big Stan. Met for the first time at the Pitt tourney, and he really is a nice fellow. How time flies. Seems like yesterday when we exchanged letters. * You ought to read Elsie Desmonds intimate story on the Duxpin tournament in this issue. Mrs. M. Widina of Lodge No. 182, told Little Stan we would hear from her lodge in the campaign—and our old friend and delegate, Isobel Eržen of Center, former delegate, was present. She is employed with the government in Washington, D. C. other’s Day (Ed. Note; The following poem, appropriate for this occasion was submitted by one of our Juvenile writers, Miss Ann Slavec of Lodge No. 21, Lafayette, Colo. It was intended as an addition to her article on the Magic Carpet Juvenile Page, but we have taken the privilege of centering it on this page.) Lodge 155 Meeting Notice His Mother’s Face Three little boys talked together # One sunny summery day. And I leaned out of the window To hear what they had to say. II “The prettiest thing I ever saw,” One of the little boys said, “Was a bird in grandpa’s garden All black, and white and red.” Ill “The prettiest thing I ever saw,” Said the second little boy "Was a pony at the circus; I wanted him awfully bad.” IV “I think,” said the last little fellow With a grave and gentle grace, "That the prettiest thing in all the world Is just my mother’s face!” Blaine, O. — At the last meeting of Lodge 155, AFU of Blaine, Ohio, it was decided to ! announce in our official organ that an invitation be extended j to all members to attend the ! next regular meeting which will be held in our regular quarters Sunday, May 11, at 2 p. m. We will vote on tho recent referen-I dum released by the Supreme Board recently, and which was | also recently printed in Nova Doba. j It is necessary and very important that a large number of members attend this meeting to vote on the referendum. You can vote only at the meeting and that is why yfcu should atr : tend—so that the majority of our members will have a voice I in this ballot. I Don’t forget—Sunday, May 11 at 2 p. m. in the regular quar-J ters. Paul Ilovar, secretary Lodge No. 155, AFU In Memoriam of Sylvia Jelercic Members Urged To Attend Meeting the “Nova Doba” with which all of you are familiar. Oh! I almost forgot about one of the main attractions of the Tournament, the match game between No. 40 of Claridge and No. 26 of Pittsburgh. But nov/ as I think of it I might just as well have forgot about it. And here’s the sad story, for No. 26 at least. Claridge defeated No. 26 by the. score of 2,152 to 2,050 in a rip-snorting battle which attracted by far the most spectators of any event of the tournament. In the first two games Claridge got off to a 148 lead but in the third and final game No. 26 defeated No. 40 by 47 pins which was not enough to overcome the lead which No. 40 had piled up. In my article of two weeks ago I stated that No. 26 was going to lick the pants off No. 40, and after the match game was over I got the ribbing of my life from the boys from Claridge. After the tournament was over everyone went up to the Slovene Home on 57th St. for the Tournament Banquet. After the wonderful meal which Mrs. Bodack had prepared, the members of the Supreme Board who were present, and the members of the Tournament Committee made small speeches and then the prizes were awarded. After the awarding of the prizes, according to that old Slovene custom every one went down stairs to the bar room. Stan Progar, my friend from Strabane, was also at the tournament and he together with his brother Frank, my sister Dorothy, Elsie Desmond, and I had a grand time. Those two Progar brothers are the nicest fellows you would ever want Jo meet, and when ever they are arund you can be sure of having a good time. Stan, however, had to leave around 10 o’clock with the fellow3 from Strabane who had brought him to Pittsburgh. Around 12 o’clock Frank, Dorothy, and I accompanied Elsie to the bus depot where she was to catch the bus for Cleveland. Elsie promised that she would return soon and then she said goodby and boarded the bus. After taking Frank to his home in AspenwaU I returned to the Slovene Home. The committee was still there and talking over the events of the day. It seems that the AFU is on their minds day and night. Then my father and I went home to a very much needed bed and rest. It’s events like this great tournament that make you proud to be a member of the AFU. Bob Jurgel Traffic Signals Cleveland, O. — Signals are all important for the safety of trains and ships at sea. On the streets and highways too, the use and respect of signals will help a great deal to maintain safety. The man driving behind you depends on your signal to adjust his course and pace. He is not a mind reader and doesn’t have the slightest idea of what you intend to do unless you tell him. The way to give this information is with a hand signal. Here are the accepted signals: For a Left Turn — Hand and arm extended horizontally. For a Right Turn — Hand and arm extend upward. Stop or Slow — Hand and arm extended downward. v Using and obeying signals is important since it permits you to govern your driving in safety with the movement of other traffic. Signals give advance knowledge that helps to prevent accidents. Use the hand signals yourself and obey the signals of fellow motorists. | %ules NEW NAME AND FOURTH JUVENILE CONVENTION CAMPAIGN . AUGUST 15, 16, and 17. Opened February 1st; Closes June 30th 1.—Any member of the Juvenile I)c-parcmtn, between 12 and 18 years of age is eligible to become a candidate for delegate. In Minnesota, age requirement is from 10 to 18 years, and younger providing they attend the convention accompanied by their parents or older responsible person. 2.—Members of tnc Adult department will be eligible to compete on the same basis as "Honorary Delegates.” 3.—Regular and Honorary Delegates upon qualification as delegate, will receive a free trip to Ely, Minn, and return, and will be paid S3.00 per day per diems, while traveling and while in Ely, Mi’:n. Every delegate must pay his own room and board while in Ely. 4.—In order to qualify, a delegate— either juvenile or adult must enroH a required number of new members into the adult or juvenile departments. 5.—For each new member, and for amouuts of insurance written, the candidate will receivc credits in the form of "Points”—according to the following schedule: For each new member enrolled in Plan: Points “JA” (15c per month) ............... 100 “JB” (S1.00 per month) ............. 250 “JC” for $500 (85<: per month) .... 200 “JC” for $1,000 ($1.60. per mo.) .... 400 “JD” for $250 ...................... 100 ".ID” for $500 ................... 200 “JD” for $1,0C0 .................... 100 Credits For Ntw Members Enrolled in Adult Department For each new member enrolled in Plan: Points “D” for $250 ..................... J50 “D” for $500 ..................... 300 "D” for $1,000 .............v....... 600 "O” for $1,500 .................. 900 "D” for $2,000 ...................1200 “D” for $3.000 ...................1800 For each new member enrolled in Plan: Points "E” or "F” for $250 ............. 2I}0 “E” or "F” for $500 ........„....... 400 “E” or “F” f. - $1.000 ............ KUO “E” or for $1,500 l^Ofl “E” or *T” for $2,000 ............IGOO "E” or “F” for $3,000 21((0 6.—In order for candidates to qualify as Regular or Honorary delegates, it is nccessary for lliem to enroll enough new members to raise the following required points to qualify from their particular state, according to the schedule below: Points From New York, Maryland, and West Virginia .....................4500 From Pennsylvania and Ohio 4000 From Indiana. Illinois, and Wisconsin ........................... 3DS0 From Kansas 4000 From Missouri ....................... 3500 From Michigan ....................... 3500 From Nebraska........................ 3500 From Minnesota 1200 From California, Oregon, and Washington . . 6000 Other Western States ................ 4503 7.—For members who arc transferred from the Juvenile to the Adult department and are insured for $500, no credits will be given. However, should the member being transferred accordingly be written for insurance in exocss of $500, additional credits will be given on the amount of increase. 8.—Candidates will be given credit a? o for members who increase their death benefits. 9.—Names and addiesses of every candidate. for Regular or Honorary Delegate must be sent to the Home Office, American Fraternal Union, Ely, Minnesota, not later than June 15th, 1941. 10.—Every candidate must enroll new members into the lodge he or she is a member; otherwise no credits will be given. 11.—Folloving respective lodge meetings in June, until the end of the campaign, power has been vested in the lodge president, lodge secretary, and lodge treasurer ,to approve ncw-mem-ber certificates without having to call a speeir! meeting for that purpose. 12.—Medical examinations for Juvenile members is required only in the states of Ohio and Idaho. Other states do not require this. 13.—Applications of new members must be In the Home Office at Ely, Minnesota, not later than July 5, 1941. 14.—All new-mcmber applications; and applications for increase of insurance must be handled by the lodge secretary who must designate to the Supreme Secretary to whom the points must be credited. 15.—The Supreme Secretary is allowed to give candidates credit also for those members who were enrolled during the period from Jan. 1st, 1941 to Feb. 1st, 1911. The lodge secretary mny notify the supreme secretary to whom points for these members may be credited. 1G.—No candidate or delegate will be allowed to transfer his or her points in favor of another candidate. Should a qualified delegate be unable to attend the. Fourth Juvenile Convention because of various .—asons, he or she shall be paid fare, per diems, and treated just as the other delegates who attend the convention. 17.—iy>r those new numbers accepted during our Union’s New Name Campaign, regular cash premiums will not be paid until after the new members enrolled during this period will have paid five months assessment. ANTON ZBASNi::, Sup. Secretary American Fraternal Union Bob Jurgel (jives Tourney Highlights Pittsburgh, Pa. — The an nual Duckpin Tournament of | our AFU is over, and what a tournament it was! It was by far the greatest tournament in the history of our AFU. The record number of participants: the additional number of prizes and trophies; the match game between Lodge No. 40 of Claridge and Lodge No. 26 of Pittsburgh; the tournament banquet; and many other things all contributed to making this year’s tournament the finest ever held. The AFU is justly proud of the wonderful committee which made such a great success possible. The committee, which consisted of Mr. L. P. Boberg, Chairman, and Mr. John Jurgel, Mr. Paul Klun, Mr. Louis Po-laski, and Mr. Rudolph Supan-cic, committee men, worked very hard and energetically to put the tournament over. Eut now let’s get down to the results of the tournament. The men’s five man event winners were, and boy am I proud of them, Lodge No. 26 of Pittsburgh. After a slow start they piled up 966 pins in the last game to win with ease. In second place came Lodge No. 196 also of Pittsburgh, and in third place Lodge No. 40 of Claridege. J. Antloger of 196 took singles, second place, together with Bir-dik, in the doubles, and also all-events. Antloger is one of the sweetest bowlers I have ever seen and he sure proved it by taking all of those events. Fritz Eulert, my neighbor, also of No. 196, took second prize in singles, and Bianchetti and Smolenski of No. 40 captured first prize in doubles. Lodge No. 182 of Pittsburgh, in the women’s five man event, took first prize, and Lodge No. 40 of Claridge captured second and third place. And here’s another sweep the same as in the men’s division; Ann Mihalcich of No. 221 of Center Pa. to first place in singles, all events, and doubles, together with J. Mozina. Nice bowling there Sister Mihalcich. E. Tomec of No. 26 took second prize in singles, and E. Savacini and F. Rizardi of No. 221 captured second prize in Doubles. Incidentally the 2,248 score run up by No. 26 of Pittsburgh was the highest five man score in the history of the Duckpin Tournament, so congratulations go out to No. 26 of Pittsburgh. Supreme Board members who attended the tournament were, Dr. Arch, Mr. Kress, Mr. Sneler, Mr. Oblock, Mr. Milavec, and Little Stan. These Supreme Board members made up their own team for the tournament, and rolled 1,427, but the Juvenile team of No. 26 rolled 1,636 to beat the Supreme Board. That’s about the only distinction that the Juvenile team can boast of. All in all it was a lot of fun. Little Stan, our English editor arrived in Pittsburgh Saturday night from where he went to Strabane to attend the lodge party of Lodge No, 149. But before leaving for Strabane he had the hoftor of bowling the first ball in the tournament and he got exactly 2 pins, and as Stan would put it “heh heh.” Miss Elsie Desmond of Cleveland, who is the foremost juvenile contributor to the “Nova Doba,” arrived in Pittsburgh at 12 o’clock Sunday afternoon to attend the tournament. And at the tournament she rooted and cheered just as though a team from her own lodge was entered in the Tournament. While in Pittsburgh she met many of her old friends from the Juvenile Convention of 1939, as well as many others. I believe that Elsie is a fine example of the juvenile members of our Union, and I need not say a word about her wonderful contributions to Cleveland, O. — Our dearly beloved friend who passed away a year ago, May 9, 1940, and for whom we pause momentarily in fond recollection of the many happy hours we spent together—in sadness and in gladness. Wherever she may be, we want her to know that as time wears its mark everlastingly, so do we, too, more deeply cherish her loving memory. She was the first of our Betsy Ross members to pass and they, too, will never forget her. Your dear friend, Mary Perdan Lodge No.. 186, AFU St. Michael, Pa. — At the last meeting of Lodge No. 185, AFU it was decided to invite all members to the next meeting on May 11. So that all will know, this notice was placed in Nova Doba, calling attention of the members to attend the meeting. Most important matter will be to vote on-the referendum that was recently released by the Supreme Board to the membership for ballot and which was recently printed in our official organ. We will be seeing you at the next meeting on May 11. Frank Hochcvar, Secretary Lodge No. 185, AFU. DOPISI (Nadaljevanje z 2. strani) ter Pluthovim trojčkom za mu £i’.:?.lični nastop. Pozabiti m smemo igralcev in suflerkt Mary Krapenc, ki so večinoma prav dobro izvršili svoje vloge, in končno A. Krapenca in Fajfarja, ki sta izvrstno zapela dva kupleta. Po oderskem programu so za ples igrale Bergantove sestre iz Lizbona, Ohio. Ni več kot prav, da se na tem mestu zahvalim tudi pevskemu zboru “Sava,” ker je premestil svoj spomladanski koncert z datuma naše prireditve na dan enajstega maja. Zato priporočam članstvu ABZ v tem okrožju, da se naj njih koncerta udeleži v kolikor mogoče velikem številu. Ob zaključku se prav lepo zahvalim tudi vsem udeležencem ker so svojo prisotnostjo pripomogli do tako lepega uspeha. — Bratski pozdrav vsem! Joseph Oblak. Pittsburgh, Pa. — Vse člane društva št. 12 ABZ, pozivam, da se udeležijo redne seje v nedeljo 11. maja. Glasovali bomo o referendumu glavnega odbora. Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo št. 12 ABZ: / Frank Alic, tajnik. Ely, Minn. — člane in članice društva Sv. Srca Jezusa, št. 2 ABZ, vljudno vabim, da se polnoštevilno udeleže prihodnje seje, ki se bo vršila v nedeljo 11. maja. Vršila se bo v spodnjih prostorih (kleti) J. N. Doma in se bo pričela ob 7. uri zvečer. Iz glavnega urada sem dobil glasovnice za glasovanje o referendumu, ki je bil priobčen v 14. številki Nove Dobe. 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