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Naslov—Addresa nova doba *233 St Clair A veno« Cleveland, Oblo (Tel. HEnderson 38£S) nnp a UUDA (NEW ERA) URADNO GLASILO JUGOSLOVANSKE KATOLIŠKE JEDNOTE — OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THB SOUTH SLAVONIC CATHOLIC UNION Naša J. 8. K. Jednota Je samo bratska podporna organizacija brez vsakih drugih primesi, ln kot taka uspeva. Ohranimo jo tako! *» Btconfl C lasa Matter April 15 th, 192«, at The Post Office at Cleveland, Ohio Under the Act of March 3rd, 1870. — Accepted for Mailing at Sptclal Rate of Pottage, Provided for ln Section 1103, Act of October Ird, 1117, Atttherlaed March ICttt, 1>M CLEVELAND, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27 — SREDA, 27. MARCA, 1940 VOL. XVI. — LETNIK XVI. TUJERODCI IN CENZUS RAZNO 12 AMERIKE IN I INOZEMSTVA i POSLANIK KRITIZIRAN James H. R. Cromwell, po-j slanik Zedinjenih držav v Ca-jnadi, je v nekem govoru v To-' rontu, Ontario, izrazil željo za zmago Anglije in Francije v vojni z Nemčijo. Mož se je sicer i izrazil približno tako kot se iz-! raža milijone Američanov v privatnih pogovorih, toda kot diplomat oficielno nevtralne ameriške republike je prekršil di-! plomatske predpise. Njegov govor je izzval ostro kritiko med kongresniki v Washingtonu. Temu je sledil javni ukor od državnega tajnika Hulla, češ, da je Cromwell kot poslanik prekršil obstoječa navodila. Splošno se sodi, da bo Cromwell zaradi tega moral resignirati. KONGRESNA PREISKAVA Skupina kongresnikov je pretekli teden posetila St. Clairs-ville, O., v namenu, da pronajde vzroke za veliko eksplozijo, ki je dne 16. marca povzročila smrt nad 70 rudarjev v premogovniku Willow Grove. Kongresni odsek prav zdaj razpravlja o neki nameravani postavi za večjo varnost v rudnikih in mu bodo dejstva o zadnji veliki eksploziji dobro služila. NA POTI DOMOV Državni podtajnik Sumner Welles, ki se je kot posebni odposlanec predsednika Roosevelta mudil v Evropi v svrho proučitve situacije, bo v kratkem spet doma, da poroča predsedniku, kaj je pronašel. Vsega skupaj se je Welles tekom svoje misije v Evropi udeležil nad 50 konferenc. Konferiral je z dvema kraljema, ž dvema diktatorjema, z enim predsednikom in s papežem ter z raznimi državniki. Kaj bo poročal predsedniku Rooseveltu, seveda ni znano, toda splošno se sodi, da bo poročilo kazalo, da za enkrat še ni nikakih izgledov za uspešno posredovanje za mir. V VOJNO SLUŽBO Iz newyorškega pristanišča sta pretekli teden druga za drugo odpluli veliki angleški potniški ladji Mauretania in Queen Mary. Sodi se, da ju bo Anglija rabila za prevoz vojaštva. Mauretania in Queen Mary sta počivali v newyorškem pristanišču vse od početka sedanje evropske vojne. NEČEJO PRIČ • Nemčija ne dovoli ameriškim in drugim inozemskim časni-škim poročevalcem vstopa v zasedeno Poljsko. Istotako je Nemčija zahtevala ukinjenje ameriškega generalnega konzulata v Varšavi. Ameriški konzularni uradniki so odšli k ameriškemu poslaništvu v Berlin. Po vsej priliki Nemci nečejo imeti nevtralnih prič pri svojem postopanju z zasužnjenimi Poljaki. POSLEDICA VOJNE Dolar Zedinjenih držav in canadski dolar imata v normalnih časih navadno isto vrednost. Canada pa je danes v vojni, dasi samo od daleč, in vrednost njenega dolarja je padla na 80 centov ameriške veljave. To bo gotovo neugodno vplivalo na eksport iz Zedinjenih držav v Canado, ker z manjvrednim denarjem je mogoče manj kupiti. (Dalje na 4. strani) Na tujerodne ljudi, živeče v Združenih državah, se bo v jjudskem štetju (Census of Population) aprila meseca stavilo le eno edino vprašanje, ki se ne bo stavilo na tukaj rojene Amerikance. Isto se tiče državljanstva, da-li je tujerodna oseba., ki se našteva, naturaliziran ameriški državljan, da-li ima prvi papir oziroma da-li je inozemec. Od Amerikancev, rojenih na tujih tleh, se bo isto vprašalo. Vprašanja o državljanstva so se stavila v vsakem ljudskem štetju od 1. 1890 naprej. Popisni urad (Census Bureau) se ne zanima za posameznike kot posameznike. Nabira in sešteva podatke glede milijonov ljudi in jih objavlja le v fabulami obliki kot statistično informacijo. Po zakonu, ki določa ljudska štetja vsakih deset let, mora vsakdo resnično odgovoriti na vprašanja, ki jih stavi števni uradnik. Isti uradnik pa in vsaka druga oseba, ki dela za Census Bureau, ne sme nikomur izdati zaupne podatke o nikaki vprašani osebi, kajti drugače utegne biti zaprt in kaznovan z zaporom ali globo. Nobenemu človeku ni dovoljeno imeti vpogled v kako poročilo censusa razun uradnikom samim. Nikak vladni urad ne more vporabiti nabrane podatke v svrho davkov, preiskav ali kakih odredb. Census Bureau se ne zanima za to, kako je kak priseljenec prišel v to deželo. To ni njegov posel. Isti le sešteva število tujerodnih ameriških državljanov, onih, ki imajo prvi papir, in o-nih, ki so inozemci. Ljudsko štetje 1. 1930 je pokazalo, da je bilo 7,919,536 tujerodnih ameriških državljanov, 1,266,419 tujerodcev s prvim papirjem in 4,518,341 inozemcev. Vprašanje, na katero utegne biti zagonetno odgovoriti za tu-jerodce, rojene v nekaterih pokrajinah, je ono glede rojstnega kraja. Da se jim to olajša, je urad izbral leto in dan precej nazaj v preteklosti, tako da bo vsak na jasnem glede mej do-tične dežele. Izbrani datum je 1. januarja 1937. Ako pa se kdo ne more odločiti izjaviti, v kaki deželi se je rodil, bo popolnoma prav, ako navede državo, pokrajino ali provinci jo, kot Češko, Tirolsko, Alzacijo, Besarabijo, Canton, Hrvatsko itd. ali pa mesto, Prago, Lvov, Gdansk, Dunaj, Hong-Kong, Tientsin, Bratislavo, Lodz. Dodatno k rojstnemu kraju in državljanstvu se vpraša o starosti, spolu, barvi, zakonskem stanu, kake vrste delo kdo opravlja in v kakem poslu dela. Druga vprašanja se tičejo podatkov glede mezde in plače, nezaposlenosti, dovršenih šolah in kje je kdo živel pred petimi leti. Od ene osebe izmed vsakih dvajsetih se bo zahtevalo, da odgovori na listo 16 dodatnih vprašanj. Vprašanja v tej skupini zahtevajo rojstni kraj očeta in matere. Ob odgovarjanju na ti dve vprašanji naj se dotič-nik ravna po istem pravilu kakor na odgovarjanju vprašanja v glavni listi. Treba navesti ono deželo, kjer se je rojstni kraj nahajal 1. januarja 1937, in če to je težko, potem državo, pokrajino, provincijo ali veliko mesto, kjer se je oče oziroma mati rodila. Drugo dodatno vprašanje, ki utegne biti za nekatere težko, (Dalje na 3. strani) ZDRAVJE IN CENZUS ! MLADA CIVILIZACIJA 'Piše dr. P. J. Arch, vrh. zdravnik J. S. K. Jednote) Prihodnji mesec se bo po vsej | naši deželi vršilo redno desetletno ljudsko štetje ali cenzus. Da ima cenzus gotov odnos tudi na zdravstveno stanje naroda kot celote, je bilo dokazano s j fakti, ki so bili obelodanjeni potom cenzusa leta 1930. Podatki ; letošnjega cenzusa bodo dali j statističarjem priliko pregleda ; izprememb, ki so nastale z ozirom na bolezni in smrtne pri-, mere v Zedinjenih državah v teku let. Te izpremembe so pomenljive, ker kažejo pot novim borbam napram vzrokom smrti. Oseba, rojena v Zedinjenih državah leta 1890, je mogla s precejšnjo gotovostjo pričakovati, da bo živela 43 let; leta 1910 se je ta pričakovana starost raztegnila do 51 let, leta 1930 do 60 let. Očividno je, da kadar je povprečna pričakovana starost prebivalcev 60 let, znatno število oseb dočaka 70. SO iti 90 let. Značilne z ozirom na vzroke smrti so spremembe, ki so v zadnjih tridesetih letih nastale v vrsti teh vzrokov. Leta 1900 je bila jetika na prvem mestu kot povzročiteljica smrti, v letu 1930 pa je bila na šestem. V letu 1900 so bile srčne bolezni kot povzročiteljice smrti na tretjem mestu, leta 1930 pa so bile na prvem. V latu 1900 je bil rak na sedmem mestu, v letu 1930 pa je bil na drugem. Avtomobilske nesreče niso prišle v poštev leta 1900, toda leta 1930 so bile na desetem mestu. Vnetje slepiča, ki tudi ni prihajalo v poštev leta 1900, je bilo leta 1930 na štirinajstem mestu. Da-vica, ki je bila leta 1900 na dvanajstem mestu, je bila leta 1930 na dvajsetem. Gotovi vzroki smrti, ki so danes na vodilnem mestu, so določno v zvezi s hitrico modernega življenja in dobo strojev. Po-nesrečbe, ki danes spadajo med visoke vzroke smrti, so tudi v zvezi s spremenjenim načinom življenja ameriškega ljudstva. Zvišano število smrtnih primerov, ki jih povzročata angina pectoris in coronary thrombosis, se spravlja v zvezo z velikimi napori in brzino modernega življenja, kar silno obremenja živčni mehanizem in srce. Srčne bolezni, rak, mrtvoud, bolezni ledvic in pljučnica so bile voditeljice v vzrokih smrti leta 1930. Zanimivo bo spoznati tovrstne voditeljice po letošnjem cenzusu. Nam, kot fraternali-stom, bi moralo biti mnogo ležeče na tem, da prihodnji cenzus pokaže resnična dejstva. Vsa vprašanja z ozirom na zdravje in kar je z zdravjem v zvezi bi morala biti resnično odgovorjena, tako, da bo končni 1 ezultat, kadar bo urejen, kazal iasno sliko. POMLADNI GLASI Poleg petja prvih robinov povprečnega Človeka malokaj tako prijetno iznenadi in razveseli kot pojav prvih pomladnih cvetk na vrtu ali v parku. Otroci, mladeniči in mladenke, resni možje in žene in osiveli starci se ustavljajo in presenečeni ogledujejo drobno cvetko, ki je dvignila nežno glavico iz vlažne, zimsko rjave trate. Med prvimi so beli zvončki in raznobarvna nunka. Sledijo dafodili, narci-ze, scile, hiacinte in nekoliko pozneje tulipani, čebulice teh cve-(Dalje na 4. strani) Človeška, civilizacija je še ze-jlo mlada in nepopolna. Morda j je to, kar imenujemo civilizaci-{jo, staro 10 tisoč let, morda ne-! kaj več. Toda človek je živel na | zemlji že stotisoče, morda mili-j jone let prej, in sicer kot divjak I ali barbar. Po vsej priliki se ni ! razločeval dosti od divjih živali. \ Neki znanstvenik je dejal, da če j bi v svrho enostavne primerjave j vzeli življenjsko dobo človeške-| ga rodu za 50 let, odpadlo bi | komaj kakih 6 mesecev te dobe | na civilizacijo. Vseh ostalih 99 odstotkov svojega bivanja 'na j tem planetu je bil človek divjak. Izkopanine dokazujejo, da je ! navedena primerjava precej toč-' na. Ta ugotovitev je na en način žalostna, na drugo stran pa tolažilna. Žalostno je, ,da je naša civilizacija še tako nepopolna, tolažilno pa je, da je še mlada ter ima vse pogoje in voljo za rast in razvoj. Življenje povprečnega človeka je dandanes mnogo udobnejše in varnejše kot je bilo pred nekaj tisočletji. Da je bil dosežen napi-edek na številnih poljih ne more nihče tajiti, in napredek gre kljub vsem zaprekam naprej. Istotako pa tudi ne more nilcdo tajiti, da imamo dolgo vrsto nerešenih problemov, ki jih ne znamo ali neče-mo pravilno rešiti, in vsled tega vsi trpimo. Eden teh problemov je, na primer, da vpričo obilice pridelkov in izdelkov vseh vrst milijone ljudi živi v pomanjkanju. Na eni strani se nabira bogastvo ali se pridelki vsled preobilice uničujejo, na drugi strani pa ljudje stradajo in sploh ne premorejo najprimitivnejših sredstev za življenje, ki bi bilo količkaj dostojno za človeka. Znamo reševati najbolj komplicirane račune, toda tega, na videz enostavnega problema, še nismo znali rešiti. Dalje produciramo milijone smrtnih nesreč, ki bi bile v pravem sistemu prepreči ji ve, imamo milijone bolnikov, katerih bolezni bi bilo mogoče pi'epre-čiti ali ozdraviti, imamo kriminalce, ki uničujejo življenje in imetje, in zaradi katerih moramo vzdrževati policijo, sodišča, kaznilnice itd., kar vse stane davkoplačevalce ogromnega denarja. Med na j hujše nesreče človeštva pa spada vojna. Vsak ve, da vojna pomeni samo uničevanje življenj in vseh dobrin in udobnosti, ki si jih človeštvo s trudom nabavi in zgradi. In kake ogromne vsote denarja stanejo vojne in priprave na iste! Najbolj žalostno pa je pri tem, da morajo biti na vojno pripravljeni tudi miroljubni narodi. Pripravljeni morajo biti, da se ubranijo pred napadi agresivnih narodov. Naša republika je miroljubna, od nikogar ne zahteva ničesar, nobene dežele ne mara podjarmiti, toda kljub temu bo v fiskalnem letu 1940-1941 izdala okrog dva tisoč milijonov dolarjev za vojsko in mornarico. To je tako ogromna vsota, da si je ne moremo niti predstavljati. Ako bi bila ta vsota v bankovcih po dolarju, bi jih ena oseba mogla prešteti komaj v 200 letih, če bi štela dolar na sekundo po osem ur na dan. To so stroški vzdrževanja oborožene sile samo v mirnem času. V vojni bi bili taki izdatki malenkost. Po neki statistiki stane na primer vzdrževanje enega vojaka angleške armade v vojnem (Dalje na 3. strani) ODMEVI IZ RODNIH KRAJEV TRGOVINA Z ITALIJO Med Jugoslavijo in Italijo nastajajo vedno večje trgovinske težave. Jugoslavija dobiva iz Italije predvsem bombažno predivo in druge bombažne izdelke in kavčuk. Za te predmete zahtevajo italijanski izvozniki pretirano visoke cene, ki so v nekaterih primerih nad 200 odstot-I kov višje kot na svetovnem trgu. Poleg tega zahtevajo Italijani pri dobavah nekaterega blaga pogoj, da se del kupnine plača s svobodnimi valutami. V Rimu se bo v kratkem sestal stalni jugoslovensko-italijanski gospodarski odbor, ki bo skušal odpraviti vsaj največje trgovinske potežkoče med obema državama . NESREČNA “LJUBLJANA” Kakor je bilo pred tedni že poročano, je ob vhodu v pristanišče v Šibeniku zadel na čeri jugoslovanski rušilec “Ljubljana” in se potopil. Pozneje je bilo poročano, da bodo potopljeni rušilec dvignili, toda dejstvo, da je v noči 1. marca zavozila nanj italijanska motoma ladja “Leonardo da Vinci,” dokazuje, da “Ljubljana” še vedno počiva v vodi. Italijanska ladja se je bila tako zagvozdila v potopljeni parnik, da so jo šele po večurnem delu izvlekli iz nenavadnih klešč. ZIMA IN ZVERJAD Na Slovenskem so v splošnem volkovi znani le po imenu, toda v letošnji hudi zimi so v Gorjancih, v Kočevskih hribih in v gozdovih proti Čabm opazili sledove volkov, ki se klatijo v jatah. V okolici Dolenjskih Toplic pa so se v hudi zimi pojavile divje mačke in ponekod povzročile znatno škodo v kokošnjakih. POSLEDICE ZIME V mnogih krajih Bosne je zima navalila silne zamete in v predpomladni odjugi se sneg hitro topi, kar povzroča snežene plazove in hudournike. V vasi Popoviči pri Glamoču je plaz podrl hišico siromašne kmetice Stane Ninkovičeve. S plazom vred je pridivjal tudi hudournik in Stana, ki je bila v hiši, je končala žalostne smrti. VELIKA LJUBEZEN Mladi Selim Bajramovič iz vasi Šalje v Južni Srbiji se je zaljubil v lepo hčerko kmeta Rušida Bajgore. Rušid pa je zahteval za svojo hčerko 10 tisočakov odkupnine, ki bi morala biti izplačana v teku enega leta. Do določenega roka je Selim res izplačal sedem tisočakov, več pa ni mogel. Prospek-tivni tast je torej Selimu dejal, da mu odpusti ostale tri tisočake, če mu prinese živega volka, češ, da bo s tem pokazal, da je junak. Selimu se je končno res posrečilo, da je po velikih nevarnostih vlovil živega volka in ga je prinesel Rušidu. In potem je bila ohcet. AŠKERČEVA DOMAČIJA V Ljubljani se je pod okriljem podružnic Ciril-Metodove družbe osnoval poseben akcijski odbor, ki si je zastavil nalogo, da reši domačijo pokojnega Mihe Aškerca, brata velikega pesnika balad in romanc, Antona Aškerca, v Velikem šir-ju nad Rimskimi toplicami. (Dalje na 4 str.) VSAK POSVOJE Po poročilih iz Evrope letos Itam ni bilo običajnega-izmenja-j vanja velikonočnih pirhov. Namesto tega sta si Anglija in Nemčija izmenjali par sto velikonočnih bomb. Nemški letalci so jih metali na angleško mornariško bazo Scapa Flow, angleški letalci pa na nemško letalsko bazo na otoku Sylt. Tako vseeno ni bilo čisto pozabljena izmenjava velikonočnih pirhov. * Sitneži, ki imajo navado kritizirati vse, če jim gre kaj v nos ali ne .trdijo, da so letošnji velikonočni ženski klobuki čudovito podobni velikonočnim pirhom. Razlika da je le v velikosti in poziciji. * Angleški marelar Chamberlain je obljubil 50,000 vojakov v pomoč Fincem, kakor hitro je slišal, da so se slednji dogovorili z Rusi za podpis miru. Angleška velikodušnost je res brezmejna in nerazumljiva kot sveta trojica. H« Bogovi naj nas čuvajo nesreče, da bi se ta dežela morala kdaj zanašati na pomoč Anglije. Videli smo, kaj se je zgodilo s Češkoslovaško, Poljsko in Finsko. ❖ Iz glavnega mesta južnoameriške republike Uruguay poročajo, da je bilo ogrodje zgorele Iti patftpljene nemške vojne ladje “Admiral Graf Spee,” katere j izgradnja je stala 10 milijonov dolarjev, prodano nekemu sta-Irinarju za štiri tisoč dolarjev. ! Tako gre slava vsega posvetne-jga. Vse, kar se povišuje, bo po-jnižano, pa magari če nosi gro-! fovsko ime. V samem countyu Cuyahoga, I ki obsega mesto Cleveland, O., jz okolico, je bila do zaključka 'predpisanega roka, kateri je pred nekaj dnevi potekel, prijavljenih okrog pet tisoč kandidatov za različne politične urade. Kakor po navadi, jih veliko misli, da so poklicani, toda malo bo izvoljenih. Vsekakor je kljub dolgi zimi in depresiji letina i kandidatov obilna. •4« * Zvezni poljedelski department naznanja, da je lani bankrotiralo 1422 farmerjev. Za časa Coolidgejeve administracije, leta 1925, ko je bila dežela na višku tako zvane prosperitete, pa je bankrotiralo 7872 farmerjev. Iz tega bi se dalo sklepati, da se ameriškim farmer jem nič kaj ne kolca po dobrih starih časih. ❖ Martin Dies, načelnik kon-gi*esnega odbora, ki preiskuje neameriške aktivnosti, baje zadnje čase zasleduje komuniste v Floridi. V nekem gozdnatem in močvirnem delu Floride biva par tisoč Indijancev plemena Seminole, ki že stoletja živijo v pravem in praktičnem komunizmu. Upajmo, da Dies ne bo podtikal neameriških aktivnosti najbolj pristnim Američanom —Indijancem. * V Washington, Pa., je imela porota odločiti v neki obtožbi glede nelegalne transportacije piva. V posvetovalnici porotnikov sta bila dva zaboja spornega piva kot corpus delicti. Ko so porotniki en zaboj piva izpraznili, so podali pravorek, da je bil prevoz piva legalen, in obtoženec je bil oproščen. Pivo je moralo biti dobro! (Dalje na 4. strani) I'* ! Iz urada gl tajnika From the Office of Supreme Secretary PREJEMKI IN IZDATKI ME- SECA JANUARJA 1940 INCOME AND DISBURSEMENTS DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY IMS OdratU Oddelek.—Adidt Dept. Or. St. Prejemki Izdatki badge Disburse- No. Income merits 1 ....................$ $ 596.04 2 ......................... 76260 264.18 3 ....:................................. 109.00 4 ....................................... 62.00 6 ................................ 161(83 9 ...................................... 133.67 12 ...................... 250.15 13 ,....................... 114.62 22.00 15 ...................................... 109.50 16 .................................... 1,036.00 18 1,027.00 20 .................................... 174.00! 21 ....................................... 679.50 22 ........................ 133.83 28 ......................................... 38.00' 29 ....................................... 43.00 j 30 ........................................ 14.00 j 31 ........................................ 41.34 32 ...................................... 500.001 36 ..................................... 330.83 j 37 ....................................... 252.76 39 ...................................... 108.67 *0 ...................................... 25.67 41 89.52 15.00 43 ....................................... 38.00 45 ....................................... 194.00 47 ...................................... 103.00 49 ....................................... 50.90 53 ..................................... 80.00 54 .................................. , 36.00 55 ....................................... 26.161 57 ....................................... 62.001 66 ..................................... 145.83 i 68 .......................... 149.34 70 165.24 j 71 ..................................... 2.194.00 72 ........................ 130.65 75 ........................................ 35.00 j 77 ......................... 119.87 78 .......................... 203.03 79 ................... 25.74 15.50 81 ..................... 54.501 82 .................... 23.00; 83 ........................................ 78,90 84 ........................................ 36.00 85 ......................... 223.10 2,000.00 86 ................... 35.88 , 18.00 87 ................................. ‘ 39.00 88 ...................................... 19.38 89 .................................... " «>00 90 .......................... 73.43 94 ....................................... 218.00 101 .......................... 97.18 105 192.00 106 218.28 107 ....................................... 15.00 108 ....................................... 30.00 110 1,000.00 111 ......................... 148.10 1,102.50 112 ........................................ 44.00 116 ........................................ 14:00 117 ......................................... 7.00 118 ......................................... 9.00 120 ......................... 332.44 121 .......................... 39.30 122 ......................................... 8.33 123 ........................ 54.37 128 ........................................ 51.00 130 .......................... 69.79 119.00 131 ......................... 129.08 132 ....................................... 195.00 133 ....................................... 155.00 135 ........................................ 35.00 136 ...................................... 81.33 137 88.49 138 ........................................ 40.00 139 ........,................................ 10.00 142 ....................................... 19.00 143 .......................... 40.45 28.00 144 ..................................... 1,000.00 149 ....................................... 157.00 150 .......................... 82:61 154 ........................................ 42.00 155 ........................................ 89.00 156 ....................................... 42.90 157 .......................... 38.06 162 ........................................ 25.00 163 .................... 34.86 26.00 166 ........................................ 25.33 168 .............. .... 50.00 169 14.82 170 26.00 171 101.95 122.00 172 ....................................... 33.33 174 95.99 175 26.00 176 ......................................... 38.00 179 .......................... 23.33 182 20.00 183 ....................................... 35.00 184 ....................................... 76.0C 185 ......................................... 55.00 188 ......................................... 28.0C 190 ......................................... 30.0C 197 ....................................... 26.0C 198 ..................................... 73.35 200 ........................................ 153.11 302 ......................................... 26.5C 221 ..................... 99,01 223 .......................... 19.54 63.0C 225 .................. 1.506.0C 287 .........:............................ 6#.0( 229 ...................................... 6.0( 230 ..................... 34,0< 231 ........................ 20.70 £a mesec december 1939. I ........................ 922.68 it 117.93 6 .......................... 56QJ4 9 ...................... 412.96 11 ....................... 186.51 13 ...................... 113.88 14 ............r.... 31.37 15 ...........,........ 317.41 18 ........................ 381.62 20 ........................ 870.48 22 ........................ 148.43 25 521.95 38 ................... 571 m •*t r-* 30 ......................... 750.30 31 .......................... 207*0 32 ............................ 5*37 33 ........................... 21SJH 35 ........................... 23832 36 ........................ 680.52 37 ........................ 1.028.72 39 341.87 40 333.58 43 .......................... 250.01 44 410.44 45 .......................... 423.62 47 145.93 49 .......................... 252.64 50 ......................... 140.18 52 ......................... 33.50 54 .......................... 141.03 57 .......................... 223.62 58 .......................... 168.79 61 .......................... 166.87 64 .......................... 29.89 69 ........................... 58.93 70 .......................... 275.38 71 .......................... 463.46 75 .......................... 137.20 76 ........................... 12554 77 .......................... 127.23 78 .......................... 206.23 81 ........................... 69.78 83 .......................... 116.00 84 .......................... 248.12 85 .......................... 228.96 87 92.37 88 18826 89 ...........................109.59 92 184.00 94 469.75 99 .......................... 157.51 101 ........................... 97.13 103 .......................... 215.53 106 .......................... 142.99 107 ........................... 73.50 108 ........: 175.59 110 .......................... 163.27 112 144.78 114 .......................... 340.48 116 ......................... 182.83 122 ........................... 80.09 124 ........................... 87.97 125 ........................... 69.20 126 ........................... 52.62 127 ........................... 44.10 128 ........................... 90.27 129 .......................... 130.08 130 ........................... 71.80 132 .......................... 402.01 133 188.80 134 ........................... 78.54 135 ........................... 18.79 137 .......................... 208.80 138 .......................... 195.54 139 36.78 140 .......................... 124.93 141 122.05 142 50.31 144 221.72 145 ........................... 34.21 146 34.33 148 ........................... 31.35 149 .......................... 277.66 151 33.38 152 88.25 153 ........................... 16.47 154 94.45 155 ........................... 79.12 159 ........................... 66.07 160 .......................... 104.46 162 .......................... 176.68 164 ........................... 60.50 165 ........................... 12.25 168 .......................... 182.44 170 ..............:..... 79.50 172 ........................... 46.17 173 .......................... 186.93 175 ........................... 85.17 176 .......................... 142.73 180 .......................... 177.01 183 ........................... 66.49 184 .......................... 249.74 186 .......................... 154.51 187 ........................... 56.05 188 ........................... 58.82 190 172.75 192 103.62 194 .................. 59.91 196 ........................... 34.06 197 ........................... 61.54 198 54.80 199 ..................... 54.81 200 .......................... 590.65 201 ........................... 50.66 203 108.48 204 ............<.............. 44.32 205 ........................... 39.63 207 .......................... 111.50 209 r. 55.02 211 ........................... 20.48 216 ........................... 96.42 218 ........................... 73.96 220 ........................... 13.91 221 .......................... 194.51 222 .......................... 144.72 225 .......................... 216.53 226 ........................... 20.55 227 ........................... 64.76 228 54.89 229 ........................... 89.79 230 .......................... 171.67 231 20.70 232 42.04 233 12.16 234 36.72 235 ........................... 26.42 23G ........................... 23.54 Skupaj-Total ..............$27.453.08 $18,740.49 PREJEMKI IN IZDATKI ME SEČA JANUARJA 1940. INCOME AND DISBURSEMENT DURING THE MONTH OI JANUARY 1940 Mladinski Oddelek.—Juvenile Department •ttt. fit. rrejcmjil lod&tki Uxlfie Dkiburss- No. Incomc mcnts 2 .....................$ 22.35 « 12 ........................... 6.45 13 ............................ 6.30 22 ...............................90 68 ............................ 3,25 72 ............................. 145 77 ............................ 7.06 78 ........................... 14.55 79 .30 35 7.80 90 .................................. 3.65 101 .................................... 90 105 ................................... 2.10 111 ................................ '7.50 120 ................................. 19.30 121 ......................................15 123 ................................... 2.10 130 ................................... 2.25 131 ................................... 1.20 143 ................................... 2.70 150 ................................. 6.90 157 ......................................45 163 ................................... 1.65 171 ................................... 3.90 174 ................................... 2.55 231 ................................... 2.10 Za mesec december 1939. 1 ................................. 38.10 4 .................................. 5.10 6 12.00 9 ................................. 12.75 11 ................................. 10.50 13 .................................. 6.30 15 .................................. 3.60 18 ................................. 13.00 20 8.10 22 ......................................30 25 ............................... 12.35 26 .................................. 41.35 27 ................................... 4.75 30 ....,............................. 34.80 31 .................................. 15.30 32 .................................... .30 i 33 .................................. 17.10 35 ................................... 9.45 i 36 .................................. 23.70 37 .................................. 32.25 i 39 ........................... 7.80 ! 40 ........................... 17.65 j 43 ........................... 22.20 i 44 ........................... 19.35 45 .................................. 19.00 47 5.05 : 49 ................................... 7.65 ! 50 ................................... 2.85 i 52 .................................... .30 ; 54 ................................... 9.15 57 ................‘................. 12.00 j 53 ................................... 3.60 I 61 ..........:......*................. 5.65 69 ......................................60 70 .................................. 15.90 s 71 .................................. 17.10 : 75 ................................. 5.55 76 .................................. 3.40 77 ................................... 8.55 | 78 .................................. 15.75 : 81 1.95 i 83 ................................... 4.35 ■ 84 .................................. 20.55 85 ................................... 7.80 87 ................................... 5.70 j 88 19.05 i 89 .................................. 4.95 92 ................................... 6.15 94 ................................ 19.70 99 ................................... 9.90 101 .................................... .90 103 ................................... 2.70 j 100 ................................... 635 107 1.60 ! 108 .................................. 4.80 1110 ................................... 2.55 ! 112 .................................. 2.55 114 ................................... 7.65 116 ................................... 7.65 i 122 .................................. 2.40 , 124 .................................. 9.00 i 125 .................................. 2.25 i 126 .................................. 2.55 ; 127 .................................. 1:80 128 ................................... 2.70 j 129 .................................. 6.90 1130 ................................... 2.25 132 ................................. 23.70 133 .................................. 10.35 134 ................................. 9J60 1137 ................................. 3.75 138 .................................. 22.15 139 ................................... 1.35 140 .................................. 11.10 1141 ................................... 5.10 142 ................................... 3.90 ; 144 .................................. 4.35 145 ................................... 3.60 146 ......................................90 ! 148 ................................. 9.45 149 .................................. 24.25 '151 ......................................30 152 ......................................90 154 ................................... 5.65 1155 .................................. 4.80 159 ................................... 7.05 j 160 .................................. 2,85 162 ................................... 8.25 '164 ......................................45 ! 165 .....................................90 168 12.60 170 6.45 172 6.60 173 15.30 175 ................................... 4.95 ' 176 2.40 180 ................................... 2.85 183 ................................... 4.80 184 .................................. 13.65 186 ................................... 4.35 187 ................................... 3.15 188 1.20 190 .................................. 40.75 192 ................................... 1.80 194 .................................. 3.00 196 ................................... 1.05 I lt'7 ....................................75 i 198 2.85 ! 199 .................................. 6.55 200 14.65 201 ................................. 4.85 i 203 .................................. 2.85 204 ................................... 3.00 I 205 ................................... 1.35 j 207 .................................. 9JOO 209 1.50 211 U5 216 ................................... 3.25 2IC .................................. o.40 220 .................................... .15 221 ................................... 2.85 222 6.00 ' 225 .................................. 17.65 226 ................................... 1.65 227 ................................... 1.50 |228 .....................................75 239 ................................... 8.25 230 ................................... 8.10 231 ................................... 2.40 283 ................................... 9.65 284 ......................................15 236 3.55 ...... u I BOLNIŠKA PODPORA IZ- PLAČANA MESECA JANUARJA 1940 SICK BENEFIT PAID DUfclNG THE MONTH OF JANUARY 1940 ! Dr. St.—Ime Vsdta Lodge No.—Name Amount Jan. 5, 194«. j 18 Amelia Hackett $ 20.00 ; 39 Stefan Mrsich .................. 12.00 I 39 Dragica Kuchan ................. 23.00 39 Katherine A. Fossatti 20.00 39 Vinco Kauzlarich, Jr 17.00 | 39 Agnes Segota .................. 28.00 I 47 Matija Pečjak 12.00 47 Matt Pečjak ................... 26.00 ; 47 Matt Pecjak ................... 65.00 118 Nick Yengich .................... 9.00 122 Peter Javorški .................. 8.33 184 Matt Vertnik, Jr................ 13.00 190 Anna Boldan .................... 30.00 200 Frank Jershe ................... 26.00 200 Josephine Burja ........... 21.00, 200 Joe Vertnik .................... 13.50 200 John Omerza .................. 14.00 200 Anne Grahek ................. 26.00 200 Joe Mertel, Jr.................. 20.00 200 Stephanie Pavlisich ............ 16.00 223 Dosta Damjanovich .............. 63.00 Jan. 15, 1940. 16 Valeria Kluchar 15.00 j 28 Anton Tratnik ..................... 2.00 30 Peter Sajevic ............. 14.001 43 Caroline Smith .................. 20.001 49 Ivan Cmieh ....................... 17.00' 49 Joseph Stef fane ................ 39.00 j 53 Molly Patterson ............. 5.00 70 Jacob Blut .................. 65.00 71 Joseph Agnich .............. 6.00 130 Jennie Blatnik .................. 35.00 130 Mary Stupar, Beneficiary 2.00 130 Mary Stupar, Beneficiary 65.00 130 Margaret Vysocky ............. 17.00 133 Louise Zdravje .............. 24.00 133 Frances Marolt ............... 28.00 137 Genefevefa Zupan ............. 43.00 142 Anton Luzar .................. 19.00 172 Martin Logar ................ 6.00 172 Martin Logar ................ 17.00 182 Frances Zugell ............. 20.00 Jan. 23, 1940. 1 Joseph Mantel, Sr............ 36.00 1 Jacob Presherin ............. 32.00 1 Louis Glatch ................ 47.00 1 Louis Glatch ................ 250.00 1 Pauline Brownell ............ 35.00 1 Marko Dragovan .................. 4.00 1 Rozi Pucel ..................... 29.00 1 Theresa Nosen .................. 36.00 1 Bernard Shikonya ............ 8.00 1 Pauline Deyak .................. 39.00 1 Ralph G. Toms ............... 7.00 1 Olga Seliškar .................. 20.00 2 Mary Gorshe .................... 17.00 2 Jera Golob ..................... 37.00 2 Marija Knapp ................... 44.00 2 Annie Perusek .................. 14.00 2 Jennie Pusari .................. 21.00 2 Tony Seme ...................... 36.00 2 Jakob Marolt ................... 21.00 2 Joseph Pechaver ... 35.00 2 Joseph Zaic ..................... 5.00 2 Anna Rayer ..................... 17.50 21 Anton Judes .................... 26.00 21 John Marolt .................... 28.00 21 Frank Smole .................... 26.00 21 Frank Kocjan ................... 41.00 21 Mary Farjan .................... 13.50 21 Joe Gerze ....................... 8.00 40 Edward Yost .................... 14.00 41 Anton Jurjavcic ................ 15.00 45 Jacob Lekse, Treasurer Lodge No. 45 .................... 63.00 j 45 John Kovach ............ 36.001 : 45 Jerry Stanfel ............. 34.00 j 45 Mary Dugar .................. 41.00' 53 Stanley Masle .................. 31.00 53 Paul Osredkar .................. 24.00 i 57 Andy Drnjevich ................. 39.00 i 83 John Gornik .................... 30.00 i 83 John Vesco ..................... 11.00 j 83 Silvio Marcketti ............... 37.00 j ill Frances Skala .................. 20:001 117 Peter Zupan 7.00 : 128 Mary Ropotar ................... 30.30 • 128 Anna Roso ...................... 21.00 j 132 John Cimperman ................. 36.00 ■ 132 Joseph Svetin .................. 10.00 : 132 Mary Berus ..................... 36.00 132 Albin Farenchak .................. 29.00 i 132 Rose Valenčič .................. 35.00 132 Antonia Tanko .................... 25.00 [ 132 John Krince .................... 13.00 i 132 John C. Cimperman .............. 11.00 135 John Blazine ................ 35.00 143 Frank Medvešek .............. 28.00 154 Frank Ticar ................. 42.00 163 Mary Softich ............... 21.00 175 Victoria Luzar .............. 26.00 176 Joseph Miculinich ........... 28.00 185 Frank Hočevar ............... 33.00 185 Tony Yerich ................ 11.00 1-85 Lucy Smiach ..................... 11.00 197 Josephine Sertich .............. 26.00 221 Frank Previch .................... 28.00 225 John Russ ....................... 6.00 227 John Mlakar ............... 24.00 227 John Messich ................... 10.00 227 Assunta Martillotti 34.00 229 Mike Marasovich 6.00 January 24, 1940. 15 Matt Starcevich 16.50 15 Karolina Merhar ................ 29.00 15 John Petrich ............. 18.00 15 Anton Barbich .................. 34.00 21 Mary Fisher. Heir at Law 18.50 21 John Prijatelj, Heir at Law 18.50 82 Louise Ribieh .................. 23.00 84 Stella Tomsic .................. 47.00 84 Alojzija Pavlovič ............... 3.00 84 Minnie Kruitz ............. 11.00 84 Anna Tomazin 25.00 86 Frank Blatnik 18.00 87 Joseph Gusic ................... 39.00 111 Ignac Hren .................... 15.50 111 John Klintz .................. 32.00 111 Mary Kenick .................. 35.00 138 Anna Brahovski ................. 30.00 138 John Brazynetz ................. 10,00 149 Anna Medoe ....................... 24.00 140 Joseph Murgel 6.00 149 Frank Jereb .................... 18.00 149 Josephine Tutin ................ 51.00 149 Edward Sustarich ................. 41,00 149 Alex Lazor ....................... 17.00 155 Anton M. Bradley ................. 21.00 155 Rosie Vidmar ..........-........ 43.00 155 Agnes Kandare .................... 25.00 168 Martin Rodish 28.00 i 168 John F. Kokal 22;00 ! I.V0 AiUia Jurka« "6.00 lj-; liiidjti ^5.00 188 Jennie M. Krainz ............... 28.00 198 Frank Primsar .................. 44.00 198 John Jurjovsic ................. 18:00 202 Fannie Jenko ................... 12:00 202 John Remec ..................... '14.50 221 Mary Mlhalchik ............... 6.00 221 Mary Mlhalchik ................. 65.00 Jan. 27, 1940. 4 Lovrence Klemenčič 20.00 j 4 Frank Mezek .................... 42.00 j 6 Matt Kanoti .................... 15.00 6 Frank Gradišek ................. 50.00 6 Mary Škapin .................... 24.00 6 Mary Škapin ..................... 5.00 45 Josephine Schroder ............. 20.00 66 Angela Piccilo .................. 6.00 70 Jacob Blut ..................... 35.00 70 John Englich ................... 37.00 81 Anna Hansen, Assignee ... 17.50 81 Mary Zagorc ..................... 30.00 j 81 Norah Cooper .................... 7.00 108 Teresa Podlesnik ............... 30.00 156 Frank Beligoj ................. 32.00 162 Mary Sader ..................... 25.00 j 184 Anna Buccowich ................. 33.00 184 Theresa Koschak ................ 30.00 230 Jennie Ruparsich 34.00 January 31, 1940. 3 Anna Dular ...................... 13.00 3 Frank Ajster .................... 35.00 3 Mihael Weligovsek ............... 35.00 3 Antonia Recelj 26.00 6 Anton Pogorelc 17.50 6 Frank Gradišek ............... 24.00 6 Josephine Zore ............... 5.00 9 Stane Fink ................... 19.00 9 Paul Kondesh 9.00 9 John Panjan .................. 32.00 9 John Klobuchar ............... 11.00 13 George Rescic ............... 22.00 16 Joseph Golob ................ 21.00 20 Matt Maloverh ............... 37.00 20 Matt Maloverh ............ 65.00 20 Angela Juhant ............... 17.00 20 Frances Gaush ............... 35.00 20 Kristina Ferkul ............. 20.00 28 Anton Tratnik ............... 23.00 28 Irene O. Jiacoletti ......... 35.00 28 John Peternel .................. 19.00 28 Gayle F. Duffy .............. 19.00 29 Mary Opeka .................. 43.00 36 "Frances Strel .............. 18.00 36 Frank Bevc ..................... 18.50 36 Stella Lalich .................. 22.00 36 Martin Birk ..................... 17.50 36 Mary Vidmar ................. 35.00 36 Mary Vidmar ................... 100.00 36 Mathias Klucevsek ............... 19.00 36 Marija Rovanšek ................. 32.00 36 Mary Grosnik .................. 20.50 36 Frank Korelc .................... 8.00 36 Frank Kobal ..................... 9.00 54 Annie Lastovich ................ 36.00 55 Joseph Mauser ................... 9.50! 66 Anton Sraj, Sr.................. 17.50 66 Agnes Verbich .................. 35.00 66 Anna Petrie .................... 17.00 66 Frank Pirc, Sr.................. 26.00 66 Anna Horvat .................... 33:00 71 Vincent Kresal 15.50 71 Joseph Agnich .................. 33,00 71 Ignac Fortuna .................. 34.00 71 John Debeljak .................. 35.00 71 Frank Vigel .................... 20.50 71 Frank Roberts .................. 40.00 75 Joseph Pelan .................. 35.00 j 79 Frank Korelič .................. 15.50' 89 Charles Korbar .................. 9.00 94 Joseph Drobnich ............. 41 94 Lawrence Trcek ................. 38.00 94 Louis Lah ...................... 25.00 94 John Mivshek ................... 37.00 94 Jemej Camemik .................. 22.00 94 Matt Papes ..................... 47.00 94 Victor Nagoda ................... 8.00 106 Ivan Lahajnar .................. 19.00 106 Sofia Honigman ................... 30.00 106 Ursala Ujcic ................... 35.00 106 Louis Gruden ................... 17.50 1106 Marjorie M. Lascar ............. 34.00 112 Ivana Smole .................... 44.00 116 Sara Noea ....................... 6.00 116 Antonia Bogatay ................. 8.00 ! 133 Teresa Slabodnik .............. 23.00 133 Frances Marolt ................. 30.00 1133 Mary Preshern .................. 50.00 136 Louis Bavdek ................... 35.00 136 Anton Tauzelj ................. 35.00 163 Mary Softich .................... 5.00 166 Amelia Stanich ................... 14.00 171 Joseph A. Novak ................ 33.00 171 Mary Gramc ..................... 35.00 171 Rose Grlovich .................. 20.00 171 Frank Reven .................... 34.00 Skupaj-Total ....................$6,370.83 ONEMOGLOSTNA PODPORA IZPLAČANA MESECA JANUARJA 1940 Dl.5ABILITY BENEFIT PAID DUR-TNG THE MONTH OF JAN. 1940 Dr. št.—Ime Vsota LoCge No.—Name Amount Jan. 5, 1940. 3C' Louis Pasquan ................$ 8.67 200 Leo Erchull .........».......... 16.67 Jan. 15, 1940. 18 Rudolph Anselmi, Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Shuster, deceased ............... 7.00 70 Asesment za John Kovach .... 28.24 88 Aessment za Jacob Majdich 19.68 172 Stive Vukina ................... 10.33 Jan. 23, 1940. 1 Asesment za John Tekavec 53.04 2 Asesment za Mary Pechaver 16.68 40 Marie Luzar ..................... 11.07 57 John Radovich ................... 11.33 57 Jennie Bitens ................... 11,87 10U Asesment za Andrej Kernel 32.64 10« Asesment za John Stupca .... 27.48 139 John Lazar ...................... 10.90 176 Tony Pulich ...................... 10.00 Jan. 24, 1940. 15 Mary Starasinic, Heir at Law 12.00 198 John Banyas ...................... 11.33 Jan. 37, 1040 43 Josephine Lenard 18.00 156 Geo. Majnarich ................... 10.00 Jan. 31, 1940. 6 Anton Ule ...................... 11.33 9 John Musich .................... 20.00 9 Margaret Colnar 19.67 9 Reza Anicich ................... 11.67 9 Albert Mum ..................... 11.33 31 Frank Skrabec ................... 20.67 31 Anton Zaletu .................... 20.67 36 Joseph Kausek ................... 11.00 36 John Tomltiac 11.33 36 Jemej Lu'dich ................... 9.»HJ 55 Joseph Mavser .................... 5.33 55 Urban Pieel ..................... 11.33 1 66 Johana Zugel .................... 11.33 71 Anton Rojc ...................... 10.00 t 106 John Semich ..................... 11.33 106 Frank Okolish ................... 11.33 4 136 Martin Bervar ................... 11.33 166 Martin Barborich ................ 11.33 . ______ t Skupaj-Total $559.17 I PREM EM BE V ČLANSTVU MESECA JANUARJA 1940 CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP DURING THE MONTH OF JAN. 1940 Odrasli Oddelek.—Adult Dept. Novi člani načrta “D” — New Members Plan “D” Dr. St. 1: Helen A. Mlakar. Dr. št. 18: John Jelouchon. Dr. St. 20: Anne J Kozel. Dr. št. 21: John Chadez. Dr. St. 30: Frances Tanko. Dr. St. 37: Cecilia Doles. Dr. St. 43: William Orsello. Dr. št. 44: Sylvia M. Casserman, Frank Gruden. Dr. št. 54: Edward S. Boben, Ernest F. Kordish. Dr. št.66: Barbara Adamich, Jennie Skvarcha, Margaret Zugel. Dr. št. 71: Anne Barbis. Dr. št. 75: Joseph Banish. Dr. št. 84: Frances Susan, Mary Vu-kich. Dr. St. 85: Ann Veronika Peterka. Dr. št. 87: Jeanette K. Praprotnik. Dr. St. 90: Edward A. Baumann. Dr. št. 106: Edith Ujcic. Dr. št. 140: Anthony H. Forte. Dr. št. 143: Louis Novak. Dr. St. 150: Anna Briski, Anton I. Briski. Dr. št. 155: Mary Kaska. Di .št. 165: Joseph Bon, Jr. Dr. št. 166: Jerry Vivoda. Dr. St. 168: Ella Kochevar. Dr. št. 183: Mary A. Bobnar. Dr. št. 187: Frances Muletz. : Dr. št. 188: John Dackiewicz, Alex Knettel. Dr. št. 190: Angela Jaksha. j Dr. št. 201: Margaret Koprivic. Dr. št. 222: Olga M. Scrabec. Dr. št. 230: Palmina Mantini. Dr. št. 232: Joseph G Graytock. Novi člani načrta “E” — New Members j Plan “E" . I Dr. št. 1: Gregor Kristian. Dr. št. 2: Louis Rebol. , i Dr. št. 26: Marion Griltz. Dr. št. 30: Carl Antonovich, Fred Grahek, Tony Strgar. Dr. št. 45: Frank Konovsek. Dr. št. 66: George Kozlica. Dr. št. 112: Louis M. Kochevar. Dr. št. 124: Edward Vitek. 1 Dr. št. 136: John Hribar, Jr Dr. št. 138: Anthony Mediate. 1 Dr. št. 139: Frances M. Grahek, Helen Ochko. ! j Dr. St. 166: Julia Mazer, Mary E. Olteen. Dr. št. 172: Eugene Kraintz. j Dr. št. 184: Albert Kochevar. Dr. št. 235: Adolph Cernich, Joseph P. j Katana. Novi člani načrta "F” — New Members , Plan “F” Dr. št. 36: Wallace Brezovec. ^ Dr. št. 45: John A. Hajec. Dr. št. 69: Margaret Segulin. . Dr. št. 78: Evelyn M. Egan. Dr .št. 230: Anne Lamprecht. Zopet sprejeti — Reinstated ' Dr. št. 9: Louis Sustar 16649. ( Dr. št. 20: Edward Krizan 38859. Dr. št. 26: Joseph Balkovec 36517, Frank Chandick 36311, Štefanija Korošec 35492, Helen Kristich 38870, Joseph Ujcic 34487, Alojzija Ujcic 19929. Dr. št. 36: Mary Ziants 31614. Dr. št. 50: Anton Peric 39414. Dr .št. 54: Fred Prosnick 37732. Dr. št. 66: Edward Witczak 36995. : Dr. št. 70: Ivana Schaefer 21214, t Frank Jurca 23549. Dr. št. 71: Joe Perusek 34283. ! Dr. št. 75: Joseph Lesjak 19323, An-! tonia Lesjak 21488. ! Dr. St. 83: Henry Lenzi 36728, Gusto ! Lenzi 3659S. Dr. št. 103: Katherine Sostaric 36735. , Dr. št. 132: George Kelliope 34345, Karolina Keliop 34346, Helen Debeljak 32647, Dominik Blatnik 12740, Daniel Jazbec 28855, George D. Kaliope 39789, John Cecelic 38362. Dr. št. 141: Matt Loushin 2701. Dr. št. 144: Alice Smith 27127, Joseph A. Majerle 36564, Anton Simonelic i 36375. Dr. št. 145: Anna Skiro 38542. ! Dr. St. 151: Rudolph Susanj 37279. Dr. št. 160: Julia Kropko 40162. f Dr. št. 172: Edward Golob 39982. f Dr. št. 182: Mary Mazer 38943, Olga M. Mazer 39066. Dr. št. 184: Joseph Boldin 37131. Dr. št. 186: Rudolph A. Jelercic ) 37823. I Dr. št. 190: Margaret Petritz 37375. i Dr. št. 196: William J. Antlogar 38442.1 J Fred Eulert 38441, Joseph L. Pcgacar j 28258, Mary Antloger 42314. 1 Dr. št. 204: Matija Lavrnja 34018. t 5 Dr. št. 221: Georgina Obcrch 37908, 7 Frank Oberch 35239. J Dr. št. 222: Francos J. Zuzek 36245, 7 Rose Zuzek 36927, Henry Zuzek 31400. 1 Louis Klančar 25316, George Kralesyn i 38662, Agnes Zuzek 41228. ) Drj št. 232: Martin Simurda 42268, 1 William F. Carpan 39870. Suspendirani — Suspended ) Dr. št. 18r Anton Mrak 3143. J Dr. št. 22: Joseph A. Dolac 24512, Krist Seme 10203, Mary Pozek 8866, 3 Alojzija Martlc 8858, Mike Dolac 38060, J Frank Dolac 38022. Dr. št. 28: Margaret C. Roberts 41714. i Dr. št. 39: William E. Jones 32195, ) Paul Drazic 6095. 7 Dr. št. 45: Frances Allen 38251. 7 Dr. št. 54: Joe Prosnick 39201. i Dr. št. 66: Joseph S. Sfcrametz 41092. 7 Dr. št. 78: Albert Struna 37899, Joe 7 Evans 34311. ) Dr .št. 83: Guy Pasquini 32984, Guy i Pasquini, Jr. 32985. 3, Or. St. 3V: tJB'o ZVJl'l i -1S42. Dr. St. 90: Marko J. ^ Babyak 40481, Nik I Dr. št. 94: Jakob Gostisa 33* tarina Gostisha 34413. tq1»b* Dr. št. 99: Paul Debevc 3*240, Debevec 34932. «23*. Dr. št. 107: Lawrence f, Angela Tomick 22794, Josep 22Dr.'št. 108: Joseph CigoUe 1500«. | ( gels Dolcic 38673. , 34O« 1 Dr. št. 109: Mihael m * George Maarin 42455, Ka rin 42456. . gfcrtt# t Dr. št. 114: Thomas ■)_ ^ . 42721, Hedvica Storm 36*»> Lindgren 42139. hel. 366I8 5 Dr. St. 117: Frank Zakrajehe # , Dr. St. 118: Charles M. 41304. „,„rkun 3?# ^ Dr. št. 120: Hannah ^ k Ann Reko 33188, Rose ^ Dr. št. 122: John Chelosky ^t, ^ Dr. št. 124: Charles W 138636. ..rber ^ « Dr. St. 132: Margaret A- > Joseph F. Kozel 32898, -\k 22158, Mary Virant 40710, ^ (, nar 42581, Anna Tomslc' 20i !> Sedmak 22280, Frank Zag° i# Dr. št. 138: Mike Ba*0* yrf- \ Frank Komarinski, ^r' naikoWc' ^ *1 Balkovec 42038, Mike J- jjtfi 40735, Frank Balkovich 4W» • g* ^ Dixon 41752, Frank Komar £ ^ y Dr. št. 141: Joseph J- ^ i, Dr. St. 144: Mike Tratar zija Tratar 35427. ,tl# \ Dr. št. 155: Frank J. „.952,> Dr. št. 160: Frank Kocin ; resa Kocina 39857. 4147°-, Vj Dr. št. 162: Sam O. StrtfOj # ^ Dr. št. 173: Victor Znida j # John Tislar 39613. K0j9r $ ‘ Dr. št. 180: Ladislas M. * Thomas J. Posenel 3862/. 36892* • - b ! Dr. št. 186: Sylvia Jele>^ # ,j bert Jelercic 42227, ^ j Joe Kovac 41697, Mildr* I ^ 41695. , _ 29783-J-u . J Dr. št. 192: Frank Mor® yen ^ Dr. št. 204: Kuzma VarlJ Mary Varljen 40077. ^ U Dr. št. 218: Leo Reck 4 # |, Dr. št. 222: Ruth 3:^ ^ Michael Evans 38752, Ai jrf, ^ 42363, Agnes H. Zuzek - ’ Pollen 38953, Eugene L- yo^ Mary Vončina 37544, !t& l( 37543. 37587. ^ I' Dr. št. 227: Marie Bezja j ^ Bezjak 36247. AlfnnCo S pr. št. 233: Tony D. Al | l Prestopili — ^'"^ii: ! L**1 Od dr. št. 202 k dr. St. - Ml Stalick 33202. £1^ if. Od dr. št. 200 k dr. St. ^ j U Robich 33109. .,6: ft Od dr. št. 183 k dr. st. Bobnar 41070. 72: Od. dr.. št. 167 k dr. Zevart 35253. '.vf jo3^ < Od dr. St. 129 k dr. »■ Yanesh 26683. ,.*■ Od dr. St. 1 k dr. St. , Markup 41938. ,. i30; B?1 Od dr. št. 184 k dr. • JjJ. Toljan 28395. ' Od dr. St. 165 k dr. J g; Obranovič 34386. .. 201; 3 J.' Od dr. št. 21 k dr. J R Rose B-463. ,, 002: *5# tr Od dr. št. 18 k dr. st ^ r* A I Hackett 29277, John Dolinar 37837, J°1Taucl,er*pri J' i Julia Stefic 40880. Frank A Od dr. št. 33 k dr. st. ^ 142' ; i A tar 42735. Helen M. HaV ^]s j L'1 Odstopili - j 1 ■ D„a.,«: Umrli — n,aq\. j , Dr. St. l: Mary Petek . ^ | Dr. št. 4: John Guzelj , jjtf j . Dr. št. 15: Nick Stanja* J S Dr. št. 32: Frank Srojt lcn - : Dr. št. 39: Marjeta Maj 3oJJ- # L Dr. št. 40: Frank Jo # j $ Dr. št. 71: Joe Kapel .jslJ^ L selj 6439. Rudloph P^ j Dr. št. 204: Matija -W 'b Dr. št. 225: Tony pl® ,Di ^ 1 rA,( , Premembe v /.avarovH n in insurance . 5^ ^ Dr. št. 6: Iz $10°° na J ^ Tomsic 22756. .end ■4|1 . ‘ ! Dr. št. 36: Iz $1000 na ft j vansek 35007. tlg ^ • |;| Dr. št. 37: Iz $1°00 ^ Kromar 33761. tio00^ 2 ,'ks Dr. št. 75: Iz $500 $ / It, j privshek 42854. *3‘ | A] I Dr. št. 186: Iz $500 »f ' Slugi 42847. .M S, (Ji PREMEMBE V l ‘Ji MESECA rj CHANGES IN J| 1 ING THE MON1TI O i ^ C Mladinski Oddelek- k I? . DeparWen^ r ^ Novi člani načrta “JA '' -i l I Plan “JA ,| Di. št. 1: Julia Seliska1 .v | ; j, Dr. št. 5: Carol L- jj J*1 ! Dr. št. 6: Raymond » J I Dr. št. 20: Rudolf 11 .rKP. J i >3 , Dr. št. 21: Rose L. | Kastelic, Richard T. / 4 A Dr. št. 30: Franci»e , Udovič h. ^ ra 1 l)r. št. 39: Diane L. * Dr. št. 40: Charles cr. J --V , D. Moser, Henry C. ” .at Moscr. ' Dr. št. 43: Charlotte $ 'U E. Bailey, Robert P. B*1 j rJi " , Html, Joe Francis , Moe. Janice Darene ^ ^etl> $ , Moe, Myrna E. Moe, KeIJ Evelyn M. Stanghill. get1^ , " Dr. št. 45: Thomas y J i Q» , dith A. Tingle. J IJ Dr. št. 53: Charles Dr. št. 54: Richard p Dr. Št 55: Georgina r:šjm Bi . liarr W Kushan Di. št. 61: Loretta M- p o® Dr. št. 78: Theodore ! George L. Theotokatos. 1 »► ■ 1. :m- «4ti,«.v JiM ... w.. -J.-.. .i_*± - -v** . Y ilOVA xfjJ-kCs rS^.'hV-, -ibf. 9 Pi the Office of Veme Secretary tura ^i?RW!iliam L- Batta' M. 155.’ ,e y J- Kohosek. j. Nil. ' 1 W- Green well, Mary ^ 1 vK^ M' Boyd' il >?fc. Cent; L. Grlovich, Emil Sl i ] ^'225- *Mhony J. Sternisa, Jr. f Ni. ‘ nald Forbes, John Ma- \ A- Jerulle. v beN IJ,B” — New Mem-I Hi'J* Plan “JB” H^Sfcfe^atel. ^ na/rt M‘ Svetich. ber» *1 JC ~ New Mem-Hj.^ Plan «‘JC” y£zt -Prrson JU. i IW,J, Reinstated j 57- G ° hy Kuhel 15395. J Sfc ^vleve Hanacik 15476, ii * “taieri h 'l78, ^°uise Hanacik Jtj £ 75' nacik 15480. (Ki »Sty Agtles Lesjak 58 6, Annie ftfr ji’*' 144. *1 'S 160; jalCf A' Smit-h 19438. k l9°°9 jr, Kr°Pko 19008, Julia 1#: j *t. l8'2. *1 KroPko 19007. j> j.Vi n ^ernadette Burkhart <, lll'khaU „rkhart 18106, Eliza-g* P 186 ^ 20849• / jJ1- 204' °ZU- Flainik 10609. i Shy Lavrnja no55’ *3* S l6l7]ldT° Draehi 16176, Pranih111 lSl^n rraiQe Draghi 16177-5tfl ^aghi J.’ 11086 Draghi 16168, ■ Jolanda Reolon E *»«• 211«, wt c* pae^ee Straus 10943. m,21: Ra?y Pivec H019. nJBv ®eran^m°nd J- Jel'sin 9850, ^H^l6, j. 20387, Katherine I. .M **' Ston^°nd A' Porter 20417, mT11 20575, Edward R. Manerbino 16820, «®'S:K\johnAM'm- ir b Mer«.- Memmer 20561, r6;wer 20562- J i, ^ lja50vac‘c 10322. li3l: Davirt drett0 14790-•1# Cadallader 15350. j 13~: j0s Macesich 12491. J K '®68o 1 Arko 7695, Prances *Ž Ve='l6682ry Krasovec 16681’ ■4 5ni6jUinik 7940- ■j} ^ 21273 Lemke 18979, Jo-1 l^8: ChariBukoVac 19747- 1 ^7' 4&eiti 1a~? L- Bennett 18003, ’ <1% f26. Louise E. Cupel- V'^rtir,- Jpupem 18528, Joe 3 'ti 9533 t., ans 14360> Robert . : l Hle‘17^ar , Robinson 21195, M'Ji.Nn q1194’ Austln Davis ^ 21192, William j R- Tomick 9599, J I’U: ^f'ski 16574. 'Ul22: ,i ?tn Bolka 11561. / Vel°sky f5n8R,ChQeIosky 15862- jj • 15863, Susie M. Che- il ivir°tto 14739, Zai-» / Vi, ^ herine M. Woatich # h : Cri?tlch 21284. Lit ,0: SnKi.6d Tratar 9825. A kj’2: 0n A' Tomse 11063. J ^ is W0lir^a Kukenberger fj *,&Sarbaerger 18089- r i ^av^i a ZmaJich 12201. Alk' k®0: £i1?^nci Skocaj 20982. la J- Christianson Christlanson 19829-/tS‘ Cu 19628, Charles E. j T mjiljs,- Sheri a d M. Sherick 20704, JK* ,'^arv c 207°5, Bennie Pez- ! ®!>3. ss ,Zdark 19906, Archie 1^ l47?iynT Petritz 13564’ ■ Lorraine Petritz /»'%' 6trltZ U775, *°ny Crnich 13320, Joseph f®« nr,8„aret Crnich 15828, ^ t>01, 22, Evelyn Petzko ft to 13315- Prank Pol- 'V. Si k 13319- Agnes / 1^. M^Stepec 20733, Joe M fr y StepeC 20735. ^ Q^° doseči častno članstvo / 6, na 16. konvenciji ^ ie na svoji 8eJi meseca januarja odredil veli- j jVS (t^n° Člansko kampanjo, ki se je pričela 1. marca in L S°' JuniJa 1940. Glavna nagrada, ki jo je glavni ?ot uspešne agitatorje ali tekmovalce, je PROSTA Dr. št. 201: William J. Eaves 13572, George L. Eskeli 13151, Joe R. Ply 13573. Dr. št. 222: Anthony Bratosh 15328, Dorothy Brežina 13577, Elaine Smrke 15318, Prances Smrke 15317, Cecelia Veloski 18832. Dr. št. 227: Elizabeth Bezjak 15791. Dr. št. 231: Raymond Zubeck 19653, Richard Zubeck 19654. Prestopili — Transferred Od dr. št. 173 k dr. št, 132: Frank Cigaj 16484, Robert Cigoj. 16485, William Cigaj 16486. Odstopili — Withdrawals Dr. št. 20: Prank Zakrajšek 9791. Umrli — Died Dr. št. 168: VeLoy Stewart 20972. 7 ANTON ZBASNIK, glavni tajnik—Supreme Secretary. [z urada gl. tajnika Novi člani v januarju 191{0 — New Members in January 19J/0 Lodge No. Adult Juvenile št. društva Odrasli Mladinski 1 2 2 2 2 5 1 6 1 18 1 20 1 1 21 1 3 26 1 30 4 2 36 1 37 1 39 1 40 ' 4 43 1 11 44 2 45 2 2 53 2 54 2 1 55 / 2 61 1 66 4 69 1 70 1 71 1 75 1 78 1 4 83 1 84 2 85 1 1 87 1 90 1 99 2 106 1 111 2 112 1 120 2 124 1 133 1 136 1 138 1 1 139 2 140 1 ’ 143 1 150 2 155 1 165 1 166 3 2 168 1 170 1 171 2 172 1 183 1 184 1 186 1 187 1 188 2 190 1 201 1 222 1 225 2 230 2 1 232 1 235 2 65 58 Skupaj Total .........................123 h urada gl. tajnika Posojila na članske certifikate meseca februarja 19^0 Loans on Membership Certificates for February 19^0 Dr. št. Cert. št. Vsota Lodge. No. Cert.No. Amount 9 ......................... 39409 $ 126.65 9 ......................... 33256 20.28 11 ......................... 37865 104.51 21 ......................... 38233 68.06 21 ......................... 38234 66.94 21 ........................ 38575 195.38 21 ......................... 41360 77.68 21 ......................... 41359 86.51 21 ......................... 42831 137.68 35 34181 93.43 35 ......................... 34180 153.71 35 ......................... 33699 153.81 35 ......................... 33698 234.01 35 ......................... 34669 193.65 35 ......................... 37750 30.36 44 ......................... 41633 54.24 47 ...................... 36039 426.84 61 ...................... 34267 179.89, 94 ...................... 38241 167.65 | I 94. ...................... 33408 168.97 116 ...................... 35054 217.32 ■116 ....................... 40044 37.16 j 125 ...................... 42840 21.12 ■ 144 ...................... 37370 104.97 ! 149 ...................... 41490 278.46 149 ...................... 40405 182.38 1154 ....................... 37372 47.85 158 ...................... 34381 47.88 ' 158 ...................... 35080 306.26 168 ...................... 41804 200.00 171 ...................... 41111 49.68 Skupaj-Total ........................$4,233.33 ANTON ZBASNIK, glavni tajnik—Supreme Secretary. VOŽNJA IN ČASTNO ČLANSTVO NA IS. REDNI KONVENCIJ/ JSKJ meseca septembra v Waukeganu, III., Poleg proste vožnje in častnega članstva na. 16, redni konvenciji bodo uspešni kontestanti upravičeni tudi do dnevnic v znesku $4.00 na dan in do običajnih nagrad, ki jih Jednota plačil je za nove člane in ki so tedensko priobčene v Novi Dobi. Šestnajsta redna konvencija se prične 23. septembra in častni člani konvencije bodo pozvani na zborovanje 26. septembra. Kandidat za častno članstvo na 16. konvenciji je lahko vsak član ali članica, mladinskega ali odraslega oddelka, v starosti od 16. leta naprej. Za kandidata se mora prijaviti pri svojemu društvu in društveni tajnik ali tajnica mora ime ali imena kandidatov sporočiti na glavni urad. Za vsakega novopridobljenega člana bodo kandidat je prejeli gotovo število točk in s častnim članstvom na 16. redni konvenciji bodo odlikovani vsi tisti kandidat je, ki bodo dosegli sledeče število točk: Iz New Yorka, Marylanda in West Virginije......4,000 točk; iz Pennsi/lvanije, Ohio in Minnesote .....................3,000 ” iz Indiane, Illinoisa in Wisconsina ......................2,000 ” iz Michigana .............................................2,500 ” iz Nebraske ............................................ 3,500 ” iz Calif orni je, Oregona in Washingtona..................6,000 ” iz vseh ostalih zapadnih držav ...........................5,000 ” Za novo pridobi j ene člane bodo kandidatje za častno članstvo na 16. redni konvenciji prejeli sledeče število točk: ZA ČLANE PRIDOBLJENE V MLADINSKI ODDELEK: Za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt JA (15c mesečno) .........100 točk, za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt JB ($1.00 mesečno).....250 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt JC za $500.00 (85c mesečno) ..........................................200 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt J C za $1000.00 ($1.60 mesečno) ........................................400 ” ZA ČLANE PRIDOBLJENE V ODRASLI ODDELEK: Za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $250.00 ..........150 točk, za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $500.00 ......... 300 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $1000.00 ........ 600 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $1500.00 ........ 900 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $2000.00 .. .......1200 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “D” za $3000.00 ........1800 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $250.00 .......................................... 200 točk za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $500.00 ............................-............... 400 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $1000.00 ...................................... 800 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $1500.00 ...........................................1200 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $2000.00 ...........................................1600 ” za člana, ki bo pristopil v načrt “E” ali “F” za $3000.00 .................................-.........2400 ” Za člane, ki bodo pristopili v odrasli oddelek iz mladinskega oddelka, se za prvih $500.00 zavarovalnine ne bo dovolilo nobenega kredita, ako se pa član zavaruje za več, tedaj se bo kandidatu dalo kredit za vsoto, ki presega $500.00 zavarovalnine. Kandidatom se bo dalo kredit tudi za člane, ki bodo zavarovalnino zvišali. Vsaki prošnji za sprejem in vsaki prošnji za zvišanje zavarovalnine mora društveni tajnik priložiti navodilo, komu se ma točke kreditirati. Kandidature morajo biti prijavljene glavnemu uradu ne (ozneje kot 15. junija; izvzeta so samo tista društva, ki bodo korporativno nastopila in koncem kampanje sama odločila, kdo naj bo odlikovan s častnim konvenčnim članstvom. Vsak kandidat bo moral vpisovati nove člane v svoje lastno društvo. Nobenemu kandidatu ne bo dovoljeno svoje točke odstopiti drugemu: kandidatu in, ako bo kandidat dosegel zadostno število točk za častno članstvo, a se vsled zadržkov ne bo mogel udeležiti konvencije, tedaj se mu bo nakazalo vsoto, ki bo enaka vsoti za vozne stroške in dnevnice. Po društveni seji meseca junija in do 30. junija bodo smeli nove člane sprejemati društveni predsednik, društveni tajnik in društveni blagajnik. Zdravniško preiskavo prosilcev za članstvo v mladinskem oddelku se zahteva samo v državah Ohio in Idaho, drugod se pa iste ne zahteva. Vse prošnje za sprejem in za zvišanje zavarovalnine morajo biti v glavnem uradu ne pozneje kot 5. julija. 133, Gilbert, Minn.: Annie Forinti in Jennie Koritnik; 138, Export, Pa..: Madeline Skerly;. IlfO, Morley, Colo.: Mary Koss, Jr.; Ilf9, Strabane, Pa.: Anton Tom-. sic; 168, Helper, Utah: Anne O’-Grinc, John M. Sheri; 190, Butte, Montana: Mary Pre-dovich, Frances Spritzer, Elizabeth Stankovich in Angele Stepan; 201, Denver, Colo.: Helen Okoren; 205, Canonsburg, Pa.: Louis Polaski; 230, Chisholm, Minn.: Katherine Ambrozich in Agnes Debeljak. Anton Zbašnik, glavni tajnik. Častni delegat Louis Ambrozich Lepa ribniška dolina je dala Slovencem dosti časti vrednih mož, na katere sta ponosni sta-rokrajska in ameriška Slovenija. Med te slednje nedvomno spada tudi brat Louis Ambrozich, član in zapisnikar društva št. 30 JSKJ v Chisholmu, Mirin. Njegova prirojena šegavost, njegovo mehko in prijetno ribniško narečje in njegov vedno nasmejani obraz ga mora priljubiti vsakemu, s komur koli pride v pomenek. In, kar je za nas posebno važno, lojalnost brata Antbrozicha do JSKJ in n jegova delavnost za našo organizacijo ne poznata mej. V vseh naših kampanjah zadnjih let se je Louis uspešno udejstvoval, in, da je društvo št. 30 JSKJ tako lepo napredovalo v obeh oddelkih, gre znatna zasluga temu agilnemu društvenemu delavcu. Dokler bo JSKJ imela take lojalne in aktivne člane, more njena pot voditi le naprej in navzgor! V prihodnjih tisočletjih bo morda človeški rod dorasel v pametnega mladeniča,, ki bo svoje izkušnje in uspehe rabil v korist vsem. Škoda, da nam ne bo mogoče priti ponovno na svet kakih deset tisoč ali sto tisoč let pozneje. Takrat bi morda videli in uživali dobrote prave civilizacije. no pa še naši mladini, da smo vsi, kar nas je pri društvu, kot ena sama velika družina in živo zelena ter cveteča veja naše dobre J. S. K. Jed n o te! Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo št, 45 JSKJ: Carl Brodnik, predsednik. TUJERODCI IN CENZUS (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) je ono o “jeziku, ki se je govoril doma v prvih mladih letih.” Ako je kdo govoril doma dva jezika ali več, naj se navede oni jezik, ki se je najbolj pogosto-ma govoril. Letošnji je šestnajsti desetletni senzus. Prvi je bil izveden 1. 1790. Poleg štetja prebivalstva, ki nabere informacije o 132 milijonih ljudi, , se našteje 32 milijonov stanovanj v popi-ru stanovanj (Census of Housing), tri milijoni poslov v poslovnem popisu (Census of Business), 200,000 tovarn v tovarniškem popisu (Census of Manufactures) , sedem milijonov farm v poljedelskem popisu (Census of Agriculture) in 400,-000 petrolejevih vrelcev ter 14,-000 premogovnikov in rudnikov ter kamnolomov v popisu rudnikov in kamnolomov (Census of Mines and Quarries). Da nabere te informacije, bo Census Bureau zaposlil 120,000 števnih nastavljencev. — (Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D. C.) DOPISI ‘Potek kampanje Do 23. marca so kvalificirali j za častne delegate na 16. redni konvenciji sledeči kandidati in | kandidatin je; Anna Kovach, od društva j št. 1, Ely, Minn.; Henry Deze- j lan, od društva št. 45, Indianapolis, Ind.; Louis Ambrozich, od društva št. 30, Chisholm, 1 I Minn.; Agnes Tomsich ,od društva št. 1, Ely, Minn.; Louis Mil-narcic, od društva št. 45, Indianapolis, Ind. * Do 23. marca so bili glavnemu uradu prijavljeni sledeči kandidati in kandidatinje za častno delegatstvo na 16. konvenciji : Št. 1, Ely, Minnesota: Joseph Kovach, Anna Kovach in Agnes Tomsich; 2, Ely, Minnesota: Stanley Pechaver in Mary Rebol; 6, Lorain, Ohio: Frances Do-ugan; 21, Denver, Colorado: Jose- phine Marnar in Mary Shray; MLADA CIVILIZACIJA (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) 30, Chisholm, Minn.: Louis Ambrozich, Anna Trdan; 36, Conemaugh, Pa.: Victor Dremely, Max Fink in Frank Klucevsek; 1/3, East Helena, Montana Mary Ann Smith; -J5, Indianapolis, Ind: Louis Milnarac in Joseph, Mat-kovich; 66, Joliet, III.: Julia Adamich; 70, Chicago, III.: Anton Kra-penc in John Požek; 78, Salida, Colo.: Frank Za-verl; 91f, Waukegan, III.: Mary Bartel, Marion Jelovšek in Mary Stanovnik; lllf, Ely, Minnesota: Simon Marolt, st.; 116, Delmont, Pa.: Julia Ko-smach in Dorothy Korce; 120, Ely, Minnesota: Mary Je-rich in Madeline Svetich; 129, Ely, Minnesota: Louis Bergant; 132, Euclid, Ohio: Mary J. Avčin, Agnes Godec, Joseph Korencic in Louis Sajovic; stanju $2,400 na leto; v mornarici okrog $2,600 in v letalski službi $8,000 do $10,000 na leto. V tem so seveda všteti vsi izdatki za hrano, obleko, orožje, letala, bojne ladje itd. Zdaj pa računajmo milijone vojakov, ki so danes v Evropi v vojnem stanju, in dobili bomo vsote, za katere nam bo zmanjkalo' številk. Potem pa prištejmo še po vojskovanju povzročeno materialno škodo! Vse to mora ljudstvo plačati z davki, direktnimi ali indirektnimi, kar seveda silno zni' žuje življenjski standard. Države grmadijo ogromne dolgove, ki jih bo bodočnost izbrisala z inflacijo, ki pomeni zaplenjenje, ali pa bodo še bodoče generacije odplačevale dolgove in na tekle obresti desetletja in morda stoletja. Ni ga večjega zločina napram človeštvu kot je vojna. Pa vendar tega zločina ne znamo odpraviti. Človeški rod je še mlad in jako primitiven oziroma divjaški, kljub temu, da se ponaša s civilizacijo. Vsa civilizacija so le nekaki prvi poskusi otroka, ki skuša opustiti živalsko hojo po vseh štirih in poskuša s pokončno hojo po dveh nogah. Indianapolis, Ind. — S tem dopisom se prvič oglasim v Novi Dobi. Mislim, da je pravilno, da se društveni uradniki večkrat oglasijo s kakim dopisom ali vsaj z naznanilom o delovanju društvg. Naj torej kot predsednik društva Sv. Jožefa, št. 45 JSKJ, poročam o nekaterih društvenih sklepih in ukrepih. Na seji meseca marca je bilo sklenjeno opozoriti člane, da naj se bolj zavedajo svojih dolžnosti napram društvu z o-zirom na ^plačevanje asesmen-tov. Društva naših bratskih podpornih organizacij so društva in ■ ne kakšne zavarovalninske družbe. Zato tudi ni dolžnost društvenega tajnika, da bi hodil od hiše do hiše in kolektal asesmente. Tajniki naših društev niso plačani za tako delo, kot so agenti zavarovalninskih družb. Zato naj vsak član skrbi, da bo imel svoj asesment plačan ob pravem času. Ako je kdo začasno v zadregi, da ne more plačati, naj pride na sejo in se tam priporoči, da društvo založi zanj za asesment. Naj se nikdo ne zanaša na tajnika, češ, bo že on založil zame! Tajnik nima pravice za nikogar zalagati iz društvene blagajne, če ni v to pooblaščen po društvenem sklepu, če pa društvo sklene, dil se za člana založi asesment iz društvene blagajne, potem bo seveda tajnik to storil. Vsi asesmenti naj bi bili plačani vsaj do 24. dne v mesecu. Tem potom tudi naznanim, da so se člani in članice atletič-nega kluba našega društva odločili, da se udeležijo kegljaške tekme JSKJ, ki se bo v dneh 27. in 28. aprila vršila v Clevelandu, Ohio. V podporo te aktivnosti so sklenili prirediti zabavni večer v soboto 13. aprila. Zabava se bo vršila v spodnjih prostorih Holy Trinity šole in odbor se bo po trudil, da preskrbi kar največ zabave za mlade in starejše. Seveda ne bo brez domače harmonike, iz katere se bodo vsipali živahni valčki, poskočne polke itd. Vsi člani, posebno še sta rejši člani in članice so vabljeni, da se te zabavne prireditve udeležijo v kar največjem številu. Pridimo vsi skupaj in pokažimo na ta način vsem, poseb S pota. — List za listom pada v jeseni z dreves in tako padajo življenja, ko pride njih čas. Dne j 27. marca letos mine leto, odkar je za vedno zatisnil oči rojak in sobrat John Movern. Pokojni je bil večkratni glavni odbornik JSKJ, spoštovan med ro-. jaki in drugorodci ter dober in skrben oče svoje družine. To sem premišljeval, ko sem pred dobrim mesecem skupaj spravljal gotove predmete pokojnega Moverna, da se vse odpošlje Slovenskemu narodnemu muzeju v Cleveland, Ohio. Pokojnikov najmlajši sin Henry je te razne predmete, podpisoval za svojega pokojnega očeta. Njegov starejši sin je v Washing-tonu, D. C., hčerka pa nekje v Arizoni. Njegova soproga in družina so pokojnika ohranili v ljubečem spominu, V Chisholmu, Minn., je dne 16. marca umrl Louis Verant, star 74 let, član društva št. 30 JSKJ. Umrl je na domu svoje , hčere Mrs. Ed. Jakše. Pokojnik ■ je živel v Zedinjenih državah 50 let in zadnjih 20 let je bival , na farmi blizu Greeneya. Dne 21. marca se šteje oficiel-no za začetek pomladi, toda letos smo imeli v Minnesoti skoro vso zimo nekako pomladno vreme. Sicer je večkrat padlo precej snega ,ki pa se je navadno hitro stopil. .Lansko leto sem opisoval lepo svatbo ob jezeru Skagoma v bližini Gilberta, Minn. Nevesta je bila Miss Priscilla Lapp, članica JSKJ od rojstva in po po- , klicu učiteljica. Zdaj živi na Biwabiku kot soproga dr. Spur-becka. In te dni sem izvedel, da je. bila omenjena mlada dvojica obdarovana z dvojčkoma, štorklja je zakoncema prinesla kar dva zala fantička v enem poletu. Iz tega se lahko sklepa, da minnesotskih štorkelj ni za podcenjevati, posebno ,kadar se gre za napredek mladinskih oddelkov. Mnogo sreče vsem! Matija Pogorelc. Ely, Minn. — člani in članice društva Sv. Cirila in Metoda, št. i JSKJ, so vabljeni, da po svojih močeh sodelujejo z društvenimi uradniki za dober uspeh predkonvenčne kampanje. Vsaki član, ki si žel! prostega izleta v Waukegan, Ul., kot častni gost konvencije in ki želi glede tega kakih informacij, naj se obrne na podpisanega, ki mu jih bo dal z veseljem. Do sedaj je naše društvo v tej kampanji prekosilo večino drugih društev, toda če bomo to prednost obdržali, se bo šele videlo. V tekmi za častno članstvo na konvenciji je mnogo kandidatov pri različnih društvih. Naše društvo je dosedaj kvalificiralo dve častni delegatinji za konvencijo, namreč sestro Anno Kovach, soprogo našega društvenega predsednika Josepha Kovacha, in Agnes Tomsich, boljšo polovico podpisanega. Seveda ne mislimo pri tem ostati. Sobrat Joseph Kovach tudi namerava kandidirati in to pri njemu pomeni toliko kot da je že kvalificiral. Za kar se naš Joe odloči, to tudi izvede. So pa še drugi, ki so se izrazili, da bodo skušali doseči častno članstvo na konvenciji, toda ker se mi niso še priglasili, ne morem za enkrat navesti njihovih imen. Pri tej priliki bi želel zapisati nekako svarilo društvu št. 37 v Clevelandu, Ohio, ki je dosedaj največ je društvo pri Jedno-ti. Namen predsednika našega društva in podpisanega je, da dobimo v tej kampanji toliko novih članov, da bomo po številu članstva presegli vsa druga društva naše Jednote. Za en-(Dalje na 8. strani) da je združitev samo vprašanje nekaterih mesecev, in da smo tako aktivni za našo Jednoto, kot da do združenja nikdar ne pride. Naša Jednota mora rasti in napredovati. Za seboj ima že nad 40 let uspešnega dela in zmožna ga bo še nadaljnih 40 in več, če bo imela vedno take aktivne in lojalne člane kot jih ima sedaj. Naše noge so čvrste, življenjska sila naše organizacije je živa in mlada. Ako pride v doglednem času do združenja: dobro! Ako pa bo prihodnja konvencija sodila, da pravih pogojev za združenje še ni, bomo znali za nadaljni napredek organizacije skrbeti kot smo dosedaj. To našo odločno voljo za rast in napredek organizacije bo, upamo, pokazala tudi tekoča predkonvenčna kampanja. Uredništvo Nove Dobe pozdravlja konferenco zastopnikov JS'KJ in SSPZ ter ji želi takih zaključkov in uspehov, ki bodo v korist članstvu obeh bratskih organizacij in v čast našemu življu v Ameriki. VSAK PO SVOJE (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) Vojaški eksperti v Washing-tonu so z ozirom na izid evropske vojne različnih nazorov. Za odločilno zmago Nemčije je po mnenju teh ekspertov deset pogojev proti in eden za; za odločilno zmago zaveznikov pet pogojev proti in eden za; za izčrpanje obeh strank brez odločilne zmage za katero koli stran: dva pogoja za in eden proti. Če ta ugibanja kaj pomenijo, se bo vojna končala brez zmage, nakar se bodo državniki 2G let prepirali, kdo je prav za prav zmagal, v dvajsetih letih pa bodo spet dorasli rekruti za novo vojno. * Malokomu je znano, da holandska krajica Viljelmina la-stuje velik stanovanjski apartment v našem glavnem mestu Washingtonu. Priletni kraljici Viljelmini pripisujejo veliko modrost in inteligenco in temu se lahko pripisuje dejstvo, da ima pripravljeno stanovanje v Washingtonu. Se namreč nič ne ve, kakšne namene ima njen sosed Hitler. * Martinovo je važen praznik za vinorodno Slovenijo, kajti takrat je poganski mošt krščen in se izpremeni v civilizirano vino. Na Patrikovo, to je 17. marca, pa začno v tej deželi izvirati studenci marčnega piva, ki ga običajno imenujemo bock beer. To pivo je nekoliko bolj temne polti, je baje nekoliko močnejše in baje prežene gotove ostanke zimskih betežnosti. Nenavadno ime tega piva, ki ima bradatega in rogatega kozla za patro-na, sega stoletja nazaj v mesto Brabant v Flandriji. Tam so se vsako pomlad zbrali lokalni pi-vovarnarji k letni konferenci in vsak je pripeljal p seboj svoje najboljše pivo. Pa so izkušeni možje razne vrste piva pokušali in debatirali glede odličnosti posameznih vrst. Pri taki priliki se je včasih zgodilo, da je kateri cenjenih zborovalcev telebnil po tleh. Volja je bila pač dobra, kolena pa ne vselej. Toda ,nihče se ni podal, da je pijan; kaj še! Vsak padli kandidat je trdil, da ga je butnil in vrgel “bock,” kar je po naše kozel. Temu se imamo zahvaliti, da se vsako leto na Patrikovo tudi v tej deželi otvorijo božanski vrelci bock beera. Ameriški Slovenci smo dostopni za vsako dobro in plemenito stvar, zato tudi tradicijo bock beera primerno cenimo. In nihče nam ne bo zameril, če si ga privoščimo čašo ali dve na naše zdravje ter na zdravje ameriške svobode, miru in—pomladi. Samo paziti moramo, da nas “bock” ne prekucne. S kozlom se ni šaliti. V Slovenski pesnik France Prešeren je že pred mnogimi desetletji zapisal: “Kdor jih bere, vsak drugače pesmi moje sodi; eden hvali in spet drugi vpije : fej te bodi! Razuzdanim bodo moje pesmi prenedolžne, a tercjalke poreko, da jih je vdihnil zlodi.” To velja še danes, ne samo za pesmi, ampak za vse kar rečeš ali zapišeš. Vse se da zavijati, svojevoljno razlagati in kritizirati. Ako bi se vsak avtor kritiziranega članka, stavka al: bcsodo i&esii, bi -manjkalo vrvi v trgovinah in primernih drevesnih vej v parkih. * Izrealci starega testamenta so baje imeli komodno navado, da so vsako leto ob priliki praznika, ki je nekako sličil naši veliki noči, žrtvovali na grmadi tolstega koštruna, na katerega kosmati hrbet so bili prej odložili vse svoje grehe preteklega fiskalnega leta. Slavnemu občinstvu so bili grehi lepo odpuščeni, koštrun pa je šel tja, kamor pač gredo grešni koštru-ni. To je bilo ugodno in komodno za vse, razen za koštruna, ki pa pri tem ni imel bsede. Zgodovina se ponavlja. Nezmotljivi zbor krepostnih farizej evin pis-marjev, ki prezirljivo gledajo na nas, zmotam podvržene cestninarje, je te dni za “grehe” dela slovensko-ameriškega Izraela določil kot daritveni žrtvi kar dva koštruna ali kozla, in enega teh ima čast predstavljati avtor te kolone. Ker pa ta “'koze]” za enkrat še ni pripravljen za žgalno daritev, pooblašča v to svrho kozla, ki je patron bock beera. Naj bo on žrtvovan za grehe, ki so in ki jih ni. A. J. T. DRUŠTVENE IN DRUGE SLOVENSKE VESTI (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) Koncert združenih slovenskih društev v Velikem New Yorku, med katerimi je tudi društvo št. 50 JSKJ, se ob vršil v nedeljo 14. aprila v Slovenskem domu na 253 Irving Avenue v Brook-lynu, N. Y. * Federacija društev JSKJ v Minnesoti bo zborovala v nedeljo 28. aprila v Gilbertu, Minn. Zborovanje se bo vršilo v Community Bldg. in se bo pričelo ob eni uri popoldne. * Velike kegljaške tekme, katerih se bodo udeležili kegljači in kegljačice JSKJ iz raznih držav, se bodo vršile v soboto 27. aprila in v nedeljo 28. aprila v Clevelandu, Ohio. Prostor tekem: St. Clair Eddy Alleys, 12320 St. Clair A ve. * Na materinski dan, to je 12 maja, se bo vršila veselica društva št. 116 JSKJ v Exportu, >Pa. Prostor veselice: Slovenska dvorana, White Valley. * Tridesetletnico svoje ustanovitve bo proslavilo društvo št. 99 JSKJ v Moon Runu, Pa., z velikim piknikom, ki ga priredi v nedeljo 23. junija. * Zveza slovenskih društev v Jolietu, 111., naznanja prireditev velikega skupnega piknika v nedeljo 30. junija. * To pa ni prav! V Lorainu, Ohio, je resno obolel tajnik društva št. 6 JSKJ, Matija Ostanek ,ter vodi tajniške posle začasno zapisnikarica Mrs. Vida Kumse. V Chicagu, 111., je zbolela za “flu” tajnica društva št. 170 JSKJ, sestra Agnes Jurečič, in mora začasno voditi tajniške posle njen soprog John Jurečič. Sobrat Ostanek in so-aeslra Jurečič sta dobra in agilna dmLivor-a uradxika tor jo r.o "NOVA DOBA" GLASILO JUGOSLOVANSKE KATOLIŠKE JEDJSIOTL Lastnina Jugoslovanske Katoliške Jednote Izhaja vsako sredo Cene oglasov po dogovoru Naročnina za člane 7te letno; ta nečlana $1.50; za inozemstvo $ž OFFICIAL ORGAN of the SOUTH SLAVONIC CATHOLIC UNION, Inc., Ely, Minn Owned and Published by the South Slavonic Catholic Union, Int. ISSUED EVERY WEDNESDAY Subscription for members $.72 per year; nonmembers $1.50 Advertising rates on agreement Naslov za vse, kar se tiče lista: NOVA DOBA 6233 St. Clair Are. Cleveland, O. VOL. XVI. ŠTri3 ZDRUŽITVENA KONFERENCA •-------- V Clevelandu, Ohio, v največji slovenski naselbini Amerike, se te dni vrši združitvena konferenca med zastopniki JSKJ in SSPZ. Zastopniki omenjenih dveh organizacij bodo skušali napraviti načrt ali načrte, ki bi eventuelno mogli dovesti do združenja. Združitev dveh organizacij ni enostavna zadeva, ki bi jo bilo mogoče izvesti tako rekoč preko noči. Toda nekje je treba začeti in ta začetek je bil storjen v letošnjem januarju. Glavni odbor JSKJ je prejel iz glavnega urada SSPZ vprašanje, da-li je pripravljen stopiti z zastopniki SSPZ v stike in razgovore za sestavo načrtov, ki bi mogli voditi do združenja teh dveh bratskih organizacij. Glavni odbor JSKJ se je temu pozivu z veseljem odzval ter takoj imenoval odbor treh članov, ki naj ukrene vse potrebno za konferenco z zastopniki SSPZ. Zastopniki omenjenih organizacij so se te dni zbrali k tozadevni konferenci v Clevelandu. V koliko bo njihovo delo uspešno, ne vemo; želimo jim pa najboljšega uspeha. Čas za tako konferenco je prav zdaj zelo primeren. Redna konvencija SSPZ se bo vršila letos v maju, redna konvencija JSKJ pa letos v septembru. Obe konvenciji bosta lahko o predloženih načrtih razpravljali in dali glavnim odbornikom navodila za nadaljno postopanje. Ob priliki zadnje konvencije JSKJ ni bilo opaziti ni-kakega razpoloženja za združevalno delo in glavnemu odboru niso bila v tem oziru dana nikaka navodila ali naročila. Prihodnja konvencija, ki se bo vršila v letošnjem septembru, bo, tako vsaj upamo, imela pred seboj načrt ali načrte, na podlagi katerih se bo morda lahko začelo faktično združevalno delo. O tem bo odločala konvencija, ki bo kot najvišja oblast edina kompetentna privoliti v združenje ali pa isto odkloniti oziroma odložiti. Člani obeh organizacij imajo vso pravico pričakovati in zahtevati, da bodo v primeru združitve obstoječe pravice in ugodnosti vseh zajamčene. Istotako je skoro gotovo mnenje vseh članov, da če pride do združitve, naj bo prava združitev, ne pa kakšna pridružitev ali pri-klopitev. Združena organizacija naj bi bila ha gotov način nova organizacija, ki naj obdrži vsa dobra svojstva obeh in v kateri naj bi se nobena stranka ne čutila “podjarmljeno.” Pravo bratstvo se more v združeni organizaciji ohraniti le na tak način. Pri združitvi seveda pride v poštev tudi materialna stran obeh organizacij, tako z ozirom na zahteve državnih zavarovalninskih department^ kot z ozirom na protekcijo članskega premoženja. Na podlagi stanja obeh organizacij, ki prihajata za enkrat za združenje v poštev, se zdi, da v tem oziru fie bo nepremostljivih zaprek. Na pravi podlagi izvršena združitev bi do gotove meje koristila članstvu obeh organizacij. Nespametno pa bi bilo pričakovati, da bi združitev rešila vse probleme, s katerimi se imajo boriti bratske podporne organizacije. Ako bi imela, na primer ena organizacija 15 tisoč članov in druga tudi 15 tisoč, bi združena organizacija štela 30 tisoč članov in na podlagi tega še enkrat tolike obveznosti kot jih je pred združenjem imela ena izmed prizadetih. Izplačila bi bila še enkrat tolika in uprava bi pri večjem številu članov tudi več stala kot pri manjšem. Vsaka oseba more opraviti le toliko dela, kolikor ga more. Mala organizacija z nizko povprečno starostjo članov je boljša in trdnejša kot velika, ki ima stare člane in malo mladega prirastka. Vsaka organizacija, mala ali velika, ki hoče obdržati svojo solventnost in pravico do poslovanja, mora neprestano pomlajati svoje članstvo s pridobivanjem novih, posebno mladih članov. Organizacija, ki bi to zanemarila, pa naj bo še tako velika, bi bila obsojena v pogin. Agitacija za nove člane bo morala neprestano iti naprej, združenje ali ne združenje. Naša J. S. K. Jednota je danes po številu svojega članstva in po premoženju tretja največja slovenska podporna organizacija v Ameriki. Njena solventnost je odlična, njene investicije dobre in njen napredek časten. Kot taka prav gotovo ni po razmerah prisiljena, da bi se združevala s katero koli drugo organizacijao. Toda, ako bi združitev mogla prinesti/ nadaljne ugodnosti članom naše organizacije in članom organizacije, ki bi bila pripravljena se z nami združiti, bi bilo nepošteno in nebrat-sko, če bi se takemu združenju delale zapreke. Zato se je glavni odbor JSKJ z veseljem odzval povabilu bratske SSPZ za prve poskusne korake, ki morda dovedejo do združenja teh dveh organizacij. Odločilna beseda pa bo seveda pripadla konvencijama obeh organizacij. Članstvo JSKJ pa naj se ne vdaja iluzijam, da bo združitev, če pride do isto, rešila vse probleme. Združitev je morda blizu, morda pa je še zelo daleč. Z ozirom na to jt pripuruCljivo', di -mu tako L aL&jb razpolovili, kut samo v njunem interesu, ampak tudi v interesu društev in Jed^ note, da skoraj in popolnoma okrevata. To res ni prav, da nam ravno tekom predkonvenčne kampanje obolijo dobri društveni delavci. * Društvo št. 75 JSKJ v Meadow Landsu, Pa., je v letošnjem februarju izgubilo dva člana. Srčni hibi je podlegel Lenard Lenasi, društveni zapisnikar, star 62 let. Zapušča dve omoženi hčeri in dva sina. Rojen je bil v vasi Šmihelu pri Postojni. Nekaj dni pozneje je po kratki bolezni umrl Joseph Lesjak, star 48 let, po rodu nekje od Novega mesta na Dolenjskem. Zapušča soprogo z družino in tri brate. * Iz daljne Indije je došla na naslov uredništva Nove Dobe dopisnica sledeče vsebine: “Prosim pošljite mi na ogled nekaj številk Vašega cenjenega tednika. Z odličnim spoštovanjem, Janez Ehrlich.” Naslov odpo-šiljalca je naveden sledeče: “Janez Ehrlich, St. Mary’s College, Kurseong, D. H. Ry., Brit. India.” Na naslovni strani kartice je pripomba pisca: “Written in Slovenian,” zraven pa je pritisnjen pečatnik cenzorja, ki ima v obliki trikota število 7, ob zunanjih straneh pa besede: ‘Passed — Censor — Bombay.” Zanimivo bi bilo vedeti, če ima britiška vlada v Bombaju, Indija, res cenzorja ,ki razume slovensko. RAZNO IZ AMERIKE IN INOZEMSTVA (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) KONJI ZA EVROPO S planjav našega zapada je bilo zadnje čase poslanih nad tisoč konj na evropsko vojno fronto. To kaže, da modema vojska kljub obsežni motorizaciji še vedno potrebuje mnogo konj. Tekom zadnje svetovne vojne je bilo iz Zedinjenih držav poslanih na evropska bojišča 950,000 konj in 345,000 mul. HLADNA VELIKA NOC V treh četrtinah Zedinjenih držav je bila letošnja velika noč hladna kot malokdaj. Od Atlantika do Rocky Mountains ter od Canade do sredine Texasa je velikonočna sezona sličila božični. Zapadno od Rocky Mountains, v Floridi in v delu držav ob Mehiškemu zalivu je bilo vreme normalno. V Clevelanda Ohio, je toplomer na veliko nočno jutro kazal 9 stopinj nad ničlo, medtem ko je na božične utro kazal 25 stopinj nad ničlo -Jajmrzlejše velikonočno jutro 30 imeli v pevils Lake, North Dakota, kjer je toplomer kazal 15 stopinj pod ničlo, najgorkej-še vreme pa je bilo v New Orleansu, Louisana, kjer je toplomer kazal 85 nad ničlo. KAJ SE PLETE V JUGOSLAVIJI? Diplomatski krogi v Washing-.onu sodijo, da Nemčija in Italija zadnje čase izvajata silen pritisk na Jugoslavijo. Baje se gre za proizvode bakrenih in cinkovih rudnikov v Jugoslaviji, katere kontrolirajo angleški in francoski interesi. Nekateri washingtonski krogi menijo, da morda’pride v par tednih do civilne vojne v Jugoslaviji. Nemčija moralno in denarno podpira stranko “frankovcev,” ki se baje zavzema za popolno avtonomijo Hrvatske. Ako pride zaradi tega do civilne vojne, bosta imeli tako Nemčija kot Italija dober vfrok, da prideta “mir delat.” To pa bi utegnilo zanetiti splošen vojni požar na Balkanu. Jugoslovanska Katoliška Jednota v A®et^ ELY. MINNESOTA GLAVNI ODBOR. a>. Izvrstvalru odsek ^ Predsednik. PAUL BARTEL, 225 N. Lewis Ave., Waukegan. Prvi podpredsednik: JOSEPH MANTEL, Ely, Minn. j pi Drugi podpredsednik: PAUL J. OBLOCK, R. D. 1, Tiirtle ^ Tretji podpredsednik: FRANK OKOREN, 4759 Pearl bi.. Colo. at oM Četrti podpredsednik: JOHN P. LUNKA, 1260 E. 173rd land, Ohio. rajnik. ANTON ZBASNIK, Ely, Mlnn. Pomožni tajnik: FRANK TOMS1CH, JR. Ely, Minn' Blagajnik: LOUIS CHAMPA, Ely, Minn pittsDUi#’ Vrhovni zdravnik: DR. F. J. ARCH, tfl8 cnestnut St.. Perma. ci» Urednik-upravnik glasila. ANTON J TERBOVEC, m Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. b). Nadzorni odsek: ... Predsednik. JOHN KUMSE, 1735 E. 33rd St., Lorain, °ni“;eveiBH0 1. nadzornik. JANKO N ROGELJ, 620b Schade Ave., w Ohio. jfliiei 2. nadzornik. PRANK E. VRANICHAR. 1312 N. Center Hlinois. 3. nadzornik: MATT ANZELC, Box 12, Aurora, Mlnn. ^ p, 4. nadzornik: ANDREW MILAVEC, Box 31, Meadow ’ GLAVNI POROTNI ODBOR: 0 j Predsednik: ANTON OKOLISH, 1078 Liberty Ave., 8arbeCoi0 1. porotnik: JOHN SCHUTTE, 4751 Baldwin Ct., Denver. ^ 2. porotnik: FRANK MIKEC, Box 46, Strabane, Pa 3. porotnica: ROSE SVETICH, Ely, Minn fclva N * 4. porotnik: VALENTIN OREHEK, 264 Union Ave.. Broosaj^^ Jednotino uradno glasilo. NOVA DOBA. 6233 St Clalr Ave., Cleveland, 11 111 ■ " ■ ’ 1^1$* Vse stvari, tikajoč« ae uradnih aadev, naj ae pošiljajo na ^^ive jjjj? denarne pošiljatve pa na glavnega blagajnika. Vse pritožbe in vn0yib naalovi na predsednika porotnega odbora. Prošnje za sprejem poSilj«0 prošnje sa zvišanje lavarovalnine in bolniška spričevala uaJ w vrhovnega idravnika. izprem«®*, o Dopisi, društven* naznanila, oglasi, naročnina nečlanov in» cievelaa0’ * ilovov naj se pošiljajo na naslov Nova Doba. 6233 St Claii Av •. Jugoslovanska Katoliška Jednota * Ameriki Je najboljša tfj, favarovalnica v Zedinjenih državah in plačuje oajllberalneji9t j «.^.1 članom Jednota Je zastopana skoro ? vsaki večji slovenski nase drU^JJ^ In kdor hoče postati njen član, naj ae zglasi pri tajniku iok* ® p pa naj piše na glavni urad. Novo društvo se lahko ustanovi gt jea plemena, neoiiraje se na njih vero, politično pripadnost ali n istanejo sprejema tudi otroke v starosti od dneva rojstva do 10- lej* w 0roati mladlnakem oddelku do 18 leta Pristopnina sa ob» oddelka v u&Bl* I Premoftenje tnala nad 92.000,000.00 golvenfcnotf Jadnota anai* NAGRADE V GOTOVIMI ZA NOVOPRIDOBLJENE ČLANE DINSKEGA ODDELKA DAJE JS.KJEDHOT* GOTOVINI. Za novopridobi j ene člane odraslega oddelka <•<> deležni sledečih nagrad: i 9,h za člana, ki se zavaruje za $ 250.00 smrtnim, (• nU§i<% za člana, ki se zavaruje za $ 500.00 smrtnine,£ • za člana, ki se zavaruje za $1,000.00 smrtnine, $ • za člana, ki se zavaruje za $1,500.00 smrtnine, * ■ za člana, ki se zavaruje za $2,000.00 smrtnine> $• za člana, ki se zavaruje za $3,000.00 smrtnine, $ ■ (0 Za novopridobljene člane mladinskega oddal lagatelji deležni sledečih nagrad: ta Člana starega načrta “JA” •— $0.50: za člana načrta “JB” — $2.00; za člana novega načrta “JC’\ t $500.00 *av°r *2M>' za člana novega načrta “JC” s $1,000.00 & $3.00. tfii i" 1 Vse te nagrade so izplačljive šele potem, ko člane plačani trije mesečni asesmenti. sadnih in drugih cvetlice se da usl5veSm s$ . L( presajati v cvetec6 potrebujejo poleg _ cfer?!i, male oskrbe, Pa ® ,nj, do vročih poletni vročine ne ljubiJ0’ ' poroči jivo jih talaAnjifli ti z enoletnici p° cami. V večini naših juga in skrajnež3 pomladi pozne 111 ,njii setev semena na prosto navadn0 uspehov, ker PricfLa Pf JL prepozno. Kdor n jjjjM veselja, da bi J cvetlice pod steK šo posaditev na cgj Ja. najbolje, da jih ^ j le kupi od trgoyS . ko je enkrat k°,lC^el.cnc začetku maja P’‘j1 pf‘^A0 posaditev istih ,,a stalno mesto naj '-e .„ P Uk semena takih težko presajati, ^li seda, mak, navadnK ski, sladki grah sejati se jih snie. $! zemlja toliko °sU merna za obdelo^^. orl ODMEVI 12 w Vi kraj j h (Nadaljevanj, ^jl Ik NOVI GOSV°9‘ ■; gol Idrijski ruds»J n0v« ^ • ar jem letos doW dar je. Država JetiL pila idrijski , 1 družbi “Monte ^ ffigS ba je takoj s PrVlfnrje'*'j3N-stila okrog 60 rU -vjh rih so pri zdravn1^ . dognali, da nis° A delo. Izplačana nina po 8 dni nie/\^-er J to službe. Nekaj ® | J ca/ jo 2!c v ■p&o'4 PREMEMBA VLADE V FRANCIJI Francoski premier Edouard Daladier je pretekli teden re-signiral z vsem svojim kabineten:. Novo ministrstvo je sesta- vil Paul Reynaud, deloma iz prejšnjih članov kabineta. Daladier je v novem kabinetu vojni minister. Novo ministrstvo je za odločnejšo vojno z Nemči- j°- POOSTRENA VOJNA Na zapadni evropski fronti postaja vojna bolj resna. Nemci so z letalskimi bombami napadli važno angleško mornariško bazo Scapa Flow, kjer so baje potopili in poškodovali več vojnih ladij. Angleški letalci so napad vrnili z vrsto napadov na nemško letalsko bazo na o-toku Syltu. Kmalu nato so nemški letalci napadli povorko zavezniških in nevtralnih tovornih parnikov, katere so spremljale angleške vojne ladje. Z ozirom na vse te napade poročata obe stranki o velikih uspehih, med tem ko obe stranki o malovažujeta po sovražniku povzročeno škodo. Poročila obeh strank seveda ne morejo biti točna in resnična. Ena stranka gotovo laže in pretirava, ali pa obe. POMLADNI GLASI (Nadaljevanje s 1. strani) tlic je treba posaditi na prosto v jeseni in navadno lahko ostanejo na svojih mestih več let. Kdor ni poskrbel za te pomladne krasotice v jeseni, seveda ne more pričakovati njih cvetja v zgodnjih dneh pomladi. Enoletne, ria prosto posajene cvetlice, cveto šetev pozni pomladi ali poleti, toda kdor želi nekoliko cvetja pri hiši prej, se lahko posluži mačeh (pansies) in marjetic (daisies), katere je v aprila mogoče kupiti že 'cveteče pri trgovskih vrtnarjih. Marsikje jih je mogoče kupit: pocori tudi v irrooerijskih, NOVA DOBA MARCH 27, 1940 __________________________________________ | || AMPLIFyiNG THE VOICE OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING MEMBERS ff§ |.......|f j Center Ramblers Center, Pa. — Since we are .11 looking forward to the Sixth Vnnual Duckpin Bowling Tour-.lament, let us not forget that i, week after, the Center Ramb-ers are sponsoring their first 3ox Social on April 13, 1940 at Jenter Slovene Hall. Do you remember when Pa /as courting Ma and they went 0 box socials and what good imes they had eating, dancing, rinking, and singing. A lot of )ur friends have never been to 1 box social, and they don’t now what they are like. I will ;ive a little description. Sally, Ann, and Betty are gong to pack boxes — a lunch or two. Maybe Sally will have ood “Kranjske Klobase” in her 3X along with some good “po-ica.” Ann will pack in her box am sandwiches, cake, fruit and ,ome good “Vino.” Betty will ack a box that her favorite joy friend likes. The girls will /rap their boxes up in nice pa-er and ribbons to make them ook beautiful, and will bring em to the box social. There ill be a real auctioneer, who .11 auction all of these boxes If and to the highest bidder le box will be sold. Maybe Tom, Dick and Har-y would all like to get Sally's ox, so they will have to bid in arder to get Sally’s box. Maybe hey will get 'fooled and get ;orae one else’s box. So you see hat fun it will be. There is a ood time, in store for you — jee dancing, drinking, singing, itc. So come on, girls, let us all ack boxes and tell your boy .iends to come along. What do ou say, fellows — let us all urn out and make this box ocial a success. The public is nvited. I know that the girls )romise you all a good treat. ,Ve’ll be seeing you all on April L3, 1940 at Slovene Hall, Cen-er, Pa., at 8:00 o’clock. Mary E. Oblock No. 221, SSCU. Lodge 170 Chicago, 111. — Our lodge “Zvezda,” 170, SSCU is making good progress. The members are looking forward to the trip to La Salle on Sunday, April 7. and I think there shall be a large attendance on that day. Instead of the usual Spring dance, our lodge this year shall hold an informal house party at Mary Golenko’s place on 2246 Blue Island Ave. Each member will be required to pay 25 cents into the lodge treasury, for ( which he shall receive one ad- , mission ticket. Good music, ex- -cellent singing and fine service awaits the guests. The party will begin at 8 p. m. All mem- , bers of our lodge are cordially , invited to attend. John Jurecic, Temporary Secretary at our grand organization for i not Dr. Arch our Supreme Medical Examiner? That’s why we ar.e defending Dr. Arch for the SSCU stands? for the best. i~ both the organization and members for they never attack another Slovene. And as for being spoiled by Dr. Arch, I would rather be snoiled bv hi"’-’' xh"” any o^her I know if b'in'T friend and co-worker will spoil ■ me. , i Stan Progar '1 No. 236 SSO-n OUR TWO TOURNAMENTS I® the SSCU sphere of activity the air is full of the « toing annual bowling tournaments. First, the duck Lf luled for Sunday, April 7, in Pittsburgh, Pa., the tenpins, on Saturday and Sunday, April [M, in Cleveland, O. Lr year marks the sixth consecutive time that oui top,- sPonsored the annual tournaments, and those ikw lnterested in these two tourneys have learnec Inward to these two outstanding athletic events k-„ea} anticipation. And well they might, for Pitts gpnq Cleveland have proved inspiring hosts to the ^ Who have expressed great delight in the pas feam °n^ *n ^ie tournaments proper, but also in the 1^® of entertainment enveloping the two athletic ijj^haking, meeting new acquaintances, renewinr 8 — these factors are just as much a part of the program as rolling the balls down the alleys ’Sate s branch lodges spread through a numbei ft (]S> anc^ ^ *s n°t very °^en our members ar< Is ®ortunities to meet their distant brothers and feil two annual bowling tournaments owe theii ■jfy'i,, & Popularity more to the anxiety of the member ;|L fUo” to each other than in the primary objectiv fen nament- That is> to decide national SSCl |L and runners-up. N nfeVe> all our SSCU members, who can possibly |L e. time and the money, are urged to come tc Nand subsequently to Cleveland; if not to bowl B; their own eyes the two outstanding athletic ■taiv?1 0Ur SSCU and the attractive programs o jtaent that follow. the bowlers who have never participated ir Wid ents> and who may be skeptical about th_ EL Worthy of their attention: Both the topnotc ai:d the mediocre ones — and even the be EL- have been heard to say that they would no Ity* tournaments, if there was the slightest pos-fu °r them to take time out and make the trip. time to make plans to attend the two I *)eLfvrnaments. Our SSCU is sponsoring them foi Neii i component members. Why miss ou a U1 Program that is at your disposal but twic ' remember, the more the merrier. Ramhlinjr (hatter By Big Stan BRIEFS | < wm ■■ mi ■■ — - — A word of advice: All lodges who wish to be represented at the sixth annual national SSCU duckpin tournament in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Sunday, April 7, are urged to forward the filled out entry blanks together with entry fees at once to chairman L. P. Boberg, 5421 Carnegie Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. Mailing of entries at the last minute may mean failure of letter to reach its destination on time, and the subsequent inconveniences. Further, the chairman and the committee need two or three days to check minutely each entry and to prepare the tournament schedule. First month of pre-convention campaign drive is nearly over. Have you entered your name as candidate for honorary delegate? Rewards for reaching your goal are liberal. The task of enrolling a sufficient number of new members to qualify is not difficult if the candidates will apply themselves during the next three months. Four SSCU state federations will hold very important meetings next Sunday and the one following. Represe ntatives should attend these vital meetings. They will take place as follows: In Walsenburg, Colo., the Colorado Federation will meet on Sunday, March 31, at 9:00 a. m. in Kapusin’s Hall. A dance, on Saturday, March 30, at Walsenburg Pavilion, will precede the federation meeting. In Pittsburgh, f * the Western Pennsylvania Federation will meet on Sunday, March 31, at the Slovene Auditorium on 57th and Butler Sts. In La Salle, III., the Illinois and Wisconsin Federation will assemble on Sunday, April 7. In Cleveland, O., the Ohio Federation will convene on Sunday, April 7, in the Slovene National Home on St. Clair Ave. The Cleveland Slovenian Language Club announces a speaker for its next meeting on Friday, March 29, at the St. Clair-East 55th St. Public Library. 8 p. m. Vatro J. Grill, editor of Napredek, official organ of the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society will speak on “Impressions of Cleveland Slovenes Thirty Years Back.” Softball t?am of lodge 35, SSCU, Lloydell, Pa., will hold a benefit dance on Saturday, March 30. * # In Barberton, O., the auxiliary athletic club of lodge 44. SSCU will hold a dance on Saturday, April 6, at Domovina I hall on 14th St. C 1 Lodge 140, SSCU of Morley, t Colo., will hold a dance on Sat- j urday, April 13, at Motor i .Parks. 1 ! On Sunday, April 14, lodge y ■ 15, SSCU, Pueblo, Colo., will ! ■ observe its fortieth anniversary ^ i f with a dance in the Slovene Na- : i tional Home on 301 E. Northern < ' Ave. 1, Lodge 99, SSCU, Moon Run, ! Pa., announces a picnic on Sun-r day, June 23, when it shall ob-j T serve its 30th anniversary. Lodge 1 Goes to Town in Campaign Ely, Minn. — Members of Lodge 1, SSCU, are urged to cooperate with their lodge officers in regard to the pre-convention campaign by informing them or any prospective mem-bers which they may know of. If any member feels that they would like to have the free trip Lo Waukegan, and needs infor- j mation with regard to the en- j ,'ollment of new members allj ;hey have to do is to contact the undersigned and I will be more than glad to give all the information necessary. To date, aur lodge has surpassed most! of the other lodges, but whether, we can maintain this pace re-1 mains to be seen. Many lodges e in this race for new mem-.ers, and many members will qualify for the free trip to the _on*ention city. To date lodge ’ .fo. 1 has two qualified for the rip, namely, Anna Kovach, ; .rife of Joseph Kovach, presi-ient of the lodge, and Agnes ' omsich, the better half of the ' niersigned. This does not e-n that we intend to give up .3,/ that we have our wives ualified for the trip. Joseph » ^ovach has decided to try for - he trip also, and that is tanta-i _.ount to qualification, for if 3 Joe makes up his mind to win, - no doubt he will. 5 There are others who have mentioned they would try for 8 he trip, but as they have not t .ontacted me in this respect, I .. _annot mention their names at :■ .his time, but if we continue to - enroll members as we have e ^arted until the present, 1 would like to give warning tc ( LODGE NO. 37, of Cleveland, } Ohio, that we will surpass them ^ in membership. That has been ..he goal of Mr. Kovach and my- : self for some time, but to date we cannot live up to our boast; however, we shall do our ut- j _.ost to gain this goal, of the ..rgest lodge in the Union. So ; warn you, Bro. Rudolf, that . ,o. 1 will surpass 37, if it is at 11 possible. Of course you and j your officers will have some- j .hing to say about this, and I ;now you will not be the last n this campaign. This is why I appeal to all the members to inform us of any possible prospects, and if you don’t want your name mentioned, we can .ceep mum, as long as we have: the prospect to work upon. I hope that this campaign will esult in a huge success, and nat at least 50 honorary delegates will bp present at Wauke-jan. Fniiik Tomsich, Jr., Sec’y Nq. 1, SSCU. ► Lodge 6 Lorain, O. — The secretary of lodge 6, SSCU Bro. Matija Ostanek is ill and Vida Kqmse, 1735 E. 33rd St., has taken over the duties of the secretary temporarily. For this reason all membei’s and others who may | have business with the secretary ai‘e requested to get in touch with the temporary secretary aJ. the foregoing address. Members are further invited to attend in full numbers the next meeting on April 21, where it shall be decided upon whether i1- i" n— essary to elect a regul"r tary for the remainder of thr year. ■ j Vida Kumse, Temporary Secretary and Recording Secretary Ely, Minn. — Sitting around i the press conference table with 1 our supreme secretary, Bro. Anton Zbasnik, this pre-Easter : morning, the eyes of Little Stan 1 glisten with genuine pride and 1 admiration as he hears the latest i developments in our SSCU’f 1 j great 1940 campaign. With pen land pad in hand, your campaign newsman swiftly jotf down amazing facts, reeled off with dispatch from the lips of the supreme secretary, i FOR THROUGH SATURDAY, FIVE HONORARY DELEGATES TO THE 16TH QUADRENNIAL CONVEN-TION OF OUR SSCU IN WAUKEGAN. ILLINOIS, NEXT ; SEPTEMBER, HAD AL-! READY QUALIFIED! ANP ; TO MAKE THINGS EVEN i MORE INTERESTING, ’ FIFTY OTHER CANDIDATES j! WERE ENTERED IN THE ! FIELD. ALL BOUND AND - DETERMINED TO QUALI-“ FY! j; Imagine such great progresp i with the campaign only one r month old! What new records - will be set when the campaign f concludes three months from ,1 now on June 30th! Keep up with the results by reading our supreme secretary’s detailed re-3 ‘ port on new membership enroll-r ments! You’ll find it interest-t ing and it will add to enthusi-* asm! The figures you’ll read are X authentic to the last digit for 0 they come from the well-kept, ® accurate, up-to-date files from the Home Office. They bear the n official stamp to assure the e membership of latest and hottest news being made by cam- i’ paigners throughout the na- v tion, and believe me, Little Stan v likes to write the real “hot” c record-breaking news! First to qualify, you’ll re- 1 member, was Mrs. Agnes Ko- I vach, wife of Joseph Kovach, “ secretary of Lodge No. 1 in Ely. 1 Next was the hard-working fel- ' low from Lodge No. 45, Indian- * apolis, Ind., by name of Henry ] Dezelan. This lodge had enough ' members to qualify a delegate < several weeks ago, and made 1 “Believe It Or Not,” news when they didn’t send in the name of the lucky person. But the name is in now and Henry De-' zelan is The one. Third hard-working member and secretary to qualify was Bro. Louis Ambrozich of Lodge No. 30, Chisholm, Minn. Every time our Union sponsored a campaign, Bro. Ambrozich was in the field, plugging. And here’s one fellow who always came through with flying colors. Our SSCU membership should take hats off to Bro. Ambrozich! He helps Minneso^ ta keep the front lines in these drivers! Mrs. Agnes Tomsich, wife of our assistant supreme secretary of Lodge No. 1, was the fourth delegate to be qualified. Her hard working husband and Pal Joseph Kovach are really making things hum in the 1940 camoaign, as they have in past undertakings. Our SSCU needs men like that! Fifth honorary d e 1 e g ate comes from Indiana noli1* "g^in in the person of Louis Mihiar-cic of Lodge No. 45 a^me unii where, Henry Dezelan hail: from. That lodge is really set ting a fine pace in the cam Five Delegates Qualify for 1940 SSCU Conclave. 50 Candidates Entered in Campaign! R« Little Stan paign—an example for others to follow! And there you have it. Another week of sensational campaign progress. It will certainly be grand fun getting together in Waukegan, 111., next September! Next week, there will be no "tress conference at the Home Office because our Supreme Secretary is leaving on an of-eicial business trip to Cleveland, Ohio. Meantime, Little Stan will keep his nose to the ground, and lee if he can’t dig up some juicy morsels of news. It’ll be grand ”un, don’t you think? Easter season — over when rou read this — is making weather history here in this up and coming SSCU city. Good Friday found people shivering in sub-zero weather, something like ten below. Saturday morning was no exception, and the weather prophets predicted 15 below for Easter Eve! However the skies are clear and bright, and there is hardly any snow, akes the cold more penetrating! How are you people in the East and South? Bro. Max Fink of Conemaugh, Pa., who was a delegate to the athletic conference in Ely last year dropped Little Stan a cute Easter card; Matt Vertin got one too. By the way, guess you people who enjoyed yourselves *o much at Vertin’s would be interested to know that a fire which supposedly started from defective furnace did considerable damage to Vertin’s cafe . ' his week. Damage to the building amounted to some $600, but . vou can’t keep Matt down. He was open for business already on Saturday! Gopher girls are all set for that trip to Cleveland! Mrs. Frances Vranichar, wife of our supreme trustee, Bro. Frank Vranichar of Joliet, 111., informed Little Stan by post card that Joliet Ladies would be glad to roll against the Gopher Girls. Date set is April 25. So you Joliet fans, hang tight; those Gophers are on the way! On the way, they’ll also stop in Lorain, Ohio, to visit some minutes with Mr. and Mrs. John Kumse and family. You remember Mr. Kumse is one of our supreme board members; and in Cleveland, we’ll see the whole gang— Bro. Janko N. Rogelj, Bro. Ter-bovec, Bro. Kolar, and his harming family (Remember Tust An Echo, Yoo Iioo!), — Everyone is looking forward to this trip with genuine interest! 1 You Joliet and Cleveland guys ' Primc, Poklar, Zalar, and Co., 1 etter get primed up — these ■ ',nr)1'ev' vowlers are a treat for r the eyes! eea ce there will ve no press conference next week, Little f "tan will save Robert Bartel’s - nformation about the conven-i' tion city — Waukegan, until . "hat time. It’ir cover a lot of 1 ;;pace, but it’s good- You’ll like i ‘ to read a little about the city 3 which will be your headquarters t|nexi September! I Now all eyes are turned to Pittsburgh where the annual e National SSCU duckpin tourna-n ent gets underway April 7th. "'e e!s \ hoping everyone who it ’ owls duv kpins enters the tour* Is | nament, and her«’« wishing t-1 every success! 1-| Oonf.U'UPd on Dane *' ■“'he better race and a race that will be looked up to by all thaJ are not fortunate enough to be Slovenians. That is why here in Western Pennsylvania everybody is very glad to number Dr. F. J. Arch, our Supreme Medical Examiner as their very good friend, a friend to be proud of and the one true friend, i But in a mid-western city, i there lives a person who wishes our good Dr. Arch to be branded as a “bad egg” and one that is leading the Slovenians astray. He has had the gall to say that Dr. Arch is a leader of the Communistic movement and if we, (the associates of Dr. Arch) don’t watch oursčlves, we too will be as bad if not worse than the good doctor. Of course, this was very funny and made us laugh to no end for this is absurd and “stupidity” of the first class. (Where did we see that phrase before?) But we must rise up in defense of the GOOD Dr. Arch for even if we here in ! Western Pennsylvania do know > that this is as wrong as wrong ( itself, the Slovenes of other '< ' states do not. But they can 1 judge for themselves. Will the: * believe the word of just one per- ’ son from out mid-west who for some reason or another doesn’t; want the Slovenes , to become | more closer attached to their ! race or will they take the word of the Slovenes of Western Pennsylvania, not just ona, but the many that have worked an 1 lived with Dr. Arch. They know - him, his principles and his mo- - tives and that is why they are glad to go on working wi'h D-Arch and to be hi° f"i-r> 1 know hr Uv. .’ i - • he is and no oLher and uia s why they laughed at the accu--'sations from mid-west. Also, ^ that slap at Dr. .Arch wa« « k ~ 1 kn°W a 1!» 0j ltsburgh, a very grand you d°n,t Bj> y *|ay. He is a member W'tiL e^C£il profession bu' |v°uldn’t mind being m^ Um a" sincere *n l^tts takings and when any venture, he puts soul into it. Be-t ft the sick, he is l^efMSteci in the Slovenes v’ a Slovenian only in lessening Hr/ l^S a^so their so-lo^- He believes tha. ij,. nes could be brought Je\y1U °ne common cause t0 old friendships long th^611 ’^° rev*ve the ’ >ts Slovene race, its Ventures and its ac-ig tK Be believes in ho s^,andards of the Slo-f jJ*1 ^st people to peo-|ve P°i'tance in their re-.'^mumties, whereby ^ ashamed to say SW^ith enian but rather j t Pride and speak the Vs to v|^.Ue w*th gusto. He Sb. 5te r*ng out the Slovenes to acconvdr’ p V ti^ 'hings "nd at >h j6’ e*Ve that Sloven-^.'^6 KCe.aS a w^O-2 cre^it Sieves that it is very l,1 \ 0 e^Ucate the Slovene" j ? an(* the young, to , ,^etter American citi-^ that America wi” yK' Of p°j aiid h?il^d bv m”'’ • races. He also be-jj®| ^ de, Slovenes cap and /jK a better frater- jWV*' amonS brother Slo- pPpunking ^he Sir :! .i|K% / ’ ' r- ~ ^ ha is a grrnJ f / 1V ^ h\ ’ he is and has p ^ w one burning ambi ® the ^lov'-'ni'1" vor,/ FRANK E. VRANICI!AR: Illinois Fraternal Congress Annual Meeting On March 8th the annual meeting of the Illinois Fraternal Congress convened at the Morrison Hotel in Chicago. As Supreme President, b r other Paul Bartel, notified me that he would be unable to attend, I went in his place on behalf of our Union. The meeting was attended by 51 representatives of 31 Fraternal organizations and in addition by quite a number of ladies employed in the Home Offices of several Societies located in and near Chicago. 67 Societies and 9 individuals belonged to the Congress at the close of the year. The officers of the Congress in their reports stated that the past year was rather quiet in so far that no serious problems or legal questions had to be decided. Mayor Edward J. Kelly of the City of Chicago, personally welcomed the meeting. It was stated that Mayor Kelly is a member of Fraternal Societies for over 30 years and many of his successes helping him to become the chief executive of America’s second largest City can be traced to what he learned through his fraternal lodge membership. He emphasized that it is an uphill struggle to make our members, especially the young, realize what a blessing Societies such as ours are, but if they become actively interested in the Society’s work they are sure to learn many things through which they will be able to reap benefits later on in life. There is a great opportunity for our young members to become somebody important by being active in Fraternal work. Another speaker told about our major need to let the public know that our Certificates have been modernized and “streamlined” to provide much greater benefits than heretofore. In other words, let the people know about our Cash and Loan Values, Paid-up Insurance and Extended Insurance privileges. He illustrated that just as the railroads some years ago, when they were losing so much business to trucks and busses, took it upon themselves to improve their equipment and then strenuously convey the news to the public, so should we who are interested in Fraternal Insurance endeavor to improve our sales appeals and then intensively spread the news to the general public. We should emphasize that ours is Protection with a Heart, as compared with the Old Line Life Insurance Companies’ cold-blooded business proposition without any real human interest. With twelve million, five hundred thousand Fraternal certificates in force in this country there is ample opportunity to achieve considerable more success by making our appeal to the younger people. We should point out to them that we give them Fraternity in addition to Life Insurance. Also, we should sell them the amount of protection they need, instead of sim- ply selling them on the value of trading dollars for our protection and a small amount of insurance, leaving them as excellent prospects for the agents of the Commercial Life Insurance Companies. Mr. Frank Boon, Insurance Editor of the Chicago Daily News, who was present as an observer, was introduced and made a few remarks. A letter and telegram from Mr. B. W. Rissey, Fraternal Supervisor of the Illinois Department of Insurance, were read, wherein he expressed his regrets at being unable to attend on account of his illness. Mr. Roy H. Davis, Assistant Director of the Illinois Insurance Department, spoke briefly. The Chairman of the Legislative Committee, Mr. Oscar E. Aleshire, commented on the fact that the State of Illinois took the lead in enacting a new modern Insurance Code, and was followed by the State of New York. Missouri and South Dakota also have adopted more modern legislation, but the other States still have no modern Insurance Code, and next June a Proposed Universal Code acceptable to Fraternal Societies will be submitted to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The Chairman of the Committee on Education reported on the work done by the Illinois Fraternal Congress in distributing 512 free copies of the new book “Fraternal Life Insurance” to Colleges, Universities, six Chicago newspapers and Public Libraries throughout the State. Favorable dissemination of the truth about the advantages of Fraternal Protection in this manner is expected ;o be of much help in our Pubic Relations work. As usual the final business of ;he meeting was the election of officers. Practically all of the old officers were re-elected. The meeting was said to have been one of the most interesting and successful ever held by the Illinois Fraternal Congres. Penna. Federation i Center, Pa. We wsh || have the attention o a I lish-conducted lodges | enough to remind you 1 ja j Federation of SSCU lod^Mj Western Pennsylvania is J ^ to meet again on Mar«**® The English-speaking » J| fl ate especially invited Wjaj i his meet ing since it first ever to be condU«M both Slovene and Eng» • You will all remem^ .I* at the December meebjft ^ k possibilities of ore&fieJ0 English - conducted tu were discussed. ^.wAShpabet-1* however, that it mig , t ter idea to give the , iDti*;f: conducted lodges a P leadership of the exi ganization. There «f- English-speaking ottic ^ elected on the execu iv tee, and several ot _ ai-y committees conSlS onducAfl{ bers of English lodges. -os#« We want as many a of the Slovene-speaking bers at the meeting a jjgjfrt. there will be only two dK sions before the <1°‘ convention of oui ^*3® doubt the by-law comm ^ ^ submit a report w lC discussed. ize^* At this meeting a Prl ,di*K awarded. All tickets s turned in. JolefP^lk We urge all those ^ who were appoint . lodge meetings to a ■ March 31 meeting ot eration. Come prcparf . reStirfjj«i; the important and i discussions. The me«' l at 10:00 a. m. in the Home in Pittsburgh- Isabel* * Dance in _ Them Barberton, pft.w* Martin’s Athletic C u t # SSCU will hold their nual dance on Satur , . fls'l 6, 1940, at the Doi»o 14th St., Barberton, • Q Sneeder of clevela^ ’ furnish the music. gins at 8 o’clock. ^fP*1 is 30c. Everyone invited to attend t 1 i fair' ---------------- gifts some of our bers got. I bet the didn’t forget. Here ^ wj see you again. Who pls^, Mary L. Bodack out, so let’s all ® fcey tions for the banq ^ j hand, and don’t wal tournament, for it c J trouble and confusj0^ gi j your full cooperate chairman and sen ^ time, for if you do*1, a mix-up, and sary delays ® events rolled off- $ So here’s expect1^ of you at the S‘ uiv-. , Duckpin Bowling April 7, 1940 at good time is in s*"° r> \ Be an SSCU boos ^ 1 Paul J. Oblock- 1 Last week, Zvonko Novak has received from Janko Lavrin who was born in Bela Krajina, Slovenija, and educated in Novo mesto, and who is now a prominent professor of languages on the university at Nottingham-London in Great Britain, the following letter: “My dear Zvonko Novak: “Please excuse the delay in answering your kind letter: my two sons were ill and have only now recovered. “First off let me tell you how pleased I was to hear from you. I remember you very well and am much interested in your literary activities. “As for the Anglo-Slovene Dictionary which you are about 1:0 publish, I can heartily welcome the idea, and this for two reasons. “The practical value of such a work for all the Slovenes in America is invaluable; but this point is so obvious that it hardly needs stressing. Nor need I say iow important such a book will be to all those Slovenes at home who are anxious to learn English and to become acquainted with the literature of Great Bri- Traffic Safety Expert engineers and expert drivers talk pre.tty much the same language. The one controls a panting giant of iron and steel. The other controls leashed lightening in powerful cylinders. Both have to use the old head and think fast. Signals, to the engineer, are the first line of defense. They protect him and his train. “Caution,” say the lights; he cuts the engine’s speed smartly. Passing a red light is something he’s never heard of . . . The expert driver thinks that way too! The speedometer sits smack in front of the engineer’s eyes. He guides his speed by conditions. Through towns, across bridges, taking water and around sharp turns, the man in the cab slows down. Conditions, too, guide the expert driver. On the open road, when lanes are clear, he can let the wind rush by. But in crowded traffic, in fog and wet weather, at night, at crossings, the driver-with-the-brain says' whoa! All that makes sense. A car needs room to stop in. Multiply your speed by the first digit, and you get the space that’s ahead before you can come to a LITTLE STAN’S ARTICLE (Continued from page B) Easter bunnies are doing a lot of shivering around here these days, but that won’t take the spirit of the season away from your Little Stanley. Sniffing about, the odor of delicious ham and potica almost got the best of him — on a Friday at that! But he stiffened his backbone, and laid off! But wait until tomorrow! 1 There’s a ham that’s going to be punished awfully hard! And so until next week! Stan Pechaver, No. 2 SSCU Doggone! Aberdonian (sitting to tea): “What’s this, Maggie? Ma guid-ness, is it dog discuits?” His Wife: “Ay, it’s dog biscuits. The dog wis rin ower this forenoon.” tain and America. I should like to stress however, if I may, another point which is also interesting. Having looked at the specimen pages which you sent me, I have no doubt that a book of this kind may foster the interest in Slavonic studies among the students both in Great Britain and America. “The British and American Universities have — comparatively recently — included the Slavonic studies among their subjects; but as far ds the Jugoslavs are concerned, there are hardly any publications to help those American and English students who are intei*ested in Jugoslav languages and literatures. Your dictionary will certainly fill a gap in this respect, and the sooner it finds a publisher, the better. “I was pleased to hear about your work among the American Slovenes, and I hope to hear from you again. If you meet Louis Adamic,;please convey my regards to him. “With best wishes and greetings Yours very sincerely, Janko Lavrin.” halt. (Example—at 30 miles an hour, allow yourself 90 feet, under average conditions.) Even a train has to abide by Nature’s rules of mass and speed! Plenty of other ways engineer and expert driver work alike. The Midnight Special dims lights for approaching trains. The expert driver learned that one long ago, too! (The new cars deflect lights, now, rather than dim them.) . . . The engineers are considerate. They ease the train to a gentle start, remembering passengers in coach and pullman. Expert drivers have the same idea. A few cute tricks are all right in the circus, but in a car, with lives dependent on your good sense, it’s a horse of a different color. Last year over 30,000 persorfs were killed in automobile accidents—over a million injured. There’s no sense to that. Trouble is, most of those accidents were caused by slip-shod drivers. Most of them just didn’t have what it takes. Your car will co-operate with you, plenty—it’s built that way. Fine steels and precision manufacture make it a pal you can trust. . . And it runs best in the hands of an expert. You’ll get Merger Conference This week the merger committees of the South Slavonic Catholic Union and the Slovene Progressive Benefit Society meet in Cleveland in a conference to discuss and prepare preliminary plans leading to the merger of the two societies. At the January annual meeting ,the SSCU supreme board named three of its directors to the merger committee. This in response to the letter from the SSPZ home office inquiring whether the SSCU was prepared to enter into preliminary negotiations with the SSPZ representatives on the question of merger. The supreme boards of the two societies feel that the year 1940 is appropriate for the dis-| cussion and possible action on the merger question. The SSPZ , will hold its regular convention ; in May, the SSCU in September, iand the results of the merger i conference can be discussed and I possibly acted upon by the two j societies at' their regular quad-! rennial conventions. I The editorial staff of Nova jDoba extends its greetings to jthe representatives of the mer-i ger conference now in session in I Cleveland. It also extends to jthem its best wishes for a most successful conference, and may they arrive at results which will be of mutual benefit to the two societies. Drive Safely According to the calendar, Spring is here. We must adjust our walking and driving habits with the season. Too many mo-itorists increase their speed thereby causing accidents and too many pedestrians become careless in their walking habits. The increase in traffic accidents so far this year shows that extra care will be necessary if we hope to stay alive through 1940. — Public Relations Bureau, ; Cleveland Police Dept. Exactly ' Sam: “What am you doing now?” Bo: “I’se an exporter.” Sam: “An exporter!” Bo: “Yep, the Pullman Company just fired me.” more out of the car if you drive well—more mileage, more comfort, more fun. You’ll last longer, too. Be a fine engineer—at the wheel! Duckpin Tourney Center, Pa. — As the Sixth Annual Duckpin Bowling Tournament is drawing near, we all are anticipating a bigger, better, and a more successful tournament than they have been in the previous years. So the committee is expecting you all. Now don’t dissapoint the committee. ThGse of you who do not have that wicked arm of yours warmed up to throw that ball right down the alley for a perfect strike, still have some time left; so make haste — get a-prac-ticing, form a team and turn out for a good time. Those of you who have attended one of the previous tournaments know what a good treat is, and what a good time is had the real fraternal way. For those of you who never attended a bowling tournament, come to Pittsburgh, Sunday, April 7, and see what a good tournament our splendid SSCU offers its members. Bring your friends along to see what they are missing for not belonging to the SSCU. Maybe they’ll get interested and you can talk it into them to join our splendid SSCU. We all know about the campaign our Union is sponsoring which entitles a person for a free trip to Waukegan, Illinois, with expenses paid to be an honorary delegate to the convention. So you SSCU members, this will give you a good chance to secure your new members if you bring your friends along to the Sixth Annual Duckpin Bowling Tournament. They’ll see -for themselves what a splendid South Slavonic Catholic Union offers every year. The entry blanks have been coming in and all of you who still have entry blanks make haste and mail them in along with your entry fees. The committee in charge has a tough job ahead of them, so don’t wait until the bowling tournament to bring your entry blanks and fees, for it causes a lot of confusion and trouble for the committee. If it isn’t asking too much, please obey the rules and it will be easier for you and also the committee in charge. The committee has arranged a number of prizes and they offer a surprise — a new kind of medals —and are they a knockout! The mighty lodge 40 of Claridge, Pa., keeps preaching, but one word lately — Listen, my lads and lassies, we are out to get everything in this sixth Howling tournament that is “gettable.” The Center Ramblers have been mowing them down with more vim, vigor, and vitality. So all you SSCU lodges, send your teams, both men’s, ladies’ and even seniors, to the bowling tournament for they might surprise you and bring home some of the bacon. So, everybody out on April 7, 1940, at Lawrence Alleys in Pittsburgh. Mary L. Bodack has been chosen chairlady again for the bowling tournament banquet. All of you who were present last year know that she does a swell job of dinner supervising, and what a surprise and treat she had for us all. Do you still recall the wonderful surprise Officials of Lodge 120 to Observe 25th Anniversary NAT’L SSCU DUCKPIN TOURNAMENT For Championships of the SSCU to be held APRIL 7, 1940, IN PITTSBURGH LAWRENCE RECREATION ALLEYS, 54th and Butler Sts. Our SSCU Is offering the following cash prizes: For Men For Women 1st prize 2nd prize 1st prize 2nd prize $30.00 $15.00 Team Champs $20.00 $10.00 15.00 10.00 Doubles 10.00 8.00 7.50 5.00 Singles 5.00 4.00 10.00 All Events 7.50 M Entry fee b We a member for each event in the men’s division; ‘ jjf- and 75c for each event in the ladies’ division. All entry blanks accompanied by entry fees should be for- »I« s warded to 1». P. Boberg, 5431 Carnegie Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. For $ jn entry blanks write to !>. P. Boberg, tournament chairman. »j« fmwm :• v' mmf- Lwf® mrnšUim., Pictured are members of Mary Immaculate Conception Lodge No. 120, SSCU who are ready to celebrate their 25th anniversary at a banquet and program to be held in the Community Center Ely, Sunday, April 7. The lodge was organized March 19, 1915. Joseph J. Peshel was the organizer. A living charter-member iz Mrs. George Schneller. Pictured left to right, front row: Mary Kot-zian, vice president; Mary Je-rich, president; Rpse Svetich, secretary (has held the position for 19 years); and Mary Korošec, recording secretary. Back row, left to right: Katherine 'Peshel, Mary Sever, Frances Pengal, all members of the auditing committee, Miss Pengal, chairman; Mary Mistek, treasurer; and Mary Gornik, flag-bearer. — Reported by “Little” Stan Pechaver. 8 Si ® Is! ® I'^srl #1=1 ® JEsž SI^'I NATL SSCU TENPIN TOURNA For Championships of the SSCU to be be* APRIL 27 & 28, 1940 IN CLEVELA£ ST. CLAIR-EDDY ALLEYS, 12320 ST. CLAIR AV Our SS(5U is offering the following cash pri#®- . p For Men For I >,, 1st prize 2nd prize 1st prize fl*n0 ; $30.00 $15.00 Team Champs $20.00 "»j 15.00 10.00 Doubles 10.00 7.50 5.00 Singles 5.00 J, It1 10.00 All Events f 7.50 ( Entry fee is $1.25 a member for each event in the me11 and $1.00 for event in the ladies’ division. Entries Close April 14, 1940. fife All entry blanks accompanied by entry fees shou gti warded to athletic commissioner Louis M. Kolar, 623^ -gplr' . Ave., Cleveland, O. For entry blanks write to Louis M- Janko Lavrin, a Professor of Languages on the University At Nottingham-London, Great Britain, Endorses Zvonko Novak’s Dictionary * professor Gets Romantic Spring Fever * j -------------------------------------------------- ; By LITTLE STAN j By LiiiJ M %, Minn. — First per-B..11to ct>me to the regular HJJjonth'y juvenile p a g e ■ ®ss brisk and breezy l‘?rch morning was none ■ ® than the "Profes- H r’ ~known to you all ■ « Little Stan. Hell Heh. ■ Ut the Prof was difier- I m “»s mornin’ - there ■ ,.as Uo sign of age about . H k at aU- Rather, he was SJ .> he Little Stan of old - liSnwu,1 yodRUn'. jumping’ led ^ • nip u 11 ^*nnesota who felt ! of the class rather i Tsk Tsk- a **af snj nicf rec! apple; $, st' Ca^ tbem yourselves, or- S. But tu 'S in exceptionally ,,a |*ha off aer!are many thlngs I It'ODtslde ’ March blizzard is IScSaM'w„nd that fire has got uitl father in”11'It>s no fUP trying ^ttlesi a cold Magic Carpet P ; **** has h *cnows’ because nany K,,! ad to write when it zero in the little '^žers 8'oves didn't warm ^how1 th*ng—to post the I eft * (I the 1011" First off tha m I?6 Cnfstent' pilots and ■ _^dljig. ' Asterisks designate 'IWw. |%»°nfiLod8e No- 173, Cleve- j NX Ny '**nce Dorothy Start, tfil| S129, ^garet Mary i Mi i &*. tna Florenco 1 s^, Mn Clevelancl, Ohio** i A' 26 J0’ Chicago,** Bob Hi* 5-36 nL ttsburghv-v- Henry ji iS No afi8rdRe’ Pa'';f* R0S1S I tLilian -r ’ R°undup, Mon-l '&** Jn anko' No. 132, Cleve-S- K** vf!nc Korent, No. 200, J* ^.vS‘Ct WidSay, No. 39, ^ i^Sl/eJ)ruary but having feff 'S 36 Ja»uary were: Louis M ^ % i T^own, Pa.; Rose iJt C*«. lRc ’ Minn-; Edward ,tJS r Jt St- Michacl. Pen.!.: ^ S p ' No- 78, Salida. M they'H be I Stan arPet Streamliner . i and the gang next1 : Sho,,0r for h • I I' ^bfuarv hlng.m the 500:1 jK are: y’ besides the ‘'star Qf L°dge No. ?9, B-V jjj Uls Donahue. Lodge r 187 t,1','’ Jennie Toinsic. rt Minps' ml: frZ® No- 44, Bar’o:;i ten. azin’ Lodge No. 34. d&fr-155, ’ J^'ances Glogovšek, >jlle' olli°' Rastline No l' Ely’ Minn-: t ' 5' Soudan, Minn.; 'mWy°r«hS8e No' 134’ Rock [JP 149 Frank Barbič, ^0dge 'abane, pa.; John [i^- o. 162 Enumclaw,1 All con'espondents are really doing a swell job, and that is one of the things that keeps the Prof so cheerful and boyish looking this morning. Yep, today he can throw spitballs and be just as prankish as his most devilish student! For that old gray cloak he has been shrouded in has been discarded—that title of Uncle Stan has been dropped into the wastebasket, and you again have that Little Stan of old. Tell you how it happened. Just ; yesterday the old Uncle Stan went to ; visit his little niece Rosemary. She looked up at him, smiled, and whimpered ; “ 'ittle ’tan!” She didn’t even call Stan, “Uncle”—so your publicity writer resolved to keep the old monicker he always had! Ho Hum! Can you imagine, the little niece pulling off something like that! So from now on it’s the same Little Stan you always knew! Makes him feel young and spry : again, and the old professor is gone. Instead you've got a young swingin’ truckin’ artist at your helm, and we’ll go down to Cleveland and Joliet ^o 1 round up the best swing band in the country, and the Streamline. Magic Carpet Flyer will soar with increasing speed to bigger and better SSCU records! Class is called to order as the youngsters just stream in. The blizzard ias been replaced by sunshine, and really everything is sublime! Joe Oblak is neckin’ in the corner, but who cares— it’s spring! The door opens—who should drop in but our old friend, Cowboy Emil Zebre from Kemmerer, Wyoming. He’s been dropping notes to his many friends around Ely, has never failed to say hello! Everybody clamors for a speech: So Emil obliges: ‘ Did you students hear the of ” and that’s as far as he got, because our handsome hero was stampeded into a neutral corner. Not chased away mind you—but stories sound best when you get around a huddle! Twenty min-uest later above the howling mirth and laughter you could see both Emil and Little Stan exchanging them as fast as they came! The Bell rings! It's almost time for lunch! And sc Emil and Little Stan get the gang back into the seats m remind all those who are 16 years and up that they should see their lodge secretary right away and enter this j great contest to become honorary dele- j gate to the 16th Quadrenniel convention of our SSCU which will be held in Waukegan, 111. this September. Head the rules printed in the paper—then see your lodge secretary, and qualify! Remember it’s not Unclc Stan any ! more it’s Little Stan—Because Rosemary wants it that way! Heh Heh .. See you next month, and be sure to ; be on this happy-go-lucky streamline ; flyer. Stan Pechaver No. 2 SSCU 4fhSiLADiNsKi dopisi jJ i ®tions From Our Junior Members iV l®t^oh*!rragi urednik:—: J Nov teh Par Vrs-ic na P C slovel G Dobe- Sicer ne 'fi V5* flai pisati. toda ata Š tejNo. (^kuSam in se na-Š (T^j! u ,ako je prav, moj J ^ bo n Večkr&t kaj na- 11 Mtw1 tem ,av’ b.omo že tuk!lJ v S1 e boš nekoliko iz-J EVr^ini, kai tj c °P- ^>red.) hoda b0»' H let star. N p5a^°'0-, k At'ri razrede v m sr>e,r. smo P0Prej tam J eila rjismo- dosti iiaučili. C J.^seca lteljica za vseh 8 i t1aei5Rmbra smo se i* %T«oio t B°ncarbo in tu ,£ fS! ^tirj’ maino dva učitelja; 5 dr«ei pa tri. ^ rwra^amo tu-Kd01 hoče 7 ’ mora iti v šolo v ^ tu Zavad’ šo- i v>vt( »° se preselili. Na-l j kratkem času več r1 V SUrlh letih. Naš Jt .6 ’’' jih včasih dobi- t nis»nc pridni. Ve- )■ že » Pt Soli tud' nekaj H bo>,?° zalyrati ne- smo morali Jf. r ^ v ^ a Šolsko igro. A a ski oddelek dru- A t ra?r,Boncarbo- Ata mi H niana ve]ika kam- ! Kit' ^oi ,3ani da se jih bo Kv v svolf |)ravi: Pristopi, v J mladosti, da boš f :0l>., Of>ti! 0n' J. s. K. Jed- 3 I'. ^ John Lipitz, Jr. I I Plhv, ' L »KNVKIt, ( OI.O. !S, 'ItUe luU.: but I guess 1 m'111 Reeling up till * At '•l oi(i you had the sting j 1*0»*, *un'an “Flu,” just as S ^tiy h.'ailk Ood it is not I \>e. i \ 1 resolved to write = fei ^Qtx.°.r °Ur iuvenile sec-] ^5le ^ keep it up. m W C* fthfi °esmond, for the I do think indeed fiSt.. eongratulated for articles. < got quite tiresome. But now we’ve got pretty nice weather, sunshine most of the time but it’s sure windy at night. | I I guess everyone is glad that the semester exams and marks are all over with. I know I am. No doubt everyone has a lot of homework. I don’t have so very much that is besides Latin. Well. I guess even though we have plenty of homework we still have time to get a few new members. Let’s make this year 1940 go over the top in getting new members. I think we can do it, if we try j hard enough. So let’s go out and in- i duce our friends to join. Just remem- I ber the quotation “Work and enthusiasm will do the trick.” I think there’s, something in it, so come on and try. Boy, spring is almost here and am I ever thrilled. I can hardly wait for I summer to come. For you can do so many more things in the summer than j you can in the winter. And Easter is j just around the corner. Not very long now. Gee, the time sure is flying. With my best regards and lots of luck to all the members of SSCU I remain, Rose H. Plutt ' Age: 14) No. 21, SSCU! ST. MICHAEL, PA DEAP, EDITOR: I First of all I must thank you for ; the check I received for my January article. On February ninth, I was 14 years old. I got presents from my I mother and sister. On Valentine’s Day | I got about 25 valentines. A lew of these were comic valentines, and did I we got the laughs. It started to snow on the thirteenth. Thursday' after Valentines Day we didn't have any school beoausc the busses couldn't bring .the; children who live far from the school. : I spent most of Thursday morning out | skiing. I like skiing very much and go I! skiing almost every day. On Saturday : nth we went to » dance held by the' :! newly organized SNPJ mushball team of1 ; j St. Michael. The music was furnished by Martin Serro and his trio. There ; was a big- crowd there and I guess the •; team is out for a good start, I hope that everyone could keep their resolutions : and write to the Nova Doba once a 1 month. Edward Oshaben (Age: 14) ALL ABOARD ON THE MAGIC >: FI.YER Minn. We!!, here it is Friday , 1''‘,’I~! 1’1'iUt! fl.Ji’*j i'Jt t!”j V ll.T’.UiI. , pet Flyer. Elsie Desmond, Irene Pav- j ! lich and I are waiting for Little Stan to ] arrive. Ah—here he comes with the Ely [ ! passengers. Let’s look and see if they’re j jail here. Yes, there’s Justine Korent, | Margai'et Startz, Roaeline Mantel anc! 1 ] Lois Donahue. We three hostesses tell ] i Little Stan who the passengers are j that will make the February trip, j 1 There’s twenty this time. A few of them , I have gotten over the measles and will j be able to make the trip this time. | Everyone is getting restless so we take j off Our first stop is at Chicago, 111., j where Joe Oblak is ready to take his Second trip. He tells us how much he, enjoyed the first ride. Next to Blaine, Ohio where we meet Frances Glogo- ] jvesh, a very charming girl. She tells j j us about her recent trip to Cleveland: ! and about Bridgeport High School, j | Then to Barberton, Ohio we fly. Mary j j Novak hops on and on the way to j j Cleveland she tells her aunt and uncle j 1 came from Eveleth, Minn to visit her | parents. Eveleth isn’t far from Ely, |Mary. “Here we come to Cleveland!”) j Someone yells, yes, good old Cleveland, i J And who is that coming. Why Lillian I j Tanko, one of our first passengers. J She begins to tell us a story entitled “How Peggy Fell on the Ice.” We are j waiting for another story from you next: i month, Lillian. Next we stop for Florence Prosen. There is another girl with I her. “Who can that be?” asked Irene J ! Pavlich. Florence introduces her as ! Jean Antoinette Je Jemiai or “Toni.” | Yes, we have a nice talk with “Toni” and Florence. We find out “Toni” is to: ; be in a dancing recital. We ask to go I along. “Toni” consents and the whole crowd follows Florence and “Toni” to ( the Little Theatre in Cleveland where i the recital will be held. After the re- i cital we congratulate “Toni.” Florence says goodbye to her friend and away we go again. But before we leave Cleve- ; land Elsie Desmond shows us all around Collinwood High School. We all | agree with Elsie that it is a wonderful I school. We would like to stay longer in j Cleveland but we must be on our way j to pick up our other passengers. — j Beaverdale, Pennsylvania is our next i stop. Henry Jereb joins the crowd and I entertains us with a poem entitled j “At the Old Lodge Dance.” Also from Penna. are Frank Barbie and Veronica Barbie. They both promise uš more j articles. What a pleasure it was to have j Matilda Zupančič from Imperial, Pa.,: as a new passenger. I can’t read Slo- 1 vene nor can my dad. My mother can a little so she was able to nake out! your letter. I want to congratulate you j on your 18th birthday. You talk about j one of your teachers encouraging the pupils to speak your mother tongue and j respect it. I’m very sorry I cannot read j the Slovene language. I’m going to; make an effort to learn it. You men- j tioned you will graduate this year. Congratulations. I suppose it will be hard j to leave the school and all your school- j mates. Please write some more articles j in Slovene. I’ve made up my mind that j I’ll be able to read your articles. It’s j our first trip to Eckhart Mines, Mary- ! land. There we meet Jennie Tomsic. We ! all congratulate her on her first ar- ) tide and are on our way to Gowanda, j N. Y., where we pick up Violet Widgay j a constant writer for the Nova Doba. | Yes, we find the weather here in | Gowanda very nice. Just like Violet | said in her last article. — Denver, Colo- 1 rado comes into view. There Ed Omahen and Emil Ambrosic are awaiting the j flyer. Both boys wrote their first article last month and did a very good job j of it too. In Hibbing, Minn., we stop | for Carolyn Kern a delegate to the I first convention. Next to Rock Springs I Wyoming to get Elsie Straus. I met Elsie | on the boat going to the Indian reser- [ vation during the convention. I was j very glad to see her again. I’ve got your J address, Elsie. So some of these days | I’ll sit down and write you a long letter.! For a change we go to Kenmore, North Dakota where my cousin, Lawrence Golobich lives. The stork payed Mr. and Mrs. Golobich a visit on Feb. 2nd and left them a baby girl, Lois Ellen. Mr. Golobich was recently promoted to First Lieut. Inf. Res. Congratulations j to both of you. We roundup our trip at j Roundup. Montana. There we meet Rose Cheledinas. She tells us all about her schoolwork. So ends our trip. Just look at the floor of the flyer, covered with rubber bands, sling shots and paper. Well. Elsie and Irene, let's get to work and clean this up. Look what a nice job they've left us. But gee it was ; e, swell trip. Florence D. Startz I CONEMAUGH, PA. DEAR EDITOR AND MEMBERS: Happy Easter Greetings to all from (and I’m ashamed to say it) a tardy writer. I’ve been so busy with my school work and music that I’ve hardly had and spare time. I also had the "flu” for about four weeks and had to miss school, so to get caught up with my work I had to “double up” When 1 went back. It was hard work, but I did ; my best to finish it. Wasn’t this some winter? We had sc! mud) snow out here that we couldn’t j go sledding or Ice-skating. A few of i us boys went up to the hill to do some j skiing and it was fine, though for some [ reason skiing doesn’t seem to “h't the j spot” with the kids around here On February -2nd of each year, the j Gonemaugh Public School celebrates i George Washington’s birthday by hav- I ing that day designated as Patrons Day. This year the school was visited by a huge number of parents, relatives and friends of the students. There were exhibitions of all types of studies from the first grade to the twelfth. The art exhibition was the most interesting of all Tor there, the pupil; exhibited lovely frugUe soap and was figures, animals aiiU book sssade oat oi iine ran; j and felt, painted wooden bowls and I fruit dishes, woven rugs and a beautiful | group of sketches and poster work. The teacher of the art class is Mrs. Lillian iSheeke, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. »John Kukovitz, both of whom are members of our lodge. The school band presented a concert from 7:00 p. m. un-| til 8:00 p. m. in the school's auditorium. There are about 65 members in the jbahd and three of them belong to our ! lodge. Ross Mandic, flutist; my brother Rob, cornetist and myself trombonist. I always read the juvenile articles in I the Nova Doba and I very seldom see any contributors from our lodge. We ; have about 150 members (juveniles) and I think it would be fine if a few of | them would write an article every i month. Of course, I know that a good 'many are unable to write. Why? Well, J because they are still at the infant j stage of life, that’s why! Do any of you ever wonder why we lhave dessert at a meal last of all? I i used to wonder too, but I finally guessed I why! It’s because it is the best (to me) j part of a meal and while eating every-! day food, one can imagine the goodness of the final dish, and that’s why I I saved this surprise until the end of mj' letter: | Beginning with the April issue of our I department in the Nova Doba and continuing through until the September | issue, I will send a little surprise pack- j | age to every juvenile member of our | lodge who will write a letter to the I Nova Doba. If any of you write every: month you will, of course, get a sur- ! j prise package every month, so hurry! jand make up your mind to write. My! j mother said she will help me select the j ! gifts, for after all it is possible only with i ; her help and she said she is always j | willing to do anything worthwhile like! I that. Who, I wonder, will be the first j I one to get a surprise package? Don’t keep me guessing too long! I Your sincere friend, Tommy Turk j No. 36, SSCU | DEAP. EDITOR: I I know this sounds very common-i place but I can’t seem to think of any | other way of starting this letter. I j am fourteen years old and a freshman i in the Ely Memorial High School. I have six subjects: Algebra, English, General Science Community Civics Home Economics. Gym and Swimming. I belong to the Girls’ Athletic Asso- j ciation. It is very interesting. We play different games, such as baseball, volley ball etc. We are practicing archery at i present. I 'haven’t been attending prac- ! ; tice lately. There goes the bell for the next class. Amelia Vesel j No. 200, SSCU CLEVELAND, O. j As you see, the old professor already | has called his pupils together for a First Conference. I’m going to give you i a brief review of the juveniles who are still on the Honor Roll. Don’t mind, do j you Uncle ’Tanley, but I'm one of your i co-hostesses remember, and must do my part to hold that title. So—to the pupils of the Nova Doba who get their second star are: / Lillian Tanko, No. 132, Cleveland, O.; Florence Prosen. No. 173, Cleveland, O.; Elsie M. Desmond, No. 173, Cleveland, O.; Florence D. Startz, No. 129, Ely, Minn.; Margaret M. Startz, No. 129, Ely, Minn.; Justine Korent, No. 200, Ely, Minn.; Rose Cheledinas, No. 88. Roundup, Mont.: Joe Oblak, No. 70, Chicago, j 111.; Henry Jereb, No. 36, Beaverdale, i Pa.; Violet Widgay, No. 89, Gowanda, j N. Y. We were sorry to see that Louis Omer, Ed Oshaben, Bob Jurgel, Lois Kochman, j Rose Koprivnik and Mary Pavlich were | ditipped off the Honor Roll because they missed out on the February issu' of the Nova Doba. Now to the other .juveniles mentioned. Come on, let's keep it up; see to it that you have your name on the Honor Roll by not forgetting to have an article in the paper for our next juvenile page. Start! now! Write about yourself, write poem or story or write about your'best friend, your hobby. Just so you write juveniles. And now to whiz and glance over the February issue of the juvenile page | pancic, writing to us in Slovene. Yes,1 we understood it. Matilda . . . To j Beaverdale, we find our Honor Roll j pupil, Henry Jereb writing a clever poem, entitled “A! the Old Lodge Dance" . . . Don’t forget your article; for March, Henry 11 you still want to be I on the Honor Roll . . . Our other! journalistic town, Strabane finds Frank Barbie writing his second, well-done ar- i tide . . . Hope to hear from you soon,1 »Tani-: . . With the Magic Carpet we go way, way down to Rock Springs, W-yo., where I find my other journalistic friend, Elsie Straus’ article quite interesting. Thanks for the compliment, Elsie. Yes, these memories of the trip to Ely still remain with us, never to be forgotten . . . Let’s stay down south and go j to Trinidad, Colorado where we see j Jennie Toma/,in's article on “went" j very exciting. Yes, Jennie we're all fine J Ml hope). After yours truly had the grippe for two weeks she was fine . . . To the north we’ll travel with the Magic Carpet and find Irene Pavlich, our other pupi land co-hostess leaving the juvenile department as she will reach her 18th birthday on March 18. One more article before our othei journalist will retire from her juvenile page ... I believe that Ely (today) will, have to be called the first Treat city of journalists after you see all the reporters they have, right juveniles? Our first journalist is none other than my good friend, Dolly Startz. Dolly T’m glad both you and yom mothei "njoyed the paper, 1 sent you and concerning ■ , rl i I It, t '! tj; 'I :!■(;>( t I learn that Roseline Mantel is one of | the editors of the Ely High Lights, i congrats Roseline and to Marge for letting us on the news . . . And our other ! remembered convention pal Justine ■! Korent keeps-a-awaiting about all the i news of Ely . . . Hope to see you in I the juvenile page in March, Justine. Then the editor of the Ely High | Lights, Roseline Mantel writes to the ; members in her article more about her j schoolwork . . . How do you like the I idea of being an editor, Roseline? Now ; to visit ten-year-olc} Lois Donahue who ; wrote her first article in the February 114 issue of the Nova Doba. Hoping lO i hear from you again, Lois . . . We can | now leave Minnesota, the state of 10,-! 000 lakes and travel to Roundup, Montana to visit our other Honor Roll j pupil, Rose Cheledinas. Gives us some i news about her school and their Aeti-| vity Ticket Plan. We have one too, j you’d need one attending a school of i more than 5000 pupils . . . See you in j the March issue, Rose, where again I I hope you’ll have an article and thus j still be an Honor Roll pupil . . . Turn {way to the eat and with the Magic ! Carpet we’ll stop to see Violet Widgay j of Gowanda, N. Y„ who hopes and we do too that she will be able to have | an article in the paper every month . . . [ How about some school ..lews. Vi? I Towards south we’ll travel to Eckhart j Mines, Maryland and stop to see Jennie Tomsic, who has written her first let-; ter . . . Congrats, Jennie and hoping I to hear from you soon . . . Stopping ; at Blaine, Ohio we have Frances Glo-j govsek also writing her first article. ; Yes, Frances while you’re listening to j the Slovene tunes from Blaine, I’m I listening to them from Cleveland. [They’re very nice tunes, right, Fran-jces? Next time you come to Cleveland i Frances be sure to stop and. see me sc | we can make an acquaintance ... To ; Barberton, lodge No. 44’s reporter, i Mary Novak writes to us again after ! being in the dark for a while . . .An j from Chicago, Illinois the Magic Car-i pet stops eagerly to greet old friend ‘Joe Oblak who thanks the SSCU for his dollar check for the month of December . . . Glad to tell you that Joe is an Honor-pupil and hope he will continue to be so . . . And back to our own Cleveland we have Florence Prosen writing and then Miss Lillian Tanko .member of No. 132 who also is an Honoi Roll pupil. Hope to see your ar-j tide in the paper in the juvenile issue i of March too, Lillian. Then the Magic j Carpet stopping to even peek on yours j I truly to tell her her time is up; that j | she must return the Magic Carpet j | (here is it, Stan) and stop to say ! “Good bye folks and thanks for your I j time and to the juveniles "DON'T | ! FORFET YOUR ARTTCLE FOR THE! I MARCH ISSUE OF THE NOVA DOBA j SO YOU CAN. BE ON THE HONOR, | ROLL. Elsie M. Desmond j j | ELY, MINN, i ' DEAR EDITOR AND JUVENILES: | For a long time I wanted to tell you | J juveniles a little about our own su-! preme secretary, Anton Zbasnik. He lives right on the same block as I and I see him faithfully go to and from work each day. He is very active and popular here in Ely. A born leader in all social affairs as well as a 'jood booster for the SSCU I noticed articles sent in by Mr. Zbasnik in the News Tribune, Duluth Herald, Ely Miner, etc. about our SSCU. After I read these ! articles I was more informed on our I Union, more conscious of it. I did not j stop before to concentrate on our SS-i CU so very deeply. I see now that we are very large and strong and I am so : very proud to be a member of this ! Union. As I read the articles I thought ! ! to myself, millions of people will read this and they toe will concentrate more on it and see what a fine group we are. Soldiers standing ready to fight foi oui Union, ready to fight a winning j battle and get all we can on our side | so we can be still larger and beat every | other organization in membership which is strength .honesty by which wc can gain trust By being trustworthy we work and deal in perfect harmony. In i this way we do not crowd each other | but gently, firmly, all our gains are in I the right direction Bringing each member his rightful place and protection and above all a trust and love for our i dear SSCU planted deep down in our I hearts that I honestly hope and trust 1 will live lorever This last month I’ve had loads of I fun out of doors going skating and on ! outdoor parties. I went on three toboggan parties. Our scout troop held one a few weeks ago. There were ten of us ! girls, Mrs. McReady, our scout leader, : her husband and Miss Webber the scout director. We all met at our scout leader's home after school. Mr. McReady took five of the girls up to Big Duchess hill where we were to :?o tobogganing ant| then came back for the rest ol us with his cai. Some M the girls piled on a toboggan right away, j Whiz—they were off and off again. It iwas far too slippery and they all flew j into the snow. At the rate they were | going it couldn't have been much fun. But my girl friend, Rose Brgaut. thought she never had so much fun in her life. Would we ever squeal joing over the bumps. Later we found some cardboard and began slidding down on that. When it grew dark Mr. McReady began pointing out some of the constellations and stars in the sky to us. (He is my science teacher.) Soon we began to get cold so we went back to McReady’s where we had supper. When the G. A. A. Club had their toboggan party on February 29th, I took Robert Bonnier as my guest. It was very hard walking on the way to Big Duchess hill as the snow was almost up to our knees. By the time we reached I the hill my sehuo! chum Angela- Vert-j -L i 'iv ; I ing right away. Some of the crowd | started a fire at the bottom of the hill. ! Everyone would look like a snowman ; after taking a ride. Just when you would get thawed off by the fire someone would beg you to take another | ride and back to the fire you would j have to go. Robert Bannier was the i windbreakers on a lot of the rides. 'After tobogganing we hiked back to ! the school cafeteria and had a hot : lunch. I was the guest of Agnes Zallar j at the Saint Theresa’s Club toboggan-! ing party. I had a swell time there too. j Miss Catherine Van Buren, a Negro sing, was the guest artist at a concert j held in Ely a few weeks ago. This was ! her return appearance at Ely. I had i heard tier sing when she was in Ely I last year so I was sure not to miss this {concert. Miss Van Buren is a marvelous | singer. She was called back many [ times. As request numbers she sang | “Ave Maria” and a Negro spiritual. Before the concert my mothei and I had a nice talk with Justine Korent. Justine invited us to come and visit her sometime. Yes, Justine, we’ll come soon as we’re anxious to see your new modern home. You said you wanted to practice again. You on the saxophone and I on the piano. I think it would be a good itea. I feel honored to play with such a good saxophone player as you. Mrs. Johnson, a music teacher here | invited my mother and I as guests to a musical recita’ recently. Her pupils have a wonderful system oi playing and the selections were all very well | given. Some of her pupils from the range towns were there also. A delightful social hour followed and ended with e deliciou:. lunch. Lodge No. 129 of which I am a member is sponsoring a movies, “Sidewalks of London” starring Vivien Leigh (Scarlett O'Hara) and Charles Laughton. The ladies of our lodge are doing some deep thinking lately and making plans how they would interest their members in attending meetings which is a great necessity. It their plans work out it will help their own lodge and the SSC Union as a whole. Mary Pavlich, I missed an article from you last month. Please don’t forget to have an article in the next issue of the Nova Doba. Irene Pavlich had an interesting and long article last month. We had the marionette show of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” as a lyceum program at our school also, i Irene. It was the first one I ever saw | too. I agree with you that it was a | fascinating lyceum program. I am submitting the ofllowing poem j which I have composed. MARCH The month of March at last has come i Ami out of doors little children run I To sail their kites in the cold Marci* breeze , y ! As the wind goes racing through the trees. ; - : • As we step out into the cold March air Hats go rolling everywhere Our cheeks and ears the cold wind j stings. A song it also gaily sings. I . ;; The branches swing to and fro The ground is still covered with icy snow The wind blowing past windmill and tree Whispers spring is coming can’t you sec. Well, I’ll be seeing you on the April juvenile page. Florence Dorothy Startz No. 129, SSCU STRABANE, PA DEAR EDITOR: I want to thank the SSCU for the dollar check which was awarded me foi my last article. February has passed and it has left many beautiful days behind. Foi a week Strabane was buried in the most beautiful apd deepest snow. This is the first time that we had so much beauty in snow. Everyone was snowbound for a day or two till they dug themselves out. I think it's fun to be snowed in, then we can tell our stories and adventures like our parents do. My mothei often tells me how severe winters they j had and their snow that comes with i the winters. She says how they had to 1 break the ice in the creeks or rivers and get water to drink and water to wash the clothes. Sometimes I wish I could have lived then and had the fun of j balancing a tub of water on my head, j They had hard lives and we live much easier now—at least we don’t have to gc foi water when we are snowed in. A few weeks ago I saw' a floor show that I enjoyed very much. A midget did. some very good acrobatic stunts. I enjoyed watching him spin on his head, he spins like a toy top. i later told Frances that’s why he has a bald spot on his head. He swallowed two live gold-fish. When He held them up j by the tail they wiggled like anything, j A magician which showed us some of! his magic was jilso interesting. Almost j all ol his acts were old to me because I : hail seen them once or twice before. He showed us the hoop trick, card trick,; rope trick and several others. This week the weather has been rainy. It rained for two days straight. The last oi our snow has melted and the creek has gone over its banks. It soon will go back to its normal position if it stops raining. Spring is just around the corner and Easter is coming with it. Easter is much earlier this year so most of the girls and boys have their easter outfits ready and some are going to get them soon. Frances said she isn't going to get anything but on Easter she will. sunwise us with her new outfit. Wlmi 1... ' „nu —jMJn.n I ,<■ «lnj • ;l ! all of you out there scattered over the good old U. S. A.? Happy Easter, friends, members, delegates from your old pen pal scribbler, none other than— Veronica Barbie (Age: 14) . No. 149, SSCU CHISHOLM, MINN. ; DEAR EDITOR: In comes March and so do I try to [ write a few lines. Just three more | months of school. Time sure does fly, land it won’t be long until we march i down the aisle to get those long awaited diplomas. But then, too, we’ll all leave memories of a happy school year behind. I sure do like to read all the contributions in the juvenile section. I wish I had something interesting to write but as it is I haven't. I hope none of you readers have been as ill as so many here in Chisholm. There were many absentees in school the last two weeks. “Flu” made its visit quite a permanent one this year. Well, I guess these few lines are enough to let you all know I still think the SSCU is tops as I have tried to state in the following: TO THE SSCU j 3 is for success we have attained | 3 again for sincerity of our morals, '0 is foi the Catholics all members CJ is for united do we stand Pu' them all together you get 3SCU the finest organization in the land Dorothy Kotchevar A delegate ’37, '30 ELY, MINN. DEAR EDITOR: March 1st was my birthday. I was 11 ■>’ars old. I had a party and the following guests were present: Theresa Kapsch, Mary. Eleen Goulet, Lorraine Erickson, Ruth Spolarich, Patricia Goulet, Paul Michael Kapsch, Karl Grahek. Jimmy Kočevar and Jerry Kapsch. We had a lot of fun putting on an amateur houi. My sistei Florence played ;he piano for us. I received many love-'y gifts including a silk dress, silk pa-!amas, silk underclothing, mittens, lankigs, dress material, paper dolly utout, books, tablet, pen and pencil ;ets and 65 cents in cash; also many ice birthday cards. I wish to thank til my guests for the lovely presents and for coming to my party. I hope averyone had a good time. I also wish 0 thank my aunt Mrs. John Golobich ’or the lovely gift,she gave me. We had quite a few tests in school last week. This is no fun. We had a Valentine's party in our room. We had 1 party at our scout troop. I had lots of fun at both parties. My oldest brother Joe came home tonight and old us MJout the ice frolic at Virginia, Minnesota, which he attended last week end. He said that it was a dream with 30 queens and many beautiful floats. He traveled in the company of -lis boss Mr. Walker, his wife, and their five-year-old son Jerry. Jerry likes my brother so much that lie is always around with him. I laughed when my [ brother Joe said he is asked to the I louse to tell Jerry children’s stories, i The men call my brother Unde Joe, since Jerry nicknamed him. Easter will soon be here. I have my Sress ready and all the other things. We usually have cold weather around here at Easter time. The stores are a beautiful $ght now with the Easter bunnies, baskets, candy eggs, etc| I have an oil doth bunny cut out that I must get to work on. I sew and stuff it up. I love to read all the juvenile letters. They are so interesting. We have some new writers every month. In January there were 16 letters, while February had 20. This is a good record. Margaret Mary Startz (Age: 11) No. 129, SSCU GOWANDA, N. V. DEAR EDITOR: Once again I’m writing, trying to keep my promise ol writing each month. On Monday, February 26, 1940 a Surprise party was held at the Slovene Hall for Charles Sternisha Sr., who celebrated his 67th birthday1 on that day. There were many people present mostly all Slovenes and just the older group and for once the children had to stay home. Mr. Sternisha was presented with a lovely smoking stand and many other lovely gifts. He organized the St. Joseph's lodge in Gowanda in 1900 and has been very active in this lodge and has held office many times. He is well-known in Gowanda and well-liked by all the people. Although he doesn't live near the Slovene Hall, where they hold their meetings, he very seldom misses a meeting. All I can say that he is a very good fellow, and hope that he celebrates many more birthdays. Here is a story entitled: HOW AN INSURANCE CAN HELP John was always begging his father to join him into the S8CU like all his other friends were. John's father said no and said that he was earning good money and could support him. But he never realized that some dad he might be fired or be unable to work. John became ill and needed medical care, and most of his father's pay went to the doctor and for medicine. Later, when John was well, his father was talking to his neighbor and his neighbor said that his wife had been , ill a long time and that the SSCU had holped him immensely and he , said he wouldnlt know what he would have done if they hadn't belonged to j this organization. John was now happier for his father joined him into the SSCU where all ■ his friends werts, and he enjoyed read- $ ing the Nova Doba every week. Before I close, I wish all SSCU mem-bers, large or small, far and near a very enjoyable Easter. Violet Widgay (Age: 10» »jo. ca. aav'j s® 9 \ 9 EADIVOJ REHAR: SEMISIRIS ROMAN n s s 0 m m Tedaj mu je Ankamis razrezal vezi, ki so ga priklepale k nosilnici in mu velel, naj vstane. Molče in vdano je izpolnil duhovnov ukaz in sledil Amonisu in Ankamisu po stopnicah k žrtve-niku in od zadaj na ploščad po stopnicah, vklesanih v kamen, kjer je gorel mogočen plamen in krvavo ožarjal vse svetišče. Na vrhu je nepremično obstal in se zazrl v kip svetega bika Apisa, ki se je dvigal poleg njega nad samo ploščad žrtvenika in bulil vanj s svojimi mrtvimi očmi. Veliki duhoven Amonis je napravil z obredno palico po zraku znamenje zarotitve in spodaj so se hkratu oglasila vsa godala, pevci so zapeli in tri sto obrednih plesavk se je zavrtelo v divjem plesu, kakor da bi jih bil obsedel zli duh. Asarhadan je strmel docela topo v to divje vrvenje, nato pa ga je prevzela ena sama misel, ki mu je bila tisti trenotek več kakor življenje, misel na Ofirijo... “Kje je? Je ni tu?” se je vprašal in v enem hipu preletel s pogledom vse ogromno svetišče. In prav tedaj so se na vzvišenem, za faraona faraonov in njegov dvor določenem prostoru odprla vrata in v odprtini se je prikazala ona, Ofirija. Dva dvorna častnika sta jo porinila naprej in jo hotela peljati k praznemu prostoru poleg velikega, toda ona se jima je iztrgala, se ozrla proti žrtveniku, zagledala Asarhadana, dvignila roke in obupno kriknila. Vse oči so se ožile vanjo. Semis Ofiris in Abusiris sta potemnela od jeze in častnika sta v grozi zatrepetala, zgrabila dekle in jo s silo posadila na prestol. Ofirija se je sesedla nanj, si z rokama zakrila obraz in krčevito zaihtela. Asarhadana je prevzela bolečina. Mislil je, da mu bosta počila srce in glava, stresiel se je in hotel planiti z žrtvenika, a zgrabila sta ga še pravočasno dva orjaška žreca, ki sta stala za njim kot čuvarja. Hrušč petja, godbe, plesa in molitev je divje naraščal; besnel je kakor nevihta, kadar se sproste vse naravne sile. Vse svetišče se je zlilo v eno samo celoto daritvene ceremonije. Samo veliki duhoven Amonis je molil tiho. Videlo se je le, kako je premikal ustnice. Njegov obraz je bil mrliško bled in roke so se mu narahlo tresle. Menda se je zavedal, da opravlja daritev, ki ni pravična. Zato se je tudi obotavljal, dati znamenje, naj ponehajo godba, petje in ples ter naj se izvrši obred samega žrtvovanja. Moral je zbrati vse svoje sile, da je dvignil roke. Tedaj je nastala v svetišču nenadoma grobna tišina. Napočil je trenotek nepopisne napetosti. Vse oči osbile uprte v Amoriisa in Asarhadana. Počasi je veliki duhoven izročil žrecu obredno palico in sprejel iz rok Ankamisa zlati nož in posodo za lovljenje krvi. Potem je gibčno strgal Asarhadanu oblačilo s prs in dvignil bodalo. Asarhadan se je zdrznil, oblil ga je smrtni znoj, in kakor da hoče zbrati njegovo mlado, zdravo in življenja željno telo še zadnjič vse svoje sile, predno jih izgubi, je planil kvišku in zaklical s presunljivim, skoraj že ne več človeškim glasom: “Ofirija!” . Deklico je ta klic dvignil, kakor da bi jo predramil iz spanja ali omotice. Planila je kvišku in se hotela zagnati proti žrtveniku, a kriknila je samo še njegovo ime, nato pa nezavestna omahnila in se zgrudila na tla. V Asarhadanu se je tisti trenotek zrušilo vse. Spoznal je, da je zares konec življenja in ni več rešitve, in dasi je že prej domislil do konca vse misli in se vdal v usodo, je sedaj vendarle še enkrat z bliskovito naglico obnovil vse, kar je prestal. V naglem hipu so odbrzeli mimo njegovih duhovnih oči vsi važnejši, pa celo tudi nepomembni in že davno pozabljeni doživljaji, od let prve otroške zavesti do zadnjega obračuna. Toda v hipu, ko je v njem spet vstala otopelost, je že začutil, kako mu je Amonisova desnica zasadila bodalo naravnost v srce, ga zopet izdrla in kako je levica ulovila curek njegove vroče krvi v obredno posodo. Vse to je čutil in doumel cisto razločno, a brez vsake najmanjše bolečine. Samo neko čudno, še nikoli prej doživljeno občutje ga je spreletelo vsega, potem je pa nenadoma izginilo v blisku in gromu, kateremu je sledila večna tema. Žreca čuvarja sta prestregla Asarhadanovo mrtvo telo, da se ni zrušilo na tla, veliki duhoven Amonis pa je s tresočima se rokama dvignil na plamen žrtvenika posodo z ulovljeno krvjo in zapel s čudno spremenjenim, skoraj grozotnim glasom: Ti, ki si del Njegov, ki si bik krvi, ki si Apis Raapis, i sprejmi ta dar! Kri izteci! Sprejmi jo ti, ki si del Njegov, ki si bik krvi, ki si Apis Raapis .. . Potem je zlil kri v ogenj ter izročil nož in posodo Ankamisu. “Končano...” je zašepetal sam pri sebi/"“Mimo je najtežji trenotek življenja ” Potem je hotel dati znamenje za godbo, petje in ples, a k>ke so mu odrevenele, še preden so se dvignile. Od vrat, ki so vodila k žrtveniku od zadaj, s strani svečeniških palač, se je oglasil krik, ki ni bil podoben ne človeškemu ne živalskemu. Vsi, od Amonisa in Semiša Ofirisa do zadnjega sužnja, so odreveneli in nihče se ni ganil in nihče ne zavedel, kdaj in kako se je vzpela na žrtvenik Čarovnica Arikdinila. Stala je na robu pred plamenom, tik pod zlatim kipom svetega bika Apisa, tako strašna kakor prikazen iz posmrtnega podzemlja. Njene srepe oči so se zapičile v Semiša Giirisa. Tako je stala kratek hip nepremično ko kip, končno je pa grozeče dvignila v pest skrčeno desnico in spregovorila : “Preklet, preklet, preklet, faraon Semis Ofiris, pes Semi-sirisa! Preklet v imenu najvišjega sončnega božanstva Raja; preklet v imenu šakala Anubisa in mrtvaka Osirisa; preklet v Imenu vseh bogov in duhov! Preklet, ki si uničil kri moje krvi, faraona Asarhacjapa; preklet, ki si razdružil dva, ki ju je Najvišji združil v svoji volji; preklet, ki si zavrgel hčerko potomcev svojih prednikov in mojih otrok, ljubečo te Nefteto! Jaz, ki stojim pred teboj in pred vami in ki sem faraonka Bala, sem govorila! ” (Dalje prihodnjič.) DOPISI Nadaljevanje s 3. str. krat je pred nami samo še društvo št. 37 in če bomo obdržali sedanji tempo v pridobivanju novih članov do konca kampanje, smo prepričani, da bomo prekosili v članstvu društvo št. 37. Seveda nam lahko sobrat Rudolf, tajnik društva št. 37, pri tem štreno zmeša. Pokazal je že pri nekaterih kampanjah, da zna doseči lepe uspehe. Kljub temu pa smo zdaj v tekmi za prvenstvo: ali ostane na prvem mestu društvo št. 37, ali zavzame prvo mesto št. 1. In čim bolj živahna bo tekma, bolj koristna bo za društvi in Jednoto. Člane našega društva prosim, da me obvestijo, če vidijo kje priliko za pridobitev novega člana. Kandidat za častnega gosta konvencije se lahko samo meni prijavi in ni treba, da bi šlo njegovo ime v javnost, če tega neče. Upam, da bo ta pred-konvenčna kampanja uspešnejša od vseh prejšnjih in da se bo prihodnje konvencije v Wauke-ganu udeležilo vsaj 50 častnih delegatov. Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo št. 1 JSKJ: Frank Tomšich, Jr., tajnik. Sharon-Farrell, Pa. — Tem potom naznanjam, da se bo redna mesečna in obenem prva letna seja Slovenskega delavskega doma vršila v nedeljo 31. marca popoldne. Omenjena seja bi se morala vršiti na velikonočno nedeljo, toda, ker navadno pride kritika, ako se seja vrši na tak dan, je direktorij spremenil datum seje. Vsi člani in članice so vabljeni, da se seje 31. marca gotovo udeležijo. Za Slovenski delavski dom: Frank Kramar, tajnik. Rockdale, tli. — Na seji društva Vit. sv. Mihaela, št. 02 JSKJ, ki se je vršila 17. marca, je bilo sklenjeno, da se priredi zanimiva zabava v soboto 4. maja zvečer. Zabava se bo vršila v lOakgrove. Sklenjeno je bilo, da mora vsak posamezni član ku-! piti en tiket za to prireditev; u-keti bodo po 25 centov. Toliko v obvestilo vsem članom in čla-i nicam našega društva, da se ka-I teri pozneje ne bo izgovarjal, da j ni nič vedel, ko bo treba plačali za tiket. Na prireditev so že zdaj vabljeni tudi naši sosedi iz Jolieta in drugih bližnjih nasel-I bin. Za vsakovrstna okrepčila i in vse drugo, kar spada k zabav-! ni prireditvi, bo poskrbel odbor, j ki je izvoljen v to svrho. Bratuški pozdrav! — Za društvo št. 92 JSKJ: Louis Urbančič, tajnik. h White Valley, Pa. — člane in članice društva št. 116 JSKJ obveščam, da je bilo na seji 17. marca sklenjeno naložiti naklado za društveno blagajno. In sicer plačajo vsi oni, ki so zavarovani poleg smrtnine tudi za bolniško podporo, en dolar naklade; plača ss v aprilu 50 centov in v maju 50 centov. Člani, ki niso zavarovani za bolniško podporo, plačajo po 50 centov naklade, in sicer 25 centov v a-prilu in 25 centov v maju. To naklado smo bili prisiljeni naložiti, ker je društvena blagajna izčrpana. Nadalje je bilo sklenjeno, da priredimo na materinski dan, to je 12. maja, veselico v korist društveni blagajni. Veselica se bo vršila v Slovenski dvorani v White Valley. Za zabavo plesa-željnih bo skrbel Martin Kukovič iz Westmoreland Citya s svojim orkestrom. Omenjeni i-gra vsako nedeljo dopoldne ob S.30 dopoldne na radijski postaji WWSW v Pittsburghu. Poslušajte ga 31. marca ob 9.45. Za drugo zabavo in za postrežbo na veselici so naše članice obljubile poskrbeti. Pri tem so mi tudi naročile, naj povabim sobrata urednika, da nas pride na omenjeni dan obiskat s svojo Lizo. Na seji smo tudi razpravljali o predkon venčni kampanji in kot kandidatinji za častno dele-gatstvo sta se priglasili dve članici, in r.icer Dorothy Korče, hčerka našega predsednika in društvenega ustanovitelja, in Julia Kosmač. Člani in članice so prošeni, da omenjenima članicama pomagajo pri dobivanju novih članov, da bosta dosegli predpisr.no število točk in s tem častno delegatstvo na 16. konvenciji v Waukeganu. Naš predsednik in podpisani sva se zavzela, da bova pomagala, kar se bo dalo. Ako ima kateri članov kak prospekt za novega člana v mislih, naj se oglasi pri meri, da mu dam potrebne listine in pojasnila. Ako se resno zavzamemo, bomo gotovo dosegli uspehe. Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo št. 116 JSKJ: Jurij Previc, tajnik. White Valley, Pa. Mislim, da ne bo škodovalo, ako še enkrat opozorim vsa društva, ki spadajo \ federacijo društev JSKI v zapadni Pennsylvaniji, da se bo zborovanje federacije vršilo v nedeljo 31. marca v Slovenskemu domu v Pittsburghu. Začetek zborovanja je določen ;za 10. uro dopoldne. Na tem zborovanju bo odbor j za pravila podal nekaj točk v svrho razmotrivanja in skoro gotovo bo prišla na razpravo j tudi zadeva o združenju. Po mo-I jem mnenju bo enkrat res moglo | priti do združenja. Jaz združe-jnju nisem nasproten, samo da I bi bilo res pravo združenje, Pre-! pričan pa sem, da predno pride do združenja, bo morala marsi-jkatera organizacija iz svojih pravil črtati ali izpremeniti imarsikako točko. Združena or-jganizacija bi morala biti prava bratska podporna organizacija. [Politika, naj se tiče ene ali dru-jge stranke, bi morala odpasti, j Toliko o tem. Vsa tista društva oziroma zastopnike društev, ki so pri zadnji federačijški seji vzeli v razprodajo knjižice, so prošeni, da prinesejo na sejo 31. marca ne-i prodane knjižice in izkupiček za prodane, da bomo videli, pri 'čem da smo. Obenem želim, da 'vsa federaciji pripadajoča društva, katera še tega niso štorija, poravnajo svojo članarino J na seji ali pred sejo. Obenem | pozivam zastopnike vseh društev, da se gotovo udeležijo našega zborovanja v nedeljo 31. marca. — Za federacijo društev JSKJ v zapadni Pennsylvaniji: Jurij Previc, tajnik. Meadow Lands, Pa. — Delavske razmere v tem okrožju so srednje. Delavci, zaposleni v [premogovih rovih, so to zimo še prilično dobro delali, toda zad-jnje čase so začeli nekateri pre-Imogovi rovi že nekoliko 'počas-j nejše obratovati. Za vzrok se na-J vaja, da se zaradi gorkejšega vremena ne potrebuje toliko j premoga. Oni, ki so bili zaposleni pri WPA, so bolj slabo izhajali, ker so imeli zaradi slabega vremena večkrat počitnice. Imeli smo v tem okrožju to zimo toliko snega kot ga že mnogo let ni bilo. Nedavno nam je smrt pobrala dva sobrata. Dne 18. februarja je za vedno zatisnil oči sobrat Lenard Lenasi, zapisnikar društva št. 75 JSKJ. Dopoldne omenjenega dne je bil še pri društveni seji in je opravljal zapisni-karsko delo, po seji pa je odšel domov in je kot po navadi legel na divan, da se nekoliko odpočije, in tam je za vedno zaspal. Podlegel je srčni hibi. Pokojnik, ki je bil ob času smrti star okrog 62 let, je bil rojen v Šmihelu pri Postojni. Tukaj zapušča eno omoženo hčer in enega sina, v Clevelandu, Ohio, pa eno omoženo hčer in enega sina. Pogreb se je vršil civilno. Naj bo pokojnemu sobratu^ ohranjen blag spomin, sorodnikom pa bodi izraženo sožalje, j Drugi sobrat, ki smo ga izgu-jbili, je bil Joseph Lisjak, ki je Ipo kratki bolezni pi*eminil dne 22. februarja, star 48 let. Pokojnik zapušča v Ameriki tri brate, od teh •'enega tu v Meadow Landsu, dva pa nekje drugje. V Ohio, kjer je prebival, zapušča soprogo in družino. Naj bo pokojniku sladak počitek v svobodni ameriški zemlji, sorodnikom pa naj bo izraženo sožalje. Bliža se 16. redna konvencija JSKJ in priporočljivo je, da začnejo društva razmotrivati o pravilih, namreč, kako naj bi se izboljšala naša pravila, člane našega društva vabim, da redno in polnoštevilno posečajo naše mesečne seje, in, če ima kateri kako priporočilo za izboljšanje pravil, naj pride z istim na sejo, da se o zadevi lahko razpravlja. Konvenciji se lahko prihrani precej časa, ako bodo delegati vedeli za žplje članstva v splošnem. Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo št. 75 JSKJ: Frank Ferlich, predsednik. seji sta se priglasil* ^ lak in Ambrožič, da P« x j delo in pridobita Pr J | kvoto novih članov ' častnega delegatstva. ■ < | nas ostalih članic pa J pomagamo k zmagi. , se moramo, da bo roj- . ^ va JSKJ, Minnesota,c-stopana s častnimi deifc j prihodnji konvenciji- J Danes, 23. marca, < J .imamo pravo zimo. „ kaže 15 stopinj p£>d , ^ tika je kazala P°m ^ marca, toda v narav. Kf|) zima m je se 'ea !nejše pri peči sede i- .tj; rec, ki je prišel v eZ ,^1 J’ hlevno jagnje, se P . ie rjoveč lev, ki nanl ® p0jl " : že svoje zimske z° j, ji i| vsemu članstvu note! t »kani^J j V le članica društva ,. ^ .»'"’vblaG? i!f- Auburn,lU^ MIN v priliki P* $ j, [smrti nepozabnega^^ ^ očeta Franka Sp gi$|. preminil dne 26. m ^ \ Minilo je. že eno , j nas zapustil, to ‘ jn ljc' se Te še vedno »' ^ . ter se Te bomo ^ ^ spominjali, dok [pridemo za Teiboj-dak počitek V sV°b ki zemlji! ? [ žalujoči ostali- o soproga; Fran v $ ,S( drugi sorodniki ll kraju. . g LISTNICA * : V listu, ki se po ! se ne sme delat1 w a1'J? me za razna srec lan ja,” “card parties " ge nosti, ker vse pj® od poštnih avtori ste loterije. in. [ so v Zedinjeni galne. Urednik _ jzpt^J»l)0 j poročila iz dopis°' pj-jli^’»] I ne spravi listaj^^, jj* | UMETNI 'C&jjt ie Pr i#ti ! V Nemčiji so izdelovali znat116 nega gumija iz # J Inenca. To na fL [mij se imenuje «e •*. va tega nad°^ojila. S‘‘Jl'v kom vojne pod' je^ JR, domestilo za gun’ g|l i delovati Standai se erseyu; izdeluj tIji -etroleja. Ta u mnogih oz*rl ravega, toda iz • ; za enkrat še j elek še ne bo P eicsPgr'^^ orabo. Ako se ^r0ške .. j/ 5 m jem posreči -in j a primerno j v tel m v.metni gumi.) neg»< jf. nadomestil ;ia' ^ in1? » 6 ga surovino je 1 l 'J- ZAKAJ TKl^b, Po mednarodo oblast vsake ^ tri milje da ,,-a je bila ta razdflU' jjrjj}«« bilo mogoče z n‘1. vi streljati ]e 0V Dandanes je »°*,j* topovi mnog0 ^ 1f| miljska obrežn» ,-j nem še vedno Chicago, lil. — Dne 7. aprila 1940 gremo v La Salle na sejo in prireditev federacije za Illinois in Wisconsin. Zbrali se bomo pri bratu Gottliebu na 1845 W. Cermak Rd. Od tam bomo odšli točno ob 7. uri zjutraj, in (o ne “krajnski čas,” pač pa v resnici ob 7. uri, ker ob 10. uri j imamo že sejo v La Salle. Vsi, | kateri bodo šli z nami, so prošeni, da so na mestu ob pravem času, ker čakali ne bomo na nikogar. Vožnja za tja in nazaj je samo $2.C0, od tega bo pa še ostalo nekaj za kosilo ali pa pijačo, kakor bomo odločili. Kdor ima sorodnike ali znance v La Salle ali okolici, ima sedaj lepo priliko, da jih obišče. Člani J. S. K. .Jednote pa niso samo prošeni, ampak je njihova dolžnost, da gredo z nami, saj večkrat potrošimo $2.00 brez potrebe, zakaj bi jih ne tukaj, ko se gre za v korist rederacije in Jed-uote! Kaj pa Joliet, koliko vas pojde? Le pridno agitirajte, ker čim več nas bo, bolj bo luštno. Vsi, kateri mislite iti z nami. 3te prošeni, da se prijavite gotovo do 3. aprila pri meni, na 1636 W. 21 Place, ali pa pri bratu Gottliebu. Zabave bomo imeli dovolj na busu in v La Salle, saj ste gotovo čitali, kaj brat Kastigar piše, da ne “poj-demo dam dokler se ne bo delal dan.” Nikakor pa ne mislim o-plašiti tiste, kateri se bojijo, da bi ne mogli na delo v ponedeljek, ker voznik busa mora biti v Chicagu ob 12 p. m. Torej, vidite, da je za vse preskrbljeno. Še enkrat: ne pozabite, da 7. a-prila gremo v La Salle in da vam ne bo žal, ako potrošite $2.00; zagotavljam vas, da ko pojdemo drugič na federacijsko sejo, pojdete gotovo z nami, tako se vam bo dopadlo. V soboto 20. aprila bo imelo društvo Jugoslovanski zvon domačo zabavo pri bratu Golenko na 2246 Blue Island Ave. Vstopnina je $1.00 za moške in $1.50 za moža in ženo, ako prideta skupaj. Torej je priporočljivo, da vsak pripelje tudi svojo boljšo polovico s seboj. Za zgoraj omenjeno vstopnino' bo vsak deležen dobrega domačega vina in kranjskih klobas, kolikor se mu bo poljubilo. Za dobro godbo nam ] bosta pa skrbela Joe Gomilar in John Fojs. Torej ne pozabite na domačo zabavo 20. aprila za $1.00 oziroma $1.50 boste imeli več užitka in zabave, kot drugje ako potrošite $5.00. Ker bo zabava v korist društvene blagajne, je dolžnost vseh članov, da se udeležijo in da pripeljejo s seboj svoje prijatelje. Odbor bo že skrbel, da bo dovolj jedi, pijače in zabave za vse. Prav vlju-! dno vabimo fudi vsa društva fjSKJ v Chicagu in okolici, da 1 nas poso-tijo na ta dan, enako tudi druga bratska društva. Ob I priliki bomo poskusili vrniti u-i slugo. Vstopnice lahko dobite i pri spodaj podpisanemu. V nedeljo 21. aprila priredi pevski ; zbor “France Prešeren” svoj po-[ mladanski koncert v SNPJ dvo-! rani na 2657 So. Lawndale Ave. I Pričetek koncerta bo ob 2:30 p. m. Vstopnice so 35 centov v predprodaji in 40 centov pri vratih. Lahko jih dobite pri vseh članih zbora. Mislim, da mi ni potreba omenjali, da ‘ France Prešeren” je eden najboljših slovenskih zborov v Chicagu, saj pa tudi fantje zapojejo, da jih je veselje poslušati. Vsi ljubitelji dobrega, petja ste vabljeni, da se udeležite njihovega koncerta. Na zadnji seji sva prevzela vodstvo kampanje za nove člane jaz in John Pozek. Midva se bova že potrudila v tej kampanji, toda vedeti morate, da še tako dobri generali ne opravijo veliko, ako nimajo dobre armade za seboj. Prepričan sem, da ako si vsi zavihamo rokave bomo dosegli uspeh, na katerega bomo lahko ponosni vse svoje življenje. Torej vsi na delo za večjo J.S.K. Jednoto! Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo Jugoslovanski zvon, št. 70 JSKJ: Anton Krapenc, tajnik. Lorain, O. — Tajnik društva št. 6 JSKJ, sobrat Matija Ostanek, je obolel ter je začasno prevzela tajniške posle Vida Kum-se, 1735 E. 33rd St. Člani, ki i-ma;o kakšne tajništva se tikajoče opravke, naj se obračajo na gori navedeni naslov. Članstvo je dalje vabljeno, da se polnoštevilno udeleži prihodnje seje 21. aprila, da bo, če bo smatralo za potrebno, izvolilo stalnega tajnika za ostali del leta. Sestrski pozdrav! — Za društvo št. 6 JSKJ: Vida Kumse, začasna tajnica in zapisnikarica. Chicago, III. — V tem okrožj u smo imeli še dosti ugodno vreme vse do zadnjega časa in pričakovali smo, da bomo lahko nabrali že regreta za velikonočno kosilo, toda pred veliko nočjo se je vreme zaobrnilo. Dobili smo precej snega in hladne sape pihajo. Sezona ni nič podobna velikonočni in pomlad je še ;:’a gorami. Naše društvo “Zvezda,” št. 370 JSKJ, prilično dobro napreduje. Članstvo se zanima za izlet v La Salle v nedeljo 7. apri-ia in mislim, da se istega v velikem številu udeleži. Mesto običajne pomladne veselice bo društvo priredilo prijetno domačo zabavo na večer 4. aprila v prostorih sosestre Mary Golenko na 2246 Blue Island Ave. Vsak član in članica našega društva plača v to svrho 25 centov v društveno blagajno in za to prejme eno vstopnico. Bo dovolj zabavnih i-ger, petja in postrežbe vseh vrst. Začetek ob 8. uri zvečer. Vsi člani in članice in vsi prijatelji društva Zvezda so vabljeni na to zabavno prireditev. Bratski pozdrav! — Za društvo Zvezda, št. 170 JSKJ: John Jurečič, začasni tajnik. Chisholm, Minn. — V Novi Dobi sem čitala, da sta se iz našega mesta prijavila že dva kandidata za častno delegatstvo na 16. redni konvenciji JSKJ, in sicer sobrat Louis Ambrožič in sestra Ana Trdan, oba od društva št. 30. To je častno za društvo in upam, da bo kampanjsko delo uspešno. Sobrat Ambrožič prav gotovo zasluži, da gre kot časten delegat na prihodnjo konvencijo, kajti, kolikor je meni znano, je pridobil za društvo «t. 30 JSKJ že okoli 200 novih članov v oba oddelka. To je gotovo rekord pri JSKJ v pridobivanju novih članov za posameznega društvenega delavca. Iskrene čestitke sobratu Louisu Ambrožiču! Pa tudi pri našem društvu št. j 230 JSKJ ne spimo. Na zadnji tavarovane do *sW'*{’1p' Savings & ration, “ upa Sprejemamo °^oge. _ ^ Plačane ob«*** St. Clair Sa^11" 6235 St. Clair NAJCENEJŠI SLOVENSKI DNE AMERIKI JE $ Naročnina za celo leto izven Clevela®' Društvom in posameznikom se priporo ^ tiskovine. Unijsko delo—zniefj 0y* 6231 ST. CLAIR AVE. Clevela^