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glšKEGA DRŽAVLJANSTVA  j
12 . januarja prihodnjega leta
bo stopil v veljavo nov zakon

; ? !ede državljanstva

žavah, ki vsebu
določbe, qjeg
značilnost pa 1

v Zed. dr-
nekatere nove
ova poglavitna
oži v tem, ker se

je prvič sestavilo en zakon, ozi¬
roma zakonik, ki pokriva vse
legalne strani ameriškega dr¬
žavljanstva. Novi zakonik pred¬
stavlja delo sedmih let, ki se je
vršilo pod nadzorstvom držav¬
nega tajnika, generalnega!
pravdnika in delavskega tajni¬
ka. Predsednik je novi zakon!
podpisal 14. oktobra.

Več

Official Organ of
The Slovene Progre«-
•ive Benefit Societj

Cleveland, Ohio, December 11, 1940

Glasilo

Slovenske Svobodomi¬
selne Podporne Zveze

NUMBER 228

DOPISI IN POROČILA ČLANSTVA

Društvo št. 152

South Fork, Pa. ~  Društvo
, st - 152  bo imelo svojo redno Se¬
novem zakoniku bomo ’°’ bo  °benem letna seja, v
poročali v eni prihodnjih izdaj necielj0 15 - decembra ob 2. po-
Napredka. ' j  P ol dne v Slovenskem Domu. Na

* tej seji se bo volilo uradnike za

SLIKA FANATIZMA  deto  Vsi člani so prošeni,

.] 3  da so navz °či- Edina izjema so j
1  bolniki in oni, ki so zadržani 1
lazpo- V sled d e l a . Kdor se ne udeleži,

moče račune zaključiti za leto
1940.

Vsemu članstvu SSPZ želim
vesele božične praznike in mno¬
go sreče v novem letu.

Anton Menart,
tajnik št. 2

Anton Grdina, ki je
landskim Slovencem na
lago “od zibeli do groba,” poleg
tega pa je tudi bančni predsed¬
nik, odlikovanec z redom sv. Sa¬
ve od Stojadinovičeve vlade,
itd., itd., se je nedavno vtaknil v
kontroverzo, ki je nastala med
Enakopravnostjo in Ameriško
Domovino radi dr. Antona Ko¬
rošca, o katerem je new-yorški
“Times” že ponovno poročal, da
spada k tisti kliki jugoslovan¬
skih politikov, ki se liže okrog
osišča Rim-Berlin. Grdina se je
seveda potegnil za “gospoda”
Korošca.

Enakopravnost je na to reagi¬
rala s tem, da je Grdini zabru¬
sila v obraz očitek, da je fasist.
Par tednov je bilo vse mirno, po¬
tem pa so se oglasila društva
Sv. Imena od clevelandskih slo¬
venskih fara in javno pozvala
Enakopravnost, da svojo trditev
o Grdinovem fašizmu dokaže ali
pa prekliče.

Enakopravnost je sedaj ob¬
javila neki dve leti star dopis A.
Grdine, v katerem se je izrazil,
da “zelo simpatizira s fašisti” in
da kot katoličan drugače ne
more, ker katoličani “se boje ko¬
munizma.” In zapisal je še to¬
le cvetko, nanašajočo se na te¬
daj še vršečo civilno vojno v
Španiji: “-Kdor ,bo v Španiji
zmagal, tisti bo zavladal cele¬
mu svetu.” (E. je dopis prvot¬
no zadržala, ker se je Grdina
potem, ko ga ji je poslal, pre¬
mislil in prosil urednika, da naj
ga ne objavi.)

Fašizem v Španiji je s Hitler¬
jevo in Mussolinijevo pomočjo
res zmagal. Po Grdinovi teoriji
to pomeni, da bosta v voj ni, ki se
danes bije v Evropi, prodrla tre¬
tji rajh in fašistična Italija, m
da bo prej ali slej pred njima
klonila tudi Amerika.

Incident je zanimiv in znači¬
len, ker pokazuje, kako daleč
lahko zaidejo od fanatičnega
klerikalizma prežeti ljudje.

BENEŠ: HITLER JE ŽE IZ¬
GUBIL VOJNO

se bo prostopalo z njim v smislu
pravil.

Marko Šavor, tajnik.

Vabilo na božičnico

Export, Pa.  — Prijazno se ba-
vi starejše člane in članice SS¬
PZ v tej naselbini in v okolici,
da posetijo božično priredbo,
katero priredi angleško poslu¬
joče društvo Evehing Starš v ne¬
deljo 22. decembra ob 6. zvečer v
Slovenski dvorani v White Val-
ley. Na vzporedu je komična
igra “Wanted a Male Cook”
(Išče se moškega kuharja), in
slišali boste izvrstne slovenske
pevce, ki bodo zapeli melodije,
ki jih vsi radi poslušamo. Ob tej
priliki bodo tudi prvič nastopi¬
li otroci našega Vrtca, ki bodo
izvajali vaje ali “drill”: The
Red, White and Blue.

Društvo se je potrudilo in upa
da vam bo na omenjeni večer
podalo najlepši božični pro¬
gram, ki ste ga še kdaj videli.
Navzoč bo seveda tudi Miklavž,
ki bo imel darila za vse. Torej
upamo, da nas obiščete.

Član “Evening Star”

Društvo št. 142

White Valley, Pa.  — Društvo
št. 142 SSPZ bo imelo svojo
letno sejo v nedeljo 15. decem¬
bra ob 10. dopoldne. Na brate
in sestre našega društva ape¬
liram, da se udeležijo te seje, ki
je najbolj pomenljiva seja ce¬
lega leta. Na tej seji se bo vo¬
lil tudi odbor za leto 1941.

Jurij Previc, tajnik.

Koledar prireditev
SSPZ

Izsl močn d o a P okl a! u  J e  borba med dvema sveto-

NEDELJ A, 15. decembra  —

Božičnica z dramsko predstavo  Skeleči porazi ’ ki jih doživ -

in petjem prirede člani Vrtca \ ]ja Itali J a ’ odkar je stopila v

vojni, skuša Mussolini zvrniti

“Challenger Juniors,” STRAv
BANE, Pa., v dvorani SNPJ.
Začetek ob 7. zvečer.

NEDELJ A, 15. decembra  —
Božična priredba Rožnik Jun¬
iors, CHICAGO, lil., v Berger¬
jevi dvorani, popoldne in zve

na rame poveljnikov v armadi
in mornarici. Te dni so sledile
ena “resignacija” za drugo v
italijanski obrambni sili. Prvi
je prišel na vrsto maršal Pietro!
Bagdolio, “junak etiopske eks- j

voma, pravi Adolf Hitler

Zmaga nacizma prinese dobo “miru, svobo¬
de in kulture,” pravi firer, ampak barbar¬
stva na Poljskem in drugod govore drugače

Društvo št. 179

Hackett, Pa.  — člani in čla¬
nice društva št. 179! Udeležite
se vsi brez izjeme letne seje v
nedeljo 15. decembra. Dobro se
spominjam, kako ste se nekoč
udeleževali sej, medtem ko smo
sedaj navzoči samo trije ali štir¬
je, tako da cesto še seje ne mo¬
remo obdržavati. Prosim torej,
udeležite se vsaj letne seje.

James Lajevic, tajnik.

Letna seja in drugo

Claridge, Pa.  — Kmalu bo ko¬
nec leta in zopet bo treba voliti
uradnike pri naših društvih.
Apeliram na vse člane in članice
društva št. 2 SSPZ, da se udele-
žejo seje v nedeljo 15. decembra
ob 10. dopoldne v navadnih pro¬
storih. Da ne bo kakega nespo-
nazumljenja pozneje, naj vsak¬
do dobro premisli, kako bo gla¬
soval, oziroma tako, da bo v
korist društvu in Zvezi. Vem, da
je težko vsem ustreči in nihče
ni brez napak, bodisi tajnik ali
zdravnik, pa če je še tako vesten,
ampak če bomo vsi vršili svoje
dolžnosti, se vsaka zadeva pra¬
vilno reši. Na, seji boste tudi sli¬
šali celoletno poročilo in raču¬
ne, iz katerih bo razvidno, koliko
smo napredovali.

Dr Edvard Beneš je ob priliki Naša plesna priredba, ki se je
prve * seje češkoslovaške vlade j vršila 2 8. novembra, je povodno
v izgnanstvu, katere sedež se na-| izpad la .akoravno nas je tiste

haja v Londonu, izjavil, da je dni  objela zima. Prvo nagra
po njegovi sodbi nacijska Nem- , znesk „ $25 je dobil Mi1 blagaJ-
čija že izgubila vojno. Za vzro- nik Will.am fcatofil drugo An

ke, radi katerih smatra siguren dy  Radež, tret .,'1  J'Zahvalim
končni poraz tretjega ra.,ha je Ie . Na  tem mesto “
d^Beneš navedel sledeča

Ponovna izvolitev P^aedni- kor Nabavili in stem pripomogli

k  uspehu. Hvala tudi vsem po¬
sameznikom, ki so na ta način
sodelovali z nami.

Na  božični dan 25. decembra
bo Miklavž obiskal našo nasel¬
bino Imeli bomo skupno prired¬
bo za katero so prispevala vsa
tukajšnja društva. Ne pozabite
i « vaših otrok na božični
P0Sl tb W dopoldne v S. N.
i Starejšim se bo postreg o

ka Roosevelta v Zed. država , s
čemur je ameriško ljudstvo^jav
no odobrilo pomoč Angliji- _
ločilna zmaga,” ki jo je
vala Anglija z Nemčijo, ko J
odbila poizkus invazije. R as oc
težave, ki jih ima Nemčija v
vseh zasedenih ozemljih-

STROŠKI OBRAMBE

Na podlagi vsot, ki jih je koP

obrambo, bo

Društvo št. 69

Brewster, O.  — članom dru¬
štva št. 69 SSPZ se naznanja,
da je bilo na redni seji 17. no¬
vembra sklenjeno, da se potom
glasila opomni člane in članice,
da se vsi brez izjeme udeležijo
letne seje, ki se bo vršila 15.
decembra. Prav prijazno bi bilo,
ako bi se vsaj enkrat na leto
spomnili, kdaj je seja. Vsak ima
kakšen izgovor—eden nima de¬
narja, drugi je pozabil, tretji je
jezen, četrti ima nujne posle
in opravke itd. Izgovor je dober,
čeprav je drenov. Nazadnje o-
stanemo samo predsednik, taj¬
nik, zapisnikar in vratar. Dosti¬
krat bi radi kaj napravili, kak¬
šno veselico, pa če se člani ne
zanimajo za društvo in njegov
obstanek, je vsako delo nemo¬
goče, kakor je to pomilovanja
vredno.

Meseca oktobra je minilo 30
let, kar smo naše društvo usta¬
novili. Predsednik je izrazil
mnenje, da bi bilo lepo, ako bi
napravili veselico, s katero bi
obhajali naš j ubije j. Sklicali
smo izvanredno sejo in obvesti¬
li člane, ampak na naše razoča¬
ranje je prišel samo predsed¬
nik. Prav žalostno je, da se čla¬
ni tako malo zanimajo. Dolž¬
nost vsakega člana in članice je,
da je navzoč na tej seji. Poseb¬
no naj to upoštevajo tisti, ki se
skozi vse leto ne udeležijo sej.
Volil se bo odbor za leto 1941'.
Pridite in volite po svojem pre¬
pričanju, da ne bo potem kakih
neprilik in nezadovoljstva.

Marie Strah, tajnica
I _

gr es že dovolil.za
Vs *ka oseba v Zed. državah pri¬
čevala $384 v ta b amen '

br ambni račun za povpret
briško družino P a  ho znaš


dan

ž najboljšimi okrepčHi-

Dom
naj

NaČI T/bodo svojasesment

gledajo, plačali, da bo mo-

o pravem ca. u i

članstvo št. 2 apeliram da

Vsi na božičnico!

, Chicago, Ul.  — Poročano je
že bilo, da bo Vrtec Rožnik Jun¬
iors, št. 160 priredil božičnico
tudi letos, kot je storil to obi¬
čajno prejšnja leta. Letos se bo
božična priredba vršila v ne¬
deljo 15. decembra popoldne, in
sicer v Bergerjevi dvorani, 2653
S. Lawndale Ave. Upam, da bo¬
ste starši tako prijazni, da se
boste udeležili te božičnice in
pripeljali svoje otroke s seboj,
da se ž njo vred zabavate nekaj
ur. Priznajmo, da mladino tudi

7 U-' ‘J V- ;  uediciie ” niemu že sledil o-rof 1 N acijski firer Adolf Hitler je| frazo “Hvala!”, medtem ko je

cer. Nastop mladine in predva-  Cegare Maria De Vecchi ki ie iimel pred par dneVi v  Prostorih ' v preteklosti bila njegova nava-

odstopil kotgovernei-Dodekane- tovarne v predmestju ®er- da končati javne govore z zna-

ških otokov, in tema dvema je i lma  _f OVOr -.U “»»H “m vzkl,kom:  “»«

sledil v pokoj admiral Domeni- j
co Cavagriiari, šef mornariške- j

jan je novega filma Sloveni je

SOBOTA, 21. decembra  —
Društvo “Trail Blazers,” št. 197
in Vrtec št. 139, CHICAGO, lil.,
priredita božičnico z igro, vari-
etnim programom in plesom v
Stancikovi dvorani, 205 E. 115th
St.

NEDELJA, 22. decembra  —
Božična predstava in program
društva “Evening S t a r  s,”
WHITE VALLEY, Pa., v Slo¬
venski dvorani. Začetek ob 6.
uri.

NEDELJA, 22. decembra  —
Božičnica Balkan Juniors, Vrt¬
ca št. 33, MILWAUKEE, Wis.,
z igro, petjem, godbo in na j no¬
vejšim filmom Slovenije, pred¬
vajanem po br. Vrhovniku, v
Harmonie dvorani, So. 6th in
West Mineral St.

TOREK, 31. decembra  — Sil¬
vestrova zabava društva Prija¬
telj, št. 46, SAN FRANCISCO,
Cal., v Slovenskem naprednem
domu, 2101 Mariposa Ave.

SOBOTA, 1. februarja  —
Plesna veselica društva “Uto-
pians,” v Slov. Del. Domu Wa-
terloo Rd„ COLLINWOOD, O.,
v proslavo 13-letnice .

SOBOTA, 22. februarja  —
Maškeradna veselica društva št.
172, LIBRARY, Pa.

NEDELJ A, 9. marca  — Pro¬
slava 15-letnice Skupnih dru¬
štev SSPZ v CLEVELANDU,
O., z dramsko predstavo v S. N.
Domu na St. Clair Ave.

Tragedija na Poljskem

potrebuje nekoliko razvedrila,
posebno ob božičnem času. Vide¬
li boste tudi talente in sposob¬
nosti te naše mladine, ki bo izva¬
jala program. Poleg tega bodo
kazane tudi premične slike, ki
so nadvse zanimive in vas bodo
gotovo zadovoljile. Vabim tudi
članstvo drugih društev, da se
udeleže te božičnice, pa tudi svo¬
je otroke pripeljite na to Vrtče-
vo priredbo.

Po programu se bo servirala
večerja za vso mladino, če so
člani ali ne. Pa tudi Miklavž je
sporočil, da bo obdaroval vse
navzoče otroke. Ko bo on kon¬
čal svoj posel, se bo pričela pro¬
sta zabava. Godba bo prve vr¬
ste, plesalo se bo prav po doma¬
če—če se ne motim, se bomo še
mi stari mlade počutili.

še enkrat apeliram na vas, da
se boste vsi, zlasti starši in čla¬
ni SSPZ, udeležili v čim lepšem
številu. S tem boste pokazali, da
se zavedate, da je mladina na¬
ša bodočnost na društvenem in
kulturnem polju. Ako bomo sto¬
rili svojo dolžnost, si bo tudi
mladina zapomnila in spomi¬
njala še, ko bo stopala v leta, v
katerih smo mi sedaj.

Torej na svidenje v nedeljo
15. decembra popoldne!

Victor Zupančič

ga štaba in podtajnik mornariš¬
kega ministrstva.

Grki še vedno podijo italijan¬
sko vojsko preko albanskih gora
proti morju, in so v zadnjih
dneh zasedli pristaniško mesto
Porto Edda, ki je najbližja toč¬
ka za prevoz iz Italije. Padlo je
tudi mesto Argirocastro, kjer je
bila glavna baza italijanskih
operacij v Albaniji za vojno
proti Grkom.

Vsa poročila soglašajo v tem, socialnega revolucijonarja.

heil!” to

nemškemu delavstvu, obenem pa j je: “živela zmaga!”
je bil pa radiju razposlan po 1
vseh okupiranih ozemljih, kakor j
tudi v Južno in Severno Ameri- V ostrem kontrastu s Hitler-
ko. Dejstvo, da je Hitler svoj I jevimi frazami o “novem sve-'
apel naslovil na delavske mase, tu,” ki ga prinese nacizem, so
je značilno. Pokazuje namreč stvari, ki se dogajajo v pokra-
rastočo resnost notranjega po- jinah, ki so padle nacizmu v ro-
ložaja v Nemčiji. ke. Najstrašnejša je usoda Po-

Hitlerjev govor je bil poln j ljakov, katere nacijska Nem-
“radikalno” se glasečih fraz, oj čija kot slovanski narod smatra
svobodi, kulturi in miru, tako, za “manjvredno raso.” Načelnik
da bi človek, ki ne bi vedel, s kom ; ameriške organizacije Y. M. C.
ima opravka, sodil, da besede A. na Poljskem, dr. Paul Super,

prihajajo iz ust prepričanega

da v Italiji pomanjkanje dnev¬
no raste, in s tem vred jeza in
nezadovoljstvo med masami na¬
roda. Vsi radijski aparati v de¬
želi, razen v fašističnih klubih,
so zapečateni, ker se II Duce bo¬
ji, da bi ljudstvo iz inozemskih
poročil izvedelo resnico o pora¬
zih, ki jih doživljajo njene obo¬
rožene sile. Zadnja poročila po¬
vedo, da so Grki pričeli z novo
ofenzivo na vsej 150 milj dolgo
fronti v Albaniji.

Predsednik Roosevelt je te dni
brzojavno zagotovil Grčijo, da
ji bo Amerika v soglasju z na¬
čelom, da se pomaga vsem na¬
rodom, ki se branijo pred napa¬
dalcem, stala na razpolago s
svojo pomočjo.

POZNO OPRAVIČILO

Ko je bila predsedniška vo¬
lilna borba na višku, je skupina
finančnikov od privatnih “life
insurance” kompanij prišla v
javnost s propagando, da ako
bo Roosevelt ponovno izvoljen,
bo sledila neizogibna inflacija
in ogrožene bodo investicije vseh
ljudi, ki so zavarovani za življe¬
nje. Zdaj se je oglasil predsed¬
nik Metropolitan Insurance Co.,
Leroy A. Lincoln, ki pravi, da
so bile dotične trditve brez vsa¬
ke podlage in da omenjeni fi¬
nančniki niso imeli pravice go¬
voriti v imenu zavarovalnih
družb.

Ta izjava je prišla natančno
j en mesec po volitvah. Izgleda,
! da so se magnatje ustrašili, da
bi njih lastne besede utegnile
škodovati njihovemu businessu,
odtod njih omivanjejsedaj. Ako
bi bili iskreni, bi bili spregovorili
takrat, ko je bil čas za to — pred
volitvami. t

ki je nedavno dospel v Zedinje¬
ne države, poroča, da bo tekom
te zime vsak dan od enega do pet
tisoč Poljakov umrlo od glada.

Nekatera druga barbarstva,
ki jih izvaja tretji rajh nad
Poljaki v okupiranem ozemlju,
so sledeča:

Vse poljske srednje šole in
univerze so zaprte in dovoljena
je le izobrazbe najnižje vrste.
Pouk zgodovine in zemljepisja
je prepovedan celo v osnovnih
poljskih šolah.

Poljska industrija, ki tekmu¬
je z nemško, se sistematično iz¬
treblja. Iz Lodza so bile preme¬
ščene cele takstilne industrije v
Chemnitz. Poljska orožna indu¬
strija mora obratovati v pomoč
Nemčiji.

Nemci so sistematično uničili
in razdejali poljske knjižnice,
muzeje in umetnine.

Poljska dekleta se nasiloma
I pošilja v nemška vojna tabori-
I šča kot prostitutke.

Na stotisoče Poljakov je bilo
poslanih v Nemčijo, kjer mora¬
jo delati v industrijah kot pravi
tlačani.

V Krakovu je bilo 60 tisoč Ži¬
dov izgnanih, medtem ko se je v
Varšavi okrog židovske četrti

Amerika vključena v svet, ki se
mora uničiti

To je borba med dvema sve¬
tovoma, je rekel Hitler. Med
svtom posebnih privilegijev, v
katerega je vključil poleg Am-
glije tudi Zedinjene države, in
pa svetom “resnične svobode,
enakosti in kulture,” katero za¬
stopa nacijska Nemčija.

“Poglejte, kaj so napravili z
zmago, katero so izvojeli v sve¬
tovni vojni!” je dejal nacijski
firer. “Porabili so jo le, da ž
njo ojačijo svojo prokleto plu¬
tokracijo. Ustvarili iz nje brez¬
poselnost in bedo. Kadar bomo
mi izvojevali zmago, bomo ne¬
hali izdelovati topove in pričeli
bomo z delom miru.”

“Potem bomo pokazali svetu,”
je nadaljeval Hitler, “kaj in kdo
je gospodar:' kapital ali delo. In
potem se bo iz tega dela dvignila
tista velika nemška država, o
kateri so sanjali pesniki, velika!
država miru, dela in kulture
V nacijski državi rojstvo ne po¬
meni nič, sposobnost vse. To je
en svet v borbi z drugim, kjer j
so na krmilu potomstvo, kapi- j

tal in sebičnost. Nemško delo je i , v  .. . ,

, . . - , •. i • - ; postavil osem čevljev visok zid.

nase zlato m nas kapital, m z L,

... Ti ljudje  bodo tekom zime umi-

njim  bomo ugnali vsako silo na i „ . . . ,

, „ rab kot muhe, je izjavil dr.

svetu.

Tovarna, v kateri je govoril 1

Hitler, je bila obdana od osmih
mogočnih baterij za odbijanje
bombnih napadov iz zraka. Na¬
vzoč je bil načelnik generalnega
štaba, feldmaršal Keitel, poleg
drugih visokih vojaških funkci-
jonarjev. Predstavil ga je pro¬
pagandni minister Goebbels.

“Junaška zaveznica’ 1
žabi jena

Govor, ki ni bil za javnost

Društvo št. 55

Broughton, Pa.  — Društvo št.
55 SSPZ bo obdrževalo letno ali
glavno sejo dne 15. decembra

točno ob 10. dopoldne. Na dnev-
(Dalje na 2. str.)

SLABA EKONOMIJA

V ohijskih premogovnikih sta

Te dni je prišel v javnost go¬
vor, ki ga je imel prošlega ju-
Jnija  nemški poljedelski minis-
j ter Richard-Walter Darre pred
| skupino nacijskih zaupnikov. Ta
I govor ni bil namen j en j avnosti,
j zato je nacijski funkcijonar go-
Italija po-  voril odkrito.

V njem je Darre povedal, da
kadar zmaga tretji r&jh, bo
Nemčija upostavila nov red po
vsem svetom, in tedaj bodo vsi
narodi razen izbrane nemške

se letos pripetili dve veliki ne-j
sreči, ki sta tirjali življenje 103
mož. Državna vlada je sedaj
obljubila preiskavo, ampak živ¬
ljenj, ki so uničena, preiskava
ne bo vrnila. Vsa znamenja ka¬
žejo, da je izpolnjevanje var¬
nostnih zakonov v državi zelo
zanikrno. Splošno znano je, da
sedanji governer Bricker, repub¬
likanski staro-gardist, izvaja
“štednjo” na račun zakonov, ki

Hitler je govoril eno uro in
pol, dasmavno je v začetku re-
I kel, da bo govoril kratko, ker I

je zaposlen. Skakal je od enega! . , , .. , ,.

ter t>ii j aristokracije, postavljeni na

|_„Jstalež srednjeveških sužnjev, ki

predmeta k drugemu
mestoma zelo vzhičen. Italije se

ni to pot spomnil niti z besedo,, , , ...

. . , , . ,  t,  •• i j i predvsem pa ne bodo smeli la

m izostala je tudi Rusija, glede 1

| ne bodo imeli nobenih pravic,

katere je izza sklenitve nenapa¬
dalnega pakta vselej dolgovezno!
povdarjal da je nacijska Nem¬
čija ž njo v najboljših
tel j skih odnosa j ih.

Govor je zaključil z običajno

stovati zemlje.

Glede Zed. držav je nacijski
j minister rekel, da bodo potom
i nemške trgovinske konkurence,
pn,ia  ; potem ko bo Evropa podjarm¬
ljena, prisiljene k “popolni in
končni kapitulaciji,” in dostavil

so bili sprejeti za protekcijo de- j je, da ni nobene nevarnosti, da
lavcev in socialno blaginjo v ob- bi se “ta demoralizirana dežela
če. To je slaba ekonomija. I vmešavala v to nemško vojno.”

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NAN ameriški pisatelj pripoveduje: Neka osebno
mi poznana premožena ženska je nedavno vzela
v službo mlado begunko iz Belgije. Oba dekletina
brata sta bila ubita v prvih dneh nemške invazije. Dru¬
žina je zbežala z dvokolesnim vozičkom, na katerega je
naložila nekatere reči, ki se jih je dalo rešiti, tavajoč po
natrpanih cestah, največ ponoči, prenočujoč na od dežev¬
ja premočenih poljih in skrivajoč se v obcestnih jarkih in
za drevesi, kadarkoli se je prikazal kak bombnik. Mla¬
denka, edina v družini, ki je sposobna služiti kruh, je
sedaj prišla v Ameriko, pustivši mater in ostale otroke v
Amiensu. Odkar je padla Francija, ni prejela še nobenega
glasu od njih.

“Imela je malo skušenj kot sobarica,” mi je pravila
prijateljica, “in bila je često neokretna. Nekega večera,
ko sem imela iti ven, mi je zlikala in prinesla večerno
toaleto. Obleka pa je bila še zmerom zmečkana in šiv,
ki je spustil, je bil nepopravljen. Bilo je že itak pozno, in
tako sem izbruhnila. Dekle me je le pogledalo z nekakim
nemim začudenjem. TCo sem jo nehala zmerjati, je rekla
zelo mirno: Tn vi se morete razburiti radi ene obleke!’ Še
nikdar v življenju me ni bilo tako sram; od tistega tre-
notka naprej nisem pozabila, kako malo povoda imam
bodisi jaz, ali kdorkoli v Ameriki, da se razburja.”

To je eno, kar je vojna storila za nas. Sreča je smisel
za razmerje, in največje skrbi in težave so danes tako
smešno majhne v primeri s tem, kar trpi ostali svet. Bog
ne daj, da bi se tega veselili, ali da bi zavoljo tega postali
domišljavi ali brezbrižni, ampak to utegne biti začetek
naše modrosti. Prav za prav bi ne smelo biti potrebno,
da se svet podre pred našimi očmi, predno pridemo do
razumevanja, da večji del naših težav so kot gnide v
žungli, polni krvoločnih tigrov. Ne mislim s tem reči, da
bi se kdo moral veseliti, če je lačen ali premrazen, ker
je nekdo drug še bolj lačen in premrazen — ampak koliko
nas pa je, ki trpimo glad in mraz? Večji del naših dnev¬
nih neprilik je tako malenkosten, da bi nas moralo biti
sram, ako bi le trenotek pomislili. Ena izmed najbolj ne¬
zadovoljnih žensk, Dar sem jih kdaj poznal, je bila ena,
ki je bila “nesrečna,” ker je mož ni mogel kupiti suknje
iz dragocene kožuhovine . . .

Pred par dnevi sem prejel pismo od nekega pastorji
iz dela Anglije, ki je bombardiran že več tednov. V
pismu ni bilo niti besede o bombah in niti ene zavestne
misli o hrabrosti. Pisal mi je, da z zanimanjem čita moje
stvari in ako bi mu dovolil objaviti neko črtico v lističi,
ki ga izdaja za svoje župljane. Nič drugega. Niti besede o
smrti in uničenju, ki ga je obkrožalo, ko je pisal. Hiša, v
kateri stanuje, je bila morda že kup razvalin, ko sem mu
tipkal odgovor; bil je morda mrtev, predno so ga dosegle
moje vrste, ampak gotovo se ni vznemirjal — kakor sem
se vznemirjal jaz, ko so otroci delali trušč pred hišo. Po
pravici rečeno, zdi se mi, da bi danes lal^ko pisal v
kotlarski tovarni in hvaležen bi bil, da ni huje!

Stalno srečujem ljudi, katerih položaj je tak, da bi
me bilo sram, če bi tožil in stokal radi česarkoli. Zadnje
poletje sem srečal igralko, ki je bila slavna na Ogrskem.
Ampak, če verjamete ali ne, ona se je smejala, ko je
lekla: “Angleščina je tretji jezik, ki se ga učim v
prizadevanju, da bi začela zopet od kraja. Iz Budimpešte
sem zbežala na Dunaj in se učila nemščine. Ko je bila
zasedena Avstrija, sem šla v Francijo. Imela sem mnogo
obetajoč angažma v nekem pariškem gledališču, in potem
je padla Francija. Sedaj se skušam naučiti angleščine, in
morda začnem z novo karijero tukaj.” Rekel sem! da jo
pač zasleduje nesreča. “Kako mislite?” se je začudila.
“Trikrat sem ušla smrti, in če to ni sreča, ne vem, kaj je!” j

Vaši otroci so šli danes zjutraj v šolo ali na delo.
Neki angleški sodnik in član parlamenta mi piše, da je bil
njegov sin, zrakoplovski pilot, zadnji teden ubit v bitki j

AKO VAS (EVELJ TIŠČI

11. decembra, 1940

z nemškimi letali. “Lahko smo ponosni nanj,” mi piše,
“in obžalujemo one, katerih sinovi živijo manj vredno.”
Vi imate streho nad seboj, na gorkem ste in deležni ste
udobnosti vseh reči, katere ste zbrali tekom let. Nedavno
je slika v nekem listu predstavlja kup kamenja, ki je bil j
par ur preje še dom. Na tlak pred kupom razvalin je
nekdo zapisal s kredo: “There will always be an Eng-;
land.” (Anglija nikdar ne izgine.) Vpričo takega poguma
— in vidimo ga po vsem svetu — bi rekel, da bi bilo celo

stvu. Vas bratski pozdravim i
želim vesel božič i sretno Novo
leto 1941.

Joseph Yambrovich, tajnik

Društvo “Rožnik’

Chicago, lil.  — V četrtek 19.
decembra bo letna seja društva
Rožnik, št. 227 SSPZ. Vabi se
vse člane in članice, da se v pol-
onih izmed nas, ki argumentirajo češ, “Ne razumem, kako 1  nem številu udeležite seje, ki
naj mi pomaga to, da se drugim celo slabše godi,” lahko j bo važna, kajti treba bo izvoliti
sram kuhati rilec, ker danes zjutraj ni bilo gorke vode, ali, odbor za 1941 m  ukreniti, kar

ker je preproga v družinski sobi začela kazati rebra . .. [ e  P° trebn0 za  poslovanje v pri-

jhodnjem letu. Podano vam bo

Med menoj in vami, in pa med krtinami, katere ime- ;  poročilo od zadnje zabave in let-
nujemo gore, se nahajajo v teh dnevih merilne palice, j ni ra f un  poslovanja med društ-
katerih se ne da odstraniti — slike tovornih vagonov, i vc ™ 111 Zvezo -
polmh bednih beguncev z Balkana, zmrznjenih trupel na Torej vsi na sejo v četrtek
Finskem, mož, žena in otrok, lačnih, brez doma, premra- j 49 , decembra,
zenih, umirajočih in mrtvih ob cestah, na potapljajočih se
ladjah in na mestnih ulicah — toliko človeškega gorja,
da zaman iščemo primere v vseh vekih “človekove nečlo¬
večnosti napram svojemu sočloveku.” Vse to utegne —
mora — pustiti v naših mislih prostora za usmiljenje,
ogorčenje in stalno željo, storiti vse, kar moremo, da po¬
magamo in da skušamo graditi bodočnost, v kateri se take
reči ne bodo mogle več dogajati. Ampak za ceno, ki je
ogromna, so se naši lastni križi in težave skrčili na njih
resnično velikost.

Pozor! Da ne pozabite pose-
titi božične zabave, katero prire¬
di Vrtec št. 160 Rožnik Juniors
v nedeljo 15. decembra v Ber¬
gerjevi dvorani, 2653 So. Lawn-
dale Ave. Razvedrila bo dovolj
za stare in mladine.

Z bratskim pozdravom,

Andrej Cizej, tajnik

Na svetu, polnem grozot, smrti in uničenja, kateri
izmed nas ima pravico moledovati, ako ga čevelj tišči?

IZ GLAVNEGA URADA SSPZ

DRUŠTVENIM TAJNIKOM (ICAM) NA ZNANJE

Razposlani so stenski koledarji za leto 1941 . Poleg
manjšega ali manjših, so tajniki društev s številnimi člani
prejeli tudi večji stenski koledar, ki je namenjen za
javen prostor, predvsem za dvorano, kjer društvo zbo¬
ruje. Manjši je za tajnika, ali ako je priložen kak na-
daljni, za druge uradnike.

Za nadaljne, najsibode za manjše ali ta velike kole¬
darje, naj se, prosim, ne vpraša. Naročili smo vsakih ome¬
jeno število in smo vse razposlali. Tudi za “prodajo” jih
nimamo.

Pred koneem leta

Milivaukee, Wis.  — Tukaj je
december in kmalu bo utonilo
leto 1940 v nevidnem in neiz¬
mernem prostoru časa. Brez in¬
ventarja in nekaterih komentar¬
jev ne sme ostati, kakor je na¬
vada ob tem času. Iz zime v po¬
letje, nazaj v zimo, tako se suče
vreme. To leto je bilo skoro po¬
dobno tistinj časom, ko je slav¬
ni ameriški pesnik, mož, ki je
spisal toliko lepih in nepozab¬
nih pesmi kakor so “Old Black
Joe,” “My Old Kentucky Home”
in nešteto drugih, Stephen Fos-
ter, zložil tudi tisto smešno “Oh
Susannah,” v kateri se poje:

It rained ali night
The day I left,

The weather it was dry,

The sun so hot
I froze to death,

Susuannah, don’t you cry.
Tako dela tudi naše vreme. V

Sedaj se razpošilja nova pravila, sprejeta na 10. 1
redni konvenciji. Tudi teh dobi vsako društvo omejeno ,
število, ne več kot polovično število članstva. Ako jih
kateri tajnik ne bo imel zadosti, naj piše po nadaljne s ■
navedbo, koliko jih še rabi.

Pravila ima vsak pravico zahtevati in prejeti, a sem |Wisconsinu že ni bilo tako sla-

pod vtisem, da jih vsakdo ne rabi. Ena knjižica bi za- bega decembra cellh  50  let, pra-
, , . v, .v. Ivijo vremenski strokovnjaki,

časno zadostovala za elane ene družine.

Da se jih pošilja v omejenem številu je vzrok, ker je
več tajnikov sporočilo, da jih jim preostaja. Člani se več
ne zanimajo zanje tako kot nekdaj. >

Razposlana so bila obvestila za sporočitev novo iz¬
voljenih uradnikov pri društvu. To listino naj vsak taj¬
nik (ica) spolnjeno vrne, tudi ako so vsi stari uradniki
ponovno izvoljeni. Glavni urad jo rabi za popravek mo¬
gočih pomot v starem imeniku. Tudi listino za PORO¬
ŠTVO naj se točno izpolnjeno in podpisano vrne.

WILLTAM RUS, gl. tajnik.

_ DOPISI ČLANSTVA ~

(Dalje s 1. str.)

nem redu bodo važne zadeve za
prihodnje leto, kakor tudi volit-

Kako revež zavida milijonarje,
ki imajo na razpolago klimo
Floride in Californije! Vendar,
lož je je prenašati nekaj mraza
in mehke snežinke tukaj kot pa
bombe, ki padajo na evropske
prebivalce. Po vseh izgledih se
je italijansko vojaštvo naveli¬
čali prelivati kri za Dučeja, ker
lahak posel, ki ga imajo Grki ž
njimi, je ne junaštvo Grkov,
temveč očiten pasiven odpor ita¬
lijanskega naroda proti fašisti¬
čni vladi. Firer Hitler ima po¬
sla preko glave, v Romuniji div¬
ja civilna vojna. Tam bi rad na¬
pravil mir, v Angleško se pa za¬
ganja in zajeda kakor rak v te-

kritje društvenih stroškov. To
vsoto mora plačati vsak član in i J*

članica, v nasprotnem slučaju: Britanija čedalje bolj ječi m

se bo postopalo po pravilih, j prosi pomoči> stric Sam pa kot

Prosim člane in članice, da fo pi j,.,, ,,« .

ve odbora. Udeležite se torej vsi upoštevajo. Stanta Uaus vsiplje v VOJno zxe '

celo situacijo, in vsi računi ka¬
žejo, da v boju in tekmi za no¬
vim članstvom, umiranjem sta¬
rih Članov, pičlim naseljeva¬
njem iz starega kraja, insurance
kompanijami vseh vrst, ki ima¬
jo čedalje več novosti in vabe,
je mladina prve in druge sloven¬
ske generacije edini up za bo¬
doči obstoj teh važnih humani¬
tarnih institucij. Če torej ne
pride do združenja, krivda ne bo
na članstvu, ampak kot med po-
litičarji in ekonomskimi inteie-
si, ki jih gotove osebe razla¬
gajo v svoj prid.

Društvo Balkan št. 24 ne na¬
preduje v članstvu, kakor bi
lajiko v veliki slovenski nasel¬
bini. Zavira ga pomanjkanje po¬
slovne pravice in- pa tekma, ki se
vrši med številnimi podpornimi
organizacijami. Tista klasična
povest o očetu, sinovih in v bu¬
taro povezanih palicah je na
mestu pri našem društvu, kjei
vlada najlepša sloga in solidar¬
nost. Ali v splošnem za sloven¬
ski živelj in naselbino tukaj bi
morala ta povest priti v poštev.
Poglejmo naselbino Indianapo¬
lis. Mi jih zavidamo, ko čitamo,
da so postavili narodni dom.
Milvvauški Slovenci imajo že
dolgo let lepo zemljišče, ki čaka
dneva solidnega nastopa in spo¬
razuma.

Božični čas! Srečni smo, da
živimo v deželi, kjer lahko po¬
svetimo še vsaj letos svoje ob¬
čutke v prid,miru in pozabimo
na katastrofalno divjanje vojne
burje, kateri se je ameriški kon¬
tinent, domovina naša, za en¬
krat še izognil. Kaj nam prinese
bodočnost, tega ne vemo. Menda
tega ne vedo niti naši visoki dr¬
žavniki v Washingtonu.

Naši mladi člani Vrtca št. 33
bodo spet priredili božičnico, v
namenu, da se skupno kakor ena
velika družina zberemo skupaj
in si na ta dan preženemo otož¬
nost vsakdanjih skrbi. Program
bo popoldne in zvečer, in sicer
lepši in popolnejši, da takega
še nismo imeli. Igra, nastopi
mladine, humor in talenti vseh
vrst. Zvečer kazanje najnovej¬
ših slik Slovenije in Jugoslavije
v letu 1940 in drugih slik po br.
M. Vrhovniku. Tako lepih slik
še niste videli do danes. Godba
in ples seveda.

Vsi tisti, ki se do sedaj še ni¬
ste udeležili naših božičnic, se
boste čudili nastopu mladine,
torej omenite tudi prijateljem.
Najprisrčnejše vas kliče in vabi
naša mladina na to priredbo, ne
pozabite torej 22 . decembra po¬
poldne in zvečer, ker dobiček je
namenjen blagajni Vrtca št. 33.

Naj končam z voščilom vsemu
članstvu društva in SSPZ za ve¬
sele božične praznike in srečno,
zdravo novo leto 1940!

Anton C. Ermenc,

N. P. C., ki obhaja zlati jubilej obstan
ka Vi  strani za svoto $18.00.

RAZNO

Soglasno je zaključeno na stavljen
podpiran in sprejet predlog, da se
otvoritvi daruje Slovenskemu Narodne
mu Domu v Indianapolisu, Ind., svot ~
$ 100.00  po br. Kvartichu, predsedniku
ki je uradni zastopnik SSPZ pri slav _’
nosti.

Sprejeto, da ima gl. upravni podod-
sek pravico napraviti kampanjski načrt
za novo članstvo, ako vidi za umestno in
potrebno, ter ga uveljaviti potom refer- ‘‘
enduma gl. odbora. .

Vprašanje plačitve dividende na član
ske certifikate se prepusti letni seji gl '
odbora za rešiti.

M. G. Kuhel, gl. blagajnik, ki j e  ^
pooblaščen zastopati Zvezo na konven¬
ciji J. S. K. J. kot tajnik združitvenega
odbora in na banketu kot uradni zastop¬

nik gl. odbora, poda kratko

Poročilo,

ker potek vsega je bil priobčen v listih

Br. M. Vrhovnik poda poročilo o letoš¬
nji Penn’a priredbi ali proslavi SSPZ
ki je radi mladinskega festivala, ki se
ga je obdrževalo v mesecu maju,’nado¬
mestila NARODNI ATLETSKI SES¬
TANEK, da je bila priredba vse skozi
vpešna v gmotnem in finančnem ozi¬
ru. Vzeto na znanje.

Br. Tisol in Vrhovnik, kot predsed¬
nik in tajnik atletskega odbora SSPZ.,
priporočata, da se društva porazdeli
v distrikte, ali okraje, in da naj ima
vsaki okraj svoje zastopnike, za katere
imenujeta naslednje:

Okraj štev. 1, katerega tvorijo društva
držav: Penn’a, New York in West Vir¬
ginia, zastopnik br. Ernest Kvartich.

Okraj štev. 2, katerega tvorijo dru¬
štva iz držav Ohio in Michigan, naj za¬
stopata br. Rudolph Lisch in sestra Ann
Opeka.

Okraj štev. 3, država Indiana, naj za¬
stopa br. Louis Loviscek.

Okraj štev. 4, Wisconsin, naj zastopa
br. John Maren.

Okraj štev. 5, Illinois in vse druge dr¬
žave. zastopata brata S. M. Tisol in M.
Vrhovnik.

Na predlog br. Rusa, podpiranem po
br. Kuhel, se soglasno odobri razdelbo
okrajev in izvoli vse predlagane za urad¬
ne zastopnike v atletskem odboru SS¬
PZ.

Brata Vrhovnik in Tisol nadalje pred¬
lagata v odobrenje sklep atletskega od¬
bora, da bi se naj nabavilo za vse keglav-
ce—člane SSPZ., ki uradno representi-
rajo Zvezo v keglavski sezoni 1940-41
skozi točno in redno vdeležbo pri svoji
lokalni ligi, srajce ali jopiče, pod pogo¬
jem, da morajo potom istih razglašati
ZVEZO potom uradnega znaka ali črk,
ki morajo biti pritrjene na iste. V to
svrho sme SSPZ izdati polovično svoto,
ki je letno voljena atletskemu odboru,
a ne več kot $1.25 za vsaki jopič ali
srajco. Razdelbo upravljata predsednik
in tajnik tega odbora. Predlog podpiran
po br. Rusu in je soglasno sprejet.

Br. Kuhel, oskrbnik Zvezinih poses-,
tev poroča, da se mora dati popraviti
strop v spodnjih prostorih posestva
štev. 1 v Chicagu in pa napraviti večje
popravilo na posestvu štev. 7 v Chica¬
gu, primer: dati podreti dva “slepa"
dimnika v slabem stanju, dati napravi¬
ti nove žlebove in stopnice popraviti. —
Sklenjeno, da se ta popravila izvrši, ko
hitro dobi ponudbe za delo.

Na predlog br. Kuhel, se naj podalj¬
ša, pod običajnimi pogoji dokler ni pol¬
no izplačano, posojilo štev. 89 v Chica¬
gu, 111 ., na posestvo ocenjeno $ 6 , 200.00
Svota v poštevu za podaljšati je $2,-
463.67. Predlog podpiran po br. Tisolu
in soglasno sprejet.

S tem je dnevni red izčrpan in na
predlog br. Rusa, podpiran po br. Vr¬
hovniku in sprejetin soglasno, zaključi
predsednik sejo ob 12 . uri opoldne, iste¬
ga dneva kot je bila otvorjena.

WILLIAM RUS, gl. tajnik—zapisni¬
kar seje.

JOHN KVARTICH, gl. predsednik.

zapisnikar št. 24

letne seje. Na 15. decembra naj
nihče ne ostane doma!

John Dolinar, tajnik.

Ilo živež, ladje, municijo. Za vse
Mary Bogatay, tajnica to bo seveda plačano o “svetem
_ Nikoli.” “Matuška” Rusija se

v. * | pa za enkrat kar modro drži, ker

- Društvo st. 28 T v  . , \ j.

v  : razume svoj položaj med glad-

Društvo št. 54 Madison, lil.  — članstvo ovo- nimi sosedi in med oblaki so-

I Ely, Minn.   člane in člani- : ga d<1 'uštva se opominja, da je j vražne svetovne propagande. Ni

ce društva Rudar, št. 54 SSPZ, ovo zadn i i  mjese« ovoga le- tako naivna, da ne bi vedela, da
se tem potom uljudno vabi da ^ a ’ * Utni računi treba ju biti; če ne pride kmalu do sporazu-
j se gotovo udeležite prihodn je ! čisti * predloženi društvu i član- ma med vojskujočimi se silami,
letne seje, ki se bo vršila v nede- stvu na  januarski seji u letu da ji bo svetovna revolucija slu-
ljo 15. decembra ob 1. popoldne 1941- Zato  -l e  potrebno, da budu žila v prid. Ali bo prinesla ta

J. S. N. Domu. Poglavitno na ! ne ^ £i  članovi pogledali svoje j vojna zedinjenje slovanstva, ki

ZAPISNIK

SEJE GLAVNEGA UPRAVNEGA OD¬
SEKA, DNE 19. OKTOBRA, 1940.

Sejo otvori gl. predsednik ob 9. uri
zjutraj v prostorih novega Slovenskega
Narodnega Doma, v Indianapolisu, In¬
diana.

Navzoči so bratje: John Kvartich,
Wm. Rus, M. G. Kuhel, S. H. Tisol in

KDAJ JE ŽENSKA NAJZA¬
NIMIVEJŠA

Uredništvo nekega ameriške¬
ga lista je svojim čitateljem za¬
stavilo vprašanje, v kateri dobi
je ženska naj zanimivejša. Vi¬
šek lepe ženske je bil v času na¬
ših dedov pri starosti 20 do 25
let. Francoski romanopisec Bal¬
zac, ki je mnogo razmišljal o
tem vprašanju, •je prišel do za¬
ključka, da je žena najzanimi-
! vejša pri tridesetih letih svoje-

dnevnem redu poleg navadnih j dužnosti za pomoč društvenom j bi bilo za Kitajsko drugo naj-
J društvenih zadev so volitve dru-' ajn ^ u za isti  čisti račun, a to i večje pleme na svetu po jeziku
štvenih uradnikov za leto 1941. M e Ll  i menu  asesmenta i drugih !  in številu—-blizu 300 milijonov
Te seje naj se udeleži vsakdo j drU štvenih rasporezov. Izabrali j ljudi. Kakšna potencialna sila,

| ako mu je le mogoče. Po seji bo-! si  • )este odbor za  Uto 1941, zato ki jo angiosaksi in latinski na-
mo imeli tudi malo zabave. To-i ste 1  v °B eni  i dužnost je vaša, rodi držijo k tlom in skušajo ob
liko na znanje. , da  soradjujete sa istim društ - 1  držati v spanju, predno se zbudi

Vesele božične praznike in vs- i verdm  odborom za napredak : in zave svoje moči!
selo Novo leto vsemu članstvu I društva i SSPZ, jer vsaki pravo Glavno vlogo na naši 10. red-
SSPZ! j misleči član ili članica znajuči ni konvenciji, ki se je vršila v

Math Praprotnik, tajnik i sv °J e  dužnosti bude u istom pra- tem letu, je predstavljalo vpra-

_ Ivom smislu rada pokazal u le- i sanje združitve med našimi pod-! J ° hnu  stropnik, od društ. štev. ios,

Društvo št 181 tu 1941, koliko je uradil za na-j pornimi organizacijami. Dru- OGLASI

predek, jer znači, da se pravi- gih posebno važnih sprememb sprejeto, da se vzame oglase v siede-
Poiver Point, O.  — Z ozirom len rad ne može odbiti ili pro- ni bilo. članstvo prizadetih or- eih  P ublikaci iah:
na to, da je koncem leta potreb-! tivno zatajiti. Dan je svetal , 1  ganizacij, ki vsebuje element pc J stranr^svoto^o oo 6 ” 1  koledar;iu >
no, da se društvo postavi na takov neka bude i rad u društ- najbolj progresivnih in inteli- v programni knjižici pevskega društva
zdravo podlago, je bilo sklenje- vu, i tako je usiguran ugled in , gentnih ljudi obeh spolov, je ta “Slovan,” v Chicagu, m„ izdano ob pri-
no, da se za mesec december raz-1 napredak za društvo i Zvezu. načrt ponovno podpiralo skoro !sTOfo 3  $io oo * 06  obstanka ’ eno stran  za
piše izreden asesment 50c za po-j Toliko na razmišlanje član- J stoprocentno, ker dobro razume !

M. Vrhovnik.

Citan je zapisnik zadnje seje, odo- ! ga Življenja. Približno isto sod-

?e r den pos P el dPiSan ’ 36  Prelde na 1 bo ima J° Američani, ki so odgo-

izredna podpora j vorili ameriškemu listu, da je

Izredno podporo se nakloni na podla- :  ženska najzanimivejša med 30.

gi nn?t e vo « a v iS m sl T edečim: - j in 35. letom svoje starosti. Za

Društvo štev. 19.-—Louisu Klun, v pri- 4 . j  , . . .. or .

log nedoletne hčerke Mary, članice Vrt- j 1°  starost se  .l e  izjavilo 80,000

Ca v pomoč  nabave umetne noge, čitateljev, medtem ko si je dru-

gi največji odstotek bralcev iz-
Can Pal owski, dol- braI ŽGnske

svoto $25.00
Društvo štev. 39:
goletnemu tajniku društva, ki mora Iti
na zdravljenje v sosedno državo svoto
$15.00.

Društvo štev. 70.—Anni Rus, radi dolge
‘ | bolezni, svoto $15.00.

STAROSTNA PODPOPvA
Starostno podporo, ki naj vstopi v
veljavo s 1 . dnem tega meseca se na¬
kloni :

Jacobu Platisha, od društ. štev. 22, po
$3. mesečno.

v starosti 24 let, ne¬
ka manjša skupina čitateljev
pa se je celo izrekla za osem¬
najstletne mladenke.

NAJCENEJSI SLOVENSKI
DNEVNIK V AMERIKI JE

ENAKOPRAVNOST

6231 St Clair Avf.

Cleveland, Ohio
Naročnina za celo leto izven
Clevelanda je samo $4.50.
Unijsko delo—zmerne cene

Društvom in posameznikom

V reviji Fraternal Monitor, glasilu | Se priporočamo Za tiskovine,

11. decembra, 1940

NAPREDEK “

STRAN 3.

Slovenska Svobodomiselna
Podporna Zveza

CSTANOVTJENA 1908

INKORPORIRANA 1908

GLAVNI URAD: 245-47 wpot . ----

JOHN KVART7CH, uredlednik’?,???? 81
RUDOIPH LISCH, 1 podpredsednik^ BrWgevUle ' Pa -

JOHN RUGEL, J. ? f , “ggj ®

Mont.

FRANK PUTZEL 3. podpredsednik 20 S™uce it’ BuU^’

william rus

STANLEY M.
cago, Ul.

2 ®- 47 West  103rd Street. Chicago Ul

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NADZORNI ODBOR-

Kp^H^Ts,  &t r Moon 05 L E n. J? St ” <>.

JOHN MAREN. 018 W. Pierce St., MUwauk.ee, Wls.

POROTNI ODBOR:

FRANK PUCEL, predsednik, 17921 Delavan Road, Cleveland Ohio

IGNAC GROZNIK C R N " th 7Q Ketcllam  St., Indianapolis, Ina.
iuHAO GROZNIK, R. D. 2 ,  Box 79, Johnstown, Pa.

CREDNIK-UPRAVNIK GLASILA:

VATRO J. GRILL, 6231 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland, Ohio
GLAVNI ZDRAVNIK:

DR. P. J. ARCH, 618 Chestnut St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

J

Pokojni elani

- ZAKRAJŠEK MARY, umrla
po daljši bolezni in bolehanju
dne 23. novembra, t. 1., v Lead-
villu, Colorado. Bila je rojena
leta 1887 v vasi Male Lesce,
pošta Suhor, občina Črnomelj
na Dolenjskem. Tu zapušča šte¬
vilno družino. Bila je članica
društva štev. 9, Leadville, Colo¬
rado, od tela 1926.

Adolf s Reply To
Avgust

Continued from page 4

URBANČIČ JOHN, umrl po
daljšem bolehanju dne 29. no¬
vembra, t. L, v bolnišnici v
Clevelandu, Ohio. Rojen je bil
leta 1881 v vasi Križka reber,
nje v Sloveniji. Tu zapušča so-
občina Mala Sevnica, okraj Treb-
progo Ivano in več odraslih si¬
nov in hčera. K SSPZ je pri¬
stopil leta 1911 pri društvu štev.
15, Taft, (sedaj Granville), I1L,
ob svoji smrti pa je bil član
društva štev. 144, v Clevelandu,
Ohio.

drop ure cigar ashes in youre
pucket und not in mine inkwell.
I smolte myself. Und kip ure
hands off mine cigars. You are
jest a partner in business.

About det P. S. you med. So
Ay can’t read, eh? Did ay not
practice for the last to daze?
Or do ay hev to jog ure memory
to remine you dat you alreddy
forgot how to? Ay em jest start-
in, but ven Ay get trne mit you
de hole ting vili reed like St.
Valentine Day massacree.

Vat you shood don, Avgust,
vas to teli ole dose people vat a
niče sauerkrat factoi'y we got.
Dey can see the hole plant on
the 21st, inst. You shood tol
dem dat dey will hef a chance to

meet Warren, our sales-mana-
ger, un Mary, the stainograffer
' at we 1S  S°ing to hyer, und Wil-
he, our shmart office boy Den
our banker Mr. Scroggs U n his
fiend Mr. Matthews vili be com-
m over. Dey got a proposishun
tor us. Ay hop dey don propose
to Miss Clock, our keepbooker.
Und her sister Nina vili serve
the lunch. Un you cood tole dem
dey vood see a reel polar bear,
growls et cetera ... Ohohohoho!
Dot’s you, Avgust! Und dey
cood smeli me, like vat you tole
dem. — Anudder ting—ali the
children vat is coming over mit
dere parents vili meet Santa
Claus in person. Dey vili get
some sweet presents. After dat
ve vili clear the shipping room
und ali papas can dance mit
dere mamas like sixty until late.
Und Tony vili roli out dose bar-
rels of beer, but it wont be for
you. The folks can hev dat. Und
spikking of folks did you in-
white our friends from West-
side? No, you bummer, you did
not. Now Ay hev to do it. Veli,
ole you folks vat belong to Vic-
torians und Rožnik und odder
numbers, come over on 21st,
inst. Und de saim goes to pee-
puls from So. Chicago .Of course
Pullman is in elreddy. Und you
no vat, Gustl, ven Ay vas selling
sauerkraut around Indianapolis
siks weeks ago sum frends dere
tole me dey mite come un visit
us on 21st, inst. I hop p dey doo
come. Ay vili treet dem to some
of ure cigars. Dese is vat you
shood hev writ last veek, und
knot about my eolt und memory
vat is getting slitely eonfueious.

Ay em runing short of rap-
ping paper und cant rite any
more. Ay menshun dis so dat
you will no how mueh ecomin-
eal I em. Hoppin ure the saim,

Mitt best regrets to missus,
ADOLH KRAUSEMILLER
hisself.

Zveze. V iemnu članstva in gl.
odbora se je od njega poslovil z
nagovorom na grobu glavni taj¬
nik Wm. Rus. Pokojni je pri¬
stopil k društvu štev. 1 meseca
junija, 1908, umrl pa je kot član
DULLER ANTON, umrl 12. dru g tva št ev. 100, v Chicagu,
novembra, t. L, vsled poškodbe:

na glavi, ko je zgodaj prejšnji; -

večer po nesreči padel po stop-1 g; a i u jočim .družinam, sorodtii-
nicah, vodečih v klet. Pokojni | kQm in pr  jj a teljem'umrlih izre-
je bil rojen pred 62 leti v v asi' kamo na g e  globo ko sožalje
Valtavaš, občina Stopiče v No¬
vomeškem okraju, v Sloveniji.

Tu zapušča soprogo Frances z
drujino, sestro, brate in več dru¬
gih sorodnikov. Pokojni je bil
pijonir SSPZ, lastnik certifikata
štev. 3, ali po članski dobi do¬

slej najstarejši član Zveze, njen
ustanovnik in nekdaj član glav¬
nega odbora. Bil je eden tistih
članov ustanoviteljev, ki so pod¬
pisali prošnjo za inkorporacijo

v tej posojilnici

zavarovane do $5,000.00 po Federa!
Savings & Loan Insurance Corpo¬
ration, Washington, D. C.
Sprejemamo osebne in društvene
vloge

Plačane obresti po 3%

St. Clair Savings & Loan Co
6235 St. Clair Avenne HEnd. 567(

Trail Blazers Bowl-
ing League Pin-Hits

CHICAGO, 111. — Once more
the four Trail Blazer teams saw
action last Sunday and once
more there was fun and excite-
ment galore; in fact, from the
sound of the yells, cheers, and
hand-clapping that rang thru
the building, everyone must
have thought they were battling
it out for the national title or,
at least, a bar r el of beer and a
couple of cases of soda pop
(pop*for the women bowlers)—-
But the stakes were not quite
that high, although, to the bowl-
ers, one set of teams (Black-
j hawks vs Red Wings) fighting
i it out for top plače, and the
other teams (Rangers vs Ma-
pleleafs) engaging each other
in a hectic struggle to puli
themselves out of the cellar ,it
was, perhaps, every bit as im¬
portant—no kiddin’ .. .

Although ali four teams were
scheduled for important games,
the headliner, of course, was the
contest between the Blackhawks
I and the Red Wings ... On the
! results of these games hinged
j the leadership of the league a'nd
i for the first time since the open-
ing of the season, the lead of
the Red Wings was seriously
: threatened . . . Well ,to make a
short story long, the Black-.
hawks moved in swiftly with the j
i very first frame, starting out j
i like a whirlwind, and when the
; last bali of the game was rolled,
j the Red Wings kad been clipped
by a margin of 51 pins . . . The
rout continued as the Black-
hawks soared on through the
second game to take it by a
vvider margin than the first—
And there they were in FIRST
PLAČE at last, tied the Red
Wings, having won 10' of their
last 11 games. The final game
was to decide which of the two
teams would have to move out,
the Blackhavvks who had j ust
arrived or the Red Wings who
had been there since the be-
gifining of the season ... As far
as the Blackhawks are con-

cerned, the story could end right
here with a “Horatio Alger”
climax . . . But, on the other
hand, we have the Red Wings to
cOntend with and they insist
that the whole news or nothing
be reported—so, here goes . . .

Well—it was a sad ending—
for the Blackhawks . . . Their
collapse was complete as it was
sudderi. Maybe, it was because
they hadn’t become accustomed
to the DIZZY heights of high
places that caused them to lose
their balance and fall so hard
and fast . . . Anyhow, the three-
some of Berger-Bilsbarrow-Vr-
hovnik (M) put on as fine an
exhibition of “HOW NOT TO
BOWL” as has been witnessed
in some time (it, alone, was
worth the priče of admission)...
On the other hand, the Red
Wing combination found the
grove and hugged it ali through
the game, dumping the wood for
a margin of—(this upon de-
mand of the RW’s)—114 pins...
Yes, a very sad ending for the
Blackhawks— Reports have it
that they’re stili falling and,
probably, won’t come to a land-
ing stop until next Sunday when
they tackle the hungry Maple-
leafs. „

The games betvveen the Ran¬
gers and the Mapleleafs were,
from their viewpoint, equally as
important as those of the up-
per teams. They were to decide
which team would occupy the
cellar position ALL ALONE...
And believe me, it was a nip-
and-tuck affair right up to the
very las^ frame of the final
game. At the start of the day’s
kegling program, these two
teams were tied with 6 wins and
9 losses apiece... The first game
went to the Rangers, who really
mowed ’em down, by a margin of
82 pins . . . But the Mapleleafs
were not discouraged for they
came back strong to win the
second with 41 pins to špare . . .
And they vero tied as the eru-
cial game got under way. The
Mapleleafs took the lead and
held it until the final frame of
the Ranger’s anchor-man. IT
WAS THAT MAN, JOHNNY
SODETZ, again . . . Trailing
by 34 pins, Sodetz took the fir-
ing line with a strike to his
credit in the pi'evious frame . . .
Well, it was like this—he let go
of the fii-st bali and it found the
pocket— He let go of the second
bali and it found the pocket—
He let go of the third bali and
it went the way of the other two
—strike—strike—strike, giving
him the best series of the day
and pushing the Mapleleafs la¬
to the callar. Sodetz’s strong
finish also assured his team
high series and high game in
this sixth meeting of the league.
Individual highs were shared by
M. Vrhovnik and Ladi Tome for
thb men, and Josephine Mrak
and Amelia Stonich for the

have arranged for you ali. So
please, don’t dišappoint us and
show up Sunday, Dec. Ž2.

If enough of you will come,
old St. Nick tvill visit us, also,

I am sure, busy as he will be
during those days. There’s go-
ing to be dancing after the
program too; Martin Kukovich
and his Slovene Commanders
will play the mušic your feet
just itch to dance to, and it’s
rumored that he’1-1 introduce a
new dance tune that evening.
You know the dance that mom
and pop used to do way
back when . . . (Who says we’re
not going to have fun? The way
I heard it . . . hay, wait a min¬
ute, I can’t teli you everything,
’cause you want to be here to
vitness everything.) Here’s a
tip to young gents: you don’t
want to miss seeing the pretty
miss with the golden voice; she’s
a former Pittsburgher and what
a beauty! Well, I could go on
telling you more, almost every-
thing, but it wouldn’t be fair.

A reminder to Evening Star
members: be on hand for extra
help; and to the others: come to
see the Evening Starš’ Xmas ;
program and spend an exciting
evening with us, You won’t re-
gret it.

I wonder if the Bridgeville
gang will keep their promise
this time just for old time sakes,
or maybe they’ll s ur p rise us at
that; if not, we’ll stili keep
hoping. We want to make ae-
quaintances with our Republic
lodfte members, so \von’t you
come to our party? Santa tol d
us that Ambridge, Sygan, Bur-
gettstown, Renton, Center Ho¬
mer City, Pleasant Valley, Har-
wick, Harmarville, Strabane,
N o r t h Braddock, Slickville,
Greensburg, Herminie, Claridge
and Yukon will be present. Let’s
hope Santa isn’t fooling us. So
don’t forget: at White Valley,
Sunday, Dec. 22, at 6 p. m.

Xmas Špirit

Alleys 1-2 — Utopian Falcons
vs Združeni Bratje.

Alleys 3-4 — Utopian Rams
vs Spartah Clippers.

Alleys' 5-6 — Spartan Buddies
vs Utopian Eagles.

Alleys 7-8 — Spartan Buck-
eyes vs Utopian Hawks.

Cleveland SSPZ
Bowling League

The Concordian Boys swept
ali three games from Lunder
Adamič No. 1 Team, thereby
climbing to second plače in team
standings. Leo Kodromaz led
the boys to vietory with a 572
series ineluding a 214 game. To-
ny Duša and Johnnie Japel
bowled 534 and 512 series. Princ
was high for L.A. No. 1 with a
489 series.

The Lunder Adamič No. 2
won two out of three games
from the Concordian Girls. Ki-
kol’s 511 series was high for
the men, While A. Jeric’s 433
was high for the girls.

Team Standings

Lunder Adamič 1 .... 21 9 .700
Concordian Boys .... 17 13 .566
Lunder Adamič 2 .... 16 14 .533
Concordian Girls .... 6 24 .200

Team Hi 1 Game
Lunder Adamič No. 1 .... 891
Lunder Adamič No. 2 .... 832

Concordian Boys . 807

Team Hi 3 Games
Lunder Adamič No. 1 .... 2491

Concordian Boys     2378

Lunder Adamič No. 2 .... 2311
Individual Hi I Game

Cebron .   230

Poki ar. 217

Kikol .      215

Individual Hi 3 Games

Princ .    591

Kodromaz . 572

Poklar .  570

Averages

1. Cebron .. 171- 3

2. Poklar . 171-

3. Kodromaz .. 166-

4. Princ . ... 163-

5. Kikol.. . 162-

6. Duša .. 157- 4

7. Birk .. 154-21

8. Stokel .  151-15

9. * Japel .   148-18

10. Kollander .. 147- 4

11. Svigel .  146-11

on January 8,1941, at 7:30 p. m.

Before closing, as president
of the Hoosier Pals during 1940,
t wish to thank ali who šo nobly
anšvvered the call and ašsisted
me in ali our affairs and helped
to make them a success. And I
also hope that ali of you will
stand by our new president and
help to put your shoulder
against the wheel once more if
necessary.

And then—maybe I am a lit-
tle early—to ali the members
and officers of the S. S. P. Z.
I wish a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.

Who’s your pal—

Louis Loviscek

P. S.—Don’t forget the Hoo¬
sier Pals’ Leap Year Dance on
December 14. Dancing will start
at 9:00 and end at 1:00 o’clock.

COLLINWOOD CHATTER

(Continued from page 4)

women.

Team Standings

W. L. Pet.

Red Wings . 11 7 .611

Blackhavvks . 10 8

Rangers . 8 10

Mapleleafs- . 7 11

Schedule, Dec. 15th
Red Wings vs Rangers—Alleys
13-14

Blackhavvks vs Mapleleafs—Al-
leys 15-16

M. T. V.

.556

.444

.389

Evening Starš

The SSPZ Bowling League
had a little blasting in last
Sunday’s bowiing with fifteen
two-hundred games.

In a battle for first plače the
Utopian Falcons in spite of the
fact that they dropped two
games to the Združeni Brati
hung on to first plače. J. Spilar
had a 547 seričs with a 200
game and M. Lenassi had a 523
series with a 201 game. For the
Bratje Joe Leskovec had a 531
series with a 224 and T. Debe¬
ljak had a 527 series.

In the battle for the third
plače the Utopian Rams beat
the Spartan Clippers in two
games to gain undisputed third
plače. For the Rams C. Krivec
had a 541 series with a 214
game, S. Zagore had a 539 se¬
ries with a 226 game and J.
Zorman had a 520 series and a
201 game. For the Clippers T.
Bolka had a 517 series and L.
Debevec had a 509 series.

The Utopian Eagles beat the
Utopian Hawks in two games.
H. Zorman had a 536 series.
For the Hawks T. Gerchman
had a 565 series with a 224 and
203 game and J. Francel had a
552 series with a 221 game.

The Spartan Buddies beat the
I Spartan Buckeyes in two games.
S. Centa had a 569 series with

Hoosier Pals

(Continued from page 4)

Pauline Konechnik, also a mem-
ber of the lodge. (Wasn’t that a
surprise! Fifi stili in a daze.)
And as eongratulations are in
order for this aforementioned
group, as oneohe told me, we ali
Wish you a lot of happy years
and may they ali be short ones,
and may ali of your troubles be
little ones. (Feels like I broke
a bone on that last pat on the
back.)

❖ ❖ ❖

Now coming out of the clouds
again, we come to the annual
election and final meeting of
the year. The meeting was well
attended. (Where have ali 6f
you members been ali year?)
It’s the first time I saw some of
you members since the 1939 fi-
rfal meeting! Why not make a
New Year’s resolution to the
effect that you will attend each
and every meeting of the com¬
ing year? Why not? Many im--
portant subjects were dišeussed

to be recording secretary. I’ll
get the rest of the officers for
next time.

sp *

On Sunday, December 29, the
Outlookers and their friends are
getting together for a skating
party at Skateland. Skating be-
gins at 2 p.m., so the members
dre meeting in front of the
SDD, Waterloo Road at 1 p.m.
Anyone interested can meet
them there, and they’ll certain-
Iy be weIcome. Suppose some of
us “older” people go back to
our second childhood and join
them. Skating is plenty of 'fun,
e ven if you’re not an expert.

* ^

Second reminder to hold Feb-
ruary 1 open for the Utopians’
Thirteenth Anniversary Dance
at the SWH. Orchestra — John-
ny Peeon.

¥ ¥

Any Thursday that you’re not
dping anything, you might trot
down to the Woodworth Bowl-
ing Alleys and watch our Uto¬
pian Girls bowl. The girls are
backed by the Five Points Fa-
shion Shop, and here’s one čase
where neither party got the bad
end of the bargain. I’ll teli you
more about them after I go
dbwn and watch them, but why
not come and join me and bolst-
er the girls’ spirits?

v ¥

Utopians, don’t forget. There
will not be another meeting this
month at our usual date. The
next meeting is January 20,
1941.

* #

Now to close with another
college masterpiece:

“Hiekory, dickory, doek,

The mouse found a flask in
the clock.

Two drinks of the stuff,

Made the mouse feel so tough

That he chased ali the cats on
the block.”

’Bye novv.

Val.

EXPORT, Pa. — The Eve¬
ning Starš are sponsoring a
Xmas program, yvhich will be
staged at the White Valley
Home on Sunday, Dec. 22, at
6 p. m. The program will in-
clude a one-act comedy, “Want-
ed a Male Cook,” a side-split-
ting affair, presented by a dra-
matic group that makes a hit
wherever they go. Oh yes, you’ll
also witness the first drill by
the children of our Vrtec, which
you certainly don’t want to
miss. Another treat will be
those good old Slovene melodies
we ali love to hear and sing. We
want you in on those songs we

Things to Remember
For Challengers

Annual Meeting

The officers of the Challen-
at the meetings. To name a rr er  lodge are urging ali mem-
few, we had the Convention, I (j e rs to attend the annual meet-
01ympics, Bowling T o u rna- b e  held this coming Sun-

ment, merger, changing of the i day>  p)ec. 15, at the SNPJ Mali
Society name, and many othei’s. 2:00 p. m. We have 66 active
Why not attend your lodge and members, let us have a good
put in your nickel’s worth of representation that will be a
a 223 game and E. Centa had opinion? It seems as if just the cre dit to our large membership.
a 551 series with a 208 game. j officers and a handful of loyal Election of officers will take
For the Buckeyes B. Schuster, members are the only ones con- p] ace . s 0 , please be there.
had a 585 series with games of cerned about the affairs of the j rtec Affair

209 and 201, J. Može had a 520 lodge. How about the rest of j The same day, in the evening,
series and S. Žagar had a 519 you? the Vrtec Lodge will present a

series with a 225 game. At the final meeting of the stage performance consisting of

STANDINGS year, we eleeted Gus Semenich, | a  play, dancing, and singing

Utopian Falcons. 26 16 .619 i president; Louis Loviscek, vice-, ac t s . AUo, as Michael Vrhovnik

Združeni Bratje . 25 17 .595: president; Frank Berkopes, sec- has mentioned in last vveeks edi-

Utopian Rams .. 23 19 .548 i retary-treasurer; and Bertha tion of the Napredek, pictures

Spartan Clippers .... 22 20 .524 ■ Loviscek, recording secretary. | 0 f Slovenia will be shown. This

Utopian Eagles . 19 23 .452 j There also wa« a change made j entertainment begins at 7:30

Spartan Buddies .. 19 23 .452 in the meeting night. From now p . m . a t the SNPJ Hall. Don’t

Utopian Hawks . 19 23 .452 on meetings will be held on the miss this, admissions are only

Spartan Buekeyes .. 15 27 .357 first Wednesday of each month ; twenty-five cents for adults, and
SCHEDULE DEC. H? at the new National Home. The ' ten cents for children.

Knockdown  first meeting of the year \vill be i Observer

6TRAH * *,

NAt*EEDI!&

Tx,  decembra, 3 949

DO YOU KNOW THAT -

SSPZ Has Nine Modern Plans cf Life
Insurance for Adults and Juveniles?

PROGRESS

“NAPREDEK”

Fraternalism in Action

The SSPZ paid to its members $4,000,000 in
benefits since organization.

NOTICE FR0M THE M Al N OFFICE ! Santa to Visit Rožnik

g INSTRUCTIONS FOR LODGE SECRETARIES

Calendars for the gear 1941 have been mailed. Seči etaries of
Lodges have received bi/ this time one or more small calendars
and, those ivhich have the reguired number of members, also, a
large one; the latter is intended for a public plače, espechdlg;
the hali ivhere the monthlg meetings of the Lodge are held. The
small calendar is intended for the Secretary’s oum use and, if
more than one is enclosed, for the other officers.

You are further instructed not to send any orderd to the
Main Office for calendars, as ive have no extras to give away or
seli. This year only a limited number iver e ordered, enough to
supply the immediate needs of our Lodges and these, as has been
stated above, have alreadg been mailed to their respective desti-
nations.

^ ^ *

The neiv Bij-laivs, ivhich ivere approached by the lOlh Regu-
lar Convention, are notv being mailed to you. Each Lodge ivill
receive a limited number of copies, not more than one-half of the
number of members. Should ang Secretarg run short of them, let
him write to the Main Office stating in his request hoiv mani/ ad-
ditional copies are needed.

Every member has the right to receive and demand a copg
of the By-laivs, but 1 am under the impression that evergone
does not make use of them and, therefore, believe that one copg
is sufficient for the members of a familg. Our reasons for send-
ing only a>limited number of By-laivs to Secretaries is due to the
fact that, in the past, theij have reporled a great mani/ copies
left over and inquired ivhat to do ivith them. It seems that our
members do not hold the same interest in By-laws as they did in
for mer years.

❖ ❖ *

Official election forms, to be used in reporting the names
and addresses of Officers elected for 1941, have been mailed fo
each Lodge. Each Secretarg must fill out this form, ivhethcr neiv
or incumbent officers are elected. The Main Office requires this
Information for correction of the roster of Officers noiv in use,
such as changes in the spelling of name, changes of address, etc.
You are also reminded to return, promptlg, the suretg bonds
properlg filled and signed.

WILLIAM RUS, Supreme Secretarg

Juniors


Balkan Juniors to Present
Brilliant Xmas Program

As I See It

BY PETE ELISH

After Six Months

A 1 m o s t six
months have ex-
pired since my
last article ap-
peared on this
p a g e. That,
alone, in the na-
tural course of
life and events
Pete Elish does not speli
much, but during the past half
year a great many things and
important events have tran-
spired that effect the lives and
vreli being of ali of us, and of
most of the people on this globe.

Six months ago, France vvas
stili a powerful vvorld power,
its Maginot Line was pictured as
an example of impregnability,
and her watchful legions were
supposed to be a match for Hit¬
ler. The Battle of London and
Britain was in its infancy stage,
nor was the very life of Great
Britian threatened. Italy was
neutral, watching, waiting. Her 0 -
ic Greece was seldom mentioned.
King Carl was continuing his
grafting career on the Roumani-
an throne. Russia was stili nurs-
ing her wounds received from
little Finland, and Hitler was
being discussed as a maniac in
need of psychopathic čare.

In the United States, the third
term was unbroken and a tradi-
tion. Roosevelt vvould not com-
mit himself as to his possibility
of being a candidate. A man
named Wendell Willkie was un-
heard of by the great mass of
people, butVvas being mentioned
by a few big-wigs as a possible
candidate for the presidency.

A selective Service law to con-
script the nation’s youth for a
year of compulsory military
training was thought unneces-
sary, or its kindered measure
applying to industry in čase of
war. The term “Fifth Column-
ist” was not in general use, and
spies were thought of in terms
of war and 1918.

Indeed, a great many differ-
ent problems confront this na-
tion and the world, and it is dif-
ficult to perceive at this time

just what the future holds in
store for us as individuals and
as a nation, and for the people
and the nations of the world.
But, unquestionably, the far-
reaching events that have trans-
pired in the last few months
will have a profound affect on
ali the people of the world—to
some it may mean wealth and
riches, to others poverty and
suffering, or freedom or slav-
ery, and to others it rhay mean
life or death.

But, one thing is certain, re-
gardless what may come in the-
future, and regardless of the
destrufction of liberty and the
rights of man in many countries,
and regardless of the death, de-
struction, starvation and misery
over the width and length of
this earth, the individual, man,
that survives doesn’t change.
And some day the leaders who
are trying to remake the world
will discover that man doesn’t
change, even, in spite of ali of
their doings and efforts. They,
also, will find out that men will
continue to think for* them-
selves, and that they will stand
for only so much.

Above ali else, they will dis¬
cover that right and goodness
doesn’t change with circum-
stances, and inspite of their mor-
tal efforts to the contrary, truth
will triumph . . .

KINGSTERS TO HAVE
XMAS PARTY
WHITE VALLEY, Pa. —
Kingsters,' Vrtec 103, will hold
its annual Christmas party on
December 25, at seven o’clock.
Ali Vrtec members and their
parents are inivted to attend.
Gifts and Christmas specialties
will be given to ali members.

VRTEC 108

SOUTH FORK, Pa. — Vrtec
108 will hold its regular month¬
lg meeting Sunday, December
15 at 1:00 o’clock, at the Slo-
venian Home, at which time the
election of officers and other
important business will be tak-
en up for the year 1941.

Marko Šavor, Adm.

CHICAGO, 111. — Christmas
trees, gifts, Santa Claus are ali
on their way. Rožnik Jrs., will
celebrate this great occasion on
December 15, at Berger’s Hall,
2653 S. Lawndale Ave., at 2
p. m.

A short program is being pre-
pared and brother Vrhovnik will
be present to entertain ali with
movies. Delicious refreshments,
prepared by Rozniks, 227, will
be served. Musič will be fur-
nished for dancing and games
will be played to amuse the chil-
dren.

Santa has promised to stop
at our party for a while and who
knows, he may have some gifts
for you.

A good time is in store for you
ali, so why not plan to attend
for a little while at least and
help us celebrate Christmas?

I’m hoping to see many of you
there so don’t disappoint me by
not showing-up. This includes
everyone. Members, their par¬
ents, friepds and ali S. S. P. Z.
members.

So until Dec. 15, at 2 p. m. at
Berger’s Hall Pil be seeingVou.

Wilma Gratchner, Sec’y
Vrtec 160

Danica News

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — It
was decided at the yearly lodge
meeting of Danica No. 22 that
vre vvill undertake the responsi-
bility of being host to the 4th
Annual S. S. P. Z. Bovvling
Tournament, April 25-26-27, at
the newly-erected Dezelan Al-
leys. The various committee
heads have been appointed and
are already making plans for
this great occasion. They are as-
suring each and everyone a
grand and hilarious time.

The elective head officers
went to Edward Bencik, Louis
Znidersich Sr., Anton (Jijalitza,
Mrs. Frank Golob, Thomas
Naumsek, Mrs. Anton Qualitza
and Anthony Bayt. There will
be a meeting of these officers at
one o’clock on Sunday, Dec. 15,
1940 at the home of Thomas
Naumsek.

Lodge secretaries, now is the
time to act—get your teams to-
gether and organize them for a
trip to the largest inland city in
the world—namely the Hoosier
Capital —r. Indianapolis.

Come one, come ali and roli the
bali,

Whether it be a strike or split,
There is a good time in store for
s  ali. ■

The outcome of election of
officers of Lodge Danica is as
follows: president, Thomas

Milvvaukee, Wis.—Mem¬
bers of Vrtec 33, Balkan
J uniors, are anxiously
awaiting Sunday, Dec. 22,
when they will be rewarded
for their weeks of diligerft
rehearsals and preparation
for their Xmas party, by
presenting a superb variety
of talent program and a
Christmas p 1 a y, “Tiny
Tim.” The afternoon pro¬
gram will conclude with
the appearance of dear Old
Santa who will present
gifts to every juvenile pres¬
ent.

In the evening the entire
program vvill consist of the
latest SSPZ movies of
“Slovenia” and its border-
lands in 1939-40, taken by
the noted Slovene artist
Božidar Jakac, also scenes
of America, the beautiful,
and a-comedy, or-so, for the
juveniles, ali to be shovvn
by Bro. Vrhovnik, person-
ally.

In the last week’s issue of
Napredek, Bro. Vrhovnik
gave you an excellent des-
cription of these movies, by
outlining the most interest-
ing places, and the out-
standing scenes to be
shown, so there is no use of
repetition.

After the movies there
vvill be dancing.

John Maren

SPARTANS!

You are urged to attend
Spartans’ annual meeting,
Sat., Dec. 14 at 7:30 p. m.
sharp in Sokols’ hali, No. 1
S. N. H.

A social ivill folloiv. Free
refreshments and enter-
tainment. Bring a lOc
Chirstmas gift.

Be sure to come!

Fraternally,

Spartan Exec. Board

Naumsek; vice-president, Mar¬
tin Dragan Jr.; secretary, Mrs.,
Mary Qualitza; treasurer, An¬
ton Qualitza : board of trustees:
Mr. Louis Znidersich, Anton
Brisnick and Anthony Bayt.

Louis Znidersich was also re-
elected to represept Danica at
the Slovenian Nat’l Home As-
sociation, nosipg, out his oppon-
ent, Mr. Skrajave by a šingle
vote. These are the officers who
will take Office in January.

The next regular meeting of
Lodge Danica will be on Jan-
uary 5, 1941, at 9 o’clock. I am
urging ali members to attend.

Tony P. Bayt,
Publicity Chairman

Adolf s Reply To
Avgust

Sauerkraut, Inc.

205 East 115th Street,

Chicago, Illinois.

Gentlemen, gif dis letter to
Avgust Riemenschneider.

My lieber Gustl!

Or should ay call you dot aft¬
er vat you done to me las vv^ek.
You go tillin everyone ali about
ay, but you skip ali about your-
selfer. Now ay em asking is dis
niče, yes? Ef you vas mine frau
ay vood divorce you rite heir
und now. But ve are lucky dat
ve boat vrer pants, und besides
ay cant divorce nobody vat wers
pants. Now you no how tings
stand. Py golly you are worser
den vvorst by allowing ure ignor¬
ance, hovever gret, to hold sway
over mine noledge, hovever
small.

Ole the folks vat you invited
in our office on December 21st,
inst., shood no boat sides of de
story, und not only bed tings
vat you hef vvrit about me. Now
dey vili find ole about you also.
Ay will ekspose you in ole de
glory halelujah. You jest wate.

You is try to raze stink about
mine colt und you say dat mine
sneezer led me rite in the stock-
yards. I vent dere to see the
live stock eksposishun, the cows,
horses, bulls un pigs. I stili see
vun big pig. Und ay tole you ole
abput it den. Ay tink ure mem-
ory got sauer, vot? In the fut...
futur... veli nekst time keep out
of ferementashun room. Becost
de shippip derpartmen vili
make a mistake und can ure
branes instead of sauerkraut.

Also don get sore at me becost
your wife is sore at you. Ay don
blaim the poor ting—making 24
pancakes for you every morgen.
Two much foods prodooses in-
digeshun of brane—und den you
blaim me. Anodder ting ven you
pass my schreibtish in the office
Contlnued on page 3

H©©SIER|PAILS MARCIH ©N

Pirates Notes

BURGETTSTOWN, Pa:

Ali members of Pirate Lodge,
234 SSPZ, are requested to at¬
tend the annual meeting on
Sunday, Dec. 15, at 1:00 p,m.
Please note the time — this
has been changed to enable ali
members to be present — no
excuse •— Election of officers,
the Vrtec Christmas party, and
our coming dance on Sat., Jan.
11, 1941, at the Slovenian Hall;
these are only a few things we
have to discuss. Please attend,
'for who knows — you may be
lucky and win the attendance
prize.

See you ali on Dec. 15, at
1:00 p.m. at the Slovenian Hall!

Hanna Lawrence, Sec’y.

National Bowling Tournament, April 25-26-27

The fourtli Annual National
Boivling Tournament of the S.
S. P. Z., according to a report
received from the Secretarg of
the Danica Lodge Boivling Com¬
mittee of Indianapolis, ivill be
held in April 25-26-27, 1941. It
has been found necessary to add
an extra day to this popular
and groiving affair in order to
avoid ang inconveniences to out-
of-toivn boivlers, and to insure
smootli running of ali events,
free of unnecessarg delags for
evergone.

The opening dag or evening,
I understand, ivill be for local
boivlers and ang out-of-toivners
ivho request to be among the
earlg participants. If you re-
call, last gear, the unexpected
large increase of entries crowd-
ed the opening day of the tour¬

nament to such an extent that it
ivas necessarg, even for a num¬
ber of teams ivho traveled sev¬
erni hundred miles, to boivl ali
three events (nine games) the
same dag, one right after an-
other. This ivill not be the čase
at the coming tournament for
the local Committee has al¬
readg eliminated ang possible
need for its emergehcg. No boivl-
er ivill be scheduled to roli in
more than tivo events the same
dag unless he does so by his oivn
request.

The Rules governing our Na¬
tional Boivling Tournament
ivill be published in the Official
Organ in the verg near future.
Members are reguested to send
in their suggestions for amend-
ment and/or additions to the
rules as soon as possible ... Are

gou satisfied ivith the list of
events (single, doubles, and
team) as theg have been in each
of the first three years? . . . Do
gou favor the same entrg fees,
$1.75 for Singles, $3.50 for
Doubles and $7.50 for the Team
event, or do gou desire a change?

. . . What are your opinions on
the introduction of a HANDI-
CAP SYSTEM ivhich ivould
plače ali teams and boivlers on
a more even level, ivhich might
increase competition and inter¬
est and, also, the number of en¬
tries? . . . Let us hear from the
boivlers . . . Angthing that ivill
make for improvement of this
event, good felloivship and fun
ivill be ivelcomed.

MICHAEL VRHOVNIK,
Sec’y N. A. B.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The
year is just about finished and
another one is ready to start. As
the end of the year rolls around
one usually thinks of inven-
tories. Now as members of the
SSPZ, what have we to show
for the year that is just about
over.

We started off the year with
ali new officers: Louis Lovis-
cek as president, Frank Ivančič
as vice-president, Frank Mivec
as secretary-treasurer, and
Frank Berkopes as recording
secretary. We then took in the
bowling tournament as Chicago.
Ah, a success! We came to Chi¬
cago, took over the town in the
name of our lodge, and went
home with more prizes than
we had ever received before.
After the tournament we held
a victory party for the bowlers.
Ah, another success! Then,
came summertime, we held a
picnic. Ah, chalk up another
success! Now, here we are, at a
point where we have yet to meet
failure. But ali of the credit for
these successes does not ali go
to the officers. It was the help
of ali the members working to-
gether that made ali these af-
fairs successful ventures. And
to them goes the credit. We, the
officers of the lodge, could say,
like it’s said of the hen who had
just laid an egg and then turned
to the rest of the flock and said,
“Look, look, look what I did.”
But it was hard work at times,
and we ali enjoyed doing it.

Now, the time has come when
we once more have to turn to the
members and ask them: Will it
be a FAILURE OR A SUC¬
CESS?

On Saturday, December 14,
1940, the Hoosier Pals will hold
their Leap Year Dance. Isn’t
that a čute name? We also have
a patent on it. Don Kretheotis
and his 10-piece orchestra will
play for the dance. You now
ask. “Who is that guy Don?”
Okay, here it is in a nutshell.
He and his orchestra,have play-
ed at a number of the larger
affairs given by other organi-
zatioris in different šections of
the city, and he is well recom-
mended by these groups. We
have been fortunate to have had
a friend of his in our group

who has been able to get this
group for our dance. This is our
ever-efficient vice - president
Frank Ivančič. Thanks, R e( j_
This will be Don’s first appear¬
ance on our new dance f] 00r
which is just ideal for dancing.
Let’s show him that we on the
west side can really sho\v our
appreciation for the better art
of swing and sway rhythm.
There will be plenty of danc¬
ing and more of that amber-
colored liquid of everlasting re-
freshment. The admission vili
be thirty-five cents per person.
It will be held at the New Slo-
vehian National Home, What

say, we ali be there?

* * *

Then returning back to our
inventory, what have the mem¬
bers been doing ali this year?

First of ali, I think that we
have lost one or two of our
members and gained‘more new
members for the lodge.

Along about a month ago, we
lost one of our loyal members
through an auto-train crash,
John Gerbeck. He was one of
the charter members of the Hoo¬
sier Pals, had to drop out for
a while during the depression
and was again a member at the
time of his untimely death at
the age of 26. We ali miss this
loyal member and may he rest
in peace. He was the first Hoo¬
sier Pal to die since the organi¬
zation of the lodge.

There also were seven mem¬
bers who broke the bonds of
bachelorhood and spinsterhood
and piarched down the aisle to
the tune of “Here Comes the
Bride.”

First there was: Ella Push-
ner who was given away in holy
matrimony to Frank Jonta. And
followed by a close second was
Anthony Sekula, who married
Joan Kodramaz. Tony is a Hoo¬
sier Pal and Joan was of the
Cleveland Spartans-. And now
both are Hoosier Pals. (That’s
one way of getting them into the
the lodge.) Then about Thanks-
giving Day, Henry Fon said “I
do” to Mary Vertachnik. Both
are Hoosier Pals. And last of
ali, your old friend, I hope ,the
prexy of the Hoosier Pals, him¬
self, said a stuttering “I do” to
Continued on page 3)

Collinwood Chatter

COLLINWOOD-Cleveland, O.
— Gee, it was fun! I just wish
I could teli about it in such a
way that you could picture it.
Well, what I’m talking about is
the combined Utopian-Outlooker
Christmas party last Friday. It
was supposed to have been a
party without the officers hav-
ing to slave their heads off
)lanning it, and considering that
it was the first time we mem¬
bers were left on our own, I
don’t think vre did so badly
(ahem). At least no one went
home hungry — wieners, ice
cream, cookies, candy, pop cdrn
balls, pop, beer — and plenty

of it. We danced to records
thanks to Anne Lusin's record
player. And gosh, until you’ve
waltzed with president Hank
Zorman, you haven’t lived. If
Vienna isn’t what it used to be,
it s because Hank is in Ameri¬
ca. Gee, I’I1 never forget it!
Then there was the little boy
who came back about twenty
times for wieners — “One for
Joe, and one for me.” I hope
his mother didn’t have trouble
with him the next day ... F re d
Bashel wasn’t his usual cheery
self, vvhat with a bad cold and
his being very tired... Mr. and
Mrs. Zaman, and Mr. and Mrs.

Bashel were there — by the
way, I hope the Vrtec members
appreciate what a good admi¬
nistrator they’ve been having in
Mr. Zaman ... to show that our
party was really a success, we
had a Spartan (actually) —
Andy Elersich — present — he
came with an awfully pretty
girl, (Collimvood girl, natural¬
ni Angela Troha ... Was I sur-
prised to discover that the well-
known, popular “Erby” (Ann
Urbas) is a member of our
lodge! She helped out a lot in
the kitchen, and though, at the
first meeting she attends, vre
vrelcome her by giving tickets
and dance tickets to seli, I hope
shell get to like it...  Well,
thanks a million to ali of you
who helped out with the party
— including our Vrtec presi¬
dent, Olga Zaubi — and I hope
you ali enjoyed it as much as I
did.

* ¥

We elected officers last meet¬
ing, but since I was in the kit¬
chen cooking hot dogs, I’ m
afraid I can’t give you ali the
low-down. I do know that Hank
Zorman and Elsie Pucel are stili
captain and first mate, and that
somehovv in the confusion I got

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