Ithaja vsak dan rasen sobot, eadeij in praaailKev. I Issued daily except Saturdays. Sundays and Holidays PROSVETA GLASILO SLOVENSKE NAÊODNE PODPORNE JEDNOTE ' Uredniški in upravniški prostori: 1867 South Lawndste Ava. Offloo of Publication: 1887 South Lawndale Ave. Teltpkaea. Rockwall 4998 LETO-YEAR XXXVII Cena lista je $«.00 t^-satrrrr S SLSTSS CWCAÖO ». ILL. MEDA. I* JAGUARJA (JANUARY 10). 194S Subscription $900 Yearly ŠTEV.—NUMBER 1 Acceptance for mailing at ftpecial rate of postage provided for in section 1103, Act of Oct S, 1917, authorised on June, 4, 1918. . ' m beže e koridorja v belgiji \ i . Kf fivim Velike nemike izgube v bitkah * Rusi ■ NAPADI NA JAPON-SKE BAZE Parli. 9. jan.—Nemci se umikajo pod pritiskom prve ameriške armade, ki je zasedla nadaljnjih devet belgijskih naselbin, lz krajev 30 milj dolge fronte. Oddelki te in tretje armade so zožili koridor v Belgiji, kjer so koncentrirane nemške sile. Te so izpostavljene strahovitemu topniškemu bombardiranju. Glavni zavezniški stan poroča, da so se tri nemške oklopne di vizije umaknile iz koridorja. Enote prve ameriške armade se bodo kmalu združile z enotami tretje armade. Te prodirajo proti strategični cesti, ki spaja Houf falize s St. Hubertom, in Viel-salmu, sedem milj južno od Sta-velota. Druga ofenziva nemške sile v vzhodni Franciji, kjer je zbrana sedma ameriška armada, je bila ustavljena. Nemci so bili vrženi nazaj dve milji. Sunki nemških sil v smeri Strasbourga, glavnega mesta Alzacije, so bili odbiti. Francoske čete so dospele Strasbourg in ojačile tamkajšnjo vojaško posadko. Civilisti, ki so pobegnili iz mesta iz bojazni, da ga bodo Nemci reokupirali, se vračajo nacaj. Enote djptge britske armade v vzhodni Holandiji «o porazile Nemce v bitki na zapadni strani reke Meuse in reokupirale Wans-sum, strateglčno mesto ob tej reki. ; % Pomožna akcija za stari kraj in Prosveta London, 9. jan.—Kolone ruske armade prodirajo proti Komar-nu, mestu v južni Cehoslovakiji, in avstrijski meji. Prve so dospele na ozemlje, ki je oddaljeno 50 milj od avstrijske meje. Komarno je komunikacijski center ob reki Donavi, 40 milj seve-rozapadno od Budimpešte. Napadi nemških oklopnih kolon na ruske pozicije na severo-zapadni strani Budimpešte so bili odbiti in sovražnik vržen nazaj z velikimi izgubami. Moskva je naznanila okupacijo nadaljnjih 130 blokov Budimpešte. Rusi zdaj kontrolirajo 1900 blokov. V zadnjih treh dneh so Rusi ubili 12,000, ranili 30,000 in ujeli 5430 nemških in ogrskih vojakov v glavnem ogrskem mestu. - Leyte, Filipini. 9. jan —Ameriški letalci so vrgli 125 ton bomb na japonske baze na Luzo-nu, največjem otoku Filipinske grupe, poroča glavni stan generala MacArthurja. Bombe so padale na letališča pri Manili in Batangasu in razbile 26 japonskih letal na tleh. Glavni stan ni potrdil in ne zanikal poročila iz Tokija, da ae 450 ameriških vojaških transportov bliža Luzonu in d« so ameriške bojne ladje bombardirale japonske baze na obrežju tega otoka. ^ Zadnji ostanki japonske sile na otoku Leytu so bili uničeni. Organiziran japonski odpor na tem otdku je bil zdrobljen v decembru. Japonske izgube v bitkah z ameriškimi četami so znašale čez 120,000 ubitih in ranjenih vojakov. Peerl Harbor. Havaji. 9. jan.— General MacArthur in admiral Nimltz sta se tu sestala v zadnjem tednu decembra, se glasi pravkar objavljeno naznanilo. To j« bila že tretja konferenca med njima v zadnjih petih mesecih. Prosveta je od vsega začetka sodelovala v pomožni, kakor tudi v politični akciji za stori kraj. Sodelovala je na vsej črti, sodeluje danes in bo tudi v bodoče, ker se zaveda, da sto obe akciji kardi-nalno potrebni in da je dolžnost vseh ameriških Slovencev, sploh vseh Jugoslovanov, da storimo vse, kar je v naši moči tako za osvoboditev kot tudi za lečenje globokih ran naših ljudi v rodnih krajih. Danes je najnujnejše vprašanje zbiranje pomoči, bodiai v denarju, obleki ali drugem blagu.. To delo bo pred nami še dolgo časa, kajti potrebe tam bodo tako velike in nujne, da jim ne bo mogoče zadostiti namah—z eno alt dvema pošiljkama. Od časa do časa bomo morali posegati v žepe pa dajati ln dajati. Prt tem smo v resnici srečni, kajti bolj prijetno je dajati kot prejemati. Te bese&e boste doumeli le, če se zamislite vanje. Samo pomisli-te, da človek, ki lahko da, je veliko bolj srečen, vsaj pa materialno veliko na boljem kot pa človek, ki je raztrgan, bos, lačen, brez strehe—sploh brez vsega. V takem položaju se bodo nahajali stotlsoči in milijoni v Sloveniji, Jugoslaviji, sploh širom vse Evrope. Dejstveno bo velika večina prebivalstva dobesedno brez vsega, ko potihnejo topovi. Takrat šele bomo spoznali ogromno velikost potrebe naše pomoči Denar, ki ga sedaj prispevamo, obleko in drugo blago, ki ga zdaj zbiramo, bo le za prvo potrebo. V resnici bo komaj kaplja v morju. Med nami Slovenci in Jugoslovani v tej deželi jih je mnogo, ki so že precej globoko posegli v žep—mnogi že večkrat. Toda na žalost je še veliko takih med nami, katerim je roka ostala na vrhu ali v sredini žepa ter iz šopa bankovcev spullls le dolar ali dva— Jcvečjemu petak. Še bolj žalostno pa je dejstvo, da je med nami še tudi veliko tokih, ki imajo zašite žepe ali denarnice, kar se tiče pomožne akcije za stori kraj. Kaj si mislimo o tokih skopuhih ln izrodkih človeštva, ne bomo zapisali; rečemo le to, da takih karakterjev ni vesel ne človek, ne Bog, ne Hudič. Sigurno vsekakor je to, da je takih ljudi najmanj vesela slovenska mati, ki Jim Je dala življenje. Kdor pozna le svoj želodec, nI vreden, da zemljo tlači. * Toda glavni namen teh vrstic je nekaj drugega. Prosveta je zadnje mesece postala nekak osrednji organ, oziroma je dobila monopol v priobčevanju imenikov prispevateljev pomožni akciji za stori kraj. Iz vseh naselbin, vsaj pa lz pretežki večine naselbin, kjer je v teku akcija za stori kraj, prihajajo teden za tednom številni dopisi z daljšimi aH krajšimi listami prispevateljev. Vsakdo bo priznal, če je dopisniški del listo le preveč obložen s te vrste dopisi, postane nezanimiv. Poleg tega dopisi zelo zaostajajo, kar tudi ni dobro. PoHedtca tega je, de se množe pri tožbe s strani čitoteljev kot tudi dopisnikov. Do sedaj smo te vrste pritožbe, ki niso bile številne, vzeli na znanje in priobčevali vsa imena prispevateljev, pa magerl je dal samo kvoder ali desetko. Toda uredništvo Proavete je prišlo do zaključka, da bomo te smernice nekoliko spremenili, ker «e talimo, ¿a dopisniški del lista izgubi na svoji privlačnosti. Od sdaj naprej bodo v Prosvetl prleMene le Imena enih. ki prispevajo po pet dolarjev ali več sa start kraj. To velja sa obe akciji—sa pomošno ln politično. Tako bodo šli dopisi hitreje V list ln dopisniški del bo zopet bolj zanimiv. Upamo, da naša pomožna akcija za stori krsj vsled tega ne bo trpela. Komur je kaj na tem, da bo njegovo ime priobčeno v listu, naj da vsaj petak—sploh naj bi bil to nekak minimum za vsakega Slovenca ali Slovenko. Tajniki podružnic JPO ali SANS, kakor tudi drugi nabiralci, naj hranijo liste prispevateljev v domačem arhivu za vsak slučaj potrebe. Končno želimo, da vsled tega nihčf A« pteheha z zbiranjem pomoči za stari kraj in tudi nihče se nk) ne brani poseči čim globo-kejše v žep. Oboje delsjmo z veseljem, ker smo toliko srečni, da lahko igramo usmiljenega Sam*-Uana našim herojskim bratom in sestram v rodnih krajih.^ Uredništvo Prosvete. grški levičarji odboj napade britskih čet Londonski Ust obsodil Churckillovo politiko SEJA VODITELJEV DELAVSKE STRANKE Grčija. 9. jan.-Grški levičarji so odbili napade brit-skih čet in oklopnih kolon na svoje jpozldje pri prelazu Cari-kasu, pet milj južno od Erlthra-je, vasi ob robu planjave province Thebes. Poveljstvo britsklh silj je prej namenilo okupacijo glavnega mesto te province, 50 milj severozspadno od Aten Britske čete bo v akciji proti levičarjem na polotoku Attici. Enote grške narodne garde pomagajo britskim četam v operacijah proti levi&rjem. General Ronald M. Scobie, poveljnik britsklh, čet v Grčiji, je naznanil razveljavljanje mirovnih pogojev, ki Id bili predloženi levičarjem. To pomeni, da civll na vojna, ki je izbruhnila pred enim mesecem, le ne bo konča na. London. 9. Jati.—List Times je Domače vesti Pomanjkanjt , J^ÄÄgasolina v Nemčiji S.M5 LZVTt. let in v armadi od apslla 1943. ® Nemška letalska sila ojačena Večja zaščita skladišč gasolina Pariš. 9. jan. — Nemčija ima Protidelavski zakon razveljavljen 9 tfu n>Y< Kršitev svobode govora in afeorovanja Waaklngton. b.fc.. 9. Jah'.—fe- objavil uvodnik z ostro obsodbo britske vojaike Intervencije v Grčiji ln Churchillove politike v prilog vladi generala Plaatlrsss "Grško ljudstvo ima vso pravico, ds samo in brez zunanje intervencije oiloti o svoji bodočnosti," prtarl Times. "Churchill nI doslej dal zadovoljivega pojasnila Očitno sHo zdrobiti odpor grške fronte za nsrodno osvoboditev." HaroM Laski, začasni načelnik delavske stranke je sklical is* redno seje članov ekaekutivne» ga odbora, ne kateri bo razprava o razvoju situacije v Grčiji. O sprejetih zaključkih bo premier Churchill informiran. ■Nekateri voditelji' delavske stranke trdijo, ds sta Churchill in zunanji minister Eden kršila dane garancije, da bodo operacije britsklh čet omejene ns provinco Attioo in de bodo vrsto odprto za obnovo pogajanj z grškimi levičarji v svrho sklenitve kompromisa. Oba sto dsls tudi zsgotovllo parlsmentu, da je cilj vojaške Intervencije ustonovitev grške Vlsde, v kateri bodo vse politične grupe reprezentirans Obisk Chicago.—Glavni urad SNPJ e 8. jan. obiskal Wm. Ocepek, doma lz Hibblnga, Minn., ki je uposlen pri Transcontinental a Western Air Lines v Daytonu, Ohio. Naglo sboleU Windsor Heights, W. Vs.—Doris Ujčlč, članica društva št . 407 SNPJ, je 4. jan. naglo zbolela. BU* je takoj odpeljana v General Hoapltol v Wheeling ln še isti dan operirana ns slepiču. Padel v Belgiji Fairport Harbor, O.—Drušina Alojz Svlgel je bila obveščena, da je 17. dec. padel v Belgiji njen sin Joseph Švigal, star 29 lat. On je prvi član društva 355 SN» PJ, ki je padal v tal vojni. Poleg staršev zapušča dva brata, od katerih je eden pri mornarici, drugi ps živi v Clevelsndu. Is Milwaukee)a Milwaukee.—Dne 30. dec. ja umrla v Wait Alllsu Josephine Tratnik, stara 76 let. Zapušča tri sinove (dvs pri vojsklh), dvf hčeri, deset vnukov in tri pre vnuke.—lati dan je v West Alllsu umrls Helen Zslsr, roj. Poja stars 64 let. Zapušča dve hčeri ln sedem vnukov.—Dna 1. Jan. je umrls Agnes Bregan, stara 81 let. Zapušča moža, dve hčeri ln pet vnukov.—Poročili so se: Da nie! I. Turk in Frances M. Su bota, Edward W. Czappa in Rose Urbsnčič.—Vile rojenice so sa zglasUe pri družini Ciril M. Zvo-nsr in pustile za novo leto dvojčke, pri družini Mihael Rupčlč pa ■Inčks. Padel v vojni Port Washington, Wis,—Druži na Jost je bila obveščene, da j« Kralj Peter se obotavlja Posvetoval se je s voditelji starih strank odpor proti nemcem v sloveniji narašča .Ä.ÄÄ'iSi: '"""T"' •*»"""' * — stik tn podsislskik te, poroča, ds se Jugoslovanski cralj Peter obotavlja glede odobritve dogovora, ki sto ga sklenila dr. Ivan Subašlč, predsednik ubešne vlade, ln msršsl Tito, poveljnik Jugoslovanske osvobodilne armsde. Dogovor določa razpis plebiscita, ustonovitev regenstva, osvojitev demokratlč-ne ustave ln ustonovitev prehodne vlade. Dogovor sta še odobrili Veli* ka Britanija in Rusija. Repre-zentantl Tito v Londonu so ls- krajih 1 - • MACEDONSKA SKUPŠČINA V SKOPLJU Waahlngten. D. C*. 9. jan.— Vse pisati prebivslatva so dejansko udeležene v osvobodilnem gibanju v Sloveniji in ga podpirajo, je rečeno v Članku, ki ga Je objavil švedski list Aftontld- Javili, da •• maršal jezi zaradi ningen< Vi€bina ČUnkj| Jt bUl Petrovega obotavljanja. Ko se sporočena uradu za vojne infor-je kralj nedavno zastal . premi- mtdje (QWI) WiihtJngtonu arjem Churchillom ln zunanjim ' ■ ministrom Edanom, je opravlče- 'Celo aristokratičnl velepo-val zavlačevanje odločitve. Poz- «aatntkl avstrijskega porekla neje je Informiral ftubaštča, ds podpirajo partizane v borbi proti je bolan ln da ne more izvrše- Nemcem," pravi člsnek. "Partl-vati svojih poslov. *«ni 90 Aktivni v mestih in po- »7n.no te ds se le Peter do- d,*tlikih D<*tlkrat M ? TJ!in2i..Hi Urih S h**1'di n«™>snl «sni nemških Hrtrt HSh, Her-I vo>iklh P°tdk ostanejo v avo* u 1 vSiV 141 .«renk .J korakajo ln prepevajo po me- J^r tn L ¿.nteftbl* iUh' Kvizlingl s. najdejo v vseh iu^n ^t^ Livob^ mw,Uh' Ti Postavljajo srednji iičeve vlade in Titovegs osvobo-l^ ^ prldrutm J u nlci. dllnega gibsnja. v Jfm ukoj ^ okupidJl dfJU)lti Šubašlč Je včeraj konfarlrsl a Slovenci bolj sovrailjo kvlsllnge premlerjem Churchillom ln pri- kot okupatorje." čakuje se. da bo danss imel rss- govor ■ Petrom. r bojnih, ^SoVthÄÄ W ".tU. l* .p*j.u- A preteklega leto, ko so zavezni ške čete invadirale Normandijo. To dejstvo so ugotovili ameri- zbornica v Texa*u, s petimi pr& ti štirim glasovom. Odlok Večine je podal sodnik Wiley B. Rut- ški generali, poveljniki letalskih ne j« j ril, ns svoji konferenci v P^zuJ^edge razprav^6" °uč in ki h "letalski h^o* ^ orJizetorjev. N. peracij, so se udeležili generali Spaatz, Doolittle, Vandenberg in Royce. Izjavili so, da so Nemci poslali več bojnih letal v zrak, ko Je feldmaršal Jlundstedt zagnal oklopne in pehotne divizije v protiofenzivo proti ameriških silam nego kda< prej. Nemčija ima več bojnih letal sedaj, ne pa dovolj izvežbanih pilotov. General Spaatz Je dejal, da Američani i/gub* več letal v napadih na skladišča gasolina In čistilnice olja kot pa v spopadih zraku. Sam® 9no ozemlje, kjer so skladišča gasolina in o-1ja, brani več protiletalskih topniških bsterij nego Berlin, glav-no mesto Poročilo o smrti italijanskega kralja zanikano Rim, 9. jsn—Besednik Kviri-nsls je zanikal poročilo, da je kralj Viktor Emanuel mrtev. To je objavil rimski list Italia Li-bera. Revizija britske politike v Italiji uc delavskih organizatorjev podlagi tega zakona je bil spoznan' za krivega žaljenja sodišča R. J. Thomas, predaednik unije združenih avtnih delavcev, včlanjene v Kongresu industrijskih organizac|J. Thomas je bil zdsj oproščen. Vrhovno sodišče je i^jsvilo, ds je zakon kršenje pravic svobode govora in zborovanja, katere garantira federalna ustavs državljanom StettipMits naznanil id sklenitev dogovora ^ e Wasklng*en. D. C« 9. jsn. — Veliks Britanija je na pritisk Amerike revldirsla svoje stoli-1 šče glede industrijske obnove Itolije, toda situacijs v Italiji ae ni doeti spremenila. Glsvns zapreka je plovba, ker morajo par-niki dovažati orožje, strelivo in druge potrebščine armadam na frontah v Evropi in Pacifiku Opozicija Velike Britanije ae je neslanjals na argument, da zavezniške države, ki so čutile udarce italijanskegs orožjs in agresije, ne bi odobrile načrtov za industrijsko obnovo Itolije s Thomas. ki je bil obsojen ns pomočjo ze vezni kov a m_à_______».I. JAê a« • Laivni A___< al_* __t * i - 4 tri dni zapora in plačitev kazni sto doUrjev, je tiral zadevo pred vrhovno sodišče potem, ko je državno vrhovno sodišče v Tenasu potrdilo obsodbo. On je bil obtožen kršenjs zekons ln žaljenja sodišča po svojem govoru ne delavcev, uposlenih pri Ameriški pritisk je prišel kot posledice v0ynr itslijsnske s-gi taci je v Ameriki in deloma iz želje, da obnovljena Itkl|ja lahko v večjem obsegu pomaga zaveznikom v vojni proti Nemčiji. Velika Britanija je začela popuščati po Churchillovem obisku Bil je člin JPZa Zapušča mater, tri brate ln sestro. Is Clevelanda Clevelsnd.—V bolnišnici Huron Road se nahaje Chsrles Lamps lz Kucllda, ki se ja moral podvreči operaciji.—V bolnišnici Charity je bila operirane Frances Župančič. Operacijo ja arečno preatola ln ae jI zdravje obrača na boljs.—Drušina Frank Kaatellc lz Colllnwooda Je prs-jelš otfveatllo, da je bil njen ain Robert dan pred božičem ranjen v Franciji. Star je šele 18 let ln aluži v tretji armadi. Admiral svari pred bombnimi napadi ^ Amerika* ¿e pripravljena na to možnost °»Htw T«rk. 0. Jan.—Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, poveljnik ameriške bojna mornarice na Atlantiku, Jf oppzonl ljudstvo na mož-nost bombnih napadov ns New York, Wsshlngton in drugs ameriška meato na obrežju. "Mi vemo In čutimo, da bodo Nemci akušall bombardirati anw rlška mesto z rsketniml bombs mi," Je dejel sdmirsl. "Nspsd lahko pride v prihodnjih 30 ali 60 dneh. fcellm, ds Nemci vedo, ds smo priprsvljeni. Poveljstvi mornsrice ln srmade sta že storili korake za učinkovito obrambo." - Ingram je izrekel avarllo na konferenci a časnikarji. Deja* je, da Ima Nemčija še vedno naj manj tristo podmornic, ki a< lahko približajo ameriški obeli Možnost j#, da so te opremljene z napravami za spuščanje raketnih bomb , m^mmmmm I 1 1 Nacijska propaganda o novsm or olju Dokumenti razkrivajo kritično situacijo Lenden« 9. Jan.—Kako Je za vezniška leteaUka ofenziva znl London, 9 Jan—Dopisnik britske čaaniške agpnture v Curlhu ftvics, poroča, da naciji širijo shodu__________ ___ Humble OU Co. v Pellyju. Te*., | ^^ k«r ni iskal dovoljenja za na- OrUvni tajnik Edward R stop na shodu. Stettlnius je nsznanll sklenitev j propagando, da nemške sile na Odlok federalnega vrhovnega dogovora z Veliko Britanijo zapedni fronti uporabljajo novo sodišča je velika zmaga delav- glede obsega pomoči ItoMJI, za- j orožje proti zaveznikom To je ■kih unij Ta Je tud» tverilo eno ps Je priznal, ds ae ne izve-1 bombe V-J, ki "zamrzne" vae drugim državam, ki so namers- Ja Načrt doiota pošiljanje in-1 osebe v rszdalji 160 jardov od vale aprejeti allčne zakone. dustrijakih produktov v Italijo pozorišča ekaplozije Članek Izraža občudovanja aktivnosti alovenaklh partizanov ln hvali moralni atandar4. "Mnogo šenak ln deklet ae dejansko udeležuje bitk ln nekatere ao postale čaatnlee," pravi Članek. "Stroga moralna pravila ao v veljavi. Sklepajo ae pe* roke bres sankcij* cerkvenih ln civilnih avtoritet, toda vstano drže. Visok moralni atandard, ki prevladuje v oavobodilni armadi maršala Tito, Je tudi almbol ao-cialnega razvoja v Sloveniji." dva sni- Drugo poročilo omenja akup-šala zaloge gaaollna v Nemčiji, Ščino Macedoncev, Id ae je ne* razkrivajo dokumenti, ki ao pn- davno vršila v Skoplju. Ta ao U v roke brltakega mlnlatratva m udeležili tudi člani ruske, brlt-za ekonomako vojno. Bombe, ki ske ln ameriške miaije ter repre-ih mečejo zavezniški letalci na zentantl Jugoalavlje ln Bolgarl-skladlšča gaaollna ln člatilnice I Je. Ža predšednika akupščine je olja, ao napravile ogromno ško- bil izvoljen Dimiter Vlahov, sa do. Zdaj Je manj gaaollna na tajnika Ljubčo Ar so v in Lina razpolago za nemške motorne Balinska, sa člana ekaekutivne-armade. , I gs odbora pa Ciril Oriaorov, pol- Prvo znamenje o zaskrbljeno- kovnik Psntčo Nedelkovskl ln stl nemškega vrhovnega povelj- Pavel Statev. atva Je prišlo v oktobru, ko ato Macedonlja postane država v feld maršal Kari Gard von Rund- okvlru iterativne Jugoslavije, atedt ln Hitler lzdaU povelje o Hranitvi gaaollna. To je tudi re- zultlralo v omejitvi motorne| Vodltsljl francoskih tranaportacije v Nemčiji. Po 1B. novembru je bila civilna motorna tranaportoclja uatov-Jena v vseh nemških pokrajinah. Celo nekatere oklopne divizije na zapadni fronti niso mogle dobiti gasolina. . — unij ss posvstujsjo Naval na uposlsvalns urad• v Chicagu Pariz, 9. Jan,—Voditelji fran-coskih unij ao ae aeatall na konferenci, ki je bila aklieana s namenom ustanovitve nove mednarodne delavske organizacija. Ta naj bi nadomestila one, ki so obstojsle pred izbruhom vojne. Prvs diakuzija o tem se je vršila na seatanku reprezentantov . francoskih in rueklh atrokovnih Chicago, 9. Jan.—Priporočilo I unij - J- v poalanlcl, katero ja predsednik -- Roosevelt naalovil novemu kon-gresu, naj aprejme zakon glede Coi^rner Grssn obveznega dela, je dobilo odmev\objaVil program navalih na federalne uposle-valne urade. Uradniki ao izjavili, da ae je število proallcev za upoalltev v vojnih induatrijah pijdvojllo. *Mnogi Izmed teh spadajo v razred 4-F, ki ao podvrženi vojaški alužbl. če ae ne pri-Uvljo « dela v vojnih Industrl- probleme ln sprejetje nove uato-jsh IVf' * program je predložil Springfield, III., 9. jan.-Oo-verner Dwlght H. Green je v svojem govoru, ko Je nastopil drugi termin orisal program, ki ga bo skušal uveljaviti. Ts ae nanaša na aedanje ln povojne državni zbornici, ki ae je asstala v avojem zeaedanju, z apelom« naj ga odobri. Konvsncija kitajskm \ 1 vladns stranka Čungking, Kitajska, 9. Jan.— bilk v februarju. Na tej bodo|prVa konvencija Kuomintanga, razpravi o aedanjlh ln povojnih vladne atranke, od leta I9S6, ae problemih. Argentina, e d 1 n a bo vršila v mesecu msju, ae gle-u mer lika država, ki še vzdržuje naznanilo. Na tej bo razpra-odnošaje z Nemčijo ln Japonako, o načrtu, da ae oblast v ledeni bila povabljene na konferen-1 nja prepusti ljudstvu v odloči» C0r " . —. ......; Konfsrsnca rsprszsn• tantov amsrUhik driav Wsshlngton, D. C., 9. Jart.— Državni ^department je nežna-nil, da se bo vršile konference reprezentantov ameriških repu- Zadovoljstvo ^ALI DENAR ■^¿JUZAJJ — PtfOfeVMA SREDA, 10.'JANUARJA IZ URADA Slovenskega ameriškega narodnega sveta k MU W. 28th Str—t Chlcago, IlL ——— Zbiranj* oblaka v V mnogih naselbinah se se vedno zbira obleka in druge potrebščine za Jugoslavijo. V zadnjih štirinajstih dneh so nate podružnice in nekateri posamezniki nabrali in odposlali v New York 5851 funtov obleke, perila, odej, rjuh, čevljev ter 219 funtov mila in druge grocerije. Skupni slovenski odbor v Brooklynu se je ozval s 4205 funti. Tajnica Frances Cirar nam ooroča, da je lokalni odbor do sedaj nabral 0207 funtov razno-vistnega blaga, ki so ga radodarni rojaki darovali v ta namen. Iz Waukegana je bila pred kratkim odposlana tijetja po6i-ljatev v teži 1000 funtov in skupna teža nabrane obleke zna4a nad 8000 funtov. V Frlderick-townu. Pa« ni mnogo Slovencev, todjB tajnik Anton Škvarč nazna-_y nje, da se jim je vseeno posrečilo nakolektati 498 funtov raznega oblačila. , NaŠ zavedni rojak v Shlppen-villu, Pa., Mike Klenovfick se je po smrti svoje soproge spomnil revežev v Jugoslaviji, ki trpijo pomanjkanje obleke. Pripravil je vsa njena oblačila in čevlje, geles. Wash., je poslal znesek $20, prispevali so Jože Seflulin ter Fr. Miiavec in žena Helena. Največji prispevek je poslal Jože Durn, tajnik št. 48 SANS in J PO 35, Cleveland, O., znesek $1100.00. Postojanka J PO Jt prispevala $600.00, $500.00 pa podružnica SANSa. Za tem sledi naša podružnica št. 39, tudi iz Clevelanda. Prejeli smo ček za $1006.97. Darovali so: Posamezniki skozi Enakopravnost, mladinski pevski zbor SDD $50, št. 447 SNPJ $15.50, Jos. Regelj $20 in razni dru^i $65.50; društvo Slovan št. 3 SDZ $25, Frank Mo-horčič $25, društvo Lipa št. 129 SNPJ $10, člani pa $10.50; nabral Ludvik Medvešek med člani društva Naprej SNPJ $18; Krist Stokelj je nabral na seji društva Lunder-Adamič št. 28 SNPJ $131 (Fr. in Terezija Cer-kvenik $50, drugi $81); društvo Napredne Slovenke št. 137 SNPJ darovalo $500, članice pa $20; Camp 293 WOW daroval $50; samostojno društvo Srca Jezusovega $8, samostojno društvo Kranj $5, razni posamezniki pa $53.47. w _______________ „ Math Jereb, blagajnik podruž- mnogo skoraj pooolnoma nove-1 nice v Waukeganu. je poslal ček ga in odposlal v New York. Po- m $650. Darovali so; Slov. sa-šitjka je tehtala 148 funtov. mostojno'podporno društvo Wau-Prvi»dva meseca v tem letu se kegan-North Chicago $500, druš-vršl kampanja Ameriškega od- tvo sv. Jožefa št. 53 KSKJ $25 bora za jugoslovanski relif. Po- društvo sv. Jurija pa $5. birajo ae prlapevki v gotovini in Za podružnico št. 97, Newark, blagu. V Detroitu vodi tozadev- Nt j f je poiJiai delovni tajnik no kampanjo Zdrušenl odbor Andrew Sprogar $22.74, katero avtnfh delavcev <1JAW-CIO) it» vroUj je iztržil za partizanske odprl Je nabiralnik v vseh svo- ZVezdice. Sam je daroyal $5 in jih unijakih dvoranah. Apele za enak0 vgoto Bizjak, pomoč Jugoslaviji je poslal vsem ^ podružnic** št. , 1, Detroit, svojim članom tudi ameriški r ^¿^ tajnica Lia Menton Vaealovanakl kongres. Kampa-1 katero vsoto je nabral njo je odprl med vseučiliškimi ftgitni gostilničar Peter Be-d i Jaki tudi Hunter kolegij vl(Uct Sestra Mary Musich od newyorški okolici ter Po*nana podružnice št. 56, MHwaukee. dekliška šola Smith College. WjB f je poslala ček za $4« (V V glavnem uradu ameiifikegn prej4njj objavi smo dMenili, da odbora v New Yorku je uposle- ^ Jof, Jordgn dorova| $i0; pranih 20 oseb, v skladišču pa 19.i^ ime ^ Jqf? jürVan.) Po-Predsednlca tega odbora, kl vo- družnica je prispevdU tudi $150 dl Jugoslovsnsko pomožno akcl- g^g Jo izključno med Amerikancl ne- Lou|f ^ blagajnik podruž-slovanskega pokoljenja, je po-l . ----- trebno dati pomoč našim naj^a-denim narodom v Jugoslaviji v najkrajšem času, to je: predno nastopi kruta zima. Hitra pomoč je dvojna j>omoč—to je vodilna misel našega dela. Ha"» tega ao bile vse naše sile dosledno usmerjene na delo v dveh poglavitnih nalogah: 1.—da ae na hitro zbere med ameriškimi južnimi Slovani kar največ relifne-ga materiala in 2.—na prizadevanje, da se pri višjih oblasteh doseže korak, da se dobi posebna ladja, katera bi nabrani material prepeljala pred nastopom zime naravnost v Jugoslavijo, j Prvo postavljeno nalogo smo začasno rešili, v pogledu ladje " "~7~; . same pa smo dobili po vsestrart- ki so delali in še delajo, ln tiste, skem prizadevanju šele 21. okto- ki so darovali za križiho Slove-bra 1944 od predsednika jugo- nijo. Ob tej priliki vabim, da slovanske vlade dr. Ivana Su- pridejo na veselico tudi tisti, ki bašiča potom jugoslovanskega do sedaj niso Jte nič dali v ta poslaništva v Washingtonu urad- namen. Ako bogte navzoči, bomo no in strogo nujno sporočilo, da tudi vam istotajko hvaležni, pride jugoslovanska ladje v New | Torej na svidenje v soboto York sredi meseca novembra, zvečer, 20. januarja, rra veselici Mi smo to s kratkimi noticami podružnice št." 2 SANSa, v Flei- «3 m m iti 128 138 138 190 1SS 141 187 185 1*4 m 1*6 IW 200 Ponerse J orte S3. Artnte Ko*«-1 8» * , TiUte Zele $30. A*aes Vodenicliar M» • JMepb Horvat 838. Catherin* Radofcevlch 88. Rudolph Mutate 821 838. Antpn p¿bnar 818. JohaiU Mejak « HrSen M au—r 8»t WlurHiHXftr 81 Rov Heptísk J acutí Lekan John Pondra Rov Repa »k y 839. Lekan 840 < 8)0. rrank Prpièh 870. . ___V Frank Skvarc 840 Anna Valle 880» Frank Bote 811. . Frank Znldamic ||4 Thorn«* Ru* 81350, Rudolph Sam «a 9U Ivan a Pipan 81 France« Wiituahi« 839 France*. Beriet- 81tJÖ. Mary Zupančič I " 838. Mary Lund*r S». France* SO» John Mlacnik 810. 875 Aber Turk 821, Joseph Peachat 810. 876 Dorothy Schlaf 820. Eleanor Jdc Fartend 814, Stanley Za«ar 811. 818 Mary Laaaiia 81«. m Mary Drama 812. I Frank Pole 82» 621 Lena Suppl 81450. John Strah 842 627 Frank Sajovic 81850 042 Frances Lukz 880 ' 046 Florence Gerton 822 700 Frank Corisek 834 711 Bsrbars Gsdzo 835- . 7IS Margaret ttekaek 882.. 74t Anton Paper $84. 788 Michael Bixjak 812. Michael Blzlak 124 SKUPAJ—TOTAL 82,270.00. Lawrenoe Gradtesk. taj. bol. odd.—Sec'y S. B. Dept. $18. Mary V^lsr John Malnarlch 830 Anton Ohtek «SO. Mstt BriskI 820, Mary PlauU 821, 'Stephanie Chai .p« #11. John Kocevar 812: Frank Sek* »11, Joseph Jaklich 81C^M, iril Lukic Mary Sprohar sporočili naši tukajšnji javnosti, nerjevi dvorani, 1638 N. Halsted Medtem pa smo nedolgo za tem st. Vas vabi odbor, izvedeli; da angleške oblasti niso izdale za to ladjo nobenega 're-leasa'. Od tedaj pa do danes se predstavniki našega fonda ne-trudljo, si prizadevajo vprašanje VttWí'po-' prestano in pritiskajo, ino#.nl SANHu. Anton Resncr. Fontane. CeU'Je da- naročila. Vojna je prva in n]e ni ni potrebi m /a ¿Im hltrejli aamito ln mir ar moramo udat tudi ni*. Upamo, de odlafcanj« rovsl $lfi (Ni Podruinlca 4t. 10«. hUhIi» tnakov ne ho traíalo dol-Euclid. Ohio. )<> sbralá ¿a r«-lif | $4la«'atiio najviijo <1 no sa va.4o karo j Na #«*ljt» ptid«- nai zastopnik na val lom. prodajalno ali v garala. Hrer itjrme kje ftiviu», ee vam bo ispla-?slo. da Ae dan«** ogledate to veliko COOK "COUNTY DIRTRIRUTOR8 . rarsteve--in captimnitr, n«^ dajtr *«• od etkugur prefovorlt je samo ena I COOK COUNTY JUSTRIBUTDRB In nahaja ee na: It40 West I9rd Street CHICAGO I Odprto vsak dan do S. ure rvrčer. ob nedeljah pa do 7. ure rrečer. Taka naselbina v Chicaga je srečna kjer so lepi domovi ln dobri prljateljMn tam, kjer za delo prejemajo mtôki dobre plače. NUJNO VOJNA NUJNO VOJNO MIR VOJNO DELO ( DELO. Izkušnja na sledečih delih ni potrebna: ARC WELDERS ' MULTIPLE SPINDLE DRILL PRK^S OPERATORS ; RADIAL DRILL PRESS OPERATORS VERflCLE BORING MILL OPERATORS TUH RET LATHE OPERATORS . " HYDRAULIC PRESS OPERATORS HORIZONTAL BORING MILL OPERATORS JIG 9pR OPERATORS • FLAME CUTTERS PRODUCTION HELPERSi. Moderna vojna tbvarna -:- Dobre delovne okoliščine Plača sorazmerna z W.L.B. določbami, kl vam nudi napredek po zmoinoetl RESTAVRACIJA—NIZKE CENE Američani glovotiake^à porekla in veterani druge idsvotovne vojne dobrodošli . Pripravna transported ja z "L*, . avtobusi in ceetno Železnico. DANLY ; Machine Spocisltiss. Inc. 2100 S 52nd Ave. Cicero POMAGAJTE NAM IZDELA VATI VOJNE POTREBŠČINI BOLEČE ODPRTE NOGE se ozdravilo. DR. BLASZCZYNSKI in mnogo drugih zdravnikov priporočajo dolgo preizkušeno zdravilo: BOROCYL OINTMENT. Bolečine, pečenje invsrbe-čica se takoj odstrani. Imejte nogo dobro povito. V' slučajih obrnite se do sDecialista. Velik lonček poštnine za $1.50 in NIKAR NE TRPITE vsled utrujenih, bolečih, čih in spotenih ali srbečih nog (Athlete's Feet). Nabavite čudovito dvoje vrstno zdravilo: Borocyl Feet-Bath Powder sa 65c In Oxine Powder 35c. C.O.D. ne pošiljamo. Pošljite Money Order ali pa pridite osebno do: Borocyl Co.. 1200 N. Ashland Ave., CHICAGO 22, ILL. in jSrbe-f' midiii » prMto I, peao- V blagi spomin prve obletnice smrti našega ljubljenega soproga in očeta John Hoyak-a kateri nas je sa vedno sapustil dne t. januarja 1944. Vsa peerano si odšel od nae ia nas pustil same. Tvoj grob krasimo s cvetlicami ln jih salivamo s našimi solsamL Ostaneš nam v spominu dokler ae ne snidemo s Teboj 1—Žalujoči ostali: Rose Hoyak. soproga: trije slnorl ln tri Mere v.Hentlcoke. Pa. Naznanilo in zahvala Žalostnega srca natnanjamo vsem sorodnikom, prijateljem in snancem hišno vest. da Ja dne 7. novembre 1R44 preminula naša ljubljena mati MARIJA VESS i« I avtomobili v društva "Zarja v kapeli In pri poqr*>hu brega storili v «i ..ml,> Žalujoč SREDA, 10- JANUARJA PROSVETA 12 Glasovi naselbin ČLANSTVU ŠT. 205 SNPJ Duluth. Mlnn.—Člani društva Leo Tolstoj št. 205 SNPJ so vljudno vabljeni, da se polno-številno udeleže prihodnje seje, ki se bo vršila v nedeljo, 21. januarja, ob 1:30 popoldne v spodnjih prostorih International Instituta na 102. ave. W. in Mc-Gonagle st. Treba bo članske skupnosti, da se nekaj stori v korist društvene blagajne, ki je prazna. Časi so resni vsled vojne; prošnje prihajajo za to ali ono stvar v pomoč od vojne prizadetim rojakom v stari domovini. Gotovo bo vsak Slovan pri volji priznati, da je ljudstvo tam v resnih potrebah in da mi v Ameriki lahko nekaj žrtvujemo in ublažimo trpljenje rojakom onkraj morja. Na decembrski seji je bilar udeležba ^ komaj zadostna, da •smo ponovno izvolili stari odbor. Predloženi so, bili trije predlogi, z namenom, da dobimo nekaj denarja v blagajno, in sicer: 1, da se naloži 50 centov naklade; 2. da se naloži 25c na-ldade. V slučaju sprejetja end- Program bo v vseh ozirih pester in kdor bo posetil prireditev, bo imel nekaj ur krasnega duševnega užitka. Mladi pevci in pevke se zelo pridno in potrpežljivo pripravljajo za nastop, zato je potrebno in pravilno, da pokažemo, da cenimo njih trud in jih nagradimo z našo navzočnostjo. Kdor nima še vstopnice, naj Si jo nabavi takoj. S tem boste pokazali, da ljubite slovensko mladino in slovensko pesem. Nekemu mojemu prijatelju, ki je v ujetništvu, sem pisal, da bo naša mladina priredila koncert in da bo pela same slovenske pesmi. On mi je odgovoril, da bi se smatral srečnega, ako bi imel priliko učiti se slovenskega jezika in slovenskih pesmi, toda pod Italijo se ni smel učiti slovenščine, a tu v ujetništvu pa tudi nima prilike, ker je edini Slovenec med dva tisoč Italijani. Pisal je, da ni nikoli hodil v slovenske šole, kar se pozna tudi po njegovi pisavi. / Toda dovolj o tem. Mnogi se trudimo z našo mladino in mladina skuša naučiti se slovenskega jezika in slovenske pesmi konvencijo. Popravke in dodatke naj predložijo na seji, katert) lahko skličejo po dovršenem delu v sporazumu s federacij-skim odborom. Soglasno je sprejeto, da ostane ta 1. 1945 stari federadjski odbor. Federacija daruie $2 v pomoč ubogim v Jugoslaviji. V blagajni je še $48.67. Brat predsednik zaključi séjo ob eni popoldne. John Rugel. zapisnikar. ali drugega predloga bo po- Vpoštevajmo to in pohitimo ... • 1 1 Sl_ I__J.W. M nn i nrn t /¿a —JJI ___ _ menilo eno naklado, a vojaki-čla-ni bodo prosti te naklade. Tretji predlog pa je, da se naloži po 5 centov mesečno do preklica. Pozivam, da pridete na sejo. kjer boste čuli, zakaj je treba te naklade in da boste rešili tc stvar tako, da ne bo pozneje nepotrebnega kritiziranja. Dolžnost nas vseh je, da spolnujemo naše obljube ter delujemo zs društvo v večjem številu kakor pa je bila navada zadnjih nekaj let. Saj je društvo nas vseh, nc samo nekaterih članov! Eder gornjih predlogov bo sprejet, pa naj bo udeležba kakršna že! Pozivamo vse članstvo zato da ne bo pozneje kritiziranji tajnice, ko vas bo opominjala da je posebna naklada za druš-tveno blagajno.. Tainiea ni kriva, «kar društvo sklene na seji. Dolžnost nas vseh je, da smo navzoči «n da napravimo tak za ključek, da ne bo treba nobene kritike. Če bi članstvo bolj šte vilno pohajalo na seje, bi lahke napravili kako veselico sera pa tam, Da bi držali blagajno v dobrem stanjy, ker pa čfanstvo nc poseča sej, noče delati pri prireditvah, je pa prišlo do tega da bo treba posebne doklade na en ali drug način. Društvo šteje 120 Članov v odraslem oddelku. Od teh je 16 _j':lanov v službi Strica Sama v NAZNANILO Windeor Heighta. W. Va,—Pozivam zastopnike tukajšnjih društev, da se gotovo udeleže letn< federacijske seje, katera se bo vršila 28. januarja ob dveh popoldne v društveni dvorapi na Boydsvillu. Seja bo važna, ker bomo volili odbor za leto 1945. F. Kolenc. preds. federacije. LT. MATTJE LEKAN. star ILlet in član SNPJ fte čea 20 let. Ob Je sin drušine Mati Lekan is Eucllda. O., ki Je 20. nov. 1044 m vojaški šoli v Las Vooasu. Neva de, Isdelsl Šolo se pilota na bom barju B-17. Mlademu pilotu vso srečo I» napradekl Društvene vesti Tkomaa. W. Ve.—Na letni seji društva št. 29 SNPJ so bili izvoljeni za leto 1945 sledeči odborniki: predsednik Max Selak. podpredsednik Andrej Susman, tajnik Lenhart Werdinek, blagajnik Frank Lenček, zapisnika-rica Frances Mlekush, predsednik nazornega odbora Jakob Kle- visher, Antoni, tldmar in Joe M m _ Nu letn| geJ Brinovec. Zdravnik J. L. Miller ^ |t ^ SNpj ^ bm u. Seje se obdržavajo vaako drugo y . ygi |tad uradnlkl za l. " """" nK Hv*h 1045. Obenem sm» sklenili, da drŽava jo* vsako dru«o nedeljo v mesecu ob devetih dopoldne Jugoslovanskem narodnem domu v spodnjih prostorih. Frank Enar. tajnik. nedeljo, 14. januarja, /la igro in koncert Mladinskega pevskega zbora. Pričetek je ob pol štirih popoldne. Petje je pod vod stvom Alice Artel-Cech, igra pa pod Johnom Steblajem. Po končanem popoldanskem programu se bo vršila domača zabava v obeh dvoranah. V zgornji bo igrala dobro poznana Vad- nedeljo v mesecu ob dveh poldne v' mestni dvorani. Lenhart Werdlnek. tajnik se preselimo, in sicer v DoŠako-vo dvorano. Toda dobil sem informacije, da nimajo prostora za nas, zato obveščam članstvo, da Od (asa do Časa komentira in poroča . Milan Medvelek To kolono bom polagoma ob- «. . H , _____novil, sem zadnjič zapisal, a od članicam društva št. 474 SNPJ lfdaj j, uUo ie , v Blrfnfcfrdu, Ind., ki .o nas ob Dttn„ bom ^^ nekaj gtarih ; pobiral prispevke za sirote v stari domovini, pa mi izročite $5. Naši bratje in sestre v Jugoslaviji so v resnici potrebni naše pomoči. Naj se ob tej priliki najlepše zahvalim ptijateljem, članom in času smrti tasta tolažili in nam pomagali v uri žalosti. Na Koncu pa priporočam članstvu našega društva, da se v tem letu boli točno in v večjem številu udeletujete društvenih sej. Na svidenje 12. januarja v Franka Kraljevi dvorani, Joeeph T. Turek, tajnik. WtlUrdL Wla»—Sporočam Članstvu društva št. 198 SNPJ, da je bil izvoljen na letni seji sledeč odbor za leto 1945: predsednik Joe Slemec, podpredsednik John Kaitlnger, tajnik Martin Klra, blagajnlca Mary Kaltinger, za-pisniksrica Mary Bregant. Nad-zorni ki: John Bergant, predsednik, G. Malnar in Jennie Kirn. Društveni tdravnik je dr. Wm. Olson, Greenwood, Wis. Seje se bodo vršile vsako četrto nedeljo v mesecu ob dveh popoldne. Društveni prispevki ostanejo po starem. Martin Klra, tajnik. Cleveland, O.—Članstvo dry* tva št. 53 SNPJ je prošeno da se ^"prihodnja seja vrši v starem *J^Ski« oredsednik Stan gotovo udeleži seje, ki se bo vr- pr(£toru. Prosim, da se čkn.tvoJÄ CEmS i šila dne 14. januarja ob pol desetih dopoldne v Slovenskem delavskem -domu na Waterloo rd. Januarska seja je prav tako prostoru, udeleži seje v velikem številu. Anton Gardln, tajnik. Oaksncnt. Članstvu št. Pa. — Naznanjam ----- ,, , i , _ .- . uui.Blvu 472 SNPJ, da je nalova godba, v spodnji pa bo( važna, če ne še bolj, kot decem- ¿lan8tvo na letni seji sklenilo, igral orkester Mladinskega pev- brska, zato ie dolžnost sleherne- mQra ysak in ¿¡tnica skega zbora. Servirali bomo tu- ga člana, da je navzoč. Podano bo poročilo o poslovanju druš- Clsveland. O.—Na letni seji društva št. 129 SNPJ so bili izvoljeni sledeči odborniki xa leto 1945: predaednlk Joseph Trebeč, podpredsednik Andy Škerl, tajnik Anthony Meklan, 485 E. 1091 h st., telefon Mu. 02H9, blagajnik John Slvec, zapisnikar Kari Penko. di dobro večerjo in še nekaj, toda bo že vsak našel, če bo . . . Mladinski pevski zbor bo tudi nastopil isto nedeljo na slovenskem radioprogramu. Poslušajte naše mlade pevce in pevke. 'Torej na gotovo in veselo svi* denje! Jokn Sorc. Federacije SNPJ 'VABILO NA FEDERACIJSKO SEJO IN VELIKI SHOD Bridgevllle, Pa.—Seja federa- o tva v preteklem letu. Pozivam da so navzoči zlasti bolniški obiskovalci in poročate o stanju bolnikov. Na rokah imam še veliko atenskih koledarjev, zato plačati $1 posebne doklade, ki mora biti plačana meseca januarja. Ta sklep sprejeli zato, ker ni denarjev društveni blagajni. Uvzeti |o doklade samo člani-vojnki. Prosim vse tiste, ki uo odda- —. .. ^----. i i, * .. • rruwm vne iibvv, pridite ponje. Apeliram, da pía- ¿ni Jn Qne u ^ bm na ^ čate pravočasno svoj asesment. da vpo|tevale ta sUlep in da pU. J. F. Dura. tajnik. j^te $1 ^^ r(Klnt.ga 1Wimen- Ä. 1 I ■ Spangler. Pa.—Na decembrski seji drtHfca'št. 248 SNPJ smo tudi zbirali prispevke za naše brate in sestre v stari domovini. Skupaj smo zbrali $11. De- ley V. Pockar, Frank Sot in Joseph Fllipic; društveni zdravniki: F. J. Kern, M. F. Oman in Anthony Skur. Zastopnik za konferenco SND Joseph Trebeč, za klub društev SND Frank Sot, za izletniške prostore SNPJ Kari Penko, za elevelandsko federacijo SNPJ Frank Sot. Naše društvo podpira sledeče ustanove: SANS, JPO-SS, slovensko Šolo SND, Slovensko na rodno Čltslnlco, prosvetni klub SND. Seje se obdrftavajo vsako dru go nedeljo v Slovenskem narod nem domu na St. Clair ave. Anthony Meklan. tajnik. novic. jubilejne kampanj« SNPJ je končana; rezultat je lep: S557 članov in članic v obeh oddelkih. Uspeh je toliko lepši, če pomislimo, da smo imeli zadnja leta precej kampanj. Kampanja je bila dobro vodena in publici-runa, naši stari, zvesti Jednotar-ji pa so se zopet odrezali. V Chlcagu, kakor po navadi, pa si je zopet priborila prvenstvo ne-ijtrUdljlva Mary Udovich! Poročnik Michael Kumer. ki je najmlajši prvi gl. pogpredsed-niKt U U« J« ** kdaj Imela SNPJ, se jt povrnil v Zedinjene države, se takoj nato otenll z Anno Gro-serjevo, potem pa prišel za nekaj dni v Chicago. Pred članstvom kluba št. 1 JSZ je Imel zanimivo predavanje. Podal je dobro sliko o razmerah v Angliji, o jugoslovanskih voditeljih v zamejstvu etc. Skoda, da hiroamo v našem javnem življenju več tako razumnih mladih mož kot Je Mike. Po končanem predavanju je Lojze Zorko izrazil isto, kar je čutil tudi pisec. Lojze je dejal: "Nikoli m Še nisem pokesal, ker lmam Mika rad od prvega tre-notka, ko sem ga srečal." Mihael je bil ln bo ostal eden prvih voditeljev naše mlade generacije pri SNPJ ln prav tako njegova žena Ann Tudi o drami "Necec" je bilo že poročano v Prosveti. Ob tej priliki bi komentiral, da bi lahko vprlzorili še marsikatero dobro igro in tako oživeli slovensko dramatiko v Chicagu, samo potrebno Je. da imamo vsaj malo dobre volje ln razumevanja. dne. Ker je to letna federacijska seja#bodo na dnevnem redu važne zadeve, kot volitev odbora, Evropi, na Pacifiku in doma. To-1 poročila in drugo. Apelira se na Odbor za letp ljK» ja ostal UUm> o.-Pozivam članstvo stari razen BolniSlfefcu tajnika, dru4tva 4t> 476 SNPJ, da se go-za katerega je bil Izvoljen brat( toVQ udeltti prihodnje seje, ka Matt Langus. Društvene seje twa u bo vr|Ua l4 jinulrja i U ^ ^ 1 11 „1 nr.HSpH se 60(10 vr4ile vt?k0 irugi Običajnem prostoru. Na ftejl bo-___________ . bomo odposlali gl predsed- ^ v megecu ob p^ sedmih ' m ¿¡^t zs 1. 1945. Pro- cije skupnih društev SNPJ v niku SNPJ Vincentu Cainkarju, lvečer v običajnem prostoru ln zapadni Penni se bo vršila v ne-1 on pa bo odposlal na pristojno ne VBak drJi4{i kikor do deljo, '28. januarja, na 57 cesti mesto. Vsem darovalcem se naj- gedaj Toliko v pojasnilo. in Butler st., Pittsburgh, Pa. lepše zahvaljujemo in se pripo- AmelU flotfh. Ujnica., Pričetek točno ob desetih dopol-1 ročamo, da tudi ob drugi priliki / j ., zopet prispevajo za staro domo- w#>1 AUlg< wu> _ ponovno vino. Mary Zemlock, tajnica. rej 15 7' J** je v vo Hii si . skoro vsi, nekateri bolj, drug: manj, zato je treba, da večkršl skupaj pridemo in kaj ukrenemo v korist članom-vojakom, ko st bodo vrnili domov, kar upam dr nara bo ustreženo prej Ko mogo-če in na vsak način v 1. 1945. Torej bratje in sestre, vpošte-vajte to kot bratski opomin in iskren klic za skupno delovanje v korist našega društva in. naše : plošnosti. Zaključujem z brat . ; klm pozdravom in voščiiom, di j jakinje, da se, shoda udeleže bi to leto končalo kruto klanje ::(»dolžnih ljudi, «n da bi afci. k !,o zakrivili to morijo, prejel Milwaukee, Wie.—Na letni seji društva št. 747 SNPJ so bili slm članstvo, ds vpoiteva to na znanilo. / Frank Hrvatln. tajnik. Oglasby, 111.—Odbornlce druš tvs št. 156 SNPJ se lepo zehva sporočam vsem tistim članom I )jUjemo za sodelovanje pri pri in članicam, ki se niste udeležili praVsh domačega peciva, ki smo letne seje društva *t. 104 SNPJ, Ka raZprodale in tako dobile ne da smo izvolili za 1. 1945 ves sts- kaj denarja v društveno blagaj ri- odbor, in sicer; predsednik no Anionla Šimenc, tajnleu Singer, podpredsednica Barberton. O^-Na letni sej jsjo skupne federacije in podružnice SANSa in JPO-SS v tukajšnji okolici. Shod se bo pričel ob treh popoldne. Glavni .„nov našega društva I vsa tukajšnja društva, da goto- ^ službi. Prizadeti smo|vo pošljejo najmanj dva zastop- izvoljeni sledeči odborniki za 1. Rudi ^ ..... ! nika na to važno sejo. | 1945: # predsednik Frank Kerc- Ivuna Kodre, tajnik' Joseph T ________ Po seji pa se vrši velik shod ne|.( podpredsednik Joe Vidmar, Turckf blagajnik Ant. Demshar,' druitva š». 73 SNPJ so bili Izvo v korist SANSa, katerega prirc-1 tajnica Helen Ambrozich, bla- ^p^kar Frank First, predsed- jjeni godeči ursdnlkl: predsed gajnik Joe Androjna, zapisnikar nik nadz0rnega »dbora Ralph nlk |rrank Markovlch, podpred Joe Tamshe. Cheplak, društveni zdravnik dr. Nadzorni odbor: Louis Am- j F stefanez. r_______ . brozich, Frank Medved, Frank g^ R0 Viak ,irUgi petek v govorniki bodo Louis Adamič,! Ramshak, zdravnik dr. Stefanez. megecu 0b osmih zvečer v Kra-" " ' " ' 11 Seje se obdržavajo vsako drugo dvorflni. Drufttvena na- nedeljo v mesecu ob dveh po- 0ItHn<. 7AX leto 1945 ravno "Norca" borne Igrali 18. labru-arja sa pevski zbor Naprej v Milwaukeeju. Potrudili se bomo, kajti Naprejevci to zaslužijo: prišli so v mrzli1 Chicago V hudem sneženem ¿smetu ter tako pripomogli do večjega uspeha. Farma SNPJ. ki jo lastujejo jednotina društva v Clevelandu, bo praznovala 8-letnlco v nedeljo, 28. januarja, v Slovenskem narodnem domu. Pisec se bo z veseljem odzval povabilu odbora in tako se bo srečal zopet s starimi prijatelji in društvenlki. Na svidenje! Mnogi vampešl oznanjajo "či* stl evangelij" svete rcsnlce, a če jih trančiraš, odkriješ v njih samo govno! Zloglasni Qoering je Imel za * novo leto govor in dejal, da Nemce čaka zmaga za vogalom. l*a, za vogalom, kakor je čakala Hoove« jeva prosperlteta! William White, ameriški žur-) nallat, je b*l nekaj tednov na obisku v Sovjetski uniji. Ker pa Je velik zagovornik "krepkega indivlduallzma", se sedaj zelo trudi, da hI dlskreditlral kolektivni sistem sovjetske Rusije. Toda laž ima kratke noge, Nsj-prvo omeni, dp lahko ruakl zdravniki nadomestijo pokvarjeni alt ranjeni moški spolni organ z drugim, a v naslednjem paragrafu pa komentira, da nimajo, sovjetski zdravniki več zmožno*., stl kot povprečne ameriške bolničarke. Slike Is današnjih dnli Neko mlado dekle, ki je l ilo zuposleno kot knjigovodkinin v neki čika-škl banki, je rodilo otroka ln ga vrglo v jarek v sneg, da Jo dete zmrznilo. Pred kratkem \m Je neka mali pomalem ubijala otroka. Lomila mu je rebru, prsni koš, roke, V Detroltu pa Jc neka stara ženska zapustila $20,000 svojemu" pau, alnu pa niti centa! Afcrlsemi Ne avlruj ml resnice, da ti ne razbljem butlce.; POROČILO O NAKAZANJ BOLNIÔKI PODPORI M N. liMrtw nbvost oT sten ssnsrrr pavmknt N"«M1 •! DMMRkM a«. IM« ie ami« q*m!>«i iao Martin Oh«i*tn osi» aaš m s iMUa »i in « ée> cun III •cinlii i IHN |1«, ¿»Ml* VOMI II« |U. ¿«I»» Kur« n 110, |H, Marko favRvI Mmol« M«, Vinuant II StOVa _ 14 William Suinta M» Eva Ruti* IN, N An lui» Ma< uu SHB MPmiik Kara» 00 Frank Parcun Ii Vitioant CMinil i JO. rranaM II«. rr^a aun»to Albin Sóbate II«. Albin Bobnlo BanMilrU Kota NI. Mlnnla Pol no. rd Kr ••rauwakl IN. U>vi«n-k- IN. PMiaho N. Juaaphlna Rintonk Ann« K IIIS IHN. rrank Sorlun Militai Oaapak III. IN. Ml OlKa SUinhnff ItT. m Dtinltro Mlhallaon MO. Ml Murv »luri.k 111. AitUin 'IMa lt«manl no ,M7 lludulph Klrar N Sani »Wich III N. NO Juaaph Kueevar II J. , ______ III, Frank Fol«»'u> Florian VrhovnlS NO, lv«na Vt nm. IM. Frank Untalovivh 114, Anion Senblnv lit, lohn S«nklnc NI, Paul B im i Nn ÄaUtnSl Jr IN. Anton Wu»l«n Martin VaU»v»-e I* \ 1 zasluženo kazen prej ko mogoče Za društvo št. 205.SNPJ: John Kobl. predsednik. ?MLADINSKI PEVSKI ZBOR SDD Clevaland, O.—Mladinski pev iki zbor SDD je prvotno imel J)! irediti jesenski koncert v me L cu novembru, toda zaradi raz nih zadržkov, k' smo jii^imel preteklo leto. smo koncert prelo ili na nedeljo, 14. januarja Torej drrifei prijatelji in prijateljice slovenske kulture, v nedeljo »opoldne ob treh pohiti 110 vsi na priredbo Mladlnskegs I cvhkega zbora, ki se bo vršila ^ Slovensktm delavsi:4.m domt na Waterl«« NO «i0 a doilMb #. J««« •*» l^iila Fioaek SM JiVW Evenoff IM, .. , 4 Anten OfO»en NlN lohn SI«vm N4 Nsj še poročam, ds prihsjsjo m satoii«h mi. J«»«o>h as« j___-M 01 Fiank Ambroo 040, itü Hilft«« Vaklov» •!» NO. Emil Feretsh MI, Anna t*«reiih N. John flink IN. fiana Khrnuma IN, 711 Mea Q Kuinei IIU III Juatin« aimomie IM SKUFAJ l'OI'Ai. NrMOOO I > 1.1 »Alll _ Iii fililí lá irewrwiev wrati^w» < • laj SM, uSs^tei'r a. f. IM|é.i All sie nsroeenl ne dnevnik "Prosveie"? f odpira lie seel llsll vil zdravi. Nsše članstvo jim želi, do ** kmalu srečno povrnejo v svojo domovino Joseph Klun Piavilno je. ds se ds nekaj pro-, za SAN8, a sedaj vzame- m štora if elf fHiwl 110 f lut In« Flahuto III. Ml N tajnik. ■ iiimuH. fn. » » - I ,|DI IWJ ■■■' - W Utos po bo zbor vprizoril spe- Poročila uradnikov in zastopni- v<4gro v treh dejonjih. med de janjl im naatopij«) pevci in pevko v aolih, duet»h, kvartetih in 7 fro«U» suapendiranl, al prl-goolovsnaki narodni dom John pUfte posledico sami seW Korošec, France« Erzar ln John Znano vam Je, da je Imelo ne-Kalan Društvena zdravnika dr. fte društvo na irtare »iiiri-n m J«Mp«i VMaUhri. 014, John P»e»*a fhii asiift^^^H JI« r Mil nmoli Ml. mi Hm *>mm m>r m Aftjan N an amoo no»«»«* lil ONI ITXSL MILL en As Ism Cmm befnfd Um úi Um oü émtlH •Nean IM, 4oaaa*t imun» M ml 1 ln»m«a Tulla in S« Pena Mr v M IM Milen ahmt bhhfll jhv no Malt fmSbm mi m* NNNN tmêmmtl m m Ami Runa« m it,4 m«vîr h.«ëwm ml, M'bilm V«««m »mrf» Lnnla Wla. In Anion JnnbovUb. as Cleveland. Ohio In Stella*. Is in Kann bvaiM M Ttfa NUI. Fm SS im arnën)o viJwdna Fannn. Anton Zoenlb la Herminia. Pe» SS Panaaf Ivani)» John fnanlfc aa OoMall lo. Polos eaoh toll pi lahko all naroOaHi on paAIJa ivok PKOfVFTA . MIT lo. Lavndala Ava.. CMaagn. QL ««a«»» Mae»aaa»aaa»a«M*aaa«ea»Ml PROSVETA SREDA, 10. JANUARJA P R O S V E T A < > THE ENLICHTENMENT GLASILO KM LASTNINA SLOVENSKE NARODNE PODPORNE JEDNOTE OifM «i mmd published by Slovane National Benefii SocUlr Naročnin« n Zdrutone driave (Uran Chicaga) la Kanado M.00 na lalo $9U)0 ta pol leta. S1J0 sa četrt leto; aa Chicapo in okolico Cook Co~ $7.SO m celo loto. »3.T& sa pol lotai sa inosemstvo M 00 »ubscripnon retosi for ihe United States (a*cep! Chicogo) aad \ HM por yoar, Chicago and Cook Couniy t! M por year, oounirios M00 por year. oglasov po dogororu^Rokopiai dopisov in n.n.ročamh r so ao vračalo. Rokopisi literarno vsebino (¿rtiče, povesit Ftt^F itd.) so vrnejo potiljatelju le v »lučaju, ¿o je priloiU __ __-Manuscripts of communications and unsolicited articles wUl not bo returned. Other manuscripts. Advortiaing raies on agreemoni. euch as stories, plays, poems, etc., will be returned to sender only accompanied by sell-addressed aad stamped envelope. Naslov aa vso, kar ima silk s listomi PROSVETA 2657-59 So. Lawndale Ave« Chicago 23, Illinois --I MEMBER Of THE FEDERATED PRESS Glasovi iz naselbin Datum v oklepaju na primer (January 31, 1945), poleg vafcga imena na naslovu pomeni, da vam )e s tem datumom potekla naročnina. Pone vite Jo pravočasno, da se vam list ne ustavi . Odgovor na Molkovo pismo—III Kaj nastsne v Evropi, ha Balkanu in v Jugoslaviji ob zaključku te vojne, nihče ne ve. Vemo le to, ds Je med vsemi tlačenimi in bičanimi narodi neusahljiva želja po demokraciji in svobodi. Koliko bodo te želje uresničene, je seveda drugo vprašanje, kajti na delu so sile, in to predvsem zunanje sile, ki se trgajo za "sfere vpliva." Te sile, bodisi s strani Rusije ali Anglije, znajo preprečiti realiziran je demokratičnih teženj širokih ljudskih plasti, ako ne v vseh, vendar pa v marsikateri evropski državi. Kaj so kuha, lahko vidimo v Grčiji, Italiji, na Poljskem in v bolj meglenih obrisih tudi v neksterih drugih držsvah. Ako bi velesile imele jasen in pošten načrt za sanacijo in pacifikacijo Evrope v obliki demokratične in razorožene evropske federacije, bi bili izglsdi za vse narode danes svetlejši in tudi Nemčija bi bila mogoče že skrahirala. Toda dejstva so danes veliko bolj temna in no opravičujejo nobenega optimizma. „ Pisec teh vrstic je lahko v zmoti, toda do zadnjega časa je videl edino svetlo točko v vsej temni Evropi v resnično velikem osvobodilnem gibanju v Jugoslaviji. Tako epopejskega gibanja za lastno osvoboditev in zgrsditev nove držsve v nsjtežjih okoliščinah ne vidim nikjer drugje v Evropi. Tej svetli točki se jo zadnje mesece pridružila nesmrtna Francija, ki je bila v svojih, naj temne j iih dneh razvila sllčno osvobodilno gibanje, ki je tudi determinirano, ds zgradi novo državo. Kakor sem omenil že zadnjič in kar bi bilo lahko jgsno vsake--mu—itudi br. Molku!—je dejstvo, ds bres takega osvobodilnega gibanja kot so Jo rssvilo v Jugoslaviji pod vodstvom velikega Tita, M bila usoda JugoslsvlJe skoraj gotovo sapečatena ln s njo vred Ukko tudi usoda Slovenijo. Tega kardinalnega dejstva ne smemo nikdar pozabiti, pa naj bo bodoči razvoj Jugoslavije že tak aH tak. Proz osvobodilnega gibanja, to jo z zmago Mihajlovlča, bi po vojni zopet prišla na krmilo dršave velesrbska klika, ki je že pred per leti opustils vsako misel na obnovo Jugoslsvije v stsrih mejsh in pričela odprto govoriti ln delsti načrte le za ustanovitev Velike 8rbije. To je storila vsled tega, ker se je zavedala, da bi bila geografsko in politično obnova stare Jugoslavije nemogoča vsled sovraštva mod Srbi in Hrvati. To sovraštvo, za katero nosi velik del krivde tudi hrvaški Šovinizem, je bilo že pred vojno veliko, toda po naclftfšlstlčnl okupaciji Jugoslavije ln ustanovitvi "neza-visne" Hrvatske je radi masnegs klsnjs med Srbi ln Hrvstl to sovraštvo postalo naravnost nepremostljivo—to namreč v obnovi stare Jugoslavije.. Toda kolikor nam je znano, je veliko osvobodilno gibanje tako rekoč čez noč izbrisalo to smrtno sovraštvo med Srbi in Hrvati in jih povezalo v skupni borbi proti okupatorju in domaČim kvizlin-gom ter jih obenem preželo z veliko idejo o Novi Jugoslaviji. V paftizanskih in osvobodilnih vrstah so si vsi bratje—Srbi, Hrvatje in Slovenci. Br. Molek očividno ignorira vse to velikq dejstvo, sploh najbolj pomembno dejstvo za obnovo Jugoslavije in za pobratlmstvo med Srbi ln Hrvati, in v svojih prividih vidi ls nekega komunističnega totalltarskega monstruma. To ga je tako zaslepilo, da ne vidi niti, kaj bi se zgodilo s Slovenijo, sko bi ne bila vstala Osvobodilna fronta ln omogočila obnovo Jugoslavije na načelih demokratične federativne države. In povrhu so še dobri izgledi, da bo ta država postala republika, o čemer bo odločalo jugoslovansko ljudstvo samo s tajnim plebiscitom. Za vsskegs Slovenes brez ozirs na politično ali versko mišljenje mora biti važno vprašanje, kaj bi se zgodilo s Slovenijo, ako bi po tej vojni vstala Velika Srbija namesto nove ln notranje prerojene Jugoslavije? Očividno je, da bi že iz geografskih razlogov ne mogla postati del Velike Srbije, čeprav bi to hotela. Kaj bi se v tem primeru zgodilo z njo? Kot neodvisna državica bi skoraj ne mogla živeti—vsaj ne dolgo. Cc bi bila pridružena bodisi Italiji, "nezsvisni" HrvsUki sli ubogi mali Avstriji, bi prišla z dežja pod kap. Druga možnost je, da bi jo tudi "demokratične" velesile rSz-kossle in njene kose rszmeUle na vse štiri strani, kajti taka "rešitev" tega malega naroda bi bila zanje najenostavnejšs. Pravica? Kdaj se je še katera do zob oborožena in vedno lačna gorila brigala za pravico? ", ^ Danes Slovenija ne stoji pred temt vprašanji. Njena bodočnost v novi, demokrstični, federativni Jugoslaviji ji je zagotovljena kot enakopravnemu članu države. Vse to lahko pripišemo zaslugam velike Osvobodilne fronte. Se več! Danes ni več nobenega dvoma. kaj se zgodi po osvoboditvi s slovenskim Primorjem in hrvaško Istrtjo! In sila, ki ima največ zaslug, da ti *raji zopet posta nejo del Združene Slovenije in del Združene Hrvatske, je Osvobodilna fronta! Pisec teh vrstic ni bil še nikdar nacionalist ali šovinist, vendsr mi ni vseeno, kaj se zgodi z rodno Slovenijo in Jugoslavijo—kot mi tudi ni vseeno, ksj se zgodi sli kakšna ho bodočnost naše nove domovine Amerike in sploh katerega koli nsroda. In upoitevajoč gornja dejstva, je sploh izredno čudno, kako more biti kak trezno misleč Slovenec in Jugoslovan hladan ali celo sovražen napram partizanom in Osvobodilni fronti. Kar sem zgoraj napisal, ni nič novega. Toda da br. Molku od-govarjam bolj obširno, sta dvs razloga Prvi je ta, ker je še tudi med nami veliko ljudi, ki omalovažujejo epohalne dogodke v stari domovini in podcenjujejo velikansk«* zasluge, ki si Jih plete Osvobodilna fronta za BODOČNOST Slovenian Jugoslavije in sploh vsega Balkana Drugi razlog Je pa U. ds me bo tudi br. Molek rszumel. zakaj sem v njegovih očeh—"slep," oziroms zakaj smo "slepi** pri Prosveti in ne vidimo onegs "monstruma" v Jugoslaviji kot ge on vidi. O tem 'monstrumu" še prihodnjo sredo. OB KONCU LETA Baggaloy, Pa.—Ob koncu leta vidimo, kaj smo storili dobrega ali slabega v preteklem letu v privatnem ali javnem življenju. Pri društvu št. 318 SNPJ zaznamujemo v splošnem precej dovoljen napredek, navzlic raznim neprilikam. V jubilejni kampanji se je naše društvo povzpelo na častno mesto, ker smo dosegli našo kvoto. Sedem novih članov ni veliko, vendar pa je nekaj. Če bi bilo več zanimanja, bi lahko pridobili več članov. Od našega društva je pri vojakih osem članov, ki se nahajajo daleč na Pacifiku, v Indiji, Franciji in drugod, ter se bore za nas v tujini. Da smo pokazali, da jih nismo pozabili, čeravno so daleč od nas, jim je društvo za božič darovalo vsakemu po $5. Poslali smo jim tudi- božična voščila. Naše želje so, da bi se čim prej zdravi in srečni povrnili k svojim dragim. * Tudi našim bolnim bratom in sestram doma želimo, da so jim povrne ljubo zdravje. Pri tem pa ne smemo pozabiti na naše rodne brate in sestre v stari domovini, ki trpijo in kličejo nas na pomoč. Mnogi nočejo slišati njih obupnih klicov. Mi vsi bi morali posnemati jo-lietsko slovensko naselbino, ki je šla združena na delo za naše brate ln sestre v stari domovini. V Jolietu je bil moj prvi dom, ko sem prišla iz stare domovine pred 23 leti. Tudi v naši naselbini smo zbi rail obleko ln denar za nesrečneže v Sloveniji. Obleko smo odpeljali v Herminie k Antonu Zorniku, kjer je bilo glavno zbirališče za okraj Westmoreland. Denar pa je bil poslan v SAN-Sov urad. Društvo je obnovilo članarino za Prosvetno matico. Za leto 1045 pa smo Izvolili sledeči odbor: predsednik Louis Planln-Šek, podpredsednik John Žab-kart tajnjca Theresa Matko Arch, blagajnica Mary E. Matko. . Theresa Matko Arch, tajnica. VABILO NA SEJO IN DRUGO Cleveland. O.—Članstvu društva št. 53 SNPJ naznanjam, da se bo vršllai redna mesečna seja v nedeljo, 14, januarja, v društveni dvorani v SDD. Pričetek točno ob desetih dopoldne. Zadnja seja je bila še povoljno obiskana in upam, da se boste udeležili v velikem številu tudi te seje. Tajnik Jože Dum je poročal, da je bil izvoljen ves stari odbor, ker ni nihče drugi hotel kandidirati. In ker ni bilo kandidatov, sem še ostal, da bom delal "napake"! Naše društvo ima starega bolnika Franka Linea, 18676 Abbey ave., blizu Cleveland Trust banke na 185th. Člani, ki imate kaj časa na razpolago, ste profteni, da ga obiščete in s tem pokažete, da ste dobri bratje. Frank ima paralizirano'roko in nogo in left v postelji že nekaj let. Doma jo iz St. Vida. Leta 1903 je prišel iz stare domovine v West Virgin i Jo, i. W04 se jo preseki v Fleming, Kansas, % 1930 ps v Cleveland, O. i Med božičnimi voščili, ki sem jih prijel, me je Mary Bates iz Chlcaga opomnila, da je njuna mama Fanny Keržičnlk nevarno bolna In da leži v bolnišnici St. Anthony, Ker je bila pošta ob božičnih praznikah zelo zaposlene, sem prejel njeno pismo pet dni prepozno, tods odpisal sem jI takoj, da naj me obvesti, kako Je z njeno mamo. Ko mi je odgovorila, je bila njena mama že pokopana na pokopališču St. Joseph Pokopsli so jo tako kot je želela pokojnica. Umrla je 21. decembra 1944 ob pol enajstih ponoči. Pogreb pa se je vršil 26 decembrs. Frances Keržičnlk, kstere dekliško Ime je bilo Dornik, je bils doma M premožne hiše iz Krške vssl pri Krškem Njen oče Ivan Dornik jo lastovsl tudi veliko kmetijo ns Gorici, ki je spadala pod cerkljansko občino In tako sva st včasih pogovarjata o tistih starih v*eh. ki so bile obema dobro mane Kako Je btlo ime njeni materi, mi ni znano. Omožila se je t Anto- rjpm Kržičnikom, in sicer v Mokronogu. Leta 1910 se je vrnila iz Chicaga v Mokronog, kjer je bil njen mož, ki je že poprej zapustil Chicago, toda nekaj dni pred njenim prihodom je umrl in tako je našla samo njegov grob. Pokojnica zapušča hčer Mary, štiri sinove: Anthonyja, Har-ryja, Johna in Fritza in veliko vnukinj in vnukov. Hčer Fran-ces, ki je bils poročena, pa je že poprej umrla, Bilo je leta 1909, ko sem se naselil v Chicsgu. Moral sem si poiskati sobo. Dobil sem jo pri družini Korey na 17. cesti in Center, sedaj Racine ave. To je bilo v hiši, kjer so imeli Če* hovi gostilno. Tam so stanovali tudi Keržičnikovi. Ko se je podala Frances Keržičnik v domovino z otroci, so se po nekaj mesecih vrnili v Chicago. In mama Keržičnik, ki je bila resnična mama, je s seboj pripeljala Bizjakovo Ančko in slednja je postala čez tri leta moja žena. Kadar koli sem se iz Cle-velanda podal v Chicago, mi je moja pokojna žena vedno naročila, naj ne pozabim obiskati Keržičnikovo mamo. Zadnjega avgusta pa je mama rekla: "Zakaj nisem jaz umrla, namesto Ančke? Ampak zgodilo se je, kajti smrt ne vpraša, kdo naj umre in kdo živi. In tako sem izgubil svojo Aitčko, staro prijateljico Mladičevo Ančko in se daj še Keržičnikovo mamo. Vse tri v enem letu. Mary je pisala, da je imela mama lep pogreb in veliko ven cev. Le od mene ni imela venca, ker je 'Mary* smatrala, da imam sam dosti težav zadnje ča se in zato me ni takoj obvestila A kljub temu bi se rad odzva na en ali drug način, kajti spomini mojih mladih |et, ki seip jih preživel v Chica^u, še niso pozabljeni. Keržičnikova mama je bila ena ustavnovhih članic društva Nade št. lO^SNPJ in ona predlagala pri tem društvu An no Bizjak-Barbič, takoj ko prišla v Chicago. Blag ji spomin in naj mirno počiva v hladni ameriški zem lji! Frank Barblč. NEKAJ O DRUŠTVU IN DRUCK) La Salle, I1L—Članltvu društva Triglav št. 2 SNPJ nazna njam izid volitev in druge sklepe, kateri so bili sprejeti na let ni. seji. Izvoljen je bil ves stari odbor z izjemo enega člana nadzorni odbor in sicer Frank Struna je namesto Martina Nov-lana. SklenjcifD je bilo, da se vsem članom in članicam, ki so v vojaški službi, plača en redn mesečni asesment, ko se vrnejo Iz armade. Sedaj hočem omeniti še stanje naše blagajne, to je za tiste člane, ki se ne udeležujejo druš tvenih sej, da lahko iz tega sodijo, kako se pri društvu posluje. Članov smo imeli 1. decembra 215 v odraslem oddelku, 53 v mladinskem, skupsj 268. To je največje število, odkar društvo obstoji. Imovina je razdeljena sledeče: 50 delnic Slov. narodnega doma $500.00, Eureka Bullding Association $365.00, Peru Federal—2 bonds $200.00, dvs vojna bonda $300.00, na rokah $211.64, skupna vsota $1,476.64. Na seji je bilo tudi sklenjeno, da se kupi še en vojni bond ter da se daruje I2S.00 lokalni podružnici SANSa za WRFASSD Dne 20. decembra je umrl naš član John Livek. On je bil dolgo časa bolan ln zadnja 4 leta se Je nahajal v okrajni bolnišnici v Ottawi. Kolikor Je meni znano. je bil rojen 27. junija 1868 v šmarjeti pri Norem mestu. Sorodnikov tukaj a i imel. Jed-nota je zanj plačevala asesment, mu pomagala z denarjem, kadar iz« Jolieta, oddan bo tudi vojni bond. Predsednik gospodarskega iluba mi je omenil, če, kdo želi še kaj listkov, naj se zgiasi pri njem ali pri mrs. Furar v Domu. Fred M algal, tajnik. PJtDEL NA BOJIŠČU Johnstown, Pa^-Družina Math ecjak je prejela dne 13.*decem-bra žalostno vest, da je padel v ooju s sovražniki na daljnem Pacifiku njih sin in brat Pfc. poudarim, da je farma SNPJ lastnina skoro vseh druitev SNPJ v okolici in Clevelandu, zato glejmo, da doprinesemo temu narodnemu kolektivnemu podjetju vsi po svoji moči in se kor-porativno udeležimo petletnice. Ako še nimate vstopnic/ jih kupite takoj! Naznanjam, da se bo vršila letna seja farme SNPJ v torek zvečer ob pol osmih, 16. januarja, v Slovenskem narodnem domu na St. Clair ave. Na to sejo naj pridejo vsi stari in vsi novi zastopniki in prav tako vsi direktorji in odborniki. Na seji bo podano letno poročilo in izvolili bomo nov odbor za 1. 1940». Seja se bo pričela točno ob pol osmih zvečer. Prosim, da to vpo-števate, kajti vsak si želi počitka ob pravem času. Kakor sem že omenil, seje se naj udeležijo vsi stari in novi zastopniki, to pa vsled tega, ker bi se imela vršiti ta prireditev lansko leto, zato je umestno, da ste še vedno zastopniki do te prireditve. t # Torej na gotovo svidenje! John Sorc, predsednik. Pri vojakih imamo 19 članov Do sedaj so še vsi živi, vsaj tako upam. Večina izmed njih je na raznih bojiščih. Anthony Gole je bil komaj nekaj mesecev v Franciji in je bil ranjen. Sedaj se zdravi v bolnišnici nekje v Angliji. Alex Boryenace pa je bil na južnem Pacifiku, a sedaj se nahaja v bolnišnici v Cam-bridgu, O. Kaj je z njim, še ni znano. Edina dobra novica pa je, da sta šla sestra Josephine Rodita in njen sin Frank iz naše mrzle metropole v gorko Florido. Da bi jaz mogla biti tisti spominček, ki si mi ga poslala, Josephine! bi bila kmalu pri vaju v Floridi. Najlepša hvala zanj, prav tako za pozdrave in voščilo. Hvala lepa vsem prijateljem in članom za božična voščila. Želim vam enako in da bi bilo to leto zmage in da bi res prineslo mir na zemlji! Pozdrav vsem či-tateljem Prosvete. Mogoče se zopet oglasim drugo leto. Mary Dodlc. Uradno je bilo jiOtrjeno, da je bil ubit 16. novembra preteklega »leta. Usoda je res muhasta. Namreč na dan 16. novembra je bil poklican k vojakom njegov bratranec Ignatz L. Pečjak in tako je on napolnil vrzel Stricu Samu. Toda kdo more nadomestiti staršem sina? Sporočilo o smrti je bil hud udarec za starše, ki je prišlo prav na božične praznike. Kdo more potolažiti starše, ki izgube svojega otroka? Edina tolažba bi bila, ako bi prišlo do zaželjenega miru in z njim zagotovilo) da se nikdar več ne ponovi to grozno klanje. Bilo mu je komaj 23 let in je padel za domovino. Oh, dri ne bi GLAS IZ EUCLIDA Euclld, O.—Ravno sedaj je minulo feto dni, odkar sem se zad njič oglasila v Prosveti. Tedaj sem opisala potovanje v Florido in obisk pri naših sinovih, ki služijo Strica Sama. Sedaj pa ne morem nič takšnega opisati, ker sta preveč* oddaljena od nas in sem le z mislijo pri njih. Moj starejši sin Louis je Ph. M. 2/c in je nekje na Havajskih otokih. Mlajši sin Victor, A. R. M. 2/c pa je pri B-24 nekje na zapadni obali Californije in bo moral v kratkem iti čez, ali pa bo že odšel še predno bodo te vrstice priobčene. Minulo je zopet leto dni, leto žalosti in trpljenja. Mnogo nedolžne krvi je bilo prelite, mnogo mladih življenj darovanih— zakaj? Zfcto, ker se ti in ne jaz in ves proletarski narod ne zavedamo svoje moči! Samo garamo in mislimp na tiste grde judovske groše, da bi jih spravili bilo te mlade žrtve zastonj in da gim yeč gk ^ MftU človek ni bi prinesla narodom resnično svobodo! ma časa misliti—da le dobi ne-I kaj' drobtih z bogatinove mize, Pokojni William Pečjak je bil pa je pripravljen garati noč in zelo mirnega značaja in priljub- dan ter producirati orožje, da z ljen pri vseh, ki so ga poznali. njim ubljaj0>ubogo delavsko pa-Bll je sin ustanovitelja društva ro ^ naše nedo\ine mladeniče, št. 3 SNPJ in prvi član tega| najlepgi.cvet> w ni užll še nič društva, ki je moral dati svoje 8veta življenje v tej yojni. Ža njim pa pièejo o civilizaciji naro žalujejo Math in Mary Pečjak, I dov Saj re8f drug drugega tol- mati, pet bratov in tri En brat in sestra pa sta oče in sestre, umrla. Za pokojnikom žaluje tudi naše društvo, kajti bil je zvest član. Dragi brat! Počivaj mirno v tuji ^zemlji, ker Ti usoda ni dala, da bi počival v svoji rodni grudi. Odšel si od nas v cvetju mladosti, a upamo, da Tvoja žrtev ne bo zastonj. Ko je bil zadnjikrat doma na dopustu, nisem mislila, da'sem mu stisnila roko poslednjikrat. Ker smo dobri družinski prijatelji, je tudi nas globoko pretresla žalostna vest ln žalujemo z družino vred. V imenu društva št. 3 SNPJ izrekam globoko sožalje prizadoti družini! Mary Vidmar, tajnica št. 3 SNPJ. Je kaj potreboval, ter mu kupila prostor na pokopa liiču s stilno oskrbo (perpetual care). Društvo mil je oskrbelo tek pogreb, kakršnega si jo pokojnik želel. V soboto dne 27. jsnusrjs priredita gospodinjski in gospodarski klub Slovenskega doma domačo zabavo ob 7, uri zvečer. Vabljeni ste vsi, ker to bo nekaj posebnega. Igral bo godec Rifel LETNA SEJA FARME SNPJ IN 5-LETNICA Cleveland, O.—Leto 1944 je za nami. V preteklem letu smo marsikaj doživeli, toda na vse to moramo pozabiti in vreči se moramo v novo leto energično in pogumno ter storiti ne samo to, kar nam velevajo naše dolžnosti, temVeč kar je potrebno, čim več kot nam je mogoče! Naša barka v tujini se ziblje in maje, zato moramo mi, ki se zavedamo važnosti naših organizacij in podjetij, močno veslati, iti z vetrom pogumno naprej. Ne strašimo se truda, ne strašimo se po-žrtvovanja in znoja! Pred nami je zopet važna prireditev, in sicer petletnica naku pa farme SNPJ. To obletnico bqmo dostojno proslavijali v nedeljo popoldne. 28. januarja, v avditoriju Slovenskega narodnega doma na St. Clair ave. Odbor izletniškega prostora SNPJ je pridno na delu, da preskrbi vse potrebno. Kakor je znano naši javnosti, se je imela vršiti petletnica farme SNPJ meseca oktobra lanskega leta, toda zaradi stralne požarne nesreče smo Jo morali preložiti na to mesec. Nerad, vendsr Je potrebno, ds če j o in čim več se jih spravi s sveta, tem večja je pohvala. Sramota, da se kaj takega dogaja! Delavec bi moral delati, da bi užival, sedaj pa producira, da s tem sam sebe uničuje. Res žalostno, a resnično; « Toda dovolj o tem. Škoda je časa in papirja, da bi človek o tem pisal, kajti vseeno nič ne pomaga. Poročala bom rajši o društvenih novicah, katere pa niso nič razveseljive. Lansko leto nam je smrt ugrabila kar dva člana. Dne 8. novembra je umrl brat Edward Bedenko. Star je bil komaj 34 let. Rojen je bil v Park Cityju, Utah. On je bolehal več let in srce mu ni hotelo pravilno delovati, ali na bolniški podpori pa pred smrtjo ni bil, čeravno se je slabo počutil več tednov, Imel pa je vedno upanje, da bo ozdravil. Vsa zdravniška veda mu ni mogla pomagati in ga rešiti prezgodnje smrti. Pokojnik je bil naprednega mišljenja in je imel veliko prijateljev, kar se je pokazalo pri pogrebu. Zapušča mlado ženo in sinčka, mater Terezijo Krnc in očima, brata Williama in teto Anno v Clevelandu. Dne 11. decembra pa je umrla tudi paša članica Rose Zgonc, stara šele 46 let in mati štirih otrok. Pokojnica je bila rojena v Minnesoti, kjer zapušča veliko sorodnikov, tukaj pa moža, tri odrasle hčere in 11-letnega sinčka, ksteri jo bo nsjbolj pogrešal. Bolehala je skozi 10 mesecev ln ji je bila smrt rešiteljica, ali ostsllm pa je pustils tugo ln žs-lost. Vsem prizsdetlm izrekam moje sožalje, umrlemu bratu in spstri pa časten spomin. Smrt kosi in nič ne izbira, naj bo mlad ali star, vsakdo se jI mora ukloniti. Tudi bolnikov smo imeli preteklo leto vedno dosti. Imamo jih še sedaj 4ri stalne, in sicer Joe4 Gombach. John Kmc in John Jezerc. Vsi trije se zdravijo doma. 2elim jim, da bi jim letoftnje leto prineslo zaželjenega zdravja. * POROČILO O DRUŠTVU ŠT. 422 • Rains, Utah.—Letna seja društva št. 422 SNPJ je bila še precej dobro qbiskana in se vršila v najlepšem redu;» Izvolili smo sledeče odbornike za leto 1945: predsednik John Cuder, podpredsednik John Glavan, tajnica Sophie Kotar, blagajnica Al-dine Thomas, zapisnikarica Christina Evatz, predsednica nadzornega odbora Mary Star-kovich, društveni zdravnik dr. Frank J. Gorishek. Seje se bodo vršile vsako drugo nedeljo v mesecu ob dveh popoldne v običajnem prostoru. Društvo šteje 24 članov «v odraslem oddelku in 14 v mladinskem. V zadnji kampanji smo pridobili tri nove člane ter dosegli kvoto našega društva. V resnici bi želela pridobiti več Članov, ali ni bilo mogoče. V tej dolini ni veliko Slovanov in večinoma vsi so člani različnih organizacij. Od našega društva so tudi trije člani pri vojakih. Maks Cadez, moj sin, je šel prostovoljno k mornarici novembra meseca 1. 1942, Robert Evans, nečak Christine Evatz, je tudi odšel prostovoljno' k mornarici meseca februarja 1. 1943. Tony Medved pa jo bil poklican meseca aprila 1934, in sicer v armado. On je sin Jakoba in Mary Medved iz Mapletona, Utah. • Da bi bilo vsaj kmalu konec vojne, konec tega groznega klanja, in da bi se naši sinovi zopet vrnili srečni in zdrav! med svoje drage! Za jugoslovanski reiif sem tudi tukaj nekaj nabrala med našimi rojaki. Darovali so sledeči: Tony Kump $7; po $5: Jack Medved, John Glavan in Pete Svetich; po $1: John Cudez, Christina Evatz, George in Mary Starkovich, Sophie Kotar, Sylvia Kraje in Aldine Thomas. Skupaj $28. Denar sem poslala relifnemu odboru v New York. Naročila sem tudi nekaj več Družinskih koledarjev, katere upam, da prejmem v kratkem Cena Družinskega koledarja je letos $1.25. Ako ga kdo želi kupiti, ga lahko dobi pri' meni. Sophie Kotar. IGRA IN PLES Cleveland, Ohio. — Mladinski pevski zbor Slovenskega delavskega doma na Waterloo Roadu priredi spevoigro v nedeljo, 14. januarja ob pol štirih' popoldne. Igra je pod vodstvom J. Stebla-ja, vam znanega igralca na odrih kot učitelj drugih. Petje pa je pod vodstvom Alice Artel.r omožene Cech. Ker je že pri\ zboru od začetka, to je že nad 10 let, je tudi dobro poznana. Zadnja igra je bila "Janko in Metka" in je bila jako dobro speljana. Občinstvo je napolnilo dvorano in je bilo zelo zadovoljno. Upam, da bo tudi sedaj,, ker otroci se prav pridno učijo. Edina potreba-je zdaj,, da napolnite dvorano in jim daste pri-žnanje za njih trud in veselje do slovenskih pesmi, ds se bodo še za naprej pridno učili v ponos slovenskemu narodu v Ameriki. Jerry Pajk. 53. DRUŠTVENA VEST -Naznanjam Mich. članstvu društvs št. 236 SNPJ. ds se bo vršila prihodnjs sej s 14. jsnusrjs ob dveh popoldne v Ramsay Town Hslli. Ker bomo volili uradnike za 1. 1945. je važno, da se seje vsi udeležite. Mary Marcsak. tajnica. SREDA, 10. januarja P HO S V ET A Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota SS57-M 0* Uwdm Aw. \ Chic—o S3. Illinois GLAVNI ODBOR VINCENT CAINKAR. K A. VIDER. fl. ANTON TBOJAR. «L piohl tajnlk--U «1 bla*ajn So. Lamdito A v«.. Chicago H, I1L Mit So. Lmdito Av«., Chicago SX, 111. SSBT So. Uwndato Av«.. Chicago SS. OL MIRKO O. KUHEL. gL blagajnik-SIOT Bo. Lawadsta A v«, Chicago SS. XU. UWRKNCI GRADISHEK. tajnik bol. nS< MW So. Lawndala Ava. Chicago SS. OL MICHAS. VRHOVNDC direkt, mlad. addaLJMS7 Bo. Lawstdato Arm J Chicago SS. Ul. PHILIP OOOINA. upravitelj glasil» «St So. Latmdala Aw, Chicago SS. QL ANTON OAKOKN. utodnlk glaalla-SUV Bo. Lawndala Ava, Chicago U. UL Podpa K. KUMXR. prvl po«prsdwdnlk. camilu8 ZARN1CK. drugI " JOB. CULKAK. prvo okroije Box M. Universal, Pa. _____3679 W. 66th St.. Cleveland S. Ohio Msdalkl JAMES MAOLICH. drugo okroije RAYMOND TRAVNIK, aratje okroftja-JOHN BPTTiI.Eli četrto okxoSJa- -417 Woodland Ava. Johnstown. Pa. -R. O. No. I. Oak dale. Pa. URSULA AMBSnpCH. peto EDWARD TOMŠIČ, %N*° okroije MATH PETROVICH predaedntlr VINCENT C ABOCAR - F. A. VIDER--- MIRKO O. KUHEL .,., , JACO» ZUPAN-- LONAU) J. LOTSICH - BUDOLPH LISCH ,. -79S6 Mlddlepolnta, Dearborn. Mich. SB78 RandaU St. St Louis 16. Mo .«IS Plana SU Eveleth. Mlnn ja W. 7th St. Walaenburg. Colo. -SU E. 151st St.. Cleveland 10. Ohio - MST So. Lawndala Ave. Chicago U, 111. --S8S7 So. Lawndala Ava. Chicago SS. UL —S6S7 Bo. Lawndala Ave.. Chicago St, OL ........1400 So. Lombard Ava.. Berwyn. Ill -1SS7 Bo. Trumbull Ave. Chicago SS. Ul. -Ttt E. «Nth St.. Euclid IT. O. ANTON BHULAR. FRANK VRATARIC1L FRANK BARRIC-. ANDREW JOSEPHINE -Boat ST, Anna. BARBIC- / VIDRIOS -[NE MOČNIK- — "-----SIS Tener St. Lusarna. Pa. _1NU Musk oka Ave. Cleveland IS. Ohio -TOS Forest Ave.. Johnstown. Pa. -771 B. ISSth street Cleveland IS. Ohio FRANK ZAITZ. predsednik ANDREW ORUM- JOHN OUP FRED MALOAI- joseph rnroLT- -SS01 Bo. Lawndale Ava., Chicago SI. m. ----1718VBnowden. Detroit Si. Mich SSI So. Prospect Ave. Clarendon Hills, W. _t__________M Westclox AVe . Peru. IU. ---1SS7 E. 60th St. Cleveland 3. Ohio Olaval OR. JOHN J. ZAVERTNIK. -SUB Bo. Rldgewajr, Chicago ». Di. Predsednikova kolona Zborovanje gl. odbora Minll° ie "P* eno let0 in v «lav nem uradu smo poleg rednega dela pridno zaposleni z zaključevanjem prometa ali jednotinega poslovanja v letu 1944. Tega je veliko—kar je pri tako veliki organizaciji logično pričakovati—in vzelo bo še precej časa, dokler bo vse dobro preračunano ter statistični podatki, računi na driave in vse v zvezi s tem dokraja izgotovljeno. Kot znano, imaiAo pri nas uveden sistem, da naše poslovanje pregledajo naši glavni nadzorniki, poleg tega pa še računski izvedenci. To se vrši vsakega pol leta in sicer, kakor hitro je mogoče za dotično poslovno <^obo zaključiti račune, nakar sledi redno zborovanje celokupnega gl. odbora. Tako bo tudi to pot. Določeno je, da se letno zborovanje glavnega odbora prične v četrtek, 15. februarja 1945 in bo trajalo najbrž tri dni, kot ponavadi, glavni nadzorniki pa se snidejo že 12. febr. ali toliko časa prej, kolikor smatrajo potrebno za svoje nadzorovalno delo. Člani gl. odbora naj to upoštevajo kot uradno naznanilo ter si poskušajo svoje stvari urediti tako, da bodo zagotovo navzoči! Aktivnosti za jednoto naj ne odnehajo! Kljub neugodnim in kritičnim razmeram, v katere je pahnjeno človeštvo, dasi ne po lastni krivdi in pod katerimi sedaj ječijo milijoni, naša organizacija zopet beleži dober gospodarski napredek, kakor tudi napredek v članstvu. Toda vzlio povoljnemu napredku v jednoti preteklo leto, nas nekaj teii, da ne moremo tako veselo in izrazito naglašati te uspehe kot smo to delali prejšnja leta. Duševna otožnost se je naselila tudi med nas, kakršna se splošno po-lašča ljudstva v teh Časih. «•* Izgube mladih članov Iz naše srede, katere se dnevno množijo po bojnih poljanah, občutno bolijo—poleg ožjih sorodnikov prizadetih—tudi nas, ker zSvedam« se, da bo organizacija težko pogrešala posebno one, ki so bili zanjo aktivni. Če tudi nismo sentimentalni, se ne moremo v pričo grozot, ki se odigravajo na raznih kontinentih, počutiti posebno vesele ali zadovoljne. To je naravno, ker, če bi bili drugačni, bi ne bili človeški. Ampak kljub temu ni obupati, ker življenje vodno ostane tam, koder je nada in odpor. Naše geslo naj bo: da atorimo vso. kar J« v naših močoh. da na bodo sedanj« irtvo padi«, šaman, ampak da njihova kri rodi nov rod. novo člov«4ko družbo, kalora bo v med-narodnih sporih snala rabiti sdrav rasum. mosto da bi so pooluie-vala barbarskih motod. topov In metaj ki bo priznala pravo, da je narava ustvarila svet za vse tiste, ki na tem planetu živijo in da si rje bo nihče lastil pravice nad usodo posameznika ali narodov. Glavni odbor naše jednote je v preteklem letu demonstriral, da zgodovina te organizacije bistveno ostane nespremenjena, to je, da stojimo ob strani tistih, ki se resno borijo za demokratična načela in principe in za boljši svet po tej vojni. Naša jednota je ljudska ustanova in kot taka mora služiti ljudskim interesom. To stališče ji tudi daje življenje in navdušenje med članstvom za aktivnosti. V bratski podporni organizaciji, posebno še naši, tfre zasluga za njen napredek vsem onim, ki so na en ali driigi način pripomogli do napredka v kampanji ali izven iste; vsem tem se ob tej priliki izreka naša zahvala. Zdravo in pošteno gospodarstvo, dobro ln previdno Jpvestirana imovina organizacije, so temeljna reklama za vsako podjetje. To je v naši jednoti, kar potrjuje dejstvo, da jednota plača dedičem padlih vojakov celo smrtninsko zavaroval nino, kar je bilo že omenjeno. ? Bratje in sestre! V smislu sloge, medsebojne zaupnosti ter prave bratske zavesti, nadaljujmo svoje delo za našo jednoto tudi v letu 1945. Ker se vsled številnih božičnih in novoletnih voščil ml nI bilo mogoče vsem osebno zahvaliti, želim na tem mestu Izraziti prijateljsko zahvalo vsem prizadetim ln vas zagotoviti, da so bila vaša voščila z iskrenim zadovoljstvom sprejeta. Hvala tudi vsem društvenim odbornikom za dobro in točno kooperacijo v letu 1944, s katero ste pripomogli do boljšega poslovanja jn želim, da. v tem smislu nadaljujete tudi v bodoče. F. A. VIDEll, gL tajnik. Prolnje sa t*redno podporo Applicattoit* /or Special Beneftt Dr. it. Lodge No. 30—Ferdinand Krvnipush asesment sa tri mesece, 36—Frank Sturm asesment sa tri meaece. 88—Matij» Mafek $30.00, Frank ^taoda $39.00. 301—John Zavrinik $10.00. 341—Anton Volili asesment sa tri mesece. 381—Louis J. Pom» $15.00. 443—Mary Zupan $30.00. 513—Georg« Miley $35.00. 465—Martin Kolone $35.00. Ker je s tem končano vse, kar je bilo pripravljeno sa to sejo, predsednik isto zaključi ob 3:30 pop. V. Cotnkor, «1 predsednik, F. A. Vider. gl. tajnik. Lodge Ne. ADMITTED DECEMBER 1. 1844 1 Rlaatch Mary B. ... 106618 11.000 $1 00 -r Zapisniki sej gl. izvršnega odseka SNPJ Vsi smo pozvani Nastopilo je novo leto in začeli smo ga • z željo, da bi nam bilo naklonjeno ter prineslo mnogo uspeha.* To velja za nas kot posameznike ln prav tako kot Člane organizacije. Kajti uspešno poslovanje celokupno organizacije pomeni zaeno tudi večje koristi vsakega poedinega člana. To je logično. In da bo naša organizacija čim bolj uspešna, je potrebno, da k temu po svoji možnosti pomagamo vsi. Vsak poedinl član je pozvan in vsak lahko veliko doprinese! Potrebno je, da se tega zavedamo in dobro, da prav začnemo takoj z začetkom leta tudi v našen> društvenem življenju. Potrebno je predvsem, da se resno zavedamo, kako dobro organizacijo imamo, zaeno pa, da je naš^ dolžnost delati za nje 'dobrobit vselej in povsod. Potrebno je, da ostanemo zvesti principom in idealom jednote, zaeno pa jih oznanjamo drugim in poskušamo pridobivati nove člane, kadarkoli se nam nudi priložnost in kjerkoli mogoče. Potrebno je, da smo vedno čuječi za društvene stvari ter pripravljeni pomagati v odborih, pri veselicah in drugih prireditvah ter sploh vseh aktivnostih društva in jednote. To so prave čednosti dobrega člana dobre bratske Organizacije in teh se poskušajmo resno oprijeti ter trdno držati v bodoče! In potem bomo lahko na koncu leta z veseljem ugotavljali, da ni bilo prav nič težko, zaeno bomo ponosno rekli, da smo «voje dolžnosti častno vršili in v svojih srcih bomo občutili prijetno zadoščenje. .Saj ni nič lepšega in bolj plemenitega kot je resno udejstvovanje človeka v dobri bratski podporni organizaciji kot je SNPJ!— e e e Dajmo jim lojalno oporo Kot smo že P°r<*a1!; * * zaznamujemo lep napredek naše jednote tudi v prav kar končanem letu, dasl je vojna tudi nas težko prizadela ln splošne razmere za razmah podpornih organizacij niso bile prav nič ugodne. Tako upamo, da bomo uspešno aktivni in lahko zaznamovali primeren napredek tudi to leto. Ena važna reč, ki nam dela potežkoče ln o kateri je dobro, da resno razmišljamo ob vstopu v novo leto in predno postane nevarna našemu bodočemu napredku, pa je vprašanje društvenih odbornikov. Kot znano, je včasih bilo dovolj kandidatov na razpolago za vsako odborniško mesto, poslednje čase pa je ravno narobe, člani se vedno bolj obotavljajo sprejeti nominacijo in nekatera društva so imela pri zadnjih volitvah radi tega resne potežkoče. Kaj je temu vzrok? Dolgotrajna vojna ima brezdvomno svoje kvarne učinke tudi pri tem. Mladi moški so v vojaški službi, starejši pa so utrujeni od dela in slednje velja v precejšnji meri tudi za članice. Vse to je treba upoštevati. Toda so še drugi vzroki in nekateri po naši lastni krivdi, oziroma krivdi članov samih. Vse preveč je primerov, kjer so eni in isti člsni dolga leta ln dobro vodili društvene posle, pa brez zasluženega priznanja in namesto tega često želi nehvaležnost. Vse preveč Je slučsjev, kjer samo eni in isti člani posečajo društvene seje, samo eni ln Isti delajo na veselicah in skrbijo za blagajno, samo eni in isti darujejo in žrtvujejo itd Mnogo bi se dslo napisati o tem. In ako gre pri društvu tako naprej leto za letom, ni prav nič čudno, da se l&som naveličajo ln nsm nekega dne poffclnoma odpovedo. To J« samo logična posledica brezbrižnosti ln nehvaležnosti večine članov ln U nedosUtek morsmo odpraviti! • Odborniki naših društev so potrebni voditelji in oprsvljsjo zelo va*no ter za človečanstvo koristno delo, zato pa tudi zaalužljo naše pošteno priznanje ln spoštovanje ter vsestransko oporo! In najbolj učinkovito bomo to storili s tem, ds kolikor mogoče redno priha-jamo na seje, da redno plačujemo mesečne prispevke ln s tem Isjšamo težavno breme tajniku, da se udeležujemo društvenih prt-reditev in drugače pomagamo k uspehu, ter da branimo čast in kriten je uradn^ov in Jim gremo v izvrševanju njih poslov vselej lojalno na roke. V. CAINKAR. gl. predsednik. Sejo 6. dec. 1944 Predsednik odpre sejo glavnega izvršnega odseka ob eni uri popoldne. Navzoči so brstja , Csinksr, Vider, Trojsr, Kuhel, Orsdišek, Vr-hovnik. Godina in Garden. Sprejet je zapisnik izvršne sejo t dne 22. nov. t 1. Nato gl. Ujnlk prečita pismo od organizacije New York Fraternal Congress, v katerem goročsjo o svojem letnem zborovanju ter žele. da poiljemo zastopatvo ln ponovimo članarino, ki znala $10 na leto. — Se vzame na znanje in odobreno je, da se članarina plača. Nadalje se prečita vabilno pismo od Minnesota Fraternal Congresss, ds naj bo jednota zastopana na njih letni konvenciji, ki se vzame na znanje. Prečitano je pismo od izdajateljev gospodarske revije z imenom "Your Investments," v katerem se priporočajo za nadaljno naročnino, kar pa je odklonjeno. Gl. tajnik nato poroča, da jetfskll-cana seja Izvršnega odbora organizacije War Relief Fund of Americans of South Slavic Descent, ki so ima vršiti 12. decembra v New Yorku. Ker Je tudi on prejel povabilo, želi izvedeti, kaj misli naš izvršni odsek glede njegove udeleži-tve. Soglasno mnenje Jo, ker Je Izvršni odbornik omenjene organizacije, je njegova dolžnost, da so u-deležl. Nato prečita pismo sestre Sylvlje Trojar, ki piše v imenu mladinskega krožka št. 2« ter pošilja sezonska voščila. —- Se vzame na znanje. Tajnik bolniških podpor predloži zadevo umrlega člana Fr. Kerna od društva št. 28. Gre za bolniško podporo, ki Jo hčer pokojnega zahtevo zase. Ker pa o! predloženih potrebnih dokazov, na podlagi katerih bi ona bila upravičena do take podpor?, se Ji v smislu prsvll ne more ustreči. Nadalje predloži zadevo društva št 605, ki Je končno predložila po-drobnostni račun o stroških za pokojnim Fr. Paullncem ter Je sklenjeno, da se račun plača. Nato so predložene in na priporočilo glavnega zdravnika odobrene v izplačilo sledeče operacijske in od škodninske zadeve ter prošnje za Izredno podporo: * Št dr —Ime Vsota 1—Josephine Meršol ......... $25.00 104—Frank Stropnik ....... 25.00 147—Fhank Fatur ..................... 25.00 23S—Andrene Turk .........-....... 25.00 253—John Glagovich „L.....W 25.00 3S#—Valentin Sad** ...........;.... 1500 427—Jfthn Belin ....................... W 00 S7S—George Bjogovich ........... 35.00 S tem J* dnevni rad izčrpan in predsednik pop. zaključi sejo ob 2:30 Seja 20 dec 1 944 Predsednik odpre sejo v navzoč-nosti veeh članov glavnega izvršnega odaeka Predložen In Sprejet Je zapisnik izvršne aeje z dne S. dee* m bra t i. Nato glavni tajnik predloži sled«*, če zadeve DruMvo št I3S )e poslalo Iniciativo za spremembo druge In petr točke naSih pravil. Po prečttanju )e daljša razprava, med katero ae izraža Jo mnenja, da predložena sprememba ni v skladu z zakoni države Illinois, v kateri Jo jednoto inkor- porirana, in kon&g je sklenjeno, da naj gl. tajnik predlagano spremembo primerja s tozadevnimi zakoni in društvu v smislu pronajdbe odgovori Gl. tajnik poročs, da so Jo udale žil seje izvršnega odbors Jugoslo vsnske pomožne organizacijo ali War Relief Fund of Americana of South piavic Descent, ki je bila 12. decejnbra v New >Vku. Pravi, ds Jc poleg drugega bHb potrebno U delati podrobnosti «lede pogodbe tvrdko, ki bo vodila relifno ksmpa njo med Aim-rikancl, in da Jo to vprašanje tvorilo najbolj važno toč ko dnevnega reda. Poudarja, da se z nekaterimi določbami nI stranjal zlasti ne glede določb, ki se nanaša Jo na odškodnino za kampanjsko delo in jo priporočal, da bi se od škodnina določilu oa podlagi dos« ženlh uspehov, tods hi prodrl, voči ns Je odglasovsla za pogodbo kot je bila predložena. O zadevi poroč» nakratko tudi gl blagajnik, ki se Je istotako udeležil omenjene seje. Nadalje pravi br. Kuhel, ki Je zadnje tri mesotv posvečsl ves svo, čas delu pri Slovenskem ameriškem narodnem svetu ter Istega pomožni akciji, da mu Je termin za dopust potekel, in ker Je prav sedaj izred no veliko nujnegu dela, prosi, da se mu dopust poduljša. Odborniki upoštevajo razloge in sklenjeno Je da se br. KUhelnu dopust podaljša za tri meseca Br. ravnatelj mladine poroča, da namerava prihodnjo loto podvzetl kolikor mogoče iatonzivno akcijo za požlvljenje aktivnosti mladinskih krožkov ter organisirsnjo novih skupin. Želi izvedeti, ds-li smo pripravljeni dati kake nagrado zvezi s tem. Soslssno mnenja da so organizatorji uprsvlčeni do nokskine odškodnin«, pa nsj že bo Ju>t nsgrsds sli ksrsibodl, vendor pa ni umestno, d« bi delali o tem definitlvna zaključke že vnapre temveč se bo določalo po primerih in zaslugah Nadalje mladinaki ravnatelj po roča, da društvo št. 100 želi. da bi Jim na prihodnji bi-JI, ki bo 21. dec, predvujal jednotme filme in prosi, da gl. Izvršni odsek to odobri. — Odobreno. Nadalje ravnatelj mladine predlaga. da so naroč« za Jednotin arhiv vse izdaje Adami^-vih knjig, ki Jih Je do sedaj spisal, kar Je soglasno odobreno. ♦ Nato so predlo*« ne po gtsvnem zdravniku priporočene v izplačilo razne prošnje, ter «idobiene članom in za vsote kot sledi: 6t dr.—Ime Vsota 13—Johanna Marod? /.......... $2» 00 52—Rose FabiseaH ................ 25 00 53—Pauline Prudič ............... 25 00 SS~Valentin Krsll -------------- 25 00 HO—Albert Sama» .................... 10 00 I S3—Antonia Honu c ............... 25 00 300—Jennie F. Baisga ............ 25.00 831—John Strah ............... ... 25 00 •82—Bertha Ocepek 10 00 Nadalje so predložene In odobrene le sledeče proSfile: pro!«)« za posojil« za etfiment Application for Loan lor Asctnent Dr ft Lodge No 83—John Gorjup za Sest mase rev 287—Berths SponlHi ra tri meseee 434—Joseph Arh za tri izkaz izplačanih 8mrtnin v decembru 1944 REPORT ON DEATH CLAIMS PAID In DocoBAhor. 1844 . . A Nama al Dao'S rua No. VMbI' m. ¿la» «wUlTa MaaiSa» t Ledas Vaala »I No rraaS KMalk A ana OoSatk .. Joaoph Oarla M«r I la Otan» Jakob Barvar .. Nabori Zabufeovoc » novopri8topli člani HaW MSMBZBB Hoary Yuvaa ----- Jobn PotioftnlhT.!! Waltor J. Bams wronoo Kauet« Joeoph Lavtla ....... August Vabart...... oh r. Knoo », rraab VarMat .... Marita Oaasaas ... rraaaaa S labs .... 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Rudlk Jobn Jr. Sabo Edna AlU-e IBS Hoser* John Jr. . 180 Hlwevar Marsaret Yaklch Edward ns 100 •00 1.000 1.00 MO 1.00 «00 100 1.000 1.00 1,000 Dis. «1.00 100 •00 Dt« 280 100 Halen Mahne ». .. Mary Otoesa ....... aal Ipavee Jahn S telan . ..»..... rrank Símele"....... 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MU Bellatre O.............. Lyens. IU. ...»........ Lyana. IU................. Ullis PsUs. H. V. .. Llllle Palte. M. V. Sprtns Oton. Utab Saswstta' Pa« .. Clevaland. O. ........... Warren. O. ......... .. 408 Cleveland. O. . .. 4M EueUd^O. 4M Buslld. O. , ..... >aa Chteaaa, Ul. ...*.««».• M4 Detroit. Mich. ... » 1883% pa. «M Park CUV. Ulak TM Las Aaostos. Cklll. IM IM IM IM IIB •II MI »0(1 00 IHN •>üu oo loa m BBB.M 800 80 »00 00 I.BBB.M I.BM.M «N0 00 BSB.SB 1.888 80 »00 0(1 BM.BB 1,080.80 I INN TM.N 48MT I.BMM M8.M T&0 00 1.« 8M.M I.BBB.M 888. M I.BM.M I.BM.M INB4M.IT SKUPAJ—TOTAL ............... P. A. VIDER, al. Mlaia Sssy. IZKAZ IZPLAČANIH OPERACIJ IN ODŠKODNIN v docembru 1944 REPORT ON OPERATION AND DISASIUTIES PAID ln Doo«anhor. 1344 lOstl. »t.! Clan «nttn^Mtal ■aasa mt Member jn t rrr' fj- Ostt Its ll.-lls, yjßm ; ÄS5551 Elteabelb Padbropa» Aapals Kas Janato Ptrtk CaraUna PapsB .. Prsna Naraea Joisph Hupil) Blato J. Dallnar Marfarelk Maa Willtom JJafciB,., JsssST Taasvaik Wilms BaBnlk ftmslls Suslsrsto ffaab Palur Dorothy Stork . Dorelby Bsrlal Mike Devtsh . ^ Prsak Prank Maraa .............« •IM« aiToa 11I9VI 11 MM IIISM II MM MIM III Mm «IM« MVM 108800 ios800 108001 1080413 108004 I 108807 i0smm) 100 100 I 00 100 1 00 I 00 100 1.00 100 IBS Stsut Dorothy Ann lossso IB7 Bobtoh Oeorse ... SOI Pebhraro Nick . 101 Pike Anns . <..... SM Pauxak Maty Bu'ttertond Apnea BUS Plahulntk Joeeph ■IB Stout Plorsnee J ■ MS Baupe Donald .. U 140 Hlparada Enill . It Hiasi%da Kathryn U 187 Jaaen Vtolor . U MB Ousel Prsttk 1« Hst« s asesmentom, da ga prsvočssno plačat«*, tako da bom denar vas j enkrat pravočasno poslal v |Iav« ni ursd. John Pes««**. Ujnlk. / Slovene Nat'l Benefit Society in 42nd Year of Fraternal Service-1904-1945 ENGLISH SECTION , _ ïiir r,. Twentieth Anniversary of SNPJ English >4.. ' '.íÍW: 'wéHbCfflsKjtî®*in ^ » Speaking Lodge Movement PAGE 8IX For Members of Slovene National Benefit Society and American Slovenes WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10 More on Our 1945 Program Two week« ago, in briefly reviewing our Society's past work, we mentioned certain facta which were instrumental in bringing about favorable results. Last week, in restating. certain duties and endeavor«» for 1945, we also outlined certain events which are scheduled for thia year. We said last week that it's the duty of all of us to place our Society and all its institutions first on t^e list of activities, save „ one—the winning of the war and a democratic peace, a peace that will insure the rights of the people everywhere. We are against any and all imperialistic designs here and abroad. We are for social, political, and economic democracy on the widest scale possible, for all peoples and nations, large and small. Only in this way will future wars tje prevented; only in this way the lives of our young men shall not have been sacrificed in vain. Any other arrangement of international problems will lead to another world catastrophe. That Is why—because we are convinced that this Is the best and only honest solution—we will continue to support the formation of democratic governments in all liberated coun-tties. And when we say democratic governments, we mean governments chosen by the people concerned without any outside interference—without the use of power politics. Therefore, we will support the administration in its foreign policy when it will exercise its office for the full realization of such a program. We will do this because we are willing to cooperate with, the forces that are working to prevent future wars and to bring about a peace on the basis of equality and International brotherhood. ' • • • It has been often said that kind words and bits of praise here and there will help others, and give you a lift, too. We must be kind and courteous to each other on all occasions, because courtesy is "like vitamins for the soul." By increasing our faith In one another our mutual relations will improve » considerably. In our work for our Society we will find that courtesy always pays dividends, as it does In any other collective endeavor. The success of a lodge to a very large extent de-. pends on the lodge officers, on their disposition, on their attitude and relations with the membership. By cultivating goodwill and courtesy, a large measure of success can be attained. We must remember that In our work for our Society fraternal benefit protection is but one of its developments, and it is the most important feature of our fraternal system. It is therefore a continuous obligation of each and every member at all times—to make every effort possible to increase our numbers. This la a necessity that deserves the best we can give It, and the serious consideration of our officers. We must also remember that fraternal Insurance is o^r most valuable possession. It weathers all storms, panics, and depreasions. Therefore, be'sure that It Is always kept In lorce by prompt payment of assessments when due. It Is advisable, if convenient, to pay ahead or in advance. • a • Now that a new^rear has begun, try and increase your attendance at lodge meetings. Make the meetings interesting and the members will turn out. "Who," you might ask, "shall make the meetings Interesting?" The answer Is—your lodge officers. Let us remember that the lodge officers can either make or break the lodge. It is they to a very large extent that can promote lodge activities und make meeting attendance attractive. In fact, the whole lodge structure snd its progress hinges on the officers. A wide-awake lodge executive personnel will see to it that things are running smoothly and will constantly strive to keep the lodge before the public eye. The thing thst makes the SNPJ strong enough to stand out, is its character as shown by its quslltles of courage, determination, enterorise. and earnest striving for higher and higher ideals. By applying the same qualities to your lodge you can make your own lodge stand out among the other lodges in your community. > Lodge 540 Will Meet January 14 ELIZABETH. N. J—Happy new year and greetings of 1948 to all SNPJers from Lodge 540. Elections of officer« were» held and the following are our new officer»: Pres.. Mike Bratnik,; Vice Pre«.. Joseph Cipath Sr.; Fin. Sec'y, Joseph Paaarich Sr.; Rec. Sec'y, Mary Pezdirc; Treasurer, Mary Skarl Jr. Auditing Committee: Chairman. Mary Turk Jr.; Joseph Cipoth Jr. and Joseph Domina. Congratulations to you all and thanks go to all for the splendid work you have done in the past, slso for your patience and cooperation. This also goes to members who held offices the previous year. All those members who attended each and every meeting without fail arg to be thanked for their loyalty and faithfulness. Jit's members like you who keep a lodge like this alive and functioning. Keep it up snd may more members follow your example. Thanks go to all members who have kindly donated old clothes to tli' Jugoslav Relief. Some members are still to be heard from. This is a very worthy cause snd all members should donate clothes or else give, a cash donation. We would like 100% cooperation from all. Service News: John Pasarich, 2/c Petty Officer, is homt on a JO-day leave after being overseas for nine months. His family were made happy that he could spend holidays with them. On Jan. 10 he left for Boston and then the Pacific area. Good luck, John. Sgt. Joseph Pasarich is now on his wsy to the Pacific area also. Best of luck. Joe. Sl/c Frank Pa-ssrich and F 1/c Theodore Cipath are in the Pacific area. Frank on a heavy cruiser and Theodore on an aircraft carrier. Cpl. Frank Skarl, Pfc. Louis Bet-tyas and Pfc. George Came sre in Franco. Pfc. John Bratnik in En-gland. Tony Skarl still missing. Good luck and best wishes to you all. Next meeting of Lodge 540 will take place Sunday, Jan. 14, at 2 p. m. At usual place. Let's start the new year right by having a large attendance at this meeting. Greetings go to the editorial staff of Prosveta and to all the rest who make up this paper. Reminding all to pay your dues on time each and every month during 1046. Publicity Committee, MARY PEZDIRC. 540. NOTATIONS By CHICAGO -Members of the Slovene Center Social Club are urged to sttend their snnusl meeting Sat-urday eve. Jan. IS, at 8 o'clock at headquarters, MO I 8. Lawndale. Election of officers for 1948 will take place and reports of various Micial activities will be given. Following the meeting ssussge snd Miuerkrsut (krvave klobsse in kl-ftki telje) will be served. John Stab-lay will he here from Waukegsn. und again entertain, us with good accordion danrr mutlc. Invite your fticnds to spend s social evening vuth this likeable group • Perfect Cirrle-Thr first meeting of perfect Circle No. 2* for this new year' will tie mid Saturday morning. Jap 13. st 10 30 st the usual place." Installation of officers will take place Plans will also Mart formulating foi their fifth anniversary program to tie given tomeUme in Match und we've been told it Will Iw a "Gay Nineties Revue," * At the present time rehearsals have begun for tlx- W.uttrgan program Naturally, thr members are looking foiward to Uietr trtp to Wauktgari on Jan 21 They've been invited together with the Mltwauker Circle to participate on their program Many of the parents aqpl friends will also make the only the older group will trip; make the trip this time Seertceme* -It's 1 *i 1 .leu tenant Oarai B Uudlna from now <*n lie's |L. Rak had 'a promotion. Congratulation! Oscsr let's us know that- he's met and talked to Jimmy Jachino in France. A couple of weeks ago we read with special interest in Prosveta an article subsnitted by S./ Sgt. Tony Straiar, who ' Is somewhere in Germany. Tony halls from Nokomis and his parents hsve told us thst he's been wounded twice, for which he was awarded a Purple Heart and that ha'a due for sn Oak Leaf Cluster for the second wound . "I'm finally on my way,'' postcards T/Sgt Stanley Pevc, of Kearney Air ©eld. Neb. Stanley is a West Newton (Pa.) lad and m«*mber of Yough Valley Knights We read *lt|» great Interest in last week's ¿rosvets shout 8 Sgt. Joaeph Ovcs's contribution to war effort by being the co-in-! Obluck. ventor of a Mechanical Finger. All to the Frank Videgsrs on the birth of their new dsughter! Sam Raven celebrated his birthday with s party last Saturday, Boh Sanneman will start going to school to tsk* up fuither personnel work for his piare of busineaa. El wood Blake of the V«»ung Americans togrther with othei Detroit bowlers spent laat weekend in Chicago They enoyed themselves at the Center It was good to aee the Comrades Note Book by J F Flfolt sgsin In the Prosveta columns Will see you st Perfect Circle's meeting and then Slovene Center Social Club annual meeting Saturday T Badgerland News MILWAUKEE, WIS.—Before we know it another meeting will be here. Yes, sir, Jan. 26 is the date. Keep that in mind you Badgers and let's start the new year q>ff with a bang. Installation of the officers will highlight the meeting. Let us show the new officers thst we sre behind them solidly and will continue to do so for the entire year. Brother Johnny Marqn with his two sisters snd brother-in-law spent part of the holiday season with his folks and friends in Mt. Olive. III. Young Tony Spruck who is stationed at Camp Denning In New Mexico 1s home for a few dsys visiting his fsmily and friends. S/Sgt. Ralph Simon is also home for 16 days visiting with family and friends. Ralph Is stationed in Florida. So far Henry Cukjati, Frankie Bevsek, and Anton Schuller have written letters regarding the little ChrtstnMS present Sent the* bf the Badger lodge They were reslly tickled pink thst they were not entirely forgotten by us back home. So you can see. Brothers snd Sisters, these boys will always remember the good old SNPJ. These boys sre sll on the European battle front. And do not forget to write snd keep on writing. The addreases for this week are: Cpl Leo Omejc. t«??4224, Co. C, 00th Armed Inf. Bn.. APO. 269. e/o P. M New York. N. Y.; Pvt L J. Oblack, 16187204, 12th Hg Dep. Spec Troop 4th Army, Camp Van Dont. Mississippi A change t>f address: Pvt. John Marine Bka. UJ.N.D.D, Hunters fMnt. San Francisco. Calif The Bsdger lodge extend their A *.„.„,« f\m«-.»..u»»«sk.4.da*fest *vmpathv to Mrs Chrlatine ¿-T^JT-^^^S^ Sawlcki ard from tha Re seks of Girard tor Frances Pnrsern Is waiting to be picked up at my home. At the meeting JanuSry 16, if not before, Psuline Spilt is going to hsve sn entertainment committee meeting to dlscusi our next dsnce, to be held Feb. 17. Stsrt ssving your liquor ration. Give the writer S call if we can expect your usual cooperation. W. Pa. E. S. Federation Meeting January 21 r IMPERIAL. PA—The next meeting of the E S. federation of SNPJ Lodges of western Pennsylvania ___will be held in the Slovene Hall. nights Stiabane, Pa., op Sunday. Jan 21, beginning at 2 .p. m. All affiliated lodges ought to be reprcaente4 with three delegates each Blr>ce thia la the annual meeting many important items will be heard and dlsnnsed Be sure Vour lodge is represented JAMES M MAGLICH. Sec'y Hearfoof America Re-elect Officers KANSAS CITY, KANS—The Hearts of America, SNPJ lodge 690, held their annual and election meeting on Dec. 20. It may be noted that all lodge officers were reelected for another year. They Sre as fol, lows: Pres., Joe Rezin; Vice Pres., Helen Rezin; Sec'y, Frsnk Rodina; Rec. Sec'y, Mary Land; Treas., Mary Rodina. Trustees, Matilda Kovac-koff, Dolly Billaci and Martin Volk. Service Raws: From our 10 boys in the service, seveh are overseas. Corp. Tony . Stat u, Belgium; Pfc. Vincent Zemlock, France; Sgt. Joseph Misic Jr., .Pacific area; Sgt. Andrew .Rezin, Pacific area; Pfc. Joseph Volk, France; Pvt. John Gricher, France; and Pfc. Tony Spa-cek, destination unknown. By the way, we heard that Pfc. Joe Volk is in the hospital in France for a well earned rest. We wish him a speedy recovery. Best of liick to all our boys in the service. In the States are Pvt. Frank Gtobofchek, Pvt. Emil Spacek, and Cbrp. John Radey. At our December meeting I was presented a gold cross and chain. Was too speechless to thank you members personally. I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. I will treasure that lovely gift—always! May the new year bring a quick Victory to all peace-loving nations. Let's all do our part on the home front. Buy more war bonds and stamps, and bring our boys home sooner. MARY RODINA Treas. Wolverine News ' / DETROIT; MICH—The first meeting of the new year will be! held at John R Hall, Sunday. Jan. 14. at 6 p. m. At the last meeting the following officers were elected: Alberta Naprudnik, President; Rose Klarich, Vice President; Dan Obed, Treasurer; Rudolph Bemick, Secretary; Ann R. Stromar, Recording Secretory, Drs. Collins and McKin-non are lodge physicians. The results of the drawing were most successful. Having disposed of forty-five books, highest honors for salesmanship go to Mary Benedict Jr. Nice going, Mary. The first 625 war bond was won by none other than our popular member Lefty Kovach, who in turn donated It to a serviceman; a typical act of Lefty, the grand sport he is. The second 826 war bond went to Julia Markovich, the remaining 10 prizes being satisfactorily distributed to lucky persons. Among the lucky ten was Bro. Frank Kern—which reminda us, Frank, we didn't get a taste. Notes and Quotes: Welcome to Frances Bernick and Frank Lifnd-ley who have joined the Wolverines. Congratulations to Tony and Helen Steffler on the arrival of a baby girl. It is a baby boy for Rose Mary Parsons whose husband is with Uncle Sam's boys. And a baby girl for the Pete Voncina family. Congratulations. Simonde Martinsek, Rose Cunico and little Norma Jean Benedict are on the sick list, little Norma Jean because of appendectomy, but latest report has it all are getting along nicely. The happiness of Mrs. Tony Cerne was good to see: due to the fsct that hubby Tony has come home on s 30-day furlough sfter two years overseas in the Hawaiian and South Pacific area. At the moment they are voting relatives and friends in luincij and Kansas. A bit late but not forgotten are congratulations and best wishes to Lt. and Mrs. Michael Kumer. Sorry we missed you on your reoent stopover. Rose "Kozzie". declares nothing surpasses a hot bowl of noodle iu-pa at 8 a. m. on New Yoar's day. How about it. Jo anO gang? ANN R. STROMAR. 677. OFFICIAL NOTICE Official notice la given hereby thai the time for audit of books and the Supreme Board meeting of the Slovene National Benefit Scciety h»a been aet for the third week of tke coming month. The first »salon of Ihe Supreme Board la to begin Thursday. February 15. IMS. at 9 a. m.. %ft the headquarters of tke Society. XS57-5» S. Lawndale Avenue. Chicago 21 III. ' All membera of the Su-Boerd kindly con- regular of fid?) call of ftbe meeting, and be sure to attend. VINCENT CAINKAR. Supreme President. Activities for the Society Mast Not Cease! In spite of unfavorable and critical circumstances and the suffering into which humanity has plunged through no will of its own, our organization again reports good material gain as well as progress in membership. Even though the post year's progress has been thoroughly satisfactory, somehow we cannot be as enthusiastic about our success as in the former years. In these trying times, sorrow has taken toll of our happiness. The ever larger losses on the fighting fronts, amgng whom are young members of our Society, cause sorrow and suffering to their close relatives and hurt us also, knowing that the organization will miss them, and especially those who were active. Wo may not be sentimental, but we cannot, in view of all the shocking occurrences on various continents, feel very happy or even complacent. This is natural; were our reactions different, we would not be human. But we must not give up!—for life remains where there is hope and faith. Let our fnotto be that: "We will do all in our power that the present sacrifices shall not be in vain, but that their blood will give birth to a new generation, a new society that will use calm reasoning in international controversies instead of barbaric-methods—gun and swsrd; a society which will acknowledge that nature has created a world for all existent on this planet, and that no individual shall exercise his power over the fate of other persons nor any powerful nation over a small one." This organization's creed, so clearly demonstrated by the supreme board during the past year, remains fundamentally unchanged—it supports those who fight for democratic principles and a better world after the war. Our Society is a people's organization and as such, must serve in the interest of the people. These are the very principles that give the Society life and promote our membership's enthusiasm for our activities. In a fraternal benefit society, this being especially true of ours, the credit for its advancement goes to all who have in one way or another contributed toward its progress during the campaign period or otherwise, and we take this opportunity to express our appreciation and gratitude to all participants. Sound and honest management, sound investments—these arc a good advertisement for any firm.1- This is well demonstrated in our Society by the fact that we pay full mortuary benefit to the beneficiaries of deceased soldier-members. Brothers and Sisters! In the soirit of cooperation, faith and tree" fraternalism, let us continue to work w'tb full vigor for our Society in 1945. • • e Because it was impossible to ind'vidually acknowledge all tho season's greetings received, I wish at this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to all concerned, with assurance that each was received with great pleasure. I also wish to thank all'lodge officers and members in general for your willing and prompt cooperation which so greatly helped to expedite business matters and hope that you will, in the future, contmue^in the same manner . F. A. VIDER, Supreme Sec'y. Veronian News VERONA, PA.—A correction: Jackie Persin's orchestra will play at our Veronian Presidential Ball on Jan. 28, instead of FranMe Po-rovne's band as was previously announced. It's going to be a "natural," this smiling Jackie's band from Warren, Ohio, for what our Veronians are saying, the biggest frolic of all times. Yes, this "grape festival" that will begin at 8 p. mv Jan. 28, a Sunday evening, will see various Veronians. Whether Slovene or not, in different roles to make this dance a success, the proceeds of which will go to help lick infantile paralysis. When Jackie—whose music is well liked by our Veronians— starts ,with his theme opening we expect to have two strikes of our fund against that dreadful disease, because of the advance ticket selling. Sixty (60) cents, that's the price of admission for /the Jan. 28 dance. That, to my estimation, not anyone will want to miss. To the folks who attended the Xmas dance that featured Les Faulk and New Year's affair that saw the Moonlight Riders playing their music to the largest crowd the Veronians have had to date— thanks. Let's keep it up, Veronians, by attending these monthly meetings held by our lodge. Wasn't it a fast and business like meeting that you hundred and five (108) members attended last month? Yes, and that luncheon—that saw Kav MITler with the aid of other girls getting praises—was delicious. So when Jan. 21 comes around let's forget about thst evening meal at our homes—because the Veronians are going to furbish this month and every month thereafter—a free luncheon to oil members who attend these meetings. ' Your new entertainment committee for 1048 is: Elmer Eiffler. Kay Miller, pel He Gorun, Steffic Kru-lac and Frank Boztck. Sick committee: John Youk and mrs. Mary Doles. The auditors: John Kobala. Steve Ruakwicz and John Lipesky. Lt. Michael Kumar. and wife along with brother Louie i^nd the mrs. hsd a nlec time at miV New Yesr's dsnce. Never miss Pvt. Charles Latin, ¿ending to the Vero-nlon club the first Chrietrfia* greeting can! from Hawaii. Soon to grt a petty officer's rating is Eddie Ruekewics who waa home recently on a leave. His brother Frankie. who Is now serving with the aamored division was also spending a furlough st the same time. Arriving from Germany was a Xmas greeting card wit by Frank ("Porky") Bouma. Although three cars were derailed, Andy Lipesky escaped uninjured when the train in which he was riding heuiing back for Ft. Benning, Ga., wrecked in Cincinnati. Ohio. Rudy Varoga, brother of Mrs. Helen Lesar, is soon to be awarded the Navy Cross (for his gallant action in the Pacific war theater). Elmer Mihelic, serving with the medical corps in France (by some kind of a freak accident) was injured, when cut by an axe. "Lucky George Lipecky," that was the title given to my kid brother who is home from New Guinea. George, who is a sniper, told me of an experience (only one) while fighting the Japs. Says Goorge, "here I was in the interior of n jungle, camouflaged, when all of a sudden a large kangaroo jumped right past me." Wonder how wo would feel if something like that happened to us." MICHAEL LIPESKY, 680, Muse Lodge 517 Will Meet Sunday, Jan. 21, MUSE, PA.—On Dec. 17, SNPJ lodge 817 held its annual mcctiu;i and election of officers. The old officers were rcelectcd. They arc: Pres., William Prost; Vice Pres., Frank Steimer; Sec'y, Anlonia Kumer; Rcc. Sec'y, Margaret Prost; Treas., Frank Steimer; Auditor, Eiml Kumcr. The meeting will be at the same place und at the same time, each 3rd Sunday of the month at 2 p. m. Please attend the next meeting on Jan. v2l. Wt have some important business to attend to, so please all of vou members do be present. Mrs. AN'fDNIA KUMER. Se;'y. Notice, Members of SNPJ Lodge No. 521 WASHINGTON. PA.—All member» of SNPJ lodge 821 are urged to 4ake notice that all duesjhat arc not collected at the regular- meeting will be collected onlv on the last two (2) dftws of thr month. There will al.no be a special assessment of 28c fbr the month of January to cover addltkmal expenses of th«' lodge. EMIL P. DUD ASH. Si-c'y. Editor's Note SHARON, PA . F N.;—Your let-Ur postmarked at Sharon Jan 2. '48 at 10 p. m. reached u* Jan. 4 at 9 o. m.. much too lab- for last week's paper. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10 Our Front By Louis Beniger In spite of military reverses in Furope. the problem of future „'race tt »till Widely discussed here and abroad. Along with this problem comes the inevitable question of frontiers and this seems to be the chief ob-tacle for peaceful settlement of disputed territories.' For example. Russia's attitude in regard to Poland seems to be the most "disconcerting." Last week, Russia rec-«ni?ed the Polish government at Lublin as the proviaional government of Poland. This was to be expected, although in Washington and London they pretended to be "surprised." The fact is th^tVRussia's armies are working according to a very definite plan or pattern. The land they win is either made a part of Russia or is turned over to a provisional government friendly to Russia. XI FLASHES 8y DOMALO J UOI'tUCtJ CHICAGO—Though we got i bad start for the new year by «kipping the first issue with our contribution. we have got a firm start for 1945 in other ways. Everything seems to be looking up, except the war. We've done remarkably well in the Pioneer Lodge during 1044 and brought its membership cloae to the 1,100 mark. We've helped to guide the aaaets of the Jugoalav Savings and Loan Association to over a $1,000,000, which is an all-time record. We have corresponded regularly with about UK) of our G. I.'s and in many other fields we have given our assistance to make things turn out right. In 1946 we look forward to, first of all, the end of the European war So that our many fine friends and members can get back home to civilian life. Yea, we intend to carry on our duties firmly and consolidate the gains recorded. A committee of the Pioneers composed ot John Alic Jr., Frank Lot rich. Edward Hudale, Anne Groser Kumer, and the Pioneer secretary held a session last Sunday to' review the spring "tournament possibilities. We are checking to de-term ine^diites and places and expect td'anffounce the complete de- What about Çngland? Churchill "p< rsuaded" the Greek king to step aside, and the Greek archbishop was installed as regent. That is very likely the end of royalty in Greece, and that will be a good riddance because George of Greece is anything but a democrat. The same goes for Peter of Jugoslavia and Zog of Albania. All of these dynasties should and must I tail^of the Pioneer handicap bowl- be discarded If the people are to enjoy their rights and liberties. There shouldn't be any place for parusitic kings anywhere, and the Balkan countries were certainly "blessed" with a lot of them. The fighters of the underground in every liberated country are demanding to be consulted about the new setup. Where the Allies attempt to deny them that privilege, there has been plenty of resistance. In Jugoslavia, the problem of the kind of government the people want seems to be settled. Elections are promised ■ at the earliest time possible. It seems that the main problem in Jugoslavia will be that of frontière./This is so particularly as regards Slovenia and Italy. The Ju- ing tournament and the Midwest division of the national tournament, soon. We expect to alter Pioneer tournament somewhat. We arc going to make it a doubles tournament instead of the team event in order to attract more contestants. A more suitable time for the tournament is also being considered.—While we speak about bowling, we can report that the Pioneer league is doing* well every Wednesday night at Bennett's Alleys. Twelve full teams are still in the field. Some mighty fine games are rolled from time to time. Notwithstanding many wartime handicaps the bowlers are having a lot of fun and recreation. In the past couple of weeks we have had the privilege of meeting up with Michael Kumer, the chap who is taking the Pioneer president which amount was given to Vinoent Cainkar for the Jugoslav War Relief. The fruit was very good, A card and letter from Arley Bo-zicnik tells us that he is in the battle area in Germany. He reports that he hasn't removed his clothing for five weeks because he was on active duty and what little sleep he caught while fully clothed including the shoes. Gosh, it must be terrible to keep a fellow up in the front lines that long. He acknowledges receipt of the Pioneer Bulletin and thinks frequently ot his v^ife^and child at home. Arley knows what the score is and also knows something about what makes wars.—Then we have a V-mail from James Jachino. He is stationed near Oscar ,'Godina's outfit and made contact with him at the Red Cross Station. Oscar is getting husky, according' to Jim. They talked about the Pioneers, about the Bulletin and the folks at home adding that it felt good to talk to someone from the lodge. Jimmie also triod to locate Frank Groaer but didn't succeed. He was able to send back a German helmet as his contribution to the Pioneer collection.—Luke Groser tells us that things were reasonably good and with the exception of the air raids got along well. He sent us some Japanese invasion, money and explains that he was in a hospital for a month. He. too, talks about the value of the Pioneer Bulletin. Juvsiiile Citóles «1 the SNPJ Perfect Mark U«sla^s are right in their justifiable away from us. He related many demand that Trieste, Fiume and Gorica with their territories should he included into Jugoslavia. Last week, Dr. Josip Smodlaka, commissioner of foreign affairs of the Jugoslav National Liberation Committee, declared that there is no way of "insuring lasting peace interesting incidents from his army life and is Still the same old Michael Kumer, in so far as the knowledge of what makes the world go round is concerned.—William Pretnar, a Navy pilot, was in to see us the other day. Bill is home on furlough and looks mighty well.—Another iK-tween Jugoslavia and Italy other young chap who was home during than for Trieste and Fiume, which constitute * single geographic and economic uni| in which the Slavs are a majd'rfty, to be Joined to Jugoslavia, with a full guarantee of linguistic rights to the Italian minority.' That is exactly what the Slovene American National Council demands; that is what every Jugoslav wants to see come true. Integrity Broadcast CHICAGO/—January islhe birth day month of the Integrity lodge, SNPJ 031. It was back in 1928 that the lodge was formed by a group of | late her. members who are today (most of them) still with us, only a little older and possibly a little gray, and rome of them with grownup chil dren. But the spirit is still with them, the spirit that has been often demonstrated in the years gone by. Of coursc, they arc not so active, .'¡nd thatlis due to age, married life, ri'lc- The Integrity had many problems to solve during its existence, but we did not give up the struggle, never shirked our duty. We have made the holidays was Frank Jirmasek. He lOoks mighty good.—A note from Mary Kranker tells us that her mother was in Hoi combe, Wis., for the holidays.—Frances Tratar likes her new location In Loe Angeles and explains that while we are having zero weather she is helping her neighbor water the lawn.— The Prushecks have finally wound up in Phoenix. Arizona, the same spot where Jean Dremely is. The Prushecks, you will remember, are the wife and daughter of the late Gregory Prusheck, well-known Slovene painter. Marion is now civilian pilot. She. has probably received her wings by this time so we want to be the first to congratu A cheery note from Charles Zu-del, who wants to kill two birds with one atone by acknowledging receipt of the Pioneer yule parcel and our letter. He adds that we have no idea of what these parcels means to the boys. He is in good shape.-—John Janezic's outfit re ceived two bronze stars for merito rious achievements since D-day, he tells us. He hqs been to London and roceived the Pioneer puckago and the Bulletin.—A New Year'i card from Oscar Godina indicates that he must be near Paris.—"Alas ku is still the same cold and barren place with lots of snow and Ice,1 writes Frank Jantz, while acknowl •dging receipt of the Pioneer par cel. "Keep the Bulletin coming because I like to read of what'i cooking at home and how the oth er boys in the service are doing."— And Frank's pal, Henry Zonta, tells us that he was dreaming of a white Christmas even if the weather is hot where he is stationed. He likes our letter and the Bulletin, Henry has been in the Southwest Pacific for a long time and should be get ting home on furlough soon. Frank Jantz wrote that he would like to change places with him. Last Friday night we heard Guy E. Bonney, superintendent of Veteran« Affairs for the state of Uli noia, tell the Toman Library Forum what all the boys and girls will be entitled to after they return from the service. It is surprising to know that the State of Illinois, for instance, gives a acholarshlp at the University of Illinois for every G. I. who has served oversea«, absolutely free. Also, that the Federal Government grants about $500 In cash for educational purposes. Yes, i'.ood progress, and today our ranks ^ Bonney »poke about rehabillta- number close to 350 in membership. In 1945 wc hope that our lodge will sre further progress. Our goal this year is—50 new members. Therefore, it. is not more than right that rach and every member get behind I lie wheel and make it a banner year for the lodge in '45. We cannot overemphasize the im portnnce of paying lodge dues on lime. If the members would only realize the difficult position the sec i< lury is In when lodge dues are not tifild on time, they would, no doubt, pay mote promptly. Sec that your due« are in on time, always! Ijio. Victor Zajac is home on fur ldugh. Johnnie Roycht, brother of II^kx' and Albert Roycht, is also home on furlough. Ann Podlesnik ¡¡ltd Km ma Zagar spent their holl in Chicago visiting the Podles-nlks and friends. * |We are very sorry to hear of the toddrn death of our Bro. Ralph De dl< h'a wife and baby, and wish to « *pre«s our sincere sympathy to the Ixinuved husband and family. ' Bro. Joe »Baumbi *h and family will soon mow to the North Side of Chicago Sis. Obregar was visiting her stater In Chicago Sis Jo-rrphine Kukovieh is back In her old Hi auty Parlor on Oakland svC. Br«». Boh Kuknvich is in the Philippines. Rudolph Kaltlnger and his friend Johnnie Mokottls have met some-whfv In the Pscifkr. Do you like to read news reports in the Pruaveta? If so, send your n* ws-biu io your lodge secretary. Also, if you have changed ybur address please notify the secretary at once MICHAEL R. FLEISCHHACKER, ~ Secretary SNPJ Lodge «31. tion, employment and loans for srevicemen and women. We hope to get these notes for publication one of these days so that our peo pie will know dust what they can get absolutely free after they rrturn home.—We thought that Robert M Hutchins, president of the U. of C., was mighty fine on the Round Table New Year's day over the NBC network. A nong other thing« he streaacd that we should act, do more and talk much less In our everyday life, in the functions of our government and in the operation of our economy. y Since the last report we can tell our folks that. Local 25 of SANC lu id ita annual meeting on Dec. 28 and dieted the following officers: Louis Zcrko, president; Paul Berber, vtae-presiJcnt; Frank Aleah secretary-treasurer; Anton Tro, recorder; Angeline Zaitz. John tokar. and Donald l^i«rich. auditing coro n» it tee■; Louis Bemger, Frances Vider. and Louis Z»rko. publicity and Frances Vider. Louis Benign Louis Zorko. Joseph Knstan. and Donald J.*Lotrlch. r?lief work. The meeting went tm meat d to support the CIO Jugoslav War Belief Driv« when It 1« inStlluted and to con tinuc in the collection of funds and clothing for shipment ncroaa. Incidentally. Brother Louis Adamir informed us that the first boatload of supplies for the Jugoalav Parti sans haa already left New York City. This Is good news —Contrlbu tlons received for the Jugoslav War Relief include $25 by Justin end Frances Baits and $ft by Martin Mle kuah Another contribution tiiat I neerassry to report came from Florido Oust Supuncic sent 21 bushels Of- fruit which Draught $42 and )j«r. Po- Stragglers' Spotlit Circle No. 26 to Fifth Birthday CHICAGO^—On Sunday, January a group of Cirele members met the lower SNPJ hall. This group is rehearsing a "miniature" barn dance which will be part of the program that is to be held in Waukegan ea the 21st of January The members are enjoying these rehearsals, and they are progressing along tine. Saturday, Jan. 13, the Cirele will hold Us.regular meeting of the year, and installation of officers will take place. The Circle will be celebrating its 5th anniversary thl* year, and Plans for a program obeerving this important event will be discussed at this meeting. New ideas, regulations, and sugg« Btlons for the betterment of the Circle will be proposed und acted upon at this meeting. Members are urged to attend this meeting so that they can help to make this anniversary year an outstanding one for the Circle. RICHARD ZASADIL Perfect Cirele Member CLEVELAND. O—Just a reminder to all Struggler members: Saturday. Jan IS. our first meeting of '05 takes place and we would like to see as many aa possible present It's Saturday nite, tulks. and you know as well as 1 do that moat of us can make it on that night. Wc changed the date from the first Wednesday of the month to the second Saturday so mure members can attend, Don* disappoint ust| we count on you? • S«rvicc-Neu>«-Corn*r Word has reached your scribe that Eddie Dolsak was wounded for the second time und is now recuperating at a base hospital in with us. We hope to continue having our meetings still on Saturdays. Thoae who were present at the party included the following Sm ugglers: Ted ami Mary Lsurtc. Joe und Mary Tolar, Tony and Frances Muiina, Marty und Alma Lokar, John und Millie Meroit. Bill and Josephirie IVrusck. Frank and Mimi Grtgoric, Walter und Funny La-hoce, Charles and Theresa Kle-Can | ments, Puul and Celiu Golob, Eddie upd Josephine Hoffcrt, Charles and „Rose Fox, Flunk und Mary Koas, Louis and Alblna Tolar. Ktginuld und Annu Kent, Frunk and Puuline Sajovec, Leo and Allie IVrusck, Joe und Anna Karlinger, and Florence Zaman, Fred and Dorothy Perusek, Florence and Frank Murolt, Mury Lañóte, Anne Zt le, Josic Tomsic, Hermlnu 7.u-puneic, June Hupnirk. Hill Kuss, Frank lpavec and Frank Koss Sr. ANNE (STRAUS) ZELE, 814. Lincolnites George Ratkovich didn't forget us for Christmas.—Leo Vider's V mail greeting card was adopted by his outfit and stenciled and sent out by all of the boys of the group Leo drew it, having had schooling in this prior to the war. It pictured hospital ship with Santa Claus at the helm and a couple of bottles of good sunshine in his bag.—After, long silence, we heard from Jacob Drasler again, who acknowledges receipts of the parcel and explains that Hfe in Italy isn't too bad. He repairs the B-24's there. He spent the holidays in a rest camp whore he met up with a number of Slo vene sailors and enjoyed talking with them. The sailors were from Jugoslavia.—Andy Sosko is getting good. We received two letters within a week from him from the Philippines. He acknowledges receiving the Pioneer Bulletin which he likes and explains that he is working with the quartermaater corps. He hopes that the Japs will soon surrender.—From Burma we received a*flne letter from that old Pioneer friend, Adolph Malovlch. He left the States on Oot. 12 by plane, stopping at Puerto Rico and a number of place« en route to India. He r»porta seeing Taj Mafcal, the most interesting sight so far. a most beautiful temple In Agra. In« dia. He has flown iA missions * aa radio operator and waist gunner with the 490th bomb squadron. After a long time the Pioneer BulletlrrH*-nally caught up with him.—The final overseas note this week comes from Henry Stirn extending be«t wishes for the holiday season, Next week we will tell you about the folks at home who sent us notes in the past two weeks. SPRINGFIELD. ILL—On Dec. 24. the Lincolnites elected the following officers for 1946: Pres.. Frances Lorar; Vice Pres., Frank Volk: Sec'y, Rudy Kerar; Treasurer, Freda Klasinz; Rec Secy Mary Aidieh; Sgt-at-Arms, Dom Lorar. Auditors: Joe Brinocar, Lois Volk. and Mary Ann Felber A very good crowd attended this meeting and enjoyed supper together afterwards. We were glad to aee so many of our new members out, both juveniles and adults and we hope to see them often in '45, The juveniles enjoyed games, gift exchange and a real yUle treat prepared by the eomthlttoe. Lorettu Klasinz and her cousin Joe. two of our older juvenile Members, hud charge of the games and really entertained the younger member* in a big way. The prins were some-thing out of the ordinary and we think it was more than generous of Freda to give so mtieh time and do so much extra work to make this party the success thut it was. We have heard recently that the shipment of clothes that we sent to the Jugoslav War Relief head-Quarters early In December reached there In good shape. The some correspondence asked -that we continue our work in 'this drive for used clothing. So M us continue to gather what w* cart? get it cleaned und mended, ao whdn the next big drive starts we will be ready,. -Last week we had the pjeaaure of spending a few days visiting friends snd rolatives in our old home town, Illlapolis. But like the old gray mare the old home town just "ain't what she used to be"— not since Remington-Rand moved in a few years ago, ' It is really disheartening to see ■the once productive farmland west of town now a huge munition United Slovenes England. Hope it isn't too serious.1 Frid and Edith Zupunclc.^Anthony Our members all join in wishing him u speeding recovery. At the time of this writing Wulter Lampe is back ugtim in England and Ernest Mramor is in the Phll-llpines. The whereabouts of Rudy Lokar is not known und we hope that by this time he has safely arrived at his destination. Come on. Strugglers. let your scribe In on some of the news of our boys and girla in the armed forces. We would like to hear about them. How about letting us know? Fareteell Perty for Lokar,% A surprise farewell party was held New Year's eve in honor of Johnny Lokar at the home ot "Kanarv" Koss. As you all know our Johnny leaves for Columbus this weekend whefe he will serve as secretary to Governor Lausche. We received the surprise of our ST. MARYS. PA.—Here it is 1945 arid Lodge 581 started the new year with jreat hopes and expectations for a prosperous and victorious yesr. The following officers were elect« ed: Mary Rollick. President; Mary Sort, Vice "Pres.; Mary Burdlck, 2nd Vice Pres.; Gabriel Uljon, Sec'y; tosc Rollick, Ass't Sec'y; laid wig Bon, Treasurer; Mury Burdlck, Recording Sec'y; Michael Bukovac BR .. and Agnes Prudich, Si .'k Commit life when we saw how many "old- teo, Mury fcurdick ¡ind Mury Rol • w One Montgomery Is on Our Side . i. " By Kenesaw M. Landls II Two Montgcmerys go Into action this week, and we're fortunate to have one of them on our side. ' He is Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery , the famous British commander. who will had several American armies in en Allied drive to throw the Germans out of Belgium. * The other Montgomery Is Montgomery Ward, the Chicago mall order house, which wen)i into federal court to'resist the authority ot the U. S. Army, In some ways nur Army hat been having as difficult u >ime in Chicago as It has had Ih Belgium. Many people thought the buttle was over lust spring when (swell A Very was carried out of his effloe und dumped on the sidewalk. But Mr. Avery hud unexpected reserves, and after losing the union eliction. stuged u counter-offensive ugsinst the War Labor Board and the war powers of the President. He chose D-Day, when Gen. Montgomery was landing in France, to inform a eormnittee of Congress thut his $800,000,d00-a-year business hud nothing to do with the war. • * • ' timers" came to wiah Johnny good luck in his new job. I First of alL we started off as if we were conducting u Struggle! mcuting of duys gone bv—fun and luughter accompanied euch serious word thut was spoken, there was gaiety in the air and still one could fee) the sadness also, We hate to see Johnny go but Cleveland's loss Is Columbia' gain. The new governor of Ohio is u Slovene, and is a member of the Strugglers alao. He's one of us folks and not one of those millionaires that usuully ure successful in -the polities I game. One out* standing feuture of our Brother Lausche is the fuct thst he is proud that he is o Slovene, that he came from u poor und humble fum^y und thut his mother und father migrated to this country from Jugosluviu. We ure proud of you und wish yuu all the success in the world und will be behind you 100% in any venture that you undertake, Coming bnck to Lokar may I remind our SNPJ friends thut Johnny was our prexy fur eleven years and It was thru that we have progressed as far as we have. He always had the lodge lit heart even In the old days whon fo many thought that he was running the whole show. We will miss you, Johnny, but If you ever find time, come down and spend Some Mm« Setback Not Due to Shortages Whatever may be the explanation of the German break-through on the Western Front It was not the result of anv Isck of munitions and supplies furnished by AmeAcan work-works. Looking st it one csnnot' ers. Thut's on the testimony of W< a help but ask, "Whut is it all for?", Gallagher, Associated Press eorre-"Is it really a fight for freedom?" spondent, who is with the American "Or 1« it a struggle to keep capital- ! armies on the raging battlcfrrmt. ism alive?" When we think of in a storv radioed directly from what la going on 'In Italy and the scene of the fighting, Gallagher so-called "lib-' PM Prods the President . "We have a great deal of faith in Franklin . ,D. Roosevelt, but w« think he doe« best when prodded, and w« intend to do our best to go on piodding him. He seems to feel that he can be his own Secretary of State; that the«e appoint«*, whatever their past reeorda. can be handled; that they will carry out a progressive foreign policy " PM. Dec. 20 "An apparent filibuster to prevent action on th« appointments collapsed early In the seesion when Senator Claude Pepper of Florida who was directing the -opposition announced that he had been told by the President by telephone that if postponement were taken until Jan I. as provided in a resolution presented by Senatorr Pepper, Murray. Gut fry and LafoUetle the identical name« would be resubmitted by him at that Mm* ' N Y Timet, Dee 20 Greece, two of the erated" countries, it Is hard to believe that this conflict is a fight for true freedom. Probably the most ironic thhig about the struggle In Greece is the fact that the British government has colonial troops from India, which is far from free, fighting their imperialist bsttle, trying to foroe the monarchy baek on the Oreek people.. Does that not Indeed give a nasty twist to the word "liberation"? Last Saturday aftornoon we had for the first time the rare privilege of hearing Zinka MllanOv sing-net just a few numbers, but a whole afternoon of beautiful singing. . When we heard the narrator explain at the end of the program that the role she had sung wss one so difficult that few singers attempt it, we realized more than ever what a truly great performer she Is. We only wi«h that televiaion might have made it possible to see her too. This writer would Ifke to again say "Thanks" to the thoughtful person who presented us with a dozen beautiful rosof at the last meeting. We were certainly surprised but not half so surprised as pleaaed at such a gift. Our4 first meeting for the new year will be on Sunday, Jen. 2$, at 2 p- m .Let's all be there and give our officers the suimport they deserve. Attending the meetings is one way w« qan ail help MAfnrfmiNocAR. M? MOth otl% Strike losses are still running far b» low 1943. the Bureau of Labor Stati«Ucs revealed last week. For November, man-days lost because of stoppage« amounted ti 710,-000. or 1/10 of I pn cent of the time worked by the nation's toilers during the month For the same month of IH3. the toll taken bv walkoot* was 2.802.007 man-days, ut 3S/I00 ef I imr cent declared thst "there are undoubted ly multiple ressoni for the American etback and it Is going to take weoks, und perhaps months, to assess them truly." • "It is not due, however, to any shortage of men and material in the broad sense,M he wrote. "The Allies have a wperioritv Ih men and materials «long the Western Front snd no InstSnce has come to light to dste where the defeat of any particular uiiit wgr, caused by running out of ammunition or personnel shortage within the unjt." lick, Auditing Committee. Doctors Sunders und Restak remain our physlciuns. Meetings will be held each third Sunduy at 2 p. m. ut the Secretary's home, 523 Curry Ave. The calendars huve been mulled und If unvone was overlooked, plcuse notify us. , Pfc. Louis Rollick wus reported misring in action in u telegram to his mother, Mrs. Mury Holllck. tent on Dec. 27, and on New Yeur's day she rcceiVed another telegram from the sume d< partment stating that he was found 8nd was slightly wounded. This Is the second time he was wounded, having rrreived the Pur pie Ht art previously. Another one of iour members Is entering the service, Silvio Cllltidl. Lots of luck! SitiUr Mary Burdlck is flashing big diamond."When is the big event, Mury? The lodge appreciates the letters from Col, Frank Unlck and S l/c Alplnnse J Bon, We hone all the bnys will lie buck by 1948. Don't forget the next wcetini* on Jun. 21, We cxpect u big attend» unci» us there is instullstion of offU ccrs und other business to be taken core of, ■* < QAHRIftLiJ. Ul JON, Sec'y. Before and After ~ . ,Moht important of all wus last month's statement of President Roosevelt (transmitted to the Convention of the Zionist Organization of America, in Atlantic City, by Senator Wagner) expressing his satisfaction with the Dcmocrutlo plunk regarding Pulestine, und nledging ihst if re-elected President, be would help to realise the Jewish goal of establishing a free und democratic Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine." Jewish Frontier, Nov. 1044 # • • "On the udvice of the State De* pertinent; the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has decided not to tile troubled British-Amerlcsn relations further by advocating the es-tsbltsbment of u Jt wish national homeland at this time. "The Senate committee voted IS to 8 ugainst the reaolutlon which sought the opening of Paleatlne Atmrlcun Congressional policy The eommlttee had heard from Edward It Htettlnlus, Secretary of Htste that Pn sident Kooaevelt wanted action postponed indefinitely," The Christian Science Monitor—Dec IS, 1944 More Confused Than A then a He glorified in the fact that he had forced two soldiers to carry him out bodily;' "Thank heaven 1 did that! Because the damned photograph resulted , , ." Thut was the day he assumed the offensive, declaring that the War Labor Board "must be destroyed." Our Army moved in more cautiously this time, realising Mr. Avery's heroic inclinations. Fortified behind u battery of lawyers, he hus not yet been ejected. In some respects the mlllitary situation in Chicago haa been more confused than in Athens. The rival forces have been Issuing their communiques from adjacent offices. It w$s several days before Gen. Byron was able to gut access to the bookl, and for awhile he seemed to, be running the business with nothing more than an old Montgomery ' Ward catalogue, * • • A Suppested Reward Now It appears the general has gut hla hands on the money, und there are heart-rending shrieks of unguish from the Avery esmp. The Army has shown It can run the mall order business. It's an outrsge. says Avery, comparing himself to the boss nf the musieiun's union who suoeessrully defied the War Labor Board. Caesar Petrlllo got away with it. Why can't I? The answer Is' simple. 1fo( all the divisions in the Army rould make one j'asehu Hoifets recording, •ven if we brought Oen, Putton back, he couldn't croon like Frank Sinatra. ■swell Avery shouldn't he jealous. He's done the heat he eould to drfv the President's war powers, even jf he isn't named Caesar,' Indeed ha deserves a name men« appropriate than Sewell, As a reward for hlfl talents, I suggest that he lie known henceforth by the sobriquet of that stubborn Sioux warrior, Siiiini Bull. —Chicago Sun. SEVENTH ARMY YANK IN GSRMANY '0 ON «ONOOO g MM, one of the 8nS Ueops mm*n~i wmru m.im mrmj Ut enter U» Nasi h^nsland, points Hla rtO« et a target In the dene« forest t m lure Him He steadies Himself sgsiost the s*4e «* a tan* to me** ear- tain h. won't mis« CÄltM«! Wtn«l Corps NadiaehoU *> the U • ?» Armr Spirit-o-Grams By Whaesti ST. LOUIS,' MO —Another year has gone by, Let's all try to make this new year even more suocessful than 1044. All members should do their utmost to help the new officers in sny activities they may have planned for the coming year. When this article Is published our annuel fhrlstmss psrty will be just s memory, snd I'm sure thst all those who sttended had s wonderful time. I'm also sure that all the kiddles enjoyed Santa's visit. Thr first meeting of 104A will be held Friday, Jan. It, at the uauel time All members are urged to attend becauae many Important topics will be discussed A final report of our 40th Anniversary danee will Pa given at this meeting. On Sunday. Jan. 14, the Central Committe«- will celebrate their fifth anniversary of the Croatian Radio Program This celebration will take plaee n4 St Joseph's hall. Twelfth and Russell The program starts at I p. m and dancing in the evening till II. All members who wish U> attend this celebration are aaked to purchase their tickets from Bro. John Buckowit* or Bro Tony Her-vat in The admtaaton la 40e In advance and $0e at the door, Don't for git get your tickets aa soon aa possible On January 17, the Slavs will bold a Liberation Ball at the Cheek Mall. )0th ahd Allen It will be a costume ball All nationalities should drees in tte» native costumes All the Spirit« are Invited te attend and dress in their Slovene costumes Mere tnformattoe will he given at our January meeting. this end Thai Li. Walter Young ha* wss home on a three day owm was able to spend Xmaa with wife. Ben and Ttllte Ducoie a trip to Noktwms, Illinois after reretvtfi« a isMjrMl that Til lie's Aunt was eeriously ID with pneumonia. While in Nokomla ah« 'Mtr si$$0F'■PPJHHV^I member of ttoe Ptoneer l^odge PROSVtTA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10 Your Dollar By CONSUMERS UNION The shortage of children'« »hoes, especially in the better grades, appears to be getting worse. More infants' shoes are being made than last ytar, about 28.5 million as against 26 million pans; but, with the increased number of babies, there is still a shortage. All sizes up to 12 are short, and parents face special difficulties in buying infant sixes, up to 9. Washington reports indicate that WPB is giving consideration to issu ing a directive which would order shoe manufacturers to produce additional ouantities of children's shoes, •o that total production can be raised about 20%. A telegraphic survey of 150 children's shoe manufacturers late in November disclosed that 90% of them believed manpower shortages would be the bottleneck in such a program. Official Proceedings SNPJ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Ian consumption between June 32, 1042 and October 16. 1044. The overcharges, according to OP A. ranged from 2 to 45 cents a yard The company based its prices on the cost involved in the use of domestic wool, while actually it was using foreign wool that cost less. While paying the penalty, the company made a defense that has become typical in such cases. The company said it had complied with OPA regulations but diffk-red with the agency "on a matter of inter pre tation.And while handing over nr.ore than $2,000,000, the company contended that establishment of its point of *view "could be bccob* plished Anly after prolonged. (V pensive and energy-consuming litigation." We nominate this for the alibi of the year. Apother move to meet the prob- « ■ * m was WPB's authorization for | V¿UCSllOIIS and AnSWCrS On Service to Veterans lem manufacturers to produce ration free shoes for children, made of "pigstrip" (bacon rind). It is expected that this program will bring about 7 to 10 million pairs a year. The soles of these shoes must be of unrationed material, probably re claimed rubber. And the unrationed shoes must sell at the prices of com para bio rationed shoes. Community Fish Prices Most types of frgfh and frozen fish that arc now under price control will soon be given retail community cents-pcr-pound ceilings by OPA. This action follows the new cents pcr-pound markups established by OPA for frozen fish and seafood. These ir.arkuos 'increased retail prices on some items and decreased prices on a number of others. While the community price lists for fish sre welcome news for consumers, the fact remains that retail fish prices are way too high—they are now about 00% above the prewar level. OPA has still not done the job of cutting the excessive margins between the prices-received by fishermen at the vessel and the prices paid by consumers at the.retail level* Pen Piu Claims raise A precedent in enforcing the New York Suite law against misleading radio advertising was recently set when a corporation and its president were convicted for making f«lsfe claims over the radio. The corporation, Vita-Plus, Inc. (which is no longer in business) wes fined 1500 on each of two counts, and its president was fined |500 and sentenced to a yesr in jail on eoch of the rounta. -The New York City .Markets De- Qu*stion: My doctor tells me that I should not attempt any kind of work for a while. Am I eligible for readjustment allowance (unemployment compensation) under the G. I. Bill? Answer: No, this is not considered as a physical adjustment allowance. To lie eligible for readjustment allowance (unemployment compensation), a veteran must be available for work at the time he files. However, if you will visit the War Manpower Commission's United States Employment £ervice, you can discuss your case with a claims taker, and the Veterans' Employment Representative will be glad to assist you with information about other benefits for which you msy be eligible. ■Question. What is a physical adjustment allowance? I Answer: The Veterans' Administration provides such adjustments through hospitalization, out-patient treatment, rehabilitation training, or pensions, if the veteran is physi-eully unable to work. For further information, visit t^e USES office (United States Employment Service) in your district. t Question: I have lost my discharge papers from the army. What! should I do? I Answer: Write to the Adjutant General of the Army, Washington, D. C., and ask for AO.O. Form 0214. You should fill out and return the form, and you will receive a certificate in lieu of dlschsrge. You should be very careful to keep your discharge papers snd other important documents in a safe place —and you should carry a certified or photostatic copy of your dis- el Dee. • Meeting was called to order one o'clock in the afternoon in pretence of all ekecutive officers. Min utes of the previous meeting were approved as read. Supreme secretary reads letter from the New York Fraternal Con gress anent annual convention and fee of $10, which is approved. Let ter from the Minneeota Fraternal Congress concerning annual conven tion is placed on file. Subscription to the magazine Your Investments is not renewed. He also reports that sn important meeting of the executive committee of Jugoslav war relief was cheduled for Dec. V? in New York to which he is invited. Unanimously agreed that since he is a member of War Belief Fund of Americans of South Slavic Descent he should attend the meeting.—Season's greetings of eec'y Sylvia Trojar of Circle 2« is read and placed on file. Secretary of the Sick Benefit de partment submits question of sick benefit refund of decease« Frsnk Kern of lodge 28. his daughter claiming she is entitled to same; in the absence of sufficient evidence the request cannot be granted. ,Jie also submits matter of lodge 605 concerning the late John Pauline along wttji the details involving expenses, Which is approved for payment. partment prosecutod them for false- ' charge with you at all times. If ly claiming over the radio that *T»elr product, a pill known as Vita-Plus, would increase gasoline mileage by 20 to 39% when put Into a gas tana. Vita-Pius sold for $1 for 35 tablets. Commissioner. H. M. Brundage of the Department of Markets said: "There is a lesson to be learned here for both radio stations and radio listeners. The stations themselves hav« a civic duty to perform in making certain that the advertising they carry on their wavelengths is not false, exaggerated and, in particular, deetrucUve. "Listeners, on the other hand, must learn to ri gard carefully wild, blown-up claims by sensors for their product. Today's example may well serve as a warning to those who attempt to u«e the radio, newspaper or any other medium in an attempt to swindle the public." Largest OPA Penalty The Pacific Mills of Lawrence. Massachuretts, has paid OPA $2,109,-842 02 as a cash settlement for alleged telling price violations. It was the largest penalty ever collected by th«« agency during ita existence. OPA ehsrged that the company had made overcharges on moro.than I 20,000,000 yards of woolen and wor-' bled fabrics manufactured for civil. you receive an honorable discharge, you can have your discharge papers recorded free at the County Recorder's office. Question: Is It possible for me to drew subsistence allowance under the educational provisions of the G. I. Bill, and at the same time draw unemployment compensation? Answer: No. A Modern Solomon A retired Pittsburgh industrialist, a whimsical fellow, bequeathed his friends, from whom he had long been estranged, his entire eststc except for a portion for his son "which might please them.M The son contested the will, but the judge, finding it in order, inquired of the remaining beneficiaries If they intended to carry out Its provisions. They replied that they did. and added: "We will give the son a tenth of the estate and retain the other nlne-tentha for ourselves." 'Take then the tenth for yourselves." ordered the canny judge, "and leave the remainder to the son. for by the will he is to have the part that pleases you." Much learning shows how little mortals know.—Young. FROM NAVY TO ORPHANS OF ROME fjj P| K|Pj M Tfllr Wt^ HT i ¿^f^T " - ) IOMI Of THt Gim fur mora than »,000 children in orphanages and other institution* to H"me are pictured as wot bars la Utr Italian capital assembled toy« Nr»d c-»,„i„.. **4 rtothi« for dletrtbutfan with heat ty Marry Christmas wi.he« from the uflVar* and man of the Uhited Hum Navy •tattooed la that aiaa, W.'\\.\vi The following operation. , disability and special benefits were approved upon recommendation of the supreme medical examiner: Frank Fstur (147) tUA disability; George Bjegovich (070) $25, operation; special benefit of $25 each to Josephine Mersol (1), Fr^pk Stropnik (104), And rene Turk (238) and John Gla-govich (203); $15 to Valentin Sades (808) and $10 to John Bollan (427). Meeting adjourned at'2:30 p. m. Meeting of Dec. 20 _ Meeting was called tp order at 1 p. m. at which all members of the executive committee were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read. Supreme secretary submits initiative of lodge 120 to Change sections II snd V of the by-laws. The general opinion prevailed that section II of the newly propoeed amendment is not in conformity with the lgw of the State In which the Society is incorporated; decided that the supreme secretsry should look over the statutes and reply to the lodge accordingly. He siso reported that he attended the meeting of the WRFASSD In New York on Dec. 12, and that the most Important question was a detailed plan and agreement presented by experts to conduct Jugoslav relief campaign among Americans. He pointed out that he did not agt-ee With the clause in the agreement submitted to the committee with respect to compensation to the asso-elation who will conduct the campaign. He believes that the compensation should be based on s percentage basis, but the motion was carried by s large majority to approve th« agreement as submitted. Treasurer also gave a brief report on the same matter. Supreme treasurer, who is st present employed by the Slovene Amer-losn National Council and whose leave of absence has expired Dec. 15, asks for an additional three months extension because of pressing work at SANS office. (Jnder the circumstances, the committee granted him an additional three months leave of absence. JuvenlleJDirector's motion thst the entire set of books written by Louis Adamlc be purchased, is carried. Juvenile Director reported that he Is going to undertake intensive action for promoting and organizing Juvenile Circles next year, and askod if there would be any compensation available for theqrganig-ers of Juvenile Circles. This committee decided thst such pompenas-tion should be awarded according to the accomplishment of tyc.orcsoiaar ln such an undertaking. He also reported that lodge 100 asked him to show the SNPJ films Dec. 21 and asks for permission. The request was granted. Applications for assessment loan •M special benefits were approved (details i in 8lovene minutes). Meeting adjourned at 3:90 p. m. Vincent Cainkar, Supreme President. F. A Vide» Supreme Secretary. Sportslants CLEVELAND. OHIO.-—The great Army footbqji team that went undefeated and untied this past sea-sot, scored 904 points to their opponents 39. This 1944 squad truly was a great aggregation. But the sports experts figure -nexX year's team to be better than the 1944 powerhouse. Of the Army's first three teams which consist of 33 men. 29 of the best players will be available next fall. Statistics indicate that these leather luggers should top last year's squad but they will have to go a long way to beat a record of 504 point« in nine games. An average of 90 markers a game! Harold Tausel; Utopian member and former Collinwood High All-Scholastic played at right tackle for the Army's third team. Hal scored that last touchdown «gainst Notre Dame and will return this coming why pit soldier against worker The Allman transfers. Cleveland's entry in the National Pro Basketball league put on their bravest— and best—showing of the campaign in their clash with Chicago's quintet With only six men available the Cleveland«* put on a brilliant show they crushed the Chicagoans 04 to 47. Of the six in uniform, four played the entire 40 minutes while the fifth went out on personal fouls with less than a minute remaining. His place was takep py the lone sub. The boys were barely able to stand after that terrific grind. Mel Reibe, home town product and the League's leading scorer last year, flipped in 24 points tp run his total for 11 games to the amazing sum of $10. Better than 10 points per contest! A marvelous exhibition in this fast Pro League. And down along Waterloo way where the home league kegiers hold sway at Joe Pozelnlk's lanes. The famed bowling Lausche brothers. Charlie, Harold and William. Stan Stefanck, Tony Skufca and Herman Drepger are but a few of the stars that are cracking spark Ung scores tfcese gold snappy nights. Wait till the mow flies," U ,n often repeated statement of yore. And the lads respecting that bowlers version are belting the daylight« out of those maples. Taking " g«hder at the statistic» shows why every Friday night ... the boys fire away with «11 their might! ¡••am Standing! <«•• —Oomlk's Hab. ............. w * **.........- * S~Or«lna* SerTT.............;.....* à_l«k„imi. «___12 LBAOVE w. 90 9« 11 t~ Schutts'» Ta. P Krsmer's QrQf ...... «-■uclld w. gTVJ..............IP Uem - Lagoake's Schutts Ordlna'a % S 07¡ ¡y ' The Evil An Englishman caught a boy in his garden stealing apples, and handed him to the police. A« It was the boy's first offense, the magistrate let him off. but told him nfver to yield to such temptation again, adding: "Ye should have flown from the Evil One " "So I did, sir," replied the boy. "hut ha giippet me afore I sot over the fencrf" • • His Punishment Uttle Johnny started the day by introducing the cal to the canary. Next he upeet the bowl of goldffth. twisted a knob off the radio, took granddad's watch to pkweo. and let the bath overflow •The little fiend'" his mother »aid when she was told "111 punish htm for that Now til not allow him to go to Sunday school!" No steps backward, la the rule of human history - Theodore Parker, C. Lausche S. A H. Drsnssr R Cluckar L. BChuatar Í. Tekavsc P. Yerse H. Lasanke t. Pttuegar O. Jelinek M. Disanto J. mark P.'Virant H. Laueohe itvv J. A. Leekovec W. Kubilus W. Martin A. Drotleff S. Allah J. Makwasic W. Tausche J. Rupnlk L. /aeon K. rretdel V. Habe reek J. Kovaclc J. J. SPILAR. Ath. Rep. Dist. No. 3. Consumers Pay More, But They Gel Less American consumers hung up a new spending record during 1044. ilflcant report by Commerce, their According to s the Department outlay for $97,600,000,000. cent over 1943, and services was Increase of 0 per Was more, than half again as mtteh as the 1939 dol lar value of expenditures and dou- ble the dollar vi torn of the de But, while ly $6.000,000. report Indicat less for their of 1933. the bot n. spent ne«r-to UV«. «te they actuelly Jot t«, inmost The d Due to 'Higher ! The Increase. entirely, higher priQes. The dis closure adds pofclt to the contention of organised labor that wages lag far behind living eoeta and It Justifies the compla$t that the government has failed In Its pledge to curb profiteering. , The huge outlay, it was made clear, was for tb* bare essentials of existence—food* •Nothing, household furnishings, jttc^'t ' The amount df clothing purchased during the yea« was approximately the same as In lttt. but consumers paid 7 per con« more fer it. There was evident the report asserted, that «manufacturers have dropped their old loW-prlce« lines and substituted higher-priced mer-chandlae without a corresponding Improvement la quality. Theje was *e chang* In the smount paid fot durable goods. but the quantity purchased hires almost 10 per oent below 1943 and more than a third niftier the 1999 figure Higher prices, uf course, are the explanation. Bvyces Strike Particularly noticeable." the report pointed out, "was the substantial rise In prie«« of furniture sni home furnishing«. They were so far out of line that dollar salee de clined as s reswH of consumer re-fusel to purchase 'victory* or substitute gooda.H Altogether, vhe report conceded, the lot of the consumer Is not a hap py one . Employers. Fearing Unions, aad Politicians Seeking Vote« May Precipitate Moat Dangerous Problem of MeV Year We are entering a new year. It will not be ah easy year for Americans. It will witness the overthrow Hitler. Then we will find ourselves up to our ears in the problem of establishing something like order thorughout the length and breadth of Europe. If we achieve the right answer we will contribute greatly to the cause of world peace. If we (Jon tet the right answer, we may d into another war, and such a con flict might snuff out our civilize tion as we have known it It if top much to hbpe that 1945 will see the end of the war with Japan. Before Pesrl Harbor a bril liant Senator said we could clean up the Japs in six weeks. That shows how Uttle brilliant Senators know about war. We will clean up the Japs, but we will be lucky if we finish the Job before the end of 1940. That's the view of our military commanders. e With Germany beaten, this year may see the beginning of an attempt io-get back to peace-time production Two of three million men who have worn She uniform. wUl be lookingufor jobs.,'«{Employers who dpj< not "like labor unions wlU be craftily endeavoring to ¡ array the soldier against ^be worker who helped hold thee home front whUe AFL Executive Council Recommends Establishment of Co-Op Department i aut-'vjuavc V.H1C iui ndants. It hag contended hould be restored the fighting was going on Strangely enough, the government is doing something like that right now. By- Presidential order, gov ernmental departments and agen cies are being combed to find post tions which may be given to return ing soldiers. What wiU become of the civilians now holding these jobs? Apparently no one is worrying about that side of the problem. This situation doesn't look very serious just now, but if that policy of shoving dVJUans into the breadlines, in order thst the returning soldiers may have jobs, is adopted we are bound to have trouhle in this country. « Organized labor takes the position that the only safe policy is to provide jobs for ail Americans, ab% and willing to work. From the begin ning of this war effort, organised labor has advocated the best for the soldier—the best wages, the bast clothing, the best food, the best weapons, the best of everything. It has also advocated adequate care for the soldier's depend After the war that the soldier shou! to the job he left when he went to the front, plus the seniority he would have won, had he remained home; also such training and edu cation as he desires. The policy advocated by organized labor |s sound. The policy which would pit soldier against worker Is unsound. If adopted, it wUl lead Inevitably to Fascism, possibly to Communism, apd certainly will jeopardize, if not destroy, good old fashioned American democracy. From the letters whieh reach this office from soldiers, Labor is coq* vinccd the big majority of our fight ing men desire a square deal and nothing more. * This may prove to be the nestiest problem we will have ta face in 1945, so we should be giving some thought to It. When you are writ ing to your soldier friends, In camp or overseas, it might be well to discuss It' with them. If the spldlera, the workers, the firmer »—representing an over whelming percentage of the population of our country—will work together, in peace as they have in war, they can set this America of ours oi* a ttnountaip top—an inspiration to homooed - peoples everywhere, I— Recommendations were made last week by the Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor at the Federation's annual convention here, November 20. that a Department of Consumers Cooperation should be established in the Federation "with a full-time executive and the necessary staff.'* This was the most advanced step ever pro posed by the AFL snd one which has resulted from months of educe tional effort within the ranks of the Federation. The recommendation was part of -a two-thousand word report on "consumer cooperation" made by the Executive Council in which there were other recommendations as follows: 1. That there should be "close collaboration between the AFL and The Cooperative Leeague of the USA." 2. That members of local unions should be trained to develop coop erative organizations and this "training should be had through The Cooperative League of the USA." 3. That sound educational practices should be followed by the unions through organization of buying clubs and through their expan sion into stores managed by trained supervisors. Elmer E. Milliman, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, has been leading the effort to establish in the Federation's administrative organization the Department which has now been recommended. "Now we are ready to go," said Milliman. "We will now be able to develop the administrative machinery to insure against the mistakes made years ago when organised labor tried to develop 'labor' cooperatives rather than consumer cooperatives embracing consumers from all ranks of society." Rarely has there been a report to the Federation so comprehensive as is this one. Workers are "recognizing that, in order to control quality and price of the goods they need for living, they must combine their power in cooperatives, Just as they combine their labor power in unions to control their conditions at work," the report stated. The consumer cooperatives which now exist, their local societies, their regional organizations and their producing units were described. Many members of the Federation now "sit on the boards of directors of forty-six successful cooperative stores." "When workers and other consumers, through their cooperatives control the names of production in any line of goods, they can prevent monopolies and powerful interests from exploiting them by clMyrglng excessive prices," the report declared. "American farmers broke the fertilizer trusts and forced them to reduce prices, and thus saved millions of dollars. In Sweden, workers' cooperatives broke powerful monopolies in flour, fubW goods, electric light bulbs and margarine by manufacturing these products in competition with the monopolies and selling at a price workers could afford." Tribute was paid particularly to the consumer cooperative development in Waukegan, Illinois. In 1943, the report stated, "when private stores furnished shoddy goods at exorbitant prices, these cooperatives sold $1.941,000 worth of high quality products to their 4,400 members at fair prices and saved a total of $79.000." "This new vigor in the cooperative movement comes at a most opportune time," the report continued after describing the nationwide development of cooperative«. "American workers look Into an uncertain future. While there is general agreement among «U elements in our country—employers, work- ers and farmers—that a high level of production and employment must be maintained when the country re. turns to peacetime work, no defin. ite steps have been taken to brine this about." 'The serious economic problems ahead of us call for close collaboration between the American Federa-. tion of Labor and The Cooperative1 League of the USA," the report concludes. "These two great demo, era tic movements are both working to raise living standards; they should -go forward hand .in hand and strengthen each other in this com-mon effort. American workers will need consumers' cooperation as never before in the years ahead to build up their buying power and thus create jobs, to stabilize employment, and prevent price profiteering.'' Urges Extension of Social Security The U. S. can weather any unemployment periods arising after the war according "totJH. L. McCarthy, Regional Director of the Social Security Board for Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, in a statement issued last week, reviewing operations for 1944 and announcing the Social Security Board's recommendations for changes to improve the unemployment-insurance set-up throughout the country. Only one-half million persons throughout the country collected unemployment payments during the fiscal year 1943-44, with uifcmploy-ment payment totalling 01 million dollars. On the average, each person drawing unemployment payments received about $110, or slightly less than $14 per week in benefits for eight weeks. The total paid out in benefits amounted to only 4.5 per cent of collections and the State unemployment insurance trust funds totaled 5.4 billion dollars as of June 30, 1944. Mr. McCarthy said the Board's recommendations for changes included the following: (1) Extension of coverage to include employees of establishments having from 1 to 8 employees. Three million workers in this group are now denied unemployment insurance protection. (9) The duration" of benefits should be extended to 20 weeks for all eUgible persons who remain unemployed that long. (3) The maximum weekly benefit should be increased to 25 dollars. (4) Set-up provisions to prevent payment of benefits to those whose unemployment is voluntary anc| who «re not seeking work, and remove restrictive disqualification,, »rovislons which now operate to leny benefits to persons who desire to work and whose unemployment is involuntary. "Unemployment insurance, if improved and strengthened," Mr. McCarthy concluded, "will not only protect us against serious unemployment during the postwar period, but will also give confidence to workers and their families, help maintain purchasing power, and stimulate resumption of civilian production." To Assure World Peace Apparently a good many honest thinkers feel there is some particular form of "world organization which will end wars and assure enduring peace. They are disposed to be a little impatient with those cquslly honest thinkers who feel that something more than an "organization" is needed. Evidently Carl A Berndsen. New Zealand's new minister to this coun try, belongs in the latter category. Speaking in New York City a few days ago he said: If the nations of the world are not prepared to renounce false and pagan principles, if they are not determined. to v solve their international problems on the basis of i«ht and wrong, of human justice and decency, instead of by the old, outworn and diodtodited policies of the poet, then it does not matter what organisation WTtstabliah We wiU fail again." . We think Mr. Bemdaen Is right. He might even have said that if the Big Three"'—the United States. Great Britain and Russia—do not this "new moral standard." won't get anywhere In our for peace We have only to go beck to thé years following World War I to seo how true this is Financiers, politicians, diplomats encouraged total-i tartan Ism in Germany. Italy. Spain, and ae a direct result we got th*» global war. Will we learn nothing from experience?—Labor. Bond Drive Blasts All Records As returns roll in. Uncle Sam's Sixth War Loan drive becomes more stupendous. The Treasury asked for $14,000.000,000. It will receive more than $21,000,000.000. undoubtedly the largest sum ever raised by any government at one time. There have been fewer "free riders" than in any other campaign. A "free rider" is a man or woman who ostentatiously purchases^ov-ernment bonds, thus establishing a reputation for patriotism and financial standing, and then promptly liquidates the securities. The "free rider," according to Terasury officials, has been one of the greatest pests developed by the bond drives.: His number has run