Verhovayak Lapja, 1937. július-december (20. évfolyam, 27-53. szám)

1937-09-30 / 40. szám

PAGE 8 September 30, 1t3( Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n. Printed by STATE PRESS, 7 E. Buchtel Ave., Akron, Ohio PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Editors: BENCZE JÁNOS és RÉVÉSZ KÁLMÁN, Szerkesztők EDITOR’S OFFICE — SZERKESZTŐSÉG: 348 FOURTH AVENUE, ROOM 805, PITTSBURGH, PA. All articles and changes of address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, 345 FOURTH AVE. PITTSBURGH, PA. MINDEN, A LAPOT ÉRDEKLŐ KÖZLEMÉNY ÉS CIMVÁL­­TOZÁS A VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSO­­CIATION, 345 FOURTH AVE. PITTSBURGH PA. küldendő SUBSCRIPTION RATES: United States and Canada $1.00 a year Foreign Countries $1.50 a year Advertising Department (Hirdetési iroda): P. O. Box 7. — Woolsey Station — Long Island City, N. Y. Entered as second class matter January 2, 1937 at the Post Office at Akron, Ohio, under the act of March 3, 1879. COLUMBUS WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN FOUR HUNDREDED and forty-five yars ago: — on October 12, 1492 (sailing from Palos, Aug. 3, 1492) Chris­topher Columbus set foot in the new world. Richly clad and bearing the royal banner of Spain he came ashore on an island the Indians called Guannhani, and which Colum­bus named San Salvador. With him came others from the little vessel Nina and all “gave thanks to God, kneeling upon the shore and kissed the ground with tears of joy, for the great mercy received.” We all know the story of Columbus’ adventurous life; of his choosing to become a sailor when he was fifteen years of age, of his studies at the University of Pavia prior to that time, and of his belief that Asia could be reached by sailing west as well as east, which belief led to the dis­covery of America; with all the trials through which he passed in his efforts to obtain support for his project and of all that befell him of good and ill after he had unex­pectedly discovered another continent. The romantic story is familiar to every Amercian schoolboy and girl, or should be. We look back upon his achievement and wonder what would have happened had Columbus not been the adven­turer he was and had not sailed the western seas on his voyage of discovery in his little ship, the Nina, with the Santa Maria and Pinta in his fleet, all three vessels carry­ing 120 adventurous souls, by whom and when would the land in which we live have been discovered had not Colum­bus sailed this way? However, it is to Christopher Columbus, that we are indebted for our free land and it is he who will be honored in every part of our country on October 12, the anniver­sary of his landing in the new world. For perseverance, courage and determination Colum­bus :s admired. He held a belief which he felt to be war­ranted by mathematical and astronomical investigation and he adhered to it and struggled to prove its validity through land and harrowing times. He won out in the end and although he did not reach Asia, as he expected, he found a great continent, the vast extent of which he its discoverer, never knew. Columbus will never be forgotten in this great land and although the western continent did not receive the name “Columbia” as in justice to him it should have been called, he is honored at all times as its discoverer and especially on Columbus Day one of our national holidays observed annually in recognition of his great achievement. ALBERT B. ARI TMiovayJournal— EDITORS LARGE SUMS Oh MONEY are spent each year in the United States by foreign interests and govern­ments to build GOOD WILL. Yet, by promising to pay only $19,656 annually for three years on its debt to this country of approximately $1,700,000.00, Hungary has built more goodwill than could be established by a million dollar advertising campaign. Europeans are proud of their realism. They boast they are able to see things as they are, whereas Ameri­cans are more likely to vis­ualize them as they should be. War indebtedness is a realistic situation. Ameri­cans know how European debtors feel about it; they have felt the same way about their personal debts when it was hard to meet pay­ments. Yet, by paying “A LIT­TLE SOMETHING,” mil­lions of them have preserv­ed their self respect and credit. That’s all they ex­pect foreign debtors to do. Finland and Hungary have broken the united front of defaulters. Who will be next to turn realistic? 1200 YEARS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST there was a city where Peiping now stands. Through the centuries it has en­dured, the prize of many dynas­ties, sometimes in the hands of barbarians, sometimes sacked, sometimes rebuilt, but always a great city. \ Of all the cities of China it is most renowned. Politicians and scholars have mingled there for ages. a4 much as any place on earth, Peiping is possessor of a great tradition. From the Chi­nese point of view it is a symbol of a civilization which has lasted longer than any other on earth. Into Peiping at the beginning of the last week marched Japa­nese troops. They met no re­sistance; long ago Peiping had ceased to be the capital of repub­lican China. Proclamations warn­ed the population to be orderly and carried a tone of assump­tion that Peiping henceforth will be Japanese because Japanese troops, occupy it. Walk softly, sons of Nippon. Many have thought Peiping be­longed to them until a century, or two or three, had proved that the city was master of its occupants, who were coming and going ages before Japan began to follow its vision of manifest destiny. Napoleon once stood as a con­queror at the base of the pyra­mids, and the pyramids are stili exactly as he found them! “OH, BOB, I LOVE YOU!” . . . Thousands of women screaming and shov­ing. A transatlantic liner delayed half an hour while FORUM the decks were cleared of fans. Two of them hiding under his bed to have hint autograph his picture. The victim of all this, a nice young man who has be­come “public property” be­cause his face and voice hap­pen to be what the doctor ordered for talking pictures: — ROBERT TAYLOR, the “Great Lover” — realiz­ing adulation’s good for business but bad for a man’s peace of mind. Yep, life’s a lot easier for millions of just ordinary men now that Robert has gone abroad. Sneakingly, deep in their hearts, they hope it will be easier for him, too. Hysterical women are too big a price to pay for It, — whatever It is ! ! SCHOOL CHILDREN get a tough break all the way around on home work. Naturally, most of them don’t relish the idea of buckling down. Yet, homework is essential to efficient operation of an educational system, and even more essential to develop­ment of an educated child. Because homework is a prob­lem, a suggestion by the medical director of an insurance company is passed on for what it’s worth. There should be, he believes, ONE HOUR OF COMPLETE QUITE IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD BE­TWEEN THE EVENING MEAL AND BEDTIME! Parents should enforce this ■'strictly. There should be no radio programs, no conversation, no avoidable noise of any kind. Everything possi­ble should be done to make con­centration on study easy. The tipoff on the quiet hour is this: Once placed in effect, parents get as much benefit from it as their children. That should make it almost irresistible. PRESIDENT ROOSE­VELT was more serious than usual at the press con­ference following publication of evidence that Hugo L. Black, newly appointed sup­reme justice, was — and still is, a member of the Ku Kux Klan. He had a good rea­son to be serious. There are a few errors no politician can afford to make. One of them is to alienate an important minority by an appearance of bigotry!! Mr. Roosevelt has made that er­ror. He can explain he did not know Mr. Black was a Klansman; he should have made it his business to find out. Mr. Black can deny that he'is a Klansman; that won’t cleanse him of the Klan taint common on elect­ed officials from the South. The Klan can explain it doesn’t know Mr. Black; that merely would be funny. Explanations won’t explain anything, except that A MIS­TAKE WAS MADE. The victims of the Ku Klux Klan bigorty still will wonder why the New Deal was more important than their religious and racial rights when a Supreme Court Justice was being chosen. If it be true that Mr. Black’s appointment was the result of a presidential scheme to outwit the Senate, Mr. Roosevelt may be won­dering seriously whether he outwitted himself by making it too easy, instead of too hard, for Senators to vote confirmation. ALCOHOL IS A SOCIAL RE­­SPONSIBILITY ! The conclusion of the W.P.A.-backed study of alcoholism in Boston City Hospi­tal, that it has become a “chronic emergency,” will get a wide at­tention. It would he well for both schools of extremists, how­ever, to note carefully that the researchers, two members of Har­vard Medical school staff, found that alcoholism increased during the prohibition period, too, though not so rapidly as it increased after repeal. Perhaps the most far reaching value of such a study is the answer it furnishes to a question that has stuck every generation since Cain and Abel’s. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” asked an­ti-prohibitionists when the nation was struggling with the issue pos­ed by the 18th amendment. They were looking for a direct answer, which they never found. For if one thing is plain it is the fact, that alcohol is a constant social responsibility. Prohibition — a noble experiment ■— assumed there was a conclusive solution to the problem of intoxicants. Repeal assumed that prohibition did not — could not — be suc­cessful. But alcohol is still a social re­sponsibility. Those who use it to excess are a public charge. They must be kept by their brothers after they have ruined themselves, even though their brothers were unable to devise a way to keep them from harm. Latest News from Hungar­ian Newspapers SUMMER ENDED LAST WEEK On Thursday, Sept. 23, at exactly 6:13 a. m. E. S. T. the sun’s center was directly over the equator of the earth. That is the time of the autumnal equinox, which marks the beginning of au­tumn. Because the sun is now on the equator of the sky, it rises directly east and sets directly west. Hence, sup­posedly it is above the horiz­on for half of the 24 hours and below for the other half, making the days and nights equal. In fact, the name “equinox” means “equal night.” However, because of the bending of the sun’s light as it comes through the at­mosphere, we can actually see the sun while it is slightly below the horizon, and this is not quite true.

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