Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)
1940-09-12 / 37. szám
SECTION TWO ENGLISH EDITION VerhovayJournal XXIII VOLUME SEPTEMBER 12, 1940 NO. 37. Pro-Facts Writers Aid Hungarian Revision At a dinner held on August 25, 1940, in Chicago, Illinois, at the home of Joseph C. Csanady, ardent Magyar revisionist, and attended by Professor Thomas Patrick Gaynor, author and poet, Irish Irredentist and friend of Hungarian revision, Albert Jozik, Stephen Huzianyi, and the host himself, Professor Gaynor read the following sonnet voicing Magyar sympathies, which he composed expressly for this occasion: HUNGARY AFTER TRIANON How low she lies, the Splendor of the World! Sad she weeps; her regal robe is rent; Her crown less bright, her glorious sceptre bent And worn; her war torn flag is sadly furled. She wounded lies beside it—sorely imperiled Her glory and her holy fame that lent Light to a troubled sky and new hope sent To hopeless hearts, and back the foe was hurled. Again undaunted see her rise! Her sword Red gemmed with lightning shakes; new strength once more Is hers. The challenge of her fiery word Is flung across the earth. From shore to shore It rings, and legions leap to her command— Stout hearted sons to free their shackled land. He deserves to be where he is because he neglected to become a contestant in the 1940 Verhovay Membership Contest, the most lucrative and most appealing contest yet to be sponsored by the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, This greatest of Verhovay membership contests offers 49 worthwhile awards to the victorious contestants when the Contest closes on December 31, 1940. The prizes are respectively; $1000.00 in cash; 5 beautiful new automobiles; one $500.00 cash award; one $300.00 cash award; one $200.00 cash award; twenty $100.00 cash awards; and twenty $50.00 cash awards. From the lowest to the highest prize this Contest is a veritable bonanza. It’s NOT too late to join the 1940 Verhovay Membership Contest, for the ambitious and industrious never lose. To Our Contributors Contributions intended for the September 26th issue should be in before or on September 21st, No guarantee of publication in particular issue can be given for material received after that elate. Those striving to effect complete territorial revision for Trianon Hungary have repeatedly stressed the fact that it is possible to aid the Hungarian cause for revision without at all being pro- Hungarian, simply by employing OBJECTIVE and IMPARTIAL treatment of the issue. Even the enemies of Hungary and the Hungarian people, should they be noble enough, can without losing their hatred for all things Magyar further restoration of millennial Hungarian territories by DISPASSIONATE FACT FINDING. Just about a week ago William Philip Simms, the distinguished foreign editor of the Scripps-Howard .newspaper syndicate, exemplified what has been stated above —that one need not be pro- Hungarian to help the Hungarian cause for territorial revision. Mr. Simms, in his editorial appearing in the September 5th issue of the Scripps- Howard papers, carried for one in its entirety in the Home Edition of The Pittsburgh Press, writes under the heading, HITLER’S FEARS OF STALIN BALK ENGLISH THRUST: “... The Vienna award, return ing northern Transylvania to Hungary places excellent Hun garian troops along the crest oi the Carpathians, for 1000 years the bastion against invasion from the East. “Coming as it does at this time, the move is especially significant. Should Russia try to advance stilt farther at the expense of Rumania and the Balkans, not only the Hungarians but the Nazis could make a counter move without a vital loss of time. “However, this behind-the-scenes rivalry between Hitler and Stalin hase borne some good fruit. It has led at last to partial justice for Hungary—a fact which, thanks to the unpopularity enjoyed by the Axis powers in this country, has passed almost unnoticed. • “A great hue and cry has been raised over the ‘partitioning’ of Rumania. What actually happened was that a little more than onethird of Transylvania, torn from Hungary 20 years ago by the Treaty of Trianon, has been returned to its historic and rightful owner,' “Transylvania was formerly a part of the Roman Province of Dacia. About 272 A. D. the Roman Emperor, Aurelian, withdrew his legions from that area, after which for many centuries it suffered a sort of historical blackout. When it did come to light again about the ninth or tenth century, it was already Hungarian. In 1003 King Stephen formally in corporated it in his domains. “Historians say the Rumanians first came into Transylvania as shepherds, mostly employed by the Magyar masters. For a long time they formed less than 25 percent of the population. Later on, they swarmed over the mountains as war refugees, and if at last they became a majority instead of a minority it was due to the Hungarians having offered asylum to so many.” Thus we have ebove the powerful defense of a man who is not necessarily pro- Hungarian, but who is aiding the Hungarain cause by writing the truth rathei than distortions to feed the TO THE ATTENTION OF THE SECRETARIES Of late many letters reaching the Home Office have had insufficient postage. This both delays forwarding of the mail to us and involves additional bookkeeping, thereby increasing the expenditures and delaying our replies to you. Please ascertain that all mail addressed to the Home Office is sufficiently posted. wishful or antagonistic mind. The American Hungarian Federation has contacted Mr. Simms to express its gratitude to the noted journalist and editorial writer for his sticking to the facts, and to make known its admiration.of how well Mr. Simms is acquainted with Hungarian historical facts. Appreciative Hungarian- Americans are doing likewise. Another fact finding journalist is McDermott of The Cleveland Plain Dealer, VERHOVAY YOUTH PROVES HERO To an 18 year old Verhovay youth of Nanty Glo, Pennsylvania, goes the credit of bringing to an end the career of a would-be bad man, and the saving of his own life in the struggle-todeath conflict with the bandit and his moll. Andrew Mészáros, whose ambition is to be a member of the F. B. I., was waiting for a friend in front of a restaurant when Frank Selvage, the paroled convict, and Catherine Selvage, separated wife of Selvage’s brother, approached him and asked for a lift. Outside Twin Rocks, where they asked to be taken, the man crawled into the front seat and, drawing a revolver, directed young Mészáros to keep strong rebuttal agains a certain writer by the name of White, who from Budapest sent a very malicious cable on the attitude of the Hungarian peasants in general toward the Hungarian genteel classes. It is soothing to know that there are outsiders who understand the justice of Hungary’s cause and the virtue of the Magyar race. driving. Driving a distance, the car was ordered stopped and the lights lowered. Mészáros was then told to turn his back. Instead he grasped the pistol and tried to wrest it from the bandit. In the fight that ensued the female companion came to the aid of the bandit. Mészáros struggled almost hopelessly as they landed on the road. Finally he was able to pull the trigger, shooting the bandit and wounding the woman companion in the foot. Mészáros contacted the state police and reported his experience to them. The wounded man died in the morning. The woman’s foot injury was dressed and she was turned over to the state police. Investigation proved that the couple had been involved in a number of crimes. Mészáros was exonerated of all blame for the shooting by a coroner’s jury when an inquest was held by Coroner McDermott at Twin Rocks. The jury found that he “fired the shot in self defense” and in defending property in his care, and “therefore we exonerate him of any blame in the death of Frank Selvage.”
