Verhovayak Lapja, 1941. január-június (24. évfolyam, 1-26. szám)

1941-05-08 / 19. szám

Page 2 Verhovayak Lapja Sunhist Southern California By ALBERT STEINMETZ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Dividends of the Junior Members May 8, 1941 Branch 104 California still sounds like a land very,v very far away, but in reality it is not. It is only about 15 hours from New York by airplane and 2% days by fast trains. I" shall try to discuss a two weeks vacation trip for the aver­age person. Let’s say you live in Detroit or Pittsburgh and you work 5 or 5% days each week. This summer you expect a vacation either in June or July. Splendid! You can spend 10-12 days in California and be back at work on time Monday morning. How is it pos­sible? ShaR, we have our vacation the first two weeks in June? O. K. We shall! June 1st falls on Sunday. Fri­day before that is Memorial Day, May 30th. Surely you can ar­range to add May 30th and 31st to your vacation, which terminates on June 16th. Be sure to be ready and be in Chicago, our chief starting point, on May 30th, where we shall board the Union Pacific’s (eco­nomy travel) train, “Challenger” at 10:20 p. m. (C.S.T.) (This train leaves the C. & N. W. ter­minal, located at Canal and Madi­son Streets, in Chicago.) How different this long distance train is with its reclining chairs, thoroughly air conditioned, free pillow, porter, registered steward­ess-nurses, etc. Saturday-Sunday we travel and meet lots of new friends. Of course we must eat, and on this economy train it costs but $1.25 for 3 meals a day, 35c for break­fast, 40c for luncheon and 50c for dinner—and they’re good! June 2d, Monday morning, we arrive in Los Angeles at the Union Depot, promptly at 8:35 (P.S.T.). We spend at least 10 days in the southland, and start back home on June 12th at 8:05 p. m. (P.S.T.), and are back at work on Monday, June 16th. This is a round trip on one route through Omaha, Nebraska; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; to Los Angeles and back for $39.50 one way or $65.00 round trip (coach only). You may come this way and go back on the Southern route, on the Sante Fe Railway’s economy train, the “Scout,” at no additional eost, and see both the northern and southern states. Suppose you want to spend some more time traveling, or you may have more time than a two weeks vacation, at no extra cost —$05.00 (coach fare only)—you may include both the North and Pacific Western states. Let’s say you leave Chicago any evening (return limit 6 months), go via Union Pacific to Portland, Or­egon, then down along the Pacific coast to San Francisco, to Los Angeles, on any route back to Chicago, or direct to San Fran­cisco, to Los Angeles and back to Chicago. It is possible that you want speed, so for an additional $5.00 each way you may gain one full day each way by riding on the fast streamliners. If you come direct to Los An­geles you may take the “City of Los Angeles” streamlined fast train out of Chicago on the 31st Of May, Saturday evening at 0:15 (C.S.T.), and arrive in Lot Angeles Monday morning June 2d, 8:00 (P.S.T.). These streamliners do not run every day, so it will pay you to keep this schedule in mind. Sailing dates are on these days only: Every month (6:15 p. m., C.S.T., from Chicago to Los An­geles), 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, and on the last day of each month. Running time is 39% hours between Chicago and Los Angeles. You may also use any travel combinations, different routes on the streamliners (extra $5.00 fare each way). Going back to Chicago you may take the luxurious Santa Fe Railway’s “El Capitan” stream­liner, which leaves Los Angeles every Tuesday and Friday at 1:30 p. m. (P.S.T.), arriving in Chicago on Thursdays and Sun­days at 7:15 a. m. (C.S.T.). This route runs via Albuquerque, New Mexico, Kansas City to Chicago. For tfTose serious vacationists who are contemplating a trip to Southern California, I suggest they write to the All Year Club of South California, Ltd., 629 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, California. Ask them for 'their beautiful and handy free book, “How to plan your trip to South­ern California.” It explains every­thing! You may ask the Los An­geles County Chamber of Com­merce, 1151 South Broadway, Los Angeles, California, for any information that you want. The Union Pacific Railway gladly furnishes train schedules. Address them at Union Pacif'c Building, 422 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles, California, and the Santa Fe Rail­way may be addressed at 560 South Main Street, Los Angeles, California. Upon our arrival in Los An­geles what shall we do? What is there to see? There are hun dreds of interesting sights and thousands of things to do. First we shall visit the “All Year Club Official Visitors Bureau” at 505 West 6th Street, where courteous attendants, called “Welcomettes,” will plan out for us sight-seeing trips, give us all the information we wish, and also give us guide books, sight-seeing maps, etc., all absolutely free of charge. During our visit we must see the business and downtown dis­tricts, the many beautiful parks such as Exposition Park. Here we can spend at least one full day in the Los Angeles County Museum and its Art Gallery; also the State Building with worth­while exhibits pertaining to this area. Do not miss seeing the col­lection of fossil remains from the LaBreatar Pits, in Hancock Park on Wilshire Boulevard. Dug up remains of prehistoric animals are to be seen in the Art Mu­seum. Free industrial educational films and movies are shown after­noons in the State Building. The coliseum where the 10ill Olym­piad was celebrated is here, as is the rose garden between the State Building and County Build­ing, which attracts thousands of visitors each year. By the way, this is the largest rose garden in the world. Another day we must go to the largest municipal park in the U. S. A., “Griffith Park.” One of the three Planetariums in the U. S. is located here. Under its fascinating dome, shaped like the sky, lectures on celestial pheno­mena are given afternoons and evenings. Also in the park are numerous picnic grounds, the zoo, a golf course and the open air Greek theatre, sharing honors with Hollywood Bowl. This park is located on Mount Hollywood, and what a beautiful sight! Hollywood and Los Angeles are down below. These are especially beautiful at night when* all the lights are gleaming and huge searchlights comb the heavens, with Hollywood in the fore­ground. You will marvel at this sight. Westlake Park, Echo Park, Lin­coln Park, etc., in different sec­tions of the city, should be visit­ed. All these parks have beauti­ful tropical trees and lakes with swans, other waterfowl and birds. Small motor boats, cances can be rented by those who love the sport. We must spend at least one night in Hollywood Bowl to hear “Symphonies under the Stars.” A trip to nearby Catalina Island should be included one day. It is located 20 miles off the coast of Los Angeles County, a charming day’s trip for the traveler. Besides the boat trip from Wilmington, the island lias much in store, in addition to the usual beach resort pleasures. Here is the largest private bird exhibit in the world, fine goif course, nationally famous orchestras, dancing, etc. Overnight accom. da­­tions are available. The smallest airport in the world is located on Catalina Island. We must visit the many beach­es and swim in the blue Pacific Ocean. Evening a party of friends can have lots of fun at the “Wienie Bake,” right on the beach. A large bonfire, lots oi frankfurters and marshmallows to roast, buns, mustard, relishes, potato chips, coffee, tea or other beverages, etc., and a radio for entertainment, a dip in the Paci­fic, under the moonlight—all can be arranged with friends, and you will never, never forget the oc­casion, I can assure you! Hollywood, movies in the making, may be seen one day, and stores, theatres, movies, churches, clubs, hotels are located all over, anywhere in Los An­geles and vicinity. They’re all yours. Visit the crocodile farm, the ostrich farm, the monkey island. See the crazy little and big mon­keys run loose on a 3 acre farm. It’s a “place of a thousand laughs.” Gay’s lion farm in El Monte and many other interest­ing places may be seen, some of which I mentioned in my columns the past 5 months. Others will follow as we go along, all of which I could not describe in any single article. Therefore, 1 shall return and go into more detail in my next article, with mention of these and other places of interest. I suggest that you keep these articles (columns) for future ref­erence. You may need them, es­pecially if you expect to visit Southern California at any time. Kidneys Must Clean Out Acids Excess acids, poisons and wastes in your blood are removed chiefly by your kidneys. Getting up Nights, Burning Passages, Back­ache, Swollen Ankles, Nervousness. Rheu­matic Pains, Dizziness, Circles Under Eyes, and feeling worn out, often are caused by non-organic and non-systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles. Usually in such cases, the very first dose of Cyatex goes right to work helping the Kidneys flush out excess acids and wastes. And this cleansing, purifying Kidney action, in Just a day or so, may eas­ily make you feel younger, stronger and better than in years. A printed guarantee wrapped around each package of Cystex In­sures an immediate refund of the full cost unless you are completely satisfied. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose under this positive money back guarantee so get Cyetex from yomr druggist today for only 3Be TO THE KIND ATTENTION OF THE MANAGERS OF JUNIOR ORDER BRANCHES: In accordance with - the decision of the Board of Di­rectors, Junior members hav­ing 15 and 25 cent policies will receive dividends this year also, if they live up to the following conditions: 1. If their policies are in force from January of 1938 or before, in other words, if their policies were three years old as of December 31, 1940. 2. If their monthly dues are paid up to September 30, 1941, that is, at the close of September they are not in arrears with monthly dues. As dividends, every Junior member living up to the above conditions will have three monthly dues entered to his credit, that is, for October, November and De­cember. In the past year the di vidends caused misunder­standings at some branches, some branch managers giv­ing dividends to members not entitled to same, while others claimed that members were paid up to date and not in arrears. This year we wish to Hungary, on last March 24th, issued a series of four semi-postal stamps to se­cure necessary funds for the “Nicholas Horthy National Air Fund,” an organization to secure civilian and army aircraft and funds needed for pilot training. The 6 plus 6 f. value shows the head of a pilot with winged helmet, facing right. The winged apostolic twofold cross is an old Hun­garian coronation symbol. The stafnp is green in color. The 10 plus 10 f. shows a Boy Scout building a model airplane, and the color is red. The 20 plus 20 f. shows a motorless glider in the air, and is colored orange red. The 32 plus 32 f. shows the head of the Ivy Crowned Holy Virgin, patron saint of Hungarian pilots, and the color is greenish blue. The stamps will be in cir­culation until June 30, 1941 and will cease to be valid on July 1, 1941. The Canal Zone on March 25th overprinted a quantity of new Canal Zone stamps for official use. The over­printing was without an­nouncement and as a result caught the 1st day cover collectors flatfooted. The avoid all misunderstandings, and for this reason publish the following: After the crediting of the April monthly dues, on the monthly report returned to the branches, in the same line with each Junior mem­ber’s name and in the first column headed “MONTHLY DUES,” it will be shown whether the said Junior member is entitled to di­vidends. In the first column we shall use a “DIV.” stamp. The Junior member opposite to whose name the “DIV.” stamp is placed will receive three monthly dues as di­vidends, if at the close of September he is not in arrears with his monthly dues. We request the managers of the Junior branches to examine the list of names closely, so that we may cor­rect possible misunderstand­ings and mistakes before September. The Junior members hav­ing A-J, B-J, and C-J policies will also receive dividends, the same as Senior Order members, if their policies were three years old at the close of last year and if they are not in arrears with monthly dues at the close of September. quantities overprinted were as follow: lc, 20,000; 3c, 20,000; 5c, 10,000; 10c, 2,000; 15c, 2,000; 20c, 5,000; 50c, 1,000; Air Mail stamps: 5c, 1,000; 10c, 1,000; 15c, 10,000; 20c, 1,000; 40c, 1,000; $1.00, 4.000. The stamps of the ordinary issue overprinted are of the regular portrait issue, and' the air mail’s of 1931 set. Doubtless the above issues will be recognized by the cataloguers. Our Phillipines are slated for a 2c stamp and also a set of new air mails, four in number. “Wings” cigarettes manu­facturer announces that they have issued 50 different colored “stamps,” each one depicting a different type of an American plane. Any one of the cards is inserted in a package of their cigarettes. I wondered why my small son wanted me to smoke this particular brand. Our Congress, during the first week of April, voted approval of extension of the 3 cents rate of postage for two more years. This rate, voted on July 6, 1932 as an emergency measure to meet increasing postal deficits, would have expired on July 6, 1942. STAMP NOTES By William B. Yuhase

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