Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1944 / Verhovay Journal
LET TRUTH BE UNCONFINED ivember 29, 1944 Judgment is forced upon us by experience. Johnson CHICAGO BRANCH 503 ) THE VERHOVAY BRANCH [N RACINE, WISCONSIN: In the October 26th issue this .umn wrote about the Firtke ys in the services; Sgt. Joseph in the Southwest Pacific and t. Steve somewhere in France, sve, wounded in action, has •eady joined his regular out. His letter dated October 17th, ites in part the following: “I’m okay now and back on ty. It is rather hard trying to ■ite a letter, as this is the st. Joe is still in New Guinea d he’s had a lot of services erseas. I look for him to be tting home soon, on the rotam plan. I spent 2 years in lgland and 4 months in France, ance has got it all over England really is a nice country. Boy, es it rain . . . just like in lgland.” We are glad to hear Dm you Engineer (Steve’s in e 826th Eng. Avn. Bn.) and ipe that you will write us a nger note next time. ijc * ❖ From “somewhere in France” e have heard from another Ver>vayan serving with the Enneers. This time it is none her than Pvt. John Huziany. am fine and trying to do the ist I can here. Some of these ■anch towns soak you for uvenirs . . . thinking we Yanks it pockets full of dough, which true in some cases when a ;y wins in a card game. I saw y second movie “Hailing Our mquering Hero” with Eddie •acken. In still another letter: 'his morning I went to church 9 o’clock. A bunch, of us boys 5re taken in a truck, because The Homestead Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page. 5) th Mrs. Szappanyos are going make their home in the ttsburgh District. Frank is a Ver vay member from one of the :au district branches. IMPRESSIONS AND REFLECTIONS: The meeting of the Americanmgarians in Cleveland, Ohio, November 13th, 14th and th, accomplished a number of portant things. It more or less DUght the Hungarians into one d and helped solidify them in night and action. Furthermore, enabled a number of changes to te ploce in the official :rarchy and instilled new conence in the great number of mgarian leaders present. Fruits this meeting will be seen irtly. The news that one agency I handle all of the funds colted for distribution to Hun■y’s needy after this war was leed a pleasant note. Word 5 it that the funds for the ;dy in Hungary were disauted by many agencies and :ch confusion and bitter feeling ung up amongst various igious sects. It appears as ugh we have taken positive ps to prevent a re-occurance this. it’s some distance to the church further back. The RED CROSS truck was here now, and just left. They passed out coffee and doughnuts, candy, gum and cigarettes. And they had music on the truck . . . Sometime this week I hope to be able to send you another box of souvenirs, some German and French ash trays, a French Marocco knife, a French ink stand, and some other stuff.” Thanks a lot for your notes, Jack, and keep sending those letters. Many folks at home need a little morale boost from you guys out three!! So we’re waiting for more letters. ❖ * * From Italy there has arrived a letter from Sgt. Johnny Phillips, serving with the 15th Bombardment Group. His letter, dated November 3rd, reads in part: .“Headquarters work is usually uninteresting routine stuff that beats no letter writing of interest. Occasionally, something comes up that would be wonderful to write about, if it wasn’t for the fact that it is a violation against security. Needless to say we are constanly cautioned against revealing anything of military import in our letters. Therefore, I will confine my news to extra-curricular activities, the weather and the visiting celebrities. “Billy Con blew into and out of this town after an exhibition in the boxing ring. Katherine Cornell and Brian Ahern were here for a couple of nights, in a revival of “The Barrets of Wimpole Street” and Jack Haley was here with a corny USO show. They have started an Inter- Allied Boxing tournament through out the whole theatre and our Headquarters is sponsoring the eliminations in this area. There are so many of these that they aren’t written up for release in the STARS AND STRIPES, so I have shifted my ringside activities from the one man press box to the time keeper’s table, where I share the time keeping and bell ringing duties with another guy from our Hq. This guy’s name is Tom Conally, and he’s quite a character. We bet on every fight. He takes all the fighters that show up in one corner and I take all the fighters that show up in the opposite one and we bet accordingly. I’m 1,000 lira ahead right now but that’s only because last Sunday night before the fights I snuck into the dressing rooms and asked those fighters I thought would win to take the corner I had to bet on that night. Even then some of them let me down and lost. I suspect that Tom asked them to take a dive. “There are some Polish WACS in town. One was hitch-hiking the other day and I picked her up. She was a pretty blonde little thing and she knew a little English. I drove two miles out of my way to find out her name was Mafalda (1st name), that she had no telephone number and that her boy friend was a major in the British Army. Well, for one thing, I was plenty outranked; for another, I was plenty out of my way (two miles worth!) “Johnny Jerkovich is the only Verhovayan I write to in the Verhovay Journal Page 7 93. PFC. JOHN CZINKI 96. CHARLES KERTESZ A son of Mr. George Kertesz and a member of Branch 313 of Beauty, Ky., a miner, who before the war was employed by the Pocahontas Coal Co., in Kingston, he was reported missing in action in Germany on the 1st of October and later was found to have been killed in action on the same day. He was born in Gary, W. Va„ on March 10, 1914. 97. T/5. CHARLES HOFFER A furniture maker in civilian life, employed by the Paramaunt Furniture Co., Mishavaka, Ind., he served with the Field Artillery and was reported missing in action in France on Sept. 27, 1944, and was now found to have been killed in action on the same date. A son of Mr. Anthony Hoffer and his wife, nee Anna Fuleki, he was born in South Bend on Oct. 5, 1919. His parents live in South Bend, at 237 N. Sadie Street. We express our deepest sympathy to the families of our heroic dead. THE MEMORY OF OUR 97 HEROIC DEAD SHALL REMAIN WITH US FOREVER. The picture above is that of John Czinki, of whom the Stars and Stripes wrote a long article telling how he, with two comrades, captured 42 German prisoners and 12 machine guns. His wife, nee Helen Barkó, of 8752 Olivet St., Detroit, Mich., just received notice that he was killed in action in Italy, on October 23rd, at the age of 31. He was a member of Branch 36, Detroit, Mich. 94. T. SGT. CHARLES J. ZIPAY Mr. Michael Zipay, manager of Branch 158, Wilkesbarre, Pa., received notice that his son, reported missing a year ago, was now announced as having died in an airplane crash about 250 miles due southwest from Wewak in New Guinea. The plane met a storm in the mountains and was never heard of again. Zipay and his comrades disappeared and no trace had been found of them since. 95. PVT. FRANK VARGA, JR. The second picture is that of Pvt. Varga, a member of branch 132, South Bend, Ind., who was killed in action on Angaur Island, Palau Islands, on Sept. 20, 1944. He was born in South Bend, Ind., on April 15, 1923. service that I can recall offhand. I think he is really sore at me as I haven’t answered his letter in months. Think I’ll write him tonight and see if all is forgiven.” We’re sure you will be forgiven, Johnny, because Vic is a kind fellow. And we’ll be glad to hear from you, whenever you have the time. ■ft v Sgt. John V. Jerkovich, writes on November 8th from the island of Corsica, where he is with the 17th Bombardment Group. “I had been visiting my brother Pete, whom I had not seen since January 7, 1942, so I consider myself lucky that I was able to see him. V?e spent most of our time in that Italian towi where I met him, by going to the Red Cross Club and seeing the latest movies . . . I made the trip to and from Italy by one of the planes in our group. ... I laughed at the way this guy Johnny Phillips referred to me. That was just like good oT Dirk, to make a crack like that. It was too bad that I wasn’t able to fly down to Dirk’s headquarters and drop in on him . . . This evening I think we are going to get our beer and coke rations. I think each of us gets 10 bottles this week ... of beer . . . and I don’t know how many cokes.... In Italy, when visiting my brother Pete, we used to go to a Repair Squad iBar, and the boys really have got it fixed up like any cocktail lounge in the states—an honestto-goodness streamlined bar, with mirrors in the back.” Thanks for writing, Vic, for we know that there are many Verhovayayns who look forward to your letters. SUNDAY, November 19, 1944 THE SCRIBE OF KŐSZEG ------------v-----------ALL-OVER EXAMINATION The sweet young thing had broken her glasses. She took the remains back to the optometrist. “Will I have to be examined all over? “No,” he replied, “just your eyes.” They Gave Their Lives
