Verhovayak Lapja, 1944 (27. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1944 / Verhovay Journal
rage 4___________________________________________________Verhovay Journal_________________________________________December 13, 1944 Verhovay Journal Journal of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Ass’n OFFICE OF PUBLICATION 8502 West Jefferson Ave Detroit, Michigan PUBLISHED SEMY MONTHLY BY THE Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association Managing Editor: JOHN BENCZE Editor: COLOMAN REVESZ Editor’s Office 345 FOURTH AVENUE ROOM 805 PITTSBURGH, PA. All articles and changes ot address should be sent to the VERHOVAY FRATERNAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 345 FOURTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH, ?A. United States and Canada $1.00 a yea’ Foreign Countries $1.50 a yea. ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT: P O. BOX 1. WOOLSEY STATION — LONG ISLAND CITY. N. Y. Entered as Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Detroit, Michigan, under the Act of March 3 1879. Christmas Qreetings To all members of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association, and to all friends of our organization, we extend the heartiest Christmas greetings. May the clouds of war, that darken this yeär’s Christmas, give way soon to the divine light of peace! May your sons and daughters return soon under the loving guidance of the King of Kings! Fraternally: John Bencze, Supreme President, Coloman Kevesz, Supreme Secretary, John Szalanczy, Supreme Treasurer, Pfc. John Sabo, Supreme Auditor, Emma Phillips, Deputy Auditor, Joseph Szalay, Vice-president, Albert B. Ari, Vice-president, Aloysius Falussy, Julius Macker, John Korosfoy, John P. Kelemen, Louis Vizi, Richard Phillips, Frank Brogley, Joseph Turner, Andrew Dobos, Jr., Dr. Joseph Prince, directors, Joseph Bumbulucz, Ernest Kunstadt, Jolán Lucas, members of the Auditing Committee; Frank Cher, Joseph Subits, Louis Cincel, John Fulop, Nicholas Takacs, Michael Simo, Thomas Buchter and George Toth, District Managers, of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association. NEWS from the FIEL» CRESCENT, O. Branches 288 and 432. LAST REQUEST A Christmas Dance will be held on December 25th, Monday, beginning at 2 PM and lasting until . . .? Admission for Ladies 75 cents and for gentlemen $1.00. Music will be furnished by John Bunchy and his orchestra. Refreshment will be served. Every- : body is cordially invited. Wishing a merry Christmas to all Verhovayans, I am fraternally: Frank Holbok Sr. Mgr. CLEVELAND, O. Bracnh 366. The election at Branch 366 shows the predominate trend, that is noticeable throughout the country, that is: the ladies are taking over. The following were elected: Frances Schwartz, President; Elsie (Fodor) Kolozsvary, vice-president, and recording secretary; Louise Torda, manager, Ed. Torda, comptroller, Edward Sepessy and Louis Vassy, auditors. The new officers were sworn in by Joseph J. Horvath. very best of luck and a lot of new members for 1945. We have about 401 members and friends serving in the armed forces and the members of the Committee for “Packages for our service people” have done yeoman service in seeing to it that all packages were mailed in time. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all. Fraternally: J. J. Horvath NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. Branch 518. There will be a meeting on Dec. 26th, at 2 PM. at the Joyce Kilmer Post No. 25, American Legion Home, 17 Codwise Ave. Officers will be elected for 1945 at this meeting. All members are requested to attend. Fraternally: Michael Puskas, Mgr. EAST CHICAGO, IND. Branch 130. BOWLING SCORES. NOVEMBER 30, 1944 HIS A long line of youthful Verhovayans, more than a hundred of them, an entire squadron, has been wiped out by the horrors of war since Pearl Harbor. Yet out of the cmsk of a merciless future the shadows of more seem to approach us . . . the shadows of those predestined to pay the ultimate price for victory. We have no means of knowing how long the line of the Verhovay heroic dead will be, but a dreadful foreboding tells us that this is just the beginning. Up to now we have fought the Japanese on the tiny islands in the Pacific, yet each of them took its painful toll. But what about the approaching liberation of Luzon . . . the return to Corregidor . . . and the final battle on Japanese soil? Who knows how many will lose their lives in the climactic battles that are going to decide the final out come of this bloody war? Glorious victories have been won by our armies in France. Yet, the hardest task is before them: the breaking of the stiff backbone of the “Watch on the Rhine”. Millions of Nazi soldiers stand watch there, ready to pour billions of bullets into our armies fighting desperately for each and every bridgehead. Victory, perhaps, may be but a few weeks or months ahead. But only the period of time leading to final victory will be short. The price of victory itself will be great, for in these coming battles more men and more material will be spent than Peck 144163 176 503 Stevenson 214 166189 569 Markert 205 187140 522 Lamski 209202 164 585 Totals 983923 881 2787 Budapest Anderkovics160 177168 505 Zarr 184156 171 •511 Varga 128137 157 422 Szakacs 189 178155 522 Patchman 172 187182 551 Totals:833 845 833 2511 DECEMBER 1,1944 Bridgeport Stan 168146 145 459 Takacs 183213 176 572 Vajda 143140 138 421 Raj csak 149145 135 429 Papay 176210 161 547 Totals:819 854 755 2428 Verhovay Greens Kovach 162197 154 513 Clark 136 156140 432 Nelson 160 161148 469 Jones 157135 127 419 Pokondy 165129 170 464 Totals 786778 739 2297 NickPalla. Mgr. in the past three years altogether. With this war it is just like climbing the highest peak of the highest mountain on earth. It is not the first 25,000 feet that are the hardest . . . heartbreak, danger, the real fight for survival come during the climbing of the last 5,000 feet. In this war, too, the first years have brought painful defeats at first, and then glorious victories . . . but the hardest, the bloodiest, the most life-consuming business is even now ahead of us . . . Yet, already, we Verhovayans have lost more than 100 of our beloved members. How many more will remain over there? Only God knows . . . 0 0 0 Confidently we believe that we have done everything to back up our boys in their task. Yet, in the last few weeks, important utterances from responsible sources have charged the Home Front with having a share in the death of those who had already lost their lives. Eisenhower said it, and President Roosevelt repeated it, that due to a lack of ammunition the weapons of war had to be rationed in crucial moments and, as a result, lives had been lost that could have been spared. This revelation came as a shock to the American nation. Up to now we blamed only the Japs and the Nazis for the death of our beloved ones, but now we are called upon to examine. our own ranks for the share of guilt that lies upon us for the blood that had been shed needlessly. Much has been said and written as to the share of the Home Front in the death of these heroes. Much of it is politics and much of it is truth. It has been said ihat strikes have caused a slowdown in the manufacturing of ammunition. It has been declared that the changing of workers from war-work to civilian production necessitated the employment cf unexperienced labor and that, again, resulted in retarded production. Overconfidence, apparent in the growing reluctance to purchase war-bonds and in the dropping of war-production to the extent of 40%, is blamed for the shortage of ammunition on the battlefields. All this contains important elements of truth. But we, American citizens of Hungarian descent, can truthfully say that we have little share in these symptoms. It has been stated by the American Hungarian Federa tion that no other nationality has contributed more soldiers to the armed forces of the United States than the immigrant Hungarians. They still believe in large families and they still believe in giving them a healthy up-bringing and as a result, there are 3-4-5 service stars in every Hungarian-American mother’s window. No wonder that the fathers and brothers of these young men rushed into war work and persisted there. No wonder that they never approved of strikes, and never voluntarily participated in them. No wonder that thousands of American Hungarian men and women made a record in War Bond selling that has been surpassed by few. Our people do understand that with their war-work and waractivities they back up their sons and brothers and they will never listen to those who believe that this is time to fight for a better existence for ourselves. For there are many who use this time of emergency to blackmail the nation for advantages that should be fought for under normal conditions. There are many who preach that the purchasing of War Bonds has no effect on the ultimate outcome of the War. There are many who consider the giving of a measly pint of blood a sacrifice . *, . There always were and always will be individuals who claim to know better and who call everything politics and propaganda that does not agree with their own personal comfort. • Let us, however, not forget that there is no propaganda involved in the call to continue in warwork ... to give blood . . . to refrain from strikes . . . and to purchase War Bonds. These things are asked for not only by our elected leaders bxtt more so BY OUR SOLDIERS. Their letters clearly show that they have no understanding left for strikes . . . that they curse the complacency of civilians that leaves their wounded without blood-supply. . . that they expect us to purchase War Bonds as they purchase them from their own pay. (Continued on Page 6) Verhovay Whites We wish the new officers the Stasko 211 195 192 598
