Verhovayak Lapja, 1945 (28. évfolyam, 1-52. szám)
1945 / Verhovay Journal
Fanuary 31, 1945_______________________________________________VßrllOV(XV JOUmdl THE VERHOV AY EPIC». * PVT. JAMES HOLLIS Pvt. James Hollis is one of three brothers, all members of ONE MAN ARMY STAFF SGT. NICHOLAS OLAH “An infantryman with the Seventh Army in France—a Bufalo newspaper reports—Staff Sergeant Nicholas C. Olah only wanted io set up a Browning lutomatic rifle in a forward position but instead wiped out two enemy machine gun nests ind killed four Nazis. Crawling with his gun in the darkness, be answered a Nazi challenge with gunfire and in turn drew the attention of another enemy gun crew 100 yards ahead. Sgt. Olah jumped into a fox-hole where he found two dead Germans besides the first gun and then fired and wiped out the second nest. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas S. Olah, 11 Leroya Ave., Buffalo, N. Y.” We understand that Sgt. Olah will receive shortly a citation for his courageous deed. Nick Olah is a member of Branch 383, Buffalo, N. Y., and has been in the armed forces for nearly four years. Up to last summer he served as an instructor in the Infantry at Camp Phillips, Kansas. It is due to the courage of men like him that the Seventh Army could make its strong stand against the Nazi onslaught on the Strasbourg front, which is now the most active part of the entire Western front. It is interesting to note that Sgt. Olah was born in Hungary. He came to the States 15 years ago at the age of 12, went to the Buffalo Seneca High School and a vocational school where he majored in electrical engineering. A great soldier, an excellent sportsman, a grand bowler and a goodlooking chap. Yes, he is single ... iff tjt sg RECEIVES PURPLE HEART Branch 356, Detroit, Mich., serving in the armed forces. He joined the army in February, 1944. Three weeks ago his mother, a widow, received the Purple Heart from the War Department. He is now recovering in an army hospital somewhere in England. His two sisters are also members of Brandi 356. # % ❖ GOLD STAR WIDOW’S SON AWARDED PURPLE HEART PFC. JULIUS NAGY Pfc. Julius Nagy joined the armed forces in February, 1942. Eight months later he was taken to the Italian front, and participated in all the major campaigns in that theatre of war. In 1944 he was transferred to France and fought his way through France until he was wounded in action in Germany on November 2, 1944, according to a telegram received by his mother. We pray that her anxiety may be relieved soon learning that her son is on the road to recovery. Mrs. Nagy lost a son, Joseph, half a year ago. He died on June 5th, 1944, somewhere on Allied territory and was the 50th heroic dead of the Verhovay. Mrs. Nagy and her sons are members of Branch 10, Barton, O. The wounded hero has been awarded the Purple Heart on Nov. 15th, 1944. He served with a Light Tank Battalion. * TURNS BIG GAME HUNTER Mgr. Joseph Szabó of Branch 443, Detroit, Mich., sent us this unusual story.. PFC. L. KORPONAI Apparently Japs are not the only marauding beasts that our G. I.-s are taking pot-shots at in the jungles of India and Burma. Pfc.' Louis Korp:nai, of 9089 Lyon, Detroit, Mich., a veteran of three years in that theatre of war, who recently returned on furlough, was one who turned big-game hunter and proved his prowess by bagging a 180 lb. leopard. Korponai was a member of a three-day hunting expedition that brought down two elephalnts, giving the natives for miles around a temporary relief from meat-rationing. His chief complaint was of the strange pets some of his buddies brought out of the jungle. There was the case of the twelve-foot python that a bunkmate insisted on keeping in a flimsy cage in the barracks. The reptile was finally destroyed when the men complained. Before entering the armed forces, Korponai was employed by the Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. # 4* * THE LITTEL BROTHERS CHARLES E. LITTEL, GM 3/C of 566 Board Str., Conneaut, O., a member of Branch 220, has just returned from overseas duty. He, joined the armed forces in 1943, and, since then, has 'spent 15 months overseas with the U.S. Naval Armed Guard. He has travelled through South America, Afrika, England, France and the Mediterranean. He also took part in the invasion of France. He wears the Naval Expedition, the American and the European Service ribbons. Charles has two brothers in the service one of whom has been wounded in the South Pacific theatre of war. He has been awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star. His second brother, a Lieutenant, serves with the Merchant Marine. The Littel brothers are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Literaty of Conneaut, O.------------V-----------It is said that people who stammer often sing well. A deckhand who suffered from an impediment in his speech ran to the captain on the bridge during a storm and started: “P-please, s-s-sir.” “For goodness sake, hurry up,” said the captain, irritably. “If you can’t say it, sing it.” The deckhand tock a very leng breath and sang: “Should auld asquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind; the first mate’s fallen overboard; he’s half a mile behind.” * * * An item in, the papers says they are sending movie actors to South American on good-will visits: if that isn’t trading ham for beef, what is it? Page 3 Heroes Portraits to be Presented in Hew York On February 24th, Saturday, at | 7:30 PM., a banquet will be held1 in the White Room of St. Stephen’s Church, 82nd St., New York City, in commemoration of the heroic dead Verhovayans of the New York Branches. Branch 35 and 83 of New York City held a joint meeting on December 26th, 1944, si which the date was set and a joint; committee elected and entrusted with the arrangements. Members of the joint Com- j mittee are: Joseph Hattayer, I Alexander Egner, Coloman Palangi, Andrew Tyukody, Emery; Siket, Sigismund Miko, Steven j Elek, Mrs. George Hildák, Bertus j Paszty, Mrs. Joseph Paszty, from Branch 83, and Rezső Geller, Steven Sipos, Mrs. Victor Orbán, I Nicholas Kleiner, Mrs. Nicholas Kleiner, Mrs. Mathias Havas, | Mrs. Frank Zimmermann, Joseph ! Czvizler, Dennis Gall and John j Ballo from Branch 35, and Frank Cher, District Manager. An executive Committee also Was elected consisting of Joseph Hattayer, Rudolph Geller, and Frank Cher as secretary. Admission will be three dollars. 509 tickets will be printed, and all who plan to attend this great j affair are urged to make reservations in time. The banquet will be advertised in ail the American-Hungarian newspapers in New York and also in the Radio-pgogram of Mr. Palangi, local organizer of the Verhovay F.I.A. Members of the immediate families of our heroic dead will be invited by the Committee to attend as honorary guests. On this occasion seven portraits of Verhovay Heroes will be presented to their families. The names of the heroes to be honored on this occasion are: Edward Horvath, first heroic dead member of the Verhovay, Ladislov Bako, the 54tli, Valentine Hűlik, the 106th, from Branch 83, New York, N. Y.; Andrew Miskiv, the 11th, from Branch 159, Phoenixvilie, Pa.; John Kurtzman, the 81st, from Branch 200, South Norwalk, Conn.; John Kovach, the 24th, Branch 424 of N. Tarrytown, N. Y., and Lochlion Hamp, the 113th, from Branch 394, New York, N. Y. These seven Verhovayans represent' Verhovay patriotism, heroism and self-sacrifice in New York City. American citizens of Hungarian origin will remember them with reverence and humble devotion at this banquet which will serve as the occasion of the presentation of their portraits to their next of kin. In this act Verhovay fraternalism will find an expression by which the more than 50,000 members of the Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association will offer to the bereaved families of our heroic dead from New York and vicinity a lasting token of the deep sympathy in which their sorrow is shared by all. These portraits are the memorial of the V. F. I. A. to its heroic dead. They are a symbol of the gratitude of our membership which finds humble expression in the perpetuation of the features of our heroic dead and the presentation of these beautiful portraits to the bereaved as a token of our unending gratitude and remembrance. Representatives of several branches in the West Virginia mining District, in Gary, W. Va., and vicinity, held a joint meeting on December 3rd, 1944, following the annual meeting of Branch 32, of Gary, W. Va. Director Andrew Dobos, Jr., of Pocahontas, Va., also attended the meeting which decided to present the portraits of the heroic dead members of the branches 32, 115, 208, 283 and 431 to the bereaved families in the near future. Members elected to the Com-Andrew Dobos, Director, and Michael Szilagyi, honorary Committee-members; Paul Dudás, president, Joseph Magyar, manager of Branch 32, Gary, W. Va., George Toth and Ladislaus Lazar from Branch 115, Gary, W. Va., Joseph Bahus, Louis Toth and George Kadar from Branch 208, Filbert, W. Va., Andrew Kiss and Louis David from Branch 293, Thorpe, W. Va., and Joseph Dobos from Branch 431, Hemphill, W. Va. XT THE TOTH BROTHERS OF NORTH BRADDOCK, PA. STEPHEN TOTH JOHN TOTH John and Stephen Toth are the sons of Sirs. Mary Toth of 1217 Kirkpatrick St., North Braddock, Pa., and members of Branch 89 of Homestead, Pa. Steward Mate 3/C1. John Toth serves with the Merchant Marine. Stephen Toth is a bombardier on a. Naval Bomber and has been home recently after completing 54 bombing missions. Mining District Preparing for Portrait Presentation
