Verhovayak Lapja, 1940. július-december (23. évfolyam, 27-52. szám)

1940-11-28 / 48. szám

Page 4 .November 28, 1940 VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS FOR CITIZENSHIP AND REGISTRANTS A PLEA TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS MAGYAR Verhovay ak Lapja According to the latest available figures, an estimat­ed two and one half million aliens registered at the Post Oifices throughout the coun­­tiy. There are still an es­timated one million people jesiding in the United States required to register before Decembei 26, 1940. There is one question, however which registrants and applicants for citizen­ship find difficult to answer. The name of the steamer, date and place of their ar­rival in the United States. In the case of older im­migrants who came here as adults, usually it is com­paratively simple to find the date or the name of the ship because in some cases they remember some basic information. Searching for such date is more difficult when the immigrant or alien was a young child at the time of his arrival and has no relative to recontsruct the circumstances of his journey to this country. Whatever may be your problem in connection with the date of arrival, write to Transatlantic Steamship Ar­rivals, 160 Fifth Avenue, New York City, where every possible attempt will be made to find the desired in­formation. Booklets listing the in­coming steamers and the dates of the steamer’s ar­rival are available in limit­ed numbers covering the years 1906 to 1925, inclusive. When writing to the above address always indicate the year of your arrival. NOTICE Aliens who entered the United States before July first, 1924, and who need to legalize their entry, should do so now, advised the Amer­ican Service Institute today, as after January 12, 1941, the fee will be increased from ten to eighteen dollars. The Immigration and Na­turalization laws provide that any foreign-born per­son who lacks a record of his entry, or who entered the United States illegally before July 1,1924, can make application for a certificate of registry to make his entry legal. Information regarding the length of residence in the United States, character, em­ployment, and police records are requested when the ap­plication is filed. Application forms are available at the local Naturalization and Im­migration office. Once the certificate of registry is se­cured, an alien can then make application for his citizenship papers in the re­gular manner. Aliens wishing further in­formation regarding the cer­tificate of registry can call Grant 1663, or write to the American Service Institute, 711 Columbia Bank Build­ing, Pittsburgh, Pa. There is no charge for this as­sistance.--------------o-------------­A New York man is giving razors, tools, penholders, ta­bleware and several other devices new forms to make them easier to handle. * * * Coal deposits estimated to contain 700,000,000 tons have been discovered in Jehol province, China, by Japanese mining engineers. I have listened to orations extolling Hungarian virtue end goodness, I have heard legends of Hungarian bra­very, integrity and wisdom and I have seen examples of Hungarian culture and re­finement. All very merito­rious but at the same time coming from Hungarians themselves. I recently attended a meeting of a Verhovay Young Peoples Branch and the prevailing atmosphere { was charged with petty dis­­j like and even malice. The : members gathered in small groups of three and four, with each group doing its best to ignore the others. While the business of the meeting was discussed notes were passed, purses were rummaged and disturbing conversations were carried on with only a few members really attending to the busi­ness at hand. Each person in this club boasts of Hungarian blood yet few have mastered the language to any great ex­tent. They expect respect from the world at large when they will not grant their fellow member the courtesy of keeping quiet while the other man is talking. You will find these second gene­­■ ration Hungarians bragging continually of Hungary and Hungarians yet you will find few who actually live up to what they preach. This isn’t a sermon of a person who is against the Hungarians but a plea to all Hungarians to live up to the high ideals they talk about. Help your neighbors, be honest and brave and, most cf all, overcome your petty dislikes and quarrels among yourselves. —A MAGYAR.--------------O-------------­PAST The Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association looks back upon more than a HALF OF A CENTURY of substantial well-rounded progress. "QUALITY, SER­VICE AND SAFETY, FIRST" has characterized its growth. PRESENT With over $25,0g0,000.00 of insurance in force, Ver­hovay is the largest legal reserve society of Hungarian origin since 1886. The society enjoys a high place among (he finest quality societies of the nation. FUTURE With a splendid past, a strong present position, com­plete life insurance service including sales plans, helpful home office cooperation, policies for all ages including children from birth and adults to age 60 the future for the society and the men who represent it is most promising, Verhovay Fraternal Insurance Association PITTSBURGH, PA. 345 FOURTH AVENUE TH1TH ITH THERIOUTH Probably the oddest news­paper ever published was the one that was issued in Cali­fornia—the Sawtelle Senti­nel—which had to make its appearance without the let­ter “s.” The editor made an explanation as follows: At the time the Thentinel wath about half thet up an evil, dithpothed mithcreant entered our office and car­ried away all our etheth, and for thith reathon our thubthcriberth will pleathe pardon uth and do the betht they can in reading thome of the articleth which are thpelled in the unuthual manner—which they may have obtherved in thith thtatement. Pleathe excuthe it.” LOST: A HEAD AS 600D AS NEW By Andrew C. Simcho Branch 430 Homestead, Pa. A headache to housewives for many, many years, the overflowing bathtub was the means of saving one man’s head and another man losing his. Centuries ago a king, Hiero by name, desired a crown of gold to be made for him. Suspecting his gold­smith of using baser metals, he placed the problem squarely on the head of his scientist Archimedes. “Archimedeshe said, “if you can’t take the prob­lem from your head you shall be guillotined.” Poor Archimedes stewed over the problem. Saturday arrived and still no solution. As he prepared for the bath, he filled the tub, all the while hiding the precious head in his hand, the head that tomorrow morning would be singing: “I ain’t got no body.” In despair Archimedes sat in the tub. Instantly the filled tub overflowed. Any high school student of sci­ence can tell you that speci­fic gravity and the law of displacement were at work. But would Archimedes no­tice it? Would his despair be too black to see the open door to safety? No! For the sci­entific mind almost imme­diately sought the reason fcr the water overflowing. Let us follow his reasoning for a moment and see what Archimedes is thinking of. “Tub full of water. Body caused water to be displaced. Head will lose body if pro­blem is not solved. Water— body—gold. Water—gold­­body. Water—gold—body— displacement.” Thereupon Archimedes jumped from the tub. Rush­ing to the King he shouted, “1 have it!” He reasoned, that if a quantity of gold, similar in weight to that amount being used in the crown, were placed in a vessel of water, the gold would displace a certain amount of water. The crown should displace the same. The goldsmith was be­headed. MUSICAL HUNGARY By CAROLE KING Branch 430 Homestead, Pa. Hungarian music, like Hungarian dancing, is purely temperamental. It has a certain distinctiveness, this music of the Magyars, for it is derived from their strangely impetuous tem­perament. Once it may be iiCh with laughter then throbbingly filled with pathos and tears. Wildness often gives way to tuneful­ness. Then too, there is a great deal of expression and feeling. It is “homemade,” this lovely music of Hun­gary, for only now and then are foreign influences re­cognized. Music is inherent in the Hungarians—there the character of the people asserts itself. Many of the songs are melancholy, but then their beauty is surpas­singly great. They haunt you and abide with you through the days. Long after their words are forgotten their melody lingers on. The first great Hungarian musician to gain recogni­tion from the outside world was Hummel. He was born in Pozsony. He achieved great fame both as pianist and composer. But the man who so humbly followed his foot­steps—who made Hungarian music what it is today— was Franz Liszt, the great­est musician produced by Hungary. A contemporary of Liszt’s was Francis Erkel, the crea­tor of Hungarian operas. None of his predecessors ever achieved even in a small calibre his genius. His most remarkable work is “Bánk Bán,” which is typically Hungarian. Erkel will never be forgotten by Hungary for it was he who composed the music of their national anthem, “Isten Áldd Meg A Magyart.” It is one of the most sincere and inspiring of all national anthems, for the feeling of that nation is concentrated in that song.--------------O-------------­BRANCH 366 NOTICE Cleveland, Ohio ATTENTION: Members of Branch 366. The final monthly meet­ing for the year 1940 will be held on Friday, December 6th. It is urgent that all mem­bers attend this very impor­tant meeting, for there will take place elections of new officers for 1941 and dis­cussions of activities for the coming year will be heard. Let us make this a 100% attendance. The meeting will be held in the Verhovay Home, 8637 Buckeye Road, at 8:30 P. M. Fraternally yours, ELSIE KOLOZSVAR'S Financial Secretary.

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