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

1940-12-26 / 52. szám

XXII. VOLUME Celebration of the President’s Birthday NEW YORK, Dec. 23,— Mobilization for the 1941 “Fight Infantile Paralysis” campaign was speeding to completion this week as leaders in business, the sports world and women’s activities prepared for a.re­cord smashing drive against the crippling disease. Messages from all parts of America informed Keith Morgan, National Chairman of the Committee for the Celebration of the Presi­dent’s Birthday that the na­tion is solidly determined to fulfill this year’s slogan, “Help the Youngster Around Your Own Corner.” Among the first to give his full support to the drive was former postmaster James A. Farley who accept­ed the chairmanship of the National Sports Events Com­mittee. Mr. Farley will work in close cooperation with Grantland Rice, Chairman of the Sports Council who has completed a program of 1,884 events to raise funds for national defense against infantile paralysis. In accepting the chair­manship, Mr. Farley told Mr. Morgan that “sports­men always bat high in the league of kind-heartedness. You can be sure that there will never be any batting slump as they step into this battle.” Mr. Farley will organize a committee of leading men and women who will sponsor or encourage sports events from coast to coast. In the business field, General R. E. Wood, Chair­man of the Board of Sears Roebuck and Company of Chicago has taken the lead­ership for the drive. General Wood accepted the chair­manship of National Retail Committee which will bring to the campaign the support of thousands of retail mer­chants. General Wood assured Mr. Morgan that the National Retail Committee will spare no effort to bring the cam­paign constantly before the nation’s buyers and that thousands of coin collectors would be placed in retail stores of every type. “Ih making this decision,” said General Wood, “I am mindful of President Roose­velt’s recent words: “Nothing is closer to my heart than the health of our boys and girls and young men and young women. To me it is one of the front lines of our national defense.” Meanwhile, committees in 48 states speeded their mobilization plans. Indiana is the first state to be com­pletely organized with chair­men and their assistants operating in all its 92 coun­ties. Indiana’s State Chair­man, Don Stiver, Superin­tendent of State Police and director of Public Safety, in­formed Mr. Morgan that he is convinced the Hoosier state’s enthusiasm in the campaign is shared by the entire Middle West. America’s women are pre­paring to follow the example of Mrs. Franklin D. Roose­velt who will give the First Party in the chain of Home Parties planned for this year. Mrs. Roosevelt will launch the nationwide festivities at the White House on January 14. The First Lady’s party will be an event of the annual meeting of women campaign workers and it will provide the motiff for all the other affairs. Special table decora­tions will express the theme of “Helping Hands for the Helpless.” Place cards will be fashioned as an open hand and will be made of glossy gold paper. But while America pre­pares for its greatest battle against infantile paralysis, the disease continues to take its toll among men, women and children. The United States Public Health Service reported 9,600 cases on the 49th week of the year. 64,000,000 UNIFIED “VOTERS” The total number of persons insured by Life Insurance policies in America is greater than the record-breaking number of those who voted in the recent national election. This doesn’t prove anything — except that Life Insurance is the universally accepted means of projecting today’s earnings into the future to buy security. The 64,000,000 Americans who have “voted” to make Life Insurance the means of their future security are unified in their belief that it is the safest, surest way for the average man to create an estate. Wishing You All HEALTH, HAPPINESS and PROSPERITY for 1941- The VERHOVAY JOURNAL CORRECTION In a part of the para­graph of the article SUN­­KIST SOUTHERN CALI­FORNIA, by ALBERT STEINMETZ, describing the climate of southern California, the words should have read: We sleep iinder covers ten nights out of every eleven, instead of, There are only ten nights that we sleep under blankets. HEAR YE! HEAR YE! The next ROUND TABLE Meeting will be held on Sunday, January 26, 1941, beginning at 2:00 p. m., in the Home Office, Standard Life Building, 345 Fourth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Informal discussions relative to the well-being and progress of the English Section Verhovay Journal will be the gist of the conference. Unlike the invitations to the first ROUND TABLE Meeting, no individual notices shall be mailed out nor attendance re­stricted to any particular area, but invitations appear in the Journal and are open to any and all contributors, or potential contributors, Please make it a point to at­tend this second Meeting which is so vitally concerned with our Journal, To Our Contributors Contributions intended for the January 9th issue should be in before or on January 4th. No assurance of publication in particular issue can be given for material received after that date. CONTRIBUTORS, PLEASE READ Postal regulations prohibit publishing or mentioning in any way items pertaining tc raffles or games of chance, and papers containing this informa­tion are refused admittance to the mails. Kindly eliminate such sub­jects from your articles. THE MORTGAGE The swallowing capacity of the hungriest of anacon­das isn’t “in it” compared with a mortgage. And per­haps the latter is equally pitiless. A $1,000 mortgage will easily swallow the $3,000 home of your widow and pitilessly set her out in the street. A larger speci­men will, just as easily puli down a brownstone front or a whole business block. To meet and to conquer this anaconda of debt, the wid­ow’s best weapon is a live life policy. A little addition­al interest will carry it. Then, when you die, your home will be clear for your widow. — Washington Na­tional.--------------O-------------* SEVEN AGES OF AMBITION 1. To be like dad. 2. To be an engineer. 3. To pilot an airplane. 4. To be famous. 5. To become a millionaire. 6. To make both ends meet, 7. To hang on long enough to draw a pension. MfcBtttfltti NMMMa

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