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No. 9 JERSEY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1943 VOL. XI
HOW POINT RATIONING WORKS Five Brothers in Service \L·L MEMBERS OF U.N.A. lest is Private First Class William Beginning next Monday, March l.jtwo 5 point stamps as the best com Mr. a¾d Mrs. Dmytro Medziak of Medziak, born in 1915, stationed some¯ virtually all types of canned and pro> *binatio n to total 18 points. 7419 Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, 111., j where in the Southwest Pacific. Third cessed foods will be rationed. No one have six sons, and five of them are m age. although the latest to be in> Here are some important tips to re can buy the specified foods without in the United States Army. The en-! ducted, early last month, is Pvt. An- member using the new War Ration Book tire family, the parents and the sons, ¡ thony Medziak, born 1917, now eta- 1. Use 8 point and 5-point stamps No. 2 on and after this date. are members of Branch 301 of the tioned in Camp Walters in Texas. Shopping with Point Stamps is not first, whenever you can. Save 2 and |Ukrainian National Association. Brother Stephen is next, born 1919, difficult. British housewives have been 1 J>oint stamps for foods that have The oldest of the five Medziak sons ¦ pºw a private at Fort Lewis, Wash- shopping under the point system for a|3w-point value, in service is Technical Sergeant ington. Youngest is Pvt. Andrew Me- over a year, and they have found **¾T Your grocer cannot give you "change" in point. stamps. That's why ¦George Medziak, born in 1912, now dziak, born 1920, now at Camp they can manage without any difficult you shouldjise the least number of¡ Be ld- Uvingston, Louisiana. ty. 8tationed at Fort nning> Next 0 However, it is to be expected that stamps to make up the right point; there will be a certain amount of con· total—why you are urged to use fusion about this new system in the your high-point stamps first when first few weeks. To reduce this con you can. fusion to a minimum it is important 3. Use your household points care "CHORNA RADA" that everyone now be coached in the fully so that you will not run out of use of the point rationing coupons. stamps. When they are used up you _^______, . The most important facts about will not be able to buy any more of, §EXCEPTING the last several weeks, for the past six months our readers using these coupons are enumerated these point rationed foods until the| must have noticed on these pages, at least because of the space it below: next group of stamps (D,E,F) is valid, |occupied, the "Chorna Rada" novel, written by Panteleymon Kulish (1819-
Specifically, the A, B, and C stamps¦ 1397) an
1. The blue stamps are for canned ¦more than one book belonging to' First of all, it should.be noted, translating "Chorna Rada, even by or other processed fruits and y family if you need to. Every an experienced translator, is no easy task. For that matter, no translation у*&¦~ 0Ur
tables and soups that are rationed. ¡ nerQon nas a totaj of 43 points to of any work of real literary merit is easy. Translation of "Chorna Rada'*
The red stamps will be used later tor use for аП these proceed foods each (Black Council), however, has more than its share of difficulties. For one ratton M^J¦L^S^JLA #S^^rniV¾w--! Period ¡thing, it was first written in 1843. and therefore its language is much 5 еаг1 to c¡nt ^Гіч її Tt Sion«b ! · ¾op У the week: before'more idiomatic than the Ukrainian of today. Secondly, as those who have 1SB? stomps SittSTb^k H¦¦¦Hft^^ followed the story s installments on these pages probably noticed, there , "Point" stamps. The number on ^JjSrwfl¾aw to plan and figure your> «ucb .very idiomatic dialogue among its principal characters, such aa
¡. stamp shows you how many pomtSj[^ ьиуш„ ¡n point3 as well as mo· Colonel Shraam, the old pnest and doughty Kozak warnor, who reminde one 80 ;,. that stamp is worth. Different kinds;ney jf yOU nave y0ur fo¢¿ delivered much of some of Walter Scott's characters; or his close friend
of rationed foods will take different to vour home, yOU must give the de- Cherevan, the stout and lisping manor-owner who loves his ease but in
numbers of points—depending on how | цУЄГу the right amount of stamps, periods of crisis remembers that he is a veteran of many Kozak cam-
scarce they are. Naturally, very ¡ £уЄП wnen you buy on a charge ac- paigns and rises to the occasion: or Shraam's beloved son Petro, the fb^ºl««^^LiT itAmQЄ F^ºreximnlP ¡count vou must the grocer young and impetuous Kozak of great fighting prowess and romantic Ch a^£n r^nTwiU¾e more^mte¦^^^Lf Purchase of Pºint heart; or. finally, the most picturesque character of them, the rough and than a can of peas will take, if beans ¡S°¾SL arTnot allowed to use loose burly ZaPºrozWan Kozak· КУгУ1с Tur· the УЄГУ incarnation of Kozak спІУа1г are more scarce than peas. Likewise, stamps They must be torn out of У» bravery, as well as Kozak faults and weaknesses, whom Kulish
a large can of peas will take more y0ur ^>ook in the presence of the evidently meant to be the villain of the story but who in the end turns points than a small can of peas. grocer or delivery boy. ¡ out to be its hero. The dialogue among these and other colorful characters
3. The letters on each stamp show 7 You 8t¡j| uge ^yar j^tion | in the story is extremely idiomatic, couched often in terms peculiar to the
you when to "se the stamps. You г for and sugar Book 2 period of the story, which is the second half of the 17th century, during е can use all blue stamps marked A, at tne moment—j8 only for canned those turbulent times when there were a number of warring aspirants В. в¤º c or other Processed foods. ¦for the "bulawa" of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnitsky, the "Cromwell of East- —which ¾will be ¾the ^¡montЇ«h ot¾¦ MarchГ. ¿ ABC stamps cannot be used after : ; ern E>urope, who died prematurely some years before then. So idiomatic the end of the first period. ! are certain passages in the book, that there were times when the trans~ It taken both money and coupons to { f£ Г¾ ||| l«i Ц Priest |*tor had to have a veritable conference over their meaning with his b«y rationed foods к ·%л j 1 A associates here at the office. Ad¢ireSSeS IndUCteeS , Despite such difficulties, however, it has been a real pleasure to ti¾ns- Stamps bearing the number "8" late "Chorna Rada," for the story is so colorful, so engrossing, so dramatic, are worth 8 points. There are also . r and so characteristic of Ukrainian Kozak life of that period that even in At 5-point- , 2-point, and , 1-poinn- t stamp. s * cere«»oiiy ot tarewell to a;tne ^une of its translation one loses himself in it and relives it.
In money you use dollars, quarters, number of inductees from Freeland, u j c , ·...... „ 4 0Ur rea dimes, nickles. pennies. In stamps Pa., held early this month, the prh> t ¤º"' ders found it, however is something we did not really you use the 8-point stamp—and the!^ speaker the l·lLleton "Pmin knoW· True· we heard **o. read some fine comments about it, but they 5. 2, and 1,. in very much the same' gneake^ reoorted waatoe Lv Ш Were far and feW between· As a resu,t· we ппа11У «ot that <** uietin feeIin way you use money. By different £¿ j к^ицк! Dastor of SS Peter º· S g. which every writer worth his salt experiences from time p combinations 6f your stamps, you an< , p , ' . . n F to time, that perhaps no one was reading the story at all, and that there- rau 18 £ tera 11 6 will be able to give the grocer the * ^?i b v^º½J ,, f fore the laborious translation was in vain. So we determined to put the
exact amount of stamps for any затоне unurcn, wno mmselt has two matter ^ a test. We decided to discontinue translating and publishing it
rationing item. sons. ^gene and Myron, m the here for awnile and obserwe the reaction among our readers.
For example, if you wanted to buy armed forces ·A\\ of them are mem· For awhUe there wa£J nQ reaction and our worst fears ^ to ^ 0 П 3 3 0 Utt C 0 o '? . hZ^.„ / ЇЇиЇ ¦¦2рН я« її realized. Much to our relief, however, within recent days we noted what Foll w n ппіп?я \e>n mu, "aiw the ягосег 18 „ o » g the Invocation by Father we naturally consider a favorable reaction. We found out that the story Ka8 he told the point|'worth of*blue stampfin addi- ¾' fr , inductees that WAS being read and that its disappearance from these pages IS being tion to whatever money the price ,n aº-º-ltlon to being defenders of missed. More cheering still have been the number of requests we have calls for. To give the grocer 18 points their country, they were also "God's received to continue it to the end. One such request came in form of a you would use one 8 point stamp and avengers." He noted that the Bible letter from Professor M. H. Haydak of the University of Minnesota. Wrote ' says fire and brimstone shall hail he:
down upon the wicked tyrants and "it |H with a great deal of pleasure that ·I always read 'The Ukrainian OUGLITSKrS "WITCH" HEARD dictators. He said that their com· Weekly/ which continues to be more and more interesting and informative.
OVER WOR munity, Freeland, was proud of them it truly contains much material about Ukrainians, their culture and cause,
Some excerpts from the opera going out to fight the international w„ich our youth throughout entire America can well use.
"Vidma" (The Witch) by Paul Pe- gangsters. ..For ^ time you have been publishing a translation of 'Chorna chiniha-Ougtitsky, Ukrainian Ameri· Eugene Kashuba was inducted into Rada* by Kulish. But in the last several issues it no longer appeared. It can composer of symphonic and chor- і the army last August, and now is is a very fine translation, and should therefore be concluded. Perhaps the al music, were heard last Tuesday at an Air Force school at Chicago, translator has fallen behind in his work? In any event, it would be well night, February 23, at 11:30 over HI. Myron Kashuba, senior high stu-to give some explanation to the readers.—Wishing you continued success, station WOR of the Mutual network. I dent, left school last September to Sincerely—M. Haydak." The broadcast was particularly eh- enlist in the Navy Now that our readers have the explanation, we shall resume in our ioyable on account of the high quali next issue the translation of "Chorna Rada," preceded by a synopsis of tv of the music. j -FOR VICTORY: BUY BONDS— the previous instalments. UICRAINIAN W] L·Y. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1943 No: 9
A SHORT ¿TOBY
SOLDi¢PS PROTECT Til Kill £AMILY AT НО¡ИЕ ¶¾JXH GOVI$R$||$NX Л/ОЦ never saw a. man so out· of saw - tooth rock ridge, is being L\Sl¾A>*CE . Dlace in a machine shop. He smashed to pieces. There are several w¿k. old, but he had^youua Wye men clinging to the aft· rail. A moun·
___^ , _ „ , T · Tev_e that kept a schoolboy look in tarn, of water sweeps over them. TO^HEN a soldier goes to war to fight in K Of : Tbpv _ГР ,ППР ThP hr*AkW ~ ТЬЄ history Governmeilt ¾SUr»lfthem^ . *Ye* t h*r*T^r„L^~e must have livedn with bullets and bombs. But to PRO~ \ was change£ Цу United States Gov- showed the slightest disapproval qfc¡tinued, "the reason I can see so much tect the home he leaves behi© trate completely on his job only ifcjP¤Jw at, ANYS THµE.witiµp fi>e, years aft r and pulled himself up. But his right¡ know¾ he was. making a valyje for he is confident that аП is going welll * M has. ta¼¢n it out·. Because it foot was one second too. late. The І a shi¾. e¾gu¾e, in, ¢u>torm. at home, Congress passed the War¡13 ¾ve, yee* ,te_3P ц»зцгап¢е- he_ pays- t flood gripped it—and the foot was¡ "Ny¦ft кода«цр at tl^ pi«ce of Risk Insurance Act of 1917 for the exact¾ t¾¢. same, ii¾onthjy,..рщп|иіп 4 gone. He lay across the casting with] brass,. Do.ypµ, kn¿w^ what t se^.Utere men the last war. Again on Octobcrt^"^ tjbe whole, ny¢ y¢ai».. Ffcr in th¢,screaming nigger boy beside him·!now- ¾ see.bodies washed up on. the \«; 1^0. J«et after Selective Service* *^J*· Щ ¾¾.takas out %Q,0g0 warty Whe¾. they, got tq Joseph he was un-1 sandV-washedі up. on the sand,, Dead whw he is began to function, Congress passed<| f twen¾-fiY¢, he .¢одфщед conscious. ·husbands, dead sons. And a. 11 be- a new Act. establishing. National to pay д $6.70 ц^Шу..ДО«цш¾и Perhaps it waa this episode that| «¾J worlanan somewhere- Service.. Li£e .Insurance. j Although the soldier can wait five· g __ · yearrs beforoeiore turning National>auorwnl ServicОСІ v._¾|made e the men love Joseph. Or і¿}?¾ ¾t ht here^—-was he usi^g a By taking out National Service i_|f¾X Insunance into a permanent po- might have been their recognition OF>\1а1де. **£e Уºигв, I*eter.—all because Life Insurauoe in, a¾y amount fi^m¿w-y , lµ¾premims will be lower if; a mysterious, magical quality or pow- І аоще wortoan somewhere, cpuldn t J $1ДКЮ to $10,000, і¿ m^Uplri/.t¾t^nn^ent polic' y i-s out a^ t^ er he possessed of seeing things toi¾hrougl* a.piepeof brass.' $500 a soldier can give his family an eariier age. National Service Life the Ьеаіі. ' І .Т¾е. re«t lutervai ^_оге^.ТЬе ^свди>іеіИ JBP^ectio¾.. The rates> a|«.''insurance can be converted· either to For instance, there wa¾ the occ¾.¡«ед.ret»ri_ed, their worfc. As he e*tramely lqw^owar T*M any pr¡-J ад> ordinary Ще.роіі¢у. a twenty W sion when he undertook to. show. hisifi^d ¿ -¤ew_ Pieca of, brass, in. his ... vaJ^,Wi^4c^company canHpffer-mwt ще policy, or a~thirty^ayment sbopmates. how to, look., through а І Peter turned for a moinan|.· to ^ Ofcau^ the (¾ve^Ameuk w*njft іЦ,щ¾ рдЦСу, without, physical examina-J piece of brass. 'look after Joseph. men in;umfoi^_ ^havje,,ui8itt|m9!S,.tioii. ¡ It was a hot summer night. The ^ar down the, east aisle he cpuld him _¦^»^'%T^f^'^··^·^·k With National Service UF* Insur· night gang ¾ad knocked of* at mid l·~ u. bending over his bench, Ь Т occur. A man of> twenty-five, for. ex-*^ a t_ldi* ^ £ beneficiary, night for a half-h«ur of food Ш¦^? ^^^ ^±}^ ' ОО0Є. uv·«w ' v.. ^ — - · rr—-*-^ ^^Viwho was kicking about hiawork _ щі ¯¯" month. At":the age of µ_irtyrfiye, ЬЕ¦ІГОМattachme»t by.creditojre. In au-( ^ . j0b^damned sick _ ' . m ¡ ^ pays only $7.60 а трц¡фі a^ forty^ cUtion^^man insured W^¾W¾ |t ?SeA same old thing. Put a. BY ГІІЄ£ ОПГ ІШШОЇІ 'only $§.50 а ^дюп%4„Тйе, Gqyern- sejwebiffi.. ІД»»гапсе,. wi»..^e his ,of it. P^. lathe let ·er run, ^ ¿ ' me¿t has purposefully таф the: ргефіип½; waived if ;he i^ ey¢r,^ monthly premium differential., small disabled for a. period of six. mouthy take it-ouv ^ g ^ ^ The subject of ¡nflAtion lia¿v never so that men,of all ages wil| want TO¡Q^ m If under 30 years of. age, a monthly ід iopg with his тіЦіодв of cpuntry· just been turned. It was part of a in the war is long past. іпсоще for 2p years of $§5.10. men in arms, he can participate in valve for a. ship engine. ".. .We must face the feet that If 30 years of ag¢, a. monthly, income the benefits *of rational Service Ш¢ "peter* would you. like to learn ¦there is no way that we. can hone for life of $39.70. Insurance-~ h¢nefits whi¢¾i would¡ not] how to see through, a piece of brass?" to improve or even to sustain our If 40 years of age, a monthly inpome ba.feasibl¢ for one soldier individual-¦ Curiosity wiped out the anger in customary standards of living during for life of $*5.00. ly.. nqr even for.a; few thousands of Peter*s heart. ·the coming year If 50 years ,of age, a monthly income soldiers, but only foe the_.great body| "Sure, Joseph. Go ahead! Let's "We must all prepare to a^opt for for life of $53.90 of fighting; men who are marching, to? see> ¦the duration a spartan standard of If 60 years oi" age, a monthly income gether. towards Victory, ад¢ afc the| The old man glanced up at the al- living and to take patriotic -pride in for life of $68.10 sajne tin»¢» making certain that they * mo#t perjp¢ndicular. hands of the it. Increased benefits for higher ages. an4 their families will have protec- shop сіосЦ. There were just a few "There is no way.of giving; any one To aw soldier this, means that his tion £or the future. minutes left of the half-hour rest ¡group of our people^ a substantial family will receive a steady, income, interval. і part of the nation's, goods or income something that it can. count on to I "Come here Peter! Look at this --'without hurting all of us. cover its bills, for a long time to І where the light hits the shiny brass.) "We cannot hope while fighting a come. Kharkiv's Importance Look steadily. Don't even wink.|total war to eliminate all the ·real Now, can you see what I can see! l|or fancied inequalities of man. To make National Service Life In can see that little spot of light get-| "We must not refuse tq.fac¢ the surance even more desirable, the The importance that the Germans;^ and-bigger. Now it is very real dangers in,, the _u·esent An__y has lifted from the shoulders | attached to the possession of Khar taking on a new shape. It's, a win situation, and especially, the...threat of its men the burden of any book· Ikov, whose recapture was announced dow in. the lighthouse and the light of creeping inflation. keeping. Each new soldier at the ¦ by the Soviets, is indicated by a com- is the morning sun striking the "Higher prices, and higher wages reception center hears a careful ex· | pilation of the jubilant comments glass." І will not. bring us more food. -. more planation of the advantag¢e of Gov- ¦ naade by the Berlin radio after the ¡ Peter propped a. wink to a. shop~ canned goods or sugar.. .they sim emment Insurance and is asked ¡Nazis' occupation of the city on|mate^ buth e was interested¡ So ply cause us to outbid each ether in whether he wishes to apply for it. If ¦October 25, 1941, and after the Redjwe¾¾ the оіпе_)_, Joseph had paused...grabbin g for the food and goods be does, he can have his monthly! Army's failure to retake the city lastlHe WftS s^ri^g at the brass like a |available, premium automatically deducted,from |sPrin§r· ·man, in a trance. j "W¢ must not retreat in o__r fight his pay. By applying for insurance' In broadcasts beamed abroad on¦ '*Go on Joe," said one encourag-jto stabilize the cost of living, wjthin a hundred and twenty days ¦the <Цу that the Nazis captureq\¡ ingly, "Tell ua. what~ else voµ see.'i "We must bring under effective after entering the Army, a soldier Kharkov, the Berlin radio noted its| And, Joe went on I ^control al| food price_v We. must does not have to take a special physi importance as a railway center, with¿ "t see a sunrise. A stormy sun is ¦break up, the black markets. cal examination. Never again, while seven lines converging there, and de shooting up with tropical< speed. A "W]e can take pride and eveu_ pleas he is in the Army, no matte¢r, where clared that "most, of the coal and the heavy sea is hurling itself against ure in simple,, living—or w¾ ,can he might be sent, does he have to industrial output of the entire Do- a barrier of rocks. A tramp steamer, grwnble about, our deprivations. ;and worry about his insurance payments- n¢ts Basin pass through this city." the, 'Cassandra!, held fast by the. maH¢ ourselves, and those, about us If he ever wants to change his bene "With ¾harkqy's typical, factories,л miserable. ficiary or the amount of his poli¢y, armament plants and sugar indus "Thif. time we must, hold t]?e,-.iine he only needs to sign his name on try," one Nazi broadcast said, "the the reconstruction of the Ukr^u^ian]aj¾un£t inflation and deflation. This a form which the company clerk will Bolsheviki are losing an irreplace- agriculture, Kharkov in German j ti_«e we. must^ win. t^e pea¢£ fo^the make out for him. able part of their war economy. For ¦hands is of decisive importance." |sake of ourselves and all hu_na»ity. UKRAINIAN ^WOMEN AN]> THEIR ': The Щгаіпіап Museum and L·ibrary ORGANIZATIONS iai Stan»ford By YAROSLAV J. CHYZ (Concluded) (6) Do you know that we have a Uk - The greatness of a people if re- rainian Museum апД Цопаг¿>¿у здяй¿, th¿e—ГТ-ГТ %cted in. their, museums, just as the Ukrainian Women's League displayed. In time, our exhibits country? Do you know that these jbe¾uty o£ individuals is reflected* in of Canada earned high praise, and almost every institutions are located in Stamford, a mirror. In their national museums year the larger newspapers devoted -Conn.? Do you know j¿hifa th¾y are, the development of the people's cul I v¾pP·.Ф>Ф <4 Це #rgan^tiausj,en- considerable space to> them>·. The in existence since 1935? ture can be traced, their., history · - dfiatyocs am¾, activities, can be£t be Museum of Ukrainian Folk Handi· The Ukrainian Museum and Li studied, their treasures or art and literature preserved. Through na told in,, the. words ot Mai%. Tkachuk crafts was founded to preserve pat: brary were found^rJ¾yv. the, #resent · and Ann». Bu rik, president and, sec- terns, Easter eggs, woven work and Ukrainian, Catho)icl,^^p^rijs. Ex tional museums the traditions of a people are perpetuated and their dreary e£_tk*.tf wiecim concentration camp in ^st¦C^rmany protest Nazi persecution in do very little reading at present, not day and aften make misstatements e <¼it months pastoral letter. only of the Weekly but everything in conversation; they make good list- A 5 Na2i 'April l.-Nazis suppress Catholic¦A P* — «*-* announces or else. They glance through their news· і eners, but that's about all. It pays ganizations in Alsace Іder to mcrease slave labor m ¤е**" papers, barely scanning the head¯! to read newspapers. Those who may ºApril 6.- Nazis attack Yugoslavi£anº1" Pre8ent 2.000.000 to 4,- lines, are rarely seen in libraries, buy' have more leisure time than others and Greece 000.000. only one or two magazines where they are the envied opes who read all the April 9.-Nazis suppress Boy Scouts 'T*^V^*.boughv t five or six in the past, and good books in circulation, A^r! l It¯~%¦%* in Netherlands P I».~Protestant and Catholic read perhaps a book a month where As for the "Weekly"... it is re- April 17.-Yugoslav Army capitu- clergymen in Netherlands read let- previously they read two or three commended that resipients of this lates. followed by Nazi terror. Toll: ter «-*pulpits protesting Nazi per- books a week. Finally, they read the · paper set aside a half hour each week *O.OOO Serbs executed. ' Г*її ~ -r A · U U . "Weekly" much as they do other ¦so that they may read. Needless to April 27.-Athens falls: swastika! May 27.-Heydrich shot. papers, or put off reading it until! say, that hour will be well invested, Шу Blood 1 in Czech they have forgotten about it. h«.isted over Acropolis і **'¯¯¯ º^* º- THEODORE LUTWINIAK May l.-Nazis order priests who¡slovakia begins in reprisal for Hey-¦ Naturally, when a person is work- head Catholic schools in Netherlands ¦drich shooting: toll to reach 2,000 m% he takes on added responsibility replaced by men "trained in political executions. and therefore cannot read as much ^E«SFUL PLAY PRF4 l lif G.. June 10.—Lidice wiped in reprisal |as he would like to. If he has leisure --£^ЇІ^ІЖ¾к jHS May 27.-Nazis order Netherland·' *º\ Heydrich ·shooting. time after reading his newspaper he CATHEDRAL CHOI Jnne ers between ages of 18-26 to register¦ 25. ~Levszaky, Czechoslova-¡may go to a movie or turn on his ra-¡ "I want a Husband" or "Khochoo for labor service 'кш· exterminated. dio for recreation; of course, it is Moozha" brings Laugh»: Heart June 13-25. — "Terrible days" of' M* l»·—Nazis order all male re- ¦ possible that he may read a book, Throbs, to a large crowd Slovenia: 283,000 Slovenes deported Natives of French "saboteurs shot too. But lack of time in general keeps ~ f... „ f, - . ~ . , to Serbia І118 ho8ta&es, their women sent to him from reading on the scale a The Catholic Cathedral Choirs an- June 22.-Nazis troops invade RusJhard labor· tneir children to Nazi younger person reads. As he gen¦¦>ual play was presented Sunday, e= institutions. ч older and his duties and responsibil· February 7, before an audience esti> iulv 31 - Nazis ban Christian Ju,v 27.-Nazis raze Telvaag. Nor-|ities increase he reads less according. mated at 700· a¤d received with an Science. wegian village, execute 18 hostages ;iy. Peculiarly enough, however, after ¦ enthusiasm that fulfilled all predic- Tne Aug. 1-25. Wave of hostage shoot for shooting of two Gestapo agents, he has passed his peak of activity, tions. three-act ~comedy was wri ing in Belgium. Sept 9. -Nazis order death for¦or has retired from work, and others tten by Sylvester Kalenich and Luxembourgers who strike against shoulder his responsibilities, he takes! Greeted by William Kociubinsky. The 1а Aug. 14. -Nazis limit school educa·|annexation. ¡to reading on a large scale again. Р У evidently stirred memories in tion to 40 percent of Czech youth. ·j Sept. 11. — Vichy orders French· | Where he "read" a newspaper in tne пнпс¾ of the many adults in the Aug. 23-Oct. 3.-Nazis shoot 71! men, aged 18-50. and women 21-35 ten or fifteen minutes as a young audience. for they as well as younger hostages in France. ¡ subject to forced labor. workingman he takes hours to 861 expressed themselves as thorough- Aug. 31. -Nazis order all harvested Sept. 26.—Hitler *orders Czech Or-¦read it as a retired man. The read· ^ satisfied, fruit in Czechoslovakia surrendered. thodox Church dissolved, property | ing rooms of public libraries always The play took place in Lviw, West> Sept. 1.- Child mortality in France confiscated4 , leaders executed. | contain a considerable number of old ern Ukraine, in the year 1912. All reported increased 50 percent. Oct. 8.—Nazis order registration ' men reading back issues of newspa· scenes, set by Miss Helen Cwiek, were Sept. 10.—Nazis place Oslo under ¦of all Belgian men, aged 18-50, and pers and other periodicals, which il- enacted in different quarters of the martial law. |women, 21-35, for forced labor. lustrates the point. regimental commander's home. Sept. 15.—Nazis arrest 200 Paris·f Oct. 17—Nazis kill 55 Frenchmen Shortly after the fam*ous Casa ians as "hostage pool". protesting labor conscription. Pearl Bega headed the all-star cast, blanca "unconditional surrender" con playing the part of Sonja, the hero Sept. 17. -Nazis order death or life' Dec. 10.—Nazis arrest 200 hostages ference, a popular radio feature, Doc ine. Joe Bochey had the character imprisonment for Belgian workers'in Lyons, first in Vichy France, tor I. Q.. was broadcast from a lead, enacting the role of Volodko, the who strike or "discourage others." theatre; the conductor of the feature handsome chap, who won the hand Sept. 20.—Nazis decree five Belgian would ask members of the audience of Sonja. Elsie Dykan was delight- hostages will be shot if one German questions, and would give cash prizes ¡ ful as Marie, the maid, while Steve is attacked. , for correct answers. A woman was ¦Sikora as Andrew made very real- Sept. 28. -Wave of terror through asked: "What does Casablanca, a «tic the role of the hero's butler, out Czechoslovakia: Reinhardt Hey Spanish word, mean?" Practically all >which evidently ended with them drich, Nazi chief in Czechoslovakia, of the press releases on the Casa· united. All the other roles were begins series of executions. Eleven members of a secret Bel blanca conference pointed out that ¡equally well played~Mrs. Wasyluk Oct. 11.—Nazis organize Flemish gian underground organization re sponsible for aiding United Nations President Roosevelt went from one as the sophisticated Aunt of the youth to oppose "Political Catholic fliers shot down over German occu White House (Washington) to an· heroine; Mr. Bukiolo as the cook; ism". pied territory were executed by other (Casablanca), as Casablanca | Nestor Kociubinsky, a very rich Nazi firing squads recently over a Oct. 17.—Vichy announces 30.000 means white house in Spanish. If the. nobleman; Mrs. Dykan, a. friend of Frenchmen killed or imprisoned since woman of whom the question had the sophisticated Aunt; James Sta- "collaboration" with Nazis. been asked ¤ad* read her newspapers j rosta, a suitor of the heroine; Walter Oct. 26.—Hitler schools of German thoroughly she would have answered¦Bukata, commanding general; Syl model opened in Belgium to train the question correctly. As it was, ¡ Karpchuk, captain of the Austrian traitors. however, she failed to answer. This I Army. All contributed to the general November 1.—Nazis announce 250J illustrates the point that many peo excellence of this production. French hostages executed. pie do not read their newspapers Nov. 5.—Yugoslav Government re· 3-day period. They were charged outside of scanning headlines and Rosalie Ko/.el I*irts 300,000 Serbian men, women, by their German captors with "aid Dietric Slobogin ing the enemy." captions. The example given here children killed by Nazis, whole towns Here in America we can aid in has repeated itself in the quiz pro razed, priests tortured. the fight against Hitler without en grams—contestants failing to answer TO KEEP ABREAST OF WHAT Nov. 8.—Nazis· order arrest of any dangering от* lives if we do our IS HAPPENING AMONG work diligently and buy War Bonds questions that would have been an one in Norway suspected of harbor ever;' pay ¿И . swered correctly had they read their V KB А ї\ї AX AMKIJ1CA N ·¾ ing anti-Nazi opinions. Я WSS741G U. 8. TRMMTR, ¡B*PT. newspapers. READ THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY ON THE HOME Ukrainians In Washington Chosen Outstanding FRONT Letter To The Editor Girl At the recent meeting held by the The distinction of being chosen аз American Ukrainian Society of Wash More and more of our Connecticut¦ THE POSTPONED KOLESSA the outstanding young woman of her young men and even women of Uk-| ington, D. C, the following officers CONCERT her class went to Miss Oiga Zepko. rainian descent are leaving for the were elected for the year 1943: a graduate of the Class of January; Dear Editor: services. And many more are likely President, Ann Dudiak; Vice Presi 1943 at Akron South High School, to leave in the near future. Nearly dent, Б. T. Mallyck; Secretary, So After much 'O¾rainian" publicity ¦ Akron, Ohio. This honor was con- 'five hundred are in the services al phie Melnick; Treasurer, Gene vie ve regarding the American debut of¡ferred upon her by her classmates ready, according to our records. Most Prymak; Publicity Chairman, Cath Miss Lubka Kolessa at Town Hail, when they selected her as the re·« of them are in the Army, many are erine Greb. New York City, two of us from Phila cipient of the Womanhood Cup. ¡ in the Navy, in the Marines, the A committee of three members was delphia and South Jersey traveled Coast Guard, and some in the Air also chosen to plan for a February to see her perform, only to be great Corps. Some of our young" women social. Bach month a similar com ly disappointed to learn the concert are serving as nurses, and a few are mittee is chosen to make plans for had been postponed. in the WAACS, and the WAVES. a gathering, during which members As a suggestion—it would be much They are doing a swell job! But and their friends enjoy an evening nicer if Miss Kolessa had a personal what are we doing at home? Let's of traditional Ukrainian songs and manager gucn as Arthur Judson, look at the picture. dances, as well as popular dancing. jack Salter or Charles Wagner At the home front, we "complain" A chorus, under the able leader· і handle her future performances when of working long hours.. We do work ship of Marusia Kissel, meets once she does make her American debut. long hours and that seems about each week. Plans are being made for We do not say that you of the Uk ail we do. In fact, we have started to a group of girls to Offer their serv rainian committee are incapable... use the word "work" as an "escape ices at the American Red Cross Cen to the contrary. Ukrainians not fam valve" for doing absolutely nothing ter. Classes are being organized to iliar with this situation do not have else — not even facing the common study the Ukrainian language with the facilities that professional pro every·day things that confront us. In Rev. Father Chimy as the instructor. moters have... He is the Rector at the St. Josaphat's other words, we are getting lazy. I am hoping you will publish this Seminary, where the boys of Uk ¯ All we do is work, sleep, and go to in the next issue of your paper. show now and then. The rest of the. rainian decent, attending the Cath precious time we dwindle away. olic University, are preparing for MICHAEL ELKO priesthood. Philadelphia, Pa. We are failing to attend our church services regularly; we are neglecting Services conducted according to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Rite, by the to fill the jobs left vaeant by our sol Editor's Note ·· dier boys; we are not taking any Rev. Chimy, are held at 10 A. M. MISS OLGA ZEPKO . duties with civilian defense or civic every Sunday at the Discalced Fa- We regret very much, of course, /jobs; we are lacking enthusiasm in ther*e¯ Chapel, located at 2131 Lin-¦that Mr. Elko and others were in- The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kon<* supporting our local Ukrainian pro coln Road, N. E. 1 convehienced by the postponement of stantine Zepko, 690 Allyn Street* grams, limited in scope as they are; Newcomers to Washington who'Kole8Sas ººncert, scheduled for last,Akron, Ohio, Olga graduated with| and we are failing to support the may be interested, should contact N»**# We received notice of the ¦ high scolastic honors, placing among» activities of the Ukrainian Youth Or \nn Dudiak 4604 Sargent Road N Postponement -ate Thursday, Feb-; the first ten highest in her class. j ganization of Connecticut, like its E., Michigan 7201; or Catherine Greb¦ ~***У І*· I**liehed it prominent-¦ >·w„ Bulletin—the vital link between our 21 no TP Rt nt W r>iQtrirt n«n* *У m English and Ukrainian in last! wnne at ¾ouin nign acnooi, гам** ound time tn organizations and our people of the 2109 F. St., N. W, District 0805. ¿¿¾¾¾ c.t¾«inian Weekly." Like· ¾*» ^ *> ^**º¯* * dutles state. wise we immediately sent a copy of. of secretary of her class, new» the 1 Why? We are developing these _ _ _. ·J¿·_, . . Jthe notice to "America·· in Philadel· j «**º* ºf ***ºº Plication and habits not for any good reason at ІпМетОГУ Of FirSt Aid¡ Pbia. Itarrived there Friday, too late £«D^dº¾ _I ¡for its Saturday issue. But its editor, і JJ<* Uub and several social organiza-* all—just laziness. You and I must Uons |Mr. Lototsky, had the announce- і · і do something about it. We must fight There he stood shouting and yelling ment of the postponement made | A member of the Ivan Franko Club* it! We must not be a slacker in away over a Ukrainian radio hour in Phila· і Branch 180 of the Ukrainian National these trying times. We must roll up The poor little kid needed First Aid. delphia on Friday evening. In a round Association, Olga plane to continue| our sleeves and do at least our own n 1 Off came his shoe and sock to see the New York Metropolitan area, we her studies. · j tittle share of work. We must keep what could be found; had similar announcements made over ¡ :—- up the morale at the home front. Re And gently I massaged his leg first all the three Ukrainian radio pro·; member our boys in the Pacific, in Af up and then down. grams on Saturday and Sunday. Lake· ¦ self completely; all else was -done byt rica. . ·they're fighting! No excuses After I got all through, he started wise we mailed notices of postpone¯'the Columbia Concerts. It should| there. Let us at home do the same. to cry ment to persons living in localities j also be clearly understood that the* What can we do? We can get Red And pathetically pointed to his poor which because of their distance from | "Ukrainian ticket committee," as iti Cross units at our churches making sore eye. New York do not receive the Week· ¡may aptly be called, functioned pure bandages started; we can support the While he was shouting "Oh that ly on Saturdays but on Mondays. Лу gratuitously, without the slightest U.Y.O.C. Bond Drive by buying a soot!" Among such persons who were thus¦recompense or "percentage" of¦ few war stamps and bonds; we can Holy smokes! I was fixing his foot! notified by mail, was a group of |any sort. In its work it was solely subscribe for albums of Ukrainian girls in Baltimore. In a word, we ¡Inspired by a desire to make Mis¾ Choral Recordings in advance to help Realizing that I was a great big fool, did our best to notify everyone of jKoIesea's American debut as sucoess-* this worthy project get under way I decided I should go to school. the postponement of Kolessa's con-|ful as possible, in order that she asv soon; we can get into civilian de Who was our Prof? You'll never cert on account of the pianist's sud a famous Ukrainian pianist would| fense jobs; we can attend our guess den illness. attract the favorable attention of the, churches regularly and support their For it was little Doc Grodges. American public, which, in turn,, projects; we can remember the boys We got off to a wonderful start Now as to Mr. Elko*s "suggestion." would Inure to the benefit of Ukrain·» in the service by sending them let For he was determined to make me Apparently he did not read carefully ian culture. This desire was shared ters and gifts; we can send local smart. the advance notices of the concert, also by the Ukrainian American press, news of interest to the Bulletin so the He taught me all the things he knew, in the "Svoboda,". "Weekly," and and editors, especially "Svoboda'4 ' boys in the services may know what And even the things not to do. elsewhere. Had he done so, he would and "The Ukrainian Weekly," also> is going on back home. He gave me the test I so dread have seen that Miss Kolessa's concert "America," which gave free publicity; To you these things may appear as To see if anything sank in my head. IS under professional auspices. Ad to the concert. Unfortunately, an MEMBERS IN «HE ARMED *'^\ FORCES AT L·ONG %¿А·в*П ! In a prevfchis ^column it was re·¦ і ported that the Sons of Ukraine *So· ¦ ciety, ¾ranch 287 of the Ukrainian' 3 NEW SENSATIONAL National Association, a Jersey City; youth branch, had eleven members ; p©LkA* RECORDS BY serving in the U. S. Army and Navy. | Word has been received that three." ; SONART more of the club*s members are от\ will soon be in Army uniforms, name ly E*anUef Zurawecki, *Harry ·Kaczala, and Michael Steblecki. Another mem ber, BmH >Onufrow, is reported servf tag with the merchant *marine. This ¦ brings to firteen £he number of Branch "287 ·ntembe^s*>ngaged hi de- j 'fending "their 'country. The 1943 officers of the club ate.1 Catherine Magura, president; ^Mary Lotwmiak, ti*esni·er*· Therefore L·nt- winiak, *«ecre*tar>\ ' The *t*½hen *fras n total of 42 members of both sexes. і¡ ¦ M " - Й¡ : ¯ js¡ssm¿—Hi - PENNSYLVANIA DANCE ·<і" -· : ::·· - : sponsored by : :: : KEY STONE CLUB OF N*EW Je·RfsteY at Ukrainian Center. 180-186 imifiWfilfte^A¿ft·J. Saturday. M*teh 6. 1943 *\ MARTY AfrfES^ *4ffe 6l¾eri^tWA" ¯ ADMISSION SS¢ UNIFORMED SERVICE MEN ЗО< H ' DANCING *~p-*t TO 2VJC*M. J ^*^'^i *' . '"' % i. . . І. ·V.·" *" ' · ¯^¯^»V¯W¯' v·'··>·»·'. і^кл¯і· ^.-.ш '«*.-.·.