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The Ukrainian Weekly 1939, No.13 www.ukrweekly.com Supplement to the SVOBODA, Ukrainian Daily - No. 13 JERSEY CITY, N. J., SATURDAY MARCH 25, 193$ ш REPLICA OF UKRAINIAN HOME CARPATHO "EOBIN HOODS" WINS FIRST PRIZE CONTINUE FIOHT AGAlNSr' A miniature Ukrainian peasant HUN GAB! AT** TROOPS home won first prize last-Tuesday Hungarian troops occupying^Car-' in an international home model gary s patho-Ukraine' are still encounter-, competition among Girl Scout ing > strong • resistance by Ukrainian troops^of New York City. It was Those interested in studying-the development of a Sitch Guards, who-want an inde* bufiyby Troop 49. The prize, $5, policy of oppression and denatk>nafiSiation of:a national pendent country, stated an Asso­ was awardecrto the winning troop's ciated Press dtepatth ' last Tues­ representative, Natah'a Kulynitch, minority, should turn their attention to Carpatho-Ukraine day from Bratislava, Slovakia.-' Ukramian.'bf'424 East 9tft Street. under? Hungarian domination. A few hundred - of • the Sitch . Reports and pictures of this award Guards who arrived at Bratislava appeared in New York dailies. This formerly autonomous region, the- smallest sec­ .)$ЛШ0І^і^_мааегЦ& according The thatched roof of the model tion of ethnographic Ukraine, was-invaded last week by to the djspatchv'that several thou* Ukrainian home is- removable to sand Carpatho-Ukrainian .national­ show the authentic construction of Hungarian troops, its sovereignty destroyed; ІЄШШІ&ІУ ists were leading Robin- Stood lives | the interior, which consists of a formally annexed by Hungary; not without, however, the in the- Carpathians in- their- fight combination living and sleeping strongest resistance*-by' its inhabitants-, especially their' against annexation. In the There* room, and the store room separ­ sia valley, they -further stated,-the ated by a corridor from'the main defense corps, the Ukrainian Siteh Guards, who^fljgirmed Carpatho-Ukraimans- have ert- room. An oven and'-tiny pieces of • and untrained have nevertheless fought the invaders every 11 enrlu ні (liqjfinrlirrn strongly, with . і furniture usually found in a Ukrain­ foot of the way and are- continuing the fight p> this -very - plenty of machine guns- and -ан£ j ian peasant home, including a two- munition and-an ample food sup? inch broom, are in their proper .day. Bill ply, beeause of available•gamev places in the model. Prior to the annexation and during its earlier "stages, . Girls who built the* house .are J Elsie Fedoruk, Natalia Kulynitch, Hungary assured the Carpatho-Ukrainians that "under her, Better-Shewing-Than, AB Others Olga Popenik, and Sophie Regush. rule they would enjoy the fullest autonomy:- Naturally, In his- wirelessed 'dispatch last It is now being exhibited at the these assurances did not fool them in least, fdr they Sunday, • P.- J. PhlEp, Paris cor­ Manhattan Council of Girl Scouts, well rememb^^l* how "they were mistreated by her prior respondent of the New York Tunes-, ffffi§j§fc Lexington'-llSSre. Second prize 1 stated thafo' "Those£ Ukrauuan" і was won by a Swiss chalet,' and to the World ;War, how- ruthlessly she repB^ed every peasants in the extreme- eastern4Ц honorable mention was -awarded to manifestation of their national consciousness. So' they tip of * that composite- repubSc Ц Swedish, Finish and English homes. which was Czecho-SlovaMa madeVa^ Judges were. Dr. Leopold Ar- kept on fighting.; |§Ш better showing of determinatioti naud, dean of -architecture, and ™ to keepi-their- independence thah^j A'bare week-has elapsed since the first of these as­ - Professor William Lescaze, visiting' ; - did any of the others and they | critic of architecture, both of/>Cb- surances were made in the Hungarian Parliament, and were fighting against the longest - lumbia University, and Mrs.-Ruth already'it is very evident that they'were -deliberate falser odds." Witherspoon, art director of the Children's World at the World' hoods. For recent American press dispatches clearly in­ YOUNG'UKltAfi«AN-AMBBICAN Fair. Present during the awarding dicate that Hungary is up to her old tricks again,-of op­ KHXEITiN BtJST was Mrs". Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., - pressing and attempting to denationalize the Ukrainians/ . Peter bisghikj4 20^' икгіШап^ I chairman of the board" of GJrl who once more have found themselves under her misrule. American, whb was ^visiting Car- | Scout Federation of Greater New patho-Ukraine; wtttr his-' father}j Yor One of the first signs of the renewal of this pre-war .. Kalina: Lissiuk, was shor" and [ 4llB killed in Hust on March 14, during " CHICAGO WINS U.N*.A; Mti>- policy, appears in the recent statements made'by Hun­ I the fighting that was taking place f WEST TOURNEY garian officials in "which they refe'r to^^^Jarpatl^Ukraifle-' к^Йй between* the* 'attacking 7fiftmfiT A smooth functioning Chicago, as "Sub-Carpathian Russia." Moreover, they declare that' gariatt troops and the defending Young Ukrainian Nationalist "Russian is the dominant language" of that region, when Ukrainian Sitch GuardSi ВҐ# had Branch No. 1, five captured the ; . left the sheKer of u house against First Midwest Open U.N.A. Bas-^ they well know that "it is Ukrainiani Furthermore' aH j the advice of his father, in order ketball Championship, by defeating official announcements in Carpatho-Ukraine are printed' to take pictures-of the fighting the scrappy Rossford "Ukes" quin­ now in Hungarian' and ;Russian, and none in Ukrainian. going' on. When hefailed^^gtjg tet in an overtime thriller, 42-38. turn, his father went searching for The .Y.U.N. Branch No. J's ability Finally,"a Czarist Russian flag has been hoisted this week him and found him dead in the - to sink free throws and Rossfords in Uzhorod (Ungvar in Hungarian), and uniformed Czar- fields, with a buffet through his inability to do likewise played a ist Russians are becoruing-increasingly active in this city hearts ІІ||Р* large part in deciding the winner. Peter's mether, ПНІЖІИІИШ of j George Felt, spark. plug of' the which is once more the capital- of Carpatho-Ukraine. 25& Lexington- Aventt^^ Passaic Y.U.N. five, ran off with the scor­ told- reporters-1 that her' husband ing honors with six j baskets and AH'this is clear proof of the renewal by Hungary, of and Son bad-left OLThited -States en five free throws. The Kornowa her pre-war policy, of making- it appear that Carpatho- February l«'Jttf take motion pic­ boys, Paul and Anjijri.'were potent Ukraine is inhabited-not by Ukrainians but by Russians, tures iri 'Carpatho-Ukraine. factors in Rossford's attack, net­ for to make them appear • as Hungarians is impossible as K 5, Peter Was a'^romin^Ett^ high ting 12 and 8 points respectively. school athlete* In Passaic, excetting The acbre at the half was 19 to Hungarians are''not' a Slavic people. in 'football, ЙЄ is su4rvived Ьу/ЩЖ 14 in favor of Rossford. yotm^e^brbthe*, W^ftter;i'l?, and І The "АкгШ4 Uk«^^defen«tog What; then, is the purpose of- this policy ? his parents. ^flf mid-west champions, took third place by defeating the Chicago The same as before: To hinder the chances of the UKRAINIANS. FOUorfi^p Y.U.N. Branch No. 9 by a score Carpatho-Ukrainiansof cooperating! with their kinsmen Editor Jersey;Joiirnai: :'ЩШ of 45 to 2X. Top scorers for Akron under Poland, Soviet'Union, and Rumania towards-the- ^'Ctawards cannot be free men," j were J. Deak and 3|Шичіга with goal of a free and independent'"Ukraine. you observe'editorially. 14 and 11 points respectively. W. When the Hungarians invaded : Husayko, guard,' was high scorer Will this poKcy be successful? Carpatho-Ukraine so. aa to annex <-*, for Y.U.N. Branch No. 9 with 8 ! the country^ did the Ukrandans .'-' і points. ШШІ Very little, if at all. Carpatho-Ukraine has tastedV flee? Did they-welcomfe the "Huns , The first place "trophy was pre­ national freedom, and she will now fight for it^harder- enthusiastically? They most ce»- ь: sented to Michael Megas, manager than before: Also, the world has learned something... of- •^айЯУ"did not! 1 am prdud I ant^ ШрШе Y.UJg&Branch No. 1 team, a -Ukmmiej|f^|iv-where else- щ Kuf T by Nicholas Muraszko, President Carpatho-Ukraine and of* her Ukrainian population; lan^ rope is there a people that. fights I of the U.N.A. The U.NCA: Athletic guage and culture; American press" correspondent^"hive for its rights? To think that a Director, Gregory Herman, pre­ often pointed out very clearly that the Ukrainian lan­ mere handful of my ccomtrymen : sented the second place trophy to guage spoken in Carpatho-Ukraine - is the-same as-hv have made Europe lobk ridiculous ;, manager Tony Bobak of "the Ross­ by actually fighting for their comf-1 ford team. The third place trophy other parts of Ukraine; It will be difficult now to convince' try, makes the Ukrainian blood run . was presented wTQetor Pulk, man­ this world that overnight all thisІ has changed to Rueeiaa. through my veins at a faster beat. 'I ager of the Akron team, by John FhlaHyv as American press dispatches themselves stress, The Ukrabrtans' fdught a losing Kohut, President of the Chicago ЩШ»^Ш8|£they Fonght--r-and ; U.N.A. Sport's Division. the Ukrainian national movement is-too powerful to re­ that is more than I can say for Close to 1,500 people attended main quelled for long Anywhere. • 0Щ anyibther people in Enrope today. ; the two day tournament. The eight І The world now knows - that the \ teams that wac^ entered in the All this Hungary and the other oppressors of Ukraine Ukratofans are really-serious where ;Ц; First Midwest Open U.N.A. Basket­ should realize before it is too late, before they experience their'complete independence is coit- • ball Tournament were, Windsor, .jcerned.
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