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THE REMARKABLE STORY OF ELIZABETH FRANKOWSKIPOLISH AMERICAN — PAGE JOURNAL 19 • OCTOBER 2015 OCTOBER IS ... www.polamjournal.com 1 Polish American YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN Heritage Month OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY A Naional Celebraion of Polish History, Culture and Pride in Cooperaion with the Polish American Congress and Polonia across JOURNALDEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE America ESTABLISHED 1911 OCTOBER 2015 • VOL. 104, NO. 10 | $2.00 www.polamjournal.com A MODEL OF SUCCESS POLONIA CAN FOLLOW • WARSAW UPRISING REMEMBERED • POL-AM EDUCATORS HONORED WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO DO? • “WALKING” ON A WASHINGTON STREET • POLISH OPERA COMES TO DETROIT “CUT-A-LOUSE-KEY” OR ANGLO-MANGLING • ILLINOIS POLONIA LOSES AN ADVOCATE • KOSCIUSZKO GOES MISSING Hagel to Address Conference Wisła Gives Up Newsmark Her Secrets WARSAW— A World BIEDRZYCKI NEW VFW COMMANDER. The Veterans War II Russian fi ghter plane, of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW) concluded its pieces of Jewish tombstones, 116th National Convention by electing Pittsburgh-native PHOTO: POST-GAZETTE bridges, boats, and ceramic John A. Biedrzycki, Jr. as its new na- objects dating as far back as tional commander. 700 BC have been uncovered Biedrzycki served in the U. S. Army as Poland’s rivers dropped to from 1967-1970. He served in Korea record lows this summer. The with the 7th Infantry Division, and his Wisła (Vistula) is among Po- decorations include the Armed Forces land’s rivers at their lowest Expeditionary Medal and Korean De- levels since measurements fense Medal. He is a VFW Legacy Life began in the late 18th century. Member and served in elected and ap- Firefi ghters worked to re- pointed positions at the post, county, trieve the remains of a Soviet district and department (state) levels prior to his elections fi ghter plane, its pilots, and to national offi ce. He has been a member of the VFW for Jewish tombstones from the 46 years, having fi rst joined the VFW at Post 418 in McK- Vistula and its tributaries. ees Rocks, Pa., in 1969. “The Vistula river is hid- In his acceptance speech, the VFW’s new leader called ing no end of secrets. They on the organization’s nearly 1.4 million members to re- are everywhere,” said Jonny commit themselves in service to others, which was one Daniels, head of the Jew- of the primary reasons his organization’s founders formed ish foundation “From the in 1899, and formerly merged here in Pittsburgh in 1914. Depths,” who waded into He also urged everyone to consider how much poorer the CHUCK HAGEL, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, will deliver the keynote address at this a shallow area of the Vis- country would have been had the VFW never existed. year’s conference hosted by the American Polish Advisory Council. tula, picking up fragments of A retired high school history teacher, Biedrzycki also WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partner- stones bearing Hebrew script. stressed that “freedom isn’t free” – something America Polish Advisory Council (APAC), a Washing- ship on trade, jobs and energy independence. The remains of the Soviet tends to forget. ton-based nonprofi t, bi-partisan organization The conference will be opened by the Hon- fi ghter plane were discovered with a mission to politically engage Polish orable Ryszard Schnepf, Ambassador of the in the Bzura river, a tribu- ROBOT HELPS YOUNG CP PATIENTS. Two young Pol- Americans, announced that former U.S. Sec- Republic of Poland to the United States. tary of the Vistula near the ish scientists were honored for creating a robot, which aids retary of Defense, the Honorable Chuck Ha- This year’s panelists include: Dr. James village of Kamion in central in rehabilitating children affl icted with cerebral palsy. gel will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Zogby, president of the National Demo- Poland. The pieces have been Grzegorz Piątek and Bartłomiej Wielogórski, both grad- Polish American Conference. cratic Ethnic Coordinating Council; Mike placed in a museum in nearby uates of Krakow’s AGH University of Science and Tech- The 2015 conference will take place on Wild, Deputy Director on Redistricting for Wyszogród. Additional re- nology, were awarded a cash prize of one-hundred thou- October 10, 2015 at the Atlantic Council the Republican National Committee; Adam covery work is planned. Di- sand dollars in the competition launched just this year to Headquarters located at 1030 15th Street Wilczewski, political strategist and consul- rector of the Vistula Museum, recognize innovative business ideas and inventions. Northwest, in Washington, D.C. tant; Katarzyna Klimasinska, energy expert Zdzisław Leszczyński, said The contest was part of the fi fth Investment Forum in APAC’s Conference is held in a different at Bloomberg TV; Ted Bormund, Ph.D., from parts of Soviet uniforms, a Tarnow, instituted within the framework of the ongoing city each year and focuses on some of the most the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at parachute, a sheepskin coat Krynica Economic Forum. pressing issues concerning Polish Americans, the Heritage Foundation; Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff, collar, parts of boots, a pilot’s The “automatic gait trainer,” initially constructed by as well as those shaping the U.S.-Poland stra- Deputy Director of the Russia and Eurasia TT pistol and radio equip- Grzegorz Piatek four years ago, is now in production, tegic partnership. This year’s program, in Program at the Center for Strategic and Inter- ment and a lot of heavy am- manufactured by Prodrobot, and recently became available addition to remarks by Secretary Hagel and national Studies; and Eric Stewart, President munition were found. The for purchase. Ted Kontek from the State Department, will of the U.S.-Poland Business Council. inscriptions on the control include a panel discussion on the importance Participants will also be updated on efforts panel and on the radio equip- GOOD NEWS. Poland’s unemployment rate is expected of the ethnic vote in the U.S. presidential elec- to secure Poland’s membership in the U.S. See “Wisła ...,” page 4 to fall to single digits this month, said Labor Minister Ko- tions and on the potential implications of the see “Hagel ...,” page 4 siniak Kamysz, quoting Labor Ministry estimates. The rate fell to 10.0% in August at which time it was predicted that from September on the rate would continue to fall. Poland Still Bypassed Holocaust Survivor RADIO REPRISAL. Poland and the Netherlands are join- by Refugee Mainstream Repays Ultimate Debt ing forces to counter so-called “Russian propaganda” with “Promised land” the border of the European Helps Resettle a new Russian-language “content factory,” after U.S. Sena- Union. There they have easily tor John McCain insisted that propaganda is key to “win- Germany is the penetrated a razor-wire bar- Christians in ning the Cold War” without a single shot. Main Destination rier border and clashed with Warsaw The Dutch-Polish news agency will offer TV, radio, and Hungarian police. online content in the Russian-language across in the coun- by Robert Strybel LONDON — A Jewish The refugee traffi c sky- tries of Russia and Eastern Europe. It is planned that the WARSAW–For months, Barron in Britain, who was rocketed overnight after agency will start working next year, with the Netherlands the refugee crisis has been a rescued by Christians from and Poland hoping that other EU States will join them. constant theme of Poland’s German Chancellor Angela his homeland of Austria dur- The project will “give the tools and the capacities for TV news programs. There Merkel said Germany would ing the Holocaust in 1938, Russian language [media] and Russian social media to have been harrowing images welcome 800,000 refugees has established an effort to work on the basis of objective information … with the ex- of drowning children, refu- by the end of the year. The rescue over 2,000 Christians change of different viewpoints”, said Bert Koenders, the gees crossing the Mediter- German government even re- at risk of being killed by the Dutch foreign minister. Koenders added that that there was ranean aboard rubber rafts, leased a video in Arabic and Islamic State terrorist organi- a “broad support” for the endeavor from EU foreign min- being herded on and off trains other languages showing a zation in Iraq and Syria. isters. and beaten by police. An end- refugee being welcomed by Ninety-fi ve-year-old Lord The new news agency will be “something which doesn’t less stream of weary, bedrag- German border offi cials giv- George Weidenfeld, who use the language of propaganda or aggression, but which gled refugees with children in ing him money, a place to once faced very similar cir- Lord George Weidenfeld has real, reliable information,” said Polish Foreign Minis- tow is regularly shown trudg- stay and asking: “What else cumstances — the possibility ter, Grzegorz Schetyna. ing on foot to “freedom and can we do for you?” The re- of being martyred simply for which is an initiative de- “One of the key elements of winning the Cold War prosperity.” Syrians fl eeing sponse was overwhelming. one’s faith — said he had a signed to help at least 2,000 without fi ring a shot … is the propaganda – the message, their war-torn country usually Thousands of refugees were debt to repay. at-risk Christians fl ee to safe- the social networking,” said McCain. travel through Greece, Mace- soon pounding on Germany’s He established the Wei- ty in Poland. donia, Serbia and Hungary, See “Refugee ...” page 5 denfeld Safe Havens Fund, See “Warsaw ...,” page 4 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • OCTOBER 2015 ALMANAC VIEWPOINT Follow us on Facebook or visit us A Model of Success Polonia Can Follow on the internet at: polamjournal.com In just over a year, America will elect its That is just what Polonia needs.