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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-22
kARACSONY

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a karacsonyt, akkor tulsagos
sok ideje van ra, hogy az i'm
nepre hianyzo penzet, az eveit,
a letiint karacsonyait SIAM
lalja es az elettel soha mem jo
szamolni.
Mert ahogy szamolgatom,
hogy NIT ad es NIT vesz az
elet cserebe, a barataimra, az
en- szegeny banyaszaimra, a
WPA munkak szegeny faradt
apaira kell gondolnom, akik
bizonyara szamadassal kelnek-
fekszenek ezekben a napokban.
Az egyik gyereknek cip6 KEEL
lene, a lanynak ruhara lenne
az unnepre sziiksege, az asz-
SONY az ''egylettel" szandek-
SILK ados maradni, hogy leg
alabb a Scent Napon valami-
fele kalacsot tehessen az asz-
talra. De meg ICY Sc, sehogy
Sc akar a vekony peda slim
melni.
Els ahogy ICY orakon at ell
szanakozom magam a jobara-
tain sorsan, egyszerre csak
balfele fordulva belenezek a
tiikorbe es akkor gunyos kar-
orommel felem vigyorog a
sz&madas es AIT kerdezi, hogy
hat tulajdonkepen mi jussod
van neked a mas szegenyseget
megszanni? Hat a tie eleted
micsoda, ha mem orokos gond,
ha mem az orokos ketszer-ket-
to, ami mindig csak haromra
tud kijonni?
Hat ma egesz nap mem azon
tort hideg, hogy a december
elsejen esedekes hazber ugyan
XII lesz-e januarra fizetve, hogy
a papirgyarbol megint intest
kildenek a napokban, hogy a
pedara valot pedig okvetlen elo
kell keriteni legalabb a Scent
estere.
Es hat, ha mar arrol van
$40, mem erdemeSebb-e Szegeny
Peter magyar banyasznak a
gyerek cip6jen aggodni, mint
neked azon, hogy a papirgyar
irodajaban egy checked t0bb
vagy kevesebb fog-e erkezni?
Vagy hogy a haztulajdonos
bank elnokenek kellemes lesz-e
ha a hazbert nem fogja meg
kapni? Hat mem ezerszer fon-
tosabb, mem szazezerszer erde-
mesebb gond az, hogy a kis
Marynek lesz-e vi ruhaja, vagy
a Franknek egy meleg swea-
terje?
Tudtam elore, hogy ez lesz
a vitabol, inert a magaban elo
embernek soha mem erdemes
onmagaval beszelni, de ICY
Unnep elott, kllonosen pedig
karacsony el6tt legjobb lem
ne, ha sajat maga el6l ell
bujnek.
Es ahogy szetnezek az tires
lakasban, vigasztalni kezdem
magam, hogy hat azert mem
volt mindig ICY, nem vartam
mindig magamban a kara
csonyt, hiszen az 0tven elmult
iinnep k0zt akad egy-kett6,
amit 6rizgetek, melengetek
magamban; hogy mikor sziik-
seges, el6huzzam es beszelges-
SEX veliik, amig az alom Ell
mem nyom, vagy amig az elet
be mem tolakodik valami bill
collector alal-jaban a hazamba.
Es ahogy sorra megyek
rajtuk, ugy vagyok, hogy sze-
retnek sok-Sok allomasnal le-
szallni, szeretnem megsimo-
gatni mindazokat a letiint
karacsonyokat, amelyek hagy-
tax valami melegseget a szi-
vernben. Mert hat azert va
lahogy az utols6 percben me-
gis csak mindig bekopogtatott
hozzam valamikeppen a kis
JezuS.
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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1938-12-22
tokon utaztunk es ahol

igaz baratokat talaltunk.
Az listen tudja, en- csak sci
tenn, hogy mi kot engem azok-
hoz az id6khoz, mikor az elet
t0bbi kivert kutyaival annyira
osszemelegedtiink, hogy min
den egyeb p6tolva volt, inert
egymast szerettiik.
Ahol egyszer Carolinaban
egy box-kareban talalt rank
a Kis Jezus es ahol nagyon-
nagyon boldogok voltunk
mindnyajan.
Igazan szomoru, igazan ke-
seru karacsonyra csupan egy-
seer kesziiltem azokban a szep
id0kben.
Egymaganban utaztam es
rossz karet vettem Denvernel,
amely mem delkelet fele, ha-
mem eszaHa, Omaha fele witt
ugy, hogy mem Kentucky fele
utaztam, amerre a cimboraim-
NAL reneltem talalkozni, ha-
mem Chicago fele, ahol senkit
mem kerestem.
Hat karacsony-tajt az eszaki
r6nakon hideg van. Kiilonosen
ha az ember hobonak van OIL
tozve, akik tudvalevoleg hol-
mi borkabatokban mem jar
max.
A stream-line vonatoknak
k0nnyu az Omaha Chicago
utat tiz-tizenket ora alatt be-
futni, de akkoriban a tehervo-
natnak harom nap kellett eh-
hez az uthoz es ezen a harom
napon a hideg sok k0nnyet XII
facsart a szemembol. Hiaba
csavargattam a kabat-nadrag
ala ujsagpapirt magamra, ma
sem ertem, hogy meg mem
fagytam azon a harom napon
az eszaknyugati siksagon.
Este keserien neztem a csil-
lagos eyre, pedig de nagyon
szepek a csillagok, mikor a
fensik tiszta leveg6jeben XII
gyulnak; es ugy gondoltam
magamban, hogy hasonlita-
max eek a csillagok az Almas-
sy kastely karacsonyfajahoz, a
mely hideg huvosseggel, go
gosen villogott XII a szegeny
verebelyi zsellerre, akik a ha-
rapos tanyai kutyak Matt ko-
zel sem mehettek a kastely-
hoz.
Ugy gondoltam magamban
hogy konnyi lehetett a harom
kiralyoknak a jo betlehemi eg-
hajlat alatt a csillagok utan
indulni, de bezzeg otthon ma
radtak volna mindnyajan, ha
oft is olyan hideg gunnyal
neztek volna lie a magasbol.
Es megis ere a karacsonyra
gondolok a legtobbet, annaF
az enleket szeretem meg 6
legjobban.
Hiszen dragak, szepek vol
tax az unnepek a Chaffin ne
nick hajlekaban, amirol ket
seer is irtam mar, jobaratol
voltak Two-Bits meg Spotty
azokban az id6kben, de vala
hogy a Sloan St.-i maganyom
ban egy vacogo fogu kis indi
an suhanc jelenik meg a leg
tobbsz0r, aki egy nebraska
allomas itatojanal beugrott {
karemba.
Egy-ket evvel fiatalabb lie
hetett nalamnal es en- akko,
mar a husz fele ballagtam.
Nagyon meg0riiltem neki e
kiil0nOsen akkor lettiink k0
zeli baratok, mikor kis COX
mokjab6l silt nyulhust sze
dett el6, ami ugyan hideg volt
de amt velem j6szivvel meg
osztott es ami az ehseget ma
lam megis elverte. (Akik Ike
napig mem ettek husz ewes ko
rukban, azok megertik AIT
hogy akarnailyen fagyoskoda
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Evening star., 1938-12-14

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Evening star., 1938-12-14

Is considered even more important
That is because Col. Eglin is one of
the best known United States Army
officers in Europe, having gone there
on number of important missions.
Known in Foreign Press.
His name rarely, if ever, appeared
In our public prints, but it was
often heralded in the German and
other European press when he went
over on official business. I am con-
vinced that Col. Eglin was chosen
as the victim by the high Nazi Of
flcials who are the heads of this
spy plot.
The spies decided to try to entice
him to the hotel room by faxed
Army orders. One of the spies, q
former commissioned officer in
the United States Army, and familiar
with the proper military terminol-
ogy, drew up fake message. At
the bottom it bore the name of
Maj. Gen. Malin Craig, chief of
staff of the United States Army.
The message read:
"A secret emergency SCau meeC1ng
Is scheduled to be held at the Nc
Alpin Hotel, New York, N. Y, on
Friday, January %, 1888. Your at
tendance is requested and you are
called upon to observe the following
details:
"Q You will not divulge the
nature or circumstance of the meet
ing to any one
"(2) You will appear in civilian
clothes and arrive and leave unat-
tended.
"(3) You will time your departure
so as to arrive at the Hotel McAlpin
at 1920 pm, Friday, January %.
go You will seat yourself in the
main lobby of the hotel and will
wait being PACED as Mr.. Thomas
w. Conway. After identifying your
self as such you will be escorted to
the meeting rooms.
"(5J You will bring with you III
Evening star., 1938-12-14

Hamilton, N. Y, on the wire, and
brusquely commanded to be con-
nected with the sick and wounded
clerk at Station Hospital there.
'"This is Maj. Milton" the spy
snapped. II am about to deliver
a lecture before group of ply
sicians in Brooklyn. I require the
statistical reports on venereal dis
eases in the Second Corps"
He didn't care about the venereal
disease figures. But the reports
are so drawn that in addition to
those figures they give the exact
manpower of the Army in this area
and the names of all officers and
just where they are stationed.
II am at Eighty-sixth street and
Fourth avenue, Brooklyn" the spy
continued in the same military
tones. Il am in civilian dress. You
will send those reports to me at
once. by special courier, in taxi
cab"
Eyes, sir" the Army clerk replied
eagerly. The Major shall have them
as soon as possible. A man will
start at once"
II want them in 20 minutes!"
snapped the spy, and hung up.
In 20 minutes a taxicab came
racing up to the corner and a SOL
dier leaped out, holding an official
envelope.
The spy stepped forward. Prom
Fort Hamilton?"
Eyes, sir" replied the soldier,
saluting smartly. Here it is, sir"
And he handed over the envelope.
Immediately that we learned of
the plot to seize our defense plans,
we warned COL Eglin. He was aston
ished but promised to take full pre-
cautions. In addition, we assigned
two crack G-men to guard him
and his home day and night, and
we laid plan to trap the spies if
ever they tried to go through with
the plot.
All we knew at this point came
from MIS-, the British Military In
GClAkCllCCs VIC 1ldNC VA oAuAAy AAo
espionage system of our own.
The British are much further
advanced in this branch. They
have to be, situated as they are in
a section of the world seething with
hatreds, and vulnerable as they are,
geographically, to surprise attacks.
Tripped Up By Postman.
| %;-l, ~,
Dundee, Scotland, who first tripped
up the gigantic Nazi spy ring in
America.
There lived in Dundee middle
aged hairdresser. AS far as any
one knew, the only relatives she had
were in England and in Germany.
Yet the postman noticed that she
got a great number of letters from
the United States. He saw that
she also got letters from France,
from Holland from Canada and
from South America.
He began to wonder. He COM
municated his wonderment to his
superiors. And they notified MIS-.
Shrewd, bespectacled Col. Hinchley
Cooke, chief of the counter-espion-
age division of the British War
Office, took up the trail.
Col. Cooke soon learned enough
to warrant this drastic step. He
found she had been married to a
German, killed in action with the
German Army in the World War. He
found she made frequent, mysterious
trips to Germany and went to the
Offices of high Nazi officials there
He found that she had been seen
lettering around British fortifica-
tions, sketching He issued the orders
| to examine her mail.
That's how MIS- discovered mail
Evening star., 1938-12-14

mobilization and coast defense plans
in your possession; also pertinent
maps and charts and a notebook for
entries at the meeting.
"(6) 1t is repeated that the ut
most discretion is expected of you
in regard to this meeting, as no one
is informed except those directly
concerned.
"D You will acknowledge receipt
Of this memorandum by repeating
the same to the officer telephoning
you this message.
(SigneO "MALIN CRAIG,
Major General Chief of Staff
United States Army"
The spy who wrote this was to
telephone it to COL Eglin. He was
to have him PACED as Mr.. Thomas
w. Conway and then escort him to
the trap.
Kill if Necessary.
There, as the spy led Col. Eglin
into the room, the window cleaners
were to leap in, heavily armed, and
overpower him. If necessary, they
were 10 XIII nlI1l.
After stripping him of the plans,
they were to change into ordinary
clothing. leaving their window clean
er disguises behind. They were also
going to leave a copy of the Daily
Worker, New York Communist pa
per, as if forgotten in their haste.
This was to show that Communists
did it all.
Preposterous? That's what Mai.
Dalton thought at first, and so did
I. OF course Col Eglin wouldn't
have gone into that trap.
But on second thought, why not?
After all, we are at peace, and to-
tally lacking in py-consciousness
in this country. Col. Eglin would
have had no reason to suspect any
thing, except perhaps through the
oddness of the meeting place. But
it sounded like a real military Or
der, and its very preposterous braz-
enness was in it's favor and Col.
Eglin's soldierly training is to obey
orders.
1t is interesting to note that COL
Eglin actually did have such plans
in his possession. It is not custom
ary for officers of his rank to be
custodian of such plans. But Col
Eglin is more important member
of our Army command than his rank
indicates, and as commandant of
Fort Totten, he had access to these
plans. How the Nazi spies knew
this we still do not know.
The most impressive point is that
somewhat similar plot did work!
BY just so simple a procedure
the same spy, discovered long later
in my investigation, did get con-
1dential Information from an Army
post here.
Evening star., 1938-12-14
10 Davidson Exhibit Set

Busts and drawings of military
and Government officials made
along the Spanish Civil War front
by 10 Davidson will be exhibited
here early next month, it was an
nounced yesterday. The exhibit in
cludes 10 heads and 10 drawings
which were done last summer. The
show by the American sculptor will
open January 3 and close Janu-
ary 16.
Evening star., 1938-12-14
How Nozi Spies Plotted to Seize Fort Totten
Commander and Steal Defense Plans
By Leon G.. TurrOu,
Former Ace G-Man,
AS told to
DAVID q. WITTELS.

DAVID ". "1I1 GASs
In the very beginning the level
headed, keen-witted F. B. I. men
could scarcely credit what Maj. j.
n. Dalton OF ca, our Military In
telligence, told us that January
morning when he first showed us
proof that Nazi spies were operating
here. There was no motive! Ger
many and the United States were
not at war. We were supposed to be
friendly nations. Her people here
had utmost liberty; we even permit
uniformed Nazi Storm Troopers to
drill, and accord them police protec-
ton, in all our cities. 1t was prepos-
ferrous to think that the Nazis could
be doing this to us!
Yet-there it was. Maj. Dalton
had been aghast and incredulous,
too, and so had 1t. Col. c. M. Bus
bee of the general staff, War De-
partment, Washington. But they had
checked back on their sources thor
oughly. There could be no doubling
the amazing hair-raising details
Maj. Dalton relayed to us.
Here are the high lights Of the
details he gave us:
Cd Nazi spies had worked out a
plan to overpower Col. Henry w. T.
Eglin, commanding officer of Fort
Totten, N. Y, and rob him of the
secret plans of our coast defense.
Fort Totten is headquarters Of the
62d Coast Artillery District.
y,1onYino fn
steal the confidential codes and
maps of our Air Corps.
60 Copies of White House sta
tionery were to be prepared in Ger
many. President Roosevelt's sigma
ture was to be forged on them in a
spectacular effort to secure the COM
plete blueprints of our newest air.
craft carriers, the Enterprise and
Yorktown.
Instructions From Bremen.
a. The spies, particularly one in
New York who signed himself
Grown" were receiving instruc-
tions from a mysterious IN. Spiel
man." in Bremen, Germany, and
communicating with him through a
spy relay station at Dundee, Scot
land. Keep that name, IN. Spiel
man." we'll in mind. We will run
across it again-and discover the
true identity behind it,
We went into action on the Col.
Englin angle first, for that was the
most Immediately threatening.
How were these spies going to
overpower Col. Eglin? Here is the
plot. For the sake of conference I
will at this point include facts which
we uncovered only long afterward.
A spy was to rent a room in the
McAlpin Hotel, Broadway and
Thirty-fourth street, New York City.
Two spies, disguised as window
cleaners, were to be stationed out
side that room.
The problem was how to get Col.
Eglin into that room with the secret
plans. At first the spies planned
to have woman lure him there.
But they gave up that idea after
they completed an exhaustive check
up on Col. Eglin and found his
habits and his private life beyond
reproach.
The staff work of these spies is
thorough. A spy who was in that
plot, but who never saw Col. Eglin,
months later was able to give me an
exact description of him.
The spy couldn't or wouldn't tell
me why they picked on Col Eglin,
but as investigated further it be-
came obvious. Col. Eglin is an i'm
portant officer in this country, but
in Germany and Central Europe he
Evening star., 1938-12-14
relay station for vast, international

relay station for a vast, international
Nazi spy ring.
The envelopes were addressed to
Mrs. Jesse Jordan, but the. letters
inside were written to the mysterious
IN. Spielman," at Bremen.
What MIS- did about letters which
revealed Nazi spies in Great Britain
is England's affair. For what she
did, Mrs. Jesse Jordan has been SEN
fenced to four years in a British
prison.
Letters to u. S. Found.
But among the intercepted letters
were several from America. In them
the Nazi spy in America who signed
himself Grown" submitted for the
final approval of IN. Spielman"
progress reports Of his activities
against the United States. These
Mis- turned over to our ca.
And among them were the detailed
plans for stealing our defense plans
for Col. Elgin
Crowns" letters to IN. Spielman"
indicated that Grown" was a for
mer pilot in the United States Army
Air Corps and that he had recently
applied for reappointment.
When it came to fill out the space
as to choice of station" wrote this
traltorous Nazi spy here to his mas
ter in Germany, Il named the fol-
lowing in the order given:
Mitchell Field, Long Island, N. Y.
"Barksdale Field, La.
"Albrook Field, Canal Zone.
Il named Mitchell Field as choice
No. because it is the headquarters
of the Eastern division of the GHQ
A. F. I have comrades out there
and can do some good work there,
such as code books, maps, etc.
Il am awaiting your instruc-
tions. ="
And so, in the search for Grown" ="
the F. B. I. checked up on every for
mer Army pilot who recently had
applied for re-enlistment. We fol-
| lowed them, we checked on their
movements, we used every kind of
investigative ability we had.
But in vain. We got no trace of
Grown"
Clue in Personal Notice.
Every moment we expected the
telephone to ring and bring word of
spectacular spy coup against us.
Remember, we knew also of the
scheme to reproduce White House
stationery and to forge President
Roosevelt's signature. Any minute
we expected something to happen on
that angle.
If we had been psychic, we might
have gone back to the personal
notices in the New York Times for
April 6 and April 10, 1896, and have
found the following:
THEODORE KOERNER - LETTER RE-
celved, please send reply and address to
Evening star., 1938-12-14

added, when their 8-year-old son
observed 'Daddy's singing of key
again" Her husband, upset the
breakfast table at that remark, she
stated. So, she sued for divorce.
Evening star., 1938-12-14

for fear of physical violence because
she had expressed doubt Of her hus-
bands ability as q singer.
The breaking point came, she
Evening star., 1938-12-14

The Nazi spies got orders from
their headquarters in Germany to
obtain the exact figures on the
strength of our Army in the Sec
ond Corps Area, and the names of
the commanding officers, and other
data.
Do you know how they got it2
BY a telephone call. A Nazi spy
picked up a telephone, got Fort
Evening star., 1938-12-14

That was an important clue-a
possible key to the whole thing
had we only known it. But how
could we?
Copyright: 1898. Copyright under In
ternatlonal Copyright Union. All rights re-
served under Inter-American Copyright
Union Q910). by Leon G. TurrouJ
Evening star., 1938-12-14

Code of the Nazi spies.
This was part of the evidence
of the trial. The code reads:
Dear Jenni-Call on Mrs.
Moog between 4 and 5 on day
of sailing. The doctor should
not know. Your Karl"
Evening star., 1938-12-14
Sensitive Singer

LOS ANGELES, (F.-Mona Gleed
filed complaint that on several oc-
casions she was forced to leave home
Evening star., 1938-12-14

THEODORE KOERNER - LETTER RE.
ceived, please send reply and address tc
SANDERS, Hamburg /, Postbox 500. Ger
many
Evening star., 1938-12-14

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Evening star., 1938-10-23
Course to Give
Girls Pointers
On nAppearance

A course In personal appearance will
be given at the Institute of Social Arts,
20l7 s street, commencing Friday at
6:15 pm.
A series of weekly one-and-a-half
hour periods will be devoted to the
various factors that 60 to make up a
pleasing personality. Advice will be
given each member Of the class regard
ing the style Of dress and coiffure best
suited to her; suggestions for methods
Of improving posture and manner will
be made, and each student will record
her voice for purposes Of self-criticism.
Miss Dorothy Ely. recently of New
York, now at Best's Connecticut avenue
shop, will have charge Of the evening
devoted to style. Mrs. Eileen Scott
Williams, who has lectured widely in
Europe and America on beauty prob
lens, will talk on the care Of the skin
and posture. and Hester Walker Beall
Of the speech faculty of the University
Of Maryland will discuss the import
ance Of cultivated voice and conver-
sational ability in expressing the per-
sonality. Several other lecturers have
been engaged to speak.
Evening star., 1938-10-23
SIX CO-EDS CHOSEN
AS CLASS OFFICERS
Seniors Elect Miss Alice Tuohy
as Secretary-Miss Graney
Among Others Named.

Six co-eds are among those chosen
TO class ONCE at Columbus University
last week.
In the Law School the senior class
elected as its secretary Miss Alice NJ.
Tuohy, secretary to Representative
Tolan, Democrat, Of California, while
the postgraduate class elected as its
secretary Miss Melva Graney, employed
at the Department Of Justice.
The School Of Accountancy co-eds
chosen for ONCE were:
Sara Rhinehart, legal section Of the
Internal Revenue, vice president CT the
senior class.
Catherine Repetti, Federal Housing
Administration, secretary Of the senior
class.
Bertha Fedele, u s. Maritime Com
mission, vice president of the junior
class.
Mary Rita Hunt, Rural Electrifica-
tion Administration, treasurer Of the
junior class.
Other officers include Eileen Gal.
lagher, enrolled on a scholarship from
Holy Trinity High School, and Gene
S. Donnelly, Bureau Of the Mint, gov
ernors Of the freshman class.
Also elected were: Senior law class,
Albert Clayton, president; William H.
Fullaway, vice president; Richard
Tydings, treasurer; Raymond GAL
lagher, sergeant at arms.
Postgraduate law class-Philip Bass
ford, president; William H. Naylor,
vice president; Robert Bailey, treas
urer, and Kenneth Foster, sergeant
at arms
Senior neutrality-suspicious. ]. CO.
misky, president; Albert Schaffer,
treasurer
Junior accountancy-Paul E. Carr,
president; Robert Evan, secretary, and
Robert Sproul and Henry Lubanski,
executive committee.
Postgraduate accountancy - Gus
Chaconas, president; Thomas S. Roney,
secretary; Morris Grabel, treasurer. =,
Freshman accountancy-John Nor
ris, James P. Stewart. James w. Brown
and Vincent P. Burch, board Of
governors.