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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-07

hez tartozik, aH az enyen, mienk, akl.
miatt aggodunk, akit szeretiink es ad VI
es furcsa tartalmat hozott csendes nap
iainkba.
Ez az erzes, anaelyet most neked tit
nyiltan bevallottam, oily titokzatos volt
es az en- szememben annyira szegyentel-
jes is, hogy mem nsertem feiesegemnek
bevallani Ma mar inkabb biiszke va
gyok ra.
Icy teltek napok es egyik napunk
vidamabb volt, mask csiiggeteg, aszerint
hogy a legyecske vidaman viselkedett,
vagy aggasztoan, csendesen es banatosan
Mar megel Szilveszterig = lei
kendezett egyik nap felesegem Mas
nap azonban k0nryek k0zt talaltam. =
Beteg ez a legy! Higyje Ell neken1, nem
lesz jo vege! Mar mozogni is alig, tud!
Oh, hat hiaba gondoztam maig
Es ilyen aggodalmak es ilyen 0r0n10k
mer6s csaladot lattunk vendegil es az
lido nagyon kellenlesen tet el. Vegre az
Greg ora, mely egykor nagyanyamat latta
rozsaszinben es uden, eltitotte az ejfelet.
Ekkor a felesegem folkelt szeker6l es
behozta a szobaba az asztalkaj laval egyiitt
legyet. Es diadalmasan neselte el
csodalkozo vendegeknek, mi ennek a kis
allatnak a titka. E,s boldog volt es ne
vetett, inert legy cit; oft maszkalt
papiron, mely poharbol val6 lakasat
parkettazta.
Neztem ct: kedves, kedves ds joszag,
ugy latszik, jo nyugalomban es az al
lando condos koszton elhizott, hatarozot
tan k0verebb volt, mint mindazok a le
gyek, aniket eletemben LATHAM valaha
Csillogo volt es tiszta, tan kozben min
dennap fiird0tt is vizzel tell tanyer-
kaban es szarnyait rebbentgette neha,
mint ahogy beteg ember, ah hetszamra
agyban fekidt, nyujtoztatja a labait.
Es ekkor valami szornyiiseges dolog
tortent.
felesegem levette legyr6l a po-
harat es a legy oft ALT szabadon, egyedtil
feher papirlapon. Egeszen bizonyos,
hogy mem ertette meg els6 pillanatra, NIT
ielent ez, mem ertette meg, hogy iitott a
szabadsag oraja es isrnet a maga ura
lett; vagy az is lehet, a fogsag annyira
elernyesztette, hogy fel Sc tudott volna
meg egyszer repul1i, mem is tudott volna
elmenekJlni Kedves, alazatos es szanal-
mas volt ebben pillanatban, amint a
szabadjara lett levegon, osszehuzott
szarnyakkal es kifeszitett labakkaI nyil-
van melyen csodalkova es megrettenve
ALT hofeher mez6ben.
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-07

Es elkkor. tortent az, amt en- rettene-
tes dolognak neveztem az el6bb.
A felesegem felnevetett es tenyerevcl
lecsapott a legyre:
Megolte, egyetlen mozdhiatta.
Mines rad tobbe sziiKsegiir1k,
mondta vidaman - Isten veled
Kis baratunk ctt fekiidt egykori la-
kasa pall6jan, ellapitva es szett0rve, eg-
mex meredt apro labaival
Engern abban pillanatban olyan
rossz erzes, olyan felhaborodas es olyan
merhetetlen felindultsag fogott ell, hogy
kmentem szobabol Szikrazott a see
mem es fajt egesz BENSON Mintha EN-
ram utottek volns, iszonyatosan, er6tel-
jesen es kegyetlenii1.
Mem legy baratom, ne erts felre,
ilyen gyermekes nem vagyok, mem az a
paranyi kis aldozat mem, nen1, hanem az
sujtott lie es toltott ell egyetlen pil1anat
alatt undorral, hogy ez brutalis es ke-
gyetIen gesztus, n1eIy els0porte a legyet,
szetlebbentette fatyolt egy en1beri lelek
fe1ett, melyet ketsegtelen - nem is
mertem addig napig.
Magyarazzam meg b6vebben? Ma
gyarazzam meg, hogy mi lehet az az er11-
beri lelek, mely minden szeretetet es go1d-
jat rakolti hetekig egy lenyre, hogy aztan
nnikor szuksege t0bbe "a nincs, kio1tsa es
megsemmisitse -. Magyarazzam ext meg
neked? Fessem 1e el0tted EFT kegyet-
len es megdobbento vilagossagot, mely
azzal mozdulatta1 es abban pillanat-
ban elem tarult?
Es mondjam meg el AIT is, hogy ettol
kezdve mintha szemem egy buvos erin
tesre kinyi1t volna, egesz nyiltsaggal es
elfogulatlansaggal figyeltem ennek a bru-
talisan megnyilatkozott asszonyi leleknek
minden rezzeneset? Meseljem el azokat az
apro dolgokat, arniket azelott eszre sem
vettem, amik azel6tt fel Sc tintek es anik
a legyecske holttesteb6l egyetlen megrazo
es kiabrandito lancolatban sorakoztak
lassan egynas melle es athurkoltak es
megfojtottAk szerelnaemet es hazaseletiink
nyugalmat?
En- ait hiszem. mindez mar mem fon-
tos.
Eletiink es szcrelmiink halala abban
a pillanatban elkczd6dott, anlikor az 8
gyengenek es j6nak hitt keze Szilveszter
estejen egy legyre lecsapott. Meg eltelt
nehany honap, amig ez szerelem es ez
az elet meghalt. TJnalmasak lennenek
reszletek.
Most lit allok egyedtl, szabadon es
megkonnyebbilve megszabadulva valaH-
t6l, kinek erteke addig volt, mig homaly-
ban ALT el6tten. Mert nincs sz0rnyiibb,
mint eletiinket megosztani valakivel, aht
mem ismeriink, vagy akit felreismeriink.
Az en- vallamr6l egy riadt kis maga-
nyosan csatangolo legy vette le ext a
szornyuseget.
70. fnxafo a
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-07
Hogy miert valtam el a felesegemt6l?

Hogy miert valtam el feleSegemt6l?
Csodalkozm fogsz rajta baratom, ha
elmondom. Oily paranyi semmisegnek
think maid az egesz, mint egy kis kavics
az utszelen. De egy ilyen kis hegyes ka-
vics kepeS a rohano autot kilyukasztani,
megallitani, felboritani, pozdorjava t0rni
Egg meglazult szeg leggyonyoribben ha-
lad6 gyorsvonatot katasztrofaba tudja don
teni.
Semmisegeken mulik emberek dolgok,
vilagok sora.
Hogy egy olyan szep, okos es jo asz-
SONY, mondod te. Igaz Sep volt, okos
volt es jo volt, legalabb is mindnyajan ait
hittiik te u.s. en- is, mas is, mindenki FL
fogadtam, ugy, ahogy az listen nekem
megteremtette es soha mem gondolkoztam
felette soha mem fiirkesztem, egyszeriien
csak szerettem, szepen, cs0ndesen es
megelegedetten.
Es bizonyara szeretnem es elnek
csendben vele ma is, ha mem roppen belle
az eletlnkbe egyszer egy legy. Ugy van,
ez az egesz egy kozonseges kis legy, allatok
szemetese, utolsoja, senkije, egy veletlen
bogarka, ez s0tetitette ell boldogsagunkat,
ez vilagositotta fel elmemet, ez tepett ben
niinket kettle ;. vagy hogy egeszen oszinte
legyek, ez tett engem szabadda, oily sza-
badda, hogy meg ma is, anikor mar csak
emlekezem, konnyebbiilten sohajtok fel.
Furcsa, ugy-e. Hihetetlen. Hat csak
hallgasd meg.
Gondolom, egy decemberi esten tor
tent, haloszobankban, hogy ez bizo-
nyos ks legy sorsunkba bereptlt. Ej-
szaka volt, sotet volt, mar aludni akartunk
S egyszerre mind ketten ugyanarra
neszre lettunk figyelmesek. Valami hal
kan ziimmogott ide-oda ut6dott zsongott,
remegett, kiizdott IS verg6dott, oily hal
kan, hogy ha veletlenil mem olyan csendes
helyen lakunk, Italian soha meg sem hal
lottuk volna.
Mi az? - kerdezte felesegem.
- AIT hiszem, egy legy.
- Legy? Ilyenkor, decemberben? ESQ.,
dalatos.
- Csodalatos.
Csakugyan kiilonos. Bevallom, en-
magam meg mem is LATHAM ilyen keso telen
legyet. vajjon honnan kerult szegeny
{ el6? Vajjon micscda titokzatos es mely
alombol ebredt eletre, elhagyottan es ma.
ganyosan, amikor minden tarsa mar reg
Hpusztult es leend6k meg lathatatla-
null aludtak paranyi eletlk csecsem6-
korat Micsoda szeszelyes veletlen, a
sorsnak mifele jatekos kedve rebbentette
fel, ct, az egyetlent, par nelkul valot, az
elhagyottat, hogy felenken es nyomorul
tan repkedje kortl ait vilagot, aho
o1idSc1orty,f y,iYooc coYo,,oi LorncYoiyo1Sio
Busan es riadtan zajongott szegenyke
sotetsegben, aztan elhallgatott es ke
s6bb ujra kezdte S ICY ment ez egy dara
big. Mem volt bosszanto, meg csak nen
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-07

is zavart, oily szereny volt es oily halk, ha
akarta az ember akar meg Sc hallotta.
Ell is aludtunk szepen mind a ketten.
S reggelre elfelejtettuk.
Delben, amikor hazajov0k, felesegem
mosolyogva fogad.
- Mutatok maganak valamit -
mondja es azzal mar vezet is kezenfogva
be vendegszobaba.
Odavisz egy kis asztalhoz, kis asz-
talon oft all egy iivegbillikom, vitrinbol
valo, ritka peldany, szajaval lefele for
diva.
- No, hat mi van ezen neznivalo?
- Csak hajoljon k0zelebb. Nezze
meg jol Mi van benne?
A legy volt benne. Elevenen; sep,
kifejlett, sziirke legyecske. Faradtan,
arvan es megadoan vonszolta magat, zord
es elettelen idok gyerneke, hatarozottan
valami nagy bubanat latszott rata. Ne
nevess, ez ICY van.
Es akkor felesegem elmondta, hogy
foglyul ejtette legyet es a pohar alatt
fogsagban akarja tartani. Fogsagban
tartia azert, inert van egy Greg babona:
ha egy ilyen tell legy megel hazban
Szilveszterig, akkor az nagy szerencset
jelent az vi esztend0re.
Tehat a legyet eletben kell tartani
Szilveszterig.
Mem vagyok babonas enber es csak
mosolyogtam. Jo ha az asszony hlsz
ebben a kabalaban teljek kedve benne
A legyet eletben kell tartani Szilvesz-
terre
A felesegem szinte maris izgatott
volt. Meg delel6tt telefonalt az allat-
orvosi iskolara, meg amellett vegigbujta
a lexikont; meg kellett tudnia, mivel
taplalkozik a legy. Es hazunk ujonnan
szerzett baratjanak rogtonzott iivegpalo-
taiaba beallitott mindenfele hulladek
eledeleket, meg vizrol is gondoskodott
egy paranyi tanyerkan.
Jai, csak tan izleni fog neki az etel!
Csak tan tud tanyerbol inni, ha meg
szomjazik! Istenem, Istenem, csak most
mar hogy fedel alatt es biztonsagban van,
ne tortenjek senmi baja!
Felesegemnek egyszerre csupa ilyen
nevezetes gondjai lettek es en- joizuen el-
veztem es mosolyogtam milyen artatlan,
milyen kislanyos nilyen kedves ez Ja-
tex, draga, tiszta kis gyermekasszony ez,
hiaba!
A legyet nekem is mindennap meg
kellett neznem. Egyik nap vidamabb
volt es deriisen ropk0d0tt, szarnyaival
harciasan ostromolta attetsz6 palotaja
falat Maskor meg szomoru volt es csug-
gedt es mozdulatlanul kuksolt egy hely-
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1939-12-07

A Felvideken mintegy nyolc-
szAz k0zsegben k0riilbeltil 200,-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06
Alleged Extortioner
 Faces Court Friday
Fibre Massucci, Whose Federal Case Is Still Pending,
 to Be Arraigned For BlackmaiI

over certain route and drop the bundle of money at the specified place. The mayor meantime com municated with police, and the trap for the extortioner was arranged.
 Arraigned in city court Dec. 3l, Massucci pleaded not guilty to the blackmail charge. The federal gov- ernment then stepped into the pie ture, and the city court case was continued to allow the government to proceed against the suspect.
 Massaucci admitted to police after his arrest that several days before he had gone to Mayor Hayes home in an attempt to see the mayor and secure the money, and that he had also visited the mayors office on East Main street.
 Massucci, who has wife and one child, was a WPA worker at the time of his arrest. At his home po- lice found pad of paper on which the words of one of the alleged ex- tortion notes were found imprinted.
 Mayor Hayes received the first demand for money Dec. 20. He was told to leave $5,000 at his home on Dec. 23. A few days later came the second extortion note, instructing the mayor to drop the bundle of money and to insert an advertise nent in local newspapers signifying his willingness to pay. The ad was to say he wished to invest some money in business.
 The federal court has jurisdiction over the city court and can still claim custody of Massucci if 1t so wishes. Attorney Joseph Navin, counsel for Massucci, said today, however, that the charges have been pending for months and his client wishes an early trial.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06

fly has been the predominant social unit but now we see the movement forward of the community absorbing many of the responsibilities that for so long belonged to the family.
 That, he declared, is what consti- tutes the menace to the American family.
 Early marriages are important" he said, If the family is to be im- portant."
 He pointed out that other coun- tries have solved this problem much better than America has and that this country would do well to adopt some of their customs, such as the dowry system or some modification of 1t, to help make early marriage possible.
 Dr. Wilbur said that various forms of insurance, including health pro. lection, can be made to do much to. ward encouraging early marriage.
 of all the anchors that hold tht human race steady, certainly the family is the one of outstanding sig. nificance and we must make it pos. sible that the changes which take place in modern industrial metro. politain life do not prevent it's con. tinuance," he said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06

Fibre Massucci, 29, of 55 Catherine avenue, who was caught in police trap last December after an alleged attempt to extort money from Mayor Frank Hayes, will be arraigned in city court tomorrow on a charge of blackmail. The city court case was continued last January for six months to allow time for disposi- ton of the federal charges against the accused, but the case in federal court is still pending.
 Massucci was arrested at Wall street and Catherine avenue early on the night of Dec. 30, 1888, after he had picked up a bundle, sup posedly containing $5,000, which had been thrown by Mayor Hayes from his automobile. The entire area was surrounded by policemen, and Mas succi was immediately bounced on and arrested.
 Mayor Hayes life had been threathened in two extortion letters, and he had been instructed to drive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06
SCHOLARSHIP FOR
 JOHN E. WESTBERC

John E, Westberg. son of MT. and Mrs. John K. Westberg of 84 Col- ton Place. Longmeadow, Mass, and formerly of Waterbury, has been awarded a $2O00 McMullen scholar ship In engineering at Cornell Uni- versity, sufficient to pay tuition for a five-year course in chemical en- gineering.
 Westberg graduated this June from Classical High school in Springfield, where he was president of the student government, star basketball player, sports editor of the school paper, and an outstand- ing student.
 The McMullen scholarships were established by the late John Me- Mullen of Norwalk, Conn, and are awarded in 15 districts of the U. S. Only two may go to New England boys. Westberg was rated as first applicant from New England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06
FIREMEN HURT IN
 PROVIDENCE FIRE

Providence, R. l., July 6.--(UP)-- Three firemen were injured while fighting a $l00000 fire that de. stroyed the huge abandoned coal pockets of the Eastern Coal com pany early today.
 Four alarms were sounded because of the close proximity of the Mar ragansett Electric company plant the Providence Gas company plant rubber factory and filling sta tion, but the flames were confined to the five-story high wooden pock- cts. Thousands of spectators were attracted to the scene.
 Ladderman William H. Maher, 35, suffered spinal and right leg injuries and Hoseman Thomas Conroy, 49, a left leg fracture, when they were grazed by falling boom. Hoseman William J. Hawkins 8 was treated for cut left foot.
 The Narragansett Electric com- pany, which was tearing down the pockets, attributed the fire to spon- taneous combustion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06
Market Opens Lower
 In Irregular Trading
One Silver Company Made Good Advance Over Re- turn of Monetary Powers to President -Steels Off

Roosevelt of his emergency mone- tary powers. U. s. Smelling, largo foreign silver miner, dropped point to 48 as uncertainty continued re- garding the U. S. treasury's future foreign silver buying policy.
 U. s. Steel slipped 5-8 point to 45 5-8 on block of 1000 shares and Bethlehem Steel sold at 53, off IA point. Chrysler eased IA point to 69 1-2 and General Motors opened at 43 1-8, off 3-8. Mercantile issues moved forward under lead of J. c. Penney which gained 3-4 to 89 3-4.
 Oils, rubbers and most coppers were irregularly lower on narrow price changes. Utilities and rails also showed very small changes, with consolidated Edison off IA to 30 l-4 in the former group and Santa Fa down to IA to 26 1-2 in the latter.
 Prices moved narrowly after tho opening in quiet trade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06
NAzIS DENY ANY
 , CARDINAL INSULT

Vienna, July 6.-(UP)-Nazl party headquarters and the reich propa- ganda ministry denied today that violent demonstrations against Theo- dore Cardinal Innitzer of Vienna were organized"
 Although there was no ofiicial recognition of Sundays incident at Koenigsbrunn, when eggs were thrown at the cardinal, a propa- ganda ministry spokesman said pri- vately 1t was evidence of continued anti-Innitzer feeling. On the other hand, priests who were questioned about the spontaneity of the inci- dent claimed that the demonstration included Nazis gathered for the oc- casion.
 It was understood Cardinal Innit- ger, on the insistence of subordi- mates. has decided to postpone un. til autumn the series Of inspections which he has been making of Aus. trian churches and institutions, un. less the government assures Ade- quate police protection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06

''No young man should be expected to maintain a bride at the economic level reached by her father in full maturity, he declared.
 Early marriages are important if the family is to retain its signifi- canoe, he asserted.
 "As more and more of our popu- lation has become centralized in large urban areas with the indus trialization of many of our joint &C., tivities," he said, "the position of the family has apparently become of less importance.
 But as living beigns with certain specific attributes given us by nature, we cannot allow the importance of the family to diminish. That would place us in danger of losing even our position as the leading and control ing animals of the earth"
 Points to History
 Dr. Wilbur especially emphasized the duty of the family to take care of its young until they themselves are in a position to marry and con- tinue the family.
 Tn so far as we know the record" ."' he said, "the human family has or- dinarily taken over without question the full care of its immature mem- bers until they. were able to assist in the support of the family and even tually care for themselves.
 Tn the oldest existing civilization that of China-the family always has had a pre-eminent place.
 But now in China-an certainly with us--we find the community covering many of the responsibilities formerly handled at the fireside. The community care of infants. instead of home care, easy laws or customs regarding marriage. divorce. inheri- tance, have seemed attractive to some, particularly to those who are inclined to dodge the responsibilities of their own personal activities in life"
 pr. Wilbur insisted that the very choicest of human possessions are in and about the family home and that there can be no substitute for these in any artificial creation of present civilization.
 He pointed out that 1t is the changes that have taken place in American life that have retarded marriage. induced a tendency oi control and of menacinR the most vital bases of family life.
 More Training Needed New
 "In one way or another" he said "here in modern America our youth require longer periods of training tc fit into the life around them. When we were primarily an agricultural people. both boys and girls were abs sorbed into the life of the family and community even before they reached what we cali the age Of majority During most Of our history the fam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06

by very narrow margin.
 WHY? HERE'S
 WHY
 Why? The enemies of 1899 are all gone. Most of them are dead. Nc one today carries if Carter as an en gineer-captain did step on some important toes c.d irriate some inn portant people. Congress passes scores of bills to correct individual military records every year; why all the row over this one2
 The answer is clear enough. Car ter has simply got tangled in a bureaucracy. The army has nothing against him--but 1t does not want It's court-martial system meddled with. The machinery that broke Carter may have been violently un. fair but a bureaucracy will defend its established machinery to the last gasp. And the Congressmen well, if they upset one court martial verdict won't they maybe be asked to upset some more? Start that sort of thing and you don't know where 1t will end; simpler, probably, let 1t lie.
 Our army court-martial system,' ' remarks Congressman Jenkins, lis the most archaic in the world. It is patterned on the pre-revolutionary British system -- but the British brought theirs up to date, and we didn't"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06
By KYLE WHITEHEAD NEA Service Special COrrespondeI

Harlan. Ky, July 6-The National Guard came to Harlan Town like Caesar to Gaul--they came, saw, conquered.
 But after nearly two months stay, 1t is pretty clear that what they saw was the pretty girls of Harlan, and that is what they con- quered, too. Up and down the streets stroll the guardsmen with their new-found girl-friends. In the restaurants and drugstores they sit with townsmen with whom they have struck up acquaintance.
 About 700 remain of the 1250 who came to Harlan to give protection to any man who wants to work. Because many mines not members of the Harlan County Coal Opera tors Assn. have been signed to United Mine Workers contracts, and because the union has stopped picketing even the unsigned mines the Harlan situation has relaxed.
 And though the troops remain they have made themselves at home with the local people. Nearly all the guardsmen are from other parts of Kentucky. The threatening situ- ations which developed on their ar- rival, when they came within an ace of armed combat with massed picket lines, have evaporated.
 While the guardsmen on their arrival received the usual verbal abuse that goes with their appear ance in a labor dispute, within month they had begun fraternizine with the members of both sides of the mine labor controversy. Har- Ian quickly gets used to the presence of troops-after all, the Guard has been in Harlan six times in the past eight years.
 Governor Chandler has indicated that they will remain this time as long as the mine dispute remains unadjusted, and members of the operators association have not set. tied their dispute with the UNIV for as long as that persists, the right of men to work who wan, to work" will be protected, Governor Chandler insists, even if the Guard stays as long as his term as gov. ernor lasts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-06
DROWNED YOUTH
 INFERRED TODAY

Watertown, July 6--Funeral ser vices for Robert Judd, 6, who was drowned in Bantam Lake Tuesday afternoon, were held this afternoon at 2:30 oslock at the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles c Judd of Northfield road. Rev. Dr Thomas s. Cline of Christ Episcopal Church officiated. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery.
 He is survived by his parents, a sister. Ann, II: and two brothers Charles c. Jr., 10; and William 5 The Judd family had been spending the holiday with Mrs. Judd's sister Mrs. Lyman Booth Tucker, who has a cottage on Deer Island.
 The Civic Union playgrounds will open for a period of six weeks Mon- day at Q o'clock. There has been a change in the age of the children to be accommodated at the play. grounds this year. The activities are being arranged to take care of children ID to i2 years of age The officers say children over thif are provided with other activities outside the playgrounds.
 Miss Betty Bartlett. daughter 0l Mir. and Mrs. William A. Bartlett of Heminway Park Road. will bf director thiE season.