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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
TSJA Baseball Playoffs
l brill Spectators
Cleveland East and Detroit Juniors to
Play Finals in Detroit, Sun. Oct 10Th
BY Martin Polder

With perfect Indian Summer
day large T. S. J. A. crowd saw
two swell games. Detroit win
ming the first game from Salem
giving them the honor to play
Cleveland East in the playoffs.
Little action was seen in the
first two INNINGS of the Detroit
Salem game with both pitchers
pitching fine ball. After both
teams going hitless for two in
nings Walter Melitschka con-
nected for a home run scoring
Salem's only run. Then the De-
troit's power house started to
work with the aid of two errors
they easily controlled the ball
game from then on with the final
score ending to |. This gave
Detroit second place in the
Leagce.
At 2::SO the afternoon game
between Cleveland East and De-
troit began. At this game we saw
many old faces from various
clubs. Here's hoping we see them
more often. With George Gross
pitching for Cleveland East and
Fleischer starting for Detroit =;
the game got under way. With
the tables turning the sluggers
from East started scoring early
in the ball game. With the aid
OF kaufman who also got home
run; East finally ended the bal7l
game with the score of o-3.
This gives Cleveland a one
game edge of the series. The
next play-off game being in De-
troit on Sunday the 10Th OF Oc-
tober. Ii Detroit should win, the
final game will also be played in
Detroit on the same day.
Basketball managers please
notice, do not forget that Nov. 1
is the dead line for the cligib-
lity list. Let's have full coopera-
ton on this so that the T. S. J. A.
Secretary has a complete list at
the beginning Of basketball
season.
There are also a few more
clubs that have not sent their list
of officers to the Secretary.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
FARRELL. Pa. NEWS
By Bertha Teleky

Farrell. Pa, Oct. 16-After 4
lapse of about four months we
finally had regular monthly
meeting. In this we'll attended
meeting we had an election of
officers. The following are Our
newly elected officers
President, Henry Holmes
Vice President. Sam Geisel
Secretary, Bertha Teleky
Treasurer. Frieda Reinnerth
Financial Secretary Frieda link
Trustee. John Great
We hope these officers will
live up to expectation and we
wish them the best of luck in the
coming year.
Basketball
was the chief subject OF discus
sion at our meeting.
Harold Henning was elected
manager. Basketball practice will
start next week. Farrell Fans can
look forward to a good season
for we have a few new sharp
shooters in addition to our last
years squad.
At our meeting we decided to
have an orchestra at all our
dances after the games. No more
luke Box" dancing in Farrell.
To whom it may concern!
Our club will gladly accept
money which is due from season
tickets, trips. etc. from any men,
Der at any time
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
RESERVE THE DAY
NOVEMBER 29
AGENDACLUB DANCE
Fourth Semi-Formal Event

Cleveland. Ohio. October O.
Reserve Saturday. November 2o
for another of the Agenda Club
semi-formal dances.
Take a tip from the hundreds
who attended the Cruise to Ha
waii last year.
Make sure you are on hand
for the fourth annual -Agenda
Club semi-formal dance at the
West Side Sachsenheim. Novem
Der %.
DIN in the fun. revel in flash.
ing light and colorful decora
tionS. Dance to smooth music.
Reserve the Day-Novembe,
10Th.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
CHICAGO SOUTH
SIDE JUNIORS NEWS
BY Anna Linz and Helen Marke'

Chicago. Ill.,. Oct. lO-Wc are
glad to report that our dance wa;
big success. Everyone had A
grand time.
We were also glad to see So
many Garyers at this dance, some
Of the North Siders too. and we
thank them all and hope everyone
liked it. and that they will come
again soon.
We also thank the South Side
Seniors for helping us behind the
bar and in the kitchen. We appre-
ciate it very much. Don't we Jun
iors?
Meeting
The next monthly meeting OF
the South Side Junior Saxons will
be held on Tuesday. October II
at 500 o'clock sharp.
There will be lot of discus
sions at this meeting. which will
be of importance to all members.
So please attend this meeting.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
CLEVELAND EAST
NEWS
By Frank ]. Gable.

Cleveland. o., Oct. l6-Detroit
and Salem collided in the opener
of a baseball double header
and Detroit emerged the victor.
The final score was Detroit :.
Salem |. Salem surged to an early
lead as result of a home run
but their lead was short lived.
Detroit soon capitalized on two
Salem errors to score , runs and
after that they were never head
ed. The feature game of the day
Detroit vs.. Cleveland East
was won by Cleveland East. De-
troit scored run in the first
half of the first inning but East
came back with in their half
OF the initial inning. East's pitch
ing, hitting, and defensive play
outclassed that of the invaders
and they coasted to 9 to ? vic
tory.
Sunday, October l9, East
plays Detroit at Detroit in the
finals of the T. S. J. A. baseball
championship. East has won the
first playoff game and has but
to win one more game to repeat
as champions. The majority OF
the East players will start for
Detroit on Saturday afternoon,
thus assuring themselves a good
nights rest before the crucial
game.
Basketball practice every week
now for basketball enthusiasts.
Both managers are making plans
for the coming season.
All bowling aspirants meet at
the Sachsenheim Friday, Oct.
II, at 1000 P. M. The T. S. J. A.
bowling congress is just around
the corner. All bowlers are urged
to attend.
Laura Wellman's clever With
cisms always has the last row
giggling at the meetings.
Notice
All clubs please address the
East correspondence to our new
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
T. S. ]. A.
Calendar of Events.

October lS: Dance in Salem.
October 10: Plav-offs in Dc
troit. Mich.
October Is: T. 5. J. A. Dance
in Columbus. Ohio.
:. November |: Dance in Eli
wood City. Pa.
Nov. 8: Reunion Dance in
Canton. Ohio.
Nov. .: 7. $. ]. a. Bowling
Tournament in Lorain. O.
November IS: Basketball sea-
son opens.
Nov. p and .: Cleveland
Vests 18th Anniversary.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
Meeting

- Buy Defense Bonds and
Stamps now!
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
1941-1942 TSJA
Basketball Schedule
NOVEMBER Is. 1871

NOVEMBER Is, 1874
Monaco at Cleveland East
Farrell at New Castle
Salem at Cleveland West
Canton-open
NOVEMBER ~
Cleveland West at Monaco
New Castle at Canton
Salem at Cleveland East
Farrell-open
DECEMBER
Canton at Farrell
Monaco at Salem
Cleveland East at Cleveland West
New Castle-open
DECEMBER ls
Salem at Farrell
Canton at Monaco
Cleveland West at New Castle
Cleveland East-open
DECEMBER 20
Farrel at Monaco
Cleveland East at Canton
New Castle at Salem
Cleveland West-open
DECEMBER AZ
Farrell at Cleveland West
Salem at Canton
New Castle at Cleveland East
Monaca-Open
JANUARY 3, 1912
Cleveland East at Farrell
Cleveland West at Canton
Monaco at New Castle
Salem-open
JANUARY 10
Farrell at Canton
Salem ut Monaco
Cleveland West at Cleveland East
New Castle-open
JANUARY II
Cleveland West at Farrell
Canton at Salem
Cleveland East at New Castle
Monaca-open
JANUARY "a
Farrell at Cleveland East
Canton at Cleveland West
New Castle at Monaca
Salcm-open
JANUARY 81
Farrell at Salem
Monaco at Canton
New Castle at Cleveland West
Cleveland EaSt-open
FEBRUARY 2
Monaco at Farrell
Canton at Cleveland East
Salem at New Castle
Cleveland WeSt-open
FEBRUARY IA
Cleveland East at Monaco
New Castle at Farrell
Cleveland West at Salem
Cantori-open
FEBRUARY al
Monaco at Cleveland West
Canton at New Castle
Cleveland East at Salem
Farrell-open
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1941-10-16
DON'T LET
CONSTIPATION
SLOW YOU up

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Evening star., 1941-08-10

NIORELLo HENRY LACUARDIA, Americas
Home Defender is cne CT the political
. miracles Of the generation. His career has
that the mere practical angels occasionally
take heavenly time cut tc push docrbells and
try hand in ward politics.
Eight years ago he sat in his Washington
apartment defeated and detected man, al
most a pathetic figure His constituents on
New York's Upper East Side had ousted him
from the House of Representatives. His
political future locked as dark as the gloomy
twilight outside.
The furniture was draped in deathly white
wrappings The cold rain beat against the
windows like requiem His normally merry
eyes were sCmber. and his forehead was lined
with frcwns - frowns of amazement rather
than resentment. Sitting there with one leg
Curled under him in characteristic posture, he
said with shrug:
Il tell you it's discouraging trying to be
reformer in the richest country in the world"
Ten months later this political cast-off
entered New York City Hall to give the
sprawling, cynical metropolis what conserva-
tives and radicals Republicans and Democrats
alike have described as one of the finest ad-
minstratons in its history,
And today this short, swarthy, barrel
bodied man, who pounds and rants and swears
- and gets things done - has captured the
imagination of the entire country.
Next to President Roosevelt, he has been
entrusted with mere national defense jobs
than any other citizen. He served as chairman
of the American Section Of the Canadian
American Defense Commission, which made
preliminary plans for the air-naval bases de-
signed to protect America from invasion.
And, with that Job under control, President
Evening star., 1941-08-10

Roosevelt drafted him for the post of Director
of the Office of Civilian Defense.
Purposeful anger appears to be the chief
characteristic of the man who is now mobiliz-
ing the nation snon-military personnel against
the day when the United States may be SUBJ
jected to blitzkrieg or an air attack Often
it is only show of fury. but it gets people
and problems to move faster than is their
wont. Indeed, there might now be no office of
civilian defense if LaGuardia had not utilized
that very strategy.
Evening star., 1941-08-10

the idea to members of Congress. Then, as
Hitler swept across one European boundary
after another, he sold it to President Roosevelt
Within few days after his appointment.
march with batch of practical speeches in
his fat brief case. Giving nightly addresses to
groups of local and state officials, he argued
the need for home defense system including
World War veterans to guard bridges. business
men to serve as air raid wardens, women to
Evening star., 1941-08-10

discovered that his contagious excitability was
most excellent parliamentary weapon. His
explosions often dynamted the legislators
into lorg delayed action
Then, as now, he was Caustic and cutting in
Evening star., 1941-08-10

prepare medical kits,
children to collect
aluminium pans, etc.
AS a result of the i'm
pact of his dynamic per-
sOnality, men, women
and children in thou
sands of communities
are enrolling for what
ever task they are
qualified to perform.
Long age, as a men,
Der of the House of
Representatives he
Evening star., 1941-08-10
in the White House.

in the White House.
He has net changed his technique since he
became Mayor Of New York. He has drama
tlzed practical reform so as to impress its
CONTINUED on puse 10)
Evening star., 1941-08-10
The Mayor Goes TO Work

WHEN LaGuardia first argued for creation
of home defense organization last winter
there was only mild interest in the idea 1t
was suggested that civil and social and
fraternal organizations in each community
could handle the task.
New York's Mayor turned on his wrath
That stuff is all right for basket weaving.
dancing in the streets and community sing
ing, he cracked. But this is serious business
This is preparation for war, if it should come
our way
With characteristic energy, LaGuardia went
to work. He modified the influence of the
United States Conference of Mayors, of which
he has been president for six terms. He sold
Evening star., 1941-08-10

the eve CT the 1887
Mayoralty election,
Ed. r. sent LaGuardia
a letter ccngratulating
him on his handling Of
a threatened subway
strike, 1t was obviously
meant for publication
as a last-minute boost.
But the Mayer stuck
it in his desk. He knew
he was going to win,
anyway, so why give
credit even to the man
Evening star., 1941-08-10
THE man WHO'LL KEEP YOU SAFE
Horris q Ewing

How will cities be protected if should reach
America? Meet dynamic Fiorello H. LaGuardia-now
Director Of Civilian Defense for the United States
who is mobilizing the people .. to be ready!
by Ray Tucker
Evening star., 1941-08-10
WHAT TO DO
il enemy bombers come

Every American wants to know.
LaGuardia himself gives the
answer all the answers in a
stirring article. Here! Next week!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Defendants Stay on Bond

The discharge of the jury means that the attorney
general of the United States must decide whether trial
shall be begun ODonnel said Meanwhile the defendants
remain on bond.
Mckay still faces trial in Federal Court two other
charges of having defrauded Edse Ford of S9918 and
the other of having figured in fraudulent bids for Grand
Rapids Water Works bonds in 1888
In Washington, Assistant Atty Cen Wendal Burge in
charge of criminal prosecution the Department of Justice
when informed of the verdict said:
II am quite confident that we will retry the case
We will get to it just can"
Burgess department it said, will determine whether
to try the liquor conspiracy the Ford first
decision is expected early this week.
Maslan angrily denounced some of his fellow jurors.
He said that of the jurors who acqua
a nephew who obtained political job in Lansing.
The nephew Masan said, where the jury
quartered during the trial and gave pint Of
whisky
The husband of another visited his wife the hotel
and thereafter she deserted the group voting convictions
Maslan said
Relatives Of other jurors voting for acqutta Maslan
charged had political jobs sought political jobs
Maslan continued:
II accused them Of everything but they wouldn't change
their vote When accused them they just pay any
attention to told them so times they respect for
God or the laws"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
List FiUe Big Dri0es

The announcement listed five
separate hut tt co-nrdlnated adj
Vsnces. IN as many areas. from
the Black Sea up 10 the Gulf OF
Finland by the German legionS
aided in tho southern areas by
Rumanian. Hungarian and Slovak.
Ian troops.
Beyond the captured fortress
and railway city OF Nitebsk. where
huge Red army forces were en-
circlcd and destroyed. tho German
mechanical spearhead swept "a
points less than 80 miles west OF
Moscow. In this central sector all
Stain Line Notifications. rated
the strongest Of their kind in tho
world. fell before the German as
Sault. il was announced. with VI
tchsk itself captured Friday
ON the northern Baltic front
east o. Lake Peipus massive Ger
man tank columns. having bat
tered their way through tho Stain
Line between Narva and Pskov,
were declared 10 be rolling rapid
~ against Lenlngrad. RuSsia's Sec
ond city and cradle Of the Bolshe-
vik revolution, only about so miles
away frem the German vanguard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Tells of Lansing Letter

Masan charged that during the deliberations juror
the minority had received letter from Lansing regard
to political job which he allegedly seeking Masan said
he saw this man reply to the letter. He said:
Five of the jurors held throug fought like
tigers but they wouldn't bulge inch We 50
votes during the first few days Then tired baong
and those for acquittal made joke Of voting"
Masan stormed:
What burns up is that everybody was for conviction
during the early days of the trial Then
visitors. Then they changed.
II would have said all this in front the he
asked me. But he didn't give a chance"
The jury foreman Fred B. Barnhar of 1895 Ward avenue
stood behind Maslan in his charges and added
Everything he said the truth.
They not only voted TO five all the way through
but the five voted for acqual for every
charge
mo five people could have found them not guilty
every of these charges They must guilty
MY hands clean far handling that jury h
Continued Page SIX
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Stop HugeNazii
Reds
Drive on cOU
May BE Crucial

MOSCOW, July - Sunday $500
Russia early today inferentially
claimed that a tremendous new
Gerrpan offensive, headed for Mos
COW, Leningrad and Kiev, was
being held at bay at the tenacious
resistance OF millions OF Soviet
troops.
Russian All squadrons. credited
with shooting down at least Il
German planes Saturday, and
guerrilla fighters said to be Eek
terminating whole groups and
units Of German troops behind
Nazi lines, supported the front
line Red army forces in the death
struggle with the. Nazi military
colossus.
Eliminating that Adolf Hitler
mechanical legions are now hurl-
ing themselves against the power
ful baStions of the Stain Line, an
official communique issued by the
Soviet Information Bureau early
this morning acknowledged violent
fighting in the key Pskov, Vitebsk
and Novograd-Volynsk areas.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Mckay Case Ends in Mistrial;
3 Jurors Accuse Associates;
Five Days of Crying, Swearing
IS Conviction Deadlock
Reported in SO Ballots

The Frank D. Mckay liquor graft jury was
discharged as being unable to agree Saturday in
Federal Court and charges of irregularities against
some of the jurors were Immediately made by jury
member, resulting in the opening of federal In
vestigation
Later, the foreman Of the jury backed up his fellow
juror in the charges and juror said political
motivated the voting
The discharge the fifth day the jury had been
out having delberated 81 and 35 minutes istal
was declared.
The jury had been to for conviction of all defend
ants, it was learned.
The scene in the jury during deliberations
umultuous the jurors said, with the "cursing and
swearing" and the women crying and crying"
Eve fought and damned and swore,"
juror said 1T awful but the vote varied"
Immediately after, Anton Maslan, former cafe owner.
of 1881 Provost member of the jury, angry
made his charges before newspapermen
Judge Arthur F. Lederle said he had observed rreg
ulartes through the of the trial but Masan
taken to the office of Henry G. ODonne assistant United
States attorney general in charge of the prosecution for
statement
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Sign Armisti(e;;
Syria War Ends
International New. Service Cable

ACRE, Palestine, July - (Sun-
day).-T month-old war in Syria
was at an end early today.
British and Vichy military rep
resentatives initiated documents
,embodying an armistice agreement
at 10:40 o'clock last night at this
PaleStinian city.
Pending official ratification, the
agreement ends the battle which
has ragged for almost five weeks
lin the French mandates of Syria
and Lebanon between the Vichy
defenders and British and Free
French forces.
Firing on all fronts ceased at
midnight Friday at the request OF
Gen. Henri DentZ, Vichy'S high
commissioner at Beirut, W h o
thereupon sent his emissaries,
under a white flag. across the
British lines to seek peace.
General Deverdillac, represent
ing General Dentz, motored TO
Acre along the shell-scarred
coastal road from Beirut.
They arrived at IL a. m, Satur-
day and were received by an
Allied commission composed of
British Gen. Sir Henry Maitland
Wilson and Lieutenant General
Lavarack and Catroux of the
Free French" forces which have
been fighting side by side with the
British.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
F. J. Fisher III,
Family Called

The family OF Frederick J
Fisher, 63, eldest of the sever
famous brothers, who pioneered
the manufacture of automobile
bodies in Detroit, was called tC
his bedside at Henry Ford Hospital
Saturday, where he is critically
i'll. The former General Motors
official was stricken several weeks
ago. OF late years he has been
active head Of Fisher e. Co. adj
ministering the affairs Of the fam
lily. He has been widely known as
phiianthroplSt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Won Ribbentrop
Turks Confer


BERLIN, July Herman For.
-e1gn Minister Joachim Won Ribben'
trop and Gen. Cevad Acecalin
head of the Turkish general staff
conferred somewhere in-the east,
ii was announced officially tonight
Husren Gerede. Turkish ambas.
sador TO Germany. attended the
meeting which was regarded as OF
considerable moment in view oil
the Russo-German war and the
termination of the
Anglo-French conflict in Syria
Both Russia and Syria are neigh
bors of Turkey
The official news agency.
Tass, was quoted by the British
agency. Reuters, Friday night as
charging that huge concentra-
tons of Axis troops are taking
place in southern Bulgaria along
the Turkish European frontier,
indicating a possible NaZl at
tack on Turkey 10 seize the
Bosporus-Dardanelles Strait
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13

Nazi Bomber Shot DolOn
by British TrarUler

LONDON. July 12-(INS)-A
fight between an armed British
trawler and a German bomber in
Icelandic waters was reported
today by the British BroadcastinG
Corporation in broadcast picked
up by NBC.
Attacked by the bomber, the
British craft brought down the
German plane in flames, BIC said
in a dispatch from Reykjavik.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
All Stain Line
Pierced; Nazis
Claim BigGai,1
BY HUGO SPECK

BERLIN, July Is Sunday. - SCATTERING
penetration of Russias entire Stain Line by Ger
many's armored hosts was announced in a special
communique early today that declared the vast Red
armies had been flung into broken retreat on all
fronts.
Swft-moving Naz legons said the sensational state
issued from Adolf Hters secret field headquarters
advancing like muheaded avalanche upon Russa's
three leading cites-Moscow, Lenngrad and Kiev-after
capturing the pivotal fortress of Vtebsk and breaking
through the mighty Stain system.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Have Common Cause
Winant Tells Britons

ABERTILLERY. Eng. July y
.GNS)-The United States has
common cause with Britain.
American Ambassador John G
Winant said in a speech here
today.
I'VE have known before the
strength of common action" he
said. I'VE will see this conflict
through 10 the end"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13
Report NarUa Falls

Reports reaching Stockholm
carly Sunday said German forces
on the Baltic front had reached
the Fstonian town Of Narva on
the vital Tallinn-Leningrad rail-
way. Nara is about 100 miles
from Leningrad The reports
said "embittered fighting is
raging in the marshes 100 miles
from Leningrad apparently in
the Nary area)
On the south central front the
German battering ram was stated
10 have broken through the Stain
Notifications cast Of the Luck sec.
tor 10 squirt beyond Novograd Vo.
lvnSk and Zhitomir 10 the Dniepcr
River and were declared TO he APP
preaching Kiev, capital Of the rich
Ukraine.
Detailing tho action on each OF
the five major fronts from the
south 90 the north. the commu-
nique from Hitler's front-line
headquarters related:
German and Rumanisn
forces, advancing on broad
front through MoIdavia, have by
their attacks thrown the enemy
(ConfInued on page I0l
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-13

BERLIN. July 12.-The official
German radio. quoting a report
from Ankara. said today that most
members of the japanese embassy
in Moscow have left the Soviet
capital for Toxic.