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to do about 1t!
Union members and the Union
Shop Committee have been con-
stantly fighting to raise wages and
better shop conditions in Master.
In departments where the workers
have a majority, or 1000 mem
bership, (small motor assembly,
shipping, machine II, machine !,
and many others), wage increase
that will amount to thousands of
dollars in the coming year have
been won. Throughout the plant,
hundreds of grievances have been
settled. The workers in those de-
partments know why they won.
Not because they left the fighting
up to somebody that already be-
longed to the Union, but because
every one of them realized that it
was their fight that a few
couldn't win it but if they
all got in and pitched, they all
could win AND THEY DID
and will win still more.
Are you leaving YOUR fight
ing up to somebody else? Do you
say when the Union gets me my
raise I'll join" IF you are, you
, 1941-10-15

might as well kiss your raise or
grievance goodbye. Or did you
once join and then lag behind?
Then your gains can easily be
lost. "The UNION" is you! It is
just as strong as you make it.
Your active support, plus that of
every worker in the plant that
makes the strength to win. There
r many things in Master that
need correcting, your wages, your
hours, your working conditions,
rules and regulations. To get them
changed, YOU must join the
Union, get the workers around
you to join, SO that we can all
stand united in our demands.
There will soon be a new con-
tract to negotiate and there
are still many Improvements
needed in our plant. The number
of improvements made depends on
our united strength.
Give your support now -. see
your Steward and JOIN LOCAL
754 TODAY II!
Raymond !. DAVIS,
Rec. Sec'y, Local 754.
, 1941-10-15
MI-MISCELLANEOUS


l. All employees shall be re-
turned to work as soon as posi-
BILE after the strike is settled,
without discrimination or loss of
seniority or other privileges en-
joyed prior to August Is, 1941.
2. All employees shall be mott
fled by regular mail that the strike
is settled and shall be given s.
days from the date of mailing such
letters, in which to report for
work. The Company shall furnish
the Union with a carbon copy of
each of such letters.
For The Company:
H r. SIMONDS,
r. II. HENRY,
IRWIN BEISER.
Witnesses:
ELMER BELL,
OWEN SUMMERS, Jr,
JOHN JENNINGS,
For The Union:
ARTHUR Z. GARFIELD,
Int. Rep.
JOHNNIE FRYMAN, Chairman
JESSE GLASS.
NOTE: The following additional
provisions were agreed to through
an exchange of letters:
Any hourly worker who has had
five months service as of July 8,
1911, will receive 10f raise upon
completion of six months service.
The rights of the strikers was
given full consideration upon re-
turning to work. All strikers e
turned to their respective jobs,
the new employees that entered
the plant during the strike are
being put ON jobs that do not
interfere with those of the Union
members. Since returning to work
the employees are enjoying sznok-
ing on the job
, 1941-10-15
AGREEMENT
Continued from page y

The Union committee, Lonnie
Fryman and Jess Glass assisted by
Arthur L. Garfield, International
Representative, negotiated the
settlement of the strike at the
U. S. Dept. Of Cancellation in
Washington, D. c. Over $50 of
the gains made in the negotiations
were made in Washington. The
settlement was reached on the
following agreement:
1t is hereby agreed between
Simonds- Worden- White Company
and Local 753, United Electrical,
Radio & Machine Workers of
America, subject to ratification by
the Union membership, that: the
existing contract shall be amend
ed by the addition of the follow
ing provisions:
-RECOGNITION CLAUSE
I'm order to remove the friction
now existing between the Union
and the Company, it is agreed that
all past misunderstanding will be
forgotten and the parties hereto
will fully cooperate with each
other from now on.
The Company will not dis
courage the Union in obtaining
members or do anything to dis
turb harmonious relations and the
Union will not do anything to dis
turb harmonious relations with the
Company and its employees.
The Company does not object
to the Union obtaining and main
tanning 1000 Union membership
in the plant.
NOTE: Section No. 2 of Article
/, is to amended by adding the
words Intimidation or coercion"
after the word discrimination"
Section 3 of this Article is to be
eliminated Section / is to remain
unchanged
U-WAGE CLAUSE
1. Piece Work Rates are to be
increased I'M.
z. Guaranteed minimum rate on
Piece Work is to be 6Of per hour
after 6-month's service.
3. ALI learners are to start at
45f per hour; after 2 months they
shall be increased to 51f per hour;
, 1941-10-15
People

NJ. L. Owens, $50 Croydon DR..
F. r. Hufford, Tipp City
o. c. Lanty, 46 Chambers
F. Moore, 46 Chambers
W. Porter, 233 Westwood
Elvin Haines, Wilmington, o.
H. Woods, 800 Harding DR..
Following is the list of lucky
people at the recent MGR Local
BOT picnic.
, 1941-10-15
DO YOUR PART TO
MASTER"
1000 UNION
BY Ray Davis

Do you think Master is "te perfect place to work." Are you
satisfied with your job? Are there no improvements you want? II
you IAN answer Eyes" stop reading here. If not, what are you going
, 1941-10-15
LocoI 801 Petitions Boord

The Fnghheh family in tn U E viii be- increased to three very h@ty Local sn has asked the
pmt The plant mmmufaauvsm machine guns as pnf the National Defense PROGRAM
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after 4 months they shall be in
creased to SIZE per hour.
4. All hourly rated employees
who had 6-month's service or
more, as of July 8, 1914, shall be
granted a wage increase of 10e
per hour.
5. The above wage rates to be
applicable to all work done from
July 8, 1871 to the expiration of
the agreement dated December 81,
1910.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24
"JelikOz ie nTfhl1znoSt MOI

"Jelikoz je prfbuznost mezi
americkou demokraci1 a demo-
kracif ceskoslovenskeho marc
da a jelikoz byla ceskosloven-
ska deklarace nezavislosti pro-
klamovana v SIM Nezavislosti
We Filadelfii presidentem Osvo
boditelem TomaSem c.. Masa-
rykem a jelikoz pres ztratu &C.
skoslovenske nezavislosti Is.
bfezna 1889 duch svobody sta
lie plane v one Zemi a mezi lid
mi ceskoslovenskeho pGvodu
pc celem svete a jelikoz v An
gill 1faduje nova ceskosloven-
ska vlada pod schopnym vede-
MIN p~residenta Eduardo Bene-
Sc a Amerika neuznava brutal
nj vpad do teto m~lrumilovne
zeme, dovoluj1c udrzovanf je-
j1ch diplomatickych a konsular
Mich 1fadG v teto zemi, a jeli-
koz Spojene Staty uznavajf ce-
skoslovenskou vladu v Londyne
Ia jedinou pravoplatnou vladu
zastupujfc1 utlacovany cesko-
slovensky narod, a jelikoz sta
tis1ce obcanG ceskoslovenske-
no p1vodu jsou cestn1. Waste
nect1 a pracovit1 obcane Spoje-
nych Stat1 a Texasu, tesfce Sc
stejnym svobodam, ktere "a
stupovala obsazena republika,
tud1z ia, Coke R. Stevenson,
guverner statu Texas, prohla-
suji timto 1tery, %. f1jna 1911,
"a "Den ceskoslovenske neza-
vislosti v Texasu", ma pamatku
idealismu a snazivosti, ktera
vedla zakladatele Ceskosloven-
ska, a ma znamen1 pevne v1ry,
re ma s%taroslavne p1de cesko-
slovenske znovu zavladne svo-
boda. DIrazne zadam vsech-
ny ohcany Texasu ably Sc 1cast
Mill teto ~vzpomlnky jmenem a.
merickeho idealismu, ktery mr.
de sd1l1me S Cechoslovaky 20
lcelem svete."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24
Nase odpoved!
Josef Martinez:
(Tiskova sluzba G. N. R.

Strasne zpravy dochazeji re
vsech slovanskych zem1, do
hloubi duse vzrusuj1ci kazdeho
nasince, V jehoz zilach proudf
iSlovanska krev.
V Ceskoslovensku popravc1
Getty kata Heydricha povrazdi-
Ily opet nekolik set pfednfch Ii
df, nesetffce AMI predstavitelG
prazske vlady, nemeckym vii
VEN dosazene, jez byla pouhou
loutkou v rukach Berl1na. A ma
Itislc jinych vlastencG ceskych
bylo zajato a uvrzeno do muc1-
rem Gestapa.
V Polsku trva nekonecny te-
ror nemecky; tisfce PolakG "a
platilo jiz svym zivotem YER
most svemu rodu, cele osady by
ly vybity a vylidneny a jen ne
dostatek blizsfho spojenf zabra
nuje svetu ucinit 81 pravou
pfedstavu O hr1zach, ktere sti-
hly TOLERATE jiz rukou osudu
zasazenou nesstastnou Poisku.
V Jugoslavii zurf krute boje
mezi partisanskymi oddly a
popravcf Getty nemecke pracu-
iii tam denne kulkou i prova-
zem a nacisticke bombardaky
rozmetavajf cele jihoslovanske
osady 2 trestu "a odpor stated
nych cetn1kG, bran1c1ch sv1j
lid proti vetrelcdm.
V Bulharsku rovnez zuTi
prudka persekuce prot lidem
kteT1 nechtej1 Sc podrobit Via
de Quislingd, prodavslch Vast
nj lid nemeckemu tyranu.
V Sovetskem svazu pax lie
Sc sirokymi proudly krev ruska
a ukrajinska a miliony krvacl
v statecne obrane proti sveTe-
pemu 1tocn1ku, jenz napadl
slovansky vychod, ably jej 20
trocil a oloupil Rusko O bohate
zdroje surovin, by do nekonec-
ma mohl pokracovat zotroce-
nj Slovan1, z nichz chce udelat
rasu otrok6 a nemeckych ro-
both.
Krev Sc bour1 v kazdem ma
sinci a myslenka odporu a
misty "a strasne bezpravf ma
nasich starych vlastech ovlada
mysle vsech krajanG z Sirych
slovanskych zem1.
Co vsak delat?
Jak nejlepe a hned odpove-
Diet ma zv1reckosti nacismu ,nej-
litejsfho nepr1tele vseho Slo-
~vanstva?
BratT1 Slovane!
Name v rukou prostredek,
jak lined a nejvydatneji ztres-
tat ruku kata, ktery Sc chysta
pc podroben1 Evropy zasah-
nout svou zeleznou pestf i tuto
nasi novou vlast, Spojene Staty
Americke, ktera je nucena ry-
chile zbrojit a Sc pripravovat,
ably prot novym barbarGm ne
stala S holyma rukama.
DIE vladnich zprav 60 pro-
cent delnictva, ktere PRAGUE "
zavodech ma obranu naSi vlasti
americke a vyrabi zbrans pro
Velkou Britanii, Rusko a jejich
spojence, tvoTi dSlnici slovan-
skeho pGvodu: Polaci, cecho-
sIovaci, Jihoslovane. Ukrajinci,
Rusove.
V nasich rukou je a Cd ma
SIGH rukou zavisf, ida zejmena
Rusko, v teto chvfli tax statec-
ne a hrdinne Sc branicf svere-
pemu vrahu, Dude nit dostatek
obrannych prostTedk1.
Zalezi predevsim ma mas q
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24

mad kterymi jake by ami nevy-
chazelo slunce. Pf1pravy a pla-
ny k tomu jsou nepochybne uz
davno vypracovany. Nebylo by
snad AMI tTeba pritahovati
sroub; ceskoslovensky lid do
bfe vi, re Sc o zevn1 manifesto
&c postaraj1 krajane v zamorl
a vsichni ii, jimz Sc podaTilo u
niknouti V cas- z oblezene pew
nosti, a re neni tTeba, ably do
ma nekdo vychazel do ulic a
plnil prostranne sine. S %. r1j-
ma nikdo nesetre svatecni raz
policejn1mi predpisy, nebo po-
chody cizackeho vojska, proto-
re j pfi vsedn1 praci lie Sc "a
mysliti mad podivuhodnym be-
hem ceskoslovenskych dejin a
utvrditi Sc We vernosti a stalo-
sti.
Letosnf 20. rfjen nelze "a
svetiti nikomu jinemu neil mr.
dinGrn, kteff cd 1svitu narod-
mich dejin az pc dnesnf dny te-
lem i duchem hajili existence
ceskoslovenskeho lidu ma miste
vystavenem neustalym nara
zum a dobyvacnym choutkam
nemeckych a madarskych SOU
sedG. V ten den 81 pTipomene-
me dlouhou radu jmen strazc1
narodniho ohne, k nfz vrazed-
ma ruka denne pridava move
Tadky. V pozdnf rfjnovy den,
ma jehoz obzoru Sc rysujf kon-
fury Bile Hory, 81 pred ocima
rozvineme dlouhe pasmo ma
SIGH dejin, jejichz spad urcova-
la povinnost neustale bdelosti
a pohotovosti, a v nichz bylo
malo let jasne pohody a klidu
potTebneho k tvorive praci.
Znovu 81 uvedomfme, re bez-
pecnost domovG a kazdou chv1-
Ii oddechu 81 mas narod musel
vykupovati obetmi ma zivotech,
ma duchovnlch i hmotnych stat
c1ch.
Do techto uvah smime vsak
plnym pravem pfimisiti sebe-
vedom1 a dGv6ry v zftrek. Ia
vsechna staletf, ktera deli PRIV
nj zablesky samostatnosti cd
nasich dob, projevil mas narod
tolik odolnosti a z%ivotnosti, re
nejenom uhajil existence, nybrz
pfispel k rozvoji lidske vzdela-
nosti. Marine bychom sc chlu-
bill krasou materskeho jazyka,
kdyby slouzil jen k bezne po-
tfebe a kdyby cestf a slovenstf
s~pisovatele a myslitele svou
volnou reel nevyjadfovali po|
SVEN v6cne a obecne pravdy, a
kdyby svymi projevy a spisy
neodpovfdali ma vsechno,co "a
m6stnava mysl a zmita lid
skym srdcem. Politicka svobo-
da, ktere bylo SlovakGm po-
pfano mnohem meme neil Gel
chGm, by malo znamenala,
kdyDy SlouZlla JenOm "a taste
ru sobeckych zajm1, nikoli "a
zakladnu, z nfz vyrdstaly pod
nety k trvalemu zabezpeceni
m1ru mezi narody. Statni sa-
mostatnost by byla jenom
prazdnym ramcem, kdyby Sc
ma pGde nasich domov1 znovu
a znovu neopakoval smelly po-
kus o vystavbu spravedlivych
politickych a oscialnich radn a
kdyby 1stava a verejny zivot
nebyly prodchnuty myslenkou
rovnosti vsech obyvatel zeme.
K letosn1mu %. fijnu mdIze-
me proto plnym pravem cito-
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24
verse Nerudovy:

Ia volnost lidskou =
v mas kdys rozkvetla!
dnes stoji Czech,
jak druhdy stall:
ia myslenka.
ktera mas v hrob meta
zas k slave vznese mas =
jen dial, jen dial!
K letosn1mu %. r1jnu, ktery
je zahalen mraky, jichz Neru-
dova doba nepoznala, jake by
byla psana sloka:
My nevime,
CO budoucnost nam chova =
vsak jeste zije cesky bitev B1h
a pro vftezstvf velika a nova
je dosud siry dost ten cesky luh
A chce-li BGh snad
dat kdys move sece =
nam stacf HAS,
husitsky ma choral.
dost v zemi zeleza
ma dobre niece,
i v krvi zeleZO -
jen dial, jen DIAL!
Do nalady letosnfho %. iii
ma, v nlz Sc m1sl smutek z Il
trap a bolestnych ztrat S made
j ma brzky dsvit z1trka, dobre
basnikova VIVA, kterou jsme
dali v cello nasl dvahy: Dial, ma
rode mas drahy, v6cne dial!
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24
Dial, narode mas drahy, vecne dal =.
K %. Trijnu napsaI Otakar Odlozikk.
(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. R.)

Nadpisuji letoSnf 1vahu k %.
ffjnu versem z baSne Jana Ne
rudy, ktera vznikla uprostfed
uporneho zapasu ceskeho ma
roda S V1dnf a teprve pc basn1-
kov6 smrti byla vydana ma "a
veru sbfrky Zp6vy patecnf.
Delam to pTedevS1m proto,
re ma letoSnf rok pripadlo pa
desate vyroc1 basnfkovy smrti.
Ceskoslovenska Amerika, KITE
"a 81 do svych srdcf vepsala
jmeno Karla Havl1cka Borrow
skeho, ma nejenom pravo, n.y.
brz i povinnost z~astaviti Sc We
v~zpomnce mad hrobem spiso-
vatele, ktery zdvihl pochoden,
vyrazenou z ruky neohrozene-
mt bojovniku, a ktery We svych
basnfch zachytil nejenom 1z-
kosti, nybrz i nad6je sv6ho IL
du. Delam to take proto, re
neslychane utrpenf ceskoslo-
venskeho lidu ozivuje naladu,
z n1z tryskaly poslednf sloky
Nerudovy. Naladu Velkeho.
patku, V n1z sc bolest z utrpenl
a smrti misi a prolina S nadejf
ma v1tezstv1 a vZkriSeni.
Pr l~etosnich shromazd6nich
nelze Sc ubraniti vzpomfnkam
ma Iidi donna, sevren6 CHI VIA
dou a vydane ma pospas thu
pam vetTelcG a vrahG. Pc ctvr-
tie je %. T1jen, ktery jsme We
psali do narodnfho kalendaTe
Jake den radosti a dfkGvzdan1,
zahalen Smutecn1 rouskou, ut
kanou z bolesti mad rozvratem,
ktery zastavil vystavbu demo-
kratick6 republiky a rozrusil
organicke srGstan1 cesk6ho a
slovenskeho lidu V jedno statni
teleso.
Pc ctvrt6 Sc ceskoslovensky
lid obracf pres hranice rodne
zem6 S otazkou, KIDD zavinil
wrist rozkladnych sill V pova-
leone Europe a proc statnfci cd
pov6dni "a vyvoj svetove poll
tiky nedbali poplaSnych INA
men1 a vystraznych HAST, do
kud byl jest6 cas-. Pc ctvrte
nezaznf ma 1svitu svatecn1ho
dine vft6zne fanfary a stTelba
jakozto znamenf radosti a silly.
Snad jednou az Dude %. RI
jen Ease vyznacen V ceskoslo-
venskem kalendari cervenym
pfsmem, nekdo vypfse naladu
t6 move serie narodn1ch svatkG,
ktera Sc vine cd %. rfjna 1888,
zastlneneho Mnichovem, az pc
dnesnf den. Pres stejny "a
kladnf rvs shleda nepochybne
rozd1ly a to nejenom V zevnim
prGb6hu, nybrz i V duchu. KITE
ry V ten den vanul, ci povane
ceskoslovenskym krajem. Trip
Ike zklamanf pred trent lety,
doprovazen6 zlovestnymi prf-
znaky vnitTnfho rozkladu, Cd
hOdlan1 pr1hlaSltl Sc K duchu,
ktery ozivoval ceskoslovensky
veTejny zivot v dob6 samostat-
nosti, z nehoz vyplynuly mani
festace pred dvema Lefty; tiche
vzpomnfky lonskeho roku, KITE
re nepochybn6 ukazuji cestu i
letoSn1m manifestation vernosti
odkazu minulosti a nadeji v
zitTek.
Jiste Sc nemylime, jestli pred
pokladame, re Sc letos stane
vSe, co by mohlo setT1ti s %.
Tfjna slavnostni raz a promeni-
ii jej We vsedn1 den, podobny
jake vejce vejci t6 rade dnf,
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24

III VS0s % NuSKO, kOo Sc riga
INSULT polske a ceskoslovenske
pluky, dostalo tolik zbroje, to-
Xix del, tankI a aeroplanI, ko-
lik potFebuje k zastaveni ne
mecke zapIavy a Ike krvavemu
odrazeni nacistickych vrahG.
Je nebezpecf V prodlen1!
NaSi vinou nesmi byt zadr-
zena vyroba a odesIani jedine-
no della, jedineho tanku, jedi
neho aeroplanuna bojiste, kde
nedostatek techto zbrani by O.
tevreI NemcGGm dalsi cestu k u
spschu.
Nasf svatou, lidskou, slovan-
skou i americkou p%ovinnost1 je
usp1sit vyrobu a dopravu valec
nych prostTedk1 do Ruska, do
.Ciny, Velke Britanie, IA vsech-
ma bojiste, kde proti majestic
kemu Nemecku a jeho italske-
mu a japonskemu spojenci mi
liony svobodu naroda miluj1-
cfch bojovnfkG nastavuj1 svou
hrud.
Pred tim 1kolem vse ostatnl
must ustoupit do pozad1.
Ma tento ukol mus1me SOU
stredit vsechno sve 1sil1 teto
iodine. Projevy sympati1, he
jsla a resoluce nepomohou, pGj-
dou-li bojovnfci prot nacismu,
prot dobre vyzbrojenemu ne
pTfteli S holyma rukama.
Vim, re delnictvo a zejmena
delnictvo organisovane ma svo-
lie opravnene hospodaTske po-
Itreby a pozadavky, kterych
mu treba haiti, ale obhajobu
tschto pozadavkIG je zafidit
dnes tax, jak to ci1i organise
vane dslnictvo We Velke Brita-
nil, ably nebyla zdrzena vyroba
a doprava valecneho maserialu
ma bojists Evropy, Aisle a Afri-
ky, kde Sc rozhoduje i o naSem
osudu.
Nebot nejde jen o nase po-
bratimy V Europe.
[ naSe vlastn1 vec je v saZce:
Co Sc dele v Europe je vystra-
hou Americe. Kdyby Hitler v
Europe zv1tezil, je V krajnfm
nebezpecf i naSe vlast americ-
ka a hrozny osud zemi nasich
otcIG stall by Sc udslem i zemi
nasich dsti.
Kdyby nacism mel zv1tezit i
v teto zemi, nejh6Te by to poci-
tito vsechno delnictvo americ-
Ike a re vseho delnictva nejhG-
re by tento novy stav odneslo
vedle obcan1 zidovske rasy a
cernochG, zejmena delnictvo
slovanskeho p1vodu, ktere ma
ciste tax nenavid1.
V zajmu svych vlast1 starych,
ma obranu sve vlasti move a ma
zabezpecenf demokracie a hos
podarsk6 svobody sve vlastnf,
ucinme proto vse, CO mGzem
pro porazku nacismu.
D6lnfci Nemeckem rozvrace-
nych nasich vlast1, dnes otroci
nacisticke zvGle i deln1ci v uni
formach ruske a britske arma-
dy a ostatn1ch spojeneckych
|vojsk volaj1 k delnfk1m Anne
riky: Poslete rychle della, tan
ky a letadla proti Hitlerovi a
jeho spojencIm!
OslySfme jejich zoufale vo-
lanf?
Nikoli! Neoslysfme tohoto
hlasu!
Della, tanky a letadla pfede-
vsim Rusku a to beg prodleni a
zdrzovani. Zvysit a zrychlit
vyrobu a dopravu Valencia
materialu do stareho sveta, a.
bychom nemuseli jednou bojo-
vat prot presile ma pGde Sv6ta
noveho!
To jest mas 1kol!
! To je naSe povinnost!
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24
"DEN CSL. NEZAVISLOSTI"
v TEXASU.

Guverner statu Texas, Coke
Stevenson, prohlasil %. RI
jen 1911 dnem ceskoslovenske
nezavislosti We statu Texas. u
cinil tax prohlasen1m, ktere v
1plnem prekladu mi takto:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1941-10-24

ychazi kazdy patek
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
The Year of Backs

One of the features of this season
has been the number of brilliant
backs supplied by the Midwest and
South especially.
The Midwest offers Bruce Smith.
Westfall, HiIlenbrand, Graham,
Berteli, Harder, Steuber, DeCorre-
won't, Kuzma and many others. The
South has Dudley, Jenkins, Lach,
Sinkwich, Hapes, Hovious, and
from the Southwest such talent as
Moser, Layden and Grain.
This 1871 crop has been one of the
finest football has ever seen. The
southern air of Tennessee and Ala
bama IS still rife with the comment
on Jack jenkins, Vanderbilt's back
field star who carried the main bur
den against Alabama. No one sec
ton has had a monopoly on star
halfbacks Though the South and
Midwest were particularly strong,
other areas have had a good share
Of top-notch performers. Some Of
them aren't as well known but their
abilities haven't suffered because
publicity has been lacking
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
St. Nicholas Loved
For Piety, Grace

The name Of Santa Claus is mere
" slurring the Dutch San Nicho-
las, which is, of course, Saint Mich
olas. American children are proba-
bly, the only ones who say it exactly
that way.
Nicholas was an actual person.
He was Bishop of Myra, In Lycia,
Asia Minor, In the first part of the
Fourth century, A. D. He was also
the youngest bishop In the history Of
the church.
From the day of his birth Nicholas
revealed his piety and grace. He
refused on fast days to take the
natural nourishment of child.
But Nicholas was not a barefoot
recluse vowed TO poverty. His IA
Their was a wealthy merchant, and
his riches enabled him TO be dis
penser of the good things IN life.
The feast Of Saint Nicholas was
originally celebrated on December
6. Later when church people IN the
late Middle ages tried to suppress
the festivities which grew UP around
the Boy Saints day, his festival
came TO be associated with Christ
mas day.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-12-18
Christmas Marked
In Early Colonies
By JoIIity, Fedsting

Early American colonies along the
Atlantic seaboard could have been
located on different continents, so
far as their Christmas celebrations
were concerned.
Many of the customs Of England
were followed by the southern colo
MES of Georgia, Carolina, Maryland
and Virginia. Here the Christmas
season was q holiday II the true
sense of the word Feasting and
merrymaking were common, but re-
Iigious worship and prayer were not
forgotten.
In sharp contrast to this happy
celebration was the manner ID which
Christmas was marked In New
England. Puritan leaders did their
best TO create a different concep-
ton of the day. Celebrations were
declared pagan IN origin, and it was
believed such rites were out of keep
ing with the true spirit of the day.
Their efforts were overcome after
z number of years and New Eng
land yuletides gradually assumed a
character more like those of old
England.
Christmas In the middle colonies
Of New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Delaware was cele-
brated In the manner that the col
onists followed In their countries of
origin In addition to England, these
colonies were populated by people
from Germany, Holland and Swe-
den. The Germans, for example,
brought to America the custom Of
using the Christmas tree, but the
Quakers Of Philadelphia limited
their observance to religious cere-
monies.
Family reunions marked the sea-
son m both the middle and southern
colonies. Houses were crowded with
welcome guests who were treated
TO the best of fowls, wines and
sweetmeats.
Along the frontier Christmas was
q season Of active merrymaking
which In places verged on rowdy-
ism.
As time went on, Christmas In
the various sections of the colonies
became fused until there is today
q considerable similarity of prac-
tees throughout the United States.