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SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31
CLEVELAND WEST
WHIRL
By Johnnie.

Cleveland. O.. Dec. 5l-The
old year is just about over with
and with it go many pleasant
memories. Yep, we sure had
plenty of fun and right from the
beginning of the new year too.
Remember how "Gotch" wanted
to stand in the balcony and lust
drop the basketball into the bas-
ket. he said it would be so much
easier. Then at the end of the
Season Salem nosed Farrell out
of the championship, it sure was
a swell playoff series. 1t was soon
after this that our first active
member left the club to enlist in
the Navy, sure you know him,
Mike Bloch. Right now he is sta
toned at Dutch Harbor. Alaska
Again as before Youngstown en-
tertained for the Swim Meet
where Miss Bokesch was hailed
Queen of the Saxons'. Yep. it
sure was swell year with T. S.
]. A. Formal at New Castle and
the Golf Tournament at Salem
with Salem winning OF course.
Then there was the Convention
at West which was probably the
high point of the year because all
the clubs were so well represent
ed. And now old man time is
walking out OF the picture and
with him he is taking a guy who
calls himself Johnnie and so in
behalf OF the club and myself
here is wishing every one a Hap
py New Year. :
An other member has left for
the services. the kid who put
Lakewood on map. Bob Meier
left for the Signal Corps Train
ing School in Nest Virginia last
week and will continue his train
ing there which he started in
Cleveland. Lots of luck. Bob.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31
THINGS TO BE
DONE BY THE
AGENDA CLUB
By Ed Schuster

The Agenda Club looks to 1913.
A year of restricted activity,
With the emphasis on work,
not glee.
Free movement in captivity.
A damper on good times,
Butte better planned events.
Not many trips OF all kinds,
But parties at home. it presents.
Anniversary party, of course.
And outdoor excursions by bike,
With plenty of air and no
remorse
And hot dog roasts. the kind you
like. ....>
Perhaps the club house
May bloom out this year.
A new interest in spouse
VIII help bamsh was tear.
The battle on the golf course
Will continue, champions
crowned,
Because of driving force
And touch newly found.
The call to arms may come
And find us ready, chin high
While heart skips beat for some
And time continues its flight.
AT the end of this year
Closer knit in friendship sea
Well be. This may dear
Is the Agenda Club in 1913.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31

to help them by keeping up the
dear old Jugendbund only this
will be a Madelbund.
We thank Mike Baier for his
services. He was really a fine
president. None better could be
found.
Remember last summer, wiener
roasts, ball games. post office etc.
Those. were the days and Mike
should be thanked from the bot
tenn OF your hearts for it. Thanks
again.
President. Sophie krestel
Y. Pres, Thelma Thalgott
The secretary and treasurer is
up for discussion at our next
meeting.
A Happy New Year to all.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31
CAPITAL CITY BITS
By Katy Gotzmeister.

Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 81 -
Juniors, the date of the party
for our fellow Saxon, M. Schmidt
was held last Saturday, Dec. 20.
Blessed Event
Congratulations to the proud
parents Mr.. and Mrs. PeterWeiss
Loretta Konnerth) OF Cleve-
land. Mrs. p. Weiss who is now
making her home in Cleveland,
was the former secretary of the
Columbus Juniors. They are the
proud parents of bouncing baby
boy, James Peter, born to them
on Dec. 10. 1912.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31
ENGAGEMENT

Mr.. John Montsch, 1928 East
l45th ST., Cleveland, O., wishes
to announce the engagement of
his daughter, Gertrude, to Mr..
George F. Gross. son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Gross, zoos West
Soth ST., Cleveland, Ohio. No
date has been set for the wedd-
ing. Ohm Montsch.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31
THE CANTON
OOMPA CORNER
BY Fulz

Canton. Dec. 3l-Last meeting
we held a Christmas exchange
but couldn't hold meeting as
there were not enough to have a
meeting. but at our next meeting
| am sure we will have more
than enough.
To the members that attend
ed the social keep up. the good
work and we will have real
club again and all the spirit that
goes with it.
The Jrs. wish to thank our adj
visors for the help they have
given us and we also wish to
thank the men and women OF
both lodges who have tried to
help the Trs.
Camp News
We hear that Marty kelp will
be home over the holiday so ]
guess we will have to have a
shindig or something so it looks
like old times.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31

w i"iiSo loi LlCdltH ana success
in the New Year,
The festive multitude shouted
and roared. How many good re-
solutions were made: How many
secret fears and sincere hopes lay
behind all these outward express
Slons of enjoyment. Forgotten
we're the broken promises and
resolutions of last New Years |!
Forgotten the many wishes ex-
pressed then! Old wounds, hard
ly closed, were disregarded in this
drunken revel of saluting the
New Year! they drink, they
ance to a BETTER New Year.
What contrast with THAT
New Years which arose Just then
before my mental eyes: yes. in
retrospect. by this very contract
THAT New Years became the
more lucid.
1t happened during the war, in
the severe winter of 1916. in a
village of Southern Russia. The
ground was covered with snow
several feet deep: a piercing cold
seemed to touch the marrow OF
our bones. The horses were hard
ly able to move forward. Our di-
vision was on its march to the
&umanian front: we had been
riding day and night, since we
were badly needed in that Sec
ton. Having come farthest. the
horses of my regiment were un-
able to keep pace with the rest
of the troops, and we fell back.
On the 31st December, about
10 o'clock in the morning, we
reached friendly village. nicely
embedded in small dale OF the
landscape. The whole aspect of
that village indicated that we had
a Germanic settlement before us.
well. what do You Think
the commander OF our regiment
at whose side / was riding. asked
me. | understood what he meant
and nodded. We decided to make
halt there. since it was OF no
use to force our advance with
worn-out horses and riders.
a. few minutes later our regi-
ment's adjutant reported that
the commander and myself could
find refuge with the pastor of the
village What a relief! And what
enchanting prospects. Perhaps
we might even look forward to
downy featherbed. Could there
be anything more inviting after
all these days in the saddle:
albright, gentlemen. we shall
stay here for the night Colonel
Won Barowsky, who looked as if
his bones were frozen. said rather
contentedly.
Adjacent to the white-washed
Lutheran church there was a
pretty large limestone house, at
the door OF which the tall. lean
figure of a venerable old pastor
was standing. awaiting our arri-
val. His long. narrow features
revealed his Baltic origin; his
bearing was outspokenly that OF
an officer OF cavalery. His steel
gray, intelligent and sharp eyes
welcomed us with an expression
Of kindness and warmth.
God bless you, Colonies. and
be welcome" - | noticed that he
looked rather scrutinizingly at
Colonel Won Barowsky My
name is Won Ruehman. Pavel
Nikolaiewitsch Won Ruehmann,
gentlemen a strong hand pres
sed ours in welcome.
"The son of our illustrous Ge-
neral of Cavalry, Baron V. Rueh-
mann" Colonel Won Barowsky
asked somewhat bewildered, his
face growing pale at the sight of
the pastor.
Quite so, my dear Colonel.
The former Lyceist, Page and
First Lieutenant OF the Imperial
Horse Guards" and strange,
sad smile appeared on his face,
"And you'are Colonel Won Ba-
!rowsky, are not you. Konstantin
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31

Are you and your relatives men..
bers Of the Sick Benefit Society
and Central Verband? If not, now
is the time to join. For more Infor-
nation call the local representative.
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1942-12-31

! your eyes, Won BarOWSky said
good-humoredly.
] peeled off my innumerable
covers and hurried to get dress
ed, efficiently aided by my order
ly.
Now come. my dear George
Nikolaiewitsrh. we are going to
have a cup of hot tea, and then I
shall tell you who this venerable,
pious servant of God isv'
We entered the dining room;
most officers were present wait
ing for our appearance. A splen-
did and extensive dinner follow
ed,quite number of turkeys and
geese were eagerly and thorough
ly disposed of. The pastor and his
family were not present, which
circumstance did not contribute
to abate my curiosity, on the
contrary, | became more and
! more impatient to hear the long
expected disclosure.
The clock struck ten, the hour
OF the coming year New Year
was approaching The officers,
their hunger stilled, tried valiant
ly to suppress yawning.
"Gentlemen. it appears to be
most advisable for you to go to
bed, now, the more so since we
must look forward to a very
strenuous march tomorrow" Co.
lionel V. Barowsky said. Gentle
men, he lifted his wine glass,
ito our Imperial Majesty" the
glasses were emptied to the last
drop. and then again: Gentle
men, to our regiment and vic
torious New Year"
Half an hour later we were all
''alone again. | anticipated to learn
now about the mystery surround
ing the pastor, but, in this mo-
ment, the door opended and our
host appeared on the threshold.
you are left alone so soon,
gentlemen:' he asked."I thought
all officers would welcome the
New Year together"
well, my dear pastor, youth
OF today is weak; they are not
able to miss sleep for weeks as
you used to do at that age, Pavel
Nikolaiewitsch.' Colonel Won
Barowsky said, as if he knew the
pastor already as boy.
'Pernaps it is better that way
konstantin Alexeiewitsch. "the
poor men are tired" he smiled
somewhat embarrassediy, will
you permit me a question, my
friends :"
But certainly, dear pastor"
we answered simultaneously.
Would you do me the favor of
welcoming the New Year in my
company" he said with a graci-
Gus bow.
I'VE should be delighted as
well as deem it a great honor,
pastor"
Very we'll then, my dear
friends, but | must call your at
tention to one point: | shall meet
the coming New Year in a man
ner quite novel to you. Are you
willing TO take that risk" he
said with a peculiar smile.
Both of us clicked our heels
and the silver spurs expressed
for us our willingness.
Il thank you. gentlemen. And
now | might advise you to finish
your wine. since there will be
none when we shall greet the
New Year. Shall we go?" and
with a gesture of unexpected in
tirnacy he took Colonel Won Ba-
rowsky's arm leading him out of
the room. | followed them with
an air of incomprehension along
a long hall This new turn Of
events mystified me even more,
and with greatest expectation !
was looking forward to whatever
might be in store for us. At last
we arrived in the pastors study:
A large room, huge desk with
a high cross on it, innumerable
books on shelves and long, hard
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01

Washington: The FBI cautioned
auto owners to protect their cars
better against thieves since the tire
shortage had made them more at
tractive as booty.
London: One hundred thousand
bomb and shell filters in ordnance
factories in Britain sent birthday
greetings to Josef Stain of Russia
on his sixty-second birthday, accord
ing to official news sources.
Paterson, N. j.: A cut in "wage-
incentive" bonuses at an aircraft
factory resulted in a two-hour walk
out, quickly submitted to arbitration.
Cairo: A serious shortage of
wheat resulted in a decree that all
Egyptian bread must contain only SO
per cent of wheat flour.
Bismarck, N. D.: One hundred
and. ten German enemy aliens"
had arrived at Fort Lincoln for in
ternment, bringing the population of
the camp to 410. The new arriv-
ais were described as more sullen,
grim and harder" than the first lot,
all German seamen.
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01

Washington: The United States
has more than 80 monitoring radio
stations listening constantly for sig
mails that might be endangering the
country's war effort, it was re-
vealed.
Sacket's Harbor, N. Y: The USO
opened a radio station broadcast
ing by soldiers for soldiers in
the country. 1t was predicted that
they would be opened at all camps.
Washington: The navy announced
a plan to offer reserve commissions
to $4,000 college seniors and juniors
in the country, and to permit them
to finish their courses. The juniors,
however, would be required to serve
this coming summer vacation on ac-
tive duty.
San Antonio: President Roose-
velt's second son, Capt. Elliott
Roosevelt, was graduated from an
air force school and sent out into
active service at once as an aerial
navigator with combat group. 1t
was said he would be in the long
range ocean patrol on the Atlantic.
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01

seem absent-minded and depressed,
and I recognized the symptoms of
another affair.
"Pretty soon he began to tell me
about Marian, pretty saucy girl
in an adjoining Office, who had all
the men crazy about her. hoped,
as in Garments case, that she would
soon marry, too, but when ex-
pressed the idea Billy told me
gloomily that she wouldn't, she had
admitted that she loved him. She is
just 18, has a flighty three-times di-
vorced mother, and I suppose thinks
that handsome Billy is fair game,
babies or no babies.
''This was a terrible blow to me,
for his manner indicated that he was
wel-pleased with the idea; but
worse followed. Yesterday, Monday
morning, I received in the mail a
letter from him saying that he is
not coming home again; he is stay
ing with Marion and her mother in
an apartment hotel. He says he has
never really loved me, that it was
all a mistake, that his mother will
take Alan and I must go to my moth
er until the new baby comes, and
that a lawyer has told him that all
he need allow me is SIS a week. He
says he will send that only if I
agree to a divorce.
''The shock of this has made me
frightfully nervous and don't know
what to do. don't believe his moth
e. would take Alan, for she lives
with a married daughter who is not
strong. But what arguments can I
use to bring Billy back, and what
is your opinion of him?"
Refuses to Divorce Him.
My opinion of Billy could hardly
be printed in family paper. The
writer of this letter lives in Sacra-
mento, Calf, less than a hundred
miles away from me, and my an
swer was to drive up and see her
and have personal talk. Shortly
afterward she stored her furniture
and went with her small boy to live
with her mother and father, and
the courts have told Billy to send
her $75 a month. She intends nev-
er to grant him a divorce, and so
the matter will stand at deadlock
for long time.
But the misery of it, the heart
break and tears and loneliness and
sense of failure can't be cured by
any such solution as that. Daphne
took all a girls dreams and hopes
into her married life. She loved
her little home, her husband, her
first baby.
There's no cure for a man like
that. If this had come after IL. Is
years of marriage there might be
He might then have lost his senses
for a while, only to recover and be-
gin to realize the value of what he
had tried to throw away.
But a man who will infiict upon
any fellow creature the bitter in
justices this man has meted out to
a loving young wife is really quite
hopeless.
He is so lost to kindness, hon.
esty, understanding, decency, that
no forgiveness would mean anything
to him, and no fresh start would
change his innate cruelty. Daphne
is well rid of him. I wish for her a
placid life in the home town, with
her two children. To Billy his worst
enemy couldn't wish a bitterer un-
happiness and failure than he Is
bringing upon himself.
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01
EVIDENCE:
On Russian, Front

Both returning American newspa-
per observers and dispatches from
Berlin itself began to hurl the heavy
weight of evidence back of the facts
that Russia had been informing the
world about the inroads the weather
was making on German strength
and ability to fight and as to the
defeat the Nazi armies were suffer-
ing.
Two Berlin dispatches had told,
first in the VolkiScher Beobachter,
Hitler's own newspaper, that the
Russians are equal to us as fight
ers and under some conditions SUI
perior"; and, second, that the Ger
man soldiers were suffering terribly
from the cold.
The second instance was given to
the world by Goebbels himself, in
opening a campaign, ''house to
house and apartment to apartment"
to collect warm clothing, particular
iy furs, for the men on the Russian
front.
Goebbels had said, in part:
We h0NC OO1lS Gil W CAG1P t1lC
army for winter. But winter came
too early. Our soldiers will still lack
much.
''We must prevent German SOL
diers from suffering the winter in
Norway, Russia or elsewhere.
''The front wants everything the
Fatherland can give for defense
against this winter which set in SO
early, earlier than usual"
The American newsmen told of
watching the German retreat, of the
abandonment of materials, includ-
ing tanks and guns as the Nazis fed
from their advanced Russian posi-
tions back over the snow-packed
roads. There had seemed to be no
dirninution of the Russian claims as
they added division after division to
the list of "those annihilated."
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01

placed in the hands of ship-minded
officers, and the air arm had been
believed to feel slightly 'out of it. "
Jubilation reigned in the air force
of the navy when Admiral King was
placed in supreme command. The
appointment had completed the
shakeup and rapid prosecution of
the war in the Pacific under Ad-
mirals Hart and Nimitz was ex-
pected.
AS a matter of fact, many observ-
ers wondered if the appointment did
not place Chief of Operations Ad-
miral Stark ''on the shelf" for what
duties remained to him were un-
specified. Formerly he had been re-
garded as the navy's supreme COM
mander.
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01
MANILA:
Major Thrust

The good news from Russia and
Libya had been rather Offset by the
discouragements and losses of the
Far Eastern campaign, and it had
become evident that the Japanese
attack on the Philippines had been
slowly but steadily growing in in
tensity.
Then came the report that 80
transports of japanese troops had
been sighted off the coast between
the port of Lingayen and Manila.
These thousands of soldiers meant
that the long-expected invasion of
the Philippines was under way.
U. S. land, sea and air forces then
began their defense against this ma
ior battle force of japan.
Lingayen was called by military
experts the gateway to Manila"
and because of this strong defen-
sive force was thrown into action
to defend it. First reports told of
the United States forces ''holding
their own" One unconfrmed report
told of the sinking of at least one
japanese troop transport.
A landing on Davao made the
fourth spot in the islands on which
the Japanese had gained at least
temporary foothold.
The Davao landing became the
potentially greatest menace against
Manila, because it was on the near
by island of Mindanao, largely in
habited by Japanese and japanese
sympathizers.
A hotbed of fifth-columnist activ-
ity, Davao had been editorially
called Davaochukuo before the out
break of the war, because Luzon
dwellers regarded it as the chief
fifth-column threat.
The landing there was believed to
have been engineered with the aid
of treachery from within. The
American troops gave battle to the
invaders, but no claims of immedi-
ate victory were made, and the land
ing was said to have been Sin con-
siderable force"
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01
MESSAGE FOR HUSBANDS
Most of Kathleen Norris mes.


sages are addressed to ,oiues;
but here's one for their hus-
bands. A girl ,Uho soouIdn't think
OF marrying man toho is men
tally or physically defective, ,oiH
not hesitate to marry one tOhO
has neuer learned to accept the
moral responsibilities of mar
riage. Perhaps she is not to be
blamed for that. 1t isn't easy to
judge a man you haue seen only
at his best. So it is really up to
the mothers and fathers of future
husbands to giUe them the moral
background they need, so that
they tUiH bring to marriage the
decency, courage and sense of re-
sponsibiIity without s0hich that
marriage has no chance of being
happy one.
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01
HITLER:
Inner Voice

Explaining that he was answering
an elmer CALL" Adolf Hitler took
over sole command of the Nazi army
because, he said, the Russian war
had exceeded all past notions"
This meant that the former
commander-in-chief, Field Marshal
Walther Won Brauchitsch, was out,
as Hitler put it, because of "the
vastness of the theater of war" and
the manner in which military opera
tions, economic and political war
aims were linked.
Berlin circles discounted theories
from other world capitals that Won
Brauchitsch was dismissed because
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01


W ly defective, girls per-
" ceive his affliction, and
nobody wants to marry him.
But when he is morally deficient
there seems to be no way of see
ing it in time.
There ought to be. There
ought to be questionnaires and
tests for the husband to be,
simple questions as to wheth-
er he respected the truth,
knew anything about the re-
sponsibilities of marriage and
was prepared for its newt
able concessions and sacri-
fees.
For the happiest marriage is
matter of generous adjustments, and
is bound to have its dark, difficult
and bewildered moments. Success
full marriage is no accident; it is
lifework. It demands courage and
character.
From his very early days boy
ought to be trained to think of his
marriage. He ought to be told that
he will owe his wife honesty and
faithfulness. To be sure, the we'd
ding service stresses this, in the
words ''for better or worse, in sick
ness and in health" But if back of
that pledge there is no home infu-
ence, extended over years and
years, to implement that promise, it
means nothing.
Don't Forget Marriage.
You mothers who are so anxious
about your small boys teeth and
manners, the schools they attend
and the friends they make, don't
forget to include in your education
and care of them an occasional
serious talk about marriage.
If men were schooled to simple
decency in marriage I could not
receive such a letter as came to
me this week from Daphne"
ST am in real trouble and I hon.
estly don't know what to do,' writes
Daphne. ST have been married
three years, and am %. Billy, my
husband, is 27; he is steady, works
in an automobile-parts shop and
makes a good salary. We have
little boy Is months old, and / am
expecting another child in February.
My parents live 700 miles away in
small village, I am the only child.
We knew Billy for some years be-
fore I was engaged to him. I have
loved him from my sixteenth year.
"After Alan was born he acted
rather queerly, seemed quiet and
went out alone good deal, and
finally confessed to me that he had
fallen hard for woman some
years older than he, a divorced
woman who had worked in the of
fee. She had, however, married
again, and Billy's infatuation had
cooled. He explained his straying
away by saying that at home it
was all dust, didies, dishes and
babytalk,' and no man liked that.
Shuns Responsibility.
"Well, after that I did all could
to be interesting and keep the house
pleasant, and our baby was, and is,
an angel, no trouble at all, and al
most no crying. Billy says he likes
the baby, occasionally throws him
about or brings him toy, but he
assumes no responsibility for him.
We employ a colored girl of Is, who
will sit with Alan evenings and help
me after school hours.
''We decided that Alan must have
companion; we both wanted a
girl baby. I love children and al
ways have wanted them. At first
Billy was nice about it, saying that
we would have our family young and
enjoy them together, but about three
months ago he once again began to
The Ely miner., 1942-01-01
LIBYA:
Bright Spot

Another bright spot in the war re-
ports had been the British North
African campaign, which had sud-
denly gone into high gear, and there
began to be a repetition of the pre-
vious British campaign, which swept
across Cyrenaica almost to the
doors of Tripoli, and resulted in the
taking of an estimated 100000 pris-
onerS.