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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
eoy Scouts Hold
Open House
FsIix n. Danf0ii.
Scouttnaster, Troop ESQ

To do honor to some Of their
former members, now iii the
service, and to recognize ths
achievement Of present i11efti.
bers, Troop $50 Of the Boy
Scouts of America, local scout
group, IS holding an open house
and court Of honor meeting on
next Wednesday evening, June
27, 1945 at 8 p. m. at The st.
Clair Recreation Center, $3.50 st.
Clair Ave.
Present at the meeting will be
1t. Francis r. Jaksic, AAF for.
mer assistant scoutmaster of the
Troop and now home having re-
ceived an honorable discharge
from the Air Corps. LIT. Jaksic
will present Life Scout badges
to Joseph Bergoc, Joseph San
kovich and Robert Suhadolnik.
Midshipr11an Ray I. Gornik,
home on leave from the United
States Naval Academy, also a
former assistant scoutmaster of
the troop, will be on hand and
will present Star Scout badges
to Robert Princic and Gabriel
Moeilnikar. Staff Sergeant Karl
Knight, AAF and a former mem
ber of the local Sea Scout group,
and Sgt. Milan Jaksic, USA, an
other former local Scout, are
scheduled to be present.
Merit badges will be present.
ed to d large number Of scouts
in the troop by a member of
the Troop Committee.
In addition to the court of
honor meeting, the Troop Com.
mite of Troop ESQ will give
away Is prizes, the first prize
being a $25.0O War Bond.
Entertainment will be fur.
nished by the scouts and par.
ents and friends Of scouting are
invited to attend the meeting.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
MEMBERS OF THE FAMED
ssth DIVISION ARRIVE
IN u. s.

On June 17th, 4 troop ships
docked in New York Harbor,
bearing members of the 86th
Division serving under General
Patton's Third Army. Home on
a short furlough, before ship.
inent to the Pacific, are some
14,247 troops, among them 591
Of Ohio. In this group are 124
Clevelanders. Slovenes who
have or will soon arrive home
on furlough are: Pfc. John NJ.
Miskulin, 1917 Lockyear Ave;
Pvt. George Novacic, 687 E.
l85th ST., and Pfc. Ray F. Mila.
vec, 1869 E. 81 St.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
|Eunice Pods Soloisf
Ct Pop Concert

Tonight, Eunice Pods, bril-.
liant, young cleveland pianist
will be the soloist ut the Pop
Concert at the Cleveland Public
Auditorium to be presented by
The Cleveland Summer Orehes:
ira, Rudolph Ringwall conduct.
Ing, Under the sponsorship Of the
Musical Arts Association. :
Miss Pods, who recently won
the first award Of $1,000 in the
nationwide piano competition
sp0nsored by the National Fed.
GRAFTON of Music Clubs, will
play the popular List Concerto
for Piano No. l.. E flat major.
Next weeks concerts by the
Summer Orchestra will likewise
bring two distinguished artists
well known to Cleveland con-
cert goers. Wednesday evening
Tossy Spivakovsky who recent
ly left the coricertmaster's desk
Of the Cleveland Orchestra to
launch a career as q concert vio-
iaist, will be featured artist.
Tickets for all Pop Concerts
are available at Taylor's, $50 Eu.
elid Avenue, either by mail or
by applying in person.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23

fighting on the western front in
Europe.
What about the future? Well,
I'm going to take time to enjoy
freedom again, and then I'll de-
eide. 1 like the sea; perhaps I'll
go back.
But whatever I do or wher-
ever I go, there always will be
memories . of as fine a group
of shipmates a man could want
of a great, noble tankship
-. and. Of the day that ship and
my buddies went down, lost at
sea. ....... -.- .. . ..-.
If any near and dear to those
who made this supreme sacrifice
read the story am telling for
Our Sun, let them be assured
that these men died as heroes.
Accepting their fate as one Of
the fortunes of war, they went
to their end with calmness and
great bravery.
They died in the service of
their country, and earned the
lasting tribute Of the nation and
the c0rdpany-the he tribute
earned BY those who give their
all
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
Goth WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY

Last Saturday, MIR. and Mrs.
Anton and Elizabeth Babic,
Hubbard Rd., Madison, O., cele-
brated their 3Oth wedding ami
versary. A gathering Of their
friends from Madison and Gene
va, helped celebrate this occa-
sion. Congratulations!
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
DIR. OMAN ILL

DR.. Oman, physician and sur
geon who has his offices in the
Slovene National Home, St.
Clair Ave-, is confined to his
home due to illness.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
Killed in Action
Major Herman M. Turk

Major Herman NJ. Turk, was
killed in action on january 23rd,
his wife. Daphyne, was notified.
Major Turk, a physician, was
serving with the 18th Army Air
Force.
Besides his wife and two chill
dren, who reside in San Anto-
nio, Texas, he is survived by his
father, Mr.. Louis Turk Of 19441
Pasnow Ave. Major Turk was
46 years of age at the time Of
his death.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
HOME

MIR. Anton Stefancic, 800 Rud-
yard Rd,, returned to his home
from Huron Rd. Hospital, where
he recently underwent an op-
Grafton. Friends may visit him.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
IN CLEVELAND

John MacRk, arrived in Cleve-
land with his daughters, from
Sharon, Pa, to visit his son,
John Mack. They are staying
ct the home of Frank Hribar,
1194 3. list st.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23

nI4Ot11CA AAClASlI VICES IIlC ~
boats attack on an English ship
some $50 miles OFF The coast of
Britain. Two terpedoes were
fired, but-as / learned later
the intended victim avoided
them: I thought they had hit,
because 1 heard two explosions;
then the Nazis eheefed. Later il
was explained to if1e that what
I heard were depth charges
dropped by a British patrol
plane. I doubted that story.
On March 9 we arrived at the
Nazi submarine base at st. Ma
zaire, France. There I learned
the sub captain had told the
truth for he flew no flag for
that English ship, but he did
fly a flag for the Atlantic Sun
and the derelict.
I was taken ashore, and sent
by ra1l under q ene-inan guard
to ain Interrogation center at
Wilhen1shaven, Germany. There
they entered by name and a lot
of particulars about me on their
prisoner records. / was kept at
the center for twelve days, one
of which was a thriller. That
was when U. S. planes staged a
daylight raid on the city, and
they did real damage. I won't
forget in a hurry a few of the
big ones that hit nearby.
Frem Wilhelmshaven tn ey
took me to what was to be my
prison for 22 months -Milag
Nord about 20 miles northeast
Of Bremen. It was a detention
camp for merchant seamen. I
found that Of some 5000 prison
ers there, 60 were Americans.
Then began a drab, wearisome
existence behind the barbed
wire Of the Nazis. One day was
like another. There wasn't much
to do but think, talk, read and
hope.
A sufficient supply of cloth
ing was furnished me by the
Red Cross, but food was the big
The standard daily ra-
ton consisted of a chunk of
black bread, enough for three
slices; four boiled potatoes; a
bowl Of thin soup; and a small
of either cheese or
eleomargerine. None Of it was
tasty. This we supplemented
with food from packages distri.
buted by the Red Cross: A typi-
cal package contained corned
beef, cheese, chocolate, powder
ed milk, soluble coffee, sugar
and faisins. At first these Red
Cross packages arrived weekly.
Later they came only once ev-
cry two weeks. Probably due to
mounting transportation diff.
culties. But there was no cor
responding Increase in the food
the Germans doled out to us.
We lived in barracks, with a
number Of men to each room.
Ten were in the room to which
I was assigned. We read all the
magazines we could get our
hands on, and books received
through the International YM-
CA helped a lot. I was able to
get some books on navigation
and mathematics, and put in
many hours studying.
Once a month we had movies,
usually German talkies we
couldn't understand. We were
also permitted to listen to some
English-language radio broad
casts originating in Germany,
such as the "Lord Haw Haw''
programs (he is William Joyce,
renegade Englishma1i). OF
course he gave the news with q
strong Nazi flavor, with Ger.
man successes lnagnified and re;
verses lllininnised. His lordship's
breakfasts didn't interest the
very nii1ch
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23

/ 'NOAAAsA4sASA AA04AA A00& "00Ay
Gradually my senses aiid
strength came back. As I lay
there and rested, the captain ot
the Submarine came to me.
Immediately asked about the
eight men. He told me he
couldn't do anything for them;
there wasn't room to take them
aboard. He informed me I was
going to Germany, a prisoner
of war!
For % days l was on the u.
boat, down below nearly all OF
the time as it prowled the sea
searching for Allied shipping.
They didn't mistreat me, and l
shared their rations of luncheon
meats, cheese, and potatoes,
fish, bread, coffee and tea. Ev-
cry now and then, usually at
night, they would allow me on
deck to get air.
But I was terribly discour.
aged. The Atlantic Sun and my
shipmates were gone. The
thought Of spending years in a
German prison camp took all
heart out of me.
The Germans saw how de-
pressed I was, and even tried to
cheer me up. In fact, every now
and then they engaged me in
conversation, and I found that
the officers aboard spoke En-
glish rather we'll.
From the captain I learned
some further facts about the at,
tack on the Atlantic Sun. The
tanker was the only vessel sunk
by the U-boat so far on that trip
which began about January l,
but the undersea raider had also
sent a dereliet to the bottom.
The sub captain revealed his
first torpedo aimed at the Sun
ship missed 1t went under:
meath. The second crashed into
the bow. The third hit at or
near the pumproom, just aft Of
midship, and tore the Atlantic
Sun in two. The fourth, as I
knew, finished off the stern
half. The sinking took place $50
miles off Cape Race, the cap
tain told me. He explained that
the machine gun was pointed at
the lifeboat in case any of the
men were armed, or had a gre.
made ready to throw.
We also discussed the war,
and l found all of them coeky
and confident of victory. They
would sink all our vessels, they
promised. Then where would
we be? We talked, too, about
the fighting in Europe, and
Since I wasn't up on the news, I
asked the captain about the bat
tie for Stalingrad. He admitted
the Germans had ben pushed
back but assured me it was "a
strategic retreat"
an the Spring, Germany will
start an offensive and over-run
all Russia" he said.
I remember when the captain
proudly told me of having re-
ceived radio news that under.
sea boats had sunk % United
Nations vessels within a few
days. That was when the U-boat
attacks were especially bad. ]
guess he had it pretty straight
because later / was to meet
some Of the survivors, and get
a first-hand account Of some OF
the sinkings.
The captain was about so
years of age, and the oldest man
aboard was the bos'n, who was
80. Other officers were -about az,
and the crew were mostly Of the
same age. The usual e5rnple.
1nent Of men, normally IS In
number, was supplemented Oh
this voyage by four OF five ap
DFenticeS. bows of IN of III, max,
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23
/! ,T!11,ly ! .
Navy
Nel,o

y Flight Officer Victor F. No
zane, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rozane, 1915 Lucknow Ave,
arrived home last weekend on
a short leave from Denver, Colo.
after which he reported for fur
ther duty in Lincoln, Neb. He
has two brothers in the service.
They are: Edward, stationed in
England, and Ivan in Belgium.
Home on a so day furlough,
after sixteen months in a Ger
man prison camp, is Sgt. Emil
Maine, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John and Mary Maine, 1883
Vashti Ave. He was a gunner ON
a bomber, and was captured on
a mission over enemy territory.
Petty Officer &c Henry Pc
trio, husband of Mildred, and
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Blaz Petric,
1892 Deise Ave, is home on
80 day furlough from Okinawa.
P/O Petfic was serving over
seas for nineteen months. On
June 25th, he will celebrate
with his wife, their 7th wedding
anniversary. His brother, Pet
ty Officer 3/e Edward is serv-
ing with the Seabees on Two
Jima. He has been overseas for
27 months.
On May 10Th, Fred F. Zele,
son of Mrs. Anna Zele, Arbor
Ave, Euclid, Ohio, was promo
ted to the rank of Staff Ser
geant, and was decorated with
the Bronze Star for gallantry in
action, in rescuing the wounded
on the battlefront in France last
December.
Pvt. Joseph Zupancic, son Of
Mrs. Rose Zupancic, 6sO5 Edna
Ave., was honorably discharged
from the army last week. In the
service 10 months, he was over
seas nine months. He was
wounded in action in France,
and since that time has spent
eleven months in various hospi-
tails. He~is now residing with his
wife, Josephine at 1853 E. 74th
St. Two of his brothers in the
service are: Pfc. Stanley sta
toned in Nevada, and Fireman
&c Andrew in the navy.
Cpl. Joseph Cekada, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Cekada,
1119 E. 177th ST., arrived home
last Sunday, after receiving his
honorable discharge. He was
serving in the army for 5 years
and 8 months. 81 months of this
time was spent overseas in Eu-
rope.
In the service for six years, is
Sgt. Max Kosec, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Valentine Kosec, 1866 E.
185th St. He is serving in Ger
many. His brother, Cpl. Valen-
tine Kosec Jr., is serving in the
Philippines He has been in the
service for three years.
Last Sunday, S/Sgt. Anthony
Malavasic, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Anton Malavasic, Pawnee Ave,
arrived home on furlough.
S/Sgt. Malavasic has been in
the service for three years, and
was a prisoner of war in Ger
many for II months.
Frank G.. Jagodnik F 1/c, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jagod-
mix, 1926 Holmes Ave, has
been returned to the U. S. from
New Caledonia, on account of
illness. He was serving overseas
for 10 months. Friends may
write to him at the following ad-
dress: U. S. N. Hospital Ward
D-4, Corvallis, Oregon. F 1/c ia
,godnik has been in the service
for Is months.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-06-23

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Hsadsron ssiils - S~&soDS1 1890 JUNE %, 945


SPeetlOn. But tney d1dnt bOtne1
us. In fact, I wasn't mistreated
at all. / did hear some stories 81
German brutality, but never
saw any instances Of it.
I began to notice late in 1948
a change in German spirit.
From being pretty cock.sure of
ultimate victory, a less confi-
dent air could be dected by
them. It wasn't any overnight
Transformation, but a gradual
change which was pretty
marked by the time / came
away. They were then tired and
pessimistie, although some were
still being fooled by Goebel's
propaganda.
We were permitted to send
two letters and fotr postcards
each month: Mail from home
came from time to time, and I
received 13 letters from home. I
also had some correspondence
with MIR. Charles L. Boyle, mani
ager of the company's Marine
department. I wrote him the
main facts of the Atlantic Suns
sinking and how had been TAX
en- to Germany on the subma-
rine.
He replied that no word had
been received of any other SUR
vivor, and from his letter I came
to the sad conclusion that all
indeed had been lost except my
self. Until I heard from him, +
had faint hope that some Of
the others had survived in some
way, but now that hope was
gone. I knew that if an Allied
vessel had picked up any of
them, the word would have
gone to their families and Sun
Oil.
On January 13 came electri-
tying news I could hardly be-
lieve at first. An exchange of
prisoners had been arranged by
the warning nations; I and many
others at the camp were to be
returned to our respective coun-
tries.
Two days later I was on my
way, in company with most Of
the U. S: merchant searnen who
had been in camp, and some
British mariners.
BY Red Cross train they took
us southwark through Ger
many, following a roundabout
route which I suppose was due
to transportation troubles and
Allied bonbings of rail lines.
On January 10 we arrived at
Lake Constance, Switzerland,
and saw the last of German
guards.
Swiss soldiers took over. We
were sent to Geneva, and for
five days were in barracks
t h er e. Then-to Marseilles,
where we saw the Stars and
Stripes on an Army hospital
ship which was our "hoteP' for
three days.
At Marseilles we were joined
by other repatriates-naimed
U. S. soldiers and a number of
civilians-and finally boarded
the exchange ship Gripsholm
for passage to New York. We
left the port on February 8, and
the voyage was uneventful.
On February u / set foot on n
American soil, in New York. Mr..
Boyle, Captain Burgess, and
Harold Lawton, all Of the Sun
Oil Company, met me there,
and gave me a great welcome. I
told them my story, and gravely
they listened as I related the
details of the last hours uf the
Atlantic Sun.
Then-home!
It was a Homecoming tinaed
with deep sadness. While / was
d uriSonef iii GERMANY my
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-01
Institutions Get
Requests BY Will

A bequest Of $1,000 each, TO the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital at Sandy Spring, the U. S.
Public Health Service and the
Maryland Grand Lodge Of Odd
Fellows, was made by Miss Eulalie
Louis Bouic, according TO the will
probated this week in the Mont
gomery County Orphans Court.
Other benefciaries include the
Rockville Volunteer Fire Depart
ment, 5000, and the Rockville
Chapter Of the Izaak Walton
League, the American Red Cross
and the Maryland Virginia Ami
NAL Rescue League, each Of which
will receive 500. The residue Of
the estate is left in trust for Mrs.
Rosetta V. Prettyman Of Rockville,
Mrs. Bouic's sister-in-law.
Albert NJ. Bouic and William
F. Prettyman of Rockville, Miss
Bouic's nephews, were named exec
utors and trustees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-01
Dairy Meeting In
Rockville Monday

A very important meeting of the
Montgomery County dairymen is
to be held at the Rockville Gym
nasium at loo p. NJ, Monday,
March 5, 1945, to demonstrate the
proper milking Of cows with spe-
cial emphasis on the use Of milk
ing machines. This meeting will
end promptly at 300 o'clock in
order that dairymen might bring
everyone who helps do the milking
and have them back in time for
the evenings work. The men who
operate the dairy are particularly
encouraged to attend this meeting.
The meeting will be conducted
by the County Extension Service
and Mr.. George Hyatt, Extension
Dairyman of the University of
Maryland. A demonstration on
proper milking procedure and care
Of milking machines will be put on
by George Fry and Washington
White Of the Laytonsville All
Club. This meeting should prove
very worthwhile to all dairymen
Of Montgomery County.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-01
Commits siOners
Official
Proceedings
HighIights Of Meeting
On Tuesday, Feb. q


The Board of County Commiss-
toner's desiring to cooperate to the
fullest extent in support of the
war effort in the enforcement of
the midnight curfew established
by the Federal Government adopt
ed a Resolution whereby nom
compliance Herewith by any and
all places of entertainment affect
ed including all types of establish
ments whether public or private,
shall be reported to S. Gilbert
Brown, Manager, War Man Power
Commission, United States En-
ployment Service, 8511 Colesville
Road, Silver Spring. Captains
Burdine Snyder McAuliffe Jones
and Voilten Of the Montgomery
County Police Force were desig-
mated as representatives of the
Board of County Commissioners
for the purpose of reporting such
violations or noncompliance in
their respective jurisdictions. Rest
aurants which are customarily
open all night for the purpose of
serving food, but only insofar as
food is concerned and entertain
ment supplied for Military Person
Continued ON Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-01
To "Play School"
Tuesday Evening

Tuesday evening, March 6, will
be High School night at Sherwood
School, Sandy Spring, starting at
8 o'clock. Each parent will "at-
tend school, on a schedule equiva-
lent to that Of his own child, ex-
eept that the class periods will be
cut to fifteen minutes. Every
pupil will supply his parents with
his own Tuesday schedule. The
customary three minutes will be
allowed for changing from one
class to another, and any tardy
pupil will be asked to report to
the principals Office. The teacher
will outline the course of study
for the year in her given subject
and will then answer any questions
ner "class" of parents may ask.
While the meeting is called High
School Night, Mrs. Thomas N. Ber-
lage, program chairman, expects
all Elementary School parents to
attend as well as those whose
children are enrolled in the High
School. They may elect to follow
the course of study of any special
subject, or Of any age level.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-01
Head OF Missing
County Woman
Found In Virginia
Husband Held Following
Identification; Had Been
Missing Since February IL

The mystery surrounding the
disappearance of Mrs. Pearl Wal
ker Corens, 81, of 4515 Gladwin
street, Bethesda, missing from her
home since February IL, was par
TALLY solved Tuesday night with
the discovery Of a woman's neatly
severed head near Herndon, Va.
Wife OF Henry Corens, an auto
mobile painter for Barry Pate :
Addison, Chevrolet dealers, and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. McKen-
dree Walker of Gaithersburg, Mrs.
Corens disappeared without leav-
ing a clue.
The head, which had apparently
been buried, was discovered in
sparse brush about Is feet off the
side of the road, on Seneca road
by two farmers, Fristoe A. Mel
ton and c. G Daley of Herndon,
Va, who were returning from a
fishing trip in the Potomac.
A half-busEei basket was later
found nearby which bore blood
stains and shreds of brown hair
similar to that on the head. This
led police to believe that the wo.
man mad been murdered at some
other place and the head brought
there in the basket. Coroner T.
B. McCord of Fairfax County said
that the head had been severed
immediately below the fourth GER
vical vertebrate and that the cut
ting had been neatly done. Mrs.
Corens carried a large scar on her
throat from a thyroid operation.
Identification was made by Beth
esda dentist who checked his den
tai charts. Mr.. Corens, summoned
to identify the head, failed to do
so. Following the Identification
by the dentist the husband is being
held.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1945-03-01
CABIN JOHN METHODIST CHURCH

Yship and Woman's Society of
Christian Service. In recent weeks
vested Junior Choir of Girls has
been organized and will sing one
Sunday each month. A community
boys club under the direction of
G. S. Duvall meets at the church
twice each month.
The Church, besides having a
goal of $4,000, is also working for
a larger membership, an Adult
Bible Class in the Sunday School,
and additional activities for every
age group that will make the
church the center of interest for
the entire community.
DR.. Clifford H. Richmond of
Chevy Chase will preach at the
Church on Sunday evening at 8
P. M, when the financial cam
paign opens. Pledges will be re-
ceived, payable before June LIST,
and for every one hundred pledged
at the service, a candle will be
lighted.
The Potomac Methodist Choir
will sing and also the Choir OF
Junior Girls Of Cabin John. If the
campaign is successful. the Church
will likely have full-time minis
ter after June waen the baltimore
rConfereiice tnrnisters are .Assigned