davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-13
Births Reported
tFrom the D. C. Bureau Of vital statistics)


BOYS.
John and Barbara Anderson.
Joseph and Frances Bauier.
BENJAMIN and Theresa Bernstein.
Alvin and Betty Collier.
John and Grace Curry.
Francis and Edwina Dillon.
Guilford and Evelyn Grant.
Charles and Sylvia Kline.
Ray and Marie Lloyd.
Ernest and Mary. Mantzouris.
William and Doris Morrow.
Joseph and Teresa Norris.
Peter and Marian Rantovich.
Alfred and Emilia Ray.
George and Emma Shifflett
Stephen and Anna Smigosky.
Frank and Mary Stanley.
Calvin and Mary Aston.
6snJamin and Rosia Anderson.
Charles and Gloria Barron.
Walter and Mildred Broaduax.
Robert and Millie Brooks
Alonzo and Margaret Brown.
Alfonso and Remell Brown.
Oswald and Gloria Bruce
Petronio and Gloria Burgos.
Leonard and Ladessa Cross.
Bernard and Caroline Dreher.
william and Barbara franklin.
Randall and Mary Hail.
Major and Jean Harris.
Wllliam and LESSEE Howard
Robert and Mary Hunter.
James and Florence jackson.
Fred and Edith Jackson.
lanes lanes ana ana Dorothy Jackson;
Henfy and Cremolia MePhatter.
JAKE and Margaret Robinson.
James and Thelma Royal
GIRLS.
Walter, and Dympna Burkhart.
coward and Mary CasSon.
John and Gertrude. Eastburn.
Make and Nancy Jenkins.
vo1el and Mary McDanieis.
Joseph and Msriiyn sterett.
Henry and Doris Woody.
Charles and Beth -Cailaway.
James and Joan Corless.
Salvador, and Media Herrera.
Raymond and Mildred Monshan.
IIheodo and a Mad Kia;thryn YIN, Nelson.
Branko and Helen stnpar.
james James and Eiossie Ballard.
Walter and Geneva Daaghtry.
Coleman and Minnie Heathington.
E Tada and Elsie johnson.
Fred and Vernetta Mckenzie.
Andrew and Mollie Parker.
Ananias and Eloiese Perry.
eIsyelsnd nG and d'. 9esenhinse ids Smith.
Arthur and Estelle Wilson
Donald and Ethel Anderson.
Eddie and Catherine Brown.
Carl and Jessie Crawford
Ralph and Mary DeVille.
George and Dolores johnson.
Fred and Lille Jones.
Ebert and Vella Lattermore.
James and Lucille Meredith.
Warren and Montrula Page.
Paige and I.upa Pendelton,
Robert and Theresa Reid.
Thomas and Estelle Sims,
Hiram and Lois Ward
Ting and Mary Woo.
TWINS.
Alfred and Mark Mikesell, boys.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-13
Charlottesville Election
SpseioI Disposeh to The Stur

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb.
13.-Mayor William r. Hill and
Thomas j. Niche. attorney, will
represent the Democratic Party
IN next June's general election
to fill two city council seats.
Their selection took place at q
city Democratic convention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-13
vitale. 80. 1920 nth st. NV.

Vitale. 80. 1920 18th st. NV.
James billiard. 25. 1888 Gale st. ne,
and Hazel Morgan. "a. 2S 18th st. Sc.
Joseph Voss. 20, Oskaloosa. Ia, and
Diane Duffey. 10. 1900 Argyle ter.
NV.
Robert Int. 25. Franklin, Pa, and Shir-
ley Dunn. 81. Farmingdale, N. J.
John Barnhart. 81. 523 18th st. ne,
st. NV.
Norman Parker. 81, San Antonio. Tex,
and Edith Lewis, IS. 20 r st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-13
Colombo Investment

Colombia's greatest manufac-
turing investment is In the tex
tile business. with food second
and beverages third. a new in
dustrial census shows.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
WEDNESDAY, JULY IA, 1854


Today five decades later, the Croatian
Fraternal Unions Canadian records show
that there are approximately $500 Adult
and Junior members in the Dominion, with
assets exceeding 81, ,161 900 and insurance
in force in excess of $6,132,OOO.
Not one cent of the money paid month
ly by our Canadian members ever crosses
into the States. 1t finds it's way to sound
Dominion banks instead Nor are any Ca
madam bonds owned by the Society, as
whole, here in America. They too are, on
official deposit across the border.
Surely all this cannot be construed as
meaning that our Canadian members are
"nobodies" in the realm of the Croatian
Fraternal Union. Surely this is proof that
they are indeed very important segment
of the Society's vast membership
Let no Canadian member any longer
doubt his or her stature in the ranks of the
Croatian Fraternal Union, nor make light
of membership which is both privilege
and an honor to possess.
Finally, let there be greater under
standing between the Society's members in
both the United States and Canada, an un-
derstanding based on brotherhood!
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Trouble Enough

\A/E are in receipt of letter from bro.
w Mark Yelavich Detroit, Mich. the
latter part of which we should like to quote,
with modesty, for the record.
"As a member of the Veterans of For
eign Wars of the United States writes
bro. Yelavich, II wish to compliment you
and all other second generation Americans
of Croatian origin, for your battle to pre-
serve the ideals of American liberty and
democracy, and for ignoring Balkan poll
tics and those who follow such line
Having been born raised and educated
in the United States, we have trouble
enough steering clear of American politics
without taking on any part of the Balkan
political intrigue under which so many of
our parents once lived and suffered.
AS for our battle to preserve the ideals
of American liberty and democracy, that
is the job Of every single conscientious cti-
zen of the United States.
In the words of the late Mark Twain:
Always do right. This will crafty some,
and astonish the rest"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14

OUR occasional speaking engagements
~ across the border have convinced us
that our fellow members in the Dominion
of Canada do not realize nor appreciate
= the role they are playing in keeping the
Croatian Fraternal Union strong.
In fact, all too many Of our Canadian
brethren are laboring under the impression
that they represent nothing of Importance
to the Society; that the majority of them
arc too far removed from the Home Office
at Pittsburgh to amount to tinker's damn
in the eyes of those vested with the respon-
sibility of running the Organization.
This, of course, is not true for statistics
show that our Canadian members are
strong numerically and financially and face
future rife with great promise.
In short, here are what these statistics
show about our Canadian members:
The history of the Croatian Fraternal
Union in Canada can be traced back all the
way to October 81, 1908 - almost 81 years
ago - when est Nicholas" Lodge 268 was
organized in Nanaimo, British Columbia, to
give the Society it's first foothold in the
Dominion, That pioneer Lodge is still there,
still very much in the picture.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
People Are Funny

JUNIOR Order Director bro Michael Gra-
- sha learned last week that it takes all
kinds of people to make up this world, in
cluding those with unmitigated gall.
Bro. Grasha came face to face with this
unpleasant fact of life when he was asked
by the Manager of an Eastern Pennsylva-
MIA Nest to suspend one of it's members.
The reason - They (the parents) want
ed it Term Certificate) for the first free
year" Funny people, these parents, so fun
ny that we can only pity them in the end.
True, they "milked" the Croatian Fra
ternal Union for So 90 in prepaid dues dur
ing the one year their youngster was a
Junior Order member, with another $1OO
going to the proposer who enrolled the
youngster for loss to the Society of $500.
Had this child died before the parents
made their foolish decision which resulted
in suspension, they would have collected
S34.OO in death benefits. Not much, but,
then, that was all the Society was liable for
i'll the event that the youngster had taken ill
and died.
These parents may we'll think that they
took the Croatian Fraternal Union in this
case, that they got something for nothing
and won in the long run.
If So they are fooling themselves and
deprving their child of protection which
cannot be matched on the market at any
price. They, and they alone, are the real
losers, victims of their scheming selves.
The Junior Order merely lost a member.
The parents lost something they can never
regain, the respect of our Society,"
We feel sorry for these misguided peo-
pie, for it is apparent to us that they think
so little of their child as to deprive it of one
of the essentials of life sound insurance
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Judqe Rules In Tamburitzans' Case

In asking the court to set
aside the election results,
the plaintiffs asked the
court to duly oust the Com
mittee officials and appoint
trustees or a receiver to
manage the corporation
until new elections are held.
In upholding the conten-
tons of the plaintiffs,
Judge Thompson ruled that
the group should reorgan-
ize as soon as possible. If
that is not carried out
within a reasonable period
of time, the Judge warned
that he will appoint a mas
ter to decide who may vote
in an election.
This news story is being
printed for the edification
, of the thousands of men,
bers Of the Croatian Fra
ternal Union from coast to
coast who have supported
the Duquesne University
Tamburitzans in the past.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Southern California Lodges Printing
For Celebration In Honor Of Society

tions have been respectful
ly requested to refrain
from scheduling any coun-
ter-attractions for t lis
great day, Sunday, Septem-
ber II. Their cooperation
will be deeply appreciated
and long remembered by
our Committee.
Further details will be
published in the Zajednicar
as rapidly as they are con-
sidered and duly adopted
by the Lodges affiliated
with the Committee. In
the meantime, we urge one
and all to VOW now not to
miss this stirring salute to
our Society.
Mary M. Pickard, Pub.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Higher Pay

\ AUCH newspaper space was devoted last
wi week to an article in the CLOS Eco
nomic Outlook" calling for wage increases
to buoy Americas sagging economy.
In urging general approval of higher
paws. the CIO said the income of wage and
salary earners is declining over billion
dollars month, whereas it should be in
creasing to steady the economy Of the rich
est most powerful country on earth.
The CIO cited United States Commerce
Department figures showing that this type
Of income declined from 2O22 billion dol
lars last August to 1884 in April, with
the end not yet in sight.
Unless wage and salary workers share
equitably in the growing product of the
economy the C1O said, "the present dis
tortion between producing and consuming
ability will deepen, and the recession will
deepen. 1t was the lag of consumption be-
hind the national production which helped
to bring on the 1929 depression"
Thousands of members of the Croatian
Fraternal Union will readily agree with
the C1O that something must be done to
before the United States is plunged into a
depression which would profit no one.
Among these thousands are many who
are unemployed, others who are working
only part time. All are consumers without
the wherewithal to make ends meet
What the CIO recommends in their case
is substantial wage increase and healthy
boost in personal income tax exemption.
Such combination. according to it's publ
cation, can probably offer the quickest and
most direct way of lifting consumer spend
ing and provide the support so badly needed
for safe and sound economy
Although we are not an economic ex-
pert, this makes common sense to U.S.
1t makes sense to us for the simple rea-
son that we happen to be salary worker
whose present income was set = and fro
zen = by the Society's Convention of 1851.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14

Los Angeles, Calf. -
The Southern California
Central Committee of CFU
Lodges will celebrate the
Goth Anniversary of the
Society on Sunday, Sep
tember II.
Planned for the festive
occasion are a gigantic
outing and dance, with the
Croatian Recreation Cen
ter, 1925 South Budlong
Avenue, Los Angeles, serv-
ing as the gathering place
for what the Committee
freely predicts will be a
record turnout of members
and friends of the Croatian
Fraternal Union.
All other local organiza-
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Allie
gheny County Com m O n
Pleas Court Judge A. Mar
shall Thompson ruled last
Wednesday, July Z, that
the Duquesne University
Tambu rita Scholarship
Fund Committee is being
conducted by illegally cleo
ted officers.
Judge Thompson acted
in a suit instituted by Is
members against 1S Off
GERS and directors of the
Committee. The plaintiffs
claimed that the Commit
tees annual meeting of
September u, 1858, was
adjourned and reconvened
October 19. 1t was further
claimed that at this second
meeting officers were i'm
properly elected and the
plaintiffs were denied per-
mission to participate in
the elections.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Cost Of Livinq
Scars In Canada

Ottawa, Que. The cost
Of living in the Dominion Of
Canada went up three-fifths
of a point in May, the big
gest such rise in thirty
months.
The Federal Government
reported last week that a
sudden, sharp boost in food
prices combined with higher
rents hiked the consumer
price index in May to 116.1
from 1855, a jump not to
the liking of the average
Canadian citizen.
Americans will be quick
to sympathize with their
cousins across the border,
for folks in the States have
long watched their cost of
living index rise to the point
where not a few are having
trouble making ends meet.
Rough as the economic sled
ding may be, the peoples Of
both nations are still thank
full - grateful - that they
are privileged to live in free
dom and peace.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Cleveland Lodges To Salute Society
During August IS Frat Day" Festival

and "slavulj" Singing Soci-
cites and the ever popular
Kolo Aces. Climaxing the
program will be the first
local showing of the Soci-
ety's sound, technicolor
film "This Is Your Gro
atian Fraternal Union"
Narrated by Stephen F.
Brkich, English Editor of
the Zajednicar, this film
depicts many of the Soci-
ety's most interesting fa-
Gets, such as the daily rou-
tine at the Home Office at
Pittsburgh, it's Official and
Clerical Staffs; the Gary,
Ind, Junior Order Nest 10
Summer School in action;
the CFU Children's Home
at Des PLANES, ILL.,, etc.
For a day of superb en-
tertainment, by all means
attend our fete on Sunday,
August Is, and show your
pride for the privilege of
being a member of the So
ciety.
Anna Rescic, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Fedor Kaba|in
Highly Honored

Chicago, Ill. - Fedor Ka-
balm, a resident of this city,
was the recipient recently Of
a cash award from the
Louisville, KY, Orchestra
for his composition "Reflec-
tions," a work which will be
performed four times in the
near future by the group.
A native Of Croatia, Mr..
Kabalin is a graduate stu
dent at Northwestern Uni
versity, music instructor at
Park Ridge Military Acade-
my, and director of the
mixed a capella chorus Of
Chicago's "Zora" Croatian
Singing Society, the oldest
such organization in the
United States of America.
In the immediate postwar
era, Mr.. Kabalin spent near
ly four years in Santiago,
Chile, South America, where
he worked as a teacher and
choral director and carried
out assignments as compo-
ser of background music for
movies. During his stay in
South America, Mr.. Kabalin
served as the guest conduc-
tor of the Chilean Sympho-
ny Orchestra.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14

Cleveland, Ohio - The
Croatian Fraternal Unions
Greater Cleveland Lodges
will dedicate their Annual
"Fraternal Day" Celebra-
ton on Sunday, August Is,
in honor of the Goth Ami
versary of the Society.
Elaborate plans are be-
ing made to celebrate this
great milestone in the his
tory Of the worlds largest
fraternity of our people
and hundreds are expected
to tax the facilities of the
Croatian Home, 6314 St.
Clair Avenue, that day to
witness the program which
will highlight the festivi-
ties.
Guest of honor and prin-
cipal speaker on the occa-
sion will be Joseph Bella,
Supreme Secretary of the
Croatian Fraternal Union.
OF hers scheduled to
make the program both an
enjoyable and memorable
one are the "Abrasevic"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Pittsburgh Hit
Where II Hurts

Pittsburgh, Pa. - Latest
statistics show Pittsburgh
to own the dubious distinc-
ton of having the second
largest decline in employ
ment in America.
Figures compiled In June
reveal that of the 13 major
United States labor market
areas, Pittsburgh slipped to
a spot where finding work is
extremely difficult. Approx
imately 8.3 per cent of the
labor force is not employed
at the moment in this area.
Other thousands are work.
ing only several days .
week.
This will come as a sur
prise to the many outsiders
who have been reading a.
bout the civic renaissance Of
Pittsburgh and the millions
being poured into the con-
struction of new skyscrap-
ers, parks, boulevards, ex-
press highways, etc. It's all
quite true, but unemploy-
ment continues to increase
in spite of such widespread
spending.
Still, there is a feeling in
and around this great indus
trial center that "better
days" are in the offing, es-
pecially now that there is
no longer any threat of q
steel strike.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
God Now In Pledge Of Allegiance

Rochester, N. Y. - Both
Houses of Congress passed
the joint resolution provid-
ing for the amendment of
Public Law 929 by insert
ing the words under God"
after the word nation in
the Pledge Of Allegiance to
the Flag. President Elsen-
hover promptly signed it,
and thus the official Pledge
is now:
II pledge allegiance to
the flag of the United
States of America and to
the Republic for which it
stands; one nation under
God, indivisible, with lib
erty ard justice for ALL"
This is the way fraterna-
lists wanted it.
Francis Bellamy, of the
editorial staff of T h e
Youths Companion, a pop
ular weekly magazine for
children published in Bos-
ton, was the author of the
original Pledge in 1892.
The original manuscript IS
on file in the archives Sec
ton of the Rush Rhees Lii
brary of the University of
Rochester. Several changes
have been made. The words
my flag" were changed
to "the flag" and in 1924
at the Second National
Flag Conference on Flag
Day the words "of Amerl-
ca" were inserted after
Omitted States"
It was prepared for a
National Holiday on Co.
lumbus Day in 1892, pro-
claimed by President Har-
rison to observe the 4OOth
Anniversary of the discov-
cry of America.
Records show that the
Pledge of Allegiance re-
ceived wide acceptance al
most Immediately. T n e
knights of Columbus, the
Elks, other fraternal or
ganizations adopted it, as
we'll as the National Guard
of a number of states. It
was introduced at the C.
A. r. convention in 1894.
AS a standard form for pa
triotic meetings, Congress
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14

This is because we live in a free economy
under free government. Practically every
body in the United States has plenty to eat
and roof over his head. There are almost
as many automobiles in this country as
there are households. People from other
countries coming here may not like certain
of our customs, but they are overwhelmed
by the grandeur of our free institutions and
the plenty which everywhere abounds.
Communism is slavery, but millions look to
it because emptiness characterizes their
lives - empty stomachs, empty heads and
empty hearts. = Earl l.. Douglas
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14

specified the Pledge which
has been in use until this
year.
Abraham Lincoln used
the phrase zone nation un-
der God" in his Gettysburg
Address. Since this nation
had affirmed it's depen-
dence upon God in the Dec
laration of Independence,
and in the "Star Spangled
Banner" and America"
some people felt that it
should be affirmed in the
Pledge of Allegiance. The
Supreme Council of the
Knights of Columbus in
1851 and 1852 endorsed the
addition of words under
God" and sent copies of
the resolution to the Pres
ident, Vice-President, the
Speaker Of the House and
to each member of both
Houses Of Congress.
Reporting to the annual
meeting of the National
Fra t rn II Congress of
America in 1852, President
Luke e. Hart recommend
ed that the organization 60
on record as favoring the
amendment. That was
done, and several state fra
ternal congresses took SIM
liar action. In April 1858,
Congressman Louis G.. Ra-
baut, of Michigan, intro
duced the resolution in the
House, and later Senator
Homer c. Ferguson, also of
Michigan, introduced it in
the Senate.
Vario us organizations
endorsed the idea, some
wanting under God" after
''indivisible," but Mr.. Hart
was active in supporting
President Lincoln's choice.
Mr.. Hart, more than any
other one man, is entitled
to credit for carrying
through to completion the
addition of God to the
Pledge.
The late Senator Lester
c. Hunt, of Wyoming, said,
II wonder why nobody ever
thought of it before"
Walter Basye, Editor
"The Fraternal Age"
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
Lest We Forget!

The Croatian F'raternal
Union has paid out $44, ,440,-
252 in benefits since it's or
ganization in 1894, or in the
comparatively short span Of
60 years. That's we'll worth
remembering.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
From Confederation to

From Confederation to
the present day the great
constitutional achievement
has been the winning of
Canada's SOY e dignity
within the Commonwealth.
From 1853 to 1774 Can
ada was governed by the
authority of a royal procla-
nation. In this proclama-
ton by George III the Bri-
tish crown and the Imper-
i al Parliament asserted
their absolute sovereignty
over all the North Amer
lean colonies.
In 1774 the Quebec Act
was passed by the Imperial
Parliament. The western
territory which France had
claimed, extending as far
as the Mississippi and
south to the Ohio, was in
cluded with Canada in
what was called the Pro-
vince of Quebec. This vast
territory was to have been
governed from Quebec.
The French civil law
which had been repealed by
royal proclamation, in 1853
was re-established along
side the English criminal
law. The Quebec Act was
well ordained, so well, in
fact, that the Roman Cath
olic Clergy continued to re-
ceive 1T h e eir accustomed
dues and rights"
Split Into Two Parts
After the American Rev.
olution, and the influx Of
the United Empire Loyal
lists, it was apparent that
a French type of govern
ment was no longer ade-
quate throughout the
whole Of Canada.
In 1871 the Constitution
al Act was passed by the
British Parliament, separ-
ating Canada at the Otta-
wa River into two parts,
each with it's own govern
ment. BY virtue Of this Act
Upper and Lower Canada
came into being. Lower
Canada, chiefly French, re-
tanned the old system of
laws, i. e., French civil law
and English criminal law.
Upper Canada had English
law in both civil and crimi-
nal fields.
In Lower Canada there
was to be a legislative
council of not less than Is
members appointed for life
by the governor, acting on
the authority of the King,
and an assembly of not less
than so members elected on
a property holding fran
chise.
Upper Canada was pro-
vided with a legislative
council of not less than Z
members, appointed by the
governor, and an elective
assembly of not less than
Is members.
To Be Continued
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1954-07-14
ITS HISTORY
OAN ADA IT'S PROGRESS

Since there two frendlier countries on the
face of the earth than the United States of America and
the Dominion of Canada it is the opinion of the English
Section of the Zaednicar that the members of the Gro
atan Fraena Union should know about the history