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ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10
Nest 310 Member
Wanted To Be Nun
When She Grew Up
Victim of Tragic
Chicago Fire Was
An Adopted Child
Bv LOIS WILLIE
- Chicago Daily News -

Her name was Margaret
Kucan. She was one of those
who died -.
She was 10 and she had au-
burn hair and her father says
her eyes sparkled just like
black jewels.
She was going to be a nun.
Or maybe a zookeeper. She
wasn't sure yet, but she had
so much time to make up her
mind =.
This is the story of Mar
garet, the kind of girl she
was -. perhaps the same
kind of girl as so many 9th
ers who died. And it's the
story of how one family
learned the awful news.
Margaret's father Slavko,
81, is a barber who came here
from Yugoslavia in 1880. He
and his wife Yola, SO, live in
q spotless apartment above
his shop at 1914 Chicago.
That's just a block away
from Our Lady of Angels
School.
Tiny Helpless Baby
Slavko Kucan, short and
husky and black-haired, wan
ted to talk about his little
Margaret Monday night de
cember ~.
His eyes were red and he
clutched a handkerchief in his
fist, but he wasn't crying. Not
any more. He spoke in soft,
steady tones:
"Oh, such a good daughter.
So good. A gentle girl, a
sweet and quiet girl. She was
everything we ever wanted.
1--WE adopted her from
st. Vincent's Orphanage
when she was just 6 weeks
old - just q tiny helpless
baby.
"She was the child we had
longed for"
Brother Star Pupil
There were so many
things she loved" her father
said. animals and little chill
dren and ice skating. I had
promised to take her ice skat-
ing next Sunday -.
Sometimes after school
she would play nun.
"She fixed a headpiece, like
nuns wear, and put on her
rosaries. She'd play school
Chicago : p. 81
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10

the CFU Executive Board in
attendance were Joseph Bel
Ia, Supreme Secretary, and
John Ovcarich, Secretary Of
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10

buritza Orchestra, with
dancing from 500 pm. un-
til 800 pm.
There will be plenty of bar
becued lamb, hot dogs, and a
variety Of liquid refreshments.
A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all the lodges in
and around the Ohio Valley
area.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10
-An Editorial
The Good Die YOUNG

WYE COULD ONLY hope against hope the evening of
\A Dec 1858, that CFU family touched by the
w horrible Chicago Our Lady of Angels School fire
which earlier that day had claimed the lives of 81 young
sters and three
But wasn't to be that way the national nightmare
of last week unfoded through every media of communca
tions at the command of
On Friday morning, Dec s. to receive from bro
Joseph N. Bazdarc Chicago list Supreme Vice President
of the Croatan Fraterna Union letter and clippings
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10
Class Is Planned For Advanced Tams

Mr.. Walter w. Kolar to have
everyone participate in this
with the possibility of a fu-
ture organization of a tam
buritza symphonic-type en-
semble being an outgrowth of
this venture.
We are certain that you will
enjoy participating in such a
class For further informa-
ton, you may contact the Du-
quesne University Tambur-
itzans, AT 1-3498.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10
Benwood Members
In Dance Dec. II
CrOatian Club To
Be Scene of Fete

BENWOOD, w. Va. -
'The Croatian Mountaineers"
CF'U Lodge 745 will sponsor
a Dance Sunday, December
IA, at the Croatian Cultural
Club, 1853 Eoff St.
Music will be furnished
by the popular Selo Tam
Turn to page 8 for picture
of orchestra.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10

Ld1n1nS 10 the CHITu WOTSC SCIlOOI Tire III
the history of the United States.
One of the clippings carried the
names, ages, and addresses of the 80
victims of the fire.
A League of Nations" those
names: - Massidla; Mele; Fox; Neu-
bert; Richie; Chrzas; Hagerty; Sister
Mary Seraphica Kelley; Modica; Kompa-
nowski; Reeb; Burda; Sister Mary Ca
nice Lying; Kuzma; Cochon; RAINBOW;
Smid; Chambers; Sickels; Sister Mary
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10

Margaret Miller, Sec'y.
ZajednicÌŒar = Fraternalist. [volume] (Allegheny, Pa.) 1894-current, 1958-12-10

It il the earnest desire OF
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
Spiritual Truths Cleaned From
 The News
Contributed By Nome Gospel Home

An 84-year-old man, by the name of George E. Foulkes, living in Hartford, Michigan, says he wants to give away a 16O-acre farm.
 He said his gift was born of an old mans need as well as his de sire to do one good deed before he goes.
 He doesn't care where the man comes from, nor what his nation ality. He doesn't care what de- nomination he belongs to, though he does want him to belong to some chaurch.
 And the poorer he is the bet ter. I'd like him. was poor once myself. If he is good man, but i'll, I will nurse him like my own child" he said.
 ''There is no better land on earth than the land that farm is on, Foulkes said.
 He also said he didn't think he would be able to get the farm deal closed until after the years crops are taken care of. He said he would interview the best pros poets himself, probably tn i S winter.
 "Ill give the man who comes with me all the machinery and backing he needs to get in his wheat. barley, oats, and flax. :"
 "It's really nothing extraordin- ary. The land is here. All I want is a good man." he concluded.
 "What a grand gift" you say, flor some man and his wife" Yes. it is that; but as MT. Foulkes says, it is not extraordinary.
 For an extraordinary gift offer, consider this: 'fFor the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus hrist our Lord" Romans 6:23).
 The farm will be for someone's lifetime; but Gods free gift is for both time and eternity. Who soever will may accept it. Have you accepted it?
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
Mailer New Quiz Champ

NEW YORK. R-Teddy Mad Ter, a former U. s. Civil Service clerk, is the new al1-time high winner on TV quiz shows.
 Mailer unday night zoomed past the previous record holder, Robert Strom, 11-year- science whiz, to $252,00O. The boy had won $242.500
 Nadler's answer to an $8,0OO question on CBS-TV's The $64, ,999 Challenge pushed him past young Strom to winnings of an even quarter of million dollars.
 Nader. 49, then went on to make it $252,000 before time ran out. He will return to the program next Sunday.
 The $8,OOO question was in the ancient history category. De- feated by Mailer was Mrs. Do- lores Brown, a New York City housewife,
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
u. s. In Joint
 Formosa Air ManeuVerS

TAIPEI, Formosa R m Nation alist and U. s. planes conducted joint air defense exercises today over the coast of Formosa as Reds pound the Nationalist-held is- lands just off the coast of main land China.
 The announcement by the U.S.- Formosan command gave no de- tails of the joint air maneuvers. But it obviously was designed to point up American backing for the Nationalists in hopes it would deter the Red Chinese from trying an invasion of the offshore islands.
 As the Communist artillery at tack on the Quemoy Island group pounded through it's sixth day, Nationalist intelligence sources reported Red land and sea movements they interpreted as the prelude to an invasion attempt.
 A Defense Ministry spokesman said the Reds battered Quemoy with more than 16,O00 shells in the 19 hours before dawn and that sporadic shelling continued through the daylight hours.
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
Science Confab For Science
 Advancement

COLLEGE - Three longtime Alaskans, one a former governor of. the Territory will hold the spotlight during a symposium on "Alaska's Economy" to be fea- tured as one of the general ses- sions of the Ninth Annual Alaska Conference, sponsored by the Alaska Division, American As sociation for the Advancement of Science, to be held September 2 to 5, on the University of Alaska campus. Dr. Ernest Gruening, one time Governor of Alaska, ad Dr. Hugh A. Johnson, Agricul- tural Economist, Washington, D. C., will present papers on Alaska economy, past, present
 and future. pr. Margaret Lantis, internationally known biologist and long a resident of Alyaska as an employee of the public health service until her promotion with in that service, will participate in this symposium as moderator
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
10TH JUPITER OFF

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. R- The Army has taken another big step toward making it's. Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic mis- sile an operational war weapon.
 The 10th Jupiter blasted 1,500 miles across the Atlantic last night. The Defense Department announced the test was a success.
 The Jupiter launched was es- sentially the same as the rocket that will be used under tactical conditions, except that the war head was not armed with a nu- clear device.
 The 69-foot missile, which will provide the big push for the Ar1ny's moon rocket, is expected to be developed in Europe next December, together with the Air Force Thor IRBM.
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29

behalf of the Justice Department.
 Issue Whether integration shall proceed at Central High School for the session opening Sept. 8, or whether a delay shall be permitted.
 Background mn Federal District Judge Harry Lemey of Hope. Central High could be delayed two and one-haIf years. The Eighth Circuit court granted re- quest of the Little Rocn School Boad for a 30-day postponement f it's oder. .1euETAOI SHRD ETA of its order.
 The NCAAP asked the Su- preme Court to squelch the stay so that Central High could open on an integrated basis Sept. 8. Chief Justice Earl Warren on Monday called the special session to consider the request.
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
Dawson Boys
 .Whoop It Up

DAWSON, Yukon Terr. R -
 A bunch of the boys whooped it up at the Malemute Saloon the other night.
 Next door noisy crowds sat in on hands of blackjack and chuck aluck. The click of poker chips mixed with the background whir of a roulette wheel.
 Honky tonks sold coffee for $1.50 and hot dogs for $2.5O -. ''Klondike money" Strong Yukon rum flowed literally.
 This was the 60th anniversary of the 1893 Klondike Gold Rush that centered near this northwest Yukon community, 50 miles east of Alaska. The strike that lured droves of prospectors, miners and camp followers to the area was made less than 10 miles away on Bonanza Creek.
 Several thousand persons cele- 1 brated the anniversary, but it was a far cry from 1898, when Noth- west Mounted Police recorded more than 5000 boats carrying 28,000 passengers down the Yu- kon River to Dawson.
 Among those gold-seekers were Alex Adams, now 82, and Harry Leamon, 81, who marched in this years parade. They are members of the Yukon Oder of Pioneers which sponsored the event with the Klondike Tourist Assn.
 Adams now works as guide and commentator for tourists in the old Nugget dance hall where he once performed as dancer. Lea mon gets small income from his mine shaft by allowing tour ists to pan for gold there.
 Most Dawson citizens turned out in period costumes for the celebration and bought great wads of "Klondike money" to scatter in traditional sourdough style at gaming tables and lunch counters.
 Yukon Commissioner Fred Col lins, Mayor Mike Comadina and J. H. McCausland, president of the Pioneers, spoke before the pa- rade. The march was led by a group of 66 pioneers, 20 of whom had been in the actual rush for gold.
 Everyone took time out from the fun to admire a 57-year- pure gold miniature of placer mining operation. Loaned for the celebration by E. L. Harvey of Calgary, the miniature included 1 a 4-inch-square mine bucket filled with tiny nuggets. Valued at $500, it was made in Dawson for William Ogilvie, first gover- nor of the Yukon, in 1901.
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
TERR. HAS MOST sEAPLANEs

Sixteen per cent of all the sea- planes in the country are in Alas ka, most of them based at the Lake Hood seaplane base at An chorage, according to recent Civil Aeronautics Administration fig ureS
 Only one state, New York, ap- breaches Alaska in the number of seaplanes registered with the CAA. New York has 218, Alaska has 364 of the total for the United States of 2,296.
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
Little Rock Problem Aired

WASHINGTON. tR - Today's Supreme Court Session in brief:
 Time m Noon.
 Participants-The Little Rock, Ark, school board versus the Ma tional Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, representing seven Negro children seeking ad- mission to Central High School. U. s. Solicitor General J. Lee Rankin presents arguments on
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
Union Head Called Cop-Hater

Louis police detective today de scribed Teamster Vice President Harold Gibbons as a cop-hating associate of underworld charac- ters whose labor activities have been filled with violence.
 Practically every strike he has been involved in has had oc- casions of violence and destruc- tion of property" Detective Capt Thomas L. Moran told the Sen- ate Packets Investigating Com mittee.
 Moran said Gibbons tells St Louis Teamsters to regard police as strikebreakers on the side of management.
 Moran testified that Gibbons "seems to have more than talk ing acquaintance with some of the leading underworld figures"
 He specifically mentioned John Vitale, reputed head of the Ital- ian crime syndicate in St. Louis, and Joe Costello who has been described as the leading fence or dealer in stolen property in St. Louis.
 Moran, head of the St. Louis police bomb and arson squad, tes- tified as the committee turned to Gibbons in it's continuing probe of the Teamsters and their presi- dent, James R. Hoffa.
 Before Moran testified, the committee charged that the off cials of Teamster Local 688 lit orally sold the local secretly to Gibbons.
 But Lawrence J. Camie, the locals former president, insisted that $36,00O he received for step ping out as president when Gib- bons took over in 1949, was sev- erance pay. No sale was involved, he sWore.
 'I didn't sell that union and couldn't sell it if I wanted to-" Camie said.
 He acknowledged that the es- crow agreement under which he drew $36,000 in three $12,000 an- nuaI installments made no men ton of severance pay.
 Camie testified he and other local officers and directors were offered a choice of remaining on the job after Gibbons took over, or quitting and collecting sever ance pay equal to the salaries they would have drawn for the remaining three years of their terms.
 The committees chairman, SenI John L. Mcclellan D-Ark), pro- duced figures subpoenaed from the union which showed, he said, that the cost of getting the off cers out was $78,41O. The local. he said, didn't even have enough money in its treasury to pay Camie's $36,O00 share. Mcclellan said the rest was borrowed.
The Nome nugget., 1958-08-29
ALL ARE INVITED TO
 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

The program of the Nome Cos pei Home Vacation Bible School will be held at ' pm. next Friday night, at the Gospel Home. Ev- eryone invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-05

reached a decision. The Clark
son Engineering Co. Of Boston
which made exhaustive studies
for the District Of Routes A,
Az. c and ID has recommended
Route A as its choice.
STAFF members Of the Mary
land National Capital Park and
Planning Commission favor the
Wisconsin avenue route in
Maryland. but no stand has
been made by the commission
itself.
The National Capital Plan
ming Commission last June IA
vored Routes c or D over
either Of the two Potomac Riv-
er routes within the District.
Their position is complicated,
however. by the fast that
some commission officials now
strongly support Route Kin
order to keep heavy traffic vol
umes out Of Glover-Archbold
Park. This sentiment is shared
by the National Park Service.
which also favors Route X over
any other route.
Since most Of the arguments
thus far have centered. not on
specific routes but on the Wis
consin avenue versus the Poto-
mac River corridors" the fol-
lowing are the major points
that have been made on each.
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congressional action is required.
Ito provide whatever is best
for the community"
- Costs Of the routes are
not sufficiently different to
Justify the river route. Plan
ners. in fact. contend that
Route X may be less expensive
TO the District.
. Two entries to the inner
loop expressway for major traf-
fic-one in Foggy Bottom from
the Potomac area and one near
Sheridan circle If Routes X or
ID are uSed-would give greater
traffic relief than TO pour 1t all
into the Foggy Bottom area as
the river route would do.
. The Wisconsin avenue
route would not cause an in
ordinate disruption of private
values. At several places near
the District line, II would cut
through residential areas Of
relatively low value. BY remov-
ing through traffic from the
Bethesda business district along
Wisconsin avenue. this area
would become many times more
attractive to shoppers.
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River Route
Argument

Advocates of the Potomac
River routes contend their
choice would provide the best
balance" OF traffic service TO
Maryland, Northwest Washing
ton and Virginia.
They do not contest the fact
that an expressway along Wis
consin avenue would attract
more motorists at the District
line than their choice--but say
1t actually would attract too
much. They insist that the Po-
tomac River route would attract
all the traffic that could be
handled during rush hours by
their eight-lane expressway In
the vicinity Of Key Bridge. This
fact, they say, shows that a
River route deals with WASH
ington's total trafiic problem, +"
rather than to concentrate on
a single corridor"
At the Maryland District line,
they say, the route could con-
meet easily both to the Mary
band extension ~ 4uste aeO
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Wisconsin Avenue
Argument

Planning and Federal park
officials base their arguments
for a Wisconsin avenue route
mainly on the greater traffic
service II would provide.
The river routes. they con.
tend, skirt heavily populated
neighborhoods within the Dis.
trict. In Maryland, the routes
pass through areas OF very low
density which. they say. are
likely TO remain that way.
Wisconsin avenue. on the
other hand. passes through the
very heart OF the heavily popu.
lated Northwest section OF the
city and through some OF the
heaviest developed of Mary
lands suburbs. Such q route
would attract volumes Of traf-
nc from both Its sides.
The fact that Federal funds
will pay 90 per cent Of the cost
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of Route 240 means that this
money must be spent where Il
will do the most good. Other
lfreeway routes also are needed
into the city. they argue, but
this may be the "first and last
chance" to finance one In the
Wisconsin corridor"
II they use the river route,
the Wisconsin proponents say,
city officials will be putting all
their eggs in one basket. Actual
lly. they contend. If Route 240
ls built along Wisconsin. the
Potomac River still will be used
as a major artery into the city
because 1t will carry traffic from
the George Washington Memo.
rial parkway. from a four lane
IGlover-Archbold parkway and
from present and future Poto-
mac River bridges west Of the
central city.
The planners and park off,
cials concede that more prob
lens must be worked out in a
Wisconsin avenue corridor
than along the river. Precise
engineering plans for Route X,
for example. have not been
worked out.
But its benefits. these ON
cials. contend. require that
enough time be taken to study
the problems exhaustively. be-
fore a final decision is made.
Other Contentious
Here are other contentious
they make:
. In the event Washington
decides to have some kind of
rapid transit system. a right
of-way should be reserved for
II in the Route 240 expressway.
A route along the Potomac
would not attract enough
transit riders 10 justify such a
move, but one along Wisconsin
avenue would.
. The river route would
pour Objectionable trafflc loads
along the attractive Potomac
River waterfront---one Of the
areas which should be pre-
served as far as possible for
It's benefits Of recreation and
beauty.
q Legal questions may arise
over the use OF parklands
either in ulover-Archbold or
along the river. But these
lInuse be worked outo even II
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Hearing Opens
tomorrow on,
Route 24O Link

Citizen leaders and govern
ment officials will turn out in
force tomorrow to attack and
praise. a variety Of proposals
for a new expressway route
between downtown washington
and Route 240 in Bethesda.
At the weekend close Of
business. So organizations and
individuals had heduled
themselves for testimony at
public hearing sessions which
the District Commissioners will
open at 10 am. tomorrow at
the District Building board
room.
Purpose Of the hearings Is
TO help the city heads make
up their minds about the pre-
else route Of the expressway
within the District.
Qualities for Aid
The expressway. which would
qualify for Federal aid to pay
30 per cent of its cost, must
connect the Districts Inner
loop" network in downtown
Washington and Route 240.
just south of Rockville in
Bethesda. Maryland officials
have asked the District TO make
a determination Of the District
portion Of the road before they
decide its path in Maryland.
Conrad Wirth, director of
the National Park Service. said
on a telecast last night on
WMAL. The Star station, that
congressional authority would
be required for using park land
on either the river or Glover
Archbold routes for the pro-
posed highway and that he
would recommend against 1t.
Tunnel Criticized
Douglas s. Brinkley, District
highway department planning
engineer. on the same program
criticized an alternative plan
recently suggested by Federal
planners for a route utilizing
Wisconsin avenue and a Mas
sachusetts avenue tunnel.
Mr.. Brinkley called a pro-
posed pair Of two lane tunnels
inadequate and predicted a
pair Of three lane tunnels could
cost 500 million TO Sli0 mil
lion. Mr.. Wirth backed the
tunnel plan.
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as to whether the District
would have the right TO use
for highway purposes the
Glover-Archbold land which
was dedicated to the city for
park purposes.
. If Glover-Archbold Park
were not used as the main in
terstate route in the Wisconsin
avenue corridor. some new
scheme such as Route X would
have to be developed. And there
is no engineering data. these
officials say. to support the
feasibility of such a route
river route is more level
than the Wisconsin avenue pos
sibilities. This means there
would be less chance that traf-
nc would slow up. especially in
back Of trucks.
. A river route would elm
mate the problems of separat.
ing trucks and passenger cars
at any point on the interstate
route.
. The river route would meet
all the requirements of the Fed
eral Bureau Of Public Roads,
which must approve grants to
pay for interstate roads.