Foreign Language Press Survey

Mr. Henry Liberacky, 2322 South 52nd Avenue, Cicero, Illinois, sent $8.75 representing the proceeds from a collection undertaken at the wedding party of Mr. and Mrs. Josef Prokop.

The course of popular educational lectures which the Illinois Scandinavian Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars arranged here in Chicago came to a close last Sunday. The course lasted for four days, during which time six lectures were given, five in the English language. Ther

Many happy groups of our countrymen met at Mr. Karel Psenicka's restaurant, 1651 Blue Island Avenue, Friday night to celebrate New Year's Eve. At midnight, this group performed a deed which deserves full recognition and which should serve as an example for other similar occasions. Greeting th

According to press reports, the president of the Ohio Co-operative Sugar Beet Growers' Association has declared that even though the price of sugar has gone up from six cents to thirty cents per pound, the farmers and the refineries have not received a cent of that difference of twenty-four c

The Lodge Plzen (Pilsen) No. 272 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows held its regular meeting on December 26 at which, as usual, good deeds were not forgotten. Mr. Karel Psenicka, a member of the lodge and a well-known restaurateur, asked all those who were present to undertake a collecti

The annual meeting of the Sbor Zastupcu Ceskeho Narodniho Hrbitova (Board of Delegates to the Bohemian National Cemetery Association), held at the Czecho-Slavonic Benevolent Societies' hall, was called to order by Mr. Jan Pecha, chairman, promptly at 8 P. M. The minutes of the last meeting we

It is a long time since we have written anything about Scandia; we want to tell a little about the history of this small but excellent sheet, and about the men who have been responsible for it. Nothing very fanciful occurs to us, however, in reminiscing about Scandia. We recall mere

The Music lovers of Chicago, had a very pleasant surprise Tuesday Jan. 4. Dutzy Kerekyarto, noted Hungarian violin virtuoso, who was born at Ruttka, Hungary, and acclaimed in New York, presented himself for the first time before a Chicago audience, in Orchestra Hall. His program con

A Norwegian colony in Chicago or any large city reminds us of a small city in Norway. The colonies in foreign lands have, just as in Norway, their clans, cliques, and factions. Each colony has its jealous individuals and groups who gossip about other individuals and groups. It has also been n

An interesting Norwegian is Richard Sophus Nielsen Sartz. He was born in Stryn, North Fjord, Norway. He spent most of his childhood in Larvik, his early youth in Christiania [Oslo] and Farsund. He came to the United States in 1879. It took a long time to become accustomed to America

We have been informed that good deeds were not forgotten at the annual meeting of the Tabor Supply Company, a well-known Bohemian enterprise. The sum of fifty dollars was appropriated for the benefit of the Bohemian Old People's Home and Orphanage; fifty dollars for St. Joseph's Orphanage in

The following contributions were deposited in our office: For the benefit of the Dr. Alice Masaryk fund for orphans in Czechoslovakia: [There follow the names and amounts.] Total, $6.90. For the benefit of the Bohemian Old People's Home and Orphanage: [There follow the names and amo

The Schochet's and Butcher's Union have declared a strike in the shop of Sam Lefkowich, 1950 N. Leavitt.

A collection for the benefit of orphans in Czechoslovakia was undertaken by members and guests attending the New Year's party arranged by the Klub Ceskych Dobraku (Bohemian Good Fellows Club). The sum of $21.50, which is equivalent to 1,750 Czechoslovakian kronen, was sent through Mr. Frana K

The Schochets and Butcher Union have declared a strike against Sam Alpert, 1450 N. Leavitt St. Because he fired a schochet who was assisting the regular schochet who is ill and then hired a non-union man.

Palace Theater, Monday and Tuesday evening, January 10th and 11th, Miss Annie Meltzer and the entire cast in Tsiphe the Widow. Thursday evening, January 13th, Joseph Kessler produces for the first time The Tiger,by Cornblut. Friday, Saturday and Sunday

The monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Ceska Dobrocinna Spolecnost (Bohemian Charitable Association), held Friday at the office of the Association, 2603 South Kedzie Avenue, was called to order by the chairman, Mr. Stanislav J. Loula. The minutes of the last meeting were approve

Mrs. Bozena Nosek, 1648 Washburne Avenue, undertook a collection for the benefit of suffering people in Skorice, Czechoslovakia. The following countrymen contributed toward the collection: [There follow the names and amounts.] Total, $27.50.

The first Nedelni Beseda (Sunday Get-Together), an innovation introduced by the Federation of Bohemian Freethinkers of Chicago, was held at the John Huss Memorial Sunday morning. The event was an unexpected success, and the lecture hall was filled to capacity. Among those who attended were ma

Mr. Jaroslav J. Emrhal, principal of the John Herzl elementary public school, received an official document yesterday in which he was informed of his appointment as counselor of the Department of Culture and Education in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The document was delivered to Mr. Zmrhal by a sp