The Sub-Carpathian Messenger - Jay T. Carrigan

From Karl I also got the name of the officer from the HungarianArmed Forces who was in charge of the whole operation: It wasMajor-General Littay András, born August 15 th , 1884, in Szabadka(now Subotica in Serbia) and in 1939 Commander-in-Chief ofthe entire Hungarian forces. He left this world on July 21th,1967, in Melbourne (Australia), having fled from Hungary in1945. On the left you see him in his gala uniform.By the way, the soldiers shown in winter camouflage and onskis are the Polish ones, not the Hungarian. I am sorry for mymisinterpretation. It is true that the northern slopes of the Carpathiansare quite flat so they can be managed on skis whereasthe southern side in most cases is rather too steep (with the exceptionof the Verecke saddle).I think I have been misled because skiing was a very active (and prospering) touristic entertainmentin the Sub-Carpathians from the late 1920s on. (You see, one thing leads toanother, and then another, and so on …)Picture postcard with the famous hotel „Sport” in UzsokOne of the most famous hotels in this region was the hotel „Sport” in Uzsok, 895 metresabove mean sea level, with a lot of guests both in the summer andwinter seasons. Tønnes Ore in his contribution in the „Sub-CarpathianMessenger” #002 has shown a card with a (weak) mark fromthis hotel.The violet mark on the right side is a bit more legible; it shows thetext „SPORT SZÁLLODA – UZSOK – MAGYAR LENGYEL HATÁR” [HotelSPORT – Uzsok – Hungarian-Polish Border]. I know at least twoother marks from this hotel with a similar text, both from thesame period of time.The Sub-Carpathian Messenger – Number 6 (July 2009) Page 14