DECEMBER 24, 1937
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NEW YORK (WNS)--Wal'ning
that the "fulfihnent of tlle ideal of
democracy in its every phase--po-
litical, social and economic," can-
Ilbt become a reality in every phase
of life "while nlovements are being
Planned to drive Jewry fronl the
land or to persecute the Catholic or
the Meunonite," Gov. Frank Murphy
0f Michigan this week startled 1,000
delegates attending the two-day na-
tional conference celebrating the
50th anniversary of Yeshiva Col-
lege by disclosing that just a week
ago a mid-Western newspaper head-
lined the news tlmt a new organ-
iZation was proceeding with plans
to "drive Jewry out of the nation."
Without naming the paper, Gov-
ernor Murphy, who is a Catholic,
Said that tlie organization planned
to "subjugate the entire race," eli-
minate Jews from schools and pul)-
lie office and segregate them ill 48
SPecially created ghetto areas, one
for each city.
After 17 years, lie said, the organ-
lzation llroposed a referendum to
determine whether the inhabitants
of these ghettoes should be allowed
to travel freely throughout the
Country.
Other speakers were Senator AI-
ben V¢. Barkley, majority leader of
the U. S. Senate; Author Ludwig
LSwlsohn; Dr. Bernard Revel, presi-
Clent of the College; Rabbi Joselffl
lonovitz, president of the Union of
Orthodox Rabbis; William Weiss,
l)resident of the Union of Orthodox
Man, Wife, Give
$300,000 To Science
PITTSBURGH (WNS) -- Estab-
lishment of the Maurice Falk Pro-
fessorship of Social Relations at the
arnegie Institute of Technology
Vies announced this week by Presi-
dent Robert E. Doherty, revealing
that the Maurice and Laura Talk
Pou]ldation has given 9300,000 to
arnegie for the support of a pro-
gram of education and research in
0cial relations.
Rosenwald Donates
$500,000 To Negroes
HICAGO (WNS) -- Securities
Valued at 9500,000 were voted to
isk University, a college for Ne-
groes at Nashville, Tenn., by the
JUlius Rosenwald Fund, it was an-
t0unced this week.
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IIISTORY-MAKING--A noted Catholic layman, Gov. Frank
Murplly of Michigan, stood in the halls where Orthodox rabbis are
trained, in New York's Yeshiva College, and warned that democracy
means religious liberty. Governor Murphy is shown at the micro-
phone. Behind him are Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of a $1,000,000
Yeshiva drive; Author Ludwig Lewisohn; Dr. Bernard Revel, Yesh-
iva president; millionaire Samuel C. Lamport, patron, and A. B.
Joffe.
Jewish Congregations; and Herbert
S. Gohlstein, president of the Syna-
gogu Council of America.
Tile Mk:higan governor said de-
mocracy can be realized only "if we
do our best to minimize sectarian
and racial barriers; if, in the faith
of Roger Williams, we judge each
citizen by his character and ability
rather than by his theological
creed; if in our social life we sill-
cerely try to see through our neigh-
bor's eyes and so to grasp his point
of view; if we remind the Christian
that Cln'ist and His Apostles were
loyal Jews and never abandoned
their ancestral faith; if we remind
the Jew, ill turn, that the most in-
fluential Jew in history is the Malt
of Galilee; and if we keep constant-
ly before us this precept of both
Judaism and Christianity: 'Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, with all thy soul, with
all thy mind; thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself.' "
Leaders from all parts of the
country gathered to plan the rais-
ing of a $1,00,000 fund to free tile
Yeshiva of its mortgage indebted-
hess.
The following quotas were as-
signed to various Jewish communi-
ties: New York, $475,000; Pennsyl-
vania, $100,000; New England, $75,-
000; Pacific Coast, $50,000; Middle
West, $75,000; South, $75,000; At-
]antic Seaboard, $75,000.
Jew Tells How He Said Kaddish
As Nazis Saluted At Ceremony
NEW YORK (WNS)--A color
guard of uniformed German soldiers
replied with the Nazi salute and
shouts of "Hell Hitler" as an Amer-
ican Jewish war veteran recited the
Helu'ew prayer for the dead at the
nmnument of Germany's World
War dead in Berlin!
The whole story was told' this
week by Isador Gennett, 46-year-old
newsdealer and war veteran, on his
return from a "European jaunt dur-
ing which he stunned and embar-
rassed Nazi officialdom by deposit-
ing a wreath at the war mem'orial
in the name of the Jewish War
Veterans, the American Legion and
the Disabled American Veterans.
Filling ill the details of his amaz-
ing exploit, Gennett told how the
military officials of Bcrl!n provided
him with a guard of honor despite
the fact that he had identified him-
self as a Jew, how he marched
down Unter den Linden to the ac-
companiment of admiring crowds
shouting "Hell Hitler," and how he
laid his wreath.
Only when it was learned that
the wreath bore the inscription of
the Jewish War Veterans did he
get into difficulties, Gennett said.
He declared he was questioned
by the police for three hours and 14
minutes and then released, thanks
to the intervention of an American
newspaper correspondent.
Gennett said lie was allotted ten
minutes for the wreath-laying exer-
cises. It took him six minutes to
deposit the wreath and utter a few
words including: "I salute you, un-
known soldier. May your soul rest
in peace. As for peace, we are all
interested to have it among all the
people and among all races."
Then the self-appointed emissary
of peace and good will decided to
use up the remaining time by say-
ing Kaddish and a Hebrew prayer
for peace.
On the dock, he was greeted l)y a
cheering delegation comprised of
nlembers of the New York posts o1:
the Jewish War Veterans.
Financier Gets $28,550 Gift On
70th Birthday; Harvard Benefits
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WNS)-
The Louis E. Kirstein Fellowship
in the Hm:vard Medical School to
promote scientilic medical educa-
tion was established this week by
89 friends of Louis E. Ktrstein, Bos-
ton department store magnate and
philanthropist.
The friends raised 928,550 for the
fellowship in honor of his 70th
Jewish Skin Expert
Is Honored By Stamp
VIENNA (WNS)--Ferdinand Rit-
ter yon Hebra, celebrated Jewish
dermatologist of the 19th century,
this week was honored by Austria
in its new series of stamps by hav-
ing his portrait on a 24-groschen
stamp. Hebra, who died in 1880,
was one of the greatest dermatolo-
gists of all time.
Pupil of Joseph Skoda, he com-
piled a classification based on the
pathological anatomy of the skill.
birthday. Fern" years ago Harvard
gave him an honorary master of
arts degree.
Oklahoman Leaves
$35,000 To Hebrew U.
NEW YORK (WNS)--A bequest
of 935,000 to the Hebrew University
was contained in the wilt of Adolf
Lowinger, Jewish realtor of Law-
toll, Oklahoma, who died on Decem-
ber 6, it was announced here this
week by Samuel B. Finkel, director
of the American Friends of the He-
brew University.
Mr. Lowinger's entire estate was
937,000. He left 92,000 to the kehil-
lab of his birthplace in Papa, Hun-
gary.
Tel Aviv Hall To Be
Named For Toscanini
TEL, AVIV (WNS)The all-Jew-
ish city of Tel Aviv this week all-
nounced the presentation to the
Palestine Symphony Orchestra As-
sociation of a site for a philhar-
monic auditm'imn adjacent to the
lmilding now being erected for the
Hal)ima I{eln'ew Repertory Theatre
in a section of Tel Aviv plammd as
tlle Civic Center.
NEW YORK (WNS)--Allpoint-
ment of a committee of ten Zion-
ists, equally divided between those
favoring and opposing the partition
of Palestine, to draft a program
which would represent the unani-
mous views of American Zionists
on the present political situation in
Palestine, was authorized this week
:it a meeting of the administrative
committee of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America.
The committee will be named by
l)r. Stephen S. }Vise, president, and
,ludge Morris Rothenl)erg, chairnlan
of the administrative committee.
Longest
Canal Planned
JERUSALEM (WNS)--Theworld's
longest artificial waterway, a 250-
mile canal from Haifa on the Medit-
erranean Sea to Akaba on the Red
Sea, was proposed this week to the
British Government by Dr. A.
Werber, engineer of the Huleh con-
cession, recently acquired Jewish
area in northeast Palestine.
Dr. Werber's plan, which calls for
an expenditure of $9,000,000, envis-
ages the new canal as an alternate
route to the Suez Canal, now the life-
line of the British Empire, which is
in jeopardy because of Italian ex-
pansion in the Near East.
Los Angeles To Have
Palestine Colony
LOS ANGELES--This city of 90,-
000 Jews will have its counterpart
on the nmI) of Palestine, but its
name will be "Malabhiah"--He-
brew equivalent of the Spanish for
"The Angels"---it was announced
this week.
The stun of 912,000 was raised
last week at a banquet at which
Dr. Israel Goldstein, Jewish Na-
tional Fund head, spoke after mak-
ing a transcontinental flight from
New York to the Pacific Coast.
Zionists' Leader Dies
In Chicago, Aged 52
C H I C A G O (WNS) -- Zionists
tlwoughout the Midwest this week
are mourning tile sudden death of
Max Shulman, one of the leading
workers for Palestine in this part
of tile country, who passed away at
the age of 52. Mr. Shuhnan was a
former vice-president of the Zionist
Organization of America, and at
one time served as president of the
Midwest Zionist Region and the
Zionist Organization of Chicago. He
was also one of the organizers and
secretary of fthe Federated Ortho-
dox Jewish Charities of Clilcago.
"Internationalize
Holy Land' '--Cleric
NEW YORK (WNS)--The whole
of palestine should be internation-
alized for the benelit of the ad-
herents of Christianity, Judaism
and Molmmmedanism, Rev. Charles
T. Bridgenmn, American clergy-
man, who is honorary canon of the
Cathedral of St. George the Martyr
in Jerusalem, declared this week
in a sermon at Trinity Clmrch.
The partition plan, he said, is
"Dot a very happy one."
Only the removal of Palestine
from the sphere of pelitics can pro-
vide a permanent settlement of the
Palestinian question, he said.
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WARSAW (WNS) -- Ghetto
benches will not be introduced at
the University of Lemberg ill con-
sequence of a student plebiscite
which resulted this week in a ma-
jority against segregating Jewish
students, Rector Kulczynski an-
nounced.
YOURS FOR A
WARM CHRISTMAS
AND A
HAPPY and ECONOMICAL
NEW YEAR
PACIFIC COAST EOAL C0.
Fuel Department StoreMAin 4403
4TH and STEWART (Across from tlle Ben Marchc)
Explains!
JEROME WEIDMAN, 41-year-
old, well-mannered, personable
author of the controversy-pro-
voking "I Can Get It For You
Wholesale," his first novel, this
week answered the question:
"Are Jews like that?" His novel
in which the leading characters
are Jewish and which is laid in
the predominantly Jewish dress
industry, is an ugly, absorbing
story of tIarry Bogen, greedily
ambitious ex-shipping clerk who
betrays his fellow workers, goes
through false bankruptcy, throws
away love for money, and then,
$20,000 richer and sitting on top
of the world, makes the pungent
reflection with which the st)ry
ends, "Two years ago I was just
a poor slob from the Bronx. To-
night, I'm going to sleep with an
actress."
Author Weldman, widely crit-
icized for the unwholesome theme
of his novel, explained: "I wrote
about the dress industry because
I had a job as accountant there,
became familiarr with the people
and idiom. In the present god-"
eat-dog order of things, the
smart, ruthless wise guy is pro-
duced. It's a mistake to think of
him in terms of race or social
class. Many a respected financier,
on a wider and more elegant scale,
has been guilty of the same sort
of pitiless destruction of those
who stood in his path."
Your Port
Of Seattle's
COLD
PACK,
REFRIGERATION
DEVELOPMENT
Gives Life To A
Great Washington
INDUSTRY
Development of Seattle's modern re-
frigerator system at Spokane Street
Terminal has in the past two years
proved a factor of fast increasing eco-
nomic importance to the Puget Sound
and Washington fruit, vegetable and
dairy industries, rphrough this highly
perfected system of "Cold Pack" stor-
age, increasing millions of pounds of
famoUS local berries and vegetables
are stored here for indefinite periods
}rod ultimately transferred to markets
of the world with pristine freshness
and flavor.
This interesting "Cold Pack" in-
dustry is proving an economic boon to
growers and shippers in thls district
and throughout the state 0£ Wash-
ington.
l:tecord tonnage was handled during
1936. The following provides out-
standing examples: Eggs, 45,000 cases;
Butter, 300,000 pounds; Cheese, 85,000
lounds; Poultry, 350,000 pounds;
Reindeer Meat, 250,000 pounds; Mild-
cure Salmon, 1,750,000 pounds; Veg-
etables, 1,800,000 pounds; Berries
1,250,000 pounds.
A Boon of Progress for
Washington Growers
and a New Treat for the
Housewife
For Full Information
Communicate With
PORT OF
SEATTLE
sMITH M. WILSON, Pre,.
H. P. CHAPMAN, Vice-PreJ.
J. A. BARLEY, Sec
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Three Men
Risk .Lives To
Save Scrolls
SHANGHAI (WNS)--How three
Jewish young men risked their lives
to rescue nine Torah Scrolls from the
Ward Synagogue in Shanghai while
it was under heavy cross fire from
Japanese and Chinese guns was re-
vealed this week after the trio of
heroes were honored at Jewish com-
munity rally in a celebration of
Chanukah.
The three young men were pre-
sented with certificates by Chief
Rabbi Meyer Ashkenazi.
Aaron Frank
Is Honored
PORTLAND-- Millionaire Aaron
M. Frank, widely-known y o u n g
civic figure, sportmuan and execu-
tive of the Pacilic Coast's largest
department store, today had two
honors.
No. 1--He was named head of
the finance committee of the Area-
tern" Athletic Union. lie has just
retnrned from the A. A. U. con-
vention, tie is head of the Oregon
A. A. U.
No. 2 --His sister-in-law, Mrs.
Jonah B. Wise, wife of famed
Rabbi Jonah Wise of New York--
he is son of the founder of Reform
Judaism in America--arrived this
week to be the house guest of the
Franks.
Social Workers Win;
L. A. Strike Ended
LOS ANGELES (WNS)--"Finis"
was formally written this week to
the strike staged last June by Jew-
ish social workers against the Jew-
ish Social Service Bureau of the lo-
cal Federation of Jewish Organiza-
tions with the ammuncement that
reinstatement of two discharged
employes had been approved by a
fact-finding connnittee named to ar-
bitrate the strike.
The employes are Hilda Robbins
and Blanche Strauss. Tile two,
whose discharge brought on the
walkout, were returned to work
temporarily upon settlement of the
dispute pending outcome of the
committee's inquiry.
Dorothy Perzman of the social
service workers' union said claims
of the two workers had been up-
held.
First Cantor To Sing
Bloch Music Passes
NEW YORK (WNS)--Isadore H.
Weinstock, one of the leading Re-
form cantors of America, is dead
here this week at the age of 63.
Native of Poland, Reverend Wein-
stock had been the cantor of New
York's Central Synagogue since
1(.)19.
Before that he held a similar posi-
tion with the Isaac M. Wise Temple
in Cincinnati.
He was the first cantor to sing
Ernest Bloch"s celebrated Sabbath
service.
Prof. Zeitlin, 54,
Dies At U. Of Illinois
URBANA, ILLINOIS (WNS)-
Prof. Jacob Zeitlin, head of the de-
partment of English at the Uni-
versity of Illinois, died here this
week of a heart attack. He was 54.
.& native of Russia, he came to this
country in 1892.
After his graduation from Colum-
bia University in 1904, he joiimd
the faculty of the University of Il-
linois. In 1925 he was named full
professor. Dr. Zeitlin was the au-
thor of several standard textbooks
and a number of vohnnes of essays.
Dentist Shows Proof
For Pain-Killer
NEW YORK (WNS)--First proof
that the dentin of tile teeth con-
tales a nerve tissue was presented
this week to the Greater New York
Dental Meeting by Dr. Harold A.
Osserman of the dental staff of the
New York Polyclinic Medical School
and Hospital in support of the den-
tal pain desensitizer he announced
last July at the meeting of the
American Dental Association.
No man is expected to admit that
he is wicked.--Talmud.
When there is no man, be thou the
man.--Talmud.
