Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1928-12-14

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Vol, IX— No. 50
COLUMBUS, OHIO, DECEMBER 14, 1928
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A Great Throng Is Expected At The Big HiUel , Debate At Woodmen's Hall, Sunday Evening, December 16th
Ohio State University Hillel Foundsition WiU Oppose the Hillel
Foundation of Wisconsin University Under thc Auspices of
Zion T^dpfc, No, 62, I, O, B, B.—QueHtion Is: "Ke.solvcd,
That Prejudice Aj^ainst Ihe Jew In Americii Is In-
evifuble"—Edwin X SehanfaWjcr to he Chairman
ADMISSION WILL BE FREE TO ALI.—COME AND BRING YOUR I^RIENDS TO THIS AFFAIR
irnic! i'-ouudation's Irist cvciil of thc f|nc\ner will he .n dcbntu hcfween the Ohio State Foundation team and that of Wisconsin University. It is lohc staged iit the Wnodmcii's Hali, 3O ^^'est College St., Sunday eveninpf, December i6lh. at 8:00 o'clocic, niider the EUispice.s of the Zion Lodge of B'nai B'rith.
Sarah Morwitz, a CoInnil)iis prodnct. aIthonj:(li a freshman, ha.s dis¬ played hUch reniarUable foren.sic Lalenl: tluit she haft earned a place on this year'.s Ohio Stale tqnad. Roy Weinbcifi-, of Zanehvilio. Ohio, and Harriet Tl>inati of Bhielifld, W. Va., who i*; not nnknovvn in debating circles at the nniver.'-ity^ complete thc rcRuhir team. Arthui Colien is the alternate-
Tlie subject of thc e\eiiing'ii wraiigU" is: "Retulved thai prejvidice ajijainst thc jew in America is inevitable." Ohio hab the nffu-niative while Wisconsin will endeavor to obtain a favorable decision for thc negative.
Wi.sconsin's s<|nad is c<tm]iobcd of David Pliillijxs of Kenosha, Wis- con.sin; Marx Long, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and ilax Wax of Mil¬ waukee, Wi-sconsin.
The local team boasts a rcnurkable record, havinfj beaten tbc Mil¬ waukee squad two ycar.s n^t) an<I having t-vou the Tnti;a-niural debating chanipionsbip of the nnia-crsity. Tbe visitors come here with a formida¬ ble reputation themselves, sn an interesting conte^t can be expected.
Ohio's team is coached by Roy J. Stone, a yonng Jewish lawyer 02 this cily and a former var.=>!ty debater. Mr. Morris I .opi)er of tbe Pub¬ lic Speaking department at tbc University will be the ciitic judge and E. J. Shanfarber, well known Columbus attorney, will pCt-iiftc as chair¬ man.   Admission is free and a good crowd is vKpticU'd.-.
Come and hear a spkndid <liscussion of a vital question of interest to all thinking Jews. A real treat is in store for ytm. Admission will be free to all.   t'ome and bring your friends to thifc affair.
This is a splendid (i])])rirtunity to hear a discnssionnof a problem of interest to every thinking Jew.
''Jewish Education Suffers From Lack of Coordi¬ nation And Support/' Declares Louis Marshal! At Meeting
New York Federation Allots Only §250,000 of $5,000,0(»0 Budget
For This Purpose—A Distinguished Gathering of New York .
Jews Hears Marshall's Address—Meeting Was Presided
Over By Colonel Herbert H. Lehtnan
NEW YORK—Jewish' education in the United Stales, for whidh American Jews spend annually between four.and five million dollars, suffers from the lack of co-ordination and from insul- ficient support, was the statement of I.x)Uis Marshall, President of the Amer¬ ican Jewish Committee, who was the principal speaker at the annual dinner and Chaiiukah celehration of the Jewish | Education Association held at the Wal¬ dorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, Siaiday niKht.
A . dfstinguished ¦ ¦ gathering of New York Jews attended the dinner which was presided over by Lieut enaut-Gov- erndr-elect Col. Hcrhert JJ. Lehman. It was an impressive demonstration fori Jewish education. Max W. Hollander introduced Col. Lehman as the toast- master. A feature of the occasion wag the showing: of a; moving picture de¬ picting the various activities of the As¬ sociation, ranging froth propaganda work to assisting the construction of. new school buildings.
An illuminated resolution of thank« to Jacob Weucr, chairman of the Com¬ mittee of One Hundred, to whom the dinner was" given, was presented bv . Jonah J. Goldstein, Chairmati of Finance Committee of the Association. Tihe Committee of One Hundred has for its purpose the securing of $250,000 through annual subscriptions as the . Association's budget.
The Committee was commended for its work by Israel • Unterberg, Presi¬ dent of the Associaftion. The celebra¬ tion of Chanukah, the lighting of the candles and appropriate Hebrew songs gave a distinctive atmosphere Jp the occasion.
Mr. Marshall described his deep in¬ terest in the problem of Jewish pduca- tion stating that tlie outbreak of the World War and the problems of re¬ lief which it brought in its train had interfered with a plan wtifch he Ind been considering for a nation-wide movement for Jewish education. He paid tribute to the men who refused to wait until after the War hut organ¬ ized thc Jewish Edncation Associa¬ tion-and proceeded to work in Greater New York. Of the. 350,000 Jewish chil¬ dren of schoolage ainuni; the 1,800,000 Jews of the city* less than otie-half, he stated, were- receiving any kind of Jewish education. Mr. Marsliall then pointed out that only *25l>,000 was spent by the. Federation ,for Jewish education out of a total income of $5,060,000. -There was a lack of pro¬ portion in that sum, he declared. Mr. Marshall praised the work of Dr. S. ¦ ISenderly, direitor of the Bureau of Jewish Education as a pioneer in the field.
The $4,000,000 tp $5,000,000 spent by. Jewish parents for the Jewish educatioii of their children were not bringing adequate results owuig to. the lack of correlation and coordination, Mr. Mar¬ shall stated. The mother, he declare<i, must be interested in the education of her child, the father unfortunately be¬ ing. too busy making money.. A.Jew¬ ish community as prosperous as that of New York, he said, was spending a pitiful sum for the, Jewish education of its children. Tn. conclusion,. Mr. Mar¬ shall referring to the Chamikah Festi¬ val declared that while our. Temple in this cotmtry has not been desecrated, it has been neglected. He called 6n the guests to support more generously thc work of the Jewish Edncation. As¬ sociation.
Among the speakers were Mrs. .Jo¬ seph Leblang, Chairman of Ivriah, ,the Women's Division of the Association, and Mrs. Gabriel Hamburger, asso¬ ciate chairman.
Famous Hebrew Publicist Will Speak At Hebrew School Sunday Eve.   .
Reuben Brainin
The famous Hebrew publidht and scholar, Reuben Brainin of New York Citj', will address the local branch of the ICOR, Sunday evening, December 16th, at the Hebrew school, 558 East Rich Street, at 8;;W o'clock- Every lover of Hebrew and true Jewish nalionalist will welcome this opportunity to see and hear Dr. Braiuiu. Several local coiinnunal leaders will aUo speak, among them Uabbi Rivlin.
Three Live Wires Running
For Office at B'nai B'rith
Meeting/Dec. 27th
The  Candidates Arc  Attorney
Robert   Mellman,   Attorney
Harry   Schwartz,   and
Jacob  II.  Wolstein
The ll'nai B'rith election of officers which was originally Bchcdulcd for Sun¬ day evening, December. 23Td, at the Woodman Home, has been definitely set for Thursday evening, December 27th, at the Progress Club. It is hoped that every member of Zion Lodge will .turn out for this important meeting where he will have an opportunity to vote for his favorite candidate.
As announced elsewhere in this issue of thc Chronicle, HiUel Night is' being celebrated Sunday evening, December ICth, with a debate between the Hillel Foundation of Ohio State University and thc Wisconsin University Hillel Foundation. Abe Weinfeld, chairman of the membership drive now in progress, announces that new ac<iessions arc being made daily. However, he urges all loyal members of the Order to continue their efforts, so that at the next initiation ceremonies which will take place Sunday evening, Janiiiry 13th, at thc Elks Home, the'largest class in the history, of Zion Lodge will be inducted.
Remember the time and place of the election^-^Progrcss Club—Thursday eve¬ ning, December .27th.
Purposes And Problems of
Community Center Are
Discussed
The purposes and problems of a Jew¬ ish Community Center were explained to a group of local Jeivs Monday evening by Leonard A. Strauss, president of the Cqmmnmty Center Association, of In¬ dianapolis.
The men and women who attended thf meeting were those who are interested in such a movement for Columbus, the Hermine Schonthal Community Center, plans for which are being formulated.
The organization in Indianapolis op¬ erates two houses. The Communal House, a settlement, and thc Kirschbaum Center, a center.
Mr. Strauss told how the latter or¬ ganization, which is less than three years old, has becoiue the center of the social, cultural, -aiid athletic activity for all In¬ dianapolis Jewry. " It now has 1200 mem¬ bers. One hundred and twenty people are actively engaged in' committee work.
Following his talk, there was an in¬ formal discussion on the possibilities and potentialities of such a center for Co¬ lumbus. Mr. Strauss answered ques¬ tions asked by several of. those present.
Samiiel Shinbach acted as chairman for the meeting, and introduced the speaker.
Dr. Abramson To Address
Local Chapter of Hadassah
Next Tuesday
Dr. B. W. Abramson will address the next meeting of the Columbus-Chapter of Hada<!sah which takes place Tue<;day afternoon, December 18th, at 3 o'clock, at the Hebrew School. His subject wil! be, "Chaim Weizmunn and the JewJ.sh Agency," Dr. Abrainson's talk will be the second on "Jewish Personalities" to be presented by the Columbus Cliapter this year.
A play "What Happene<l on Chaniut- kah," will he presented by the following: Mcsdames L. Roth, S. Weisskerz, A. Jaffe. A. Thall, M. Schotlcnatcin. J, Krakowitz, U Nason, H, Schwartz, A, Cluck, S. Wclber, L Polster.
Thc December Board meeting was held Monday; December lUth. at 1:30 p. m. at the Hebrew School. Plans were dis¬ cussed ajul delegates selected for the Dayton conference to be held January 13-14 at the Van Cleve hotel.
Local Junior Hadassah Group
Will Meet Sunday At The
Neil House
The annual Chanukah meeting of Jur nior Hadassah will be heUl Sunday at 3 p, m, at the Neil House.
An orphan shower of handkerchiefs and hose will he held at this time. Mem¬ bers are asked to make some contribu¬ tion to this Chanukah gift to Palestine.
A "Grab Bag" will be staged at the close of the meeting. For this, each member has been asked to bring some slight gift, to be exchanged-
The Hadassah Blid? will fee guests at the meeting, and will light the Chanu¬ kah candles. Misf Ri^h Frank wi" give a reading of! "Her Tongue," l>y Henry Arthur Joms, and Miss Estelle Fiiiher wilt entertuhi with vocal selec¬ tions.
Come and Hear a Rabbi's
View of the Christian
World's Savior
On Sunday mominf;, Decem¬ ber 16th, at 10:4!>, Rnbbi Jacob TaTBhish «f the Kryacn Iload Teiniile, will dincuss the lite and tencliiliRH of .lenuH of Na/.ireth and tlic infltieacc he haR exerted upon Ihe Kiiiritiial profrress »t the world. The Kabbi'ti tlicme is entitled "A Ualibi Looks At Jesuu.''
Services every Sunday morn- infT arc broadcast over WAIU. /triH.S meters or G40 kilocycles, from 10:45 until 12. Please write Rabbi Tarshish, care The Bryden l.{oad Temple, as tn haw y<Hi have enjoyed the broadcast¬ ing.
No Jew's education is com¬ plete without some understand- infir about thc place Jesus of Nazareth occupies in the annals of Jewish history. If you can¬ not ;ittend in person, don't fail to tune in.
HEAD OF GOLDEN RULE STORE HAS HAD A RE¬ MARKABLE CAREER
The Golden Rule and Morehouse-Martens Join
In Nation-wide Merger of 28 Retail
Department Stores of the U. S.
No Changes In I'olicic.o, Personnel, Or Service of Local Units In
Deals —Will \Vel)»cr Has Rendered Valualdc Service In
Consummating Deals TaUing Place In Various Sections
Of The V. S Firms Doing Annual Btisine.ss
Of .SI 08,000,000 In New Hahn Organization
SENSATIONAL RISE OF IMMIORANT BOY IS
DISCLOSED tN ACCOUNTS OF AMALGAMATION
Merger of the Morehouse-Martens Co., and 'the Golden Rule Store, Cohmibiis, with other companies owning 28 depart¬ ment sfoies into a nation-wide system v;as announced Tuesday by H. C. Bard, president of the Morehouse-Martens Co., and Wi(l Wclber, president of the Golden Role Stor*;.
Thc new corporation, to be formed by the merger, is known as the Hahn Department Stores, Inc. Proportions of the organization are indicated by sales volume of the group, which totaled more tlian m 08,000.000 during the last year.
The 2.'t companies owning 28 stores are rei;arded as the nucleus for further expansion through addition of other stores >et to be acquired.
It is expected that a sales volume of a billion dollars a year will be attained by the group in a short period of years, according to Mr. Welber.
The new organization, even in its in-
WttL w£i.Qef7
The meteoric rise in the commercial world of .Will Welber, president of the Golden Rule, ;Department Store, Colum¬ bus,'was again brought to the attention of the public, by the amiouncement this week concerning the merger of the Golden Rule Store and Morehouse-Mar¬ tens with the great corporation known as Hahn Department Stores, Inc.
For the past eight months Will Wel¬ ber has participated in the acquisition and valuation of more than ^SO.OOO'.OOO worth of Hahn Department Stores. This unassuming; and quiet young man has traveled all over the United States since the inception of this huge merger which is just being announced. He has se¬ lected the stores to be included iii the merger, valuated them, and acquired them.
Ttia expected that Mr. Welber will play a very prominent part in the, de¬ velopment of this enterprise which now includes .stores from coast to coast al¬ ready doing an annual business of $108,- 000,000.
Mr. Welber came to this country twenty-five years ago penniless and friendless. His only capital was sound health, grit, ambition, and perseverance. For several years this native of Austria suffered and struggled in order to gain a livelihood. By dint of hard labor he finally was able to open a store of his own in Sunbury^ Ohio, and later in Mt. Gilead and Delaware. He was associ¬ ated in business with the late Moritz Weiss for fifteen years prior to his com¬ ing to Columbus. In Mt. Gilead he rose rapidly, becoming the leading merchant in Morrow comity. During the World War he rendered valuable service as an officer in the Jewish Welfare Boards and was highly commended for his efforts by the late Col. Harry Cutler.
He has been in business in Columbus for the past six years taking part in every civic and philanthropic enterprise. One of his favorite hobbles is solving diflicultics for the Tifereth Israel Con¬ gregation on East Broad street. He has served this Congregation in various ca¬ pacities and i^ at tlie present time its treasurer. He lives with his wife and children at 2414 Fair avenue,  Bexley.
Mr.^ Wclber attributes much of his svccess to the unfailing cooperation and devo^tion of his younger brother, Mr. Sig Welber who is, vice-pircsident of the Golden  Rule  Store.
ITALIAN JEWISH EXPLOUEU
ON FEIULOITS MISSION
LEGHORN.—Baron" Raymond Fran- chetti, Itaqlian Jewish explorer, has un¬ dertaken a perilous expedition into laiex- plurcd Africa territory. Previous ex¬ plorers who set out on the expedition were killed by native tribes.
ception, will rank among the largest re¬ tailing enterprises in the country.
In line with its program, the corpora¬ tion has authorized capitalization consist¬ ing of $60,000,000 of 6J4 per cent con¬ vertible preferred stock, of which $23,- 000,000 is to be outstanding, and 5,000,000 shares of common, stock, of which 1,284,- 000 shares are to be outstanding.
The Morehouse-Martens and' the Golden Rule stores will retain their in¬ dividual characteristics and will remain under the same management with the same personnel.
The other stores entering, into the merger at its inception are the following:
The Jordan Marsh Co. and the C. F. Hovey Co. of Bostoa
The L. S. Donaldson Co., Minneapolis.
Thc Bon M,^rche Co., Seattle.
Thc Golden Rule Co., St. Paul.
The Rollnmn & Sons Co.- Cincinnati,
The Hcrpolshcimcr Co., Grand Rapids.
The Titchc, Goettinger Co., Dallas
O'Neill &. Co.. Inc., Baltimore.
Tlic Quackenbush Co., Patterson, N. J.
Thc A. Polsky Co., Akron, O,
The JamesBlack Dry Goods Co., Wa¬ terloo. Iowa.
The Rudge.& Gucnzel I Co., Lincoln, Nebr.
The Meyers Co.,. Greensboro, N. C.
Thc.L. H. Field Co.,-Jackson, Mich.
The F. N. Jo-slyri Co., Maiden, Mass.
The MuUcr Co., Ltd.. Uke Charles, La.
The A. E. Troutman Co., Greensburg, Pa.
Louis Samler, liiq., Lebanon, Pa.
Thc Welber Co., Columbus, Ohio.
The Wright-Metzler Co., Connelsville, Pa.
Lew Hahn, formerly managing direc¬ tor of The National Retail Dry Gqods Association, is the president of the new/ corporation and George Mitton, president of the Jordan Marsh Co. of Boston , is to be chairman of the board of direc¬ tors. ^
In order to cover 'a wider field bf activity in Columbus, the Hahn Depart¬ ment Stores, Inc., have induced the in¬ terest of >two stores of variance of loca¬ tion and type—the one having for many years appealed to a substantial patron¬ age of discriminating taste and require¬ ment and the other, a much younger organization, has developed a rapidly ex¬ panding business in so-called popular priced met-chandise.
The Welber Co., operating under the name of Welbcr's Golden Rule Store- at-208-21(i N. High St., was organized about four years ago and their intelligent and aggressive methods ,are, recognized in the present amalgamation with this nation-wide  group,
The officers of the company are: Will Welber, president; Sig Welber, vice pres¬ ident and, general manager, and Harry Kelerman, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Sig Welber,,speaking for their company, said, "The advantages of this great mer¬ ger, have been fidly covered in an inter¬ view already given out' and there Is nothing that I might add which could any more clearly express the tremendoiis merchandising advantage which I am sure will be recognized and appreciated by the buying public of this community."
Elaborate Program Is Out¬ lined By Jr. Council For Next Two Months
A Style Show, A Card Party
and A Dance Were Decided
Upon at Recent Meeting
A htyle show, card party ami a dance will be included in the January, and early February program of Junior Council, it was decided at the* btxird meeting rc- ccnth held at the home of the president, Miss Corinne Basch.
Committees are already at work to make the style show to he held Sunday, January 13, an elaborate one with Miss Rose Greenstein and Miss Rose Shuull in charge 'of models aud Miss Harriet Lakin, refreshments. Advance spring styles will be exhibitctl and several novel¬ ties will add to the interest of the after¬ noon.
January 2( is the date selected for the card party and February 7 the annual Junior Council formal dance will he held. Miss Dorothy Wolff ii the capable chairman in charge of the dance. This was one of the mobt successful featiircb undertaken by the Council last year aii'* it is expected that this year's affair will receive the same reiponse.
Don't forget to kcei) these dates open for three very enjoyable programs,
JEWISH    NATIONAL    FUND
TO CELEBIIATK FLAG
DAY ON DECEM-
BEU HiTII
The local bnuich of the Jewish Na¬ tional FumI »in ct-'lebrate Flag Day Sunday, December liith, AM v<duntcc»3 are requested to report ,it the Cotumbita Hebrew School, at !>:JiO a. in. ft is hoped that everyone ajtproached foi con¬ tributions, will do hi'> share giiietously.
Jr. Players of Bryden Road
Temple Will Present Play
Sunday Morning
The Junior Players of 'the Sabbath School of Temple Israel will present *'The Princess and thc Woodcutter" irom "Make-Believe" by A. A,.Milne.
This play, which was to have b^en part of last week's program had to he postponed becau.se of the illness, of a member of the cast.
The program which will begin at &;45 Sunday morning will also include a dance solo by Miriam Rosentlial.
Edythe Sadousky will introduce the play and the players.
Tickets For "The Dybbuk"
Are Now Obtainable
.At Foundation
Tickets for Hie "Dybbuk," Hillcl Foundation's new lilay to be given Feb, .5, 6 and 8, are now obtainable at the Foundation or by calling S, "Lakin at the Sigma ."Mpha Mu bouse or by call¬ ing Lou Sapi) at tbe Tau Epsilon Phi liduse. Tickets are *L00 and all seats arc rescrve<l.
POLISH TOWN HONORS JEW¬ ISH WRITERS AND RABBIS
WARSAW.—The late Rabbi Isaac Jacob ReiiKS, fomuler of the Mizrachi Zionist Organization, was honored in bis hi^ne town when the City Council of Lida, where decades ii(>o he estab¬ lished the famoiii, Ye-jhiva v/bich com¬ bined Talmudic studies with ^ecuUr cdu-- rjtiuu, dt-cidt-d to name qnc of the btrcets Reincb Street.
TliL- council also derided to name two ulhcr strectH after the late Jewish writ- era, J. L. Pervti and S. Ansky.