Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1936-07-24

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Volume XVII—No. 134
COLUMBUS, OHIO. JULY 24, 19,^6
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Strictly Confidential
By PHINEAS  J, BIRON
Forecasts "
Louis Lipsky will .not remain tlv, vice prcsi<li,'iit of the Aiiieriean Jewisli Congress,/. Stepiien S. Wise will startle his admiring public hy giviiift np u nuiiihcr of activities to which,he sccnicd wedded for life,/. James Watcrhian'Wise i.s scheduled to leave these shores sonietinic in the Fall for a full year... Ludwig ¦ f^ewisohn is prcirariiig.lo take up rcWrdence tn h suburb of New York City... Pierre Van: Paassen has' cancelled his lecture tour to the United States for this win¬ ter and will remain in Tuiropc,.. There arc rumors .of a scnsatipual dc- velopiiicnt in the setup of thc Yiddish press in this country... One of the l)est-kiiown Jewish women wijl he ahioug the American delegjltcs to the Pan-American , Cgnfcreiicc iiv B'uciios Aires next January,.. A group of Or-' thodox Jews arc planning, a new An¬ glo-Jewish weekly in.New York City! ;.; Von will he pleasantly .surpiiiscd when the newspapers print the'news of the iinportant diplomatic and com¬ mercial niissioii which has taken Sam¬ uel G. Lamport to Europe.,. He went abroad with credentials from Secre¬ tary of. State.Hull, .the personal best
wishes of FDR,and as a special emis- iiary of the Good Neighbor League,,..
. \L.Maldvyin Fertig, who, made a big hit as chairman, of the , resolutions committee at the Zionist convention in Providence and who refused a place on thc executive, is slated for-: a ma¬ jor position in pile of the leading na¬ tional. Jewisli orgiani^ations... Don't he surprised if you have occasion to fisteii to an international radio broad¬ cast from the Woi"icl Jewish Congress in Geneva... One of the speakers may be a world-famous Eiiglishman known
• everywhere as oiie of the. fathers of the League of Nations,•;.¦
,   JPotpourri. . Benjamin De Casscresi who is a col¬ lateral descendant of that famous exile and fighter for freetlpm/Bariich iSpi-
..j^pza,. IS-iiow;.waging .-a^fight'.ia-^ ¦-coliimhs 'of .fhe 'Hearst: press agaiiist the traditional American ideal of the, right of asylum.for victims of racial and political persecution... ¦ That 'strange incident in which Governor Hoffman of." New, Jersey accepted the
. "resignatioii", of Judge Morris. Uman- sky, although the latter claims: he never resigned, is expected to lead to the appointment of: J, George Fred- man of Jersey City,.former national comniandcr-irii-chief of the Jewish War
¦ Veterans, as :Umansky's ¦successor... Political circles ill Connecticut haye their eye on Max Spelke of Stamford,
¦ special assistant United States Attor¬ ney General,.. Max is expected to go places in piiblic life..-, Judge Joseph Sabath of Chicago, has heard 45,000 divorce cases, but. is s.till wed to tht- wife he married 48 years ago... Grie of the reasons why Sinclair.Lewis be¬ lieves it, can happen here is the fact
. that in Bermuda he was urged hf Americans to boycott a certain hotel because it was full of Jews..;. .Our imitator reads our, column, but nbl closely-enough... Recently he men¬ tioned the fact that Israel's Messenger of Shanghai, China, published a New York item to the effect that in Japan .thp swastika is the enihlem pf houses of prostitution... We parsed that re¬ port on to you months ago.,. Reinhardtldms Max Reinhardt is hack in Salzburg
.for the festival, where he'll meet Ro- iiiaiii Rollaiul, \vho is writing the script for ..ReiiiharUt's nbw movie, "Danton, the Tcrrihle'-. -. Before leaving Reinhardt confided to us thai he still hasn't got an actor to play thc role of Danton, and that he's ready to receive applications... An amusing in¬ cident in connection with Reinliardt's sailing on the Norm^iidie has to do with his traditional aversion to going to bed before 3 A. M. or getting iip before noon... The French liner was scheduled to sail at ,10 A.. M., and Reinhardt asked for permission to hoard it the night before... This was granted provided he would be on hoard hefore luidnight—but this of. course vvas just as inipnssihle for. him as get¬ ting up early in the morning...  So,
, after a great deal of wire-pulling, tele¬ graphing and conferencing Reinhardt succeeded in revolutionizing the rou¬ tine of the entire French merchant marine, when a special detail of sail¬ ors stayed up alt night waiting for him- ¦.
Between the Lines
That .fjreat  "liberal," Dr.  Nicliolas
Murray Butler, president of Columbia
University, returned from a conference
of the Carnegie Kiidowment for Inter-
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68th  Annual  Meeting  of
Jewish Orphan Home
Held Last Sunday
Fred Lazaru?, Jr., of this city, pre¬ sided at .the flHtli annual meeting of the board of directors and trustees of the Jewish .Orplian Ilomc last Sun¬ day, July IJJth, a.t Cleveland, Ohitj. Alfred .K. BciiCsch and F. J. Sclmu- farbcr, also members of the board, were in aitciidancc at thc meetings.
That better care has madc' orphans grow ihiicii taller and Iicavicr at Bellc- faire, Jewish. Orphan Home, was re¬ vealed in a report by, Michael Sharr litt, .'iupcrinteiKlent. - Boys of Ifi average '\}/S in.ciies taller and twenty pounds Heavier than.they did rfourtccU years ago, according to the supcrin- Iciideiit's study of statistics. Girls of the ¦ same age have ' gained 2 l/IO inches and six pounds. , The average boy ill tlie class of 1993, was :G2.r) Niches high and .weighed 109 pounds and the average girL was GO inchc.'i tall and weighed 111 pounds. In tht U>.3() class boys averaged..((7 inches. V20 pounds, and girls 02.1 inches and 117 pounds.
. 'The swimming pool, the gymnasium, the athletic field and plenty of properly .selected food have undoubtedly been in a lEirge measure,respohsibic,fpr the gaiuj Sharlitt said:
'The complete change in institution living today as against that twenty and niorc years ago is very likely making a complete cliange in the hotly of the child," lie said. "It is true that chil¬ dren generally are taller tlian a gener¬ ation ago, but there has. beeii no such gain generally as has'iOccurrcd here. However, I think it likely other in¬ stitutions may have noted a gain com¬ parable to ours.        ,;
."Tlie favorable, difference is of psy¬ chological value to the hoys and girls. It is my opinion that it is reflective of ii release, on'the mind and, soul,of a child, iijdicating a . life and relation¬ ships making for increased, ease,, per- sonaLcomfprt and happiness."^; . ..Ofiliccrs elected vveVe: FrCd .Lazarti^ Jr.,; Columbus,^:^;p^6si^dent;^;;:^ ¦Sultan, Chicago, Vice'.President;. .Al¬ fred A. B'enescli, Cleveland, Treasurer of the General Fund; Max K: Meisel, Cleveland, Treasurer of the Sinking Fund; Michael Sharlitt, Superintend¬ ent; Edna Belle Diamond, Cleveland, Secretary; Jack Giricfc," Assistant Su¬ perintendent.    ,
SeVeral hundred alumni ^f BcUe- faire had dinner Sunday night at Alumni' Hall, where they exchanged reminiscences and talked of what they had beeii doing since they left. T?n members of the regional board of diT rectors, Sam, Gross, President of the local executive board, and Joseph Wemberg, architect, who designed the new orphanage, are Alumni. !
Thc Alumni Association elected Edr ward S. Klein, President; David Mar- golis. Secretary, and Joseph Khsteiii, Treasurer, &1I of Cleveland;
COMI?j[G,   COMING, C(j(MING!t!!
Beginning wilh next week's ihsuo nf tho Chnmiclc, there will appear the firHt nf n series of (hrcc articles, "I Joined the Sil¬ ver Shirts," by Dan Swett.
This is an :ima.;;ing expose of Pelley's Christian Parly, written hy one who bccnmc a member. 'i1io author, a .lewish journalibt of Seattle, Wash., is a member of tho editorial staff of The Jew- ifth Transcript, a Seven Arts publication.
HJil IJAUFD TO GO INTO THE LION'S DEN — READ WHAT TIE FOUND THERE, in next week's Chronicle!
Rabbi Mayerberg Raps Ra¬ cial Issue in Campaign
TOPFJCA, KAN. (WNS)—"Both candidates of the major . parties art- free, froin anti-Semitisin and other prejudices based .pn race and rc- ligians," it * was declared in a joint sjlatancnt issued by two/Jewish lead¬ ers from Kansas and Missouri after a visit to Governor. Alfred. M. Landon, Rabbi Samuel Mayerberg pf Kahsa.s City, Mo.,, and Joseph Cohen, attorney, of Kansas City, Kan., made this ah- noiinCcmcnt, which is regarded as a reply to; whispered charges. The statement reads iii part: "Race and religious issues have no place in this campaign. They are un-American and arc. raised purely for the. purpose of appealing to - thc baser instincts ot prejudice and bigotry. Both candi¬ dates of the major parties are free from anti-Semitism and. otlier preju¬ dices based on raCe and religion. Jews and' Gentiles alike should choose their caiididates on the basis of the candi¬ dates' stand on the great national is¬ sue.^ confronting' this natfPn at this .time." ,.- .'¦^-¦^ ¦¦¦-
' .Eugene.i.Meyer;: former'head of" tlie Federal Reserve System and now pub¬ lisher, of the Washington Post, also visited Governor Landon and stated .that it would not be a dirty camiiaigh as far as Governor La.ndon was con¬ cerned. It was recalled that Mr. Meyer some time ago sent a questionnaire oh the Nazi issue to the governors of all the States, and that Governor Landon's reply was one of the strongest prpr nouncements expressing liberal views on the race question.
NEW  YORK   CITY   NAZIS DECLARE WAR ON JEWS
YAPhANK,, L, L (WNS)—An open declaration of war against Gov¬ ernor Lehman because he is. a Jew was. issued by 0,000 Germans gathered at Ganip Siegfried for thc second sum¬ mer festival of the.Gei'man American League, formerly known as the Friends of the New Gcnhaiiy. A stone's throw from the site of the fa¬ mous '.war-time American traininfi camp Walter Kappe, secretary of the League, addressed the crowd of Na?i5 and declared that "Glovernor Lehman won't be supported by Germans in New York State; because he is a Jew. Wc will defeat Communism by defeat¬ ing Jews for any ofiice for which they might run." Kappe described ' the l,G0O-acre camp for young Nazis as a place "to train youths because they are the. originators of Communism." Ru¬ dolf Markman, Eastern director of the League, attacked Mayor La Guar¬ dia arid promised that Germans would defeat him for reelection.
AUSTRIAN JEWS WARNED OF DANGERS AHEAD
¦ VIENNA {WNS).-r-The /uncon¬ cealed, fear of Austrian Jewry that the Aiistro - German, rapprochement pre¬ sages increased difTiculties for them, ii not official anti-Semitic leigislatiori, was given- formal expression, by, Die Stiiiune, leading Jewish Av'eekly. pub¬ lication, when it warned the Jewish population that serious, dangers arc in Ithe,offing, "We have to reckon prin¬ cipally with the psychological effect on internal Austrian conditions of this agreement with Nazi Germany," the Stiinine declares. "Already the. eco¬ nomic .situation of the Jews, thanks to the process of, driving them out of husiijess and commercial life, which has been iirogressing for a couple of years, ,is forcing, our Jewish' cpiii- munity in Vienna alone to .support 05,000, destitute persons. The im- povcrisli'nient of these Vienna Jews.is increasing alarmingly.".
In an.effort to allay Jewish aniti-i ety, M, Ludwig, head of t\\p gov¬ ernment press bureau, told foreign Jewish, correspondents that tlie. Aus¬ tro-German pact will not affect the Jews at all, and that Austrian Jewry has no cause for alarm.
Jewish   Leaders   Mobilize
For Action In Palestine
Emergency
. JfCKUSALEM . (WNS -- Palcor Agency)—In ordei" to enlist thc aid of Jewish conimuiiilies throiighuut the world in its efforts to, cope with thc political and linaiicial prolilcnia of th'.; present emergency situation in Pales tine,, thc Executive of thc Jewi.sli Agency for Palestine convened a con fcrcncc of all its former incnibcrs now living in Palestine. Representative;; af various Zionist parties also attended. All.placed thcnisclvcs at the. disposal of the prcRcht* heads of fhe Jewish Agency for any emergency tasks.
Eliczar ICaplaii, head of the treas¬ ury department of tlie Agciicy^' pre¬ sided at thc conference, at which tht Agency executive was rc[jrc.<;eiUcd also by Mpslie Sliertbk, Isaac Grueiibaum. Rabbi J. L. Fishniim and. Dr. Arthur Ruppin. Among ,^!ie others prcseni were Miss Henrietta Szplcl, Col. Fred- crick. Kiscli, Ber! Locker, -Joseph Sprinzak, Rabbi Meyer Berlin, Hcrschl FarbBtein, Dr:,Arthur Hantke, Rabhi Jcseph Solovcitchek, Lazarus Barth, Martin .Rosenblucth and S. A. Van Vriesland, Dr. Beii Zion Mossinsohn and Dr. F. Bernstein represented the. General Zionists, and, Rabbi : Woli Gold the Mizrachi.
Urgent revision of-the Palestine Govcrnmeiit's public works program in order to bring abotit a. greater meas¬ ure of security fpi*: the Jewish com¬ munity was requested in prbpPsali submitted to, the Gloveriimeiit by tht Jewish Agency. Several concrete siig gestions were made, emphasizing the immediate n<;ed for the. extension ol the Tel Aviv-Haifa .road passing Jew isli colonics in the Sharon, Emek He- fer and Shomroii. The Agency pointed out that if siicha road had been built prior to the beginning of the disturb¬ ances it would have.saved the liyes ol -soldiei-s iind Jewsivlio fell,victims to attacks by Arab snipers. , ¦'¦ ,. A. program' of ifcountry-^wide'. con-^ structive works,,ha|,b,eea.launched.by tiie^ JcWi ^pif^^IcStiiie,VitH. tiie assist¬ ance of the Bjlznr, Company, the cor¬ poration jointly founded by the Jewish Agency,.the Anglo-Palestine Bank and the Unemployment Fund pf the His- tadruth. Work has begun on a road between Ras cl Ain and Migdal Zedek. which will make possible the resump¬ tion of activities at the Jewish quar¬ ries.there whiph were.suspended owing to the Arab: disturbances.   .'
Construction of school buildings for German-Jewish youths, has sitarted at the Jewish settlements, of .Kfar Ye- hezkei;. Nahalal and Kfar Yehoshua. New roads are being built at.Rehovoth and Rishon Le Zion, In the Haifa Bay area workmen have begun level¬ ing the sands in preparation for the building of large quarters near the Jewish settlement of KiriatHaim. The Jewish National Fund has also started work 611 a road in that district. .    '
LEVINE'S EXPERIMENTS AID   CATNTCER  RESEARCH
. ' NEW YORK (WNS)—important additions to scientificknowledge of the relation between:, bacteria- and plant tumor as a , prehmiiiary .to a major discovery in deadiig-with tninnrp. in humans are ej^pected to rcsiilt from the unique experiments lindertakeii by Dr. Michael Leyiiic of thc Moiitefiore Hospital laboratory staff. By growing tumors on plants and flowers, Dr. Le- vine has already discovered valuable information.expected to lead to major developments in cancer research.
Name Royal Commission To Investigate Pales¬ tine Disturbances
LONDON (WNS — Paleor Agency) — Enrl Pool, chfiirmnn of the Wheat Commission, has been named head «tf the Royal Cdmmi.sfliou to investigate the causes of thc Palestine disturb¬ ances, accorillnj; to thc London Daily Herald. Tlie C«mniiHsi<m, wliich win probably consist of ii\c members, will not begin it'; iilvcHligation until order ha.s been restored. Other members of the Royal ComiiiisHion, ac¬ cording to thc Daily Herald, will be Field Marshal Sir William Birdwuud, .former commander of forces at Gallipoli; Sir Horace Rumbold, f(»rmur ambassador to Poland and (jiermuiiy; and Regi¬ nald Coupland, Professor of Co- limial History at Oxford.
Johnson Flays Attempt To
Make   Anti-Semitism
Political Issue
NEW YORK (WNS)~Such anti; Semitism as exists in the United States is personal, not political pt*eju- dicc, but "the way to make it politiqal is exactly the method Mr. Hamilton lias blunderingly-adopted—to drag it into thc canipaign hy letting a politi-^ cal; leader get; all heated up about it," it was declared by General Hugh S ¦Johnson, in his daily^ copyrighted column syndicated by the United Fea¬ ture Syndicate. Commenting on re¬ cent statenients by Mr. Hamilton that President Roosevelt had urged Gov¬ ernor Lehman to ,run again tb get Jewish votes in New York, and by George Peek, ex-New, Dealer, that his plan to sell 8<)0,000. bales Of cpt- ton to Germany had, been blocked by "Jevvish infiitence'.'. ;in ihc Roosevelt Administration, General Johnson said tbat-iiotiifnen liad "pressed the keys that open the organ pipes of prejudice and intolerance," •;
Warning that -"the Jewish .p?pple are not an issue in t^iis (;ampaign" be¬ cause they "don't -Votk as a people, and the candidate who counts oli that is in for a disappointment/' General John¬ son declared: "If vveare tp- maintain the principles of the American consti¬ tutional electoral systeiii—the greatest political advance in human history—^ and not go stampeding off to the psy- chdpathic.if not sadistic, extremes Of some European countries, br repeat the shameful bigotry of 1028, we will re¬ buke any' man, in public Hfe who de¬ parts from the rules of our game.. He can vilify Democrats.-^ Republicans, Communists, Socialists; Townsendites; Cppghlinites, Fai"nicr-Laborites, Epics or any political creed until he is black ill thc face- But when he. begins to talk politically about Mormons, Jews Methodists, Catholics or any other re¬ ligions group he is distinctly, off the reservation. He is perpetrafing a po lilical foul for which hp ought to be licked,: if for .no other reason." ,
New Decrees Co^t 5,000 Ger¬ man Jews Their Livelihood
Bf^RLIN (WNS)—Nearly 5,000 Jews were sentenced to virtual star-| vation when the Nazi press made ptih^ lie two new decrees designed to pro¬ hibit Jews from engaging in the wool and rag industries. At the same time the police bcgaii arresting scores of Jewish cattle dealers on the charge that they were cheatjiig the peasants. Nazi law forbids any discrimination against Jews on purely economic grounds, aiid this e.\cuse has been,, in¬ voked to eliminate the Jews from another field. '      ,
1,200 GERMAN JEWS LOSE JOBS BY NEW DECREE
BERLIN (WNS) —Further evi¬ dence of the -renewed drive against the Jews planned by thc Nazis ininiedi¬ ately after the Olyinpic Games was seen in a decree ordering the dismissal of all Jewish employes bf the famous ¦Tietz chain ¦ of department stores. Some 1,200 Jews arc affected by this order. The Tietz stores were for¬ merly Jewish-owned. At the 'same time a Berlin court ruled that a Jewess divorced from an Aryan may not sec her children hy that marriage, lest she corrupt them with anti-Nazi influence. At Leipzig an Aryan obtained a di¬ vorce from his Jevvish wife solely on the ground that she was represented by a.'Jewish lawyer.
WAR VETERAN PROTECTS
AGED JEW FROM NAZIS
IN SUBWAY
NEW YORK (WNSi-^An at- tempt by two Nazis to molest an .SO- yCar-old bearded. Jew in a Bronx- bound subway train led to a free-for- all when Solomon Shapiro, bespec¬ tacled , 43-year-old wounded Jewish war veteran, tried to protect the aged Jew. The trouble started when thc old inan entered the train aiid sat down opposite George Sandfuchs/ 3-1, and Reinliold Brenner, 38, The twn immediately began taunting the Jew by shmiting ""Heil Hitler." When h6 tried to change his seat the Nazis foi lowed ,him. At this ponit Shapiro in¬ tervened and asked them to leave the old man alone. The Nazis then jumped on Shapiro, who had only re¬ cently been released from a veterans' hospital, and a battle royal began When the train pulled ipto Grand Central station- the two Nazis tried to flee, but were caught by station police and arrested on charges of disorderly cnnduct,
Seek Old Clothes For Gerinan Refugees In IT. S.
' NEW YORK (WNS)~Estabiish- meiit of a home for needy Jewish and ncn-Jcwisli German refugees now in this country has heen imdertaken. by the newly-organized Cooperative As- sociation.of German. Refugees. Pend ing the Opening of "such a home the Association 'is seeking ol<l clothes for the. refugees. Such clothes may he sent to the Association at 1451 Broad¬ way,  New York City.
Tragedy    Hits    Family    Of Sweepstakes Winner
- NEW YORK, (WNS)^The family pi Morris Gold, young Poli.sli-born Jewish baker who was the envy.of millions in 1035 when he won $143,000 in the Irish Sweepslakea, has learned diat wealth does not necessarily bring happiness. A year after he won the big prize. Gold took' sick and died. His baby is ill, and his young widow is. frantic, believing that the prize moiiuy has brought her bad luck.
48 Jews Dead As Palestine Riots Enter
Fourth Month —Arabs Talk Of
Ending General Strike
JFRUSALIi;M (WNS—'P ii I c u r Agency)—Thc instant death (lE An- schel Kimchi, 21, Jewish labortr, who was Awi by Arabs, while returning from.work in' a Jewish orange grove near Heitcra, increased llic total mim- b'cr nf Jewish victims of the disUirb- anccs to ,A^ as. the disorders entered their fourth inonlli of killinJ3:s, bomb¬ ings, arson and sabotage. .'\ii Arab religious teacher, died 'of apoplexy while hialcing an inflamniatory speech against, tlic Jews, during the Friday services at the Masque of Omar, Where strong feelings were inanifested by both speaker's and the crowd of worshippers.
TEL AVIV: A tragedy which might have cost the liyCS of' thousands Of Jews.was averted when a 1-3-year- bid girl accidentally uncovered a. large time bomb that liad been buried in the sand of .the Ijcach near the-Jaffa bor- dcrliiic. Wires -JOO meters iri length had been attached to the fuse. Police are investigating the case, which is the, first c:ianiplc of a.tiinc bomb of such size since, the hcgimiirig pf the disor¬ ders-three riionths'ag'o.   '
JERUSALEM: Arinored cars aiid airplanes were brought into action by the British military to figtit off. a gang of Arab terrorists who attacked a convoy between A"cbta and Tulkariem iivpne of the most, severe cngagcni'ciits of the current disorders. Thc'encoun- ter, which lasted for several hours, resulted in soine of the heaviest, casu¬ alties yet suffered by Arab brigands. At least six arc known to.have.been killed. No casualties were reported aniongthe troops "or passengers in the convoy'. ./
, H/\lF.-\.: iJuriiig tlic three months since llic bcgiunlng of thc disturbances .'! 16 Arabs and 20 Jews were arrested in the Haifa district, according to of^- hicial figures made public by the Gov-- einincnt. Of the total arrested 228 ,'\rabs. aiwl 10 Jews were convicted, .-liid 70 .-Vrdbs ami 5, Jews were, ac¬ quitted; i50 Arabs and -') Jews are still awaiting triiil. ¦.
¦ JERUSALEM: Evidence of Wea¬ riness among'.A.rab merchants as arc- suit nf the Arab general'strike was manifested during a large meeting of the home pf Abijad Shara, prominent business man. The meeting adopted a rcsoliition to send a memorandum to the Arab High Committee Stating that the Arab merchants have endured con¬ siderable-.suffering as a resiilt-of the strike, whicli has greatly weakened them economically. The memorandum also asks.tliat the-Arab-merchants be released from further participation in the strike. ¦ Rumors arc, reported to be circuhding iaVnong the Arabs that the', general strike is due to come to an,end nc.\t week.      ¦   ,
In Jaffa streetdiawkers sent to High Cominissioner Wauchope a memoran¬ dum in which the Government was ac¬ cused of indirectly supporting the. .Arab general,strike. . The memoran¬ dum informs the High ,Commissioner that the hawkfers .have now resolved to divide themselves' into two groups, one to carry on the sale of merchan¬ dise, the other to protect the first against Arab terrorists against whom the police apparently give insufficient protcctioii.,
Tli^e .A.rab press reports that Ameri¬ can Arabs have contributed the siim. Of !?i2if!'10 toward the, support of, the* ATab general strike in Palestine, /   ^
THE UNKNOWN PHILANTHROPIST
An Arkansas Couple Gives AH For the Jewish Religion
By LOUISE WOLK ANTICK
An iinTrHtrlct<>4l tcKt of SISS.UOO U ln- deeil 111! cvi-nl. In 'lliL< iilillniilliriiiiir iii-\vh Ilf liny voiiiitry. HInce 1I)3I> Micli nen'tt items have been tnaat rare. But whra an nnkiitnvn ArfciiiiKiiH rouiilv dtwil till their nroiierty. umountliiR . to 912.1,0(10, to llie Ijiilnii of Aiiivrliiiiii Iliiliri'w IIiMiKrfKiitliiiiH, that is real news. Mias Aiitlck sivcs-us UII illt^^«^NtlliE 'irhl'iiru -jf tlivhu itiihiiown JkivIhIi   iihllltnt|in?[)lHtR,
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Tisha B'Ab  Services To Be Held At Broad St. Temple
Tisha B'ab services wilL be held at the East Hroad St. Tcmpit ^loiiday evening at eight o'clock and also on Tuesday morning at seven. Rabbi Nathan Zelizer will officiate.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Meyer    .
From Jonesboro, Arkansas, to Cin¬ cinnati, Ohio, is a matter of some hun¬ dred miles if you speak in terms of road distance, but there is no separa¬ tion between thc-two points in the hearts and minds pf Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Meyer of that' small Arkansas town, whose religious interests center around activities that stem froin Cin¬ cinnati, For R. H, Meyer and his wife, Emily, have just deeded all their property to the Union of American Hebrew Congregations— an unre- jStrictcd gift, amuunting to approxi- ¦mately $125,000—to further the re¬ ligious work of Israel through the Union's program of religious educa¬ tion, promotion ol good will and de¬ velopment of religious c.\tension plans . In these days when material powct too often takes precedence over the spiritual, when icoiioclasni is preva¬ lent, and the good life is sometimes made less appealing than the strong t;m% i)i;rsons with the religious con¬ sciousness of the Meyers, .*;tand apart as messengers <tf Israel , aiid (lod's word,
Their love for Judaism and Jewish religious affairs is an. integral p;irt of their lives.   This love is reflected not
only in their own philosophy but. in the lives of their fellow Jew's in Jones- . borb.    It has been a guidhig force m, all their endeavors for many years; and its presence is seen most tangibly ih suchiristitutions as, the Temple there^ the Laiiics' Aid Society and the B'nai   ' B'rithj with which the Meyers  have been-affiliated andVto which they.have given so wholeheartedly of their time ,. and money.* .' .
. The stury of R^H, Meyer is a glamorous one—not as spectacular as some other such biographies, perhaps, biit ¦ filled with a sincerity' and oneness, of purpose, as well as a deep spiritual; light, that make it unique,
He was born in Heuchelhefm bei Landau, Rheiiipfalz; Germany, on July 0, la^B, and attended school at the. ^ Landau Gewerh Schule. . In Septem^^ ber, 1873, he emigrated to this country and wciit to Memphis, Tenn., where he entcicd college.
.\ year later- he left Memphis and went to. Grand Lake, Ark., on the banks of the MisSissipjii. River, wheri; he: was a landing keeper'during the era of the steamboats. From tliere he , went to Leota Landing, in Washing¬ ton County, Miss., where he was.a landing keeper and cotton buyer.
His business . career was formally begun in 1881, when he went to Jones¬ boro. Starting as a bookkeeper, cotton buyer and salesniiin, ,two years .later he was head of the Grand Leader De¬ partment Store, which he owned for 20 years, imtil his retirement frorn ac¬ tive busiiiess life.
Tlie years that have elapsed since that first modest business venture.in 1883, arc studded with bright mem¬ ories for Mr. Meyer—memories of fine friendships, of financial success, of connnunal achiev^lrient,' 0ut closest of. all to him—more dear than a»y other ex]iu'rieiice—has been the knowledge that his w'ife was working side by side with him hbthjin business and in ctil- livating those wider outside interests that have made the Meyers outstand¬ ing in an age of superlatives.
luiiily Meyer was born in New Or¬ leans on November 15, 1803, and was educated ill the public schools of that city.- .\s a partner in their general store,, she was active in the business world for 29 years—years that ante¬ dated modern woman's so-called eman¬ cipation in business. Not only as an (Continued on page 3)
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