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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15
ANEW YEARS MESSAGE
BY RABBI ADOLPH BURGER
Tampa, Florida

The coming year in the face of
the terrible calamities that have
overtaken world Jewry is not a
cheerful one, yet let us not alto
gether despair; let us not lose
courage and hope.
A wise man once said, 'He who
loses wealth, loses much; he who
loses friend, loses more; but he
who loses courage, loses ALL" We
have lost a lot last year; we have
lost some of our great men. Many
Of our people have been robbed
of their possessions and their hui
man rights. But let us not lose
courage. Hope unto the Lord.
Be strong and may thy heart be
courageous and hope unto the
Lord"
Let us look forward that God
will bless the coming year with
complete redemption Of the House
of Israel.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15
A NEW YEARS MESSAGE
BY RABBI DAVID L. ZIELONKA
Congregation Schaarai Zedek, Tampa, Fla.

gone, rulers have placed them
selves upon seemingly firm
thrones only to find their founda-
lions placed in the quick sands of
bitterness and abuse. Today's pic
ture is just the same as it has
been many times. We are perse-
cuted, exiled, imprisoned. Men
are allowing malice to warp their
thinking and blur their true Wis
ion. The thought that challenges
us today is: Are we strong e.
nough to arise triumphant?
We Jews owe our survival
through the ages to two essen
tials. First, Judaism has enabled
us to grid our loins with strong
and sturdy armor. Our Faith has
given us the vision to cast our
gaze heavenward imploring Gods
direction and guidance. The Syn
agogue, the outward symbol of
Judaism, has drawn our fathers
to its fold and enabled them to
draw courage from worship. Sec
ond, we Jews have always realized
the Importance of assisting each
other and Of sharing our common
problems together. This ideal
must come to the forefront once
again and to an even greater de-
gree than ever before.
May the year ahead find each
of us strengthened in our faith
May the days ahead see each Of
us aware of our responsibilities
to all fellow Jews. Thus, may
the guides of old be our guide:
and we may go forth to ever
greater glory in the future.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

pause for but a minute to look at
the world in which we live. In the
midst of a world gone mad, we
Jews are sitting in the midst of
a veritable hurricane being thrown
from pillar to post, with only faith
to buoy us up and carry us for
ward. In the long span of our
history, we have faced persecution
and hatred many times. Our tor
mentors have been ground under
by their very bigotry and bitter
ness. Nations have come and
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

1t did not solve any aching prob
lens.
There is hardly a land in which
Jewish rights are not called in
question. Never in our checkered
history was our optimism chal-
lenged as today. We take leave
of the past year without regrets.
But what of the New Year 500
now beginning? That is the ques-
ton which presses insistently on
us.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

deem it a great pleasure to be
afforded this opportunity of ex-
tending to Jewry most cordial
New Years greetings and every
aood wish for the days ahead. AS
1e ioin with our fellows in ex-
MESSING our hopes and aspira-
lions before God, it is well to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

At the approach of the New
Year our thoughts are not happy,
for the year 5699 was filled with
ill tidings and shrouded in gloom.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

advertising is the es-
sence Of public contact -
Cyrus H. X. Curtiss.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Unity County Roads. Grand Jurors
Urge; District Audit System Hit

board of directors TO approve All
business transactions and get cooper
alton of all division offices ana en-
ployes with the general offices ana
the board itself. Operation OF the
Calipatria division, the evidence
showed. was more lax and less effl-
cient than in the other divisions.
The board is responsible for this
condition. The president testified
that laxness in this division was
permitted by the chief engineer
only in the interests of harmony on
the board" the report said.
The directors authorized an adal-
tional salary To the board president
as executive superintendent, the re-
port said The grand jury believed
this to be a dangerous precedent ana
disapproyed of the practice.
A merit system to determine the
ability of employees was recommend
ed to the district along with a per-
sonnel department to be headed by
a personnel director
Along with the annual report the
grand jury filed a transcript OF all
testimony and evidence, the annual
audit, and exhibits, making a book
of $50 pages.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Yu|e ceIebranfs
Serve Jail Terms

Christmas holiday celebrants. 9
of them, were behind the bars of
the courtv Jail "Wednesday TO serve
sentences imposed Or CITY and ius-
tice courts throughout the county.
Other men arrested in cities were
sentenced to serve time in citv iails
Brawley contributed the largest
number Of prisoners TO the county
institution. Cruz Aguilar. Il, must
serve 25 days for drunk driving ir
Brawley: 2. !. Bradshaw. SO. Negro
was sentenced to IL davs for dis
turbing the peace; Amado Ferido,
% Filipiro. must serve 10 days for
disturbing the peace; Homer Allen.
%, awaits sentence on a charge Of
drunk driving. and William Barron.
"a was sentenced to co days fo-
tampering with an automobile.
In WcStnOriand jim Chalmers
Shirley, So. w21 sentenced to 90
days for b-inG drunk; and Oliver
Brandenburg, 45, Was sentenced to
Jail for 25 days on z drunk charge.
In Holtville two dru.Es We're SEN
tenced, DAVID 4. Thomas, q, sales
man. 30 days and Jeff Johnson, 46,
Negro. shoe sinner. 90 days.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
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boards in order 10 secure the great
est possible economy, the jurors
recommended. 1t was pointed out
that the county school superinten-
dent pays seven cents mile when
hiring automobiles on a mileage
basis while it was the policy of other
public bodies to pay a maximum of
five cents a mile
In closing the school recommen-
dations the grand jury said, with
no tax relief in sight. the grand
jury recommends that all school
officials make it their business to
cut expenses wherever possible.
Eight OF the t2-page summary of
the annual report was devoted to
the irrigation district probe.
THE grand jury is of the opinion
that the board of directors of the
irrigation district knowingly per-
mitted unsatisfactory conditions to
exist. II the taxpayers are to be
relieved of these conditions, changes
and improvements must be made
by the board of directors in:
A system OF accounting SO as to
separate all costs and receipts in
connection with power from those
of other departments; an annual
auditing system reasonably adequate
and comparable to that required by
private business institutions; i'm
proVementS of methods of handling
disbursements and receipts of sup
plies from division warehouses; en-
forcement of rules regarding the
delivery of water where there is a
delinquent water bill; management
and control of district automobiles
to prevent their extensive use for
private purposes; Improvements in
the sale and leasing of district
lands; management and responsible
lity of the board of directors to
secure uniform operation of all
divisions in accordance with the
rules.
1T is the responsibility of the
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
SRA Inquiry Bares
Lack OF Economy,
Business Ability

BANNING. Cal. Dec. 81. CUP)-
State Senator John Phillips of RiY-
erSide county said today an inves-
tigation directed by 9 senate interim
committee on relief seems to in
dicate g lack of good business man
agemenJ and lack of economy
in the state relief administration.
The investigation has been car
ried on since March under the COM
mittee Of which Phillips is chair
man. The numerous data are now
being put into form so that they
can be made available to members
of the state legislature, he said.
One Of the most important phases
of the investigation. he said. was
carried on by Edwin N Atherton,
the former G-man who has carried
on numerous probes. Other sources
Of information were outside experts
and statements from SRA employees
themselves, taken under promise Of
protection.
The information" Senator Phil
lips said. seems to indicate a lack
OF good business management and
a lack of economy such as should
be found in an organization the
size and Importance Of the State
Relief administration
Phillips SAID some of the reports
by investigators touched upon radi-
calism and politics.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
3 Finnish Women
Killed in Action
Fighting Russians

HEL LSINKI. Finland. Dec. 81. CUp)
Three Finnish women, members
of the Lotta Svaerd Womens AuXi-
uary corps, have been killed in ac-
ton on the fighting fronts, it was
announced today.
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Manner
helm, commander in chief of the
army. announced the death of the
women personally. in an order of
the day:
Three members of the Lotta
Syaerd forces have carried out their
duties to the very end: Lissa Uuras-
maa far up in the snowy north on
the Arctic coast and Julia Shem-
eikka and Julia Nerkuu in our east
ern wilderness.
They remained faithfully at their
dangerous posts and are the first
LottaS to be killed in action
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
SRA Controlled by
Pressure Groups,
Committee Saws
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tColIl0QeQ from RaSe i
ministration. IncompetentS have
been appointed to pay political
cebtS. Competent staff employees
are dismissed and are replaced by
two or more unqualified persons.
requirements appear to be made
at the demand of the pressure
groups.
4. There appears a deliberate ef-
fort TO build up the SRA case load
so that more administrative Jobs
can be provided and so that an
Increase in appropriations for relief
can be obtained in the coming
legislative session.
s. Many relief clients have come
20 regard state and federal aid as
their constitutional right. Some
have become professional relieferS'
Who adopt every possible means of
"emaining on relief. The number of
persons who think in terms of
guaranteed support by the state is
increasing The "hberalizing pol
icy of the SRA is partly responsible
for the psychology, which the report
called dangerous.
g. Inefficiency and carelessness
is causing great waste of relief
supplies and increasing cost Of relief.
Commodities are left to spoil in SRA
warehouses while identical foods
are purchased from private inter-
nsts. New goods are sent TO salvage
and sold for fraction of their
worth. Accounting methods are
slipshod and wasteful. although
there has been some improvement
under recent order by SRA Di-
rector Walter Chambers.
7. The SRA definitely gives aid
to strikers The report mentioned
the Marysyille fruit strike OF last
summer. And other agricultural
and industrial disputes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
French Spoil
Killers Show

PARIS, Dec. 81. (UP)-French
troops spoiled an exhibition skir-
mish staged during Adolf Hitler's
visit to the German West Wall
Christmas day, military infOr-
mantS believed today.
German dispatches had said
that Hitler visited the front line
south of Sa2rbruecken Christmas
night. In the early hours of yes
terday the Germans tried a sur
prise SkirmiSh operation in that
sector. The French replied with
automatic arms. broke up the
raid and. informants said. took
two officers and two non-cOm-
miSsioncd Officers prisoner.
French sources suggested that the
raid had been staged for Hitler.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Home Grown Liars
Given Projection
Against Diplomats

BURLINGTON. Wis, Dec. 81.
CUP)-Otis c. Hulett, president Of
the Burlington Liars Club, Inc,
ruled out speeches by foreign diplo-
mats today as the club prepared
for its annual New Years eve con-
test to select the champion liar Of
1899.
Furthermore, he said. "it will
do Joe Stain no good to tell us he
is not making war on Finland, or
for Hitler to say he did not take
over Poland. That stuff is out
We aim to make America safe for
home grown liars.
He said the war seems to have
boosted the output OF short and
snappy "fibs". A sample from
Contestant Frank Porter. Cotton
Calf:
Il own a cat who eats cheese
and then breathes down rat hole
with a-baited breath"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
PoDe Creates New
American Diocese

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. fUP)-
Pope Plus XII has ordered creation
of new Roman Catholic diocese,
comprising parts of Arizona and
New Mexico, the Most Rev. Amleto
Cicognani, Apostolic delegate to the
United States, announced last night.
The diocese, he said, will include
territory with population of l50,-
OO0 OF whom about 10000 are
Catholics. The diocesan see will be
Gallup, N. M, and Sacred Heart
church in that city Will be the
cathedral
The bishop who will preside over
the new diocese, which will embrace
IS parishes. has not been named
Archbishop Cicognani said.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Mrs. Anna Hartman
Accuses Husband

In cross complaint filed IN su-
perior court Tuesday Mrs. Anna j.
Hartman of CaleXico accused her
husband. Walter j. Hartman, well
known mill and cotton gin owner,
of infideity, extreme cruelty, and
with causing her humiliation and
mental suffering.
Mrs. Hartman alleged that Hart
man moved "a female third party
called a housekeeper' into the Hart
man home in the mountains and
lived there with her.
They had been married for 81
years. sne said, when he asked her
10 sign a property settlement in
october. 1888. She accused him Of
falling TO live up TO the terms Of
the agreement.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Imperial County Patrol Unit Mobilizes to
Handle Registration Rush Opening Jan. 2,
Lasting to Feb. at Court House Office

Motorists must remember to take
three things when they 90 TO get
their 1910 automobile license plates
next month:
l. Their 1889 registration notice
or white slip.
2. The assessment notice received
in the mail.
3. Cash to pay the total amount
Of the two fees listed on the as
sessment notice. The two fees are
the usual registration fee and S175
per sl00 valuation collected as a
fixed vehicle license fee.
Captain Frank Oswalt Wednesday
modified his forces 10 make the
registration period Jan. 2 to Feb. /
as easy for the motorist as possible
The plates for Imperial county.
$4,000 Of them, were scheduled to
be distributed from the office Of
the California highway patrol in
the basement Of the county court
house in El Centro.
Imperial county should expert
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Films Smash New
Red Army Thrust
Over Frozen Lakes

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air force, which is bombing the
southern part of the country with
increasing intensity, I learned to-
day.
1t is impossible for me even to
indicate the nature of the retort
which the Firms intend to make to
the bombing campaign. But I have
reason to believe that the Firms
have something about ready which
they are confident will make the
Russians sorry if they continue
bombing civilian centerS.
Russian troops on the Salla front
al the Arctic Circle meanwhile have
been driven back to the line which
the Firms permitted them, by a
strategic retreat, to occupy during
the first week of the war, Finnish
informants said.
Salla has become the most i'm
portant front aside from the Kare-
lian front, on the basis of Finnish
Official reports. Russian divisions
which tried to cut their way across
from the Salla area to the gulf of
Bothnia, to cut the country in two,
have been thrown back with severe
losses. 1t was announced officially
thlt in three days the Russians had
been forced back almost 53 miles
AT the same time it was estimated
unofficially that in the last 10 days
the Russians on this front had lost
5000 killed.
Latest dispatches to general head
quarters reported that the Russian
high command apparently had not
abandoned its hope of cutting across
to the Bothnian gulf. New reserves
are arriving in the Russian lines
from the big base at Kandallaksja,
it was reported, to replace the men
lost in the series of defeats which
the Russians had suffered in two
weeks.
Military informants estimated that
the Russians had 100000 men, al
most 20 divisions, on the eastern
frontier between Lake Ladoga and
the Arctic sea. 1t was regarded as
certain that another big attempt
could De made to crush the Firms
by a steam roller drive westward.
But late reports led the Firms to
believe that their counter r-offensive
had met with such enormous sue
cess that pressure on the long Lake
Ladoga- Arctic sea front had been
relieved for some time.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Japan Government
Meets Resentment

TOKYO, Dec. 81, CUP)-Premier
'ouruki Abs government was
DOR seVera attack from members
IT, lower house of the Diet todav
I a mov7 was under wav to check
mands for its resignation.
4 PETITION, signed by 24O Diet
lembers demanding the resignation
= Abe's cabinet was 10 be handed
70 Abe today The lower house of
the Diet has 4S6 members; hence.
those demanding the governments
resignation constituted a majority.
The petition said the cabinet had
been unsatisfactory" and cited par
ticularly its price and rice policies"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Big Relief Checks
Brine Protest

SACRAMENTO, Dee. %. up
ASSemblyman Frederick F..
iIouSer. AIhambra Republican.
today charged in n letter to Gov.
CulbCrt Olson that cases have
been brought TO his attention
where relief clients have received
rs much as S13S per month in
cash.
The asSemblyman expressed the
opinion that the legislature in
lppropriating additional funds
for relief lin view of improved
business conditions should limit
he monthly expenditures 10 ST.
iCO,OGO and should provide top
INIT of S55 per month per fam
.ly case for those on relief"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Asia Minor Hit
By Severe Quake

FaENZA. Italy. Dec. p. CUP)
Prof. Rafaele Bendandi, seis-
mologist. said today that his in
struments had recorded one OF
the most severe earthquakes in
80 years, which he placed in Ar
menia and Asia Minor.
The quake began about l a. m.
"A p. m. Tuesday psf, he said.
THE violence of the vibra-
tions damaged all my instru-
ments." Professor Bendandi add
ed. "The effect must have been
disastrous"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Noisy New Years
Slated at Prison

CSSINING, N. Y, Dec. 81. CUPD
Sing Sing prisons New Years
celebration will be noisy but con-
fined officials said today.
At midnight. and for a few min
1tos thereafter. the PRISONS 2719
inmates will be permitted to vHl'
1T the TOP of their lungs, rattlo
fHoir coll doors. and keep their cell
lights turned on.
For an additional noisemaker, tho
prison welfare band will play in th9
cell corridors.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Bad Quake Strikes
Los Angeles Area
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Of persons were killed and property
damage ran into the millions.
Long Beach reported the temblor
lasted 10 seconds and that the move
ment of the earth was north and
south. then east and west.
Chandeliers in Long Beach stores
were loosened from ceilings and
crashed to the floor. Electric light
standards toppled into the streets
in some places and plaster was
cracked.
No material damage was reported.
however, and there were no casual
ties.
Hundreds ran from their homes
and offices into the streets in Long
Beach
At South Gate. police reported
the police station shook for Is sec
onds after the 1929 am. temblor
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Public Officials
VISITING Sonora

State Senator Ed Fletcher of San
Diego and friends were guests We'd
nesday on a four-day fishing and
hunting trip into Sonora. Accom-
panying the senator were Walter
BoWker of CaleXico, Edward Hyatt,
California state engineer, William
Knowland of Oakland. Republican
national committeeman, 1t. Eugene
Fletcher and 1t. Tom Hall.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Harrigan Urges
Speed Crop Discing.
Benefit Payments

B. A. Harrigan, county agricul-
tural commissioner, appointed trus-
tee in the valleys program to disc
under one-third of the l939-4O let
tuce crop. Wednesday urged all
growers to speed discing operations.
All discing must be completed by
January !, Harrigan explained, ac-
cording to the pact signed by more
than 95 per cent Of Imperial, Yuma
and Salt River valley growers.
4 special crew will disk fields
which have not been plowed under
o. Jan. l. and growers will be charg-
ed for the service, Harrigan said
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Dead Negro Still
Unidentified

A Negro man found dead in q
haystack near Imperial this week
end still was unidentified Wed
neSday.
He talked To residents IN the area
near the railway crossing at Eighth
street late Saturday afternoon. They
told Deputy Coroner Herbert
Hughes they did not know him.
I'm going 10 take nap in that
haystack over there. they quoted
him as saying. They found him dead
several hours later The body was
taker 10 the Lemons mortuary in
Fl Centro pending Identification
and burial
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
New Olson Recall
Effort Launched

SACRAMENTO. Dec. 27. CUP)-
A new recall action was launched
today against GOV Culbert Olson
by a Los Angeles organization call
ing itself the Citizens Olson Recall
committee.
A previous recall campaign spon-
sored by George Peak and Herbert
Smith of San Francisco collapsed
last week with only about 1000 OF
the required $4,000 signatures filed
with the secretary of states office
within the specified 4O-day period
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
MRS. JAMES ROOSEVELT
DENIES SEPARATION REPORT

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. 81.
Mrs. James Roosevelt today des-
cribed as ridiculous" reports that
ne and her husband have partnd
At the home of her mother, Mrs.
Harvey Cushing, Mrs. Roosevelt
lmmcnJed on the reports carried
the Philadelphia Public Ledger:
"Why, that's ridiculous. They
1rinted that story about a year ago
and there's nothing TO it,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Hubby Insists He
Can Shoot Wife

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. 81
rUP)-Harry Lee, 81. an ironwork-
ar, appeared puzzled when police
1rrested him. He insisted he hadn't
done anything but shoot his wife
IN the leg.
"And-she's my wife and I've got
a right TO shoot her" he insisted.
Mrs. Lee, 55, was in a hospital.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
Mrs. Ray Johnson
Funeral Thursday

Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy
Jane johnson, ~, wife Of Ray D.
johnson. Fl Centre attorney, were
scheduled 10 be held at Bonham
Brothers chapel in San Diego at
3 pm. Thursday, instead Of Tues
day as first announced.
The TheoSophical society was 10
be in charge OF the rites. Mrs John
son died in san Diego Tuesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27

nee its greatest registration of
motor vehicles in history" Oswalt
said. Motorists should remember
that the earlier they get their plates
the easier it will be on everyone
concerned. If not obtained before
the deadline Feb. 4 a penalty of 100
per cent is added to registration
fees and a penalty Of so per cent
is assessed on vehicle license fees. "
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
BARGAIN VOTE ORDERED

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27 (UP)-
The National Labor Relations board
today ordered a collective bargain
ing election within 80 days among
production and maintenance en-
ployes OF General Metals corporation,
Vernon. Calf
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27

To obtain $40 registration number plates botor motorists
present 1889 registration card topl postal assessment
flee cene and the total fee specified The notice They
be presented TO the Imperial county office Of the California
HIGHWAY PetroI al the court house
Imperial Valley press., 1939-12-27
WEATHER

data compiled by observers fO,'
the official United states Weather
Bureau station at EI Centro.D
Maximum Tuesday ....... ................. f8
Minimum Wednesday .................... 81
Reading at Noon Wednesday
temperature Observation-Disclosures. IS
Humidity ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
Reading at a. M. Wednesday
Temperature 81
Humidity .............................. 65
Reading at 5 p. m. Tuesday
Temperature 81
Humidity -.............................. "a
Southern California Partly
cloudy wednesday night and Thurs
day, little change in temperature; {;
gentle northwest wind off coast.