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Evening star., 1939-05-11

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
Jewish Fraternity Representatives Will
Meet In New York City October 18th

ish campus societies an orienta-
ton in the field of vocational
service and to formulate a pro-
gram of coordinated activity in
that field. Each national Jewish
college fraternity and sorority will
be represented by three spokesman
at the conference.
Fifteen fraternities and four
sororities having a combined men,
bership of $4,000 undergraduates
organized in 281 chapters in some
so colleges and universities have
accepted invitations to the confer
ence. The groups that have an
nounced their intention to be rep
resented are: Alpha Epsilon Phi;
Alpha Epsilon Pi; Beta Sigma
Rho; Delta Phi Epsilon; Iota AL
pha Pi; Kappa M; Phi Beta
Delta; Phi Epsilon Pi; Phi Sigma
Delta; Phi Sigma Sigma; Pi
Lambda Phi; Sigma Alpha Mu.
Sigma Delta Tau; Sigma Tau
Phi; Tau Delta Phi; Tau Epsilon
Phi; Zeta Beta Tau; and Sigma
Omega Psi.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
Local ZiOnists Will Hear
Mrs. Robert Travis Monday Night

ed Jewish people enables her to
bring clear and warm interpre-
tation of the historic event she
attended in Geneva.
The congress which dispersed
with the proclamation of war is
one which will stand out in Jewish
history. 1t was held at a time
when the fate of Palestine as a
Jewish homeland was menaced by
the British White Paper. Before
the work of the congress was at
an end Europe was torn with war
and the delegates scattered to
their homes. Mrs. Travis is well
equipped with experience of years
of public speaking to bring to her
audience the dramatic moments
of this congress.
Her message will be Of interest
to everyone, and jacksonville
Zionist groups cordially extend an
invitation to all who are interested
to attend the meeting Monday
night. The meeting is open to the
public.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
B'nai Birth Sponsors
Conference

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The po-
tential effects of the European
war on economic opportunities for
youth in America, both general
and Jewish, will be the keynote
of the principal addresses of the
first Jewish inter-fraternity and
sorority conference on vocational
guidance, to be held at the Park
Central Hotel, New York City, on
Sunday, October 18th, under the
auspices of the B'nai Birth Voca-
tional Service Bureau, it was an
nounced at B'nai Birth head
quarters here this week:
Unique in Jewish inter-frater-
nifty and sorority relations is that
this conference will be the first
time that representatives of the
Jewish Greek letter societies will
meet together; the meeting is in
tended to give leaders of the Jew
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
American jailed
By Nazi Brutes

COPENHAGEN { JTA) = I.
Schenker, Polish American BUSH
ness man, has arrived here in a
nerve-shattered state after spend
ing six months in Nazi jails under
protective custody" Schenker,
who was enroute to New York,
said he had been arrested by the
Gestapo when the Nazis seized
Czecho-Slovakia Although he had
proper credentials, including a
permit to cross the frontier, he
was tripped of his baggage and
So 900 in American and other cur
rency.
II was put in prison, deprived
of my passport, beaten and tor
tured by the Gestapo, who forced
me to declare that President
Roosevelt was Jewish and an in
suit to the American democratic
constitution" Schenker continued.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
Local Christians Plead For Love
To Stamp Out Hate Prejudice

Whereas it has come to our
attention that certain forces in our
land, and even in our community
are seeking to arouse racial preju-
dice and,
Whereas these things tend to
no good but to evil and that con-
tinually, and,
Whereas any sort of intoler-
ance,. prejudice and arrogance, is
utterly out of keeping with the
spirit of Christ and the temper Of
the New-Testament.
BE it therefore resolved that
we as members of the Jacksonville
Ministerial Alliance and earnest
followers of the Lord Jesus Christ,
do heartily deplore any such agi-
tation, especially in these tragic
days, and urge upon our citizens
a spirit of understanding, love and
appreciation, rather than one OF
criticism. We also urge our peo-
ple to refrain in public and private
from INDUCING in conversation
which would tend to incite hate
and prejudice toward any race or
creed in our community"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
What The War
Means To Us
BY VICTOR M. BIENSTOCK
u. T. A. Staff Correspondent

Oswald MOseley, supported by
the German wireless, has pro-
claimed this to be a Jewish war.
In the same sense that the fsIte
of European Jewry hangs on its
outcome, he is correct. If he
means that the Jews sought or de-
sired this war, he is in gross err
rOr, for whatever the final out
come great sections of European
Jewry will have been destroyed.
The great Polish Jewish COM
munity of three and half million
souls will, of course, be the chief
sufferers of the war. The Nazi
conquerers of Poland, after the
first excuses, will seek to pro-
pitiate the Polish Peasant and keep
him quiet so that the main Ger
man forces will be free to meet
the threat on the Western front.
But for the Jews there will be no
mercy, as the Nazis have already
shown in the occupied areas of
Western Poland. Hundreds of
thousands of Jews in Poznan, ST.
leSia and the other districts which
Hitler says belong to the Reich
will pay in blood for the unfor-
giveable sin of loyalty to the Po-
lish Republic, as have untold
hundreds already in the districts
under the Nazi heel.
And these victims will not be
alone. What will happen to the
Jews still trapped in the Reich
whose skill or capacities are not
desired for the Nazi machine ?
And what Of the great Jewish
communities I'm other Eastern Eu-
rOpean lands which hope to but
win not be able to escape the
holocaust?
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
JEWISH CENTER WILL BE
SCENE OF IMPORTANT
GATHERING

The Jacksonville Zionist District
and the Jacksonville Chapter of
Senior Hadassah announce the ap-
pearance of Mrs. Robert Travis of
Atlanta Monday night at 8 o'clock
in the auditorium of the Jackson
vile Jewish Center. Mrs. Travis
will bring the report of the
Worlds Zionist Congress which
was held in August in Geneva,
Switzerland, and to which Mrs.
Travis was an Hadassah delegate.
Mrs. Travis is the first vice
president of the Southeastern re-
gion of Hadassah, and a past
president of the Atlanta chapter
of Hadassah. She is a gifted
and forceful speaker, and with her
insight in world events and her
zeal for her work for the Cypress
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
Hadassah To Open Season
With Thrift Luncheon

The Jacksonville Chapter of
Senior Hadassah will officially
open its season Wednesday after
noon with their annual thrift
luncheon which will be held at 1
o'clock in the auditorium of the
Jacksonville Jewish Center. Mrs.
David Cowan, child-welfare chair
man and her co-chairman, Mrs.
Henry Kramer, are making detailed
plans for an inspiring and sue
ceSsful event.
Working in cooperation with
them are Mrs. Maurey I. Cohen
and Mrs. Phil Sheer, and Mrs. A.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06

A resolution deploring any sort OF
intolerance, prejudice and AFRO
gance," and urging upon the citi-
zens a spirit of understanding,
love and appreciation, was adopt
ed by the Jacksonville Ministerial
Alliance at the first meeting of the
Alliance for the New Year this
week in the First Christian
Church. DR.. A. B. Robertson,
newly-elected president of the
Alliance, presided at the meeting.
The resolution, presented by DR..
p. M. Boyd. pastor of the First
Methodist Church, and adopted
unanimously by the Alliance, was
as follows:
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06

Schemer. An unusual program is
being planned by Mrs. Schemer
who with the assistance of Miss
Joyce Davis, local radio common
tator, have conceived effective
offering in entertainment. 1t was
announced that the choral group
will also sing, led by Mrs. David
Torn.
The proceeds of the event are
used for Hadassah's child welfare
work. The luncheon to be served
Wednesday will be similar to that
which is served the school children
of Palestine by the child-welfare
agency. Reservations are request
ed to be in as soon as possible
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06

Nazi Party members were under
orders not to associate with them
outside working hours.
Even in afraid shelters q
ghetto was established. 1t was re-
Dorted that in the event Of air
raids. Jews would have to go to
special shelters, no matter where
they resided.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-10-06
Week In Review
~ MILTON BROWN. JT.A.
THE END OF POLAND

warsaw has surrendered, mark
~ the virtual collapse of the
'.s - military resistance to the in
vsding armies. The Polish capital,
Unfortunately One-third of whose
nIIlion- odd inhabitants were Jews,
ras subjected to a fierce lombard
D,ept which. RACED. the. Jewish
marter and left hardly a build
ng standing in the city.
The Germans are subjecting the
MART of Poland which they have
occupied to typical Nazi cleanup
measures. What this means for
he Jews was indicated in informa-
tiOn broadcast by Polish partisans
from secret short-wave stations
within the German-occupied terri
orv Some of the details given
these broadcasts were:
The Nazo rulers, comprising for
he most part S. S. men (black-
Dhirted elite guards), are requisl-
iOning all property Of Jews who
left the towns prior to the Ger
man occupation. At the same
lime they are levying heavy
contributions" from those Jews
who remained.
Every Jew is under orders, on
balm of death, to turn in all gold,
ilverware and brassware, includ-
ng even brass doornobS.
Jewish communal leaders are
held as hostages, and many OF
them have been shot.
Synagogues and officers of Jew
sh Institutions have been con-
Verted into stables and quarters
for troops.
Women living in Poland, partic-
ularly Jewesses, are being driven
b the front to peel potatoes, work
In field kitchens and do laundry
work for the German forces, while
thousands of Jewish men have
been dragged away to unknown
destinations to work ON fOrtifica-
lions.
Poles, not as badly treated as
the Jews, are secretly sharing food
with the Jews, and many Polish
PEASANTS are adopting Jewish
Children whose parents were killed
Or taken away by the Nazis.
THE JEWS IN GERMANY
Any who believed the, prOpa-
ganda reports that one of the eff
feCtS of the Soviet German rap
parchment would be q relaxation
81 Germany's anti-Jewish meas
lFeS must be disabused Of these
IDEAS in the Reich.
German diplomatic representa-
yves abroad have been inviting
Sewlsh emigrees with value to the
Nelcns war economy to come
aome, often promising them at
uactlve terms in regard to COM
pensatlon and treatment, but re-
|pOrts reaching neutral capitals do
lOt indicate any modification of
uie stern racial policy.
herman police authorities were
epOrted to be planning to draft
- Jews into labor camps for work
Y .wrecking buildings, mopping up
.'ef air raids, building fortified
sOnS and other duties. Berlin
Jewish leaders were said to have
uereo the services Of their peO-
~ IN advance, i'm order to par
Aclpate the move and thus avoid
worst rigOrs, but the offer was
Meid racial lines were main
sa .neo' According to reports
In I,'n,ng Budapest. Jews with spe-
|ioh ii. Skliis were returned to public
|~a Ss OF given new ones, but they
|th ne Obliged to wear badges with
|w W. letters WV, standing for
~ neschaftlich Wertvoller Jude, or
Economicallv xya1,s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
KEY WEST PICTURE BRIGHTER

. Encouraging reports developed from
weekend conferences held by the Over
seas Road and Toll Bridge District and the
Morton Mccartney, high-placed official of
the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
While Mr.. Mccartney brought word to
the highway commission that RFC had re-
jected a proposal to reduce the interest
rate on the bond issue of 100000 held
by the federal agency, the Washington
expert expressed the opinion that the keys
roadway will be on a self-supporting and
firm financial foundation within two
years He based his assertion on the fact
that the recreational facilities along the
keys are expanding rapidly and should be
the means of drawing thousands of persons
annually through the highway tollgates.
In conference with Mr.. Mccartney,
the members of the aqueduct commission
were convinced that the federal agencies
are favorably impressed by the plan to
supply Florida keys and Key West with
fresh water obtained near Homestead. The
aqueduct commission has made applica-
ton for a lean of $1,OOO,OOO from RFC
and for project totaling S311,532 from
the WPA The total estimated cost of the
project is now placed at $1,311, 900. No
consideration yet has been given the re-
port that the army and navy may be in
duced later to participate in the work as a
national defense measure. Engineers are
to be sent to Washington by the aqueduct
commission to supply any required data
needed in effecting the loan and grant,
while engineers of the RFC are expected
here to investigate the water consumption
possibilities here and along the keys to de-
termine if the project can be self-support-
ing and self-liquidating.
Both these developments contain food
for consumption by Key West optimists.
The possibility of greater traffic over the
highway will bring large measure of
prosperity to the keys and to Key West.
The possibility of fresh water supply
will mean the rapid expansion of those
facilities here and on the keys which will
make a trip over the highway even more
attractive to tourists. One dovetails with
the other. Singly or together the projects
appear to contain many rays of hope for
Monroe county.
Again, The Citizen repeats, don't sell
Key West short!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
. ooes ESQ $3.50 90
DIVORCE

No doubt you have heard of
me. l am known as the haven
for the man and woman who
failed in matrimony. Man and
woman alike seek me when love
has turned to hate and selfish
ness has taken charge of their
hearts. Who created my haven?
Was it man and his laws who
made me a public institution?
Was my haven created in order
that children might become
orphans? That jails and asylums
might be filled?
What does one gain by seeking
me? Is there peace and con-
tentment of soul and mind, and
ones burdens made lighter be-
cause of me? Yes, my inStitu-
tons increase daily. and broken
hearts and horror-ridden souls
seek me every day. Vice is the
key to my door and vanity is the
door knob. To all that find me
I leave memories that are layed
with tears, and broken hearts
find surcease in suicide. Yes.
am a worldly thing called
DIVORCE.
ALBERT C. KEITH,
918 Peachtree St,
Atlanta. Ga,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Can you answer seven OF these
Ten Test Question? Turn to
Page 4 for Answers

1. For what purpose was the
Lewis and Clark Expedi-
ton organized and au-
thorized by Congress?
2. How long a period is a pen
tad?
3. Which state bears the nick
name "Sunflower Site?
4. Name the capital of Estonia.
5. Which country won the Da-
Wis Cup for 1888?
6. What is the name of the
japanese art of self-de-
Tense?
7. In what vicinity did the
legendary ship, the Fly
ing Dutchman", haunt the
waters? -.
8. Can the President of the
u. S. suspend oF.rdismiss
the governor of a state?
9. On what three islands is
New York City situated?
10. What are herbiyorous ami
mails? - 4
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
ISLAND CITY POPULATION:
!. TOWNSEND MORGAN. slim


and essentially English, has a
cultured air and soft voice but an
artists mind that snaps only at
the right way to do things and
cannot tolerate slipshod ways. :.
MARTIN, of the Pandora, is the
official greeter aboard the ship.
He takes care of all reporters
and entertains other visitors to
the ship. COMMANDER HILL
TON leaves the master of cere-
monies job up to MARTIN. {.
Impeccable is LIEUT.. COMDR.
PARKER, senior officer afloat of
Key West destroyer contingent.
Soft spoken and courteous, we
believe he must be of southern
descent. Well known to all
Key Westers is SISTER LOUIS
of the Convent of Mary Immacu-
late. SISTER LOUIS handles
the public and press at the Con-
vent and does an efficient job.
She is very progressive and is
responsible for many modern
changes in the girls school at the
Convent. DIR. WILLIAM WAR
rem, master of apt and complete
words, is usually chosen for an
address which leaves an air of
distinction to a gathering. DIR.
JULIO DE POO is the real tall,
dark and handsome of the med j..
ical profession of the city with
accent on the Latin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
WE MUST BUY TO SELL

The European war presents an OPP
portunity to the nations of this hemisphere
to develop commercial ties and there are
signs that considerable attention is being
paid to the possibilities.
Just the same, never forget that other
nations in this hemisphere want to sell a
lot CT things that the United States has to
sell. Naturally, the market that one
wants is desired by the others. This makes
it difficult to arrange matters so that all
nations can profit from developing COM
mercial ties with other American nations.
The United States, for example, would
like to sell manufactured goods to South
and Central America. In return, they
would like to sell something to us. The
question is what are we willing to buy.
Inasmuch as it is necessary for other
nations to sell their goods somewhere be-
fore being able to buy anywhere, and be-
cause European markets are affected by
the war, it is obvious that the United
States must do some buying if it expects to
do much selling.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

Every once in while, in every Sec
ton of the United States, enthusiastic
patriots try to stage a spy hunt. They
are satisfied that the fortunes of the re-
public depend upon their aggressiveness
against people who disagree with their
statement of ideals
1t is very sensible statement that has
been issued recently by prominent Off
Gals, that Federal law enforcement
agencies will not cooperate with special
deputies appointed by local law enforce
ment agencies to report on ''subversive"
activities and espionage.
In nine cases out of ten the amateur
sleuths would not recognize espionage if
it took place under their noses. They are
not, as a matter of fact, interested in es-
pionage. They are concerned with getting
a little cheap advertising for themselves
and it is just as we'll that Secretary of
War Woodring, Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Rogge and ]. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Federal Bureau of Justice, have
plainly stated that they will not join in the
local witch hunts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
Dies is a name often in the pu

Dies is a name often in the public
Print. Reference is to the head of the Anti
American congressional committee and not
the passage cf physical life. The name is
7Uf German origin and pronounced "Dees"
but the congressman has adopted the
Anglo-American pronunciation with the
elongated 81" 1t is a good English name
and may be found in the dictionary, serv-
ing several purposes. 1t may be Latin, too
for "Dies irae, Dies lila" has been dinned
into cur ears ever since we can remember.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

The Christian Science Monitor in its
issue of November 20, has an interesting
story about the bird life of the Sooty and
the Noddy and their habitat on Dry Tor
fugas, the only place in the United States
hire the terms nest. The article has the
by-lihe Of Dan Beard, Jr. and is accom-
panied by illustrations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

Along comes fellow with an adver-
tbs ng complex and says that the business
firms which send out calendars should
s thank the recipients for assisting in the
advertising by permitting the calendar to
hang on the wall for all to 10 and behold
for an entire year. Those in agreement
should not forget that the calendar serves
a useful purpose for an entire year. 1t
seems to this writer that it is a $3.50
p opposition and calls for reciprocal thanks
by giver and receiver, since each benefits
from the transaction.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

Finland is in the process of commit
tirg suicide in her determination to fight it
out with Russia. That is conceded. Per-
haps the little republic is aware of this
anu would rather die in the attempt than
live under communistic Russia and lose
her cherished independence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

The local Lions are doing more than
Just roaring; they have a constructive pro-
gam and are making their influence felt.
The Jaycees, too, are very active. Both
organizations composed mostly of the
younger set are demanding they be served
and are giving service in return
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

the High School team defeated
the Marines by the score of 81
to IA at the Athletic Club last
night. 1t was a thrilling game
from start to finish and furnish
ed great sport for a crowd of
fans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

A wife's faith in women is measured
by the watch she keeps over her husband.
The Key West Citizen. And his faith
in women is measured by the watch he
gives her-Sanford Herald
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

You can say almost anything to any,
body if you will only smile when you say
it. Readers of ''The Virginian" will re-
call the reply the hero of the book made
10 his enemy when called fighting term :
when you call me that, smile.'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

A fire occurred in one of the
bake shops in the city this morn
ing. It was first seen about 7:45
o'clock on Virginia street and, it
later developed that a truck next
door. which was owned by Clar-
ence Syrnonette. was destroyed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
g. Hotels and Apartments.
t. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
> Airports- and Sea.
s Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
7. A Modern City Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes express
si0ns of the views of its read
ers. hut the editor reserves the
right to delete any items
which are considered libelOus
or unwarranted. The, writer's
should he fair and c0nfine the
letters to 200 words, and write
ON one side of the paper only.
sig nature of the writer's must
accompany the letters and will
he published unless requested
otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
DIES DIGGING GRAVE

OGDENSBURG. N. WHILE
digging a grave. Edgar NJ Pick
ney. 77-year-old grave digger,
suffered a fatal heart attack.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05
THE ISLAND CITY

scenes. If this program does not
so through, Key West Society of
Artists may still take over the
unit and have the very interest
ing local exhibitions. They might
even charge small fee as in the
Aquarium, and there may be a
few picture sales.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-05

Special: We are reliably informed
that Christmas will be celebrated on De-
cember 25, and that positively there will
be no change in the date-this year.