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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

"THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS BEACH
Average Summer Temperature, 81 Population 2O,O9s
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1939-09-15

that has been progressive in the
past twenty centuries.
The reason for this revolt lies
in the fact that the "watchman"
has fallen asleep at his post.
When asked, as the prophet of old,
"Watchman, what of the night z"
CONTINUED on Following Page
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02

A kiddie would love to own this
spread-and it's fun for a grown
up to make too! The center panel,
with the children's prayer and
all the fascinating juvenile figures,
is crocheted in one piece and the
teddy bear border is done in three
pieces-for easy handling. Sim
pie lace stitch sets off the letter.
ing. Pattern 1884 contains instruc-
tons and charts for making the
spread shown; Illustrations Of
spread and Of stitches; materials
needed.
To obtain this pattern send IS
cents in coins to The Sewing
Circle, Household Arts Dept, 259
w. 18th St., New York, N. Y.
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02

The life-size statue, END Of the
Trail" made by James Earle Fra
ser, and awarded the gold medal at
the Panama-Pacific International
exposition in 1915 has been de-
scribed as follows: 1.-THE end Of the
trail. The point Of the warriors
spear has sunk to the ground. Alb
solute detection, inconceivable
WEAKNESS, complete exhaustion and
hopeless despair are shown in every
line and curve of the sculptured fig-
ures of the Indian and his lettering
horse. The sufferings Of genera
tions, the hopeless struggles Of four
centuries, and the final fate Of the
proud race that once claimed con-
tinent for its own, can be read at q
glance. and coming generations of
the conquering race will stand be-
fore this remarkable creation of
Fraser's genius and be moved to
pity and compassion"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02
One Brave Mouse Put Up Good Battle
With Two Big Cats and Almost Won

A stray gray mouse fought two
large cats to a draw. Six men, a
woman and child will swear to it,
asserts a Dowagiac (Mich.) CORE
spondent in the Detroit Free Press.
The battle, they-sa lasted three
hours and then the contestants had
to be separated. The mouse, wind
ed and sorely bruised, was dis
patched with coup de grace. The
cats, one weighing Is pounds and
the other seven, were taken home
to nurse badly bitten muzzles.
Pat, the larger cat, had cornered
the mouse, who is unidentified, and
was toying with it as any supercil-
ious cat would. But the mouse,
who was not the kind sneered at
in the question, care we mice or
men," didn't play according to the
rules.
When the cat cuffed him, the
mouse reared on its hind legs,
barred its fangs, squeaked deflantly
and-eight persons swore to it,
charged pell nell into the cats
whiskers.
Each time the cat cuffed him
back, but not before the mouse had
scratched or bitten the cat on the
nose. Bewildered,. snarling and
splitting, Pat spared with the
mouse alone for 30 minutes. Then
the marines, in the shape Of
Blackie, landed on the mouse from
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02
CHAPTER IX-Continued

For an instant there was dead
silence.
els that you, Elgar?" he cried
and brought my heart into my
mouth.
I had meant to approach him
forthwith, as Elgar would have ap-
preached him, bearing the dressing
case. But now Cigars failure to
answer would tell him that some
thing was wrong, and, once his sus-
picions were reused, it would be but
matter of moments before he dis
covered the truth. And my lady
was still within range
In flash / had whipped to where
I had laid her down. AS I stopped
mother of God!" screeched vir-
GLAND told me he knew we were
gone.
My hands encountered nothing.
Elizabeth was not there. Being
bound, she could not have moved,
yet she was not there. For an in
slant my heart stood still: and then
I saw that, because of the darkness,
! must be foot or so out. I felt to
the right to the left. I took
pace forward, and stepped on a
rotten stick. It's snap declared my
presence and I shot a glance at the
car. I could, of course, see nothing
except the beam of its lights. Vir-
gil was quiet as death. Death ;.
The man was armed, and Elizabeth
lay hereabouts. Hereabouts, but
where? I fell on my hands and
knees and began to crawl, sweeping
the cobbles before me with one of
my hands. It was just about here
I knew it. More to the right, per-
haps No? Then must have
passed her f. I made my way
back. AS I went, I cast to and fro
frantically. And then my hand
brushed something-the sole Of her
shoe. My heart leaped up to heav-
en- and then fell down into hell.
It was not her shoe. It was that Of
the man I had killed-from whose
side I had set out to find her a mo-
ment ago
What that discovery meant took a
year from my life: for it meant that
before the darkness was a broken
reed, and when I looked to the head
lights to get my bearings afresh,
their beam was gone.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02
CHAPTER x

I shook the sweat from my eyes
and tried to think what to do. And
since my thoughts were frenzied and
mostly poisoned by the knowledge
of what I ought to have done, will
not recite them here, but will state
what, upon ref1ection-if, indeed, you
can give it that name-I set out to
do.
set out to find Percy Virgil, and
began to steal forward to where I
believed the car was.
Now had seen Elgar coming be-
cause he was silhouetted against the
dusk which was keeping the world
without. And since I had no wish
to offer to Virgil the target which
Elgar had offered to me, dropped
to the cobbles and once more be-
gan to crawl.
To say that I watched and prayed
means nothing at all. / moved like
any shadow and listened with all
my might. Elizabeth's life might
depend on my hearing the enemy
move, and made the slowest prog
ress because my own advance was
bound to embarrass my ear. tried
to keep the direction I hoped was
right by glancing up at the ridge
poles from time to time, but the
court was so broad that they gave
me but little help, and after min
ute or two could be sure of moth
ing except that I was not heading
away from the house.
And then I heard Virgil move.
The man was away to my right.
and his foot had touched something
that stirred think, perhaps, fin
der of broken slate.
shall never forget that almost
imperceptible sound that stood up
out Of the silence to make me a
finger-post, for it was so slight. vet
commanded the balance of life and
death.
With a hammering heart, turned
at once to my right, no longer paus-
ing to listen, but using the utmost
care to deny to Virgil the cue he
had given to me.
Before had covered six feet, nv
outstretched hand met something
that did not belong to the court. Il
might have been a silk tassel /. /. :.
And then ] knew I was touching
Elizabeth's hair.
I could have wept for relief /. . .
Now had / not been sure that Vir-
gil was near, would have picked
her up and run for the woods: but
he must have heard me moving and
almost at once have seen me against
the dusk, and then we should have
been at his mercy, because he
was armed. And so I determined
that we must both stay where we
were, unless and until something
happened to make it less dangerous
to move.
To show her that 1t was I, I
smoothed her hair and held her
hands tight in mine. Then, very
gently, eased the knot from her
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02
SERIAL FICTION---- -
She Painted Her Face
a stony o. sox a,d Intrigue ;. sy DoRNFoRD YATES

hope that, though my plight was Sc
rious, might in the end be saved.
And then heard Elizabeth call
ing my name (.
For moment I thought very
fast. Then
s'Lie down." yelled. Lille down
and crawl slowly forward. I'm down
in the well, but lie down. The para
pets gone.'
Perhaps two minutes went by:
and then fragment Of mortar fell
down by my side.
ssStop!'' / screamed. s'Stay still.
You're right on the edge"
Elizabeth answered at once.
''I'm quite all right, my darling.
What shall I do?"
I wonder how many women, so
placed, would so have comported
themselves. No wailing, no useless
inquiries, no bubbling statements Of
how she came to be there Only
the eager question-''What shall ]
DOR
And / was ready enough. Whilst
she was approaching, l had not been
wasting my time.
"Find the car" I said. "When
you've found her, switch on her
lights. Then back her slowly to-
wards the mouth Of the court. Her
lights will show you the cord that ]
took from your neck. Take that and
the pieces that bound your ankles
and wrists. Then back the car again
till you see your dressing-case. Put
that into the car, and then drive
slowly forward until your lights are
shining full on the well. When
you've done that, come back and
I'll tell you some more"
"Al right"
How long she was gone, cannot
pretend to say, but she must have
been very quick, for though the time
passed slowly, at the moment at
which I pictured her finding the
case, the rim of the well above me
grew suddenly bright. Then she
must have clipped" the lamps, for
the light came down-to reveal a
ladder of dogs driven into the wall
of the well.
Some wells have ladders, like
that, to the waters edge, and at
once left my handhold and, SWIM
ming beneath the ladder, stretched
up my hand. But the dogs did not
come SO low 81. For all that, /
was sure that they could not be far
away, because ladder is useless,
unless it runs some way down.
AS I returned to my screw-driv-
err
"Yes, Richard?" said Elizabeth.
quietly.
"Tie all the cord together and add
the strap. Then open the tool-box
and take the tool-kit out. If there
are tire-levers there, want them
most. If not, the nearest thing to
them-tools that will bear my
weight. And a hammer, too. Put
them into one of your stockings and
! let them down. We've got to make
SO feet. If you don't think it's long
enough, you must add what stock
ings you have" A
It cost me lot not to add "Be as
quick as you cam" for my faithful
friend was tiring-bending beneath
the strain; but such charge would
only have made her frantic, when
all the time she was being as quick
as she could. aa asa Is
At last shadow appeared.
"I'm ready, my darling. Which
side shall let it DOWN." ~
"D-D'you see the LADDER"
eyes"
"L-Let it down just clear Of the
ladder. Which side you like. Don't
lean on the parapet, whatever you
do"
"All right. I won't"
no BE CONTINUED)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02

LESSON TEXT-Acts 21:40-22:4: 24:14.
IS; 26:19-23.
GOLDEN TEXT have lived in all good
conscience before God until this day
Acts 1911.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02
How Women
in Their 4O's
Can Attract Men

Here's good advice for woman during her
change usually from 38 to 52), who fears
she'll lose her appeal to men, who worries
upset nerves and moody spells.
Get more fresh air, 8 hrs. sleep and II you
need good general system tonic take Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, made
especially for sConew. It helps Nature build
up physical resistance, thus helps give more
vivacity to enjoy life and assist calming
jittery nerves and disturbing symptoms that
often accompany change OF life. WELL
WORTH TRYING!
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02

the north while Pat harassed him
from the south.
The cats batted the mouse be-
tween them, but with the agility of
Tunney he held the cutting to a
minimum by nipping two aston
ished noses. After three hours with
out a rest period, the mouse, still
valiant, met hero's death under
a club welded by a spectator.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02
lktPRO OWED
UNIFORM IllTERllATIO NAl
CUNDAy1
CeHooL Lesson
BY HAROLD L. LuNDQUIsT. D. D.
Dean Of The Moody Bible Institute
of Chicago.
O Western Newspaper Union.
Lessor, for June 4

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc.
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used BY
permission. f4
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-06-02
ALCOHOLISM
INSECTICIDES
BE RID OF REACHES

Harris Famous Roach Tablets break UP
nesting places. Clean, odorless, safe to
use anywhere. Thousands of satisfied GUS
toners. Representatives wanted or ask
your store to write p. F. HARRIS MFG,
407 w. Lombard. Baltimore. Md.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07
Liggeff6 Myers
Urged TO Employ
The Union. Label
The Union Tobacco Workers
Open Campaign To Have
Firm Use Stump

St. Louis, Mo. (AFLWNS).-Union
tobacco workers in st. Louis have
initiatedga campaign to persuade the
Liggett & Myers Company to place
the union label on their products.
In the new contract recently nego-
tiated by the St. Louis local of the
Cigar Makers International Union of
America with Liggett & Myers wage
increases were secured for all: en-
ployes. Workers receiving 60 cents
an hour got pay boosts ranging from
two to seven cents per hour. Mainten-
ance men were given a, flat raise of
five cents an hour.
Although the products of the COM
pany already have large sale among
union workers, members of the St..
Louis Cigar Makers Union believe the
market would be very much enlarged
if the products were embellished with
the union label. -"
In response to the request made by
the union, director of the company
asked for reliable data relative to the
number of union workers in various
areas. With over 100000 union mem
bers in st. Louis alone, it was certain
that the union label request would re-
ceive serious consideration by the
Liggett & Myers management.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07
Groups Invited To
fContinued From Pdde One)

the Government and the taxpayers is
necessary to their solution" Haynes
said.
Many Difficulties Seen
/ Confronting the revisionists are
many difficulties, the principal one of
which is to find some method whereby
taxes which have had depressing
and oft times chaotic effect on pri-
vate business, especially the "little
fellow" can be eXcised without mate
rally reducing the volume of revenue
available to the government. If there
is to be any tax revision, and the
present tempo of spending continues,
new avenues of income must be found.
1t would seem that it is in this re-
spect leaders of labor, industry and
the professions have been asked to
contribute their opinions.
| How far any one of the groups will
go in suggesting new sources of rev.
enue is speculative, but whatever the
sources, the inescapable conclusion is
that salaried workers in both the
lower and middle brackets must pay
more taxes.
Complete text of Hanes's letter fol-
lows:
"The subcommittee of the Ways and
Means Committee of the House of
Representatives has been instructed
to make thorough study of internal
revenue taxation during the recess of
, the Seventy sixth Congress.
"The chairman Of this subcommit-
tee, Mr.. Jere Cooper, is desirous of
having all pertinent material ready
! for presentation early in the next ses-
sion of the Congress. With the ap-
proval of his committee, am writ
ing to ask your cooperation in this
i effort to work out a tax revision pro-
gram which will further improve the
laws relating to individual and cor
poration taxes, the. regulations de-
u rived therefrom and the administra-
tive procedure in their collection.
d Private Hearings Offered
"If you, or any organization with
which you are connected, should be
interested in having your views PLACED
before the committee in full, | shall
be glad to arrange, at a time con
venient to you before Nov. 1, a private
hearing before the Treasury staff as
signed to compile record of presen
:, public tax opinion. Your views viii
receive every consideration and shall
appreciate your help.
"This is our common problem ant
, a successful effort toward it's solution
will depend largely on our mutual ant
sympathetic understanding of tn,
questions that confront both the gov
ernment and the taxpayer.
81 shall await your answer with in
terest."
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07

become weakened through loss of.
membership or division or for any
other cause, opportunity is afforded
for those who would shackle the work
ers to make unwarranted inroads on
our progress.
/ am moved to bring this matter
to your attention at this time because
of the ominous signs of war which are
present in the Old World. It is with
in the memory of most of us how
comparatively minor clashes and
eventually wars in Europe finally en-
quilted our Nation. We know that
there is no other group in society
more affected by war than Labor, for
the wage earners and their dependents
approximately 88 per cent of the
population of our Nation. Our opinions
therefore, should certainly be consid-
cred in the formulation of internati-
onal as we'll as national policy.
Peace In International Relations Is
Demanded
Labor wants peace. We are opposed
to the involvement of our Nation. in
European or other foreign wars. We
want peace for the entire world and
to that end are willing that the SER
vices of our Government be extended
in the promotion of peaceful solution
of world problems. However, we are
strongly. of the opinion that the ex-
ercise of mediation and moral press
ure in the interests of world peace
should be such as to prevent the in
clusion of our country in any conflict
which may arise between foreign
nations. The influence of the Ameri-
can labor movement will be directed
toward the realization of this goal Of
peace and to the pursuit of a policy
of strictest neutrality toward those
countries which. may be engaged in
war or. military conflict. The voice
of Labor should be sounded unmistak-
ably, and our unions strengthened to
! give weight to our opinions.
All "Isms" That Attack America
Are Opposed
One of the most important of the
manifold services which the labor
movement as represented by the
American Federation of Labor is
rendering to our Nation is our relent-
less fight against the forces Of COM
munism, nazism, fascism or any other
"ism" which threatens. the we'll being
of our country.
The American Federation, of Labor
will continue to combat any attempts
which might be made now or in the
future to establish a dictatorship as
substitute for our Democracy, nc
matter in what guise it may present
itself.
We place freedom above and beyond
every other privilege we may enjoy
and we know that should we lose thai
we will have lost all, for ourselves
and for posterity. This is one Of the
detectives precious enough for the
workers to be willing to sacrifice
even to life itself. 1t is the corner
stone of democracy and a priceless!
heritage which we have received, ant
which we will preserve for those wht
will come after us.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07
A. FL. Executive
Continued From Page One)

president of the union, said he had
worked hard to prevent the suspen-
sion, but declined to predict what
action the present convention might
take. Both the statement by Barrett
and Baker were made in the light of
reports that the A. F. of L. executive
council had automatically" suspended
their union.
Mr.. Baker and Mr.. Barrett declared
the suspension did not imply in any
way that the l. T. U. would seek to
affiliate with the CIO.
Frank Morrison, secretary-treasnrer
of the A. F. of L., usually an l. T..
U. delegate to the A. F. of L. conven-
tions, would be technically disqualified
from the October convention if his
union failed to pay the assessment.
"a 7''sa', +sF' Answer Indicated Ae@+ ss '''@
What may prove to be. the final
answer on the question by the typos
convention at Forth Worth, is indi-
Gated by the action of Local. No. 6,
the |. T., US. largest unit, in calling
upon the convention to stand firm in
it's refusal to contribute the $4,000
to help finance the A. F. Of LIS cam
paign against the CIO.
The local, 5000 members strong
and known as "Big Six" among union
printers, wired the L. T. U. conven-
tion at Fort Worth, urging that, NO
action be taken on the assessment
question.
Denies Newspaper Reports
Frank Morrison, executive secretary
of the A. F. Of L., in letter to the
typos convention stated that the l. L
u had not been suspended by. the A
F. of l.. as reported in newspapers
shortly after the close Of the Execu
tive Council meeting at Atlantic City
The letter was sent to Woodruff Ran.
dolph, secretary treasurer of the |. T.
u.
Mr.. Morrison's letter explained thai
the Executive Council Of the A. F. OF
l.. had adopted resolution to the
effect that if the l. T. U. at it's con
vention in Fort Worth failed to make
provision for the assessment the A
F. of l.. might take action towart
suspension. >4.
After the Morrison letter was read
both Mr.. Randolph and Claude M
Baker, president of, the |. T. u, in
terpreted the executive councils reso
luton to mean that suspension of th'
I. r. u was conditional" upon con
tinued failure to pay the assessment
and not automatic" as Presiden
William Green of the A. f. of l.. wa
quoted in press dispatches as having
reported in Atlantic City.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07
WORK WILL BE lo0%. UNION.

Washington, D. C. QLNS).-John
p. Coyne. President of the A. F. Of
LIS Building and Construction Trades
Department, announced that the Com
monwealth Edison CO., Chicago, had
agreed to proceed with $l5,OO0,000
expansion program after being. as
sured there would he no jurisdictional
strikes. Coyne said that the. company
had agreed to make the work 100 per
cent union"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07
Morrison Declares
Continued From Pace One)

There is very little publicity at
tending the many instances in which
employers and representatives of
trade unions reach agreements with
out any serious interruption in nego-
tiations.
Continuously trade unions, repre-
scnting many thousands of workers
affiliated to the. American Federation
of Labor, are operating under wage
agreements that have been negotiated
with employers without fanfare or
any untoward incident on either, side,
and renewed periodically in the same
manner.
Daily Newspapers DO Not Report
Trade Union Achievements
The daily press. finds little news
value in the orderly processes, of the
activities of our great trade unions.
1t is not surprising that the public
has but little information in regard
to the magnificent service rendered
for the, members and the. far-flung
benefits of the trade. union movement
to olabor, to industry and to the nation.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-09-07
A. T. Legislative
lContinued From Poge 0ne)

tion enacted by Congress since he
took charge of the A, F. of l.. Legis-
lative Committee twenty years ago.
"The work was most fascinating. My
newspaper experience made it easier.
Furthermore, the thoughtful help
given me by the late President Com
pers, President Green, Secretary
Treasurer Morrison, and the members
of the Executive Council always will
remain a cherished memory.
"Owing to illness in my family it
became necessary for me to retire.
shall live in Chicago"