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Evening star., 1940-03-03
American U. Chorus
To Beqin Tour Todoy

The American University Chorus
will begin It's annual spring tour to-
day, giving 10 concerts and making
radio broadcast before returning
to Washington next Thursday.
The chorus, directed by James L.
McLain, will make appearances at
Scranton. West Pittston and
Stroudsburg, Pa; Orange and
Newark, N. j., and Baltimore. Con-
Evening star., 1940-03-03
Georgetown Council

The Georgetown Neighborhood
Council will meet next Tuesday at
4 pm. in the Georgetown Branch
Library John Ihlder is chairman
of the council.
Evening star., 1940-03-03

certs will be presented at high
schools, colleges and churches.
The program to be broadcast will
be over Scranton's Station WGBI
tomorrow night.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
z. 0. A. PRESIDENT VOICES
OPTIMISM ON EVE OF TOUR
THROUGH SOUTH

Washington = The imperative
necessity of mobilizing all con-
structive forces in American Jew
ry in preparation for the forth
coming Peace Conference to en-
sure the status of t he Jewish
H m land in Palestine was
stressed in a statement issued by
Edmund I. Kaufman, president of
the Zionist Organization of Amer
lea, on the eve of his departure for
a lengthy tour through the South
in connection with the nationwide
z. o. A. campaign for 10000
members.
Appealing to the Zionist leaders
in all communities to redouble
their efforts in their membership
drives, Mr.. Kaufman reiterated
the urgency of strengthening the
ranks of the organization in the
light of recent development which
called for a renewed vigilance and
alertness on the part of the Zion
list Organization in safeguarding
the Jewish position in Palestine.
Membership and m ore men,
bership-is the cry of the hour. A
large Zionist enrolment will not
only contribute to the raising of
larger funds for Palestine but con-
stitute a strong bulwark against
any possible encroachment u p n
our rights" he said.
1.-THE instilling into the hearts
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
Hillel Unit at Univ.
Of Washington Is
First In Northwest

WASHINGTON, D. c. Estab-
lishment of a B'nai Birth Hillel
Counselorship at the University OF
Washington, Seattle, Wash, as
part of major expansion in the
scope of the B'nai Birth Hillel
Foundation movement providing
for the creation of 16 new units at
as many universities was an
nounced here this week at B'nai
Birth headquarters.
This is the first Hillel unit in
the Pacific Northwest an d the
second on the Pacific coast, the
other being at the University OF
California, in Berkeley.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06

of Jews at large realization of
the significance of joining our or
gained ranks in the present men,
bership campaign, should be the
primary task of our districts in
the present membership campaign.
No one can tell how soon the pres
ent war will come to an end and
how soon we American Jews may
be called upon to present the case
of the Jewish people before the
Peace Conference. Let us, there
fore, be fully prepared. Let us not
delay-as delay and unprepared-
ness may spell misfortune" he
said.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06

disease among hundreds of thou
sands of Jews conscripted into
labor camps in Nazi-occuried Po-
land have prompted the executive
Of the Warsaw Jewish Community
to apply to the Nazi administra-
ton of the Governmental General
for a special loan to be used in
improving health conditions in the
camps, it was reported here. The
community at the same time or
ganized its own campaign to OBJ
tain clothing from the local Jew
ish population to be shipped to the
camps.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06

onah a d Easter would always
take place on Sunday.
(3) A year consists Of 1854 days
Tor So weeks) when a regular year
is involved and 81 days Cor So
weeksl in leap year.
az A year is divided into 13
months of % days each. The adj
ditional week in a leap year is
added to the 18th month, making
it a 35-day month. Thus Sabbat-
ical Calendar applied to any year
is suitable for the ensuing years.
60 The calendar establishes a
28-year period during which five
additional weeks are included in
order to offset the loss Of IL IA
days each year. These five weeks
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06

The regulations forbid the Jews
in the ghetto to use gas and cleo
tricity after 8 pm. They are pro-
hlDited from leaving the district
without special passes. No Gentle
may enter the ghetto without a
similar pass. Tramway service be-
tween the ghetto and other parts
of Warsaw has been discontinued.
Jewish physicians may reside
outside the ghetto, but must dis
play six-pointed Jewish stars on
their Municipalities, as must Jewish
doctors throughout Nazi-occup1ed
Poland, according to a new de-
cree.
Establishment of a walled ghet-
to for the Jews of Warsaw has
been followed by Nazi order for
institution of a ghetto in Radon,
it was reported. According to the
Krakauer Zeitung, German organ
in Poland, Jews in Radon have
been ordered to leave the center
of the city for a ghetto compris-
ing small quarter able to hold
only part of their number. The
remainder will be obliged to leave
soon for the provinces
Meanwhile, two Cracow Jew s
have been sentenced to Is months
Imprisonment for violating the ban
on kosher slaughter. The authori-
ties in LODI have issued a decree
forbidding Jews to enter public
meeting places, gatherings an d
entertainments or to use electric
ity and gaslight after 8 pm.
All Jewish banks in the Gov
eminent General area of Poland
have been closed by the Nazi au-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06

After reviewing the calendars OF
ancient and modern times, the
author outlines a Perpetual Sab
batical Calendar, involving pri-
marily reform of the Hebrew cal
endar but which could be used by
all nations. This calendars char
acteristics are:
(1) The year, the month and the
week start always on Sunday and
end on Saturday. Commemoration
of the Sabbath as a day of rest
would fit in perfectly since it al
ways come at the end of a week.
a. month and a year.
(2) The year is sup-divided al
WAYS in complete weeks. The
dates of holidays and the day of
the week in which they occur
would thus be permanently estab-
lished. For example, Rosh Hash
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06

thorities supervising banking en-
terprises, the Krakauer Zeitung,
Nazi newspaper in Poland, reports.
Opening in Rzeszow of the first
Jewish school under the enforced
ghetto educational system is re-
ported in the Nazi-dominated Jew
ish organ, Gazeta zydowska,
which states 800 pupils have been
enrolled. The Jewish community of
Cracow also decided to open
schools for Jewish children. A
registration conducted by the COM
munity established that there are
4,023 Jewish children of school
age.
Lack of clothing and spread of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
Local Center Gets
Education Charter

LII. Louis F1nkelstein, president
of the Jewish Theological Semi
nary of America, announced this
week that a charter has been is
sued to til e Institute of Adult
Jewish Studies Of the Jacksonville
Jewish Center, upon the affiliation
of this Institute with The Nation
al Academy for Adult Jewish Stu
dies, which is under the auspices
of the Seminary.
The director of the local insti-
tute is Rabbi Morris D. Margolis,
spiritual leader of the Jackson
vile Jewish Center. Rabbi Mar
COILS, member of The Rabbini-
cal Assembly of America, gradu-
ated from The Jewish Theological
Seminary of America in 1882. He
will direct the courses of study of
the Institute of Adult Jewish Stu
dies of the Center.
The charter authorizes the To-
cal institute to conduct courses
in Adult Jewish Studies and to
grant credits and certificates SUBJ
ject to the general regulations of
the Academy.
The local institute is part of a
nationwide organization of nearly
one hundred agencies, the purpose
of which is to promote Adult Jew
ish Education throughout the
country.
Rabbi Samuel friedman, a prom
inent alumnus of the Jewish Theo-
logical Seminary of America, will
be the guest speaker at the Sab
bath services and will present the
charter tonight.
Rabbi Freedman has been the
spiritual leader of Congregation
Beth Ell of Philadelphia since 1913.
This Is one of the most outstand-
ing conservative congregations in
the United States. He has long
been an active officer and men,
Der of many community organiza-
tons, such as the Philadelphia
branches of The Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary of America, the I'm
tied Synagogue of America, and
the Zionist Organization of Amer
ca.
Rabbi friedman will spend sew
eral days in Jacksonville as the
guest of Rabbi Morris D. Margo-
lis and will meet with local COM
munity leaders to discuss some of
the spiritual problems facing
American JeWry.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
Roosevelt, Others
Honor Synagogue

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (JTA)-
President Roosevelt, religious
leaders and Yale University
ioined this week in honoring the
Tooth anniversary of the founding
of the Reform Congregation Mish-
kan Israel, oldest synagogue in
Connecticut and second Oldest in
New England. The anniversary is
being celebrated from Dec. 2 to 8.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
NAILS PICTURE
WARSAW GHETTO
AS JEWISH SUBURB

LISBON (JTA) "A Ger
man shOrtWave broadcast in
Spanish gave a somewhat
novel description of the
walled Warsaw ghetto by
stating that ga complete
suburb had been placed at
the disposal of Warsaw
Jews" The broadcast S aid
that Jews have the right to
''mOve freely" through that
part of the city reserved for
them. 1t added that Germans
and Poles had been forbid
den to set foot in the ghetto
area.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
Universal Calendar, Based on Reform
OF Jewish Calendar, for BuenOs Aires
pI1ENOS APES (JTA)-A nlan fo

BUENOS AIRES (JTA)-A plan for a universal
calendar based reform of the Hebrew calendar has been
brought forward by Nissm Elnecave Jewish scholar in
article in special edition of the review La Luz commemorate
ing the end of the 57th Hebrew century.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
Week In Review
pEFTJGEE SHIP EXPLOSION
The best laid plans -.
By MILTON sRoWN. J.T.A.

The best laid plans
The Palestine Government had
Lnno,,nced it's intention of deport-
mo LII Jewish refugees who ar
lived in the country illegally to"a
british colony for duration of the
Uar. They were removed from the
Two unseaworthy ships on which
Fbev had arrived and were trans
Ferred to the S. S. Patria in prep
ration for their deportation.
AS the ship lay in Haifa harbOr,
IS passengers awaiting their de-
,art1,re with dread after wander
no on the Danube and Mediter-
,anean to reach the Promised
Land, an explosion suddenly
rocked the ship, and within a few
minutes it keeled over and went
down to the bottom of the harbOr.
Fortunately, only about rs were
known dead-largely as a result
of the heroic work of British pO-
lice and Australian soldiers in the
harbOr.
But, as a result of the explosion,
the cause of which could not be
Immediately Diet er m j n e d, the
greater part of the refugees fl
nally saw their hope of reaching
Palestine soil realized. Most of
them were interned temporarily in
the Athlit detention camp, there
to await the Governments deci-
S on on the disposition of their
case;
The Governments announced in
tentiOn of depOrting all future IL
legal immigrants to a colony (be-
lieved to be Nautilus, off tn e
coast of Madagascar had aroused
Jewish protest in Palestine and
Zionist organizations in
The United States had joined in
to Britain to reconsider
It's stand. The American Fedora
lion of Labor had joined in the
Palestine Jewry's indignation
against the authorities over the
proposed deportation changed to
admiration and praise as they told
the stories of the heroic rescues
carried out by British forces sta
Toned in Haifa. Men had leaped
INTO the bay to save refugees
thrown overheard in the explosion;
livery boat in the harbor sped to
he rescue; airplanes took to the
ir to reconnoiter over the spot
Fhere the ship went down and di-
pct the reScuers. AS a result of
ae efficient work more than a
nousand other refugees were
Aved within a few minutes.
The principal question that re-
fa1ned as the refugees awaited
heir fate in the AthIit detention
mp was whether the explosion
OuId cause the Government to
lange its mind about depOrting
70 refugees, now that their feet
ave been planted for the first
me on Palestine soil.
IN HITLER-DONFTNATEn
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
Nazis Isolate Jews by
Ghetto In Warsaw

GENEVA (JTA)-Acting to complete the isolation of
the 100000 Warsaw Jews living in the first walled ghetto
in modern history the Naz authorities have issued regu
tons restricting travel and of public services
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
Jewish Calendar
Join a Synagogue
or Temple
attend It's Services
1910 = SOL - 1914

Rosh- ChodeSh ....................Dec 1
First Day of Chanukah Dec. Is
Rosh-C hodeSh ............Dec. 3O-31
Fast of Tebet...................Jan. 9
Rosh Chodesh Shevat,,..Jan. 20
Chamisha Asar. IL
Rosh Chodesh Adar....-...Feb. %
Fast Of Esther. March IL
Purim. March 13
Rosh Chodesh Nissan. Mar. 20
First Day Passover.......April IL
Rosh Chodesh Iyar......April %
Lag Bonner. May Is
Rosh Chodesh May q
First Day Shavuoth...-June 1
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz- June 1
Fast of Tammuz............July Is
Rosh Chodesh Ab..........July 25
Fast of Ab........................A Aug. 8
Rosh Chodesh Elul. "a
*Observed previous day as
well. All holidays begin at sun
down Of day preceding that
listed above.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-12-06
IN HITLER-DOMINATED
EUROPE

wearing heavier boots against
ne approach of winter, anti-Semi-
Fsm marched on in Hitler-domina-
ed Europe.
despite the overwhelming OppO-
tlOn OF public opinion, the Bull
arlan Parliament adopted a
weeping ant-Jewish law which
Ovldes for BUSTING Jews from
Dnc service and certain profess
ms and limiting them to their
nerlcal ratio in other profess
IS and industry. 1t was report
mat the Bulgarian Holy Synod
issued a statement opposing
law.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
WASHINGTON.
LOOKS TO The EAST

The eyes of the City Planners turning toward the
rising sun as they plot the future development of the
Capital New Federal Office Buidings-An Avenue of
The States-A badly needed Sports Center-A great
Recreational Park with the Anacosta River and King
man Lake looming Importantly in the plansA beautiful
scenic dual highway stretching out 81 miles to Baltimore
New and adequate quarters for the National Guard
These and many other proposals are discussed in the
Magazine Section in the third of series of articles
looking into Washngton's Future.
Evening star., 1940-01-19

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Evening star., 1940-01-19
CIVIC PAGE
Past and Present

Washington in recent years has
grown rapidly. Newcomers, accus-
toned to the ballot, are not always
familiar with the long and devoted
service of those who have sought
through the Federation of Citizens
Associations to make the District
residents articulate, to lay before
Congress the needs and wishes
of the citizens and stress their
grievances.
The Civic Page this Sunday will
carry history Of the Federation
and the pictures Of all of the past
Presidents.
Carried also will be the status Of
pending District legislation, on
which some action has been taken
during the present week. To keep
abreast of developments with the
background Of the past aiding in
appraisal, you will want to read
this Sundays Civic Page.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-29
Election Over, COlOred Americans Must Unite
on Fundamental Issues

coored Americans of all political
parties must face certain fundamental issues
During the heat of political campaign difficult discuss
problems calmly dpassOnay DeprOOted passions and
the ardent desire Of individuals to secure victory Tor their respective
parties impossible clear thinking and logical reasoning
gain ascendancy emOhonalsm
Regardless party utilization, thinking cOlored American
understands do receive deal
They during political campaign they woOed with
an alleged undyng They party
justice think their best interests served by
supporting Republican Others believe that their best inter
% are served by allegiance to Party
support either the other major parties waste
their ballots
upon citizens which they MUST unite
they hope their ghtfu place irrespective of the political
party which they belong.
public opinion hands Here fundamental pnc
which the entire structure of eOlOred American progress
ress-in fact, very keystone of democracy.
% the unhampered privilege of all citizens
white North and the South in all cleo
tion federal state municipal disgrace that millions
of citizens dsfranchsed by fragrant and hOung of the
partisan consideration should
coore citizens from working for the ballot for their
brothers in the South.
Cd Justice justice before the law is
for which all cOlOred citizens must fight Regardless
coored American should battle courageousy
equality before the law on all and every front
90 Opportunity Work coOred Americans not to
opportunity work for
should cOored Americans from
working necessarily for this basic human right Relief regardless of
bOunu the place of work What intelligent
quarrel with this position unless they totally blinded
by parisanship?
"a Abolition of Segregation in Civil Service of
coOred given Civil Service This
is political argument for against party is the I'M
All colored Americans regardless of party and
mus workfo equality in the Civil Service.
Equal Educational Opportunity This includes both the right
get and the right teach in all public educational
continues be the rankes kind
public schools particularly in the South Democrats
Republicans They unite of this kind.
those coored
fought against him and those cOlored citizens who worked
for him foregoing
others.
working calmly but courageOusly for them
no that it is done for political purposes.
Americans believe democracy let fight for those
cpes greater for colored Americans and
greater all people of all reds and cOlorsPh
delphia (Pa) Tribune
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-29

behind the Observation-Disclosures
acknowledgements" idea, implied by
Hitler and Coughin, the well
known silver Spectator. That
Father Coughlin is trying to take
advantage Of the confused situa-
ton in Harlem and stir up hate,
is seen by the September IL, 1889,
issue of Social Justice" which
points out:
that the Negroes of
Harlem have been victimized
by discrimination exercised by
Jewish employers in Harlem,
by Jewish renters who ex-
plotted Negro tenants in the
worst slums of America, by
Jewish sharpsters who cashed
rent and relief checks at a
discount :"
Yes, the average Negro is anti
Semitic, just as the average white
is anti-Negro. A Negro looking
around Harlem can easily believe
that the Jews alone are exploiting
him, can blame all his troubles on
the Jew can even forget that
those who beat and worked him
in the South were not Jews-in
Continued on Page ~
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-29

to his assistance, a hearing was
demanded, at which time he was
adjudged sane and returned to the
institution.
The Branch successfully fought
the extradition of Paul DeWalt to
Arkansas - regardless Of VIII at
some might think, our manifest
duty was not to sit idly by and
have him returned to be the SUBJ
ject of further cruel and inhuman
treatment.
The Branch bestirred itself in
discrimination cases at our recent
State Fair. Warrants were obtained
for the arrest Of the offending
parties but they were eleverly
spirited away.
ask you, fair reader, to Judge.
Has the Branch been asleep? We
are proud indeed of that record.
The second charge-the case of
Chas. H. Hale, who, after having
been certified for a job at the Vet
erans' Hospital, was refused work
by the hospital authorities. This
man is a resident of st. Paul and
the local St. Paul Branch, in col
liberation with the Urban League,
Immediately took up the matter.
Not having met with success, the
Minneapolis Branch was called in
to consultation with a view of max
ing it a joint action and to de-
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-29
Skinner Defends Mill City NAACP

He first charges the Branch with
doing nothing this past year. l
deny that accusation. The records
will show the Branch, after seeing
a preview of the picture Birth of
a Nation" registered a protest and
was successful in having the pic
ture banned after being shown for
a few days.
A young man, Luther Molly, an
inmate Of Glen Lake Sanatorium,
because Of an infraction of their
rules, was declared to be insane
and plans were in progress to send
him to st. Peter. The Branch came
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-11-29
LISTEN TO THIS
BY Hobart T. Mitchell

An Introduction to Sociology by
Walter G. Beach, published 1925,
on page 1876, states about the
Negro: Sixty years ago he was a
slave. He owned no property;
"ninety-nine per cent were penni-
less field hands," He was illiterate
and without education.
In 1888, Solomon, a free Negro,
well known by men of all classes
in Macon, Georgia, kept a grocery
store, and had more credit than any
other merchant in town. Owned a
number of slaves and $40, 900 worth
of property.
In Virginia, free Negroes were
required to pay a poll tax of $3.50
in 1913 and $3.50 in 1915. In 1914,
5,547 free Negroes paid 1892 in
taxes and in 1868 they paid $13,-
O65.22 in poll taxes.
Negroes in Baltimore paid $500
in school taxes in 1860 but could
not attend the public schools.
In Philadelphia, Negroes had
taxable property worth $3.50, 900 in
1882, $685. 26 in 1887, and $780,
900 in 1s47.
In Cincinnati, in 1910, Negroes
had acquired $228,OOO worth of
property. One Negro had $4,000
worth.
George Bentley, a Negro preach
er, was preaching in a white church
in Giles, Tenn, in 1859.
Kentucky had the greatest num-
Der of Negro troops (23,7O3) in the
Civil War.
In 1913 thirty Negroes assisted
Balboa in building the first ships
made on the Pacific Coast.
A Negro owned 200 slaves in
South Carolina in 1857.
Roland Hayes, great Negro sing
er, was ready only for the sixth
grade when he was nineteen years
of age.
Paul Robson, actor, chosen by
Walter Camp in 1918 for the "All-
American Team" In his first year
in college he received seven AS
and one B and in his Junior year
he won the Phi Beta Kappa key.
Frederick Douglass, born a slave
at Tuckohoe, near Easton, Mary
land, Feb, 1917, died Feb. 2, 1895,
was the First Negro to ride on a
battleship as the guest of the
United States Navy.
The Eighth Regiment of Chicago,
the Black Devils, probably made
the last capture in the World war.
The morning of November IL, at
lilo a. m, they captured a Ger
man army train of fifty wagons.
October 16, 1859, John Brown
with nineteen assistants, five Of