davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-11-08
News of Mobile
BY FANNY RAE LUBEL

Miss Alyce Naibert, student
nurse at the Providence Hospital,
who recently underwent an appen-
dix operation, is on the road to
recovery and able to see friends.
Miss Marguerite Katz of Mont
gomery, Alabama, is in Mobile
working now and will be here for
several months.
Simon Miller accompanied by
his sisters, Lillian and Ethel, mo-
tored to Hattiesburg, Miss, Sum
day for the day as guest of the
David Adler family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Safer and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Goldenberg of
Pensacola, Fla, were guests Of
the Harris Lubel family Sunday.
H. z. Lubel left Saturday night
for Charleston, S. c., where he
has been transferred in his work.
His wife and two sons will join
him shortly.
Arnold Tobin, Eddie Grodsky,
Morris LANCER and several others
motored to New Orleans, La, for
the day, Sunday.
Deep regret is felt by all in the
passing away of Mrs. Frieda Mai
sci Abers on Tuesday, October
10Th. We express our sympathy
to her husband, DR.. Bernard Abers,
her mother, Mrs. Rebecca Maisel,
brothers, Max and Herman Maisel,
sisters, Miss Mayme Maisel and
Mrs. Abe Levine, and other rela-
tives.
Senior Hadassah held its first
monthly-yearly meeting OIL Thurs
day night, October 31st, at the
J.P.C.
Junior Hadassah held its men,
bership supper on Thursday night
at 8 Pm. in the banquet hall of
the J.P.C.
Among the first 100 names
drawn in the draft lottery from
the Jewish community of Mobile
were Eddie Grodsky, Hynnie Wolfe
Mendelson and Abraham Benjamin
Machefsky.
The Junior Congregation of the
Ahavas Chesed congregation spon-
sored a debate on Sunday night,
Nov. Bird, at the J.P.C., which was
followed by a dance, and food was
sold by Senior Hadassah. An inter-
esting and good time was enjoyed
by all who attended.
Beth Israel Judeans have reor-
ganized again with Ruth Weisman
as their sponsor, with Anne Plot
ka as a Junior Hadassah repre-
sentative and Harriet Hirsch, pres
ident.
Editors Note: Your reporter
will leave this column in silence
for the next few weeks, as she left
Sunday, November Bird, for trip
to East Georgia and North Ala
bama, which will include Atlanta,
Macon, Montgomery and Birming-
ham,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-11-08
WISDOM
of the
TALMUD
A Prayer for
Mankind
BY MORRIS KRAMER

When Rabbi EIeazar had fin
iShed his prayers, he would say:
'May it be thy will, Eternal, our
God, brotherhood, peace, and
friendship dwell among us."-Be-
rakOt 16 b.
This excerpt sums up the pur-
pose of Jewish ethical teaching. If
human beings, in general, were to
follow this moral teaching the evils
that we observe in the world, the
strife and the hatred, the sorrow
and the suffering, the restlessness,
the insecurity, the instability of
life-all Of which leads only to
despair and unhappiness, would be
avoided.
The meaning of these great con-
ceptS of life is more evident today,
due to the conditions of warfare
abroad and the perniciOus prOpa-
ganda that has ben unIeaShed by
elements that would array peace
full individuals agains one anOth-
er in efforts to destroy these fun
damental principles of Gods moral
law which have been found to be
the only salvation for mans happi-
ness in a world where the aVarice
If many persons for success and
prosperity causes them to become
cruel and relentless towards their
fellOWmen.
Love, Brotherhood, Peace and
Friendship!
These factors for happiness may
be attained by man without much
effort, without envy or malice, and
wi tn out injuring his neighbOr.
With no expenditure of money at
all, merely by cultivating a kind
and noble disposition, through
mOdesty and humility, the aver
age man may obtain as much con-
tentment as he can hope to secure
in life. His efforts for wealth and
more wealth, for power and still
more power, for honor and fame
will not bring him as much salts
faction if he has a mean and Stin-
gy disposition, if he is vain, boast
full and venOmOus, if he rides
rOugh-shOd over his neighbOr and
endeavOrS to crush h m in the
struggle for worldly success.
All the wars IF ancient times
have taught mankind the futility
of material gain as contrasted with
spiritual compensation, and now,
in modern times, despite the adj
vance of civilization since those
early days, the evil impulse in man
has again come to the fore to des-
troy his splendid achievements, the
beauty and the glory of which have
made life more comfortable, pleas
ant and happy.
Love, Brotherhood, Peace and
Friendship!
They are not dreams, mere fig
ments of the imagination, but are
real, enduring entities which may
be attained if man, everywhere,
will change his present idea of
what truly constitutes desirable
and worthy aims in life. Only by
leading the ethical life, according
to Gods moral code, can man re-
alize the happiness which is ever
the radiant fancy Of his cherished
dreams. Must man learn m ny
more bitter and costly lessons be-
fore he understands that through
prejudice and h tr d, through
strife and warfare, through greed
and dominion that it is impossible
for him to inspire love and affec-
ton and gain peace and friend
ship?
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-11-08
Phone 3-06It
SABBATH SERVICES

This evening at 8:15 o'clock the
center will hold its second Late
Friday Night service of this sea-
.on Rabbi Morris D. Margolis,
assisted by the Center Choir, will
lead the congregation in prayer
and deliver the sermon. His topic
Far this we k will be Jewish
Communities in the war-torn
zone."
Following the service there will
he a reception held in the auditor
INN at which ladies Of the Daugh-
ters of Israel will act as hostesses.
Tomorrow morning at $3.50
o'clock Sabbath services will also
be held, with Rev. B. Safer Off
eating.
Children of the Junior Congre-
cation will meet separately in the
PRAYER Room under the supervi-
|sion of Morris Nimovitz. Billy
Schemer, junior cantor, will Off
|ciate and Mr.. Nimovitz will adj
dress the children on the weekly
portion of the Law.
CENTER RADIO PROGRAM
Listen in Sunday afternoon at
h2:15 o'clock to the Center Radio
Program. Rabbi Morris D. Mar
coils will speak. The program is
broadcast over station WAX ev-
cry other Sunday.
INSTITUTE FOR ADULT
JEWISH STUDIES
The Center Institute for Adult
Jewish Studies will open a week
from Tuesday on November 10.
The institute is affiliated with the
National Academy of Jewish Stu
dies which functions under the
auspices of the Jewish Theological
Seminary of America.
Rabbi Margolis, assisted by an
able staff of teachers, is prepar-
ing the curriculum, which will in
clude courses in Jewish History,
Religion, Hebrew Language and
Bible.
Those eligible for these courses
are adults, men and women above
the age of eighteen. Credits will
be given by the Jewish Theological
Seminary at the end of each school
year which will be divided in two
semesters of 10 sessions each.
A small registration fee for text
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-11-08
RABBI WANTS POSITION

A well known rabbi, scho-
Chef, teacher, nobel and
speaker is looking for a po-
sition with a smai1 Jewish
community in the South.
Write, care of The Southern
Jewish Weekly.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23

NEW YORK.-Current interest in
1 DR.. Gerhardt Alois Westrick,
noted German supreme court law
yer, relates to the secrecy cover
Secrecy CoUers m Ing as' r r,,HVe
Movements of than his pres
German Lawyer ence in the
United States,
which, indeed, was generally known
in business and government circles.
His arrival in this country from
Germany via Russia to California.
thence to New York, last February
was duly noted, as was that of his
wife and two sons, aged eight and
six, fortnight ago.
His visit, he said at the time.
involved q special mission deal
ing with postwar economic ad-
justments. The fact that, as a
lawyer, he has represented the
interests Of many American
firms in Germany supplied
plausibility to the reason ad-
vanced for his presence here.
But an element Of mystery de-
velOped as result Of his where
abOuts after arriving In New
York. He lived in various ho-
tells, and finally esta blished head
quarters at the Waldorf Astoria.
Here with a secretary, the hand
some Baroness IFmingard Won
Wagenheim, taking messages
and receiving telephone calls,
the doctor himself was rarely
In evidence. Inquiries as to
where he might be found elected
vague response.
Eventually he was discovered as
tenant of an attractive residence in
Westchester where at this writing
he has not been available to callers.
A man Of fine physique, 81 years
old, gray hair and penetrating green
eyes, he is law partner in Berlin of
DR.. Heinrich Albert who was active
in this country as a German propa-
gandist before the United States en-
tered the World war in 1917. Ac.
credited in the state departments
diplomatic list as a commercial
counselor to the German embassy.
1t is asserted that at least part, if
not all, Of his mission here relates
to the interests Of Joachim Won Rib.
bentrop, foreign minister of the
Reich, with whom he has been close.
v rse Tor many years.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
Firing One-Ton Shell

The aiming of a 16-inch coast
defense gun, which can effectively
shoot a 2,100-pound projectile a
distance Of 26 miles, is based on
many factors, such as the targets
distance, direction and speed, cur
vature and rotation of the earth
and the direction and velocity Of
the wind.
When blowing at 20 miles an
hour, a cross wind alone can carry
this shell as much as 303 yards off
its course during the 101 seconds
that 1t Ia in the air.-Collier's.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23

coming October. He is around 6
feet 4, weighing 210 pounds.
He began unwilling his right arm
In Danville in 1927, Is years ago.
In 1888 st. Louis traded Paul to Gin
cinnati for Leo Durocher and others
now unknown. Both teams got star
men.
Mandarin Durocher, now guarding
the destinies of the Dodgers, would
just as soon that Derringer had been
traded to another club, preferably
Brooklyn.
The Serious athlete
Paul is what you would call q
serious athlete. There is no great
amount of levity in his nature.
Those who don't know him might call
him surly or sulky, but he isn't.
Quiet people are often thrown into
this class, when they should be
awarded chapIets of laurel or wild
apple blossoms.
Outside of baseball he likes to
hunt and he doesn't mind being
alone.
Today Paul Derringer comes close
to being the best all-around pitcher
in baseball. He is certainly the
smartest.
Six years after he turned in his
POS average with the Reds he gave
the same city a winning average
OF .78l. This upward leap of SIS
points is close to the high-jump rec
ord OF all time. But it still belongs
to Paul Derringer.
He was on his way over the high
hill seven years ago. He had made
three World series starts and had
lost them all. He had taken more
than his share Of hammering. But
a year ago In his older age he won
rs games and he'll win IS or more
this season.
His main specially seems to be
one and two-hitters. He has been
closer to more no-hit games than
any pitcher in the trade.
Unless some peculiar series of cpl
sodes takes place, the same Der
ringer will be heard from in loud
tones in the next World series.
Another Entry
You can add the name of Freddy
Fitzsimmons to this all-star list.
Freddy was 80 years old on Sun
day. The Dodger star began pitch
ing for Muskegon in the Central
league just 20 years ago. He stuck
with the Giants for Is years until
Bill Terry decided there was no
longer any winning stuff left in
Freddy's right arm.
So Terry traded him to Brooklyn.
This season, after 20 years of
pitching, Fitzsimmons has already
won 10 games for Brooklyn against
a lone defeat. He has the highest
pitching percentage in baseball.
Having packed away 202 major
league victories, Fitz is Just warm
ing up. He has an all-time life aver
age around 800, which is nothing TO
leer at after you have been around
since 1920.
Fitz is one Of the fine characters
Of baseball. He is one Of the main
credits to the game that has car
ried him along into middle age
middle age as far as active eOmDeti-
ton Is concerned.
And with 10 out of ii for 1910 he
is now headed for his greatest year.
Those Who Come Back
The most somber line ever writ
ten in sport was this: "They don't
come back"
Nothing was ever farther from the
truth. No other line has ever had
= more depressing effect on some
stars.
The true fact is they keep on com
ing back. We have just related the
two cases Of Derringer and Fitz-
simmons. Then there is Schoolboy
Rowe.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
- r:
IEoi111i4iu

THE phrase Kentucky riheman"
Is authentic, for I have eaten the
venison that followed in the wake Of
Paul Derringer's unerring aim on
the trail Of a deer.
In the last few years any number
Of batters have had a harder time
In the wake Of his fast ball, curve
and control.
Paul Derringer has played a lead
ing role in the Red drive for the last
two years, despite the fact that sew
en- years ago he was rated all
through and on his way over the
hill. That was the year that pitch
ing for both Cardinals and Reds he
won games and lost q, for the
meager average of 206, far below
tail-end form.
Six years after this dashing deba-
Gle Paul won Is and lost Z, one of
the most startling -eversals know
In all sport.
Paul Derringer was born in
Springfield, KY, "a years ago this
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
MUSCULAR ACHES?|
\>APE n Err O.

The Wise Feast
Fools make feasts, and wise
men eat them.-Benjamin Frank
lin.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23

Design No. 1913 has very soft and
feminine lines, however sailorfled
its spirit, because the skirt has
smart impressed front fitness and
the blouse Is gathered to round
out your bustline.
Carry out the nautical idea by
making 1t up in blue chambray
with white braid, white linen with
navy braid, or beige with scarlet.
It's a good style for checked ging-
ham and sharkskin, too. Send for
the pattern right now. Be among
the first to wear it!
Pattern No. 1888 is designed for
sizes IL, Is, IS, II and 10. Size Is
requires Az yards of 35-inch ma
terial without nap; 81 yards
braid. Send order to-:
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
Value of Gold Bar

The 400-ounce bar is the one
Aost frequently used for none
airy gold. 1t is about 3k inches
vide, 6A inches long and IL
nches deep. At the federal price
$35 an ounce, such a bar La
iorth $4,000. Gold is always
leasured in troy ounces, not in
'voirdupois ounces. There are 490
rains to the troy ounce, and 437M
rains to the avoirdupois ounce.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
: : !! .: 0SEE;5!s!{EE!EEI
Gentle JoY

Joy descends gently on us like
The falling dew, and does not pat
ter down like hail-storm.-Rich-
ter.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
WHO'S
NEWS
THIS
WEEK
BY LEMUEL r. PARTON

consolidated Features-WNU Seryice)
NJ RSHALL E. DIMOCK, now
AA slated, according to report, for
appointment to the National Labor
Relations board, got along famously
Marshall Dinock t;o nr,. 1 %, 1. tar
May SerUe on until last win
Labor Board ter when he,
together with
Oscar Chapman, assistant secretary
OF the interior and Norman Littell,
assistant attorney general, started
to organize that convention Of lib
erals to be held in Salt Lake City.
The project persisted as the conse-
quence, so at least it is said, of a
statement by John L. Lewis that
the convocation had for one of its
primary objects the formulation of
plans to assist in the launching of q
third-term boom. Since then suspi-
cion has been entertained that the
symbol, two crossed fingers, has not
accurately suggested the relation
ship between the two men.
While still a professor at the
University Of Chicago, Dimock
was appointed consultant to the
national resources commission.
Then Secretary Of Labor Fran
ces Perkins retained him to sur
vey the procedure of the immi-
grafton and naturalization serv-
ice and afterward named him
f.ta ~
tary with full authority over that
agency. 1t was q post that had
been vacant for two years as
result OF the appointment Of Ar
thur J. Altmeyer as a member
Of the social security board.
Here Dimock served with efficien-
cy until last July when he was trans
ferred to the department Of justice
following removal of the immigra-
ton and naturalization service from
the labor department. II he goes to
the NLRB he will succeed ]. War
rem Madden, the chairman whose
five-year term of office expires the
latter part Of this month. And, il
he does receive the appointment, il
ID ilOl CERTAIN ne Will De named
chairman, although the possibility
exists.
In various outgivings designed
to acquaint both labor and bust
ness with his theory that there
was no quick route to social sta
bilization Dimock has often spo-
ken with tolerance and cogency,
but with firmness as well. As for
instance: Business must &C
cept a new order In n period of
administrative growth and ex-
Fermentation" He was speak
ing, among other things, of the
Wagner act and the fair labor
standards act. Growing pains
he regards as an inevitable re-
suit Of so much new legislation
in recent years. "They will di-
minish," he has said, Gas ad-
ministrators gain more expert
ence."
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
Why VAR?

Kathleen Norris makes q bold and
revealing study Of this important que,.
tion. In her opinion, ,oar is natural
N Europe. Miss Norri, points out thar
tor centuries the only Legitimate" Day
tor nation to increase in wealth or
size has been seizure. She finds that
nations cry "Peace!" only ,Dhen hey
haze their arms full Of booty Dhich
some other nation might Try to steal
back.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23

Children are born fighters; might
rules in the nursery until some bet
ter thing has been put into small
hearts and minds. And war has
ruled the world for a long, long
time.
Go Moral to Protect Booty.
But now, partly because of the
modern educators of newspapers,
news reels, telegraph, radio, sud-
denly great countries begin to be
little ashamed OF their long his
tories Of violence and conquest. They
begin to hold up shocked hands at
those bad countries that try to steal
what they need, instead of just po-
litely asking for it. They are horri-
fed that anyone is still so old-fash-
Toned and stupid as to think that
guns are arguments. Having for
hundreds of years forced the most
brutal possible terms upon their en-
emies, they are panied and sur
prised that any country is still talk
ing of reprisals and impositions.
"Why must you go on fussing
about what we stole from your" they
ask plaintively. eve are rich and
comfortable and satisfied, and it's
becoming extremely old-fashioned to
go on fighting this way. If you
haven't enough oil wells or wheat
fields or seaports-forget i'll We're
using all we need, and we mean
to hold several we don't need, and
that's all there is to It'll"
Anything like conferences, conces-
sions, understandings, plans, maps
anything like sympathy with your
neighbors, friendly talks, payments,
apparently never enters the heads
OF European leaders. When they
become frightened over the weak
ness OF their positions then they be-
gin feverishly to arm. Arms are
still the only arguments, on the 9TH
er side of the water.
Cry Peace With Pockets Full.
Oh, of course they SAY "peacel"
But they say it as robbers might,
leaving your house with his arms
full of your possessions. They say it
as rich sleepy old lady might to q
noisy outburst from beggar children.
DO go away and stop bothering
me. If you haven't any bread, try
eclairsl" They never say it in hon
est generosity; they never say,
Wen forgive, wen forget, we give
back this and help you buy that"
Never.
But one great nation has done
something in her short history to
start a new fashion. America has
always been shy about taking war
spoils. After the great war she in
nocently protested against the com
placent partition and theft that was
gong on so gaily among the allies.
1t wasn't her way to rob a fallen
enemy, even under the dignified dis
guise Of treaty" She would have
none OF it.
The American Way.
Earlier, she made the Louisiana
purchase and paid for it, and France
has never questioned her claims to
II, nor hated her for having It.
America, to a chorus Of derisive
laughter from Europe, paid for
the Philippines. When she wanted
Alaska, she bought it: Europe
couldn't get over the joke A great
nation, with an army, buying q
place that was undefended, almost
unoccupied, and that could have
been taken at the cost Of only a few
American and Russian livesl
But America made q friend and
not an enemy Of Russia, and tina.
ISM so bad an investment.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
yYNUE
Advice Giver

Advice Giver
Let no man presume to give adj
vice to others that has not flrzt
given count to himseh.-Seneca.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
ON CAPITOL HILL

That 4l-page symposium of news
articles and editorials on Jim Far
ley that Sen. Carter Glass, aged
economy-minded Virginian, inserted
in the Congressional Record cost the
taxpayers 81 ,845. The insertion was
the largest ever placed in the Rec
ord.
Albert H. Losche, 14-year-old SEN
ate page, has joined the ranks of
washington authors. He has pub
ished a book of his senatorial ex-
periences under the title Washing
ton Memories"
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
Soft, Smart Frock
With Nautical Air

r EMEMBER how nice you used
~ to look and feel when you
tripped off to school in a fresh
white blouse with a sailor collar?
Well, if you're in the junior size
range, you can take upon yourself
that same naive, engaging charm,
by making this frock with sailor
collar and rows and rows of braid.
The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23

Children are born fighters; might
rules In the nursery until some bet
ter thing has been put into small
hearts and minds. And war has
ruled the world for a long, long
time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-02-21
CHAMBERLAIN
RAPS NORWAY
GREAT BRITAIN

Prime Minister Neville Cham
berlain told the house Of commons
at London today that it was diff
cult to resist the conclusion" that
Norway in the Altmark incident
had been inconsistent in her duty
"as a neutral" and displayed COM
plete indifference" as to the use
that the German fleet might make
Of Norwegian territorial waters"
Chamberlain's charges were
made in backing up rejection Of
Norwegian protests against the
British Nays invasion Of Nor
wegian waters to drive the Ger
man prison ship Altmark aground
at Joesing Fjord and rescue 326
prisoners after a pitched battle.
Even IL such indifference was
due to German pressure, the
prime minister continued, 1T IL
nevertheless. in the view Of his
majesty's government, inconsistent
with active and impartial duty Of
a neutral toward ourselves as a
belligerent."