davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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o. Q. MARIruGK CONFUSION,

High individual set-Boylan, x30,
High average-Boylan, III.
High spares-Boylan. 'l36.
High strikes-Millikin, 81.
High nat Game-Purnim, p6.
High team set-M q r., l,67B.
Hish team game-Personnel. 604.
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BUREAU OF ENGINEERING LEAGUE.

High individual eame-Irish Prescher,
152
High individual set-Lt. Comdr. sulli-
van. 3s1.
Hish team game -Shellbacks 5e1.
High team set-Shellbacks, 1871.
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High team Eame-Follow Me- 613
Hish team set-John Lyons. 1854.
High individual game-Goodhart tFol.
low Mel, 165.
High individual set-Musselman (John
Lyons). 3s1.
High spares-Dixon (National ,CapitoD.
1O4; Musselnan John Lyons. f04.
High averags-Musselman tJohn Lyons).
.tisA ste,kss-Aeussslmaa UoAa Aeos),
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SILVER SPRING FRIENDSHIP LEAGUE.

High team sames-Dome Oil. 647: Willis
Builders, 636.
President Valet. LISA.
High Observation-Disclosures (Wakedeld).
sss aas;soit ityKsissE.,5 yKisE fiifj:s. i'''ae' as''A'
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SECTION r.

High team set-St. Marys. 2, 1868
High team same-St. James, 2. 5S2.
High average u. Diegelmann tSt.
Mary's -. 1886.
High individual set. Diegeimann (st.
Msry's -. 373
High individual gam-J. Diegelmann
(St. Marv's, u. 1872
High strikes Kelly tst Mary's y.
High spares-A. Headley tst. Domi-
nic's). e1.
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DISTRICT LEAGUE.

High team set--St. Peters g. 1895.
Hieh team game-St. Peters 3. 6l4
High average-V. Graves tSt. Peters 81,
109-31.
High individual set-Morsenstern (St.
Peters 81. 413.
High individual same-J. Ftzgerald
(Holy Name), 157.
High strikes-Clancy tst Aoysius' ID.
High spares-scasnelli (st. Peters 81.
High flat game-Curtin tst. Joseph's),
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Hish team ssa samss-Robsrt'' 6e1; Mont
.osass,. Hish team ana 'et'-hontsom'r''' 1'es7;
High individual games-c. Freeman.
16l; l. Lewis, 1877.
Beall, 3S6.
High strikes-H. Lewis. 81; L. Lewis
"a; ". Beall. ~ -
ia.
High averaEes-H.. Lewia 115-24; Free
man, 1928: Beall. 111-6; L. Lewis,
11O-32; GILL; 1854.
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Section I.

Hish team same@st. Mays i. 55ab.
High ayerage-R. Riordan (st. Mary's
p. 1O7-17.
Joseph 81, $50.
Hieh individual game-P. Del Borrell
(St Joseph's). $50.
a.
High spares-P. Del Borrell tst. Jo-
seph's), 50.
High fat gamer. Riordan (st. Mary's
y, 9b; s. J. Reean (St. James). 95.
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rAKoMA DuCKr1N ASSOCIATION.

W, T. W. L.
Younsb'a Hwd $s q q AM Americans car, - SSSS g = q
TsEoma % Birds 3s Il Hisn's I. c.~.2i 80
Takoma F. H. "a 26 Stevens Dec. II 40
High individual game-0. Skinner
(Americans). 1866.
High Individual sew. Park (stevens
DECORATING Coz. 402.
Hish team eame-Younsblood's Hard
ware. 662.
High team set-Youngblood's Hardware,
1,791.
High strikes-J. Burger tTakoma Fu-
neral Home), ~.
High spares. Burger (Takoma Fu-
neral Home). 172..
balm (Younghlood's Hardware, 11S-47.
PATENT OFFICE LEAGUE.
+ ls;;;;:::::;;;z;::::::::::H' i k||b|I k||b|I
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SECTION G.

High team Set@St. JoSeph'S t. 1858.
High team game-St. Joseph's, !. SIG.
High individual average-Benner tSt.
Refers, ~ 1O9-26
High individual set-McDermott (st.
Dominic's) 1856.
High individual same-Aauilino (st
Peters -. 1856.
High strikes-Curtin (St. Joseph's, u,
80.
High spares-Merillat (Holy Name)
1875.
High nat game-Lacey st. Joseph's u,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
Changing Thanksgiving

Florence Ogden, writing in the Delta
Democrat Times at Greenville, expresses our
sentiments on the President changing
Thanksgiving date from the fourth Thursday
in November to the Third Thursday.
"To change a religious holiday, estab-
lished and unviolated for rs years, cheapens
it and divides the people in its celebration.
Half of the country observes one, and half
the other, and nobody cares much about Ell
ther of them. We could accept the change
with better grace if it had been just a whim,
but to change it for commercial reasons is
too much for us who were born and bred
in the briar patch. American. people are
sick of the commercialism of tlueir religious
holidays If every king that came to
the throne had picked out his special ira
dition to smash, little old England might not
now be holding out so we'll against her vic
ious enemy. Traditions those are the
things that bind us to a country, make us
love it, fight for it, die for it. If we lose them,
we lose something fine from our American
way of life. We may even lose the American
way"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
Negro Workers Aid
In Red Cross

Mrs. l. w. Carson, Lexington,
chairman of the Holmes County Red
Cross membership drive, appointed
chairmen from the colored teachers
group which was held in Lexington
on November 10th.
Ruby Ross will act as publicity
chairman of the county for the col
ored people and will speak at the
various schools in behalf of the an
nual Red Cross Roll call.
A complete list of the community
chaidmen of the colored people Of
the county are as follows:
Lexington, Bonnie Cooper, negro
county agent and Daisy Anderson,
negro Home Demonstration agent.
Bethlehem, Lonia Redmond; Bow
ling Green, Bertha Brooks; Cypress,
Rea Redmond; Eulogy Chapel, Rob-
ert Ticket; Franklin, Addie Smith;
Gum Grove, Irene Raiford;
Holy City, M. M. Brown; Jackson
Grove, Emma Coats; Lebanon, Mar
tina benson; Mount Zion, A. H. West:
New Hope, Sally Russell;
Pinchback, Florence Harris; Pine
Grove. Harriet Anderson; Richland,
S. V. Marshall; Union, C. M. Cooper;
Walden, c. E. Brooks.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
Peace and Goodwill

Of ali the holidays the most popular is
Christmas.
The true spirit of Christmas is unselfish-
ness and giving. The message it brings is
peace on earth and good will toward men,
What a mockery that message this
Christmas time! Yet we in America can still
say peace on earth and good will toward
men. For that we can give %reverent thanks
and pray that when another Christmas rolls
around we will still be as we'll off as we are
nOw.
We sometimes wonder why a just God
can allow so much bloodshed and suffering
of innocent people people who have no
work and play for themselves and their fami-
lies those good people who now are
being sacrificed on the altar of greed and
ambition and corruption of their leaders.
Nations at wan have forgotten God. If
the spirit of Christmas and the Golden Rule
was observed throughout the length and
breadth of the world there would be no war.
If W. people in America want to stay out
of the conflagration now raging we, too,
are going to have to rely on God. We must
stop and take account of ourselves. We are
going to have to emphasize again the i'm
p~ortance of those fundamental virtues that
that make a nation or a people great the
qualities of love and loyalty, the spirit of
unselfishness and humanity, humility and
faith in God.
The once great nation of France forgot
those virtues. She allowed her leaders to be-
come entrenched in corruption, dishonesty
and disloyalty. France, deep in sin and shame
is no more. A once proud nation has fallen
to a puppet state.
Our national and spiritual leaders might
well at this approaching season seek to try
to bring America back to God. Only America
Is left to preach the philosophy of peace and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
Wilbur Thomas Is
Honored at Ole Miss

Wilbur Thomas, Goodman, a jun
Tor in the College of Liberal Arts
at the University of Mississippi, has
been named a member of the Uni
versity Players, Prof. w. Dwight
Wentz, director, announced today.
The University Players are in the
midst of ~rehearsals for their annual
Winter production, this year to be
Dickens immortal christmas Car
or, which will be staged in Fulton
Chapel on Sunday afternoon.
Dec. 18th.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
Sacrifice and Defense

A subscriber from Hibbing, Minnesota,
clips an editorial on Sacrifice" from one OF
his home papers and sends it to US. 1t con-
tains a message worthy Of consideration by
every citizen of this country, especially
those citizens who have been impeding the
national defense program with strikes IN arr
plane factories. !,
'There is one bitter lesson in the events of
1910. Germany, whether her people wished to or
not, made more sacrifices for the sake of national
defense than either Britain er France did. France
never did get around to a real philosophy of sacri-
flee, and is making greater sacrifices now, as a
conquered nation, than she did when she was free
and fighting. France, before this thing is ended, will
make more terrible sacrifices than would have been
necessary to insure a French victory in this war.
Britain was slow in beginning the process of
sacrifice, but thanks to the Channel and Winston
Churchill did begin in time.
What response will Americans make if the
crisis requires them to stop driving automobiles for
pleasure, or to give up liquor, or to work 10 hours a
day, six days a week? How willingly would they
respond to federal income and giles taxes far higher
than the current ones?
1.-THE willingness with which we do these things
may have a bigger role in determining the future
of our liberty than any other single factor, in the
national thinking"
When the government has the right to
make men leave their jobs and homes for
training as soldiers certainly it should have
tIIC IL " OutlaW III NiJdi ASos
Not only should it have the right to out
law strikes among labor but it should have
the power to make industry perform. The
rights of labor should be protected, it is
true, and this crisis should not necessarily
mean throwing all of labor's gains to the
winds. But since the inception of the nat
ional defense program industry has shown
itself to be interested only in what it is get
ting out of the defense program. 1t does
not seem to take very seriously it's respon-
being of this country.
When sacrifice is demanded from one
it should be demanded from all alike.
Industry and labor have more to gain
from national defense than any other group.
American system. That is another way of
saying we are fighting for the preservation
of our industrial system which makes it pos
sible for a large part of the country to be
working at jobs that pay from three to fif-
teen dollars a day and allows the accumula-
ton of untold riches by a wealthy and CAPT.
talistic class.
For the rest of America, and a larger
majority of our people, we have an income
geared to an agricultural economy that per-
mits a farmer to raise a government regulat-
ed amount of cotton or some other cash crop.
The average American farmer does not put
his bands on as much money in q year as the
industrial worker makes in from one to three
months.
Thus sacrifice ought to be demanded
first from the classes Of capital and labor. If
their system is worth fighting for it ought to
be worth working for.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
Johnson Named Assistant
On SeIective Service

appointment of Major Campbell
c. johnson, as Negro executive as
slstant to c. A. Dykstra, director
OF Selective Service, was announced
today at National Headquarters of
the Selective Service System.
Major Johnson's work" Mr..
Dykstra said, twill be related par
a'"1iy to questions regarding the
Negro which may develop in the ad-
ministration of the S~elective Ser
vice Act. Such questions will be re-
ferred to his office. I am sure that
he will be given the fullest coopera-
ton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
Cord of Thanks

We wish to express our sincere
appreciation for each deed of kind
ness shown us in the recent death
of u husband and father.
Especially do we thank Dr's. How
ell and Hyde and Brother Lewis and
the Southern Undertaking Co. and
also thank our many friends for the
beautiful floral offerings.
Mrs. C. H. Mcclellan
and children. >
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
to spend Thanksgiving days.

Among these from West attend
ing the Ole Miss VS. State football
game Saturday were, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lamar Bowie, MI. and Mrs. Dale
Davidson, James Brock, Frances
Montgomery, D. H. Rhyme, Thomas
Brock, John ID. Bryant and Denton
Rosamond.
Woman's Society Meets
The Woman's Society of Christian
Service held it's regular meeting Nov.
18th. Mrs. McCary gave the devo-
tional, Romans 10-1-10. Prayer by
Mrs. Cresswell. Investing our Herr
tage in Personal Evangelism-Mrs.
Stevens. Our Heritage in India
Mrs. E. A. Brock. Our Heritage in
Korea and Japan-Mrs. Will Brock.
How We of Today May Invest the
Heritage-Mrs. Creswell.
Next meeting wiz be Dec. End.
Mr.. and Ms. A. J.. Stevens, Sr. Mr..
AID Mrs. A. ]. Stevens, Jr. and son,
Andrew, visited relatives in Sena-
tobia Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Burgess and
children Of Camden spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. u. NJ. Spring
field.
Among those who attended the
picture show in Durant Friday night
were Mesdames L. j. Hand, D. H.
Rhyme, Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Cade,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pate Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawanda Snaverly and Mrs.
Annie Montgomery
Mrs. M. S. Rogers and daughter.
Sara, spent Thanksgiving in Mem
phis.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Rosamond and
son, John Beall. of Lexington were
guests of DR.. and Mrs. j. s.. Rosa
mond, Thanksgiving
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Palmer. Miss
Sara Rogers and Clyde Maxwell of
jackson stopped by for breakfast
with Mrs. M. S. Rogers ~enroute to
~Starkville to the Ole Miss VS. State
game Saturday.
Rev. E. w. Ford filled his regular
appointment at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning. Owing to
inclement weather the night service
was called off. He was dinner guest
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Campbell.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

panied by her friend, Miss Mabel
McInnis of M.S.C.W. spent Thanks
giving holidays with her mother, Mrs.
Zulma Alexander.
Mrs. C. l.. Buckalew of Nation,
Ill. is visiting in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. C. J.. Steen.
L. S. Orrell of Holly Springs visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. c.. j. Steen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin G%ranthoun
of Cleveland are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. C. j. Steen.
Mr.. Frank Cresswell of Satarta
and Charlotte Elizabeth, frankie and
Ephriam Cresswell of Durant paused
for a visit to relatives here Saturday
enroute to the Miss. State : Ole
Miss football game.
Miss Lucille Montgomery, senior
at Miss. Southern at Hattiesburg
came home for Thanksgiving.
Prof. M. T. Smith left Wednesday
for his home at Dossville to spent
Thanksgiving holidays.
John Alex Campbell of Crystal
Springs is spending Thanksgiving
here with relatives.
Miss Maxine McIinnis of Darling,
Miss. spent Wednesday night with
Miss Virginia Alexander, enroute to
Reform, Ala. to visit friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ras Cade spent the
week end with their daughter, Mrs.
A. B. Becker in Goodman.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. M. Tate and son,
Binnie and Mrs. Lynn Tate spent
Thursday with Mrs. L. H. Cade at
Emory.
Mrs. L. J. Hand and daughter,
Jean, spent Saturday in Jackson.
Miss Virginia Alexander and
Miss Maxine McIinnie visited in
Jackson this week.
j. E. Hagin of HattiesburS came
home to spend Thanksgiving Holt
days.
Mrs.. J.. E. Hagin has returned
from New Orleans where she visited
friends for several weeks.
Mr.. John d. Bryant of Longview,
Texas, arrived Wednesday to visit
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Brock and attended the Ole Miss :
Miss. State football game Saturday.
DIR. and Mrs. w, G. Brock, Mrs.
G. L. Brock and Linda Brock spent
Tuesday in Jackson.
w. L. Wright and c. E. Wright
were in Lexington on Thursday af-
'ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Montgomery
of Money are spending Thanksgiv-
ing with relatives here.
j. R. Joyce of Durant was among
visitors in West On Saturday.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. d. D. Davidson are
listing relatives in M~ontepelia this
week end.
Mrs. w. t. Brock and John d.
Bryan drove up to Winona to meet
Thomas Brock, junior at State Col
laca whn ancoprao;al 49, -
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Hand and son,
Jim, were supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Neaves of G d m a n
Tuesday night. Afterwards they at
tended the Goodman Moorhead foot
ball game.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Autry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Weaver and Gordon Stubs
attended a football game in Gre
NADIA Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Hand and son,
Jim, had Thanksgiving dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs B. E. Scott and family
of Kosciusko.
Friends of Mr.. Dan Campbell will
regret to learn that he is on the
sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pate Johnson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. H. J..
Johnson of Centerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Cade and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Campbell had
Thanksgiving dinner with Miss Sue
Cade in Jackson Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chatwin Jackson
OF Kosciusko were Sunday night
visitors in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bill Hand.
Mrs. H. L. Murphy and son from
Arkabutla spent Thanksgiving holi-
days with Mrs. Murphy's mother
and father MI. and Mrs. M. A. Camp
bell. Mrs. Campbell's daughters Miss
Helen Campbell, student at N. S. G..
w. and Miss Katwah Campbell, tea
cher in the high school at Merigold
were also home for the holidays.
Mrs. w. T. Hand csmplimented
h.r visitor Mrs. C. J. Peat of Mem
phis with a coffee party last Sun
day Afternoon from 4 until S o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Crosthwait
and baby of Drew, and Miss Pauline
Carter of Durant visited Mr.. and
Mrs. r. L. Jackson on Sunday after
Miss Jeffie Carter of Itta Bena
and Mrs. R. l.. Jackson were in Jack
son on Friday and Saturday.
w. L. Wright and Charlie Wright
visited relatives in Walden Wednes-
day.
Mr.. L. C. Taylor spent Thanksgiv-
ing holidays with relatives in Crystal
Springs. !.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Campbell and
son, Charles Walton. attended the
picture show in Durant Friday night.
Mrs. NJ. S. Rogers visited rela-
tives in Jackson on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Cade spent
Wednesday and Thursday in Jackson
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Hardage.
E. M. Alexander spent Thanks
giving in Lexington with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Davidson, Ar
thur and James Alexander attended
the picture show in Durant Wednes-
day night.
Miss Viro;p;a Alo
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

good will.
Only Christian leaders can keep us
adhering to that philosophy ourselves.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28
WEST NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Hand and SON,
Jim, We're supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. D. Neaves of G. d m a n
Tuesday night. Afterwards they at
tended the Goodman Moorhead foot
ball game.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Miss Virginia Alexander accom-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Chat~in Jackson
OF Kosciusko were Sunday night
visitors in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bill Hand.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mrs. w. T. Brock and John D.
Bryan drove up to Winona to meet
Thomas Brock, junior at State Col
lege, who accompanied them home
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. d. D. Davidson are
listing relatives in Montepelia this
week end.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs, Dale Davidson, Ar
thur and James Alexander attended
the picture show in Durant Wednes-
day night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Cade and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Campbell had
Thanksgiving dinner with Miss Sue
Cade in Jackson Friday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Rev. E. W. Ford filled his regular
appointment at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning. Owing to
lnclement weather the night service
was called off. He was dinner guest
of MI. and Mrs. Harvey Campbell.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

j. R. Joyce of Durant was among
visitors in West on Saturday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Pate Johnson spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. H. j.
Johnson of Centerville.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

E. M. Alexander spent Thanks
giving in Lexington with his family.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Autry, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Weaver and Gordon Stubs
attended a football game in Gre
NADIA Friday night.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Tate and son,
Binnie and Mrs. Lynn Tate spent
Thursday with Mrs. L. H. Cade at
Emory.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1940-11-28

Mrs. L. J. Hand and daughter,
Jean, spent Saturday in Jackson.
Miss Virginia Alexander and
Miss Maxine McIinnie visited in
Jackson this week.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-25

war loan and patriotic activities.
In manifeSting their desire to be
of assistance in the prosecution of
the war, the Canadian Jews, while
enjoying the praise of the British,
are being looked upon critically by
the French. Anti-Jewish tenden-
cieS have always been noticeable
among the French population in
Canada. They have found their ex-
preston in The "acheteZ chez
nous" (patrOnize us only boycott
movement, and in the fact that
some French publications, includ-
ing the leading daily newspaper
"EActiOn Cathlique," have reject
ed advertisements from Jewish
firms. The antagOnism which the
war situation has stimulated be-
tween the French and the British
population in Canada and the fact
that the Jews are supporting the
latter has only served to increase
the anti-JeWiSh feelings among the
Canadian Frenchmen.
Nevertheless, anti Semitism in
Canada is now very much on the
decline as compared with the pre-
war times. This is due to the fact
that the major anti-Semitic or
CARNATIONS - the National-Social-
list Christian Party and the Ma
tional Unity Party-have been IL
quidated by the authorities as
part of the fight against fifth col
umn activities in the country.
Though anti-Semitism is officially
not prohibited in Canada, the au-
thorities are becoming more and
more aware of the fact that anti
Jewish propaganda is one of the
major weapons which the fifth
columnists are using in their eff
forts to stir up trouble and sabot-
age. In raiding the quarters of
fifth column suspects the Cana
dian Royal Mounted Police usu-
ally find anti Jewish literature
and posters among other material
intended to spread confusion and
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1940-10-25

EDITOR NOTE: Boris Smo-
lar, Chief European Cores
pondent of the JTA, has just
returned from a trip to Can
ada. In the following article
he reports on the role Cana
dian Jews are playing in the
European conflict.
Canada is so near and yet SO
far. Six hours by train from New
York, and you reach this neigh
boring country which is now in
the midst of war. On the surface
little reminiscent of war is no
ticeable in Canada. On the surface
one feels the war atmosphere
stronger in New York and in
Washington than in Montreal and
in Toronto.
Yet Canada is not only in war,
but is practically one of the most
important centers of the British
war industry. Not only are 200,-
900 young Canadians being drilled
for military and air defense serv-
ice, but every factory in the coun-
try is operating with only one
purpose: British defense!
Heavy smoke is rising from the
factory chimneyS; the coal, copper
and nickel mines are on 24-hOur
shifts. There is a constant rush
at the piers in Halifax; ships come
and go; cargo is being loaded; am
munitiOn is being shipped. Every
thing to England. Everything for
the defense of London.
Canada is determined to Sc e
Hitler defeated. In this determina-
ton the Jews of Canada are play
ing no small role. A Jewish Emer-
gency Committee IS conducting
intensive work to help the Gov
eminent in all its war efforts.
Large contributions are being
made by Jewish enterprises and
individuals towards various war
fun DIS. A Jewish branch of the
Canadian Red Cross is function
ing, and the Jewish press is full
Of photos of Jewish young men
who enlisted in the Canadian fore