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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-05-16
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BY DAVID B. FEINBERG

ID What is the meaning of the
name Emanuel?
(2) What prophecies was con-
suited by king?
(S) Was this prophecies a re-
spected personality?
"a What is the meaning of the
name ''Hulda"?
(5) Whom did Judith kill to save
her people?
(6) For what purposes are the
minerals of the Dead Sea used?
ca In what year was Chanukah
observed the first time?
90 What nation destroyed Solo
mons Temple?
(9) Does biblical law recognize
and permit divorce:
(1O) What death did Jezebel, the
wicked queen, meet with?
ANSWERS on Page Seven)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-05-16


This practice isn't directed
against the Jews. It is directed
against Hitler's own people of
pure Aryan" blood. and it is the
last, positive proof that when you
deal with Hitler you must not re-
gard him as a human being, but
as an inhuman beast who destroys
that fragile vessel which God en-
dowed with soul with no more
compunction than scientist dis
sects a tadpole.
It is a story that we particular
" recommend TO all Townsendites.
In three months last year the
GestapO put to death $1,000 pure
Aryans" whose only crime was
that they consumed the food of
the State while at the same time,
through age and illness, they were
unable to contribute to the Reich's
war effort.
This isn't an atrocity story, but
the relating OF facts gathered by
leaders Of the Catholic Church in
Germany and relayed both to
Rome and the Catholic church in
this country. It so aroused the
Pope that he had published. in his
Acta Apostolicae Sedis-a month
~ bulletin for the official informa-
ton of his Bishops-an edict that
euthanasia, or the killing of the
innocent" was contrary to the
laws of God.
The very manner in which the
GestapO went about doing away
with the aged and the i'll should
be a caution to humanity that the
Devil, truly, is here on earth. First
they injected into the veins of the
victims subtle and deadly drug.
When this was found to be expen-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-05-16

sive, they exterminated them,
wholesale, in hospitals. They'd
1Iace the victims in hermeticaIly
sealed room, and fill it with poi
son gas.
Even this method was an af-
front to the new, icy German eff
ficiency and economy. They avoid
ed all expense whatsoever by in
jecting an air bubble into the ar
teries, causing death VIII e it
reached the heart
While the story is narrowing
enough as it is, this writer is con-
WINGED that is is only the begin
ming. If the Nazis kill their own
old and sick, so that they will not
be forced to feed them, what will
they do to the old and sick of the
other nations of Europe?
It is not at all unlikely that
when the iahuman beasts have
finished organizing their new or
der the human being except for
German "Aryans" who are both
young and healthy-will be viewed
not in the light of human being
at all, but as a producing ma
chine. And just as a machine is
strapped when its cogs become
worn, so will the Europeans who
have knuckled under to Hitler's
new order" be strapped in the
twilight of their productive life.
There are other dangers in the
Nazi euthanasia plan which have
not been spoken of, but which
most certainly exist, if the Costa
pc is still the GestapO.
Imagine, if you will. that Otto
Krause, the middle-aged head of a
German University. but a luke
warm Nazi, is head of a univer-
sity. The first day n at Prof.
Krause goes to a hospital for a
minor operation the Gestapo Wis
its him.
"POor OttOv says the GestapO
captain. shaking his head, you
look very i'll. But 1 can assure you
that it will be painless"
If Prof. Krause protests, he will
be told that he is giving his life
for the State, for the Nazi atti-
tude on euthanasia is this:
"1f young men, fighting for
their country are forced to die in
the field, why shouldn't older men
who perform no useful work for
the State also die for their cOun-
try?:"
I regret to report that since the
meager details of Hitler's enforced
euthanasia leaked out, I have
heard number Of good Ameri-
cans say they thought euthanasia
wasn't a bad idea. They saw a
good deal Of logic in it.
1t is not necessary to add that
these fellows were all young and
physically healthy.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-05-16
ROthschild Leaves
100000 to Charity

CHICAGO (JTA) = Maurice
Rothschild, department store own
er and philanthropist. who died
April %, bequeathed $4,000 to
charity, his probated will revealed
requests included 100000 to the
Chicago Jewish Charities and S2O,-
600 to the Chicago Jewish Peo-
pies Institute.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-05-16
Hitler Kills Germans, Too
By PAT FRANK

Of all the stories that have out of Nazi Germany
since the unhappy day that Hitler took the that
has caused shers and down the spine of
correspondent the that the Nazis practice
euthanasa to eliminate from their superstate the i'll and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
SLAYER ON TRIAL
 CAUSES SURPRISE
Killer of Boston Cafe Own- CT Pleads Guilty; Given
 10 to l2 Years

Boston, July l1.-(UP)-Tn a sur- prise move at his murder trial, James F. Preston, 4i, of Wilmington plead- ed guilty to manslaughter today and was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in state prison for the alleged gang land staying of cafe owner Louis Gaeta Nov. g. 1897.
 Superior Judge William O. Giles in imposing sentence ordered the de- fendant to serve one day in solitary confinement and the remainder of his term at hard labor.
 Preston was allowed to plead to SO much of the murder indictment as pertained to manslaughter after a conference among opposing counsel and Judge Giles had delayed open ing of his defense an hour.
 The four days of the murder trial during which about a dozen state witnesses had been heard was inter- rupted by long reeesses, two of which exhausted the entire afternoon ses- sion yesterday.
 The prosecution had presented eyi- dence to show that Preston shot oaeta outside his Nal Nor Cafe at Revere after an argument over race track betting operations.
 Preston voluntarily surrendered to the district attorney May lo after being sought nearly three years Ter the Elaylng. Commenting on this long absence, Judge Giles said that the defendant by staying away for such . long period indicated . sense of guilt"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11

Cambridge, Mass, July ti,-luPl - There were songs and reels and the Hitting gFlsh laughter Of Mrs. Katherine Morrison Nugpby ct her wedding and reception in 1908 and the recollection Of that laughter by . laA Wh0 played the fiddle won her the widows share in a sil,0oo estate today.
 No one was mere ylyacious than the daFk.haiFed bride at that weds ding @ years ago end despite his aiasaeFa appearance, 10 osl@ WIS more pleased with tho match than Che bfldeeroom, Patrick n. Murphy, s thrifty Cnmbftdge water depaFsmang efnpl@yes
 Tut as aaaa widow Murphy saie hornalf married Iile Mas no bod c roses shat with @0ttin& 8nfl8 hgDA@s fSutH mnN N# z z bslna N hnEA man fo Nfsae"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
Dorothy Powell Knew Death Was Near, Tried To Hurry It

Chicago. July Il il-(UPl- Doro- thy Powell. 24, pretty red-head who once was voted Wlse0nsln's best amateur ayiatrlx, came to Chicago for . "last fling" because she was ilI and expected to de soon. But she couldn't wait and SO swallowed poison,
 Her bswildered parents Kept vigil al her bedside today ia PassaYaht hospital. where doctors were strlY- Ing Co save her fife, Attendants indicated her chances Of recovery werf slight,
 Miss Powell was found Hagon. seious in a hotel room yesterday. Police found a note, addressed % a man Identified as "Don,s which said.
 'T love yoli. cant bring rny- eeil to prllo rlem and dad, l'Ee kHe#n 6inee laMa miaiag Alat 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
AMERICANS WORK
 IN NORTH IRELAND
Under Employ of Britain, But No Mention Made of
 of Naval Bases

London, July 11-(UP)-The for eign office said today that American employees of Great Britain were working on war projects in north- ern Ireland but that information available in London failed to SUD- port charges that the United States was constructing air-naval bases in northern Ireland.
 Although the foreign office by in- direct statement sought to counter act reports that American bases in north Ireland were to follow the American occupation of Iceland, the Belfast newspaper Northern Whig made significant editorial comment indicating that there was substance to the reports.
 The nwspaper, commenting on charges by Senator Robert Taft, R., O., that he was reliably informed" the bases were being built, said:
 MT. Taft's proposals to establish American bases in northern Ireland may be nearer than generally re- alized."
 Such action by the United States would be welcomed the newspaper added, and it might aid in over coming the refusal of Fire to grant Britain naval bases in southern Ire- land for fighting the German U-boats.
 Not Borne Out
 Reports which have received currency in New York that the gov-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
RUSSIA WANTS
 NEW WAR FRONT
Would Like to See Britain Start It; Stalin Needs
 Some Other Things
BY FREDERICK XIII

(Untted Press Stan C0rreSp0ndent)
 London, July H. (UP)-Russia desires most that Britain create a second active front against Germany @ reliable source said today.
 This desire was believed to have been conveyed to Britain by Premier Josef Stalin, possibly during his con- ference yesterday with Ambassador Sir Stafford Cripps, and through other channels.
 The Russians are known also to want technical and economic assist ance. and munitions and weapons.
 According to authoritative Russian estimates, Adolf Hitler has concen- trated 30 per cent of the German air force against Russia. German pilots taken prisoner in the eastern front campaign include many who had been in Sicily, Greece, Crete, France, Belgium and elsewhere.
 It was admitted that the Germans have broken through many outlying defense positions, but it was said on best authority that they have been unable to penetrate the Stalin line at any point. Fighting now is in progress along the lines perimeter. particularly east of Minsk.
 Russians were said to have re- mained in pockets" behind the German lines at several points, in- cluding Grodno and Rovno. Instead of surTendering. these troops were fighting the Germans from the rear, repeatedly cuttlna of advancing forces from the usfif army.
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was going to die, I didn't tell them or you or anybody. ! wanted fun and excitement and I didn't want to worry anyone.
 "The time was 50 shogt-three months, they said, Well, it was longer than that. Doctors can be wrong, too. but this ls it. I'm not afraid. only lonesome. but I'd ratns CT be alone right now"
 The writing faded Into An inellg- ible scTawl Rlih tlle words: Things are getting pretty hay nos. Don't feel sorry for me-"
 Before drinking the poison, pos llee sald, Msas Powell had tele@ piloned her former employer, she Ellsworth Pipe and Supply com pmny, Milwaukee. headed by Done mld E. Ellsworth. Officials ~ slaa company na1d they dld ret knoN about the cell. Police beIIsEsd tlla nQie Mas maaFaaNsd sa K'laMM&As
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
Nazis Silent, But Are Be- Iieved Shifting Some Aid
 to Western Front BRITAIN HAS CAUSED
 TERRIFIC WRECKAGE Germany Never Stopped Before in Any One of
 Her Great Smashes
BY JOE ALEX MORRIS United Press Foreign News Editor)

Great Britain speculated on the possibility of a United States air-naval base in North Ireland today while Moscow reported the Red Army fighting Germany's 20- day-old blitzkrieg to a dead halt. The extension of Amer ican bases farther eastward from Iceland to Ulster lacked official confirmation and was in- directly denied in London. where the foreign office said that American cit. izens working on projects in North ern Ireland were directly employed by the British government.
 The Belfast press, however, said that the proposed bases might bs nearer realization than previously indicated and the Ulster government warmly welcomed the idea, which would be expected to give Britain, tremendous aid in the Battle of the Atlantic.
 On the active war fronts, the Royal Air Force put more power into It's intensive bombings of German and Italian targets, striking again at the Rhineland war factories and Naples. London reported that the effectiveness of teh air raids had forced evacuation of many women and children from Cologne, Muen- ster and other cities.
 Nazls Are Silent
 On the eastern front, two Russian communiques reported that the Ger man offensive had been reduced to the point where nothing of conse- quence" occurred, and the German high command remained silent on specific developments, although Nazis hinted that an important corn- munique might be issued Sunday.
 The German official news agency and the Nazi propaganda reporters continued to relay dispatches telling of successes, but not on large scale. The implication was that the Nazi blitzkrieg had exhausted the im- mediate strength of Its first big att tempt to break through the main Stalin line defenses or to find a weak spot, and was preparing for new attempt. Since communiques and military dispatches are normally about 24 hours behind developments the new assault already may be iD progress.
 Specifically, In smaller scale op- erations, the Germans reported they had bombed and disrupted the im- portant Moscow-Leningrad and zhi- tomir-Kiev railroads, thus greatly hindering Russian trops and sup ply transportation, and had wrecked Sl enemy war trains and 375 trucks in destructive raids on Soviet col. umnS, especially near Emolensk.
 Minor Attacks
 The ofiicial agency also reported a number of minor attacks on Rus- sian ships and gun positions by tse Luftawaffe and said that it was estimated" that Red Army losses in
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
Widow Murphy Wins By Aid
 Of Fiddler At Her Wedding

cd. ''P. D." continued amassing . tidy sum as a city worker. Mrs Murphy came to Bostons South End and worked as cook in homes and schools at small pay.
 Murphy died last fall and in January the courts allowed his will, leaving his property to . sister and R niece. In May. after learning through friends 0g her husbands death. the Widow Murphy appeared Wllh s petition for 6 share.
 kn June a score Of friends ap- peaFea At R hearing before Probate Judge Jehn Q. feggat le Identify the claimant aa sR. D. MuFpfy's widow One wae the shddlln' lad@ who 70" called the merry laughter of the hFido.
 peepaae expedition el MuTphy'a aaetag asld . dispute g#eF n gnafFiame eestlfleaie. Snage kesgnt allowed MFn k94Epllg s f3So allowance and A Wl&a@b ff4nsf gnaFA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
Nazi Women, Children Evacuate Many Towns
Terrific Blasting of British BOmbers on Cologne Dues. seldOrf, Munster, Other Factory Centers Has
 Caused Frightful Wreckage
BY SIDNEY J. WILLIAMS United Press Staff Correspondent

London, July 1i-(UP)--Increas- ingly severe British bombings of German industrial centers and oc- cup!ed zones by day and night were reported today to have resulted in evacuation of large numbers of wom- en and children from Cologne, Dues seldorf, Muenster and other Nazi war factory centers.
 Heavy industries in the Cologne area, targets in the Rhineland gen. erally, docks at Ostend, Calais and Boulogne were attacked during a powerful 2 l-2 hours raid last night, the air ministry said in reporting that big fires were started at Co., logne and other Rhineland points. Two British planes were missing.
 The steady, pounding raids on both the Ruhr and the Rhineland were said by reliable sources to have forced the Germans to undertake evacuation of non-combattants on a large scale. Women and children were said to have been sent from the industrial centers to the Black For est and Bavaria.
 British planes swept over the Dover Strait at midnight, in bright moon- light over a Channel haze, to blast the invasion coast, centering on the 20-mile stretch between Boulogne and Calais. The bombing continued until after 7:30 a. m. Q:30 a. m, EDT.
 Roar of Explosions
 There was an almost continuous roar of explosions, and bombs of es- pecially powerful type seemed to ex- plode far inland in French occupied territory. Watchers on the Dover coast saw great fire blazing, despite the haze, in the Boulogne area. and a thunderous gun fire indicated that the Germsns had put every weapon they could bring to bear into action. The gun fire was like rolling thun- der for hours. People were rocked as they lay in bed, unable to sleep.
 It was estimated that about 10000
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
MANY STRIKES IN
 NATION SETTLED
Others Are Being Mediated or Very Near Agreement
 in Demands
(By United Press)

Three shipping lines raised wages of Great Lakes seamen today, set- ting dispute which immobtlized six freighters last month.
 The National Maritime Union (CIO) signed new contract cover- ing 400 seamen with the Minnesota Atlantic Transit company. The con- tract granted wage increases rang ing up to $50, retroactive to the opening of the 1s4i navigation season.
 Strikers had returned to work under a truce agreement July 1 to operate six freighters which had ben tied up with defense shipments at Buffalo, N. Y., and Chicago.
 The national defense mediation board, acting as an arbitrator, granted 2,009 AFL truckers in the Pittsburgh area wage increases of 7M to 10 cents hourly retroactive to July l. The truckers struck May % and returned to work nearly Q month later at the request of the board. The union and lD9 trucking companies had agreed to accept recommendation of the NOME.
 Cheney Brothers
 Mediation board officials also an- nounced an agreement had been reached by representatives of 2,3Oo United Textile Workers (CIO) and the Cheney Brothers Corp. South Manchester, Conn, manufacturers of parachute fabric and airplane machine parts. Terms of the agree ment were not revealed pending a union vote on ratification. The dis- pute involved demands for wage
 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
BELFAST MAN IS
 UNDER ARREST
Friendly to South Ireland Is Accused of Giving
 News to Germany

Belfast, Northern Ireland, July II. - (UP) Nationalist party leaders in Ulster today vigorously protested the "reprehensible" arrest of Cahir Healy. Nationalist mem- Der of the Northern Ireland parlia- ment, under the defense regulations concerning persons suspected of sympathy with the enemy.
 Joseph Stewart, member of parlia- ment, protested the outrage" he said was inflicted on the Irish people and declared that "any member ot the Nationalist party is just as lia- ble to be arrested as Healy."
 Tn my opinion it is a crude blunder." he said. (The Ulster Ma tionalist party favors union oi Northern Ireland with Eire.)
 Healy was arrested on order of the London Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison. Belfast detectives reused him from bed at his ohrne at Inniis- killin at 6 a. m. and took him to police headquarters for detention. Morrison was recently in Ulster and at that time 1t was reported that vital information had been leak ing through Ireland to the German legation in Fire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
THREE BILLIONS
 MORE IS ASKED
Makes Total of $S,O93,- OOO,0OO Requested By
 President in "A Hours

washington. July ii.-(UPl- President Roosevelt today asked congress for $S.323 .000. .0OO in ap- propriatlons and contract authorisa- tons for the navy and the maritime commission.
 Bringing total supplemental re- quests in 24 hours to e8.0e3 ,O00. 900, the new layouts were broken into q $l ,625 100000 appropriation for the navy and $i .690. .OO0. 900 appropria- tion and authorization for the mari time commission.
 MT. Roosevelt yesterday asked S4,T7O 00O, 900 for the war depart ment-chiefly to provide new ord- nance for the expanding army.
 Disclosing his new requests at q press conference, and adding that they were sent to the House in the form of Q letter to Speaker Sam Rayburn, MT. Roosevelt itemized
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
|U. 5. RUBBER Co. FILES BOND |OF S3O,OOO,OOO Gives Notice of FlOtatiOn to Local Town Clerks Office Today 34 PAGE DOCUMENT BEARS SIGNATURES Fee for Filing Papers With
 Town Clerk Here Was
 Just $66

The U. s. Rubber Company today filed notice of a $30,- 100000 bond Notation, to be known as Series B, in the office of the Waterbury Town Clerk. Local property, ap- piled as security toward the issue, was advanced as the reason for legal notification here. The enormous flota- tion is described as a supple mental indenture, dated as of July 1, l94l, between the United States Rubber Company, the Central Bank and Trust Company of New York, and Frank Wolfe, Merrick N. Y., trustee under the First Mort gage and Collateral Trust Inden' ture of the U. s. Rubber Company dated as of July ], 1D58.
 Since the first flotation in 1888 called Series A, the rubber manu- lecturers have issued bonds in the principal amount of 945, ,Go0, 900 pay- ing interest at the rate of 3 5-e per cent, changed from an original in- terest rate of { l-4 per cent, and of this sum 6 principal amount of $38, ,947, 900 Is outstanding. Until the present, no additional bonds had been floated by the concern.
 34 Page Document
 The 34 page document bears the signatures of II. D. Humphreys, vice. president of the U. S. Rubber Co.,, J. T. Harrigan, assistant vice -presi- dent of the Hanover Bank & Trust and executives of the Company's branches in Naugatuck, Conn, Michigan, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee Calif- ornia, Georgia, Indiania, Massachus- etts and Wisconsin.
 The fee for filing the papers at the Town Clerks office was $66.00, unquestionably one of the largest ever entered there.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
TEACHERS MAY ASK INCREASE
 IN THEIR PAY Join Police, Bremen in Request for Enlarge.
 nlent of Salaries TEN PERCENT MAY
 BE RAISE ASKED Leaders Claim Also That Miss Kennedy Does Not Speak for Teachers

A move was underway among teachers today to join policemen, firemen, and school department rnainte- nance workers in seeking sal. ary increases from the city, Several prominent leaders in teachers circles said that they believed a campaign for higher salaries would be started soon, despite a state ment attributed to Miss Mary Kennedy, president of the Water bury Teachers Association, that teachers were not contemplating any request for raises.
 Ona well.known teacher said tnai the teachers would probably ask fol Q 10 per cent increase rather than the % per cent which the police man and flremen will ask of the DO lice and fire boards next Wednesday Any increase to teachers would ye- quire an adjustment of contracts for the school year starting in sep- tember. The contracts were given out during the spring.
 Miss Kennedy Ignored
 The leaders of the move for an increase for teachers claim that Miss Kennedy, who "emphatically denied that raises would be sought, was not speaking for the Teachers Associa- ton or for the majority of the teach- ing profession. They plan to bring the question before the next meeting of the association, which probably cannot be held until September
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-11
AMERICANS CAN
 GET OUT OF ITALY

Rome, July il - (U.P) VI Tine Foreign OGiloe assured the United States embassy today that Amer. jeans in Italy are being released to leave the country under the same conditions that Italians are permit. ted to leave the United states.
 The foreign office advised the Uni- ked states embassy that tho interior ministry has rsaEAred tsaEiFuegl0ns foF police authorities to enable them Co permit Americans Co leave Italy.
 50 was said that lf anv eKrGDtien- al eases require immediate aliention, arrangements weuld be made le handle them,