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Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-14
IMMATURE BRAIN INFLAMED

Sociologists can dip down into
their whiSkerS and offer up any
amount of explanations for the
leap in juvenile crime participation
during wartime, but the main facts
seem to be these:
l. The immature brain is in
famed by ceaseless stories of vio-
lence. Peacetime disapproval OF
killing is removed and replaced
by a national attitude of glorifi-
cation. Press, radio and moving
pictures pander endlessly to bru-
tality in the name of war. The
Commands, lionized for their no.
holds barred attacks On the enc
my, helplessly and mwittingly
could be responsible for sending
the not-too- bright youngster down
a criminal path.
2. War, which takes the father
from the home and often sends
the mother to factory or office,
destroys to a large extent a very
vital parental control. With Faith
er in the Army and Mother work
ing overtime at Lockheed, Jun
ior is infinitely more suscept-
ible to evil ways.
3. It's a dumb kid in his teens
now who can't 60 out and knock
eff a fat-paying job for himself
The government is checked with
teen-age employees who are max
ing more money than their en-
Dloyed father could command in
less lush days. Washington is full
IF girl clerks and stenographers
who are barely out OF the pig-tail
stage on their own in a town
which, next to Norfolk and San
Diego, quite possibly presents more
interesting sociological hazards
han any other city in the land.
700 MUCH MONEY
The nations demand for man
power, no matter how young OF
crude, adds up to the fact that
tcc many youngsters are quitting
,chcol to go to work; too many are
making more money than is good
for them; too many farm kids arc
eaving the hayrick and sWarming
0 britches- bursting cities where
ccial maladjustment is certain -
nd they all are subject TO hysteria
md temptation they normally
couldn't encounter in peacetime.
The answer is simple: more
crime now, and proably success
sive increases as the nation be-
comes more deeply mired in war.
Crime goes hanl in hand with
overcrOwding, abnormal excite
ment, a superfluity of cash, ma
tional unrest, disrupted homes
and huge transient populations.
1t is almost a sure-fire bet thai
IBIS next report, for the last hall
# 1912, will show a corresponding
increase in practically all phase.
f laWbreaking with the possible
Exception of tire stealing.
Not even young Capone woulc
be cAump enough 20 take a chance
with somebody else's hot tires.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-14
VICTORY BEGINS AT HOME

Mr.. and Mrs. Average America
wonder if maybe they aren't saps
for feeling so proud of their boy
who went into the Army as pri-
vate when they see how freely
commissions are handed out to
scores of men who, though they
have special skills or talents, GER
tainly have no military experience.
They wonder if 81 their penny
pinching vegetable glowing, home
canning, and doing without will
make their income (Which is the
same as it was three years ago.
cover the bare necessities of life
when they read that the cost of
living will probably continue t.
soar
They have moments of doubling
whether it is important what the
little fellow and his wife do or
leave undone.
Well, they shouldn't have. For
there are thousands and thousands
of men and women like them --
doing all that is asked cf them
and willing to do more. And, they
aren't saps.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. America
and their children They are the
families who are going to win the
war
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-14
MONDAYS MENU

MONDAYS MENU
BREAKFAST: Orange juice, oat-
meal, bran muffins, coffee, milk.
LUNCHEONs Clipped beef and
spinach au gratin, apricots, choco-
late cookies, milk.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-14
CAPITAL TALKS
by
Peter
Edison

lseter Edison is on vacation.
duIine which time his column is
being written by Robert Ruark.)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
Says Tolerance
Will Help Win War

Minneapolis (JPS)-Americans
can do their part to help win the
war "by fighting for tolerance and
fair play" political mass meet
ing at Crookston, MINI, was told
by Senator Joseph H. Ball of
Minnesota, candidate for re-
election in a State which is ru-
mored to have more than its share
of anti-Semites.
The junior Senator, who has a.
chieved fame by his fight against
isolationism although he comes
from what was once regarded as
a hotbed of isolationism, told his
country audience as well as listen
ers on a Statewide radio hook
up:
1--WE can help win the war by
fighting for tolerance and fair
play, and by opposing intolerance,
bigotry and discrimination, wher-
ever they occur.
Tolerance for the rights OF
minorities, whether racial, relig-
ious, economic or political, is one
of the very foundation stones OF
our democracy and our liberty
Every one of us is a member OF
a minority of one kind or another
Intolerance and persecution OF
minoroties begin as small flames,
but if unchecked, grow into a
blazing inferno that destroys CIV
ilization. We have seen that hap
pen in Nazi Germany, where the
early pogroms were only the be-
ginning of a long series of brutal
prosecutions of racial, religious
and political minorities culmlnat-
ing now in the slaughter of thous-
ands of men, women and children
in the occupied countries. we
must stamp out intolerance ano
discrimination when they first ap-
pear. before they grow into
Frankenstein monsters to destroy
our democracy"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
Judge Rules Black
out Violation Is
Anti-JeWiSh

New York (JPS)-"A failure to
observe law which may result
in loss of life is a violation of
Jewish religious law as we'll" it
was ruled here by Judge Morris
Rothenberg, in deciding IN t
blackout regulations must b e
strictly conformed with by Jewish
observers of the Sabbath. This is
believed to be the first judicial
ruling on the effect of blackout
precautions on Sabbath-observant
Jews.
The case was brought before
Judge Rothenberg by an air raid
warden, who reported that Israel
Godlstein's Sabbath candles could
be seen through his window during
a total blackout ordered by the
Mayor. Before issuing his decis-
ion, Judge Rothenberg consulted
with Dr.. Louis Finkelstein, Presi-
dent of the Jewish Theological
Seminary, who declared that in an
actual blackout it is not violative
of Jewish retual to snuff out
candles. Judge Rothenberg, who
comes of an old rabbinic family
himself, said that the Hebrew
principle, "the law of the land is
the law that governs, must apply
in this case.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
Voters Inertia DeplOred: Fight
AGAINST PrO-NaZis In November Asked

returned to the ballot by the un-
flattering support of the voters on
whom he could have counted with
out any issues at all, as constitut-
ing the residue of a political ma
chine built up during the twenty
two years which the people of the
district have allowed him for the
construction, of such a machine.
Mr.. Fish should remember.
however, that he was elected by
only a margin of less than 5000
votes in 1910, and that this No
vember the cut and dried support
of a spoils machine will not be
sufficient to stuff him down the
threats of many voters.
1T is regrettable that the
New York primaries in all
districts attracted so few voters,
with the result that no conclusions
of great value can be drawn from
them. 1t is significant, however,
that in probably the most holly
contested election in which isola-
tionism was at stake yesterday,
that in the Goth Ohio District, Mr..
Sweeney, of Cleveland, was sound
ly defeated in primary in which
a substantial representation of
the people actually participated
II am afraid that many Ameri-
cans have not Weakened up to the
fact that this is war which must
be fought in factories and election
booths, as well as in airplanes
and battleships."
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
PERSONALS

Miss Pearl Becker, daughter of
the late Rev. and Mrs. Becker,
spent several weeks with her fam
lily in this city and at Jackson
vile Beach. She left for New
York where she will visit friends
and will later return to Indianap-
oils, Indiana, to resume duties as
instructor in Hebrew education.
Miss Becker is graduate of
Columbia University and of the
Teachers Institute of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of New
York City.
For the last several years Miss
Becker is affiliated with the He
brew educational system in Ind
annapolis.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21

non,oring the failure of many
or;cans to "waken up to the
foct that this is a war winch
,aust be fought in factories and
l Lection booths, as well as in air.
u u and battleships," Prof.
T Tanoes H. Sheldon, Administrative
Choirman of the Non-Sectarian
1nti.Nazi League, today asserted
t the League would press the
t ti for the election this Novem-
her of supporters of President
Roosevelt's foreign policy.
Full text of the statement fol-
lows:
"The denomination of Mr.. Ham,
;lton Fish turns out to have been
q mere test of the strength of a
nartisan machine. This should
have been a rallying time for
those who believe in an all out
war against Nazism and against
the people who brought us into a
weakened position against Hitler.
Instead, only about one in four of
the enrolled Republicans in Mr..
Fish's district took the trouble to
vote and he seems to have been
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21

tatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes and
Gosh, it's time for lunch!
The case of Corporal Julian
LevitOn, of Fort Custer, Mich,
should encourage all army plan
lists to deep practising. The cor
pOral played the TschaikOwsIky
piano concerto at a concert i'm
Grant Park, Chicago, recently.
Not only was his performance re-
ceived with turnultuOus applause,
but one cOnsiderate listener, hav-
ing fine insight into the wants
of soldiers, pushed her way
through the crowd of music-lOverS
to the band-stand and insisted on
presenting the talented corporal
with bag of cookies.
y i:
A Jewish Welfare Board mobile
worker was halted by lonely
sentry at an isolated outpost
somewhere along the Pacific
Coast" They got to talking. The
JWB worker learned that the SEN
try's buddies (three of them) had
gone to town for thier weekly
bath, leaving him to watch the
store, so to speak.
"HOW does it feel to be- alone ?"
the worker asked.
"Oh, I'm not exactly olone,"
the sentry explained. II have our
mascot with mel" At which point
he called out Here, USO! Here,
USO"
A poodle dog, "named after the
organization that makes us feel
at home out here" tentatively ap-
peared and wagged his tail. USO,
the worker reports, is now wear
ing a USO arm-band for a collar.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21

Mel recently received his final
papers, was accepted by the Air
Corps, and is now awaiting his
wings.
Private George SchOfield, sta
toned at Camp HuIen, Texas, is
frankly fond of food. He likes
fried chicken, mashed potatoes,
gravy and sweet pOtatOes-and he
likes 'em hOme-cOOked. That is
why, whenever he writes to Nom
in Lafayette, Ohio, he always
closes with some paragraph like
eff only I.cOuld have one of your
hOme-cOOked meals, Nom I'd
give anything :"
George has always been that
way. Even after he married
Jeanne, who can toss off pretty
good roast herself, it was always
Sunday dinner at MONS house.
We'll just drop in" he would say
and somehow Nom would have
some of that chicken all ready for
them when they came.
Last week both Mrs. SchOfields
came down from Ohio to see
George. They ste ed to G'nnCr ut
the mess hall in GEORGES bait !,
and both women proi..vrcc,. it
good, but George was far from
satisfied. eff 1 only :" he be-
gan.
Son." said Mrs. Schofield, who
was staying in single room near
camp and hadn't been able to
bring a private farm along, "it's
impossible. We have no stove, no
pots and pans, no dishes, no silver
ware, and no place to serve. So it
just can't be DONE" She gave it
to him straight, in her best SER
geant's tone of voice.
At this point in the story, the
USO Club in Houston, Texas
makes a rather sly entrance, ac-
cOmpanied by Ben KasS, Jewish
Welfare Board director of the
club. Upstairs in the Houston
USO club there is a floor called
the Pent House, containing an ad-
joining kitchen that is available to
all soldiers and their families free
of charge.
Mrs. Schofield investigated the
Pent House, approved of the facil-
tiles, and got busy. And while
she was occupied in the kitchen,
Mr.. Kass and Miss Ruth Mumford
YWCA director at the club, crept
around the dining room, decking
the table with flowers. When the
guests appeared about seven sol.
der couples, including George anC
Jeanne Houston hit new high
in appetites. AS for the menu, il
included fried chicken, mashed po
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
Wanted For Immediate
Employment With The
State Board OF Health

Positions for junior engineers
and junior serologists are now
open with the State Board of
Health in Jacksonville. Persons
with degree in engineering, with
a degree in bacteriology and
courses in serology or with sero-
logical experience in an approved
laboratory, are requested to COM
munlcate with the Merit System
supervisor, Florida State Board of
Health, 1O1 Professional Building,
GAINESVILLE, Florida, for further
information.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
ENGAGEMENTS
KASSOVER-ABELOVE

Mr.. and Mrs. M. PASSOVER, for
merly of Jacksonville, now resid-
ing in Montgomery, Alabama, an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Bernice, to Leo Donald
Abelove of Utica, N. Y.
A reception for the engaged
couple was given by the parents
August 9th. No date for the we'd
ding has been set.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
JEWS In UNIFORM
BY BEN SAMUEL

Private Melvin Levine of Manu. Florida,
made solemn promise to his uncle in Poland
five years ago, and the other day he kept it, by
enlisting i'm the Army Air Corps.
In 1887, the people of Poland were already
looking out of their windows every morning ex-
pecting to see storm-troopers in the streets, and
young Levine decided to leave for America be-
fore it was too late. Before he left, his uncle,
a major in the Polish air force, made Mel prom
Use that he would join Uncle Sans armed serv-
ices when he got here. Mel agreed and tried to
enlist shortly after his arrival in the United
States. He was rejected, though, because of his
alien status.
just before Hitler did trample over Poland,
Mel got letter from his uncle, reminding him
of his promise. II answered." says Mel land
repeated my promise that became
an American citizen would join the branch of
service that would do the most damage to the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
NOTICE UNDER THE
mCTTTTOUS NAME ACT

The undersigned, desiring to en-
gage in business under the name
of ELITE SHOP, Jacksonville,
Fla, intends to register the SAID
name with the Clerk of the Cir
cuit Court of Duval County, Flor
ida Dated this 18th day of Aug
ust, 1912.
MORRIS LEIBOvITZ, Owner.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21


serving overseas . +. Miriam Ezzes
Mehlman and baby daughter are
back home Pat Hackel Click
stein is visiting her sister and
brother-in-law in Elmire, Maine.
The folks down at the Beach
are having lots of fun entertain
ing the boys in service on Sun
days with block parties /.
They're enjoying it just as much
as the boys The last two were
held at the Joe Glicksteins, and
then at the Leonard Mosss
From Houston, Texas comes the
news that MOllie Mintz, daughter
of Mrs. Aaron Mintz of there be-
came the bride Of David L. SkOp
of Orlando, Fla. on Sunday, July
26th, at 4 p. M. in a ceremony at
the Agudas Achim Congregation
with Rabbi Philip Zissman Offici-
ating u. The groom is the broth
er of Rabbi Morris SkOp of Or
landO, and the son of the M.
Shops
We want to express our deepest
expressions of regret to the fam
lily of Morris FISHER of Fernan-
dina on the death of Mrs. FISHER
last week Those who knew
her loved her for her sincerity, her
cheerfulness and sweet personal
ity Her loss is greatly felt.
Her memory will long be
The Max SObelS have as their
house guests Mrs. SObePs brother
and sister-in-law, the Leo DaviSes
of DetrOid The Nat Wells are
mentioning "up nawth" ;. Won
der when Sally Safer and daugh-
ter, Marilyn, got back from Chat
! tanOOga? Saw them walking
along Broad Street Sunday ..
Both looking grand Nanny
Erich has been inducted into the
army at Camp Blanding :. The
best of everything, Nanny =.
Isn't it hard to realize that the
summer is almost over? A
certain sign is the vacationers
who are coming back =. But then
the vacationers didn't give us so
much to write about this sum-
mer Last year our column
was packed full of them-this
summer well, we suppose
there's a war going on =.
But we hope it has been hap
DIV summers Soon it will be a
new season and a new year -.
L. Goldberg is returning to
Montgomery, Ala, this evening
FRIDAY night after visiting here
for four days i. He was present at
Montgomery for the engagement
party of his granddaughter, Ber-
nice PASSOVER A great deal
of happiness to them all =.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21
SZYK HONORED

Mitchell Field, L. I. (JPS)-The
title "citizen-soldier of the free
world was conferred by the Army
upon Arthur Szyk, Polish-Jewlsh
cartoonist who has achieved world
wide recognition for his anti-Axls
cartoons.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-08-21

Congratulations to
the L. MendelSOnhS
of Live Oak and the
T. M. SchneiderS of
Port st. Joe ON the
engagement of Miss
Miriam Schneider to
Lit. MentleIsohn :.
Understand that
Mohlnnan is nOXxJ
Evening star., 1942-07-18
Shine On to Victory

Believe it or not, there may be a
shortage of powder puffs for fem
mime America, because they are
needed for our Air Force. Our Air
men, of course, do not use these
articles to spread star dust over their
faces. The puffs, with holes puched
out of the center, rest against their
ears as padding in radio headsets.
It is case of transferring arma-
ment to where it is needed most.
Silk stockings and other silk etceteras
have had to go for parachutes since it
is more important for a paratrooper
to get to his objective than for girl
to get her man. Hairpins are on the
way out; the steel they consume is
needed to pin down the Axis. Hair
itself is on the list. Certain types of
long hair are used in lenses for gun
sights. Under the right conditions,
say when the lens is trained on
heavily loaded Jap transport, that
blond hair can cause as much havoc
as it would if found in its traditional
role on husbands coat lapel. These
are tough times, and If girl cannot
get a powder puff, let her not COM
plain, but rather march cheerfully
forward to victory, proud Of her nose
as shining example Of feminine pa
triottsm.
Evening star., 1942-07-18
Sixteenth and H streets established
. pattern for thu rrn dual enhance

Sixteenth and H streets established
a pattern for the gradual enhance
ment of the whole environment.
The Decatur house was erected in
1919. Other residences facing the
park sheltered DR.. Thomas S. Gun
nell, city postmaster, and Postmaster
General Samuel D. Hubbard, Com
mander John Rodgers, Chief Justice
Roger B. Taney, Secretary OF the
Navy James K. Pahlding, Secretary OF
State William H. Seward, Secretary
of War William w. Belknap, Benja-
min Tayloe, Henry Adams, John Hay,
Daniel Webster, w. w. Corcoran,
Chauncey M. Depew and many other
famous men. The Cosmos Club was
the home successfully Of James and
Dolly Madison, Senator William g.
Preston and Commodore John Wilkes.
To tell the story of Lafayette Square
properly would require a big book.
1t is the present purpose OF the
Commission Of Fine Arts and the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission merely to remind the
public that the chronicle is not
finished. Rather, it is only begun.
Evening star., 1942-07-18

cerity of labor leaders declarations
against strikes, at time when they are
engaged In Keeping them rolling" "A
hours q day.
Peculiarly enough, Mr.. Kent,s reason
ing leads him to bewail the inability OF
Congress and the President to "disci-
pline" and resist" the labor leaders.
These suggestions have a familiar ring
to the ear. They have been practiced
by the enemy, emulated by ex-Premier
Daladier, copied by the men of vichy.
Many Englishmen believe Prime
Minister Churchill experiences one dis
aster after another because he Is fight-
ing = war for liberation and at the
same time attempting to maintain the
empire and its traditions Of property,
privilege and superiority over the ma
tives." The armed forces of the United
States cannot effectively champion the
four freedoms If we deny American
labor its rightful place-doing its part
to make freedom from want an ever
lasting reality. IRVING GOLD.
Evening star., 1942-07-18
Truck Curb Lifted

The Office OF Defense Transporta-
ton has lifted a burden of consider
able proportions from the trucking
industry by revoking the order re-
quiring over -the-road carriers to be
loaded to IS per cent of capacity on
return trips.
The loading plan was advanced as
q transportation conservation meas
ure by Director Eastman and was to
have become effective this week It
aroused wide protest. Common car
riers probably would have been least
affected, as they operate largely on
schedule over regular routes. Con-
tract and private trucking operators,
however, would have been hit hard,
as their terminal facilities are scat
tered and unorganized, and their
business comes where they find it..
Opponents declared that many trucks
supplying vital transportation would
be driven from the roads If it was
necessary for them to be assured of
a return load when making trip.
In canceling the order, the ODT
has prescribed certain substitute re-
quirements for common carriers that
shortly are to be followed by similar
rules for the other haulers. Under
this revision, effective August l, a
common carrier may operate empty
or partially laden over q part of It's
route II 1t carriers a capacity load
over a considerable portion" of the
line, and if no effort is spared to in
sure capacity load at all times.
The new regulations call for, and
no doubt will receive, the fullest
measure OF compliance from the
trucking industry.
Evening star., 1942-07-18
Surprise BIuckout

Thus far Washington's trial black
outs have been thoroughly advertised
in advance, with everything set to
go at the Shrek of the siren and with
the element Of surprise Intentionally
eliminated. These rehearSalS have
been necessary in order to detect
organizational failures and to famil-
iarize householders and building
wardens with what is expected of
them in eliminating all light visible
from the outside.
The next blackout, announced only
as coming some time before July "a,
inaugurates another phase Of black
out training. There will be no pre-
liminary warning. The alert signal
will start the civilian defense system
functioning from scratch, affording
the first real test of the accessibility
of wardens and the speed with which
they can be mustered, and testing
the community's response to the
sirens.
Several tests Of this character will
be necessary before the authorities
can begin to feel confident of any
perfection in the defense organiza-
ton. And as these unannounced
blackouts will follow the pattern of
the real thing" they must come
often enough to make the community
subconsciously alert all the time.
Repetition Of drill is the only effective
preventive of confusion and the only
test of sound organization. While
Colonel Bolles may patiently urge all
householders to prepare themselves
for quick and convenient blackouts
by installing proper equipment Gin
stead of turning out lights a large
element OF the population will delay
this task until convinced of its neces-
sity. The most convincing argument
is repetition Of unannounced
blackOutS.