davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
JAN j. HRBEK
Jubilejni slavnosti Moravske
koleje " Bethlehem, Pa.
(Tiskova sluzba Csl. N. R.)

Moravsky seminar s dfvcf
kolej v Bethlehem, Pa, letos v
prvn1ch kvetnovych dnech o.
slavoval dvouste vyrocf sveho
zalozen1. Mimo jine vynikaj1-
CT osobnosti z americkeho We
rejneho zivota poslali k jubi-
leu blahopfejne projevy presi-
dent Eduard Benes, vyslanec
pluk. Vladimir Hurban a Ces-
koslovenska narodn1 rada v A
merice.
Ustav byl zalozen dcerou
dcerou sleZskeho hrabete Tin
cendorfa a byl prvnfm vyssfm
1celistem pro dfvky ma americ-
Ike pGde. Mezi prvn1mi jeho
zackami nachaz1me take tTi
netefe p%residenta George Wa
shingtona a pra-netere Thoma-
Sc Jeffersona. V americke hi
storii ma 1stav sve cestne mis-
to i proto, re pri mem vzniknul
prvnf umelecky orchester We
Spojenych Statech, a pravde-
podobne dobry, kdyz zahy pc
SVEN zalozeni Sc mohl odvazit
provedeni skladby vyzaduj1ci
tax velkeho aparatu jake je
Haydnovo oratorium "Vzkrfse-
nj sveta."
V programu vydanem k jul
bilejn1 slavnosti je vzpomfnka
ma Ceske Bratry, kteT1 Sc pred
nabozenskym pronasledovan1m
ut1kali z Czech a Moray do
Slezska ma statky hrabete Tin
~cendorfa, kde zalozili osadu
Ochranov. Cast Sc jich vyste-
hovala do Ameriky a jejich O.
sada v Betleheme, Pa. Sc stala
znama pode jmenem cfrkev
Moravskych Bratr1 (Moravian
Brethren). 0 techto pionyrech
stojf We slavnostn1m programu /:
"Prinesli S sebou nejen wy
soke ideally krestanske v1ry a
kTestanskeho zivota, nybrz ia
Ike liberaln1 a demokraticke ma
zory ma dkol skoly, jak je hla-
sal velky ucitel narodG Jan A
mos Komensky, jehoz tfistapa-
desateho vyroc1 narozen1 letos
vdecne vzpom1nal vsechen
vzdelany svet."
Ceskobratrska tradice je v
koleji dosud viva. Projevilo Sc
to nejen tim, re 1stav oslavil
zmlnene jubileum Komenske-
no, ale take tim, re pr kvetno-
We slavnosti Sc zpfval mimo il
ne " anglickem preklade hymn
nus biskupa Ceskych Bratfi ia
ma Augusty.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
MELOU z

Nemci melou z poslednfho,
" tie velke Ruske TiSi,
vrhajl vse vojsko do boje,
&C fady jsou mnohem fidsf.
Prec spolehajf ma Hitlera,
re jim doda kuraze,
ktery take dneska vidi,
re jiz to nedokaze.
Jiz posila do prvnfch rad,
starce a mlade chlapce,
take vidi, re to nejde,
tax cerstve a hladce.
O Italii nenf slyset,
ia jiz patti Nemecku,
vzdyt jiz II Duce Musolini,
ztratil jiz slavu vSecku.
Take zaTe Adolfkova,
zacina moe blednouti,
mGze byt, re "a kratky cas-,
nebude 81 NIT kde sednouti.
To mlsto nemusf hledat,
je jeste dost provazu,
ktery sc mu "a kratky cas-,
zadrhne kolem vazu.
JAN j. HRBEI
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Obzalovany zastfelen " soudni
sinh.

Manzo Shepherd, "a leta sta
ry, ktery byl souzen re zaloby,
re zavrazdil r1dice autodroz-
ky, byl zastrelen v soudn1 SIM
okresu Harlan, Harlan, KY.
serif Clint Ball prav1, re
Jack Heaton, &c let starry hor-
nix z Louellen a synovec muze,
z jehoz zavrazdenf byl Shep-
herd obzalovan, vidal Sc pc
strelbe a byl zavren.
Soudnf sin byla v te dobe pre-
plnena obecenstvem. Navlad-
nj D. B. Smith skoncil prave
zaverecnou rec a zadal porotce
ably obzalovaneho odsoudili k
smrti.
Kdyz ubfral sc k svemu sto-
lu a soudce J. S. Forester Zacal
podavati resume, zaznela stfel-
ma rama.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29

nemeckych aeropland, Rusove
ztratili IL.
z ruskych pramenG Sc pravi,
re Rusove dokoncujf income re-
silent obrany Kavkazskeho po-
bTezf pc opusteni Kercskeho
poloostrova. Sovetske lodstvo
ma Cernem mort, jak sc pravf,
je nejvets1 prekazkou pro Hit
lera v jeho pokusu dostati Sc
pres Kercskou 1zinu a postu-
povati k bohatym petrolejo-
wynn polim Kavkazu.
Ruda armada zastavila ne
meckou ofensivu, zahajenou
pred tydnem ma fronte Izyum-
Barvenkova a pTesla tam k u
toku, zanechavsi ma ukrajin-
skych vrs1ch kupy mrtvych
NemcG, jak bylo oznameno We
zpravach z fronty.
Pravl Sc, re nemecka LIME
byla zatlacena ma znacnou
vzdalenost. Rusove, vedouce
tube boje pc n6kolik dnf, prud-
&c udeTili ma diva body podel
n6meckeho vybezku, vetknute-
no do ruske fronty ma Jill cd
C~harkova, ktery ohrozoval ru-
skou ofensivu ma Charkovske
fronte. Vyhnali hence z jiz-
n1ho predmesti jisteho mesta,
pTekrocili Teku a okupovali
velkOu vesnici.
Japonske bombometne ae-
roplany re zakladny v Burme
podnikly nalet ma srdce dGlezi-
teho mesta Paosanu ma silnici
z Bunny a ma jina mista v "a
padnf provincii Junan, zatfm
CO daleko ma vychod odtud ia
ponci svadf tube bitvy v pro-
vincii Cekiang.
DIE c1nskych zprav osm ja-
ponskych bombometnych ae-
roplanu, provazenych sesti sti-
hackami, bombardovalo Pao-
San. Vysledky japonskych ma
lett ma toto a jina mesta nejsou
znamy.
Paosan je nejblizsim cflem
japonskeho vojska, bojuj1c1ho
ma silnici z Bunny v provincii
Junanu.
Japonsk6 kolony v provincii
Cekiang Mir ma Kinhva, pro-
zat1mn1 hlavnf mesto provincie
a ma Lanci ma JIM strane feky
Cientangu, II mil ma severoza-
pad cd Kinhva.
Krvav6 bitvy u trf NEST, 25
az 35 mil ma severovychod a
vychod cd Kinhva, kde die po-
sledn1ch zprav ODE vojska jsou
semknuta v krute bitve, skon-
city 1spechem JaponcG, jak
pravi c1nske komunike.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29

Hasici v K. usporadali Piles
a jezto v obci nebyl sal, bylo
ujednano, re Piles Dude Sc Cd
byvat v sousednf vesnici. PFiSli
take pozvat m1stn1ho obcana
pana Izaka Jechensteina.
= Dam yam, panove, tn diva
cetikorunu, proc bych medal,
ale mGzete Sc mi Zarucit, re
pGjde ma ten bal cely sbor?
- OvSem.
- TAX dobre, ale ne potion,
kdyby nahodou u mne hofelO
= nedej panbu, = ably sc u
kazalo, re nekterej z1stal do
ma So!
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Polsky konsulat znova otevfen
" Detroit.

Polsky konsulat z Pittsbur-
gu,Pa., otevTel v Detroit, Mich.
svou agencii v elsie go West
Kirby Street. Vede il delego-
vany 1rednfk Mieczyslaw Ear
ski. Povede il, dokud nepfije-
de konsul Stanislaw Angerman
V Detroit jakoz i celem
Michiganu naleza Sc mnoho
Polak1 a protoze Detroit je ia
Ike jednfm z nejdGlezitejs1ch
pr1myslovych NEST We Spoje-
nych Statech, bylo rozhodnuto,
ably zde byl polsky konsulat O.
pet obnoven.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Krotitelka hadH a medvedIG ne
mohla zkrotit sveho muze.

Soudce Ewing povolil 800
libern1 krotitelce had1 a med
vedu, 29lete Mildred Dunlapo-
We cd 120-libernfho manzela
Ralfa, 45leteho, z Newarku,
N. j.
Soudci sdelila, re jezdila pc
statech jake krotitelka a re
muz Sc O nj a pet malych deti
vdbec nestara. Soudce urcil
muzi Sis tydennl pfispevek ma
rodinu a $500 ~odbytneho v $40
mes1cnlch splatkach.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Z Washington.

= Prozkoumanf 1,4OO pro-
jektG verejnych praci bylo ma
T1zeno "a 1celem zastaviti ty,
jichz nenf tfeba k vedeni valky
Brigadn1 general Philip B.
Fleming, administrator FWA,
ktery vydal toto narizenf, wy
slovil Sc dnes, re mnoho projek
tn, jez byly schvaleny pred
zakernym 1tokem Japoncd ma
Pearl Harbor, snad Dude opu-
st6no. Jine budou obmezeny,
ably bylo usetreno materialu,
potfebneho k veden1 valky.
= Brzy Dude vydano fede-
raln1 naf1zen1, v nemz Dude OBJ
mezena stavba novych budov,
p~ocitajic V to i projekty valec-
ne produkce.
Narfzenf Dude vydano spo-
leone radon pro valecnou pro-
dukci a d~epartmenty valky a
lodstva.
Prvnfm motivem teto move
politiky Dude zachovanf suro-
vim a define silly, zvysen1 pro-
dukce lodi, del, tankG, aero
plant a dopravniho zarlzeni.
= President Roosevelt rex
narodu, re problem ponorek O.
sy "je rozresen", ackoli neza-
tail fakta, re hrozba spojenec
kym lodfm je dosud velka.
V projevu ma namornf den
president pravil :"Hledeli jsme
a hled1me dosud vstr1c velke.
mu nedostatku lodi pro dopra-
WI nutneho valecneho materia-
lu a nepratelske ponorky zp1-
sobily velkou Skodu.
Gale tento problem, jake j.
ne, je rozresen. NaSe lodi pro.
plouvajf a budou proplouvati v
stale rostoucfm poctu."
= Rada pro valecnou pro
dukci zakazala prodej vsecl
bezpecnostnlch bTitev, ktere
.jsou nyni ma sklade u vyrobci
a velkoobchodn1k1 a narldila
ably byly pripraveny pro bran.
ne silly.
Obchody v drobnem nejsor
postizeny tfmto zakazem, kite.
ry vessel v platnost sobotu.
WPB odhalila, re vyrobc
bezpecnostnfch bfitev, kter
nemohou uzfvati medi, dosuc
nebyli S to zasobiti armadu
lodstvo bfitvami, vyrobenym
z nahrazkoveho materialu.
Oficielne Sc pravf, Re arma
da a lodstvo Dude potrebovat
100000 bTitev mes1cne v pffs
itch dvou mes1c1ch a re jedi
nym zp1sobem, jak uspokojit
tento pozadavek je, zakazat
vsechen prodej s vyjlmkou pr,
dele v drobnem.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
3O5 hostincH z~avrelo.

Majitele zavreli 3O5 hostin-
CT v Chicago dobrovolne dveTe
svych m1stnostf, nebo byli do
nuceni k zavren1 jich policif,
jelikoz nezaplatili move licen-
Sc. Pouze 1898 hostincG 81 wy
zdvihlo povoleni ma prfstfch 6
mes1cG, oproti 1897 v posled-
MIN pololet1. Nektere re "a
vfenych BARI Sc nalezaly v ku-
zelkafskych a jinych zabav-
mich mistnostech, ale vetsinou
byly zavreny hostince.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Lep$i svst DO vitSzstvi.

Holandska princezna Julia
ma pTedpoved6la ma koleji Cen
trail Pella, Ia, re Dude DOLBY
to uplneho v1tezstv1 v teto val
ce a re pc mem Dude nasledo-
vati lepsf svet. Princezna OBJ
drzela Ma koleji hodnost cest-
neho doktora prav.
Take holandsky vyslanec We
Washingtone DIR. Alexandr Lou
don obdrzel hodnost cestnehO
doktora pray.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Otec unesl synacka.

Diva roxy starry Allen Kalas
byl stredem jednanf pred OBJ
vodnfm soudcem Thos. J. Lyn-
chem, pred nfmz byla vyvola-
ma jejl rozvodnf zaloba v Chi
cagu. Kalasova VIM manzela
George z tyranf, a pravila, re
unesl jejich synacka, ably jej
drzel proti vykupnemu.
"T1m vykupnym ma byti je-
il navrat k manzelovi," pravil
jejl pravn1k. Soudce prozatfm
svefil hoSika matce.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Berwynsky polio sta F. Koran
do penSe.

Tohoto tydne rozloucil Sc Sc
svymi kolegy v berwynskem
policeman Department. zovial-
nj a vzdy wesley policista
Frank Koran, mezi policisty
znamy jake "tata". Je prvn1m
berwynskym policistou, ktery
odchazi ma odpocinek. Bydl1
Sc svou manzelkou v dome
1889 jiz. Clinton ave. Jeho syn
Frank mi. jest jiz pres rok v
armada Spojenych StatI.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29

= Department valky ozna-
mil jmena dals1ch 118 vojaku,
ktef1 byli zabiti v boj1ch ma FL
lipinach nebo zemreli ma rany.
Tim vzrostl pocet zabitych A
merchant v teto valce ma 500.
= Muzi, kteff jsou vycvice-
nj v dnlezitem valecnem zane
stnani, obdrzl odklad vojenske
sluzby die programu, schvale-
neho vyborem pro delnou s1lu.
Vsem mfstnim odvodn1m ra-
dam ma byti naffzeno, ably
konferovaly Sc sluzbou pro "a
mestnanf drive nez provedou
reklasifikaci jednotlivc1, vysko
lenych v dGlezitych praclch
pro valecnou produkci.
- Urednici vojenske odvod-
nj sluzby pripravuji plany k re
gistraci mladikd We veku cd Is
do 10 rok1. R~egistrace Dude
provedena 1tery, 80. cervna
t. r.
Soucasne Sc z kongresn1ch
kruhG naznacuje, re armadnl
velenl NIUE obnoviti svuj po-
zadavek o zplnomocnenf k Cd
vadenl techto mladlk1 k chime
sluzbe v ozbrojenych sborech
naroda. Az dosud odvodn1 vek
jest omeZen ma muze We veku
cd 20 do "A rOku.
President Roosevelt vydal
proklamaci O registraci Is a
19letych mladlkG, avsak jak Sc
pravf, toho neni jeste pfedpo-
vedi, re by vekova hranice pro
odvody k chime sluzbe byla snl-
zena ma tento vek. Odvodn1
zakon- p1vodne zamyslel regi-
strovan1 vSech osob muzskehO
pohlavl We veku cd Is do GA
roku.
PROT tomu vsak vysoc1 dd-
stojn1ci jak z pozemni armady,
tax i z valecneho lodstva zdu-
raznujl clendm kongresu, re
odvadenl 18 a 19letych je "a
doucl nikoli jenom pro to, ably
Sc u Mich zajistil potrebny a
nezbytny vycvik pro budouc-
most, nybrz i pro to, re z tech
to mladlkI jsou vlastne nejlep-
81 vojaci.
Vybor senatu a domu zastup
Gu ma spolecne' konferenci sc
shodl ma vseobecnem zvysen1
platu muffin, slouzicim v O.
zbrojenych sborech v nizsfch
tr1dach, a to tax, ably minimal-
nj nebo-li nejnizsi plat obnasel
$42 mes1cne.
Touto dohodou byl proza-
tlmne odsunut pokus domu "a
stupcu, ably minimaln1 plat pro
stych vojak1 a namoTn1k1 byl
zvysen ma $50 mes1cne z nynej
s1ho minimalnfho platu, ktery
obnasl v armada $21 a We va
lecnem lodstvu $50 mes1cne.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Policista Sc zastreliI.

Policista Andrew Michaelson
zastrelil Sc V Chicago v bytu
8Olete matky sluzebn1m revol-
verem. Byl cd zeny odloucen
pc n6kolik tydnG a platil il $40
tydne. Nynf il potkal ma ulici
ma Troy a Belmont avenue a
kdyz Sc vratili, zadal zenu, a.
by Sc s MIN vecer sesla. Kdyz
odeprela, tasil revolver a "a
stfelil Sc. Byl ma policii pet let.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
KonS zabiti bleskem.

Ma farm6 Meyera, asi til mi
lie cd College View v Iowa u
defil v noel blesk do chleva a
zabil ctyri kone a .nekolik ku-
sG hov6z1ho dobytka a slepic
zahynulo pri ohni, jenz byl
bleskem zpGsoben. Take mnoz
stv1 obilf a farmarske stroje
byly ohnem zniceny.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Mayor Mares prodal poem
KY S velikym vydelkem Wade.

Mayor osady Brook Park,
krajan Louis J. Mares, prozra-
dill, re spekuloval s pozemky a
podarilo Sc mu je prodati Via
de S velikym ziskem. Je to 81
akrG pozemkG, ktere koupil "a
$4,000 a "a dluzne dane $1,000
Vlada z1skala kupnf pravo ma
tyto pozemky "a $4,000 a tax
Mares z1skal 500 procent zisku
z druheho pozemku 20 akr1
vlada pozaduje II a pull akru
a prodejn1 cena byla $625O..
Mares koupil pozemek "a ST.
500 a prejal markyc ma $4,000.
Cena vladou zaplacena neni
pfilisna a zisk MaresGv jest
pouze jeho proziravost a ma
hoda, re koupil tax lacino.
Prece vsak bylo oznameno,
re vlada vysetruje, IDA Sc Ma
res nedozvedel O planech VIA
dy, ktera postavf ma pozemcich
u letiste zavody ma vyrobu nej-
vetslch letounG. Mares tvrdl,
re O koupi pozemk1 podel
Grayton road pocal jednati pc
vanoc1ch a O stavbe zavod1 Sc
.dozvedel v polovine unora.
Prav1 Sc, re Sc Mares dove
del z vysoce dGvernych prame-
MI, re vlada pozemky chce "a
brati a proto je koupil.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
$4,000 Ia neopravnsne zatceni
" Clevelandu.

Porotou p6ti zen a tT1 muz1
bylo pTiTknuto Frances Paulo-
We "a neopravnene zatcen1 $4,-
900. zaloba byla podana pro-
tt Harry Aaronovi, ktery il dial
z%atknouti, jelikoz il poznal ja-
ko byvalou sluzebnou v jeho
domacnosti, kde odcizila kozi-
siny a klenoty. Pres dive hodi-
ny dlela "a mr1zemi okresn1
venice nez Sc ukazalo, re je
to kruty omyl a bylo poznano,
re slecna nikdy u Aaron1 ne
slOuzila.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Jaky zivot, takova smrt.

Kapral Bernard z Louisiany,
primary vrah osetrovatelky
Daily. v turisticke kabine v
Houstonu, byl zastrelen vojen-
skou policii ma 1teku. SOudl
Sc, re asi cht6l byti zabit. Phi
znal Sc, re s osetrovatelkou
pred vrazdou pill a hadali Sc.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-05-29
Padl ma karnna.
Alfred Holmgreen,

Alfred Holmgreen, 82lety,
nalezen byl svym synem upa-
leny a policie z~jistila, re sta
rec byl stizen mrtvicf a padl o.
blicejem ma roZtopena kamna,
kde uhorel. Holmgreen byl
kotlafem ma odpocinku a ma
svoje start byl velmi ely.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-25

been more direct than our con-
Germ with the Near East, we have
many years of isolationist foreign
policy to make our present deal
ings with Europe extremely ten
tative. We have stood apart, and
our few ventures into European
affairs have not had the happiest
results.
Yet President Roosevelt, like
President Wilson, realizes that in
this day of contracting distances
Patriotism is not enough" We
have begun to move toward a
closer, inevitable involvement in
European affairs. Here to Brit
ish foreign policy has been our
guide. And British foreign policy,
in its own way. has tried to be
"isolationist" too.
It is not reading to much into
the Presidents words, or lack of
them, to see this caution in his
statement to DR.. Wise on Nazi
prosecutions in Europe. DR.. Wise
said: almost 100000 Jews of
Nazi Europe have been extermin-
ated through m s-murder,
planned starvation, deportation,
slave labor and epidemics in dis
ease-ridden ghettos, penal colon
les and slave reservations created
for their destruction by the Ger
man government and its satel-
lites." But the President was
careful to say he was profoundly
shocked to learn that 100000
Jews had in one way or another
persisted as a result of Nazi rule
and crimes.
It was noted that when the first
announcement came of the United
Nations plan to collect evidence
against Nazi war criminals, I'm
dersecretary of State Sumner
Welles avoided mentioning even
Hitler by name. Of course, it
does not seem likely that anything
Hitler may do can alter his doom,
but Washington observers do not
exclude the possibility of short
ening the war by dealing with
some of the criminals no worse
than others who will be punished.
It seems clear that neither the
British nor the United States gov
eminent wants to discourage fu-
ture Darlans. The wisdom Of this
policy may be questioned; its ex-
istence cannot be.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-25
BETWEEN YOU
AN D Nj E
BY PAUL A. PETERS
BY PAUL A. PETERS

POSTWAR THOUGHTS: We
were sitting in the office of one
OF tne executives of the United
rresS TINS week discussing gen.
o1"A "atters : Suddenly the
question Of anti-Semitism in
america came up NV nom
Jewish friend was certain that
organized anti-Semitism no longer
exists in the United States now
tnat it has been proven that the
antl-Jewish propaganda was slim
ulated by Nazi agents II
was sorry to disillusion him :
Admitting that on the surface we
no longer have the kind of Jew
Daltlng propaganda which "SociaI
Justice" and similar sheets used
to conduct, 1 doubt very much
whether the COughlinites and the
Others have really given up their
poisonous agitation Many
persons in America, nOn-Jews
and Jews alike, are under the
false impression that anti-Semit-
ism has existed in the United
States for generations : The,
truth, however, is that there was
no organized anti-Semitic move
ment in the United States until
1920, when the Dearborn indie
pendent" began its attacks on
Jews and the Ku-Klux-KIan add
ed Anti-Jewish propaganda to it's
anti Catholic program = Ear
lier anti-Semitism was confined
to instances of social discrimina-
ton against Jews and was an in
dividual and unOrganized phenOm-
enOn The beginnings of
modern anti-Semitism in America
are actually associated with the
wave of anti-Semitism in Europe
after World War = Which
should serve as warning Of
what can happen after World
War III
CHANGING NAMES: An an
onymous writer in the New York
Law Journal tells of a man
named Edwards who changed his
name to Ulman, stating: II wish
to cast my lot with the people of
my mothers faith" The
man emphasized that he wanted
ito live, unequivocally and with
out reservation of any kind, as a
member of the Jewish faith" =
Such persons are rare nowadays.
In 1941, in Brooklyn alone,
over 600 persons with names
as Jewish received
judicial permission to assume
other names And they form
but a fraction of the total change
in New York, according to Samuel
Duker in an article in the monthly
burrows" - The
record, he says, shows Cohen
turning into Game, Carver, Cord,
Carter, Corwin, Conn, Carlton,
Carin, Cole, Collard, Corey,
Craig : One Cohen, apparent
ly not ignorant of the meaning
of his name, turned into Priest.
Solomon turns into Soil
Won, Gold becomes Gaines; Sha-
piro is changed to Shepherd;
Levin to Lawrence; Epstein to
Evans and Katz to Hates =
Even first names are being
changed Abraham has
Welded to Arthur which in turn
has given way to Alan
BENJAMIN has become Bernard
and. more recently, Bruce :
Samuel turned into Sanford =
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-12-25
Capitol Spotlight
BY CARL HARTMAN
Copyright, 1912, Jewish Telegraphic Agency Inc.
BY CARL HARTMAN

Political activity on behalf of
Jewish causes has intensified here
in recent days. Instances of this
are easy to cite: there is the Zion
lst-sponsored declaration for a
Jewish Palestine, signed by 81
senators and 1872 representatives;
there is the statement elected
from President Roosevelt by DR..
Stephen S. Wise's memorandum
on Nazi atrocities in Europe;
there is the revived campaign of
the committee for a Jewish Army.
In politics, as in physics and
chemistry, every action has it's
reaction. The reaction to these
moves in circles charged with con-
Quoting our foreign affairs, is one
of extreme caution. We are
treading on strange ground, and
we are watching where we put
our feet.
Consider our venture into the
Near East. (The State Depart
ment deals with North Africa
through its division of Near East
ern Affairs.) For the first time
since we halted the depreciation of
the Barbary pirates, nearly $50
years ago, American servicemen
are occupying Arab counties. It
goes almost without saying that
an occupying army must preserve
local peace at all costs, and that
this must be the primary task of
our policy during the war. The
conclusive argument against any
proposed political action, so far
as military men are concerned, is
that it may "cause trouble" A
fighting army simply cannot af-
ford "trouble"-for which read
rioting, demonstrations, general
unrest-in its rear.
In our inexperience, we are
doubtless taking generous pieces
of advice from our British allies,
who have been dealing intimately
with Mohammedans for a great
many years. Rightly or wrongly,
successfully or unsucessfully, Bril-
fish policy in Mohammedan
countries has been to avoid irri-
,tating religious sensibilities of the
Mohammedans in any way. In
peace or in war, the British are
additionally wary of trouble"
This influence accounts, in part
at least, for the administrations
caution. It may account for the
fact that President Roosevelt, in
asking the abrogation of anti
Jewish laws in North Africa,
spoke only of laws inspired by
Nazi theology. It may account
for the alleged GOODNESS of Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull's state
ment on the 25th anniversary of
the Balfour Declaration. It I'M
doubtedly accounts for the down.
right frigidity of the administra-
ton toward the Jewish Army pro-
ject.
The same caution is evident in
our European policy. Although
our interest in Europe, and our
l,,,ovvIadoa of its affairs. have