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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
MEMBER OF DELTA KAPPA
GAMMA SORORITY

Mrs. Paul Burcher, Pennsvjila,
was inducted into Delta Kappa
Gamma, national honorary sorority
for women teachers at the annual
January formal dinner of Omicron
chapter, held this year at the Lafay-
cite hotel, Marietta. This society
honors women who are outstanding
in the teaching profession Mrs.
Burcher is music teacher in Nor
gan county schools. Other Morgan
county members who attended the
initiation and dinner were Miss En-
ma Lee Stewart and Mrs Douglas
Erwin.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Todds

Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Henery are
er, Charley Henery, and family, at
Loganport, Ind. Charles Is recov-
ering nicely after undergoing a ton
sill operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Cassidy of Ma
rietta were week end visitors OF
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis
Startling.
Mr.. and Mrs. George McInturf
and children and Mrs. Sheila Ged-
des and sons were Sunday guests
Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Law
son Geddes.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

tor and offered himself to the service of God When
his pastor suggested post III which he felt he was
fitted the refused it saying that 1.-The only way
he would the Lord would be in an advisory
capacity That to be about the position Mr..
Wkie takes regarding his commander-in-chief.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Rev. j. Nj. Shafer Writes
1926 Fifth Street, S. W.,
Puyallup, Washington,

January 10, 1912.
Morgan County Democrat,
McConnelsville, Ohio.
Dear Mr.. Durbin: Enclosed find
check for subscription to the
Democrat. i had a rather interest
ing experience at Christmas time
resulting from the announcement
made in the Democrat of the
change of my address received
two letters from persons whom we
knew as very young people 40 years
ago and of whom l have had no in
formation for almost the same
number of years. It was a pleasure
to hear from them and to learn
that they are both enthusiastic
Christian people. One of them be-
gan the Christian life under my
ministry.
We in the northwest are deeply
concerned about the war in the Pa
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
emocrat McConnelsviIe, Ohio. Thursday January &c.

also lot of lovely gifts. He wants
to thank everyone for remembering
him.
Mrs. Carlos Carpenter and Mrs
Mary Carpenter visited Tuesday
with Mrs. Milton Wallace and Mrs.
! Guy Vandyke.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
From PataSkala Reader

In renewing the Democrat sub
scription, Stella M. Ritchey of Pa
taskala, writes that her brother
William, looks forward to Friday
and the Morgan County news. Sha
states they often talk over old time
friends here and in Bloom town.
ship. Miss Ritchey has resided near
Pataskala for many years.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

cific It is reported that the jap
anese government plans to extend
it's boundary to include California,
Oregon and Washington. Their
army will receive warn receptions
when it comes from us. Washington
is being thoroughly organized for
defense purposes and preparations
for any emergency are being made.
Following the attack on Pearl Har-
Dor we were under blackout orders
for several nights after which the
order was discontinued and has not
been renewed. Fort Lewis and Nc
Cord Field are located about doz-
en- miles from us and tt is reported
that at times there are from forty
to fifty thousand troops stationed
there.
A considerable number of8 SOL
diers is encamped in sight of where
/ live, and soldiers in large num-
bers are seen on the streets of our
cities and on our highways. This
does not seem very much like our
America.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
WITH ROTARIANS

The weekly meeting of the NAL
ta-McConnelsvilie Rotary club was
held Friday evening at the Ken
nebec hotel. Following dinner at
$50 O'Clock, Judge Carlos H..
Riecker spoke on the ''F. B. l., and
it's relation to our life"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
From Memphis, Tennessee


You will find enclosed postal or
der in payment for two years sub
scription to Democrat, which l
have been taking since 1889. Aft
er l left Ohio it is like a letter
from home. We left Ohio in the
spring of 1912-went to Texas;
came to Memphis, Tenn, in 1927,
and have been working for U. s..
engineers ever since. l will retire
in June. I had an accident the
29th of April, l got my right thum b
cut on the rip saw in the shop and
it became infected, was in the hos
pital two months. l did, not go
back to work until August 10th.
1t left my thumb stiff and can
scarcely write. We have had some
cold weather-down to three below.
That is unusual for, this climate
When you see brother John tell him
hello for mel. Fl. Scott.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
LETTERS FROM OUR READERS

Many subscriptions from distant
subscribers are being renewed, be-
fore price advances, Feb 1, 1912.
A number who renew with their re-
mittance have written letters which
have been much appreciated, along
with the remittance.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Akron Subscriber

Enclosed find my subscription
for the Democrat. l am from Nor
gan county, and think l can not get
along without your valuable paper
just like weekly visitor.-W.
D. Penrose, SIS Miami street, Ak
ron, Ohio.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Mrs. Frank B. Long

Mrs. Frank B. Long of Pataskala
writes: "Please extend our sub
scription two, years. still look for
the Morgan county news each week.
have been gone from the county
for more than 80 years, but | still
enjoy reading your paper"
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

pay my subscription to Jan. /, 1914.
| enjoy reading your paper very
much and look forward to receiv-
ing it every Friday, although I have
been away for so long, that there
are not very many people from
truly, o. E. Spencer, Columbus.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
In Good Standing To 1914

Editor Democrat Your notice
Of advance in price to outsiders"
makes us feel after 81 years as a
subscriber, like We might be a
Jap" or German, but because old
Morgan county is still part of me,
/ am enclosing a check which will
set me up to August, 1914, and
perhaps by that time l may not be
reading papers. And should that
happen sooner you can send re-
mainder of time to Mrs. J. H. Var
nell, 1915 N. 18th, Salem, another
Ohio person. Notice of her sisters
recent death was sent you. Here is
wishing everyone the best for
1942.-Viva Hogue, Salem, Ore.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Enjoys Paper Very Much

Morgan County Democrat, Gentle
men Il see in a recent edition of
your paper when your subscription
is to be increased to 50 per year,
but you will accept same up to Feb
ruary 1st at the old price, so am
enclosing nancy order for SO to
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

E. w. Whipple of the Y. M. G. A.,
camp, Aurora, Ohio, in advancing
his subscription, says he is glad we
have to count 1t up. 1t was not
hard to compute as the subscription
is always well in advance.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

Raymond Adrean and family
of Steubenville, visited here Tues
day with the formers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. L. B. Adrean.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
From Mrs. Lee Bethel

In renewing her Democrat sub
scription Mrs. Lee Bethel, OF Can
ton, states that she is suffering
with a severe cold at the time of
writing. She also says both she
and her son Wayne Jackson great
ly enjoy the Democrat.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Mrs. Terece Van Fleet

Mrs. Terece Van Fleet, Caldwell,
writes: II have been a subscriber
to your always appreciated paper
for more than 40 years."
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Appreciates Paper More Than Ever

Enclosed find Postoffice Money
order, (s1.50) for another years S
subscription renewal for the Dem ,
crat. Since my delightful vi~its last
fall with so many old friends and
schoolmates, ! v,lue the oi +
paper more highly than ever. Wish
ing you many years of success, /
am, yours truly, Mrs. George
Berscht, Wenatchee, Washington.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR

1t is not enough for everybody to go to work-they
should work after they get there.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

During the past week we have
received subscriptions from many
states as we'll as many in various
cities in Ohio and goodly number
near home. @
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

We only need just now the output of the best
minds but also the output of the best mines.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29

1t is stated that jury out west found woman
ruiltv of first degree murder, when all she did
kill her husband.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-29
Taken Paper 40 Years

e. E. Heskett, of Crooksville, in
renewing his subscription, says they
| could not be without the Democrat
| for they have taken it for 40 years
He also sends the following inter.
esting items:
do you know that Morgan
| county is we'll represented in the
| Crooksville village council this new
administration Mayor, Wilfred
C. Mercer, is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elwood Mercer, Pennsville; /;
clerk is James briggs, son of Mr.
and Mrs. G. S. briggs, Mrs. briggs
was formerly Mary Dow Brannon.
daughter of Attorney and Mrs. Jas
Brannon, of Stockport G. S. briggs
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
briggs of Deavertown; treasurer
Clarence Heskett (my SOM his
mother and 1 both born and reared
near Stockport, grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Christopher Heskett, and
Attorney and Mrs. John B. San.
born; president of council, is Nc
Kinley Brannon, son of w. l.
Brannon, and also grandson Of AT.
torney and Mrs. James Brannon of
Stockport-both the clerk and
president of council are nephews OF
P. O. Brannon, mayor of Stockport
You see they are from the real
Morgan county"
J. e. Dewitt of Marathon, Iowa
writes:
Find enclosed check for IS for
which extend our subscription on
the Democrat. We left Morgan
county for Marathon, Iowa, m
April, 1912, and have taken your
paper ever since and feel like We
can not get along without it,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-07-10

New York, N. Y.-The estab-
lishment of an international auth
ority, functioning through a Fed
eral Union to which each constit-
uent nation shall delegate an ade-
quate portion of its sovereignty,
for the exercise of whatever legis-
lative, judicial and executive pow
ers may be necessary to regulate
international relations in the COM
mon interests of humanity in the
postwar world, was endorsed at
the final session of the Rabbinical
Assembly convention which ended
here on July Z.
While the abuses of nationalism
were decried, the right of the Jew
ish people to Palestine as its nat
ional home was reaffirmed, to in
clude migration to Palestine and
the establishment there of Jew
ish commonwealth at such time as
Palestine shall, by virtue of pop
ulation in which the Jews shall
constitute a majority, become a de
facto as well as a de jure Jewish
National Home. This Jewish
commonwealth should then be-
come a member nation of the
Federal Union. For the Arab pop
ulation, the right of either living
in one of their own national
states, or of enjoying full personal
and group rights wherever else,
including Palestine, they may
choose to reside, was upheld in
the resolution concerning world
peace and the Jewish future. The
creation of a Jewish fighting
force to defend Palestine and the
Near East, under the command of
the United Nations, was also sup
ported.
The resolutions brought to a
close the three day sessions of the
Assembly's forty-second annual
convention, in which most of the
Seminary's three hundred alumni
participated. DR.. Louis M. Levitt
sky of Temple Oheb Shalm, New
ark, N. j., was elected President
of the Assembly. to succeed Rabbi
Leon S. Lang of Beth FL Congre-
cation in Philadelphia.
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I was born twice.

/ was born twice.
The first time was in the city
of LODI, Poland, in 1898. The
second time was in the city of
Chicago, U. S. A., in 1908. ten
years later.
After the age of five, when I
made the long land and sea voy-
age with my mother, sister and
brother to st. Louis, Mo. (my
father was already in America), I
can remember nothing till the
first time when, at the age Of ten,
hazy memories begin to fade in
for the first time, the way others
remember their first three or four
years, 1 imagine-like picture
coming into focus on screen. Or
like blinking out of a deep sleep
into semi-wakefulness.
Half-orphaned at the age of
fourteen by the death of my
father and compelled to work for
a living from then on; forced to
fight a running battle against
time for my education-times
stolen from sleep, from play, from
work, and consequently from
food very often-and lacking the
kind of life continuity and inte-
grated personality that gives a
man a firm sense of purpose and
direction, my life has, until now,
been as saw-toothed and circuit
Gus as the Burma Road. Even to
the bombings: disaster has come
down on it more than once with
explosive effect, and left some
shell holes that have never been
filled in.
After several years as an artist,
self-taught, during which 1 acquir-
ed sufficient skill 70 compete in an
international contest to illustrate
the Haggadah, won the award,
against some very celebrated art
lists who were more skilled and
more talented but less lucky than
land, having completed this
commission successfully. and find
ing myself offered commissions on
every hand, I promptly abandoned
the career of the artist forever.
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A Controversial Author Describes His

field of journalism and literature
the hand of appeasement has fall
en- heavily on every Jewish writer
who has ever dared to stand up
and talk back to the anti-Semites
in language they can understand.
In fact, the only strong language
the appeasers ever use is against
Jewish writers who have taken a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES attitude
toward anti-Semitism. In such an
attitude these Northumberland
diplomat" can see only a chal-
lenge to their own policies.
That the vast majority of the
Jewish people of this country and,
indeed, the world over, no longer
support such leadership" is evil
dent to anybody who has kept his
ears and eyes open to what Jews
are saying and doing everywhere
today. In that conviction I wrote
my novel Brother, The Laugh Is
Bitter" and the reception the
book has received at the hands of
most Gentle readers confirms me
in my conviction that the Ameri-
can Gentle, who has always been
on the side of the under dog, is
on his side only when he goes un-
der fighting. And the letters that
have come to me from Jews, both
Jewish authors and Jews in every
walk of life who have read the
book, confirm my belief that the
hush-hush policy Of the appeasers
is now held in contempt by the
vast majority of Jews in this
country.
The fact that my novel openly
challenges the hush-hush appease-
ment policy is sufficient grounds
in itself to provoke an attack by
the Authorization League. Sure
ly today. when all the forces of
good in the world are united in
the fight against Fascism and its
most brutal weapon. anti-Semit-
ism-surely this time of all times
is the right time for the Jews of
this country and of the world to
fight back against anti-Semitism
and to do it without pulling any
punches.
For my part, 1 hold that Ease
ism is where you find it: on the
home front or on the battlefield,
in the stores. shops and offices of
our own cities, on our streets, as
well as in the skies over Berlin
and Tokyo. And I, for one, mean
to go on fighting Fascist anti
Semitism, in whatever quarter I
find it, with the weapon of mag
NATIVE fiction or any other weap-
on that am capable of welding,
Jewish Appeasers and Gentle APP
peasers Notwithstanding. This
stand, I am sure, the vast major
ity of the Jewish public of Amer
lea will approve.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-07-10
Life And Views
| CHALLENGE THE APPRAISERS
BY LAWRENCE Upton

storm of controversy in book columns and among
Jews has swept Brother The Laugh Is Bitter"
by Lpton former illustrator and English
Hollywood Leading critics have hail
admirable study of Jewish life, while
Jews distorted picture One organization
of trying get the book stopped
Upton describes the hghghs of his life and closes
with statement of views inevitable product of life
=. Editor
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-07-10

Later, a regular contributor to
the Sunday feature section of the
New York Forward, English Sec
ton, and editor of an English
Jewish weekly, I tossed that a
way too, to leap into the job of
publicity director of one of the
three biggest movie palaces in
America.
And again, well launched in this
very lucrative field, and having
risen in less than a year to one of
the half dozen top publicity jobs in
the country, once more abandon
ed a career in full bloom-this
time for the art of writing.
And-back again to editing.
And publishing. And back to pub
lcity again. And writing with
publicity on the side" And pub
licity with writing on the SIDE"
Till the time came when a COM
bination of circumstances led me
to give birth. at last to the book
that had been gnawing at my
vitals all these years.
It may be that Brother, The
Laugh Is Bitter" is the beginning
of another attempt land, hope, a
finally successful one) to find the
meaning, the purpose. the integra-
ton that my life has lacked till
now. A kind Of analytical cath
arsis touched off by a return to
the primal scene. Bringing the
blurred picture of my life into TO-
Gus at last.
Just as the England Of Cham
berlain had its appeasers and the
America of pre-Pearl Harbor days
had its isolationists, so the Jews
both here and abroad, have always
had and still have their appeasers
and their isolationists.
Our appeasers are those who
would have us meet the onslaughts
of anti-Semitism with the sweet
reasonableness of polite letters
and Goodwin dinners-which
everybody attends except the anti
Semites. They are the Leaders"
who follow the Northumberland
policy of the invisible Jews"
Tell it not in Gath, publish it
not in Ashkelon" is their motto
and their strategy" They in
vented the Gentle Front" Under
their leadership we Jews have suf-
fered more than one Munich.
In England and America the
Chamberlains and the Wheelers
have now been thrown out of
power and replaced by the
Churchills and Roosevelts. But
among us Jews the appeasers and
the isolatlonists are still in the
saddle. A Jew has only to lift up
his head and take an American. a
self-respecting attitude towards
anti-Semitism and the anti
Semites to feel the heavy hand of
the official" shush policy. Even
such an organization as the Anti
Defamation League, which was
set up years ago for the express
purpose of coping with anti
Semitism, is so hobbled by the ap-
peasement tactics of its officials
and hackers that it's Intellectual
efforts have left wide areas of
anti-Semitic activity open to the
anti-Semites in this country.
In the economic field this has
resulted in widespread discrinina-
I ton against the employment of
Jews in industry and trade, both
in employment and in business
practice. The same has been true
in the professions. In the social
field the "Gentiles Only sign is
eloquent testimony of the failure
of the hush-hush policy. In the
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
British i'm Last Stand
Near Burma Road

10 cut off the British garrison at
the capitalO
1T is quite evident that the
japanese have been reinforced"
the commentator said.
There has been confused
heavy fighting between the rivers
,Sittang and Bilin) and there
has been heavy casualties"
Other reports reaching London
said Indian airmen had Joined
American volunteers and British
In Burma and had established in
arge measure air superiority over
the Japanese
The Indian air force. it was
said. carried out a heavy raid
against a Japanese airdrome in
Th5iland, causing great damage 10
and installations. All the
raiders returned,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
The War Today

CALIFORNIA - a submarine,
presumably Japanese. fires Is
shells at an oil plant near
Santa Barbara. scoring one hit
on a derrick. The sub was In
full view Of witnesses on
shore for - minutes before
darkness enveloped II.
BURNA-British imperial troops
make a last stand with their
back 10 the Sittang River, Is
miles east Of the Burma Road
RUSSIA-Red troops take Do
bogobuzh. 50 miles east OF
Smolensk inIfrontal drive
Page l.
JAVA japanese planes bomb a
WIDE area of Java Dutch
troops continue fighting on
Sumatra with Bali probably
lost Page p
TIMOR ISLAND - Dutch and
Australian troops waging hard
battle against reinforced In
vaders. page 2L
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24
1O-StoY Sign Put Out
As Aid 10 War Effort

NEW YORK, Feb. "a (INS).-
AS an aid to the war effort. work.
men today began dismantling the
largest Illuminated sign in Times
Square.
The huge sign. 10 stories high
and a block long. advertised Wrig-
ley's gum and was said to be the
fourth largest in the United States.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-24

LONDON, Feb. "a CUP).-A
commentator said today
that imperial troops IN Burma
are back on the SIttang River,
a scant Is miles east Of the Burma
Road
CSuch an advance would mean
the imperial defenders had been
thrown back 50 miles from the
Bilrn River and were IN last
stand positions before the Ran
goon-to- Mandalay railroad
CChunGkine sources said they
understood the japanese ad-
vance had smashed through 10
Pegu. severing the railroad por-
ton Of the Burma Road as miles
north of Rargoon, and were
pressing westward toward
Prone, on the Irrawaddy River,