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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-01-30
The Jewish
QuiZrnaster
BY HARRY GREEN

1. A noted Palestine Jewish
figure was added this month to
the list of leaders of the Yishuv
who have died recently. Although
active in many fields he will be
best remembered, probably, for
one achievement. Who was he?
2. A European monarch was
reported early this month to be on
the verge of Indicating because
the Nazi occupation authorities in
his country were demanding the
introduction of the Nuremberg
laws. Who is he and what coun-
try does he rule?
8. A dispatch carried by the
JTA at the beginning of this
month reported that the Moscow
Jewish Community had been evac-
uated to Tashkent where it had
set up new headquarters. Where
is Tashkent?
d. Recently the Vaad Leumi,
the Jewish National Council In
Palestine, sent greetings to Halle
selassie, the Ethiopian emperor,
CONTEMPLATING him on the liberia
ton of his country from the Ital-
ians. A message was also sent to
the Jews of Ethiopia. BY what
Understanding title is Halle Sc
lassie also known and what are
the Ethiopian Jews called?
5. Peter Gerbrandy, on behalf
of his government, recently issued
q statement of friendship" to the
Jews, lauding their achievements
in his country. Who is Ger
brandy?
ANSWERS on Page Eight
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-01-30

al was concerned Berg was a
scholar. That same afternoon he
caught the slants of Lefty Grove,
one of the greatest southpaws in
the game, and got 2-for-2. Trap
ping him on the way to the show
ers 1 asked him if he liked to
play the game which was more
physical than mental, while he
was so clever an individual.
He gave me the same answer
he has given to all sports writer's
I do not want to be known as a
ball player who read a book" he
said. He was sensitive about his
knowledge and wanted very
much to be considered baseball
player on his merits on the field.
Nor" he continued, do I want
to be known as a lawyer with a
bat over my shoulder. I practice
law in the winter and play ball
in the summer and I am careful
to keep them apart in my life.
Please don't write anything about
me-"
Moe, ironically enough, wanted
very badly to be a great catcher.
He often admired Bill Dickey and
Mickey Cochrane. He mentioned
that Harry banning of the Giants
was fine athlete. When he talk
ed to reporters on the baseball
field he seldom mentioned his own
erudition. He was more apt to
admire a brainy play during a hot
moment in the game than a clever
remark in the showers.
Berg was a sensational short
stop when he was a student at
Princeton. The Brooklyn Dodgers
signed him up and, finding him a
poor batter, shipped him to the
minors. During the years of
1923-1941 he played with Chicago,
Cleveland, Washington and. Bos-
ton. Joe Cronin, Sox leader who
used to manage the Senators,
wanted Moe with him wherever
he went. Moe never played much,
but he coached the youngsters,
told tall tales and was a great
fellow to have around. This is
how he became a catcher: When
he was with the White SoX, the
only catcher on the club split a
finger.
"Can any of you fellows catch?"
snarled the manager.
"I used to think could" Moe
said.
who told you you couldn't?"
my high school coach"
"Well, if you'd like to try to
prove to me right now that your
high school coach was wrong, I
would be very much obliged to
YOU"
And that's how Moe Berg, big
league catcher, was born.
Now he's a big league diplomat.
He's got brains, he's got the am
bition and he can talk a blue
streak. Wanna bet he makes the
grade?
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-01-30

bia University, the only man in
the sports or any other world who
can drown out John Kieran of
Information Please and the New
York Times with a superior dis
play of knowledge, has been an
pointed by Nelson Rockefeller Co.
ordinator Of Inter-American Az
fairs, as Goodwill Ambassador"
to South America.
Who is this athlete who thinks
ne can succeed where polished
statesmen have failed? What has
a baseball player got that diplo-
mats lack? Well, Berg is an ex-
ceptional character. Frank Ora
ham hit it just right when he
called Moe the most remarkable
man in the game. Berg, first of
all, is a true scholar. That's
right, scholar. He speaks nine
languages fluently. These include
French, Spanish, Latin, Yiddish,
Hebrew, Portuguese and Japanese.
Of course he also converses in
American.
Moe is a man who has Travelled
all over the world. Not only has
he shuttled between the major
and the minor leagues in baseball,
but he has spent time in Japan
(the Japs love baseball and ball
players), in Europe mostly in
France, where he attended the
University of Sorbinne) and in
the orient as well. He has seen
as much Of the world as any dip
lomat has. He has come into
contact with the plain people.
And he has studied Axis propa-
ganda in South America with the
thoroughness of an intelligence
officer.
Moe Berg, baseball player, is
just the man for the job, if one
is interested in his career.
AS a diamond star, however,
Moe is more of a comedy. Never
an outstanding player, always a
second-string catcher, except in a
pinch, Moe has been more of a
boon to sports writer's than to his
managers. Berg is witty and
realizes his unique position in the
sports world He is the man with
the education. How he must suf-
fer when he remembers that the
most celebrated phrase in base
ball, a hating, picturesque quote,
which veers toward illiteracy, was
created only because of him
Berg was a shortstop in 1928,
when he was a young man. Mike
Gonzales, a wise hand at apprais-
ing diamond material, was asked
his opinion of Moe. He answered.:
Good field, no hit" Translated,
this means that Berg knew how
to handle his position in the field,
but was not much Of a batter.
Time has proved Mike a proph-
ct. Moe hung around, until Rookie
Teller grabbed him for a more i'm
portant work, as clever catcher.
He never did hit well.
I remember, however, a scene
during a game between the New
York Yankees and the Boston Red
Sox. Moe was wise-cracking IN
the bull-pen. I asked him what
he thought of Nose Grove, sched-
uled to pitch for the Hose that al
ternoon. He answered in a Ian
guage which resembled Polish
you're in New York" I called.
"Why not speak something we all
understand" He answered me IN
Yiddish. The crowd roared. 1
said a few words in Hebrew. he
renlied without hesitation. AS far
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-01-30

"Berg without a doubt is the
.oost remarkable man baseball
pver has known"-Frank Graham,
4 the New York Sun.
"Berg is destined to do a great
nh for this country. When the
FINAL victory of the United Ma
lions is achieved, I venture that
Noes contribution will outweigh
Fiat of any other athlete. Tom
Meany, in PM.
That's the tale in an eyecup.
Moe Berg, personable, erudite,
wise-cracking catcher-coach of
tbe Boston Red Sox, and one of
The Jewish stars of the diamond
|pastime, is now in a position to
wield terrific influence for the
democratic cause. He above all
athletes has been chosen for a
ticklish diplomatic task which has
proved beyond the capacity of
more prominent men.
Moe Berg, the walking encyclo-
pedia of baseball, a lawyer, a
graduate of Princeton and Column
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-01-30
MOE BERG: BASEBALL'S
GOODWILL AMBASSADOR
BY AL LURE

The appointment of Jewish baseball PLAYER as q
goodwill Ambassador" to South America set the snor+s
world on Who is Moe Berg? What qualifications
does he diplomat? What of person is heq
These questions entertainingly answered with fo
anecotes boot by AL Lurie, well known sports commen
tator
The Editor
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
OWEN D0DSON JOINS
HAMPTON'S STAFF

HAMPTON INSTITUTE. Va
The appointment of owen Dod-
son, outstanding young poet and
playwright, as an instructor in
the Hampton Institute Com
munications Center, was an
nounced this week by DR.. Nal
colin S Mclean, president of the
college.
Dodson, a native of Brook
Ign, N. Y, received his under
graduate training at Bates Col
lege and received the MA. de-
gree in fine arts at Yale. He
joins the Hampton Institute
faculty in June and will be in
charge of the theatre workshop
course for teachers in the sum-
mer session:
Two of Dodson's plays, obi
vine Comedy" and Garden of
Time" have been given as ma
ior productions at Yale Univer-
sity. Original Dodson plays have
been given at Bates, Brooklyn
and Talladega colleges and How
ard and Atlanta Universities.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
Tne Guardians Mission

In making its bow to the public today, The Guardian
congratuates in advance the constituency that it aspre
to serve upon the prospect of organ which is to voice
ntegeny the needs aspirations of the colored Am
ercan has been long felt that the coored people OF
this section allowing themselves to be carcatured
rather than characterized by the vast number of pubca
lions issuing forth weekly under the guse Of newspapers
These papers know neither the needs of those they
aspire to represent how clearly to express what they
do know They are smpy children crying in the night
Out of very shame therefore The Guardian enters the
journalistic field less to deliver community from
this sad plight Of affairs than protest against allow
ing ourselves to be represented at the bar of public
opinion through incompetency.
But important by far than all Of these is the
rights of citizenship those grand fundamental posulates
of government which make all citizens joint heirs to
equal rights and protection by the laws of the land And
in considering these shall public opinion to be
natural product alike to all citizens, public
fountain free-owng for the of ALL Wherever then,
this public product has been usurped monopozed by
any one to the detrment of another is the duty of
the outraged class to enter eternal protest against it.
Now is to voice this eternal protest against having pub
lie opinion onopolized and used forever to the der-
ent Of the coored race in this country that The Guard
ian has come into being.
scrbed shut off in any caste from equal rights with
other citizens and shall remain forever the firing line
ut any and all times in defence of such rights
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
APPRECIATION

I wish to thank my many
friends, who so kindly remem-
bered me in my hour of be-
reavement, when I lost my dear
mother, Mrs. KiSiah Cannady,
who was one of the earliest COL
ored settlers of Brockton.
Mother" Cannady, as many so
endearingly called her departed
this life in Brockton, Mass, on
Tuesday, April 7, 1912 after a
sudden heart attack.
Funeral services were held at
Lincoln Congregational Church,
Brockton, Mass, Saturday, April
II, 1912 and were conducted by
Rev. Roland T. Heacock of
Springfield, assisted by Rev.
Samuel L. Laviscount of st.
Marks Congregational Church
of RoXbury, Mass.
There were many beautiful
floral tributes. From an over
flowing heart I am sincerely
grateful.
Signed,
Mrs. Leila Cannady Francis.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
FLOOD TIME
BY RUTH TAYLOR
For Charles SteLzLe. Inc.

VI Ogt" 1CO OtOS<tC1 AtOs
IF in the land of peace,
wherein thou trustedest, they
wearied thee, then how will
thou do in the swelling of Jor-
DAMP"
This is the time of floods.
From the hill tops, denuded by
hatred and carelessness of the
sheltering friendly trees, whose
cohesive roots held back the
waters, the hungry torrents race
down to devastate the plains
below.
This is the time of the swell
ing of the Jordan-of trials, and
devastation, of constant danger
that the raging waters may en-
gulf us.
This is the time of the swell
ing of the Jordan. This is the
time to see if the levees we have
built of faith in democracy, Of
belief in brotherhood, are strong
enough to endure, if we as a
united people can work together
tn avert the dangers of the
floods.
This is the time of the swell
ing of the Jordan. 1t is a time
for sacrifice, for the putting
aside of self, for the patient do
ing of our part under the mar
tial law flood time demands.
eff in the land of peace,
wherein thou trustedest, they
wearied thee"-if we caviled at
or objected to the responsible
tiles of citizenship, the demands
of the brotherhood that is de-
moSracy, if we looked down up
on our neighbor, if we shirked
our dutieS-then how will we
face the food times ahead?
This is the time Of the swell
ing of the Jordan. Those of us
who have lived through floods
know what that means, and
what the demands will be. Let
us face them clearly. Courage,
perseverance, cooperation, pa
tience are what we need while
we work to our utmost and then
more-but in all, through all,
and above all, we need faith
faith in the promise of the old
hymn "When through the deep
waters I cause thee to go, the
rivers of sorrow shall not over
flow" So can we face the
swelling of the Jordan.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02

one-fifth of the audience at the
40th anniversary of the Wom-
ems Christian Union of the
Peoples Baptist Church were
members of Gloucester Presby-
terrain Church. 1t was a very
splendid program and tes.
anderson sang two solos and
was enthusiastically -M
Mrs. Marie Skinner and Mr..
Courtney Johnson led last
weeks prayer meeting. Mrs.
Reese and Mr.. Hebron will lead
this week. In the church last
Monday evening rally got I'M
der way (for the purchase of a
new church home) and will last
until May q at which time we
hope to have enough money to
pay for the new site.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Jordan Hall

DR.. John Haynes Holmes Of
New York will speak on Race
Question at the morning service
of the Community Church,
Sunday, May 3 at 1890. This
will be the last service of the
year. The Church will hold its
open Sunday services again next
Fall beginning the first Sunday
of October. DR.. Holmes, one of
Americas great preachers, is
the Chairman of the American
Civil Liberties Union and editor
of the religious magazine, "Un-
ity".
The service will be conducted
by the minister, Rev. Donald G.
Lothrop, and an opportunity to
ask questions of DR.. Holmes will
be afforded during the Question
Period after the address.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
LETTERS TO
TIE GUARDIAN
C0a1NKNDs PERSISTENCE

SNAtAAFAAA44NA~h
70 the Editor of the Guardian:
You are to be commended for
your persistence in keeping
alive the memory of your bro
ther, William Monroe Trotter,
Though the continuance of the
Guardian, now In its 10th year.
I like to have The Guardian
because 1t keeps me in touch
with the activities of Massachu-
sets and of my own family
my daughter, Mrs. Hazel Nc
Cree who is one of the hosteSses
at the NSO on Mass. Ave, and
her children, one of whom, Mar
ian McCree, is musically in
clined and is to sing in Mr..
Rhodes Opera, May 7.
I enclose my check for the
payment of my subscription
which desire always to con-
tinue.
I cannot find a truer word
Nor fonder to caresS you,
Nor song or poem l have
/ heard
! Is sveeter than God Bless
You"
LILLE M. WHALEY SMITH
Detroit, Mich.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
BOSTON PASTOR
WRITES IN AME
CHURCH review

The African Methodist Epis-
copal Review, a quarterly mag
azine devoted to high grade
writings on theology and
church topics and published by
the AME Church Publishing
House in Philadelphia, prints,
as one of it's main articles. a
theological paper entitled "IIu-
maniSm States It's Case" by
Rev. Oliver w. H. Childers, pas
tor of the New Charles st.
AME Church, Boston. The ed
itor calls the work scholarly in
his comments upon the vari-
GUS articles published in the
Spring quarter issue.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
Recent Deaths

Funeral services for William
Barnes, 243 Northampton St.,
Boston were held Friday. April
"a from Johnson'S Funeral
Home. Interment at Mt. Hope
Funeral services for Mrs Ju-
liza Barlow Banks, III Humboldt
Ave, Roxbury, were held Sat
urday, April Is from Johnson's
Funeral Home. Interment at
Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Funeral services for John
Maddox, II Hubert St, Roxbury
were held Tuesday, April %
from Johnson's Funeral Home.
Interment at Mt. Hope Gene
terry.
Funeral services for Miss AL
berta Lewis, 90 Wellington ST.,
Boston, were held Wednesday,
April 90 from the Holy Cross
Cathedral. Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery. JB johnson.
Undertaken.
Funeral services for Jason T.
WeekeS, SO Ruggles ST., Roxbury,
were held Thursday, April 80
from JohnSon's Funeral Home.
Interment at Mt Hope Gene
terry.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02

and Better Business" the pur-
pose being the development OF
a sense of the Importance OF
the Race in business. Mr., Lo-
max, president Of the Boston
Trade ASso. related that with
the help of the Signas local
business people got together
four years ago to improve &C.
onomic conditions. He urged
all to save by buying war
bonds to protect themselves
against the postwar slump.
Colored peoples credit is rat
ed high in Boston.
Mr.. Kildare of Bolt Supply
Co. pointed out the obstacles
which colored business has to
face. Miss Sweeney Of the
Cambridge Community Center
said the consumer expects adj
equate service, clean attractive
places Of business, and pro-
gressiVe methods Of merchan-
dising. 1.-THE consumer also ex-
poets the proprietor to take
only a fair profit" she said.
Atty. Dorch stressed the need
of building up business enter
prises in order not always to
be in the category Of wage
earners. LET us support our
business, he urged.
After a brief question peri
cd, the meeting closed with
the singing of Johnson's Lift
Ev'ry Voice"
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
PAUL robson
MAKES FIRST
TRIP SOUTH

Paul Robson, great artist and
idol of millions of people
throughout the world, made his
first trip into the deep South
where he held spell-bound an
audience of $500 coIored and
white Southerners who filled
the War Memorial Auditorium
at Nashville, Tenn, when he
spoke and sang at a concert
sponsored by the Southern Con-
ference for Human Welfare.
MIR. Robson spoke forcefully
for a united nation at this time
of great national crisis and the
absolute necessity to utilize the
creative capacity and brains of
the colored people.
The great American moved
his audience when he appealed
paSSionately to "uSe all our eff
forts to fight faScism" and call
ed for the immediate release of
Earl Browder from Atlanta
Prison.
CAS- came through Atlanta,
Georgia, for the first time the
other day." Mr.. Robson said.
Il thought sadly of one Ameri-
can who five years ago and
more saw clearly and spoke out
courageously against fascism,
warming our people of what lay
ahead. Today he fingers in At
lanta Penitentiary. But I hope
that he will soon be free to take
his place in the ranks of Amer
ica's fighting people. I refer to
Earl Browder."
Mr.. Robson rendered many
of his beautiful songs to the de-
light of the audience and was
called back to the stage innum-
cradle times. He also rendered
the famous Ballad for Amer
icans" with the Fiske University
choir singing the chorus.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
NEW CHARLES ST. A.M.E.
CHURCH

Warren St., at Elm Hill Ave.
Oliver w. H. Childers, Minister
Last Sunday the pastor spoke
on Back to the Fundamentals
of Methodism" in the morning
and 1.-THE Office and Work OF
the Holy Ghost" at night. The
senior choir sang several very
pleasant numbers. Mrs. Ruth
Morris, director, held an after
noon meeting and discussed
"Great Colored Leaders"
Sunday, May 3, will be the
beginning of the Rally for Con-
ference and Old Folks Day. The
pastors morning subject will be
1.-THE Doctrine of the New Birth
in Methodismn and Goodness
in Unexpected Places, at 7:45
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FIunkies
Continued from Page one)

CONTINUED from Page One)
the. race for a survival that is
constructive"
The organization which DR..
Woodson heads was founded at
Chicago in 1915. 1t was incor-
porated the same year at Wash
ington, D. c. A quarterly ra-
cial history has been published
bv the organization since 1915.
Monographs, reports, special
studies. translations, textbooks,
biographies, and handbookS, are
included in this vast reservoir OF
historical instruction. Branch
es and Junior societies have also
been organized. In 1922 a sys-
tematic research grant was es-
tablished. In 1926 race history
week" became yearly event. III
1927 an extension division, a
department of study clubs, was
SPONSORED These are some OF
DR.. Woodson's outstanding ach-
ievements to advance racial
history in America.
He concluded his address by
stating, mo race has accom-
plished any more good than any
other race. Only the fostering
of the belief in the inequality
of races has brought the world
to the stage of religions, racial
and political strife.
The senior and junior choirs
of the church sang several Sc
lections. with Gladys Perdue as
organist. Rev. R M Owens, pas
tor of the church, delivered the
invocation and benediction,
Atty. Matthew w. Bullock, pre-
sided Miss Wilhelmina Crosson,
co-ordinator, and a group of To-
cal historical clubs were spon-
sors of the lecture.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02

Clarendon Street, Boston. Dur
ing intermission luncheon was
held at the YWCA Coffee Shop.
In the afternoon sessions were
resumed with a discussion of
the theme Of the conference
"All for Defense, Defense for
An"-during which kilograms
were sent to the President and
other 'key" persons, demanding
the appointment of a qualified
colored man to the Man Power
Board. The evening was
brought to a conclusion with a
lavish banquet at the League
of Women for Community Serv-
ice at which Soror Louise Nc
Donald, First Anti BasiIens of
Alpha Kappa Alpha, was guest
speaker. One Of the memorable
moments Of the evening was the
presentation of a set of travel
ling bags by chapters of the
region to DR.. Mary Wright, di-
rector of the North Atlantic
Region.
On Sunday the sorors we're
the guests at breakfast given
in their honor by the members
Of the Missionary Society of the
Twelfth Baptist Church, after
which they worshipped with
Rev. Hester and his congrega-
ton. A sightseeing tour of his
toric Boston followed.
The conference voted to meet
next year in New York
Among those out-of- town sor-
ors attending the conference
were; Helen Cromer, Marie Da-
ley, Albertine Edmondson, Al
concita Flood, Louise McDon-
aid, Aretha Mckinley, Gertrude
Rose, Lucille Simms of New
YdNk; Emma Brinkley, True
Byrd. Mamie Davis, Viola Nee
kins, Ruth Scott, Margaret Will
son of Philadelphia; Vera Nc
Million Newark, New Jersey;
Edna Gray. Baltimore: Norma
Boyd. Washington; Goldje Nit
ehsll, Norfolk, Virginia. ssmse
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
FOURTH METHODS
CHURCH
Reu S. NJ. RiIey, JFe : =. 81.

Rev. S. NJ. Riley, Jf r. nas
sunday, May 3, lo =, ~ Is
ing worship, sermon BY ;y,i y" /. !
tor. music by senior cll0i''
Harris. organist. No
12:3o-Church School, .
vers in charge Noras
900 Epworth League, IN
wood. pres, R. Grl1lly -, RI
7:3o-Evening worship
Riley, preaching. Mesta
-'I Prayer and Glass n''T 4
every wednesday evenl . .tt,t
these SrvicS.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1942-05-02
Mut. Mnnrnp TrnttRr
EDITOR and PUBLISHER
1901 - 1884
1T HAS KEPT THE FAITH

We reprint below the Guardians Introductory edi-
toria written forty years ago. Therein is stated in
broad outline the papers purpose and under what cir
eumstances it making its bow to the general public.
After two decades of publication it is well to look back
again to the Guardians starting point and aims and thus
to make of what the paper set do and whether
during those years has served it pledged itself to
serve. OF thing there be question: The Guard
ian has never wobbed the question of equal rights
it has kept the pledge made forty years ago; I'VE shall
remain forever on the firing line any and all times in
defense of the rights of the colored race"