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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-04-02

know how difficult it will be to
erase this same feeling against
our own peaple
4: X !: \
Congratulations: To Billy Gold
stein, son of the Joe Goldsteins
here, upon having received his
rating as sergeant Billy is
serving with the Air Forces some
where in Africa :.
TO the DIR. I. Strumpfs on the
birth of a baby daughter the
doctor is stationed in Atlanta and
has recently received his promo
ton in the U. S. Army to a lieu
tenant colonel
To Captain (doctor) ]. Safer
Tor having his desire to serve
with the army overseas realized.
:. Captain Safer was sent to the
Army surgical school and is now
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-04-02

serving with the second auxiliary
medical unit on the fighting
front
To the Louis Wittens upon the
birth of a Son this week
Plans will soon be announced
for a mass meeting to be held
here in protest of the Nazi mas
sacres of the European Jews
the meeting will be held by Jews
and non-Jews alike
Don't forget that DIR. Abram L.
Sachar will be the guest speaker
at the B'nai Birth sabbath to
night in the Jewish Center
1t will be joint Sabbath held by
the Jewish Temple and the Cen
ter DIR. Sachar, one of the
most outstanding Jewish orators
in America, is national director of
Hillel
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-04-02
'Rabbinical Edict' On Zionist Afilia-
ton Is Answer To Protest OF Rabbis

This week the leading orthodox and conservative rabbs
of St. Louis issued Rabbnca Edict imposing upon every
congregation in the community The sacred Duty join
a Zionist Organization.
Although the edict was not issued to the
American Council for Judaism who declared that Zion
ism is antregious and not in accordance with Jewish
lief the action taken by the St. Louis Vass Hair might
rabbis of the council.
If return of the Jewish people to their ancient home
land is part of the Jewish faith then why should not the
Zionist become part of the activity of the syna
gOgue?
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-04-02

tnat word And it was in the
development of my five year old
daughter that 1 witnessed the
phenomenon
Are you surprised?
Of course it wasn't against the
Jews that my daughter developed
this anti-SemitiSm IT was A.
gainst the negro You say
that intolerance and prejudice a
gainst the negro isn't anti
semitism However, saw
this thing conceived, and saw
it born, and 1 saw it grow
and I tell you it is one and the
same thing
It takes two to conceive one
and my daughter got her seed
from another little girl who did
not have the slightest idea of what
she was planting But this
other little girl got certain sat
isfaction out of what she was do
ing, and so she husbanded my
daughters anti-semitic baby
And all she did was to say, dirty
niger" to a colored maid who was
passing the children at play
We have a cOlOred woman work.
ing in our home, too, just like so
many of you Our cOlOred
woman has helped me rear our
children, has aided me nurse
them when they were sick, has
fed them when they wouldn't take
food from me, and has petted
them when their Sensitivities were
ruffled The children run to
her for comfort when 1 have to
scOId them, and they respond to
her commands when they play
deaf to my own -.
My daughter is very fond of her
"nursey" Yet, one evening
when she came home a little tired
and vexed by one of her playmates
she entered the kitchen and look
ed superiority at our colored
woman and said, dirty niger"
and walked haughtely out of
the room :.
The seed which had been plant
ed had now burst it's first stem
out of the soil decided to
step on the poisonous growth and
crush out it's life right then
what is a niger?" I asked my
five year old ;.
She didn't know explained
the difference between negro,
who was a person with black skin,
and a niger, who the negroes
themselves designate as a black
brute 1 demonstrated that
our nurse certainly was not a
brute 49,.
But it happened again that my
daughter spat out the word dirty
niger" This time had scold-
ed her, and since she couldn't
speak back to me she went into
the kitchen and soothed her
wounded ego by demonstrating IN
her own mind her superiority over
the maid s..
This time 1 spanked her across
the legs to tell her that she had
hurt her nurses feelings in the
same way -.
My daughter doesn't say, dirty
niger" to the maid anymore
but I have heard her whisper it
under her breath while we were
driving in the car and colored
man passed us by :. have
seen it in her eyes when the yard
man cautions her not to get in the
wav of the lawnmower just
those two words dirty niger"
which initiates her ego and ex-
nresses in her own mind her sup
eriority over a person older than
she who has harmed her IN no
manner
I shall try to erase the cancer
from her set-up but the dis
t;nctiOn of color has already been
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-04-02

1t isn't very often
one is able to see
the inception and
birth and the BIOS
sOming of anti
senitism . Yet, 1
have had that priv
ilege if you will
permit the use of
Evening star., 1943-06-30

world were viewed by sources close
to current relations between the two
nations as possible motives for dec
larations of the new military govern
ment that 1t hopes to enter into
greater cooperation with other
American countries.
Informed observers last night said
they knew nothing OF the reported
start Of special conversations here
and Buenos Aires. The Argentine
Foreign Office was reported to have
said that conversations had been
initiated with the idea of finding
ways to improve relations between
the two countries.
There can be no discussion of
lease-lend equipment for Argentina
until there is change of attitude y
an informed source said. A break
with the Axis was viewed as only
Evening star., 1943-06-30

frustrated in their efforts at parent
hood, are back at the Bellevue Hos
pital maternity ward here.
Miss May Bookmiller, hospital su-
pervisor Of obstetrics, who said she
recognized them as the same pigeons
who chose the ledge outside a win
dow of the ward in 1910 and 1912,
has had a carpenter build little
fence around the new nest contain
ing two eggs. In 1910 and 1912 the
eggs were destroyed when they
rolled off the ledge.
Evening star., 1943-06-30

Business Bureau,
at the annual re-
port m e e t | n &
yesterday at the
Mayhower Ho-
tel.
In his annual
report to The
board, Mr.. Baltz
declared tn a t
IT he demands
upon the bureau
due to increased
populations and
ver changing
conditions have
been grea a t e r
than au.~
Evening star., 1943-06-30

and during the past year the bureau
has discharged its esponsibilities
with sound discretion and with
faithfulnesS to the public interest
and to the welfare of legitimate
business.
Claude H. Woodward, director Of
the Better Business Bureau, in his
annual report of the organizations
activities, said: During the past
Evening star., 1943-06-30

one factor in improving Argentine
United States relations. Other fac
tors are complete suppression OF
Axis espionage in Argentina and
control Of the movement OF Axis
funds, it was said.
Evening star., 1943-06-30
j. ). Reserves Stand
On Argentine Regime
Observers Discount
Reported Conversations

BY the Associated Press.
Efforts by the new Argentine gov
ernment of President Pedro Ramirez
to better its standing in the United
States without making a break with
the Axis were regarded with re-
serve in Washington today.
Desires to acquire lease-lend arms
and fears for the prestige of Ar
gentina's position in the postwar
Evening star., 1943-06-30
BaItz Again 10 Head
Trustees OF Better
Business Bureau
Requests for information
Increased During Yeor,
Annual Report Says

Edward c. Baltz, secretary of the
Perpetual Building Association, was
reelected to the Craftsmanship of
the board OF trustees for the Better
Evening star., 1943-06-30

year the number of complaints, both
competitive and consumer, alleging
violations Of price ceilings has been
steadily on the increase. There has
been much confusion in the minds
Of the public and the retailers and
a decided lack of understanding on
the part of both.
THE bureau has been able to OBJ
tain interpretations for retailers
and to explain to uninformed con-
sumers the meaning of various
phases of the regulation"
Other officers for the Board for
the coming year include: James
w. Hardey, vice chairman; Hubert
T. Bisselle, treasurer; r. B. H. Lyon,
counsel; Arthur j. Sundlun, assist
ant treasurer, and c. G. Sheffield
chairman of the Merchandise Com
mittee.
Elected to membership on the
Board of Trustees were:
hspinwall;, C, a: Jacobs. J. wriley
Boothby, Everett ]. McLachlen. A.
surFus. Hoei; oeoTse r 3. sven. se'' Thornton n w.
camp. s. Ee1 Wilson sqsef ReiIly. JoSn aass,e A
Doiph. VI. B. Robinson. chas. A.
Pulcan, E B.. sr.; Bust, H. l.; jr.
Goldsmith Ralph L. SHARPE. t rOan C. ME- Melvin IN
Gollan. Miss NJ: Siddons. F. P H.
Grosner.. Gerald D. Ullman, Harry E.
Halsey. J. J. Weaver, H. r.
Herron Co: I: w Zirkin. Dewey
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28

in DR.. Bottoms opinion, are
those that have no sympathy in
their nature.
This is the way DR.. Bolton ex-
planned IL:
Laughter is the expression of
a coarse emotion which, as cul-
ture increases, is refined to a
smile. And it is preposterous to
state that, outside of man, the
hyena is the only animal which
laughs.
Most of the animals laugh.
Horses and monkeys, crocodiles
and frogs, cats, lions and tigers
laugh, and the most obvious
laughter in the animal kingdom
is that of the dog.
who has not heard the horse
laugh, the hee-haw Of the jackass,
the cackle of the laughing n.y.
ena, the cachinnating scream Of
the pig. the deep-throated
chuckle Of the frog? Who has
not seen the ape grin, the per-
petual smile of the bunny? Ami
mails do laugh"
In his notes, Charles Darwin,
the father of the evolution theory
that has provoked plenty Of con-
troversy, declared that young
chimpanzees had a barking laugh
when they were pleased at some
thing.
The late Professor William
James Of Harvard accepted the
ability 10 laugh as an index OF
understanding and sympathy.
Cattle, Or. James pointed out, do
not laugh. nor do they help a
wounded companion. But dog,
which he said was capable of the
strongest and truest laugh, will
lick another wounded or sick dog
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28

inches thick. The wielder lifted
this bludgeon high over his head
and brought it down with the
force of a piledriver. The re-
port sounded like the echo of an
elephant gun
II certainly thought the spinal
column Of that luckless mortal
would be driven squarely out
through the top Of his skull as
victim and stool were sent
SPRAYING a dozen feet away. To
my great surprise the stricken
one leaped unhurt to his feet and
yelled IT bane ole Christiansen"
From the derisive roars of
laughter that went up 1 judged
he had guessed wrong. So he
had to resume the STOPPING po-
sition. Twice more in fact, for
it was not until the third stroke
that he guessed that bane Lief
Orndorf.' And Lief it was.
Never did 1 see such terrific
play Three times one man had
to go 90 the sacrificial stool. Yet
when 1t was over he challenged
another one of the victims to a
wrestling match and flung him
to the board floor with a jolt
that would have knocked the
wind out of a hippopotamus.
Then he smoked a pipeful,
stretched yawned and said he
was sleepy and guessed he'd go
to bed. l would have gone to
the hospital
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28
Who SAYS ANIMALS CANTLAuGH?

IIT is only the superior or
Disconnected man who
really laughs Laughter
is an idiosyncrasy of human kind
alone. No other animal, except
the hyena, laughs; and the hy-
enas laugh, like that of many
humans, Is a snarl."
That's what Professor Francis
Arthur Powell Aveling, holder of
the chair of psychology in the
University of London and a wide
ly known scientist, has to say
about mans lightest emotion.
But the watchful eye or the
camera and the patient and ac-
curate researches of other men of
science seem TO give the laugh
TO the conclusions Of the learned
DIR. Aveling.
but animals do laugh" say
some other experts as equally
skilled in psychological research
and in zoology as the London
professor.
The remarkable animal photo
graphs on this page would seem
10 refute the sober-faced theory
that the four-legged creatures
lack a sense Of humor.
Cats and horses laugh, Chin
panzees giggle, dogs grin and
seals smile. At lee :, that is
the belief of the men who have
watched animal antics in their
comparative studies of human
beings and the lower animals.
One of the most positive ex-
ponents of the belief that animals
do laugh was DR.. Thaddeus l..
Bolton, Professor Emeritus of
Psychology at Temple University
in Philadelphia. The only ami
mails which do not smile or laugh,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28
An After Dinner Pasfime
For He.Men Only

1.-TWO hundred miles north of
Eau Claire, Wisconsin. along
y the Canadian boundary. a lot
of numbering is going on this
winter. Working for one big
company, the lumberjacks are
mostly giant Norwegians and
Swedes, real he-men with the
bark on.
The big bruisers are all six
footers, weigh a good 200 pounds
or more and are men who can
take it.
A few pass away their free
hour before bedtime with check
ers or cards but most of these
men prefer Can you take it,
Olaf" game that has more
action. About a dozen generally
play "Olaf," as the pastime is
called by the men.
Charles LOOMS. working for a
paper company near Chesuncook,
Maine, this winter has seen the
Scandinavians play this game
and this is the way he describes
it.:
Lots were placed in a hat and
the one who drew the black paper
was it He was blindfolded
and placed with his hands, palms
flat, on a stool.
after the victim had assumed
his sacrificial posture the party
drew lots again. The lucky one
took from a corner a formidable
club about three feet long and six
ELn 90 UnN0
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28

and even bring him food. Mon
keys, he said, go even farther
in their laughter.
THE return Of a friend, the
removal of an enemy from his
cage, patting him on the head ~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28

all of these provoke a thankful
laugh from a monkey"
Even if the dissidents find DR..
Aveling's theory about animal
laughter unsupported, it is hard
TO tell what does make animals
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28

Maybe
This Is
Only a
Yawn, Or
a Snarl,
But the
Keepers of
CarnivOrous
Animals
at the
London
Zoo Think
That This
Tigress,
Named
JeZebel,
Gets n
Kick Out
of British
Hunor
Now and
Then.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-28

The
Photograph
at the Left,
Which Was
Taken
During a
Pet Show
on the
Outskirts
Of Boston,
Has Been
Pointed to
Time and
Again as
Evidence
That Some
Kittens
Have a
Sense OF
Hunor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-03
Merchandise
Holiday Special
Household Articles
T o YS-GIFTS T s

We have large assortment of use full gifts and toys. Shop with con- fidence at your favorite furniture store and be assured of good quality at the lowest possible prices. Don't wait until the last minute. Make your purchase early this year and be assured of not causing disap-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-03

A few good practical presents which everyone in the family can enjoy. Chairs, Knee-hole Desks, Coffee Tables, Cocktail Tables, Occasional Tables, Wall Racks, Smokers, Bou- doir Chairs, Sewing Cabinets, Tele- phone Sets, Record Cabinet, Dishes Night Tables, Chrome Breakfast Sets, Maple Lamps, Kitchen Rock CTS, Kitchen Cabinets, Card Tables, Studio Couches. Sofa Beds, Clothes Hampers, Hassocks, Etc, and hun dreds and hundreds of other useful gifts.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-12-03
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Evening star., 1943-11-25
Food Exhibition
.Obens Tomorrow

An exhibit on Food in War and
Peace" will be sponsored by the Dis
trict Federation Of Women's Clubs
at 2 pm. tomorrow at the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. Auditorium,
Eleventh and H streets NV. The
exhibit has been brought from Bos-
ton by the Consumer Nutrition
Committee Of the Civilian War Serv-
ices in collaboration with the Ameri-
can Federation Of Government En-
ployes.
Speakers will include DR.. Marx
Graubard. director Of labor educa-
ton, Agriculture Department, and
Martha Ellyn, columnist Of the
Washington Post. A skit by Mrs
Minnie Frost Rands, entitled, Lit
tie OPA's," presented previously by
the drama group of the Takoma
Park Women's Club, will be given
after the speakers. Mrs. Arthur
Charles Watkins, president Of the
District Federation, will preside at
the program.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
Blanche J0wers,
Mr.. Claeeeft Wed

The marriage of Miss Blanche
Mae lowers, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. lowers, to Mr. Albert M
Claggett. radioman third class, U
S. NJ, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. F.
Claggett. The wedding took place
November 13 in the Ninth Street
Christian Church, the Rev. c. c.
Roberts officiating.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore her travel
ing costume Of beige with brown
accessories and a shoulder bouquet
of white roses.
Miss Helene Hooper was maid of
honor and Mr.. Earl Watkins, U. S
NJ, was the best man.
The informal reception was held
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jow-
ers and later Mr.. and Mrs. Claggett
left for Norfolk, where the former
is stationed. Mrs. Claggett has
joined her parents.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
|CbiLdren's
Ballet Set
Saturday

The younger generation will fill
the National Theater Saturday
morning when America Dances
will be presented especially for them
by Edwin Strawbridge. The ballet
is the story of dancing nation be-
ginning with the Pilgrim days and
carrying on through present day
Army canteen. The performance
is being sponsored by the Children's
Museum Of Washington and the
youthful members of officials and
diplomats as we'll as many resi-
dent Washingtonians will be in the
audience.
Mrs. Robert P. Patterson, wife OF
the Undersecretary of War, will
have with her her children and
others enjoying the ballet will be
the children Of the Lithuanian Min
lister and Nine. Zadeikis, the Dan
ish Minister and Nine. de Kauff-
mann, the Military Attache of the
Chinese Embassy and Nine. Chu
Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller
III; Mr.. and Mrs. John Archbold
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Heurich
Capt. and Mrs. Theodore w. Cook
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Southgate
and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold N. Marsh
A number Of prominent men and
women have contributed to the
pleasure fund for the entertainment
of children from settlement houses
and orphanages. Among these are
Mrs. Avery Coonley, Mrs. S. F. Cur
tis, Mrs. James M. Helm, Mrs. Nor
ton MacCartney, Mr.. Harold Hodges
and Mr.. James B. Reynolds.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
Mrs. Davenport
Visits NebbeW

Mrs. Ernest Davenport has gone
to Charlottesville to spend several
days with her nephew, Mr.. William
Robert 'Wimbrow, who will be grad
uated December 20 from the School
of Engineering at the University of
Virginia. Today Mrs. Davenport
and Mr.. Wimbrow are with the lat
ter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter s.
Wimbrow, at Eastville, Va, for
Thanksgiving Mr.. and Mrs. VIM
brow entertained the members of
their family at dinner today at the
Pennington Country Club.
Mr.. Wimbrow / S member of
Theta Tau and Pi Delta Epsilon Fra
ternities and also a member of the
Raven Society and the Omicron
Delta Kappa. He has been editor of
the Virginia Engineering Review for
the past year and president of the
student branch of the American So
ciety of Chemical Engineers. He
will enter military service imme-
diately after his graduation.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
Miss Bollnger
Ia Recent Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip H. Bollinger
of College Park announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Phyllis
Geraldine Bollinger, to 1t. Andrew
Cowan, the ceremony taking place
November Il, with the Rev. Keith
Gusts Of the Presbyterian Church
Of Riverdale off1ciating in the home
OF the brides parents.
The bride is q graduate OF the
University Of Maryland and from
the University of Iowa and is 9
member of Alpha XII Delta and Phi
Kappa Phi.
1t. Cowan has been stationed al
Fort Belvoir, where he received his
commission.
Evening star., 1943-11-25

By the Way
BETH BLAINE

We asked Mrs. Jacob L. Devers,
wife of the famous general, what
she thought about the young
girls of today and their part in
the war effort. All the pretty
and attractive girls who, if it
weren't for the war, would be
busy with parties and gayety
instead of the more serious busi-
ness of war work.
'Ilooked at the group of Jangos
who serve at the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines Club Canteen the
other day." Mrs. Devers said,
"and I thought how gay and
CHEEKY and really efficient these
girls were. How they seemed to
be getting all the happiness and
thrill out of doing their volunteer
jobs when under different cir
cumstances most Of them would
have had nothing more serious
to think about than shopping for
a pretty dress or helping with the
list for their debut parties. The
war has diverted their energies
from social frivolity to social
service"
And this, Mrs. Devers thinks, Is
q very fine thing. And we think
SO, too.
Mrs. Devers is very much at
home in her own lovely old
Georgetown house. Her family
have always lived in Fairfax, Vir-
ginia, where her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Lyon, still make
their home. AS a young girl
Mrs. Devers went to school in
Washington, at Western High
School. She has many friends in
the Capital and she is an ex-
cellent manager and an extreme
ly efficient person. It was Just a
short while ago that she was
asked to take over the volunteer
job OF chairman of the Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Club Cam
teen. She has for some time been
q member of the executive board,
We asked her a little about the
canteen itself. Over $500 meals
are served there each month to
servicemen. All the people who
work in the canteen with the ex-
ception of the cooks and dish
washers are volunteer workers.
And that really is something
when you realize that breakfast
begins as early as six-thirty and
that dinner goes on from four
to seven at night!
All the volunteers are either
wives or very close relatives of
officers Of the various services
the Jangos as you probably know
are daughters or sisters OF these
officers.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
Party Is Planned
|Bv CArlev Club

Members of the Curley Club will
present their annual card party and
dance tomorrow evening at the Hotel
Hamilton. Card playing will begin
at pm. and dancing will be from
9 pm. until midnight with music by
a popular local orchestra. Proceeds
will be applied to the scholarship
fund for the promotion Of higher
education for deserving students.
The committee in charge includes
Francis Smith. chairman, assisted
by Mrs. Ruby Keefe, Bernard Kropp
and Herman Lauten.
Nomination and election for the
Office of advocate will be at $50
o'clock tonight at the Hotel CONT
mental. Miss Mary Healey, presi-
dent, will preside.
Evening star., 1943-11-25
Kentucky Society
dance TOmOrrOze,

The Kentucky State Society OF
Washington will open its season
tomorrow evening when my Old
Kentucky Homecoming" will be
featured in the ballroom of the
Willard. The society, through Miss
Cornelia Bowie, is cooperating with
the Washington Hospitality Com
mittee for the entertainment OF a
group of convalescent overseas vet
Grams.
The dance tomorrow will be the
first event in the society's 30th sea-
son and dancing will follow the
grand march and will be from 8 to
/ o'clock. Among the distinguished
guests will be members Of the
Brazilian War Mission.