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The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01
Bears Drop Close
Contest To Mesa
Free Throw In Waning Sec
onds Gives Mesa 26-25
Victory. Florence To Play
Here Tonight.

The Mesa Jackrabbits basketball
team took a close decision from the
Coolidge Bears last Friday 26-25 in
a game played at Mesa. Trailing
81 at the end OF the first quarter
and 1919 at the half. the Bears
came TO life in the second half TO
make a real game OF IT,
The Coolidge five surged 10 a
three point lead 20-17 at the end
OF the third period with Marlin
Wing hitting for three consecutive
baskets Mesa came back strong
10 close the gap with the lead
changing hands constantly in the
hectic final quarter. Jarret Jarvis.
Mesa guard. sank a free throw ia
the final 80 second for the victory
margin.
Marlin Wing. star Bear guard
led both teams in scoring with ii
points. Jarvis was high for Mesa
with eight counters. Roland Free
land racked up seven points for
Coolidge while Bill Ware played a
fine defensive game. holding the
usually high scoring Wilford White
to six points.
In the preliminary game the
Mesa Bunnies defeated the Coo
lidge Cubs 29-l3.
The R4ars meet the Florence Co
pliers tonight in a return clash.
The Gophers dropped the Bears
25-ie in a game at Florence two
weeks ago and the Coolidge team
will be seeking TO even the count
Florence has played good .consis-
tent ball 10 topple some OF the
strongest outfits in the state. while
the Bears have been a hot-and-cold
club all year. II they are hot" to-
night they will extend the Gophers
TO the limit
On Wednesday. February 6. the
Bears are hosts to the Gilbert
Tigers. who defeated Coolidge in
their first game at Gilbert
Next weekend the Bears take to
the road. meeting the Chandler
Wolves. the ella Bend Monsters
and the Ajo Red Raiders. In pre-
vious games Coach Glenn Wilson's
squad defeated Chandler and lost
TO Ajo.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01
Dance Slated
Tomorrow Night
For Polio FUND
March Of Dimes Will Con-
clude With Dance At Le-
gion Hall. Large Crowd
Expected. Dancing Begins
At 9 p. M.

The drive conducted here to aid
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis will conclude to-
morrow night with a dance at Coo
lidge Legion Hall. A large crowd
is expected, according to Ben
Sweazea, local chairman, who says
that response TO the March of
Dimes has been generous and
whole-hearted in Coolidge.
Sweazea has been aided in his
work for the polio fund by Mitchell
Cagalj, Clint Alfrey, Charles Dora
and Phil Fent. Special decorations
and music have been arranged for
the evening of the dance.
For the first time in 13 years, the
March of Dimes, annual appeal, is
being held without the living pres
ence of the man who inaugurated
the fight against infantile paralysis
and became its symbol: the late
president Franklin d. Roosevelt.
The cause for which he fought
so valiantly is bequeathed to the
American public. The fight is not
yet won. We must reinforce our
strength and increase our effort
until final victory is achieved, drive
officials point out.
At AZ universities, M d
schools, and laboratories scientists
are working under grants from the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, searching continuously
for means of prevention and cure
of poliomyelitis and for improved
methods of treatment and care.
Altogether, 92 institutions have
received grants and appropriations
totalling over $S,OO0,00O from the
National Foundation since it was
formed. This work is made pos
sible by the annual March of Dimes,
which will be climaxed here by
the dance at Legion Hall tomorrow
night. Dancing will begin at nine
o'clock.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01
Traffic Violators
Fined In Court

James Jefferson. Florence, and
Allie Gonzales. Coolidge, were fined
$500 each in justice of peace
court this week for driving with
out a license. The arrests were
made following an accident at the
corner OF Third and Kennedy
streets in which cars driven by the
two men were involved.
Charged with reckless driving,
which caused an automobile COLI
sion near La Palma. Cecil Allen, OF
Mesa, was fined 800.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Clair Kennedy of
Long Beach, California, have re-
turned to their Coolidge ranch on
business. They were Joined here
by their son, Pfc. Richard ]. Ken
nedy, Fort Dix, New Jersey, who
has reenlisted for one year and is
home on 30-day furlough. The Ken
nedys plan to be here for month.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01

OMiss Rosie Lee Adkins was guest
of honor at a surprise birthday din
ner at the home of her mother, Mrs.
Abbie Adkins, on Wednesday eve
ming. Guests were Miss Frances
(Chula) Borree, Miss Evelyn Trout
and Hank Summerville.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01
Kugler Ranch Will
Hold Auction Sale

An auction sale will be held
Monday, February 4 at the John
Kugler ranch, south of Coolidge.
Household goods, farm equipment
and livestock will be sold, begin
ming at 1 p. m. H. c. Hall will be
the auctioneer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01

OMrs. Robert Cockrill was honored
on her twenty-first birthday Sun
day with a family dinner at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. S. Dixon. Those present besides
members of the family were Miss
Frances (Chula) Borree and Miss
Betty Egge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01

Help is needed on Friday, Satur-
day, and Monday, February 1, 2,
and H. Those who will volunteer
to assist on any of the specified
dates are requested by Kamphuis
to contact Community church
manse, phone 81.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01

OMiss Helen Darlington has been
employed as bookkeeper for the
Examiner, where she began her new
duties Monday. She replaces Mrs.
Warren Eyer, who resigned to keep
books for her husband, owner and
operator of the cement brick plant
of Coolidge Sand and Rock Co.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01
Word OF Pfc. Gays
Death Comes from
War Department
Parents Receive Official
Word And Letter From
Friend Confirming Death
Of Son, Reported Missing
Since 1912

Pfc. Houston Gay, L. S. marine
corps. reported missing in action
at Bataan since 1912. has now had
his name placed on the War De
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01

0Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fisher of Phoe-
nix, former Coolidge residents, were
visiting friends here on Friday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-02-01

70 AuItoro n1nsor, Director
Phoenix, Arizona
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-01-01
January, 1915

again. Treachery will follow In.
on treachery. Nations will again
tremble as their leaders vainlv
try to head off what they them,
selves precipitated. War viii,
come again, and humanity will
60 into caves and holes to escane
the wrath that will level the
world. And as surely as one war
came because politicians held
little and helpless people in con.
tempt, another will come if 90.
iticians play fast and loose with
the lives of shattered peonln
whose very death-rattles can be
heard in the concentration camns
Humanity has reached the point
of desperation. It could not stand
Continued On Page y
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-01-01
become cloudy.
Palestine-The Test Of
International Honesty

international f40neSxY
Now is the time when we Will
see what the words liberty" and
freedom" are worth. They were
worth a great deal in 1910 when
Britain was being bitzed. They
were worth a great deal in 1912
when Rommel was driving to
Suez. They were worth a great
deal in 1914 when V-bombS were
falling on London. What are
they worth now, in 1916? The
Jews have come to ask that a
pledge be made good. They have
REINFORCED it with six million
of their dead. They have reen-
forced it with the thousands of
their men who drove the Nazis
back from Ell Alamein, while in
the bars at Alexandria Arab cut
Threats were toasting Hitler's
impending victory. They have
REINFORCED it with their slain
brothers of the Polish under
ground, of the French Majuis,
of the Jewish Brigade. They have
REINFORCED it with a war which
Hitler waged against them from
1880 on, war which was
warning to the world of things
to come. Now it remains to be
seen whether the democratic
world means to honor its pledge
or to WEIGH on it. Upon this de-
cision rests the verdict of mil
lions of the little people, a YER
dict which will determine wheth-
er freedom has been betrayed
once more, whether democracy
has been made a mockery by the
very men who proclaimed no.
ly war in its name.
PaIeSt1ne IS the Test OF demo.
crazy. For the fate of Palestine
and of Europe's Jews will be a
prophecy of the fate Of the world.
Should JewrY be betrayed in
1916 humanity will be betrayed
a decade later. Should this small
land fall victim to power poll
tics today. large and powerful
lands will be torn from end to
end by power politics tomorrow.
This is no idle forecast. In 1899.
the Jews Of the world pleaded
with the nations to see in the
persecution of our people a
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-01-01
.lS46 The Test Of Democracy

and without tears over. their
ruined houses and the graves Of
their sons and the crippled
limbs of their little ones because
they believed in it. Now that
peace has been proclaimed. the
little people come to put in their
claim for a share of that demo-
cracY for which they suffered
without end. It is time to pay
off. The time is now. Not some
distant tomorrow when pledges
will become vague and memories
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-01-01
By David Polish

Palestine is the test Of demo-
cracY. Twenty million soldiers.
men. women. and children. died
In the name of democracy. Cities
were wiped out in a fight to
save democracy. All over the
world. people believed that this
was 1.-THE war to preserve de-
mocracY. The common man be-
Ieved in it. The little people
believed in it. They stood silent
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-01-01
Palestine-The test Of
World Peace

World Peace
This is the test not only OF
international honesty. It is the
test of whether our children are
to 60 forward into World War
III. If great powers cannot keep
one pledge, they will dishonor
other pledges too. If they mean
to throw Palestine to the forces
of appeasement and to the oil
interests, they will sacrifice other
nations and other peoples for
their own purposes all over a
gain. The heartbreaking era of
pre-war times will start all over
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-01-01

threat TO the peace Of the entire
Globe. The attack on the Jew
was like a foul disease which
fastens on a finger-tip and soon
covers the whole body. Few lis
tened. The grim prophecy came
true.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

occurred at Haiphong when the
French attempted to seize smuggled
gasoline stores.
The outbreak was viewed by many
in Indo- China as victory for res
tive extremists over the more con-
ciliatory President Ho Chi Mini
There has been no word about him
since his government fled Hanoi
Thursday.
Underlying .he' outbreak, were
the nationalist ambitions Of Wet
namese leaders, matched by French
determination to retain Frances
richest overseas territory.
Chief point Immediately at issue
is the future status of Cochin China
where rubber and rice production
furnish Indo- China's chief wealth
The Vietnamese want 1t Joined
with Tonkin and AMMAN as part OF
their republic and the French want
it separated from Wet Nam.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Indo-Chinu
Continued From First Page.)

thoung, about 80 miles north OF
Hanoi, but the French command
still had the situation "in hand, "
the communique added. Fighting
also was continuing inside Nam
dinh, so miles south of Hanoi.
Minister Delays Departure.
Marius Moutet, Frances minister
for overseas territory, postponed
until tomorrow night his scheduled
departure for Saigon as fog closed
in over Paris, grounding the plane
that was to carry him and other
members Of his mission to the
scene Of the fighting.
He had promised to be back ir
Paris within two weeks to give the
National Assembly a f1rst-hand re-
port on the situation, thus deferrine
a full-dress parliamentary debate on
Indo- China, a subject intertwined
with Frances financial and politi-
cal crisis.
Premier Leon Blum, obviously
worried, told a party group the gov
ernment did not possess all the in
formation which had appeared In
the newspapers, and he hoped the
situation was not as serious as ii
was being painted.
Shortly afterward, however, the
first communique of the French
high command from Saigon under
scored the accuracy OF the first press
dispatches.
Victory for Extremists.
The situation in Northern Indo-
China had been relatively quiet
until last month, when an outbreak
Evening star., 1946-12-22
By John =. Corlton

now a washington CORRESPONDENT.
Il S. Cohen, editor Of the politically
powerful Atlanta journal, and then
quit his Governors job to run for
the Senate seat.
1t was battle as much between
the Atlanta Constitution and the
Atlanta Journal as between Mr..
Russell and Representative Charles
Crisp. whom the Constitution
backed for the Senate seat.
Eight or 10 aspirants for the Gov
ernor's chair campaigned in COM
parative obscurity while the Rus
SELL Crisp battle went on.
Eugene Talmadge would come by
the newsroom of the old Atlanta
Georgian, Hearst paper in Georgia
which was political impotent, and
persuade the city editor to let one
of the second-line reporters go with
him to political meetings. It was
that hard for him to get attention.
Became Page One News.
A few days before the primary
the public suddenly became aware
that Gene Talmadge was making a
runaway for Governor. The tip-off
came when the Atlanta Constitution
started playing his rallies on the
front page.
Few remember who his opponents
were.
The Constitution supported Mr..
Talmadge in the closing days of his
campaign, insuring his election. The
Constitution supported him in at
least two of his terms, turning
against him in the coup which put
Ellis Arnall in the State executive
Office in 1943.
Mr.. Talmadge took Office with
what he termed a mandate from
the people" and he proceeded to
carry out his promises" a phrase
which became his slogan, his poll
tical strength in every campaign.
The Legislature bucked him as had
virtually every other governor. But
the hour the assembly adjourned
sine die, Gov. Talmadge issued a
proclamation reducing the automo-
bile license registration fee to a fiat
SO. Then he fired the motor vehi-
Gle license commissioner who re-
fused to abide by the order.
A respected Atlanta lawyer, Mar
ion Smith, the son of the late Sena-
tor Hoke Smith, whom Mr.. Tai
madge made head of the University
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Bonnet 10 Address Dinner
OF French teachers Dec. 80

Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador
to the United States, will address q
dinner meeting of the American
Association of Teachers of French
at 7 pm. December 80 at the May
flower Hotel, it was announced yes
terday.
The dinner will be one OF the
affairs of the associations annual
meeting in Washington at the May
flower ON December %, 20 and 80
Mrs. Charles Gardiner and Mrs.
John Logan Strong will represent
the Washington Chapter at the
meeting.
Members Of the association will be
received at q tea to be given by
M. and Nine. Bonnet at the French
Embassy at pm. next Sunday.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Former Georgia newspaperm


Southerners, wherever they are
were stirred yesterday by the death
of Eugene Talmadge. To be sure
their emotions were mixed, but they
were fervent and deep-seated.
For whatever you can say of Gene
Talmadge, he was not OF a negative
personality. He was a figure-a
controversial and sometimes deeply
hated figure-but he had those who
loved him as well.
His death brings to an end an era
In Georgia politics. No one should
expect that his son Herman can in
herit his mantle or that Ed Rivers
or Ellis Arnali, both of whom were
at one time Talmadge proteges who
rose to power with the Talmadge
rebellion, can still the troubled po-
litical waters of the Empire State OF
the South.
Georgia is ready for new leader
ship and may find it in M. E.
Thompson, recently elected Heuten-
ant governor Mr.. Thompson is a
product of the Georgia school sys-
tenn and is man of culture and
character. Mr.. Thompson was
elected by Talmadge, Arnall and
Rivers votes because most people
figured he was "a good man." His
chief source of political strength
came, not through his one-time
service as executive secretary to Gov.
Arnall, as many believe, but through
his years of service in the State
School Department, during which he
developed strong friendships in
every county of the State. Mr..
Thompson was the school teachers
man. The teachers were the nucleus
of his strength in a race that was
quietly conducted, never from the
stump.
Slipped Into Political Power.
"Old Talmadge" slipped into po-
ltical power in Georgia. Back IN
his young days in Telfair County
he couldn't even get elected to the
Legislature.
But in 1890, he started a cam
paign for the job of State Commits
sioner of Agriculture and before
the old tyrant, j. j. Brown, long
an incumbent, knew it, Genes cam
paign was whirlwind which
couldn't be stilled. He campalgned
against the Brown machine, winch
included inspectors" who never In
spected anything.
Still, nobody took that "upstart
Gene Talmadge seriously. Georgia
politicians were usually venerable
old men who, to large extent,
were NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by
themselves. Gene Talmadge didn't
even know his way to the historic
Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta
and he couldn't look dressed UP
even, in white tie and tails.
In 1880, when ne was being
elected Commissioner of Agricul-
ture, young Dick Russell (now a
Democratic Senator) was being
named Governor. While a young
man who had held Office since he
was 81, Mr.. Russell still belonged
to the old school, his father at
that time being chief justice OF
the States Supreme Court.
Battle Between Newspapers.
1t was during a confused period
In Georgia politics, when by a stroke
of fate the Governors race tempo
rarily was overshadowed, that Mr.
Talmadge became Governor for the
first time.
Senator William j. Harris died
Gov. Russell appointed as Senator
Harris successor the late Maj. John
Evening star., 1946-12-22

some 10000 votes Of q popular ma
jority with 100000 negroes added to
the total in city counties. The
county unit system, under which he
was the Democratic nominee, was
legally contested as far as the Su-
preme Court, but 1t was a hopeless
fight.
Few Georgians believed "Old
Gene was on his deathbed. "He's
to ornery to die" they would say.
Whether Gene Talnladge was the
real champion Of the rural folks in
Georgia, they believe 1t feryently.
Nothing in print or spoken word
will break their faith in his memory.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
TuImudge
Continued From First Page.)

farm home on Sugar Greek, near
McRae, Ga.
Mr.. Talmadge is survived by his
widow, his son, Herman, and two
daughters, Mrs. William H. Kim
brough of Atlanta and Mrs. Charles
Smyly of Eastman, Ca; two brothers
Tom r. Talmadge Of Ashevllle, N. G..
and B. S. Talmadge Of Atlanta, and
three sisters, Mrs. H. E. Clark of At
lanta, Mrs. T. P. Gaines Of Ander-
son, S. c., and Mrs. Hilton Tynes OF
Carrollton. Mrs. Talmadge had one
son, James A. Peterson, by a former
marriage. There are four grand
children
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Carrier Boy Robbed Of S13
BY Two Masked Teen-Agers

James Fogleman, II, Of 1918 o
street NE, a Star carrier boy, was
robbed of $13 last night at Twentieth
and C streets NE, police reported.
The boy, who had been collecting
money on his route, said the two
youths who waylaid him were Is or
l6 years old. The young thugs wore
nandkerchiefs over their faces,
James said.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Byrnes Names Gen. Clark
Aide 10 Draft Austria Treaty.
By the Associated Press

Secretary of State Byrnes yester-
day named 1t. Gen. Mark w. Clark
as his deputy to begin preliminary
work on peace treaty for Austria.
Gen. Clark, American commanding
general in Austria. will join deputies
Of foreign ministers from France,
Britain and Russia in London jan
uary IA to begin the task.
Ambassador Robert Murphy, po-
litical adviser of the American COM
mander in Germany, was named
Friday as deputy on the German
peace treaty.
Evening star., 1946-12-22
YuIe Bubies to Get Gifts

VIENNA, Dec. 81 R.-Babies born
in Vienna the night of December
24-25 will receive a complete pack
age of baby clothing from the Amer
lean Red Cross.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

When begerent Eugene Tamadge stepped up to micro
phone his followers often shouted take off, and the three
Georgia would promptly shed his coat to
display amboyant tie and red suspenders badge OF
Taadgesm Then waving his arms and shouting for white
would the crowd to put the future OF
Georgia his hands The last such campaign resulted IN his
election in November to his fourth term as Governor
Evening star., 1946-12-22
Holly Hop Set for Friday

The fifth annual "holly hop" for
Western High School alumni and
their friends will be held at 10 pm.
Friday at the Chevy Chase Wonl-
ans Club.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

The population of France in
creased from 5000. 900 to more than
40 900 900 between 1910 and 1910.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

not stand the light, popular stuff any longer
After you know what music is, it makes you
mad even to listen to swing" he says. BE
sides, lots of the most popular songs come
from operas and symphonies anyway
The shop door opened to let in another
customer. Mike continued, II got one eye on
the music, and the other got to keep on the
shop to support my family. / am glad can
do both. Only in this country could it happen,
only in democracy is it possible. Maybe
operas are the way say thank you to
America The End
Evening star., 1946-12-22

bobby -soxers was somewhat mixed, but today
they are Mikes most enthusiastic customers.
They wave their autograph books and pencils
at the stars as vigorously as if they were in
front of big-cIty tfeater.
Most kids think only about atomic power
and BASEBALL says Mike. Nov my best
satisfaction is when little kid passes in front
of my store whistling an aria from one of the
operas"
Mikes favorite composers are Verdi, Puc-
chi, Gounod and Bizet, but it's hard choice
- he likes them all.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

The shoemaker Snowman has three chill
dren of his own: Arthur, 16; Marie, 13, and
Louis, 9. They not only whistle the arias,
but they take an active part in production
Arthur collects the tickets, Marie sells libret-
tos, and Louis helps out with the scene
shifting.
But, says Mike, none of it would have been
possible without Mrs. Della Rocca, a laugh
ing, buxom matron who loves music as much
as ne does. She acts as his secretary and press
agent Enthusiastically she relates how last
spring. in five weeks, Mike staged perform
ances of Carmen" "AIda," "Hansel und
Gretel," and la Traviata," playing each
time to overflow audiences For Aida" he
provided cast of 1O8, and the most colorful
costumes and settings he had ever been able
to procure.
He Has No ~AnSels"
MIKES productions are truly a labor of
love. When one performance shows profit,
he plows back the proceeds into better cos
tunes and more money for the singers in the
next one. He has no financial hackers and has
never sought any. But he does have one great
aspiration: Some day he hopes there will be
a Long Island Opera House, with a perma-
nent company.
Mike and his family live in a small fiat
above the shop. There, dozens of world famous
singers have sat and rolled over their forks
spaghetti cooked with Mrs. Della Roccas
own special meat sauce. Perhaps they come
because Mike is not unduly impressed by
fame
The opera stands on it's own value" he
says, mot on the value of the singer. It was
given hundred years ago, and it will be
given hundred years from now. People are
beginning to see its greatness. From all
the villages around here people ask me
for more operas. They have faith in me
now, they want serious music"
Mike laughs about the jitters fellow shoe
maker developed on his account Mike recently
moved to new shop. The old store was
fakeD oyov NV another