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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-16
WHAT THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE MEANS

On May 18th communities throughout the
Nation will observe 81 Am An American Day."
This celebration during the years has come to
mean more perhaps to the Jewish people than to
any other group of American citizens because
we know by past prosecutions how much to ap-
preciate the ideals of Americanism. While it is
true that we have today a large number of bigOts
who nefariOusly hide behind the white skirts of
the Church to spread hatred for minority groups
in this country, the overwhelming majority of
Americans look with dsfavOr on these demo-
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Gold
berg announce the birth of son,
Ronald Leon, on Tuesday, May 6.
Mrs. Goldberg is the former Miss
Betty Levine.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
Protecting Ourselves

During the recent hearings In
Washington we were told that
the question "Are you q MEM
ber of the Communist party?"
was an infringement of political
freedom. But politics Is the SCH
ence of government and the
business of this party is not gov
ernment but the destruction OF
this nation by the Illustration OF
government.
The purposes Of our Constitution
are ITO form a more perfect union.
establish justice. insure domestic
tranquility. provide for the common
defense and secure the blessings OF
liberty -" Certainly that statement
cannot be distorted so as to shield
the agents of a hostile foreign
power; or to forbid us to protect
our United States from scheming
and violence against those purposes.
We have to be our own judges as
to whether a member Of the party
or a fellow traveller who gives evi.
dence of his devotion to the party
purpose is guilty of this hostility,
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
BLUE CROSS NEWS
ANOTHER MATERNITY CASE,

With this issue the Blue Cross
News" is born. This is one birth
for which Blue Cross doesn't get a
hospital bill Every month we'll
send you this News" for your in
formation-the sheets are punched
to fit in your Group Representa-
tive's Manual" or any two-ring bin
der that's handy. They are num-
bered to make future reference
easy. We hope this ''News" will help
you to know some of the policies
and background of Blue Cross work.
In turn, this information will be
handy when your employees ask
questions.
WHEN A BLUE CROSS MEMBER
LEAVES DELAWARE:
When one of your employees or
friends is transferred to another
part of the country, it is now the
policy of the Plan to have the man
transfer his hospital membership
to the Blue Cross Plan in that area.
However. some of the Blue Cross
Plans don't have surgical coverage
so we now plan to let these peo-
pie retain their surgical coverage
in the Delaware Plan even though
their hospital membership is trans
ferred to another plan.
This is new policy of the Della
ware Plan. We hope people will
feel free to transfer now that they
can retain surgical coverage if it's
not available where they go.
NEW BLUE CROSS AIDE:
Taking over his new duties as AS,
/ sistant Director on November 10
1947, B. James Dayton, Jr., will aiC
H. V. Maybee in handling the man
agerial details of your Delaware
Blue Cross Plan.
For the past two years Mr.. Day
ton has been the Eastern Shore Re
preventative for the Maryland Blu,
/ Cross Plan and previous to tha
! spent six years in the United States
! Army.
MORE BLUE CROSS COVERAGE
Members of the Delaware Blu
Cross Plan, who now go to the hos
pital in Maryland will receive hospi
tai benefits as provided by the AS
sociated Hospital Service of Balti
more.
This means that when Delawar
Blue Cross members use Marylan
Hospitals. they will receive bene
fits comparable to those the
would receive if they were in a Del
aware Hospital. The Delaware Pla
now has similar agreements wit
! IS other Blue Cross Plan
throughout the country.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
Washington
Il|R|||II|A|aNEEK|LI = =

WASHINGTON, d. C. = Union la
Lor has an enormous stake in the is
sue which President Truman has
posted by combining his program
for foreign aid with restriction of
imitation.
In presenting it, Mr.. Truman did
not go far beyond generalities, but
the broad scope of the program,
particularly in the domestic field,
has just been revealed to congress
sional committees by Administra-
ton spokesmen. So were the vast
powers the President seeks.
The Secretary of Agriculture, for
example, has asked for authority to
purchase entire grain crops to limit
inventories of foorstuffs, to restrict
or prohibit use thereof on the base
of essentially, to limit delivery OF
transportation, to provide for phi
critics, and to control imports by a
licensing system. Except for pur-
chases, these controls would be
granted for other products.
The Secretary also told Congress
that the Government should have
the power to order 100 per cent
margins in commodity exchange
transactions.
No American, particularly no Ia
boring man, should have any illu-
sions about such program. In
! formed common sense reveals it as
prodigious step toward govern
ment control of our economy in
peacetime. 1t means a regimented
and controlled economy. Its in
evitable end is statism, the Social
ist State in every respect.
Now, why has labor, organized
or not, stake in this? Because, in d
Socialist State, labor unions lose
their liberties and rights. If not
actually prohibited, as in Russia
and Germany, labor unions are SUBJ
jected to the powers of the State, as
in England today. Trade unionism
in Great Britain, an extremely vital
force in the political and economic
life of the country for many years,
has lost it's meaning. The laboring
man no longer is free. Neither is
the farmer, who long has been told
what he can and what he cannot
plant; indeed, where and when he
! shall farm.
Now the laborers are paying for
/ the vaunted superiority of their La
Dor Government, which pumped
| Immediately for State Socialism.
Britain's Labor Government has
, decreed complete industrial con.
scriptiOn of all persons in "nones.
, sential jobs" Beginning December
s, every woman between the ages Of
! Is and Al and every man from Is
to 81 must register for the draft. L
= they fail to do so, they can be SEN
) to prison for two years and fine;
$4,000.
, If these labor conscripts refuse
I to take job offered them, they cal
: be forced into it. And the govern
( ment alone has power to determin,
/ arbitrarily what Jobs are nonessen
: tial
p This is what Mr. Truman. in
: frank moment, called the polio,
+ state"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

use of diesel fuel increased 1922
percent between 1941 and 1947. Sub
stantial increase in the number of
oil burners, the current high level
of industrial production, the rise in
farm income, the heightened de-
mand for liquified petroleum gas
and the numerous new uses for Pc
troleum products have all joined to
intensity the situation.
The industry is investing record
sums for modernization and expan-
sion of facilities in the two-year
period 1947-1948. Such investments
will total more than $4,000 900.
The report declares that the basic
supply of petroleum crude oil and
other liquid hydrocarbons has
reached new high and is sufficient
to meet the unprecedented demand
for all oil production as soon as
transportation. storage and refining
facilities can catch up. Present re-
finery operations in the East Coast
! area are exceeding rated capacity
! and some of the older, high cost
units have had to be put back into
| operation. One of the largest plants
is operating at almost twice it's
original listed capacity; others in
the East Coast are running close to
/ $50 percent of their rated output.
The industry is now refining
more than 100000 barrels of
crude oil per day compared with the
average of the peak war time year
of 1915 of ALL 900 barrels per day
and the pre-war average of 1851 900
barrels per day in 1941. The report
quotes the United States Bureau OF
Mines figures giving an estimated
1947 demand including exports, at
100000 barrels and the total
estimated supply including imports
at 2.134, 100000 barrels. In other
words, from a national standpoint
the supply is adequate, but the East
suffers from lack of facilities td
supply oil products refined, trans
ported aud stored as needed.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
Bags 35 Pheasants
Without a Gun

BUTTE, Mont. -(P)- A Mon
tana STANDARD" reporter tells of
Montana hunter who bagged 35
pheasants without firing a shot
The hunter, who preferred to re-
main unidentified, said he stopped
his automobile and searched road
side bushes near a game and FISH
department checking station where
hunters must prove they have
stayed within their bag limits.
"My reward was 35 fat pheasants
thrown away by other hunters,
which I put in my car and took
home" reported the gunless nim-
rod. Better than letting the birds
rot"
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
Dog HOnOred

TOOWONG, Australia -(P)- A
monument has been erected over
the grave of a dog which followed
Toowong postmen on their rounds
for Is years without missing a day.
He stayed in the post Office every
night until he was killed by an auto
mobile in 1912.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
w;,bou, Railroad station

Lakewood. Ohio, is the largest city
in the United States without q rail-
road station. The second largest
city is Hamtramck. Mich.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

approximately $500 graduates of
West Point saw active service dur
ing World War, H. -e..... ..e..
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05
Paint Spot Removal

Nail polish remover will dissolve
spattered spots of paint that hs''s
hardened. ~
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

I'sss.En
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Night Club Commentary
Esg vsiesfbroek Fegser

A Scotch mist;
And now leave us take
A gander at the list.
Wonderful steaks here. Idaho potato
Corn beef, pot roast.
There's Ed Hi Eddie boyi
How's things on the coast?
Looking fine! Terrific! but terrificl
How's the wife?
Never saw you looking better
In your life.
Follow my eye pal.
/ hadn't better point
But over yonder's Greasy;
y He really owns the joint.
And with him. that's the Judge
OF the court Of special pleas
But / can't seem to place
The other two gees.
The Judge, his brother,
He's in slot machines
And strong as horseradish,
Here to Moo Orleens.
Charged water, pretzeEs.
Swizzle-sticks and sports
Policy and, you know,
DisorderIy resorts.
Narcotics, handb0oks,
Tablecloths and jackets
The baseball, football
And basketball rackets.
Over there in Jersey
He's the guy to see
In problems up to murder
In the first degree.
Grand juries, trial juries,
Anything you wish
General operations; he's
Blue plate dish.
Swooners, croOners and
Junkeys, match.
Well. here's looking at you;
Down the hatch.
Get a load of that
Commotion over there
The Honorable Justice
Is going on the air.
Give him line
In column and he
viii give you an exclusive
On the courts decree.
Runs up from Washington
To fire off his lip
Eats on the cufferoo.
Including also tip.
Sometimes he will read
His opinion out loud
And glover at the pauses,
To impress the crowd.
The national committeeman
Is coming in now
An ambulance-chasing #
Alcoholic lobbygow.
For G-note he can fix it
So you can cop plea
Or get you in some day
For lunch with Harry S. T.
That little fellow yonder
Who looks like clerk ~
Not him, the other one,
That ones jerk,
I mean the quiet-looking,
Scrawny little guy
You wouldn't hardly figure
Him for + b i;
Great little copper,
What I mean! Teriff.
Spot you ton of weight
And lay you out stiff.
Sit around here and they
All drift in
!: Celebrities and buyers,
Down from ST. Paul, MINI.
! Columnists, comedians, jockeys.
Hoods and fighters,
Tourists and lecturers
And famous novel-writers.
Promoters and producers
And the Hollywood crowd,
HoEering and showing of
And cutting-up loud.
Telling how they love the weak,
The helpless and the needy
How they hate intolerance
And bigots and the greedy.
Used to be they socialized =
In nothing but frivolity
But now the new. sensation Is
The gag they call equality. .
Here comes frankie Boy and
With him. Joe Fischetti
Every night they grab g load
4 OF vino and spaghetti
4 Lucky and Longie - all our
Z Notedest gorillas
8 And the zombies they are loading
!. Amt exactly sasparillas.
Y God Bless America!
o Bless Democracy!
J: mean but terrifcl
n My Country. 'Tis Of Thee!
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

1t is not efficiency that regu-
Iates the salaries of bureau
chiefs in Washington. If one be-
comes so proficient that he per-
forms the work Of his bureau
with a decreased number of en-
pIOyees he is compensated by a
cut in his own salary. To get a
.aise automatically he has only
to add names to his payroll,
whether or not more employees
are needed. He is paid on the
basis of the number employed.
That is not good business, but
it is considered good politics.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01
Bo|iden Arsenic
Preserves Wood

STOCKHOLM. = During the
last ten years the Boliden Mining
Company has perfected a method
of impregnating wood with arsen-
ic compounds, obtained from the
company's mines in northern
Sweden. Lengthy tests have
shown that wood treated in this
way remains practically unaffect-
ed by attacks of fungi and in
sects, while unimpregnated, or
only surface-treated, wood is COM
pletely destroyed. There are at
present many impregnating plants
all over Scandinavia, and the
method has also been introduced
in other countries. While Boil
denis stockpiles of arsenic for
many years increased steadily
the company now sells more than
it produces.
The wood preservative, "Boli-
den Salt" is used in combination
with zinc sulphate in a water So
luton. The wood is impregnated
under pressure, the solution being
forced into the cellular structure
of the sapwood of the tree as far
as the heartwood. In Sweden
about 10 million cubic feet of
lumber annually are treated by
this method. To begin with, the
method was used only on power
and telephone poles, but now it
is also applied to lumber intend
ed for a great variety of other
purposes.
The Swedish State Railways,
the Telephone and Telegraph
Board, the Board of Waterfalls,
as well as many large private
railroad and power companies,
have adopted the method. It has
also found many uses in the field
of construction. Farmers and
gardeners use Boliden treated
lumber for their sheds. green
houses, ETC., as we'll as for fence
poles. In industry it is also being
used in conveyors, mining in
stallations, etc.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01
Improved Apparatus for
Troining of Air
Pilots Developed

STOCKHOLM-Atter two wears
of experimenting, a Swedish air.
plane instrument manufacturer has
succeeded in constructing an i'm
proved apparatus for the training
of pilots in navigation and blind
flying. Built on the principle of
the link trainer, it is equipped with
a wireless instrument placed out
side the trainer, which registers on
a map the exact speed the plane
would have if it were in the air.
The new construction is of great
Importance, since the training of
pilots can now be made without
risking life or equipment. All mis-
takes in navigation which, if made
in the air, might cost the pupil his
life, are now marked on the map
with a red line. Also, if the
training took place under actual
flying, it would mean the outlay of
thousands of kronor per hour. The
invention has created a great deal
of interest and is expected to be
introduced with all Swedish Air
Corps units.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01
The Kensington
Stone

The inscription on the kensing-
ton rune stone, discovered in the
Red River Valley of Minnesota
and reasonably authenticated by
Hjalmar R. Holland in his book of
316 pages entitled 1.-THE kensing-
ton Stone," reads as follows
translated:
IS Goths and % Norwegians on
exploration journey from
Vinland round about the West We
had camp by 2 skerries one
days journey north from this stone
We were and fished one day after
we came home found 10 men red
with blood and dead AV M
save us from evil"
Along the edge of the stone is
inscribed the following, trans
lated:
have 10 of by the sea to look
after our ships IA days journeys
from this island year 1862.
Completed to make sense it
would read:
We are Goths (Swedes and
% Norwegians on an explora-
ton journey from Vinland
round about the West. We had
camp by lake with SKIER
ries one days journey north
from this stone. We were out
and fished one day. After we
came home we found 10 of our
men red with blood and dead.
Ave Maria. Save us from evil.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01
Foreign Languages"

IAN editorial in the st. Paul
Dispatch of June 9, 1870
Minnesota may be said to have
come of age when Norwegian and
Swedish finally take rank as for
eign languages in that state.
Familiar as those tongues have
been here since immigrant days,
their study in the schools has
never attracted the large number
of youngsters of Scandinavian de-
scent that might have been ex-
pected.
Nov, as Swedish and Nor
wegian classes are winding up the
school year in Minneapolis, teach
ers there declare these postwar
years have brought one great
change. Beginning classes no
longer include only those of Scan
dinavian ancestry-in fact, in
some of them, high school stu
dents of Irish, English, Polish,
German and other national back
grounds outnumber hose of
Swedish and Norwegian descent.
1.-The cultural value of tongues
once heard so widely on Mime
sofa farms and in many of the
states cities and villages has
never been fully realized due to
proximity of the immigrant days
themselves. That situation is
changing, as enrolment records in
high school, college, and university
language classes reveal. French,
Spanish, German, and Latin used
to be the fashionable languages,
particularly the first two
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01

The first international meeting
since the beginning of the war of
radio amateurs from all over the
world will be held in ostersund, in
the northern province of JAma-
land, from July Is to 81. Over g.
900 invitations have been sent out.
The delegates will be able to pur-
sue their favorite hobby from the
top of tall sightseeing tower at
nearby Fros0. Every person who is
able to contact the camp by short
wave from the outside world will
be mailed a QSL card-a certifi-
cate that he has successfully list
ened to the Froso transmission.
Since these cards will not be sent
out until the transmitters are dis
mantled, they are due to become
real souvenirs in short wave
circles e9rz
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01

to procure land large enough to
afford them a proper livelihood.
To make this possible, the Gov
eminent will be given priority,
after certain relatives and ten
ants, to purchase farms Offered
for sale. 1t also has the right
to appropriate land and forests
from large private estates.
In addition, the Government
will provide loans for land recla-
nation and for the improvement
of farm buildings.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01
International Peoples College In
Hdm|et's City In Operation Again

ELSINORE, d e n m a rk Al
though set back by the years of
occupation by the Nazis, the In
ternational Peoples College at
Elsinore, Denmark, is functioning
again in the same effective man.
ner which marked its admins
tration before the war. During
the summer course in 1916 there
were 131 students present from 10
nations: 10 French, Belgian, 10
Dutch, 26 Czech, II English, 6
Norwegian, 2 Swedish, l Finnish,
S Latvian, 8 Estonian, / Lithu-
anian, 8 Hungarian, l Polish, l
Arabian, and As Danish students.
In the first two months there
were also other students from the
Baltic states, and in the last
month 40 Swedish teachers. Of
this number nearly so were
scholarship students provided for
by the Danish International Stu
dents Committee.
Following that summer session
there were meetings and confer
ences of many groups, including
the Esperantists, the young men,
bers of the Radical Party in Den
mark, the Cooperative League,
and the Northern Teachers I'm
ion. And from August 18th on
there was another session with
about 80 students present, includ-
ing 2 Indians, 5 Negroes from the
West Indies, French, II Belg-
ians, 3 Dutch, l Pole, II Czechs,
16 Britt S h, l Norwegian, 10
SWedes and 20 Danes.
In these regular courses in in
ternational relations and in spe-
cial conferences held at the In
ternational Peoples College, this
world-minded institution is at
tempting to carry out the purpose
outlined when it was founded in
1921 in the town best known to
AngloSaxons as the site of Ham,
let's castle-the kronborg.
According to it's founder and
director, DR.. Peter Manniche, the
school came into being las the
result of religious inspiration and
faith; and it's work is continued
in the hope that small as the eff
fort may be, it can serve as
channel through which people
may form a new philosophical
basis for our present civilization"
This small community has
learned much about the process
of international living and learn
ing. It's experiences have a direct
bearing upon the many institu-
lions springing up around the
world with the avowed purpose
of fostering world-mindedness.
For example, at the Interna-
tional Peoples College, music
plays an important part. From
the earliest days. it was noticed
that music was a language that
surmounted international barriers.
Students sang the same songs
oftentimes in different languages.
Then they sang their own national
songs and others learned them
little by little, until an interna-
tional repertoire was developed.
Today music plays a very impor-
tant role in the life of this Elsi-
more group.
Work and Study
Work also is considered impor-
tant in developing group feeling
in International groups. According
to DR. Manniche. it demands little
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-07-01

mucn OF man character ana
worth, it bridges gaps between
the academic and non-academic
student, relieves tensions, and
permits good combination of
group and individual effort. A
minimum of an hour a day of
physical labor is required of every
student at the Peoples College.
Study is likewise important for
promoting the meeting of minds
which is SO much desired in this
international community. So there
are lecture courses and talks,
forums, and study groups. The
emphasis is upon private study
and small study groups, for here
all students can feel more free to
express themselves and thrash out
the vexing problems of our times.
The permanent faculty consists
of Peter Manniche and Holder
Hsager, both Danes; Emil Len
nings, Swede; August Henning,
German; and Percy Wait, an
Englishman. OF her guest lee
turers are invited from time to
time for single lectures or for
longer courses of study.
Languages
The basic courses are in Inter-
national Relations dealing with
international developments since
World War I, and with interna-
tional organizations), in the HUI
man Basis of International Order
tan attempt to examine and es-
tablish world code of ethics),
on Social Psychology, and Ian
guages. Small study circles are ar
ranged on the literature, art, let
ters, and other phases of differ
ent national cultures.
Language has been found to be
a great obstacle to international
living and learning, and SO BIZ
lingualism is encouraged among
eiiS oeuuSiito do "Cil as lllt IdC-
ulty. Lectures and discussions are
usually in English and German
for the international groups, and
in Danish when there is a large
group of citizens from Denmark
in attendance. Students speaking
different languages are billeted to-
gether so that they can learn the
language of the other person by
actually using it. Small language
classes are held to assist this proc
ess of Observation-Disclosures lin
guistically.
Simplicity of living is also con-
sidered conducive to international
understanding, for it helps bring
about social and economic democ-
racy. Therefore, expenses are kept
to the minimum at the Interna-
tional Peoples College = board,
lodging and tuition amounting to
only $50 a month.
Alongside the International Peo-
pies College is the International
Continuation School, for boys and
girls from Ia to Is years of age.
it, too, stresses foreign languages,
work, world history, the history
of Christianity, and sociology-is
in fact full-fledged international
high school for adolescents.