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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-02-28
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should celebrate the fourteenth d.,
in the month of Adar and tbo ~
teenth day of the same (noo...,
in each and every year" (E.tss'
9:21). What actually hanroas,
was that the Jews of Shushan oo,. 4
brated annually on the fifteenth
day and the rest of the Jews cola
brated on the fourteenth day.
The rabbis deduced from variou.
statements found in the Book :,
Esther that not only in shushsn
was Purin to be celebrated on III.
fifteenth day but in all cities that
were originally surrounded hv
walls around them, thus being sim.
liar to Shushan in this respect was
Purim to be celebrated on the fiji.
teenth day of Adar. Cities that
were not originally walled" cele.
brated on the fourteenth day, An
overall glance at Jewry all over the
world would actually find not ore
but two days of festivity. In re.
cent times, when practically all
Jewry actually celebrates the fes.
tival of -Purim on the fourteenth
day of Adar, we still mark the fiji.
teenth day with special signifi.
canoe so as not to forget that in
Shushan, as well as in the walled
cities" it was celebrated on the
fifteenth day. Because it was Or.
iginally in Shushan that it was
celebrated on that day, we call
the day "Shushan Purim."
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1947-02-28
THE JEWISH
QUIZ BOX
BY RABBI SAMUEL j. FOX
copyright, 1947, Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

QUESTION: What does the
name "Purim" actually mean?
ANSWER: The meaning of the
word "Purim" is clearly analysed
in the Bible esther 9:24, 26) as
being literally translated as "lots. P"
This was the name given to the
festival because in the original
story we find that Hannah had
'rlots" to ascertain the day on
which to carry out the bloody de-
cree which the king, at his insist
ence, had issued, against the Jews.
Seeing that this fateful day was
converted from day Of mourning
into a day of rejoicing, it was de-
cided to name this day, that had
originally been chosen by "lots,"
as "Purim," which means "lots"
thus proving to the world that the
"lot" of Israel lies in the hands of
the Almighty, in whose infinite
mercy rests the ultimate decision
of our fate.
QUESTION: What is "Shushan
Purim 2"
ANSWER: We customarily Gel
citrate the festival of Purim on the
fourteenth day Of the Hebrew
month on Adar. The day after the
festival is also known as a special
day. Even though the Megillah is
not read on that day and there are
10 marked festivities to be noted,
nevertheless, it is a day on which
Mourning and fasting are prohib-
ted. The day is known as "Shus-
IAN Purim."
QUESTION: What Is the reason
Tor marking this day as "Shushan
Purim?"
ANSWER: Originally it appears
hat not all Jewry celebrated
7urim on the same day. AS is to
'e plainly noted in the Book of
Esther (9:17-20) that the Jews in
Shushan, (the capital city of Per-
ia where the major events took
'lace) assembled and avenged the
wrong that was contemplated for
hem on the thirteenth and four
eenth days of Adar and settled
Jack and proclaimed the festival
or the fifteenth of Adar. The
est OF the Jews throughout the
and spent only one day settling
ne score with their enemies (the
thirteenth of Adar) and feasted on
ne fourteenth day of Adar. Thus
7e read the surprising statement
the Bible that Mordecai sent
etters to all the Jews "that thew
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
VIOLENCE TAKES
LIVES OF EIGHT
Traffic Accidents, Drown
ings, Standings Make
Up Carolina Toll
Rv The Associated Press

II
AT least eight persons died VIC
lent deaths in North Carolina dur.
ing the weekend.
John Worth Taylor, "a, Of the
Boonville community near Elkln,
was fatally injured in an automo'
bile accident near Crutchfieid Sat
urday night.
Clarence Hamrick of near For
est City drowned in Lake Lure
Saturday while fishing. His boat
capsized.
Dewey Medlin, 26, of the Wes1
Mill section of Macon county was
fatally injured in the collision O.
a motorcycle he was riding anc
an automobile on the Asheville
highway on Cowee fountain Sat
urday.
Eta Hayes, Durham Negro
was fatally stabbed Saturday al
ternoon in Durham.
Henry Andrews, 25-yeaI-o.d Ne
gro. was shot and fatally wounded
Saturday near Warrenton. W. N
Carter, Norlina chief Of police re
ported he shot Andrews when the
Negro attacked him.
Ben Rouse Oldham, 81, OF Kins
ton. died in a Kinstcn hcsplta
early Sunday. Deputy Sheriff
Thomas Harper said he shot %
ham when he attacked him.
John Calvin Thomas, Jr. 70, o
Southern Pins as killed in az
automobile accident Sunday neal
Acme.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
Along The Cape Fear

NEW COMPANY - The build
ing of the 1852 type Of ships later
to be known as the Liberty model
at the Wilmington shipyards in the
history of five years of North Car
DINA ship construction as previ-
ously related, now begin to I'M
fold.
The Maritime Commission de-
cided, as one of the means OF
carrying out his program. to per-
NIT already established shipyards
to erect new plants and operate
them for Uncle Sam. Under this
arrangement, for example, the
Newport News Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock company agreed to
erect a yard capable of turning
out rs ships Of this type be March
Is, 1943. That Was late in 1910.
A new company to operate the
plant was organized. Homer L.
Ferguson, president of the New
port company, was named chair
man of the board. Roger Williams,
then executive vice-president of
the Newport News firm, was
named president.
WILMINGTON YARD - Select
ed for the site of the new yard
was where the present Whining
ton shipyard now stands. 1t is
tract Sc acres on the east bank
Of the Cape Fear river, three
miles south OF the city. The land
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
SOUTHERN PINES
MAN LOSES LIFE
Joseph Calvin Thomas, Jr.,
Killed In Auto Accident
Near Acme
Special To The Star

ACME, June s-One man was
instantly killed and another seri-
ously injured early this morning
when the car in which they were
riding left highway 81 and crash
ed into a field, 1862 yards from the
hard-surfaced road.
Joseph Calvin Thomas, Jr., &C.
year : old white man of Southern
Pines died instantly and William
George Roth, Jr., also from South
r Pines was seriously injured.
Roth was admitted to the James
Walker memorial hospital in Will
mington, where attaches reported
his condition as satisfactory"
late Sunday night.
According to Columbus county
coroner Hugh Nance, the two men
were driving east On highway 81
about two miles west of Acme.
The car, a 1888 coupe, al off
the left side OF the road then
(See SOUTHERN on Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09

was purchased outright by the
new firm.
Shipbuilding authorities con-
sidered the site ideal. 1t had deep
fresh water, ample space to ac-
commodate all ships, adequate
feeder railroads. The climate was
good the year round for con-
struction.
Construction of the plant was
begun February 3, 1914. Two con.
tracing companies acting as a
unit - v. P. Lofts Company Of
Charlotte and Orrell and Under
wood of Wilmington were given
the bid to erect the plant. 1t was
to be a six-shipway project at an
estimated cost of S 5,150,00o.
The erection of this new ship.
yard marks return OF large scale
ship construction to North Caro-
lima after an absence that dates
back to the end of World War l.
At that time there were two COM
paratively small yards that built
IA vessels.
Ferguson, the president OF the
new company, recommended the
Wilmington site as the spot for
the new yard after an inspection
tour of the Atlantic and Gulf
coasts In his report 10 the board
Of the firm he said in nv jucg-
ment il (referring to Wllmingtoh)
is the best place on the south
Atlantic coast to build an addl-
tional shipyard."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
SEIZED INFANTS
KILLED in FALL
Young He Patient
Admits Dropping Two
Babies On Floor

MASSILLON, O., June 8.-OJR-
A. young patient at Massillon city
hospital has admitted that he took
two infant girls from their cribs
in the pediatric ward and dropped
them on the floor Friday night be-
fore they were found with their
heads mashed in, police said to-
day.
The patient told conflicting
stories and there still was no ex-
PLANTATION Of why he had taken
the babies-Diana Brand, eight
weeks old, and Rosemary Morton,
nine weeks-from their cribs. Po-
lice refused to disclose his name
for the time being.
Dropped Babies
However, a high city official
said that the patient said he had
pulled the babies through the bars
of their cribs. Then he dropped
them to the floor, an accident that
easily could be fatal for babies
that age.
Police, who earlier disclosed that
they were working on the theory
that the deaths of the babies were
the result Of an ''inside job now
were centering all their efforts on
trying to piece together a story
that made sense from the patient.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
new YORK COUPLE
JUM MP TO DEATHS
Wife Follows Husband In
Leap From Balcony Of
Penthouse Apartment

NEW YORK, June 8 -R-Hor.
ace S. Marshall, 36-year-old attor.
ney, and his wife, Mrs. Amelie
Marshall, also 36 likewise an at
torney, fell to their deaths today.
police said, in separate leaps
from their 18th floor penthouse
apartment
Police listed the deaths as SELF
destruction and gave this &C
count:
Marshall stepped out to the bal
cony Of the apartment after
spending the afternoon in the
apartment with his wife, climbed
a four-foot-high fence and leaped
to the pavement.
His wife, notified Of her hus-
bands death, went to the street
and saw his body. Clad only IN
a nightgown and a coat. she re-
turned to the apartment, locked
the door. and leaped from the
same balcony in the presence OF
police.
Her body struck the pavement
within five feet of the place where
her husbands body was lying.
Police said the Marshalls had
been married five years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
RAMADIER DEAF"
TO UNION APPEAL
French Government Goes
Ahead With Plans To
Furnish Bus Service

PARIS, June -(P-Union lead.
ers of Frances striking railroad
workers appealed tonight to Pre-
mier Paul Ramadier TO reopen
negotiations toward ending the
three-day-old strike, but the gov.
eminent, which has instituted an
emergency motorized transport
service, made no immediate re
spouse.
The government, giving every
evidence of preparing for a long
siege, announced tonight its i'm
promptu long distance bus service
would be trebled tomorrow and is
sued an appeal for more buses
to provide emergency passenger
service.
The Transportation ministry
added that its extra plane service
would be augmented tomorrow
and further increased Tuesday "if
the strike is prolonged"
Buses and private cars already
have been modified, some with
army drivers, to carry passengers
at third class rates to destinations
in all corners Of France.
The rail strike, which started
Friday after union leaders failed
to agree with the Transportation
ministry e r workers demands
for wage increases and-job--fe-
classifications, was complete to-
day except for a few minor lines
in the provinces.
Communist leader Jacques Due
los, tonight called Ramadier "stub-
born" for refusing to negotiate
with the union while the strike
was still in progress. He said in
a speech here that the only per-
sons opposed to a strike settle
ment were those who wanted to
sell France out Ito the interna-
tional trusts"
The National Railroad Workers
federation said in a communicate
that it always was disposed to
negotiate and that 1--WE hope this
appeal will be heard"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
COLLEGE TO GET
MORE EQUIPMENT
Says Wilmington
School Will Receive
Electronic Devices

The New Hanover county board
Of education expects to receive
additional electronic equipment
for use in the Wilmington Junior
college, according to H. M. Ro-
land, superintendent of schools.
The Federal Works administra-
ton has just announced that $l3,-
600, 900 worth of ~electronics equip
ment will be distributed to col
leges, universities and some sec
ondary schools, and Roland said
last night that the Wilmington col
lege had been promised part Of
that property.
Similar equipment including a
radar set with a diesel engine.
has already been received here
for use in the curriculum of the
local college this fall, and the ad-
ditional items will complete the
requirements for setting up
courses of study in electronics,
Roland said.
The equipment to be distributed
by the Federal Works administra-
ton includes three radar stations,
118 radar transmitters, $40 radio
trsnsmitters, 1,275 radio re-
ceivers, amplifiers and detectors,
1890. 900 tubes ranging in size
from half an inch to several feet,
It's power units, and other ma.
teria1
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
LEBANESE NEWSPAPER
EDITORS TO BOYCOTT
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

BEIRUT, Lebanon, June 8.-R)
-Lebanese Newspaper editors, in
a joint letter to President Bechara
Ell Khoury, said the present ma
tiona1 assembly "discredits the
state" announced they would no
longer cover it's sessions, and
urged it's dissolution.
The letter was signed by editors
of all leading dalies except lie
Jour. 1t said in part:
ut becomes notorious that the
assembly which issued from the
elections Of May Is does not rep
resent the Lebanese nation. The
success Of a large number of
members was due, as is well
known, to Justification and fraud,
which none dares to deny. The
maintenance of such an assembly
discredits the state" 49,.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
Swing Bridge Operator Els.
Inmates $4,000 Cars
Passed Over Sunday

1t was a big day at the beaches
yesterday. In fact it was the big
gest of the season at Wrightsville
and Carolina Beaches, police at
both resorts said last night.
Chief Bruce Valentine at Caro-
lima said between IS and 10 thou
sand persons visited the beach
there yesterday and the police at
Wrightsville estimated the crowd
at Is, 200. Both departments re-
ported orderly crowds with only
a. few. arrests made for drunken
ness.
The operator of the swing
bridge on the Carolina Beach
Road estimated Is, 900 automobiles
had passed over the structure dur
ing the day. At 10 pm. yesterday
the cars were still moving across
the bridge almost bumper to
bumper.
The operator, who is required
to check the number Of cars that
pass over the bridge, said that
in one five-minute period 1877 We
hicles were recorded.
Traffic was backed up far above
normal distances each of the eight
times the bridge was opened to
admit boats, the operator said.
At Wrightsville, one beachgoer
wasted no time getting into the
water. He flew his plane down to
the resort and landed on the north
end of the beach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
DRUGGIST. HELD
IN $4,000 BOND
technical Charge OF
"Vagrancy" Placed
Against James Hanson

A Wilmington druggist was be-
ing held in the New Hanover jail
under a $40, 900 bond last night on
a technical charge of vagrancy,"
according to the police blotter.
James Hanson, 41-year-old oper-
ator of a drug store at Fourth and
Meares streets was arrested by
city detectives about. five o'clock
yesterday afternoon and lodged in
Jail.
Sgt. L. B. Rourk, desk officer
at police headquarters refused to
divulge why the bond had been
set at $40, 600 on the charge CT
vagrancy. which usually carries
a bond of about $25.
s4The-warrant was issued by Rn.rk
and signed by City Detective w. N.
Leitch. Both officers refused to
comment when asked about the
high bond. Lieut.. L. A. league,
chief of the detective squad also
refused to divulge any information
as to why Hanson was being held.
He said an investigation was un-
derway, but would not disclose
any details.
When a reporter questioned a
prominent attorney as to how much
bond could be placed on a person
charged with vagrancy he said
that it was up to the justice. of the
peace issuing the warrant and is
usually set upon the recommended
ton of the arresting officer.
"It is possible for the police
to hold a man until his case is
called in court, unless the person
obtains a writ of habeaus corpus
the attorney said.
Hanson probably will be given a
hearing before Judge H. Winfield
in recorders court this morn
ing at 10 o'clock and at this time
the charges against the druggist
may be disclosed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09

Over
g.. Thousand Workers
Vote Acceptance Ut
New Wage Contract

-u,crON.sALEM, June 8 -PJ
WL'0 macy 800 employs OF
- -A2P'f RerI1olds Tobacco company
B. j. .ad been on strike since May
F'o aso unanimously tonight 10 ac-
Fa'su new contract and return
work + immediately u.o ,,non
% NV contract was agreed upon
The .s. company and representa-
By NE ii Local q of the C1o Food,
s sss, VI and Agricultural workers
!o'sc' N ll-hour bargaining ses-
So, ',,a' last night no,,;aoe
Iae ;ncrease of approximately
y ssS '.nts an hour, the union saio
T.. cent? .'DjSn mad sought IS cents an
'hs be. 1. and had said that the best
l'as ss' company offer was about
~ cents an hour.
} 1 ~ nolicy committee OF the
lns issIIed the following state
a aa,o4 tonight after the mass met
li-oder the 1947 new contract
nnion will get union security
UT arv checkoff and wage IN
'0iui,S which, including the auto
'fsa''1~ aggression raises plus two
p 'a' average of p cents an hour
The fs' union said its members
.'l Inv begjn returning to work to-
1 '..rar m the basis of seniority
with shop stewards being the
TO return.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
Ia.
Hardest Hit
Seven Drownings Record
ed There From Swollen
Waters OF Des Moines
BY The Associated Press

The rampaging Mississippi riv.
er, spilling over thousands of rich
farm acres and wrecking property
valued in the millions, remain
ed a menace Sunday night as
the nation counted at least % dead
IN floods and tornadoes.
Floods took eleven lives in Iowa
alone. Five persons were killed by
tornadoes in Pennsylvania and
Ohio. Six additional flood deaths
occurred in Canton, O., (2), Dallcs,
Ore, Gregory, S. D., Bethany, Mo-.
and Mansfield, O.
Seven of the Iowa dead were at
Ottumwa where the flood waters
of the Des Moines river began re-
ceuing after submerging large Sec
tons of the city of 1000. An Of
fetal directing rescue work said
quite a few other bodies had
been found and predicted the toll
would rise to 20. The other four
Iowa flood dead occurred else
where in the state earlier in the
week.
There were no reports Of lives
Lost in the Mississippi flood which
poured through five broken levees
to inundate $4,000 acres Of fertile
agricultural lands in Missouri and
Illinois. Alexander, Mo-, near
where the Des Moines river enters
the Mississippi, was completely
under water. Other communities
as far downstream as Louisiana.
Mo-, were partly submerged.
Hannibal Safe
Hannibal, Mo-, made famous by
Mark Twain, and Quincy, ILL.,, OH
the opposite bank a few miles up
stream the most populous cities In
the devastated area, are situated
on high bluffs and believed safe.
Farms in the lowlands around both
cities yer flooded.
Canton, Mo-, a town of about
2,0o0, appeared the hardest hit OF
any place along the Mississippi
reported Associated Press Photo
grapher George Facik who flew
over most of the area between
Louisiana, Mo-, and Keokuk, Ia.
Most Of 600 homeless at Canton
had moved to dormitories al nea
by Culver-Stockton college.
In Southern Ohio, small tribu-
tarles of the Ohio and Scioto riv-
ers, swollen by heavy rains Sat-
urday night, burst their banks,
flooding homes, washing out small
bridges and causing considerable
crop damage.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
CORONER PROBES
DEATH OF HORN
Police And Coroner hives.
tigating Death Of
Audubon Resident

Lonnie Brice Horn, 80 .year-old
resident Of the Audubon section,
died at Sis o'clock yesterday
afternoon while enroute to the
James Walker Memorial hospital,
according to Coroner Gordan Do
ran.
The coroner said late last night
that an autopsy had been perform
ed on the body Of Horn by DR..
A. H. Elliot, city-county health
officer, but Doran refused to d.
vulge the results Of the autopsy
findings.
The death of Horn was being
investigated by city police las
night, but officers refused to com
ment on the case. Coroner Dorar
said he would be unable to make
a statement until a complete in
vestigation has been made.
1.-THE investigation" Doran said,
MAY take a couple of days" He
refused to confirm or deny thai
Horn had died from posion
drugs.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
Hill Blasts
Patton Plan
Coloradoan Says FaSSw'
Sized Farms "P%s
cent" OF r r%@ns:

pr wAsHING 81, n@s- !,
act to encourage .dy-size farms
were branded tonight by Rep.
William L. Hill, R.. Colo, as
"reminiscentof that which started
Communism on its way in Rus
STA"
The proposal, which Hill called
"the widest piece of testimony
ever put before Congress-" was
outlined to the House Agriculture
committee recently by James G.
Patton, president of the National
Farmers Union.
The committee is considering
suggestions for a longrange federal
farm program to replace the TO-
year-old Triple-A program set up
during the Roosevelt administra-
ton. Actual legislation is ex-
pected to be approved next ses.
sion.
Patton, warning that this country
is sowing the seeds of an econo-
mic whirlwind, also proposed a
food stamp plan to expand the
market for agricultural products
and to improve the nutrition OF
loW-income groups.
Blasts Proposals
Hill is a veteran member of the
Agriculture committee. He said
Patton's proposals were not only
(See HILL On Page Two)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-09
BEACHES PREPARE
FOR CONVENTIONS
Production Credit, Nursery
Groups To M ct AT
Wr;ghtsville

Two conventions are to be held
at Wrightsville Beach during this
week, While Carolina Beach Off
Gals and residents are busy max
ing final preparations for the turn
out expected to attend the Ameri-
can Legion convention this week
end.
The Production Credit associa-
ton will convene on Tuesday
morning in the Ocean Terrace ho-
tel. Wrightsville, and approx
mately 230 members are expected
to attend. The convention will con-
tinue through Wednesday.
Delegates to the two-day con-
vention of the North Carolina
Nursery association will begin
registration at the Ocean Terrace
on Thursday afternoon. A banquet
is scheduled for that night. Fol-
lowing a business session on Fri
day morning, a boat trip will be
held. The final session will be a
luncheon at the Marina at 1 pm.
on Friday.
Wrightsville Aids
4 number of the hotels and
rooming houses at Wrightsville
are holding reservations for Lee
glonaires who are to attend the
state convention at Carolina
Beach June 14-17, according to
j. Cartier, secretary Of the
Wrightsville Chamber of Com
merce.
Other rooming houses r hold
ing their rooms as long as pos
Cartier said, for the benefit
Of Legionaires and members Of
the Auxiliary. No convention is
for Wrightsville during the
American Legion convention as
the crowds expected during those
four days are expected to tax the
facilities of all local areas.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Alice Strick-
land, town clerk OF Carolina
Beach expressed the opinion that
the beach and convention leaders
are every well organized" to take
care of the large crowds.