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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-06-03
The Story Of
Clifton Fodimon


judgment which enables him to
put his finger on a novels weak
or high spots with unerring touch
still grace his writings. No ivory
tower sitter, he always has been
engagingly ready to reverse some
previous dictum of a literary
work.
Clifton's faculty to absorb en-
ormous quantities of literature is
no less than incredible. At the
age of 10, he had devoured HON.
er, Sophocles, Dante and Milton,
and by the time he attained the
estate of reviewer-critic, he had
developed a reading pace of $50
manuscript pages an hour, near
ly twice the speed of the normal
ly fast reader. He raced through
IS books a week.
In his personal reading habits,
he is something of a lobbyist. He
has a private passion for books
on the exact sciences, particular
ly on mathematics. A few years
ago, he determined to explore
the entire field of musical liter
ATTIRE. although he can't read a
note of music.
He has published no original
books himself as yet. He doubts
that he yer will, self-deprecat-
ingly calling himself IAN amiable
hack" His contributions to the
world of books have included
many symposiums, the editing of
short stories, a volume titled
Reading I've Liked" and intro
auctions to various volumes pub
lished by leading authors.
Fadiman, is big, blond, bespec-
tacled, and is often said to look
more like a business man than a
man of letters. His style of vo-
cal delivery is pleasant, we'll
moduated and casual, with over
tones of bright interest and deli
cate malice. He is married to
the former Pauline Rush, and
they have a son, Jonathan.
When he was a baby, Fadiman
suffered a weeks spell of hic-
coughing. One of his throat is
sued a sound like "kip-kip-kip."
His worried but amused parents
forthwith started calling him
"Kip," which has remained as his
nickname to this day. A fellow
wag once remarked: "Kip's hic-
coughing was the only known in
stance in which he repeated him
SELF"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-06-03
Southern IZFA Honors
Jacksonville Delegates

At the third annual convention of the Southern Region of the
Intercollegiate Zionist Federation of America IZFA) held recently
in Birmingham. Alabama. three local members were elected to re-
gonal offices. At the top of the list is Leo Osheroff. who was
named president by unanimous consent. Herb Sohn was elected
corresponding secretarY-treasurer and Gerald Sohn became chairman
Of the Florida sub-reqion.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-06-03
LEGAL NOTICE

We will register with Clerk of Cir
cult Court Duval County. Florida upon
receipt of proof of publication of this
notice, the fictitious name to-Wit:
THE BARGAIN COUNTER STORE
1926 Broad Street, jacksonville, Florida
The parties interested in said bust
ness are:
A. r. ROSENBERG
EDWARD A. STEWART
Saul William Goldstein, Attorney
May 81, June 3, 10, II, 1949
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-06-03

script acquaints us with Uncle
Gedalia and his family to show
how Yiddish was a living part Of
their far-off ghetto world.
Evening star., 1949-02-12
World Wheat Farley
To Resume Monday

The International Wheat Con-
ference, stalled for nearly week
on the question Of prices to be
written into a world wheat pact
will settle down Monday to the
drafting Of a text.
Importing and exporting coun-
tries resolved their deadlock yes
terday and agreed to move ahead.
j. c. Van Essche Of Belgium
conference spokesman. told report
ers there was "a feeling of opti-
mism" among delegates.
He declined however, to say
whether the importing nations
led by Great Britain. have given
in to the stand of exporters, led
by the United States. that the
agreement start out with a maxi
mum price of 50 bushel.
II do not know who conceded,
Mr.. Van Essche declared.
The negotiations opened here
nearly three weeks ago. It has
been estimated that another two
weeks will be required to complete
an agreement.
Last years pact. signed by SO
nations, failed to 60 into opera
ton because not enough countries
ratified it. The current talks have
drawn representatives Of So coun-
tries, including Russia.
Evening star., 1949-02-12
q From Lutin America,
Here to Train, See Press

Four young persons from Latin
America countries who will be
given apprenticeship training in
this country under the Smith
Mundt Act were introduced to
the press yesterday at the Depart
ment of Labor.
They are Sergio H. Rodriguez
of Panama, who will be trained
in plumbing by a joint union
management committee; Inis H.
Leano-Pulido Of Colombia. who
will be trained in maintenance
at the New York plant of the Otis
Elevator Co.; Georges Armand Of
Haiti, who will learn about tele-
phone maintenance at the Auto
matte Electric Co. Of Chicago. and
Maria Mejia Porto Of Columbia,
who will be taught rayon cone
winding at the Industrial Rayon
Corp, Painesville. Ohio.
Evening star., 1949-02-12

the panel Of guessers on Twenty
Questions.
500, WRC Charles Laughton
presents his candidate for screen
success, Bill Phipps.
1000, WMAL Senator Eugene
Millikin discusses Our Debt to
Lincoln"
1000, WOL-The Julian Edwards
Civil War operetta, when Johnny
Comes Marching Home" presented.
Nancy Carr, Bruce Foots and Earle
Wilkie sing the leading roles.
Evening star., 1949-02-12

HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT.
$50, WRC-Arturo Toscanini con-
ducts Berlioz's Harold in Italy,"
Roman Carnival Overture" and
"Queen Nab" scherzo.
1880, WMAL - Novelist Fannie
Hurst and the Hall johnson Chorus
in O. special Salvation Army appeal
broadcast.
7::30, VOL - Representative Joe
Martin talks about Building a
Strong America"
SEQ. WMAL Songs by Mitzi
Evening star., 1949-02-12

Woodpeckers do not sing, but
have distinct and sometimes mu-
sical calls.
Evening star., 1949-02-12
EM SIkfloNs.

WINx.F Lo6.3 Me-. Channel 742.
Gam. to 1:05 am.
WRc.FM-93.9 Me-. Channel 230.
$50 am. to | am
WBU IF No6.7 Me-, Channel z44.
to 10 pm.
WASH.F M-97.1 Me-. Channel 246.
4:57 to II pm.
W0l.fM-9S.7 Me-, Channel 254.
Sam. to 1870 am.
WcFM-99.5 Nc, Channel 25S.
to IL pm.
WWDc.FM-10l.l ht.. Channel 266.
am. to midnight.
WeAY.FM-i02.3 Nc. Channel III.
1880 am to 1880 pm
W00W.F M-103.5 Me-, Channel 27S.
7 am. to Midnight:
WARL.FM-105.5 Me-. Channel 2SS.
3 to II pm
WMAl.FM-107.3 Mt. Channel 297.
Q am. to Midnight.
Evening star., 1949-02-12
Alcoholics Anonymous
To Hold Dinner Toniqhi

The seventh annual dinner Of
Washington members of Alco-
holics Anonymous will be held at
7::30 o'clock tonight in the Hotel
Statler. It is expected to draw
900 persons.
Announcement of the dinner
noted there will be generous con-
sumption of iced water and coffee,
guaranteed to leave no hang
overs"
Evening star., 1949-02-12
Cleanup Committee
Completes Plans for
Georgetown Program

The Georgetown Community
Cleanup Committee today is COM
pleting plans for its three-point
program Ito keep Georgetown
cleaner, more healthful and more
attractive"
This committee, organized last
week, met last night in the home
of T. F. Collier at 3001 Dent place
NV. The group delegated three
of It's members to bring the cam
paign before each citizen associa-
ton in the area. The three asso-
Citations are the Georgetown,
Georgetown Progressive and Rock
Creek Park Citizens Association.
Cooperation to Be Asked.
According to plans formulated
last night, all complaints from
these associations about infrac-
tions of District cleanup regula-
tions will be reported to the clean
up groups Executive Committee.
which will write a letter to the
offender, asking cooperation. #
the offender ignores this reminder.
the proper District agency would
be requested to take action.
A school committee will contact
the children in the hope they will
carry the idea to their parents.
A parade and poster campaign will
be organized to stir up the chill
dren's enthusiasm.
DR.. c. Herbert Marshal. member
of the Executive Committee, has
obtained permission' to use the
services Of the Georgetown unit
Of the Junior Police and Citizens
Corps in the drive. DR.. Marshal
is president of the Rock Creek
Citizens Association.
Projects Described.
The projects which the group
described as requiring immediate
attention are: Clearing away the
brush in the vacant lot behind the
Georgetown Public Library, clean
ing out the Georgetown Canal,
making q park out Of a strip Of
District land at Wisconsin avenue
and Reservoir road NV. and i'm
proving the appearance of the
Georgetown Playground at Volta
place and Thirty-fourth street
NV.
The cooperation of the Interior
Department will be requested con-
cerning the cleanup Of the canal,
while the Commissioners will be
petitioned in the other cases.
The Executive Committee con-
sists of the following: Mr.. Collier,
chairman: Mrs. Frank West, vice
chairman: Miss Violet Griffin,
treasurer; Mrs. Alma M. Collier.
secretary; Frederick H. Brook,
Stanton Kolb and DR.. Marshal.
Miss Griffin will bring the COM
mittee's plan before the George
town association, while Mr.. Brook
and DR.. Marshal will carry the
ideas to the Georgetown Progress
sive and Rock Creek Park Cit
izens' Associations. respectively.
Evening star., 1949-02-12
TeIevision Today

WkBW (chonneI ~
WTTG tchonnel s.
WMAL-Tv (chonneI "
WoIc (channei 81
WOIC-Of the Air Today.
$3.50.
wNBW-Playtime.
800.
WNBW-Western Feature.
$3.50.
WMAL-Candlelight and Silver.
100.
WMAL-News and Views.
WNBW-Yours for Better Living.
7:15.
WMAL-Wren's Nest.
1880.
WMAL-The new Thrill.
WNBW-TV Screen Magazine.
WMAL-Berlin Airlift.
WNBW-Meet Your Congress.
WTTG-Dinner Music; Film Shorts
500.
$3.50.
WMAL-Quizzing the News.
WNBW - Eddie Condon's Floor
Show.
WTTG-Basket Ball; $40.
800.
WMAL-Stump the Authors.
WNBW-Pro Basket Ball.
$50
WMAL-Stand BY for Crime.
1000
WMAL-Film Short.
TELEVISION HIGH LIGHTS.
500, WMAL-A complete pictora.
record of an airlift flight to Berlin;
an interview with Maj. Gen. Lau.
renee Kuter, commander Of Opera
ton Vittles."
500, WNBW-"How to Avoid 9
Depression" considered by Senator.
OMahoney, Knowland, Sparkmar
and Flanders.
1900, WMAL-A Aim short deal.
Ing with Boulder Dam. 4
Evening star., 1949-02-12
OTHER AN STATIONS.

W00W-570 Kt.-7 am. to Sis pm.
WPIK-730 Kc.-7 am. to b:15 pm.
WARL-780 Ke.-7 am. to b:16 pm.
WGAY-t,050 Kt.-7 am. to 6:15 pm.
WBcc-t,120 Ke-7 am. to 6:16 pm.
WFAX-t,720 Ke.-7 am. to 6:16 pm.
WEAM-t,390 Kc.-7 am. to 5:16 pm.
W00k-i $50 Ke.-e am. to S;i6 nm.
Evening star., 1949-02-12
Truman Will Attend
35th Divisions S Reunion

President Truman again will
Join his old World War I outfit,
the 35th Division, in the annual
reunion at Little Rock, Ark, on
June 1912, Maj. Gen. Ralph s.
Truman, retired, the Presidents
cousin, said after a White House
visit today.
President Truman, who COM
manded Battery D of the 129th
Field Artillery in the 35th, attends
the annual gathering of his old
outfit.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
All Around Guy

The fabulous Mr.. Stecher re-
Gently took up bowling and he is
now one of the top pinmen of the
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
REFEREE TAKES
COUNT; KO
FOR LESTER

New Orleans, Nov. 13-Referee
(Battling) Ferdie was knocked out
today by Vern Lester of San
Francisco who, in turn, was floor
ed for the count by Ray (Sugar)
Robinson, world welterweight
champion, in the Coliseum arena
before 1900.
Ferdie was knocked out when
he tried to separate Lester from
Robinson after the bell rang end
ing the third round. Lester nailed
the referee with left hook and
! Ferdie was down for 80 seconds.
Robinson appeared to be an
noyed at Lester for fighting after
the bell ended three of the four
rounds.
At the start Of the fifth, Robin
son leaped from his corner, smash
ed vicious left hook and Their
connected with a right cross anc
Lester was counted out by Ferdie
with II seconds gone.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
THE CHICAGO WORLD
SATURDAY, NOV. 19,194o
Fabulous Tony
Controls Wsretling
In Northwest
by Dick Edwards

! New York City - (CNS - This
is fabulous story about fabu-
! lous fellow who acts like plain Joe
Doe = you, me, any guy, who I'M
obstrusively goes through the nor
,mal things Of life. This is about
Anton (Tony) Stecher, the man
who is behind the biggest sport
ing events in the Minneapolls-St.
Paul area. We are writing about
| Tony because he is the type OF
! American that the press raves
about, but we seldom see. Maybe
this will show you what | mean
Stecher controls wrestling in the
Northwest and a goodly share of
the boxing. When the athletes
came to Minneapolis to perform,
! the manager Of one Of the largest
! hotels became perturbed when he
noted that none of the talent
checked in at his hotel. He went
to Tony and asked why.
"AH Or None"
Tony looked him squarely i'll the
T eyes and quietly stated, Either
you take all Of my business or
none of it! You decided against
taking in Negro athletes. I de-
cided that you didn't have the
right kind Of place to put the white
athletes. You may contaminate
them with some of your ideas"
This marked the end of the dis
elimination in that hotel.
Tony was former midd1eweight
wrestler Of no mean ability. He
gave up his ambitions when he
felt that he could help his brother
Joe who was not getting the first
class bouts that he deserved. The
straw that broke the camel's back
was when Frank Gotch, one Of the
greatest, wrest1ers Of all times, Of
fered to wrestle Tony Stecher for
the title. Gotch, the champion,
wanted 40 percent of a gate which
would have reached far above the
100000 mark. But the match
never came off because Joe's man
ager decide dthat he too wanted
40 percent because Joe was a bet
ter wrestler than Gotch."
One of the Championship belts
won by Joe has the stunning total
Of 1913 diamonds and is worth the
staggering total OF $4,000. This
was a token of the esteem in
which the homefolks held the pride
-of the mat game.
To top all Of this, Tony is vice
president Of the hometown Dodge,
Nebraska bank. Stecher is an as
tute businessman, as such sports
luminaries as Jackie Graves, rank
ing featherweight boxer and Ma
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
Yankees Subdue
Hornets, l4-l0

New York, Nov. 13-The New
York Yankees stunned the Chica-
go Hornets with two touchdowns
in the first eight minutes in Yam
kee stadium today and then spent
the rest Of the game struggling to
protect their lead. The score was
Il to 10, with he Yankees deep
in their o~l -rritory at the
games end after they held the
Horne,s for downs on the IA yard
line.
Today's victory, coupled with the
tie game between the Cleveland
Browns and Buffalo Bills, leaves
the Yankees only half a game out
Of first place in the All-America
conference standings.
Army, Notre Dame Men Watch
The contest, played under cloudy
skies, drew l0,6O9, which included
the entire West Point squad and
several players from Notre Dame.
Buddy Young, one Of the most
elusive runners in football, return
ed the Hornets opening kickoff 9(
yards for a touchdown. He caught
the ball on his 10 and ran to the
s., where the Chicagoans though
they had him trapped. Instead, h,
came blazing out of the pack anC
Outlegged three pursuers to tn,
goal. Harvey Johnson kicked hi
9th straight point after touchdown
to put the Yankees ahead, 7 to
Howard Runs Thru Hornets
A few minutes later, the Hor
nets Al Collins had to punt from
behind his goal to Young, who re
turned IS yards to Chicago's 40
The Yankees lost no time hustliny
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
49ers' Strong Finish
Blasts Dons, Al to "a

Los Angeles, Nov. 10 - (AP) -
The San Francisco 49ers encoun-
tered a stiff duel for the first half
today, but gathered momentum
and went on to defeat the Los
Angeles Dons, Al to "a, in an All
America conference game today
before 1880. ~
The 4eers took the opening kick
off and marched II yards to score
in 10 running plays with frankie
Albert steering the attack.
Twice in the first half Los An
geles pulled abreast of the pace
settlers, but San Francisco held a
p to II lead at half time and pull
ed steadily ahead in the last two
quarters.
Albert to Perry Pass Clicks
A long pass from Albert to Joe
Perry, good for 81 yards, went for
a touchdown and broke a IA to IA
deadlock. Don Garlin's 90 yard
sprint from scrimmage was, anoth-
er long distance scoring feat.
Alert ball hawking by the 49ers
secondary was big factor in stop
ping the Don aerial offense. This,
plus the three touchdown strikes
Albert threw and the scoring pass
lateral he started, was too much
for Los Angeles.
Taliaferro Leads Dons
George Taliaferro, Don half
back, passed to Len Ford for II
yards, ending an 80 yard march
that tied the score at 7 to 7, and
an Albert tumble deep in his own
zone set the stage for another Los
Angeles touchdown.
Near the end Of the half, Center
Bob Nelson Of the Dons booted a
43 yard field goal, and the 21 to
II score indicated close battle
after the intermission. Gar1in's 90
yard run dispelled this as San
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE

In answer to an inquiry Secre-
tary of the Army Gordon Gray
emphasized today that there has
been no change in the policy cons
corning equality Of opportunity in
the Army as announced on Sep
TENDER 80, 1949. He said that an
administrative message sent to the
Army Commanders on October 81,
1919 violates this announced policy
and that as soon as it came to his
attention, he ordere dit rescinded..
Secretary Gray said that no in.
dividual who qualities for Mill
tary'Oecupational Specially. will be
denied the opportunity to follow
it because Of race or color. This
policy guarantees that qualified
Negro soldiers will be given an
equal opportunity with other quail
fled soldiers to practive their Spel
cialties if vacancies exist for these
specia1ties.
Secretary Gray stated that it
was anticipated that as a result Of
the announced policy qualified Ne
gro specialists would be assigned
to some white units. He said this
does not mean th- existing Negro
units will be broken up or that.
Negro personnel Of these units will
be scattered throughout the Army.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19


and have only the Stanford Indians left their
LOUISE MAY DECIDE AFTER CHESHUL BOUT JOE
LOUIS will meet Joe Cheshul
March of Dimes Sport Fund Newark,
makes good showing IS expected he will
comeback and meet Ezzard Charles
VIII reveal
answered. when asked whether he regain title
is long way from definite mo"
wants 100000 100000 for season Will Hickey give
it to him?
THE FOOTBALL Game of the week will be in Ann Arbor
where Ohio State will be battling go to the Rose Bowl New
Years Day.
CHARLES GETS LAUGH OVER
MINTZ FIRING
Los Angeles Nov IS ZAP Charles heavyweight box
champion, and his
firing" of Mntz by Cincinnati
Jake the only I'll boxing Charles
marked adding that contract with Mintz last
August 5
Mnz said the approved by state
athletic commission.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
CHARLES GETS A LAUGH OVER
MINTZ FIRING


to touchdown. Duke Iverson
broke thru his left guard and raced
to the Is. Sherman Howard, for
mer Nevada star, went thru center
for 8 and, on his next trip, moved
to the 6 for a first down. He then
bolted thru right guard for a
touchdown. Johnson's kick was
good.
From that point the Hornets
took command and had repeated
cka ces to score, but with few
exec lions lacked what it takes to
contrib the bail.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19

Northwest. He trolls a neat 200
average The same gentleman de-
cided he needed to take up golf for
a little relaxation and he now
that highly concentrated game. In
baseball he was a whizz on the
basepaths and coulr have probably
made the major leagues had he
been so inclined.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
Advertisement
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To The Needy

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Office hours Monday, Wednesday,
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Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19

gurski will tell you. When he
found such prospects as these, he
called them into his office and
told the mthe facts about the life
of sports figure. These two
athletes took heed and are veal
thy today.
Tony always winds up such lee
lures with, IF you can't save half
the money you earn with me -
I can't be bothered with you"
After several hours of wrang1ing
Gotch warned Joe, You'll be sor-
ry about this until your dying day.
I'm through as a wrestler and you
probably would beat me without
too much trouble and be the cham
plea of the world. AS it is You'll
never know whether you could
beat me-"
Then, Tony took over the man
ayers reins for his brother. Joe
went on to win three worlds titles.
accumulate over a half million dol
lars in purses and whip all the
great wrestlers of his age. Tony
plotted Joe to bouts in Madison
Square Garden with $40. tops for
ringside seats and $4,000 for a
single gate! There were several
other record gates over the North
west wl1ic happroached and topped
this figure
The Great Nagurski
; Tony handled the great Bronko
Nagurski, who topped all football
ers of a1l-times as far as the folks
in Minnesota N. are concerned and
that goes for pickers of most Of
the All-American teams of the
Nagurski era. The Bronx was so
great at tackle and in the back
field that the New York Herald
Tribune in picking its All Ameri-
can team hald only ten men! They
placed Nagurski at tackle and full
back
According to frankie Diamond,
when Nagurski decided to turn
pro, he was taken to the YMCA
mat by Tony Stecher and told to
show how he would go about
throwing a man in a wrestling
match. Bronx demonstrated that
he knew nothing about wrestling.
Upon being further prodded by
Tony, Nagurski sailed into him
with a vicious shoulder block. Tony
landed in the hospital and is still
bothered from the tall. IOny par
layed this Nagurski shoulder block
into nearly half million for the
Bronx and three wrestling titles,
during the last IS years. While
I'VE were in Minneapolis, Nagurski
had $4,000 offer from Australia,
which he placed on the shelf for
few weeks. The hunting season
is on and Bronx wouldn't miss that
for twice the 50 G's.
All Around Guy
The fabulous Mr.. Stecher re-
Gently took up bowling and he is
now one of the top pinmen of the
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19

attack couldn't be stopped in the last quarter as Ohio
rolled to within one game Of the Rose Bowl
K87 900 saw Michigan roll hard fighting Hooser
Steam from Indiana Paced by Sophomore star
NBob league, Wisconsin easily trimmed Iowa league
Ms co1ored boy from Milwaukee and PLAYED on Wis
Iconsins Junior Varsity last year.
B OUT EAST 49,. both Notre Dame and Army
rolled undefeated !. and OUT WEST
alt looks like California in the Rose Bowl Pappy
WaldortS Golden Bears won their 9th straight game
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19

Francisco wen. on to add two more
touchdowns in the fourth period.
Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-19
THE GAMES THIS WEEK

HE GAMES his WIEN ONO stare squeezed yD Illinois
3017 Of the best games the Country After trailing the
fighting quarters Buckeyes suddenly
selves with Curey Morrison and Ray ripping
line high Rucke