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Evening star., 1950-08-06
BY the Asseeiotsd Press


CRESTON, Iowa, Aug. 5.-A
3,200-foot steam railroad line on
Byron Hiatt's acreage represents
II years work on a hobby.
Mr.. Hiatt, 40, a Creston plumber
developed his hobby into real
railroad, complete with two loco
motives, two freight cars. a mail
and baggage car, a passenger car
with an observation platform and
four trestles.
He operates it for passengers
Sundays and holidays. At its re-
cent public unveiling, $500 per-
sons went to see the train and 800
rode on it. That made Mr.. Hiatt
happy.
| Il just sort of wanted rail-
road, I guess" is his reason for
building it.
He charges passengers IA cents
for a seat in the passenger car and
quarter to ride in the engine
cab. The passenger car seats 10
inside and four more on the OBJ
Servation platform. There are
benches in the baggage car, but
Mr.. Hiatt doesn't like to have pas
sengerS ride there.
The train also has a box car
and a caboose. The locomotives
are about eight feet tall at the
smokestacks and about So feet
long, including the coal tender.
1t takes three to four hours to
build steam to the required $50
pounds for operation.
Everything is built to scale. The
track is two-foot gauge, laid on
old ties he bought. One of four
trestles is steel reinforced and
about 70 feet across. Another
spans a gully more than 80 feet
wide.
Mr.. Hiatt fell in love with rail-
roading when he was a boy. After
high school he went to work for
the Burlington Railroad. In 1888.
he decided to build a miniature
train.
BY 1889, when the Hiatts moved
to Creston from Pacific Junction,
the locomotive was far enough
along it had to be moved by semi
trailer truck. In 1912, he built a
small circle of track and operated
the line on test runs.
The hobby was put aside when
Mr.. Hiatt went into the Army for
eight months in World War II
After the war, the Hiatts leased
a piece of ground east of Creston
and moved onto it in 1945. 1t
was then he started building his
larger track.
Mr.. Hiatt said he had to buy
the ten acres because my rail-
road was getting so big I had to
have some place to put it."
Evening star., 1950-08-06

five years.
The Ice Palace had turned over
five to eight hours ice time a day
to the club for practice. This
helped the Washington organiza-
ton reach its peak for national
competition and develop such stars
as Carlton Hoffner, jr., and Anne
Davis who were third in the 1949
world competition for pairs held
in Paris.
H. r. Josephson. president of
the Washington Club. commented,
"Of course, any ice is better than
none and we're very happy there
will be a new rink. However, it
will mean a shorter season and
the outdoor ice may not be good
enough for the best figure skating
practice. We're still in hopes Uline
Arena may reconvert or a new
indoor rink will appear.
Mr.. Berger pointed out that the
new outdoor pond would have all
the old Ice Palace facilities. I'VE
are moving the equipment over
and plan to have Norvall Baptie
back as pro-"
Evening star., 1950-08-06
lice Palace PLANNING
Outdoor Skating Rink
|At Mclean Gardens

Hold on to your skates! There
will be a new Chevy Chase Ice
Palace this fall.
Irving D. Berger, secretary of
the Chevy Chase Shop and Stores
Inc, the corporation that leased
the old Ice Palace to The Evening
Star Broadcasting Co.. has an
nounced that it is planning a
bigger and better rink at Wis
consin avenue and Newark street
adjoining Mclean Gardens.
Mr.. Berger said yesterday that
plans call for an outdoor skating
rink very much like the Rookie
feller Center set-up in New York
City. The building site and pre-
liminary plans already have been
approved by the District Building
Inspectors and only the final
plans need the official okay. They
hope to have the pond ready
for skating by October /.
Kass Realty Co.. headed by
Garfield I. Kass. owns the Wis
consin and Newark plot and is
planning a shopping center fac
ing on Wisconsin with the skat-
ing rink behind. The entrance
to the new Ice Palace will be on
Newark street.
Mr.. Berger who will be the
manager of the new enterprise
said, I'VE plan to keep the length
the same as the old Ice Palace,
but we will increase the width
from 68 feet to IS. Eventually we
will have sports store, skating
rental. soda fountain and most
of the facilities that we had at
the Connecticut avenue site
Washington ice skaters were dis
mayed by the sale of the Ice
Palace and the Washington Figure
Skating Club was especially per-
turbed. The club. which has over
600 members. has reached national
prominence in figure skating and
faced a bleak future with the
closest available facilities in Balti-
more.
The Washington club was Or
ganized in 1887 and in recent
years has become contender for
national honors. 1t has won the
high point cup in the national
competition three times in the last
Evening star., 1950-08-06

At 81 a foot, Mr.. Hiatt esti-
mates he has invested about Sc, 400
in roadbed alone. That's just one
of the less costly items. He as
sembled the locomotives from
parts he made or ordered from
machine shops. The track was
bought from coal mines.
There is a regular roundhouse
and train shed in the center of
the area where the train is parked
Mr.. Hiatt insists the railroad is
just hobby. He doesn't expect
to get rich or even make a living
from the fares. Most of the work
is done in the morning before
work or in the evenings.
Il get up at am. and work on
the railroad for about two hours"
he explained. That way I gain
an extra day every week"
Evening star., 1950-08-06
Methodist Bishops Hi
'SciaI Action Group
,s~,'T9
>>:.;;:Fior Smith Act Stand
By The Associated Press

y
ss''sssA ATLANTA, Aug. 5.-Eight BIZ
today accused the Methodist
Federation for Social Action OF
misusing "the name of great
church" in defiance of "our tradi-
tions and deep convictions"
A signed release referred to a
meeting of the federation at Xenia,
Ohio, July 18 and 10. There the
social action group unanimously
adopted a statement saying:
I'VE believe the right of any in
dividual to speak his mind as to
what is right or wrong is demo-
cracy's best safeguard. We there
fore call for repeal of the Smith
Act as being unconstitutional and
designed to suppress any unpopu-
lar cat the time) political philos-
ophy. We appeal for presidential
amnesty for all who have been
convicted under the Smith Act"
Called Aid to Propaganda.
The federation pronouncement
- did not refer directly to IL Com
munists convicted in New York
: under the Smith Act. The bishops,
however, quoted press reports as
saying it called for their pardon
and one of their leaders termed
United States action in Korea
interference in civil war.
The bishops asserted:
I'VE regard such statements
from any source as aid to the
Communist propaganda and pro-
gram. We stand unalterably op-
posed to such statements and po-
sitions, and we are assured that
the public will not hold the church
responsible for the action of any
official or some so persons who
met on their own initiative and ex-
pressed their personal views in
open defiance of the will and con-
victons of the great body of the
church.
Bishop Arthur J. Moore of At
lanta released the statement for
himself and other bishops of the
church'S Southeastern Jurisdiction
reaching from West Virginia to
Florida.
Federation DiSOwned.
The statement recited that the
church's Council of Bishops in
April disowned the federation as
an official organization authorized
to speak for the church. The coun-
Gil, the bishops said, also ex-
pressed its conviction that the
word Methodist" should be drop
ped from the federation's name.
I'VE maintain" they said, that
the federation has no ethical right
to use the name of a great church
to support positions and pro-
nouncements that the church has
not approved and that are con-
trary to our traditions and deep
convictions"
Evening star., 1950-08-06
LINGERIE AND
MISCELLANEOUS.

IS Orig. S1.59 Cotton POLO
mos. Some with ric-roc trim.
Sizes 81 to 40 81
97 Orig. ST Plastic Roincopes.
SmoIi medium ond iorqe
sizes 39c
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Charles Si+tenfieIds
Are Grandparents

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sitten-
field of 1118 Lynwood have be-
come grandparents twice during
recent months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Krakow
of Milwaukee (the former Rosalie
Sittenfield) had a baby girl named
Judy on May IA. Mr.. and Mrs.
Max Sittenfield of Washington,
DC, had their second son, Eu-
gene, on Sept. 7.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Hadassah's Y0ntov at the Waldorf

raeli fashion show. The queenly
dignity and hard brilliance of
President Rose Halpern. The
warmth, wit, clarity and dear hu-
mility of Judith Epstein. The
amazing ability of the top women
of Hadassah.
"Oh, look! She comes all the
way from Arizona" And my re-
straining myself from drawing
"Sholom Podner."
One of my proudest moments
was when l stepped up to receive
a special badge for the Phoenix
Chapter for having fulfilled our
quotas and special rose for
oversubscribing the H d h
Medical quota by 25 per cent
Believe me, | wore these tributes
with great pride for each and
every one of you, for whom it was
truly meant.
The outstanding uec1sYon of the
Waldorf Convention was the mo-
mentous one to build a new Med
ical Center in Jerusalem together
with the Medical School.
DOROTHY PICKELNER
Sholom
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

ter members on the national
Hadassah convention held re-
Gently in New York City.
Mrs. Pickelner was due to re-
turn to Phoenix this week.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Center Sponsors
Golf Tournament

A COMMUNICATIVE golf tourna-
ment will be staged by the Jewish
Community Center in mid-Octo-
Der, it was announced this week.
Committees are now being set
up and regulations governing the
meet will be announced soon.
Sponsors said the competition is
not designed to take the place of
the city tournaments but rather
to provide golfers with an oppor-
tunity to compete with men and
women of their own acquaintance.
Awards will be provided by the
Jewish Center. The tourney will
be organized in flights based on
medal play in qualifying rounds.
Consolation flights will be organ
lied from first-round losers.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
DEAR FELLOW HADASsAH

DEAR FELLOW HADASSAH
MEMBERS:
Starting the New Year with a
National Hadassah Convention is
to start it with a kind of crea-
tive explosion. Now to give you
a bird's-eye view of convention :.
The women on the train with
that Hadassah look. The New
York cabman who commented
''The Waldorf? Oh, it's Yontov
over there"
The array of brilliant speakers.
The mobs. The hats. The seat
savers. The oohing and aahing at
the stunning elegance of the Is
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Mogieleff,
1641 E. Randolph Rd., greet all
their friends with sincere good
wishes for a Happy New Year.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Luigi's Has Opening

Formal opening of Luigi's Res
taurant, formerly Bacci's, located
at 3rd st. and Mcdowell, was
held recently. Luigi Desideri is
the present owner, having bought
out his partner, Nick Bacci. The
restaurant has been redecorated
and will specialize in Italian dish
es and have a regular American
menu also.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
SPORTS
Jews in Sports
us. Team Going to Israel
For Maccabian 'Olymbics'

PLANS ARE going ahead for
sending the American Israeli team
to Israel for the Maccabian games
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

Soy you sow II advertised In
The Phoenix Jewish News
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Happy New Year
Again

Errors, as they sometimes have
way of doing, managed to creep
into three of the greetings pub
lished in the New Years edition of
The Phoenix Jewish News two
weeks ago.
So here they are again-correct
this time, we hope, and with our
most sincere apologies to all con-
cerned:
Jerry, Beatrice, Susie and Rusty
Fried,
2945 N. 18th Dr., extend cordial
good wishes for a Happy New
Year to their relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Frires and
Daughter,
1923 N. Harding, wish all their
friends a healthy and prosperous
New Year.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22


ma Stern, Philadelphia, Pa,
The Jewish Publication So
ciety of America, 1850. $50
pages. $500.
THE COURT Jews, about whom
DIR. Selma Stern has written, were
a unique phenomenon in Jewish
and European history.
Never prior to their time, nor
since, has there been a compar-
able group of Jews who rose from
such humble beginnings to such
powerful positions of influence.
Within the few years of their own
lives they stepped over the walls
of the medieval German ghetto,
with all it's disabilities and olsen
franchisements, and became per-
sonal advisers and agents of the
rules of the German States of the
period 1650-1750.
How this came about, how these
men came to be chosen for dis
tinction while the rank and file
of their brethren continued to
languish within the confines of
the ghetto, constitutes a fascinat-
ing episode in Jewish history.
x
THIS WAS the period of the
breakdown of feudalism. Every
where in Europe the old political
and economic order was giving
way to the new concept of the
state as a unified political and
economic organism.
The princes who stood to profit
most from this change and who
were, therefore, among it's prime
movers, could look for no help
from their nobility, merchants or
guilds, none of whom relished sur
rendering the power and influence
which they had previously welded
over state affairs.
To whom could the rulers en-
trust the myriad details of econ
omic transition? The Jews were
the only persons of ability who
had no vested interest in the old
order, who could therefore be
trusted to render loyal service in
return for freedoms, rights and
privileges which they had never
before enjoyed.
THUS THESE men of ability
and insight were called out of the
ghetto to occupy positions of high
responsibility.
AS army commissaries charged
with the procurement of munitions
and supplies; as contractors, fl
nancial agents and cabinet factors
appointed expressly for the ex-
tension of trade, the administra-
tion of state finances, and the de-
velopment of new industries = as
adventurers in the world of COM
merce and finance = these Court
Jews fulfilled an indispensable
role in the transition from the
feudal economy to modern capi-
talism.
1t was a dangerous game they
played; though they had a world
to gain and nothing but their lives
to lose. The princes were utterly
merciless with their Court Jews
whom they fused" as they saw fit.
But when their usefulness came
to an end, the rulers did not hest
tate to throw them into bankrupt
cy by refusing to acknowledge
their debts, or turn them over to
the revenge of their reactionary
opponents.
BUT IN THE process they be-
came the first modern European
Jews = wearing the garments of
nobility; residing in lavishly ap-
pointed baroque palaces; employ
ing retinues of servants and rid
ing in regal coaches.
These Court Jews, as DR.. Stern
quite properly points out, were liv-
ing in two worlds - an utter i'm
possibility. They moved in the
Court circles, but had no actual
stake in those circles. Their hearts
remained in the ghetto, and yet
their everyday experiences took
them too far beyond the ghetto
for there to be any possibility of
return to II
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
A Book Review
Court JeuUs'
Left Ghetto,
Found Riches

THE COURT JEW, By Sell
ma Stern, Philadelphia, Pa,
The Jewish Publication So
ciety of America, 1850. $50
pages. $500.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Mixed Bowling League
Organized for Temple

A mixed bowling league was be-
ing organized this week among
members of Temple Beth Israel.
The league will bowl at pm.
on Wednesdays and is open to
both men and women. All who are
interested may contact Charles
Schreiber at 6-O672 or 2-6448.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22
Bushels Visit Here

DR.. and Mrs. Harry Bushe of
Brooklyn, NY, are visiting their
son-in-law and daughter, DR.. and
Mrs. Aaron Canter of 2939 E.
47th st.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

football, basketball and track and
field coach.
Israeli sports officials have in
formed United States groups that
the Israelis look forward to see
ing Mondschein more than any
other athlete despite the fact that
he will not be permitted to par
ticipate as competitor.
THE LILY White Fathers of
the American Lawn Tennis As
sociation almost had the scare of
their lives the other day when
Herb Flam, intercollegiate tennis
champ this year, almost captured
the national crown at Forest Hills
before succumbing to Art Larsen
in five grueling sets. Flam would
have become the first Jewish ten
mis- star to capture a national title.
The draw was set up in such
a way that the officials really had
cause for alarm since Dick Savitt,
CornelPs court hero, reached the
semi-finals in the bracket oppo-
site Flam. He lost to Larsen in
four sets in the semi-finals but
had he won, the finalists would
all have been Jewish, an unheard
of situation in discriminating ten
mis- circles.
Savitt appears the better pros
pect for the long haul as he pos
sesses a slashing hard-driving
game whereas Flam is more of the
retriever type with very soft
service.
LOU LIMMER, st. Paul's out
standing first baseman, has been
selected Rookie of the Year by
sports writer's in the American As
sociation circuit. Larruping Lou
gained 80 out of a possible SO
votes to run away with the COM
petition. He bids farewell to the
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

commen C i n G
Sept. %.
Irving Mond-
schein has been
selected h e a d
C o a C h for the
squad. He is Sc
curing a leave
of absence from
Lincoln Univer-
sity in Pennsyl-
vania where he
is S erwin q as
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

EDITORS NOTE: The
following is a condensation
of a report by Dorothy Pic
kelner, president of Phoenix
Hadassah, to her fellow chap
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1950-09-22

Twin City very shortly and moves
up to the Athletics, where he will
compete with Ferris Fain for the
initial berth.
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This little black is for the broken hearts of those
frustrated souls who bought television and couldn't get
satisfactory service. No, they'll rest in peace
Avoid the dangers of Frustrattis by buying your set
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-06-20
National
News Items

Julius Kiano, an economics ma
jor at Antioch College, was n of
six African students in American
colleges who participated in the
Youth Forum sponsored by the
New York Times. Discussion was
on the assigned topic, african
Students Evaluate Education"
Kiano is from Kenya, Africa. He
expressed the view that eff this
ountry would like to reduce pre-
JUDGES, they need more projects
in human relations" He added,
GAS doing as men live there will
always be group friction. Projects
in human relations will tend to re-
duce these frictions." The forum
was transcribed last month and
transcribed the other day over the
Times New York station WQXR.
DR.. Ralphe Bunche, director of
the United Nations Department of
Trust and Non-Self-Governing
Territories, was elected a member
of the board of trustees of Ober-
lin College, President William E.
Stevenson announced last night.
The Former United Nations Pal
lestine mediator will serve until
Jan. l., 1853. He succeeds the
late Lucien T. Warner of Bridge
port, Conn.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-06-20
Rowing Gamb|er"
Pleads Se|fD Defense
In" Double Murder"

ris, owner of the Harris Cocktail
Bar, 1924 w. Fifth street and
tried to borrow 5000, but got
only 500 from Harris. Holiday
gave his wife, sitting in his park
ed car nearby, $40 Of the money
and went back to the game having
lost the $50 from the 500. He
sent a messenger to his wife to-
send him $50, that was lost too.
He sent back for the final $40,
but luck was not his so he borrow
ed $40 from one of the players
inthe game and losing that, he
left the house. Becoming desper-
ate, he returned to the Holt resi-
Once, and finding Holt alone, ask
ed ifthe game was over to which
Holt told him, "yes", it's all over
He then asked Holt for a loan, to
which Holt replied "No". 20. K"
said Holiday, "Then give me a
drink. Holt turned away to get
the drink for the alleged killer. It
was then Holiday pulled his auto
matte and told Holt to get his
hands up. While Holt held his
hands in the air, Holiday lifted
Holtz revolver from his pocket,
thens hot him with his own pis-
Continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-06-20
BY Jimmie N. Jones

The second phase of the trial of
William "Bill' Holiday, a., self
styled gambler" who gives his
address as that of Chicago, and
his local residence as 18 Elgin
ave., got under way as the pre-
liminary hearing charging him
with the first degree double muir
der of Thomas Deed Holt, 50, Of
113 Mound street., and Lawrance
Marbury, As, of 705 S. Western
ave-, on the night of May 81.
In the o~vercrowded court room
of Common Pleas Judge Don R.
Thomas, bet. Sgt. Charles M. Tee
ter, in charge of homicide was put
onthe stand by Assistant Presecu-
tors, Lloyd O'Hara and William
Wolf andtold of the statement
made to him by Holiday in the
questioning at police headquarters
following his arrest after the
double Staying. The Sgt. told the
following story as coming from
Holidawy. Coming to Dayton from
Chicago and attending a weeklong
gambling game at the home Of
Holt, Holiday lost all his money.
He went to the establishment of
Booker Harris, owner of the Har-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-06-20
Sc
Cooperative Plan
Benefit High School Grads

Editor note: This is the second
of a series onthe cooperative plan.
The information is supplied for
the benefit of high school grad
yates and their parents.
Some of the advantage Of the
cooperative method Of study are:
1. 1t gives the student an op-
portunity to explore the various
jobs in his field and to test his
aptitudes and abilities in these
jobs.
2. With the alienation of job
and study, the study can see more
clearly the relationship Of theory
to it's industrial applications while
the theory is being taught.
8. Practical and valuable ex-
perience is obtained in applying
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-06-20
Fairway Golfers
Meet indianapolis
Golfers Sunday,
June Is

The Fairway Golf Club and
Golferettes will travel to Indiana
polls on Sunday, June 25, to meet
the Indianapolis golf club in the
final of an intercity, homeland
home match. 1t is expected that
approximately As men and women
golfers will make the trip.
The Fairway club played host
to Indianans this past Sunday and
defeated the visitors, 22-12.