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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-09-28

liberalism in Europe after the 1913
Revolution started the second era.
The Cars prosecutions drove
hundreds of thousands from Rus
STA. After 1880, they began the
third phase.
NEW CIVILIZATIONS
The researches of both authors
would indicate that these infer
ences are but partly true. It has
been generally accepted that the
leadership and personnel of Co.
lonial Charleston were predomi-
nately Sephardic. Yet in 1892,
seven out of eight committeeman
who laid the cornerstone of the
Beth Elohim structure were Ger
man Jews. In 1901, the Supreme
Council of Scottish Rite Masonry
was founded in Charleston. Four
Jews were among the organizers.
But three of them were Ashkena-
zim. The prominent Maise family,
which gave poetess to early
American Jewry, hailed from
Alsace. The capable Mordecai
Cohen, business man and philan-
thropist, the second wealthiest
man in South Carolina, was from
Poland. The Harris, the Cohens,
the Harbys, the Moseses, the Ma
thans, prominent in the Colonial
period, were of non-Sephardic
origin. In fact, it would appear
that in spite of using the Spanish
Ritual with it's Hebrew pronun-
citation, the majority of Charles
ton Jewry before and after the
Revolution were .Ashkenazim.
FORERUNNERS OF REFORM
Another myth that has gained
wide currency would have the Re-
form movement of American
Judaism start in Charleston. This
misconception has its origin in the
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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-09-28

THE NEW HISTORY BOOKS
In 1850, Thomas J. Tobias,
President of Beth Elohim and a
direct descendant of Joseph To-
bias, who was ParnaSs of the same
congregation in 1850, succeeded
in enlisting the American Jewish
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-09-28
Charleston, 5. L.
Two Centuries Of History
In Charleston
BY HARRY SIMoNHOFF

The Charleston Bcenenn could hardly without
of the communY long duration half century
investigated the tombstones
the veY minutes the recorded documents the files
AS result of his pnsang researches Barnett Eas published
Carolina Earliest Times the
Prese Day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
U. 5. ATOM SPY TRIAL
 (0NvICT5 }

NEW YORK, March 29 -4H-Two men and woman were convicted today of passing wartime atomic secrets to Russia in the first atom spy trial in the United States.
 The jury returned its verdict at II am. EST, after seven hours and 18 minutes of deliberation.
 The convicted defendants. who could receive the death penalty. are Julius Rosenberg, 34-year-old elec- trical engineer; his diminutive, dark haired wife, Ethel, 35, and Radar Expert Morton Sobell, 33.
 The prosecution did not ask for the death penalty, however, during the summation. The jury had weighed the fate of the three defendants for one hour and two minutes today after being locked up for the night at 12:40 this morning. ~ r u
 The trio was accused of relayt1g atom secrets to an International Red spy ring headed by Klaus, Fuchs until his arrest in England early last year. The secrets, the govern ment contended. included drawings of the atom bomb dropped on Ma gasaki, Japan, in l945.
 The governments star witness in the sensational case was David Greenglass, brother of Ethel Rosen- berg. Greenglass, who pleaded guilty to the espionage indictment, is awaiting sentence for his part in the plot.
 Only Mrs. Rosenberg showed any sign of emotion as the verdicts were announced. She shook her head slightly, then stared grimly at, the floor. of the courtroom.
 Sobell and Rosenberg sat calmly in their chairs, staring intently at the jurors.
 Federal Judge Irving R. Kauf- man, after congratulating the jur- ors and extending "deep gratitude" for their services, said
 T must say as an individual that I cannot be happy because it is a sad day for America"
 Turning to the defendants, the jurist said:
 That citizens should lend them selves to the destruction of their own country by the most destructive weapon known is so shocking that I can't find words to describe the loathsome offense."
 He then lived April 5 for im- position of sentences.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
Budget May
 Intrease by
 Ten Billion

WASHINGTON, March 29 --R- Price increases and program re- visions may add $10000, 0,0O0 900 to the defense budget for the next fiscal year, Rep Mahon (D-Texasl said today. M bti sN
 Instead of the S60,O00 OOO,000 mill itary budget foreseen by President Truman in January, Mahon said, the outlay needed for defense will be closer to ,0O0,00000O.
 Mahon is chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee which handles the defense budget.
 But while the 1852 budget may be $1O,O00, 0,O00,00c more than had been expected, he told newsmen, Con- gress may be able to get by the balance of this fiscal year on s. 00O O,000,000 ,ess than had bee, indi- cated.
 < The present fiscal year ends on June 30 and indications have been that an extra SlO,00O 100000 would be requested for military purposes before then.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
PULP MILL SITE ROAD, kET(HIkAM
 < E RECOMMENDED
Army Engineers Also Give Approval 10 Waterway
 Project at Sitka

PORTLAND, Ore, March 29.-lR Army engineers have recom- mended a $1,113,6c0 navigation channel to a pulp mill site near Ketchikan-if and when such a mill is definitely assured"
 o. E. Walsh, North Pacific Divi- sion engineer, announced the ap- proval of this proposed project and two others near Sitka.
 The Ketchikan project would in- clude dredging channel TO feet wide and 12 feet deep through seven shoal areas between Fl Capitan Pas sage and Shakan Strait. The en- gineers' recommendation specified it should not be undertaken unless a pulp mill is assured at Ketchikan or such other locality in that area as will require use of the pro- posal improvement"
 One Sitka project calls for dredg- ing and rock removal to provide a channel 2C0 feet wide and "A feet deep through Whitestone Narrows at an estimated cost of $176,000. The other would provide small boat anchorage by dredging the Forest Service basin and it's ap- breaches to 10 feet at cost of S32, ,560.
 The recommendations merely find justification" for the projects. They are sent to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors in Washington. Actual construction would await authorization by Con- gress.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
The w ashinqton Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON
tCopyright 1851. oy Bell Syndicate. Inc. "Z

(Copyright. l95l. oy Bell Syndicate, Inc. " ASHINGTON.-Eere are a few facts not brought out during the crime committee probe of the glam- our girl of the underworld, Vir- ginia Hill:
 Miss Hill first broke into prom thence among the gangsters when she lived in the Chicago boarding house where Chicago's Joe Epstein, then a student in accountancy, also lived Virginia, restaurant wait ress at that time, frequently brought coffee and cakes to the hungry Epstein. Later, when Epstein got out of school, be became an accountant for the underworld, also began helping Miss Fill.
 She became a runner for the un- derworld, carrying money between racketeers in different cities. This was precarious job. But Virginia was smart enough to keep an in- innate diary locked in a vault with a record of the various financial transactions, and instructions that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
CRUSADE ON CRIME GAINS MOMENTUM
 4anfa E44nRaa8r fT
By Associated Press

The crusade against crime, spear headed by the Kefauver Committee and other agencies, gained momen- tum today as a National Protestant group urged church action to strengthen the country's moral fibre"
 Railing the official crackdown on organized crime, the National Coun- cil of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., asked churches everywhere to help halt the moral delinquency in our society,""
 The councils interim policy-mak- ing general board condemned "so- called innocent forms of gambling such as ''legalized race track wagerS lotteries, bingo and the like"
 Swelling the national crime bust ing campaign was an order by New York Gov Thomas E. Dewey calling for a grand jury investigation of gambling at Saratoga Springs, N r., a racetrack spa.
 Dewey also said he would set ur a statewide crime commission to study the responsibilities of the state and local governments in law enforcement.
 Tn Washington, Republican mem bers of the Senate Crime Probe Committee were working to extend the life of the committee, which ends this Saturday.
 Senators Wiley (R-Wis) and To- bey (R-NH) said they hope to get committee-eXtension approval from the Senate.
 The committees chairman. Sen. Kefauver D-Tenn) says the com mittee already has dug up enough information on which to base legis- lation aimed at uprooting organ ized crime.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
 0kEHS NAT.
Also Says French People Will Defend Themselves
 Against Aggression

WASHINGTON, March 29 -R- President Vincent Auriol of France today pledged President Truman "all out support" of the North At lantic Treaty Organization. He also said the French people are determ- ined ito defend themselves against foreign aggression"
 Auriol and MT. Truman had a conference in the cabinet room of the White House. Auriol spoke in French and MT. Truman in English with interpreters translating their remarks. .s
 The White House announced, aft erward:
 Remarks of the President of the French Republic included state ment that the French people were determined to defend themselves against foreign aggression and that, in this spirit, they were giving all out support to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
 President Auriol pledged his na- ton and it's people will do all within our power not only to resist aggression, should it occur, but to deter it and save the peace"
 He asserted any charge that the French will not fight to repel ag- gression is "an insult as cruel as it is unjust"
 The French chief of state spoke for his country in ar address pre- pared for a National Press club luncheon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, March 29 - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3, American Can ll1A, American Tel. and Tel 153h Anaconda 38$l, Douglas Aircraft 96h. General Electric 541s, General Motors 5lA, Goodyear TIE. Kenne- colt 733i, Libby McNeill and Libby 9, Northern Pacific BPS, Standard Oil of California 45A, Twentieth Century Fox 211s. U. s. Steel 413s, Pound S2.801s, Canadian Exchange 9518A.
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Averages today were as follows: Industrials 24690 rails 79.73, utili- ties 4239
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
FOREST SERVICE MAKES
 CHANGES IN PERSONNEL

Changes in personnel were an- nounced at the U. s. Forest Service regional office today.
 Glen Kirkham has been appoint ed to the post of property and sup ply clerk in the regional office re- placing Ed Sweeney. Rodger Pegues will replace Kirkham as property and supply clerk for the Admiralty Division Mrs. Walter Johnson has been appointed to the payroll di- vision of the fiscal department.
 Ed Sweeney has been appointed procurement officer for the Office of Price Stabilization and said today he will take over his new duties Monday, April 2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
SKINNER TELLS | WHY RATES ARE
 GOING TO RISE
Steamship Official Gives Cost Figures df Chamber
 of Commerce Meet

D. E. Skinner, vice president and manager of the Alaska Steamship Company, effectively justified the need for increased freight rates to Alaska in a talk to members of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce at a regular meeting in the Paranof Hotel this noon.
 He gave detailed report of what has happened since December, 1948, when the company announced its objective of maintaining freight rates without an increase. He cited economy measures that have been instituted and said. Despite our endeavor to hold the line, rising costs have defeated our plans. Dur ing 1949 our net result was $6O,O0O in the red. Last year, 1850. resulted in S17,OO0 profit. Considering the approximate $14.000,O00 gross rev. enue each year it is obvious that the operation cannot be considered financially sound. Tn short, it will be necessary for us to ask for in creased freight rates to Southeast Alaska which will increase revenues about 20 per cent.
 Look At Cost
 Lets look at the cost of govern ment in the Territory of Alaska l. has increased about 95 per cent iii the period since 1947, excluding special appropriations of an emer- gency nature"
 The steamship man pointed out that cargo working costs had risen to the point where they consume 7773 per cent of the revenue dollar in $. E. Alaska trade and 59.58 per cent in s. w. Alaska trade. These include all charges pertinent to loading and unloading cargo, he said.
 "Freighter crew costs, which com- prise about 25 per cent of our eX- 
 pense, have increased approximately 76 per cent since l947. During this time where there was no rate in- creases in the general Alaska trade, rates advanced about 22 per cent in the Hawaiian Island trade. West ern railroads received 37.5 per cent increase with a further in- crease of 2 per cent in the west and per cent in the east effec- tive April l.
 Rates to s. F. Alaska
 The rate increases filed for will apply only to points in s. E. Alaska, Skinner said. Tt is our intention to make our operations self-sustain- ing by areas. No area should sub sidize another area just as no pro- duct should subsidize another pro- duct. It may be claimed by our critics, and we have them, that we are ignoring s. w. Alaska because
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
HUGE VOLUME. FOOD PRICES.
 WILL BE CUT
New Method of Controls Announced by 0PS-De-
 Ueases Moi Increases

WASHINGTON, March 29 -R- The nations retail and wholesale grocers today set about shifting a huge volume of food items cost ing the public OOo,0oO,OoO year to new method of price controls.
 They are under government orders to complete the transfer between April and April 30.
 The Office of Price Stabilization (OPS) announced three regulations last night, putting about 60 per cent of all foods under lived mark up" percentages which the agency said are those in effect before the Korean outbreak. A grocer adds the 'mark-up" percentage to his cost in order to determine his ceiling price.
 What It Means
 Here is what the new system means to the country:
 First it means a great many up and down movements in food prices. depending on the store, the locality and the kind of food. Price Director Michael V. DiSalle said We are sure that there will be more de- creases than increases" That was cheerful news for the housewife, but DiSalle added that "a large part" of the net reduction in prices may be cancelled out if farm prices continue to move up.
 Under present law, the wholesale and retail prices of most food products. must be allowed to rise when necessary to reflect higher farm prices.
 Ceiling Prices
 Second, the new system means that DiSalles OPS now has paved the way for definite dollars-and- cents ceiling prices, figured by the district OPS offices and posted on big charts in the stores.
 OPS officials said this was "the single most important aspect of last nights action.
 The three regulations cover canned goods, baby foods, flour, CO., coa, coffee, tea, breakfast cereals, shortening, frozen foods, crackers, jams and jellies, syrups, and many other items.
 They do not cover fresh meats, fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, sugar, milk, bread, ice cream, candy, soft drinks, or alcoholic beverages.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
FITZPATRICK BACK

Larry Fitzpatrick, master of the halibuter Ruby has returned from Seattle and plans to leave soon to go blackcod fishing in outside waters.
 Other fishermen leaving to gc blackcOdding are Dan Twiet on the Solar, Norman DeRoux on the Ocean Cape, Orin Addelman on the Dolores J., and Jack Crowley on the Lassie.
 Tom Ness of the Emma and Ole Westby of the Pelican are both i'll in Seattle hospital and may not be able to fish this season as planned.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
TO PROBE FIRING ON
 TOURISTS

BERLIN, March 29 --lRt-U. s. and Russian authorities arranged tentatively to meet late today to discuss the firing by East German Communist police yesterday on sightseeing convoy of 73 Americans in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz.
 Maj Gen Lemuel Mathewson, U. S. commandant, asked for the meet ing with Sergei Dengin. head of the Soviet Control Commission for East Berlin. to register formal protest.
 American officials said the issue at stake is the right of Allied per- sonnel to travel with safety in four power Berlin, including the Russian sector.
 The East police opened fire on a convoy of American Army busses carrying tourists. including women and children. on a regularly sched- uled sightseeing tour of the city. Three shots punctured one of the busses but no one was hit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
OFFENSIVE INDICATED,
 RED FORCES
Hardest Action in Weeks Takes Place Western
 Front-Push 10 38th
By Associated Press

Chinese Communist troops clung tenaciously to foothold south of the 38th Parallel today while Red China spurned General MacArthur's offer to talk peace for Korea.
 The Red Chinese made stiff de- fensive stands just south of the border along the Western and Gen. tral fronts. The signs mounted that the Communists were preparing a spring offensive timed to coincide with seasonal rains hampering AL lied heavy equipment.
 On the Western front Thursday. the Chinese Communists fought their hardest action in several weeks. Firing from dug in posi- tions. they all but stopped the AL lied advance.
 Grenade Tossing
 During the night. grenade tossing Reds drove American troops off ,000-foot crest north of Uijongbu. But the Reds mysteriously withdrew and American troops reoccupied the crest at dawn.
 A strong Red stand in Central Korea repulsed American patrols on a seven long front. The Com munists are fighting halfway be- tween the border and Chunchon, which is eight miles south of the 38th Parallel.
 Push Made
 On the east coast, South Korean troops have pushed six miles north of the Parallel. m h 8
 Anticipation of a possible Com munist drive on the Central front was heightened by MacArthur's Thursday communique which said, the pattern of vehicular movement in enemy areas indicates contin- ued effort to support a strong con- centration behind the Central front"
 PyOngyang Bombed
 U. s. B-59s bombed airfields around the Red capitol of Pyong- yang for the second day.
 On the international scene, vest ern sources were encouraged today by Russia's new proposals at Paris for a Big Four foreign ministers meeting.
 A scheduled meeting of the dep- uty foreign ministers was delayed until tomorrow while the west studied the latest move by Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko.
 Gromyko's latest proposal agreed for the first time to include the level of armaments" of the Big Four on the agenda. At the same time, Russia continued to demand discussion of arms reduction by the four powers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29

Rodeil Named
 Com. of Finance For Territory

Henry, Roden, treasurer of Alaska, was unanimously elected as the Commissioner of Finance for the Territory, the position set up to head the Territory's fiscal structure under the Reorganization Act (HB 141) passed by the Twentieth Leg islature, at the first meeting of the Board of Administration established by the Act, held yesterday after noon in the office of Governor Ern- est Gruening, pursuant to the Act, Chapter 122 SLA 1851.
 Appointment to the position of Post-Auditor is yet to be made. Members of the board present at its first meeting were Gov. Gruen- ing, chairman; Senators Gunnard M. Engebreth and R. M. MacKen- zie and Representative William Egan and Glen Franklin. The two other members of the board, At torney General J. Gerald Williams and Tax Commissioner M. P. Mulla- ney are absent from the city.
 Best Possible Choice
 In a press release issued by the board today it comments:
 "The board unanimously elected Henry Roden as the Commissioner of Finance. In selecting him it feels that it made the best possible choice in accordance with the terms of the Act, of a longtime resident of Alaska who has served the Territory conspicuously since the beginning of Territorial Government. Roden served in the first Territorial Sen- ate in 1913. Subsequently he has been active in many public causes and has served also as President of the Senate, as Attorney General, and more recently as Treasurer. For years he has been keenly interested in the question of fiscal reorganiza- ton of the Territory and is there fore, in addition to his experience, admirably predisposed to the inn portant task which has now been assigned to him. d Ps
 aAe Post Auditor
 "The subject of appointment to the important position of Post Auditor came up for discussion at the first meeting of the board, and since under the terms of the Act this appointment is net due until July 1, the Secretary of the Boar1 was instructed to make a thorough search in the interval so that the best possible incumbent could be secured.
 Measure Not Perfect
 While we feel the measure is not perfect, it contains many admirable features calculated to improve the Territory's condition if carried out. Experience and trial of two years will reveal what changes, if any. are desirable and recommendations to that effect will of course be pre- sented to the Twenty-First Legisla- ture.
 '"The board feels that the Legisla- ture, in this Reorganization Act, has taken an extremely important and historic step forward.
 "The minutaes of the boards first meeting are available to the pub lic."
 Comments on Act
 In regard to the Reorganization
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Denali scheduled to sail from Seattle 4 pm. Friday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to ar rive from Skagway at am. Friday sailing south one hour later at g..
 Baranof scheduled to arrive from Westward Sunday morning south bound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29
CAA MAN HERE

Walter Berklund with the CAA at Anchorage is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-03-29

SEATTLE VISITOR D. M Ward of Seattle is at the Baranof Hotel.
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MARGARET COLLINS HERE Margaret Collins. trader from Yakutat, is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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The Nome nugget., 1951-01-08

ened to pin the 9th Army's west ern force against the Yellow Sea.
 At Wonju, communist mortar shells were falling on the airfield The field had been closed to all planes except those evacuating wounded.
 Correspondent Barnard said in his field dispatch that Chinese swarmed throughout the dominat- ing hills west, south and east of the city.
 But while the main body of the communist force fought to take the key city, other Red troops wheel ed southeast in wide, encircling maneuver.
 Eighth Army headquarters said an estimated 4,O00 Red troops were moving about 15 miles southeast of Wonju. Other com munist units were spotted nearby.
 On the east and west Hanks, the Reds appeared to be gathering strength while advance units dealt slow feeler blows testing Allied troops dispositions.