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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-10-05

Zilch. You saw me do it. Mr..
Zilch. didn't You?"
"But you replied that business
is business :. And that's the
way it is, Jack. Business can't
stand for deadwood.'
That's what you call me-
deadwood?" Jack asked. That's
all I am-deadwood. after all the
Years!"
"You brushed Jack off =.
Anyway, I'm busy you said . !.
There was a telephone call you
had to answer. Some one was on
the line with the big order you
were expecting Excuse me,
Jack
How Jewish was all that.
zilch? What do you know about
being Jewish? Yes. I know you.
Zilch. better than the credit rating
bureau which says you're all
right. but that isn't the whole
story. What about those tenement
houses you own?"
I know Zilch's tenement houses
dun and Bradstreet may
know what profit you derive from
them but I know the darkness in
those tenement houses. I have
seen the rickety stairways, have
CROPPED my way to a back room
which never saw the sunlight. A
child lay sick there.
You brag of your shrewdness.
as a real estate speculator {. :.
Yes you say. those houses are
great investments have
read about one of your tenants
being bitten by rats. The tenant
was an infant in its crib
What are you going to say to
God about that on Yom Kippur,
Zilch? Can you say you've lived
as a good Jew should? Do you
know about the man who died of
tuberculosis in one of your rooms
only the other week? A half dozen
people lived in the ROOM"
Zilch was protesting that I
should mind my own business {.
1T is my business. Zilch. It's my
business as one who is interested
in the hope that men-Jew and
Christians alike-maY yet come
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1951-10-05
Vets Elect AtIonton
National Commander

ATLANTA, Ga. (WNS) = The
seth annual encampment of the
Jewish War Veterans of the Uni
ted States concluded here with
the election of Paul Ginsberg, of
this city, as national commander.
Ginsberg pledged an about
battle for an American boycott of
goods produced in Communist
countries.
Bernard Rotberg, of Philadel-
phia, was elected judge advocate
and Mrs. Jesica Stats, Chicago,
president of the women's auxil-
larry.
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PLAIN TALK
Continued from Page y

But then / became aware of
Yom Kippur being close at hand,
and I said to myself, keep steady
Segal. This is no time to hit a
man. It's not the way to do at
Yom Kippur. Yom Kippur is a
time for peaceful meditations, a
time for restraint from sinful vio-
lence. It is better to speak to this
man than to strike him"
So said to him: "Zilch. you
so and so. who are you to set
yourself up as reference for any
man before God? Impudence!
You? I know you much better
than Mr.. Dun does or Mr.. Brad
street or Messrs. Dun and Brad
street together. They know only
your bank account and the state
of your business and how much
goods it is safe to sell you. but
know YOU.
"You were saying a mans got
to be Jewish but how Jewish are
you in the ways of your life and
business? Are you the one who
fired that old man who had been
working for you Is years. You
told him you hadn't anything per-
sonal against him but you said,
business is business, you know,
Jack, and you are slowing up.
Business can't allow any slowing
up and business has got to. be
business. I'll have to let you 60,
Jack.
Jack said there still was good
days work in him. despite his
years The way I lifted that
packing case. the other day. Mr..
Evening star., 1951-04-08

work for the next campus
period can be planned. J.
Dudley Dawson, director of
the personnel department,
recently completed just such
a visit here.
But It's the students them
selves who appear most
enthusiastic.
II couldn't afford TO go to
college If it weren't for this
arrangement" one girl said.
II save enough to pay some Of
my tuition and other expenses
and also get the benefit of
actual experience in the work
I want to do after / gradu-
ate"
1T puts you on your own,"
a young man pointed out.
Evening star., 1951-04-08

THE majority Of college
graduates don't know beans
about how to find a job or
how to live on their own pay
when they first get out of
school. We get it all in one
package"
The system, because of the
students income, seems ideal
for married students. Jobs
are found In the same towns
for husbands and wives and
they generally set up house
keeping In apartments until
time to 60 back to the campus.
Mr.. Dawson stressed the
value of the on-the-job train
ing. He pointed out that the
Antioch course requires Ave
years as against the custom
ary four, but emphasized
that Antioch graduates have
had two-and-a-half years
working experience when they
get their degrees.
It would seem that en-
ployers also are enthusiastic
over the system. At any rate.
several hundred In all parts
of the country are employing
about 1900 Antioch students
this year. It is not a cheap
help" opportunity. Students
are paid the "going rate" in
their jobs.
Some 80 schools over the
country also have work-study
programs, but Antioch Is one
of the few, II not the only
one, where all students must
attend under the work-study
arrangement.
Antioch started its present
system in 1921, but don't get
the idea that the school,
tucked away in a typical little
college town in Southwestern
Ohio. Is a fledgling in educa-
ton.
It's first president was
Horace Mann in 1858. A
Congressman from Massachu-
sets, he was one of the fore
most educators of his day
and his progressive ideas
were credited with arousing
the country's interest In
education. The late Simeon
D. Fess, a Senator from Ohio
for many years, was president
of the school from 1907 until
1917. w. ]. Nj.
Evening star., 1951-04-08
as HaIf-Year Workers

CCATTERED in and about
~ Washington some 40 COL
lege students are working
toward degrees under an
educational program that is
a far cry from customary
university procedure.
They all are full-time stu
dents of Antioch College of
Yellow Springs, Ohio. Para
doxically, they also are full
time employees in various jobs
here.
Their Offices are their class
rooms and, In a sense, their
bosses the teachers.
No. they aren't working
their way through college.
The jobs are part of the
work-study plan under which
Antioch, a co-educational,
liberal arts college. operates.
Under the system, students
attend regular classes on the
campus for certain periods.
At the end of the time, the
students, through the schools
personnel department, are
placed in jobs and are on
their own.
After several months, they
return to the campus for
additional study and other
students leave to take over
the jobs. Thus, two students
share each job during a year.
But the fact that each boy
and girl is absent from classes
for half a year doesn't mean
the school Is not keeping an
eye on them. Employers re-
port periodically on the stu
dents progress, aptitude and
work In general. The stu
dents also report on their
version of their work, progress
and problems.
During the year, repre-
sentatives Of the personnel
department visit the students
and. in addition to advising
them, have heart-to-heart
talks with the employers. AS
a result Of these reports and
visits. the students class
Evening star., 1951-06-04
SOLID KNOTTY PINE
bedroom suite, three pieces, 3O4.oo

Few woods the warmth hoe
Coed to the best cbnokne
pine is perfect in the ranch coono Cape Cod setting
blends with backgrounds hardware
and rich finish thot will long endure this oroety
suite and the other matching
single double .4dowe
Other in solid knotH Double mirror
sevendower ehestonchest 145OO Vanity mirror B5OO
Vonin bench, 1900 Night table 4OOO
W6L-Bedroom Furniture, Fifth Behedoche>y Chase
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1951-07-23

fraternal organizations and indi-
viduals have completed the new
Norway Center, an undertaking
we all can be proud of. But the
future of Norway Center and airy
other big undertaking, sponsored
by the Sons land Daughters) Of
Norway largely depends on the
membership. AS of today we are
fortunate in having excellent
leaders but they'll not last for
ever. Some of them are bound to
get tired and some of them will
pass over to the great beyond.
The future belongs to the younger
generation but what are we going
to do if they refuse to shoulder
the responsibility by not joining in
our efforts?
It's later than you think broth
ers. If we are to have competent
leaders after our days work is
done, it's high time that we start
training them now. But first of
all we got to get the material to-
train. Some way to interest the
youngsters in our work got to be
found-and soon. brothers, soon.
K
It's vacation time and no man
should be compelled to forego
any day that offers recreation and
pleasure during these beautiful
summer days by doing things
that could be postponed until some
other day. Now is the time to
worship the Sun" and only think
about the things that should be
done tomorrow and the day after.
Vacation time should also be in
SEPARATION time.
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SCANDINAVIAN
AMERICANA
By
sc A N D Y
Two Originals From Barbary Coast
S c A N D Y

The world is getting to be quite
a nuisance for originals, charac-
tiers who like to see and do things
their own way. There are too
many machines, too many wars,
too many bureaus of weights and
standards, too many laws. And,
Of course, If you get too far out
of line there is always the I'm
American Activities committee.
You have to be q movie star, q
fabulous play-bOy or freak to
get by living up to your rephta-
ton.
- -
w. E. Dahlstrom, 435 Hayes St.,
San Francisco, California, has a
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on
Norwegian
Americans
By A. BJERKESETH
No Future Without Young PEOPLE
BY A. BJERKESETH

AS a member of Sons of Nor
way for more than a quarter of a
century, I often wonder what the
future holds in store for this and
other organizations built by first
generation Norwegians in this
country.
There's no question about the
Sons of Norway's success in
the insurance business, which by
now amounts to many millions. -
What I am concerned about is
the membership and especially
the tive part of the member
ship.
I think that most of us will
agree that the second and third
generations have failed to give us
the support we anticipated. And
not only that but that thousands
upon thousands of our member
snip must be considered boOkmem-
bers alone. This is especially the
case when we consider the biggest
lodges.
There must be some way to
interest the younger generation in
the Sons of Norway. A few years
ago we were told that the langu-
age was the tumbling stone. Get
rid of the Norwegian and make
it all-English and the young ones
will come! We got rid of the
Norwegian language E. and still
We lack the anticipated influx of
second and third generations.
What else is there to be done?
AS far as Seattle is concerned
the Sons of Norway and the
Daughters of Norway with the
able assistance of many other
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Morse Have New
Shipping Ruling

The recent decision by the Nor
wegian Ministry of Commerce
placing ordinary new cargo ships
on the free import list is hailed by
shipowners as step in the right
direction.
Under the new ruling. so per
cent of the building cost must be
financed by foreign loans to be
repaid within 5 years. Foreign
currency OUTLAWS covering the 9TH
er so per cent are subject to APP
proval by the Ministry. Importa-
ton may be made only from men,
Der countries of the Organization
for European Economic Coopera-
ton.
The addition of new ordinary
dry cargo ships to the list of free
imports, Immediately raises Nor
ways free trade qouta to SIS per
cent.
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will say. For this job, done in
1926 at a cost of two million dol
lars, he received the gold medal
of the American Association Of
Architects. Over 800 men worked
under Lilpestrom then, and sculp-
tors from Buenos Aires and Paris
were assigned for the job, which
was done true to Oriental fashion.
Liljestrom, member of prom
inent family in Stockholm, is re-
garded as one of the foremost ex-
perts on Oriental Art in America.
He made quite a name for himself
as designer for Gump's famous es-
tablishment in San Francisco. He
has also done a number of paint
ings, now displayed in museums,
and as a conservator Including
such major jobs as patching up"
Rembrandt) he is highly rated.
Liljestrom has an interesting
story, too.
1t seems in his early days he
was captain or really contractor
on a boat carrying 35 tons of iron
on deck. 800 tons of dynamite and
crew of eight, including six In
dams, down the Colorado River.
Lightning flashed, the crew got
worried, panicky, because Of the
dynamite, and simply jumed over
board, and swan ashore. But Lii
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ride in the car, so Mrs. Anderson
made 2 trips. At the next paper,
same proceedior, n we were 2 b
done.
But now felt an urge 2 go out
sporting with royal-t, n I asked 2
take the girls 4 lunch. They all con-
sented Except Mary. She had to
rush right home. We were per-
sons left, n Mrs. Anderson insisted
on taking us all in her car. We
went 2 Greasy Spoon Cafe on the
water front, n were lucky enough
2 get a table.
Order anything U like. girls!
I said. Hang the cost! 1 bet U
I have at least $1.75 in my pocket.
So take the best thing on the
MENU. I ordered fried oysters, a
dish I hadn't had for years.
In walks Charlie. That guy al
ways walks in on U, when U don't
want him 2.
So U out sporting with all
these girls heb? N oysters 2.
Well, well. U might need them.
If my dish had consisted of eggs
n they had been bad ones, I
would've throwed them at Charlie.
But I couldn't spare any of my
oysters. So Charlie escaped punish
ment this time.
Going home Nancy had . sit on
my lap few blocks. There was
a cop standing on the corner.
tried to sink my head down
through my neck n shoulder, so
he wouldn't notice me. We were
4 in the front seat, U know. What
a scandal if he had pinched us.
could already see the headlines
"Skrellboom with s young girls, l
on his lap, all in one car, ar
rested"
This officer was perhaps a mar
ried man himself n felt sympathy
with a fellow brother, or he had
a big heart. He turned his head
the other way so not 2 C us, n
we escaped.
got out on 1st Ave, n all was
well.
The next day I had a call from
the first paper:
MIR. Skrelboom, Tn sorry Z
inform U that the picture we took
yesterday did not turn out so good
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jestrom didn't because ball Of
lightning landed on his knee while
he was steering the boat. A few
miles later the boat veered into
the many frequent whirlpools in
the river. He thought the boat
would be sucked down. Fortunate
ly, he says, the ball of lightning
Just took off, and he was able to
jump overheard to safety to a
nearby shore.
But that was only the begin
ming of his troubles. He was in
desert country, with no one around,
for he never again saw his crew.
He walked only along the rocky
shores, since he could easily perish
on the desert. He rode on drifting
logs down the river, caught fish
with his bare ands. Luckily he
mad a box of matches with him
and they saved his life then, he
says.
Three months passed. He saw
no one. He was a skinny sight,
terrible-loOking with long beard.
Then, one day, he saw a small boat
coming up the river. He hollered.
The boat came closer. He jumped
up and down. He was never SO
happy in all his life he says.
He was never SO surprised In his
life either.
Believe it or not" says Lille
strom, who has had this adventure
written up in three national mag
azines." the man in that boat was
my brother Axel of Rand & Nc
Nally in Chicago"
OF all people, impossible, you
say
Nope, its simple" says Lille
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reputation of sort, too, for all
we know. We have never met him,
just correspondent, but by the way
and manner he writes, he must
have packed a lot of restless
dynamic living into his years. Per-
haps it is altogether fitting that
he should crown his life story with
a simple devotion to art.
"OILS: sellout. $SOO-in l pack
age rs on $1.0O, 435 Hayes Apt.
rs. See artist, Physical Culture"
Such was his recent little ad in
a San Francisco daily. See the art
ist himself, the same picture we're
using in this column, in MacFad-
denis Aug. Sept. issue of Physical
Culture.
If art doesn't pay off too well,
Dahlstrom can easily do a number
of other things.
He has been a butler for movie
people, Molly O'Day, Mrs. Jack
Durant, Clyde Cook, etc. He has
worked for the Andrew Mellon
family. He has appeared in Side
Shows giving a dietician's health
lectures, bending 10-inch spikes,
tearing playing cards to pieces.
He had fling at wrestling, meet
ing Frank Gotch, world champion,
once. He has been in the boxing
game. sparring mostly for profess
sional stars. He has had a weight
lifting career. He was member
OF AAU team OF 1882, training
for the 1892 Olympics, but missed
participation by some unfortunate
obtrusion. He has appeared in
vaudeville shows, singing and
dancing. He has appeared on tele-
vision programs. He has appear
ed in ''two-bit Hollywood night
clubs for nickcis and Dimes
"NOw I am working on an act
In which I do acrobatics, sing q
song and sketch q picture at the
same time"
We like to think of Dahlstrom
as a curious jack Of all trades, a
member of the diminishing tribe
of rugged individualists.
Another San Francisco Swede,
not SO much Of an Original" as q
highly specialized artist, Is Gustav
r. Lljestrom, whom we met at
the Golden Gate city's world IA
nous Bohemian Club, (of which he
Is member) rs his guest one day
last fall. Liljestrom il known In
Seattle for having designed the
interior Of the lavish Fifth Avenue
Iheater. perhaps the most beau
tiful thcater In Seattle" a. some
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Unusual Sickness
] reated In Sweden

A five-year- girl, treated at
the F1ensburgska child hospital.
Malmo, South Sweden, has re-
covered from a complicated infla-
nation of both cerebral men,
branes and the suprarenal glands,
a case regarded by medical auth
critics as almost hopeless" She
was treated with suprarenal hor-
mones, sulfa drugs and peniciIlin.
The case is claimed to be the first
recovery of this kind recorded in
European medical history.
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So would like U to come back
with your girls n we would take
another.
When came 2 again, I was
laying on the floor with a wet
towel on my head. My wife had
put it there. 1 had tainted. She is
the queen now.
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MARY PETERSON (Above)
Crowned Queen at the Swedish
Day Celebration last Sunday ta-
fore 1000. r.. w. Olsen, Seattle,
won the new car.
Writing about his intriguing es-
capades with seven queen contest
ants, SkrellboOm continues "revo-
lutionizing" the English language.
Attic we live in a republic, we
seem to have a weakness 4 Roy
alt. American girls marry U-ro-
Pm princes. 1 of them married a
Swedish prince. When there is
some cOmmuni-t celebration of
some kind, there must b q queen
2 rain over the festivities. Even
the Swedish Club has q queen at
Its annual Swedish Day Celebra-
times. And who do U suppose gets
stuck with all the queens? Your
humble scribe.
I'm not complaining. I like 2 b
with royal-t. But it's playing with
fire, I tell U.
When I recruited the Z girls,
2 run queen at this years Swed-
ish Day, wrote their names n
telephone numbers down in my
note book, SO s 2 get in touch
with them, if needed. U have to
take them 2 the daily papers 2
have their pictures taken n SUCH
But if some of U married men
get on a queen contest committee,
don't b reckless with your note
book, or don't write girls names
n phone numbers in it. Your
wife might find that book.
came up breakfast l day.
My wife had found my little red
note book, n she was not fond of
it n me just then.
Mr.. Skrelboom! I think U
have a lotta Explaining do, she
said. Who is Mary, De. 1892? Who
is Maxine En-. 4679?. Who is Joan
Ca. SILT; Rosie We. 5643; Alma
Ga 1921; jeanne Su. 2619 an d
Nancy Me. 1889?
y that is U know :.
Come on now! Who are all
those girls, and Y do u have their
phone numbers
I finally succeeded in x-plain-
ing this complicated affair, but it
wasn't e-z.
The other day I was 2 take the
girls 2 both papers n have them
'mugged.' Mrs. Anderson hap
pened be around with her car
n offered b shoufeur. Some or
the girls had already gone the
LIST paper n waited us in the
lobby. The City Editor called the
photoman, n the picture was taxi
en-, painlessly.
We were 9 p-pul n couldn't all
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strom. "Axel had heard was
missing, and he was the only one
willing to risk a long trip down
the river to find me- He saved
my life.'
Evening star., 1951-05-17
By Harry Lever

They're unloading some of the
weirdest airplanes in the world
at Boiling Air Force Base today.
The aircraft, many of them
never seen in this part of the
United States. are being flown in
las part of the ! million square
feet of ground exhibits to be
shown at Boiling as part of this
years spectacular Armed Forces
Day celebration on Saturday.
The scores of exhibits being
set up In the hangers and on
the concrete taxi strips will repre-
sent the biggest display of air.
1craft ever seen in the United
States, as well as the main aero
nautical advances of every armed
service. The exhibition will in
clude the giant Douglas CHA A.
|"Globemaster H." largest craft
ever to land at Boiling, and the
Mcdonnell xF-85, the worlds
smallest jet f1ghter-so little it is
known as the parasite" A B-5O
atomic bomber can carry it un-
derneath.
| The thousands of visitors will
sample ice cream made by an
Army Quartermaster Corps port
able plant at Boiling. The ON
Corps also will have a portable
bakery. The Transportation Corps
will stage an amateur engineers
contest, with a 100-ton diesel en-
Igine, to see who can drive the be-
hemoth the farthest within O.
given time for a prize.
Navy Blimp to Appear.
Big guns. road-building units,
lSawmill equipment. flame-throw-
ing tanks. smoke grenades. phos-
'phorus bombs and other spectacu-
lar war material will be shown by
the Army Ordnance Corps and the
Chemical Corps to illustrate the
progress the American Army has
made.
The Navy will show more than
100 exhibits. ranging from a dis
play Of historic and modern uni
forms to the latest in guided
missiles and radar. A Navy blimp
will appear over Boiling during
the afternoon. Three Navy ships
Iof the Atlantic Fleet Squadron will
visit Washington over the week
end. They will be berthed at piers
|on Maine avenue S.W.. near N
street. with visiting hours from 8
am. until noon and from to
pm. Saturday. then again on Sun
day from to 4:30 pm.
The Air Force displays will in
.clude more than a score Of air.
craft, including modern jet fight
ers, trainers. cargo and utility
types. There also will be a pres
entation of the Pacific airliftI
story. showing how the men of
the Military Air Transport Serv-
ice, and the men in Korea, are
supplied by air. This units exhi-
bition will be supplemented by a
display of propellers, life-saving
equipment and aeronautical
charts.
The Coast Guard will show air.
sea rescue planes and devices, in
Evening star., 1951-05-17

|of q Russian T-34 tank, the ar
mored vehicle that gave American
troops so much trouble.
In going to Boiling, the public
lis urged to use Capital Transit
buses. which will leave Tenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
every five minutes after 10 am.
The Armed Forces Day parade
along Constitution avenue, begin
ming at 10 am, will include 16
bands. It will begin at the Capitol
and proceed along Constitution
avenue. with President Truman
and high officials in the reviewing
stand near Sixteenth street.