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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-05-29
PLAIN TALK
BY ALFRED SEGAL
Mr.. HILLEL'S REFORM
RELIGION

our Mr. F1lllel (Hlllel Wldget
Corp.), most regular of CORES
pondentS, addresses me on mat
tiers of Reform Judaism which
sometime impinge rather pain
fully on his religious conscience
"And not alone on my conscience
but on the religious consciences
of lot of other neo-Reformers
like myself.
AS is his practice when he's
sick and tired of his multimillion
dollar widget business he calls
on me to let him take over this
column for one issue, anyway
its recreation, he says. Pm
sick and tired of widgets". With
something of disgust he confessed
that so far this year he had pro-
duced 2 million and half wild
gets on which the profits would
be 856,491.24. And there was no
telling what prodigies of pro-
duction would keep his nose deep
in widgets through the remain
ing months of the year.
"It's nauseating', Mr.. Hillel
said. Therefore, he had come to
this column to feed his soul, like
the poet feeding on narcissus.
Lately, he said, he had been
reading intimations that there is
a re-evaluation of Reform Ju-
daiSm going on. He noticed this
in discussions as reported from
the recent convention in New
York of the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations Reform).
Maybe, he remarked, they'd
like to hear from me-. He winked
with a laughing twinkle in his
eye. :. =.
Sure enough, l replied, 'the
more widgets man manufac-
lures the more his opinions OIL
every possible subject are re-
Spected and accepted. Remember
how old Henry Ford became an
authority almost on everything
because he made the most and
best cars for the money. Now
what have you to say about
Reform Judaism?"
Well, Mr.. Hillel began, lately
he has been thinking about him
self in relation to Reform and
Orthodoxy-"I am, as you know,
a member of a Reform temple,
have been a member of the
board, in fact, a pillar of the
church, as they say. guess 1t
was on account of my very good
wife that l took up Reform. She
said our children should be
brought up as Jews in the modern
world and the Reform temple
was the most modern expression
OF Judaism. So what did l do?
joined the Reform temple, and
that was more than 80 years ago.
But 1 really never became
Reform Jew, except as regular
dues-payer and member of the
board. When 1 say this I'm not
speaking about myself alone. I've
heard the same thing said by
lot of others who are dues-payers
to Reform.
THE fact is that the majority
OF Reform members today are
people out of Orthodox upbring-
fCon4sni,af3 an pace 81
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-05-29
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, MAY 70, 1853
Pro-Arabs Attack Israel
AT Senate Group Hearing

Washington (JTA)-Biter against made
this witnesses testified before sub
Foreign sub
ject of the Arab refugee problem.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-05-29
NAMED JUDGE IN FLORIDA
CITY

MIAMI, Fla, (JTA)-Norman
R. Lyons, former president of
the Coral Gables Zionist DIS
trict. has been appointed
Municipal Judge for the City
of North Miami Beach.
The Nome nugget., 1953-03-30
Kai-Shek Accused
 By Burma Control Of Guerrilla Army
By ROBERT HEWETT

ABINGDON, Burma, R- "The Opium Army''-that is what Bur- mese soldiers call the Chinese Ma .tionalist guerrillas operating in side Burma's mountain borders with Red Chipa.
 They use that description be- cause many BurmeSe-and some western 0bservers-are convinced the estimated 12,000 guerrillas are more interested in profitable opium smuggling than in fighting the Chinese Reds.
 Burma accuses Chiang Kali Shek's Nationalist government on Formosa of supplying and direct ing the mystery force. Chiang's government says it has no con- trol of the irregulars. The force is said to be equipped with US. weapons. The United States has denied giving any support to the guerrillas.
 The irregular army is part of Chiang's defeated forces that were driven out of Yunnan province by the Chinese Reds in 1948. They are supposed to be poised on the Red frontier to harass the Com munists. But Burma charges they instead are marauding the Bur mese countryside.
 Western military men say they are no threat to the weI-organ- ized Red Chinese forces in Yum nan. So far, they have proved a headache to everyone concerned except the Communists.
 The Burmese have complained to the United Nations about the guerrillas.
 The Burmese army hopes to
The Nome nugget., 1953-03-30
Navy to Drop SOP Civilians From Seattle Air Station

WASHINGTON, R-The Navy air program will drop 2,740 civil ian workers by May 31, with the largest cut assigned to the Seat tie, Wash, air station, the Navy announced Friday night.
 Other major reductions in the work force were ordered for the naval station at Kodiak, Alaska.
 The Navy said the reductions were ordered to meet a recent Defense Department decision to trim the military departments civilian payrolls by nearly 40,000 before May 31.
 But the end of May SOP civil ians will be dropped at Seattle Air Station, which will cease to be an overhaul and repair facility. By the end of this year the Seattle station will serve only in support of the naval air reserve training program.
 The Navy said that Seattle was singled out for the largest cut be- cause it is '1east suitable" for the type of expansion necessary to handle the modern carriers.
The Nome nugget., 1953-03-30
Record of Alaska's First
 COP Legislature in 20 Yrs.
(Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
 with a new board; also called for new dental examining board.
 Labor Changed Unemploy- ment Compensation and Work mems Compensation laws. Top unemployment payments were boosted from $30 to $35 week under new formula which spon- sors said would cut down on drain against fund. W0rkmen's compen- sation benefits for death and total disability were doubled. Enacted Fair Employment Practices Act.
 Investigations Created two committees to delve into govern ment affairs between sessions - where they have been none be- fore.
 Public Welfare - Increased old age pensions from $50 to $90 monthly and aid to blind to $10O.
 Liquor-Made it tougher to get initial liquor license outside of a city but eliminated petition pedal ing for annual renewals. .
 Banking-Enacted a 121 page banking code to create a banking commissioner and banking de- partment and tighten up on exam nations of banks that do not come under federal insurance program. Miscellaneous m Adopted the .territory's first agricultural loan act with $200,0OO appropriation; provided for the election of major political parties national commit teemen; created territorial land department to start acquisition of land from the federal government holdings.
 The Reorganization Act of 1851 was repealed and the job of find ing a substitute was passed over in favor of study of the problem by the legislative council.
The Nome nugget., 1953-03-30

root out the main guerrilla force before the monsoon rains in mid May.
 Why did the unWanted guerril- las turn on the Burmese? One view is they needed more food Some western diplomats believe they also wanted to call attention to themselves.
 Many Burmese blame the United States for their guerrilla problem because of the US. pol icy of rearming Chiang's forces on Formosa, and because new American weapons have been found on slain or captured Chi nese irregulars.
 Burma broke off all diplomatic relations with Formosa when she gave formal recognition to the Peiping regime.
The Nome nugget., 1953-03-30

In 1852 each man, woman and child in the United States owed an average of S1,84O as his share of the federal, state and local debts.
The Nome nugget., 1953-03-30

MT. and Mrs. James Savok are the parents of a daughter, born Sunday, March 29, and weighing seven pounds, four ounces.
The Nome nugget., 1953-03-30

Records on Egyptian monu- ments show that several distinct varieties of dogs had been devel- oped 5000 years ago.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Produce Markets Quotations

grade sausage bulls, mostly Il.0O-l5 90.
with bulk safes 1880 downward, ard
utility largely under 1870; eanneI and
cutter i:ghtweign. bulls. 500: 90. Few
stock g ; calves. 20 20 oo.2l; III IS; nsst 81 supply
ferior and common. 7,O0-I2.75.
Calves compared week ago: Top LOO
higher. bEf otherwise little change. One
truck lot prime. closely sorted. high
yissidi1s sFS9nd n a. 2q0poInd vsssEs sod
prime vssefs o5eF o niSsd enOase sooS snS
to prime lots. %. 90 .27sO0: commercial
and eecd; 1ti.Oe-22. 90; Gull and utility
HOGS .onpsfed week ago: Not enough
sales Friday to set price trend: Thurs
day quotaJicns compared previous Friday
showed barrows and gifts steady to SO
ceats or more lower; sows under, 4c0
pounds steady 70 SO cents cd higher; hsav-
sr weights stsady ,, e 90 lcTes ThIrs1
barrows and gifts. "a .00-24.75. 24O-21O
g3.50-24. .0o, over 500 pounds, q 30
93 S2a1o S9 lSS1ds SSnas gSqsRssss q Sgss HS
pounds. 2S.75-24.25, Choice sows, under
pSSnds % so.o5: 45o.sSo ipSoSainds.. .ytsG Ss.oS:
500-55O pounds, 1900: odd head over
$50 pounds. IL .0U down. Odd stays dis
counted Ou-3.00 per hundredweight
from price paid for the same weight sows
sheep. compared week ago: woolsd
LAMBS Fe5 sts sEd ewes ewes pomIay nT
lOO-pound wooled slaughter lambs,
1S.O0-2l .OO; Gull and utility, 5O-lO5
pounds. 10.00-l5.O0. Odd lots utility
to choice woolef ewes. 4.00-6.0O.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
New York Cotton

NEW YORK. Dec. IL tA.-The cotton
futures market continued its downwe N
course this week. although at some
what slower tempo
-. Active futures contracts traded on
tne New York Cotton Exchange showed
l.30 bale.
Biggest factor in the decline was
hedging and liquidation prompted By
notices. It was 'anlHa pointed out. e. december
The Goyernment,s December crop esti-
mate 81 16,437. 600 bales spurred some
%immediats % selling but had no lasting
higher than the October forecast. Con-
tinued slowness in exports and q dearth
oI favorable news from Worth Street
depressed futures prices.
Selling In the more distance con-
Of sharply higher acreage aiiotments
cast Of $4,000 Bales. iS tie SNISR New YORK YcrE
This ef esftig@sstSssa t0tS Salssr ssr
to 22.S64. 900. The exc exchange S said "s 8
carryoyer Of 10 million bales-largest
since 194S-is indicated.
sumption Of cotton was noted. Use
for the four weeks ended November 2S
was 900. 900 bales. according to q New
YORK Cotton Exchange estimate. as
against 100000 in the same period q
Exports for the season through Decem-
Der totaled $4,000 bales against
l.931 900 at the same time a year ago.
Previous estimates potnting to season s
been revised downward, srtIVS exchange % "Sfe OF
flcials said, and the present outlook is
for total of 2,700,O00,
Evening star., 1953-12-13

Baltimore quotations supplied by the
United States Agriculture Department:
Apples-Dull. Bushel baskets. o. 8.
INC Niche. p PenRsyvs0ia gy5soi nd1ss Ds!ci0as 4es &
minimum. aina ~ ). $3.50: 2,s.inch minimum.
2a inches up. 3.75-4.25; New Jersey,
DelicioIs; noG5 SYlor INCHES Na uD a7S
unwashed, Pennsylvania Katahains. .5O-
pound sacks. 5000 cents. few higher;
lO-pound sacks 1929 cents.
Sweet potatoes-Barely steady. 1ushel
baskets, 9; 3: No. !; some washed and
gaxsd M MaFsarS nspso aRS R;eav. vrsnis Sa
fair quality 2.25; Virginia, white vans.
2,T5-3.25; nearby, s-hrshel hampers.
Livestock Markets.
catt csn3s e TssE 5 ago. "a
more lower; heifers, cows and bulls gen-
orally so cents lower: stock cattle steady
lots and odd head. 1851 ,O57 pound.
choice and prime slaughter steers. 20. .00-
$500: bulk Of run good and choice. in-
cluding 742-1. .264-pound averages at
SS0;a5-S55a; 5a co. few comme9cial eG s, and gSod.
and commercial. i5.00-l7 Z SO. odd head
few good and. choice, S35-9oO-poursd
heifers. 20. .OO-c3 90; utility and CONNER
cial mainly 13.00-1S.5O, canners and
cutters. S.00-12.00. Odd head high COM
order cary. 1900 II 90: bulk utility Vs and
commercial grades. 1O.5O-1259; COM
cutters. mostly 7.o0oio. %: 6 odd % Hoistein %
cutters higher and shelly Gamers down
to 300 or under. Utility and commercial
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO, Dec. 12 R.-Hog prices
nuctuated over e wide range this week,
losses ssnsins Sss e sS cents n Il i Seavya SHo
weight barrows and gifts and SO cents
In sows
Prices fell in the cattle section at
the start Of the week and could not
ceipts Monday ' were the largest for
any December day since 1887: Slaughter
steers and yearlings finished 80 cents
to loo lower. Heifers we're mostly on
and vealers were steady to higher.
(UsDA)-Salable hogs 500. total
1000 Estimated; compared week ago:
Barrows and gifts under 2S0 pounds,
steady to IS gs lovers sow soWs ~1U mostly pSs 81
lower: most choice lsO-22O- pound bar
rows and gifts. 24.OO-24 so at close;
price and S1 only one a'lie loand At s94' 81
Late bulk choice 23O-2 2b0-pound weights,
%, 50-24.O with most 26O-2SO pounds
rs. .0o-23.S5. Most 300o550-pound sows
sold late at 19.00-21.00. according to
saiabls cattle. 800 ESTIMATED; total
steers and yeariings largely SO to loo
grades scarce and steady to SO Oh; few
aaas Da hesr nsEt g ea5 e tssd
utility and commercial cows unevenly
25 to 100 lower; Gamers and cutters
25-50 higher: bulls about steady; veal
ers steady to fully 100 higher: stockers
and feeders steady to so higher; weeks
bulk high choice and prime fed steers
1,375-pound weights 2925-30.0 90 with
one load high prime 1,111-pound steers
$3.50: few loads prime 1,400-1 800
pound beeyes 27.75-29.50; bulk choice
steers and yearlings 23.00-25.5Q; good
to low choice largely l9,00-22 so; COM
mercial to low good grades 14.00-1S.50:
few loads prime 976-1 ,075-pound fed
heifers 25.25-26.0 90; most choice and
prime heiferS. 21 .O0-25. 90; good to low
choice 16.00-20.50; utility to low good
10.O0-16.50; late bulk Gamers and cut
ters S.50-10.00; utility and commercial
bulls II 1.50-14 90; good heavy and medi-
UNI weight i1t bulls 10.00-11 80: COM
mercial to choice vealers 16.00-23. 90:
Gull and utility largely S.50-15. 90; good
and choice feeding steers and yearlings
and comparable grade steer calves
Salabie Sheep. 100 estimated: total
not given; compared week ago, slaughter
lambs uneven. steady to 80 higher, but
late trade rather slow; slaughter sheep
steady to 80 lower; lamb top for the
period was 21 90, but late nothing was
considered Quotable above 2050 and
actual sales were at 1000 down, mostly
IL. 7.50-19.50 for good and choice WOOL
skins 105 pounds down. Heavier lambs,
mainly lots sorted out Of Shipments. had
to sell 2.00-3.00 under comparable
grading lighter weights.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 Rl.-Dividends
announced:
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Mutual Funds

NEW YORK. Dec. 12 R1.-Natio
Association of Securities Dealers. Inc
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Businessmen Report
! Year-End Showdown;
Retail Sales Spotiy
By Walter Breede. Jr.
Assoeiated Press Business Writer

| NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-The
usual year-end showdown was
very much in evidence this week
in most lines of business.
One major exception was re-
tail trade. Famed by Christmas
shopping, retail volume gained
over the previous week. But the
rise was considered disappoint-
ing.
In most areas, Dun & Brad
street said. the increase in re-
tail sales was mot up to sea-
sonal expectations"
/ Steel Production Ebbs.
! Steel production ebbed to It's
lowest point in 16 months.
I Auto output, which had turned
/ sharply higher in the previous
week. showed a decline of Is
per cent.
! Heavy construction contract
awards registered steep ad-
! vance; money in circulation set
a new record for the second week
i In row.
i Signs continued to multiply
! that manufacturers in some key
lines were deliberately marking
time until 1854 so they could
come back with a production
roar in the first quarter.
The drop in auto output re-
suited partly from model change
over operations at Ford. There
was increasing evidence that the
industry was dragging its feet
in order to give dealers a chance
to clean out unsold stocks of
/ 1853 models
Auto Workers Laid Of.
Chrysler and Dodge, cutting
back production of 1854 cars,
laid OF $3.50 workers; Nash.
which has also been marking
.. 1954s for some time. announced
an eight-day shutdown of its
auto assembly lines starting De-
cember 81. The reason, said
Nash, was. to keep in step with
the current market"
Department store sales in the
week ended December S were 3
per cent lower than in the same
week last year. For the seven
day period ended December g.
a majority of merchants polled
by Dun & Bradstreet reported
gains over 1852, but a "substan-
tial number said they failed to
equal the volume of a year ago.
Christmas business in New York
got a welcome lift when an IL
day newspaper strike ended.
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK. Dec. 12 A1.--The Assc-
ity prices declined slightly this week.
It stood at 172 "A compared with
1880 week ago and 177.07 q year
Evening star., 1953-12-13
Additional FinoneioI News. Poses c.6-1

ago. Components declining included m
livestock, grains and cotton. textiles and
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-05-01
Oberanrnergau
Drops Plans For
"a Passion PLAY

OBERAMMERGAU-NC) - Ten
tative plans for presentation of
the world-famed Oberammergau
Passion Play in 1854 have been
dropped. The next performance
will not take place until 1860, In
making this decision, the villagers
followed the advice given by His
Eminence Josef Cardinal Wendell
Archbishop of Munich and Freis-
ing.
According to an old tradition, the
play is presented every ten years
The last performances took place
during the summer of 1850 and
we're witnessed by tens of thou.
sands coming from all parts of the
world. Because the scheduled 1910
performances we're cancelled be-
cause of the war, it had been sug'
gested to make up for this omis-
sion by an extraordinary perform
ance next year.
However, before reaching fin
al decision. the village council ask
ed Cardinal Wendell for an opinion.
He advised not to break the cen
turies-old precedent and to aban-
don the plans for the 1854 per-
J formance.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-05-01
Poles Tell World
OF War On Church
In Their Country

LONDON mo The Polish
government in exile here has
called the attention of the world
to the "unmitigated war against
faith in God, religion and religious
organizations"
The memorandum came from
the governments consultative
body, the National Council of Po-
land. II was sent to international
organizations and TO the govern
ments of western nations.
In most recent months religious
prosecutions in Poland have reach
ed such proportions that we want
to call the attention of the civil
lied world to this fact, /" the memoir
andum said.
The Council charged that in the
eastern territories of Poland, ill
legally Incorporated into the Soviet
Union," religious life has been
liquidated, affecting about seven
million Catholics.
In the rest of Poland, the men,
orandum said, the religious per
secutions ''have entered phase of
open and general attack upon the
Hierarchy and its independence of
the state, using physical terrorism
and base attempts at publicity de-
flaming the clergy"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-05-01

study abroad in the academic year
1953-1954 under the United States
Educational Exchange Program.
Mary Catherine, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank X. Zang of 729
Linwood Avenue Columbus, will
study Medieval Literature at the
University of Rennes, founded in
1875. Rennes was formerly the
capital of Brittany and is now the
main city in the department of
Ille-et-Vilaine. It is about two hun
dred fifty miles southwest of Paris.
The scholarship covers transpor-
tation in the United States, Eu-
rope, and the host country; tuition
for nine months, books and incl
dentals and maintenance of 490,-
600 francs. A months orientation
period will be given the American
students in Paris starting Oct. 1.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-05-01
Columbus Girls
On Springs
List OF Honor

Heading the Deans List of Hon
or Students at the College of st.
Mary of the Springs at the mid
semester examinations were two
Columbus seniors. Miss Barbara
Chase and Miss Mary Catherine
Zang b % t h achieved perfect 80
averages. other Columbus stud
ents ranking high were Mary v.
Botkin, Grace Futerer, Ruth Cas-
par, Sally Charles, Mary Ellen ED-
erly and IlSe Graf, all of whom
rated sunmd cum Iaude with 30
averages.
Ellen Quinlivan, Josephine Van
deKerkhoff, E amor Porchetti.
and Josephine Guzzo were listed
as magma cum gdude with 2.8
averages.
Cum Idude, 81, was achieved by
Columbusites Mildred d Schleub,
Colleen Coady, Martha Dilensch-
neider, Patricia Fallon, and Marie
Scheuer.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-05-01
Connie Denied
Church Funeral

PERIGUEux, France-(NC)--A
pro-communist member of the
French National Assembly who
died here several days ago has
been denied a church funeral BY
Bishop Georges Louis of Perigueux.
He was Charles Serre. a former
Christian Democrat who left his
party to join a small communist
front group.
To protests in the Red press
Bishop Louis has replied that his
decision was based on the Holy
Sees decree barring from the Sac
raments all who knowingly or
willingly join the Communist Par
ty or aid it in any way"
The Bishop added that he had
given the pastor of Serre's parish
permission to recite the prayers for
the dead at the grave.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1953-05-01

Sherman to see Franco as the
first step of a United States -
Spanish military rapprochement,
no final agreements have been
reached" Mr.. Griffis writes.
mo air bases nor harbors have
been ceded for the use of the
United States forces. And, except
for a puny loan from the Export
and Import Bank in 1850. literally
nothing has been done to correct
the appalling situation which ex-
lists in our economic and military
relations with Spain today.
"The exception comes from the
thousands of American tourists
who have commenced to realize
the beauty and charm of Spain
during the last two or three years,
the numberless American business
men who have visited Hispania
and developed some understand
ing of the country, and from the
rising tide of American opinion in
favor of the theory that the great
military loophole of the Spanish
peninsula should be closed.
Economically, particularly in ref.
erence to its relationship with the
United States, Spain is the para
dox of Western Europe. Since
the beginning of the Second World
War, we have poured out in lend
lease grants, loans, point four, and
other aids to our allies both form.
er and present in Western Europe
something approximating 80 bill
ions of American dollars. During
this period, our aid to Spain
amounted to a loan of S62, 500, ,000
although an additional aid OF
S125, 100000 has been voted by
Congress it is part and parcel OF
the military and economic bar.
gaining now going on between the
two governments.
"As we pour hundred of mill.
ions of American dollars to Tito, an
avowed communist, the Spanish
student of politics and economics
cannot understand how this can
be, while Spain, the constant and
uncompromising enemy of com.
munism, is left out in the finan.
cial cold. Yet there is every rea-
son that this cannot continue in.
definitely"