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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-26
YIDDISH STAGE MARKS 18th
ANNIVERSARY

The man who did most to raise
the standards of the Yiddish stage
was Jacob L.. Gordin. He could
write a play between breakfast
and lunch. Gordin was prolific
elsewhere, being the father of II
children.
When Zangwill first visited the
! U. S. Gordin apologized for moi
calling on him. You see. I am
the father of ii children" flush.
Tush." replied Zangwill. II am
the father of the Children Of the
Ghetto"
The American stage owes not a
little to the Yiddish stage. Paul
Mum and John Garfield were on
Second Avenue before they went
to Broadway.
Some of the sages of the Tai.
mud condemned the theatre.
while others praised it. 1.-THE
theatre did not go unattached in
the non-Jewish world as well. In
many New England communities.
plays were banned.)
One form of the Yiddish play
going on for centuries is the
'purim spiel"
Shakespeare took the plot of his
Merchant of Venice" from an
Italian play in which the man
who wanted the pound of flesh
was an Italian grandee. and the
poor sufferer was Jew. The
"grandee" resented the fact that
the daughter of the Jew had re-
jected his courtship. Shakespeare
simply reversed the characters.
made the Jew the money lender
and the Christian the sufferer.
For more than a generation,
Charles Frohman who went down
on the Titanic, saying death is
a beautiful adventure" wa S
Americas most prominent pro-
ducer. Charles father, who came
over with the ''forty-eighters''
from Germany, also entertained
histrionic ambitions, but never
realized them. In his old age, he
used to hang around his sons
theatres.
Once Charles Frohman noted
the seedY overcoat Of his father
and told him to go to his own
tailor and have a new one made.
But the elder Frohman said he
would never consent to pay or
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-26
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
Copyright, 1858, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. Incl

Agency, 1nc.)
Il 4 4
The Yiddish stage has just
marked the 18th anniversary of
its birth. The Jewish stage in the
broader sense. stems from more
distant antiquity. The first great
Jewish drama was the Book of
Job. certainly one of the worlds
greatest dramas. Even Tom Paine.
who had few good words to say
about the Bible. spoke in rever-
ent terms of Job. God appears as
one of the characters in this
drama.
The Yiddish stage came into
professional being in wine Gel
lar, with Abraham Goldfadden as
its first professional playwright.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-26

that he thought his analysis of
Hungarian political conditions
very good.
Israel Zangwill once said that
if Moses were to return to the
earth. he would probably be not
a political leader but a play
wright. a
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-26
MEAT FOR
ASSIMILATIONISTS

Belgium's citizenship laws are
the strictest in the world, but in
their application they are most
vigorously directed against Jews.
Under Belgium law only about
300 persons are annually permit
Evening star., 1953-06-28

AS motoring vacationers began
taking to the roads in great num-
bers early this month, Wisconsin
again imposed restrictions on
truck traffic over the week ends.
The State Public Service Com
mission order virtually eliminates
heavy cargo vehicles from the
highways between / and 10 pm.
on Saturdays and from am.
to 10 pm. on Sundays and legal
holidays. Vehicles weighing less
than $1,000 pounds are exempt,
as are those carrying passengers,
livestock, periShable foods, ice
and newspapers for immediate
distribution. Emergency vehicles
also will be allowed to operate
at all hours. Wisconsin was a
pioneer in cutting down truck
traffic over week ends, having
thus guarded recreational mo-
toring for years.
The Daniel Boone Theater,
where Horn in the West" has
just opened as one of number
of North Cardinals outdoor
dramas, is miles from the
Blue Ridge Parkway via High
way 321, connecting Boone and
Blowing Rock. The amphithea-
ter, set in a grove of hardwoods
and evergreens. seats $500 per-
sons.
A notice from Farm Vacations
and Holidays, Inc, calls atten-
ton to the revised 1858 booklet,
just out. The organization is
a clearing house of information
for those who wish to spend a
week or a month on a real farm,
but don't know what is available,
or where, or how much. More
than 100 inspected and approved
farms accepting guests and pro-
viding bountiful farm board are
listed in the booklet. They are
located in New England, the
Mid-Atlantic States, the Mid
west and parts of the South.
Rates to be expected range from
about $50 to $40 a week. The
booklet is offered for 10 cents.
The address is 500 Fifth avenue,
New York So. N. Y.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
By Jacques FutrelIe, Jr.
The StoF'S Travel Editor

law imposes daylight-saving
time. In this category are Cali
fornia, Connecticut, Massachu-
sets, New Hampshire and Rhode
Island. Indiana law requires
Central standard time through
out the year, but a footnote
points out that business estab-
lishmentS in some 40 cities and
towns effect their own daylight
saving by opening and closing
an hour earlier.
Seattle has cooked up some
diverting and eye-appealing en-
tertainment for its fourth annual
Seafair. July 81 through August
9. More than 100 events have
been scheduled, ranging from
championship hydroplane. racing
and the coronation of the Queen
of the Seas to~the Aqua Follies
and five paradeS. Square dances
and fireworks will pepper the
program arranged by the Puget
Sound city.
Following it's annual overhaul
and inspection, the steamer
Catalina has begun daily round
trips between Wilmington, on
the Los Angeles harbor shore,
and romantic Avalon, on Cata-
lima Island.
Motel Preferences
A study of summer reserva-
tions by the Greater Miami Beach
Motel Association reveals that
most inquiries from the Midwest
show interest in European-plan
rates; those from the Eastern
Seaboard, in the modified Ameri-
can plan breakfast and dinner).
Several new motels are now
under construction along the
two-mile strip on Collins avenue
between One Hundred and Fifty
fourth street and One Hundred
and Ninety-third. One of the
latest to be completed is the
Monaco. which features complete
air conditioning, a swimming
pool, private beach, a cocktail
lounge and coffee shop, with
efticiencies and hotel rooms. It
opens formally this week.
A Streamlined stern-Wheeler,
measuring 70 feet from stem to
stern, started daily cruises this
month from the Bahia Mar
Yacht Basin. at Fort Lauderdale,
Fla. to the historic Hillsboro
lighthouse. The craft is known
as the New River Queen and the
skipper is Capt. AL Starts.
Curb on Trucks
One of the most striking routes
the motorist finds in New York
State is the Storm King high
way, the West Point section of
Route CIV. At one point, the road
is cut into the steep rock face
OF the Storm King Mountain.
towering above the Hudson
River.
Evening star., 1953-06-28
The | rave|er's Notebook
News Of Vacation Places and Events

1t might be handy to know
the location of the police station
in Ocean City, Md. It's on Dor
chester street, just west of Bal
timore, avenue, and that's. where
those who park illegally have to
"bail out" their cars when they
are towed away and impounded.
Police Chief Walter F. Squires
reports the fine or recovery fee
is normally SIS. Those who double
park. block driveways and fire
plugs and park in areas where
parking is specifically forbidden
may expect to find their autos
gone.
In May. $1,000 persons visited
Fontana Dam, largest in the
iva chain and a few miles from
the resort of Fontana Village.
Cars from every State except
Oregon were spotted at the dam
during the 30-day period.
The new Super-highway be-
tween Mexico City and Acapulco
will cut hours from the auto
mobile trip, but it will be several
months-possibly a year-before
it is completed. The number of
curves, according to the Asso-
ciacion Mexicana de Turismo,
will be reduced from 2,277 to
$40. Most of the curves will have
wider radius, making them
safer at good speeds. Under the
best careful driving; the asso-
citation reports, time between the
capital city and the Pacific re-
sort was 10 hours and SO min
utes. The new road will drop
this to less than six hours. Be
tween Mexico City and guerna-
vaca the highway cuts out 80
miles and saves an hour.
Some 350,000 bathers are ex-
pected on the 8-mile-long stretch
of beach between New Jerseys
Atlantic City and Longport over
the July 4 week end.
Summer Schedules
Faster and more frequent runs
to vacation areas on the ocean
and in the mountains are in
cluded in the new summer
schedules put into effect last
week by Pennsylvania Grey
hound Lines.
The Holland-America Line has
announced the Ryndam will
make 12-day cruise in the fall
to the West Indies and South
America. The air = conditioned
liner will sail from New York
November 4. Cunard also an
nounced last week a 66-day, all
Mediterranean cruise for the
Britannia, leaving New York
next January 20.
The Union Pacific Railroad
has issued a folder listing cities
and town in the United States
and Canada observing daylight
saving time. Cities in some
States are blanketed under the
general statement that State
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
Petition Out For City Manager

A petition for the adoption of the City Manager plan was being circulated in Kodiak this week. Not less than 25% |of the registered voters in the city must sign the petition for it to appear on the ballot of the next regular city election or at a special election for that purpose.
 The proposal that the city a. dopt the city manager plan has been discussed at council meetings and during the Thursday meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. A majority of the voters in the October City Election must favor the plan for the city to hlre a city manager.
 Salaries for such a position run from S10,000 up. The council cannot hire a city manager unless the voters ap- prove of the measure.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
SeapIane Job Goes To Kodiak Man

John E. Schreiner of Kodiak submitted the only bid-S7, 950- on a seaplane float to be buill here. Territorial Aviation Di- rector Tony Schwamm an. nounced.
 G. The bid was opened Wednes- day in the Aviation Depart ment offices. Schwamm said he expects the bid to be a. warded within the next few days and work will start i'm mediately afterward.
 The float should be finished this fall, Schwamm said. Schreiner is owner of a aaw mill on Island Lake.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
Benson To Aid Needy Fishermen

A meeting Tn Juneau on September 29 to meet the human problems created by the failure of the fish run this season throughout Alaska, has been proposed by Commits sioner of Labor Henry Benson and Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
 Benson was a visitor to Ko- diak this week to hold con- ferences with local fishermen, discuss their problems and take care of wage payment matters. "
 The commissioner proposes to ask Congress for $l, GOO, 900 to meet the emergency, he told the MIRROR yesterday:
 He explained that the poor season for most fishermen in Alaska would create hard ships. "The average money received by most southeastern fishermen was $500. No man that makes fishing his year round business can support a family on such money" Ben- son declared.
 If Congress will award e. mergency funds to the terri tory a plan is being made to provide fishermen with work In surveying streams, looking for Instructions that prevent returning salmon from spawn ing, and to prepare maps of areas that may support the propagation of salmon.
 c. l.. Anderson, director of the Alaska Department of Fisheries, has prepared the progoam.
 Continued on page A
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
Labor Secretary Resigns Job

Washington (P) - Martin Durkin quit as Secretary of Labor with an angry blast ac- cusing the Eisenhower admin istration of breaking an agree ment to revise the Taft. Hart ley Law.
 Durkin is the only Democrat in the cabinet who supported his own party's presidential nominee in last years presi- dential election. He told a news conference he would not label the administration as friendly or unfriendly to organized labor until it takes a position on the labor-management law.
 The 58 year old labor man will resume his post as presi. dedt of the AFL United As sociation of Journeymen Plumbers and Steamfitters.
 President Eisenhower con- mended Durkin's brief career as a member of his cabinet.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
Rainbow Girls Meet Tonight

Kodiak Assembly. Order of the Rainbow for Girls, will hold an open meeting tonight at the Masonic Temple on Mill Bay Road at 8 pm.
 The meeting is for the in- stallation of officers. A prac- tice meeting will be held at 1 pm this afternoon.
 Thursday an advisory meet ing was held at the home of Mrs. Audrey Naldrett of Ko- diak Naval Station.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
Club Liquor Store Seized For Taxes By U. s. Agents

All stock, fixtures and fur niture of the Club Liquor Store, owned by Ray Martin, were seized yesterday by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. A public notice that the property was seized for the account of the United States under warrants for distraint issued for non, payment of as- sessed taxes due" was posted on the door of the establish ment.
 A. Verle Collar, internal revenue agent, said the taxes due were in "excess of $50, 0o0."
 A public auction of the prop erty will be held within the next 20 days. A legal notice will appear in the September 19 issue of the MIRROR re- garding the date and time of the sale.
 The buyer of the property must qualify with all terri torial statutes governing the operation of a liquor Store to purchase the property.
 The building and property is owned by Ben Kraft. The ac- counts receivable of the Club Liquor Store were also seized by the government.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
New Call Letters For Fishermen

Owners of fishing vessels and other craft are advised that ACS will change their transmitting frequency effee- tive November l, 1853.
 ACS will transmit on 2784 kilocycles instead of 2970 kile- cycles which is now being used. For further information contact the ACS office.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
Local Children Drown ln Construction Ditch

Registration Day at the school ended in tragedy for two families this week. A first grader and a child of kinder garted age drowned in a ditch near the school building.
 Mildred Phister, six year old daughter of Sic and Mrs. Paul Phister, and Kathleen Wolf, five year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Don Wolf, were found in the recently made ditch around $40 pm.
 The two children were the object of a three hour search by their parents, friends, po- lice and the U. s. Marshal,s office.
 The little girls bodies were taken to the hospital where they were pronounced dead by Dr. A. Holmes Johnson.
 The children are believed to have slipped into deep water while playing near the exca- vation. Funeral services for Kathleen were held Thursday at the Kodiak Community Baptist Church.
 Mildred's body was flown to Anchorage and will later be sent to the states. The Phis- ter's have three other chil- dren. Kathleen was the only child of the Wolfs.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

Mrs. Jack Shines, mother of Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, arrived this week from Bell ingham, with Mrs. Anderson's three children, who have been spending the summer with her. Mrs. Shines will remaiu for 8 couple of weeks.
 Mir. and Mrs. Howard Car penter arrived here from the states by unls week. Carpenter $ d teacher at the Kodiak School.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12
Labor Party Selects Card For October Election

The Kodiak Labor Party se- leeted five candidates for the city council and one for mayor during a meeting Sunday at the Union Hall. However, late yesterday some of the candi- dates were uncertain of &C., eepting the nomination.
 Vivan Kilgore, president of the United Fishermen of Alaska, presided at the meet mg. Sixteen representatives of were present.
 Wilton White, manager of kediak Motors, was selected by the group as their candi- date for mayor. White is cur rently serving on the council as a replacement of William Worth who resigned several months ago.
 The five candidates for the council are Basil Clark, Joe kerrigan, WA. Pat" Can- non, Fora "Curley" Wilson and Jake Foley.
 According to the minutes of the meeting eff one of the nominees dropped out the next high man be elevated to vacated spot on ticket. " George Sonntag will be a candidate in the event one of the nominated council candi- dates fails to run for office.
 Thursday, White told the MIRROR that he was defi- nitely not a candidate for city office.
 Kilgore appointed Jorgen Frederickson, George Sonntag and DIN. Hoylnan as a com- mittee to consult all candi- dates to determine their will ingness to run for city office.
 Kilgore also appointed the entire body (16) as a standing committee to do such things and expend such monies as might be necessary to further the cause of the candidates and that a regular meeting be held at 8 pm each Saturday until election to discuss sug- gestions," the minutes said. P. J. Kerrigan, secretary of the UFA, recorded the minutes of the meeting.
 The city election will be held in October. In part years the Progressive Party have sub- mitted a slate of cand idates. To date no caucus has been held by that group.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

The new number for city police and emergency calls is now 2011, Roland Vickery, chief of police, announced Thursday. The number for fire calls remains the same and is 2345.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

Miss Margo Archibald and Miss Sandra Perkins left Wednesday for the University of Alaska where they will be sophomores.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

Miss Ellen Perry, sister of Adm. John Perry, and Miss Margaret Barker, sister of Mrs. w. K. Rhodes. left on the Denali Monday after visiting at the naval station this sum- mer.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

Doris Turner, daughter of Louise Turner, was a VIVA and PIMA passenger from &c., attle to Kodiak recently.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

Mrs. Margaret Magnusen returned this week after sev- eral weeks outside.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

The fall season for the Ko- diak Elks Club will be opened tonight with a dinner and dance at the club rooms on Brooklyn Avenue.
 For reservations call James Bennett, club steward on Phone 2044. The event is for Elks and their ladles.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

Robert Acheson was an out going PIMA passenger for the states Thursday. He expects to be gone one week.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-09-12

Miss Dolores Jones was an incoming PIMA passenger on Wednesdays plane.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

Check the seed tag for germi-
nation and weed count when
buying seed.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Life in the eCountry
March Is Going to Determine
If the Hay Loft Was Full Enough

One of these years I hope to
have enough hay to last through
the winter.
I think, perhaps, that I will
manage to Scrape through this
year. but the suspense is terrible.
About this time I begin counting
bales, and it looks like a close
race. If the grass comes early,
I'm alright. But if we have a
March that acts up bit, I don't
know.
This has been a fine, open
winter so far. and I hope it keeps
up the good work. I have a
pessimistic outlook, however, for
I just can't believe that fate is
going to leave well enough alone.
What is sure to happen is that
March, which is supposed to be
the month that gets us into
spring, is going to feel like Feb
ruary, and in doing this it will
put April behind.
If that happens it will be just
too bad. A couple of cows 7
know are going to learn lot
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Landscape Theme
To Be Emphasized

The Arlington County Home
Demonstration Clubs will en-
phasize home landscaping this
spring.
Mrs. Irene Geiss, county home
demonstration agent. said a
meeting will be held at 8 pm.
Thursday at the Neighborhood
House of the Rock Spring Con-
gregational Church. Little Falls
and Rock Spring roads. at which
home landscaping problems will
be discussed.
P. Harper Brame, associate
Fairfax County agent, will dis
cuSs the principles of landscap-
ing and will answer questions on
landScaping problems. Addi-
tional information on the meet
ing may be obtained from Mrs.
GeiSS at Jackson 1888.
Evening star., 1953-02-22

by mid-March. These should 20
into the ground as early in March
as the soil is workable. Garden
peas are another crop for March
planting, as well as spinach, kaIe
mustard and other cool-weather
crops.
In buying trees and shrubs for
the home it should be a cardi-
nal rule to find out first what
are adapted to the conditions
where they are to be planted. It
is a waste of good money to buy
and set out some plant which is
not adapted to the exposure.
Some plants thrive in hot dry
situations, others in moist shady
ones. A holly is a lovely ever
green but it will sunburn if ex-
posed to winter winds. The
glossy leaved privet is much ad-
m1red by many but it should not
be planted in full sun, especially
in a situation where the walls of
the house or a building reflect
heat on it. w. H.Y.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Pasture Dressing
Assures Gruzinq

Topdressing pastures now will
help assure adequate grazing for
livestock this summer.
AgronomistS say pastures
should be topdressed before
growth starts. To get maximum
benefits from topdressing, the
lime requirement should be met.
One to two weeks earlier graz
ing can usually be obtained by
applying 20 to 40 pounds of
nitrogen per acre in the early
spring before growth starts, in
addition to the regular topdress-
ing. There will usually be more
response to nitrogen on grassy
sods where legumes are disap-
pearing from the mixture.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
1852 Honey Crop
Up in MARYLAND

The total value Of the 1852
Maryland honey crop was $780,
000-up 6 per cent from 1851,
according to the summary issued
by the Maryland-Delaware Crop
and Livestock Reporting Service.
Prices for all methods Of sale
averaged 26 cents a pound, some
what better than 1851, except for
comb honey sold at retail by the
producer, which sold for a cent
less.
The number of colonies, 29, 900,
remained the same as in 1851,
while the average production OF
26 pounds per colony was up one
pound.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
By james BirchfieId-

X X X
There are days of rain followed
by high winds to clear away the
rain clouds. I like the clear,
bright days the wind brings, but
I do not like the nights when
the wind is at work.
In the wintertime winds mean
cold, and in the summer they
usually bring along a thunder
storm. I like neither.
When the wind howls at night
1 think of the animals out at
the barn and wonder if they are
in the shelter. When morning
comes I usually find they have
kept to the stalls, or have
searched out a protected spot
down in the cedars. I also am
amazed to find that they don't
seem to mind the wind as much
as I do.
It seems incredible that my
cow and horse will browse about
unconcerned in q wind that
shivers me to the middle. They
don't mind it, which goes to show
that we can't always think like
a COW.
X \ + Il
Our new calf, which was
about the size of q small lap
dog when it was born, is doing
nicely and is as frisky as kit
ten. I still can lift it with one
hand, but it is filling out and
looks like it is going to make
up for lost time.
It was about three weeks
early, as we figure it, and was a
pitiful looking thing when it was
born. It all goes to show you
what a little good Jersey milk
will do.
4 \ \ X
I thought I had a setting hen
the other day. I fixed a nice nest
for her in a little individual pen,
and put her in there to get set
tied to hatch brood of chicks.
I was too early. The next
morning I went out and found
the broody hen had laid an egg.
So back she went with the girls
until she makes up her mind for
sure.
Evening star., 1953-02-22
Sproy Disappears

The insecticide "malathon"
has proved effective in the con-
troll of several insects and mites.
1t disappears promptly after the
job is done. Entomologists of
USDA report that deposits Of
the chemical are lost so quickly
from fruits and vegetables that
it appears to be one of the safest
mediums to use. ReSidues from
the spraying of malathon on all
crops, except peaches, were down
to a fraction of one part per mil
lion or less with ntwo weeks.