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water heaters, pipe and pipe FITTINGS.
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Bricks. cinder blocks. drain tile and
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ia 9-2937; evenings. RIA. 3-1416.
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Washington, D. c.
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY IL. 1883
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SLAUGHTER'S HOTEL
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Evening star., 1953-02-11

Reductions 800 to 500 Off
Former OPS Ceiling Prices
Bedroom suites, living room
suites, dining room suites, di-
nettes, chairs, lamps and hun
dreds of items. all brand-new
furniture, for quick clearance.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-07-25
7 " -S DEsyeF& Get Zine s

Two drivers were fined Mon, day for driving under the in fueace of liquor.
 John Sautner pied not guilty to driving while under the in- fuence of intoxicating liquor and resisting arrest. He was found guilty by the City Magi- strate and fined $25 on both counts.
 Harold R. Solein. USN was found guilty of driving wn.ie under the influence of intox;- eating liquor and speeding. He was fined $25 on each charge.
 Mrs. P. P. Branson, clerk at the Club Liquor Store, was fined Sl00 for selling intoxi- eating liquor to a minor.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-07-25

A going-away tea was given Mrs. Sophie Anderson prior to her boarding the Denali for a trip outside. Mrs. Erich Mueller was hostess. Many friends of Mrs. Anderson at. tended the party.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-07-25
NOTICE

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA THIRD DIVISION, KODIAK PRECINCT
 In the Matter of the Estate of Tom Nelson, Deceased No 409 ORDER APPOINTING TIME FOR HEARING FINAL AC-
 COUNT AND REPORT
 Attorney-In- Fact for D. M. Rock, Ex ecutor of the estate of Tom Nelson, deceased, hav- ing this day filed in this Court and matter his First and Final Account and Report and Peti- ton for Final Distribution and Discharge, praying that day be appointed for the hearing thereof, it is hereby
 ORDERED that Thursday. the 17th day of September, 1853, at the hour of 2 o'clock in the afternoon of said day be, and the same hereby is, appointed and desDgnated as the time, and the office of the United States Commissioner, Ex-Oficio Probate Judge for the Kodiak Precinct, Third Di- vision, Territory of Alaska, as the place, for the hearing of objections to the said Account and Report, when and where all persons interested III said estate may appear and object to said account and where and when said account will be heard and settled; and at said hearing the Court will deter mine what persons are to take the estate under the intestate laws of the Territory; it is further
 ORDERED that notice of such hearing shall be given by publication of a notice of the time and place thereof, once a week for four consecutive weeks in the KODIAK MIR ROR, a newspaper of general circulation, published weekly in Kodiak, Alaska, and that proof of such publication be filed herein.
 DONE IN OPEN COURT this IF day of July, 1853.
 Probate SeaD
 A. M. Vokacek
 Probate Judge lst Pub, 7-25-53
 Last Pub. 8-15.53
Kodiak mirror., 1953-07-25

The painting at the Or pheum Theatre was complete this week.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-07-25

The Aodah Garden Club board the DenaI Mrs. John was presented the second prize entertained with
 ribbon in the Best Shows Con- luncheon at the Montmartre test sponsored by the Wash Inn by members of the local lngtun State Federation of club.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-07-25

N'1'I N'1'I V ~II ttU' 1FIVIINNy
 The presentation was made by Mrs. Jack Johnson, of Washington who was one of the round trip passengers a.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-07-25

MasterCuide applies Hydraulic steering po'Oer auto- n,atically and in varying degrees required right tue steering Ankage, close to the Oheels At the same time the system Hydraulic shock absorber keep road jars and jolts from your hands As result all you do is. guide tue car Master Guide supplies the muscles.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-11

among the usual prayers recited
before going to bed is the tradi-
tional Shema which begins: "Hear
o Israel, the Lord our CD, the
Lord is One" Since the word
"Shema" which means 'hear," is
thus the first word Of this section
the entire sequence Of players is
called "Krias Shema" which
means the reading of the She
ma"
. = =
QUESTION: Why are prayers
recited before going TO bed at
night? "a. NJ. Greenville. s. C.)
ANSWER: According to one
authority at least, reciting the
passage from the Book of Deuter-
onomy called the "Shema" is a
means of carrying out the express
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-11
Tallahassee, Florida

commandment of the Bible which
says of the words of the Sherna:
"And thou shalt talk of them
when thou Hest down" Deuter-
onomy I'D. According to this
opinion the several times a day
in which the Jews reads this pas
sage is indicative Of the fact that
he thinks of his CD and does his
bidding, morning and night, as
the saying goes.
Rabbi Isaac is quoted in the
Talmud as saying: IF a man re-
cites the Shema upon his bed, the
demons keep away from him." A
source in the Palestinian Talmud
offers much the same opinion,
saying that one who recites the
Shema at retirement drives the
evil spirits away.
Certainly, reciting prayers as
before retiring gives one a sense
of confidence and security. In
deed, it is pretty sound advice,
even from a medical or psychia-
trio point of view to retire with a
rested mind and in a state of re-
Taxation. The recitation of prayers
as we know has well served the
Jew as a means of confidence in
a troubled world throughout the
ages of his long history. The Tai
mud makes an interesting dis
tinction between the statement of
Rabbi Joshua ben Levi who
claims that it is forbidden to
make use of the words of the
Scripture for the sake of remedy
and a case such as this by saying
that such cases are a matter of
prevention and not remedy.
y y
QUESTION: Are other prayers
besides the Shema recited before
going to bed? (B. r.. Columbia,
S. C.)
ANSWER: Yes. Different
sources have number of differ
ent prayers augmenting the She
ma. There is, for example, bless
ing which blesses the Lord for
making the bands of sleep fall
over my eyes" This may be a
means of admitting that even
sleep is gift of the Almighty.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-12-11
The Jewish
Quiz Box
BY RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX
Copyright. 1858. Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
BY RABBI SAMUEL J

QUESTION: Why are the pray
ers recited before going TO bed
called "Krias Shema?" (R. S..
Aaheville. N. C.)
ANSWER: The essential prayer
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-12
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.

among the braves and ended up
owning a house on the creek with
many horses and cattle.
Pioneer
Abram Mordecai got along
quite well. His mules and ponies
strapped with bundles on the
sides and tops of their saddles
carried merchandise to and from
Pensacola and Augusta. Boats and
canoes he used for the trade to
Mobile and New Orleans. In five
years he was able to hire some
Spanish deserters to build for him
house of mortar in the Spanish
style. Like most traders he mar
ried squaw, either for convent
ence or perhaps out of policy to
gain favor with the hostile saw
ages. She bore him children, and
he became expert in the language,
manners, and customs of the In
dams.
This knowledge enabled him to
render great service to many
white captives carried away by
the Creek Indians from the new
settlements, later known as Ken
lucky. James Seagrave, the gov
eminent agent for Indian Affairs,
employed Mordecai to negotiate
with the distant Indian chiefs, be-
coming more and more embitter-
ed as the white settlers were
pressing upon them. With his
agreeable manner, remarkable
adroitness and knowledge of the
language, he was able to ransom
the wretched women and children
who had ceased to hope. His name
appears often in government re-
ports and correspondence.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-12
Old Mordecai: The Jew of
Montgomery, Alabama

was published in the Montgomery
Flag and Advertiser. This article
is the source material of the pic
turesque and Jewish adventurer
and Indian trader. the first pio-
neer to plant cotton and set up a
gin in Alabama.
Born 1855 in Pennsylvania of a
Jewish father and German mo-
Their, Abram Mordecai served the
Revolutionary cause for three
years in the minor campaigns of
New Jersey and Delaware. In
1888 he settled in Georgia among
the Cassuto Indians and traded
merchandise for skins, furs,
snakeroot, pinkroot, and other
medicinal barks. Oil 'brewed by
Indian women from cracked hick-
Dry nuts was considered a deli
cacy by the Spanish, who used it
with condiments. He sent as much
as 80 gallons to Gov. Women of
New Orleans; then under the rule
of Spain.
After French and Spanish oc-
cupation ended, Mordecai moved
to Alabama in 1889. Other new
corners were several Tories who
found life uncomfortable and
even unsafe among the victorious
patriots. A horse-thieving Dutch
man came, as we'll as an English
infantryman who had deserted
and brought along his wife. When
he died Milly became a favorite
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-12
BY Harry SimonhoH

Montgomery was the old Indian
town of Acochanta. meaning red
earth. While not strictly its found
er. Abram Mordecai was the first
white settler Of the area that is
now Alabama's third city. Col.
Albert James Pickett. the official
historian of Alabama. paid a visit
to the S2-Year old Mordecai living
alone in an Indian hut near two
others. Strongly impressed. Pick
EFT wrote a full account of the
interview. which on Oct. S. l847
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Seated round the luncheon
tables (see photography were
Tallulah Bankhead, Katharine
Hepburn, Eddie Dowling, Law
renee Langner, John Emery and a
dozen more of the theater's great.
Miss Hayes had asked me to
bring the ex-President. / had
brought the charming Ruth Cor
don along, if she and the ex-
President won't mind my putting
it just this way, as a sort of decoy.
At the meeting, MIR. Hoover, a
quiet, reticent gentleman, listened
to our chatter, most of it made up
of superlatives and affectionate
phrases: 1T was magnificent,
Sweetheart, you just murdered
them" -. "Just superb, darling"
-. The limit, dearest: just the
last word' -. Seriously, my IOVe,
they were falling in the aisles; it
was absolutely Brilliant"
Somewhere in there the ex-Presi-
dent turned to me and observed
laconically, What words do you
Evening star., 1953-06-07

theater folks use when you really
mean it,"
didn't answer that question
because l was afraid he might not
believe it :. but the truth is, they
mean it all the time!
A little later Ruth Gordon whis-
pered to me, I'm not so sure MIR.
Hoover approves of our affection
ate superlatives. ""Or understands
u.s." murmured another nearby
luminary.
Nonsense" l replied, ''I'I bet
a dollar to fifty cents that Mr..
Hoover catches the habit and will
be calling Tallulah Ducky before
the breast of chicken"
IWOa The BET
WITH long odds like that, III
take a chance with you," said
Eddie Dowling.
Although there was some argu-
ment about the settlement of the
wager, I've always claimed I won
for, when the fash photographer
brought his pictures round, auto
graphed by the few of those at our
table, Immediately observed that
the allergy had touched Mr..
Hoover.
1t had not exactly carried him
away, it's true, but still, right
there in his own clear handwriting,
was the ex-Presidential sentiment:
With the affection of Herbert
Hoover"
Evening star., 1953-06-07

AN Ex-PREsIDENT of the United
IA States and I sat IN the back
seat of a taxicab. A charming little
star actress sat huddled betweenus.
We were on our way from the
ex-President's rooms in the Wal
dorf to the Algonquin Hotel. At
the Algonquin we were to meet
with another highly regarded lady
of the theater and a number of
world famous players and theatri-
cal people.
The Cast
lHE ex-President, as anyone
might guess this happened last
year, was Mr.. Hoover. The charm
ing little star was Ruth Gordon
and the lady of the theater was
Helen Hayes.
Miss Hayes was the chairman of
the occasion "a luncheon called
to organize one of the hundreds of
charity benefits on which the folks
of the theater are always and for
ever at work.
Evening star., 1953-06-07
WHEN HERBERT HOOVER
MET BROADWAY

1t took a bevy of stage glamour girls
to break down the ex-President's
famous reserve. Part way, at least -.
by John Golden
Noted BrOodsUGy Producer
Evening star., 1953-01-11
Music Programs of the Week

IRA. 1t. Col. William r Santelmann,
Dome Of Kubla Khan" chadwick's
ssRDhSeRG inSs eoaeerto stssShsssc sS sshnsMn
WEDNESDAY.
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Bruno Walter; guest conductor; Con.
"symphony No. 40, q Minor. K. 55o";
Haydn" symphony No. /. c Minor
THURSDAY.
HELEN KWALWASSER. violin recital.
Howard University, $40 Pm. . coreli3 !,
Breisler Ia Tolia" M9zarts IA It's NondS' No
EInGs%i'ff IsVsfys sSnatsai IL Ra
balist Sea She'll" Nin's Songs From
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
Howard Mitchell. conductor; Roger
Alan Prizes, pianist, soloist; University
Of Maryland coliseum, .: $40 soIn; pm;
l." Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. "
Mr., Prizes; oershwin's AN American
STANLEY STRING QUARTET. Library
of Congress-, $3.50 pm. MoZartS string
Quartet. 2 Minor. K 421',: Finney,s
String Quartet. No. Op. 4"
NAVY BAND. 1t. Comdr. Charles Brend-
ler, conductor. Departmental Audi
torium, $3.50 pm. Overture to Wag-
ner's "Meistersinger 'Valse Caprice
No g." from the Schubert-Liszt
'Soirees de Vienne'; selection from
FlotoW's Martha" Clarke's "South-
ern Cross" Gordon A.. Finlay. cor;
netist; Strawinsky's 'The Fire Bird
Suite" Strauss Don Juan" ''Nessun
dorma," from Puccinis 'Turandot,"
Ben Mitchell Morris, tenor; Dvorak's 8
"Slavonic Dances Nos. g and g."
Evening star., 1953-01-11

TODAY.
THE sALZBURG MARIoNETTEs. Lisner
Auditorium Audi; I ,,II; Pm; q Mozarts Fine
tienns,,: Ynso.nSLeI 1.-The Dyins Swan" Concert
MARY siaai1StHHni BHIpWIN COLLEGE eLEE CLUB.
Gordon PAGE; director; Helen v,;LoS.ti Gr1yefi
Robinson, vocal soioists; victor Lude-
;i ssfhsd5ssi;. ssIsa.. Z. pm. % vaughan Williams
ELIO GiANTURCO, piano recital. Phil
lips Gallery. pm. Scarlattfs Aria,
.."Tema con variazioni," "Toccata,"
'Varie Partite obbligate sopra un bas-
STUDIES and IN is MnH5e TSecata Ma s
:.sonstas. e Minor, g Major, T Mincrs.:
.Fasas: : Minor",:: '.sSnsss: + Minor";
lesi's "Gavotta con yariazioni." zipo-
D. rs &. EEDERHrioN faHzSaf snd Of 7 MUSIC CLUBS.
Program Of instrumental and vocal
NATIONAL GALLERY ORCHESTRA,
gallery ga Of AT, pm. "Psness;. from
sris MoEsrss symphpns nS-
Hsxt.t;S ,,;tI The e Battis Is,o Of trenton;
lioa '.Fhe chiidSood q christ'; s oVsr- S
t.rs, ture ito Rossinis "L'Italiana en- Al
TOMORROW.
HELEN LICMTNER. soprano. song
Escitsl 5am1lsn shi!lirs Gallery $40 pm
FSssss AZ s4sins d srYm III p.lisI hys (
de Lion; schuberit's "AufioesHng,"
.,pass sic hier gewesen":. VOLTS
sad csads;ons aursS chans0n ASf0mns Dsrpetasfie tfi
= Nins "Minue Cantado,"' dinastera's
fanson faIsss 81 1iFo ATo9i oSbrlado12si Ssl 1iviaGa ia
pulce'; 81 cS daion's s "At Hs the Cry Of the
rafss eaisine Dele 3oes psins
NIGHTINGALE, Why So Pale and Wan,
F9nd ..ds Lover" Bar Barner's sleep Now"
WERNER LYWEN, violinist; EMERSON
MEYERS, sonata recital. music depart
men auditorium. Catholic University.
$50 pm; Strauss Sonata; q Flat
TUESDAY.
WILSON TEACHERS, COLLEGE CHAM
BIER BIER saess sid for faee hMcA voD s0
and Basso centinSo 3 Flat Major
MsisTI' ho1sI 9ga 9ss1 q No. q; Mckay's Port
AIR FORCE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA,
Esther Howarth. soprano. soloist; De-
partmental Auditorium: $50, pm.
Coplaud's 'Rodeo,' Mad Scene" from
Donizettps Lucia di Lammermoor"
ae%sHth; PsRaSP PranSRs 'u SsmpSony. Ess11s&S i5
MARINE BAND SYMPHONY ORCHEs
Evening star., 1953-01-11
News of Music
Army Band las Inaugural
AndC ConcertDutiesAheod
Pershing's Choice Group Ready to Stort
Freedom Sings Series After Big Parade
By Alice Eversmon

The sounds of the inaugural
festivities will still be echoing
when the Army Band starts its
13-week Freedom Sings" con-
certS on Thursday, January %,
at $3.50 pm. in the Depart
mental Auditorium. The con-
certs are sponsored by the
Freedoms Foundation. Under
the leadership of Maj. Hugh
Curry, promoted to this rank
in September, thereby becom-
ing the highest ranking officer
in the bands history, the series
will feature soloiSts on each
Thursday night. Rose Bamp-
ton, fanatic sopr mo, formerly
of the Metropolitan Opera. will
appear on the opening pro-
gram.
Patriotic planning goes into
the arrangement Of the series.
which is broadcast over the
country. AS far as possible, the
freedom theme is brought into
the announcements before each
number in an inspiring way.
It may be the number itself
which deals with mans effort
to free himself from tyranny.
or the events of a composers
life. It is often the story of a
composer who availed himself
of the freedom of this country
to expand his talent or a song
that reminds of our funda-
mental heritage. The text is
well prepared to fit into the
music and every one who hears
it must feel a surge Of patriot
ism.
Three days after the first
concert the band will celebrate
its 31st anniversary. During
World War I, Gen. John j.
Pershing, much impressed by
the bands of the allied armies,
selected the best-qualif1ed mu-
sicians from the American Ex-
peditionary Forces to form a
. composite band at the general
headquarters in France. It was
known as "Pershing'S Band"
With the mastering out at the
close of the war, the band
ceased to exist as an organiza-
ton. But the success OF his
venture caused Gen. Pershing.
when Chief of Staff OF the
Army, to order the establish
ment of a representative band
of the Army. It's strength was
to be 80 musicians and its sta
ton Washington. Gen. PERISH
ing himself designed the orig
inal uniforms, last worn at his
funeral in 1949.
Bond Has l36 Men
On it's 31st anniversary. the
Army Band has 1876 enlisted
musicians, three officers and a
recently assigned chief warrant
officer. The concert band con-
sists of IS pieces and, in addi-
ton, there are numerous en-
semble groups, five dance
orchestras and a % voice
chorus. TIE bandsmen come
from the major symphony Or
chestras in the country, from
name bands or from training in
the orchestras of the Juilliard.