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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-19
Jews in Sports
BY BILL WOLF
Copyright, 1858, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

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Sam Gerson, of Philadelphia, is
no stranger to this column. His
work in connection with the Uni
ted States Olympians, an associa-
ton of former Olympic stars, has
been mentioned before.
Now he is going after much big
ger stakes. Gerson, while in New
York this past week, informed
the JTA that he is scheduling a
trip to Europe to organize foreign
chapters of the Olympians. 1t is
his hope that eventually ex-
Olympic athletes from countries
throughout the world will be or
ganized for the purpose of renew
ing the good will they established
when they competed against each
other on the playing field.
The National group, of which
Judge Hugo M. Friend of Appe-
late Court in Chicago has been
elected president, was organized
by much hard work on the part
of Gerson. While the organization
is gaining recognition, Gerson has
had very little assistance from
!Iorganized athletic groups.
But he was determined to bring
his dream into reality. For Gerson
feels very strongly that as long
as olympics are held and the
spirit of the games carried out,
there will be no war. He is con-
WINGED that the athletic COMPETE
ton between young men of all
countries, East and West, can help
promote good will.
That is precisely what he in
tends to do through the national
organization and through an in
ternational movement. Certainly
there is much potential. There are
thousands upon thousands of per-
sons throughout the world who
have taken part in the Olympic
games in one year or another. To
bring them together in an organi-
cation, and keep them together,
would be a continuation of the
Olympic spirit.
Gerson is hampered by not
having piles of money with which
to carry out this goal. This not
only hampers him in his organi-
rational work, but it also makes
it hard for him to get the atten-
ton he merits from other sports
Or groups. For they are on the
lookout for men who are in the
chips, and when someone comes
along who does not fit into this
category, he is often overlooked
in favor of people who might have
more money to contribute.
At present GersOn is preparing
some written material on his or
ganization, its aims, and on ath-
letes, who, like him, once took
part in the olympics
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-19
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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-19
"Mr. IsroeI," Urges
Inclusion Of Physical
Culture in Jewish
Schools

The setting up of physical Gull
tural courses in Jewish parochial
schools in this country to train
American Jewish youth in the art
of sports for the development of
the body as well as the mind, was
urged by Raphael Halpern, 'Mr
Israeli" undefeated Israeli wrest-
Ter, addressing a group of youth
from various New York rabbini-
cal Institutes that called upon
him in his suite at the Empire
Hotel, New York City.
Halpern, himself a graduate of
a Jerusalem Rabbinical seminary,
deplored the tendency in some
religious institutions to view ath-
letic exercises as a distraction
from their curriculum. He assert
ed that it is not incompatible
with the teaching of Judaism to
develop athletic proves, pro-
vided such exercises are not exag-
gerated to the extreme point of
cult ritual as was the case with
the ancient Greeks"
"While intellectualism and true
religious convictions" he said,
twill counterbalance any possible
perversion of sports into a cult,
intellectualism without physical
development is just as harmful
to the future of a people as the
other extreme" He further con-
tended that there should be
healthy blending of spiritual and
physical culture and that the in
clusion of physical culture in the
curriculum would serve as an in
centive for larger youth enroll
ments in parochial schools"
Halpern, who aspires to the
world wrestling championship
and is the only Orthodox Jew to
engage professionally in this
sport, further declared that 'par-
ticularly to the Jew who has been
the object of derision and per-
secution for centuries, his inte-
grafton into sports is especially
important" He cited as an ex-
ample the youth of Israel who
have aroused the respect and ad-
miration of the entire world not
only by their spirit of valance
but by their heroic physical feats
in repulsing the enemy from their
soil during the War of Liberia
ton"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-19

A film producers wife told
Milton Berle. cts not true that I
married millionaire. 1 made him
one"
What was he before you mar
ried him?" asked Milton.
The wife answered, "a multi
millionaire"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-06-19
Dispersion Knocked out Athletics
For Jews : Israel Sets it up Again
Ancient Jews Had
Muscles
BY DAVID SCHWARTZ
copyright, 1858. Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)

Rabbi Simon ben Gamaliel, ac-
cording to the Talmud, on one
holiday feast surprised everyone
by Juggling with eight burning
torches.
And juggling was only a side
issue with the great Talmudic
savant. Most of the time he was
bent over the Torah. But Rabbi
Gamaliel apparently made quite
a hobby of muscular prowess. We
are told that he could reach over
without bending his knees and
kiss the ground.
The Talmud mentions another
Juggler who used open knives,
keeping seven of them in the air
at the same time, while still an
other used eggs. Juggling requires
physical adroitness plus kind of
material alertness and I imagine
a course in the Talmud ought to
help any juggler. What's the diff
ference after all between tossing
five balls in the air or five pass
ages of Mishna?
1t is highly interesting that the
first major Hollywood picture
revolving about an Israeli theme
should touch the field of sports.
Athletics was the first casualty
that followed the destruction of
the Jewish nationhood. During
the long centuries of Jewish per-
secution, life for the Jew became
"a struggle for simple survival.
Sports went by the wayside until
there developed the feeling that
Jews and sports were somehow
not a match.
The ancient Jews, like all nor
NAL people, admired strength.
They even played ball. Isaiah
22:18 says, "He will toss thee like
ball in a large country" Evil
IDENTIFY, they were familiar with
tossing balls, though we do not
know what kind of ball they
played. David was pretty good at
tossing stones, and Jonathan, it
appears, excelled in archery. The
tribe of Benjamin was famous for
its adeptness at the sling shot.
The Bible references indicate
that Saul was a great runner and
surely Samson would have been
picked up by any fighting man.
ager today. The old Jews must
have been good swimmers. jose
phus relates how once ship he
was on foundered, and he had to
swim whole night before being
picked up by another vessel.
Rabbi Akiba said that it was the
duty of the parents to teach their
children how to swim.
The Talmudist Resi- Lakish was
a circus performer of feats of
strength and would hire himself
out as a gladiator to fight wild
beasts. At Caesaria, where Israel
bonds are now building huge
fishing wharf, they have uncover
ed the vestiges of an amphi-
theatre where at the time of King
Herod, gladioatrial combats were
held. Such forms of athletic bouts
were undoubtedly due to the Hell
1enic and Roman influence. The
good Jews generally frowned on
these savage encounters. Certain
ly the Hasmoneans opposed them
and apparently not without good
cause. Nevertheless the picture of
the Jew as unathletic is entirely
untrue.
1t appears that in Israel athletic
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East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1953-04-16

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transmission, radio and heater; a one
owner car, with 10000 miles: original
black finish. $1395. Commerce Motors,
13606 St. Clair. MU. 1900.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Uncle Rays Corner

The Aztecs of old Mexico had
a system of writing. and some
of their works exist at the pres
ent time.
Scholars have given careful
study to the manuscripts, and
have learned many facts about
the Aztec religion, calendar sys-
tenn and number system.
The Aztecs knew the true year
to be a little longer than 365
days, but they used a different
system than we do, with our
leap years" They followed a
365-day year for 81 years. and
then-in the SD year-they
added a period of IL or 13 days,
making an extra-long year.
Most of the Aztec writing was
done with pictures. Each day
of the month had q special name
and a special picture. English
translations of the names Of
their days show that they spoke
Evening star., 1953-11-23
By Romon Coffmon

these figures was by using from
! to 10 dots or small circles.
An outline Of a fir tree was en-
ployed for the number 400" and,
we find this figure on a picture
telling the story Of a certain
year. One event in the year
was the drowning of many per-
sons in a river. and the fir tree
tells us that those who died
numbered 400. The outline of a
bird near the people pictured
may mean one of two things
that the event took place on
Vulture Day, or that the bodies
were eaten by vultures.
Five centuries have passed
since Spanish soldiers conquered
the Aztecs. Many Aztec Indians
still live in Mexico.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Contract Bridge
By EosIey BIockwood
washington, D. G.
ONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1853

BY Eosley Blockwood
A takeout double after an op-
ening bid of one in a major suit
usually shows ability to play the
other major. Mr.. Masters lacked
that ability in today's deal so he
chose to overcall instead of
double.
West dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
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(Mr. Masters)
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WEST EAST
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Evening star., 1953-11-23

The bidding:
West North East South
! spade 2clubs Pass 2 diam'ds
Pass 2 spades Pass 3 no trump
All Pass
With as much as three aces,
Mr.. Dale didn't feel he could
stay out of the auction. His
partners failure to make a take
out double made it extremely
unlikely that there was a good
heart fit. His actual two-dia-
mond bid was a forward-going
action and was so construed by
Mr.. Masters.
To test out the possibility of a
no-trump game. Mr.. Masters bid
two spades to show a stopper in
that suit. With this informa-
ton, Mr.. Dale bid three no
trump. =.
The contract was no laydown.
In view of his awkward single
ten in clubs Mr.. Dale had to
handle the situation just right.
The king of spades was opened
and he let it win He also ducked
the following leads of the queen
and jack of spades, on which
Mr.. Meek discarded clubs. Win
ming any one of the first three
tricks would have resulted in
defeat.
At trick four Mr.. Abel had no
better lead than another spade
and this was won with the ace
on the board while Mr.. Dale
discarded the ace of clubs.
All of dummy's clubs we're
now run, getting everybody
down to four cards. Mr.. Meek's
hand didn't matter. Dummy was
left with queen and one in each
red suit. Mr., Dale had a double
ton ace in each red suit. On the
run Of the clubs Mr.. Abel had
been forced to let 60 of his good
spade and his last four cards
had to be king and one in each
red suit.
On the bidding. Mr.. Abel fig
ured to have both red kings so
at trick 10 MI. Abel led to his
ace of diamonds and put Mr..
Abel in with another diamond
lead. The resultant lead away
from the king of hearts gave him
two tricks in that suit-and his
contract.
Copyright 1858. General Features Corp
Evening star., 1953-11-23

twO-wheeled cart.
Of House Day, Eagle Day, Dog
Day, Smoke Day, Rain Day,
Flower Day. Monkey Day and
so on.
Among the Aztecs, a picture Of
the tip Of a finger stood for the
figure a." Two fingers stood for
"2," and so on up to 90" An
other way In which they made
Evening star., 1953-11-23

Ten illustrations by Frank C.. Pane
appear in the picture leafet, "Africa'S !.
People and Customs" II you want
Q COPY. send Q self-addYessed en- =
veiope bearing o 3-cent stamp %
Evening star., 1953-12-02
School Bus Driver
Fined for LETTING
Son Skip Glasses
BY the Assoeiated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec. 2
Fred Drury, who is paid tc
drive children to school, was
fined $50 for infrequent attend
ance of his 15-year-old son al
classes.
Circuit Judge Joseph D. MIsh
yesterday warned Drury that
unless the boy goes to school
you're going to Jail for con-
tributing to delinquency Of a
minor"
Drury, who is SO, owns 100
acre farm and operates a school
bus under contract with the
Board of Education. His son Ira
attended school only 95 days last
year and IL days this year.
Drury acted as his own lawyer
at his trial after the judge re-
fused to appoint one at county
expense. The jury deliberated
only four minutes before con-
victing him.
Drury said he needed the help
Of his son on the farm because
he didn't have enough time to
work it alone.
II didn't put out corn last sea-
son because I was in Juvenile
Court twice a week." he said.
Evening star., 1953-12-02
| No. 8 Precinct Praised
For HaIfinu BURGLARS

No. 8 police precinct was
praised last night by a citizens
group for its efforts in the capture
Of two suspected housebreakers.
The North Cleveland Park
Citizens Associations said two
men, known as the Milk
Burglar" and the "Step Ladder
Burglar" were causing great
alarm and annoyance to their
sector until caught by police.
The group commended the pre-
cinct for it's efficiency in pro-
tecting the neighborhood" and
for some officers who patroled
the streets at night ION their
own time, using their own cars" ;"
Some of the burglars victims
were preeSnt at the meeting.
John B. Dickman, jr., associa-
ton president, conducted the
session, held in Hearst School,
Idaho avenue at Thirty seventh
street NV.
Evening star., 1953-12-02
Grand Jury to Act
| In Dice Come Deuth

Troy Gilmore, AZ. of the 300
block of South Capitol street,
was held for the action of the
grand jury yesterday, after a
coroner's inquest.
According to testimony, Gill
more, who is colored, shot and
killed Elmore w. Tyler, 40, also
colored, of the 100 block of
Hickman street Sc, after an
argument brought on by a dice
game. The shooting took place
in the 400 block of New Jersey
avenue Sc. early Sunday.
Evening star., 1953-12-02
Actor in Grove Condition

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 2 (P).-
Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer
and actor. is in grave condition
today in Cedars of Lebanon Hos
pital. He has been in a coma
since yesterday. Mr.. Negrete, Al,
entered the hospital November
% for treatment of a liver all
ment.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Town Police 10 Keep
Same Radio Hookup
In Prince Georges

Town police in Prince Georges
County will stay on the same
radio hookup with county Off
GERS, at least for the next six
months.
The decision was reached last
night at a conference on a pro-
posal to separate town and
county cruisers on different fire.
quencies.
Maj. F. Allen Richards, county
police superintendent, said the
separate frequencies had been
proposed because the air was
getting cluttered up with too
many messages.
Mayor Herbert w. Reichelt of
Mount Rainier led a delegation
of mayors and town police chiefs
who conferred with Maj. Rich
ards and county commissioners
in Upper Marlboro.
The conferees agreed scout
car crews would have to use
their radios less, condensing
their messages.
The town officials argued that
their officers needed to hear
emergency calls as quickly as
possible. Under the separate
frequency proposal, the county
dispatcher would have to broad
cast some calls twice, once on
each frequency.
Maj. Richards said that if the
Six-month trial does not i'm
prove things, "some other So
luton will have to be found"
Evening star., 1953-11-04
School Questionable
Sent Out 10 Parents

Montgomery and Prince
Georges County school officials
want to know how many pupils
have parents working or living
on Federal property.
officials have sent question:
naires home with pupils request
ing this information.
The school boards in previous
years have received Federal
funds only for children of par
ents working or living on Fed
eral property in Maryland. This
year, under an amended law.
they also will receive funds for
children whose parents work for
the Federal Government in the
District and Virginia.
According to Bryan Benson,
Montgomery school controller,
each "Federally connected" stu
dent may be worth as much as
$50 in operating expenses and
$500 in Federal school conStruc-
ton allocations
The deadline for the pupils to
return the questionnaire is Fri
day. All data must be in State
school officials hands by No
vember II.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Boy, IA, Sentenced
For Part in Fire

A reformatory sentence was
imposed yesterday on a 14-year-
old boy convicted of a charge
growing out of a fire last August
18 at Boys Village, Cheltenham,
Md.
The boy, an inmate of the
State correctional institution
for colored youths, was ac-
quilted by an Upper Marlboro
jury of starting a blaze which
destroyed a straw-f1lled barn,
but was found guilty of aiding
the fire." Witnesses said he had
thrown cigarettes into the fire.
Judge Charles c. Marbury
ordered him to serve an inde-
terminate term, not to exceed
seven years, in the State Re-
formatory for Males.
The court imposed the sentence
when school authorities said they
we're not prepared to handle
serious problem cases. They said
the boy had been sent to the
school after he was accused Of
purse-snatching.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Arlington Man Appeals
DRIVING Conviction Fine

A 46- year old Arlington man
has appealed a $500 fine he re-
ceived after being found guilty
of reckless driving and driving
under the influence of alcohol.
The unusually heavy fine,
which was accompanied by a
suspended six months jail SEN
tence, was imposed by Substitute
Judge w. Britton Moore Monday
night in Hyattsville Police Court.
The defendant was Lynde Blair
of the 1900 block of South
Twelfth street, Arlington. ac-
cording to Maryland State
Trooper Jack Davis, who ar
rested Blair on October %.
Pending the appeal, bond for
Blair was continued at $1,1O0.
Trooper Davis reported the ar
rest was made on U. S. Route /
near BeltSvule.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
; Injured Seriously
When Car Hits Tree

Two 18-year-old youths and a
53-year-old College Park man
were injured seriously early to-
day when their car went out of
control at Enterprise road and
Central avenue in Prince Georges
County and hit a tree.
All three are residents of Col
lege Park, Md, and were ad-
mitted to the Prince Georges
General Hospital.
The injured were Donald
Hardy, 18, of 4809 Usage street,
and Harry Knox, SO, and Joseph
Fox, 18, both of 87O9 Fiftieth
place.
The Hardy youth suffered a
fractured right leg and left arm
and a possible conclusion. Mr..
Knox received undetermined in
juries and a possible skull frac-
ture. Young Fox suffered pos
sible internal injuries and null
tiple cuts and bruises.
County police at Upper Marl-
boro listed the Hardy youth as
driver.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Seobrook Residents Angered
'By Denial of Mail Service Plea

Residents Of Seabrook, Md,
are up in arms today because
the Post Office Department has
denied their request for rural
mail delivery service.
For some time now they've
been seeking carrier service in
stead of having to walk or ride
to the Seabrook Post Office.
Last February, for instance,
they started gathering signatures
for a petition which took some
eight months to compile. They
submitted it to the Post Office
Department, along with appeals
to Senator Butler, Republican,
of Maryland, and his G. o. P.
colleague in Congress. Repre-
sentative Small. also from Mary
land.
The crowning blow came last
Saturday, according to Mrs.
Whitney Irons, one of the ap-
proximately 200 Seabrook area
residents without mail carrier
service. The Post Office Depart
ment assigned a carrier. but to
the post Office at adjacent Lam
ham, Md.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Three Teen-Age Dances
Scheduled for Week End

Three dances for teen-agerS
are planned this week end by the
Arlington Recreation Depart
ment.
The Spotlight Teen-Age Club
will have a dance at 8 pm. Fri
day in Walter Reed School. 1914
North Mckinley road.
The Tip-Top Teen-Age Club
dance will be held at 8 pm. Sat-
urday in the Barrett School. 4400
North Henderson road.
The Topsy-Turvy Teen Club
will have a record dance at 8
pm. Saturday in the Nottingham
School, 5000 Little Falls road.
Evening star., 1953-11-04

1--WE still have to walk to get
our mail" Mrs. Irons said to-
day.
To make matters worse, a
number of other nearby COM
munities. some of them within
close reach of Seabrook. also
have carrier service, Mrs. Irons
said.
There now are about 400
homes in the Seabrook area.
Some residents, Mrs. Irons said,
have been seeking rural delivery
service for 10 years. The Sea-
brook post Office, she added, is
about 80 years old.
The fight for delivery service
also has the backing of the Sea-
brook Community Club. now in
the process of being changed in
title to the Seabrook Civic AS
Sociation.
With this latest rejection. Mrs.
Irons said, new appeals will be
sent to Representative Small.
1--WE are going to ask him to
introduce a bill on it to alleviate
the situation" she declared.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Mt. Airy to Clear Farm
For Carnival Grounds

Mount Airy (Md.) citizens to-
day were to clear 45-acre farm
for a carnival grounds.
Farmers, carpenters and mem
berS of the fire department were
to clear the land, purchased
by the fire department. The
group also plans to make way
for a playground after clearing
the area of brush, trees and old
buildings.
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Builders Seen
Facing Trouble
In Street Plan
Construction of Rouds
Would Be Required
In Montgomery Area

The small-time developers
and the individual who wants to
build his own home is in for
trouble if the Montgomery
County Council goes along
with a public works proposal
to require street construction in
the suburban area.
The council Tuesday will get
a compromise plan to Substi-
tute for an earlier proposal that
would have required developers
to post bond insuring street
construction,
The compromise recommended
by Public Works Director Mason
Butcher would hit the home
builder who does not want to
pay for the cost of a street from
intersection to intersection. He
proposed that no building permit
be issued in such a case until a
front-foot benefit project for the
street has been authorized by
the council.
Problem Described.
Mr.. Butcher said his DEPART
ment had no problem where the
big developer was concerned.
The county administratively al
ready can require them to con-
struct streets.
The headache, he said, was
caused by the little developer
and the individual building his
own home.
Councilman j. Louis Monarch
asked Mr.. Butcher if his pro-
posal wouldn't put the little de-
veloper out of business. Mr..
Butchers reply was a question:
"Has he any right to go out in
the middle of nowhere and build
a houSe?" Mr.. Butcher asked.
The Public Works Director also
denied his plan would force the
little builder to sell out to the
big operator.
"Up Tree"
In the past the council has
declined to authorize 'front.'
foot project public hearing
where less that so per cent Of
the property holders abutting
the street have petitioned for the
paving. And the road code re-
quireS construction of a street
from intersection to intersection.
If the council continues its
present policy the little developer
anc the individual homebuilder
would be up tree, Mr.. Butcher
conceded.
Subdividers in the rural area
are now required to post bond
insuring road construction be-
fore his subdivision plat will be
approved by the Upper Mont
gomery Planning Commission.
Councilman Grover Walker had
asked that if this regulation we're
t. stick. a similar requirement
be established for the suburban
area developer.