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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-11-26
Thanksgiving DAY Reasons

For those who would wish to adduce reasons
for thanksgiving, the case of Zeven offers, how
ever, more substantial pabulum
He wrote under the pen name of Tashrack-a
pen known to Jews all over America 30
have yielded to despair To reach the desk to write
his daily stint, he used to sit one of those big
unabridged Webster dictionaries.
Every day for many years he wrote little
piece about "The Customer Peddler" Tens Of
thousands of Jews daily read him and were
cheered up. A man with hump on his back took
lump off the hearts of thousands daily.
Thanksgiving day is holiday which the old
Hasidim would have made their own. To the Hasid,
in fact every day is Thanksgiving Day. The essen
tial goodness of life was not only the primary but
almost the entirety of teaching The chief sin ac-
cordng to the Hasid, to be melancholy.
The sad person, they said, was the selfish one.
He was always gripping that something was with
held from him. The Holy Presence, they said,
would not consort with the dreary minded. God
like the man he has created, likes the company OF
the cheerful To be pious eat little pie and thank
God. Pie is good, whiskey is good-everything is
good-save melancholy. This, in a rather crude
way, is their doctrine.
It did lot for the Jews or it could not have
spread So Perhaps such doctrine might do much
for the world of today-a world which is increas-
ingly ruled by fear and suspicion Suspicion tends
to breed the very dangers of which it is unafraid,
and it is very costly Think how much the nations
of the world are spending for ornaments because
they are suspicious of each other
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-11-26

Leaders of the River Garden
Home for the Hebrew Aged are
shown studying plans for the pro-
posed new addition to the present
building which now commands
the corner of Riverside Avenue
and Stockton Street in the River
side section of Jacksonville.
A drive to raise $300,000.00 for
the proposed wing will be begun
Thursday evening, December 2,
at the Beauclerc Country Club.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-11-26

Harry Gendzier, president of Gar
den Home, will preside. A pre-
view of the film 'Bless This
House." the story of River Garden
in picture, narrated by Eddie
Cantor, will be shown.
1t is expected that with the adj
ditional room which the new wing
will provide the capacity of the
institution will be doubled. A
m d ern infirmary, improved
CONTINUED on Page Al
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-11-26

JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA FRIDAY. NOVEMBER
Chicago Rabbi Asks Mayor
To Halt Anti-SemitiSm

An article Sentinel Chicago Anglo Jewish Week
Y reveals situation shocking in its that is
hereby reprinted in the Southern Jewish Weekly
The Chicago metropolitan press this
result letter by Rabbi Leonard Mshk educational director
the Associated Tamud Torah Chairman the Adnstra
Committee of Chicago Rabbnca Council Martin
H. Kennedy pleading adequate police protection the face of
increased gang activity on Chcago's West Side.
The Jewish Weekly prints
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-11-26

letter to the Mayor
Mayor Martin H. Kennedy
City of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Honorable Mr.. Kennedy:
The undersigned is taking the
only course open to him to ex
press his disappointment and en-
bitterment concerning a public
matter which is of the utmost i'm
portance to every Chicagoan, and
especially to our City Fathers
headed by you as our distinguish
ed Mayor. 1 am also utilizing the
only public forum which is at the
disposal of the citizens of this city
the metropolitan newspapers.
Recalls Meeting
During the early part of this
summer, Citizens Committee
consisting of the most prominent
lay and religious leaders of the
Chicago West Side, representing
a cross section of the different
races, nationalities and religions
of the area headed by the Alder
man of the oath Ward, called upon
you at your office to ask for bet
ter policing and protection of the
entire area known as the Greater
LaWndale District.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-11-26

- aus NSSA SAS0S4A4 AZ AALy al.
tention that everyone is writing
about the Wolfsons. except me ..
Now, that is not fair j.. When
ever the Wolfsons have fit into
the community picture we have
mentioned them >. Mine is not
column on economics; hence, l
shy from printing the annual in
comes of our subscribers, nor do
I analyze the 'how" and why's"
of their incomes BeSides-we
would be murdered in our beds if
we just try But the whole
truth Of the matter is that the
Wolfsons' rise to fortune has not
inflated the Wolfson family so
high above the horizon of the
community that it is conscious of
the fact that it has contributed a
"sun" to the financial heavens
To people in Jacksonville the
Wolfsons are "Sam and Betty"
Florence and LOU" and Hazel
and Saul When Lou and
Florence come up for a visit from
Miami Beach their old friends are
glad to see them, and they seem
happy to be with former asso-
oiafoc
People here get quite excited
over the articles in the Post" and
in Life" covering Lou Wolfson
have never heard envy or
bias enter into a discussion Of
these stories Everyone seems
TO be happy that it has happened
-. In democracy it can happen
to you. too. and besides. you, can
always play along with the Wolf
sons on the stock market-so no.
body is mad 80.
But the Wolfson story has had
an effect on the community
/ don't believe there is another
place in the country where thir-
teen and Contemporaries boys
are so well acquainted with the
stock market :. Here, kids aren't
thinking of their future profess
sions, but which stocks they will
buy with their Bar-Mitzvah
money Was my family in New
York bowleo over when they tried
to turn the conversation in the
direction of baseball, and found
that instead, my fourteen-year-old
son was in the "know" about
Montgomery Ward and its Mr..
Avery =.
II is quite true that the Wolf
sons have had their effect on the
community! :. Take last Halo
ween. for instance :. The theme
of a certain cocktail party was TO
come as song title Sam Siegel
walked in dressed as hobo with
a sign: II want TO make buck"
:. Now. you would ordinarily
think he was coming as Brother.
can you spare a dime?" or
Little Buckaroo." or something
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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1954-11-26

IcIGWlLl pIlIlLS IIle IGAI VI IIlS
Instead Of improvement, the
situation has "Worsened" since.
Your proffered aid and expressed
pious intentions never material
lied.
In Trumbull Park, for the pro-
lection of one family you have
immobilized 300 policemen. For
the safety, protection and well
being of 10000 citizens of the
Jewish faith, we are unable to
procure from your police depart
ment, even a modicum, min
imum of protection to which
every resident of this city is en-
titled.
The area to which l am refer
ring is rapidly deteriorating
into a slum, a veritable social
jungle, den of robbers and
thieves. The community is terror
stricken. Decent people fear to
walk in the street even in the
early hours of the evening, and
when one is compelled to be on
the street during the evening it
is with trepidation, CONSERVATION,
with heart throbbing with fear
that he rushes through the street.
Grave concern and bitterness fills
the hearts of all the peace loving
and law abiding citizens of the
area.
The Record
1t will not be necessary for the
undersigned to bring to your at
tention, the dockets of the police
station on Fillmore and Pulaski in
order to substantiate my state
ment. It will suffice if I record
before you a chronicle of events
that transpired within my pur-
view, which are enough to shock
everyone.
In mid-July a Mrs. Shapiro, re-
siding on Douglas Boulevard and
Willard Avenue was felled by
such a (bicycle) rider, who inten-
tionally threatened her. She never
returned from the hospital.
Rabbi Shapiro, who resided at
1917 South independence Boule-
ward, was robbed in his own home
three consecutive times by the
same hoodlum, who gained ad
mission to his home and was lurk-
ing for him. The Rabbi was so
fear stricken that he hurriedly
moved from the neighborhood.
Rabbi Goldstein and his wife
were attacked on the boulevard
by a group of hoodlumS while
they were walking toward their
synagogue, which was on Douglas
Boulevard and Willard Avenue.
On the evening of October IA,
Rabbi Ephraim Epstein was held
up by two teen-age bandits right
in the vestibule of the Hebrew
Theological College on Douglas
Boulevard and st. Louis Avenue.
On October Is, the attorney,
CONTINUED on Page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
News OF MUSIC
Philadelphia Symphony Strives
With Difficult B0rtok Concerto

tok's-by a burlesque of a theme
from Shostakovich's seventh
symphony, which, according to
Halsey Stevens and Peter Bar
tok, the composer heard on the
air while the Concerto for Or
chestra" was being composed.
A Difficult Concerto.
The finale, the longest of the
five movements. is a whirlwind
dance, perpetuum mobile. The
orchestra last night had not
been playing its best up to this
point; the brass players were
having a run of bad luck and
the strings were ragged. The
concerto is a difficult piece. and
1t sounded like one. But the
finale was played with all the
color and bravura that one
could, hope for. even from the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
Jacob Krachmalnick, concert
master of the orchestra, gave a
careful, restrained and uninspir-
ing performance of the Beetho-
ven concerto. The broad and
powerful lyricism of the first
movement was thin and tenta-
tive, and the slow movement
lacked the sense of rapt reverie
that makes it so wonderful a
quiet moment between the two
fast movements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24

Sanctus and Benedictus in par
ticular. within q framework that
is brief and never overloaded,
project the sense of their texts
to the fullest degree.
The imaginative force of Ben
jamin Britten's wedding anthem,
"Amo Ergo Sum-" seemed to
stand head and shoulders above
the rest of the program. With
out ever resorting to sensational
effects, he produces ever fresh
and revealing textures and rela-
tionships among soloists, chorus
and organ.
The setting by William Henry
Harris of 'Faire Is the Heaven"
is mellow and sensitive to the
poetic sounds of Edmund
Sponsors text. Perhaps the most
derivative, and at times tediously
so, of the pieces was Herbert
Howells' "Hymnus Paradise" It's
vague rhythmic contours tended
to obscure its shape and also
occasionally to confuse the per-
formers, who seemed to struggle
for an equilibrium not inherent
In the music.
Under Mr.. Arnatt's diligent
direction, however, the chorus
did some admirable singing.
particularly in the works Of
Rubbra and Britten. Miss Long
and Mr.. Barritt handled their
taxing solos with the utmost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Rabid Fox Attacks Girl,
Beaten Off by Mother
Speeiol pi,paieh to Inc stnr


WARRENTON. Va, Mar. a..
An apparently rabid fox
charged three little girls near
here yesterday and had attacked
the youngest before the chill
drens' screams summoned their
mother who was able to beat of
the mad animal.
Mrs. William Ney, whose hus-
band is a tenant farmer at Casa
nova, said the fox had knocked
her daughter, Darlene, 2, to the
ground and was dragging her by
the leg when she arrived. The
fox escaped.
The child was taken to a War;
renton physician and given Pas
teur treatment.
The child was the second per-
son to have been attacked by a
rabid fox in Warrenton area
within a week. Charles Boswell,
of Opal, was attacked by a fox
when he attempted to beat it
away from a neighbours cattle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
Contoto Chorus Does
Some Admirable Singing
By Fronk c. CompbeII

The. Washington cantatA Chorus.
Ronald Arnatt, conductor Roberta
Long. soprano; George Barritt, tenor:
Ruth Floyd Dyke, organ. The Wash
ington Cathedral. Program: Missa
in Honorem Sancti Dominica, Rubbra:
Amo ERGO Sum, Britten; Fare Is the
Heaven, Harris; Hymnus Paradisf
HowellS.
The Washington Cantata
Chorus. under the direction of
Ronald Arnatt, presented a
stimulating cross-section of con-
temporary British choral music
in their program at the National
Cathedral last night.
Edmund Rubbra's mass in
honor of ST. Dominic, though
at times its restrained writing
is almost medieval in suggestion,
still attains a thoroughly con-
temporary sound with the sim
plest of tonal means. The Credo,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24
News of Music

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene
Ormandy. conductor. Soloist: jacob
Ksachmslnics violin Itr. c C. Sin Msin
stersinger. Wagner; Concerto in p.
Opus 81. beethoven; Concerto for Or
chestra. Bartok.
The story Of the starving
genius, unappreciated until after
death. is fortunately more
often fiction than fact. It
was to great extent true. how
ever, in the case of Bella Bartok.
The last five years of his life
were spent in this country. He
came here almost without money
or possessions to escape the con-
tamination of the Nazi deSecra-
ton of Hungary. He was not a
Jew, but he refused to put him.
self in the position of saying so.
His first recital in this country
was with Szigeti in the Library
Of Congress on April Is, 1910.
It met with neither critical nor
public acclaim, and while later
recitals and performances of his
works were more successful, it
was not until the time Of his
death in September, 1945, that
he became a truly popular mod
ern composer. Since then he has
had an unprecedented vogue.
Has Become Staple.
All of the more important of
his 95 works have been recorded,
many Of them several times. and
in the concert hall and particu-
larry in chamber music recitals,
his music has become as much
a staple as that Of Stravinsky.
The Concerto for Orchestra"
played here last night by the
Philadelphia Orchestra under
Eugene Ormandy. was COM
missioned in 1913 by Kousse-
whisky. It is possibly the COM
poser's chef d'oeuvre and is re-
markable in many ways. the
chief of which being that the
extreme dissonance and angu-
larity Of the earlier works gives
way to a readily acceptable style,
rich in melody and embodied in
the most luxuriant and engag-
ing orchestration since Debussy.
But 1t is in no way concession
or a retrogreSsion. All his skill
of construction and counterpart
and Instrumentation is here
shown in it's highest develop
ment, but like Beethoven in his
last quartet and Mozart in "the
Magic Flute" Bartok is entering
into his final brief period Of
simplicity
The concerto is not for any
single solo instrument; many
groups of brass and woodwinds
each of which has its place in a
total scheme that shows the unity
and cumulative power Of q
highly developed symphony.
The first movement is an elab-
crate. fugal piece in sonata
form; the second. called by the
composer a game Of pairs" is
an unusual series Of the most
engaging tunes for two each of
bassoons, oboes, clarinets. flutes
and trumpets. Following a SIM
pie and beautiful chorale for the
BRASS the series is repeated with
added complications.
The third movement is an
elegy; the fourth, an extended
and moving interaction of two
intensely expressive melodies,
interrupted-the word Is Bar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-24

sensitivity, and the entire group
was most fortunate in its or
ganist. Ruth Dyke, whose
flexible and invariably expert
playing was the finest of support.
Evening star., 1954-11-14

where the saving Of human, life
was paramount. Hardly the type
Of man to fiy into = Inurde bus.
sadistic rage, the defense sug-
gested.
Mr.. Corrigan took an intrigu-
inng tack with some Of the wit
nesses an approach In which
DR.. Sheppard assisted with pen
and link suggestions to his law
yers. This was, In essence. that
II Or. Sheppard wanted to Get
rid Of Marilyn he did not have
to resort to such q crude method
as beating her until her skull
cracked.
Twice Maintained Innocence.
Mr.. Corrigan dwelt on Mari
lyn's penchant for water skiing,
sometimes after dark by the light
OF the moon with only Sam along.
Without ever quite saying SO,
the defense insinuated that DR..
Sheppard could have dumped
his wife from her skis. and either
run over her with. his boat or
left her to drown.
As for testimony that DR..
Sheppard was twice asked If he
murdered Marilyn, the defense
seemed willing to let that stand.
In each case, DR.. Sheppard
quickly and firmly maintained
his innocence.
The defense got on record that
the osteopath showed signs Of
pain after the murder and COM
planned that he felt his neck
was broken. This was intended to
refute any insinuation that he
had to fake injuries.
To date, that Is how Mr.. Cor
rigan has tried his case-by seek
ing flaws in the testimony Of
State witnesses, offering methods
by which a bushy- haired rnur-
derer might have entered the
Sheppard premises. picturing
DR.. Sheppard as too decent and
too intelligent to stand over his
wife and beat her with senseless
repetition.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Norway Cont Supply
Needed CIussrooms

OSLO.-Norway estimates that
during the past fiscal year as
many new classrooms were built
as in the 1930-9 period-1, 100
classrooms, 800 craft shops, and
lS0 school kitchens.
Altogether, well over 5000
classrooms have been added
since 1916, but many more are
needed to catch up with the
backlog Of demand for, new
schools in many parts Of the
country.
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Customers AIwuys Riqht

\ PHILADELPHIA R. isn't
that enough?" asked the little
old lady of Bellhop Mike Nc
Donnell after handing q tip Of
four 81 bills,
Mike. 66. who's been q bellhop
for 80 years. thought 1t was
plenty.
"It's more than enough" he
said. YOU'RE very generous"
He had just carried her lug
gage from her hotel room to q
taxicab outside.
But the lady wasn't satisfied.
She took back the four 81 bills
and handed Mike another note.
"But, lady" he said. That's
q 500 bill"
"Yes, 1t Is. and you may keep
Evening star., 1954-11-14

said he knew o head injury was
"the hardest to evaluate." The
implication the State put on
this was that the osteopath
knew how to pretend" such an
injury.
Had Neck In Brace.
DR.. Sheppard had his neck in
a brace for weeks after the slay-
ing, saying the neck and head
were badly injured by the
hushy-haired prowler. The State
called the injuries trivial.
The States sixth witness-due
back on the stand Monday-was
Patrolman Fred H. Drenkhan, q
member Of Bay villages seven
man police force. He passed the
Sheppard home half q dozen
times on auto patrol early the
morning Of July 4 and was the
first policeman called to the
scene after the murder.
Mr.. Drenkhan testified he saw
nobody on foot near the Shep-
pard home that night. But the
defense already had established
that a bushy-haired stranger
might, have approached from the
Lake Erie beach instead of from
the highway.
! The policeman also said he
found no signs OF q struggle IN
Marilyn's room, no evidence of
forced entry into the home, no
indication that the beach sands
were disturbed by any struggle
between DR.. Sam and a murder
Gus stranger.
That, then. is the States case
to date-that Marilyn was beaten
to death, that her husband had
the opportunity to kill her and
had talked of divorce, that peo-
pie who knew him best were not
above asking him if he killed
her, that his injuries might have
been faxed. and that no bushy-
haired stranger came to the at
tention Of patrolling cops that
night.
Says Police Bungled Probe.
The5llefense?. g.. =, -
In his cross-examinations of
DR.. Addison. Mr.. Corrigan tried
to prove the murder investiga-
ton was bungled from the start.
He asked the jury to believe the
State picked DR.. Sam as the
killer, then set out to convict him
without ever considering any
other possibility. =.
From the Aherns, the defense
drew testimony that Or. Shep-
pard and Marilyn were chummy
enough that last night together
to cuddle In the same chair. And
Mrs. Ahern said Marilyn con-
sidered any affair OF Dr.. Shep-
pard's q closed chapter and that
there was no apparent rift In
their marriage.
From the Aherns and the
Houks, the defense established
that DR.. Sheppard struck them
as a man of even temper, kind
to his wife and seven-year-old
son, hard working in a profession
Evening star., 1954-11-14
Gen. Bullock to Speak

Brig. Gen. William c. Bullock.
chief of psychological warfare.
win discuss psychology as a
weapon at a meeting Of the
Military Librarians Group and
the Washington Chapter of the
Special Libraries Association at
8 pm. tomorrow in the Signal
Corps auditorium of the Pent-
agor.
Evening star., 1954-11-14

NEW YORK lR.-Two ba-
bies-quite tall for their age
went on display yesterday at
the Bronx Zoo.
They are African giraffes,
20-month-old Neal and 2-year-
old Dotty. Dotty is 91a feet tall
and Neal is a foot shorter.
The zoo hasn't had o baby
giraffe since 1882.
The Nasal giraffes grow to
a maximum height of about
II feet, 2 inches.
Evening star., 1954-11-14

name for q floral wreath. They
werS told no funeral was
scheduled for anyone BY that
name. Al check at the hospital
disclosed that no Mrs. Wood
had died there.
Wood Is wanted by the
carpenters.