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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11

QUESTION: Why is it custom
airy to pour out water which is
found in exposed vessels in a
room in which death occurred?
ANSWER: Two main reasons
are advanced for this custom. One
is that the water is considered
impure because the Angel of
Death had made use of it. This
might also be associated with the
presence of disease and sanitation.
The other reason claims that this
custom was symbol of acquaint-
ing the neighbors and visitors
with the fact that death had
occurred. Since water was once a
precious item, pouring it out was
an irregular procedure
y x 4 4 +
QUESTION: Why is it custom.
arY to wash the hands before
entering the synagogue to pray?
ANSWER: The association of
washing the hands and prayer
seems to have been so strongly
emphasized that the blessing for
washing the hands is included in
the morning prayers and some
people wait until they reach the
synagogue to pronounce thi S
! blessing. It is generally felt that
this was established because of
the desire to emulate the practice
of the priests in the temple. Be-
fore entering the sanctuary to
offer sacrifices the priests washed
their hands for spiritual purity.
Today, in the physical absence Of
the temple. the synagogue is its
symbolic presentation; the pray
ers represent its sacrifices and the
worshipers its priests.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11

include their youngsters Young Judaean
the South being good Jews for they
holding back the inalienabe right Of their ofprngs
kindred program Of joy their heritage
hsorYmakng day Of spiritual attachment Israel Young
Judaeans develop feeling pride in their Jewshness which
makes them not only good Jews but what is Important:
good people, AS Of the few editors to attend the adas
sab convention Of $500 delegates deeply impressed
by the ervor devotion and loyalty Of Zonists
the welfare of co-reqons Israel throughout the
country More than before place members of this
top of the list of good Jews.
Recently Dr. Samuel Belkn president of Yeshiva Unver
Sity wrote article the subject what Makes
Good Jew" The follow is excerpt:
Being good Jew has its prerequisite being moral
human being good in the deepest Of the term
ideal Of goodness is the spiritual and moral heritage
the Torah Hence Torah learning and Torah practice have
throughout the ages the Jews main guide for living
a good life.
The Torah not merely book of theological dogma In
written and oral traditions contains above all design
for living Essentially organized in indivsble parts the
Toah has portion dealing with the duties which man has
towards his fellowan and second portion dealing with
the obligations of towards his Creator good Jew ls
therefore, who create harmonious blending between
his moral obligations to humanity and his divine attachment
3d. synthesis between his contemporary environment
and his sacred heritage.
good Jew is not escapist. He does not deny his
heritage hide his Jehness He endeavors TO
expression his inner SELF direction TO his moral and
spiritual destiny thus become link in the golden chain OF
his being He coonzant Of the fact that the
freedom in blessed United States Of America does not
lie In RELIGIOUS neltnu pot-hch seeks to impose uni
fority of religious belief and cultural expression Our
American democracy he realizes the purest representation
based upon cultural puras where by playing
his spiritual instrument. the Jew shares with other
groups the blending of the spiritual svDhonY which is
the deathless harmony Of American democracy.
(Contnued on PAGE 81
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11
NO ARMlSncE FAR HIM
Between You and Me-.
nv ronr~ ~~soYan Copyright, TeIegraphie
"a O~NAS O"~OA'S~41 Agency
MISSION TO ISRAEL
By BORIS SINCLAIR

There is no war panic in Israel at present
but there is good deal of anxiety and de-
termination . . Members of the government
tell you that war can break out within three
months three weeks, or three days They
hope for the best, but they feel that the coun-
try must be prepared for the worst Since
Israel will not be the country which declares
the war, they really do not know when
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11
What Makes a Good Jew

Many talks have been made. debates
presented. and articles written on the
subject of What Makes A Good
Jew" Having just returned from the
convention of the Southern Zionist
Youth Commission in Atlanta and the
national conclave of Hadassah in Chi
cage. the answer comes easily to your
editor: BE a Good Zionist!" The
youth commission meeting gave US
proof that our children are not being
neglected. Those parents who fail to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11

u J. A. ACTION: The Israelis do not expect American Jews
help them financially increase their military strength
This they will do through financial sacrifices of their
However they definitely expect American Jewry to
forward with increased aid for the and agricultural
development of the country that good part Of the
ys budget must be diverted for defense purposes They
American Jewry Israel is to admit and absorb this
from Morocco and Tns where the Jewish popu
ation lives in fear of pogroms And whether Israel faces
this year. this number of immigrants will be adj
mitted to the Jewish State Today there twice
manv Jews North Africa who seek immediate immigration
to Israel is much safer for them to be in Israeli
when the Jewish State might be involved in than to
remain in Morocco Tun The request by Israel for in
American aid to meet this emergency situation
recognized justified by the United Jewish Appeal Study
Mission which just visited Israel 1t from Israel that
the leaders of the United Jewish Appeal summoned the UJA
emergency conference in New York for November IL
These leaders including Edward NJ NJ Warburg William
Rosenwald Rabbi Herbert Fredman-came to Israel studied
the situation the spot acquainted themselves with the
mood the country and to the conclusion that imme
diate action is necessary
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11

be forced upon them However, they consider
their duty keep the people the alert to the mminence
of The average the street is very well
that should break out it will be far not the the
War Liberation This time will be of destruc
ton and humiliation since Egypt is being provided with
bombers jets and other modern by the Communist
The average Israeli is also that Iraq is
well provided with modern by the United States and
that Jordan being equipped by Britain with the types
of weapons Hence Arabsrael today would not be
of the primitive nature the of 1913 Neverhe
less the people of Israel about their daily work usual
with the determination to fight if fighting becomes necessary
This determination is expressed in the spontaneous
contributions Iraes Defense Fund being made by
rich and poor adults and children factory and factory
workers The nation is united behind the government in
any emergency call for total Some of the opinion
that Egypthe strongest of the Arab counrieswould
dare provoke with Israel at least for the next six
months They figure that it will take that long for Egypt
receive sufficient from the Communist countries and
to train Egyptians to these In the meantime
they feel that Israel must be prepared for evenuay
They also hope the United States will realize the danger
voved for world peace breaks out in the Middle East
And they consider that the only way to prevent such
by either strongly arming Israeli concluding
American-Israel security pact, or both
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11
The
Jewish
Quiz
Box

= BY Rabbi Samuel J. Fox
Copyright, 1855, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. 1nc.)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11

CONTINUED on Page 81
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-11-11

QUESTION: Why is it custom
airy to pour out water which is
found in exposed vessels in a
room in which death occurred?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Accidental Deaths
For Holiday Period
Rise AIurminqIy
BY the Associated Press

Accidental deaths, the vast
majority of them occurring on
highways, mounted at an alarm
ing rate early today as the
Nation moved farther into its
observance of the hree-day
Labor Day week end. =
At / am. (EDT), 131 traffic
deaths had been reported in an
Associated Press survey. Fifteen
drownings and Is deaths in mis-
cellaneous accidents pushed the
overall toll to l61.
The National Safety Council
observed that the rapid rate Of
traffic deaths was running far
ahead of calculations used by the
council in estimating few days
ago that 400 persons would die
in traffic mishaps in the holiday
period from 6 pm, local time.
Friday to midnight Monday.
The council also was alarmed
by comparison of the toll with
the fact that at noon Sunday in
last years Labor Day week end
traffic deaths totaled only 100.
Traditionally the traffic death
rate increases toward the end of
a holiday period, when highways
are damned with hurried home
ward bound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
District Flood Help
Hits $186, 100 and
Keeps Coming

A total of $186,120 has been
contributed here to the Red Cross
Flood Fund. officials announced
yesterday.
The next report will be made
Tuesday because of the Labor
Day holiday, they said. The
Washington area quota was
SIS, 900, but a generous public,
touched by the tragedy of the
flood victims, already has more
than doubled 1t.
Red Cross officials said yester-
day 1.-The money just keeps COM
ing in the mail"
First in the Nation to exceed
its quota. the Washington area
remains in the vanguard of COM
munities in its generosity for the
food victims and well ahead
of the national average.
The campaign began less than
two weeks ago. Latest contribu-
tions here included: $k193 from
the City Post Office, $l,012 from
the General Services Admins
tration. $4,000 from the Penta-
gon as a first collection, $766
from the Budget Bureau. $1,000
from the International Corpora
ton Administration and $l.048
from the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Love esting Machine
Tells Who Should Wed

of the hum a n brain. Annie
records the brains reaction.
It can judge II a person has
a reliable intellect, if he is emo
tionally stable. dull or enter
prising.
DR.. w. Grey Walter, British
neurologist, has carried out many
with the equipment
and detailed case histories and
graphs have been compiled.
If two graphs from Annie
coincide 1t means the two people
concerned will get on very we'll,
without argument, reaching the
same conclusions in the same
time and by the same means of
reasoning" DR.. Walter says.
DR.. Walter and his staff says
thus far they have been too busy
on basic research work to go
around testing people who just
want to know about themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04

BRISTOL. England, Sept.
(P).-British scientists say they
have invented a love test ma
chine which can tell right of
whether you and your girl friend
should get married.
The machine is called "Topsy
and Annie" 1t is desert b d
technically as a topograph and
analyzer.
"Topsy and Annie" was shown
and discussed here during the
meeting of the British Associa-
ton for the Advancement of
Science.
1t is a complex electronic
affair which the scientists say
can tell from the rhythm of
brain waves whether a couple
will get on well together.
The Topsy part enables a
scientist to watch on \22 small
television screens the workings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Integrotion's First Year:
Was 1t q Success?

year ago Washington's public school system
began the most far-reaching reorganization in its
history.
In response to the mandate of the Supreme
Court, the citys schools set about rebuilding an
educational program tosinclude both white children
and colored More changes were made than in any
comparable period in our history
How have the changes worked out? What prob
lens have been encountered and are still unsolved
in desegregation?
Star Reporter James G. Deane spent weeks
visiting schools and talking with people Of both
races to learn the answers to these questions. .
They will be reported in series of five articles,
"Integraton's First Year." starting in Tuesdays
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
FOOTBALL DATES:
CLIP AND SAVE THEM

GRID SEASON COMING UP-Mors
shon 200 footbolI schedules ore printed
in the Sports Section todoy, including
collegiate, professional and service
teens. Something to clip out ond
keep for reference during the season.
Pose D-4.
NEW DELINQUENT HoME-A
week from today the District will dedi-
cote for its new $4.5 million troinins
school for juvenile deIinquents at
Lourel. Nd. To find out what it is
like, ond whot it will neon in the
welfare picture, read Stor Reporter
Frcnk sortveIrs story on Pose A-s.
BOOMING SALES - Woshineton
INGREDIENTS ore optimistic obout fall
and winter trode, Donold B. Hodley,
The Stor's financial editor, reports in
q survey Of ereo stores on Pose D-lp.
FLOOD CONTROL - Both the
Corps Of Engineers and Weother Bu-
reou hove plans to keep the domoes
low If hurricane floods hit again.
Stor Reporter Richard Fryklund exom-
ines these pIons on Page B-5.
Complete Index, Poee AZ
Radio Programs. Pages B-5-7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Hurricane Flora
Forms in Atlantic
U. S. Gets Distress Call

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 3 P.-
The Miami Weather Bureau to-
night reported that a small hur-
ricane has formed far out in
the Atlantic some 1900 miles
northeast of San Juan, Puerto
Rico.
Named Flora. the sixth storm
of the year had winds of some
Is to 80 miles an hour.
Its location placed it far away
from any land and it was almost
halfway across the Atlantic in
the direction of Africa.
1t was apparently moving west
northwest at about Is miles an
hour and at midnight (EDT)
was located at 43.9 west longi-
tude. 1913 norths latitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Cyprus Hunts 70
After Durinq Raid

NICOSIA. Cyprus, Sept. 3 tP),
Troops and armed police set up
roadblocks and searched vehicles
entering and leaving Famagusta
today after a raid by 20 masked
men on a police station near the
town.
The raid, carried out by
heavily-armed men believed to
be supporters of union with
Greece (Enosis), was the most
daring since the current troubles
in Cyprus began last year. 1t
came after reports yesterday that
British Turkish Greek talks in
London on the islands future
had reached complete deadlock.
The men tied up eight police
men and escaped with arms and
ammunition.
Later there was an attack on
a British Royal Air Force radar
station. The attacker left a
truckload of explosives outside.
Two men were hurt and the sta
ton was slightly damaged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Picture on Page A-S.

rlCIuFe on Iu9e 40,
new veterans center location
which already has been ex-
amined by District officials.
A GSA spokesman said he
didn't want to identify the
tentative location yesterday be-
cause there are some sub
stantial details which still must
be worked out"
1t was understood that the
new location was in a Federal
building within a few blocks of
the center's present quarters in
the little tempo on the triangle
at the southeast corner OF
Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV.
Gen. Lane said the only prob
lem facing the Commissioners
in the past-as far as Kidding
the city of the eyesore tempo
has been in finding new space for
the veterans center.
1--WE had no space within Dis
trict buildings to move it," he
said. IF the GSA can provide
space, I'm quite sure the Com
Imissioners wouldn't want to keep
the little building for any other
use"
The General said the question
had not come before the Board
of Commissioners formally, but
that he himself felt the best use
of the little triangular piece Of
land in front of the District
Building would be as a park.
Meanwhile. Waldron E. Leon
ard. director of the veterans
center. said he expected to tell
the Commissioners, Tuesday that
he had tentatively lined up a
new location with GSA.
He said itswas mot as suitable
as the location we have now, OF
course, but I've measured the
new space and the quarters are
satisfactory"
Gen. Lane said he also had
inspected the location under
study. but understood that it
posed a number of problems
which had to be worked out.
Mr.. Leonard said he had pro-
posed several weeks ago to the
Commissioners that he move to
Tempo v, across from the Will
lard Hotel on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Fourteenth and Fiji
teenth streets NV. He had. in
fact. arranged for that move
when he learned of plans for
the early demolition of Tempo V
by the GSA. Mr.. Leonard said,
The veterans leader said an
"all-out drive" will be announced
next week for construction of a
Veterans Building on the site
of Tempo v when that eyesore
is removed.
He said the hope is that the
city would build the structure
to house major veterans oreani-
cation headquarters, and also the
Veterans Service Center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
DC. Fares May Be Set
.By New Procedure
BY HECTOR MCLEAN

Probable abandonment of the
traditional method Of setting
transit fares here was forecast
yesterday by Engineer Commits
sioner Thomas A. Lane.
Instead, he said, any company
which takes over the dying Capt.
tai Transit franchise after the
company goes out of business
next August IA is likely to have
the fares it charges set by a new
method.
The classic method used by the
District Public Utilities Commits
ton to fix rates charged by the
various utility companies 1t reg
ulates has been founded on their
investment in property fused and
useful in the public service"
In rate hearings, the commits
sion customarily totaled up such
property investment (called a
rate base") and then has de-
cided what percentage of that
amount of money the company
was entitled to earn in profit.
The rates were designed to pro-
duce that profit.
Now. however. bus operators
are likely to have their fares set
on the basis of an operating
ratio"
This is simply the ratio be-
tween all the costs of doing BUSH
ness and the total revenues. Thus
Ia company with a so per cent
operating ratio would be making
"a so per cent profit on its total
business. But one with an oper-
Iating ratio of 100 per cent would
be making no profit. The higher
the ratio, the lower the profit. =
Gen. Lane said the operating
ratio has been coming into use
to regulate bus companies be-
cause many of them have no
large investment to use as a
rate base and to which profit
could be related.
Many bus companies, he said.
either buy their buses on time
or rent them, and even rent their
garages. Consequently, they do
not own any property at all.
If the firm which succeeds
Capital Transit does business
on that basis, he declared. it
probably will be necessary to set
its rates in relation to operating
ratio.
The impending change in utili-
ties commission procedures was
forecast. observers declared, by
the majority and minority opin-
ions issued by the utilities COM
mission Friday in formally dis
missing Capital Transit's June 6
application for fare increases.
Another indication of the
trend in commission thinking
came during hearings last June
on the company's request for a
fare boost when a CTC witness
was required to supply operating
ratio figures on similar transit
companies.
The witness listed Capital
Transit's operating ratio for 1854
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Many in Area Spending
Long Holiday at Home
Tourists Swell TotoI; Retail Sales
Good; Driving Better Than Expected

til after 8 pm. Friday. One
Ofiicer called the situation
really something" but he said
troopers were breathing easy"
because Of the low incidence Of
wrecks.
State Police in Maryland said
traffic in their Jurisdiction was
no heavier than normal for q
holiday week end.
Officials everywhere kept their
fingers crossed until homeward-
bound autoists return tomorrow
night.
Some Rain Forecast
The Weather Bureau predicted
cloudy skies today and occasional
rain. The forecast was for a max
imum temperature IN the 70s.
Virtually all retail business will
be at a standstill today and to-
morrow as the city observes a
general holiday.
But downtown stores hummed
yesterday. One department store
executive said business was well
and another reported
sales were stronger than usual
for the Saturday before Labor
Day.
Some hotels were filled, but
others described conditions as
quiet. Large numbers Of family
groups were observed registering
for stays of two. three or more
days.
All transportation lines were
set to handle capacity traffic
when holiday-makers hurry back
tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Ship Trapped Two Days
In Arctic Works Free
Ice-Bound Norwegian Boat, Sought
BY Rescuers, Heads for Denmark

ALESUND, Norway, Sept. 3 (P1
A small Norwegian ship.
trapped for at least two days
in Greenland pack ice. was re-
ported free tonight and en- route
to Denmark under its own power.
The United States Air Force
announced earlier that planes
from its Thule, Greenland. base
were trying to rescue the IS per-
sons aboard the 488-tone seal
catcher. Jopeter.
A spokesman for Peter Brandal
e. Co., owners of the ship. said
the company received a message
reporting that the ice was break
ing up enough to allow the YES
sci to continue its voyage.
The steel-hulled Jopeter was
reported carrying 10 passengers
and a crew of 16 from Danmark-
havn, Greenland, to Copenhagen.
1t is under charter to the Royal
Danish Trade Department, a
Danish government agency.
Denies Asking Aid
A department spokesman said
in Copenhagen a message from
Capt. Kurt Nakken. skipper OF
the Jopeter. reported that the lit
tie ship was in no danger. He
quoted the Norwegian captain as
saying United States planes had
dropped rescue equipment on the
ice near the ship without being
asked for it.
The United States Northeast
Air Command at St. Johns. New
foundland. said earlier a message
from the skipper reported the ice
had tilted the vessel to a Aside
gree angle and he was consider
ing abandoning ship. A later
radio message said the ice had
slackened its push and the i'm
mediate danger had lessened.
The air-sea rescue section of
the United States Air Force base
at MISSIONER, Mass. also received
a report that the Jopeter expected
to work her way clear.
The Air Force said the Jopeter
sent out distress signals yeSter-
day, giving her position as rs de-
grees 81 minutes north: ID de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
PHONE SERVICES
FOR LABOR DAY

The Stor's holiday telephone ser
vices will observe the following oper-
otins hours tomorrow:
Classified Department, 9 a.m,-9
pm. lcIossified DDS moy be placed ct
the business counter in The Stor lobby
from 8 ON. TO 9 PM
Circulation Department, 8 ON.
$50 pm.
Main Switchboard, J anil pm.
As usual, night service lines will be
placed in operation after the main
switchboard is closed