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Evening star., 1955-08-19
Recovering Comforter
Ms. =. C., CheuerlV

I would like to answer A.
r. C.'s query about recovering
her down comforter. The
Alden Comfort Mills, Plano.
Texas. does a wonderful Job.
If she will write to them they
will send samples, prices, etc.
! am sure she will be pleased.
I want to thank RICH for all
the help I have had from the
good neighborS.
Evening star., 1955-08-19
Plastic Dishes

H. S. H.. Washington
The following is in regard to
using plastic dinnerware as
requested in the paper. / have
been using my plastic dinner
ware for three years. The
brand name of mine begins
with the letter P and the de-
partment store ! purchased
it from has now discontinued
it. They also sold another
brand that begins with the
letter B. 1t is a little higher
than what ! got and the
dishes were a little larger.
! purchased the light green
and dark green pieces. The
dark pieces do scratch some
and the light ones. especially
the cups stain. However. you
Evening star., 1955-08-19

cert was given in this area with
Louis Armstrong and Woody
Herman. comes the informa-
tion that so per cent of the
people watching and hearing
this one-night stand were
teen-agers and their dates!
Now for some of you who
haven't gone so Bohemian
yet, ! guess you're wondering
Just what is Jazz. Jazz is a
Evening star., 1955-08-19
Wedding Shower?

Miss v. L. W.. Washington
In early September ] am
planning to have a wedding
shower for a deaf mute I know.
Would someone help me on
what games to play or what
form of entertainment to pro-
vide? Thank you.
Evening star., 1955-08-19
Teen-Age Car
Buyin0 Hobits

Now that school is only a
horrid 81 days away. and
you've saved all your summer
earnings, the thing to do with
all the moola, as many other
teens, mainly boys, are doing.
is buy q used car to drive to
school. Teen-agers, just like
anybody else, have definite
ideas about the car that they
Evening star., 1955-08-19

show sponsored by Jean Matou
and Icons and after that,
dancing. Itsspunds like THE
event, so best you not miss this.
Why not have one peach Of Q
fling before school starts.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-02
Fort Myers Jewish
Community Center
Construction Begun

The Fort Myers Jewish Com
nunitY broke ground for its new
center at Grand and Linhart Ave-
nues recently. The ceremony eli
NAKED nine-Year effort TO build
Jewish center in Fort Myers.
Initially the small group of
Jewish families, headed by Sam
Kosher, the first president; Her.
man S. Tanner, secretary and
treasurer; Adolph Lassk, Sam
Posner, William Cohen and Gil
bert E. Dreifus, determined to
build place of worship and
social center. However, because
of the small number of Jewish
families the undertaking was not
considered feasible at the time.
Three years ago the Jewish
community WI S adjudged large
enough to make an effort to build.
For a year and half plans were
made and on Dec. Is. 1854. the
Fort Myers Jewish Community
Center was incorporated.
At this time Poster was elected
president, Martin Schim vice
president, Tanner treasurer and
Wilbert Needleman secretary.
With George Allen attorney.
working plans were adopted and
presented to Edgar Wilson. archi-
tect. who designed the center. II
will provide for the first time in
the history of Fort Myers. a Jew
ish house of worship.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-02
Jewish Druftees May
Request Deferment for
Rosh Hoshonoh, Yom
Kippur and Sukko+h

NEW YORK = The National
Jewish Welfare Boards JWB)
Commission on Jewish Chaplain
CIV has received an official COM
munication from Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, director of the Selective
Service System, announcing that
all local draft boards have been
asked to give Favorable con-
sideration, whenever possible" to
requests by Jewish registrants
for postponement of their physi-
cal examination or induction into
the Armed Forces until after Rosh
Hashonah, Yom Kippur or Sue
Goth, if such examination or in
duction is scheduled for these
days.
Rosh Hashonah begins at sum
down Friday, September Is, and
ends at shutdown, Sunday, Sep
TENDER Is. Yom Kippur begins at
shutdown, Sunday, September Is
and ends at shutdown Monday,
September 26. The first two days
of Succoth are October l and 2
and the last two are October 8
and 8.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-02
JEWS IN
SPORTS
BY BILL WOLF
copyright. 1855, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Incl

outraged many people. But the
situation goes beyond the argu-
ments and i'll feelings between
the disputing parties. The Incl
dents serve to underscore the fol-
lowing point. :
If we are to develop sports
competition between all countries
and this now applies to East and
West in the new atmosphere that
is developing = political differ
ences must be left outside the
playing field. 1t is inevitable that
nations with conflicting views
meet in such competition. The
interest of sports, and in the long
run the interest of international
harmony, require that good
craftsmanship be shown,
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-02

The recent incident in which
Egyptian at h lie ties distributed
anti-Israel propaganda in inter-
national a athletic competition
raised anew the entire problem
of sports relations between coun-
tries with political differences.
The fact that officials saw fit
to deal critically with the demon
stration indicated the seriousness
with which the incident was
viewed in relation to efforts at
increased international athletic
competition.
To recapitulate briefly, the
episode occurred at San Sebastian
during the Fourth International
University Sports Week. The Is
raeli team filed a complaint that
Egyptian athletes had used the
occasion to distribute anti-Israel
propaganda. A charge was made
that the action was not done on
the part of individuals but was
representative of the Egyptian
team itself.
The executive committee of the
university group stepped in
promptly with an investigation to
see where the responsibility lay,
and stated that the committee
"disapproves of the propaganda
made by a foreign country dur
ing the opening ceremony" The
action was described as contrary
to the spirit and the constitution"
of the international organization.
The development was especial
~ important coming on the heels
of the recent denial by Spain of
IsraeTs right to participate in a
regional Olympic tournament.
Readers of this column have al
ready noted the protests that
were made to the Spanish gov
eminent.
Of course, both incidents have
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-02
CONTINUED from Page 81

tConf1nued from Page 81
paper leaders from these twelve
southern states and discuss our
problems.
Cordially,
Loye w. Miller
The Knoxville News-Sentinel
Guy L. Smith
The Knoxville Journal
gs~
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-09-02
1874 Katherine
Fl. Myers. Fla.

Aug. 81, 1855
Southern Jewish Weekly
Jacksonville, Florida
Dear Mr.. Moscovitz:
We would greatly appreciate if
you would report in your paper
the building of our new Jewish
Community Center. Enclosed are
two articles that appeared in the
Fit. Myers. News-Press. For any
further information please write
to Mr.. Sam Posner. Thank you
for your help.
Sincerely,
Maurice Doyan
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Production continues
To Rise; Many Lines
IAf or Near Records
By Wolter Breede, Jr.
Asseeiosed Press bvsinsss Writer


NEW YORK, Feb. 5.-The Ma
tion's industrial machine moved
along at a faster clip this week
with production in many lines
at or near record levels.
Pacesetter was the auto indus
try which turned out 164. .295 new
passenger cars - only three
tenths of one per cent less than
in the record week Of June "a.
1850.
Alltime records were set in
consumption Of electric power
(Which passed 10 billion kilo-
watthours for the first time) and
in manufacture of petroleum
products.
Steel output 6estimated at 85.4
per cent Of capacity was the
highest since November 1858.
The construction industry
continued to show amazing
strength.
No one could say for sure, Of
course, how long the upturn
would last.
The National City Bank of
New York cautioned that auto
mobile production, the main
support of the present business
recovery, must eventually" slow
down-either because Of factory
strikes or overstocking Of dealers.
Others said the biggest danger
lies in too much restraint on
the economy rather than too
little. The Harvard economist.
Alvin H. Hansen, told a con-
gressional committee that Gov
ernment officials are so preoc-
cupied with preventing imitation
Evening star., 1955-02-06
By Georqe Kennedy

Bankers had difnculty in keep
ing bankers hours" back before
the Civil War.
This Is shown in the l848
correspondence Of Elisha Riggs,
jr., of Corcoran g. Riggs (now
the Riggs National Bank) .
which is featured in the current
issue of Bankers Monthly.
The article on the Riggs cor
respondence is by Roland T.
Carr, vice president Of the bank.
The bank was started by w. w.
Corcoran In 1886. In 1S46. 1t
became Corcoran & Riggs.
George Washington Riggs. old
est son Of Elisha Riggs OF New
York, had become q partner.
Chain Of Banks.
The Riggs family, originally
from Maryland, had what
amounted to q chain Of private
banks. Elisha Riggs establish
ment was just of the Battery
in New York. He was one OF the
wealthiest men Of his day.
Evening star., 1955-02-06

that the Nation has become
satisfied with q rate Of economic
growth far short Of what 1t
could be.
The American Federation of
Labor forecast a higher level Of
wages In 1955-but also a rise
of about million in unemploy-
ment.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Keeping Hours and Accounts
7ouqk forEorIy Riggs Banker

Brother Romulus had Q bank in
Philadelphia: brother Solomon.
q bank in Baltimore, and one Of
Elisha's sons had q bank in st.
Louis.
Elisha, jr., was ~ years old
and q graduate Of Heidelberg
University when he started at the
Washington bank in January.
l848. He was q half-brother OF
the partner.
His correspondence with his
father during that year came to
light after q Syracuse IN. "
physician, whose hobby was phil
ately, wrote the bank in the
1930s. saying he had some letters
that might interest the Riggs
family. Mr.. Carr found the letter
in the files some Is years later.
telephoned the physician and
took o train to Syracuse. There
were letters from Daniel Webster.
Henry Clay and an early tele-
gram sent on the original tele-
graph line between Washington
and Baltimore. Mr.. Carr bought
the correspondence pertaining to
the bank.
Dear Father Letter.
The article In entitled "Dear
Father" The first letter is q reply
to fathers admonitions to stop
smoking and to dine early.
Dear Father" the son wrote,
I duly reed yours Of the 5th
Inst. this morning (the letter
was dated July 7, 184s) and note
contents. I shall endeavor to
break myself of smoking by de-
grees, but find it impossible to
stop all at once. Your advice
about dining at 3 o'clock is i'm
possible to carry into effect. I
have not been able to leave the
Office for the last week till after
8 o'clock, pm. Our business is,
excessively onerous, and we feel
much the want Of a competent
man to superintend the keeping
of our accounts. Such a one
would be a great relief to me. as
our accounts are already getting
confused.
II have taken rooms in the
neighborhood of the Office, but
shall most probably leave them
at the end of the month, as I am
unable to get meals there, and
am always late for the hotel
dinners. So for the past few days
I have been obliged to get along
as best ! could.
I'm haste,
Yours truly,
E. Riggs, jr."
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Wanted: BOOkkeeper.

A letter penned four days later
described the bookkeeper wanted
"a description Of an ideal en-
ploye-with this note Of caution:
"Our office expenses are al
ready heavy and we should not
feel disposed to give a higher
salary than $1,000 or $1,500."
He added: IF you could send
me a box Of claret or sherry it
would be most acceptable. Am
obliged at present to drink cold
water. which after a hard days
work, Is rather tasteless."
Unhappy Elisha. jr., was not
destined to be confused by the
accounts of the bank long. In
1853 his father died, and he in
herited fortune. He went to
Paris. built a fine residence on
the Avenue Kleber and was one
of the founders of the American
Jockey Club of Paris. He died
In 1881 at the age of SIS.
Evening star., 1955-02-06
Symphony Day Arranged

The Washington Advertising
Club has designated It's luncheon
Tuesday at the Hotel Statler as
National Symphony Day" and
will have Howard Mitchell. dt-
rector Of the National Sym-
phony. as guest Of honor.
Evening star., 1955-03-13
Notes on Programs ond People
Broodeosers Will Listen Senator Moenuson Answers;
College Press Conference to Take Up Taxes Today

TVS Shakespeare expert will
appear at the Library of Con.
gress the evening of Monday.
March %, in a program OF
poetry reading. Ted Mack
will be back on television next
month with a Monday
through Friday afternoon show
on NBC-TV. His heroic deed
will be the replacement Of two
soap operas-"Golden VIM
dows" and "One Mans Fam
ily." His Amateur Hour is q
revival possibility, too.
Another TV-radio veteran
is coming back. Gertrude Berg,
moving THE Goldbergs" from
the Bronx to a mythical small
town, is starting a new film
series for Guild. 1t probably
will be syndicated direct to
TV stations in the fall, not
sold to a network. WTTG
will televise this years Cherry
Blossom Parade" from 9 to
10 pm. Thursday. March 81.
:. Home" the Arlene Fran
els daytime show on NBC-TV,
will be back in Washington for
a cherry blossom time visit this
year. 1t was at last years chill
festival that Miss Francis
turned blue for the color TV
cameras.
Evening star., 1955-03-13
By Margaret MeMonus
NEW. YORK.

Sure, and If you're ever after
having such a pleasant expert
ence as slunching with that
son of Boston, Ray Bolger, this
is the first thing that happens.
One of the two owners OF a
chop house on West Fifty
fourth street leaps from no
where, shakes Mr.. Bolger's
hand before he can even re-
move his brown topcoat. and
presses upon him a bottle OF
champagne-on the house.
When all hands decline, 1t
being only l o'clock in the
afternoon, the restaurateur is
crestfallen. He couldn't be
more disappointed and with
head downcast he walks away.
Since one could easily get a
broken leg in a New York
restaurant for trying to short
change a nickel on a ham
burger sandwich, the free
champagne Is q compliment Of
the highest order.
Mr.. Bolger appreciates this.
He Is touched.
"Ah it's always nice to get
back to New York" he said.
"True southern hospitality"
Raymond Wallace Bolger,
one Of the great comedians
and one Of the great dancers
Of the theater. now the star Of
his own television show, filmed
Evening star., 1955-03-13
He's Wit Even Without His Writers
Roy BoIeer, Genuine Chormer Misses the Theoter,
But Thot California Sunshine Has Won Him Over

from the Coast, was indeed
home for a brief visit.
Although he now lives in
Beverly Hills. owns a Geor-
gian Colonial house, with a
steam-heated swimming pool,
a tennis court and two orange
trees, it is esay to see that a
sizable part of his spirit haunts-
mid Manhattan - Sardi's,
where the theater people
gather to eat when the curtain
is down for another night.
Don't misunderstood me-"
he said. IT love California.
There's all that sunshine, and
my wife is from there and,
living nearby, we has seven
nieces and nephews, to whom
we are devoted. They give us
a lot of their time and the pool
is grand for them.
"Gene Kelly and some OF
the boys come over on Sum-
days and play tennis with me.
That is, I hold up a racquet,
the ball goes past me and
someone calls 15-love. but it's
grand exercise. And, as said,
there's all that sunshine"
He looked out at the chill
winters day. with rain pelt-
ing against the window panes,
and there was nostalgia in the
glance that followed a trail OF
torn paper blowing haphazard-
ly up the street.
This is my old neighbor-
hood, you know, the theater
Evening star., 1955-03-13
HiqhIiqhts

900, WTOP t9)-Adventure:
Charles Darwin's f1ve-year
voyage around the world.
$3.50, WTOP (9) - Now and
Then: The poet Words
worth.
1880, WRC a. - Watch Mr..
Wizard: Problems and
Solutions"
1890, WTTG (5)-New York
Times Youth Forum: Are
We Losing the Scientific
Manpower Battle?"
100, WMAL t0-Washington
Report: Problems of envi-
ronmental health.
1880, WMAL (D-Big Picture:
Pr tecting the Panama
Canal.
2:00, WMAL az - Celebrity
Parade: Homicide Detective
Carl Rudbeck reviews the
unsolved murder case of
Samuel L. Hoyle.
2:3O, WTOP (9) - Face the
Nation: Senator Magnuson.
2:30, WRC (4)-Youth Wants
to Know: Senator Fulbright.
$500, WRC a. - Eamon de
Valera: An informal inter-
view with the first President
and many-time Prime Min
lister of the Republic of Ire
land.
$3.50, WRC ~ - American
Forum: will the Admins
tration's Trade Bill Jeop-
ardize Our Economy" dis
cussed by Senator Gore and
Representative Simpson.
400, WTTG (5)-Be It Re-
solved: The Hawaii state
hood bill.
1880, WMAL (7) - College
Press Conference: T. Cole
man Andrews commissioner
of Internal Revenue.
4:30, WTOP t9-The Search:
Getting and keeping the
most out Of marriage.
$500, WTTG t5)-Georgetown
University Forum: why the
Furore Over Atlantic
Union?'"
$500, WRC (N-Hall of Fame:
Tribute to Edward Living
ston, who made possible the
victories Of Andrew jackson
and Jean Lafltte at New
Orleans.
$500, WMAL t7)-Super Cir
Gus: Superman visits.
$500, WTOP t9)--Omnibus:
An experimental play by the
Baylor University drama de-
partment, with Jack Demp-
sey and Martha Scott, and
discussions of the heart.
$3.50, WTTG t5)-Facts Fo-
rum: Origins Of the United
States"
$500, WRC (4)-Meet the
Press: Senator Kerr.
$3.50, WTOP (9)-You Are
There: The death sentence
Of Socrates. 800 BIC.
Evening star., 1955-03-13
On the Air
On the Air
Support for Fee N?
Maybe Home Box Office Could Provide
More Specials Like Peter Pon'
By Harry Macarthur

The proponents of fee-TV
have received some entirely
unintended support recently
from widely separated sources.
One Of these was the National
Broadcasting Co. The other
was the New York State
Supreme Court.
NBC, you can be sure, did
not have it in mind to aid sub
scription television with last
Monday nights telecast of
Peter Pan" with Mary Martin
starred. Part Of its motive,
at least, may have been Just
the opposite.
The telecast might be con-
strued, however, as an ex-
ample of what television can
do and what advertisers can't
do. It was a wonderful show,
all right. 1t ranks as one Of
the very few truly outstand-
ing programs in television's
history.
Hardly Profitable
It was less than a note
worthy commercial success for
the network, though, except in
the accrual of good will. Since
the telecast was taking the
place, of a road tour for Peter
PAN" it's producers demanded
to be paid accordingly.
Industry guesses are that
NBC paid a minimum of $780,
900 for the Peter Pan" pack
age, probably more. To this
it must have added another
100000 for exploitation and
other. expenses. What it could
get back from the two spon-
sors, Ford and RCA-Victor,
was only $150,000, according to
such an informed source as
Variety, the show business
weekly.
1t does not take a mathe-
matical wizard to see that this
could hardly add up to a profit
on the networks books. For all
of those between-the-acts COM
mercials, the Peter Pan" tele-
cast was an NBC public serv-
ice.
The network naturally can
take pride in this. The whole
television industry, in fact, can
bask in a little reflected glory.
The opponents of subscription
television can proudly point to
Peter Pan" as an example of
the truly great television which
commercial broadcasting can
provide.
Supporters of fee-TV are
likely to look at it in another
way. Peter Pan" was a heady
draught but it has been a long
time between drinks. 1t was
probably the best entertain
ment passed along by televi-
sion since that mammoth Ford
anniversary show q few years
back. And that one was the
best TV 4 entertainment ever
done up to that time. Peter
Pan" also was the first
legitimate theater production
brought intact from a Broad
way run to the Nations living
rooms.
Commercial television can
afford to give us these special
events, but, judging by the
evidence, not very often. OBJ
viously, a network cannot
Evening star., 1955-03-13
and drawing the shades,

and drawing the shades
There's a lot of Gene Autry
in WTTG's life right now, if
the small fry around your
domicile haven't already dis
covered it. Gene Autry Time"
now is seen Monday through
Friday from 4 to 5 pm. on
Channel S. The studio audience
at this afternoon caper has
been put in charge of Cindy
Lou, who used to be a weather
girl, which means WTTG had
to get a new lass to play high
low-front-and-t -the-rain. She's
Bobbie Dunn, on nightly at
6:35 and Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at 11:10.
T Coleman Andrews, Com
missioner of Internal Revenue,
will pass along income tax in
formation to that alert panel
on college Press Conference"
today (WMAL-TV, 4:30 p.m0.
In fact, it is expected that the
student quizzers will get such
vital information out of him
that arrangements already
have been made for kinescope
recordings of the program.
These will be distributed by
the Internal Revenue Bureaus
Ga district Offices to all TV
stations requesting them.
DR.. Frank C. Baxter, CBS-
Evening star., 1955-03-13

Whoever else is watching
"Face the Nation" today, you
can be sure that a great many
in the broadcasting trade will
be attentive. The interviewee
will be Senator Warren
Magnuson, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce.
One of the things his COM
mittee is actively interested in
is the operation of radio and
telivision networks in the
United States and the broad
casters naturally, are vitality
interested in this interest,
This may be the best oppor-
tunity yet for them to learn
something of Senator Magnu-
sons feelings on radio-TV
matters. To make sure that
the right questions get asked
about these affairs. one chair
on the interviewing panel will
be filled by Sol Taishoff. Mr..
Taishof is a keen observer Of
the broadcast field as editor
and publisher of Broadcast,ng-
Telecasting Magazine and a
firm defender of the network
faith.
Today it will even be safe
for NBC vice presidents to
tune to CBS-TV at 2::30 pm.
without first barring the door
Evening star., 1955-03-13

make it a regular practice Of
giving us shows which cost
more for production alone
than sponsors can pay for pro-
duction and air time. Just as
obviously, we might get more
frequent equally outstanding
programs by giving the televi-
sion set a built-in box Office.
The New York Supreme
Courts contribution to the
fee-TV argument, though sub
scription television was in no.
way involved, was an injunc-
ton against a man named
Martin Fass. The complaint
against him was brought by
the National Exhibition Co.,
which owns the New York
Giants.
Mr.. Fass allegedly had used
broadcasts of Giants games in
1853 and 1854 to prepare play
by-play accounts by which
out-of-town radio stations
could recreate the games. The
courts opinion was that the
plaintiff, through its original
broadcasts, did not intend to
abandon its property rights in
news of the games"
No LeeoI Grievance
Mr.. Fass' attorney said he
would appeal, but whatever
the outcome this points up
one inescapable fact Of broad
casting life. A man who stages
a circus has the law on his
side when he takes steps to
prevent any sneaking under
the tent.
When you complain about
the NCAA football television
schedule, or grouse about the
TV blackout of a big prize
fight, you have done just about
all you can do. It's a free
country and you have a right
to complain. A legitimate
grievance you do not have,
however.
A sporting event is big busi-
ness. If a sports promoter
could put a box Office in your
living room, he'd be happy to
do business with you. He
might even try to give you
something for your money, so
that you would kick in the
next time he came around.