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The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
Xmas Holiday
Dispute Aired
In Sharon

Continued from Page u
ing she spoke as a Jew, said
that many Jews wanted to
see Christmas trees in pub
lie schools. Manuel KatZ, a
Sharon Selectman, differed
strongly, offering a lengthy
statement on the American
principle of church-state sep
aration which he said ap-
piled to the situation in Shar-
on, a community of 1900.
James Leonard urged those
present to respect the views
of others under the glare
of television," a reference to
the fact that the dispute at
tracted the interest of ma
tional networks who covered
the meeting. He recalled that
Jews and Christians had al
ways worked in harmony in
Sharon and urged all persons
present to reject appeals to
prejudice.
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
3-Yeor Term
Is Given To
Shturkes

JERUSALEM (JTA)-Sha-
lom Shtarkes was sentenced
in Jerusalem District Court
to three years imprisonment
for KIDNAPPING his nephew,
Yossele Schumacher, and to
two years for perjury in con-
nection with the case. The
sentences, which will run
concurrently, will be reck-
oned from August 1861, when
Shtarkes was first jailed in
London on an eXtradition re-
quest by the Israeli Govern
ment. The sentences are sub
ject to appeal.
The sentences were hand
ed down by the three-man
court which included Binyam-
in Halevi, president of the
Jerusalem District Court;
and District Court justices
Aaron Eden and Moshe Co
hen.
Yossele, whose disappear
ance for two years stirred a
search for him on three con-
tinents, was finally found by
United States Secret Service
men in the home of a Brook
lyn rabbi last summer. Shtar-
kes, who went to England
after Yossele disappeared,
was extradited by Israel after
lengthy legal proceedings
during which he remained in
a London prison.
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
Israeli Pupils
Waive Sweets
For Guns

JERUSALEM-(SpeciaD
The Jerusalem Post re-
ports that Prime Minister
Ben-Gurion received the
following letter and a pos
tai order for 63.08 Israel
pounds this week from the
pupils of a sixth grade
class in Ramat Gan:
"Our teacher has told us
bout the threatening
world situation, and the
special difficulties of our
own land. We have been
told that our neighbors
have bought new weapons
from those who wish us a
harm and that we too need
a great deal Of money to
keep the peace on our bor-
ders. So we have decided
to give up sweets and Gin
ema visits for the next two
months and send you all
our pocket money to help
buy weapons. to defend U.S."
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
PLIGHT Of The Refugee
By IRVING r. DICKMAN
and Sophie LennOX

PARIS - (SpeciaD - The
room is six feet by eight feet.
A day-bed occupies most of
the floor space. Valises, blan-
kets, clothing and even pots
and pans are piled neatly on
the floor. There is a tiny al
cove with a cold water sink.
On the floor in front of it
is a tWo-burner electric stove.
The only light comes from a
dormer window, and the tap
ering wall on that side of
the room makes it impossible
to stand erect there.
Eight people live in this
room - Victor Levy, his wife
and six children, aged four to
18. Ask Victor how eight peo-
pie manage to sleep in this
tiny space and he answers
angrily:
1--WE don't. The little ones
have the bed and the rest of
us - all night we sit with
our backs to the wall"
Victor arrived in Paris
from Tunisia nine months
ago. While he was alone, the
attic room was big enough.
Even climbing seven flights
of stairs after a long days
work was no great hardship.
But three weeks ago the rest
of the family found it i'm.
possible to stay on in Tunis.
AS a result of changing at
titudes towards Jews, Michel
18, and Robert, 16, had both
lost their jobs. With the help
of the United HAS Service
they received ship tickets to
Marseilles, and train tickets
on to Paris. While they were
in Marseilles they also re
ceived money for meals from
the Fonds Social Juif Unifie
the French Jewish welfare
agency which receives a ma
ior part of it's funds from the
Joint Distribution Comml
ttee. (Both JDC and UHS are
beneficiarieS of the United
Jewish AppealO
With the country's econ
omy currently at a high level
| Jobs are not a primary prob
lem. But the problem o.
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11

illegal financial operations,
and three others with cor
ruption and handling stolen
property" the dispatch re-
ported.
In one of the cases, illegal
financial operations were al
legedly committed in Khar-
kov, involving 100000 ru-
bles and large quantities OF
gold, platinum, diamonds,
watches and other precious
objects" In the second case,
the charges alleged, five di-
rectors of a manufacturing
plant at Ivano Frankovsk
had produced extra merchan-
disc, valued at more than D.
100000 rubleS, selling the
stuff in the black market
through assistants.
Jewish circles here today
took a very grave view OF
these latest mass persecu-
cutions of Jews, seeing in the
trials ano t h r instance in
which Soviet authorities have
made Jews the scapegoats
for the regimes financial diff
ficultieS.
In Washington, National
Commander Morton London,
of the Jewish War Veterans
of the U.S.A., today made
known his organization feels
that not enough is being done
in the United States to chal-
lenge rising Soviet action
against Jews. He called for
a vigorous campaign coin
Gliding with the opening OF
the new session of Congress.
Mr.. London said the JWV
was planning a campaign
gainst new anti-Semitic
manifestations in R u S S a
Through all available
means"
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
Plight Of The Refugee
In A Room Six By Eight

level. On the one narrow bed,
all four children sleep cross
wise. There is folding bed
for the parents. There is no
closet or cupboard-clOthing
is hung on bare hooks
around the wall. There is a
tWo-burner electric stove,
and on the sill of the tiny
window there is a half-used
package of butter. The door
is kept open day and night
to provide light and air.
What is perhaps most incred-
ible about the room is its
cleanliness, the lack of odors
or flies. Several times daily,
Mrs. Nahoum, who is about
80, washes down the floor
and-Since it is below ground
level-sponges up the extra
water.
Nahoum had no trouble
finding work as a truck me-
chanic. Beca use he is a
French citizen, he is on the
waiting list for a government
housing project. This has not
yet produced an apartment
for him, however.
The next doorway reveals
an identical room-the same
siZe-in which another fam
lily of six lives. For a year
this has been home for Mr..
and Mrs. Marcel AinouZ,
their three children and Mrs.
Ainouz's brother. Living here
has not yet destroyed their
spirit-their dignity and de-
termination shows in the
neatly painted walls, in the
pictures and trinkets used
as decorations, in the hand
made kitchen shelves.
To get this room, Ainouz
had to pay NF 1900 ($26O)
key-money.
The Sroussi family, across
the alley, have a room almost
luxurious by comparison -
and had to pay eXorbitantly
for it. For a room twelve by
fifteen feet, one month ago
they paid NF 5000 ($60O)
key-money. The Sroussis and
their two children had been
living for eight months in a
tiny tWo-room flat.
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11

housing, already difficult,
has been greatly aggravated
by the rapid influx from AL
geria.
Victor Levy has been work
ing steadily as an automobile
painter. Within a week after
his family arrived from Tu-
niSia, he had found a two
room apartment. The rent
was reasonable. But as key
money-an amount not out
of line in the Paris area to-
day-the landlord demanded
5000 New Francs - about
$1,000. So desperate were the
LevyS that if Victor had had
the 5000 francs, he would
have paid it over on the spot.
But on a wage of little more
than 125 francs a week -
about S25 - the figure was
astronomical.
The Levys' room is in a
well-kept building on the Rue
de Maubeuge, a middle-class
section of Paris. No one
really knows how many
other Jewish refugee fami-
lies are hidden away in eel
lar and attic cubbyholes, not
only in Paris, but in other
French cities.
But go to the BelleVille sec
ton of Paris-a poorer neigh
borhood to which thousands
of North African refugees
have gravitated - and the
substandard housing is readi
ly visible. Turn off the wide
Avenue de Belleville into the
Rue Denoyez, a narrow stree
with a kosher butcher shoI
at the end. Turn into an ever
narrower alley without {
name, and an open doorway
will reveal this:
A room eight feet square
in which the Nahoum fan
ily-father, mother and foul
children from six to twelve
have been living for foul
months. For the first five
months after coming from
Tunisia, they lived with Ma
houm's married sister, but
they say, THAT was ever
more crowded"
The bare cement floor il
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
Tucson Show
Will Feature
TuIIuIuh

Tallulah Bankhead, star of
stage, screen and television,
will appear in the comedy,
Here Today" at Tucson's
Temple of Music and Art.
Miss Bankhead will appear
here Jan. 1883. A matinee
is scheduled for 2::30 pm. on
Jan. 19. Tickets are now on
sale at the Temple of Music
box office.
The fabulous "Tallulah"
needs no introduction to thea
ter-goers, or for that matter,
to movie-goers or TV fans.
A worldwide personality, she
was born in Alabama and
made her stage debut at the
Bijou Theater in New York
at the age of fifteen. Since
then she has starred in more
than a hundred plays on
Broadway and in London, in
Guiding Private Lives" "The
Little Foxes" Foolish No
tion," "The Skin of Our
Teeth" Antony and Cleo
patra," and Ozark Victory" d"
to mention a few.
Her most famous movie
was 'Lifeboat" which is still
shown often on TV, and Miss
Bankhead's televiSion appear
ances have been numerous,
including her own hour-long
show for two years.
This is the first production
of a series to be brought here
by Richard Charlton, owner,
producer of the famous Som
brero Playhouse in Phoenix
Tho ToxxyicI1 0OYooroIIYoitxy n
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
Wins Hebrew Award

NEW YORK (JTA) - DR..
Jacob K. MiklisZanski, a
member of the faculty of
the Boston Hebrew Teachers
College, was awarded the
Morris B. Newman Founda-
ton Prize for American He
brew literature by the Ameri-
can Hebrew Academy, an or
ganization sponsored by the
Histadruth Ivrith of Ameri-
ca.
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
Nine More Jews
In Soviet Get
Death Penalty

PARIS (JTA)-Nne Jews sentenced to death and
others given long prison terms in two separate mass
trials in the Ukraine all charged with economic crimes
according to press dispatches from received here
Six of the Jews sentenced to death charged with
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11
BIB JUnioreffeS

The B'nai Birth Junior
cites will meet Jan. 21 at
7:3O pm. at the Center.
The Arizona post., 1963-01-11

The Jewish community of
Sweden dates back to IT'S.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
7 New Faculty
Appointments
At Longwood

Fred 0. Wygal, acting presi-
dent of Longwood College an
nounced the appointment of
seven new faculty members for
the fall of 1868.
They are as follows. John M
Austin, Theodore I. Beck
George R Chavatel. Clyde c.
Clements, Jr., Marshall Hall
DR.. Johannes PASTOR and Earl
A. Rubley.
John Austin, department of
Natural Sciences. received his
B. S. from LongWood College
and M Ed. from the University
of Virginia. Austin is currently
teaching at Prince Edward
Academy.
Theodore T. Beck, department
of Foreign Languages. received
his A. b from Colgate Uni
versity, M A. from the Uni
verSlty of Georgia and Phi. D.
from Louisiana State University
He is currently a member of the
faculty at Centenary College,
Shreveport, La.
George R. ChaVatel. depart
ment of Art received his B. F.. A.
from Richmond Professional In
stitute He is taking work lead
ing to the M +. A. at the Uni
yerslty of Georgia.
Clyde c. Clements, il, de
partment of English, received
his B. A. from Westminster Col
lege, New Wilmington, Pa.
NJ. A. from Bowling Green State
University and at the present
time. he IS working on the doc
tors degree at Tulane Uni
versity He is currently serving
as graduate assistant at Tu.
lane.
l.. Marshall Hall. III. depart
Continued on page n
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
Ruritan Speaker Says:
u. S. Farmers Face Tough
Competition In Europe

The United States has a tough
competitor in the Europe
Common Market. Dr.. Gene Nc
Murtry. agricultural economist
of VPI, told members of the
Prince Edward Ruritan Club
Tuesday night. DR.. McMurtly
recently visited European coun-
tries with special reference to
agricultural conditions.
Italy. France and West Ger
many are making rapid progress
in production and marketing of
agricultural products. The Com
mon Market embraces nine mil
lion farms as compared with
seven million In the United
States. but the average acreage
is much smaller than American
farms. Farming methods are
improving as modern machinery
replaces antiquated machinery
Farmers are industrious, and
the cities have a hustle and
hustle much like A m ri lie a II
cities; however, lower | a b 0 +
rates. and the tariff wall being
raised against imports give To-
cal producers a price advantage
which is difficult to overcome.
Virginia Poultry Losses
Virginia poultry has been the
most widely publlclzed case Of
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
$744,721 Low Bid
On Two Schools
For Cumberland

CUMBERLAND, March 7 -
Low bid Of $744, 72l for the con-
structlon Of two new school
buildings in Cumberland We s
submitted by Burgess Construc-
ton Co., of Richmond. The bids
were opened Tuesday III the Of
flee Of f. Armstrong Smith. di-
vision superintendent.
Two Farmville firms, Andrews
Large and Whidden, and Motley
Construction Company were
among those bidding on the new
buildings.
I'VE expect to award the con-
tract within the next 30 days,
Smith commented this morning
He added that the school board
is examining all phases Of the
construction. and with the help
of the architect, hopes to reduce
the final cost of the building.
Smith indicated that he is
pleased with the bid. AS he
ratified off some of the space
requirements, such as two gym
naSlumS, two cafeteriaS, Il
claSSroOmS at Luther P. Jack
son. IA clasSrooms at Cumber-
land, ETC., it is readily seen why
he is pleased with the low bid.
A loan of 100000 has been
approved from the Sta t g
Literary Fund. The county also
has $5l,551 in Battle Fund"
money on hand for its school
building program, left over from
special school fund set up by
former governor John S. Battle.
The people of Cumberland, in
1859, approved a one dollar tax
increase to help finance tn &
school construction program
This levy has produced an es-
timated $4,000 or more which
is in the county general fund,
and can be made available by
the board Of supervisors.
The two new buildings will in
clude one next to Lut h e ID P.
Jackson High School, which will
allow the consolidation of all the
colored elementary schools in
the county This new building
Will include q classrooms, plus
reading room, cafeteria and
gymnasium.
The other building Will be con-
structed near Cumberland High
School and VIII allow the con
solidation Of the white elemcn-
taly schools in the county. 1t
VIII include IA claSsrooms. read
ing room cafeteria and gym
naSlunl.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
Buckingham Asks
Closed Season
On Turkeys

The Buckingham board of sup
erVlsors passed resolution at
its regular meeting Monday,
March 4 opposing a spring COB
bler season.
The resolution reads as fol
lows: We, the board of super
yisorS. having noted in the press
that the Virginia Game Com
mission proposes an open COB
bier season for the county Of
Buckingham, for one week dur
ing the month of April. 1868
without the knowledge of t h G
landowners. Ii is the belief Of
this board that the vast ma
jollty Of the landowners an d
sportSmen IN this county are
opposed TO this action and would
approve the closing of the tur-
key season III this county for a
period Of two years III order
that the turkey population
might have an opportunity to
regain its normal position
Therefore, be it resolved
that the commission of Game
and Inland Fisheries is hereby
requested to exclude Bucking-
ham County from an open
Spring Gobbler Season and give
serious consideration TO the clos
ing of the turkey season for Buck
ingham for a period of two
wears
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
2.34 Inches Rain
In FarmyiIle
Last Six Days

A total Of Pa inches Of rain
fell in Farmville during the first
six days of March over half
the total average rainfall for the
entire month, according to John
D. Wilson, of WFLO, official
weather observer.
The biggest portion Of the pa
inches fell on Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning. measuring
1877 inches. Along with Wednes-
days rain came an aftermath
of wind Wilson said that, unof-
flcially. gusts were measured UP
TO % miles per hour around ,
pm. Wednesday.
Temperatures for the first
seven days of the month have
measured Slightly above nor
NAL. following the month Of Feb
iuary when the temperature was
some eight degrees below nor
NAL.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
kcysyille Bond
Issue, April 2

KEYSVILLE. March 7 A
referendum for $500 900 bond
issue Will be held Tuesday, April
z. IL The town. Mayor H. H.
Hammer, Jr., has announced.
This date was set by mem
herS Of the town council at their
IN on til ~ meeting, Monday
March 4 and it was pointed out
that Only qualified voters of the
town would be allowed to cast
ballots IN the election.
This money would be used for
the construction of a filtration
plant enabling the town to OBJ
tain its water supply from Lake
70-A of the Roanoke Cree k
Watershed. Located a mile west
Of the town on Route 40. this
lake can supply up to 1000. 900
gallons per day for the towns
use.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08

agricultural discrimination by
the European Common Market.
Nearly 80 per cent of Virginia
poultry production during fiscal
1862 was exported the major
portion of which went to the
Common Market. Through a Sc
RES OF levies much of that mar
ket has been lost to our Vir-
glnla producers These arbitrary
actions are clearly in violation
OF our rights. The Importance of
the poultry controversy, accord
ing to Dr. McMurtry, is that if
| the U. S. fails to take a strong
stand On this issue, little chance
may exist for other agricultural
commodities W here violations
are less we'll defined. West Ger
many has requested a lowering
Of the poultry levies; however,
France and the Netherlands con-
tinue to block any move in this
direction
Tobacco Competitive
Western Europe has tradition
ally been the best market for
our flue-cured tobacco. Com
sumption had increased in these
countries by more than five per
cent in the last several years.
The U. S. has not shared in the
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
Two Seek Madison District Seat
Cumberland Board OF Supervisors

and retired businessman. an
nounced this week that he VIII
be a candidate as Madison dis
trlct supervisor.
Fleming is service officer and
past Post Commander of t. G
Cumberland P os 800, The
American Legion He is treas
Ter of the Cumberland Masonic
Lodge. treasurer of Cumberland
Ruritan Club, treasurer Of the
Cumberland Rescue Squad q
member of the volunteer fire
department and representative
Of Boy Scout Troop 5l2.
Fleming is also a member of
the executive GARD Of the
Cumberland Athletic AsSocia-
ton, member of the Farm Bu-
reau, a vestryman at st. James
Episcopal Church and co-chair-
man Of the Cumberland r { d
Cross chapter.
MIR. and Mrs, Fleming live ut
their country bona, Goshen. "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08
Community Chest Report
Shows Record $2O,Ol5.99
Deficit Means
Each Agency
Cut 5 Per Cent

c. H. Goodwin, Jr.. president
of the Prince Edward County
Community Chest reported Tues
day night at the Chests annual
meeting that more money had
been raised here by the Com
munlty Chest during 1862 than
had ever been raised before
The goal for the 1928 drive
was S2l .691 90. A total of $40
015.99 was collected.
The deficit of Sl,675.0l Will
not be met. The agencies will
be paid proportionally each re-
ceiving 80 per cent Of the
amount promised them. Hereto
fore, the deficit has been met
by using the Community Chest S
reserve accounts.
Goodwin said that the two
G en- e S that would be
hardest hit by the cut in allot-
ments would be Southside Com
munity Hospital. and the Ameri-
can Red Cross. He said, how
ever. that the hospital would be
able to make up for this cut in
some way. bu. the Red Cross
must have the full a m un
promised them in order to carry
on their programs. This will
probably necesSitate small
campaign of some sort, or adj
ditional contributions from in
dividuals.
The most important Red Cross
program is, of course, the Blood
Bank program. So far, this pro-
gram has been very successful
in the area, having gone one
pint over the $50 pint quota. OF
the ten programs which h c
American Red Cross offers, the
Prince Edward Chapter has six
Boy Scouts
Freeman Jones reported that
the PoWhatan Arrow District Of
the Boy Scouts of America now
has in operation ten units com
posed of 1875 boys. The goal Of
the Scouts is to have IA units
and 29O boys.
Jones said that much of the
trouble in the area scouting ac-
tlvities has been due to t h {
fact that until recently the area
has been without a full tt m {
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-03-08

John Mitchell, manager of the
Farmville plant, said the new
building has been wired for Is
machines. This Will allow &c
more machines to be put into
operation as soon as conditions
permit the expansion. In adj
dlhon to the as sewing machine
operators now at work in the
Farmville Dress Company. there
are II floor operators and three
men who keep the fashion
dresses moving. coordlnating the
work. etc.
The interior of the old Skat-
ing rink has taken on a new
look, but company president
Leonard E. Anderson points out
many things vet to be complet-
ed. One of the major improve
mentS has been the addition of
large central heating furnace.
and row upon row of lights and
electrical outlets for the sewing
machines. Rest room facilities
were another big item in the
improvements to the property
Anderson also has plans for
expansion. but not until t h i S
phase Of the program is operat-
ing smoothly.
Anderson purchased the 60 by
100 building with some three
acres of land from Mr.. and Mrs.
E. H. PoSton i'll January. 1t is
located on the top of the hill
behind Cedarhrook Restaurant
The garment plant contracts
dresses for Max Slegel Company
in Newark, ~ j.
Anderson purchased the Farm
vile Dress Company III 1850 and
soon expanded the operation TO
include all three floors Of the
Taylor Building on the corner
of North and Third streets. With
his new plant layout he h S
more space than he did in the
downtown location. plus the ad-
vantages Of having it all on one
floor. plenty Of parking space,
room for expansion. unloading
and loading facilities. etc.
No Use has been announced at
the present time for the Taylor
Building.