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The Southern Israelite
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DR JULIUS GOLDSTEIN, profes-
of philosophy at the Darmstadt
Hochschule died in Berlin. Besides be-
; r an outstanding authority on eth-
Dr. Goldstein took an active part
'ITJewish activities, being a leader
■ n t |ie B’nai movement. He was a
publisher of the Journal, Morgen,
which had for its purpose, combating
anti-Semitism along scientific lines.
SAMUEL WALLACE head of Wal-
lach Bros. Clothing, died in New York
m his 08th year. Born on the East
Side, he went to work as an errand
buy at the age of 13. Later he went
into business for himself, starting
with a hat shop on the Bowery, which
expanded into a chain of stores, Wal-
lach Bros.
COL. HERBERT H. LEHMANN,
Lieutenant-Governor of the State of
New York, was honored by Williams
Cnllege, his Alma Mater, in the cita
tion for the honorary degree of Dr.
,,f Law. Prof. Doughty who conferred
I the degree, stated that Lieut.-Governor
I Lehmann had honored his Alma Mater
I as she now honored him.
GKO. M. LI PM AN of San Francis-
was elected President of the Dis
trict Grand Lodge No. 14, Independent
Order of B’nai B’rith, at its annual
Convention held in Oakland, Calif, to
succeed Rabbi Edgar Magnin. In reso
lutions adopted, the Grand Lodge en
dorsed the work of the Anti-defama
tion League of the Order, pledging
greater help toward it. Co-operation
>f the order in religious school work
and holiday ceremony was also of-
!fered.
•BcS. PKAO, English Jewish Leader,
I died in London, at the age of 70. He
I was one of the early pioneers in the
| Zionist movement and played a lead
ing role in the recent English Jewish
1 onference on the extension of the
I Jewish Agency and was appointed a
member of the Committee on Pales
tine of the Board of Jewish Deputies.
Mr. Prag held many communal of-
Jces and was a frequent contributor
many journals on the question of
Palestine colonization.
MR. AND MRS. MURRAY GUG-
ILENHEIM plan to establish free den
ial clinics for the children of greater
L N ' ew ^ or k, the first to be established
n Manhattan at a cost of between 3
[million and 4 million dollars. The clin-
> are to be non-sectarian and their
l^mplete program is to be developed
while the first clinic is being con-
p ructed. Julius Rosenwald is also con-
| m Plating a dental clinic in Chicago
I resembling that established in Roches
ter by Geo. Eastman. This became
Known following a visit by Mr. Rosen-
paid to the clinic, but details of the
Plan are still indefinite.
COMMANDER BYRD named t
Lf 10 station at Little America, Anai
rf C te J -Adolph S. Ochs, publish
d, . e ^ ew York Times. Command
«.:iT ^ ^at Mr. Ochs had made p<
the Xort h and South Pole Exj
L as We H as other imports
ther *•' Utl ° nS to discovery a
thi ! 6 as soon as Possible he nam
‘ ution, the southern most c
• ' • ral hundred miles, the Adol
0chs Radio Station.
SIR PHILIP SASSOON under Sec
retary of the State for Air in the
Balkan Cabinet, was among the re
tiring government members to receive
honor. Sir Philip was included by the
outgoing cabinet for loyal support
submitted to the King by the new
government and a Privy councilorship
was conferred upon him.
DR. MAX PLANCK at a meeting of
the Physics Society in Berlin in cele
bration of the 40th anniversary of
Dr. Planck’s scientific work, empha
sized Prof. Albert Einstein’s influence
on the evolution of the Quantum theo
ries of which Dr. Planck is the au
thor.
ADOLPH OCHS increased his gift to
the Hebrew Union College to $500,000.
The passing of the 4 million dollars
mark by July assured the gift of $500,-
000 by Julius Rosenwald. Four indi
vidual half million dollar contribu
tions have been received from Mr.
Rosenwald, the Guggenheim family,
the Schiff & Wahlberg family, and
Mr. and Mrs. Ochs, all of New York
City.
OTTO H. KAHN will visit Palestine
shortly to support the Palestine Opera
Company if he finds it satisfactory.
M. Goliankin head of the Palestine
Opera Company has just returned
from a visit to the United States
where a committee was formed to un
dertake to raise $10,000 annually and
advance to the company a part of the
sum.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN will visit Pal
estine in August. The famous come
dian is now on a tour of the Balkans
and Turkey, and is expected to visit
Syria and Palestine.
BERNARD BARON, English Jew
ish philanthropist will be made a peer
for his services to his Labor Party,
it is rumored in well informed circles.
Mr. Baron will be honored both for
his services to the present government
party, and for his large contribution
to charity and the sums he has distrib
uted among his employees in his to
bacco factory.
EDGAR J. NATHAN, New York
Attorney, member of the law firm of
Cordczo & Nathan died in his 69th
year. He was a descendant of Benj.
Seixas, one of the founders of the
New York Stock Exchange in 1796,
and his grandfather Seixas Nathan
was one of the signers of its consti
tution in 1870. Mr. Nathan has been
a partner of New York’s Supreme
Court Justice, Benj. Cordozo, since
1894, and he was a trustee and vice-
president of the Jewish Social Ser
vice Asso. and a director of the Amer
ican Exchange-Pacific National Bank.
The late DR. BENEDICT WEISS-
MAN rendered a scholarship fund for
financial assistance to poor and wor
thy students in the Medical School
of the Hebrew University in Jerusa
lem without distinction of sex, race, or
creed. The foundation has been incor
porated under the name, Benedict
Weissman Foundation Incorporated
It was stated that the estate would
have available for this purpose a sum
oF between a hundred thousand and s
hundred and fifty thousand dollars
after the provisions of the will are
complied with.
JULIUS ROSENWALD made a gift
of $325,000 to Wellesley College on
the condition that an equal amount
be raised. This sum has now been met
in the semi-centennial fund campaign.
An endowment of $10,000 for art
training courses was given by Mrs.
Felix M. Walberg, $5,000 by Sidney
Borg.
MAX WALBERG Hamburg banker
and brother of Felix Walberg, has ex
tended financial aid to the Habima
Troupe Players in Jerusalem who are
now preparing to leave for an ex
tended European trip. This assistance
to the Troupe came following an in
vestigation by the Palestine Zionist
Executive into the financial standing
and prospects of the Habima Troupe
Players.
FRANZ M. PHILIPPSON, banker
and philanthropist, President of the
Jewish Colonization Association, died
suddenly in Paris in his 78th year.
He had come from Brussells, Belgium
to participate in the meeting of the
Association. He founded the banking
house in Brussells which has taken
part in most of the municipal loans
and commercial enterprises in Bel
gium, Italy, Brazil, and other coun
tries.
PROF. ERNST CASSERER, phi
losopher and interpreter of philo
sophic aspects, of Prof. Albert Ein
stein’s theory, was named Rector of
the University of Hamburg. He is the
first University Jewish Rector in Ger
many.
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