The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, July 19, 1929, Image 17

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I The Southern Israelite Page 17 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. 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