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The Southern Israelite Page 25 \ Comprehensive Review Of a Year of Jewish History— (Continued from Pape 23) minted to political office merely be- they a re Jews. But distribution Apolitical patronage by proups and nationalities has always been a char- acteristic of American politics, and it < equally absurd for Jews not to ex pect patronage because of their Jew- Xho last state contests provided an unusual scene in New York, where Al- v t Ottinper was nominated for Gov- ,r by the Republicans and Herbert Lehman for Lieutenant Governor by •h,> Democrats. Lehman, one of the [( , st respected fipures in American Jewry and an outstandinp philanthro pist, received a preater personal vote •han any other candidate, national or , {a te. (ither interesting political oc- • urrences were: the re-election of Mr- Florence P. Kahn to Conpress , MrKahn is becominp a popular h^ure even nationally); the election f Gilbert Rettman as Attorney Gen- ,. ra ] f,, r Ohio; the re-election for a f,,u r th term .>f Sol Levitan as State Treasurer of Wisconsin, and the elec tion of Fa 1 par C. Levey as Speaker of the California State Assembly. In speaking of honor accorded to Jews it mipht be appropriate to men tion the choice of Ben Selling as first citizen” of Portland. Ore. Mr. S.-lling has distinguished himself both :n the Jewish community and in the city at large. Another important h mnr came to Ernest Block, now of San Francisco, who was awarded the irst prize in the national music con- test conducted by “Musical America” for his symphony, “America.” Inci dentally, Julius Rosewald received the Zeta Beta Tau award of the Got- theil medal as the Jew who perform ed the greatest service to American bwry during the past year. S. 0. Levinson of Chicago was first sug- ted for the Nobel Peace Prize by ■ he Manchester Guardian. Others ha.»• since taken up this suggestion r ° honor the Jew who coined the phra-e “outlawry of war” and whose Lots are greatly responsible for the parsing of the Kellogg Pact for the Ou’lawry of War. Firing the past year American "ry suffered the loss of a number ■f its most valued members who had a hicvi-d international repute in their arious fields. Probably the death '• Kabhi Max Heller of New Orleans the greatest blow to the Jewish munity as such. His international h mind, his concern with all Jew- h problems, his wide influence and s great scholarship made him one the most important figures Amer ican Jewry had produced. Others who passed away during " V were Emile Berliner, the inven- ° r ’ ' ' ctor Berger, the political amr; Boris D. Bogen, the social porker; Emil Fuchs, the sculptor; _r. Joseph Goldberger, the scientist; 'hie Irene Loeb, child welfare .*acer; Felix Fuld, Newark philan- 't; Leon Falk, Pittsburgh phil- ropist; Adolph Kraus, for twen- years International President of n/v,? 1 l nt ^’ Leon Kamaiky, former Publisher of the New York Jewish , , y Xews ; Meyer Bloch, Chief of the Orphans’ Court of Balti- and Alfred W. Fleisher, Phila- • e ‘Pnia philanthropist. PALESTINE Perhaps it is not unjustified to say that the land which attracted great est Jewish attention during the past year was Palestine. As the center of negotiations on the Jewish Agency it was subjected to a scrutiny such as was given no other country. For tunately Palestine stood up under the test. Overwhelmed for a time by an economic crisis, Palestine emerged from it with stability. Having a Jewish population of approximately 160,000 Palestine is gradually, due to Jewish initiative, becoming an impor tant factor in the economic and indus trial life of the Near East. Although greatest attention is given to agri culture and though most hope for the Jewish future in Palestine is placed in agriculture, there was nevertheless considerable development during the past year in other fields. In addi tion to a splendid orange crop Pales tine exported candies, cement, soap, objets d’art and books. The extent of Palestine progress was indicated at the Palestine and Near East exhibition held at Tel Aviv in April, when every conceivable ob ject, from radios and automobiles to cattle and flowers, was displayed. The prospects opened up by the prog ress made on the Rutenherg electri fication scheme and the imminent ex ploitation of the Dead Sea mineral de posits by Moses Novomeisky and his associates indicate that agriculture may not be the chief means of sub sistence of the Jewish population. As to the actual prospects of an increas ing Jewish settlement, Dr. Arthur Ruppin, outstanding Zionist statisti cian and agricultural expert, stated at the Zurich Zionist Congress that he felt that 1,000,000 Jews could be har bored in Palestine within the next thirty years if the necessary means were supplied. This figure is based on 250,000 families. Unusual progress was made at the Hebrew University during the past year, where the Wattenberg Mathe matics Institute and the Wolffsohn Memorial Library were opened. How ever, the University has not as yet become a dominating undergraduate (Continued on Page 26) THE YEAR IN SPORTS (Continued from Page 24) with the Seattle, ice hockey team. Sid ney Franklin, became the best known bull fighter in the world and the first Jewish toreodor of modern times. Schwartz of Northwestern University won two national swimming titles. Eddie Wineapple, a Jewish student at the Catholic College of Providence pitched a no hit game. The City Col lege of New York had an all Jewish football team and an equally Jewish basketball team. A Jew played foot ball on the Notre Dame team-Hor- wutz. And so ends another year of sport among the Jews of America. They met their gentile brothers on every athletic field and were not found wanting either in talent or sports manship. They have played the game, —to win but played it squarely, fair ly and like the sportsmen they are and after all isn’t that all that counts. “The Step-a-long" At Whitehall, Cor. Alabama or 172 Peachtree Street B EAUTIFUL new custom-designed mod els—advanced degrees of quality— every pair fashioned with those high, snug- fitting arches—are but three of the many new features of Chandler’s Exquisite Fall Shoes AAA TO C Dull Kid with Puteut Strip ping or reverse -Brown Kid with Self-Stripping- Moire 8dtln with Black Satin Stripping. ATLANTA HOTEL /,. 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