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Page 10 The Southern Israelite For Spring Style— leave it to us and Hart Schaffner & Marx We’ll take care of the fit; and we promise you unusual values. $ 35 to $75 ZACHRY 87 Peachtree Street S. & W. Cafeterias ATLANTA CHARLOTTE RALEIGH ASHEVILLE KNOXVILLE ROANOKE Over Three Million Meals Per Year National News Jewish Fraternity Wins Honor Raleigh, N. C.—The Theta Phi Fra ternity, a Jewish organization at North Carolina State College, was awarded the scholarship cup at the Scholarship Day exercises held re cently, for making the highest aver age scholastically of all the fraterni ties in the college. The surprising feature of the fraternity is that it won the Scholarship Cup in the first year of its existence. Its members are, Hyman Shachtman, Greensboro, N. C.; I. S. Klieger, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Leroy P. London, Baltimore, Mary land; Stanley L. Seligson, Raleigh, N. C.; Paul J. Seligson, Raleigh, N. C.; Louis L. Belgrade, New London, Conn.; Dan S. Epstein, Portland, Maine; and Frank M. Kline, Raleigh, N. C. College, New York University, the Union Theological Seminary and other colleges. A joint letter from the or ganizations to the President of C C N. Y. describes the suspension as a “flagrant violation of the principles of academic freedom.” $200,000 Prizes in Guggen heim Awards New York, N. Y.—More than $200,- 000 in the form of eighty-five fellow, ships are being distributed this week by the John Simon Guggenheim Me morial P'oundation as part of its an nual awards to aid deserving literary and artistic talents. Most of the fel lows will go to Europe for study. Others will do work in Latin Amer ica, Asia, Africa and the South Seas The list includes 16 women and 2 ne groes. Lehman Wins Without Opposition Williamstown, Mass. — When the other alumni heard that Lt. Gov. Her bert H. Lehman of New York State is a candidate for the position of trus tee of Williams College to succeed to the post made vacant by a death, they all withdrew their candidacies. The ballots for election carry only Leh man’s name, so that he will be elected without opposition. Lehman is of the class of 1899. Believes Jew Discovered America 3,000 Years Ago New York, N. Y.—A theory that a Palestinian Jew discovered America 8,000 years ago is elaborated upon by A. Hyatt Verill, noted archeologist, in a feature article appearing in the New York Sunday World. Mr. Verrill bases his theory on Indian legends and on descriptions of a man who is suppos ed to have come over here three mil- lenia ago. Kaufman Offered Siam Post Washington, D. C. — David Kauf man of Towanda, Pa., former Minis ter to Bolivia, has been offered the post in Siam by President Hoover. Mr. Kaufman, who spent several years in Bolivia, resigned because of ill health. Start $100,000 Texas Col ony Campaign San Antonio, Texas—A campaign to raise $100,000 in the State of Texas for the establishment of a colony to be known as Nachlath, Texas, in Pal estine was launched here with a mass meeting addressed by Rabbi H. Ra phael Gold, of Dallas. In answer to his appeal one hundred certificates of $25 each were subscribed. Suspension of Jewish Com munist Student Protested New York, N. Y.—The suspension of Max Weiss, sophomore at the Col lege of the City of New York, after his arrest for distributing Communist leaflets has been protested by six stu dent organizations representing stu dents of Columbia University, Vassar Jewish Marriage Agents Incorporate New York, N. Y. — For the first time in history Jewish shadchanim, or marriage brokers, have organized to protect their business from outsiders This became known when the Marri age Brokers’ Association of the Unit ed States received approval from Su preme Court Justice Philip McCook to incorporate under the laws of the State of New York. The Association will seek to have the State Legisla ture pass certain measures to protect the shadchan business from “racke teers” and from the unwillingness to pay of disappointed lovers. Jewish Congress To Act On Exiled Jews New York, N. Y. — The Russian Committee of the American Jewish Congress is making plans to inter vene on behalf of the reported exiling to Siberia and Central Asia by the Soviet Government of ninety Jews, members of Zionist youth organiza tions. It is planned to appeal to high government officials to intercede in the case of these Jews, who are charged with having belonged to il legal organizations. )r. Wise Says Anti-Jewish Boycott Tightening Providence, R. I.—That there is * vert but nevertheless strong anti wish boycott in the business and in- strial world of the United States is the assertion made by Dr. Ste en S. Wise in the course of an ad- ess here. He stated that what had ce been a haphazard discrimination s increased into a systematized ef- rt to keep Jewish employes out o e economic world. Tens of thou- nds of Jewish unemployed are a min the r-nnntrv because they are Report 3,500 New Immi grants Into Palestine New York, N. Y.—About 3,500 Jew ish immigrants entered Pales: ing 1929, it has been announced b _ Allied Jewish Campaign, whit, states that during January. - (Continued on Page - v