The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, May 30, 1930, Image 17

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Page 17 VOTE FOR C. L. “CASEY” JONES the ford man an independent CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF OF RICHMOND COUNTY Not Obligated to any Special or Particular Groups or Committees My only obligation being to uphold the law and protect the lives and property of the people of Richmond county. THE MAN FOR A MAN’S JOB D. L. KUHLKE For COUNTY COMMISSIONER AUGUSTA, GA. VOTE FOR M. Y. FOOSHE For SHERIFF RICHMOND COUNTY The Southern Israelite European Conference of Jewish War-Veterans Opens Paris- 7 he All-European conference of Jewish ex-soldiers opened here with Deputy Heller, a member of the Polish Parliament as chairman. Delegates were in attendance from Austria, the Baltic states, England, France and Poland. Among those present were many who hold decorations for valor. The chief business on the agenda is the creation of a world union of Jewish ex-soldiers. Deputy Heller, in the prin ciple address of the day, traced the his tory of the ex-soldiers’ movement and set forth its professional aims. In the evening the delegates laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. National News (Continued from Page 10) ever realizing religious ideals.” John Spencer and Michael Williams, editor of The Commonweal, spoke for the Cath olics, and Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr of Union Theological Seminary, New York, for the Protestants. One of the Jewish speakers was Dr. Stephen S. Wise, who urged his fellow Jews to “be completely, nobly Jewish.” He said that the object of the conference should be, in part, to fight “a policy of calculated unfriendliness to the Jew.” A telegram from President Hoover praised the efforts of the three faiths " to lift the relations of the communicants of the various religious faiths to the Irigh level of mutual charity and understanding and co-operation,” At the conclusion of the conference it was suggested that a “three- power treaty” be drawn up, which would protect the religious doctrines of each and still permit of co-operation and harmony. Young Jewess, Youngest to Make N. Y. Operatic Debut New York—The 17-year-old daughter of poor Jewish parents living on the low er East Side of New York, has the dis tinction of being the youngest ever to make an operatic debut in New York. She is Rebecca Weinstein, a high school student, whose operatic debut in the Ixmgacre Theatre, sponsored by her teacher, Nicola D’Amico, brought forth cheers and a veritable avalanche of floral offerings from her enthusiastic listeners. Rebecca, who has found in Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, wife of the former ambas sador to Turkey, an interested and help ful friend, hopes to continue her musical studies in Italy when she is graduated from high school. Wise Attacks Anti-Semitic Implications of Passion Play New York — Rabbi Stephen S. Wise chose as the text of his sermon, at the Free Synagogue at Carnegie Hall the anti-Semitic implications of the Passion Play at Oberammergau, and referred to it as a “play that is like a poisonous in fluence on the hundreds of thousands of Christians who use it, bringing the con firmation every prejudice, the deepening of every bitterness and the justification of every manner of ill-will against the Jews.... . . . . “Only when Christians cease teaching that the Jews killed Jesus, and teach in stead that Jesus and His disciples were all Jews, will true good-will be obtained among Gentile and Jew.” Will Erect World's Tallest Building New York—If his plans are completed Louis Adler, who has just purchased a square block in Wall Street for $10,000,- 000, will erect the world’s tallest building, which will be 60 stories high, with a tower of 105 stories. It is expected that the building will cost another $20,000,000. This is the first time in more than a century that one individual has owned an entire square block on Wall Street. Your Vote for R. H. DANIELS For MAYOR Will Be Appreciated AUGUSTA, GA