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Page 13 The Southern Israelite / distinguished Young Composer By JOS. POLONSKY lomkin, distinguished young sian pianist and composer, dly achieving international as the leading exponent of American school of music, j. thc s ,-io!i of a famed family. now in Paris, is a leader •sh Zionist movement. The •nkin was president of the organization in Belgium French Jewish delegate in the • wit/crl.v I conferences. He won in- ,1 fame at Odessa in 1918 by -iiu the young Jewish protec- DIMITRI TIOMKIN j army. The pianist’s uncle was a in the colonization of Pales tine. ' i< aiikin's first teacher was his mother, piano instructress of St. Peters- md a pupil of Brassin. From his ■ studio he went directly to the s t Pt ti rshurg Conservatory, where he eived a scholarship. Such mas- Clazounov, Jimormirsky, and 'lumenfeld, guided his studies, raduating from the conservatory h honors he went on extended ’ tours throughout Russia and and at the same time man- complete his law studies and is baccalaureate as a barrister. - he went to Berlin, where he with the Berlin Philharmonic a under the direction of Gustav From Germany he went to where he gave several con- conjunction with the Lamou- reux '-chestra. ugh as a student he was an ex- f the standard classical school, he met Ravel, Poulenc, Proko- i other modernists, who con- him to the newer interpreta- tiom the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City, Calif., to write special songs and ballet music for a number of forthcoming pictures. He already has contributed music for “The Rogue Song”, starring Lawrence Tibbett; “Devil May Care,” with Ra mon Novarro, in addition to a feature film called "The Shooting Gallery.” His latest contract calls for thc writing of a series of sixteen ballets and music for several operettas. Among the most famous of Tiont- kin’s compositions is “Scarlet Jazz”, an ultra-modern work in which he has used thc modern popular rhythm in developing his conception of our popu lar music. His “Mexican Suite”, and “Suite Romantique” also have found great favor with thc concert public. Hirschberg, Pioneer in Florida Tobacco Industry, Dies at Seventy-two Jacksonville, Fla.—Julius Hirschberg, 72, prominent Jacksonville realtor and Florida chairman of thc American Jewish Relief Committee, died here recently of heart disease. Mr. Hirschberg, who had forberly been a cigar manufacturer in Philadelphia, was instrumental in the de velopment of tobacco growing in West Florida when he started in business a generation ago. For Your Old Cook Stove as credit on a -Hilfiuinf Electric Range *5 Down—24 Months Our great August Sale of the fa mous Hotpoint Electric Range runs from August 11th to 30th, inclu sive. Never have we made it easier for you to enjoy Electric Cookery, the method more than 11,000 Georgia women already have adopted. It’s your opportunity to make your kitchen cooler, cleaner and more convenient—and to cook for less than lc a meal per person. We allow you $20 for your old stove, regardless of kind or condi- tion. A Hotpoint Automatic _ Range Completely Installed ^§24 The Hotpoint Automatic Model RA-34 has been reduced to $144 for this sale. Deducting the old-stove allowance, the price is $124 ... only $5 down, $5 a month. Range is all-white porcelain. A beautiful six- cup Electric Percolator FREE with every model Hotpoint Range. Ti. wa- He of t> *<qi: foil, In crea with Gers' istic At n’s first American appearances ‘ own Hall, in December, 1926. f d a triumph as an illustrator °dern school in this and a sub concert in Carnegie Hall the S year. -/ he went to Paris, where he sensation at the famed opera interpretation of George :n s music and his own modern- 'Positions. present time he is engaged by Georgia POWER COMPANY A CITIZEN WHEREVER WE SERVE j