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The Southern Israelite
National and Foreign
New v ork, N. Y.—Isaac Gimbel, one
of the outstanding . etail merchants of
this country, died of pneumonia at the
age of 74. Born at Vincennes, Ind., on
.April 24, 1856, a son of Adam Gimbel,
merchandising pioneer, Isaac followed
in his father’s footsteps. He began his
active and successful career in Mil
waukee, and later branched out to
Philadelphia and subsequently to New
York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. He was
recognized as one of the masters of
retail technique and helped to modern
ize the modern department store sys
tem. He retired from active business
in 1927.
New York, N. Y.—Samuel Woollier,
Jr., President of the Rubber Associa
tion of America, and active figure in
Democratic politics two decades ago,
died here at the age of 64. Born at
Louisville, Ky., he obtained his educa
tion at Peoria, and there entered the
distilling business. Later lie went into
the rubber field and became president
of the Kclly-Springfield Tire Co., from
which he retired recently. He was
Democratic County Chairman of Peoria
County and a delegate to the national
conventions of 1896 and 1912.
Washington, D. C.—Acting upon a
telegram of protest from President Al
fred M. Cohen of the B’nai B’rith in
connection with the alleged ousting of
120 Jewish street vendors from the
market place of Mexico City, the State
Department has sent a communication
to the American Ambassador in Mex
ico asking him to inquire into the case
and to determine whether any Ameri
can citizens were involved in the dis
criminatory acts and violence that fol
lowed.
Washington, D. C.—The decision of
the United States Supreme Court that
a lawyer has a right to ask a jury
whether he is prejudiced on account of
race or religion, is of importance not
only to the Negroes, on whose appeal
the decision was rendered, but to Jews
and other minorities, according to
views expressed by several noted
lawyers. Justice Hughes, who wrote the
opinion, said: “We think it would be
far more injurious to permit it to be
thought that persons entertaining dis
qualifying prejudice were allowed to
serve as jurors and inquiries designed
to elicit the fact of this disqualification
were barred,” in countering the conten
tion of the government.
New York, N. Y.—Benjamin N.
Cardozo, Chief Judge of the New
York Court of Appeals, regarded as
one of the country’s foremost thinkers
as well as jurists, gave his definition
of religion to the graduating class of
the Jewish Institute of Religion at
exercises held at Carnegie Hall. Im
plying that he did not completely sub
scribe to all phases of the Jewish
faith, Cardozo nevertheless said that
there were certain fundamental aspects
of religion on which all men could
agree. Apologizing because he did not
feel that lie had the right to address
the graduating rabbis, since “your be
liefs are not wholly mine,” Cardozo
defined religion as follows: “The sub
mergence of self in the pursuit of an
ideal, the readiness to spend oneself
without measure, prodigally, almost
ecstatically, for something intuitively
apprehended as great and noble, spend
ing oneself one knows not why—some
of us like to believe that this is what
religion means.”
New York, N. Y.—The voice of Lloyd
George represents the true attitude of
British public opinion toward the Jew
ish National Home project, according
to Miss Christabel Pankhurst, famous
Fnglish suffragette, in an address be
fore the Women’s League for Pales
tine. “You can trust England to do her
part, in spite of some officials who
have interfered with your progress,” as
serted Miss Pankhurst, after reviewing
the “wonderful” work done by the
Jews in Palestine.
Philadelphia, Pa.—Amounts totaling
$1,000,000 were left to various charit
able institutions in Philadelphia by the
will of Samuel Fridenberg. $400,000 of
this sum is to be used for the erection
of a hospital or some other memorial
to his parents, Samuel and Esther. The
k niversity of Pennsylvania receives
$100,000. The balance of the $1,000,000
will go to the Jewish Welfare Society
after the death of Pridenberg’s widow
and sister.
Hackensack, N. J.—Abraham Levson,
-9 > ears old, and identified with various
Orthodox Jewish communal enterprises,
has been appointed to the Criminal
Courts bench of New Jersey by Gover
nor Frank Larson. Levson, who is the
youngest judge in the state, was born
at \ itebsk, Russia, and was brought to
the United States when he was 6
years old.
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News
New York, N. Y.—The
of the late Michael FriecL
and philanthropist, was b
the Metropolitan Musem
the terms of his will. 1
is valued at $10,000,000. In
left outright $20,000 each t
thropic institutions, Jew
and Protestant. His residm
“many millions” will ultim,
charity.
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Moscow.—A budget of approximate
ly 7,000,000 rubles has been adopted to
aid Jewish colonization in Crimea dur
ing the coming year, it has been an
nounced. The major part of this sura
will be contributed by the Soviet Gov
ernment.
Antwerp, Belgium.—Jewish peddlers
are finding great difficulty in securing
places for their goods in the market
places of Antwerp due to the concerted
effort of anti-Semitic traders in keep
ing the Jews from stalls. Many cases
of violence in the ejection of the Jews
have been reported. Most of the ped
dlers recently immigrated here from
Poland.
Warsaw'.—it is expected that the Pol
ish Ministry of the Interior will shortly
issue a decree authorizing Jewish
women to vote in the forthcoming
Jewish elections and thereafter, as a
result of the agitation that has been
carried on by a group of Jewish women
leaders, headed by the wife of the
Gerer Rabbi. At first the Agudath
Israel, ultra-Orthodox group, which
dominates the elections, was opposed
to women voting. The leaders are
changing their view, however, inasmuch
as the women leaders have assured
the Agudath that the votes of the
women will he cast for the religious
party.
Jerusalem.—As a result of a confer
ence with Sir John Chancellor the Arab
Executive has decided to send a dele
gation to London to partiepate in 3
.conference with the British Colonial
Office in regard to the proposed de
velopment scheme which is being di>-
cussed with the Jewish Agency.
Bucharest—All the leaders of the
Iron Guard, anti-Semitic <
w’ho had been arrested for their part
in the pogroms in Bessarabia « s j
year, were freed on a decision handed
dowm by the Court of Appeals, which
overruled the lower court. 1 h° se
were released include Zelea odre.u
Totu and Danila, the latter being re
garded as the aide of Prof Uexand
Cuza.
London—The Jewish Nat
is not a charitable institutio
therefore, pay taxes on its
vestments and securities, a
a decision handed down
Court here. The content
Government w T as that t
Fund aims to acquire land
as part of a political progrs
its w’ork cannot be consul
thropic.
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