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THE SOUTHER N ISRAELITE
15
In The Li melight
'K LEHMANN, of New Or-
as again attracted national
atten ? -i to himself in his capacity
member of the Wickersham
don by refusing to sign his
namt . o the report on criminal pro-
e d UI , which was submitted to Presi-
,nt Hoover. Lehmann charged that
iterial gathered by the com-
. was inadequate for any rec-
i ition. He had previously been
t| u only member to abstain from
the prohibition report.
RAitIII MEYER BERLIN, of New
and Jerusalem, was re-electefc
President of the World Mizrachi at
the cL ing session of its biennial con
ference here.
I»()N PAUL MEDALIE has been
appointed United States Vice Consul
at Stuttgart, Germany, it has been
announced by the State Department.
s the nephew of George Z. Me-
dalie, United States Attorney for
New York.
DR. CARL BERGMANN, noted
economist, has been appointed by the
Government as the commissioner to
reorganize the Darmstaedter and Na
tional Bank, whose recent closing pro
voked the crisis in Germany’s finan-
ial affairs. Bergmann was the Ger
man representative on the Repara-
( ommission until 1921 and later
rved on the committee working out
the Dawes Plan. He is a partner in
the Lizard, Speyer, Ellison banking
house at Frankfurt-on-Main.
MKER GROSSMAN, President of
English Revisionists, will be act-
- head of the World Revisionists
td the international conference of
croup in December, as a result
he decision of Vladimir Jabotin-
to step down from his post a
rid President. It is understoo
t Jabotinsky’s action was due t
refusal of his followers to seced
m the World Zionist Organization
the end of the recent Congress.
10RRIS SIGMAN, one of the fore-
Jewish labor leaders in America,
iormer president of the Interna-
:a l Ladies’ Garment Workers’
‘ here at the age of 51, after a
r acted illness. Born in Russia,
ran went to England at 21 where
ecame a presser. Two years later
arrived in the United States to
up the same trade. In 1904 he
anized the Independent Cloakmak-
nion. From that time on he was
> identified with the growth of
abor movement, and helped to
i ’ ize various trade union units.
A as noted for his vigorous oppo-
t0 Communist elements in the
'i, and his energetic fight was
largely responsible for the
of the Communists from the
Rational. In 1923 he was elected
1 °f the International and
in that capacity for five years,
'■en retired to a farm in Storm
Ke » Iowa.
LT. GEN. ARTHUR GRENFELL
VVAUCHOPE, the new High Commis
sioner for Palestine, was chosen by
the Colonial Office without consulta
tion with either the Jewish Agency or
the Arab Executive, Dr. Drummond
Shiels announced in the House of
Commons.
LOUIS WALLIS’ new book, “By
The Waters of Babylon,” has recre
ated a whole epoch in the life of the
people of Israel. Louis Wallis has
traveled far into the Holyland to
gather material for his novel with the
result that “The Waters of Babylon”
is authentic of early Israel. Every
Jewish home should have this novel
in their library, published by Mac
Millan Co., $2.00.
Sofia, Bulgaria.—The training farm
maintained by the Hechalutz at which
hundreds of young Bulgarian Jews
received their agricultural training
prior to their departure for Pales
tine to take up their duties as chalut-
zim was burned down as a result of
a fire of unknown origin. No lives
were lost, although property of con
siderable value was destroyed in the
flames.
JULIUS ROSENWALD has been
ordered to bed in his home at Ravinia
because of the recurrence of the ill
ness which affected him several
months ago. Although his physicians
declined to say that his condition is
serious, it is said in financial circles
that the pending merger between
Sears, Roebuck and Co. of which Ro-
senwald is the largest stockholder,
and Montgomery Ward has been post
poned for the time being.
DR. LEE K. FRANKEL, Co-Chair
man of the Council of the Jewish
Agency, and internationally noted
social statistician, died at Paris sud
denly at the age of 64. He was in
Europe on a tour of various coun
tries to examine their systems of so-
ciay insurance. Born in Philadelphia
on August 13, 1867, he obtained his
education at the University of Penn
sylvania, where he was instructor in
chemistry for five years. After several
years of practice as a consulting
chemist, he left for New York in
1899 to become manager of the
United Hebrew Charities. In 1909
Dr. Frankel became associated with
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company. His work in health promo
tion had won him world-wide recog
nition. He was a leading figure in
various Jewish communal causes, and
was one of the dominant personali
ties in the formation of the Jewish
Agency. He was a member of the
Joint Palestine Survey Commission in
1928 which made possible the merger
of Zionists and non-Zionists. He was
also active in the Joint Distribution
Committee, Jewish Federation of
Charities. He had been an officer of
the leading national health associa
tion.
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