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THE SOUTHERN IS R A E L I T E
O. B. ANDREWS COMPANY
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
A. G. STIVERS LUMBER CO.
Dial 6-7170, 6-7179
345 East Main CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Chattanooga Blow Pipe & Roofing Co.
LEF, L. RYF.RSON, President
Dial 2032 " CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
CURRIN * ANDREWS CO.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
Sharp Battery & Electric Company
337 Kroad Street
7-1145 CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
PAYNE-HEAD COMPANY
GENERAL INSURANCE
Volunteer Building
6-6929 CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
OSCAR A. SPRUELI.
Chattanooga Surgical Co.
Medical Arts Building
CHATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA SAUSAGE CO.
N. W. ZIMMERMAN
1801 Rossville Avenue
6-6028 CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
St. Elmo Marble Works
J. N. HECKERMAN
CHATTANOOGA. TENNESSEE '
CHATTANOOGA RADIO CO.
6-4112
615 Market Street
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
SAMBO PRODUCTS CO
6-9122
R. G. W HITAKER, Manager
1145 Central Avenue
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.
to come to a Jew during the year was
awarded to Dr. Karl Landsteiner, who
won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. It is
in the field of politics, of course, that
majority of the names is to be found.
Thus, for the first time, America has
two State Governors and one Lieuten
ant Governor: Arthur Seligman, of
New Mexico, Julius Meier, of Oregon,
and Herbert H. Lehman, of New York.
The same elections swept Gilbert Bett-
mann into office as Attorney General
of Ohio, though the entire Republican
list was defeated. Wisconsin re-elected
Sol Levitan as treasurer for the fifth
time. Some months later President
Hoover named George Z. Medalie as
United States Attorney for Southern
New York, and Simon E. Sobeloff as
U. S. Attorney for Maryland. Presi
dent Hoover’s willingness to co-opt
Jews for his lieutenatns was further
demonstrated in his naming of Eugene
Meyer, Jr. as Governor of the Federal
Reserve Board, and of Judge Harry
A. Hollzer as Federal Judge for
outhern California. Mobile, Ala. elect
ed Leon Schwarz as its Mayor for a
second time, and all the Jewish Con
gressmen were returned to Washing
ton.
Communal Honor List
One of the finest signs of the times
is to be found in the number of Jews
who were chosen during the year as
the highest type of citizenship in their
community. Paterson, N. J. chose Har
ry B. Haines; Simon J. Lubin was
selected as Sacramento’s first citizen;
Aaron Frank was named the leading
citizen of Portland, Ore.; and Mr. Ver
non, N. Y. gave the distinction to
Leon Mann. Prof. Moses Gomberg, of
the University of Michigan, was elect
ed President of the American Chemical
Society; Dr. Phoebus Levene won the
Willard Gibbs medal as the “out
standing American worker in the ap
plication of organic chemistry to bio
logical problems,” and Dr. Jacob
Furth, of the University of Pennsyl
vania, was awarded the gold medal
of the American Medical Association
for original investigation in leukemia.
It has, of course, become a common
sight to see the elevation of Jews to
the bench, so that the honor no longer
carries the significance that it did.
Canada
Canadian Jewry, never a powerful
factor in the life of world Jewry, and
C0L * MICHAEL FRIEDSON
hose $10,000,000 art collection has
been willed to Metropolitan
Museum of Art
,r tionate
0 Pales-
by the
5691.
known largely for its dispr<
contribution, in past year;
tine funds, was again agitr
Jewish school question du^
It has been thought tha 1 , with rt. *
appointment of a Jewish , l0ol
mittee, the Jews would be • l e to
tablish their own schools ir. lontrS
or else come to some amicabi arran J
ment with the present schr Astern
But a large segment of Montreal Jew
ry was opposed to separat, schools
Between internal quarrels an.I the an
mosity of the Protestants ai 1 Cathr,"
lice, the Montreal School C remission
finally resigned, and the status of the
problem remains as it has been f or
year.
HERBERT H. LEHMAN
Lieutenant Governor of New York
The efforts of Canadian Jewry to
assume communal authority took some
shape in the formation of a Board of
Deputies, whose purpose, at the pres
ent time, is to promote good will, fight
discrimination, etc. But the factions
in Canadian Jewry are so bitterly di
vided that not much hope is held out
for the efficacy of the new body. An
other highlight of the year for Cana
dian Jewry was the challenge of the
power of Archibald J. Freiman, who
has been the Zionist leader in that
country for many years. Meyer W.
Weisgal, a newcomer to Canada and
a comparative youngster, decided to
defy wffiat he charged was Mr. Frei-
man’s hold on Canadian Zionist life.
If nothing was accomplished in the
fight it at least gave some breath of
vitality to Canadian Jewry.
Mexico
Mexico, never a center of news in
Jewish matters, captured the head
lines late in April when Jewish ped
dlers in the market place of Mexico
City were ousted from their places.
For days news dispatches carried sto
ries of anti-Semitic threats bv niet
chants and by government officials.
Ortiz Rubio declared that his countrj
harbors no anti-Semitism and that t 1
vendors were displaced because it
discovered that they had no license.
The incident did not reflect particular
credit upon Jews who ai*e inbame
into hysteria by self-seeking ,T
uals or organizations. The weapon
with which Jewry has always >oug
to protect its brethren is tha; P. 1
li copinion. If the generosity of u ^
opinion is imposed upon, if
cried unnecessarily, the nios: P
tant Jewish weapons becomes a
ineffective instrument.
Russia - t.
The most important Jewish i *
today is Russia. It does not ha . e
significance of Palestine, pei;