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Readin’ and ritiii
and ’rithmetic
D O you remember the old school days and
the 'rithmetic problems we used to do?
Remember how we struggled over carpeting
floors, papering rooms and buying groceries?
Those were the happy irresponsible days when
we learned arithmetic only so we could use it
when we grew up.
And now along comes an occasion to apply
those lessons we learned at school. For there's
a problem to be solved: If a woman has $10
to spend for groceries, will she get more or
less groceries if taxes on her food store are in
creased?
Current talk of increased taxation on food
stores makes this a very personal problem. For,
as food stores are already operating at a mini
mum expense and profit, any additional tax will
have to be added direct to the price you pay
for food.
The principles of arithmetic haven't changed
any since we went to school. Subtraction always
means that there's less left.
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Jid-Hits from Everywhere + + + by phineas j BIRCs
Dr. Arlosoroff, who was murdered on
the Beach of Tel Aviv, was, like most
brilliant men, a ladies man. . . . His
widow was his second wife, and he won
her in true Don Juan-Esque fashion from
her husband. . . . No wonder rumors are
being whispered about that the shooting
of the gifted labor leader was not a
political crime but a strictly private
personal squaring of accounts. ... Of
course these are rumors, but those in the
know are willing to bet that the murderer
was not an Arab. ... In certain Zionist
circles these is open talk about the proba
bility that a Revisionist hot-head com
mitted the dastardly deed. . . . The Pales
tine Administration is so fearful of
reprisals that the questioning of suspects
is done without any witnesses whatsoever
and that the High Commissioner pleaded
with the foreign correspondents not to
write anything al»out the murder until
further notice. . . . Arlosoroff’s widow is
a beautiful woman. . . . The matrimonial
bliss of the Arlosoroffs was proverbial.
. . . Enemies the slain leader had aplenty.
. . . He had a special knack of making
bitter enemies. . . . When he was in this
country a few years ago, he issued a
pamphlet full of vituperative indictments
against Lipsky, Rothenberg and Company.
. . . He was not good-looking but most
versatile, speaking fluent English, elo
quent Hebrew, passable French and
highly stylistic German. ... He had dash,
energy and an incomparable chutzpah
lined with a staunch confidence in his
destiny. . . .
That story about Cantor Rosenblatt
refusing 3,000 dollars a night to sing on
the operatic stage because he would have
to shave off his beard, springs from the
fertile brainbox of a zealous publicity
gent. . . . Rosenblatt’s role called for a
beard and, besides, he refused because
he thought it would be better business to
retain his title of Cantor. ... As a cantor
he had a golden voice, but in the fast
company of operatic stars he had merely
a good voice. . . . Rosenblatt’s generosity
was no gag. ... He gave freely, unhesi
tatingly. . . . The fellow who chiseled
out of him over a hundred thousand
dollars for that orthodox weekly "The
Light" was a shrewd schnorrer called
Hersch. ... A few years ago, Hersch dis
appeared and was never located. ... A
membet of racketeers will be terribly up
set by Yossele’s death. . . . They were
trying to put over a great anniversary
concert for the Cantor on his return from
Palestine and arranging to give the
jubilar a small percentage of the re
ceipts. . . . Not all of us will agree about
the golden voice of Yossele, but that he
had a 14-karat golden heart is the unani
mous opinion of those who knew him. . . .
Helen Deutsch, the popular press agent
for Gilbert Miller, has gone to Santa
Monica, California, to write a new play.
. . . Plenty of success!. . . . Robert Segal's
new book (just out) “Triopoly” will
start a bigger craze than the now de
funct technocracy. . . . Harry Lachman,
the Jewish screen director, has a Chinese
wife, and she is one of the real beauties
in Hollywood. . . . Leonore Ulric’s former
soulmate, Sidney Blackmer, is on the way
to colluloid stardom and doing well since
he parted ways w’ith the Belasco-made
star. . . . Sam H. Harris is out in Holly
wood to sell the screen rights of “Of
Thee I Sing” to the highest bidder. . . .
Louis Sobol, the widely read Hearst
columist, found the following oddity in
his mail the other day: A gold coin bear
ing the features of President Roosevelt
on one side and on the reverse a shield
of David with the word “Maxe!” in
scribed in Hebrew characters. . . . \j
Picon, that lively Yiddish di use la .
actress, is now in Moscow tak ^ in -j!!
theatre festival. . . . Max Bac will
marry June Knight, the Broadu . bea ;
according to the latest bulletin from ,
insiders of romance on Mazda I ane.
And, still in the Hollywood iood,
will startle you with the assertion tj*.
Maurice Chevalier is of Semitic
and would have a hard time pa-'ing tke
Hitler purity test. . . .
The proprietor and editor-in chief -
one of the most widely disseminated An
newspapers in Palestine, “El-Jami’ at L
Islamiyah” is totally blind, but consider;
a “far-seeing’’ leader. . . . The
Yossele Rosenblatt was not engaged t
making a film in Palestine for the f n
film people. . . . He had paid his
expenses to make a film for the Amerira:
Palestine Motion Picture Corpora-**
with the understanding that the rece .
would go to charity. ... His salary wj,
zero. . . . Somehow we can’t free oundf
from the dead this week \ wt ..
galaxy of Jewish personalities pa«»td *
. . . Clara Zotkin, Rose Pastor Sum-*
Arlosoroff, Rosenblatt and the Jew •
Morning Journal reporter Meyer BUi
. . . Which reminds us that Sarah v »
sky-Fried, the celebrated American jr*
ish pianist is a relative of Arlosoroff.
At the eleventh hour there was a jcra-ri-
ble on the part of Jewish stage celebri-<
to participate in Jewish Day at bolder
Field, Chicago, July Third. ... hi
Kramer and Miriam Elias, among of hr-,
applied for the job, but were rejects
. . . But don’t be surprised if Sophie Bm-
lau, the Metropolitan opera star, w
sing “Eli, Eli” and the Hatikvah fr^s
the “Romance of a People’’ stage a* j
kind of prelude to the pageant. . . .
T. R. Ybarra, the Times journal-'
writing in Collier’s magazine, telb "•
following illuminating story about Hit
denburg's mental collapse which made-v
Hitler coup possible: An official ha\
been summoned to an audience with tit
President of the Reich, was kept waitn.
so long that he got hungry, took from - •
pocket a sandwich (which, German fa*t
ion, he had with him) unwrapped it fmn
the piece of paper in which he hB
brought it, and proceeded to munch at
it. . . . While he was munching aw:
one of llindenburg’s secretaries enters
the room and was greatly shocked £
seeing the piece of paper (in which the
sandwich had been wrapped) on a ua
by table. . . . “You mustn’t leave th*’
there!” he exclaimed. . . . “Why no'
. . . “Because President von H indent .
is likely to come in here any min."
and he might sign it !’*... Thu* rut’
the cruel story which, whether true
imagined, is significant. . . . But. on the
other hand, Karl H. Von Wiegand,
Hearst correspondent, maintains that \ '
Hindenburg is very well informed at--
the goings-on in the Reich. . . •
Hindenburg, is said to dislike Goeb*' 1
and to be very much disappointed *
Von Papen’s failure to hold the Nazi* 1
check. ... So take your choice • •
Sam Shipman, the playwright i' bt'S
ing up, according to Ed Sullivan. •
It seems that Sam gave Sylvia Sidney ke
first chance in his play “Crime,’’ and t^ 4
when he, recently mailed a manu*-
to her at Hollywood, Sylvia returned *
unopened. . . . When Eddie Cantor -
turns to his radio work, he will he - v
recipient of a $1,750 per week inerfJ-
. . . If you want to hear George J* 11
Nathan's voice, telephone LexiAZ' 1 *
2-6130 (New York), and George* v ' >l£t
will say Hello. . . .
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* THE SOUTHERN ISRAELI^