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IN ATLANTA - - - AT AM. QUALITY SERVICE STORES CLIFF M. AVERETT, INC. Sales - Service - Parts Buirk and Pontiac COLUMBUS, GA. Columbus Fender and Body Works • FIRST CLASS BODY, FENDER AND RADIATOR REPAIRING • Windshield and Door Glass, Tops and Trimming • Phone 3439 1420-22 First Ave. Columbus, Ga. GKO. C. WOODRUFF CO. INC. Real Knlalc - Imturance Rental* Columbus, Ga. Shop at — S. H. Kress & Co. 5-10 and 25 Cent Stores Columbus, Ga. Good Things ft Eat at CRAIG'S BAKERY, Inc. 903 Hamilton Ave. Phone 414 COLUMBUS. GA. NATIONAL AND FOREIGN (Continued from page 15) New York, N. Y.—The American Jew ish Congress may come out in support of the anti-Germany economic boycott it be came known here, when Dr. Joseph Ten- nenhaum, chairman of the Congress’ na tional executive committee, sent out ques- tionnaires to key people in Jewish com munities throughout the country asking for their reaction to the boycott. The answers to the questionnaires from indi vidual Jews and Jewish organizations will guide the executive committee at its spe cial session on Sunday, August 6, when the boycott question will loom large on the agenda. Chicago.—Aaron Sapiro, a pioneer in cooperative marking and the man who sued Henry Ford for $1,000,000 as a re sult of the automobile manufacturer’s no torious anti-Semitic campaign in the Dear born Independent, has been indicted, to gether with 23 other persons by a Fed eral Grand Jury as the result of a long investigation into trade rackets. The in dictment charges conspiracy to stifle trade by bombings, sluggings, strikes and other forms of intimidation in the cleaning and dyeing, laundry and beverage industries of Chicago. In 1927 Mr. Sapiro was awarded the Gottheil Medal of the Zeta Beta Tan Fraternity for distinguished service to American Jewry. New York, N. Y.—United States Sena tor Wagner, of New York, who is of German descent, will make a personal in vestigation of the case of Walter Orloff, the Jewish medical student from Brook lyn, who has been arrested in Germany on the alleged charge of Communist ac tivity. Senator Wagner, who is on his way to Europe, informed Orloff’s father that he has communicated with IT. S. Ambassador Dodd. New York, N. Y.—A plan devised by the Markets’ Commissioner of New York to raise $1,000,000 a year in additional revenue for the city of New York by a municipal tax on kosher food products has been endorsed by ten rabbis repre senting 24 downtown congregations. Dr. Leon Adler, spokesman for the rabbis, declared that racketeers had been trying to organize kosher food dealers at the rate of $72 a year. The proposed tax plan to be presented to the board of aldermen shortly calls for a graduated tax scale. Manufacturers would pay $200 annually; wholesalers, $100; jobbers, $50; packers, $50; retailers, $10; and vehicles, $5.00. New York, N. Y.—At a meeting of the board of directors of the Joint Distribu tion Committee, Paul Baerwald was re elected president and the following other officers chosen: Felix M. Warburg, hon orary vice-chairman; Marco F. Heilman, treasurer; William A. Koshland, asso ciate treasurer; H. B. L. Goldstein, con troller; and Joseph C. Hyman, secretary. The following were elected to the execu tive committee: Dr. Cyrus Adler, Paul Baerwald, David M. Brcssler, David A. Brown, Harry Fischel, Bernard Flexner, Alexander Kahn, Governor Lehman, Sol omon Lowenstein, James Marshall, Mr. Rosenberg, B. O. Vladeck, Mr. Warburg, Peter Wiernick and .Rabbi Jonah B. Wise. New York, N. Y.—The eightieth birth day of Philip Cowen, founder, and for 27 years publisher, of the American Hebrew, was celebrated here, at a testimonial dinner given by the Man hattan Washington Lodge of the B’nai B'rith of which Mr. Cowen has been a member for half a century and secretary for 25 years. It was Mr. Cowen who made a special trip to Czarist Russia in 1906 at the personal behest of Presi dent Theodore Roosevelt who sought to learn the causes of the great wave of im migration from Eastern Europe. New York, N. Y.—Charles Solomon, Brooklyn attorney, and former member of the New York state assembly, has been named the Socialist candidate for mayor of New York City at the coming fall elections. Mr. Solomon, a former secre tary to the late Congressman Meyer Lon don, was one of the Socialist group in the assembly expelled in 1919 for alleged disloyalty during the World War. In 1920 he was reelected to the lower house of the legislature. SOUTHERN NOTES (Continued from Page 12) Registrations are being completed for the sixth annual camp of the Jewish Edu cational Alliance at Civitania, beginning August 6. An unusual program of sports and educational features has been ar ranged, with competent persons to direct the various activities. A weekly news paper will be printed and religious serv ices will be held regularly. The camp is open to Girl Scouts and prospective Scouts between the ages of 10 and 18. ▼ Montgomery, Alabama Rabbi Eugene Blachschleger has ac cepted the position of rabbi of Beth Or Congregation, having been the assistant to Rabbi E. N. Calisch at Beth Ahabah Synagogue, Richmond, Va., for the past four years. Rabbi Blachschleger is a native of Cin cinnati, Ohio. He obtained his rabbinical degree at Hebrew Union College in 1927, and his M.A. degree from the University of Richmond iQ 1932. He is President of the Religious School Teachers’ Association of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and a member of the Cen tral Conference of American Rabbis. For two years previous to his stay at Richmond he was assistant to Rabbi Isaac Landman at Far Rockavvay, N. Y. ▼ Obituary • Mr. Max Lowenstein, 50, passed away suddenly in New York. The funeral was held from the residence, Dr. David Marx, officiating. Interment West View Cemetery. He is survived by his widow ; a daughter, Elizabeth Lowenstein, a son, William Lowenstein,; sisters, Mrs. Simon Rosenfeld and Mrs. Lois Strauss, of Cali fornia and Mrs. Alex Eiseman, of New York; brothers, Mr. Isaac Lowenstein and Mr. Louis Lowenstein. • Mrs. J. T. Moses, 84, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Wolff, at Scarsdale, N. Y., after an ex tended illness. Mrs. Moses was also sur vived by another daughter, Mrs. Cecil Alexander, of Atlanta. Funeral services and interment were held in Montgomery, Ala., the old family home. • Mr. Sigmund Scheuer passed away. In terment Greenwood Cemetery. He is sur vived by two daughters, Miss Marie Scheuer and Mrs. I. W. Spielberger; two sons, David and Louie Scheuer. AILWAY EXPRESS AGENCY Incorporated 1225 Broadway COLUMBUS, GA. • T • BYRON VOWELL AGENT BUTLER BROS. CO., INC. Exclusively Wholesale AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT COLUMBUS, GA. TH0MASVILLE, GA. Wheat Flower Shop and Wheat Drug Co £ I ! I 6 Broad Street COLUMBUS, GA. Clean With — Phillips Dry Cleaning Co. ■ 2320 Wynnton Drive COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Jfranfe &. Food Department Store WESTERN MEATS FISH AND OYSTERS STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES • 1025-29 First Ave. COLUMBUS, GA. THE PLAZA CAFE We Serve Regular Meals Our Specialties Western Steaks—Spanish. Chinese Italian Dishes COLUMBUS, GA. nd -••MMIIMMimiHIUMIIMItHIMINtimMMlIHUimUtllHMHniHHIHHIIIIHIl'' H. C. SMITH’ THREE GOOD DRUG STORES §701 Third Ave Phone 281-96- § = 1002 Broadway Phone 910-91 1| | 1500 First Ave Phone 2967 ; COLUMBUS, GA. [16] * THE SOUTHERN ISRAEL TE aut