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ie inspiration which seems to stimulate
the pioneers for peace in the face of the
(instant pessimism of discouraging real-
<m, when she said, “It is very difficult
to change the thinking of the world,
['here may be a next war, but do not
-ay that peace is lost. We who stand
tor peace must be satisfied with inching
forward. You cannot substitute one idea
tor another in anything less than one
hundred years. ... It is a long way to
real civilization, but we are going to see
a great triumph some day.”
With this feeling of hopeful determin
ation the chapters of the National Council
of Jewish Women throughout the coun
try will endeavor to enlist an informed
public opinion concerning fundamental
principles and action which the Commit
tee on the Cause and C ure of War urges
m the gigantic movement for world peace.
It is the problem of each individual.
Obituaries
• Mrs. Yeta Feldman Hoffman, 52, of
Atlanta, passed away recently, survived
y her husband, L. Hoffman, and two
'isters, Mrs. Cohen and Mrs. R. Rosen
thal, of Atlanta. Rabbi Harry Epstein
fficiated and burial was in Greenwood
cemetery.
0 Mrs. Marguerite Hermann, widow of
Captain Isaac Hermann, of Sandersville,
Ga.. died recently at the residence of her
-on, Isadore Hermann, Columbus, Ga.
Burial was in Sandersville. Mrs. Her
mann has been residing in Columbus for
the past 15 years with her son. She was
a member of the Temple B’nai Israel.
s he is survived by three sons, Isadore
Hermann, Columbus; Hyman Hermann,
Atlanta, and C'ecil Hermann, Sanders
ville, and one daughter, Mrs. Henry
Paris, Sandersville.
• Mr. Nathan Lowenthal, 61, passed
away at his residence on Virginia Ave
nue. He is survived by his widow;
daughter, Mrs. Sam Schindler, of Clarks
ville, Tenn.; son, E. H. I.owenthal, of
Baltimore, Md.; and sister, Miss Gussie
Lowenthal, of Atlanta. Burial was in
West View Cemetery, I>r. David Marx,
officiating.
• Mrs. Sarah Cohen, 58, passed away
at a private hospital. She is survived
by a sister, Mrs. J. Rosenthal. Inter
ment, Greenwood Cemetery.
• Mr. Herman Solloway, 40, passed
away suddenly in Miami. He is sur
vived by four brothers, Morris, of At
lanta; Jack, of Miami; E. E. and Joseph,
of New York; sisters, Mrs. Harry Gor
don, and Mrs. S. J. Barrett, of Atlanta;
and Mrs. I. M. Levine, of Birmingham.
• Mrs. Fannie Kaplan passed away.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs.
S. B. F.plan. and Mrs. Sam Zahan, of
Atlanta; and Mrs. L. A. Alter, of Miami;
son, Herman Kaplan. Interment, Green
wood Cemetery, Rabbi Harry Epstein,
officiating.
• M rs. Freeda Kessler. 88, passed a wav.
She is survived by daughters, Mrs. I.
Meyers, Mrs. P. Russ, Mrs. H. Sims and
Mrs. M. Bloom; sons, Max and B. Kess
ler. Interment, Greenwood Cemetery,
Rabbi Harry Epstein, officiating.
• Mr. Simon W. Goldstein, 58, of Grif
fin, Ga., passed away. He is survived
by a daughter, Mrs. N. M. Gordon, of
Richmond, Va.; son, Herman, of Griffin;
brother, Sam Goldstein, of Griffin; sis
ters, Mrs. I. M. Weinstein and Mrs. N.
Janko, of Atlanta; Mrs. Arthur ('oilman,
of Sarasota, Fla.; and Mrs. J. I.. Cooper-
man, of St. Petersburg, Fla. Interment,
Oakland Cemetery, Dr. David Marx, of
ficiating.
• Mrs. Simon Roswald, 46, of Montgom
ery, Ala., passed away. She is survived
by her husband; daughters, Misses Mil
dred and Betty Roswald, of Montgom
ery; brother, Hal Friedman, of Cincin
nati; sisters, Miss Mildred Friedman, and
Mrs. Godfrey Phillips, both of Cincin
nati.
Washington—An investigation of Nazi
propaganda in the United States by Con
gress was approved and urged in reports
hied in Congress by the House Committee
on Immigration. 'I'he report endorsed the
resolution introduced by the committee’s
chairman, Representative Dickstein, call
ing for a thorough probe of Nazi activi
ties, and summarized the unofficial inves
tigation held by the committee before
( ongress met. In asking for an intensive
inquiry the committee pointed out that if
*o much evidence was amassed during
the brief and informal hearings at no
cost to the government, “it is quite ob
vious that only the surface has been
scratched.”
Portland, Oregon—I'he Portland Mov
ing Picture Censor Board has revoked
the license of a local theater to show
“S. A. Mann Brand,” the first Nazi pic
ture to be released in the United States.
J. R. Ellison, manager of the theater,
plans to contest the action for which no
reason was assigned.
Warsaw—The Warsaw Agricultural
and Technical Schools and the Com
mercial Academy have been closed in
definitely by the minister of education as
the result of anti-Semitic rioting in which
Jewish students were ejected from classes
and severely beaten. The nationalist
'tudents started the disturbances when the
v 'hoo| officials rejected their demand that
Jewish students be barred from the social
life of the schools and that they be seated
>parately in the lecture rooms.
Washington, 1). C.—Charging that the
German government was behind Nazi
propagandists in this country, despite dis
avowals from Berlin, investigators re
ported that Na/i activities were concen
trated on promotion of antagonism among
racial groups in the United States, partic
ularly “directing them all into one chan
nel of hatred—that is, hatred against the
Jewish people. Everything else is subor
dinated to this airn." The report was filed
by a committee consisting of Representa
tive Dickstein, chairman, and Representa
tives John H. Kerr, North Carolina; Mell
G. Underwood, Ohio; Eugene B. Crowe,
Indiana; Martin Dies, Texas; Charles
Kramer, California; Will Taylor, Ten
nessee; Benjamin K. Focht, Pennsylvania,
and Everett M. Dirksen, Illinois.
London.—The English press here re
ports with great indignation the unpro
voked assault on Samuel Koenig, a
South African Jew, by Nazi Hooligans in
Frankfurt-am-Main. Koenig was beaten
up for failing to salute the Nazi flag.
His teeth were knocked out and he suf
fered a broken nose. 'I'he British con
sul has demanded damages for Koenig
and the immediate punishment of his as
sailant.
Berlin—Carrying out one of the chief
objectives of the Nazified Protestant
church, the Nazi Christians have an
nounced the formation of the first ghetto
church open only to Christianized Jews.
The church is located near the central
synagogue.
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE *
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