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k VOL. X—NO. 4 For Southern Jewry ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOV. 9, 1934. Price: Five Cents 6AB0N EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD DIES AT AGE OF 89 Noted Patron and Only Surviving Grandson of Founder of Family Paris (WNS)—The last surviv ing link between the original Mayer Amschel Rothschild, found er of the famous family of Jew ish bankers and philanthropists, and the present far-flung and multitudious tribe of Rothschilds, was broken when the venerable and beloved Baron Edmond James de Rothschild, a grandson of flay er Amschel, passed away in his famous museum-like castle in the Parisian suburb of Boulogne-sur- Seine, surrounded [by scores of kinsmen. Baron Edmond was 89 years old and his death was at tributed to the infirmities of old age. His death was kept secret for nearly five hours in order to avoid any violent reaction on the Paris stock exchange, but even after (Continued on page seven) Junior Hadassah Present Comedy Junior Hadassah will present a one-act comedy, “The Fourteenth Guest,” by Clyde Barrett, on No vember 18th, at 8:15 P. M., at the Jewish Educational Alliance. Mrs. Nell Childs Booth, who is connect ed with the University of Georgia Evening Sdhool, is directing the play, together with Miss Annette Geffen, who is Cultural Chairman of Hadassah. Those taking part are Misses Ann Tokman, Ruby Macarov, Selma Hirsch, Rosalie Hirsch, Dorothy Davis, Phyllis Rosenblatt, Ozna Tontak, Chippie Rubin, Marion Cohen, Dorothy Frankel, Louise Asman, Annie Cohen, Bertha Fish er, Lottie Goncher, Elizabeth Sha piro and Harriette Sevelitz. Mrs. Booth will give a reading that eve- Bankers’ Leader RUDOLPH S. HECHT Rudolph S. Hecht, head of the Hibernia Bank of New Orleans, was elected president of the American Banker’s Association at its recent national convention in Washington, D. C. A German-American Jew, Mr. Hecht came to this country in 1903. International Boycott Farley Opens Nov. 24th. London (WNS)—Delegates from Jewish and non-Jewish anti-Hit ler organizations and committees in all parts of the world have been invited to attend the international boycott conference which opens here on November 24th. The prime mov ers in summoning the conference are Samuel Untermyer, Dr. Moses Gaster and Sir Robert Mond. Salvation Army Leader Makes First Address At Jewish Charity Rally New York (WNS)—As her first public address since her election to the world leadership of the Salva tion Army, Evangeline feooth spoke at the opening rally of the workers of the Women’s Division of the Federation for the Support of Jew ish Philanthropic Societies of New ‘Protocols of Zion’ To Be Delayed One Month Jewish Leaders Agree To Postpone To Allow Defense To Collect Additional Evidence Berne, Switzerland (WNS) — To enable the defense to collect addi tional “evidence” to support its as sertion that the “Proctocols of the Elders of Zion” are gospel truth, Judge Mayer, with the consent of the plaintiffs, agreed to adjourn for one month the libel action brought by the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities and the Swiss Zionist Federation against the Swiss Nazi Party and Dr. A. Zander, editor of the Nazi organ, Iron Broom, which had published articles upholding the authenticity of the “PToctocols.” Judge Mayer granted the postpone- (Continued on page four) Twin Murder And Suicide Provides Je rusalem With Mystery Jerusalem (WNS)—Jerusalem has a first class mystery on its hands as a result of a double murder and a suicide. In broad daylight, a land agent by the name of Diskin shot and killed M. Lerman and M. Ab ramov, the latter a popular singer, and then killed himself. The police are still at a loss to explain the tragedy. British Jews Buy Orange Land In Cyprus London (WNS)—Three thous and dunams of orange land on the British-owned island of Cy prus, which is in the Mediterran ean Sea, have been bought by a group of English Jews, according to a report received in Zionist circles here. The Jewish communi ty of Larnaka, Cyprus’ chief city, is planning to establish a He brew school and to import a staff of teachers from Palestine. The teachers will be paid by the Cy prus government. ning. York, which is seeking $3,655,000. McDonald To Call Parley Here To Settle German Refugees In Home London (WNS)—To devise ways of raising the large sum needed to settle German refugees in new and permanent homes, the governing, body of the League of Nations High Commission for German Refugees authorized High Commissioner James G. McDonald to call a con ference of Jewish and non-Jewish organizations in America engaged in refugee work. At the close of its two-day meeting, the governing INVENTS NEW METHOD TO VENT FAKE MASTERPIECES New York (WNS)—Faking of artistic masterpieces will hence forth be virtually impossible as the result of a new method of identifying the paintings of old masters devised by Dr. Maximil ian Toch, chemist and professor of the chemistry of artistic painting at the National Acad emy of Design. Dr. Toch has developed a method which by means of infra-red photography enables him to photograph un der the glaze of the pictures. body also empowered Commissioner McDonald to deal directly with the Nazi regime in order to obtain con cessions for German refugees who are unable to get their funds out of Germany because of the law for bidding exportation of money. The governing body also voted to au thorize Mr. McDonald to ask the governments of European countries to exercise greater liberality in is suing documents to refugees with out passports, to contact govern ments of countries that can absorb refugees. Floating a loan to rehab ilitate refugees who are profession al men and the raising of funds by the academic board to maintain refugee scholars were also decided upon by the governing body. Lord Robert Cecil, England’s representa tive on the governing body, deplor ed the fact that while twenty per cent of the refugees are Christians only four per cent of the funds raised for refugee relief came from Christian sources. He also empha sized the fact that refugees are forbidden by Germany to get their funds held In the Reich Is an In ternational problem. Jewish Group To Open Clinic For Children A children’s dental clinic, for the treatment of needy children under thirteen years of age, has been add ed to the Morris Hirsch clinic, Ed ward M. Kahn, executive director of the clinic, announced. The Atlanta Federation of Jewish Social Service, in co-operation with the Atlanta section of the Council •of Jewish Women, has made the clinic possible. It will be held at two o’clock every Monday after noon, and will be limited to those known to social agencies or those who cannot afford private treat ment. REFORM GROUP VOTES OPPOSITION TO WAR New York (WNS)—Unequivo cal opposition to war and a de termination to support of all forces acting to prevent it were | voiced in a resolution adopted at the annual convention of the Northeast Religious Union, an affiliate of the Union of Ameri can Hebrew Congregations. Minister Of Labor DAVID A. CROLL Two portfolios in the cabinet of Prime Minister Hepburn of the Province of Ontario are now held by David Croll, one-time Windsor Jewish newspoy who rose to the mayoralty of his city and who won the distinction of being the first Jewish cabinet officer in Canada. Croll, who was appointed minister of welfare and municipal affairs when the Liberal took control of the Ontario government, has now been named minister of labor. Van Rees, League Supporter of Zionism, Dies Here At Age 71 Geneva (WNS)—D. F. W, Van Rees, vice-chairman of the League of Nations Mandates Commission and a devoted friend of the Zion ist cause, is dead here, at the age of seventy-one. Van Rees, who had a distinguished record in the diplomatic service of Holland, was one of the sharpest critics of British policies in Palestine, and repeatedly took British spokes men to task when the Mandates Commission was discussing Pales tine affairs. CHARGES DIRECTORS VIOLATE PROVISIONS OF DE HjRSGH’S WILL Management Of' ICA Is Challenged by Anglo- Jewish Leader London (WNS)—The letter and spirit of the will of Baron Maur ice de Hirsch, who willed $50,000,- 000 to the Jewish Colonization As sociation (ICA), which he found ed, to save the Jews of Eastern Europe from degeneration and ruin, are being flagrantly violated by the directors of ICA, who are doing nothing about the present plight of the Jews of Eastern and Central Europe, J. Brutzkus, prom inent Anglo-Jewish leader, charg es in a letter to the London Jew ish Chronicle. Challenging the present management of the ICA, Mr. Brutzkus makes the follow ing charges: Its activities have considerably decreased since the death of Baron de Hirsch; it car ries out no financial trans actions whatever and has never published an account of income and expenditure; the Jewish peo ple does not derive much benefit from De Hirsch’s millions; the explanation that ICA’s passivity Is due to losses of capital during the War is not substantiated since these losses only amounted to $3,- 300,000; Baron de Hirsch’s test amentary provisions that ICA funds should be invested only in government bonds of England, France, Belgium, Holland, Switz erland, United States, are not be ing observed and that the funds are being invested in bonds of all countries and of private compan ies. Pointing out that De Hirsch bequeathed the shares of the ICA in equal portions to the Jewish communities of Brussels, Paris, Frankfort, Berlin and the Anglo- Jewish Association of London, Mr. Brutzkus declares it is the moral duty of these communities to demand that De Hirsch’s will be carried out in letter and spirit, (Continued on page four)* Government Should Fight Race Prejudice Cabinet Officers Hold New York (WNS) — The United States Government has a positive obligation to combat the growth of racial prejudice in its midst, ac cording to two members of the cab inet, Secretary of the Interior Ic- kes and Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, whose views on this sub ject are contained in messages ad dressed to the English supplement of The Day, national Yiddish daily, for its twentieth anniversary edi tion. “Undoubtedly it is a function of government to combat, so far as possible, those forces which make for prejudice between groups, whether the groups be based on economic differences, or differences in race or religion,” was the view taken by Secretary Wallace. A con trary view was expressed by Sec retary of Commerce Roper. Messages from President Roose velt and Governor Lehman are in cluded In the issue which features a symposium on the question of whether Nazi race theories can ever be successfully planted in the soil of America. Among the contribu tors to the symposium are Sinclair Lewis, Booth Tarkington, Charles A. Beard, Theodore Dreiser, H. L. Mencken, Julia Peterkin, Ernest Boyd, T. S. Stribling, Sherwood Anderson, Upton Sinclair, Gertrude Atherton, Henry Seidel Canby, Waldo Frank, Charles Edward Rus sell. The issue also contains articles by Leon Blum, Edouard Herriot, Henri Bergson, Thomas Mann, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, Raymond Mo- ley, Morris Raphael Cohen, J. Da vid Stem, Dr. Cyrus Adler and Dr. Stephen S. Wise, and the last in terview granted by the late Louis Barthou. ANTI-SEMITE BARED FROM CONGRESSIONAL RACE New York (WNS) — Royal Scott Gulden, head of the anti- Semitic Order of "76 and would- be independent candidate for Congress on an anti-Semitic tic ket in Yorkville, has been re moved from the ballot by the board of elections which found his nominating petitions lacked a sufficient number of names. Gulden’s candidacy had the sup port of the organized Nazi for ces in New York.