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The Southern Israelite
VOL. X—NO. 22.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1936.
Price Five Cents
LEADERS in science
TO BROADCAST
PROGRAM
Carried Over the Blue Network of
the National Broadcasting
Tuesday, April 2
TENTH ANNIVERSARY
Hr brew University has Made In
valuable Contributions to the
World of Science
Leaders in science and educa
tion throughout the world will
join on April 2 in the celebration
of the tenth anniversary of the
dedication of the Hebrew Uni-
tersity in Palestine, it was an
nounced yesterday by Dr. A. S. W.
Rosenbach, President of the Amer
ican Friends of the Hebrew Uni
versity.
In this country, a chain of din
ners and meetings will be held
from coast to coast, and the voices
of Sir Herbert Samuel, James -de
Rothschild and Dr. Judah L. Mag-
nes, Chancellor of the Hebrew
University, will be heard in an in
ternational broadcast from Lon
don and Jerusalem. Dr. Magnes’
address from Jerusalem and the
talks of Sir Herbert and James de
Rothschild from London, will be
carried over the Blue Network of
the National Broadcasting Com
pany on Tuesday, April 2, from
9:30 to 10:30 p. m., Eastern Stan
dard Time.
"The significance of the cele
bration of the inaugural by the
late Earl of Balfour of this first
University of the Jewish people,
can not be over-estimated,” Dr.
Ro enbach said. “Despite earth
quakes, riots, and a world eco
nomic crisis which sadly handi
capped its efforts, the Hebrew
University has made invaluable
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Three Jewish Scholars
Win Belgian Fellowships
New York (WNS)—Three Ameri
can Jewish scholars received fel
lowship awards from the Commis
sion for Relief in Belgium Educa
tional Foundation, Inc. The three
Jewish scholars are Florence Adler,
Chicago, to continue research in
uredi al economic history; Charles
Roienblum, Minneapolis, for re-
‘ irch in radium chemistry; and
William L. Schwartz, Palo Alto,
California, research in French clas
sical drama.
Saar Plebiscite Newsreels
Banned In Palestine
Jerusalem (WNS — Palcor Agen-
The Palestine Government
| 1,111 censor has banned newsreels
^ at ha d arrived from London
■•mg street scenes in the Saar
an Berlin following the plebis-
^ lte in the Saar Basin Territory,
mema in Palestine will be al
to exhibit the films as a re-
the ruling, it is understood
• ne action was taken in order
Prevent disorders in motion pic-
-'juses when the films show-
^ azi victory are displayed.
B£ UOC ASSAILS NAZI
ANTI-SEMITISM IMMORAL
iti New Yor k (WNS)—The anti-Sem
a>' m ‘ tiie Nazi regime in Germ
"immoral,” Hilaire Bello,
pc’ ^ous English author an
an-i - 0 / 0 layman » declared on hi
k m kere. No such anti-Semitisr
jested in England, he assert
ert ° l0C was Particularly vehem
J * n denouncing the exiling c
and ph y sicians
Chancellor
DR. JUDAH L. MAGNES, Chancel
lor of the Hebrew University in
Palestine, who will speak from Je
rusalem to thousands of persons
gathered at dinners from coast to
coast, in this country on Tuesday
evening, April 2nd. Dr. Magnes
will be heard over the Blue Net
work of the National Broadcasting
Company, from 9:30 to 10:30 P. M.,
Eastern Standard Time.
CHEMICAL PLANT
ANNOUNCED FOR
PALESTINE
Will Produce Sulphuric Acid,
Superphosphates and Caus
tic Soda
Haifa (WNS—Palcor Agency)—
The largest chemical plant in the
Near East, which will free Pales
tine and surrounding countries
from the need of European im
portation, is to be erected in this
harbor city shortly, it was learn
ed by Palcor Agency. The plant
will have a capital of £1,000,000
and is being established on the
initiative of the British Chemical
Industries, Ltd., and a group of
overseas Jewish manufacturers.
The success of the huge plant
is assured from the beginning as
the result of the signing of an
agreement with the Iraq Petrole
um Company, which will purchase
40,000 tons of sulphuric acid an
nually for a proposed petroleum
refinery at Haifa. Previously the
erection of such a refinery had
been impossible owing to the lack
of the adequate chemicals. The
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CLEVELAND ZIONISTS
MAKE PEACE WITH
RABBI SILVER
Differences Between the District
and Rabbi Silver Were
Smoothed
Cleveland (WNS)—Peace reigns
agin among the Zionists of Cleve
land as the result of an under
standing reached between the
Cleveland Zionist district and
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver. The dif-
feiences between the district and
Rabbi Silver were smoothed out
through the intervention of Ed
ward M. Baker, honorary presi
dent of the Cleveland Federation
of Jewish Charities. Both parties
signed an agreement. The text of
the agreement is as follows;
“With a view of reconciling the
differences which have long exist
ed touching Zionist matters and
other Jewish communal activities
in Cleveland the undersigned
Cleveland members of the national
executive committee of the Zion
ist Organization of America who
sent a communication to the pres
ident of the Organization relative
to the invitation which had been
extended to Rabbi A. H. Silver,
regret their action which was the
outgrowth of many unfortunate
misunderstandings that are like
wise mutually regretted. Rabbi A.
H. Silver regrets the criticism
made by him against the Cleve
land members of the national exe
cutive committee and the leader
ship of the Cleveland Zionist dis
trict. It is agreed that the new
Zionist unit organized in Cleve
land shall not be known as a dis
trict and that it ■ will revise the
resolution adopted at the first
meeting of the organization in
such a way as to eliminate the
word ‘honest’ from the phrase ‘to
create a spirit of honest Zion
ism.’ ” Those signing this state
ment were Ezra Z. Shapiro, A. H.
Friedland, George J. Klein, Alfred
H. Sachs, Max F. Kohrman and
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver.
THREE JEWISH ARTISTS
ARE NAMED TO DESIGN
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
Washington (WNS)—Three Jew
ish painters and sculptors are a-
mong the thirteen artists engaged
by the United States Government
to execute eleven murals and two
works of sculpture in the new Post
Office and Justice Departments’
buildings. The Jewish painters are
Maurice Sterne and Leon Kroll. The
sculptor is William Zorach.
World Mo urns
Louis Wiley, Business Manager
of the New York Times, died
suddenly last week at the age
of 65. He was recently honored
by the Genesee Society on the
occasion of the celebration of
fifty years In journalism.
JEWS BARRED FROlT
CONSCRIPT ARMY
Order Affects Particularly Repre
sentative Body of German
and Cultural Union
Berlin (WNS)—Any lingering
hope that the German Jews may
t
have had for some slight modifi
cation of anti-Jewish laws and
policies was completely dissipat
ed when it was officially an
nounced that the Reich’s new con
script army will bar Jews. This
decision virtually classifies Jews
as German inhabitants and not
German citizens. Jewish leaders
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Canadian Budget
Exempts Palestine
Oranges From Tariff
New Ruling Is Result of Interven
tion By British Government
Ottawa (WNS) — Exemption of
Palestine oranges from tariffs is
announced by Finance Minister
Rhodes in the new budget submit
ted to the Canadian parliament.
This concession is of the utmost
importance not only to importers
but to the orange planters of Pal
estine. Hitherto Palestine oranges
were imported to Canada via Egypt
which made them subject to tariff.
The new ruling, which is the result
of the intervention of the British
Government, will make it posisble
for Palestine oranges to be shipped
directly to Canada.
Mrs. A. I. Har is Presides Over Meeting In New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS—Mrs. Arthur
I. Harris, chairman of the pro
gram committee for the second
annual Southern Regional Con
ference on Jewish Welfare held
in New Orleans, presided over the
luncheon meeting held at the St.
Charles Hotel, attended by rep
resentatives from ten Southern
states.
It was at this meeting that
George W. Rabinoff, of New York
City, addressed the conference
concerning the necessity of intel
ligent lay leadership in the ad
ministration of Jewish social
work. Mr. Rabinoff is associate
director of the National Council
of Jewish Federations and Wel
fare Funds.
Dr. Emil W. Leipziger, chair
man of the New Orleans depart
ment of public welfare, in. his
presentation before the meeting,
said that it is the federation’s
function to lead iiv the organiza
tion of the neglected field of Jew
ish communal life.
The general subject for the ses
sion’s discussion opened by Har
ry L. Lurie, New York director
of the national council, was “Jew
ish Social Service and the De
velopment of Public Welfare.” Mr.
Lurie outlined the development of
public welfare activities in this
country. An interesting light of
Mr. Lurie’s talk was the state
ment that government agencies
would soon take hand in the ad
justment of the problems of the
relief field.
Among the outstanding attend
ants of the conference were Dr.
Louis Levy, Memphis, Tenn., and
Rabbi Eugene Blachschleger,
Montgomery, Ala., who led the
discussions following the morning
addresses; Leon H. Rittenberg,
New Orleans, who presided the
afternoon session; Edward M.
Kahn, Atlanta, Southern field rep
resentative of the national coun
cil; Miss Rose Brener, executive
secretary of^New Orleans Y. W. H.
A.; Rabbi Louis Feigon, Galves
ton, Texas; Rabbi Louis Feigon
ton, Texas; Julius Goldman, exe
cutive director of the New Orleans
Community Chest; 8. Walter
Stern, chairman of the Southern
regional committee and president
of the Jewish Charitable and Edu
cational Federation of New Or
leans; and Dr. J. W. Newman,,
president of the Jewish Children’s
Home of New Orleans.
NEWSPAPER WORLD
MOURNS WILEY
OF N.JfJIMES * 1
Newspaper Men Throughout World
Are Mourning Death of
Louis Wiley
BORN IN HORNELL
At the Age of Eighteen Was on
the Staff of the Rochester
Post-Express
New York (WNS)—Newspaper
men throughout the world are
mourning the sudden death of
Louis Wiley, who as business man
ager of the New York Times for
twenty-nine years stood shoulder
to shoulder with Adolph S. Ochs
in reconstructing the New York
Times from a derelict and mori
bund sheet into the country’s best
known newspaper and who, dur
ing his notable career became one
of the most written about and
talked about men in American
journalism. Bom in Hornell, New
York, sixty-six years ago, Wiley
started his newspaper career as
a reporter in Fort Wayne, Indi
ana, when he was sixteen. At the
age of eighteen he was on the
staff of the Rochester-Post Ex
press. In the year he joined this
paper he started the Tidings, an
Anglo-Jewish weekly. Although
this paper made money, he sold
it when he was twenty-four In
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Spaniards In Mexico To
Celebrate Maimonides
Octocentennial
Spanish Government Sponsoring
Celebration
Mexico City (WNS)—Local Span
ish residents are taking the initia
tive in arranging a national cele
bration of the 800th anniversary of
the birth of Moses Maimonides.
Upon the receipt of an official doc
ument from the Spanish Govern
ment, which is sponsoring the Mai
monides Octocentennial celebration
in Cordova, Maimonides’ birthplace,
the Spanish population here took
steps to hold an obsrevance here.
Rabbi M. Berger of the local syna
gogue, has been invited to be one
of the speakers.
Irag Cabinet Reverses
Anti-Semitic Policy
London (WNS) — The new Iraq
cabinet has completely overturned
the anti-Semitic policy of its pre
decessor, according to word receiv
ed here from Bagdad. The three
Jewish officials in the government
ministries who were dismissed by
the former government have been
reinstated. Jewish teachers ousted
by the former cabinet have been as
signed to new positions, and Dr.
Brahas, Jewish physician, has been
named medical director of Bagdad.
Eighty-Four German
Jews Lose Citizenship
Berlin (WNS)—Eighty-four more
German Jews have been deprived
of their •citizenship, according to
an announcement in the official
gazette. As usual the explanation
is that they were naturalized after
November 9, 1918. Many of them,
however, were born in Germany.
Fritz Neulaender, editor of the or
gan of the Jewish communities in
the Rhineland, has been sent to a
concentration camp because he an
swered an anti-Semitic attack In
the West German Beobachter.