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The Southern Israelite
Established
1925
VOL. X—NO. 24.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1935.
Price Five Cents
WORLD MOURNS OCHS,
PUBLISHER OrNEW
yorktimes .
Bom in Cincinnati in 1858, Ochs
Was the Son of an Impover
ished Civil War Veteran
Chattanooga, Tenn. (WNS —
From president Roosevelt down to
the copy boy on the New York
Times, America is mourning the
death of Adolph Simon Ochs,
publisher of the New York Times,
who died in this city at the age
of seventy-seven, while revisiting
the place where he started his
journalistic career in 1869. More
than any other one man Ochs was
responsible for the tremendous
prestige of the American press,
which copied his ideas. He was
the first to divorce the news
columns from the editorial opin
ions of a newspaper, and in so
doing set a precedent which made
the Times the outstanding tri
umph of modern journalism. He
came to New York in 1896, as
a comparatively young and suc
cessful publisher of the Chatta
nooga Times to invest his whole
life savings in the New York
Times. It was then a decadent
and moribund sheet but under his
direction it became the most im
portant newspaper in the world.
Ochs grew with the Times. He
was honored by six universities
and throughout the world was rec
ognized as the peer of publishers,
a man who lifted the newspaper
from the sphere of mud-slinging
and character assassination to the
level of a great organ of public
education and public opinion.
Born in Cincinnati in 1858,
Ochs was the son of an impover
ished Civil War veteran. He mar
ried the daughter of Rabbi Isaac
M. Wise, founder of American Re
form Judaism. Throughout his life
he was identified with movements
to preserve Judaism. He was a
patron of the Hebrew Union Col-
eve, the Jewish Education Assoc-
ation and the Union of American
Hebrew Congregations. An un
compromising opponent of Zion-
-m and Jewish nationalism, his
paper nevertheless published more
f-°ntst and general Jewish news
han any other general paper in
le W01 'ld. Some years ago he pre-
ented a Menorah to the Cathed-
ral ° f St. John the Divine. In
-edition to the New York Times
and the Chattanooga Times, he
'Mncd Current History Magazine,
Midweek Pictorial and The An-
• a i t. At one time he was pub-
•'••‘i of the Philadelphia Times
and Ledger.
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AROUSES LONDON
. London (WNS)—The
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"rH ^ eathS ° f Dr - Dora 1
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fon ^ Je wmh refugees, whi
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that 1 Women refuse to i
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womp " that Nazis murder
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11 w ith the Jacob outr
Hish Commissioner
Sir Herbert Samuel, first High
Commissioner of Palestine who
represented Great Britain at the
dedication ceremonies, partici
pated in the international broad
cast on the occasion of the tenth
anniversary of the University.
PROBE ACTIVITIES
OF BLACK HITLER IN
HARLEM NEGRO RIOT
It Was Abdul Who First Called
Attention to the Smoldering
Discontent in Harlem
New York (WNS)—Seeking to
determine the causes of and the
responsibility for the recent negro
riots in Harlem, Mayor La Guar-
dia’s inter-racial committee is
planning to investigate the role
of Abdul Hamid, self-styled “black
Hitler of Harlem.” It was Abdul
Hamid who first called attention
to the smoldering discontent in
Harlem when he attracted con
siderable support for his cam
paign against Jewish merchants
who were allegedly discriminating
against negro workers. It is re
ported that Hamid has obtained
some aid from various Nazi organ
izations. The committee hopes to
be able to uproot all movements
engaged in stirring up racial ani
mosities among the negro popul
ation.
JEWISH SCHOOLBOY NATION’S
NEWEST SWIMMING MARVEL
New York (WNS) — America’s
chances of winning the swimming
championship back from Japan in
the coming Olympic Games were
materially increased when Adolph
Kiefer, 16-year-old Chicago Jewish
schoolboy, revealed himself as the
latest natatorial marvel by break
ing the world’s record for the 150-
yard back-stroke in the 47th annual
national indoor championships of
the Amateur Athletic Union. Kief
er set a mark of 1:36.1 td break by
eight-tenths of a second the ac
cepted world mark established last
year by Albert Vande Weghe. Kief
er, who was taught to swim by his
father, a swimming instructor in
the German army, first became na
tionally known several months ago
when he started to crack national
swimming records.
TEMPLE PASSOVER SADER
In the main auditorium of the
Temple on Thursday evening, Ap
ril 11, at 7 o’clock, there will
be a Sader for all members of
the Temple and their friends, fif
ty cents per plate.
Chairman pf the committee is
Mrs. Jack Weinstock. This Sader
is given under the auspices of the
Temple Sisterhood.
Mack Elected Chairman
Of Union Of American
Hebrew Congregations
Washington, D. C. (WNS)—The
election of Jacob W. Mack of Cin
cinnati to the chairmanship of the
executive' board, an office he has
held since the death of Ludwig Vo-
gelstein, marked the closing session
of the 34th biennial Council of the
Union of American Hebrew Con
gregations, the organization of Re
form congregations. A member of
the executive board since 1919, Mr.
Mack was elected treasurer in 1931
and vice-president in 1923. Other
officers elected were: A. Leo Weil
of Pittsburgh, first vice-president;
Maurice D. Rosenberg of Washing
ton, second vice-president; Marcus
Rauh of Pittsburgh, third vice-
president; N. Henry Beckman of
Cincinnati, treasurer; and Rabbi
George Zepin of Cincinnati, exec
utive secretary. Judge Irving Leh
man of New York, Lee M. Friedman
of Boston and Arnold M. Schmidt
of Brooklyn were named to fill
three vacancies on the executive
board.
Satisfaction with the efforts made
for the upbuilding of Palestine was
expressed in one of nine resolutions
adopted by the Council. Other res- j
olutions pledged “unremitting indi- I
vidual and collective aid” in behalf.
of the Jews of Germany and other
foreign lands, called upon enlight
ened public opinion to condemn
and combat anti-Semitism every
where, voiced sympathy for perse
cuted minority groups everywhere,
lauded the University in Exile and
the committees for placing exile
German scholars, endorsed the work
of the Pro-Falasha Committee, ap
proved the work of the United Jew
ish Appeal, endorsed legislation to
curb lynching and advocated world
peace.
The National Federation of Tem
ple Sisterhoods, which held its con
vention simultaneously with that of
the Union, unanimously elected
Mrs. Henry Nathan of Buffalo,
president. Mrs. Adolph Rosenberg
of Cincinnati was elected first "vice-
president; Mrs. Albert J. May of
New York, second vice-president
Mrs. David Lefkowitz of Dallas,
third vice-president; Mrs. Julius
Honnig, Columbia, South Carolina,
fourth vice-president; Mrs. Joseph
Stolz of Chicago, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Jonas Frenkel of Cincin
nati, treasurer; Miss Jane Evans of
Cincinnati, executive secretary.
Members of the executive board are
Mrs. Harry Freund, St. Louis; Mrs.
Charles Greenclay, Denver; Mrs.
Adolph Hanauer, New Brunswick,
N. J.; Mrs. Henry Meyers, Detroit;
Mrs. Joseph G. Nathanson, Provi
dence; Mrs. Jonas Selig, Monroe,
La.; Mrs. Morris Barnett, New Or
leans; Mrs. Samuel Brody, Chica
go; Mrs. Sam H. Cohens, Cleveland;
Mrs. Milton H. Fries, Birmingham;
Mrs. David Goldfarb, New York;
Mrs. A. M. Goldstein, Seattle; Mrs.
Ernst Horwitz, Atlanta; Mrs. Aaron
Lambie, Pittsburgh; Mrs. I. Valen
tine Levi, Philadelphia; Mrs. W. W.
Oberdorfer, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Jo
nas Oberdorfer, Syracuse, N. Y.;
Mrs. Samuel T. Rice, Hamilton,
Ohio; Mrs. A. L. Sachar, Champaign,
Ill.; Mrs. Sol Schoenmann, Hous
ton; Mrs. Jonas Sternberger,
Brownsville, Texas.
First Jewish Seamen’s Union
In History Formed at Haifa
Haifa (WNS—Palcor Agency)—A
new chapter in the age-old history
of the Jewish people was written
here when the first Jewish sea
men’s union of which there is rec
ord held its first meeting here.
For Passover Services of At
lanta’s Congregations, see “Next
Week” Column on Editorial Page.
Publ is her Dies
ADOLPH OCHS
America’s leading publisher,
who passed away while visiting
in Chattanooga, the scene of his
apprenticeship days.
EDEN TO DISCUSS
MINORITY TREATIES
WITHJPO LAND
Poland’s Abrogation of the Minor
ities Treaty Will be Discuss
ed by Anthony Eden
London (WNS)—Poland's abro
gation of the minorities treaty
will be discussed by Anthony
Eden, England’s roving ambassa
dor, when he confers with Marshal
Piludski and Foreign Minister
Beck at Warsaw on the European
crisis created by Germany’s scrap
ping of the military clauses of
the Versailles Treaty, it was re
ported here. Eden, It is said, will
try to obtain a pledge that Po
land will not discriminate against
her minority peoples.
Warsaw (WNS)—Although dip
lomatic circles abroad regard Wa-
lery Slawek, Poland’s new premi
er, as a Fascist and pro-Nazi,
Jewish public opinion here seems
to feel that he is friendly to the
Jews. The feeling among Jews is
that in view of the growth of
anti-Semitism in Poland it is per
haps better for the Jews if Po
land is ruled by a dictator who
is friendly to Jews rather than by
a democrat who is an anti-Sem
ite.
AMERICANS SCORED 254
POINTS IN MACCIBIAD
TRACK EVENTS
Tel Aviv (WNS—Palcor Agen
cy)—Final computation of the
point totals in the track and field
events at the second triennial
Maccabiad shows that the United
States won the track and field
championship with 254 points.
Germany was second with 183, and
Poland was a close third with
178 x k. Palestine scored 139^
points, Austria, 135, Czechoslovak
ia, 105, and South Africa, 91,
POPE RECEIVES ANGLO-
JEWISH SCHOLAR
Rome (WNS)— Pope Pius re
ceived Cecil Roth, world famous
Jewish historian, in audience and
accepted from him a copy of his
latest book, which recounts how
Pope Clement XIV denounced the
libel that Jews use Christian blood
for ritual purposes. Roth was re
ceived toy the Pope as a represen
tative of the British Jewry.
ATLANTA TO HOLD
JEWISH NATIONAL
FUND CAMPAIGN
Conference Held at the Jewish
Progressive Club on Pryor
Street
HELD WEDNESDAY
Committee to Work Out Campaign
Details and Submit Proposals
to a Larger Conference •
At a conference held at the
Jewish Progressive Club on Pryor
street by leaders and representa
tives of Atlanta Jewry, it was
the unanimous opinion of all pre
sent that Atlanta accept its share
of responsibility in helping raise
the American quota of $500,000
in the special campaign now be
ing conducted throughout the
United States, It was also the
consensus of the meeting, which
was presided over toy Rabbi Harry
H, Epstein, that the local cam
paign be launched at the earliest
possible time this spring in view
of the urgent emergency which
exists in the scarcity of land in
Palestine, which drawback may
restrict immigration into the
Holy Land.
Mr. Simon J. Levin of New York,
National Field representative of
the Fund, who spoke, pointed out
that there is even an element of
danger that the mandatory may
be forced to restrict immigration
unless the Jewish people will have
sufficient land at their command
to take care of the large influx
particularly from Nazi Germany.
Mr. Levin urged that Atlanta set
the pace for other Southern
cities not only in accepting their
obligations in this special Jewish
National Fund project but see to
it that the money be raised
promptly.
It was decided to appoint a
committee to work out campaign
details and submit their propos
als to a larger conference of rep
resentatives from all Jewish or
ganizations to be held shortly at
which time the mechanics of the
campaign may be perfected and
campaign officers and commit
tees selected.
The planning committee in
cludes the following: 11. Rich,
chairman; Edward R. Vajda, sec
retary; Joel Dorfan, Ralph Win
ner, Dr. Nathan Blass, B. Nie-
burg, David S. Block, F. Taffel,
David J. Ajouelo, L. Issacson,
Rabbi Harry H. Epstein, Rabbi
I. Joseph Cohen and Rabbi Tob
ias Geffen.
Harvard Orator Called
College Beth Hamidrash
In 1675, Exhibit Show*
Cambridge, Mass. (WNS — A
Unique feature of the display of
16th, 17th and 18th century man
uscripts and books dealing with
Maimonides, on exhibit in the
Treasure Room of the Widener
Library pf Harvard University In
connection with the Maimonides
Octocentennial Celebration, is a
handwritten original of a Harvard
commencement address of 1675 in
which the writer characterizes
Harvard College as a “Beth Ham
idrash.” The same oration cites
a quotation on Maimonides from
the writings and speeches of John
Harvard, founder of Harvard Col
lege, and compares John Harvard
to the Jews because he, like they,
considered a school of greater
importance even than *a syna
gogue since he left his fortune
for the endowment of a college
rather than a church.