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AVONDALE MILLS OF ALABAMA TWILLS DENIMS SHEETINGS YARDS CHAMBRAYS ROPE MILLS AT Birmingham, Ala. Sylacauga, Ala. Alexander City, Ala. Stevenson, Ala. Pell City, Ala. Lafayette, Ala. Sycamore, Ala. TALLASSEE MILLS OF THE MOUNT VERNONAVOODBERRY MILLS. INCORPORATED TALLASSEE, ALABAMA ARMY DUCK TWILLS DRILLS RUBBER GOODS ROLL COVER ROPE Selling Agents TURNER HALSEY COMPANY 40 WORTH STREET NEW YORK CITY On Land, in the Air, on the Sea I Continued from page -t i As the officially recognized repre sentatives of tin* Jewish community, the National Jewish Welfare Board, drawiii<.' upon 2A years of war and peace-time experience. and strength* cried through its role as a member agency of the I SO. has risen to the demands of our growing armed forces. Besides the regular I SO pro gram wherein the J\\ B operates or shares in the operation of 1<I2 flubs las compared with about half that number last Rush Hushanah». provid ing entertainment, cultural activities, home hospitality, service to troops in transit, and personal assistance, both here and overseas activities essen tially Jewish, specifically religious, make up an important part of tin* Board's program. In addition to large-scale arrange ments for the High Holy day period, the Board went all-out to bring Pass- over to the troops this year, sending more than fiO.OOO pounds of matzoth to it-. army and navy committees and to army chaplains, as well as thou sands of hagadahs, and recruiting a group of civilian rahhis who minis- tered to the men during tin* holiday wherever there was no Jewish chap lain on duty. Six civilian rahhis went overseas this Passover to conduct se ller services at bases all the way from the Caribbean to Alaska, including Hawaii, the Canal /one. Puerto Kico and Bermuda. Other religious occa sions have been marked bv appro priate observance, often under the Board s leadership, and no Friday night ever passes an \merican mili tary post without some form of Jew ish Sabbath serv ices. Hawaii after Pearl Harbor con fronted the Board with a prodigious task, and a most pressing one. Civil ian evacuation, hospitalization of the wounded and the establishment of 42 emergency feeding posts foi evac uated civ ilians had to he accomplished without delay. I In* J\\ B set up mo bile canteen service for soldiers on day-long "alert duty, added four as sistants to the director’s stall and opened a second l SO club in down town Honolulu. Last September about two dozen Jewish chaplains were on active duty with the army and navy. This year, the J\\ B s Army ami Navy Commit tee on Religious Activities discloses that (»0 American rabbis in uniform (six of whom are in the navy 1 are serving American servicemen oi Jew- i>h faith, here and abroad. The Com mittee on Religious Activities also announces that there will, very likely, i Please turn to page 221 [10] The Southern Isrxklite