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’•third Year
HOUSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1931
NO. 38
by side in harmony and with mutual
the world
enduring co-operation in many com-
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overseas.
of the Counci
agreement between the Joint Distri-
mem
bers of the Jewish Agency,
respec-
Mr
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White Paper Demands
intima- !
financiers.
j sion of Fifth International A. Z. A.
Port land
, and my deep appreciation of the pub.
r.
William J.
annually
Out of town speakers
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the
Another evidence of the untamed
and Hu Morgan
first
Arab delegat
resulted
to
Berlin.
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It was revealed at the conference
II.
it
| impelled -to seek employment.
“First, there are about four
lion Jews in the Unit
Ui
about one and a half million in Ne
To help these people out the t
Grand
Y ork City, and yet you d
else
power
l’rit
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con-
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ideals of Zionism and the work of
the Jewish National Fund in reclaim-
ing and redeeming the soil of Pal-
sued by Felix Warburg and Dr. Cy-
rus Adler is as follows:
of the Jewish Agency for Palestine
are the constituent bodies, was for-
by Professor and Frau Einstein in
New York, on their way to Califor-
nia, was the presentation to him by
the leaders of the Jewish National
Fund of America of the Einstein vol-
pions and defenders of peace. There
should be no movement for peace
without you Jews, because you have
back of you this wonderful preach-
ment of peace.”
long- ( .
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h Agency for
of industry kn
for the
made
collector
art i-.(
f land t
com tin
—local, national and
According to the
Russell Says Jews in
American Are Not
Using Their Power
Me-
very
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f rom
lnel
lo not
which
the
ion
delayed
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French government
! company.
i- Commenting on
brte l the
1.: r; i > (1 • \ <
n ilims.
ex- 1
the |
Aaron Frank Named
Leading Citizen of
Oregon City in 1930
“The
which
ami for
welfar.
f nancial carec
of international
( her,
the E
na
carrying
rt lation
He
I'lu
l ro
t hey
tie
Nat ional
chairman
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All World Jewery Mourns
Death of Lord Melchett,
British-Jewish Mind
1
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Palestine Agency and J.D. C.
Funds to Be Separate
In the New Year
W
•Y JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE
7™ . ........— -v ......... II. ... ■ -------
The American press devoted much
attention to this occasion when Ein-
stein was honored by American Jew-
ry as its "great brother,” not merely
Hoover and Republican
Majority Leader Deplore
Attack Made on Meyer
2d
was lic value of their work in behalf of
BNAI B’RITH TO HONOR
(Continued on
Arab is unemployed.
in “inter- 1
rejection
enate do.
rapidly reaching catastrophic proper-
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-rb ,,
Israel Goldstein.
that many former wealthy bank of
8883 New York attorney, was donor of
2 ■' 2,000 Thanksgiving dinners to needy.
Sb
gdlu.
ar -ggcag9e8g aJ® adenn
of art
r, and
and
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ERALD
an organizer
THE OLDEST JEWISH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE SOUTHWEST
ntly assailed as
created in compliance with a wide- j the religious charitable and cultural
il of the Jew-
(•(tails that
i-. button Committee and the American
•'members of the Jewish Agency for
Palestine; the World
ew him as the head
ways in. which Jews could use their
power.
I States and ' sional
w tion.
should,” said Mr. Russell.
the Arab
letters have been sent to secretariesifer
ficias and merchants who were once
generous donor ' to philanthropy are
now so impoverished that they are
1 , one time well-to-do 'Jewish
Allied Jewish Campaign, of | Day when in a message addressed to
the Joint Distribution Com- ; the fraternity of Jewish youth he
l mittee and the American members
wit h banking h
reputation, Mr.
on immigration
Henrietta Szold, Mrs. Einstein, Rob-
ert Szold.
Second row: Abraham Goldberg
Front row (from left to right):
former well-to-do Jewish residents of
Berlin’s West Side, the residential
area of the prosperous business men, I
men are in the same condi- authorized by
tion of Judaism and outlined five*
7
1 members of Aleph Zadik Aleph of
1 the B’nai B’rith on their celebra- Fadil
■ tion of International A. Z. A. Day
Ban on
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Wollman, prominent
terms of the
rono'.d manhger of the Meier |- i mk
I opart ment Store, t he large t e tab
Al Ilayt, useless, because of the lol
merous explanations by the British
government to calm t he Jews.
official Arab reply to
harbor, shows Dr. Einstein receiving
the Golden Book from Mr. Emanuel
Neumann, president of the Jewish
National Fund of America, who
One of the most interesting mo-j unique position
ments in the four busy ‘days spent
poverty among the Jews of Berlin is
dared the first
October, immediately
. a
Aaron Frank.
the civic
Agency for Palestine, early in 1931 I munities on behalf of Jewish
were announced tonight, by Felix Mil......
Warburg and Dr. Cyrus Adler, on ■
behalf of the Joint Distribution
in the world of
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Charles Edward Russell, occupy-
pood Ie I lative
i. and Representative Tilson, majority
have leader, all . ame to the defense of
uene Meyer newly appointed gov-
cobs, Rabbi Wolf Gold, Abraham
Spierer, Bernard Stone, Rabbi Lewis
I. Newman and Ida Flatow. '
Third row: Adam Rosen, Louis
and executive
en stated that "he had a
pressed: "cordial greetings to
sadame
spread sentiment to establish a com-
mon ground for unified effort to
ameliorate the lot of suffering Jewry
overseas and to give'support to the
movement for the upbuilding of a
Important communal values
tive city for his significant gift .
everybody or nobody.’ We are now
building up a elaaa of educated am-
toerote. | ume of the Golden Book.
"Fifth, the Jews should bo chain* — • -
E 40la, Belgium, has elected Rabbi M. Committee and the American
E Bhwartz as chief rabbi of Belgium.
f Sehwartz was previously the chief' lively, in a statement issued through .
E9 rabbi of Strasbourg. the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
B . * * * ; The Joint Distribution Commit- D si , ,
B Professor Felix Frankfurter of | tee’s drive will open in January 1 res. Hoover Commends
L Harvard Law School has been named | while that of the American Palestine! Al 1 7 1:1 Al L D
K-one of a committee of live to edit a | Campaign will start early in 1931. Alepn Ladlk Aleph bOyS
2 aumber of volumes describing the A national conference to initiate this 1
GL development of American law.
Neumann, Professor Einstein,
you get for 20 cents at the Metro-
politan Opera House or Carnegie
Hall? If one could get the Jews
aroused'one could get music as easily
as one could get the sun.
"Third, Jews will know. You
should use your influence to prevent
our educational institutions from
turning into more training schools,
and tha students from becoming
mere cogs in this mad orgy of pro-
duction. You should keep culture in
the schools.
“Fourth, you should make your
you special employment bureau for them of all lodges installed prior to 1880 I 1 b
There in the Kurfuerstendam district, of requesting the names of all member ian
are notable exceptions but I speak : the city. eligible to this award ,rl
of the generalities. You do not take
part in civ c life as you ought to. --------- -------- ------
| York on Jan. 25.
'I he full text of the statement is-
life of the world.”
An estimated attendance of fifty
। thousand were present at open meet-
| ings sponsored in 125 cities by chap-
ters of A. Z. A. in celebration of
62 ykars old
ecame ill last
after his re
. atement says
visit of the
son of the
one of the
was , ted
Fleet Julius M
on the basis of tha "national and ra-
manded by Representntive MeFad
in ii. chairman of the hou - lanking
W ‛ li hi r
Jews the
- her, -Ini
m all over
! us' Ko i n
ERAJullus Rosenwald, noted Chicago
EMhanthropist, has given $25,000 to
IIMlifeUah a public pink in the sand
Ebnes of Indiana.
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BEMendel Lieberman, Los Angeles
MMMMh School senior, won the Evening
EHarald’s eighth annual extempora-
Naepus oratorical contest.
a +
V Dhe Jewish community of Brus-
Papvr is given by the Arabi
Al Hayat. A full session of
certed effort to establish the Jewish
ing the pulpit of Temple Israel of
New York, declared F’riday night
that the Jews in America are not
using their power. The famous pub-
E The dinners were served in co-op
F eration with the Salvation Army. .
2 .
■r. was recently de
citizen of Portland
banking and currency committee,
Three worlds joined today in of a $500,000,000 chemical corpora
mourning Lord Melchett, whose ] tion. reputed to be the richest man
death on Saturday came as a distinct in England, and the wisest of mod-
shock, though he was an old man’ ern industrialists;
and had been ill of phlebitis for some knew him
estine.
The above picture, taken on the . De Sola Pool, Sol Lamport, P
M. Raskin, Dr. N. Ratnoff, Mrs. Ja
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The termination of the Allied Jew-1 good-will for both of the causes uni-
ish Campaign as of Dec. 31 and the fied in the Allied Jewish Campaign,
launching of two new campaigns,
one for the Joint Distribution Com- been created, by these joint efforts Euge
mittee and another for the American ' and the foundation has been laid for cror
Palestine Campaign of the Jewish
causes national banker” and the
| of his nomination by the
. time. The world of Jews kne
Hoover, Representative Luce, sec-
ond ranking member of the house
of H.,
, Sir llerbert Samuel left Palestine
, in 1225 with a horizon as dark. as
when he came in 1920, the Arab I
:11(1 4 .
riStatement *4y8, according to the Al ।
IInyat. The civil administration is Realty Board.
i shim nt of its kind west of the Mis
: sippi,-and a partner of Governo,
tion of the great scientist to the uel
M ro ga n
War Fi
Jewish National Home in Palestine. the event.
and i'll ri I my rommitt ee
V o ring deep concern
Jewish community has established a
community. This condition was dis
cussed today at a press conference
This election is
by the Portland
broadcasts were made during
day. (
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place Eugene
tions is seen from the fact that
i t l . det at ion. Upon t he deal h of
Loui Marshall, I ord Melchett was
Immioration choser a chairman of the Council
-uurauon of ihe Jewish Agency for Pal lin,
I ROUT GUESTS
AT BALL OF HEINIE
, CLUB IN DUSSELDORF
ItUorf. (TA).—Amid cat-
M shouts of "Down with the
u band of Nazis recently at-
mgesta at a ball sponsored by
dh Club. Although but few
resent were Jews, the lit-
B Md aclentiuts in attendance
edentmad by the hooligans.
[||ir emntinued until the po-
Pdba the entire hall. The
■Mf t* raine funds for a
Mr’GKeinetah Heine in his
were furnished by national 'head-
quarters to all programs. Four radio
- , ..... as a great
him as a patron of living
w titers.
Mi I rank. who is
late Sigmund I rnk,
1 founders of t he st ore.
that particular post at thi
Saying that Mi Meyei
closely connected during
Mr. MeFalden'
Lori Melchett was
when he dud He 1
Home in Palestine, the ’
Chapter in 32 state of th< uni ■
‛anned and carried out a progi
in honor of Henrietta Szold duringg
the month of December. On Sn
day night, the New York Chapter
an 1 1 mi i . i nnd
San Antonio, Tex:
It as the outstanding citizen of his
Meyer in-
' ( ime."
Ii.i< I been
his whole
of her 70th
as, one of the leaders in their con
& Co., a nd as head of t he
nance Corporation, and in
on tits activities,. (hose close
ships were Actively disclosed
a Wall Street man.'’ *
south a
of the Federal R eserve, who
McFadden’;- attack and deploring the
Washington. (UTA). — President
mally launched at.the national ,
ference in Washington, D. C.,
March 8 and 9.of this year. It
| and
---5 M.
her
~ 1,
the Arab Executive recently spent.:
fl"- entire day considering the re-
ply and if is expected to be made
public shortly. The organ of the
Grand Mill fi, Aljamea Al Arabia,
consider the i*ply, as revealed by
By + ‛+ ♦
Ee . Jascha Heifetz played in New
E, York for a radio audience fur the
K./ first time on the everting of Dec. 21
and waived $15,000 from the spon-
N , aor of the program, it is authorita-
F 1 tively reported.
. +′+ +
23, The admission of Jews into the
? J:. Hungarian Order of Heroes was op-
g posed by Minister of War Goemboes
Hdet in a recent address at Keckskemet at
E; the dedication of the banners of this
» order.
igned this post when Dr.
(Continued on I ’age 8 I
Jerusalem. (JTA). An
tion of the contents of the
। You say: ‘But I inn not desired.’ Ah,
but you are needed. Your place in
the world is to uphold righteousness
and conquer oppression. Forget the
past. Here lately you celebrated your'
275th anniversary of the coming of
the Jews to America, but you were
here before then. You can. not be
good Jews without being good citi-
zens.
“Second, you have a great cul-
tural mission in this country. The
greatest composers and orchestra
leaders are Jews. In every Euro- j
pean capital you can go to a con- |
cert for 20 cents. How far could {
S. S. "Belgenland," while in the
12 " stage star, is disposing of his real
80 , estate properties, valued at $1,000,-
P ■■ 000, and will move to Hollywood for
K permanent residence so that he may
223 work uninterruptedly on motion pic-
B ture contracts.
h ++′
K. David Saronoff, once a New York
Nk dewsboy, who is now president of
Radio Corporation of America,
S-MPhas made a gift of $10,000 to St.
EL ’Lawrence University, New York, in
Esommemoration of a loan of $250
Efsmade to him in his youth. i
N +**
E52 America's first Nobel P’rize win-
Professor Afert Michelson, who
mante Of Polish - Jewish extraction,
mBsarked his 78th birthday recently in
mMSPuadena, Cal., quietly. His only in-
mbemeat now is the coming of Profes-
mbr Einstein and his own experiments
MWI1 determine the speed of light.
■p + +
» The Prussian Academy of Arts in
MEMBrn has awarded state medals for
muinting to two Jewish artists, Hans
Mfelebuuch and Herman Hlumenthal.
•EE22Wul Klein, a Jewish sculptor of
Mdhrowitz, recently received word
im King Carol that he would be
bitted to make a bust of the
year 1.30)
nnny came from Fab-Jnc wli, re
Szold hasdevoted ) many
years to the calse of upbuilding
are now compelled to seek financial!
assistance from the Berlin Jewish ■
ilomi (‛t indix
numern lile o1uri
I came from (ire
| Czecko-Slavoka,
1 t he t fat
without t
w. rid o', or
or Tut,
the l’nitei
i aid. < t! ■• r
! from in
<' a 11 <
. Fri.
turn from the I' n ited , States, but his
illness was not regarded as serious
until early last. week.
He was, until shortly before his
death, i resident of the English Zior
:xk"hnt"ll.l :'. 7.8 Draft of Arab Reply to
with Majority lender Til -on, who as.
sured him that the hou-e did not
। share Mr. M Fadden's sentiment . In
,demanding that thesenateshoiil re
I latter campaign will beheld in New I Omaha, Neb. Junior B’nai B’rith ject Mr Meyer Mr McFadden ail
received one of its highest tributes ir you want to'tirn th. p,.cri
from President Herbert Hooverlastserve system over to intern:.....nai
Sunday, December 21, on the occas-
’ he recent fon I tu mnels are fully granted
Lodge convention demand a lay forbiidin
VETERAN MEMBERS complain . hut alI polici n
( incinnati, Ohio. Those who force are I and ' - fa 1 d:
have maintained memher hip inB‛nai|Arals are di it i l'd w lh the
E? + + +
"22 Albert M. Butler, widely known
St San Francisco art patron and book
E elover, was notified last week that he
M- had been decorated by the Italian
E government with the Order of the
N Chevalier of the Crown of Italy.
E ++ +
E. Eddie Cantor, noted New York
ai l' reads t o op) o "e ,u
"S nce the inception of this cam-
paign forces in Jewish life in this
country, which had heretofore
worked separately, have labored side
liomeland. ( 'able came
close connection with J I'
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osseaeSNS e• ogosss ognsvaws
NS « ssomo
held a celebration at Temple Eman
uel, nt which almost 2000 persons
were present. Mrs. Edward Jacobs,
president of Hadassah, and Rabbi
Abba Hillel Silver of Cleveland were
the principal speakers. Rabbi Silver
in his speech, spoke of her as one
of the outstanding women of the
world today. In Palestine where*
Mias Szold is beloved not only for
her work in gaining American sup-
port for Palestine but also for her
untiring efforts to further the eause
in the Homeland itself, Zieaiate of
the entire country gathered to do
her honor.
2",
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3 66622
)
dn
licist, Pulitzer prize winner and,
more recently, biographer "of the Pol-
ish Jew, Haym Soloinon, had chosen of the community,
as his subject: "The Future of Judn-
lh the cour e of h criticism
Mr. Meyer. Mr. MeFadden also -
that he is a brother in law of (co
Blumenthal, and, he understood rep-l
reent the Rothschild mt. r. . and j arily lare the fellah is too
in a liason officer hetween the -heavily taxed and prices fell when
SI‛,11 i bel t ban tied t in export of
slogan-: ‘a university education for
Many Il'rith for 50 \ urs in longer are
prof s soon to rercive a suithble award as
ism as unchristian Sees It." But he
devoted much time to the presenta
WORLD
WIDE
7 anti-Semitic spirit of the Fascists
& ' was seen in the, defacement of a
5- Statue of Walter Rathenau in Berlin.
8a Practically all newspapers joined in
Ba Condemning this outrage.
E + + +
2 Robert Gessner, youngest instruc-
5 tor in New York University, has re-
bi cently completed a novel which
u , Cape, Harrison & Smith will publish i
Sin February. j
r nication.
School and
nd organi .
1.
in all tlu ligtitie >f th
■ "Ullin et on • unday in ; , al
1 "I ’ lie for t he l b 111 ntt a Szld
Nirt he ) Cokehrations. Such nice:
iu - were held in Ph lade’] in i.
lb''". Cleyeand, a , : , ■
Former Wealthy Berlin w 'io "Vpininiont . n t White •....... of 12......ch his ' ......iciyni
Jews Seek Employment "j”, - "orndmmimran.s I " E Ih"" IW "" .
------- ciers," Arthur Brisbane, in his dhlily quinition "I 1,0040,000 dunams by the brother in law of Rabbi I mnah Wi ,
(JTA). — Indications thatjcolumn, "Today." says, "that , 1p “ 0whih exegdee the man- of the (entral Synagogue in New
sic.down. If Mr Meyer did anydutewhenitenvisarrei assistance for York
turning, he'd nut international fi | -ewish National Ihmne to which Thi „ ike , 1 ; . ond sele , .. cf
nanciers over to Lhe Federal Resorve ""1 n"nd unle lireat Britain a Jow a 11" tandingr - .
System. Mr Meyer is a first elasaintone "omain "ulo-tin fot I'..... nd - 11, past Une . ..
American, .in extremely all, f ina n-' ' '' ' 1 h atement .i . Ben Seline wa . • .
cier, and, as head of the Fedenl R. " ' h" Aral al . i ) . ■ In ,„,i . • cit ■, . t . 1 ;
serve Board, he may give to rnanec;ll .....irtion. in J : 1 ‛ .
g,, . ii. . -.I - 1 W-il not be rest t«it (] until ritit ion:! . ‘
Hiiij Sonle olhci t1inis I1 tin uullU- g> , ,
12. leuuier ,L" tlwy ...... i,"Urialirl/"i J;.: II Henrietta Szold, Leading
ernmemha in ra "•! tn. gini Woman in Zionist Ranks,
and elaburateif plans fur defen- III i nr i
the ewih ............. the tateme i is Honored World Over
I ord Melchett, llarry S
Irderick Kich. from
of the Wor Id Zhu :
t k Nurse’ l raininir
in - \ ot her nelividual
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