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CONTINUING OFAD) Adolph S. Ochs FOR COLONISTS IN Perseverance, Common Sense, and RUSSIA IS ASSURED Idealism^ Called Foundations of Rise of, Printer's DevU Agreement Completed Providing American Spending of * $10,000,000 GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA . PROMISES EQUAL AMOUNT New, York (J.~ T.. A.)—The agreement for the continuance of the Jewish agricultural and land settlement work in Russia," providing destitute Russian. Jews with, a means of livelihood, was executed last week, according to a statement' issued by James" N. Rosenberg, president of the American Society, for Jewish Farm Settlements in Russia,. Inc. "The agreement with the Soviet authorities- has been under negotiation f 6r> some 'months for .the continuance of this work," said Mn Rosenberg. "This agreement has just been signed and is now- being, forwarded to the Soviet authorities for final ratification. This activity^ conducted during the past* five years under the management of Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, president of the Agro-Joint, has-resuited in'the settlement of over 125,000 Jews on upwards of one and a quarter millioi. acres of land in Russia. This work grew out of the famine relief work in Russia conducted by the American Relief Administration under the direction of Mr. Hoover, during1 which work Dr. Rosen was a member of the American Relief Administration staff. "Russian conditions then: were; and still are that the city, dwelling Jews who in the paatf had been herded in the ghettos, for the first time, given an equal opportunity with other Russians to settle and become producers on the soil.-The Y7ork~bas been attended by such, success, that some months ago ' Mr., Julius Rosenwald subscribed ?5J000l0Q0_ior its -continnr ance, and' Mi-?' John V. Rockefeller, ST., $600,000: _Other' subscriptions have .brought ihe total up to $8,000,000. ' "The new contract contemplates the expenditure by ihe' American society of over $lO,000,000J~<?ver-the next 10 years," Mr. Rosenberg explained. "The Soviet authorities- have agreed to expend at least an equal amount on, Jewish land settlement work, and the ecoriom|c soundness of the undertaking having been demonstrated, the 3ovfet authorities will assure repays ment of the amounts advanced to the settlers on the soil."It was tKid work which Mr. HooVer describefl in a-recent letter to Mn Rosenberg1 as "an outstanding T»iece of huriiah. engineering."
UTTAUER P A T E S J. C C.Presents Beniamino Gigli And Margaret Shotwell in Concert M1LU0N DOLLARS FOR CHApY FUND
nacle of Success as Publisher of New York Tim^s
BELIEVES IN NEWSPAPER AS INSTITUTION ;- ;•-
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VOL. VII.—Na'4'
America Behind in' .Intellectual Development, S&yg Noted Speaker
Directors Have Free Rein in Deciding Use of Fund
LAUDS WILSON; RAISING STANDARDS OF MASSES.
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TO SPEND MONEY FOR Meeting' Adolph S: he drifted back to Knoxville, again WELFARE OF MANKIND Oche/ so ' mild in to a drug store. But- when he' was
manner, so quiet in fifteen, -the die was cast,'With wistconversation and so ful. nonchalance, Adolph -Ochs was gentle even in his. proudly-enrolled as a; printers devilf .most courageous de- His vicissitudes' were, also! educacisions, it is bard, tional. Of various colleges,. ihclud? I indeed, ~ to realize ing'the. Jhiversity of Tennessee* he the astonishing se- had: & glimpse; but a t ; the age of verity sot those nineteen Hf«; was : . &s~ :-only battle, stirugglesi half a anJ.. forth he went .with; : others to century ago/-of which- 80 serene a" Chattanooga, conquerine and to consuccess is now- the sequel. Mr. Ochs quer/ "._.'.; . •. ..'•. .,'. - . . '.'•.' stands today as' the 1 embodiment of -They ; tbolt over thejdisused ; plant the'New York'Tiin.es, with its vast q£ a moribund newspaper1, .called: 'he ramifications^ spreading as a net- despatch, and thus there, was bom work over the .whole* wide world and the ^Chattanooga Times. It Appeared a- staff of 3jB0p ,men and women; to be a dead failure.- The; advertiseunited as i, «o-operative^republi'i in ments were' negligible; there were ot loyalty to tht: one 'master mind. Who 200 subscribers;-.would suppose that' such a career, By this time, Mr. Ochs >,had begun culminating in." a central skyscraper, to feet his; feet. With, the help of a situated at the' veiy netve center of civi grant of f$300, he had'revived the metropolis, .had 'its, commence- the Chattanooga with ;H> ment in a'anere cutiby-hole, no. more 480 names, "and Directory^ after p r i ting" tran 40 feet in. length 'and 20 feet book' on a foot-driven press, nbe made in. breadth, long since ^swept away by money on. i t Not yet; of age, he the rising tide of real estate? pToppsed calmly, to buy^up the Chat? Born at "Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1858j tanooga Times. • young Adolph Ochs was but" seven ; His associates asked ?8O0.\ . The years old when,his family moved to final bargain; was; $250 for a half Knoxville, Tennessee. "With his eager, share, Mr. - Ochs assuming, resporisi-, : open countenance, the lad- was, from bility for' a debt of $1,200, to* be rethe-first, a favorite" and, at the age paid at the rate of, $50 ajmonih. On of eleven, we find him dividing* hie a note for $300, the bank lent $287 energies between attending school in'.cashj of which $250'was-.paid as and seling the local "Chronicle." pblchase,-and/,$25 as a-debt; to the Already, the fat?6 were busy with his Associated Press. T h e working capital was thus ,^12! • f ^ - It wEs well; that Adolph Ochs was But in his passion for the press an1, all-round man.' For, working. 18 he had to -pe patient. At Providence^ h d . y ^ he Jbad:-,'to - be, #fr once,
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LOUIS L1PSKY COMING TO DELIVER ADDRESS IN OMAHA ON FEB. 13
M E ALL ALIENS/* RABMAARONSOHN TELLS TEMPLE ISRAEL
National "Head if American Says Life Is So Short That We Zionists on Tour of Are Only Strangers On Country Earth WILL DISCUSS AGENCY
Mr. Louis Katelmah, president of the' Omaha Zionist; Diptr^cti. is in receipt of a v letter ffrdin the .national headquarters- '••'.-of'-; the ojgaiiizatidn stating that; Mr~ Eouis \ Iipskyv national, president- of:, the- Zionist Organization of:'.;America,, will- be in on February 13 to address Junior fladasah Supper Omaha the local District; ' - " and Pageaiit Jan. 30 Mr. Lipsky, recently returned from Berlin where-he attended the sessions The feature, of the; Chummy. Sup- of the General Couricil^of the World - p e r , to be given by the Junior Ha- Zionist Organization wHere the plan dassah on January 30, at the Trip. for organizing,- the -extended- Jewish Inn; is a pageant depicting the activ- Agency was apprpved. The Ameriities of Hadasahand scenes of Pal- can executive is one- of the leading estine. This .pageant has a cast of exponents of the plan for uniting •twenty-four girls, all membera- of the Zionists and non-Zionisms in the dub, and, is staged tinder the direc- moveinentj 'to~' rehabnitate" Palestine iion of Mary Claire Shames. and ,to establish it as a Jewish naThe cast is as follows:' tional homeland in accordance with Raconteur— Hadassah,. Sylvia Bern- the League of Nations mandate and stein; Jerusalem, Rose- Rosenstein; the- Balfour declaration. Tel Aviv, Adelaide Greenberg; Haifa, The Zion^t Organisation of AmerEuth-Greenbeig; Petach" Tikvahy ica is now conducting . arv intensive 'Paye Collick;' Rishon-le-rZion, Sophia national campaign, and Laff; Zichron-Jacob, Alice' Minkin; it is in membership, the interests of this drive Nahalal, Mollye Grossman; Ain Char- that Mr. Lipsky is making his tour. od,. Lillian Greenblatt; Atlit, Bess Although the speaker's1 subject has Horwieh; Benjaroina, Ida Bishoff; not been announced; local Zionist Jewish National Fund, Pearl Weisberg; officials anticipate that he will speak Chalutzah, Ida .Cahn Platt; • Herzl on the Jewish Agency and the plans Wood,' Bess Spar; Meier Shfeyah, for future Palestinian wprk as emRose Sachs and Mamie- Temin; Chil- bodied the report-of the Impartial dred in the- School, Youths- in the Survey in Commission made public'this Technicum, Students at the Hebrew summer, ana since ratified few University, Ida Fine, Minnette Zeig- reservations by the Generalwith Council man; Palestine Electric Co., Sadie, of the, world orga'njjation, Tatleman; Bezalil Art School, Bess Bernstein; Hebrew Opera, Tobie MRS. PLATT ELECTED HEAD Steinberg;,Nurses, Sally Morgan; InOP DAUGHTERS OF ZION fant Welfare, Station,. Rose •: Kurs; At the last meeting of the DaughtMilk Station, Lilyan Rosenblatt. ers of Zion held Jan, 16, the following The remainder of the program will officers were elected .• for the ensuing consist of speeches by Mrs. Fromkin, term: Mrs. Sam Cabn PJatt, presisponsor* \ Hose, Fine, president, and dent; Mrs. j . Tatleman^vice-president; Anne Gr&nberg, chairman of the Mrs. J. TretJak, vice-president; Mrs. committee;, recitations, music and J. Goldware'; financial (secretary, Mrs. dancing. L Dansky, recording secretary; Mrs. L Xulakofsky,('treasurer, and Mrs. J. Humility ' is to make a right Hahn; chairman of card party- commitestimate of one's self. It is no tee. The organization" which raises humility^ for a man to think less of himself than he ought, though it money for the Jewish Rational Fund might rather puzzle him'to. do so. is planning a rummage sale this —Spurgeon.
IS ON NATIONAL TOUR Taking as his text the. biblical quotation, "We are strangers and sojourners on. the earth," Rabbi Michael Aaronsohn told the congregation -of Temple Israel- Friday- evening-that life is • so brief and transitory that we are' veritably strangers, or "aliens" on this earth. His subject was "fhe,Alien." . - -Rahbi Aaronsohn, although blind as. the' result of a wound sustained in the battle of the Argonne during the ^Worid War when he was serving as a chaplain, is touring the coun'try and-'speaking from the various pulpits of the reform congregations affiliated with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, of which he is the field representative^ Although admitting that the Jew becomes' internationally minded 'more easily because of the fact >that his religion so impresses' upon him this concept of being an "alien/" Rabbi Aaronsohn defended the patriotism of Jews in their various countries. He pointed to* the war record of Jewish soldiers as proof of hjs statement, Rabbi Aaronsohn's own life is a livifg substantiation of his contention. The speakei praised efforts, to rehabilitate Palestine,' but decried political Zionism as an ideal. He pointed the path of the Jew toward a more international viewpoint ~in the service "of God.
TEMPLE BROTHERHOOD TO CONDUCT SERVICES The Brotherhood of Temple Israel wilt be in charge of the Friday evening services at Temple Israel this week! I t will be "Brotherhood Night" and Brotherhoods throughout the country are holding special services, according,to Nathan E. Jacobs, secretary. Ma* Holzman will read the services. Marvin Treller, president of the Brotherhood, will preside, and Milton Abrahams will preach the sermon, speaking on "The Creed of a Layman." Flowers are to' be given, by the Brotherhood to all ladies attending.
New York (J. T^A.^—A gift of $1,000,000 for research in.cancer and pneumonia, promotion of-Jewish communal activities and* studies in Hebrew, for the welfare* of". mankind and;;better.understanding- was made by Luciaus N. Littauer of Gloversville,: N. Y., American Jewish philanthropist, former member of congress. The gift, which is made in the form of securities sent to the directors of the Lucius N. Litt&uer Foundation- which, he. established, is absolute, and^ although Mi*. Littauer indicates to what ufes^Jiis benefaction. might be; put, imposes no restrictions and leaves ititpthe. discretion of the foundation;"directors to expend the principal-; ai^d income of his gift in a mannerlthey* deem best. Mr. Littauer dates the Creation fund as of Sunday, Jan. 20,vvvhich marks his seventieth birthday*,.... • "In so far as it is consistent with changing needs and circumstances," Mr. Littauer writes to the directors, "you will continue to support such agencies as have heretofore received benefits from me, particularly research in cancer, scholarly endeavors in the field of Jewish', studies, Jewish communal activities and research in the field of pneumonia, which latter I have subsidized" in • memory of my beloved, wife, Flora." In his letters to the directors of the foundation, Mr. Littauer signifies that further gifts to the' organization
The domination of business -interests of American thought, was the keynote of -the address' d«Uver«J by Norman Hspgood, famous editor &nd lectpr«r9 at the Jewish Community Center Wednesday; evening, in the opening feature of tSie Lecture X2ottrfce being pponsoreS' by the : C«hfer * awi the Council of Jewish Women, ' Speaking on • "The- American "Kind Today", Mr,* Hapgtxwl traced the development. .t>f thought; in thin country and showed, how. nt- the time «*f Washington, Hamilton, snd JefFcrs«n.f we reached' -great heights in the developing1' of ..thinking: on political science, how that marvelous -con* stnsctive • thought, era gave way to mere analytical and interpretive thinking politically in the next half century, pnd hew the American-' gradually became absorbed'with nese development following the Civil War. ' . ' .. Slightly hunching the shoulders of ME '-tell rugged frame, the fariuwo editor peered out- over the with his dRrk, deep-set piemng ^ and then' cslmly proceeded t » t«H thcip: th,&t we have today." admiralty succeeded \n developing' business, with its great mess production apd specialisation, b\st:."we hKve no longer & great- thinking clsss politicalljv w»<i never did make w»^i contsrilmtion to the- 'world -of litfratuare 'smd «vt, -Inf , hf!':show«tl howAmtnc« comp«pp<t with' pean nations. ' • •~ x
Beniamino Gigli Beniamino, Gigli; famous tenor of Paris where she completed her the Metropolitan Opera Company of musical studies, were all of an in" • New York,, and. Margaret Shotwell, formal nature. Gigli is the leading tenor of the former Omaha, girl, who has won international recognition as concert Metropolitan Opera Company/ havpianist,' will' appear in dual concert ing succeeded Caruso to that post under' the auspices of the Jewish upon' the latter's death. This "concert recital is one'of the Community Center at the City Audi- special! features of the lecture ; torium on Sunday evening, Jan. 27. concert' i course being sponsored by This will:be- the iirst formal ap- they Center and . the Council of pearance • of either artist, in Omaha. Jewish , Women.', Holders of season^ MissiBJiotwell's.:previous Omaha ap- tickets) .to: 'the^ Cota^^ wilf te i c t s ) .to te encondemn our. dewtjon to- . cad be expected frQm_h^/^ying^peaf^ces prior to her leaving for titled to -tlctets to the concert. 'Bi&iuRe '• of'i '.pur"""interis assign to it from time to time such Uon in this .field, "he Mid; 'th«t' .yfo' further' sums of money or securities have made two great contribu^toHnti> as I shall deem- advisable." ' the utilization to the fullest extftht of all scientific improvements, and the raising of the standfiwis of living'.of'.the masses^ ''The eewniott Chosen Dance Chairman people today'*j he ,^aid, "live as edmNational Authority Stresses Mrs. Joseph E. Friend To- Ad- fortably. RB did princes and duk^e & . Spirit of Love In dress Omaha Chapter of'. -few. centuries .age." .Work "The - grefttest American iniellectuet! Organization worfd jtccompliflhjnent since the Civil 1 MARY P. WHEELER COMING PLAN PEACE PROGRAM "War wfef, th> tiriumph of one mfctj, WoodroW- -W«1»on," • Hap'good fetated. Joseph E. Friend of New The. • lecturer, presenting a striking The spirit- of pioneering is as im- Mrs. iportant to social work "now as it Orleans, national president of the likeness of the great president him^ver has been^Kev. John O'Grady, Council of Jewish Women, "vrill be self ,' lauded him and the League of I Washington, head of the Catholic in Omaha Monday to attend the Nations. Be described the, latter as y the embodiment of the ' Charities of America, declared in a January meeting, of the Omaha i h tesching that much can-'be 'lecture, to professional and lay. so- Council of Jewish Women. ,«ial workers at the Jewish Commu- Mrs. Friend has been the holder accomplished by kind and eoncilf&ktty mengii instead of. by force, nity Center .Monday' evening. This of many important city, state a HJg mild voice became a little was" the secbn<d of the series, "Forum national offices. She is a member , for Social Studies," sponsored by the of the executive committee of the deeper and more ferment as Hapgwld1 Omaha Council of Social Agencies. General Federation of Women's ventured to prophecy for the. future /' "Systematization and specialization clubs, and has been president of the telling his large audience which s!» •have done much to improve social Louisiana Federation of Women's most filled the auditorium, that perI work," Dr. ' O'Grady said, "but the clubs, and in-New Orleans, president haps in two or three spirit of love is necessary, too. In of the Travelers' Aid society, the l»eople will have to work only social work .there is something that Federation of Women's chilis, and or five Jiowrs a d«y in "opSet to a living., JJe also looked fbrws*ft to cannot be standardised by ordinary the Consumers' league. Min Flax ? methods. It is,the spirit of love and Mrs. Friend was appointed by the a . still - greater rBisjng ©f few iu^ Miss Min Flax has been chosen initiative that arises out of man's governor of Louisiana to be treasurer tellectus^ standards of the chairman-of the "Midwinter Madcap- nature." of the Women's State Council for He. opined .t'hst--the- s4sdio dance being sponsored by the Kappa Dr. O'Grady urged the t:o-ordina- National Defense for the period »f play.-a-great, past- i» this. hapter of Theta Phi Sigma, nation- tion of social.efforts and the carry- the war. She is chairman of the Following the lecture, al Jewish sorority. The affair is ing on of surveys, to establish a city committee for the Woodrow Wil- was: invited : to ask questiows of -,th€ planned for Sunday, February 3, at factual basis for the work. . speaker.-- ;•».• Sarg* nnittber,. son Foundation Fund. the Trip Inn at Fortieth and Farnam Mrs. Mary P. Whjseler of St. Paul, The board of the Omaha Council thtin««Ives of the >'opportunity. streets.. an expert in the fiel4_of..family- wel- will meet at the Blackstone hotel at ^udge Irvin Stsbnaster : a Herb Feierman's orchestra has been fare, will be the next .speaker in this 11 a. -m. Monday. At 12:30 p. m., man of the evening «nd engaged- to furnish music for the course.' She will come Wednesday, Mrs. Friend -will be honored with a novel affair. February 13. luncheon at the Blackstone hotel, at The committee assisting Miss Flax which the new members of the Coun- Julius Spigl^ Passes ncludes Miss Lylyan Steinberg, Ethel ALL CHILDREN INVITED cil, •will be introduced. Reservations ;Awa;yin South- Bend Cohen, Lylyan Chudacoff and Anne TO TALMUD TORAH PARTY for the luncheon must be telephoned Jonisch. Julius Spigle, PS. died to Mrs. Harry Raehman by Sunday v 16/ft' h'if home-an Boath The: fifteenth" jday of the month noon. In^itna/followiBg a few weeks Shvat (this year Saturday the. 26th The regular meeting of the CounKRASNE ANNOUNCES .withpneumonia.' A former day of January) is known in the Jewcil will be held at 2:30 p. m. at the WEEKLY DANCES AT J. C. C. ish Calendar as the Arbor Day in Pal- Jewish Community Center. Mrs. resident, b«ra snd reared her®) he , The physical department of the estine. There,'all the school children Friend will deliver the message of transferred' severel years ago .by ..tl Jewish Community Center will stage march on this day with their teachers, the National Council. Milton R. Abra- EemiBgt«n Typewriter Co. to $©uth a dance every Saturday night fol- iaccompanied by- a band of music to hams will give a talk on "Interna- Bend to become district manager W lowing the basket ball games, until the fields, where they plant trees. tional Peace" which will be the topic tht E^minftoB-fiand Co; in thtt W enough money is raised to send the Throughout the exile it is customary of the January meeting. Mrs, Philip Mr. Spigle -wfll' be reffismbed boys' and girls' teams to Kansas on this day to^eat Palestinian fruits Romonek, chairman of peace for the by hosts of friends for his i City. For the past two years these as figs, dates, and so on; thus, keep- Council of Jewish Women, will give club-fend lodge activities. . combined cage and dance affairs have ing the memory-of Eretz. Israel in the prologue to a pageant of peace He is survived, by his been a success, and Physical Director our minds. The children of the City written and directed by Mrs. Isidor the-former'Miis Sadie Marcus Krasne states that they are Talmud Torah are going to celebrate Ziegler, assisted by Mrs. Romoisek< of Omaha,.bf three children, this year Chamisho Osor Veshv&t in Mrs. Harry Z. Rosenfeld arranged his.'mother, Mrs. Nanej? p t , becoming extremely popular. th3fe#.8ister« sncl one brother, all i&tm» * Goldenberg's orchestra, led by the Jewish Community eCnter, Sun- the musical score. erly of Omaha, b«t n©w residing {ft day, Jan. 27th at 10:00 A. M. All Maurice Goldenberg, played at last Saturday's dance. Meeting with the Jewish children from 6 to 12 years will bs staged by the graduation class Caiilornia, The sisters snid bt*th#f crowd's approval, they have been en- are invited by the officers and the of the Talmud Torah. Everybody is arc-Mrs, P, S, P?jjfcen8tein» Mrs, JftiJius- Jac^g and Frank Spifjk of 1M gaged to furnish the music for the Board of Directors ©f the Talmud welcome. Angeles, ^nd Mrs. Harry Donskef ot Torah as their guests to participate bllowing Saturdays. Chic©, Gflit Fremont's team will come to Oma- in the celebration, A» elaborate proservices were held In Cbi* gram has been arranged for them. Human nature is fond of novelha to meet the J. C. C. for next Sat^ Jan, 18. Refreshments will be. served. A play ty. —Pliny the Elder. urday's cage card
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