Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1927-09-02

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GOI.UMHUS, OHIO, SEPTliMliliR 2, 1927
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American Company Seeks  a Share in Dead Sea Concession
Pr'^n" of "f American Company
i.Tells Story of How Dead Sea
Riches Were Pound
PALESTINlslrOHAVE
MONOPOLY OF POTASH
I-ONDON-Socking a share i„ the salts of the. Dead'Sea, Dr. Thomas Her¬ bert Norton of New York, a leading Aiiicrican chemist, organizer of the An¬ glo-American syndicate whicli iiopes to obtam a franchise for the extraction ot the mineral deposits, is now in London seeking to put througli the ¦ concession.
The British Colonial Office has been considering llie bids of various competi¬ tors for the last year and a half. An¬ nouncement of their award may be ex¬ pected at any. time.'
Potash,'bromine salts, gypsum and magnesium chloride.are.the.principal o£ these Dead Sea fruits. But, according to Dr. Norton, the American mcmhers of his group are chiefly interested in the potash.
An Aid to U. S.
_Il is believed that if Dr. Norton and his group could acquire possession of the Dead Sea resources in tliat mineral, the United States would not only be inde¬ pendent of German and French siipplics but would be able lo cut very drastically the price of this essential, fertilizer to fhe American farmers'.
It is understood pr. Norton has ob¬ tained guarantees for the capital neces¬ sary to undertake such a huge work, and also has collected an entire technical,
. chemical and engineering, staff with a' view to beginning the work as soon as tile concession is granted.
There arc tliree other strong bidders in the.field. The first group represents the British Chemical Trust, presided over -by Sir. Alfred Mond. The second is headed by the'Russian Jewish engineer Niovomeisky, representing Zionist inter¬ ests, and also believed to have certain
.affiliations with Sir Alfred;. The third is an independent British syndicate. .
The Possibilities
¦ Dr. Norton went abroad more than a year ago in the interests .of the chemical development of 'the Dead Sea and the
¦. seciiring of an operating concession. He made a study of the possibilities of ex-
^ploiting the salts of the Dead Sea. He reported the findings of .his survey and the progress in the negotiations in a re¬ cent article in "Chemicals," 'American chemical trade magazine "of which he was for a number . of years technical editor. .
"There ;s iiothing to prevent Palcs- :tine from, becoming, at an early date, powerful factor in the production on a large scale of some of. <^ur most import¬ ant chemicals, and from being the seat
.of one chemical world monopoly," Dr. Norton wrote.
"Jlighly perfected processes make it ppssible. to supply bromine arid . potas. sium chloride:at a cost of production for below fliat of any. other known source. Sodium chloride—salt.^is a by product,. costing literally nothing- beyond . the trifling expense of collecting and ship¬ ping' in bags or bulk, it furnishes the raw matei-ial for the establishment in the land itself of a highly remunerative soda industry, capable of supplying the
. markets of the Near East with a variety
of products.    Caustic    potash,   can-  b<?
placed .upon  the  market  at  about  the
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HAPPY NEW YEAR
THREE BIG LITTLK WORDS. — This is-tlic seaspn when the scroll of the forgotten jiast memories should return home; when .scrappc<r intentions, iinkcpt promises,. si)ent resoliltibns shotih) act as ..i reminder that we renew the broken'ties of affec¬ tionate association. The traditional custom of beginning the New Year aright should give birth to a felicitous expression of a heartening, character. SAY THEM—A HAPPY NEW YEAR! in the September 2-7th edition of The (3hio Jewish' Chronicle.
Let Tlie Chronicle carry your mesS^e of greeting to all your friends for a Hapjjy New Year. . By printing your greetings in The Chronicle you are reheved ot the worry of forgetting spnie one and are saved a great deal of time and money in the mailing of the old card system. The practtice of sending New Year Grcctr ings tlirough the local Jewish newspaper is well, established and is also being carried on in all the larger Comttiunities.
Nobody can chide yoti for forgetting them . on Rosh- llashona if.your greeting is published in the Chronicle.
In mailing youi" Netv Year greetings you are privileged to write your; own greetings. Mail them before September iSth, as this special feature page will close on this day.
IS A PILLAR OF STRENGTH TO  TIIE  JEWS  OP  TIIE HOOSIER STATE ^..-j^fi
Big Constructive Relief Conference of the United Jewish Campaign Wfll Be Held in the City of Chicago October 20 to October 23
Ofiicers of the Joint Distribution Cominittee and The United
Jewish Campaign Issue Call for 1927 Nation-wide Gatherinff
of all Forces Participating in Overseas Aid Effort—
Results of Campaign Efforts in Various Sections of
the Country Will Be Reviewed—Experts Now
Abroad Will Report on Their Findings
THIS TWO-DAY SESSION WILL RECORD THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK BEING DONE IN AMERICA AND EUROPE
Judge Pinahsky Starts Jewish Brotherhoods At U. S. Training Camps
Well-Known Jewish Judge Meets With
Success In His Initial Efforts
on Behalf of Judaism
CINCINNATI—A movement which bids fair to spread throughout the United States and bring thousands of Jewish young men, members of the Citf;
gave Judge Pinansky, the nipst cordial cooperation !and the , Christian chaplains addition to Judge Pinansky.
Judge Pinansfci has, encouraged all of tile,Jewisli boys at Fort McKinlcy to bring their problehis to him and he is in active correspondence with a large number who look upon hiin as an Older brother to whom they can turn for ad¬ vice and counsel. Mr: H. O. Goffen, Jewish Welfare Board secretary at Fort McKinley, has written to national head¬ quarters as foHov/s: "The Jewish boys were a fine type of Jewish youth and undertook their military work as true Americans should and for this Col. ¦Wright and bis staff showed their appre¬ ciation. An organization was started by Judge,'Pinansky which it is hoped will be permanent aild national."
A Harvard IVJan       /
Judge Pinansky, who was born in Boston and graduated from Harvard in 1909, is Chief/Justice of the Court of District No, .1, I. O. ,B. B., a member of. its Wider Scope.Committee, president of the Zionist District of Portland,'a mem¬ ber of the Harvard Cluli of Maine and associated with, a number of .fraternal organizations. Under his leadership, the Jewish community of Portland recently erected one ofthe finest synagogues in New England.
$6i},000.00 Was Pledged To Jewish Orphan Home Sy United Je\nsh Fund
For the benefit o,f all subscribers. to the United Jewish Fundi of Columbus Kdwin J. Sclianfarber, chairman, takes this, means of announcing jbat the Co¬ himbus Jewish Community' was ^mong the first in the entire country to respond to the appeal of the Cleveland Jewish Orphan Home, on behalf of its new building- prtygram, The United Jewish Fund of Columbiis subscribed $60,000 to the $1,000,000 building fuiid now, being raised in Districts No. 2 and 6 bf .the I. O. O. B.
UKRAINIANS THREATEN PARIS NEWSPAPER WITH 9UIT
PARIS—<J. T. A.)—The socialist newspaper, Humanite continues to publish documents purporting to prove that the British government entered into an In¬ trigue with Petliura's followers to or¬ ganize an uprising in the Ukraine.
The followers of Petliura threaten that they wiir sue the paper for printing those documents, claiming tliat their publica¬ tion aims to create a favorable attitude toward Sliolom Schwartzbard, who will soon be tried for the slaying of Semion Petlura.
izens' Military Training , Camps, into closer contact with. Judaism aiid Jewish ideals has been successfully launched at Fort McKinley, Maine, by Judge Max L. Pinansky, of Portlanti where it elicited the enthusiastic support of the .several score Jewish lads encamped there for tha summer, and also that of the mili¬ tary oflicials who gave it their fullest cooperation, i
An Active Man
Judge Pinansky, who is regarded as the outstanding Jew. of his State, and who is equally active in the B'nai Brith, the Keren^Hayesod and the Jewish Wel¬ fare Board, was -the volunteer Jewish, cliaplahi at Fort McKinley during the present summer. One hundred and forty Jewish boys came under bis influence, and not content with merely conducting services at the camPi and preaching occa- sidnal sermons; Judge. Pinansky orga¬ nized fifty of them iiito "The Jewish Brotherhood of the C. M. T: C." Estab¬ lishment of tiie, organization was cele¬ brated by a parat..- to Portland, headed by .the Fifth Infantry P.nnd. Arriving in the tity, the boys were n^i.' by a dele¬ gation of the local Jewish C3mmun\ty and led to the synagogue, where, sar'viccs were held. OfHcers were elected and plans devised by which "The jewisi. Brotherhood" will begin functioning again at Fort McKinley as soon as the citizens' n-ilitary training period begins next year. .
Many, of the boys at the camp who did iu>t participate in the initial steps of the organization have since joiped. Judge Pinansky is planning a meeting of the Jewish BrotherhoDd to be held in Boston during the winter, at which time steps will be taken to extend the organization to all the C. M, T. C.'s throughout the country.
A Spirit of Emulation
The success and enthusiasm which has marked the organization of the Jewish Brotherhood has aroused a spirit of emulation on the part of the chaplains of other denominations at Fort McKin¬ ley and steps will be taken by them to form similar organizations of boys of Christian  faith.    Col.  W. T.  Wright,
DR. MORRIS M. FEUERLICHT
. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. ;
Few Jews in Indiana are as widely known and respected fis the,. Rev. Dr. Morris M. Feuerlicht, spiritual leader of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation and' one .of the Hoosier Capital's out¬ standing civio leaders. He has been for a score of years a pillar of, strength to his co-religionists in bur neighbor state. He has distinguished himself ing as a Scholar, orator, and champion of civic rcr forin.
Rabbi Feueillcht is a graduate of the Hebrew Union College in the class of 1901. Among those who graduated with him are Rabbi Leoii-Volmer, the late Dr Martin A. Meyer of San Francisco, Dr. Solomon Lowenstein, of New York, and Prof. Henry Englander of Cincinnati.
AMERICANS    AID   REPAIR- ING HEBREW UNIVERSITY
Jerusalem—Funds to go toward the re¬ pairing of the damages suffered by the Hebrew University in the recent earth¬ quake: were received here.from America;
The Jewish Daily Bulletin Jearns that 'circles in New .York interested in the Hebrew University ate endeavoring to raise the sum bf $30,000, the estimated amount required for therepairiiig of the: University. , Some funds have already been. forwarded so that the repair work can be begun, ¦'
A Tremendous Turh-dut is Expected at Dedi¬ cation Exercises of East Broad Street Temple, Sunday, September llth
From all indications a treriiendous turn-out will take place upon the occasion of the foniial dedication exercises of.the newly-completed East Broad Street Temple, which takes place,, on Sunday, September nth, at 2 p. m. sharp. ,  ¦ ,
/ Invitations have been sent out, not only to all the local .fabbis and presidents of congregations, but to the entire. community its well. Aniong the j>rominent speakers will be Governor A. Vic Donahey, Mayor James J. Thomas, Senator Frank B. Willis, Judge Henry L. Scarlett, Rabbi Isaac Werne, Rabbi Leopold Greenwald; Rabbi; Solomon Rivlin, and Rabbi Jacob Tarshish.
Short talks will also me made by Mr. Morris M. Levistfn, Mr. I. H. Schlezinger, Mr. A. Goldberg, and Mr. Leon Nason.
In his announcement concerning the dedication exercises, President Leon Nason pointed out the desire of his Board to have every Jew and Jewess in this section of the State witness this most auspicious event,
"We are building a House of Prayer for Kol Yisroel," he asserted, "and we shall dedicate it to the ser^'ice of the Eternal Father and the brotherhood of man. I am certain that it will be a real treat to listen to the eloquent speakers on tlie program, and to the extraordinarily, fine musical program arranged especially for this occasion by our Cantor, Solomon Grodner.
"It is nedless to point," he continued, "^bat it is a real 'mitzvah".to attend a ceremony of this nature. I trust that representatives of every local Jewish organizaion as well as many non-Jewish organizationg will be with us on the nth of September. A fu% detailed program for the\dedication exercises and the banquet on the evening following it, will be puj)ljshed in next week's issue of The Ohio Jewish Chronicle."
ZIONISTS  SATISFIED  WITH
ROMi^S DENIAL OP CLAIM
TO PALESTINE MAN-
DATE
Basle,—The denials issued shnultane- ously in Ronie and Berlin concerning the reported agreeme*'.t between Germaiiy and Italy with regard to the Palestine mandate callet^ forth a feeling of satis¬ faction among the delegates arriving^ fbr tbe Fifteenth Zionist Congress.
The possibility that Palestine in the epoch of its n^habilitation should again come under the reign of Rome, historic-; ally associated whh tlie destruction of the Jewish  sta^p. in   Palestine,   was
source of anxiety among the many 2ion- commaudant of the training camp, who   istb, it was t>tat<d here.
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The mere possibility, that "Rome and Jerusalem*' should meet again on the political field and that Jferusalem is to be subject again to Rome, recalled un pleasant historic reminiscences. Particu¬ lar objection lo Italy's claim on the Pal¬ estine mandate was based on the influence of Fascism oii present day Italy and the probability tliat in case of Palestine be coming subject to Italy, the influence of Catholicism, far from being friendly t^ the Jewish rehabiliation of Palestine, would become a decisive factor in the de:: velopmcnt of the t^untry, thus huiderlrtg the Zionist efforts to rehabilitate Pales tine a.s a Jewish national home.
A plan for a. 1927 national conference of the United Jewish Campaign, to be held, in Chicago Oct. 22-23, was aU;; nounccd this week by David A. Brown, national chairman, of the United-Jewish Campaign, at the national Ijreadquarters of the Campaign in New York City. The conference, which is the third ¦ meeting of national scope since the launching of tbc big overseas relief campaign, and which is to be knoivn as the "Construc¬ tive Relief Conference", will comprise a. nation-wide gathering of all forces in America engaged in the work of Jew¬ ish relief and reconstruction in Eastern Europe conducted under: the auspices of the Joint' Distribution Committee, the continuing funcis for which are being raised tlirough ..the $25,000,000 "overseas chest" movement of the United Jewish Campaign.
At A Joint, Meeting : , The date and place of the conference .were set at a joint meeting of the official heads of the Uiiitcd Jewish Campaign and the Joint Distribution Committee, held in the offices of Felix M. Warburg,, chairman of the Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee, after tbe decision was unani¬ mously taken, foi- convening a 1927 con¬ ference for review of the.work thus far accomplished and discussion of furtlier steps to be taken. Besides Mr^ War¬ burg and Mr. Brown, those who particir pated in the action for the conference call included Louis Marshall, Col. Her¬ bert H. Lehman, and Paul Baerwald, vice-chairman and treasurer, respectively, of the Joint Distribution Cominittee, Dr, Gyrus Adler, chairman of the Cultural Committee of the Joint Distribution Committee, and David 'M. Bressler, acting chairman of the United Jewish Cam¬ paign of Greater New York held in the spring of 1926,
,- , Immediately: on the announcement of the conference project the Chicago lead¬ ers of the United Jewish Campaign, in an official message from Julius Rosen¬ wald, Jacob M. Loeb, Sol-Kline, Samuel Deutsch, Gen, Abel Davis and J»idge Harry Fisher to National Chairman BrOwn, extended an invitation to have the conference held in their city.
The Standard Club
The facilities of' the Standard Club, Chicago's sumptuous new club house re¬ cently, opened, were offered to be placed at the disposal of the'gathering and its delegates. This offer of- hospitality was accepted with enthusiastic appreciation by the national leaders, and a message of formal acceptance from the officers of the. United Jewish Campaign and the Joint Distribution Committee in New York to liie Chicago commit We officially fixed the place of the conference in the city which played host witli notable suc¬ cess to the great campaign conference of a year ago.
Representatives of all groups of American Jewry orjganized in the drive movement, and of all communal and phil¬ anthropic elenieiits interested in. the re¬ construction work in. the various coun¬ tries abroad, will be summoned for a two-day session in Chicago on,the days announced. The conference, which will opcii Saturday evening, October 2'3-, and continue through the day Sunday, Oc¬ tober 23, will be devoted to a review of the resu'ts achieved to date in.the vari¬ ous campaign efforts throughout the. country, as well as of the status of the work abroad, with a view to presenting a comprehensive picture of preseiit Jew¬ ish ecoiu>mic and social conditions in all the countrie$ in which the Joint Dis¬ tribution Conmiittee is at work. This far-flung aid program, which lias been maintained throughout all the years since the beginning of the World War embraces : not only the entire continent of Europe, but also Asia, particularly Palestine, and Africa.
FIrat-Hand Reporta
Several well-known authorities hi eco¬ nomic and social service fields who are now abroad, are expected to retunii witltin the next few weelu to present first-hand reports at the conference on what has liappeued in the la0 year, as affects pres¬ ent developments and the future outlook of ¦ Jewish existence in the European communities. Among these are James H. Becker of Chicago, wlui accompanied Felix M. Warburg on his tour of the Jewish pioneer agricultural colonies. In Russia last spring. Dr. Joseph A. Rosen, director of the Agro-Joint, tlvough which the colonization aid work is con¬ ducted in Russia, will also be one of tlte principal figures uf the conference.   Re¬
ports on the various phases of the fund- raising work, in this country,. centering . on the progress of collection of the monies pledged through the campaign period, in jail states,, and on plans for campaigns to be held in the final phase of the.appeal this fall, in which a num- ber of Outstanding efforts remain to be held in large cities, will constitute an^ important part of the agenda of the conference.
A Personal, Conviction . Mr, Brown, in his acceptance message to the Chicago leaders, exjpressed a per¬ sonal conviction that the forthcortiing conference will be Hot only an important and impressive rallying pf new impetus for the tremendous humanitarian under¬ taking of American Jewry represented in ; the effort of, the last two years, biit, also that its reports: recording the most re¬ cent accomplishment .will register an un¬ precedented new high mark of united- achieveinent. in Jewish philanthropy in America.
The country-wide fund-raising effort, in which nearly 2,500 cities and towns in , practically every state in the; union and In Canada have already participated, has rolled up a pledge result of over $20,- 000,000 iu tiie period of less than .two years since the campaign has been under way. The movement was launched Sep¬ tember 12, ii)25, at a notablp gathering of all elements of American Jewry at . a conference in Philadelphia, at whith iCotttitmed on pagt 4)
Tract Commission of the U. A. H.C. Issues Book 0M3 Holiday Sennons
Sermons   Deal  With  A  Great Variety of Subjects Pertain¬ ing To. Jews And Judaism
CINCINNATI—A booklet contain¬ ing thirteen sermons for the forthcoining holidays has just been issued by the Tract Commission of tlie Department of Synagogue and School Extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congrega¬ tions; ¦'        '   .
The sermons, prepared by- rabbis tliroughout the country, arc for use on eight Holy Days which include: The Neiv Year, The Sabbath of Repentance, The Day of Atonement, The Festivalof Tabernacles, The Festival of , Dedica:- tion. The Festival of Lights, The Festi¬ val of Passover, and the Festival of Pentecost.
The" booklet contains, the following sermons:
For the New Year: "The Fear of Life," by Rabbi Louis Witt, St. Louis, Mo.; "The Call of the Soul," by Rabbi Abram Hirschberg, Chicago, 111. For the Sabbath of Repentance: "Progress and Penitence," by Rabbi Philip F. Wa¬ terman,, Grand Rapids,. Mich; For the Day .of Atonement: "Thou' Art the Man," by Rabbi Samuel Schulman, New York City; "The Nooii Hour," by Rabbi William Rosenau, Baltimore, M d.; "Qiildrcn of Two Worlds." by Rabbi Max C. Currick, Erie, Pa. For the Fes¬ tival of Tabernacles: 'Tro^-idence, Di^ vine and Human," by Rabbi Montague N. A. Cohen, Tacoma, 'Wash..; "The Connecting Link," by .Rabbi Marvin Nathan,- Philadelphia. For the Festival of Dedication: "The Appeal Of a Pos¬ itive Judaism," by Rabbi Solomon Fos- ¦ter, Newark, N. j. For the Festival of Lights: "Even This Shall Pass Away," by Rabbi Sidney S. Tedesche, New Hav¬ en, Conn, For the Festival of Passover, "The Bundle of Hyssop," by Rabbi Harry H; Mayer, Kansas City, Mo,; "Jewish Fundamentah'sm," by . Rabbi Emil W. Leipziger, New Orleans, La. For the Festival of Pentecost: "Revela¬ tion and; Consecration," by Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, ^Baltimore, Md.   ,
The booklet is issued under the aus¬ pices of the Tract Commission of whidt Rabbi Leo M, Franklin of Detroit fa chairman, Otlier members of the Com¬ mission are R^bi Samuel Hirshberg, of Milwaukee, Morris M. Feuerlicht, In¬ dianapolis, >. Israel Bcttaii, Cincinnati, Milton M. Alexander, Detroit, Louis L Egelson, Cincinnati, Solomon B. Free- hof. Rabbt Sainuel Hirshberg is chair¬ man of tlie Committee on Ammal Ser¬ mon Pamphlet, and associated with lui^i is Rabbi Louis I. Egelson, assistant di- rector of the Department of $yna- guguc and Selinol Extension.
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