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OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8,1928
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THORPHAN QUEEH!0 BE CROWNED AT AUDITORIUM IN JUBILEE BALL SUNDAY
"Einstein Heads Great Men of Today"—Shaw London.—(J. T. A.)—Albert -Einstein heads the -list of great men of the present day in. the opinion of the London .Daily Chronicle."Bernard Shaw, in commenting upon this statement, declared that there are so many outstanding personalities today that they are simply unnoticed. 'Shaw then gives a list of outstanding personalities among whom he includes the American Jewish sculptor, Jacob Epstein.
Harry Lapidus to Place Crown on Head of Victorious Contestant:
WORLD IS THEME OF Centenary of Dramatist's Birth To Be Celebrated by Guild Play. THEME STILL VITAL.
Lapidus A gain Heads 1 Omaha Fixture Co. The biggest year in the history of-the firm was-reported at-the annual -meeting of the Omaha Fixture and Supply Company a t the Ad-Sell Eestaonmts Wednesday evening. Harry H. Lapidus was reelected president of the company. Other officers are Harry Malashock and Henry Monsky, vice presidents, Irvin Stahnaster, secretary, and Joe L. Wolf, secretary.
VOL. VII—No. 8
MAX KNE, JEWISH LABOR LEADER AND CUARDSUEZ Was Prominent in Relief Work | Proposed Withdrawal of Troops Abroad and Labor OrganizaFrom Egypt Will Make tion at Home. Palestine Strategic . Point FOUNDE^FORWARD." Maywoori, N. J.—(J. T. A.)—Max PRESS PROPHESIES ACT Pine, Jewish labor leader, relief -worker ' and one of the founders of the Jerjpalem.—(J, T. A.) Whether "Jewish Daily Forward" of New York, "Palestine is to become Great Britain's died vesterday at his home at 22 | strategic base for the defense of the Fairmount avenue. He was 62 years j Suez Canal is now greatly agitatingold. Three sons and two daughters; public opinion in Palestine as well ap survive. | in Egypt, as a result of the political Mr; Pine "was prominent in. Jewish | develapmeiits in Eg-j-pt. rt M^.. ."w*ork' -during and after the j According- to the forecaets of the world war, when, he went, to Russia J Egyptian press, particularly the Cairo with Judge Harry M. Fisher e£ Chi- j "Alahram," the proposed new treaty cago, as a member of the Joint- Dis- \ between Great Britain and Egypt tribution committee. He was a native j provides for the withdrawal of the of Russia and came to this country as j British troops from the interior of a young man. He worked in the needle; Egypt to the Suez Canal, possibly to industry and left it shortly to devote t ^ e Palestine side of the Canal, himself to the cause of labor as secIt is stated that the matter will be retary of the United Hehrew Trades left in abeyance for five years, after in~3Sew'York, Jewish labor group af- which time the British (EroveiTiment filiated vdih t t e A. F. of L. He was will agree to effect a transfer if notha candidate several times on the so- ing has in the meantime occurred cialist ticket for assemblyman and wliich would render the transfer imalderman from the East Side. poEsible. Some newspapers assert He was" organizer ei the People's that the immediate transfer is proBelief committee, one of the three posed in the draft agreement. While e6«poffetits of tbe Joint Distribution it is impossible to say what lies be<ammittee» neath these anticipations, it is asThe late Mr. Pine was- one of the serted that these forecasts contain a Jewish labor leaders in the United sub-stratum of the facts. Already States -who took a kees interest in the the late Zaglul-Pasha, the Egyptian Palestine movement, kaving-been the j n a t i o n a l i g t i e a der and prime minischairman of the National Labor com-1 t e r > demanded the withdrawal of all " t h e Organized .Jewish Briti%h fbrces from Egypt. If the Workers in Palestine, -which is treaty is concluded and Britain withdactisg: a drive for Palestine among draws its military forces from the Jewish workers in th<t United States. country the significance of Palf-stine Statements mourning the death o'Jf o r the protection of the Suez caval the Ikte labor leader were issued fcyj^jjj grow immensely. This question Joseph "C."\"Hj*aan, .secretary of the was in the forefront of the consideraJoist Di&tribntiUiBc .CkunnsitteS). by th£ tions during- Altenby.'s, campaign in J e w i s h DaSy Forward;" Joseph Palestine, and at tMe present, juncBarorSess, the National Labor Com-' ture raises the entire' issue of -Palesmittee for Palestine and by the Pales- tine's etrateg-ic value to the British tine labor delegation now in the empire which originally moved the United. States. Dr. Chaim Arlasoro^, British statesmen to svipport the ZioftDov Hos and Israel Mereminski. ji g t m o v e m e n t that the British is
The Center AuSitorium is humming with activity both day and night in preparation for the Center Players' " The "big night" of the Thorpeian Athletic club's gigantic celeGuild production of Ibsen's "The bration and Jubilee Ball is almost upon us. Doll's House." During the .day scenery: Promptly at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night, the doors of the City is being painted, lighting effects Auditorium will open upon a scene of gayety and festivity, which, "Worked out, and special lighting z-?paratus being installed for the most B'nai B'rith District No, 6 Asked according to President Irvin Levin of the Thorpeians, -will be long ambitious production ever attempted remembered in the Jewish community of Omaha. to Raise $600,080 for The crowning of the Queen of the celebration, the award of P a Mus, Se-Tdfa-Ta and Junior at the Center and every .night finds Orphanage a beautiful new Chrysler coach and a general program of festivity Hadassah Win Honor Awards. the cast of t h e play at rehearsal. will be among the features of the-occasion. The week of March' 18 will find the ORGANKATTON FORMED The Jubilee Ball Sunday Bight 500 ATTEND. world celebrating the.one hundreth climax a campaign of six weeks by anniversary of" the birth of Hendrik Work on a campaign to raise money A pot-pourri of stunts, arranged b y Ibsenk The-Center will fittingly obpopular young Jewish ladies of Omaha for the proposed new orphans' home the senior clubs of the Jewish: Com- serve:"the~birtnday of the father of of Cleveland will be begun in this to win the honor of being; crowned munity; Center, entertained the' laige modern drama, by producing his most district soon as a result of an organiQueen of the~ celebration, and the vaaudience -which gathered 'in the Cen- celebrated play on his birthday, zation formed by. Isidor Coons, camrious prizes that have been offered in ter auditorium Tuesday evening; for March 18, and on the evening- pre- paign manager, who was in Omaha the campaign. :•'•.". the Senior Club Council's Purim cele- ceding as welL The contest will be. closed at 10 :S0 • last week. Harry H. Lapidus and ' v " p.*nu, and the winner announced as Scourge of Middle. Ages Re- bration^ The natural thought is that a play Henry Monsky are members of the appear i n ; Manchester - Scenes^rom Alaska^ Miss Saterlee*s written by a TOan "irorn a" hundred committee for this district. soon- thereafter as the judges can canJewish Quarter * boarding schools "the,-home of Ibsen's years vass t h e votes—The winner will be ago mustibe'tearfully dull with T h e campaign isTseing conducted by Nora, tableaux from ages present, an age-worn'iieme,;but the truth is districts 2 and six of the B'nai" B'xith, crowned qneen by Harry ' Lapidus, INVESTIGATION MADE past and future,; a-scene in the land that Ibsen, was 40; years ahead of and is for- the: purpose of building E president of the Jewish Community of- Persia- during; Esther's reign, gave his time whea'fThe Boll's House" was new prphanage on the cottage plan, Centex, and photographs will betaken London.—(J--'T. A.)—The eating- of wide.- variety to a program whicij; into preserve the memorable-occasion. •written in 1B89J-:Thtf_following quota- a t a cost of 11,006,000, of which the Games of.sMlL games', of chance, rye bread, widely prevalent among cluded also music, dancing and read- tion concerning: thej~iheme of "The quota of the local district including ;;' -.•„.-• dancing, refreshments—all will be of- Jewish immigrants coming.from; East* ings'., . . . Doll's House" "was? not" written, by a Nebraska, Iowa, North and South DaPrizes were : awarded for the three recent college graduate in psychology kota?- Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin fjered.thase. wlio attend Sunday night's ern Europe, is causing ergot poisoning which produces ^numbness xif' the T>est stunts. The-Psi Mu xlub with big party.- --• •.---. dry on iids dii and Michigan is $600,000. fingers, headaches,' depression^ gast- their "Shooting of Ban McGrew'Vin with the ink. A s previously- announced, Art The present erphansgre is located in ploma, but is; taifen from a volume of ric disturbances" and fasitching of a^ vivid tableai,; woit first place. Secdall's Fontenelle jabtel a deteriorating' Tieighborhooid "which Ibsen's personalletters called "Ibmented^ to _fifteen pieces, •will play for limbs,, according to an investigation ond place was won by the Sertelh-Ta sen's Workshop.?: fa< become" famous for crime and is the dancing and special preparations the result o£-which was'described'to- ilub, which presented a- Fantasy of considered unwholesome as an atmos1 Womaa^C Problem are being made to put the Auditorium day in an issue of the British Medical the Ages, evoking , out: of the, fumes phere for. sueli a home, according to JournaL - • ' • . •'"*";: " - - ' • ' • "A woman cannot be herself in the Mr. Coons. ;>;The site of' the old orof a gypsy's/inagic pot pictures, oi the dance "floor in suitable condition. The investigation-was made/in xon- youth' of many ages".- This stunt %aa society of; the "Brefient day,, wMch. i& phab&ge has been bought by the city Real kosher-fopj|s win be served at : the refreshment stand, ;;^Mch -wBtt be nectron with the spreading of this both -written^ and^ acted; "-- ''"'"- - ~~'- aa'^scttEiye roascmline ^society," as a plsygroxtnd, so that the" institudisease^ aimmgjT^ie: Jewish T^optoatiott -thema^reask.^" at>-Saterr|q^ 1 y S »-j raI ^i -ijyjjaJ^-snfl^TsiQi * j i » corps of competent- assistants from of Manchester, -where;-a-lar§fe' nuinber lees," presented amusingly by .the dicial system that judges feminine January 1929. of persons are now suffering ffomithiS junior Hadassah under the direction conduct from a masculine point of the Thorpeian club. The Cleveland home now houses 24 condition. . '-. y of Mrs. Max Fromkin, received_third view. te" the high caliber of the atchildren from OmaKa and six from The .investigation showed that the •' "Nora has committed, forgery and Lincoln! In the 60 years of its extraction,-the.-admission price for the Jubilee Ball is^only. 25 cents, and this symptons of this disease "are^ to' be. "Towhet the audience's taste for *fche she is proud of it; for she did It out istenee, it has cared for 1,50Q chfldren who ceirung production-: of **The- Boll's of love for her husband, to save his from this district^ out of its total of includes the cost of dancing; to Ran- j found only among those persons 1 eat rye'.hread' and nevero among tho.se House," the Center P4ayers\ :Guild life." But this commonplace husband dall's orchestra, as well. A check OOO^chilfiren. _ _ _ who, eat white bread: onlyC -. The Jewg^ a'single effective scene and left with his commonplace principles of room -win be provided for those who ^ , ;; Directors of the organization from ish immigrants -^frona Eastern Europe thestory of Nora Hekner. hanging in honor is on the side of the law and desire-to" dispose of their -wraps' durNe"brsska a r e Morris Friend of Line l e o f t h e S u e z who mostly eat rye bread, suffer t r e midair. ••- The clowning of - Hyman regards the question with masculine PMladelpMa.—(J. T. A.) — Mrs. along the Egyptian " ing the festiVities. " • coln, and William L. Holzman and Sara Jules E. Mastbaum, widow of the "most. Shrier in his novelty skit representcanal without hs^ing a hinterland for Every-admission ticket, it has been eyes. J. Leen of Omaha. ing the A. Z. A., provided much The medical investigators also, delate Jules E. Mastbaum, who diedj abase. Palestine will then become <?apointed—out,-shares in the award of "Spiritual conflicts. Oppressed and last December, announced on her re-j sential to provide this base, which the Chrysler. «ar, which will: be pre- clared that gangrene is possibly due amusement. Irvin. Levin, president of bewildered by the belief in authority, ' on she-loses faith in her moral right and turn from Paris that she will goj will be Katars. sented immediately after the close of to this cause. The investigators "are the council, • delivered an'address also; assuming that the eating of rye "Modern Efemanisih." Jacob Mirviss, ahead with the .$400,000 museum to the ballot box in the Queen election. ability to bring- up her children. Bithouse the collection of Rodin statues •"There, is no question but that we bread is particularly harmful to ex- Center educational ' director, was in terness. A mother in niodern society, like certain insects who go away and will have a -banner crowd at, our cele- pectant mothers, as ergot poisoning charge of t i e program. Jfembers of the Brandeis Players and bronzes acquired by her husdie when she has done her duty ia company were gnests of honor at band. lmtioii/as the advance ticket sale has often results in a miscarriage. The investigation disclosed that One hundred pieces are in Philathe propogation of her race. Love a midnight .Chinese night club given been extremely heavy," said President tailors and: other hard w-ofkihg perLillian Lipsey was crowned Queen of life, of husband and children and by ike Center Players Guild in the delphia, she said, and another hunLevin of the Thorpeians. family. Here and there a womanly Jewish Community Center following dred or more in Paris. As soon as Esther at the Purim dance given Sat"Everyone who attends may rest as- -sons have often- found their fingers shaking off of her thoughts. Sudden the Brandeis performance Saturday the white marble blocks are cut they urday evening in the Jewish Comsured they, will have'their quarter's growing numb. This condition Is conreturn' of anxiety and terror. She worth- in .enjoyment, even ;if :theyi.do sidered to be one of the earliest:sympwill be shipped from Paris, Mrs. munity Center under the auspices of evening. ; Ten girls-from the Kansas City must bear it all alone. The catasthe physical department. Carl Lagnot win the car. We are making every tons of the. disease.. Festoons of Chinese lanterns light- Mastbaum said, and the work on the In publishing the results Of the in- Y. W. H. A., accompanied by their trophe approaches, inexorably, inman was crowned King Ahasuerus. effort to assure a good iime for all, museum will commence. The site is ed the room and place cards of and the music of: Art Randall's aug- vestigation the British Medical Jour- coach, Miss Bess Epstein, will arrive evitably. Despair, conflict and de- Chinese temples and jjods marked on the Parkway at Twenty-third The king and queen were chosen by the drawing of lot*. mented orchestra alone is a feature nal comments that ergotism was the in Omaha Saturday afternoon to play struction." the places for honored guests. Mem- street. Mr. Mastbaum valued MB EO~ A number of novelty features made that ., should please _ anyone, even if scourge of Europe during t h e Tttfddle basketball with the Jewish Community dm collection at $1,000,000. For AH Time bers 'of the Players Guild were able Ages but was-believed to have been Center girls' team in a specially feathe dance an unusual one. During the they do-not dance. . • • • • • ' • • While in Paris Mrs. Mastbaum orThat was written in 1878. Nora, to realize their desire to meet and tured game Saturday evening. intermission, Sara Mae Graetz, a pu"So come on down, everybody, to banished by civilization. chat with their favorites of the dered a "-stone building to be conThis team isvthe winner, of the Kan- who lived in the "Doll's House" is pil oi.Miss Annette Riklin, did an the City Auditorium at fifteenth and the tumble-down Brandeis cast, all but one of -whom structed near sas City inter-house league champion- »«jeless. She belongs to no -time or acrobatic dance. - Howard streets, and have "the time of •workshop of the late French sculptor •were present. ship. .The girls will be met by their period. She is woman in every era your life Sunday night." - During the Chinese supper, mem- to house bis many unfinished works. of human existence. It is for that hostesses, entertained -at the Ad-Sell Sliv A. Goldstein has been elected bers' of the Players' Guild ' enter- It will 1>e brown as =the -Jules, E. reason, that Mrs. Herman Jahr, the restaurant for dinner, and, following trustee of Temple Israel in the place Mastbaum 3femorial in France, she tained their gxsests -with song and director of the play, is producing it Permanent officers of tneOOmaha the evening affair, -will be taken to of Mr. S. Herzberg. who resigned. Jewish National Fund councilJwjere. the : homes of. teain-members to spend •with costumes and settings of no par- dance. Hymen Shrier, president of said. jthe~ Guild, presided.". Boyd "Irwin, ticular period. /..---• ; . . selected at^a .meeting- a t the Jewish the-inight, . ',_• .:••"--' ;..,.-._,, : manager of the company, Introduced C i t C f e StindV^Ehe/ offi Coniinunity-e,big game, which,will take.place * Mrs. Jahr "says, " 'The. Doll's. House' his" associates. The climax of the Prizes in the first round of the cers a r e : E.* Fleishman, •chairman; ^ j . ' must bedone with settings and cosgt;Spi m,,,will be .preceded[by a men's evening was'" the presentation of two B'nai B'rith bridge tournament, play- tinteinari arid Mrs. Mi Braude, vice tumes subordinate to the play, itself. volley .ball game at 7 p. m. Following baby spotlights t o the Center Players ed v in the Jewish Community Center chairmen; M. A. Block, secretary, and the basketball game, the physical de- Furniture, clothes or inakeup must Guild by the Brandeis company, by Thursday evening, March 1, were won J. Rosenberg,-treasurer, not predominate the play.. When one p partment will sponsor a dance honorCantor Issiah Kohanowitch of the Mr. Irwin. by Irvin .Levan^ first;. Ed J . Kraus,' Representatives'of each Jewish orleaves the theater one must have an ing the two girls'teams. Beth Hamedrosh Hogodel synagogue, The professional players expressed second ancl I). Hahn, third. The prizes ganization" in the- Council have, been impression of woman's eternal strugr will be the featured artist on a radm gTeat interest in the work of their were donated* by Glaz'er" brothers. gle in a man's world," with. no. conappointed to. the executive .committed? program sponsored by Father FlanaKeen- competition for the: preiimi- Plans are being, made for a campaign RABBI TO ADDRESS sciousness of the gowns worn or the non-professional friends of. the Guild gan's Boys' Home Sunday morning;. and - praised - their- enterprise in ary and -finals prizes -has -developed. to raise Omaha's quota for the-fund. March 11, between 11 and 12 a. m., PHILOSOPHICAL^ SOCIETY type of furniture used.in the setting." undertaking a play of the calibre of Those who have mot previously enNora is played by Faye Klein; over WOW. tered may do-so on March 8 or March Eabbi Frederick Cohn "will address Thorvald by Hyman Shrier; Mrs. the coming '"Doll's House." The cantor will sing the "Yesamab" 15. Prizes for this Thursday have the Omaha Philosophical society Sun- Linden by Bess Weinstein;;Krog£tad in Yiddish and "Mogon Ovos" in HeBusiness Men's Bowling League. been donated by. Wolf .Brothers. A day afternoon, March 18, on Keyser- by George Cohen; Dr. Rank by Magrand prize' "will. be awarded March ling's "World in the Making." L. Pet. brew and the Volga Boat song ir Rus" ' 'Wrion Graetz; Anna by' Martha Hinasian. He will be accompanied on the Malaghock" Jewelry _".43 26 .623 15, the final night. Eabbi Conn's address at the Friday melstein, and Ellen by Carolyn Dia''junior and Senior club councils of 28 .594 piano and violin by Misses Fanny and The,"playing is preceded "by. a short the Jewish Community Center.-have evening service at the Temple will mond. The Helmer's two children are Kaiman Insurance ..41 .521 Sara Rae Fish, respectively. S3 business meeting at 8:30 p . m. j 'planned many spring activities. The be on "The Inner Sanctum." This will played by Ruth and Willard Fried- YoTisem Tires __„„—36 1 For the past two years Cantor Ko84 —..85 .507 Senior Council will sponsor an April be a comment on the anniversary ad- man, children of Mr. and Mrs. J . J- Glazer Clthing hanowitch has been the attraction at j dress recently delivered by Eabbi Leo S4" .507 Empire Cleaners. ~35 Fool dance Sunday, April 1, an allFriedman. the synagogue at Nineteenth and j 36 A78 Appleman-Kobinson- S3 city oratorical contest, late in April, Franklin.' Saturday morning'^ service ' Burt streets. His concerts have been I 41 "Wardrobe ~~_ 28 .405 1 and probably, a debate with St. will be sponsored by the Council of widely attended and the manner in! Jewish Women, as Council Sabbath. 45": Omaha Tobacco Co— 24 .547 SAM ELATES, ATTORNEY Louis. A rally for senior club, memEabbi Cohn will speak on "Loyalty." FILES OFFICE CANDIDACY The contest between, the two tafl- which he has conducted the holiday j Dr. Philip tLevey- has been invited bers only will be held March 13. Mrs. I. Eosenthal will also speak. enders resulted in a ^victory foi• the services has met with the approval of j A song, cheer and declamation conto attend the clinical-week to "be ofOmaha Jewry. j Among those who filec their canWardrobes. fered March 12 "to 17 "by "the Mayo test will be given * by . the Junior Cantor Kohanowitch came here j The Junior Hadassah lias planned didacy for offices in the coming elecFoundation of the University of Council March 25. For the dramatic from Winnipeg, Canada. Recently Ms Cantor. A.', - Schwaezkin has been * contest, the preliminary will be Jield a series of benefit bridges for thist-tion is Sam ELlaver, Minnesota, Rochester. Sara two-year contract was renewed by the * The week will be spent in lectures May 13 and -the. final, May 20. season, -under the chairmanship of Omaha attorney who is well known re-elected to serve inother term as local synagogue. His choirs organized j -will be Rev. E. J. Flanagan" and and demonstrations in the treatment March- -25 is the date for entries in Lillian GreenbMt. "On Thursday, the to "the -readers of the Jewish. Press. cantor of B'nai .Israel synagogue, fcefore the holiday services have \ nie the Gloom-KIter, who -will give Mr. Klaver is a candidate for state Eighteenth and Chicago streets. The of -diseases'-*of the .upper digestive the ^checker and debating tourna- Junior Hadassah will give a musicale gained proininence tbrox^hiwBt ihsl short addresses. The string tjudiSrt ments. The contest for the name of for the members of the junior and representative in the- Tenth district new term -vrill hegin July 13. Cantor ix. tract. | from Father Flanagan's Boys' Honte Sckwaczkin has served the synagogue and is well prepared to serve the -'-Only a small .number of physicians the"new junior .paper .doses March senior Hadassahs.' Grace HosGnsteln On the program besides the -captor ] wiB also be featured. "for two -years. . _ T>aojjle in'this capacity. ••_"-. is chairman~.• "h3Te<been-invited to .attend this clinic 11.
MUCH FESTIVITY PLANNED.
SENIOR QM COUNCIL CELEBRATES PURffi WITH STOUT NIGHT
LOCAL
MPBANS HOME PLANNED W
"EATING RYE BREAD
30DRML
BRANDEB PLAYERS PRBENT
KANSAS CDT TO PLAY IN I C C .
King and QueenAre Chosen at Dance
Fleishman Heads .;. National Fund Group
Irvin; Levin Wins First Bridge Round
Cantor Issiah • To Broadcast 'Radio Program
ai^ Contests Are ^ Planned-By Councils
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Dr. Leve"y" Invited" '* To" Mayo Clinic