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OMAHA, NEBRASKA,, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924
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The First Ship from Soviet Russia Arrives, With Expelled Zionists, in Palestine. Vienna. (J. T. A.) The Austrian Jerusalem. (J. T. A.)—The first Minister of Foreign Aflairs, GruenM. TAXMAN steamer direct from Odessa to Palesberger, has instructed the consulates 3 0 4 LAND DANK tine, since the outbreak of the world of Austria in Germany not to grant •war, arrived yesterday with 171 Jewvisas to Hakenkreuzler of Germany ish emigrants on board. Among who desire to proceed to Austria for K A N S A S CjTr.M6. them were the Zionists expelled from Plans Are Now Being the purpose of participating in the Central High Senior, 17,. Not g Made for I d i t W Soviet Russia. conference of the organization, which Immediate Work. Seen Since Sunday Night; • is scheduled- to take place in the city Forty-three emigrants, who .had Thought Affected by Heat £ 1500, UP' Omaha £ederation of Ch&rltles ORI>£n OF_ : of Salzburg at the .beginning of not secured the proper visas, were CALL UPON SUBSCRIBERS August. . TO ASSIST, not permitted to land and will have HAD SUFFERED '. NERVOUS i'iftean hundte'd and no/lOO» LTDo'l-LARS The Austrian government decided to return to Russia. BREAKDOWN THIS YEAR The new Jewish Community Center originally not to permit the holding The • expelled Zionists have exbuilding will be built on the northof the Hakenkreuzler Conference, but pressed their gratitude to the PalesLester Allen Lapidus/ 17, son of TO HOME TRUST COMPANY east corner of Twentieth and it later granted permission on the continian Government and the Zionist Harry Lapidus, head of the Omaha 18—47 •KANSAS CITY. MO. 18-47 Executive for creating for them the streets. Through a deal consummatFixture and Supply company, disap- dition that the Hakenkreuzler and the members of the .Voelkische Partei, of possibility of leaving- Russia and ed by the building and site committee, the new location was chosen, Germany, should pot participate. The above is a photograph of check received funds, to meet the demands of relief and social service going to Palestine. which will give the Community CenWednesday, by the Jewish Welfare Federation from work in Omaha and- in the national institutions ter a bigger and better building. ' - . ' " ' Mr. Morris Taxman of Kansas' City in payment of ; throughout the country. The new building will contain a his pledge to the Jewish Welfare Federation, made •. "Subscribers, to the Jewish Welfare Federation large swimming pool, gymnasium, March 2nd, at a party held at' the home of Mr. feel encouraged with the subscription made by Mr. large auditorium, tennis courts and and Hx& Morris Milder. At this gathering a number Taxman, who realizes the good work being done by large meeting1.rooms. The new JewPlan to Launch Extensive Member- of - prominent men of the community made sub- our Federation?' said Joe L. Wolf," Chairman of the Many Prizes to Be Awarded to ish Community Center will house all '. - stantial increases in their annual Welfare Federation Finance Committee. ship Campaign. Winners of Contests. Jewish organizations. ; "If an outsider contributes so much to our Fedpledges, after " an appeal was made by Mr. The deal for the transfer of sites. ; eration, then the people of this community will The Y. M. and Y. M. H. A. held Harry A. Wolf and Harry H. Lapidus. " The complete Program and Enter- for the building- followed the visit of Mr. Taxman, a visitor to< the city, became so in- surely do their best- by . our; Federation, and the tainment for the Omaha Hebrew club the Omaha committee who visited the its final meeting for the summer —* Monday evening at the Jewish Com- spired with the enthusiasm at that meeting, showing outlook is brighter than ever," said Henry Monsky, picnic at Peony Park on Sunday, new Y. M. H. A. building m Kansas , munity Center. A complete program the good work that the Federation is doing that he., in commenting on this^ matter.,.'.. . August 17, has been announced and City, Mo. The following men are Dr. Philip Sher, President of the Federation, as the following numbers will be pre-members of the building and site was held. Plans are now being made although'a non-resident, volunteered to give the sum for the first meeting in September of $1,500.' This pledge Mr. Taxman has just made, well as other members of the Federation Board are sented in the afternoon musical pro- committee and v ^IO were in charge of at which time officers will be nom- good and the money is received at" a most opportune highly pleased with the action of Mr. Taxman." gram: the selection of the new site: Harry time, since the Federation' is in.great need of They hope that others will follow his fine example. inated for the ensuing term. Violin solo, Avrum Lustgarden, ac- H. Lapidus, Joe L. Wolf, Henry MonThe Y will center • its activities companied by Ida Lustgarden. sky, Harry A. Wolf, William Holzduring the coming term on a large Russian dance, Miss Candy, accom- man, Harry Malashock and Jake SlosTo T H E SUBSCRIBERS O F T H E BUILDING F U N D O F T H E membership campaign. The, goal will panied by Lillian Chudacoff. berg. J E W I S H COMMUNITY CENTER: , . be set at 1,000 members for the Recitation, Jeanette Levinson. Plans arc now being made by the It is with great pleasure that-we are able to annew Jewish Community Center buildThe Omaha Hebrew Club, Fred committee in charge to canvass the nounce to you that your officers have finally purchased ing. The members will be - divided American Young Judeans - Send White. city for the second payment of 15 a site for the long hoped for Jewish Community Center nto groups under the leadership of Funds" fo Help Growth Song and dance, Shirley A. Janoff, per cent on the pledges which were peared from the citizen's military Building, which in our opinion now pleases every Omaha ' accompanied by Lillian Chudacoff. subscribed by the members. The comof Movement. training camp at Fort Des Moines, captains and will canvass the entire Jewish citizen. , / community for more members. With Piano solo, Lillian Chudacoff. mittee in charge of the second payla., Sunday shortly after' midnight, New York.—The growth and spread the new Community Center building 1 Violin solo, Dorothy Lustgarden, ments is: Harry A. Wolf, Harry Lapand has not been heard from since. * Our Jewish Community Center Building will be of the boy scout movement in Palesaccompanied by Ida Lustgarden. idus, William Holzman. "We need Lester is a senior at the Central assured, the campaign will go over tine will no longer be slowed.up for located at*the northeast corner of Twentieth and Dodge. This is the first time in the his-these payments immediately," said High school, where he has made a the'top. Streets on a lot having a frontage of 132 feet on Dodge Other activities of the Y. M. andlack of funds, following the determtory of local Jewry that an outdoor these payments, the sooner we get brilliant record in scholarship and Street and< 120 feet on Twentieth Street , . Y. W. H. A. are' the completion of ination of Young Judea'.-to support musical program will be presented to these payments, the esooner we get student activities. He was among the movement with funds raised, in the public. • The architect is now completing the plans.for a the building, and we hope to be in the Omaha boys who went as stu-an educational program which will be this country by the 14,000 members "Every effort is being made to our new building early next spring." very nice building that will house all Jewish activities. dents to the training camp August carried on during the fall months, of 800 Young Judaean clubs,spread make this a real outstanding feature . The contract for excavating will probably be let within 1. Sunday 'afternoon,- during a meet- and the publication of a' Y book by all over the United States. •. "With co-operation of our subscribat our big" outdoor" day of events at ers, we will have one of the finest the next tern days. We have used all available cash jngv.he complained^ of, the-heat and_ the members of the Y. MT' and Y. .Decision- ta-support. thelP^estinlati J2eo.nj! _Park," said Mr. Selicow. i community center buildings, in .thj| "towards- tfife^syment on-that, lot and are depending on twice left the. building to "get"fresh The Y. M." H. A', tennis tourna- scout movement was had at .the In addition to the prizes, raffles, country," said Harry H, Lapidus. "It your promise to pay your proportion of your pledge as " air. -It is believed that the heat recent convention of Young. Judaea games 'anST contests, which will begin is up to Omaha Jewry to help. We the money is called* for to keep the building going. " brought about a temporary derange- ment under' the leadership of Harry held-at Long Branch, N. J. A beKneeter is now being 'played and at 12 noon, the committee under the have selected* the finest site for this1 ment during which he left the camp. ginning • had already been made The |collection of the outstanding money; is a direction of Fred Greenberg will raf- building1, which will be easily reached^ He was last seen about 1 a. m., final results will be announced later. earlier through the efforts of The . gigantic job. No single person could undertake to do fle for one chance of a white gold as it is in the center of the city." walking out the gate of the camp, Young Judaean Magazine, which that himself. -We do not want to hire acollector and watch, string of Navarre pearls,'exhatless, and clad in-a white, shirt and raised the amount of ?500 for the spend the Community Center's funds for that purpose. cellent wall mirror and white gold grayish-blue trousers, and wore either establishment of two camps for the chain. The young lady who sells the black .oxfords,or army shoes.. The undersigned committee have assumed the task . training of scoutmasters, one for' boy largest number of raffle tickets will ' of collecting on the pledges made in the belief and hope His parents were notified of his scouts and the other for girl, guides. receive a genuine ivory manicure set. that the subscribers will respond to .the call of the disappearance by telephone last night Advisory Committee Attends Meeting. These camps will be opened in Palesr Other gifts of value contributed by committee and make their task easier. . . . to Be Granted Many by Robert Lappen; a friend of the tine sometime during August. local business men will be awarded as Chapters Des Moines, la.—An-election of of- The administrative committee of Communities, .family, who had called the camp and A letter is going out this week calling upon the prizes in the games and contests. ficers, ratification of the constituasked for Lester during the day. Young Judaea has asked Louis Robisubscribers for the second installment, of their subOne of the many novel attractions Omaha Chapter of Aleph Zadik Army officials in charge of the train- tion and election of the Advisory son, vice-chairman of the Zionist Or? scription to the. building. You have designated your at the picnic will be the free dis- Aleph elected its new members to Council took place at the last reguing camp made no report of his disganization of America, to. act' as desire for this building by having made a pledge. Your tribution of a rotogravure souvsnir the local advisory board. The follar meeting of the Des Moines Chap- treasurer of the fund in Palestine, appearance. officers have acted on the faith of your pledge and program depicting1 the growth of- the lowing men were elected, Harry; .Mr. and Mrs. Lapidus left at once ter, No. 4 of the Aleph Zadi Aleph at Mr. Robison has just left for the have obligated the Jewish Community to the lot Omaha Hebrew club. Trustin, active advisor, Henr^ and building. for Des Moines and are at the home the Jewish Community Center Sun- Holy Land for an extended stay. There will be dancing in the even- Monsky, William Holzman, Irviri day. Two Omaha Chapter members . as Dr. Judah L. Magnes, formerly of of the Lappens . Mrs. Lapidus has ing at eight o'clock. The melodious Stalmaster, Sam N. Wolf. These become prostrated by grief and worry, were visitors of the club. They were the United States, who has been Kindly s e n d y o u r c h e c k u n Peony Park orchestra will play. Lester Lapidus and Harry" Wise. x n» . P° receipt qf the letter men were approved by Sam Bebcr, active in recent Palestinian effort, has and was reported in a serious condi"If the citizens of the community president of Omaha lodge, I. O. to Mr. Louis Kirschbraun, Treasure!*, Jewish Community The Grand Aleph Godol was rebeen invited to act as chairman of tion by Mr. Lapidus, over the long desire to spend a real cozy, cool, con- B. B.. who are the sponsors of the Center Building Fund, c/o Jewish Community Center, elected, and other members elected to the Young Judaea Boy Scout Comdistance telephone Thursday. tentable day, they will come to the Order A. Z. A. Nineteenth and Farnam Streets. • . offices were Louis William, Aleph mittee in Palestine. * The father believes Lester is either S'gan; Henry Herschberg, Aleph Shopicnic and bring their families," said These advisory boards are appointThe scout movement was organYours for the success of our undertaking, at some hospital, where he may not tare; Morris Sigel, Aleph Mazkir; Dr. A. Greenberg, a member of the ed by the lodge every year and are ized in Palestine in 1918, was greeted HARRY A. WOLF, have Tecovered his faculties, or at a George Libles, Aleph Gisbor; Sam picnic committee. endorsed by the Supreme Advisory WM. L. HOLZMAN, farmhouse near Des Moines. Some- Rubinson, Aleph Junior Shotare; Rob- enthusiastically, but failed for a lack Excellent transportation facilities committee of the Order. of capable scout masters. This lack HARRY LAPIDUS. what highly strung and extremely ert Elisson, Aleph Kohan Godel; Danwill take the passengers from the end During the past three weeks, sensitive, Mr. Lapidus fears that Les- iel Siegal, Aleph Saphir. The consti- is now being overcome through the of the car line to the park. Omaha chapter A. Z. A. has received scoutmaster camps which are being have suddenly been notified that unter may be staying in hiding because tution was accepted with all recomMembers of the Omaha Hebrew many appeals for information relative JEW BAITER RESCUED financed by Young' Judaea. -Next of embarrassment. mendations of the Supreme Advisbry autumn and winter will see the FROM DROWNING BY JEW less they leave for Palestine within club picnic committee are: A. Kaplan, to the order. Among- the cities wh© the next ten days, they will be sent chairman; Messrs. Max Fromkin, M. The father has offered a reward Council. Five prominent members of organization of boy scout troops with have inquired with reference to securBerlin.—Herr Kunze, the well. ' Polonsky, John Feldman, Fred Green- ing chapters in theix* communities are for information that will lead to his the local B'nai B'rith were elected to the complete machinery of a scout known German anti-Semitic lead- to Siberia. berg-, J. Riklin, M. Selicow, M. Ja-South Bend, Ind., Indianapolis, Ind,, son's recovery. The search was taken the Advisory Council; they are organization. The same will be done er, met with an experience which nush. D. Resnick, Harry Lapidus, Sioux City, la., and Minot, .N, Dak. up by newspapers in Des Moines and Messrs. Seppi I. Silberman, Dave Or- for the girl guides. • HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT perhaps has taught him the truth Philip GoreJick, Nathan Yaffe, Fred Omaha, and news of the disappear- ansky, .Robert Lappifi, Joe Slate and DISMISSES OFFICIALS, The Detroit chapter A. 2. A. which There already exists in Palestine a of the Biblical proverb: "Cast your White, Maurice Civin, D. Richards, ance, with a plea for the boy's re- Milton Webber. ^ MOST OF THEM JEWS is now being organized will be bread upon the waters and in the compact boy scout organization, turn, was broadcast from Omaha staMr. Robert Lappen in his address which lends itself to expansion atong course of time you will find it." Dudapest. (J. T. A.) The Hungarian Jike Crounse and Dr. A. Greenberg. formally installed sometime next tions WOAW and WAAW by Morris to the members of the club said: This time it was not his bread, government is now dismissing thoulines to be suggested by the ^Young Services will be held Friday evening month. • Samuel H. Schaefer, formerly Jacobs. "You boys of the A. Z. A., if you.Judaean committee. The^present or- but his "life, that Herr' Kirnze sands of its officals throughout the and Saturday morning at the Young o£ Omaha, but now with the Na"Tell my boy he must come back,' will always bear in" mind the seven •ganization includes 28'patrols, of found upon the waters. Herr country. This is being done as one Israel Synagogue, TwenWfirst and tional Jewish HospitaJ at Denver, the father pleaded. "His mother is virtues upon which -your club is found- which five are in Jerusalem, four Kunze, who is the inventor of* the of the measures. being taken by the Burt streets. Special Tish^&ov serv- Colo., will have charge of the ined, must always be J£ credit to" the in Tel Aviv and Jaffa and others in nibber-tipped whip 'for special government-for the stabilization of ices will be held beginning Saturday stallation of the new chapter. critically ill and needs him." Lester suffered a nervous break- community in which you live and the the colonies and cities. The organ- application on Jewish - backs in the Hungarian currency in connection evening and Sunday morning and down earlier this year, from overwork organization to which" you belong." • > ization is modelled on the same lines Germany, delivered a very hot with the loan which Hungary 1expects evening. All young men are invited THREE JEWS FACE DEATH .' ' The local chapter is also holding, a as.those of other hoy scout organ- anti-Semitic speech at the sea to float under. the guarantee of the to attend. at school. There he not only had SENTENCE IN SIBERIA won honors in scholarship, but held membership drive naw,and the, chap* izations. _ Every Palestinian boy resort Leba, in which "he bitterly League of Nations. ', Moscow. (J. T. A.) Three Jews, In the city of Budapest alone, 1,090 WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT a- high position in the cadet corps, ter is divided into three teams . in scout goes through a novitiate as a denounced the" Jews. He then Dr. Kovler and Messrs. Averbuch and order to obtain fifty new members, FROM WIDOW URGED AFTER teachers and inspectors of schools and was elected editor-in-chief of the Dvorkin, are among the Soviet offi"tenderfoot" orv"wolf cub," |hen be- went down to cool off in the ocean, SUPPORT IS DISCONTINUED cials who face death as a result of Register, the school newspaper, for and a dance is also planned for in comes a second grade scout, and but was drawn* into a whirlpool, were dismissed. The tnajjerity. of -the near future. Munich." (J. T. A.) The anti-Se- charges of misappropriation of fundfe the new year. . finally, a. first 'grade scout. The and his life was in. danger. His them are Jewsl • The members' of the chapter exmitic zeal of the Voelkische Partei in brought against them. Their trial oti A specialmeeting of protest against cries for help reached none other rituals is, of course, entirely in At-the recent^ meeting in, Omaha s, pects to be in Om'aha, on Labor day. the Bavarian Diet was very much be- these charges started in Novo Nlkolthese wholesale -dismissals was held than the Jewish physician of the Hebrew." • of Aleph Zadek -Aleph, national Jewlated in the case of the widow of aievsk, Siberia. at the Central Democratic Club here. resort. Dr. Posner, who hurried , ?sh boys* organization sponsored b; a i. Kurt Eisner. Many 'non-Jewish teachers, were DEATH OF FAMOUS to his rescue, saving him from These officials were in charge <tt y n a ! B'rith, Lester was elected an WHITE RUSSIANS. GRANT* " \ JTAMENT A motion was introduced by that the Soviet health resorts in Siberia present, some of whom pointed oat TJESTAMENT'^VUTHORITY certain death. -JIECOGNITNON TO YIDDISH afficer. that the time is approaching when party urging the government to dis- before their removal on the afore' " Lester was 17 .in_ .July, but would " Moscow. . (J. T. A.)a The Central" Berlin (J. T:' A. M.)—Dr. Johannes the natives of Hungary themselves continue the pension granted to the mentioned charges. pass for 19 or 20 years in "age/ He, Executive-Cowmittee'.of the'Commnn- Rikfel,* Catholic- Prelate and a leadwill put an .end to the present rders, widow of the slain Socialist Bavarian fs five and a nstffrfeet,tall, weigh ist party in tEe part oi White Russia'," ing - Orientalist and authority on EXPULSION OF ZIONISTS who are mainly "Germans, Slovaks, leader, because his real name was not FRENCH CATHOLIC Judaisni '.has died in Breslau a t TO PALESTINE NEW POLICY * 150 pounds, has medium brown hair, which is affiliated with-Soviet Russia; EXCURSION TO PALESTINE Kurt Eisner, but Solomon Kosmanof^ OF SOVIET AUTHORITIES Roumanians and anti-Semites." .ind is ordinarily, of light complexion, has passed a resolution granting re^ the-age* i f 61. Most of his works Jerusalem. iJ. T. A.) A large exsky. This unnecessary motion was Riga. (J. T. A.) The expulsion of tanned"now:by .the^raining /samp cefgnition to.'^the language of all-"the were" - op * Old 'Testament exegesis, cursion of French Catholics is expecttaken off the agenda after & state' A/yivnnA •Finrfinc: 'b^nrttf nf. ffti« *?o. Berlin. (J. T. A.) The European ationl minorities, n s - including' the among, them being "Israel's -Mo- Zionists from Soviet Russia to Palesy J ^ y ,of- this de- national Anyone ment by the Finance Minister of Ba- ed to arrive here in the middle of office of the Joint Distribution Comnotheism in the Pre-Exfle Ueriod," tine seems to have become a principle scription is requested " to«.telegraph' Yiddish language.-, g mittee and of the newly formed varia to the effect that the pension 'August for the purpose of attending the Omaha Fixture and Supply ppy com- Another resolution, of the (j^mmittfee "The. Old Testament and Comparative •with the Soviet authorities. places where Religion," - "The Old. Testament in The Russian Zionist leaders, Beh- American-European Foundation Fond, had been discontinued when the de-the inauguration of a Catholic church Dany; or-,Mr. Jacobs .at the -Nebraska. was ta the effect 1 all charge's will 1 the population nesxlusively' Jewish, the-Light of Research'in the Ancient kowsky and Bichowsky, who were ar- will be shortly transferred to this preciation of the German mark had in Abugosh, erected by French stopped. rested last March, but later released, city feast-"" j Jewish Soviets b<
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