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COffiffl ill MWMOe 625 North Milwaukee Street Telephone MA rquette 4 7 0 0 Vol. 40 -No. 1 Entered as eecond-tdasa matter at the postoffice of Milwaukee, under the Act of March 3, 1879 MILWAUKEE, SEPTEMBER 10, 1937 Per Year $3 WAV VvT VV iV Zweig Tops Authors Whose CHARGE JEWS WITH Film Based On Leo Franks Case Will Not Be Shown In Atlanta THE FIRST GUGGENHEIM Peddler's Pack to Merchant By HARVEY O'CONNOR The fascinating story of how Meyer Guggenheim, an immigrant Jew, started the world-famous Guggenheim industrial empire with a peddler's pack is told in this second of four articles taken from Mr. O'Connor's book, "The Guggenheims," which the Seven Arts Feature Syndicate and the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle present by special arrangement with Covici-Friede, publishers. The Editor suffering, who stumped about on crutches, or, still worse, to happen on the unloading of a dozen stretchers at one of the emergency hospitals.

Myer's business throve, and one of his steadiest customers was Charles Graham, a Quaker from Germantown, who was also riding the war boom. Children Came Rapidly Discreetly in the background, Barbara presented to her rejoicing husband four more children, Jeanette, Benjamin, and the twins, Simon and Robert. Each confinement was in a different house and with a different doctor. Meyer's restlessness? Perhaps. More probably it was the outward sign of his rapid rise in the world.

Certain it was that the house at 619 Franklin street where Jeanette was born was not so commodious as 1433 Franklin, where Benjamin gave his first yell in 1865. Atlanta, Ga. (WNS) Acting upon requests by local Protestant, Catholic and Jewish leaders and clergymen, Warner Brothers has announced that its picture, "They Won't Forget," which is said to be based on the sensational Leo Franks case of a generation ago, will not be shown in Atlanta since it might revive latent racial passions. The picture makes no mention of the fact that the chief character was a Jew. 674 Jews Admitted to Argentina In Two Months Buenos Aires (WNS) During May and June of 1937, Argentina admitted 674 Jewish immigrants.

Among the new arrivals were 176 German Jews, of whom 145 came di-vectly from Germany. PROTEST AMERICAN PARTICIPATION AT MEETINGOF NAZIS Objections By Ambassador Dodd Overruled; U. S. Representative Attends Congress SECRETARY HULL SCORES DUAL ALLEGIANCE IDEA Washington, D. C.

(WNS) Notwithstanding the disclosure that the State Department permitted Prentiss Gilbert, American charge d'affaires in Berlin, to accept an invitation to attend the Nazi party congress at Nuremberg over the strong objections of William E. Dodd, the American ambassador, who is now in this country, Secretary of State Hull indicated that neither Mr. Dodd's objections nor the numerous protests from American organizations would result in orders to Mr. Gilbert not to attend. While it is understood that Ambassador Dodd opposed American participation on the ground that it would create the impression that the United States government approves of Nazi party policies, Secretary Hull denied that such was the implication.

He said it was a routine acceptance of an invitation to attend a function at which nearly all other powers would De represented and was in no way to be construed as passing jud'rment on questions that might Io at the congress. The obvious disagreement between Secretary Hull and Ambassador Dodd gave rise to reports that the latter, Song in the bad graces of the Nazi regime because of his known anti-Nazi views, would resign. Von Neurath Statement Hit At the same time Secretary Hull took cognizance of the recent assertion of Germany's foreign minister, Xonstantin von Neurath, that the Nazi government would not "tolerate that foreign pfewers discriminate against Germans within their boundaries because of Nazi affiliations," by issuing a statement in which he warned that the United States would not tolerate dual allegiance. Remarking that the speeches at the congress of Germans abroad "have not been brought officially to the attention of the State Department," Mr. Hull said, "I desire to stress that all persons of foreign birth who acquire United States citizenship by naturalization declare an oath in open court that they will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and that they absolutely and entirely re nounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly by name the prince potentate, state or sovereignty of which they were before citizens or subjects; that they will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and bear true faith and allegiance to the same.

It is thus clear that with their new allegiance their undivided duty is the support of our Constitution, our laws and our flag." Goering Warns German Jews Will Pay for Continued Anti-Nazi Boycott Berlin (WNS) A blunt warning that German Jewry will be punished if foreign Jews continue to boycott German goods was sounded at Stuttgart by General Hermann Wilhelm Goering Naziland's number two man in an address at the Congress of Germans Abroad. "I want to emphasize," he said, "that if Jews abroad again consider boycotting German goods the Jews in (Continued on Page 8) Works Are Widely Translated Paris (WNS) Stefan Zweig, Aus trian Jewish author, shares with Jack London and Edgar Wallace the dis tinction of being one of the three authors whose works have been trans lated into the most languages. A re port by the Institiute of International Cooperation in Paris credits Zweig's books with having been translated into 25 languages, including the Chi nese, Japanese, Ukrainian and Georgian. Non-Jew Named Commissar of Rome Kehillah Rome (WNS) A non-Jew, Signer Manturi, has been appointed emer gency director of the Rome Jewish community by Premier Mussolini. II Duce selected a non-Jew in order to settle an internal fight in the kehillah between Zionists and anti-Zionists.

DISORDERS MARK ARRIVAL OF NEW YEAR IN POLAND Excesses Against Jews Reported Throughout Country; All Anti-Semitic Parties Active PADEREWSKI ASSAILS TOTALITARIAN STATE Warsaw (JTA) Widespread anti-Jewish excesses over the weekend heralded the arrival of the Hebrew New Year in Poland. Twenty Jews were wounded and more than 100 beaten in Warsaw, Lodz, Lomza and ten other localities. Manv attacks on Jews were carried out by uniformed members of the National Democratic parties in ac cordance with what appeared to be orearranired plans. In Lomza. for example, uniformed and non-uniformed National Radicals, or Naras.

entered in military forma tion. broke into smaller groups and systematically demolished all Jews' stalls in the market place and beat up Jews. They forced Jewish shop keepers to close up and kept the town in terror until, at a signal from their leader, they marched away. Eleven Jews were wounded in mar ket-day riots in Sokolow-Podlaski Anti-Jewish attacks were reported al over the Warsaw district resulting in serious injuries Lo three Jews. Police intervention averted riots in Belso-Podlaski when Polish workers halted their work to attack Naras who were seeking to picket Jewish shops In Czarnow, East Galicia, Polish and Jewish workers joined in preventing National Democrats (Endeks) from picketing Jewish shops.

Endek's attempts to segregate Jew ish traders in the market place Lodz resulted in clashes in which 25 Jews were injured. Endeks picketed Jewish stalls and shops, demolishing a numDer of stalls and destroying th? wares, and circulated anti-Jewish leaf lets. Police later restored order and arrested three Endeks, one of whom was summarily sentenced to three days' imprisonment. Endeks picketed Jewish bookshops on Stronkryska sstreet in Warsaw forcing customers to leave and pre venting Poles from entering. Naras invaded the township of Ku lesz-Koscielny in the Bialystok dis trict at night, wounding several Jews breaking seventy windows and fleeing when the police arrivel.

The Nara organ, ABC, boasted of further attacks at Dlugoszioly, Branczyco, Per-emba, Tuzanka and Czworka. Warning of the possibility of anti-Jewish excesses at Wloclawek, Senator Moses Schorr asked authorities to provide protection for the Jewish inhabitants of the town. The Jewish community feared trouble in connection with a conference of Catholic youths there. Anti-Semitic disorders were reported in Opoczno, Kielce district, with several Jews injured, and Neidsno, Lodz district, where Jewish tradesmen were driven from the markets, their goods destroyed and ten injured. Similar disturbances occurred in the neighboring township of Lopuszin.

At Nowomiasto in the Warsaw district, however, Polish workers organized defense units to prevent En- dek pickets from interfering with Jewish shops. Paderewski Statement Suppressed Warsaw (Havas via JTA) Totalitarian regimes were bitterly condemned by Ignace Paderewski, first Polish president and world famous concert pianist, in an interview calling for the dissolution of Parliament as vitally necessary to solve the grave political situation provoked by the recent series of violent peasant strikes. The interview, published in two newspapers, warned the government of the danger of a civil war, which, he said, would immediately arouse the cupidity of the neighboring powers. (Warsaw newspapers publishing the Paderewski manifesto were suppressed by police, the New York Times reported, but, copies of his statement were circulated secretly from hand to hand, creating a profound impression. The statement was regarded as a blow to Colonel Adam Koc's party, the Camp for National Unity.) The retired statesman emphasized the urgency of founding "a veritable consolidation of the nation based on respect for liberty and individual rights." Koc's Youth Group Asks Mass Evacuation of Polish Jews Warsaw (JTA) A call for mass evacuation of the Jews from Poland (Continued on Pare 8) BY PQINEAS BIRON Confidential Tid-Bits from Everywhere You Should Know Dr.

Robert A. Ashworth, editor of the news service of the National Conference of Jews and Christians, returned from Europe on a boat flying the swastika Dr. Boris Nelson, executive secretary of the non-Sectarian anti-Nazi League has submitted his resignation Recently a nationally known radio commentator arranged to visit Europe with the intent of interviewing Leon Blum and Benito Mussolini, trying, however, to avoid a conversation with Herr Hitler A friend of his, a close relative of the famous beauty expert Elizabeth Ar- den, asked why Hitler was not included in the list, and received the answer that it had proved too difficult to arrange such an interview The next day our radio celebrity received a cable setting the time for an exclusive talk with the Fuehrer He was on the spot, until finally working out a traveling schedule which made it humanly impossible for him to keep the date in Naziland which the Arden relative, who is an arden-t admirer of Hitler, had so efficiently arranged Jewish Problems We wonder what "a socially qualified family" is supposed to be A holder of two seats in Temple Emanu-El, New York, advertised his pew for sale, but insisted that the purchaser be "socially qualified" New York's Central Synagogue, oldest synagogue building in the city, is being restored to its original beauty Its cornerstone was laid in 1871 by Rabbi Isaac M. Wise, father of the present rabbi of the congregation, Jonah B. Wise Did you know that it is exactly two thousand years from the time the Jews lost their independence in the Third Jewish Commonwealth through the partition plan of Great Britain? Pompey captured Jerusalem in 63 B.

C. destroying the Maccabean state as a sovereign unit Lewis Browne has achieved the impossible In his latest book, "Oh, Say, Can You See," there is not a single Jewish character, nor is there any mention of the Jewish problem Pierre van Paassen, now in Paris, has 50,000 worls on his first book all written and neatly typed Via Ether Waves London insiders are hushing up a juicy morsel about tHe wife of a member of the British cabinet, who, unwittingly or otherwise, handed out confidential information to the three Nazi journalists who were given the gate by the British government At Amsterdam, at the International Scout Jamboree, the 20,000 Boy Scouts from 43 lands sang the Palestine chn-lutz melody as one of the five official marching tunes The Chinese use a red swastika as their Red Cross emblem, but the Japanese don't stop shooting Colonel de la Rocque and M. Doriot, two Fascist leaders in France, are washing their dirty linen in public The debate disclosed that the Colonel was on the payroll of the French government which preceded the first Blum cabinet Who is the Jewish philologist hired by Mussolini to direct the new Hebrew programs over the Italian radio station at Bari? There's a Catholic church in Rome with a Hebrew inscription on its facade It dates from the days when one of the Popes thought he could con vert the Jews by forcing them to go to that church Notes On A Bird Fancier The late Lord Walten Lionel Rothschild, famous for his bird collection and the receipt of the Balfour Declaration, was a gay bachelor in his younger days Walter once pid $1,750 for a great auk's egg But he paid much more for blackmail from blonde ladies He was dismissed, at one time, from the Rothschild bank after the venerable house had to pay a fortune for millinery bills which the gay young blade had had charged to the bank While he was a member of the House of Commons the speaker asked Walter's father to forbid his son to invite his mistresses to the House visitors' gallery He remained a bachelor to the end He was never an active Zionist, although he was vice chair-( Continued on Pagre 5) Streicher Sees 'Jewish Plot' In Destruction of Zeppelin Berlin (JTA) On the basis of an alleged remark by a New York Jew last year that the zeppelin Hinden-burg "won't be in the air much longer," Julius Streicher, chief Naz1' anti-Semitic propagandist, charged the destruction of the giant airship at Lakehurst, N. May 6, to a Jewish plot. To support this accusation Streicher published in Der Stuermer, his newspaper, a copy of a letter said to have beeji received from a German living in Bukovina, Roumania, reading: "On the subject of the Hindenburg catastrophe, I want to inform you that last autumn a New York Jew named Hellmann, engaged in the lumber business, replied textually as follows to those who advised him to take the Hindenburg on his return trip to the United States, 'The ZepDelin won't be in the air much Der Stuermer was convinced this alleged statement constituted proof of a Jewish plot to destroy the Hindenburg.

Streicher declared the Jewr blew up the airship "because wanted to weaken the reich which they hate so much." Stiricttly MURDER OF ARABS; FIFTEENSENTENCED Palestine Jewish Press Denoun ces Slayings; Urges Restraint During This Tense Period DEATH TOLL ELEVEN IN NEW DISTURBANCES Jerusalem (WNS-Palcor) Fierce indignation was voiced by the Jews of Palestine following a swift police round-up of Jews suspected of connec tion with the murder of nine Arabs during the past week which resulted in "administrative sentencing ot lit- teen young Jews to one year in prison each. Following orders from Jerusalem to throw out a dragnet of all believed linked to the attacks, police arrested numerous youths. Nine young men seized in Hedera, where two Arabs were killed, and six others arrested in Karkur, where two Arabs were slain following the murder of two Jews, were at once brought before the as sistant district commissioner. Under the powers vested in the commissioner he immediately passed judgment on the prisoners. Ihey were at once taken to Acre Jail.

In Drotestinc: aerainst the immediate sentences without trial, Jews declare that no similar action was taken in the past when Arabs were arrested in connection with the murder of Jews. Revisionists Suspectcl In addition to those sentenced to jail, there was a round-up of Revision ists by the police, bix were arrested in Tel Aviv and taken to the Jaffa jail and twelve were seized in Jerusalem. Aiming at the discovery of the Arabs responsible for the murder of two Jews at Karkur, police arrested all male inhabitants of the Arab village of Khirbe Tabbas, between Karkur and Jenin. The entire male population faces "administrative" trial. The Jewish papers of Palestine united editorially in denouncing the murder of Arabs, whose death toll rose to nine when an Arab constable was slain.

One of the papers sounded the keynote in a warning that "the murder of innocent persons must not be cloaked under the guise of heroism or retribution." An Arab paper, on the other hand, charged that Jews were guilty of fomenting the latest outbreaks in an effort to -divert attention from an economic "risis. Al Liwa, known as the organ of the Mufti of Jerusalem, declares that the Jews are arousing the disturbances in order to circumvent the aid given by the Arab rulers and in order to emerge from a difficult situation owing to an economic crisis. The Jews, the paper adds, are suffering from a tottering political position and internal dissension, whereas the Arab case is prospering. That is why, Al Liwa concludes, the Arabs want only peace and tranquillity. Lawlessness Condemned Repeating the condemnation it had previously voiced, Davar, Hebrew labor daily, expressed its indignation at the latest murders of Arabs, saying that "the battle against lawlessness devolves, firstly, the government." The paper asserts that "the Yishuv too must assist in maintaining self-purity.

It must not cloak the murder of innocent persons under the guise of heroism or retribution." The labor daily condemns the murderers of the Arabs as "lawless cowards exploiting a situation resulting from the lack of defense for peaceful people and the absence of danger for law-breakers, which is characteristic of the country's insecurity." Similar views are expressed by the Palestine English daily, and Haaretz, Hebrew daily. The latter, condemning the recent slayings, says the Jewish community's abhorrence of murder has not changed. The Jews of Palestine were called upon in a manifesto issued by the Jewish National Council to maintain national discipline and restraint, as resentment among the Jewish populace grew, following the slaying of three Jews and the injuring of several others. In its manifesto the Vaad Leumi urged: "Go on with your regular work. Stand fast in your positions of self-defense.

Avoid outbursts or the molestation of innocent people." The document emphasized the laudable restraint of the Jewish community during the disturbances of 1936, when Jews did not respond to provocation. The Vaad Leumi appeals to the Jews for "national discipline." The Arab Higher committee published a manifesto urging restraint upon the Arabs. "Do not respond to provocation," the document says, recalling the Arabs slain the day before. Jews were not mentioned in the appeal. Nazis Boast They Have Five Newspapers In the United States Berlin (WNS) Five Nazi newspapers in as many states are published in the United States by the foreign organization of the Nazi party, It was revealed in an exhibit of the foreign organization's far-flung activities, held at the Congress of Ger-ans abroad in Stuttgart.

The papers are the Nachrichten in the state of Washington, the Sonn-tagsbote in Pittsburgh, the Volksblatt in New York, the Toledo Express in Toledo, Ohio, and the Weltpost in Lincoln. Nebraska. These papers are in addition to those issued by the German-American Bund. OUNG Meyer Guggenheim continued to peddle while his father mixed the stuff at home and supplied friends who came to the house with packs. The big difference in the peddling was in the percentage.

Before he had made a penny or so on a dime sale; now he cleared seven to eight cents. After a time the young merchant abandoned his pack. But not for a horse as he had dreamed. Now he traveled far afield by train and horsecar, carrying a little satchel with samples of the polish and other lines he was adding. It was time now for Meyer and Barbara to be married.

He was twenty-four, hopeful, and on the road to success. She was nineteen; and they say her auburn hair glowed in the sun, her skin was unusually fair, and her eyes had a special way of looking sometimes brown and sometimes a soft warm gray. Solemnized In Synagogue Downtown in gloomy little Keneseth Israel synagogue, the wedding was solemnized, Meyer in a new black frock coat, Barbara in a gown adorned with lace which Mother Myers had brought over from Switzerland. Many friends were there, a few Swiss from Lengnau and Endingen, more new ones, peddlers and small merchants with whom the Guggenheims had been associated. Barbara was a fine-looking girl.

not beautiful perhaps, but energetic, cheerful, home-loving, the cynosure of admiring eyes as she stood beside her husband. Blessings were invoked on them and their progeny. And who but the Widow Weiner, that masterly cook and incredibly hon est caterer, welcomed the gay party to her commodious place for the feasting and dancing that followed. Next day the good lady sent over to Barbara's mother two chickens and some cookies "that were figured in the bill and not eaten up last night." A little duty the guests had neglected to finish, absorbed as they were in the wine. On this happy occasion Meyer's keen wit fairly crackled in the bluff, hearty give-and-take of the jesting.

'That'll be a jolly household," said more than one. Even old friends were surprised at the new assurance and gayety of the business-like young fellow. As profits from his stove polish piled up, Meyer Guggenheim tried his hand at other businesses. Once he started a tailor shop, and once he had a grocery store. But such shops required a great deal of his time and had a small turnover.

It was when he joined hands with friends in downtown Philadelphia in a partnership wholesaling household products that he began to make real money. The family moved into a bigger house. It was needed. Every two years Barbara gave birth to a son, first Isaac in 1854, then Daniel, Murry, and Solomon. Rode Through Panic Meyer's peculiar gift was his combination of caution and boldness.

The panic of 1857 failed to shake him, and his business marched up toward a war-time climax in 1862. Barbara and the boys saw little of him as he darted about Philadelphia's commis sion district, buying and selling for his partnership and speculating himself in foodstuffs needed for the Army of the Potomac. Particularly in demand was his cof fee essence, a flavor apparently to be found only on the Guggenheim shelves. It was ideal for the Army; a little essence, some hot water, and the elixir of life was ready. Meyer used chicory and the poorer grades of coffee beans, superintending the roasting grinding, boiling and bottling.

What the stuff lacked in fine aroma it more than made up in strength. Many an officer and private rejoiced in the stimulation of Guggenheim's essence, and the money rolled in. Barbara sighed when she thought of her youngest and favorite brother, Benjamin Myers who rushed off to fight for the Union when scarcely turned twenty. Philadelphia was not Jar from the lines. By that time the Guggenheims had servants for their growing family, so she was not completely house-bound.

But on those rare occasions when she did go out it was no pleasure to see the well-formed young men, hollow-faced from Explaining that his new movement is based on the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, ancient Egyptian philosopher, the one-time black Hitler declared "Jews shall receive the same respect and courtesy in our movement as any other racial group, and we hope to include all people, regardless of race, creed and color." He explained his abandonment of anti-Semitism as comparable to a man changing pis clothes when he finds new raiment that fits him better. "I can now admit that it was fallacious for me to condemn Jews as a race," he declared. "You can't, for instance, group Samuel Leibowitz, the Scottsboro counsel, with a merchant on 125th street (business section of Harlem, Negro quarter) who denies Negroes a right to work in his store." As for 443 Green Lane, Roxborough, where in 1867 Simon and Robert greeted the world, it had a broad piazza with square pillars and fancy white woodwork, and a large yard both in front and in back for the children to play in. It must have seemed in every way worth the effort of moving with six children a few months before the twins came. In any case, not a word of complaint passed Barbara's lips.

But despite the pleasant yard with the fruit trees (fine climbing for the boys) Meyer must have found the nine-mile trip downtown too long for his rushing business those busless subwayless days. And so William, the eighth and last son, found them back in the city on Franklin street (a little more uptown than before) when he came along, a seven months baby, just eleven months after the twins. Short as was the Guggenheims' stay in Roxborough, it made its impres sion. They were quite an excitable family," said the landlord's wife. And (Continued on Pagre 5 Shanghai Jews Imperiled In Sino-Japanese Conflict Undeclared War Leaves Many Jewish Residents Destitute; 700 Reported Homeless Shanghai (JTA) Shanghai rabbis appealed for relief for the 5,000 Jews affected by the undeclared war.

They said the situation of the Jews was desperate. Five hundred were completely destitute here and another 200 in Hong Kong. Many Jewish-owned shops and "homes have been burned in recent lighting. The Kadoorie center here has expressed itself as unable to cope with the burden of administering re lief to the Jews. Jewish quarters of this stricken city were patrolled by a Jewish regiment of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps protecting property of the inhabitants, extinguishing fires and evacuating Jews from dangerous zones to the French and British settlements.

Deeds of extraordinary heroism were attributed to the regiment, comprising 250 volunteers grouped around the Zionist organization and other Jewish organizations. The regiment is maintained by the municipal administration of the International Settlement. The Jewish community of Shanghai, reported by its leaders to be living through terrifying times, is the largest in the Far East. The community was planning to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of its founding this fall. Avert Disorders In Tientsin Tientsin, China (JTA) Anti-Jewish excesses by White Russian mercenaries were prevented here by a Jewish volunteer corps which undertook to patrol the Jewish districts of this city.

The White Russians demolished the Soviet Consulate and launched a cam paign of anti-Semitic agitation. The Jewish corps was formed immediately after the Chinese had withdrawn. Later the municipal administration of the British and French settlement allowed the volunteers to disband expressing appreciation of their bravery and discipline. German Consul Aids Jewish Refugees Shanghai (JTA) The consulate of Nazi Germany is aiding Jewish refugees from the reich and paying their evacuation expenses from war-stricken Shanghai, it was disclosed: Rabbi Jacob M. Alkow of Southern California, representative of several Jewish organizations on behalf of Jewish refugees and professionals in China, lauded the German consul's "humanitarian activities" in an address to a Rotary club meeting.

A Rabbi Wildman and seven other vefugees have been sent to Manila and one Polish born Jew to Europe through the assistance of the reich consul, Rabbi Alkow said. American Jew Killed Shanghai (JTA) An American Jew named Geninsberg was among the victims of an air bombardment of the International Settlement. Other Jewish victims were Miss Rose Stashev-sky and Jehuda Ezra, a Sephardic employe of the municipality. Harlem's "Black Hitler" Drops Anti-Semitism; Invites Jews to Join New Religious Sect New York (WNS) Discarding his anti-Semitic program which two years ago lead to Negro-Jewish disturbances in Harlem, Sufi Abdul Ha-mid. known as the "black Hitler," announced the formation of "a new religious movement called the Universal Order of Tranquility, which he hopes co make an inter-creedal organization, composed of Jews and Christians, Negroes and whites.

Revealing that Nazi organizations had offered to help him in his figh against the Jews in 1935, Hamid said he "spurned the Nazi offers because I realize that they had no better feeling for me or my people than for the Jews." He declared he had rejected Nazi proffers to help him drill a black legion upstate..