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1 san a critic as William Jennings Bryan characterized the Pres-
Iloboken speech, in the presence of the soldier dead, asi
HE Emit Effisif
worthy of Lincoln. Such words as:
& Ropacuri I ident's
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MICHIGAN'S JEWISH HOME PUBLICATION
Published Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co.. Inc.
Joseph J. Cummins, President.
Entered as second-clam matter March 3, 1914 at the PostoffIce at Detroit,
Mich., under the Act of March 1, IVO
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"It must not be again. God grant that it will not be,
and let a practical people join in co-operation with God to
the end that it shall not be."
Are likened to the noblest sentences of the immortal Gettysburg
tom*
REBUILDING PALESTINE
speech.
GAS.
(Copyright, 1921. By Chas. 11. Joseph.)
••■•■■■ •---
(The Jewish News.)
Closest friends of the President realized that this regard
hopeful note has come out of
could not forever continue. Many thought that the bonus bill the One
Zionist debacle; it is, that both
General Offices and Publication Building
of the soldiers would furnish the acid test. Dare the President factions will bend their efforts to-1
850 Hi gh Street West
1 oppose the American Legion? Since the armistice, it has ruled wards the rehabilitation of Palestine.
It was unfortunate that a diverg-
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amnia, .with an iron hand in many American cities. But President ence of opinion in the method of con-
Harding rose to the occasion manfully. With crushing logic, ducting the business of the Zionist or-
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and rare devotion to his oath of office, he showed how the pass- ganization was so great that nothing
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age of this soldier bill would bankrupt the nation. His argu- could bridge the gap between the
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ment was based on moral grounds and carried genuine convic- leaders. This is very regrettable, as
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undoubtedly be done better if all the
forces of the people were behind one
the "professional patriots."
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter must reach this'
than if it is divided between two
The
acid
test
was
manfully
met.
The
American
Legion
'
'Ere by Tuesday evening of each week.
branches.
The preparation of a place
rather than the President has received a set-back. his cour-
of t he perishing
Editorial
Contribute,
RABBI LEO M. FRANKLIN
age has heightened our regard for him because Americans love
people in foreign
lands cannot bear delay, and this
a
resolute
fighter.
We
prefer
a
man
who
is
courageously
wrong
on
subjects
of
Interest
to
the
The Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence
rupture will necessarily hinder the
Jewish people, but disclaims responsibility for an indoreement of the view I to another weakly right. The bonus bill, which would have rapid
l'alestine which
e developm nt
brought a calamity to our country, permitted the President to , is so
expressed by the writers.
necessary.
prove his moral and intellectual growth.
The utter hopelessness which must
It's catching. In Italy, too, the Zionists have divided on the rock
of the Karen Hayesod funds. The result: The minority abruptly
left the meeting; the president and vice•president resigned, and there
you are. if the Zionists think they are going to get anywhere in the
full realisation of their program if such • general division occurs i n
the ranks they wil probably coma to a rude awakening. And to top
it all Herbert Samuel say. "We shouldn't stress the Homeland idea
too much."
teifn: ofrJe=
L■ refuge
July 22, 1921.
Tammuz 16, 5681.
The Question of Work.
have settled like a pall upon the Jews
of l'oland, the Ukraine and other sec-
tions of Europe is beyond the compre-
hension of those who live in lands of
freedom. The increased tortures and
agonies of the past years of war left
most of them with but one desire,
one prayer, to leave those lands of
misery, and migrate to others in
which life holds the prospect of com-
i
fort, happiness and development.
There are two countries in the
world which beckoned to them, hay-
. ing either visionary or practical pos-
sibilities for the homes for which
their drooping spirits ached.
, The first, the mystic, hoped-for,
I
dreamed-of, place was Palestine,
which until very recently seemed
the Bal-
came
purely a mirage. Then
mo t
four declaratiohnth endmothuent frd enazyof
The Three Weeks.
I Arthur Brisbane says that we spend too much time legisla-
against Sunday forms of labor. We oug ht to o find work k
The 17th day of Tamuz, which falls this year on Sabbath ting
during the other six days for the five millions of unemployed
July 23d, commences the three weeks of mourning in the Jew- Americans. Back of this sharp criticism is genuine philosophy.
ish year. The orthodox Jew will observe the opening and clos- Finding work on week days should be the paramount duty of
ing days of the period with fasting. As Jews never observe
offic als instead of bowing to the whim of some relig-
a fast on the Sabbath, save on Yom Kippur, the day of fasting' American
ious organization, which seeks to curtail another form of Sun-
this year is postponed from tomorrow till Sunday. While few day amusement or out-door sport.
American-born Jews away from the Atlantic seaboard will so
observe the day, the occasion calls valuable lessons to mind.
I.
The historic significance of the 17th of Tamuz reaches back
to the year 70. The Roman soldiers had laid siege to the city
Destroying Hebrew Books.
of Jerusalem the preceding year and were gradually wearing'
The dispatch appearing in the Jewish press that the Bolshe-
down the outer defenses. On the 17th of Tamuz, all hope of vist commissars are havin g all the copies of the Bible and Tal-
saving the holy city fled when Roman legions captured the mud that they can lay hands on destroyed because they are
thie . prospect of the
inner breastworks. Then it was merely a question of days, and "reactionary," is of sad interest to Jewry for many reasons. It realization of that age long dream of
eland.
In the midst of
m
Jewish
ho
A
t
three weeks later the city was captured, the Temple burned, shows how much more the Jews have o s ffer from Bolshevism t u
aelitJyewosf ttosutiob ne
and Jerusalem lay prostrate before the brutal foes. Ever since, than any one else. We get the blame for all that the Bolshe- d hoeingwotorkmwlich. rteh
the religion of Israel has memorialized the three weeks, when Vista do that may embitter their opponents, and in addition suf- ' came the disruption of the Zionist or-
Jews fought so desperately with their backs to the walls. Their fer from them more than the non-Jew. If Bolshvism were Jew- ganization, delaying and deferring,
fight was all the more tragic for they realized that defeat and ish in its personnel or its attitude, one would expect Jewish , theAhs o&e and en d angering taheh reahly.,
destruction were inevitable.
rtneo nt '
ls ‘ngo
Vl i itir l onS sentiment
houses of worship to be protected and Jewish sacred books despondent souls,
realization, was the
H.
held inviolate. Instead, even synagogues and the Torah and but surer of realization,
Let us not blame American Israel too severely if it forgets the Talmud are falling a prey to the fury of the commissars, thought of America, which until re-
the
can typified freedom to
these three weeks of heroic fighting, eighteen centuries ago. esecially
of such among them as may be of Jewish extraction. 1 world. Now with its restricted im-
p
The armistice was signed less than three years ago, and already
Not that there is real cause for worry. The attempt tat, migration laws and the specter of re-
.
from
America seems to have forgotten all about the later war. The destroy the Bible is but a new attempt at an old game. The ligious . prejudice too, recedes
refuge, and
a s
valiant sacrifices of the soldiers are overlooked by a nation "leidensgeschichte" of the Jewish book is similar to that of
prayer that Palestine may re-
which neglects both to provide employment for its healthy and the Jewish body. Jewish literature has had much the same :the
: ceive them grows ever stronger.
hospitals for its sick soldiers. Three brief years ago, we were fate as the Jew himself. Already in 1244, to mention but one
all making real scarifices to save the world for democracy. famous date, the Bible was publicly burned in Paris, and Rabbi CAMPAIGN OF FALSEHOOD
AGAINST A RACE
Today, we are part of a mad struggle for wealth, with ruthless Meir of Rothenberg composed a beautiful elegy to commemo-
competition in force. Then, we sent men oversea to help France rate that outrage. Similar persecution was the lot of the
(New York Evening Mial.)
and England. Now, when they are prostrate, we would raise sacred volume of the Jew, again and again. In olden days that The world first gasped, then smiled
a high protective tariff to prevent commercial competition. Our was indeed a calamity. Before the days of printing, when incredulously, and then roared with
the
thoughts are decades away from the war, although the armis- only manuscrpits were in use, such burning meant the probablel aughter when, in
convict '
overnment sought to ' con
tice was signed but 31 months ago. We shall not too severely loss of great works. That is one reason why so many medieval 1 ■ 17ndsolgBeilis,
a Jew, of the medieval,
criticize American Jewry if it neglects to take account of works are known to us only by name. Yet in spite of all the and long exploded charge of obtain-
the blood of Christian children
Israel's unequalled valor, eighteen centuries ago.
public burning and destruction of Hebrew books, the bulk of ing
for ritual purposes. But not even
Jewish literature has come down to us.
the Czar's government, all-powerful
How, then, can the Bolsheviki hope to destroy the' Bible though it was, succeeded in extorting
, Yet, we should bear in mind the three weeks pf mourning.
Instead of costly dinners and wasteful parties, we could profit- and Talmud, in these days when there are so many thousands a verdict of 'guilty" to be used in a
fresh
onslaught of persecution against
fraction
of
such
expense
for
war
relief.
The
of copies, and when, thanks to the arts of printing, duplicating the
Jews
ably set aside a
the stimulus of a re
summer is a good time, mindful of the three weeks, when we books is so easy? No, Jewish literature will be but little im- v “ ;v Ji.,as under
meet new faces the country, to interest them in our Temple poverished. But years and centuries after the Bolshevikis are What the Czar failed to do in Rus !
and Jewish societies. If our ancestors could surrender their forgotten, their monumental folly in attempting to blot out sia a group of anonymous persons—
ehxis-
nne rcoii, soprir
lives, eighteen centuries ago, for the glory of Israel, surely we the spiritual monuments of the Jewish spirit will be recalled anortly n io
can surrender a few paltry pleasures to save precious lives in to their discredit. The answer of Jewry the world over to gePartor'n a lnO depee ndey nt are now 1
starving Europe.
this latest attack upon their literary treasures should be al seeking to do in America after Amer-
determined, feverish and zealous rekindling of love and in- ice's splendid demonstration of de-
to the cause of freedom and
terest in the very volumes whose dstruction is desired. Let sobers
justice throughout the word.
The Bible's Popularity.
Jewish study be the answer to Bolshevist destruction. — The Through undeground channels this
group of anonymous Know-Nothings
Last year, the Bible was the best selling book. This year, American Jewish World.
are raising the hue and cry of a
according to a statement at the Chicago Book Fair, "Old
world dominating plot against the
Mother Goose" and other nursery rhymes are first, with the
Jews. They base their revelations,
Zionism and Yiddish.
Bible a close second. Juvenile books are in great demand and
nidnicnogn
yfo r
their vagueness,
,
Anti-Zionists have an aversion to the Yiddish language. at
inconsistent'
i
and their obvious
then follows the Bible. While our Christian friends are thus
So
have
educated
Zionists.
And
the
antipathy
of
these
coin-
fallacy,
upon
a
manifestly
spurious
pushing the sale of their Bible, the Old and New Testaments
document which emanates from Rus-
combined, our Jewish Bible continues to sell at the prohibitive cides fully with that of the anti-Zionists but from different sia and from the period of intensified
figure of 2. Is there no Jewish philanthropist, who will subsi- motives. Just as the assimilationist wishes the Jew to divest persecution in which the Czar's courts
dize this all-important work, that it may be sold at a popular himself of his "goluth" traits which are most characteristically and prosecutors sought to prove the
preposterous charge of ritual murder
price? Is there no Jewish society, looking for some real aim, embodied in and most persistently preserved by the goluth against
Mendel Beilis.
to help place the selling figure of our Bible within reasonable tongue—the Yiddish jargon—so does the Zionist desire to This document is "The Protocols
bounds? Our ancestors wrote the Bible, and we call ourselves emancipate the Jew from his in exile—acquired gibberish. The of the Wise Men of Zion," known
"People of the Book." If we truly believed in the Bible, we difference i is this, however. The anti-Zionist often wants the also under two or three names differ-
slightly in verbiage.
surely would lower the price so as to bring it to the attention Jew to leave off his Yiddish for the purpose of losing his dis- ing "The
Protocols" purport to have
tinctive identity and thereby becoming more amenable to amal-
both of the Jewish and the non-Jewish public.
been furnished by a mysterious wom-
gamation. The Zionist strives to rid the Jew of his goluth an to a Russian mystic and reaction-
tongue in order to substitute the truly Jewish language, thereby ary known as "Nylus." Upon this
A Questionable Merger.
rendering his distinctiveness more distinct and his identity more jumble of vague, contradictory and
obviously malicious statements, for
Was the recent merger between the Jewish Welfare Board identic. And, while to those who have no knowledge of the which no authority and no guaran-
and the Young Men's Hebrew Association desirable? We Ilebrew, a thorough regeneration of it might seem a Herculean tee of authenticity are given, the
think not. Both organizations have a separate field of labor, task, the acquisition of it is altogether within the reach of the American jew-bailers have based
charges, circulated with indus-
in which neither grasped the full value of the opportunities Jew. The special aptitude of the Jew for languages makes their
trious secrecy, that the Jews through-
offered. We hope that we are wrong, but the merger seems him learn new dialects easily. Is it too much, then, to expect out the world have engaged in a con-
that he could by a little application acquire with equal ease spiracy to upset all governments and
likely to weaken the individual powers of each society.
Take the Y. M. H. A. movement. There should be a na- and to a greater degree of proficiency his own old language I seize the power in their own hands
for the purposes of universal domin-
tional organization with vigorous links in all large cities. Yet for which he anyhow possesses a sense and feeling, though at
ion.
what bas Chicago or Toledo or Detroit to show for its Y. M. dormant . Thou s ands already employ Hebrew in their read-
No fair-minded American needed
H. A. activity? Meanwhile many Y. M. C. A. dormitories have ing and writing, in their bookkeeping and correspondence, in the protest recently issued by the
Jewish Committee expos-
the majority of beds occupied by Jewish young men. The all forms of literature and in their daily conversation with American
ing this new and amazing demonstra-
Y. M. C. A. officers complain, and with justice. that Jews utilize family and friends. Might it not, if a strong effort were made, tion of hatred, malice, uncharitable-
be
possible
for
the
entire
Jewish
people
to
accomplish
the
same
the educational and gymnastic benefits of Y. M. C. A. buildings
ness and un-Americanism.
The men who are conducting this
but never accept their religious teachings to which all the other result? The intelligent and educated Zionist answers in the
campaign deserve the unqualified con-
affirmative.—The
Jewish
Ledger.
activities lead.
demnation of every American who
Similarly, the Jewish Welfare Board has neglected its daily
realizes the importance of promoting
unity instead of disunion, We CO-
opportunities for service. Although Chaplain Axton, of the U.
operation instead of race conflict, in
S. Army service, appealed most strongly to the American Con-
America. This underground cam-
ference of American Rabbis last April in Washington, D. C..
paign is directed not only against the
how many Jewish ministers entered active service this Summer?
Jews, but against America. It will
fall of its own weight of falsehood
Judge Irving Lehman of New York City, has been elected pres-
and die of its own venom of hatred.
ident of this joint body and we wish him well. Able vice-pres-
idents are associated with him. Let them demonstrate that this
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merger is a move in the right direction.
'Rudolph I. Coffee
i7 in many
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1 1 1
I am glad to hear that Rabbi Stephen S. Wise is rapidly recovering
from • serious operation performed at
• Sinai Hospital, New York .
There may be serious differences of opinion with Dr. Wise on • great
many subjects, but after all he is one of the foremost figures in the
American pulpit. lie is courageous and is not afraid to speak out,
which is all too rare a trait these days. We may not agree with hiss
but we certainly must admire him. lie is progressive to the point of
radicalism in his views, but then we must not forget that he is doing
what he believes is right, and so long as a man is sincere in his opinions
and has the courage to express them and is willing to stand the con-
sequences, he demands respect. As an
• orator he is unsurpassed in or
out of the pulpit. In truth I think that Dr. Wise is the hest public
speaker in the United States. He has a most likable personality; is
free from snobbery; is approachable, kindly, big-hearted, possesses
unusual organising and executive ability; is a student and rendered
great service to his people both in and out of the pulpit. Ile is not
100 per cent perfect, and we ought to thank God for that. If we had
more Wises in the pulpit the Jews would he the gainers.
Read and ponder this statement of Professor Albert Einstein:
"Anti-Semitism in Germany has produced results which the Jew•
should warmly welcome. I believe that the existence of Judaism in
Germany is Mtribottsble &most wholly to the pressure of anti-Semitism.
In the past religion has inhibited a complete assimilation of Jews with
their surroundings. But as their prosperity and culture grows, so
also do religious forms and traditions disappear. Anti-Semitism then
remains as the only differentiating factor between Jews and the rest
of the community, and it alone causes the difference in their social
life. Without this differentiation there would come • complete amal-
gamation with their surroundings."
This is • remarkable statement to come from • man who is indenti-
fied with • movement which in • sense must surely be identified with
the religions aspirations of the Jewish people. But he bluntly says
that the Jews would . discard their religion, their culture, their tradi-
tions, were it not for the fact that the world won't let them and by
persecution forces them to maintain a class consciousness. He admits
that anti-Semitism awakened his Jewish consciousness and that he
never was much of • Jew before he came to Germany from Swifter-
land. I confess that while the professor may be an authority on rela-
tivity he has much to learn about Jews and Judaism.
•
The weather is so hot that anything that will take our thoughts
away from the subject of heat should be welcomed with loud acclaim.
So let's consider the use of Otto Kahn. To start the debate, I will
quote in tote the following from the Hebrew Standard of New York:
"Sometimes it is difficult for a Jewish newspaper to determine
whether or no to take Otto Kahn under its Jewish wing because he
seems to be too uncomfortable there. Ile has done a great many com-
mendable things ranging from nubile servire acts, great financier,
patron of art and music—being one of the promoters and chief sup-
porters of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Company. But what shall
we do with him? Is he a Jew or isn't he? Ile doesn't interest himself
in anything Jewish. Ile is a member of a Christian church. Ile asso-
ciates socially with non-Jews. Yet is he or is he not a Jew?
Concerning the above statement the editor of the Hebrew Standard
has this to say: "So writes Charles H. Joseph in his column, Random
Thoughts, contributed to • nqrnber of Jewish newspapers. Mr. Joseph
is right in all but one statement, and that is that Mr. Kahn is a mem-
ber of a Christian church, for recently Mr. Kahn wrote to the editor of
this publication to the effect that he had not embraced Christianity
nor has he any intention of doing so. Yet we wonder how close • man
can cothe to the line without formally declaring his conversion to the
dominant faith. Surely Mr. Kahn comes close to it."
Now what have you to say on the subject? There can be no doubt,
taking the racial and nationalistic position of the Zionist, Mr. Kahn
is a Jew of Jews. But is he • Jew considered from the Reform view-
point (though that may not be expressing it accurately) that he is a
member of the spiritual community—that he is one of • group to go
among the peoples of the earth and be • witness unto the unity of
God—or is this at all necessary? H. might be that and yet be • Uni-
tarian. Maybe some one can define Mr. Kahn's status, though we
have no special purpose in singling him out, because he is duplicated
by the hundreds and the thousands among the Jews of this land.
The brickbats I dispose of in the back yard, the bouquets I place
on my desk—but there is one that I want to display, because it is
really heartening to one who is writing to an invisible community of
■ hundred thousand souls or more every week to get • reaction from
some worth-while member of that community—and so my Gentile
colleague, Walter Hurt, takes time to write me that "your snappy
department of Random Thoughts of current issue ie subject to one
serious criticism—there is not enough of it. You should not so disap-
point your readers by thus cutting short these pertinent comments
on contemporaneous topics."
Mr. Hurt also pays • very fine tribute to the late Bishop Robert
McIntyre, whose verses were printed in this column last week, and
significantly remarks that "his sincerity equalled his eloquence" and
that in many ways he was broad for his pulpie. Now the readers of
this column will easily understand why it was perfectly natural for
such • man to write such a poem. And I am certainly indebted to Mr.
Hurt for the information that hi. friend the late Bishop, prior to enter-
ing the ministry, was a brick-mason in Pittsburgh. It all helps to
understand the humanness of this great religious leader.
Mrs. Winifred Stoner, one of the world's foremost educators of
children and whose only daughter, Winifred Jr., by reason of her
mother's extraordinary training, became one of the child prodigies of
the nation, has become associated with • Jew, Mr. William Rotter, in
the development of • talking doll, which contains a miniature phono-
graph motor, and special records are being made for children of an
educational character. It is refreshing in view of all the man things
one beam about the Jew to have Mrs. Stoner tell me that Mr. Rotter
is one of the genuine philanthropists of his time, and that he has many
wonderful inventions to his credit which have been far-reaching in
shier benefits to the people and that the rendering of service is of
greater moment to him than the obtaining of profits. Mrs. Stoner,
Edward Markham, S. S. McClure, Frank Crane and others are going
to make the records for this rather novel instrument for the instruc-
tion of chidren.
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Not long ego there appeared, I believe in the Chicago Israelite.
• poem written by James Waters Wise, son of Rabbi Stephen Wise,
in reply to a suggestion made by someone, in some Jewish paper, that
the president of the Hebrew Union College should be "a scholar, •
gentleman, of good appearance, by preference a native American, per-
suasive talker, good social standing and • good mixer." This aroused
the ire of the younger Wise and he entered the lists with extraordinary
zest. For the benefit of the readers of this column who may not have
seen the poem in question, I reproduce two st
that gives one an
idea of the spirit of this scathing arraignment.
BACK, AlY SOUL
A Net Gain.
The split in the Zionist ranks appears to have its legitimate
compensations. American-born sympathizers with a movement
to start a practical co-operative and progressive colony in the
Holy Land, could not work harmoniously with Yiddish speak-
ing people who want money and look for God, in His own time,
to bestow wisdom on the chosen leaders of Zionism. The new
division has almost $250,000 in pledges to invest in actual land
projects and commercial enterprises. Dr. Chaim Weizmann,
head of the World Zionist Organization, just before sailing for
Europe, announced that his American trip had netted Zionism
one million dollars, with three millions more pledged, and that
the Jewish Agrarian Bank would soon be in operation. Regret-
table as was the break in Cleveland last month, with the result-
bitter disputes, the net gain, at least financially, has out-
weighed the personal losses.
Back, my soul, into thy nest;
Earth is not for thee;
Still in heaven find thy nest;
There thou canal be free.
E.
The Acid Test.
Since his election, the popularity of President Harding has
been increasing. A strong Cabinet, good appointments to high 0-
office, ending the arbitrary war-time measures, and opening the
White House to visitors. have all helped to Increase the esteem
which the people hold for the chief executive. Even so parti-ill
E.
Strive not for this world's command,
Look to what thou haat.
Thou amidst the angels band
Shar'd the great repast.
Demean thee 'fore the majesty
Of him who reigneth there,
And in a lordly company
Be thou the courtier.
JUDAH HA-LEVI
Translated by M. Simon.)
WARSAW.--(1 T. A.) — Adolph
Held, director of "Ilias" activities
here, has left on a short trip to Rou-
mania.
"Today, the people of the Lord shall bow its head in shame—
Its spokesmen have belied and strained the honor of its name.
The people of the Book are ye, and this is how, forsooth,
Ye choose • man to lead your priests, to serve the God of Truth.
"Now in truth is Israel conquered, and we mourn her setting sun—
What the persecuting ages failed to do, that have ye done.
Oh, how fallen is my people, if
so ye judge of men.
We have lost the light we marched by and the darkness comes again."
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Ninety days in which you could have ordered your coal or coke for next
winter. Fall will be here before you know it, and it looks now as though
there would be a big scramble for fuel just the minute cool weather reaches
us. Hasn't been any-thing like the usual amount bought yet. Better get
it in. Buy a ton if you can't buy ten. Ours is the old original "Hotter
than Sunshine."
WU) FUEL &SUPPLY CO:
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Free Press Building.—Cherry 3860.