A Jewiii_Ec4son , Reform Leaders Launch $2,365,000 Drive in U.S-. Israel and Australia Sign . New, Trade - Treaty, Holiday Best Wishes SYDNEY, Australia (JTA)- Israel and Australia have signed a "most favored nation" trade treaty, it was announced here recently. Sen. Neil O'Sullivan, Minister for Trade. said that the pact which went into effect Sept. 17 will help the develop- ment of trade between the two nations. NEW YORK (JTA) — A decis- ion to raise $2,365,000 for the maintenance of Reform Jew- All of us know of Edison and ish institutions in the United Bell, but the name of Emil Ber- States in 1951-52 was adopted liner who was comparable to here at a meeting of national them — a kind of Jewish - Edi- officers of the Combined Cam- son—has been lost in the mists paign of the Union of American of obscurity for no good reason. Hebrew Congregations and the Reading in the newspapers Hebrew Union College-Jewish Our Want Ads Get Results. about the work of the helicopter Institute of Religion. planes in K o r e a, recalls his memory. Berliner was a pioneer in the development of the heli- copter. NEW YEAR GREETING There was a strange genius which marked this Jewish in- ventor which in some ways made him superior to the Edi- sons and Bells; but at the same time helped lessen his fame. I Complete Interior Store Fixtures have referred to Berliner as a Jewish Edison, but he might also be called a Jewish Bell and you 5300 ST. JEAN may go further and call him a WA. 1-7713 Jewish Marconi or still further and call him a Jewish Orville W r i g h t. Berliner's inventive genius reached out and notice- ably affected the domains of all these other inventors. We com- SEASON'S GREETINGS monly say that Bell invented the telephone, b u t the telephone would have been scarcely more than a scientific toy and curi- List Your Home or Business for More Action osity without Berliner's inven- tion of the "mike," which later See ROBERT C. MOORE was to be basic in wireless tele- phony and radio. Similarly Ber- Business Opportunity Specialists liner, independent of Edison, in- Your Key to Security Is At vented the talking machine known as the gramophone. The 14909 Mack at Alter Road modern phonograph is a com- TU: 5-2770 bination of Edison and Berliner. Berliner came to the United States from Germany at the end of the first decade after New Year Greetings the Civil War. He never bore any great love for Germany, which perhaps may explain his attittude in the first World War. I remember in that war, Wholesale Distributors of the newspapers quoted him as saying that one thing German ALUMINUM and STEEL he did like was the Prussian cavalry. He said: "T heir All Shapes and Sizes horses look so intelligent." Drill Rod — Threaded Rod — Dowel Pins Another sally of his was his No Minimum Quantities suggestion that the expression WO. 2 0755 "Gesundheit" commonly used 458 W. Jefferson when someone sneezed be dropped because of Its Germ- anism. What would he substi- tute, he was asked. His reply Holiday Greetings to the Community was "Liberty." It's a good idea still. Next time someone sneezes, say, "Liberty." - The way Berliner spread his genius was also to be seen in his campaign against the dan- • Established 1894 gers of raw milk. It was through him that a national conference MORTGAGE LOANS on the matter was called and if today our children are insured UN, 4-7000 13060 W. SEVEN MILE RD. against the dangers of bacteria Main Office in Minneapolis, Minn. in milk, we owe some thanks to Berliner. He was not a Jew in the re- ligious sense. In fact, he went so far as to write • a • book on agnosticism in which he upheld that doctrine, but if my memory Best Wishes for A Happy New Year serves me right, he later did in- dicate some interest in psychic studies and even threw out the idea that scientific investigation might yet enable man to find out whether there is any form WO. 2-7983 123 Penobscot Bldg. of post mortem survival. He was interested in the Zionist idea and showed special interest in 3239 Biddle Ave., Interzone, WYandotte 4665 the Hebrew University. The helicopter was the last practical invention to engage his mind. Someone • has said that every American war has been marked by some new in- Season's Best Wishes vention. The Civil War was the first in which the railroads were a significant factor. In the Spanish American War, the steam- propelled navy was the Established 25 Years outstanding thing. The first World War was the first in. 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