Word: israel
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Comprising the "crew" which covered the Edwards murder trial at Wilkes-Barre, Pa. for the evening Bulletin, we believe it only fair to correct a misstatement in the Oct. 15 issue of TIME which asserts Mr. Charles Israel, city editor of the Bulletin, claims for himself the credit for first attaching the "American Tragedy" tag to the Edwards trial...
Nobody knows who first dubbed the Wilkes-Barre, Pa. murder the "American Tragedy." Philadelphia Record editors said it was their reporter Andrew MacLain ("Mac") Parker. City Editor Charles Israel of the Philadelphia Bulletin said it was himself. The city editor of the Scranton Times credited a United Press man. Possibly all three, and many another newshawk, swooped at once on the catch-phrase the moment they heard, two months ago. that Robert Allan Edwards, 21, was accused of bashing his pregnant girl over the head in a lake so he could marry his other girl. That was exactly the plot...
...conference, declared that cantors are Forgotten Men. Said he: "The cantor, who by the grace of God is an artist, has always been considered as the pillar of fire in the synagog. He has the ability with the rays of his voice to create light and joy when Israel is left in darkness. . . . When the whole world was engaged in speculation to gain more wealth, the cantor was content with the necessaries of life. When the whole country made a concerted drive to organize labor and make possible a living wage, the cantor still was reluctant to move. The results...
...previous years had been hard for young Irving Berlin, born Israel Baline in Molgne, Russia. He was the youngest of eight children. His father was a cantor. First thing he remembers is lying on a blanket on the side of a road while his home and half the village burned to the ground. The family drifted to New York where Father Baline got irregular work certifying meat for kosher butcher shops. He died when "Izzy" was eight. Four sisters went on doing bead work in an East Side basement home. An older brother worked in a sweat shop...
Draveaux Bender, 1S.C.P., of Cambridge, Mass. (Mass. Inst. of Technology, 1933). Francis P. Cahill '34, of Cambridge, Mass.--Medicine. Walter E. Doherty, Jr., of Cambridge, Mass. (George-town University, 1934)--Law. Lucio E. Gatto '34, of Cambridge, Mass.--Medicine. Maurice F. Joyce, of Cambridge, Mass. (Boston College, 1934)--Law. Israel J. Kazis 2G, of Cambridge, Mass. (A.B. Harvard, 1932; A.M. 1933)--Sociology. Peter V. Pertzoff 1G, of Cambridge, Mass. (Harvard, 1933)--English...