I;; i|ED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878.
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lilOK CURE NOTES
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Ivoebe Womble and little \
r? ‘ v llettie and Mr. C. D. Thom-
for New York City tins
Sr Wednesday, June 30, to visit
'■' s -oc Sorower and Sneider for
iglUC* **- t
If 1 T 11. Wissler has returned
r a month after a visit to
?nd relatives in Virginia and
« Ruth Womble, the daughter of
',-1 yirs. S. W. Womble, has. re
ill home after a visit to her aunt
fjfve glad to state that Mrs. Daisy
e who has been sick, is much
r»
and Mrs. C. C. Thomas and
Barbara Watkins spent Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Womble at
' o n d Mrs. W. M. Holmes of
' g. C., are visiting their son,
Rodger Holmes this week. We
dad to see Mr. and Mrs. Holmes
in town again.
,s Lncile Brady spent last week
her sister, Mrs. W. R. Lawson,
aleigh. .
e sale which is going on at Lam
and Bros, store this week is pro
ving nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Whil
, June 20, a girl.
Join to Sir. and Mrs. R. C. May- J
■d. a bov.
Uiss Lillie Mae Wilkie of Raleigh,
h three of her friends, spent last
ek with her brother, Mr. Isaac |
Wilkie. I
rh o Epworth League had a splen
“meeting and rendered a good pro
am last Sunday evening at the
thodist church. Miss Catherine
om as the president, was in the
dr. Mrs. J. E. Moore was the
der for the evening. “The Church
1 the League in the Rural Com
nity’’ was the subject for the eve-
Ve are glad to state that Mr. M.
Moore, who has been sick is im
,ving. !
Hr. and Mrs. W. Clay Farrell have
umal home after spending and en
ing part of their vacation at
ightsville Beach. !
vliss Virginia Cathell left today
Raleigh where she has secured
(ositicn at the Methodist Orphan- (
i. We hope she will like her work.'
> said she would not be satisfied
ess s;.e could fill such a position,;
she always wanted to do man-;
d some good.
Pew Elam News.
Blr. and Mrs. J. L. Goodwin and
Bghicr Vada spent Friday and Sat-
Bay in Raleigh with Mr. and Mrs.
Bnson Seagroves.
Blr. and Mrs. G. L. Mann and Mr.
B T Mann motored to Sanford one
B last week to see Clarence Good
s' who is home for several days
IBm the Navy He hasn’t been home
veral years. He has served nine
sin the Navy. At the age of 19
as made chief quartermaster of
ship on which he was stationed,
s a nephew of Mrs. Mann.
Frank Speagle was thrown
his hoise about ten days ago
painfully injured. At first it was
thought he was so badly hurt.
B Upchurch is attending him and
■is believed to be improving. Mr.
Bagle is 69 years old.
B r - and Mrs. Sam Pipkins of Cary
B M-s. “Dock” Speagle of Durham
B e been to visit their father Mr.
Bnk i Speagle.
BU. o. B. Tysinger and Miss Bettie
Bfl.vant motored to Durham Satur-
B r ' Iplenn Tysinger of Reidsville
B>t the week-end in Chatham.
B'- Leslie Copeland of Raleigh
Bisiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bnie' Copeland.
Biss Charlotte Copeland spent the
Bk-epd at Chapel Hill with her sis-
B Mjs. Bill Poe.
Br. and Mrs. J. H. Webster and i
Bo (laughter were week-end guests j
Sbi an d Mrs. Luther Pierce at■
■jidi-ew Ellis spent a few days in
Bhaih last week.
Bfturday evening Misses Rose!
■’myant and Vada Goodwin enter- j
B'i a l ar ge crowd of their young!
B.: at ythe home of their parents,!
■ an |‘ Mrs. J* L. Goodwin. All those !
B ere Present had an enjoyable
| art of tbe New Elam choir went
e county home Sunday after
, v ' ing bo the weather many
rhf , v t Xpecting £° did not get
>^ accepted an invitation
* ri stian Chapel the second
ly t 0 a singing rally.
, j, jSfoAM
were - Hnd children of i
veek. UOrs ln Merry Oaks.
y* mmer an d children,
ner ’s mother: Mrs
r Oaks. iArs ‘ Edwards of
S eekwi?h her 4 0f Ralei « h s P ent
anV Mrs” Al' a °r m M Le r a '
been nn fi, . a ? Medlin who
\ ed. Slc k list are much
sin c / a r^ ers * n section are
jj * he g°°d rains. *
Bife'n. °! ds went t 0 Raleigh
BTfn T a busi ness trip. .
Vaunt n«d bas been visitin^
B b “'zrarT'tVe Raleigh and
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THE CHATHAM RECORD
TINY GERi SPREADS
DISEASE AMONG FISH
Diminutive Parasite Attacks
the Gills.
Washington—There are fish epi
demics as well epidemics.
Really serious ones due to a tiny para
site rejoicing in the name ichthyoph
thirius multifilius have occurred from
time to time iu France, Germany, Hol
land and in various parts of the United
States. This parasite attacks fresh
water fish, both in their natural en
vironment and in aquaria with a re
sulting loss running into hundreds of
dollars.
In a recent paper H. F. Prytherch
of the 'United States bureau of fisher
ies describes various methods of con
trolling this disease in hatcheries, fish
farms and all places where fish are
kept in artificial confinement. To
make clear how the problem can be
attacked, he says, It Is first necessary
to understand something of the life
history of the parasite.
“Polka Dots" Are Symptoms.
The young ichthyophthirius, accord
ing to Mr. Prytherch, goes through a
free swimming stage during which it
wanders around through the water in
search of a host. On coming in con
tact with a fish it burrows into some
unsealed part, especially preferring
the gills or fins. Once embedded in
the fish’s skin It grows rapidly from
the nourishment it absorbs from the
tissues and soon shows on the outside
as a small white spot. Badly infected
fish are covered with these “polka
dots” all over their bodies.
In a few days this white body leaves
the flsli and sinks to the bottom, where
it shortly undergoes a transformation
into a hard-shelled reproductive cyst.
When reproduction is complete the
cyst wall bursts and releases hundreds
of young parasites of the free-swim
ming stage.
Mr. Prytherch states: “There are
two general methods for treating the
disease —first, by killing the parasites
while they are attached to the fish,
and second, by destroying them after
they leave the fish and are free-swim
ming in the water. The first general
method can be used to hold the disease
in check, but will not completely wipe
It out.”
Alum Sulphate Helps.
The logical time to begin treatment,
he continues, is when the first symp
toms of the disease appear and the
whole fight in controlling the disease
should be directed agaiust reinfection.
Direct application of alum sulphate
has been found most efficacious In rid
ding the fish of the parasites. The
healing action of the alum leaves the
“patient” In a less weakened condi
tion than any of the various other
chemicals tried so far for this pur
pose.
The second method which attacks
the adult parasite after it has left
the fish is more successful and should
be utilized, says Mr. Prytherch, wher
ever possible. It consists simply In
i placing the fish In swiftly running
j water where the parasites will be
j carried away before reproduction can
take place. The overflow should be
carried off both at the top and the
bottom to take care of any that do
not fall directly to the bottom. In
fected fish, in warm weather, it is
• stated, may be cured in this way irt
a week or ten days and further epi
• demies prevented by quarantining
| new stock in running water. In some
j instances swiftly-flowing streams may
! be fenced off and used for this pur
j pose by leaving the fish in the inclbs
ure until cured.
J Tadpoles and goldfish kept In tanks
I with fishes subject to this disease
, have been found extremely helpful In
i keeping it down, since they prey on
! the parasites for food.
Finds Movies Offer
Field for Organist 5
New York—Modern organists have
I found their greatest opportunity for
j develpoment in a place where a few
j years ago it was least expected to ex
| ist —the American motion picture the
ater—says Dr. Melchiorre Mauro-Cot
tone, concert organist and composer.
Many of the finest organs in the
world are in the cinema palaces and
the men who play them, in' Doctor
Cottone’s opinion, reach larger audi
ences than they have ever had beforeu
“There was a time,” he said- “when
it was thought the organ was not very
adaptable to the motion picture thea
ter. But we now know how false this
1 opinion was. The 1 organ l is most elas
tic, even more so than the orchestra,
I and in playing for the screen we can
i switch instantly from one theme to
another.
“Nothing more develops the impro
visation of an organist. Here we
also play all types of music. - In 1 the
church, our range is narrow and there
is little need of improvisation.”
I
It is interesting news to her
friends in Chatham to learn that Miss
Edna Eubanks, who moved to Florida
last winter with her parents, is mar
ried. Her husband is* Mr. Fulton Lee,
of Tampa. ; ;
PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1926
TRIBUTE TO J. 11. OVERBY t
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Victim cf • AcciderR —One of Brick
; Haven’s Most Useful Citizens—
Honey mooners Back Home
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Brick Haven, June 23. —The most j
tragical occurrence and the greatest
loss that Brick Haven has ever ex
perienced took place last Monday at
j the Cherokee Brick Co. here, when Mr.
•J. H. . Overby was almost instantly
j killed while working in the engine ]
room of the brick mill. The accident
occurred about 7:20 A. M., just a few
minutes after the "work for the day
began. Mr. Overby, who was the
kiln foreman, was substituting for
one of the men off duty and in some
way his garments became entangled
lin a belt and he was thrown with
I great force against the cog-wheels,
i Death resulted almost instantly.
Mr. Overby has been an employee
of the Chetokee Co. for more than
fifteen years and his loyalty and in
terest in its welfare was aften fav
orably commented upon. In his pass
ing the company loses one of its
most popular and valued employees,
and the community loses its most use
ful citizen, for he was intensely in
terested in everything pertaining to
the betterment of the community and
was untiring in his efforts as a mem
ber of the school board—and as super
intendent of the Sunday school—in
making Brick Haven a better place in
which to live. His class of boys will
not soon forget the lessons of honesty
and unselfishness which he so faith
fully taught them; nor will those of
us who knew him ever forget how he
illustrated those lessons in his every
clay liffe. He was a model of unself
ishness in dealing with all those with
whom he came in contact and was
ever ready to lend a helping hand to
the unfortunate in every walk of life.
In his home life he was at his best
—gentle, kind, and thoughtful. His
love for his aged parents w r as most
beautiful, and no home was ever bless
ed with a more considerate, more de
voted husband and father.
Mrs. Overby, who was before her
marriage Miss Willie Beatty of Char
lotte, and the five small children are
desolate and heart-broken, but they
have been It ft the heritage of a
beautiful life, the memory of which
will graw sweeter and more wonderful
with the passing years. And some
how we like to think that the spirit
of one so loved and who was so de
voted in this life will hover around
and guide and protect those he loved
so well.
The funeral services were con
ducted by Rev. Lee Johnson, of Fu
quay Springs, and the body was laid
to rest at Wentworth Christian church
near McCullers, the old home of the
deceased. The large crowd present
and the many beautiful floral offerings
attested the esteem and honor in
which Mr. Overby was held.
The active pall-bearers were
Messrs. J. C. Seawell, W. J. Hannon,
G. P. Tru clove, A. P. Harrington, J.
W. Purvis, and C. H. Thompson, em
| ployees of the Cherokee Co. The hon
* orary pall bearers were Messrs. 0. C.
Kennedy, W. O. Mills, A. B. Wicker,
C. S. Harrington, L. S. Garner of
Brick Haven, J. F. Johnson, Ray
Banks, Claude Council, and R.
Hawks of Raleigh.
Among those out of town attending
the burial of Mr. Overby were Mr.
and Mrs. James Honeycutt, Mrs. C.
L. Boovey, Mrs. Skinner and Mr.
Freeman of Charlotte.
The play, “Patty Makes Things
Hum” will be given at the school
building here next Saturday evening
beginning at 8 P. M., by members of
the Christian Endeavor Society. Ad
mission 25c and 15c. The Junior C.
E. will serve refreshments before the
curtain rises and also during the in
termissions.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Avery Ansley of
Corinth have returned from Wrights
ville Beach and other interesting
places in Eastern Carolina where
they spent* their honeymoon. Mrs.
1 Ansley before her marriage last Mon
day was the popular and well-loved
Miss Gertrude Ray of Carbonton. The
groom is the eldest son of Mr. T. A.
Ansley of Corinth and is one of
Chatham’s finest young men. He
holds a very responsible position with
the Carolina Power and Light Co.
and because of his sterling character
and forceful personality is one of
the most popular of the Carolina em
ployees. His friends are numbered
by his acquaintances and all are in
accord Li «ood wishes for his contin
ued success happiness. The young
couple will reside Buck Horn and
will be at home to then* rany friends i
after July 1.
Indian Relics Sold to
Museum at New York
Los Angeles.—Purchase by the Mu
seum of American Indians, New "tork
city, of the A. R. Sanger collecth-5 of
relics of Indian civilization In south
ern California was announced by Prof.
M. R. Harrington of New York. The
collection, described by Professor Har
rington as the most complete in ex
istence, consists of 1,850 stone Imple
ments, shell ornaments, beads, skele
tons and other archeological spec!-
mens unearthed on Catalina and other
channel Islands and assembled here.
Yale’s Beauty
New Haven, Conn. —The handsomest
senior at Yale is Eddie Cottle of Buf
falo, star halfback. He Is also the
most modest
jSCARRED SCIENTIST
RENEWS X-RAY FIGHT
survivor of 72 Operations
Taunts Old Enemy.
Baltimore, Md,—Dr. Frederick Hen
ry Baetjer, professor of roentgenology
at Johns Hopkins medical school, is
j back at his big game of tag with the
vengeful slave lie is taming.
The “last of the old guard”—with
the scars of the latest of more than
three score and ten amputations and
skin-grafting operations scarcely
healed—is rounding out a quarter cen
tury of duelling with the dragon that
lurks In Roentgen’s ray. He plans to
stay in the fight until the ray’s sear
ing thrusts finally break down the
defense of modern surgery.
Burns Eat Body.
Insidious X-ray bums slowly are
eating his body away. They have
taken seven of his fingers and one of
his thumbs, and the glands from his
right arm and shoulder. Seventy-two
times he has been burned and as
many times lias Doctor Baetjer’s medi
cal colleagues succeeded in staying
the attack. But each burn has left
its mark.
Doctor Baetjer Is daring a demon
that has slain many of his early co
workers in roentgenology. One of the
last to die was Prof. J. Bergonie, an
outstanding authority whose work had
been contemporary with Doctor Baet
jer’s. Surgeons see a like fate await
ing the Johns Hopkins professor—but
he goes on, displaying his contempt
for the X-ray’s death threat in writ
ing whimsical rimes and jiiigi‘' < *.
In common with his associates Doc
tor Baetjer engaged in raenlimnologi
cal research when knowledge of the
ray and Its potency was in its infancy.
It Avas some time after the discovery
of the X-ray that its effect on the hu
man body began to be understood, and
in those pioneer days neither the
screens which today protect X-ray
operators, nor the need for them was
known. While a patient undergoing
X-ray treatment would he exposed to
the ray for only a fraction of a sec
ond, the early-day operators were sub
jected to the ray’s full power for long
periods. They suffered severely or
paid with their lives for the knowl
edge tha% Ars contributed much to the
present-day safety of X-ray control.
Began Experiments In 1901.
Doctor Baelj.r began his experi
ments in 1901, immediately after his
graduation from Johns Hopkins medi
cal school. In a few months the ray
had started a train of destructive
burns. In its inclpiency the effect of
prolonged exposure to the Roentgen
ray resembles sunburn. If exposure
is repeated, as it was In the pioneer
days, ulcers form and shriveling of
the exposed parts sets In. Physicians
say that most of Doctor Baetjer’s
present suffeiings are due to early in
fections.
By 1909 he had lost four fingers—
now only one finger and one thumb
remain. In 1914 the glands at the
Junction of the right arm and shoul
der were removed to save the arm
from advancing InfecUon.
In the seventy-second operation,
performed in March, skin was grafted
in one more attempt to save the re
mainder of the hands.
Find Cancer Withers
With Oxygen Removed
Berlin. —That the growth of a can
cer Is fostered by oxygen Is the be
lief advanced 1 by Prof. Otto Warburg,
head of the Kaiser Wilhelm Biological
institute here'.
A sensation has been created among
scientists by an article written by
Professor Warburg, in which he de- j
scribes how cancerous growth trans
planted in rats withered and died
within' forty-eight hours When the oxy- j
gen inside the glass cage confining the 1
rodents was reduced to the minimum i
atmospheric ratio capable of sustain
ing life: During the treatment, he
says, the rats refused food, but they
immediately regained their normal vi
tality when the oxygefi supply was
Increased.
Professor Warburg says he Is not
yet ready to believe this treatment is
applicable to human beings, but other
scientists regard his experiments as \
an advancement toward the cure of
cancer.
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English Geese Guard
•Stables Like Watch Dogs
London. —A man visiting a sick
horse In some stables at Canning
Town recently found his way barred
by two large gerse which guarded the
approach. All his efforts to pass were
unavailable and the *wo “sen*fies”
ultimately chased the man away, beat
ing him on the legs as he fled.
When the owner of the geese was
called the geese became as quiet as a
pair of turtle doves. “I’ve had them .
for 17 years,” she explained, “and ,
they have saved me the price of many !
a dog license. Billy and Biddy are
much more efficient than a dog, and
it is never necessary for my stables
to be locked at night with these two
geese as watchmen. Moreover, Biddy
still goes on laying—and you couldn’t j
get eggs from a bulldog.”
T GULF NEWS
I Mrs. H. IT. Mclntyre and little
daughters Joyce and Mary Katherine
and Miss Atheline Thomas of Ra
leigh spent the week-end with Mr.
and Mis. J. W. Mclntyre.
) Mr. Bright Phillips of Simpson,
i spent the week-end with home folks.
News was received here Thursday
evening of the death of Mr. A. H.
Seawell, chief dispatcher for the Nor
folk and Southern at Raleigh. Mr.
Seawell was agent here for several
years, previous to the World War and
liked by all who knew him.
i Mr. and Mrs. Roy Knight spent the
week-end with Mrs. Knight’s parents,
‘Mr. and Mrs. J. Vance Ray of Mon
cure.
j Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Duval spent
1 the v/eek-end in Greensboro.
Mr. R. L. Oldham of Goldston spent
the week-end with his sister Mrs. Lucy
A. Beal.
Miss Josephine Jordan and Clyde
Jordan, Jr., of Elizabethtown are
visiting their grand parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. J. Jordan. Mrs. Clyde Jor
dan is visiting her mother in Cali
fornia.
Miss Louise Jourdan who has been
on the sick list is able to be out a
gain we’re glad to report.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kline of
China Grove spent Sunday night with
Mrs. Kline’s sister, Mrs. D. M. Tyner.
Miss Annie Tyner accompanied them
home for a few weeks visit.
Those attending the Murchison re
union at Lake View were Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. Merrell, Mrs. J. R. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Murchison and
daughters, Mises Minnie and Virgi
■ nia.
Mr. John Horner spent the week
end with his family here.
BROWN S CHAPEL NEWS
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Death of Mrs. James Jones—Mrs.
Crutchfield Given a Surprise
Mrs. James Jones of near Manndale
died at her home Thursday morning
following a long illness.
| Mrs. Jones before her marriage
I was Miss Rosa Mebane. For the last
’ I few years she has been a faithful
’ j member of Little Chatham church.
’ Her body was laid to rest in Chatham
Cemetery Friday afternoon at three
' o’clock, the funeral services being
’ ; conducted by her pastor, Rev. Mr.
Harris, assisted by Rev. Gupton.
Velna and Edna Glosson, Cornelia
I and Gladys Haith, Agnis Buckner and
Jewell Mebane had charge of ths
flowers.
• | The pall bearers were T. C. Perry,
» Earl Dark, Doc Thompson, J. J. Thom
. j as, Mr. McAdams, and O. R. Mann,
r Surviving Mrs. Jones are her hus
*|band, one sister, Mrs. James of Bur
> lington, and several half sisters, two
i | brothers, Willie and Banks Mebane,
, also five stepchildren.
. I On account o the rain Sunday, June
> j 19, the children’s day at Brown’s
II Chapel was postponed. (Correspond-
J ‘ent failed to state date.)
j The friends and relatives of Mrs.
jW. F. Crutchfield gathered at her
| home Sunday and gave her a surprise
i birthday dinner. Hope she will live
to see several more birthdays.
| Mr. John Goodwin spent Sunday
his father near New Hope.
A FLORIDA SWINDLE
FAILS TO MATERIALIZE
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Rogues Attempt to Collect S2OO for
Shipment of Body of Chatham
Man Home
The gollowing dispatch from Lake
land, Fla., dated June 18, has caused
so many reports to be set afoot a
bout B. J. Griffin, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Griffin of Pittsboro, Route
. 3, that Mrs. Griffin desires it printed
and the further fact that she has had
a letter from B. J., who is now in
I West Palm Beach, stating that he is
getting along well and that he will
come home the latter part of July,
i The dispatch follows:
I Lakeland, Fla., June 18.—Police in
i West Palm Beach are looking for the
man who wired relatives in Durham.
N. C., asking for S2OO with which to
pay for shipping home the body of B.
J. Griffin of this city. He was al
leged to have been killed in an ac
cident on Thursday of last week, ac
cording to the wire sent to Durham.
He is alive and well according to the
police, who are also looking into the
alleged “deaths” of three other men
! whose wives jyere invited to wire
funds with which to pay for shipping
their bodies home. These were Wal
ter W. Willis and W. W. Knight,
both of Macon, Ga., and Harold C.,
! Bolton, New York City. Willis is
said to have mysteriously disappeared.
His wife wired her brother Rudolph
M. Dannenfeler, of Miami, asking him
to go to West Palm Beach and take
charge of the “remains.” The other
attempts to swindle were uncovered
as result of his activity.
TAVE YOU LISTED YOUR TAXES?
Notice i 3 hereby given to those
citizens who have not listed their
taxes for this year with the local tax
listers may still list with the listers
if they have not turned in their books.
| Otherwise those who have failed to
list must turn in their abstracts to j
the register of deeds on or before |
the first Monday in July. Failure to
do as directed will be liable to in- *
dictment. »
C. C. POE,
)■#' Clerk to Board of County Com.
Pit ulit; &
YOL. 48. NO,
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| j THE WIVES ARE INVITED j
i I All Confederate Veterans and I
| their wives and the widows of g
i I Confederate Veterans and all
; | Spanish-Ameiican and World
j S V. ur veterans ana tueir wives, |
j I cf Chatham County, are eordi- j
| I ally invited to attend and par
j j take of a free dinner that will *
1 be furnished them at Pittsboro I
< I on Monday, July sth, at 12:39 ,
j | P. M., by the Daughters of the *
j Confederacy and the American li
j Legion Auxiliary. i
JEWS OF RUSSIA IN
PITIABLE CONDITION
Ruined and Starving, Re
ports Investigator*
New York.—The wracking experi
ence of a three-months’ “nightmare”
s Journey through a gray, huddled Twen
tieth-century inferno of misery, want I
and helplessness was recounted by;
Miss Irma May of New York city, who
returned on the steamship Paris di
rect from a tour of the “hunger re
gion” of Poland, Galicia and Bessara
bia, where hundreds of thousands ofi
Jewish families, after a ten-years’
struggle against the impoverishment
of the war, are now crushed in a final
tragedy of industrial ruin, destitution;
and starvation as a result of the latest
economic collapse in eastern Europe.
Miss May, who \va3 abroad on a visit
when the first reports of the new
Jewish disaster in Europe reached this
country, was commissioned by cable
by David A. Brown, national chairman
of the United Jewish campaign for a
$15,000,000 overseas chest to complete
the reconstruction tasks undertaken by
the American Jewish joint distribution
committee in Russia and the eastern
European countries, to ohtain first
hand information of actual conditions,
and the extent of the breakdown of
trade and Industry affecting the Jews
of these countries.
Inquiry Begun |n January.
■ She started on her mission early In
January and in the last three months
J has journeyed from city to city, from;
; village to Ytftfge in all tlis large Jew-j
' Ish sections of Poland, Galicia and Bea-*
sarabia.
’ Her reports by radio and letter to'
Mr. Brown, based on authenticate?
. statistical information, make up a
. day-by-day chronicle of human ruin*
> an? despair, crowded with intimate/
, detail or tne suffering of workers
broken by months and years of unem
ployment, of merchants stripped of
their last resources, of proud and
poor alike leveled to bread-lines and
soup-kitchens, of women and children
starving and freezing and waiting In
piteous resignation for death.
More than a million Jews of Poland
—one-third the entire Jewish popula
tion of the country—are at present ab
solutely without any means of sup
. port, and their only hope of being
J saved from extinction, Miss May de-
I claps, rests ou the arrival of
relief funds from America. ;
The Jewish cities of Bessarabia/
Miss May found, present a repetition
of the Polish picture of impoverish
ment, stagnation and helpless misery.
Due to a two years’ crop failure, the
historic Jewish ugricuifttcal commu
nities of this region are shattered by
want, famine and disease.
Child mortality in Bessarabia has
reached 100 per cent as a result of
severe malnutrition and lack of med
ical aid, and favus and hunger-typhus
are spreading ominously. The food
allowance of Jewish families in this
section of Bessarabia —all available
food supplies are rationed by local
“hunger committees” —is a few ounces
of corn meal and a fraction of a pound
of potatoes a day.
Frenzied Struggle for Bread.
Miss May’s final experiences in Po
land represent a peak of the appall
ing panorama of physical and moral;
breakdown In which a piteous, frenzied
struggle for bread, hopeless submission
to squalor and disease, and a panic
of self-destruction as an escape from
unbearable suffering and degradation;
bespeak the utter collapse of the an-j
cient communal structure of Jewish)
life in Poland, and threaten the ex-j
Unction of millions of lives of men, i
women and children.
In Brest-Litovsk Miss May found the
poorest of the poor, mostly war wid
ows, still living in the ruins of the
synagogues In which they took shel
ter when they returned as refugees
aud exiles of siege and evacuation
after the razing of the city in the last
withdrawal of the Russian armies from
the fortress.
Utterly depleted by the destruction
of the military occupations and coun
ter-occupations, scarcity of work and
food and the struggle against broken
! down, rudimentary living conditions,
the local community is incapable of re
lieving the plight of these people,
i War orphans and children born ini
the years of famine and internal taT-i
moil are growing up as waifs, with!
weakened constitutions and no out-t
look for a normal adjustment to oc-j
d«rly productive life. J