Foreign Language Press Service

It was cheerful and lively on Twelfth Street yesterday. It was quiet in Douglas Park. The news, printed in various newspapers, that the Poles were preparing to attack the Jews in Douglas Park proved to be false. The whole thing ended differently from what we expected. Douglas Park was flooded

"Yesterday, the five thousand Poles in Chicago," as the Daily News wrote Saturday," were prepared to stage a pogrom on the Jews in the Douglas Park District." They did not dare carry out their plans, but remained at home without ever showing up at the park. For this "quiet," on the

It was learned through a New York newspaper that the U. S. government is keeping a close watch on foreign language newspapers in order to determine whether or not they are loyal to our republic and the [established] government. It appears that all newspapers in America printed in languages ot

Chief of Police Garrity said that he would send out a squad of policemen tomorrow to guard the corner of Twelfth Street and Kedzie Avenue so as not to allow any "warfare" to occur between the Poles and the Jews. Mr. Adolph Kraus, president of the Jewish Defense League stated yesterday that he

When Mr. Gibson, in an official report to the State Department, denied [the existence of]Polish pogroms against the Jews, adding that, to his knowledge, there occurred only in Pinsk and Vilna, "certain incidents" (a new diplomatic expression meaning persecution of the Jews), we immediately st

It has been a year since a new department was installed in the Courier. We can truthfully say that our paper has accomplished much in the field of Jewish journalism in America. With its large staff of fine writers, the Courier stands on a par with other large newspapers in New York.

The Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Free Church is holding its annual convention in the Bethesda Free Church this week. The first session of the conference began two days ago. The main speaker were the Chicago pastors, O. E. Gracier, A. Thompson, Frank O. Anderson, H. F. Joserhson, E. E. Nesbake

The following information has come to the Abendpost from the War Department at Washington: "Dear Editor: The War Department is familiar with and grateful for the splendid work done by the German press in America to help demobilized soldiers and sailors obtain employment. The German

This article, signed V. M-in, challenges "the oscillating little paper in Chicago Svobodnaya Rossiya on its about face from a Menshevik to a Bolshevist paper. The writer begins by wondering who directs the destinies of Russia in leading her over sloping planes. These troubled reflec

"During all my experience in the labor movement I have never had the pleasure of presenting an agreement of this kind to strikers. It is the best contract in the cloakmaking industry throughout the country." With these words President Benjamin Schlesinger greeted the three and a hal

Poles in South Chicago are very angry. They are seeking Jewish blood. Several times, since Friday afternoon, Poles, numbering thousands, have besieged Buffalo Avenue where most Jewish stores are located, and have sought to carry on a pogrom. Police and firemen dispersed them, but th

This is a frantic appeal to join the Workmen and Peasants Free Russia Cooperative as a means of supporting the newspaper of that name, Svobodnaya Rossiya. This daily, it is pointed out, is of utmost importance as a support to the revolution in Russia. Soviet Russia is living through great, tr

To all Forward subscribers and agents of the following states: Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, South Dakota, Kentucky, Minnesota, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Canada. After the first of July all business will be transferred from New York to Chica

The Jewish Courier wishes to announce the opening of a branch office on the Northwest Side for the convenience of the large Jewish community in that section of Chicago. The number of Jewish residents in this section is constantly increasing. Our branch is located in the very heart o

In Chicago, as we know, there can be found the main offices of the Anti-Defamation League, a body organized by the Order B'nai Brith for the purpose of curbing the spread of anti-Semitism in this country. It has succeeded in stopping many movies of anti-Semitic tendencies, and has driven from

While the Polish leader of America, J. F. Smulski, in his statement to Mr. B. Horwich, expressed his regrets concerning the pogroms against the Jews in Poland, his organ in Chicago, the Dziennik Narodowy, printed a vile attack upon Mr. Horwich for stating that no fewer than one hundred and tw

The appearance in yesterday's Courier of the names and addresses of Chicago Jews for whom Mr. B. Horwich has brought letters and greetings, which can be obtained in the office of this newspaper, created a great turmoil. At several newspaper stands on the West Side, riots practically occurred,

Dear Editor: I take pleasure in informing you that at the last meeting of the temporary Board of Directors of Koimisis Tis Theotokou Parish, your paper the Saloniki was selected as the organ of this church. Of all the papers in the city of Chicago, yours is the only one wi

Despite the terrible heat last Sunday, a large number of people attended the meeting at the new parish of Koimisis Tis Theotukou, at which they were fully informed of the plans, ambitions, and hopes for this parish. Mr. J. Dimitrakopoulos, former principal of Socrates, gave a beautiful speech

Our misled Jugoslav workers fear unions. With contempt do they look upon people who are organized politically or economically. From what one hears they distrust unions even more than the companies by which they are employed. They agree with the company in everything because they are not indep