Foreign Language Press Service

Chicago rabbis have proclaimed Thursday as a day of fast and prayer. It coincides with the day proclaimed by President Wilson and designated by him for the same purpose. On that day the American nation will assemble in its houses of worship and pray to the Almighty for the success of the Amer

A dispatch from France announces that Captain William J. Mack, a brother of Federal Judge Julian W. Mack, was promoted to the rank of major for distinction in the service. He left for France several months ago as a captain of infantry, after having graduated as an officer from the F

Though rainy weather, which had lasted for several days, threatened to mar the event, the sky cleared up somewhat about midday, and the celebrations in honor of our dead came off satisfactorily. At the Bohemian National Cemetery The commemoration began with the customary p

We have been informed from several sources that young Lithuanians are receiving letters from Poles urging them to join the Polish legions. Discard such letters when you receive them, and if somebody tries to talk you into joining, tell him--that agent--to go where peppers grow.

Mr. F. Folco, of 2653 W. Madison Street, has written the following letter showing the generosity of the Italians during the collection of funds for the benefit of the American Red Cross. Last Sunday in one of the streets of the 19th ward, I noticed a group of soldiers, one of whom w

Mr. F. Folco, of 2653 W. Madison Street, has written the following letter showing the generosity of the Italians during the collection of funds for the benefit of the American Red Cross. Last Sunday in one of the streets of the 19th Ward, I noticed a group of soldiers, one of whom w

Each year, a Kosciuszko celebration with a parade to the monument of our hero in Humboldt Park has been held....but never was there such a parade and such a manifestation, involving the participation of so great a mass of Polish people, as on yesterday. Yesterday's celebration will

Today is the second draft registration day in America. All young men who have become twenty-one years of age since the last registration day (a year ago today) must register today with the local boards, or at the special places which have been opened in their neighborhoods. Let every man reme

In his The Melting Pot, Zangwill compares America to a large crucible into which are cast the sons and daughters of all nations and tongues to be melted and to emerge as Americans--an entirely new type. Beneath the great American melting pot the fire is much stronger and the flames leap highe

The thirteenth annual convention of the Independent Order Brith Sholom will open in Baltimore this Sunday and will continue through Tuesday. It is expected that over seven hundred delegates will attend, representing about fifty-five thousand Jews in one hundred and five cities and twenty-two

Washington, June 6: A number of Chicago doctors, among whom there were some Jews, received commissions today in the Officer's Reserve Corps of the National Army. The Jewish names in the various ranks are: Captain, Medical Reserve Corps, John A. Koppelman of 5911 South Boulevard (sic

The Waukegan Club of the Jewish Welfare Board will hold "open house" today, Sunday, June 9. Waukegan is the nearest city to the Great Lakes Naval Station and is the favorite spot for the sailors. Among the great number of sailors are several hundred Jewish boys who have voluntarily answered U

A paragraph of severe calumny and very bad taste slipped into the original book of instructions for the medical advisory boards that are affiliated with the draft. The paragraph, to the great shame of its author, reads as follows: "The foreign born, particularly the Jews, are more inclined th

Last Thursday (a week ago Thursday), in the Congregation Beth E1 the ceremony of the unfurling of a service flag with thirty stars was held. Rabbi Elijahu Dov Daskal delivered an impassioned patriotic speech on the theme, "The Jew as Patriot". The stars on the flag were crocheted in

At the opening of the second session of the Norwegian Lutheran Church convention, Reverend J. A. O. Stub, the field secretary discussed several important points. Following is his address in part: "Shame on those who say that this is the rich man's war. There is no difference between

Mr. I. Dua, a member of the editorial staff of the Jewish Courier for almost four years, will leave shortly to serve Uncle Sam in his war against Germany. Mr. Dua was drafted lately and immediately assigned to the Gun-Flying Aviation Corps. There he will have an opportunity of showi

This afternoon, at two o'clock, the Englewood Jews will meet in the B'Nai Israel Synagogue, Sixty-second Street and Aberdeen Street, for the ceremony of unfurling a service flag with sixty-two stars, in honor of the sixty-two young men from that synagogue now in the United States army. A larg

The 122nd Artillery Regiment of the United States Army arrived safely in France. The 122nd Regiment is under the command of Colonel Milton J. Foreman, a Chicago Jew. Before the war this regiment was the First Illinois National Guard Cavalry Regiment. The regiment consists mainly of Chicago bo

Somewhere in France, at this moment, a Jewish young man lies deep in the mud of the trenches [with other American soldiers]. His eyes are focused directly in front of him, at the camp where great numbers of the enemy lie ready to pounce--as a band of barbarians pounce upon those standing in t

Reverend Lauritz Larsen, secretary for the National Lutheran Commission for Soldiers' and Sailors' Welfare, gave a complete report on the activities of the Commission as follows: "National Lutheran Commission "As one of your appointees on the National Lutheran Commission f