Today -100: October 13, 1925: Of planes, poor Jews, and general stirs

A single-seater women’s airplane goes on sale (for ₤300) in Britain. For thin women only.

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, the, I don’t know, chief Jew in the US, says the anti-Semitic protests at the World Zionist Congress in Vienna, with the goose-stepping and rioting and so on, were less disturbing than the disputes among the delegates. He says of the half-hearted Zionism of the English Jews, who sent few delegates, “they are poor Jews and worse Englishmen.”

c.30 Fascists take part in the New Haven Columbus Day parade in uniform (black shirts, skull & bones, etc). “Their appearance created a general stir”. Anti-Fascists counter-demonstrate and 3 are arrested, one of whom is carrying a blackjack.

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