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...silence, Aryeh Kotcher whipped out his shofar or ram's horn, let out a loud toot before police bore down and arrested him. Public shofar-blowing in Jerusalem is forbidden by law, for it infuriates Arabs, incites to riot.* But Jew Kotcher was happy because it was Yom Kippur, and his ritual blast on the horn had signalized, for Jews in Jerusalem as well as for Jews the world over, the end of Judaism's most solemn ten-day period of penitence...
Meantime Mr. Willever added the following categories: Father's Day. Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Bon Voyage, Yom. Kippur. There are various kinds of congratulatory Western Union telegrams: on Engagement, Promotion, Election, Success of Artist, Making a Speech, Wedding Anniversary, Opening a New Store. Form telegrams can be sent upon ascending Pike's Peak. Mr. Willever is preparing similar ones for Niagara Falls and Atlantic City. Brand new are Western Union "Kiddiegrams," to be sent to children. Samples from this variegated service...
...solemnity and spirituality of Yom Kippur strengthen all friendship...
...outdone by the Atlantic Refining Company, Western Union has decided to cash in on America's greatest fall spectacle--football. Formerly a man could fulfill his obligations on Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Yom Kippur, or Christmas by instructing that number 8, number 1736, or any of the company's canned messages of sweetness be sent. Now any number from 1350 to 1360 will wire a message of encouragement to a football player anywhere on any Saturday for thirty-five cents...
...idol of Detroit schoolchildren, he is approved by baseball-minded Jewish matrons because he is handsome, frisky and religiously orthodox. He has invented his own glove, which is larger than standard, with webbing between thumb and index finger. He makes $7,000 a year, prefers not to play on Yom Kippur. Next week, his well-to-do father, president of the Acme & Textile Shrinking Works, plans to order $500 worth of World Series tickets...