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$100 in Prizes Awaits Letters on Biggest News of the Week

November 7, 1934
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Complete details of the contest’s rules will be found in a full-page advertisement on Page Three of today’s paper.

lege men and women, the prize awards will be the same as in the non-student category—twenty-five dollars, ten dollars and five dollars for first, second and third prizes.

MEDALS, TOO

For high school students there will be gold, silver and bronze medals awarded {SPAN}###{/SPAN} addition to the cash emoluments. Winner of first place in high schools in the weekly contest will receive ten dollars in currency plus a gold medal. Second prize will be five dollars in cash and a silver medal. Two dollars and a bronze medal will go to winner of third place.

All medals will be decorated with handsome designs and have the name of the winner engraved on them.

The contest, fashioned after the extremely successful “biggest news of the week” contests that won so much praise for the old World from public and educators, will serve to stimulate, it is hoped interest among both young and old in the stirring events of the day. If followed conscientiously it will give the contestants a deep insight into political and economic currents that are sweeping through the world today.

What is going on in Geneva of import to Jews of the world?

What does the forthcoming Saar plebiscite mean to world Jewry?

Significant changes are taking place in Austria, upon which depend the fate of hundreds of thousands of your co-religionists. What are these changes and why are they significant?

CONSTRUCTIVE WORK

The spread of anti-Semitism into the farthest corners of the earth is fraught with significance for every Jew. How are Americans affected? How are Jews in other parts of the world affected?

While destructive shafts are being aimed at Jewry on many fronts Jews are engaged in other occupations than merely defending themselves from these attacks. They are busily engaged in constructive efforts in this country, in Palestine, in other far-flung places. What do you know of these efforts?

In the Jewish Daily Bulletin these questions are answered every day in the week. The contest will stimulate your interest in everything Jewish.

Complete details of the contest’s rules will be found in a full-page advertisement on Page Three of today’s paper.

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