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Moses Scholtz, 1907

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April 11 1907

1907, Moses Scholtz and Anna Chasanovitz Marriage License
Apr 14 1907, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
Groom
Name: Moses Scholtz
Birth: Circa 1876
Age: 31
Father: Judah Scholtz
Mother: Sarah Mendel

Bride
Name: Anna Chasanovitz
Birth: Circa 1888
Age: 19
Father: Boris
Mother: Mary Cusher

Moses Scholtz, 1905

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June 16 1905

Obyidinyinya, New Club Of Russian PatriotsObyidinyinya, New Club Of Russian Patriots 16 Jun 1905, Fri The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

Obyidinyinya, New Club Of Russian Patriots
Little Band Gathered in Cincinnati Are Planning for Brighter Days for Their Fatherland.
“Obvidinyinya” is the name of a club just organized for the preservation of the Russian language, literature and customs by Muscovite natives living in Cincinnati.
“Ob—,” &c., means unity, a term which signifies the fact that aliens of Russian birth have banded together in a common cause believing that the future of their erstwhile country is one of promise. According to the platform which has been drawn up the club would not have been organized at all if its projectors hadn't believed that there really was a brighter day dawning for Russia.
“There is no Russia now. There will be a Russia soon,” reads the placarded constitution written in the Russian language. “Then we will be proud of our birthplace. This club is the memorial of our hopes.”
The transactions of the club will be conducted in the Russian language. Selections from the works of noted Russian apostles of freedom will be read. Works of Russian composers will be rendered by musicians in the club.
The privileges of the club will be open to all Russian immigrants. Dr. Moses Scholtz, 707 West Sixth St. recently of Moscow, is President.


Abraham and Moses Scholtz
Abraham and Moses Scholtz

September 20 1905

Immigrant Society Is IncorporatedImmigrant Society Is Incorporated 20 Sep 1905, Wed The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

IMMIGRANT SOCIETY IS INCORPORATED
The Russian Immigrant Unity Society, known in the Russian as Objidininja, was incorporated Wednesday at Columbus by Dr Moses Scholtz and others. The aim of the society is to keep alive in the adopted country of the members the traditions of their native land and love of its literature. Only Russian will be spoken during the sessions of the club and only Russian dishes and tea boiled in a samovar are served at the occasional luncheons of the organization.


Moses Scholtz, Youth
Moses Scholtz (1875-1942)

November 17 1905

Russia Fears FreedomRussia Fears Freedom 17 Nov 1905, Fri The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

RUSSIA FEARS FREEDOM
So Says Moscow Citizen, in Letter to a Cincinnati Relative.
On the day when the Czar wrote his emancipation proclamation Louis Scholtz, of Moscow, brother of Dr. Moses Scholtz, of Cincinnati, made a permanent record of the events that followed the announcement. Friday, Dr Scholtz received a letter written in the evening when all Russia was delirious with joy, yet fearful because of doubt.
The letter reads: “The people are joyous, but they only half believe in the sincerity of the Czar. The manifesto has just been published and men are discussing it in the streets. Most say ‘It cannot be true.’ At every street corner there are the lovers of liberty haranguing large crowds who wave red flags. It is like a miracle. The soldiers and the police do not protest. Only we fear for the future. Can the people stand unrestrained freedom?
“Just now there is no railroad traffic between St. Petersburg and Moscow. The streets are dark. There is no water. The price of foodstuffs is high. The drug stores are closed, and patients at the hospital suffer.”


Moses Scholtz, 1910

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April 01 1910

Moses Scholz Certificate of Naturalization, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 01, 1910
Moses Scholz Certificate of Naturalization, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 01, 1910.

(Front) Designation of holder
Age: 35 years
height: 5 ft. 3 inches
color: White
complexion: Fair
color of eyes: Brown
Name, age and place of residence of wife: Anne, 22, Cincinnati, Ohio
Names, ages and places of residence of minor children: Julius, Cincinnati, Ohio
The United States of America, Southern District of Ohio.

(Back) Compared and Recorded June 13, 1922, Records, Los Angeles County, California
Passport Issued May 13, 1930 Department of State

Be it remembered that at a regular term of the US District court of Southern District of Ohio held at Cincinnati on the 1st day of April, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ten; Moses Scholtz, who previous to his naturalization was a subject of Russia, at present residing at number 407 Armory Ave, city of Cincinnati, state of Ohio, having applied to be admitted a citizen of the United States of America, pursuant to law, and the court having found that the petitioner had resided continuously within the United States for at least five years, and in this state for one year immediately proceeding the date of the hearing of his petition, and that said petitioner intends to reside permanently in the United States, had in all respects complied with the law in relation thereto, and that he was entitled to be so admitted, it was thereupon ordered by the said court that he be admitted as a citizen of the United States of America.

Moses Scholz Certificate of Naturalization, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 01, 1910

Moses Scholtz, 1914

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May 25 1914

Jews Contrast Governor Cox With Russian LordsJews Contrast Governor Cox With Russian Lords 25 May 1914, Mon The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

JEWS CONTRAST GOV. COX WITH RUSSIAN LORDS
Russian and American Governors aren't the same Governor Cox was told by speakers at the banquet of the American Citizens Club held in the Jewish Settlement, Sunday night.
The members of the club most of whom from Russia and recently naturalized citizens of the United States have been familiar with Russian Governors from earliest childhood.
Cox was the first American Governor they had met.
Cox Eats Kosher Meal
“It is quite a novelty to meet a Governor on terms of equality,” said Dr. Moses Scholtz, President of the club formerly of Moscow.
“Previously we knew Governors only to fear and hate them. It is now very different.”
Thus, the Governor of Ohio was introduced to the former subjects of Russia as their servant. He ate a kosher meal with them and was presented with a large bouquet.
The Governor kissed Dorothy Bilker, 6, the little girl through whom the flowers were presented.


Moses Scholtz, 1916

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June 02 1916

Dr. Moses ScholtzDr. Moses Scholtz 02 Jun 1916, Fri The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

December 13 1916

Girl Chess Star Plays Against Convict By MailGirl Chess Star Plays Against Convict By Mail 13 Dec 1916, Wed The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

Girl Chess Star Plays Against Convict By Mail
Miss Jessie Bogen, 20, of 255 Loraine-av senior in the University of Cincinnati is declared to be the only woman in Ohio who plays a champion's game of chess.
At the chess tournament Friday and Saturday at Columbus between picked teams from Ohio State, Ohio Wesleyan and Capital universities and the University of Cincinnati Miss Bogen was the only one on the Cincinnati team to win from Ohio State, admittedly the strongest team in the contest.

Results Are Awaited
The Cincinnati team was expecting the winning team in the tourney to be announced Wednesday. When they left Saturday other teams had not finished play.
The Cincinnati players were Miss Bogen, her brother, Emil Bogen, Paul Buttenweiser, Chas Layng and Sol Fineberg.
Miss Bogen's father, Boris D. Bogen is a chess player and her uncle Dr. Moses Scholtz was city champion last year.

Began Playing at 12
Miss Bogen started playing when she was 12 years old.
In correspondence games each player notifies his opponent of each move by mail, sometimes 100 postcards being used.
Miss Bogen is playing a correspondence game with a prisoner in San Quentin (Cal.) penitentiary, whom she “met” thru a chess journal. She only knows him by prison number.


Moses Scholtz, 1918

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March 25 1918

Chess Match ResumedChess Match Resumed 25 Mar 1918, Mon The Kentucky Post and Times-Star (Covington, Kentucky) Newspapers.com

CHESS MATCH RESUMED
The chess match between Dr. P. K. Keeney of Bellevue and Dr. Moses Scholtz of Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, for the championship of northern Kentucky and southern Ohio, will be resumed Monday afternoon at the Cincinnati Y.M.C.A. The game was started Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Keeney has won six games without defeat while Dr. Scholtz has won five and lost one in the elimination series.


September 12 1918

1918, Moses Scholtz, Military Registration Card

September 12, 1918, Moses Scholtz, Military Registration Card.


November 01 1918

Moses Scholtz - Board of Medical Examiners Reciprocity Certificate

Moses Scholtz - Board of Medical Examiners Reciprocity Certificate


Moses Scholtz, 1922

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April 07 1922

Physicians To MeetPhysicians To Meet 07 Apr 1922, Fri The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

PHYSICIANS TO MEET
Southern California Society Gathers in San Diego
The Southern California Medical Society will hold its sixty-sixth semiannual meeting today and tomorrow at the U. S. Grant Hotel, San Diego, ending with a dinner on Saturday night. Among the local physicians and surgeons who will read papers are Drs. Moses Scholtz, Bertnard Smith, Carl Rand, Verne Mason and Carl Fisher, all of Los Angeles; Walter P. Bliss and A. M. Moody, Pasadena, and Burns Chaffee, Long Beach.


Moses Scholtz, 1923

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May 1923

Moses Scholtz family, Hobert Ave house, May 1923.

Dr. Moses Scholtz and Los Angeles, California family home, May 1923.


Moses and Anna Scholtz, Jud, Mark, Walter, Esther Chasson(Spyer) with Joe and Ester Chasson on back porch of Hobart Ave Home, Los Angeles, California.

Moses and Anna Scholtz, Jud, Mark, Walter, Esther Chasson(Spyer) with Joe and Ester Chasson on back porch of Hobart Ave Home, Los Angeles, California.


Moses Scholtz, 1925

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December 18 1925

Re-Elect Dr. Brown Pres. of San Pedro Medical SocietyRe-Elect Dr. Brown Pres. of San Pedro Medical Society 18 Dec 1925, Fri News-Pilot (San Pedro, California) Newspapers.com

Re-elect Dr. Brown Pres. of San Pedro Medical Society
Dr. Ewing Brown was re-elected president of the San Pedro Medical Society at the annual meeting of the society held at Dr. Brown's home Thursday night. Dr Leonard Thompson was also re-elected as secretary. Refreshments were served.
Dr. Moses Scholtz of Los Angeles addressed the meeting on skin diseases. Several cases were presented for discussion.


Moses Scholtz, 1926

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April 28 1926

2000 Medical Men Assemble For Discussion2000 Medical Men Assemble For Discussion 28 Apr 1926, Wed Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California) Newspapers.com

2000 Medical Men Assemble For Discussions
Reports Cover Variety of Latest Developments in Profession.
…The dermatology section will entertain a symposium on allergic skin diseases conducted by Moses Scholtz, of Los Angeles. The following doctors will participate: Merlin T. T. Maynard, of San Jose; George Piness and Hyman Miller, of Los Angeles; Thomas Clark, of Oakland, and H. E. Alderson, of San Francisco.


Moses Scholtz, 1928

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May 22 1928

Donors To Medic Fund AugmentedDonors To Medic Fund Augmented 22 May 1928, Tue The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

DONORS TO MEDIC FUND AUGMENTED
Amount Raised Increases to $45,000 as Eighteen Give Subscriptions
Eighteen additional gifts for the medical school which is to be opened at the University of Southern California were reported at a meeting yesterday afternoon presided over by Dr. W. W. Beckett. These gifts were made by Drs. Maurice M. Armstrong. Samuel Ayres. Jr., William Barnhart, John V. Barrow, Katherine M. Close, Richard Flamson, Mary E. Hagadorn, Simon Jesberg, Hugo Kiefer, Earl T. McCoy.
Also, J. W. McKellar, I. Leon Meyers, Moses Scholtz, Donald W. Skeel, Packard S. Thurber, Harold Van Metre, J. W. Wilson and the medical educational committee or the Los Angeles County Medical Society contributed.
The total raised by the alumni group under Dr. Beckett and the non-alumni group under Dr. W. A. Morrison is now $45,000. The university has set aside $500,000 for the school and by resolution of the trustees will admit the freshmen medical class next fall. Premedical work has been given for a number of years.


Moses Scholtz, 1929

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January 20 1929

Selected GamesSelected Games 20 Jan 1929, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
Many of the chess players of Cincinnati will recall Dr. Moses Scholtz, a former resident, regarded as one of the best of local amateurs. Dr. Scholtz is now living in Los Angeles. Calif. That the physician still continues active in the pursuit of Caissa's charms and retains his ability to hold his own with the best players of the Golden West is evidenced by the score of the following game recently contested in the major championship tournament of the Los Angeles Club:

Moses Scholtz (white) vs. Albert H. Bierwirth (black)
Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation

Moses Scholtz vs. Albert H. Bierwirth, 1928

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-QB4
2. N-KB3 P-K3
3. P-Q4 PxP
4. NxP P-QR3
5. N-QB3 Q-B2
6. B-Q3 N-QB3
7. NxN QPxN
8. O-O B-Q3
9. P-KB4 B-B4ch
10. K-R N-B3?
11. P-K5 N-Q4
12. N-K4 B-K2
13. Q-N4 P-KN3
14. B-Q2 B-Q2
15. P-B4 P-KB4
16. PxPe.p. NxP
17. Q-K2 NxN
18. BxN B-B3
19. P-KB5 B-K4
20. PxKP BxP
21. BxBPch PxB
22. B-B3 R-KB
23. BxB Q-K2
24. RxRch KxR
25. R-Bch K-N
26. B-B3 R-K
27. Q-K5 Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 a6
5. Nc3 Qc7
6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. 0-0 Bd6
9. f4 Bc5+
10. Kh1 Nf6?
11. e5 Nd5
12. Ne4 Be7
13. Qg4 g6
14. Bd2 Bd7
15. c4 f5
16. exf6e.p. Nxf6
17. Qe2 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 Bf6
19. f5 Be5
20. fxe6 Bxe6
21. Bxc6+ bxc6
22. Bc3 Rf8
23. Bxe5 Qe7
24. Rxf8+ Kxf8
25. Rf1+ Kg8
26. Bc3 Re8
27. Qe5 1-0

NOTES BY WINNER. (a) Castles (QR), for which he had been working so long, was necessary.
(b) R-KB would have prolonged the game.


October 03 1929

EczemaEczema 03 Oct 1929, Thu The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois) Newspapers.com

ECZEMA (PART 1).
“I hate to see a baby with eczema come to my clinic. It's the most ornery thing we have treat! Some cases will seem to respond to changes in the diet, others to external medication, and others fail to be relieved in any case. If the eczema does clear up, we don't know whether the treatment we used had any bearing or not, for it seems to clear up at times of itself.”
This is what a New York children's specialist said to me recently.
So don't be surprised, Mrs. K., that the doctors you have seen failed you. However, you mustn't be discouraged, either, for not all doctors are so pessimistic as the ones you have seen and the one I quoted. In fact, Dr. Moses Scholtz, a skin specialist, says that eczema can be cured, and that the reason more of the doctors do not cure it is that they do not realize that the causes may be both external and internal and the treatment must take this into consideration.


October 06 1929

Eighth Annual State ChampionshipEighth Annual State Championship 06 Oct 1929, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The eighth annual State championship tourney was concluded last Sunday at the local clubrooms, first prize going to Adolph J. Fink of San Francisco. It was his third success in winning the title. Second and third prizes were divided between Harry Borochow and Dr. Moses Scholtz, both of Los Angeles.

Nine rounds were played eight days, necessitating a double round one day on Saturday, when Dr. Scholtz celebrated by beating both the leaders Fink and Borochow.


Moses Scholtz, 1931

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January 14 1931

Officers Named Officers Named

At the recent annual meeting of the Chess and Checker Club of Los Angeles in the Union League Building the following officers were named for 1931: President, Dr. Moses Scholtz; vice-president, F, W, Matthay: treasurer. Andrew Wallace: secretary, Albert H. Bierwirth. (All re-elections.) The three new directors: George B. Knapp. G. C. Shedd. Thomas Word. The last named, is a former secretary. Mr. Wallace, 83 years of age, starts his fifteenth consecutive year as treasurer. They're beginning to trust him. Lewis W. Palmer, will continue to have charge of the perpetual ticket tourney. The club has started an old-fashioned “odds” tourney. Another popular activity is a “Kriegspiel” tourney.


Moses Scholtz, 1930

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September 14 1930

Golden West Golden West

Members of the Cincinnati Chess Club will have to kill the fatted calf! That prodigal member of the club, J. B. Warwick, who wandered away one year ago last April to visit his daughter in California, has returned to the fold. During his travels Mr. Warwick encountered several former Cincinnati chess players who now reside in the Golden West. He reports Dr. Moses Scholtz, in good health and fine chess fettle. He declares Paul Buttenweiser to be the same “old Paul” but more prosperous and happier. J. B. liked California but asserts he feels more at home in Cincinnati with his old cronies.


September 28 1930

Miss Shapiro, Mr. Scholtz, MarriedMiss Shapiro, Mr. Scholtz, Married 28 Sep 1930, Sun The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com

MISS SHAPIRO, MR.SCHOLTZ, MARRIED.
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Shapiro announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ruth-Vivienne Shapiro, to Mr. Julius Robin Scholtz, son of Dr. and Mrs. Moses Scholtz of Hollywood.
The ceremony took place on August 31 in Temple Emanu-El, with Rabbi Ruchert and Cantor Rinder performing the ceremony in the presence of immediate relatives.
The wedding breakfast was served at the Mark Hopkins Hotel.


Moses Scholtz, 1932

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1932

Dr. Moses Scholtz, estimated 1932.

Dr. Moses Scholtz, estimated 1932.


January 03 1932

Officers ElectedOfficers Elected 03 Jan 1932, Sun The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

The Chess and Checker Club in the Southwest Building held its annual meeting a week ago Saturday and named these officers for 1932: President, Dr. Moses Scholtz; vice-president, Alfred N. Pray; secretary, George W. Chase; treasurer, Thomas Word; directors, Carl Pauly, F. W. Matthay, W. T. Pinney, Andrew Wallace, 84 years of age this week, retired as treasurer after having served fifteen consecutive years.


June 27 1932

City's Chess Team VictorCity's Chess Team Victor 27 Jun 1932, Mon The Pasadena Post (Pasadena, California) Newspapers.com

City's Chess Team Victor
Beat Long Beach During Morphy Carnival
The Morphy Day Chess Carnival was held Saturday at the Sierra Madre Masonic Temple, with Le Vieve M. Hines of Pasadena, western woman chess champion, in an eight board simultaneous display, winning seven matches and losing one.
Pasadena Team Wins
In the team match, Pasadena beat Long Beach, 9½ to 2½. Alexander Taylor was Pasadena captain. The rapid transit elimination contest was won by Sidney Weinbaum of Pasadena. He was awarded the Charles Broughton prize.
Irving Spero, Ohio champion, won the blindfold match. Richard Lyons, Southern California champion, was the victor in the evening simultaneous play and the second simultaneous evening play was won by Dr. Moses Scholtz, Los Angeles champion. Mr. Spero, Mr. Lyon and Miss Hines played exhibition matches, including simultaneous, rapid transit, blindfold and “Kriegspiel.”
300 Attend
The carnival Saturday was the third annual affair sponsored by the Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce and was attended by more than 300 persons from thirty-eight California cities.


July 03 1932

Selected Games Selected Games Selected Games
Selected Games 03 Jul 1932, Sun The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

SELECTED GAMES.
Dr. Moses Scholtz, a former star in Cincinnati chess circles, continues his “winning way” out in California, the state where the American premier chess event for 1932 will be staged in August. Dr. Scholtz is now a resident of Los Angeles and is recognized as one of the “upper flight” California players. The doctor is President of the Los Angeles Chess and Checker Club and is also the Los Angeles chess champion. He was recently the recipient of a medal for his fine victory in the Los Angeles city tourney. The appended score of a game played by Dr. Scholtz against Carl Bergman, at the San Luis Obispo meet, with notes by the doctor, has been culled from the Chess Reporter:

Moses Scholtz (white) vs. Carl Bergman (black)
French Defense: Classical Variation, Steinitz Variation

Moses Scholtz vs. Carl Bergman, 1932

Descriptive
1. P-K4 P-K3
2. P-Q4 P-Q4
3. N-QB3 N-KB3
4. P-K5 KN-Q2
5. N-KB3 P-QB4
6. B-QN5 QN-QB3
7. BxN PxB
8. O-O B-R3
9. R-K PxP
10. NxP P-QB4
11. N-B3 B-K2
12. B-B4 O-O
13. Q-Q2 N-N3
14. QR-Q N-B5
15. Q-B Q-R4
16. N-Q2 QR-Q
17. N-N3 Q-N5
18. P-QR3 Q-N2
19. R-Q3 NxKP
20. BxN BxR
21. NxBP BxN
22. PxB P-B3
23. B-N3 P-K4
24. P-QN4 B-Q5
25. N-K2 R-QB
26. Q-Q2 B-N3
27. P-Q4 KR-K
28. P-KR3 BxP
29. NxB PxN
30. RxRch RxR
31. QxP Q-KB2
32. P-B3 R-QB
33. B-B2 P-KN3
34. P-N5 R-N
35. P-QR4 R-N2
36. Q-B5 R-B2
37. Q-R3 Q-K2
38. Q-Q3 Q-Q3
39. B-K3 R-B5
40. P-QR5 Q-Q2
41. P-N6 PxP
42. PxP Q-N4
43. Q-R3 R-N5
44. Q-B3 R-N6
45. Q-B8ch K-N2
46. B-B5 K-B2
47. Q-N7ch K-N
48. Q-B8ch K-B2
49. Q-KB8ch K-K3
50. Q-K7ch K-B4
51. P-N4ch K-N4
52. B-K3ch RxB
53. QxRch K-R5
54. K-N2 P-R4
55. P-N5 Resigns
Algebraic
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e5 Nfd7
5. Nf3 c5
6. Bb5 Nc6
7. Bxc6 bxc6
8. 0-0 Ba6
9. Re1 cxd4
10. Nxd4 c5
11. Nf3 Be7
12. Bf4 0-0
13. Qd2 Nb6
14. Rd1 Nc4
15. Qc1 Qa5
16. Nd2 Rd8
17. Nb3 Qb4
18. a3 Qb7
19. Rd3 Nxe5
20. Bxe5 Bxd3
21. Nxc5 Bxc5
22. cxd3 f6
23. Bg3 e5
24. b4 Bd4
25. Ne2 Rc8
26. Qd2 Bb6
27. d4 Re8
28. h3 Bxd4
29. Nxd4 exd4
30. Rxe8+ Rxe8
31. Qxd4 Qf7
32. f3 Rc8
33. Bf2 g6
34. b5 Rb8
35. a4 Rb7
36. Qc5 Rc7
37. Qa3 Qe7
38. Qd3 Qd6
39. Be3 Rc4
40. a5 Qd7
41. b6 axb6
42. axb6 Qb5
43. Qa3 Rb4
44. Qc3 Rb3
45. Qc8+ Kg7
46. Bc5 Kf7
47. Qb7+ Kg8
48. Qc8+ Kf7
49. Qf8+ Ke6
50. Qe7+ Kf5
51. g4+ Kg5
52. Be3+ Rxe3
53. Qxe3+ Kh4
54. Kg2 h5
55. g5 1-0

NOTES BY DR. SCHOLTZ.
(a) A foolhardy attempt to start an attack on the Kings' Side which costs the exchange.
(b) Not the best—it gives to White a chance to free the game and keeps Black Queen out of play.
(c) PxP is better as N cannot take B.
(d) While black does not see his way to victory White becomes aggressive.
(e) At this time White offered a draw-but it was refused by Black.
(f) Taking an advantage of the control of the Black Squares by his Bishop. White suddenly conceives an attack which proves fatal for Black.
(g) Under stress of the excitement white overlooks a speedy mate 50. Q-Q6ch, K-B4. (If 50. K-B2. 51. Q-K7ch, K-N; 52. Q-B8 mate). 51. QxPch K-B5, 52. Q-K4 ch. K-N4, 53. Q-N4ch K-R3, 54. B-B8 mate.
(h) At this time game was called for adjudication.
(i) The only move to stop Mate Q-R6.
(j) The last gasp—Black Queen-check leads to a forced exchange, and a pawn Queens. If Queen to N5, pawn moves to Queen!


September 11 1932

AlekhineAlekhine 11 Sep 1932, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com

Dr. Alexander Alekhine, world chess champion, and winner of the recent international tournament at Pasadena, faced twenty-six opponents in a simultaneous exhibition at the Los Angeles Athletic club. He defeated twenty, drew four and lost to Dr. Moses Scholtz and J. MacBride.


Moses Scholtz, 1933

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June 10 1933

Girl Screams in Court That She Can't Get JusticeGirl Screams in Court That She Can't Get Justice 10 Jun 1933, Sat Daily News (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

Girl Screams in Court That She Can't Get Justice
An uproar was created in Superior Judge H. Parker Woods court when Miss Mildred Rosenfeld, 21-year-old plaintiff in a $100,000 malpractice suit, screamed that she could not get justice. She was escorted from the courtroom by a bailiff and returned when she had been calmed. Miss Rosenfeld is suing Dr. Moses Scholtz, charging that X-ray treatments given her for a rash permanently disfigured her face. When the case was marked off calendar because Miss Rosenfeld refused to allow a deposition to be taken, she became hysterical, screaming that the case had been postponed from time to time for three years.


Moses Scholtz, 1934

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March 10 1934

Friends of Music In Palestine To MeetFriends of Music In Palestine To Meet 10 Mar 1934, Sat The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) Newspapers.com

FRIENDS OF MUSIC IN PALESTINE TO MEET
The monthly business meeting of the Los Angeles chapter of the Mailamm will be held next Friday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Moses Scholtz, 1929 North Hobart Boulevard. The organization is promoting musical education in Palestine.


Moses Scholtz, 1942

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Dr. Moses Scholtz in office.

Dr. Moses Scholtz, unknown date, at work practicing medicine.


September 01 1942

1942, Chess Champion Moses Scholtz, Obituary

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Tuesday, September 01, 1942

Noted Doctor's Funeral Held
Private Services Conducted Here for Famed Dermatologist
Private funeral services were conducted yesterday at the Malinow & Simons Mortuary for Dr. Moses Scholtz, 66, internationally known dermatologist, who died at his home, 128 N. Laurel Ave., Saturday.
Dr. Scholtz was born in Moscow, Russia and was a graduate of the Imperial University in Moscow. Coming to the United States in 1904, he practiced his profession at Cincinnati from 1905 until 1918 and in Los Angeles from 1918 until 1936.
The physician was the author of several books on dermatology, a member of the staff of General Hospital and Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, a member of the American Board of Dermatologists, the American Medical Association and the Los Angeles County Medical Association and a professor emeritus of Loma Linda Medical College.
Dr. Scholtz leaves his widow and three sons, Dr. Julius Scholtz of Miami, and Walter and Mark Scholtz of Los Angeles.


September 09 1942

3 Sons Willed 'Good Name'3 Sons Willed 'Good Name' 09 Sep 1942, Wed Los Angeles Evening Citizen News (Hollywood, California) Newspapers.com

3 Sons Willed 'Good Name'
The late Moses Scholtz, local physician had only enough worldly goods—$1300 worth—to provide for his widow at his death but his will left his three adult sons an intangible asset he considered just as important.
In willing his property to Mrs. Anna Scholtz he also made a bequest to his sons of his “good name.”
“To my three sons, I leave a good name, fair heredity, and the professional training they have received,” the will read.
“I wish … that my entire belongings should go to my wife who is the best I had in this world.”
“I am sorry to leave this world which treated me better than I possibly deserved but if I have to go I am ready—thank you all … If there is an after-life I should like to meet my family again.”
Mrs. Scholtz, 54, lives at 128 N. Laurel Ave. The sons are Julius of Miami Beach, Fla.; Walter of Ocean Park, and Mark Scholtz, of Sacramento.


October 17 1942

Doctor's WillDoctor's Will 17 Oct 1942, Sat The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, Ohio) Newspapers.com

Doctor's Will
Recently Dr. Moses Scholtz formerly of Cincinnati died in Los Angeles. (Long ago he was on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati's medical college.)
To his widow he left his material estate “To my three sons” his will said “I leave a good name, fair heredity and the professional training they have received. I trust to their mother's heart and judgment to help them should them need such help.” It seems to Cincinnatus that that's the perfect estate for children and the complete success of the business of being a father. A good name to live up to, good breeding and education for a trade or profession to live by — and what can a man leave his children that's worth as much?
Dr. Scholtz who was a gentleman of wit and humor must have winked whimsically as he wrote his will: Yes, he may have thought he was also leaving something to think about for men who were using up all their lives gathering a couple of millions for their children.
In conclusion his will said “I am sorry to leave this world which treated me better than I possibly deserved.” He had made a fair success of his profession had in his last years, seen his three sons go in self-reliance on their own ways as doctor, engineer and lawyer. He could have no complaint against the world.
(Dr Scholtz was a brother-in-law of former Councilman Nicholas Klein).


Moses Scholtz, 1963

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August 05 1963

Sharon Lynne Pax Becomes Bride of Dr. Stephen Scholtz SundaySharon Lynne Pax Becomes Bride of Dr. Stephen Scholtz Sunday 05 Aug 1963, Mon Ventura County Star (Ventura, California) Newspapers.com

“The bridegroom is a third generation physician. His father, Dr. Jud R. Scholtz, practices medicine in Pasadena and his grandfather, the late Dr. Moses Scholtz practiced in Los Angeles.”


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Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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