Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1945-06-01

              JIHROMCLE
^[\\yyServing Colmnbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \\/A\X
Vnl. 2;(,  No, 2;J
Entered as Second-Class Matter, Postofflce   Columbus,.  Ohio.
COI.lMBrS, OHIO. FRIDAY. .R'NK 1, l!)4r,
Dsvotsd   to   American and   Jawiih   ld»alf
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits   Prom   Kperyivhpro By  PhiiiPnN .1.  nlron
United Jei^viish Fund Greafteist of All Campaigns To Begin IVext Thursds^
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^n Wiiltei- VVinclU'll  ,nsks  u.s  to relay tn yon ii wavninn concern- Int?   Eihvanl   .liinics      Rmylho'.s "VcU'rans'     A.ssockulon.     Inc.." with   hoa(l(|ii,artor,s  Jit   Wa.shing¬ ton.   whkh   ppddlo.s   books   and "I'iclot-y .slamps" .  .  . Smythe's salesmen arc on a- 10 per cent commission basis, and t.he other fi() per rent net aro used for ani.1- ricmocratic activities  .  .  . Smy¬ the. ynii .should remem)>er, was one of Ihe .'!() dcfendai'ls in the ma.ss sedition trial . . . Reecnily he arranged a stamp sale for a Wa.shington    <'athe(lral.    giving half tho proceeds to the Cillhed ral and keeping the rest , . . And he managed lo persuade a gii/l ihle    Washington   eolumni.st   to iielp   him   promote   tlie   stamp campaign . . .  We al tended  thi trial of the Morris .'Xnimith case in  I'hiladelphia. but the verdict is not yet in as we wj-ite this . . liut- even   if   the    jury decides against Annuith. the young .lew ish businessman who was heal en up by two policemen for boo ing (Jovernor Dewey, let us tell you   that   .-Vnmulh's    Attorney (leorge I'ressman, did a bang-up job . .  .  .Mr.  rressman  made it clear Ihat the ease was Import ant because the very prlncli)les of .democracy were Itu'olced . . RKI'OKTAOK . . . )la Suprerpe Court .Justice .lack son. American heail of the Wai (primes   Comml.ssion.   is   taking his appointment very seriously and has told Intimates that tho war crimes trials will be of the nature of courts-marital, with no long-drawn-out processes of the civilian type . . . .lacop Ejjstein, a retired merchant living in Bal¬ timore, who is a  philanthropist traveler   and   student   of   world affairs,   asks   us   this   pertinent (/uestion; "Why not a.sk this and future     peace    conferences    to adopt  Ksperanto as the univer- .sal language?" . . . .Mr. Epstein believes'plhat EsijeraKto—which, you recall, was invented by Or. I.udwig /Camenhoff, a J'oJish Jew —should    be    the    language in which all proceedings should he conducted  at  the  peace  confer¬ ence . . .
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pa The hackers  of a new Con¬ gress   resolution   on   Palestine, initiated hy the llel)rew Commit- ti.'e of .National J.iber.ation. have deciiied to disregard Dr. Stephen S.   Wl.se's  warning  that such   a resolution   under   the   sponsor¬ ship   of   I'eter • liergson   woulii "constitute   a   tragic   di.s.service to the .lewi.sh |)Cople'' , . . Amer¬ ican   Zionist   leaders,   wdio   ex¬ pected a great deal  from  Doro¬ thy  Thompson's  recent  visit  to Palestine, are sadly di.sappoinled .   .   .   I)orothy's   s,vndlcateti   ar^ tides   on   Palestine   wiere   any¬ thing but Zlonlstic In tone . . , Did you  know tltat 72 publica¬ tions appear regularly in Pales¬ tine'?  .  .  . Twelve of them  are daily neiv.spapers . . . WAR ISCHOBS . . . BJ Our good friend  Maurice A. Bergman was chosen chairman of the Public Relations Division of the   War   Acllvitles   Committee of the Motion Picture Industry .... This places Maurice in a very   responsible   position,   and is an  lionor he really deserves . After we closed our lists we received a $5.00 donation for the Sergeant Meyer Levin Miemorial Fund  from Louis George Yan- ' keloff  of  Baltimore,   Md.   .   .   . The Army has now completed, (Continued on Page 8)
Junior Group Being Mobilized For Its Part in U. J. F. Drive
Miss Melen Cfriibcr. well known in local Hadassah circles, has been chosen to leiul the I'M.') campaign of the .Junior Division for the I'nited .lewish Fund, it was announced this week by Hobert W. .Schiff. general rhair- man of the l'"uni|. Miss (Ini- bcr enjovs the reputation of be-
Women's Divi.sion To Hold Dinner Meeting Wednesday
Typifying the wonderful un- dcrstiinding anil generosit,v v\'ilh U'hich the .lewish women of Co¬ lumhus iiave aluays cimtribulcd to the I'nited .lewish I'"un(l. Mrs. Wm. Schiff, general chairmaii. .ind .Mrs. Simon I.azarus a-nd .Mrs. Fiobert Levy, cochairmen. are announcing that a dinner meet¬ ing of Ihc Women's Division will be held next Wednesday, .lune nth. at ihe South Tii Hotel. Tlie meeling will begin prom|itly .'il l;:.'l(l P. M.
Plans are being made for a innnber of pronpnent members of the .lewish conimuiiity to ad¬ dress the women lliat e\-ening so as to enlighten Ihe grou|) on the present emergency and of their responsibilities in the forthconv
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Miss Helen iiruber
one of    the    most    tirele...
workers among the youth of our community with a record of un¬ selfish and devoted service.
The official ojiening of the .Junior Division campaign will take place on Thursday. .June II, i;::iO P. M., at the Winding .Hollow Country Cluh. It is to Iw a Buffet Supper to which all heads, captains and lieutemuits of the junior group are invited to attend.
The IIM.'i campaign marks the seventii oi)portunit.v for par¬ ticipation by the .Ir. Division in this annual effort of our com- munity. Last year approxi¬ mately (iOO young men and wo¬ men conlrlbuled cheerfully and generously to the .Junior Divis¬ ion, an unusual record which, il is hoped, may be surpassed this year.
The Junior group's campaign committee will have Miss Mil¬ dred Newpoff as co-ordinating ciiairman; vice-chairmen, .lane Frii.'ili.Mibei'R. Irene Crossman, llert llemiiielslein, JOvereli Matt¬ lin, Helen Nulls, and Shirley S. Weiner; Captains, Dorothy (i. Kreedman, Clitirlene Cro.ssman, Madalvn Cruber, .\nii Clumble, Martin Hackman, Patsy Harris, Betty Hiiler, Miriam Kayne, Miriam Lleverman, Bea Luckoff, Gloria Maggied, Jea.nne Mamet, Arthur Melzllsh, Phyllis Palish, Gerry Robins. Larry Schaffer, Leonard Schiff, Miriam Shenker, Kaylette Smith, Leah Bmuek- ler, Bennette Stein, Thelma Swartz, Tiliie Thall, Gloriii Was¬ serstrom. Fahn Westreich, Mar¬ jorle Yalman.
LieutenaiitH Charlotte Abelman, Sylvia Xhramson. Charlotte Amdur, Milium Baker, liryna Berlinger, Hill Block, Lillian Hlock, Doris Jean Cohen, Helen Cohen, Hll ma Cooper, Clara Dworkln, Mil¬ ton Farber, Irene Feldman, Elizabeth Fteedman, Bess Frei¬ reich, Ruth Freundllch, Barbara (Continued on Page 8)
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In listing (he n.-inies of workers in the Women's I>i- vlslon of Iho IIM.'i I'nlleil .(cw- IsJi Kiinil Campaign in last week's ClirnnUie.i we inad¬ vertently on)Ule<l <he follow¬ ing ivnnjen;
Mrs.  lico Turner
.>Iis. M. .\, Aaron
¦Sirs. Harry (Joldbiyg
Sirs. Sig Ornslein Tiu' editor regrets the jilKive omissions   witli   apologies   to tho grand    workers    In    Ihls liumanltjii'ian effort.
.SpftikinH on the formal oponin.y if the lIM.-i I'nited .Jewi.sh Ktiiifl C;impai{,'n of Coliiriihu.s which is to luke pincc next Thiir,S(l;iy evening. .June 7th, .it Ihe Winding Hollow Countr.v Chili, Simon Lazarus, pre.sident of Ihe Kuntl. said: "All who have jvaited for the passing of the 'hlack nights' with '.ho long daggers" and the coming of the bright days of liberation, cannot but consider il a rare privilege Ui take part in this historic act of reconstruction, cannot but con¬ sider it a glorioti.i opportunlt.y to give more liberally than ever before lo a cause vvhich spell.'j Ihe \vij>ini^' out of terrify¬ ing nightmares and the rc-estalilishmenl of security, dig¬ nity and song to our brethren, first and chief victims of .\'azi tyranny. I feel confident that every member of our conmunity will rise to the occasion and accept the l-ih- ors of reconstruction in the san'ie s|]irit as have done our I hilled .Jewish Kund leaders of Coliimbti.s".
nig campaign.
The heads of tho Women's Di¬ vision this year are confident that the Jewish women of Co¬ lumlius will do more ihtin their share in raising the increased quota set by the United .ICwi.sh l-'und.
In tijipetiling to all women of our community. Mrs. Wm. Schiff said, "It is only our task to re¬ member the thou.sands of chil¬ dren wiio never knew the meaning of a home, who wil! never see their iiarents again. w1h> .uc alone, iiungry, Iialf clotlied and iiewildered, lo le- inember the anguish and pain of children lorn from liieir moth- er'.s side. .We are asked only to give money to .save the chil¬ dren who beg Us for a chance lo live as normal human beings. Money that will feed and i lothe, as well as give tlie.se children a chance for happiness . . . cliil- ilren that but for the grace ot God might  iiave been ours".
It is interesting to note that last year over 111)0 women con¬ tributed to the Unltexl Jewisli Fund of Columbus.
B'nai B'rith To Hear A. D. L. Report By Allan Tarshish
.-\ll;ui Tarshish. pn.'sident of /.ion l.oijgc, li'iiai H'rith. will pii'seiU bis annuii! report nf tlie Anti.Defamation League at the final meeting of the season next 'I'lie.silay. June .-Jtli. al the Ka.^t Broad St. Temple. He will re¬ veal some of tile most interest¬ ing facts on anU-.Semitisni in United Sttites and how B'nai H'rith is comhating it.
J''inal coipmitlce repoiis with [ilaiis for carrying on the work of ihe lodge through the sum¬ mer months will be made. All members interested in partlci paling in any of the.se tictlvities should report lo the varlotis committee chairmen at thi meeting.
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Jewish Community Invited To Attend New Citizens Event
More than 200 new American citizens will be honored at a program in Central High School next Thursday. June 7. Gover¬ nor Lausche will extend con¬ gratulations to Ihe group.
The Linden ¦ McKlnley School band wUI open the program at 7:30 p. m., with patriotic musi¬ cal. George E. Roudehush, sui)- eiintendent of Columbus pub¬ lic schools, will speak on the (Continued on Pag6 8)
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Jack .Schiff annouiieod this week that the Bond Drive of the local Zionist District is going well and it i.s expected to go even heller' because .lack Sher. who sold the highest ciuota In last year's drive, is back on Mr. Schiffs committee for the "Mighty Seventh  War Loan",
Jack Sher will appreciate it if all his friends who plan to buy Bonds, will, get in" touch with him during this campaign. In the meantime. Jack Schiff is again urging the Jewish com¬ munity to make an extra effort to.buy Bonds and give credit to the Zionist District according (Continued on Page 8)
Thi .-ie .iiieniling the dinner mer! ing Tliur.sda.v will rerci^'e a first band ticcount of the Furopetin situation. .Aniong those who are to be heard v\ill be Simon I.tizarus and genertii chairman.   Hobert   W.  Siiiiff.
According to 1. W, Garek. campaign organic.Pion roniniif- lee chairman, iireparallons for (he camijaign which ii:i\e been going nn for lllr pa.-t four weeks htive been viiiually conlpkied, uiih nnly final details remain¬ ing before Tliursdti.v, An jij-niv of se\'eral hundred campaign ivorkers lia^'e been enrolled lo volunteer their time and effort during the 21 days of the cam- I'aign, and h.xs held all of its preliminary meetings to plan the solicitation. The results of these meetings indicate that this year's United Jewisli Fund Cjimpaign wil! lie th^ most Jic- tive and the most successful in lilslnr.v.
Increased (Jiving! Kfforts to ilouiile or triple last year's contributions are being made by the campaign leaders liei'ause tlie \'arioLis tigencieft re¬ ceiving suiiport from the United .lewish l*'uiid Iki\-c tisked mucii gi-^ater amounts, ivith the .loInt DistriiHiiion Comniittee asking foriysix million dollars of .\mei'- iran .lewry and the United Pal¬ estine Appeal asking more than tbil ty fun nillli.ili. The N.itinu- al Hefilgcc SeiVice lias al--.o ask¬ ed for niucli grcaier sum lin.-. .scar. Tiii'se' ^ums are request¬ ed liei-ause il is e.-.tiiiiateil that a million and a luilf ,le\vs surviv¬ ing in ivurnpe are destitute, iind in need oi* coiupk-te supjioii and relialiililation, and that a large proportion of (his nuinlier wish¬ es lo star! life anew in Pales¬ tine, wliere steiis are Iieing tak¬ en to start new industries and buy more land to accoinmoiUile the iiewconters.
Among other lm|)oiianl agen¬ cies wiiieh depend upon the campaign are the organizations whicli are combatting anti-.Senil- tl.sm in the United States, na¬ tional Jewish hospitals, orphan hoines, and tbe organizations serving Jewish youth such aa the HUlel Foijndations, in over IOO leading universities through¬ out the United States and Can¬ ada.
Evei-y Jewish residfent of the community will be asked to In¬ crease his conirlbutlon over what be gave last year, to help achieve the additional increase. Every worker will be making his request with the knowledge that upon these contributions depends the lives of fellow Jews, (Continued on Page 8)