Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1945-01-12

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Vol. 23 No. 3
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COIiUMBUS, OHIO, JPEIDAY, JANUARY 12, 194S
Dftvotcd to Amtrtun «nd Jiwtih -IdMit
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits   Prom   Everywhere By Phineas J. Biron
Progrieiss Reported By E. J. Schanfarber Memorial Committee
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te Congratulations  to  the  Rev. Paul   Folino   of   Chicago,   who led   the   fight  against  the  antl- Semltlc   Gentile Cooperative League, whose charter has Ju.st heen revoked    hy   the    Illinois Secretary of Stale .  .     Follno'a church   wa.f   burned   down   h.v fanatics during his bravo fight, as head of the Prote.'stanl Action group^agalngt the proponontg of the   "Buy  Only  Oentllo"  move- ment    . . It would Indeed ho a flno   gesture   If   Jew.t   wero   lo help him rebuild the church ho lo.-it while fighting for them . . . That   address   on   "The   Negro and anil Semltlsro' which  Rab¬ hl .J. X. Cohen delivered before the New Yorlt State Conference of the National Association for the     Advancement   of   Colored People was a masterpiece  . .  . It .should be made available to all Jews and Negroes . . . 'W'e're told by Eddie Sullivan that Noel Coward,   the   British   playright, has decided upon a drastic meas¬ ure to prove that the charges of anti-Semitism   leveled     against him  are unjustified  .  .  . He's p(annlng  a   special   trip  across the Atlantic Just to be in Brook¬ lyn  for  a   few   hours   to  spealt in Temple Ahavath Sholom - . . JEWISH AFFAIRS . . . 1^ If   you've    been    worrying about    the    position   non-Jews would occupy in a Jewish Com¬ monwealth in Palestine, here Is the answer, by Dr.  Leo ICohn, political secretary of the Jewish Agency . . . The status of non- Jewish citizens, he says, would be exactly the-same as that of Jews — all of them subject to identical   laws  administered  by a democTatlcally elected govern¬ ment . . . Meyer   W.    Weisgal, just back from a flying trip to Palestine,  is  being  offered  the directorship of the reorganized Zionist Emergency Council . . . He  will  refuse  the  offer  ,  ,   . Aside to our colleague Leonard Lyons:   Contrary   to your pre¬ diction. Dr. Stephen S, Wise will not go to Palestine and Russia In the near future . . . .'(IIUTAKY  INTELLIGENCE   . ^ Canada's   Jewish   war   hero is Capt. Benny Dunkelman, son of David Dunkelman of Tip Top Tailors fame . . . Among Cana¬ dians Ben is known as Mr. Mor¬ tar or Base Plate Dunkelman . . ¦  Ben is the mortar officer of an I5ast-Canadlan    infantry    outfit and   has   been   In   Prance   ever since D-Day . . . Benny iias es- Uiblisheil new standards in mor¬ tar    shooting . . . While    other mortar   outfits   Uae   a   thousand bombs   altugether.   he   manages to   get   rkl   of   1000   bomb.s   pel- mortar ... in other words, he uses more than 20,000 bombs in one -stunt . . . Wherever Captain Dunkelman's  mortar crew  gets going In France the Nazis know Ihal a Jew Is taking revenge for the   Warsiaw   ghetto   ajid   the many   Gestapo     extermination camps . . ¦ Remember the recent news   stories , concerning   ifour chaplains — Protestant, Catholic and Jewish — who went down with a torpedoed transport ves¬ sel after giving  their life  pre¬ servers to other men? . , . Well, the  report   from  Hollywood   is that a film about them is be¬ ing readied. . . WRWBB'S CORNER ... )ia Irwln   Shaw   of   the U. S. Army, now Iri FVance, will have a new play'produoed on Broad. (Continued on Page 8)
PUBLiIC INVITBD TO
HEAR NOTED AUTHOR
SUNDAY
Substantial progress toward the goal of $100,000 for the Ed¬ win J. Schanfarber Memorial Fund was reported Wednesday at a nleetlng of the local com¬ mittee presided over by Simon Lazarus, Chairman- Mr. Lazarus especially praised the 1 fforts of Allen Gunder¬ sheimer, chairman of the local li'und-Ralslng Committee, and his volunteer workers for the fine results achieved In Colum¬ hus to date. He also complL nionied the various B'nai B'rith lodges throughout the country for their contributions.
Preaent at the meeting,' be¬ sides Mr, Lazarus and Mr. Gun¬ dersheimer, were Julius W. Steinhauser, treasurer of the fund; Leo Yassenoft, chairman of the Building Committee, Her. bei't Byer, in charge of public¬ ity; Dr. S. D. Edelman, I. W. Oarek, Harry Gilbert, L. J. Goodman and Leah Rosenfleld, secretary of the fund,
The memorial will take the form of a new home for the B'nai B'rith Ohio State Uni¬ versity chapter of Hillel Foun¬ dation, 46 16th Ave, Prellmln. ary building plans already have been '-drawn with actual con¬ struction to start wheii the na¬ tional emergency eases and war. time restrictions on private building are lifted.
ZIONIST DISTRICT BRINGS VAN PAA^N TO COLUMBUS NEXT THURSDAY EVENING
English-Jewish Newspaper Assn. Meets In Chicago
Propose    National-Jewish
Press "Week Thronghont
Conntpy
CHICAGO (JPS)—The first annual convention of the Assoc¬ iation of English-Jewish News¬ papers adjourned here after adopting a series of resolutions ivlth regard to Immediately af. feotlng the raising of standards in the newspaper field and the elimination of undesirable ele¬ ments.
The resolutions also called for the launching of an annual Na¬ tional Jewish Press Week to bring home to American Jewry the significance of the Jewiah ¦press and to serve as a souL searching period for all those connected with the dissemina¬ tion of Jewish information. The convention called for bridging the breach in the American Zionist Emergency Council, It ¦pledged Its support to the pro¬ gram outlined by President Roosevelt in his Congressional message-
A corollary feature of the Convention was the dinner cele. brating the 35th anniversary of The Sentinel, Ehglish-Jewlah newspaper published here, and attended by the publishers and 700 Jewish community, leaders. Congressman Sol Bloom, main speaker, declared that "the Jew¬ ish community weekly is as im. portant to the Jewish home as a trade paper is to a business enterprise".
Officers of the Association, elected by the Convention, are; Philip Siomovitz, Detroit News, President; Irving Rhodes, Wis¬ consin Chronicle, first Vice- President; Robert Gamzey, In. termountaln Jewish News, Den¬ ver, second 'Vice-President; J. L. iFlshbeln, The Sentinel, Chicago, Seoretab'; h. H. Frlsiih, Amerl. {Continued on Page Five)
Muurlco Suinucl
The public Is cordially in¬ vited to attend a lecture tn be given by Maurice Samuel, na¬ tionally known author, lecturer, and translator, who will speak at the HUlel Foundation this Sunday evening, Jan. I-i, at 8 P. M. Mr. Samuel, whose recent volume.s, "Harvest In the Des¬ ert" and " The World of Sholom Aleichem", have received wide acclaim, will speak on the sub ect, ".Jewry In the World of To¬ morrow''.
There will be no admission charge.
Engineers Part tn Allied Victory Told In Broadcast
On next Thursday evening, Jan, IS, the local Zlonl.st Dis¬ trict Is bringing one of the great writers of our time, Pierre Van Paa.s.sen, to ihls city. Through his books and lectures, the guest .speaker Is so well known that ho would hardly heed any introduction to Coiumbus, or any other audience. But because he is so well known, people will no doubt be Interested In a bio. graphical sketch of this out¬ standing personality.
Pierre Van Paas.son was born in Holland, of a long line of Protesta-nt clergymen. A.s a youth he and his family emigrat¬ ed to Canada, where he enlisted as a volunteer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the first World War.
On his return to Canada he became a reporter and then a feature writer for the Toronto Globe.. He then served as a re¬ porter and editorial writer for the Atlantic Constitution, and later the New York World. It wa.s tho New York World that started him on his career as a Foreign Correspondent, and Mr. Van Paassen has been roaming and writing about the world ever since. He was one of the first Foreign Correspondents to recognize the significance of the rise of Fascism, first In Italy and later In lis Nazi form, in Germany. I-Ieknew it from the inside, so to speak, for he toured Fascist Italy as a guest of Mus- .sollnl, in the company of the latter's brother. He had also visited   and   crossed   Germany
How a great engineer made possible the allied victory at El Alamein in North Africa, and helped to win the battle that lurned the time of this war, will be revealed over station WHKC this Sunday, Jan, 14, at 1:30 P. M., when this week s chapter of of "Palestine Speaks!" Is broad- Cast under the auspices of the Columbus District of the Zionist Organization of Amerlea-
"The Second Banner" tells the story of Brlgadiei- General Kisch of Palestine, who built a pipe¬ line 1300 miles long across the desert from Egypt to Tunisia— and so supplied the priceless In¬ gredient of victory—an abund¬ ance of water for General Mont¬ gomery's Eighth Army.
EZRAS  NOSHIM  SOCIETV ANNUAL   DINNER   SUNDAY
Mrs. A. Goldberg, president of the Ezras Noshim Society, ex¬ tends a personal Invitation to the community to attend the an¬ nual dinner of the organization this Sunday, Jan. 14th,' at fi P. M., at the Agudath Achlm So¬ cial Hall, Donaldsbn and Wash¬ ington Sts, A delicious chick¬ en dinner will be served and a pleasant evening is promised.
A large attendance wlli assure the success of this effort, there¬ by aiding the Society's chari¬ table program for 1945.
B'NAI B'RTTH DEGREE TEAM TO INITIATE 1,000 MEMBERS
PiciTc Van PnasMCn
several times before and since the rise of the Hitler regime, and he interviewed Hitler. Mr. Van Paa.ssen visited the Soviet Union several times. He was War Correspondent wilh the Ethiopean forces when that country was first attacked by Italy, and he spenl some time in Spain after the outbreak of the Civil War there.
It is these experiences and ob¬ servations in Europe iietween wars that Pierre Van Paassen set forth in his book, "Days Of Our Years". The book at once attracted national attention and marked Van Paassen as one of (Continued on Page 8)
CAPACITY CROWD IS ASSURED FOR B'NAI B'RITH INSTALLATION DINNER TUESDAY
Colimibus' outstanding B'nai Brlth Degree Team will offi¬ ciate at the initiation ceremon¬ ies of IOOO new members of the seven Lodges in Cleveland, O., tliis Sunday, Jan. 14th, It was announced this week.
Members ot the local Degree team Include; Martin Polster, chainnan; Burton Levitt, Isa¬ dore M. Harris, Abraham Gert¬ ner, Ben ^eustadt and Aaron Neustadt.
A. J. Granoff^
When membei's anc/guests of Zlon Lodge No. 62 Wnai B'rith gather at the Broad SK Templ^ next Tuesday, Jan- 16th\ at,,0:3O P. M.„ for the annual ins'talia- tion Dinner, they will be honor¬ ed with a principal address by A. J. Granoff, president of Dis¬ trict Grand Lodge No. 2, it was announced this week.
Mr. Granoff is a graduate of the University of Kansas in 1920, after taking time out to serve in the Navy during World War I. fie became a'member of Kan¬ sas City B'nai Brlth Lodge, 25 years ago and has served as president of his local Lodj^e, as President of the Missouri B'nai B'rith Ass'n and as State De¬ puty of the District Grand Lodge, District No. 2, which he heads. Is the largest district In the  Order  geographically,  and
Sidney Kusworm
second in membership. It com¬ prises the States of Missouri, Kansas, Ohioi, Indiana, Ken, tuejcy, Wyoming, Colorado and well-'known member of the Bar and ha^ appeared as Counsel in a number of cases which, have attracted wide attention. Since 1943, he has served as" chairman and public member of the Trucking Commission of the War Labor Board, and several weeks ago, Was made a mem¬ ber of the Board Itself, repre¬ senting the public. Since then, he has served as chairman of its enforcement division.
In communal affairs, Mr. Granoff has served as chairman of the Boards of the combined Talmud "Torahs, on (he' Bpard of the YMHA-YWHA. He is'also "Vice-President of the Jewish (Continued on Page Five)