Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1958-10-24

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Vol. 36, No. 44
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24,   1958
D«vot*d fo Am»rle«n and J>wlih la««»
Five Synagogues Receive Threats In New York Area
Atlanta Jury Given Warning By Phone Calls
Sevonil of the members of the cast of "Without No Shoes" at dress rehearsal are front, left to rt^lit, MeNdnntes Alfred Furman, Morris ZItron, Mai Sokol and Herbert Urell; back, left to right, Mesdames Bernard Kaplan, Stuart M. Shaffer, Mel Schotten. stcdn, Gary Kersteln and Eldad VVerthehn. (Topy photo.)
iW Headquarters - Are Ransacked
WASHINGTON, (JTA) - The files of the national headquarters of the Jewish War Veterans were ransacked over the week-end with mounting evidence leading police to a theory that tbe break- in waa motivated by anti-Jewish espionage.
An Investigation disclosed that Items of value that would attract a common thief were Ignored. The intent of Intruders was ap¬ parently to study the oonfildential records of the JWV including tliat organization's files on hate groups.
ZION, GANDLEUGHT AT
"Without No Shoes," a musical comedy, will make its premiere performance tor Columbus audi¬ ences at the joint meeting of Zlon and Candlelight CJhapters of B'nai B'rlth Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. at the Jewish Center.
Members of the cast„ include Mesdames Alfred Furman, Ber¬ nard Kaplan, Gary Kersteln, Har¬ vey Levine, Bernie Melmed, Alvln Press, Stuart M. Shaffer, Mel Schottensteln, Abe Samuelson, Mai Sokol, Herbert Urell, Eldad Werthelm and Morris ZItron.
Nate    Coopersmlth,    who    has
GHAPTERS PRESENT CENTER WEDNESDAY
performed for Gallery Players and Stadium Theatre, will direct the   cast.
Mrs. Jerry CJoldfarb will be piano accompanist. The com¬ plete performance Is In charge of Mrs. Fred Schwartzberg and Mrs, Albert J. Becker, program chair, men of Candlelight and Zion Chapters.
Mrs. Alex Clowson, president of Zion, and Mrs. Ralph Stein, presl. dent ot Candlelight, are Issuing a cordial invitation to all members of Buckeye and Zion Lodges and membera of the community.
Planning For Bond Program Nov. 9
IMembera of Temple Tlforetli Iwael's Cununlttee planning for Jeey Adams ap- peiunuice ore^ seated, left to right, Mrs. Richard Ltet>ennan, Morris Swedlow, WUlbun Sohlff, Mrs. Nathan Zelizer, Robbl Zellzer, Joe F.' Hobs, Dr. Ivan Gilbert^ Herman M. Katz and l«iils Schlezlnger. Standing ore Beulien Abramson, Charlea Marguiis, Nor¬ bert Kruger, Albert Bbuik, Fred Roland, Dr. Joe Venook, H. I^ Weinberg and Sam OppenJielmer. Other meml^rs of the committee include Dr. B. W. Abnunson, Mra. Albert Blank, Julius Outter, Mrs. Josef Haas, Leon Handler, Martin Lleberman, Julius Margulles, Ray Natemon, Morris Paine, Mrs, Morris Polne, Irvin Roth, Mrs. August Schofer and Herman Schottensteln.   (Details on page 4.)
NEW YORK, (JTA) - Antl- Somitcs, crackpots and malicious juveniles continued the wave of scare attacks on synagogues and other houses of worship and the telephoned throats which started In the wake of the Atlanta syna¬ gogue bombing.
In the New York area, the lat¬ est series of incidents included five bomb threats: three against Jewish Institutions, one against a matzoh factory and the iast a- gainst the office of the United Arab Republic. The Jewish in¬ stitutions were: the Stephen Wise Free Syangogue; the Elizabeth, N. J., Jewish Educational Center, and the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind.
MEANWHILE, six boys, rang¬ ing In age from 11 to 13 have been arrested and have admitted they smashed six windows last week in a Brooklyn Synagogue with stones. New York police re¬ ported. The. boys were charged with juvenile delinquency and released in their parents' custody for appearance Monday In Chil¬ dren's Couit.
In Union, N. J., the county prosecutor announced an Investi¬ gation against "Common Sense," a hate sheet long published by CJonde McGlnley. Tho sheet was said to have been distributed In Atlanta and Peoria, III., In ad¬ vance of the synagogue bombings there.
IN ATLANTA, police, assisted by the FBI, rounded up five men previously Indicted on charges of having blown up The Temple there.
The indictment, returned by a grand jury, charges that the de¬ fendants "did wrlllfuUy and malici¬ ously" destroy the synagogue by using an explosive unknown to the jurors: First reports had It that dynamite had been used In this attack. The Georg i law un¬ der which the lndl( nent was drawn provides a r i x 1 m u m punlsliment of execution In the electric chair.
The grand jury that indicted the five received threats and was harassed by anoymous telephone calls. The jury foreman was threatened with death. Police are protecting the homes of jury members. One threat addressed to the Jury said the "Confederate Underground" would "kill all of you who Indicted those innocent men."
THE DEFENDANTS are: Wal¬
lace Allen, 32 year-old printing salesman; George Bright, 35; Kenneth Griffin, a Georgia State revenue department employe; Robert Bowling, 25, and his bro¬ ther Richard. The latter was con¬ sidered the "central figure" sought In connection with the synagogue bombing.
All defendants denied the charges. Griffin asserted that the Reform temple had been bombed by "Communist Jews In an effort to discredit and smear the grow¬ ing and brave National States Rights Party." Large quantities of anti-Semitic hate literature and at least one letter Involving an¬ other anti-Negro, anti-J e w 1 s h leader was found during the ar¬ rests and accompanying searches.
IN    ARLINGTON,    VA-,    FBI
agents have questioned a wealthy Baltimore man and his associate, a former Navy commander, In connection with the bombing of The Temple in Atlanta.
The two were Harold Noel Ar- ' rowsmith, Jr, member of a prom¬ inent Baltimore family, and George L. Rockwell, who served as a naval aviation officer. They were interrogated Jn the search for the "fat cat" mentioned in a letter seized by Atlanta police. The letter told of a rich bene¬ factor who contributed money to finance "the big blast."
Arrowsmith and Rockwell ad¬ mitted complicity in anti-Jewlsh activity. But both denied know¬ ledge of the Atlanta bombing.
IRVING M. ENGa TO ADDRESS ANNUAIMEETING OF UJF
Smash Windows At Newark Temple
NE WYORK, (JTA) — Four¬ teen windows were smashed In an attack on Temple B'nal Abraham In Newark, New Jersey, while bomb threats were recelVed..Bby synagogues In three other New Jersey cities. The Newark police are investigating the attack on the synagogue.
Rep. Robert W. Kean, New Jer¬ sey Republican, said In Newark that "every American has a stake In these Indecent acts. We must react with cold determination and a willingness to approve the necessary laws." Rep, Kean called for "tough Federal laws cracking down on terrorists,"
Former Sen. Herbert H. Leh. man, declared that responsibility for these extremist developments must be shared by all who "ad¬ vocate overt resistance" to the rule of law.
The 33rd ajinuai dinner meet¬ ing of the United Jewish Fund will be held Nov. 11 at 6 p. m. at Winding Hollow Country Club, Samuel Shlnbach, president of UJF, announced that William V, Kahn will serve eis chairman of the  Arrangements  Committee.
The dinner will honor the lead¬ ers of the successful 1958 UJF campaign. Election of officers and members of the board of directors for the coming drive will also take place. Highlight of the evening will be an address by Irving M. Engel, president of the American Jewish Committee.
Ctost of the dinner will be $3.50 per plate. There won't be any solicitation of funds at the affair.
Reservations should be phoned In promptly to CA. 1-6181 because all indications point to a capacity crowd. Tribute will be paid to those people who made this year's drive such a success.
Serving on the Arrangements Committee with Mr. Kahri are Gus, K. Bowman Jr., Robert Green,  Allen  Gundersheimer Jr.,
Irving M. Engel
Marvin Glassman, Mrs. Be4i Kalin, David Levlnson, Mrs, Jack Resler, Mrs. Harry Schwartz, Bernard Yenkin and Joseph Zox.
CHRONICLE LAUNCHES TRAVEL SECTION WITH NEXT WEEK'S ISSUE
The publishers of the CJhronicle are Inaugurating a new feature section beginning next week With the rapid Increase In world wide travel, It seems fitting that our readers should be appraised of the latest news In the travel Industry, both for pleasure and business.
The Chronicle takes pleasure in announcing the addition of a new columnist, Richard Lewis, who win be tn charge ot the travel section. In addition to a weekly column as well as travel advertls Ing, Mr. Lewis will be available to answer only questions relating to the travel Industry.
MR. LEWIS Is an accredited travel agent and Is the owner of The Richard Lewis T r a v el Service, 142 E. Gay, at 4th.
Mr. Lewis was born and raised in Columbus and is well known to the local community. Having traveled extensively, he Is well prepared to provide our readers with interesting and Informative travel Information.
HE     IS    MARRIED     to     the
former Elaine Garek of Coium¬ bus, and is the father of four sons. Mr. Lewis served in Europe with the Third Infantry Division In World War II and In the Kor¬ ean Campaign, having attained the rank of Captain in the In¬ fantry and Artillery branches.
He Is a member of Temple Is¬ rael, B'nai B'rith and the Jewish War Veterans.
Mr. Lewis will welcome your comments and questions, especial¬ ly information regarding mem¬ bers of the community who are
Klchord Lewis
traveling. This news will be pub¬ lished in the special "Routing" section of his column. He may be reached at CA. 8-6277 or at The Chronicle office.
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IN THIS ISSUE   I
Do you reaiiy known Hadas¬ sah? (3et all the details on thU wonderful wonien'a organiza¬ tion on page 0.
The synagogue bombings, have been called "a harvest ct defiance." The COironiole ex. plains thel abel and gives its views on page B.
The bowling season Is roiling along. You'U find the latest, news, with some interesting figures, on pages 10 and 11. -