Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1931-02-06

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Vol. XV —No. 6
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FKBRUARY 6,  1931
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BytheWay By David Schwartz
Over 1000 Cases Have Been
Aided by Local Red Cross
Chapter Since Jan. 1st
Motion and Meditation '
A recent writer on the Broadway scene imparts the news that Jrving Berlin is a champion floor pacer, and that he is par¬ ticularly inclined to,this carpet massag¬ ing in the midst of the throes of a musi¬ cal composition.
Intensit>; of thinking seems to require some physical accompaniment. The body must keep in rhythm with the mind. I presume that on something of this basis would be explained the swaying of the Jew over his Talmud, and the charac¬ teristic physical motions of chess players. The old champion, Dr. Lasker, was in the habit of swaying his feet, Tschigorin carried on a,regular calisthenics in the way of eye twitching durhig a game, and Janowski would bite away furiously on his cigar. Somehow, you've got to work yourself up in a frenzy.
Working 'Up an Emotional Sweat It's a great knack—this ability to put yourself in a staccato mood. I know at least one writer, whose success, I be¬ lieve, is due to this ability of imparting a tenseness and sincerity, which I think is alien from hhn naturali;^. But he knows how to make his prose give this appear¬ ance of gushing forth high pressured con¬ viction.
Yet despite the possibilities of hypoc¬ risy, I think it is a knack worth cultiva¬ tion, and for that reason, among others, I have always had a weakness for the old Chassidim. They had a term, which they called, I believe, "hithlahavoth," en¬ thusiasm, or ecstasy, and they believed that no man could be truly pious without this "hfthlahavoth."
Why Pencils Have Erasers We are in receipt of the following let¬ ter from Walter Winchell which indi¬ cates that we were wrong in everything ..except the grammar in a recent state¬ ment made in this column about Walter Winchell. May we say in extenuation that the information was given us by a man generally regarded as au courant . with the intimate goings-on of Broadway,
The letter of Mr. Winchell follows: . "Dear Mr. Schwartz:
"May I  correct you, please, in your notice about me?    I do not get $200,- 000.00 a year,   il never sang in a choir ¦   with Cantor  Rosenblatt.    I   think you were led astray in that because I did sing once in a motion picture house with Ed¬ die Cantor.    My name was never Lip- schutz, always Winchell.   The only dif¬ ference in the spelling of it 125 years ago , was that there ivas only one 'I' in the name.    I will greatly appreciate if you will correct this in your weekly column syndicated throughout the U. S. "Sincerely,
"Walter Winchell." WeitzenkornWins Louis Weitzenkorn is tasting the sweets of revenge. Somehow, he has never seemed tq enjoy great popularity among the denizens of the Fourth Estate, and last year; upon his retirement from news- paperdom, he wrote a play. It was a; flop, and how the critics seemed to enjoy ; the rubbing in technique! I
Weitzenkorn, in chagrin, left for Paris, and there wrote another play, "Five Star Final," gind that shows some indications of heading for the hit class. Moreover, Hollywood tempted him with its abundant lucre, and now Weitzenkorn can afford to do a little nose-thumbing. Based on Life . Strangely enough, this new opus of Weitzenkorn's is based on an experience of his while editing a Ne,w'York tabloid dailyj^kiiown for its hyper-sensationalism. While employed there, he was given a ten part seri^ relating to the famous Elsie Siegel nmr-dw. Weitzenkorn's first wife was a relativfe^^lf Elsie Siegel, and he. told the.publishers^that the family would sue, if the serial were, published. After giving this warning, Weitzenkorn went over the story cautiously, trying to make it as little libelous as possible. Finally, the publishers took fright, and decided not to publish. This Elsie Siegel going home one day, accepted the offer of a Chinese taxi driver to take her home. Her body was later found in a trunk at 39th Street.
It was this story and the conduct of the paper in seeking to revive it, which form the basis of the new hit. Those Miami Children Ellard Kohn, editor of the Jewish Unity of Miami, sends me this one: A little Miami miss burst in upon her mother one day with the news that she hatl just seen a panther leap out of the back yard.
"Now, now, jeanette," said her mother, "you go upstairs and pray to God to forgive you for telling a lie."
The child went upstairs, and ten min¬ utes later was back again. "Well, did you pray for forgiveness?", "Yes," replied the child, 'T'asked God to forgive me, and he said:  'It's okay with me, I sometimes get a dog mixed up with a panther myself.'" Wise Was Wrong Within the next  few days, America celebrates again the birthday of perhaps its greatest son-^Abraham Lincoln.
dt has been charged that we Jews suf¬ fer from the weakness, of trying to make all notable people into Jews—and perhaps we have something of this malady. (ContmueJ on page 4)
Franklin County Group Pushes
Drive for Quota in National
Campaign
LOCAL JEWS EXTEND THEIR LOYAL COOPERATION
Debate at the New Virginia Hotel Sunday
WiU Attract Many B'nai B'rith
Menibers and Their Friends
One thousand cases under the care of the Red Cross in Fraiikh'n county since January 1, involving the e.xpenditnrc of more than $3000, was reported last week by Miss Katherine Dunn,' acting exec¬ utive secretary of the county chapter.
The sum of approximately .$10,000 had been contributed by Columbus folk to the Red Cross fund for drouth and unem¬ ployment relief, as the Chronicle went to press. The Franklin county quota in the national 5:10,000,000 relief fund now being raised by Red Cross is $5400. The campaign opened Monday, Jan. 2Ctb. Ohio Counties Aided
Counties in Ohio where the Red Cross is already applying the relief fund now being raised include Adams, Athens, Bel¬ mont, Clermont, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Meigs, Monroe,. Morgan, Picjua, Pike, Ross and Vinton.
In addition, clothing valued at $500 was distributed by Red Cross among the needy in Columbus and its outlying districts.
Laiit year, during January, Red Cross found it necessary to expend only $1100 for relief.
The Franklin county chapter cares for the families of disabled ex-service men within the city precincts and in the ritral districts within the county boundaries also takes on civilian cases.
The work done by the Franklin couijty chapter has been commended by preach¬ ers of all denominations including Dr. John G. Benson, Rev. E. E. GoUaday, Dr. M.'H. Lichliter, Dr. G. Siegenthaler, and Rabbi Jacob Tarshish.
Community Fund Aids The latter work is supported by the Community fund.
"The situation is particularly desperate in the country, where farmers had no crops to sell last year and thus no money now. They have no credit at the banks and need cash to bily seed for early plant¬ ing and other .equipment," said Gen. C. C. Walcutt, chairman of the Franklin County Chapter of the Red Cross, Fri¬ day.
This organization has three social serv¬ ice workers in the county districts; three in the city, with two supervisors and two assistant visitors.
Greater demands are being made this year on the Red Cross Franklin county chapter than ever before since its organi¬ zation, according to Miss Dunn.
Relief given by the Red Cross to needy families within their jurisdiction encom¬ passes food, shelter and clothing.
Among the many endorsers of Red Cross work are:—Fred Lazarus, S. M. Levy, Allen Gundersheimer, Alfred J. Kobacker, Henry Gutnble, Edwin J. Schanfarber, and Rabbi Jacob Tarshish.
0. S. U. Hillel Team Will Oppose Team from Cornell
University; the Question Will Be, "Resolved That the
General Establishment of Jewish Parochial
Schools in the U. S. Is Desirable";
Joseph C. Goodman Will Preside
Under the joint auspices of Zion Lodge No. 62, B'nai B'rith, and the O. S. U. Hillel Foundation, the first intercollegiate debate of the O. S. U. Hillel team this year against the team of the Hillel Foundation of Cornell University will be Held this Sunday, February Sth, at the New Virginia Hotel, Third and Gay Streets, in the lodge rooms, be¬ ginning at 8 p. tn.
."Resolved That the General Establishment of Jewish Parochial Schools in the U. S. Is Desirable"; this is the subject of the debate. The affirmative side will be taken by the Ohio State University team, in the persons of Philip Millstone, Willard Levine, and Lozier Caplan; the negative, by the Cornell debaters—^Jacob M. Blinkoff, Albert M. Paress, and Meyer Rothwacks. The chairnian of the verbal tilt will be Mr. Joseph C. Goodman, formerly chairman of the local Hillel Foun¬ dation Advisory Board, and now treasurer of Zion Lodge, thus repre¬ senting both organizations.
This is the first intercollegiate Hillel debate held on home grounds since many a year. Arrangements, that it be held downtown, instead of on the canipus, have been made with the view of facilitating the expected response of the general public.   Admission is open to all.
It is expected that a large crowd of B'nai B'rith members and their friends will turn out for this event, especially so since the topic is of such vital importance. No admission fee will be charged. The meeting will be called to order at 8 o'clock sharp by President Ben Z. Neustadt of Zion Lodge who will then turn over the gavel to Brother Joseph C. Goodman.
Remember the time and place—Sunday evening, February 8th, at 8 p. m. at the New Virginia Hotel, Third and Gay Streets.
TUNE    IN    ON    HABBI
JACOB  TARSHISH
TOMORROW
The twelfth of a series of radio sermons will be broad¬ cast from the Bryden Road Temple tomorrow (Sunday) at 11 a, m.
The theme of the rabbi's address will be "Lynchiong —An Ancoient Amercan Custom."
The riidio addreses of Rabbi Tarshish have evoked responses from all over the state; even folk from neigh¬ boring states have sent in letters expressing their ap¬ preciation. The officers of the Temple want to make it clearly understood that the Sunday sei-viccs arc inter¬ denominational in character and are open to the general public.
Career   of   Sam   Grathwell
Began in Cincinnati,
Ohio
Lecturer Now Holds a Distin--
guished Place on the American
Lecture Platform
WILL SPEAK AT BRYDEN
ROAD TEMPLE ON
FEBRUARY 12th
Sam Grathwell, who will lecture here on 'niursday, February 12tli, at the Bry¬ den Road Temple, used to sell papers on a busy corner in Cinciiinatii He used to shine shoes also, and,run errands, and do tile many other things that fate maps out for tlie child of the tenements. His father died when he was seven years of age. There were two younger children in the family, so with the stoic indiffer-
JUNIOR COUNCIL DANCE IS POSTPONED  TO  FEB.  28TH
The annual Junior Council Dance which was scheduled for February 14fh, has been changed to February 28th. The aflfair will be held in the Ionian Room of the Deshler Hotel. Miss Helen Smith: and Miss Katherine Goodman are chair¬ men of arrangements. 'Xhey are being assisted by tlie iiii^ses Lean Kilter, lier- tha Schwartz, Phillis Snider, Lillian Cal¬ lif, Sylvia Cohen, Fannie,Young and Eva Pier. Every effort is being tnade to make this dance bigger and better than ever before.
The price per couple will be $3.00. A cordial invitation is extended to non- members of the Council.
Reserve Saturday evening, February 28th, for the Junior Council iformal dance at the Deshler Hotel. Tickets can be reserved by calling Miss Helen Smith, Ad. 5011, or Miss Katherine Goodman, Fa. 5722.
MEETING OF LAZARUS SIS¬ TERHOOD ON FEBRUARY IOTH
Regular    B'nai    B'rith
Meeting on Monday,
February 9th
All Zion Lodge members arc requested to be present at a reg¬ ular meeting to be held at the New Virginia Hotel, IVlonday evening, February Sth. Impor¬ tant matters pertaining to the good and welfare of the Lodge in particular and the Order in general will be brought lip for consideration. All committees appointed at the last meeting will be given instructions re¬ garding their respective duties and tusks. Secretary I. W. Ga¬ rek will bring up the question of delinquent membership. Please turn out for thia meet¬ ing, especially if you have been appointed on any of the commit¬ tees announced in the columns of the Chronicle last week.
BECOMES SPECIAL COUN¬ SEL IN ATTORNEY GEN¬ ERAL'S OFFICE
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Bryden Road Temple Supper On February Sth
The next supper of the Rose £• Lazarus Sisterhood will take place at the Bryden Road Temple, Sunday evening, February 8lh, at S:30 o'clock. Several novelty en¬ tertainment features will be presented. The suppers are open ot non-members as well as members of Temple Israel. Come and bring your friends. The tariff will be 5(te per plate.
Open   Meeting   of   Ladies' Auxiliary, Agudath Achim
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Agudatli Achim Congregation will hold an open meeting on Tuesday afternoon, February 10th, at ^:30 o'clock, in the banquet hall of the Agudath Achini Congregation. A short business meeting will be held, as a very interesting program has been ar¬ ranged.
Kabbi Lee J. Levinger will be the guest speaker, and the theme of his subject wilt be "Abraham Lincoln and the Jew." Fol¬ lowing Rabbi Levinger's address, Miss Ann Davis will render several vocal se¬ lections. Refreshments will be served. The hostesses for the afternoon will be Mrs. S, Goldman, Mra. L Goldfarb, Mrs. B. Bender,
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The next regular meeting of the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood will take place Tuesday afternoon, February lOtb, at 2 o'clock, in the vestry rooms of the Bry¬ den Road Temple. A very interesting program has been arranged, in which many oi the members will participate. Mrs. Wm. Gumble is in charge of the entertainment.
A ticket will be given each member as she enters, and to the one who holds the lucky number, a box of candy will be given,
¦Refreshments will be served. ,
Notes from the Local Council Of Jewish Women
One-of the outstanding meetings of the Council of Jewish Women was held Tuesday afternoon at the New Columbus Gallery of Fine'Arts. There was a short business session at which Mrs. Ah H. Harmon presided. Mrs. Wm. A. Hersch gave the opening prayer. Resolutions on the death of Mrs. Matilda Frankel were read by Mrs. Lawrence Loewenstein. Mrs. Harry Goldberg gave a very splendid re¬ port of the excellent work accomplished in the Americanization classes. Mrs. Monroe Loewensohn made a plea for "World Peace."
The next luncheon book review will.be held Monday, February IHh, at the Laz¬ arus Tea Room. Prof. Andrews of Ohio State University will be the speaker. His subject will be "France Discovers Amer¬ ica." Mrs. L A.; Rosenthal is chairman of , the Educational Committee. Mrs. Robert Blashek is in charge of reserva¬ tions.
Following the business session, Director Kari S. Bolaiider direclM a personal tour of the Gallery, explaining the many art treasures.
Local Zionists Begin Their
Annual   Membership
Drive
Sponsors   Are   Determined   to Swell the Membership Roll
Fred Lazarus Is Re-Elected
Head of Ohio Retail
Merchlants
Council ReafBrms Its Opposition To Legislation for Retail
Sales Tax I
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Fred Lazarus, Jr., of the F. & R. Laz¬ arus & Co.,, was re-elected president of the Ohio Cotincil of Retail Merchants at the annual meieting, January 28th. This is his eighth year as president of this im¬ portant organization.
Other officers elected were Eugene Geismer, Cleveland, vice president; F. H. Rike, Dayton, treasurer, and Geo. V. Sheridan, Columbus, executive director.
The council reaffirmed its opposition to enactment of retail sales tax legislation by the general assembly. It approved all efforts to secure proper classification of property and appointed a committee to study the unemployment insurance bills before the general assembly.
liicreaat Tiu^ce^ The council board of trustees was ex¬ panded by the addition of three new nanies. These are Col. C. 0. Sheirill, vice president, th6 Kroger .Grocery & Baking Co., Cincinnati; M. F. Fisher, president, Fisher Brothers Co., Cleve¬ land; and C J. Penfield, president, the Cussins Si Fcarn Co. Four of five trus¬ tees whose terms expired this year, were re-elected. They are Bolton S. Arm¬ strong, the Mabley & Carew Co., Cincin¬ nati; D. C. Keller, the Dow Drug Co., Cincinnati; Alfred Koch, the LaSalle & Koch Co., Toledo; F. H. Rike, Dayton. To fill the unexpired term of Victor Sin¬ cere, the Bailey Co., Cleveland, the coun¬ cil elected Jay Iglauer, the Halle Brothers Co., Cleveland.
Other trustees are «. O. Polsky, the A. Polsky Co., Akron; Robert Pogue, the H. & S. Pogue Co., Cincinnati; Eu¬ gene Geismer, Cleveland; N. L. Dauby, the May Co., Cleveland; Fred Lazarus, jr., Columbus; S. C Barbour, Tole"do; Otto Schuele, the Fries & Schuele Co., Cleveland; E. L. McKelvey, the McKel- vey Co., Youngstown; C. J. Strouss, the Strouss-Hirshberg Co., Youngstown; H. F. Cappel, the Cappel Furniture Co., Dayton; Jay Inglauer, the Halle Brothers Co., Cleveland.
Trustees Appointed
Trustees, representing the six affiliated state associations arc James P. Orr, the Potter Shoe Co., Cincinnati, for the Ohio Valley Retail Shoe Dealers' Association; James B. Carson, Dayton, for the Ohio Hai'dware Association; Robert K. Levy, the Union Co., Columbus, for the Ohio Retail Clothiers' & Furnishers* Associa¬ tion; Frank A. Glick, Columbus, for the Ohio Retail' Furniture Dealers* Associa¬ tion; Hugh N. Beattie, Cleveland, for the Ohio Retail Jewelers' Association; T. W. Craig, the D. Zenner Co., Athens, for the Ohio Retail Dry Goods Associa¬ tion.
encc characteristic of the slum children, Sam helped support the family.
This all happened not so many years ago. Today.Sam Grathwell holds a dis¬ tinguished place on the American lecture platform. His personal story is note¬ worthy because it is one of real accom¬ plishment, and, peculiarly enough, one of his best known lectures is "Getting by Yoiir Hoodoo." Sam Grathwell cer¬ tainly got by his. Before young Grath¬ well seriously considered going to school he'spent many years as factory hand, bar¬ rel painter, ditch digger, saloon jMirter, waiter in one of Cincinnati's high-class barrooms, elevator boy and salesman.
A chance word of appreciation started him to school. Later he entered the sixth grade of the night school. 'Here a brief presentation speech called attention to his gift for speaking and led later, when he was 21, to entering Berea College, Berca, Ky. He made his own way, and nine years later received his A. B. degree at Leland Stanford Jr. University. ^ Here in his senior year he won highest forensic honors. Previous to this, while at the Pacific University, he wpn three state and one inter-state oratorical contests. He holds memberships in three honorary debating fraternities, Delta Sigma Rho, Pi Kappa Delta, Phi Alpha Tau, a rec¬ ord perhaps not held by any other man in America.
He spent five months in the Orient dur¬ ing the past year and will speak here on "China—a Vision or a Nightmare?" He was in China for a month during the most exciting part of the Chmese revolu¬ tion and brings to the platform a grip¬ ping story of conditions in that country as they have existed during the past eight months.
Teadore Topper
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman Monday announced the appointment of Topper, Toledo, s[)ecial counsel on his staflf to take the place of Harry G. Levy, also of Toledo, who is entering the pri¬ vate practice of law.
Topper, who holds a bachelor of arts degree from Toledo university, is a grad¬ uate of the Ohio State university college of law. He has bien associated with the law firm of Boggs, Doty & Chase in To¬ ledo.
Topper will specialize in the work of the state boartf of pharmacy, the civil service commission, the real estate board, the department of agriculture, and the welfare dei>artment. [
The annual Zionist membership drive will bcgiii this week, according to an an¬ nouncement by Allan Tarshish, president of the Columbus Zionist District, after a ineeting of the Executive Board held last Sunday afternoon at the Columbus Hebrew School.
The drive this year will be to double the membership of last year. This is In accordance with the program set for all communities in the United States by the National Zionist Organization.
Rabbi Solomon Rivlin has been des¬ ignated as delegate to attend the conven- tion of the Jewish National Fund and Zionist Organization on February 7th and 8th in Washington, D. C.
Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner has been extended an invitation to be the principal speaker at a joint meeting of the Co¬ lumbus Zionists and the B'nai B'rith to be scheduled in the near future.'
Mrs; Levinger Is Now on a Lecture Tour
Mrs. Elma Ehrlich Levinger is leaving town Friday on a ten day lecture tour which will take her to Chicago, Racine, Wis.; Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth, Minn., with an itinerary of six lectures within this time. She will talk before Hadassah organizations and local Coun¬ cil of Women groups in these cities.
RABBI    6|tEENWALD'S   SE¬ RIES OFLECTURES
The last of a series of 20 lectures given by Rabbi Leopold Greenwald will be given on Friday evening, February 13th, at 8 o'clock at Ithe Beth Jacob Con¬ gregation. These llectures have been based on his extended trip through Eu¬ rope. The rabbi will also talk on Abra¬ ham Lincoln.
A cordial invitation is extended to all Chronicle readers.
Open Forum
The Open Forum Committee of the Congregation Agudath Achim announce that Rabbi Isaac Werne witl review a current book at the next open forum meeting on Friday evening, February 13th, 1931, at 8 o'clock.
Cantor Anshel Freedman will sing and lead the audience.
BETH   JACOB   SISTERHOOD BOARD TO MEET
Tlie Beth Jacob Sisterhood Board oi Directors meeting will be held Tuesday evening, February JOth, at 7:30, al the Home oi Mrs. M. Beim, 532 Carpenter Street.   All members please be present.
Hillel  Alnnini   Banquet  Is
Postponed I Until February
18th
Due to the illness of Dr. L^uis L. Mann of Sinai Temple of Chicago, the Hillel Alunini Banquet, originally sched¬ uled for Wednesday evening, February 4th, bas been postponed to Wednesday evening, February Ifeth, and will take place in the Deshler-WalHck HolcL Watch next week's issue of the Oironiclc as well as the dally papers for further information.
Have You Done Your Duly Toyards the Red Cross Campaign?
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