Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1935-08-02

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. VoUiine XVII—No, 83
CPLUMBUS, OHIO, AUGU.ST 2, 193S
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Strictly Confidential
TID-BITS FROM EVERYWHERE
Or rniNiSAS J. BIBON
The American Sluormcr
Raymond Healey, "America's Hitler" (self-proclaimed), who is still in prison as a result of the Alexander incident, spends his leisure writing venomous articles for his "Storm," a bimonthly anti-Semitic publication . .,. Healey's "Storm" carries an editorial note which States that-Healcy.is temporarily confined in solitude because of a conspiracy, by AineHc-m Jewry but that the fight against the "Jewish danger" will not be discon- tuiued . . .1,Healey's "paper could give to .Streicher's Stitcrmcr cards and- spades and still win hands down at.the business of Jew-baiting . . . Its columns actually
. reek, with, unprinted insults against the Jews of this country.. ;.,Why the United
• Slates Post Office permits the mailing ottliis sheet is a mystery . . . It might be a good 'thing ii every mertibcr of the Jewish War', Veterans sent a copy of Healey's paper to .Jim Farley on his vacation with the ^uery, "Nu ?",.'.   ,
A "Howling" Success
The big-protest conference called by the American Jewish Congress. and the National Jewish -Labor Committee was a-"howling" siiccess. The chief trouble¬ makers were not the Communists but Mr, William ZiH's Revisionists wrho be¬ lieve, like their Nazi confreres,, that breaking up meiitings is good political strategy .... IThe Communist delegates abstained from the meeting, .having de¬ cided long ago to carry on their anti-Nazi •activities through the League. Against, War and Fascism ... The National Con¬ ference of Jews and Christians is prepar. ing a huge pageant to be produced in a number.of-cities on February 22, 1936,' Washington's birthday , . .. S. N. Behr- man, the playwright, has been commis- ,sioned to write the story for the pageant ... :. This may bk a very hot time, in Jewish history but il is, pi-actically im¬ possible to get the leaders of American Jewry together for a meeting these days .,;-. i They are all on vacation, cither abroad or in this country . ,'. This al¬ most makes it appear that the Nazis timed tlieir pojjroms ...    	
Make.i.BetieVe     '  ¦
Gottfried Reinhardt, yoim^ son of the Herr Professor, is reported tq be con¬ sidering inarriage with, a lady who is twice his age , , .Elizabeth Beirgner has displaced  the   biggest   American' movie
¦ stars as a box office attraction V . . Her film, "Escape Me Never" is breaking all
. records throughout the country,. . .Ani other film of. hers, "Ariane," played at the New York 55th St. Playhouse is oh the way to a new long-run mark .' , , Which reminds us that Francis Lederer sent us a little.note thanking us for tak¬ ing his activities in behalf of world peace seriously but chiding us for telling yoti that he is making $200,000 a year . . . ^'I wish it were so," he sighed ... We understand that tremendous pressure
' is being'exercised against Sidney Skol- Sky, Hollywood correspondent of the New York Daily' News, because his syn¬ dicated column tells -too much out of school . . . Jack Pearl (Baron-Mun¬ chausen to you) nearly drowned in Monte
' Carlo when he jumped inlo the,deep-end of a pool, thinking it was the shallow end .-. . When-he hollered, for help, his friendS; burst into boisterous laughter shouting back "Vas you;'dere, Sharlie?" .thinking the comedian was kidding . Congratulations to Harry Moses who finally sold the, movie' rights' to "Old Maid" . . . The Hollywood big ,shots were, opposed to the story because one of the Old maids has an illegitimate daughter ... -  ,
It "Schmela"
Orchids to Dan Parker, sports editor
of the New York Daily Mirror, who ,has
, this'to say about-the proposed Schmeling. Louis and Schmeling-Baer fights: "The irony of the Schmeling situation has im¬ pressed more than one fight fan'... Here are a couple,of good Yehudim ,(Joe Jacobs and S((ike Jacobs) chasing a Ger¬ man Aryan and begging him to come to 'America to accept some of our coin,of tho realm to bring back to Herr Hitler . . . Germany is driving the Jews Out of the land and here are a couple of Lilvaks going over to Germany begging a treif- nike to come to America so they can give him some easy nioney . . . I wonder what -Sam Untermyer and Rabbi Wise will have to say to these Zoolicks . Thejy would be pardoned it they uttered the malediction coilterning them: *Nem ein a miese mishuneli' , . . Gerinany isn't iraporthig any Jewish fighters as far as I have been able to ascertain . . . On the other haiul the Hitler government has issued a ban against promoter Walter Rothenberg for the reason that it found out that Jewish capital was behind him (Continued on page 2)
Fareivell Banquet to Be Held
for Rabbi S. Rivlin and
A. Goldenberg, Aug. 14
A farewell banquet- honoring Rabbi Solomon Rivlin, who Is leaving soon,wilh his family for permanent residence in Palestine and Mr. A. Goldenberg, who is going there for a two month visit, will be tendered by,the Tifereth Israel Tem¬ ple on Wednesday evening, Allgust 14, in the Social Hall bf the Temple!
From -1927 to 1030 Rabbi Rivlin was the spiritual leader of the Broad Strcijl congregation, and since leaving-the min¬ istry he has been, one of the most de¬ voted and loyal members pf the Temple. Although Mr. Goldenberg, formerly of Zanesville, ¦ Ohio, has been a Columbus resident but a comparatively short time, lie has made numerous friends here and has been very active in the affairs of the congregation. ¦ ¦
The Zionist District of Columbus, of which Executive Board Rabbi Rivlin has been a inehiber since coming to the city, is cooperating in - the arrangements for the, banquet. -The committee in charge, of which I. H. Schlezinger is general chairman, promises that'this affair will be an event long'to be remembered in the annals of the East Broad Street Temple.
¦ The public is invited and * rcservtitions may be made not later thiin Friday, Au¬ gust 9 by calling either of the following phones: AD-7526; MA-3326; AD-77E4. For further details, see next peek's issue of the Ohio Jewish Chronicle.
THE NAZI TERROR IN FULL  SWING
Washington Sees No Case
for Official Prdtest to
Gennany
WASHINGTON, D. C. (WNS) —-No valid reason cxiBts for an ofRcial protest b}^ the United States to Germany, for ofitcial approval of the anti-Nazi boy¬ cott demanded by William Green» President of the Amcricaif Fed¬ eration of Labor, or for thc abrojgfation of the trade treaty .between this country and Ger¬ many, as demanded by Senator
. King of Utah and other mem- bcr$ of Congress, a State De- pkrtment oflSclal has declared. AHi unofHcial statement of re¬ gret concerning the S. S. Bre¬ men riot was made by Acting Secretary  of  State Wilbur  J.
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A. A. U. Head Favors^ Ameri¬ can Boycott of Berlin 1^^        Olympics
NEW YORK (WNS)^The Nazi re¬ gime's renewed onslaught against, Jews and Catholics may- cost it the 1936 Olympic Gaines or at the' very least result in the United States.not sending a team to the games if they are held iti Berlin. This was indicated by Jeremiah T. Ma¬ honey of New ¦York, president oi the Amateiir Athletic Union of the United States, when he declared himscH un¬ equivocally opposed to America's partici¬ pation in the 193G Olympic Games at Ber¬ lin iJE reports of German- discrimination against Jewish and, Catholic athletes were verified. -In his first statement since his. election to the presidency at the 1934 con¬ vention of the A, A. U. in Miami, Mr. Mahoney said "in so far as I personally am concerned, speaking as an individual! and not for the A, A. U., I am heartily against sending an American team to the Olympic Games at'Berlin if there is any discrimination in Germany because of race, creed or color. Iti athletics there can be no discrimination, and that princi¬ ple of sport for, all withoiit prejudice mtist be upheld if we are to send a team abroad. I hope the reports of such dis¬ crimination in Germany are not true." Mr. Mahoney's statement is of particular significance because the A. A. U. in 1933 went on record as declaring it would not .certify, any American athletes to the Olympic^Ganies unless' the German gov¬ ernment and the German Olympic Com¬ mittee changed their policy in name and in fact so as to grant equal rights to Jewish athletes. Now' that the Nazis liave extended their ban. to Catholic aith- letes the'A. A. U, will be in a position tb nullify the American Olympic Com¬ mittee's invitation to the Games when it meets again* next December.
PARIS (WNS)—The Marquis de Polighac, president of the French blyraT pic Committee, is taking the initiative in a European-wide move to obtain from Chancellor- Hitler renewed guarantees that Germany will not discriminate against Catholic and Jewish atiiletes. Failing to obtain such,guarantees, which are now demanijed in view of the new Nazi attacks on Jews and Catholics, the various Olympic committees in Europe are expected to reconsider their action in accepting invitations to partidpate in the 1936 Olympics at Berlin,
NEW WHO'S WHO IN AMERI CAN JEWRY PUBLISHED
NEW YORK (WNS)—Biographical sketches of 2,537 Americaii Jews are cour taincd in the Biographical Encyclopedia of American Jews, published here under the editorship of Leo M. Glassman, Jew¬ ish journalist. This is the first Jewish who's who issued in the United States since 1928. Mr. Glassman plans to issue a new edition every tvyo years., The preparation of the volume was supervised by an advisory bpard consisting of Prof. Joseph Jastrow, Pr. Israel Goldstein, George Z. Medalie, Dr. Jacob Billikopf, Morris ^ Rothenberg, Dr. Loiiis Mann, Bernard S. Deutsch, Dr. Gerson B. Levi, Congressman Herman P. Kopplemann, Franklin P. Adams, Prof. *Israel S. Wcchsler and Dr. William Rosenau,
State Department Expresses Sympathy for Hitler Vicfims
WASHINGTON, D. C (WNS)— (giving its first expression of official sym¬ pathy, for'the victims oif Nazi persecu¬ tion, the State Department has issued a statement, addressed to the delegation which recently presented to Jl a memoran¬ dum calling, attention to the anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic' and anti-Prote slant activi-, ties of the Hitler government/ The state¬ ment, addressed to, spokesmen of the American Jewish Comniittee, the B'nai B'rith, the American Jewish Cpngress and the Jewish Labor Committee, and signed by William. PhiUips, Acting Sec¬ retary of State, reads as follows:
"I have given careful study "to the views embodied in the letter of July 26 last, which you presented on behalf,of the Americah Jewish Committee, the Amertt^ti. Jewish Congress, ¦ the B'nai B'rith and the Jewish Labor Committee, with respect, to recent, occurrences Germany affecting various religious and racial groups there.
'T fully understand your solicitude re¬ garding the experiences which these groups are reported to be suffering in Germany. The concepts of religious freedom and Hberty of conscience for all constitute the most fundamental princi ^ples of our own civilization and political ,faith.. This being' so, the American peo¬ ple are always sympathetic to the main¬ tenance of those concepts-in the United States as well as in other nations^"
The memorandum which . the Jewish delegation had submitted to; Acting Sec¬ retary Phillips, and which was made pub; lie together with the State Department's reply, pointed out that recent events in Germany, most shocking in naturcj are receiving the encouragement of the Nazi government. ,"While affecting Jews most severely,'' the memorandum continues, "this reign of terror ,.is also beginningto affect the lives of numberless Catholics and Protestants and liberals of every description to whom the German Govern¬ ment in denying elementry rights of re¬ ligion and of conscience. It is incon¬ ceivable that the , American Govei*hmeni should stand passiyely- by and neglect to lift its voice against these assaults upon humanity, or to utter its condemnation of the violation of the fundamental princi¬ ples of human rights." The memoran¬ dum closes with an appeal for an oificial American protest to the Nazi govern¬ ment. ',
Ah officiaL protest from the German governmeiit regarding the recent" riot aboard the, S. S. Bremen at New York has been received by the State Depart¬ ment. The note, which dwelt particu¬ larly oh the insult to the swastika flag, which was ripped from its mast by riot¬ ers and thrown into the Hudson, has been forwarded to Governor Herbert H. Lehman for his attention. Mayor La- Guardia of New York, who was in the city at the time the note was received, pointed out that a number of rioters have been arrested, and that the iwlice officer who was injured in protecting the Nazi flag is a Jew. .        ¦
Foreign Criticism Causes Nazis to Stop Reign of Terror
BERLIN (WNS)—Because of theun- favorable,reaction abroad tb the renewed drive against Jews and Catholics, with special reference to the possible effect of foreign resentment on the 1936 Olympiad planned for Berlin,.thc Nazi government has called off its militant measures,,it is learned from an authoritative source. In¬ dividual acts of terrorism arc to be pre- ventedl by the police henceforth, and the government's policy against Jews, Com¬ munists and other anti-Nazi elements will be pursued by the state.. At the same time an order was issued for the admission of non-Aryans to active military service, from which a recent order excluded them; but the new order applied only to 5(> per cent non-Aryans,
Exclusion of Jeivs from public places continues, the,mayor of Quedlinburg de¬ creeing, .for example, that,"Jews are riot permitted to enter the Cathedral Castle Museumt since German cultural heritages are. not understood by Je\ys." v Through¬ out the country the Nazis'are continuing to,take Jews into "protective,custody," on various grounds.  -
Glermah Jewry sees reason for hope in the fact that the mitigation of the .terror followed upon'a conference between Oian- cellor Hitler and War Minister General yon Blomberg, who is known to , be, if iiot. amiably, at .least not! inimically dis¬ posed, toward the Jews.  , r
The German pi*ess continues to be in¬ censed against Mayor Fiorello H. La- Guardia of New York, because of his action in refusing a masseur*s license to a German citizen, and against the State Department at Washington, for its failure to kpologize officially to the German, gov-^ ernment for , the recent riot aboard the S. S. Bremen at New York,.
To the numerous German periodicals which have suspended publication since the advent of the Nazi regime has hcen added, the Preussiche Jahrbnecher, a monthly founded by Rudolf Haym iri 1858 which for many years, stood oiit as one of Germany's' most influential political'and literary journals.   '- ,
SEVEN PASS BAR EXAM.
The following local Jewish young men were ambhg the 2a9 successful applicants who passed the June State Bar Examina¬ tion: Abraham Gertner, 2084 Neil ave¬ nue; Harry S. Goldstein, 414 S.'Monroe avenue;, Morton Gitmble, 1827 Bryden road; .Morris Lee Mattlin, ,2425 Brent-' wood road; Julius Schlezinger, 2202,Bry- den road; Martin Julius Polster, SH S. Drexel aveniie; and Jos. L. Eisenberg^ formerly of Canton, now residing in Co¬ lumbus.
The young men were swOrn in by Chief Justice Carl Y. Weygandt of the Supreme Court Friday at 1:30 p. m. in the Supreme Court room, statehdiise an¬ nex.
Society Picnic Aug- 11
The Columbus Jewish comriiunity is at this time being retriinded of the Taaras Hamischpocha Society picnic which will take place at Olentangy Park on Sunday, August 11. Mrs. M. Goodman, 788 Wager street, has been appointed chair¬ man. She will be assisted ITy Mra. A. J. Poling, 755 Wager street, and lira. Sam Byalos, 720 S. 18th street.
Every effort is being made to provide
Temple   Sisterhood    Annual Vacation Day AVedhesday
Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood will hold its. annual Vacation Day on Wednesday, . August 7, at the home of its president; Mrs.   Allen   Gundersheimer, . 42   Park drive. -     .
Members arc asked to bring box lunches at 12:15 o'clock and. spend the afternoon at cards and majong.
Because this is the only "get-together during thc eiitire', summer, it is hoped that every member in the city will come. Miss Roth at the Temple will receive calls froin all those who expect to be present..
.  Infants* Home of Ohio
In memory of Rose Cohn Sdlomon of Chicago, from Mr. and Mrs. A. B, Wein¬ feld; in memory of Mrs. Nora Oppen¬ heim of Signal Mountain, Tenn., from the Goodmaii family of Chattanooga, Tenn. ¦
The Meadow Players of the Meadow- brook Country Club of Dayton, contribu¬ tion through Mrs. Leo Schram.
The officers and hoard members wish to thank the above donors for their kind contributions,
Sigmund Stein Passes
Sigmund Stein, age 80 years, died last Sunday, July 28, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Robert K. Levy, 78 S. Drexel avenue. He is survived by his' widow, Frieda; one daughter and one son, Lester Steiii of Kansas Cily/ Mo.
Funeral services were held at C^ok & Son Chapel on Tuesday at 10:30 a. m., with Rabbi Lee J. Levinger, officiating.
entertainment for everyone.   Many valu-1 Burial   was   made   at   the   Greenlawn
able^ prizes will be given away. Cenietery.
A Comprehensive Interpretative Survey of Developments in Germany and America
ByROBERTSTQNE
The Qerman crusade agajnst Catholics, Protestants and Jews is de¬ veloping at so rapid a pace that its repercussions in this country can hardly keep tip with events in Germany. That the recent Kurfursten¬ damm riots against the Jews were not an isolated and impromptu incir dent, but the first'symptom of the renewed war by the Hitler government against the Jexvsj can no longer be overlooked. .It is a part o^ the general policy of the Nazi, regime to consolidate its presen.t position, although the most authoritative foreign observers in Germany are at a loss to unclerstand the rhyme and reason for this new onslaught.
The ¦ Kurfurstendamm pogroms are spreading to hundreds of. German cities and ¦¦ towns. New passions are fanned by the Nazi press under the leadership 6f Julius, Streicher, who niust be regarded as thc unofficial minister of anti-Semitism in Germany. That Herr Streicher is not acting on his own behalf but as the spokesman for the German cabinet is n;i6re arid mpre evident every, day. The Minis¬ ter of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels; in appointing Hans Hinkel as the supervisor of all non-Aryan cultural and artistic activities, made it clear that the Nazi government is eiitering a new: phase in its anti-Jewish policy. Until now. the Naizi leaders have contented themselves with driving the Jews into a ghetto and with eliminating, thehi from the economic, ."locial and cultural life of the country. The government did not' concern ' itself with Jewish activities.as long as these were limited to this newly create^ ghetto. The new policy creates a strict Nazi control over Jewish activities; a control which' means a further-strangulation of Jewish life in Gerniany.
It is generally estimated that 20,000 Je-wish refugees returned to Germany during the last few months, under'the illusion that the worst.was over and that they would be able to resume a livelihood there.' Many believed tlmt the return bt these refugees, the' bulk of whom.went,to Berlin, provided the perfect pretext for the long-prepared onslaught in Berlin. Most bf these refugees have been directed to concentration camps, and new barriers have been erected against Jewish partici¬ pation in the. life of the country.
Municipal bathing establishments in Munich, Karlsruhe, Mannheim, Leipzig, Dortiijtund and F'reiburg. issued regula¬ tions ; forbidding Jews to make use of their facilities. Suriirrier resorts in the Baltic area are plastered ivith. posters reading: "Jews, we give.you twenty-^four hours to get out." While reports of physical violence against Jews in various parts of the country-are being suppressed, sufficient'news filters through to make it clear that" Jews are subject to insults and ei'cn, injuries in many cities and towns. / .The action of Mayor LaGuardia oi New- York in refusing a license to a German masseuron the grounds that the German government discriminates against Americans was treated by the Nazi press in Germany as a farce. The general tone of the Nazi papers bespeaks confidence that Washitigton will teach the New York mayor a lesson and will  reverse
. Side by side with the Nazi anti-Jewi'sh activities must be listed now government decisions' against Catholic groups. The Reich League of Catholic Fighters as well as the German Youth Strength were dissolved by governmental decree bn, the grounds that under the cloak of Catholic religion they had maintained a. hostile. ; attitude toward the Hitler government. The fornial note of protest from the Vati¬ can to the Reich gbvernment was npt, made, public in Germany. , Prdtestant :pastorswho resent the continual iriterfer-: ence.of the State have submitted an of-' ficial protest to the, Ministry of the Interior^ but have not received any official acknowledgment.
The tension in .Germany increases; hourly. Jewish parents have \vithdrawn their children frorii mixed summer camps,' although in many cases this was nqt.nec^ essary, because the camp, authorities sent / the . Jewish children home.; Few Jews dare to show their faces in cafes, restau¬ rants ot other, public places. The an-, riouncement by the government that indi¬ vidual Jew-baiting wiil be prdsecuted is interpreted by the German Jews as art-; other way of saying;. "LeaVe the Jews to us—we know best how ,and when to, get rid of them."
That public!resentment against,the .re* newed anti-Jewish and anti-Catholic war , in Germany is running so high here that it is threatening to break all attempts to; control it was demonstrated at. the. sailing . bf the North German Lloyd S.S. Bremen, ; when  about 2,00b, protesters   staged   a demonstration.   'A few hundred of these boarded'the steamer and torei down the swastika'flag, hurling it into, the North, river.   When the police tried to stop the disorder a  melee' ensued  during .which-, several    policemen,   .and : demonstrators . were' irijured.    Numerous  arrests  were made, those detained being Robert Rice, a sori of a noted playwright, Elmer Rice. Among    those    injured   was    Detective Mathew Solomori, a Jew, who tribd to protect the swastika flag from the mob.. ¦ This Bremen incident, which is said to have  been' brought   about   by 'a   well- planned coup of ,organized Communists, is but one symptom of the tremendous anti-Nazi feeling here. - It Js generally felt: that, regardless of the official steps which  the  State  Department may. take in  answer to .German demands  fpr an apology,   public   opinion   in   non-Jewish circles is reaching a' new and unprece-.^ dented fervor against the barbarous acts: of,the Nazis.   This is.the, first time that
public sentiment, far from.'condemning his decision. , The demonstration by; a I jhe Communist demonstrators, rejoiced to group of radicals on board the S..S...see Americans show their opposition to Bremen in New York, where they hurled Hitlerism' in even .such a manner. One- the swastika flag into the river, was pre-., evidence of this lack of condemnation of ;
seiited in the Nazi papers as a Communist conspiracy dictated, from Moscow. The Nazi gbvemment itself has at the same time made no official demand for an apology on the part of the American gov¬ ernment. But the Nazi papers clamor for a definite statement from Washington apologizing for the Bremen inciderit.
the Communist demonstrators cpuld be seen in the sermon of the Rev. ,Dr, Finis S. Idleman at the Central Church of the Disciples of Christ. Dr. Idleman, ad¬ dressing delegates from churches from, all partg of America en route to Leicester, England, to attend a vkrorld conventibn, (Continued on page 4)
Church Council'. President At¬ tacks Nazi Barbarism
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (WNS)—Deploring "the barbaric treatment of Jews and Christians in Germany," Dr. Ivan Lee Holt, president of the Federal Council of Churches, .has issued a statement calling upon Protestants in this country "to pray, write to our Protestant friends in Ger¬ many, and work with real concern lest religion be crushed in a land which has given us so much religious inspiration." Dr. Holt also declared that an official American protest to the German govern¬ ment would be ill-advised, as it would embarrass Washington to be asked to protest, and a protect would be unlikely to do much good.
Cadman Assails Hitler Policy
NEW YORK (WNS)^That the Ger¬ man religious situation will be discussed at the World Alliance of Churches meet¬ ing in Switzerland this month is the view of Dr. S; Parkes Cadman^ noted Brook¬ lyn minister, who has sailed for this and another religious conference. . In a state¬ ment made before his departure Dr. Cad¬ man said that Hitler is "entirely wrong" eictra precautions of their own.
inbis* persecutiofi of religious and racial groups, adding that while men have al¬ ways been taught that the church is the. bride,of Christ, "Hitler would tnak^ the church a prostitute of the state."
ST.   LOUIS   RABBI   DENIED VISA TO GERMANY
ST. LOUIS, MO, "(WNS)-Rabbi Ferdinand M. Isserman o£ St. Louis is persona non grata in Germany. A vi^a to visit Germany this summer has been,' refused him by Reinhold Freytag, Ger¬ man consul in St, Louis. No reason was given for the refusal.
N, Y. Police Commissioner Holds
North German Lloyd to
Blame for Riots
NEW YORK (WNS)—RchiKinsibility for the anti-Nazi riot on board the North German Lloyd liner Bremen lies with the officials of the line, Police Commissioner Lewis J. Valentine declared upon his re¬ turn to the city after a brief ahaence. The police department, said the commis¬ sioner, had warned the steamship com¬ pany that trouble was to be expected, but the Lloyd officials refused the offer oil police protection and failed to take any
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