Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1939-05-12

              ¦ 1'.
M
m i
t*
iJIWy Sotymg Golumbus and Central Qhio Jewish Community \jP^
Volume JS.   No. 20
COMJMnDS, OHIO, FllIOAY, MAY 12, 1039
DoTotcd to AmDrlCDD nnil Jowlflh Idfioln
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Evcry^vJtero By PmiVIilAS J. BIRON
Mrs. Win. Schiflt Heads Council of Jewish Women Here
MUOWN STIDV
The reason why It look Hit¬ ler s,o. long to an.swor F. D. It. wa.5 that the speech wa.-f first worked out by German em¬ bassy officials In Washington, who wore supposed to Import lo it an appeal to the American ps.yehology, and then was giv¬ en over to Gabby Goebbels for a final poUshing-up ... If you want to get a good idea of what life in Naziland is iike today, read Oscar Schisgall's "Swa¬ stika," which relates the ad¬ ventures of an American cou¬ ple in Berlin last fall . . . That incident of a British warship firing on a Greek vessel carrj'- ing Jewish refugees to Palestine —which hns been denied in the nritish Parliament—will return to the headlines .... Credited lo Dr. Hjalmar Schacht is the crack that a German feels a- bout the annexation of adjacent territories much as the inmate ot a jail feels about the addition ot a new wing to tlio prison building . . . Believe it or not, but the negotiatiions between' Italy and .Tapan for a military alliance wore spliced by none other than Hitler ... He didn't like the idea of so strong a combination before Mussolini had tied himself up with Nazi- land in a similar alliance . . . Un¬ til recently Mussolini's per.son- al tlontist vrS'S a Jew. A wit. ¦ "ciaimB ¦ thfit this' li the i'oa.son why Hitler had an easy time selling anti-.Semitism to II Duce ... A daughter of .Toachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's for¬ eign • minigtcv and riglu-hiind- inan, is being treated by a Jew¬ ish brain specialist in Holland. IVK'RK AXIS YOU
What's this about Uncle -Sam deliberately keeping from pub¬ lic knowledge the information collected on the scope and pur¬ poses and methods of Nazi pro- l^aganda here, lest popular in¬ dignation be vented on Nazi representatives in thia country? . . . Aren't Americans—not only in this country, but from Baffin Bay to the Straits of Magellan —entitled to know that Nazism wants to convert their lands into colonial dependencies of a Fascist Europe? . . . And does anybody think it's an accident that the first dictator of the first American totalitarian State—German Uusch of Boli¬ via—is the son of a German im¬ migrant atld received much of his early military training from Ernst Roehm, who later organized Hitler's storm troopers before he was purged in ISHa? ... And that the German consul in San Francisco, is a former Naxi Minister to Boli¬ via to whom is credited tho persuasion of Busch to estab¬ lish totalitarianism and the ex¬ traction of a promi.se that be¬ fore the year is out Bolivia will join the Fascist axis? LIVE ANU IjEARN
We have just heard ot a Canadian engineer. Jack Starr by name, who has invented a new heating system which he claims can heat an ordinary one-family house for tho amaz¬ ingly small sum ot sixtj'-five cents a year . . . He is said to be offering his device as an out- riglit gift to any government that will do something tor the Jewish people . . . Here's hoping he gets something niore tang¬ ible th.in that "Jewish nation¬ al home" the British govern- (Coiitluuttil ou Vage 1)
Mrs. William Schiff, 211 S. Cassingham lid., is the newly elected president ot the Colum¬ bus section of tho national Coun¬ cil of Jewish Women, succeed¬ ing Mrs. Harry Goldberg who has just completed her term of office.
Mrs. Schiff has served on'the Council board in various ca¬ pacities for tlie past several years as vice president, chair¬ man of blind work and chair¬ man of Americanization and is well known throughout the community for her interest in all worth while causes.
Also elected were Mrs. Rob¬ ert Blashek, fir.st vice presri.- dent; Mrs. I. J. Hofmayer, se¬ cond vice president; Mr.s. Louis Mark, third vice president; Mrs. Ilarry Goldberg, treasurer; Mrs. Max Gumble, auditor.
New members to the board are Mrs. Herbert Levy, Mrs. Morton Gumble, Mrs. Allen Gundersheimer, Mrs. Albert Schiff, and Mrs. Sig Ornstein Those reelected to the board in¬ clude Mrs. B. J. Schanfarber, Mrs. Moycr Gin.sburg, Mrs. Samuel Swerdlow, Mrs. Arthur Isaac, Mrs. Leon Fishman, Mrs. Morris Resler, Miss Alice Loeb, Mrs. Robert Levy, and Mrs. Hir¬ am Cohen.
ilk To Bar Use Of
acticB lleFe
Mrs. Amelia larks Passes at Age SS
Enforced In Germany
T®. Lipite Jewish i®liiigs In Italy lay
ROME, (WiNS)—Liquidation of Jewish wealth in Italy was forecast tollowing an announce¬ ment put)lished in the control¬ led Fascist newspaper Popolo d'- Italia of the establishment of a Government organization after May 11 to liquidate and admin¬ ister Jewish interests. Italian Jews were reminded to register their holdings and interests in commercial or industrial enter¬ prises of which they wore own¬ ers, directors or partners. Ital¬ ian Jews living abroad have un¬ til Augu.st 9, to register their wealth with the established gov¬ ernment organi-zation, which has been allotted the sum of 520,000,000 Ih-e for administra¬ tion expenses by the liquida¬ tion institute. Jews were re¬ quested, when registeririg, to announce whether they wish lo avail themselves of the right to donate their holdings ov inter¬ ests to non-Jews, to descend¬ ants not considered of the Jew¬ ish race, non-Jewish spouj.ses, educational institutions or chari¬ table organizations. Privileg¬ ed Jews must also register their Immobile wealth but are not subject to liquidation. Privi¬ leged .lews, according to the law, aro those who have dis¬ tinguished war records and their descendants to tho .second generation. Such exemptions, however, have been officially granted to only a handful of prominent persons. Addition¬ al exemptions aro being consid¬ ered but prospects for actual exemption aro unfavorable and muy not bo granted for several months.
In the fullness of years, at a ripe age of 8.5, Mrs. Amelia Marks, mother of Leo J. Marks and Mrs. lUtta M. Frank ot the Broadwin Apts., passed away Monday in Los Angeles, Calif. Her son, her daughter and her grandson, Walter L. Franc of Sioux City, la., wero at hor bed¬ side when she died. When she left Columbus in January, "Mrs. Marks was apparently In good health and exceptionally active. Mrs. Marks was a true daugh¬ ter in Israel, possessing a charming and genial personal¬ ity whidh endeared her to all with -ivhom she came in con¬ tact. Her fine characteristics and her many acts of charity gained for her the respect ot Jew and non-Jew alike. Her passing Is deeply felt hot only by her family but Columbus Jewry as woll.
Mrs. Marl^, the former Ame¬ lia Hcinsheimor, was born 85 years ago in Cincinnati and spent her early years there. When a young woman she mov¬ ed to Lexinfston, I-Cy,, whore she w£i.s married to Jaliui; Marks. The children, Leo and Etta wero born there.
In ISO'l, Julius and Mra. Marks came to Columbus. He managed the Hub Furniture Store. Mr. Marks died in 1912. Mrs. Maries is best known here for her part in tho fight on infantile paralysis. In De¬ cember of 1937, the Amelia and Julius Marks Ifoundation gave 8150,000 to Children's Hospital tContlnund on I'ago S>
Bliow your aiiprcclatlou to your ouly Jewish neWBpaver fur Its It) yeurg ol fonatructlve work by fiaylng your Ciironlcle subaL-rliitlon novf. $3.00 >vuc.
BERLIN,   (WNS)—The   Nazi government   issued    a   decree which  provided  for  the  estab- llsliment ot ghettos in German cities and compels all Jews who 'will not or cannot emigrate to live    in    houses    belonging to Jews."      Extensive  official  co¬ operation  will be  provided  to facilitate     the    elimination    of Jews  from houses, owned by Ger¬ mans.      They  will  lose  their regular      renters'      protection when   community      aulhorltles show that other means of hous¬ ing have been found.     Tho law provides,  therefore,  that  large Jewish-owned houses shall and can be forced to take in other Jews and that leases Jews hold with "aryan" landlords can be terminated by authorities when another dwelling is provided for the Jews.       The reappearance ot ghetto life in Germany has beon predicted  since  the  Nazi anti-,Tewlsh drive of last Novem¬ ber and a scries of decrees re¬ stricting the business and social activities of the Reich's 000,000 Jews.      The   German  cities   of Iljnover and ICasscl foft^seoiara! months have enforced segrega: tion of the Jews in tho manner legalized  by  this   latest  Berlin decree.        Authorities    reserve the right  to  requisition  dwell¬ ings already rented to Jews or which can be used for housing .Tews.      Futhormore,   they  can force  rental  or    subrental    of dwellings between Jews In Jew¬ ish-owned houses.
(Not since 1870 when Rome's (Continued on Vago l!>
COLUMBUS:—A move design¬ ed specifically to check Iho spread of Nazi activities in Ohio found ita way into the Ohio senate, Tuesday, when Sen. Leo Aschorman (R), Cleveland, authored a bill making it un¬ lawful for individuals to appear in public wearing tho uniform of "storm troopers" or other military or semi-military forces ot any foreign state or nation.
The measure even goes so far., as to provide that tho owner or operator of a public hall permit- ling sueh appearance shall be equally guilty ot violating provi¬ sion of tho measure, and .upon conviction, the offenders would ¦ be subject to a fine of not more than iiilOOO, or imprisonment of not more than one year or both. Movlit Garb Excniiit Only exemptions in the bill would be those persons appear¬ ing upon the stage or in mo¬ tion pictures, as well as' officers or members ot the diplomatic service, or military, semi-mili¬ tary, police or other V official forces, or students o£ aiiy school or academy recognized by the state department pt education. The proposal was immcdiate-
<ContlDncil on i'asu 1)
Kit    hOI.O'\!(>>   (.OI.DM W
'lhe annual convention oi tho Ohio Valley Zionist Region will be held at Dayton, Ohio, Satur¬ day and Sunday, May 20th and 21st at the Miami Hotel
Habbi James G Heller ot Cin¬ cinnati, President of tho logion, will deliver the presidcntul ad¬ dress at 8'15 p m Saturday eve ning, at which session Senator Weiss, of Indian.iiK)lis, will pic- sidc. Other featuies of the evening will include the show¬ ing ot a Technicolor Film, "Aft¬ er Two Thousand Years."
The climax ot llie convention will be the banquet Sunday eve¬
ning at which occasion Habbi Solomon Goldman of Chicago, National President of the Zion¬ ist Ol ganization of America, will be the principal speaker, Rabbl James G. Heller will pre¬ side at the banquet,
A very elaborate progiam Is being at ranged and all sessions, including the banquet, are open to the general public. Dole- gates from Ohio, Kentucky, In¬ diana and West Virginia, as well as unusually large reprc- sentallon trom Columbus, Ohio and vicinity aro expected to at¬ tend.
MeaSs East Broad. Street Temple
Climaxing a year of unusual activity and achievement, the Broad St, Temple at its last quartcrlj' meeting elected the tollowing officers for the com¬ ing year:
President, I. H. Schlezinger; 1st Vice Pres., Herman Katz; 2nd Vice Pres., William Wasser¬ strom; Secretary, Martin Polst¬ er; Treasurer, Nathan Wasser- storm. Boai-d of Trustees In¬ clude Frank V. Bayer, J, K. Bornstein, H, J. Gutter, Dr. Arthur Zipser, Harry Margulls, Louis Schlezinger, M. S. Wein¬ berger.
Surrounded by a group ot auxiliary organizations, the Temple has today become one of the most popular centers in tho city where many local groups "meet and hold various functions  throughout  the year.
Under tho spiritual leader¬ ship of..Rabbl Nathan Zelizer, there has been a large increase in attendance of both weekly and holiday services, and as a result this temple has truly ful¬ filled Its mission as a haven of refuge for the weary and dis¬ tressed,
Financial, membership and the report on the general status of tho Temple were Indeed a tri¬ bute lo the peerless leadership of Mr. I. H. Schlezinger who was unanimously re-elected as president. The coming year will be another link in a long chain of unparalleled service to the Broad .St. Temple ot which he was one of the found- er.s. With genial personality and ( rong business judgment. Mr. S(v^ ^ezlnger has achieved an outstaiK ^g record of service to the Teniple, culminating in a drive whereby Its indebtedness was reduced to lone half.
Under the supervision of Cantor Eugene Gottesman, the membership has been fortunate
(CuQtIuuud ou Vaee it)
W'
\!
-,jdt