Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1939-09-29

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Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \v?AR
Vol. 18.     No. 40
COIiU.MBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, BElFTEiMUEU 20, t»,TO
Strictly Confid
Tiilblta From ETorywIioro By PHINEAS J.
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iTorywIioro    i J. BIRON     I
Mias-Ica Aids Eefiigees
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Those re.stless astrologers who are forever making predictions alioiit Hitler claim that hia cliart shows that just as lie was made by an old man—Hindenburg, who made him Chancellor—he will be defeated by one—Cham¬ berlain, who now is waging war against him. . . Now you see what foresight Secretary Ickes showed when ho refused to sell helium to the German Zeppe¬ lin makers. . . Ho most probably saved thousands of Polish lives. . . . Those in the know hisist that France will give the Ger¬ mans an awful shellacking on the Western front by means of the new French tanks, which can ride roughshod over the pillboxes that are supposed to stop them. . . A Canadian Jew¬ ish Legion was almost formed, but then some ot the Jewish leaders in the Dominion decided that Jews should enlist in the regular expeditionary force. British and Canadian officials; however were ready to accept a distinct Jewish unit in the British forces. . . Just to prove once more that there is no limit to Nazi stupidity the Furore re¬ cently approached the Rev. Martin Nlemoeller," Protestant rebel against the Nazi regime, ', With the suggestion that the pas- . tor resume his naval career and '-¦become' & - ¦ U-boat cojnmarider again,.as In the 1914-18'war. . . Neimoeller, however, preferred to stay in the ' concentration camp that has been his home for several years. . . Incidental¬ ly, if Hitler retains any doubts ' as to where the sympathies of most Americans he in the pres¬ ent conflict it isn't the fault of Hans Dieckhott, former Nazi ambassador to tho U. S. . . Re¬ porting to Badolt on American feelings toward Germany Deick- lioff is reported to have said that the United States will Join the Allies within three months , of the beginning of hostili¬ ties.". . .' GAGGING ON WAR
This is funny even if it isn't true. . . The story is going around that the great Russian dancer Nijinsky, who for years has been confined in a Swiss insane asylum, was showing de finite signs of recovery until his wife tried to explain the new war situation to him. After listening to her exposition of the present line-up Nijinsky is s<iid to'have suffered a vio¬ lent relapse. . . Then there's the tale of the American tourist who, in Berlin, asked a govern¬ ment official how far Rumania was. . . "About two incidents away" was tho Nazi's reply. . . Winchell feels peeved because Chamberlain ignored his sug- ge.'ition on how the official text of Great Britain's declaration of ¦ a state of war should read. . . The phrase "war against Ger¬ many" is all wrong, says Wal¬ ter, insisting that "war against Adolf Hitler" wduld have been more accurate. . . The German reaction to the announcement that Goering will step into Hit¬ ler's shoes it when Adolt gets what's coming to him is ' that Goering will have a hard time climbing Into Hitler's pants. . . All of which reminds us that a former European correspond¬ ent, very well informed, recent¬ ly whispered In our ear that Goering is the only high Nazi (CoDtlnnca on Vaeo T)
PARIS (WNS)—Registration ot Jcwisli war refugees from Poland who havo relatives in the United States was started by officials of the HIAS-ICA Emigration Association in Ru¬ mania, Latvia and Lithuania. Information reaching the or¬ ganization's headquarters here said that the registration was being undertaken for the pur¬ pose of contacting relatives abroad to aid refugees who had managed to flee Polish war zones.
At the same time, advices reaching the HIAS-ICA offices here from Zionost quarter.-) in London and Amsterdam disclos¬ ed that more than .3,000 Jews from Bratislava, Prague and Vienna were prepared to leave for Palestine but were without funds tor passage. It was said that the HIAS-ICA would have to contribute at least $175,000 toward tare tor the stranded refugees.
In view ot the fact that the new French currency laws make it almost impossible to transfer relief funds from Prance to and foreign neutral country where refugees have found temporary haven makes the relief task of the HIAS-ICA considerably more complicated. The chief .service oE the oraigra- tiont oi'ganlzatlon here has. been chiefly tb aid refugees In emi¬ gration to the United States and Latin American countrie.'^ with funds made up from sums con- contributed in equal parts hy the Joint Distribution Commit¬ tee, the Jewish Colonization and the Council for German Jewry.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is con¬ fronted with a similar situation here but can send its funds to
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liEAUEK PAHSES
Harold  Hir.sc1i
A Til ANT A, G A.—Harold Hirsch, S)8, passed away Tues¬ day, Sept. 26th.
He was a director of and counsel for The Coca-Cola Co., treasurer and director of the Atlanta Baseball Corporation, member of Executive Commit¬ tee of American Jewish Com¬ mittee, of Executive Board of Union of American Hebrew Con¬ gregations.
Jews Shot By Gestapo For Resisting Nazi Invasion Of Poland
SiaijIiED JEWISH WORKERS
"BBTUBNEB" TO WORK IN OTHE BEICU
B l'» A P15 •} T (AVNS)- The ntewspaper Magyar Memect ported that Jews In Germany with special skills, have been returned to public Jobs or given new ones, although made to wear badges with the letters WWJ, Identifying the wearer as a "Wirtsschaftlich Wertvoller .lude" (Economically Valuable Jeiv). Nazi party workers, the paper said, are forbidden to as¬ sociate with these Jews outside of working hours.
BRirsSEIiS (WNS)—General Bernard Mond, only Jewish general in the Polish army and commander of the kattowice garrison, was reported killed in action while leading a bayonet charge In defense ot -the city when it was stormed by invad¬ ing German troops during the early days of the war, accord¬ ing to an item in tho newspaper L'Independence Beige. The newspaper further disclosed that the German military com¬ mand in Poland had ordered the Gestapo, German secret police, to arrest thousands of .lews in Lodz, Polish textile cen¬ ter, where hundreds ot those arrested wore executed. The dispatch said that the execu¬ tions were ordered because the Germans were particularly pro¬ voked by the heroism of the Polish Jewish soldiers and their resistance to Constant bombard¬ ment.
P.1RIS (WNS)—High tribute to Jewish soldiers and officers participating in the defense of the beseiged Polish capital was paid in a statement issued by the Polish Embassy here. The Embassy said it had received an S. O. S. from Warsaw urging that food and medical relief be rushed "for Jews and Poles who are heroically defending the capital."
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Tlio OIilo .Jewish Chronicle - warns its readers in Columbus and Central Olilo against tly-1>y-nlglit organi- Ziitions that aro capitalizing ou aiiti-Soniitism and are creating .1 raclwt by NoHciting fnnds under fnlHC pre¬ tenses.
Solicitor.s for .several OUT-OF-TOWN EXGLISH WEEKLIES are also attempting to capitalize on Jcw- InIi wors by iiilsreprcsontlng tiivir iiilsNioiis in attempts to collect funds. Instead ot trying to sell their papers in a legitimate way by securing subscribers, tliese solici¬ tors asU for contributions in suins three or four times t^e amount oC the regular subscription price of their paiM-r.s to tight uiiti-ScmitiKni.
•lEWS ARE WARNED NOT TO RE MISLED by the tactics ot tlicsc salesmen. Tliere aro in existence iiiipoi'tuiit niovcineiits like the B'nai B'ritli, Amerlfuii Jewish Congress, American Jewls,h Committee, iTcwIsh Labor Coniinlttcr, nnd tlirough the Grnuiul .TcivIhIi CMiiiiril devote thciiiflelves, through recognized spokes¬ men, to the task of fighting against discrimination. CiainiN of newspaper Milicitors that they are engaged 111 &uch a fight ou their own responsibility constitute niisrviirvscntation ot fact.
Recently a iiunibrr ut .such Hollcltor.s obtained blaiiit receipts from The Ohio Jewish Chronicle office In Columbus and had solicited and colleetod Niibserlptiuiis In Central Ohio towns. A number ot these chcclts made out to tho Clironicle were even cashed by them. While prosecntion of tlicso inipoator.s i.s proceeding, we asic thobe approached to notify us at once in Colnmbus.
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Warsaw lews Observe Yom ICippur hi The Trenches
PARIS (WNS)—Tho obser¬ vance ot Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and most solemn holiday ot the Hebrew calendar, was held by religious Jews who gathered Friday evening and Saturday on the barricades of Warsaw, while still participat¬ ing in Warsaw's defense at the front because their homes and .synagogues were in ruins. This information, received through Polish sources, said that old bearded men in long kaftans and yarmelkes, and side by side with them, tho yeshiva bac- hurim In their long coats, who made up 30 per cent of the so called "Children's Battalion' which Is active in the defense of the beleaguered Poli-sh capi¬ tal, were digging trenches in the front lines.
While digging trenches the old .Tews recited psalms and chanted "Vidui," the confession¬ al prayer said before death They were said to be reconciled to death following days of Nazi seige, meeting each exploding bomb with a shouted "Sh'ma Yisroel!" ("Hear, O Israel") Curtail Seri-lces
PARIS (WNS)—Except for the fact that worshippers car¬ ried gas masks, Yom Kippur ser¬ vices were conducted as usual, although, as a precautionary measure, Yom Kippur eve ser¬ vices were ordered ended before dark by the Israelite Consistory.
LONDON (WNS)—Rabbi Jos¬ eph H. Hertz ordered Yom Kip¬ pur services in synagogues hero curtailed in order to avoid lengthy congregation of large groups.
JERUSALEM (WNS)—Yom Kippur services; on Friday eve¬ ning and Saturday brought thousands of Jews to the Wall¬ ing Wall.
BUDAPEST (W N S)—Fifty thousand Hungarian Jews were faced with the dreary prospect ot losing their employment In small commercial and industrial enterprises under Hungarian anti-Jewish laws, the "A Magyar Zsidok Lapja," organ of the pro¬ gressive .Jewish community, re¬ vealed.
The law will affect between fifteen and twenty thousand small enterprises which employ from "four to fourteen workers. These enterprises, tho article states, win be forced to obey the provisions of the law regarding employment of Jewish and non- Jewish personnel. Since there are only about 2,000 tramed non- Jewish employes available to • replace the 50,000 Jewish em¬ ployes who will be subpcct to dismissal, it is expected that those small firms will be faced with an untenable situation.
The law win seriously affect Jewish doctors, the article points out. For tlie next twenty years years Jews will be denied admission to tnedlcal associations. Jewish , ,^cict<ir,=_ whocoiielnue as ineiatiers, arc; not ' allowed to change their residence because applications for registration in another dis¬ trict are considered as new ad¬ missions to medical practice.
No hospital or clinic is per¬ mitted to admit post-graduate workers who are not members ot a medical association, a meas¬ ure de.slgned to eliminate about 100 young Jewish doctors and a number of Jewish medical stu¬ dents who expect to finish their studies within the next few years.
Jewish engineers are also affected by the anti-Jewish law although their position is not completely hopeless. Jews en¬ gaged in journalism and in the entertainment field, numbering about 4,000, will become unem¬ ployed. No figures are avail¬ able for lawyers, merchants and tradesmen, but it is regarded as certain that many ot them will "Tic affected.
B'nai B'rith i\!ational Membership Drive Opens IVIov. 1st.
WASHINGTON (WNS)—The national membership campaign of 13'nai B'rith will open on No¬ vember 1st, it was announced here this week by J. Eugene Farber, of Toledo, Ohio, chair¬ man of tho national member¬ ship committee. The cam¬ paign will-be launched with sim¬ ultaneous drives in twenty-five leading cities under the Joint direction ot Mr. Farber, Paul Rlchman, national director of membership, and the membor¬ shlp committees in the cam¬ paign cities. At the same time, B'nai B'rith lodges in more - than 500 other communities will co-ordinate their own annual membership activities with the national campaign, which this year is concentrating on the larger centers of Jewish popula¬ tion.
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