Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1938-03-18

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Volume XVII—No. 221
COl.UMIiU.S, OHIO, jrAUcIt IR, l'M8
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From rvcrywlicro By PHINEAS J. BIUON
Dr. Weizmann Says He WousM Eesign 'artitien Pelioy Is (ban;
WATCH IT.
¦Washington ofticmljom isn't at nil fooled by Berlin's warning to to Gotman citizens m Amenca to clear out of thc German-American Bund. Thc G-Men aro elill Iteep- ing a close watch on Nazi doings. . That Department of Jusicc re¬ port on the Bund is about ready for publication .The Nazi link to the cspionaf^c Img uncovered in New Yorlc i^ Eiving Washington plenty to think about . Eeilin is said to be readying more an¬ nouncements m an attempt to calm anti-Nazi feeling heie . Theie'3 a swell scramble under ¦way foi control of the Bund and its major source of income, the sal^ of literature, uniforms, swas¬ tikas and flags. . When and if Puchier Fritz Kuhn returns ftom Germany he'll havo to flght for the leadeiship. His fuohrcrship is being challenged by James Wlieelor-Hill and Kurt Mertig. . Bill yarewiclc, looltie pitcher with the New Yorjt Giants, was put on tho carpet by the sports acnbes when they discovered a swastika arm-band stuck on the minor of his hotel room ..The rookie, who hails from New York, explained that his kid biother had swiped it somewhere and stuck it into his bag as a joke . At 380 West 42nd St, New York, functions the mastermind who wants justice in Palestme—for the Arabs... His nam(j ia Hany R. Snyder, and he Is one of tho big editors ot the McGraw-Hill Publishing Co ... When Snyder issued his fust matii- CcSto against a Jewish State he waa submerged i^ith an enthusias¬ tic response from various people, some Jews included.. .But mto tho literature of the Snyder office there has crept a—shall we aay—slight¬ ly anti-Scmitic undeicunent ..In any case, recently three gentleman representing Mr. tSnyder's Com¬ mittee were received by President Boosevclt and Secretary Hull, and presented to them the point o£ view of th^ newly created pxo- Arah Committee.. . ACROSS THE BRINY
One of tho leaser-known by^ products of the admission of Nazis to the Austiiart cabinet is the rush of Austrian Catholics oa church offices, to obtain birth oertificatei .. .They want to be prepaipd to prove their Aryan origin in the event the country goes completely Nazi . .One of the clauses in the ne\fr Fascist; constitution of Ru¬ mania makes it impossible for Octavian Goga ever again tobecome a minister or premier. .The clause excludes from cabinet joha any one who has not been Rumanian for at least thieo generations— and Goga was born m Hungaiy. . . Since the overthrow o£ the Goga regime tho governments oi Yugo¬ slavia and Bulgaria have become more friendjy to Jews ..Premier Stoyadonivitch of Yugoslavia re¬ ceived a Jewish delegation for "the fiist time in thies yearS|.... Mussolini IS trying to prevail up¬ on Gino Ohvetti, noted Jewish in¬ dustrialist who resigned aeveral govemment posts as o protest against anti-Semitism, to come back ..But Olivetti says nix.... A Jew will be the official in charge of directing the formal entertain¬ ment of King Carol when he visits London.. .Under tha law tho Com¬ missioner of Public Works handles government hospitality, and that job IS now held by Sir Philip Saa¬ soon.. .Sir Philip's cousin. Sir Vic¬ tor, won plaudits in India for do¬ nating $18,500 to the Bombay Anti- Tuberculosis Fund, but Jews in the Far East aio asking how come the SasBoons don't help the needy Jews in Shapghai. .Diplomatic gossips whisper that the real reason, the German generals were so qnxious to get lid ot War Minister von Blomberg -was that they feaied the inHuenco ot hia young bride, who is so fanatic an adherent of the swastika that she would have given tha Nazis a direct influence m the War Minis¬ try. ..In fact, Nazi bigwigs are said to have piomoted the sensa¬ tional iomance...The sudden ar¬ rest of Baron Gottfried von Ciamm, Naziland'a number-one tennis player, may ba explained by lumois that hia family tree Isn't entiiely kosher. OUR nBlTISU PBIEND3
London Jewry is aOH talking ubout the exLitmg election to 611 a vacant vice-piesidency on the Board cf Deputies ..The loser. Otto Schiff, a nephew of the lato ffacob Sclilff, would probably have (Centmued oa page SI)
LONDON (WNS)—Stung by Cliticism levelled at the Executive m connection with paititmn nego~ tlatlons with tho British Govern¬ ment, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, presi¬ dent of the Jewish Agency, re¬ minded the Zionist Actions CoJh~ mittee that his a'isocinte^ and ho were working in accoidance with the resolution adopted at the last Zionist Congress, and said that if that policy were changed he would be unable to continue m tho leadership Warning the Actions Committee that the Jewish posi¬ tion was glowing graver cveiy moment in Europe, as attested by the calamity that had just befalUn tliG Jews of Austria, Dr. Weizmann asserted that the Jew=; w6ie exact¬ ly in tlie same position today as they woio before the Balfour De¬ claiation except that they were much weaker, although the Zionist movement and the Yishuv in Pales¬ tine weie stiongei Solemnly ap- peahng for unity in the Jewish ranks and national concentration because of the uncertain inter¬ national situation, Dr Weizmann assured his hsteners that in his dealings with the British Govern¬ ment he had "represented the Jew¬ iah people in the last feW weeka with the woithiness of the dignity of the Jewish people."
Declaring that the political situa¬ tion in Palestino was seiious, Dr. Weizmann believed that thc center of gravity had now shifted to America and therefore proposed an increase in American Jewry's responsibility through the estab- liahment of a Zionist political office m America to be administeied by Dr Stephen S. Wise, Piesident of the Zionist Organization of Ameri¬ ca, and Louis Lipsky, American member of tho Zionist Executive. Supplementing the political re¬ port he had made last week. Dr. Weizmann began with a reference to the djsaster that had befallen one of the largest Jewish coin¬ munities in Euiope as a result of the Nazification of Austria. The seriousness of the Jewish position in Austria, he obseived, was not without its effects on the Zionist problem His previous address, the Jewish Agency Piesident said, was purely informative and hence he had not communicated certain fact^ which were merely part of tho exploratory stage of finding out the exact position. The execu¬ tive did not want to conceal any¬ thing from the Actions Committee or confront the Zionist movement with a fait accomph, he said But, ho added, he could give his assur¬ ance in tho most emphatic man¬ ner that in his oral and written communications with thc Govern¬ ment, he had been firm in insist¬ ing upon the Peel scheme for partition as a minimum basis of discussion, with improvements to be obtained along the lines of his letter of last July. In the past few days, ho said, he had infoimed Government officials that the Jews, and especially the Yishuv, would flght to the utmost on that baais. It waa his impression, Dr. Weiz¬ mann said, although ho had no formal assurance, that the Govem¬ ment does not intend to retreat from its previously announced po¬ sition.
As for himself he definitely ad¬ hered to tho poaition'he had taken at tho last Zionist Congress at ZurictI, he asserted, adding that he would bo unable to continue
ramoua Cantor to Be
Heard in Concert
Sunday
A Correction
In last week's issue of the Chron¬ iclo there appeared a story which requested the cooperation of the local Jewish community by not contributing any funds to tran- sients who como to our city. That all such cases should bo refeired to the Jewish Welfare Federation which organization will provide lodging and meals, was decided on by the committee for the caro of tiansienta headed by Mr. Max H. Rieser.
However, thiu an oversight on tho part of the Chronicle type- setter, the fQllowing lepresenta- tives of local congregations who attended a special meeting held Tuesday evening, Maich Bth, to discuss tho transient problem weie not mentioned: Rabbi Leopold Gieenwald and William Cohen of the Beth Jncob Cong and Rabbi Nathan Zelizer and Heiman M. Katz of tha Bioad St. Temple, I'leaso pardon the ommission.— Editor, Ohio Jewish Chroulcle,
in tho leadeiship if that policy were changed. His voice, he re¬ minded his colleagues, grew in in- fluenco with the Government m proportion to thc strength of the Jews in Palestine. He told the Government that a reduction in tho partition scheme as formulat¬ ed by tho Royal Commission would not even be brought by him befoio the next Congress. Dr Weizmann expressed regret at his inability to go to Amenca at this time, especially since he recognized the increased responsibility that now must bo borne by American Jewry. He therefore proposed the estab¬ lishment of the Zionist political office in the United States
David Ben Guiion,)chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, dealt with criticism offered by Dr Wlio who charged the Executive with a lack of frankness on its political negotiations He asiured the Actions Committee that no¬ thing had been withheld except certain details which it is undesir¬ able m the public interest to pub¬ lish. All Zionists, Ben Gurion said, believed that the Jewish redemp¬ tion was possible only thiough Palestine. The only difference among them was with reference to method-" He believed that a Jewi'ih State in a smaller Pales¬ tine would bnng that redemption closer. He was unable to guaran¬ tee the safety of a Jewish State in a small area but, on the other hand, those insisting upon the re¬ tention of the Mandate were un¬ able to guarantee that the Jewa could obtain a majority througb the Mandate.
The Executive had undertaken a dual struggle, on the one hai\d of maintaining the Mandate and, on the other, of securing a Jewish State, Ben Guiion said, but assert¬ ed it was unjust for certain people to use tho Mandate as a weapon to defeat the Jewish State. The Executive, Ben GurioiLOmphaaized, is adhering to the resolution adopt¬ ed by the Congreas. If the Actiona Committee disliked that policy, it was at liberty to adopt a con¬ trary resolution, otherwise, the Executive would continue to pur¬ sue that policy of exploring the possibdities for the establishment of a Jewish State, he stated..
Disturbed by reports on the economic situation presented by Ehezer Kaplan, treasurer of tho Jewish Agency, tho Action's Com¬ mittee appointed a commission of fifteen to woik out a program to deal with the present financial and economic conditions in Palestine. The national funds require ?10,- 000,000 not only for economic strengthening of the Yishuv but for bolstering the Jewish political aituation in Palestine, Kaplan told tho Committer, following the con¬ clusion of the one-day Adminis¬ trative Committee meeting.
Reviewing the economic position in Palestine, Kaplan described what the Jewish community had itself dono in the way of self- imposed taxes to meet tho prob¬ lems arising out of recent events. He outlined the constructive plans now under consideiation which would pull the country up from its stagnancy if tho fund? could be obtained. Added capital at this time, he Said, would give the pos¬ sibility not only of preserving bnt of developing tho country's econ* omic position. It is imperative, he declared., to strengthen tho re¬ cently built settlements.
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CANTOR  S.  VIGODA
Tho Jews of Columbua and Cen¬ tral Ohio will have tho oppoitun- ity this week end to hear one of the most celebrated) synagogue singers of the world. Cantor Sam¬ uel Vigoda, ,of New York, will bo fhe guest of the Agudath Achim Congregation, Washington and Donaldson Sts, where he will con¬ duct servicea Saturday morning (to-day) at 9 o'clock. He will be assisted by a small quartet. On Sunday evening Cantor Vigoda will present a special concert in celebi ation of the Purira festival at which time he will conduct a Maanv seivice and present a var¬ ied program ot folk songs and other selections in several lan-. guages. Although a young man of 39, Vigoda is well known through¬ out the U S and in most countries of Europe and the South Ameri¬ can continent, where he has ap¬ peared in concert touts.
Acclaimed by ciitics every¬ where for his beautiful tenO; voice of unusual lange^posSJtJJ!;^ "quality," CanWr Vigoda is out^ standing, not only for his oiigin- ality m mtei^preting the Hebrew prayeis, hut also for his masteily rendition of Jewish folk songs and classical anas. Before commg to New York to occupy the pulpit formerly held by the late world's famous Cantor Joaeph Rosen¬ blatt, he was chief cantoi of Buda¬ pest, Hungary. He is the composer of mony well known hymns and has made numerous recoidmgs ot his own compositions for the R. C. A. Victor Cp. His recent con¬ cert tour has taken him to St. Louis, Milwaukee, Louisville and Cincinnati Cantor Vigoda ar¬ rived m Columbus Thursday mom¬ ing accompanied by his manager, Mr. I. Hyman of Chicago.
Tickets, at 60 cents each, can be procured from the officers of Agudath Achim Cong, and at the door the night of the concert on Sunday.
Mrs. Levinger To Be
Heard In Book Review
Next Tuesday
Tho Woiiieii's Institute of Jewish ituchei, pon-orcd by senioi IH- dassah, 011011)^ its book review scr¬ ies ot six tilks next Tucsdav, MaiLh 22, when Mis 1 Ima Elirliih Lcvingci will bo presented in a ic- Mcw o£ the "Memoirs of Gluckl of Hamlin" translated by Manin Loewenthal, i pcent locil donor din- nti speakei) The meeting on Tues¬ day will ho hold nt the Brydon Rd Tcmpli at 12 30 o'clock when lunch will be served.
Membeis who have mgistcrcd for the eoui iso aie urgfd to attend and those ^Icsinng to legistei, may do so by calling Mis. E W. Abiam- son nt FA 1220 or Mr J Kinko- V iti i>t LV 1010
The second of the sei ica will take place March 2') with Mrs Teetei of Lazarus book 'ihop leviewmg "SuSan and God" by Rachel Cio- thers. On April 5 Mi« Roy Stone will discuss "Tho Road of Ages" bv Robert Nathan Di Donald Tippett wdl re\iew Bcatnco Bis- no's prize winning novel "Tomor¬ row's Bread", Apnl 27.
The two final speakeis, Mrs. M H Lichlitei and Mrs Marcus Burn¬ stino will announce their subjects at a later date
To Close Council's
Lecture   Series
A. Z. A. Annual Show Set For Sunday Eve.
When the curtain of the A. Z. A. annual musicale, "Folliowood Ho¬ tel," to bo held at tho Women's Club, 530 E. Town St., goes up Sunday at 8-30 P. M, it will be the fifth consecutive year A. Z. A. has presented a show which it believes IS worthy of the wholehearted sup¬ port of Columbus Jcwiah public. Unlike the pievious productions, this musicale litilizes a plot which is centeied in tbe main lobby ot a hotel. A floor show within the lobby adds zest to the story.
A capella choir will sing Jack Moas' arrangement of several pop¬ ular numbeis. Songstiesa Betty Stone and Songster Manny Wein¬ stein have the lead in the musi¬ comedy which is directed by Nato Coopersmith.
Tickets can be obtained fiom any A. Z A. member or at the dooi Sunday evening.
ANNOUNCES  SERMON
Rabbi Nathan Zellzei. will spe'ak at the East Broad St. Temple Fri¬ day, March 25, at 8 p. m. On the thomc—"Life's Masters". Cantor Eugene Gottesman will sing. All ai'e welcome
ustrian Jews ire Sybjeot
ifti-Seiitisi as iustria Is
!iipldely ibserbad ly Seraany
VirNNA (WNS)—Thc stroke of the pen that removGcl Austtia fiom nmonpc tho indGpcndenfc nations of the woild flnd conveited it into a tatp of the Geiinan Keich leaves 200,000 Austiian Tews subject to all the Nazi anli-Scmitic law? and rofiulations which have driven 160,-
000 German Jews into exile and degiadedt diafianchised and boR- ffared tho 850,000 who remain. That, to the Jews of Au3tria, ia tho import of ¦¦ tho sensational Gvcnts climaxed bv a proclamation making Hitler chief of state of Austiia, hi^ native landf.
DR. JOS. itCMENYI
Dl Joseph Jiemenyi, professor of English and, European literature at Cleveland College, Cleveland, O , will close the Council of Jewish Women's Icctuie series when he speaks before thc group on Monday at 12 30 p, m, at the Ft. Hayea hotel He lecently letumed from a European trip duung which he studied conditions there Hia sub^ ject WlU be "Contemporary Europe —A Personal Experience". Br. He- menyi is well knowti m his com¬ munity where he conducts many liteiary couises and study Eioups
Anti-Nazi Boycott 'To Be Extended To Austria
New YORK (WNS)--riepaiations for extending the anti- Nazi boycott to goods made in Auatria were being made here by the oigani/ations engaged m promoting the boycott. The ban on Gcrman-mado goods will be applied to those commg from Austiia if and as aoon as tho >(azi regime in Austria extends tho Na7i laws against leligious minorities, labor, fraternal or¬ ganizations and women, to Austria. First to announce plana for an anti-Austrmn boycott was the Jewish War Veterans. Tho Jomt Boycott Council of the American Jewish Congress and the Jewish Laboi* Committeo, which on the very eve of the Nazi conquest of Austria announced that no boycott was being con¬ sidered, isiued a stj.tement indica,ting that other action would piobably be taken The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League had threatened an anti-Nazi boycott several weeks ago when Nazis were admitted to the Austnan govemment.
Stri
Are Eaising Funds For
Paasover Supplies
As in former years, Kabbi Leo¬ pold Gieenwald of the Beth Jacob, Cong., Is again heading a commit¬ tee for "Moess Chitim" the pur¬ pose of which organization is to raise funds for the puiehaae of Passovei supplies for the needy in our community. Similar fund raising efforts aro being conducted in Jewiah communities thruout the world.
The Beth Jacob synagogue has carried pn this typo of chanty for the past 13 years. Mr. Ahe Good¬ man, PieBident and Mi. George Shuatick in charge of "Moess Chi¬ tim" this year, are seeking the co¬ operation of the synagogue's mem¬ bership &$ well as eontiibutions from the geneial public towards this worthy cause. Last yoar 24 families weie supplied with Pass¬ over foods by tbis group.
ANNOUNCE ONEQ
SHABBAT PROGRAM
Mrs. Justin Sillman, 664 Lmwood Ave, will be hostess at the next O^eg Shabbat of senior Hadassah, Saturday, March 20, at 2:30 p. m Mr. Sillman will review "The Buiied Candfilabia" by Stephen Zweig. Gioup singmg -will be led by Mrs, B, W. Abramson. Mra Joseph Schwaiti will entertain with vocal seleptidns. Assisting the hostess WlU be Mra. Ai>e Wolman, Mrs. Harry Knight, Mia. A. Men¬ del;^ Mis Louis Ruben, Mrs. Mil¬ ton Goodman and Mr?. Abe Shus¬ tick.
VIENNA (WNS)—Terror gnp- ped Austiian JeWiy as Adolf Hit- lei't? triumphant entry into an Austria which is now a part of Germany marked the formal be-, ginning of a campaign agam^t the Jews which has alieady done as mucli, to destroy Jewish economic ^,^^ positions in three days'
13 tho Nazi anti-Semitic laws did in three years Jews have been ejected from the har and medical associations and forbidden to en¬ gage in the practice of law or meditme. Jew ish doctoi s wei e expelled from government ancf pri¬ vate hospitals. In anticipation of the extension of the Nmemberg lacial laws to Austria hundieds of non-Jewish gnls, engaged to marry Jews, weie I'epoited. em¬ bracing Judaism en masse Jewish lestaurants and cafes m the heprt of Vienna were taken over by storm troopers  after the Jewish
piopiietors and customeis were ejected Signs proclaiming "no Jews wanted" and "reopened under Aryan management" have been posted in many of tbe cafes
Jewish shops in many paits of the city weie \vrecked and plun¬ dered In a numbei of big Jowish stores Nazis made large purchases without payment. Jewish drug¬ gists veie told to empty their shelves of medical supplier* For¬ eign Lonbulates were besieged by thousands of hysteiical Jews seek¬ ing Msaf. While wealthy Jewa seeking to flee the countiy found themsehes tiapped by the lefusal of the banks to pay out dieposits, the funds owned by Jewish oi'gani- yations which have been suppiess¬ ed weie confiscated Nevertheless the roads leading out of Vienna weie choked with trucks and vans loaded with hastily thrown to- gethei belongings of Jews lushing to escape Vienna
Among the first steps taken by the Nazi masters ot Austria T.\cre measuies designed to xeduce the Jews   to   the   status   of   German Jewry.     The   decree   pioclaiming the formal mcoipoiation of Aus¬ tria  into  Germany  also  disfian- chised all  Austrian Jews by ex¬ cluding all but "German men and women" from paiticipatmg m the April 10th plebiscite called, to allow Austrians to register their opin¬ ion  on the  Nazi conquest.    All Jewish   organizations   have   been guppressed, display of thp swastika by other than a "pure racial Ger¬ man" Btnctly forbidden,'* Jewish- owned    newspapers     suppressed, Jewish journalists dismissed atid many   prominent   Jews   arreated. AU theatres have Jbeeh closed, to allow time Jor the elimination of eveiy one of Jewish blood connect¬ ed "With them     Amon^ the Jews anested are bankers, business men, journalists and communal leaders
Jewish Leader Reads of
Nazi  Triumph  and
Drops Dead
PRAGUE (WNS)—While reading newspaper accounts of tho Nazi conqueat of Austria, Otto Karl Tischer, Jewish direc¬ tor of the Czech National Thea¬ ter, dropped dead oi a heart attack. Fischer was formerly a professor at Client and Prague Universities. He was 54 years old.
"What must bc a landmark in. foi^ign language films is the American-made "Gieen Fields"— N. Y. Journal and Ameiican.
It is a technically superior pro¬ duction—N. Y. Daily News.
This is the best Jewish folk pic¬ tuie yet seen in N Y.—N. Y. Post
A Jewiah dialogue iilm that marks a new high m vernacular ait—N, Y. World-Telegram.
•'Gieen Fields'* is an unexpected film, ono that actually ii\es up to its title—The N. Y. Sun.
Piom the above picbs comments and otheis too numuous to men¬ tion, tho Jewish community of Co¬ lumbus and Bunounding towns is bound to leceive one lof the gieat¬ est tieata m "Gieen Fields", the widely acclaimed motion pictmo production when it plays hero at tha Haitman Theatie on Sun¬ day, Maich 27. It is a Jewish dialogue film tiaiialuted hbeially by English titlea so that those who do not underat^uid tho Yid- dihh will be able to follow the atory clearly fiom beginning to end..
"Green Fields" adapted fiom the highly BUCLessful book of the same name by Pcretz Hiishbein, will bo tho feature attiaction of the Fourth Annual United Jubilee, tho entile pioceeds to go towaids the maintenance of the only local Jew¬ ish educational institution, The Co¬ lumbua Hebiew School. There vrill be two performances only, one at 2 30 p. m. and the other B,t 8 00 p. m. Reserved seats aie $1.00; general admission, BO cents and for childien, 25 cents, Ticketa can be piocuied fiom members of the Ivreeyoh Society, Vohner Society and the Hebiew School Board. By calling GA 3372 oi FA 4512, ad¬ vance ticketa will be deliveied to you immediately.
Fiom reports leceived in the offico of the Chionitle, the above attiaction has bioken all records in dozens of cities wheie it haa been shown I atest leporta from tho Jubilee committee indicate that a capacity audienco will turn out to see "Gieen Fields" Maich 27th.
Uniformed ¦stoim troopeis took possession of the headquarters of the Zionist Oiganizations, the Jew¬ ish Youth Organization, the Keien Hayesod, thc B'nai Bnth, the Palestine Bureau, and the Mac¬ cabi Spoits oiganization. Police raided the offices of Gerechtigkeit, organ of Mme Irene Haiand's Woild Oiganization to Combat Race Hatred, and closed the office of Die Stimme and the Neue "Welt, Jewish newspapeis. Dr. Heiman Oppenheim, president of the Jew¬ ish Youth Organization, was taken into protective custody, Robeit Stiicker, editor of tho Neue Welt, was also anested but later re¬ leased. Captain Sigmund Fried¬ mann, piesident of the League of Jewish Wai Veteians, was called to stoim troop headquaxlers and warned to allay Jewish feara. Jews who sought to withdraw funds fiom banks weie arrested AU Vienna newspapers pppeared with¬ out a single aiticle by a Jewish wiiter The Wemei Journal, the Telegraf am Mittag and Telegraf Nachtausgahe, Jewiah-owned dail¬ ies, were confiscated and appeared under Na^i direction emblazoned W(th swastikas     Several bundled
Jewish newspaper delivery -worfc- ers were dismissed,
The fust signs of the extension of  the  Nazi anti-Jewish boycott to Austiia have already appeared as placards reading "Aryan shop" OiUd "German ahof" were posted on hundreds of stftrea in Vienna. Alt Jewish sporta  societies were expelled *from the Austrian Sports Fiont.    The Jewish managers of tho DeUtsches Volks Theater and Max Reinhardt's Josefstadt Thea¬ ter, wero ousted aa were the mana¬ ger   of   the   Austrian   National Thea,tei,   Herman  Roedeling,  and Dr, Jahn, a converted Jew, who IS director of the Volks Theater, and the atate manager of the Jo¬ sefstadt Theater.
Hundieds. oi Jews who sought to escape by crossing into Hungary, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Cze- chosiovakiq were turned back be¬ causo those countries ha\o dosed their fiontiers. Jews from the piovincial towns of Austria aro xushing to Vienna. Synagogues in Vienna were jammed to the doora with teaiful and panic-stricken Jews aeeking advice and comfort. There was compB,rativeIy Iittla anti-Jewish violence although scat¬ tered reports of attacks on Jews were noted. Cheering and frenzied Nazis marched through the Jewish quarter of Vienna but encountered only stray Jews, aome of whom weio badly beaten. Most Jewish stoies remained closed and the Jewish popuIa,tion shut itself up behind baiTed doors. The streets echoed to the cry of "perish Judea "
Jetvish Indiistrlalii^t who
Financed Nazis
Arrested
VIENNA (W N S> — Among those arrested by the newly- empowered Nazi atorm troops were Frit/ Jujius Maudl, Jew¬ ish industrialist and Austrian munitiQiui maker, who for yeara had been one of the chief finan¬ cial backers of the Anstrmn NqiSis and hi» wife, the former Heddy Kieuler, screen actress, were arrested ou a train m Innsbruck as they were about to crpss the border. No reason waa giveii for Mandl's arrest.
Bruno Walter Cancels
Austrian Contracts
AMSTERDAM (WNS)—Bru¬ no Walter, the exiled German- Jewish conductor, who had just received a renewal of his con¬ tract with tho Vienna State Opera, has announced the can¬ cellation of that contract as well as a contract to conduct the Salzburg music festival.
Pending clarification of the Jew¬ ish status under the new Nazi re¬ gime Jewish Icfitlers declined to comment publicly. Privately they admitted that tho situation wap almost hopeless despite tho fact that an appeal t6 the League of Nations ia possible under the min¬ ority clause of the St. Germain peace treaty. Responsible Jewish spokesmen exprelsed the opinion that the Nurembeig la,WB would be applied in Austria and that a com¬ plete leviBion of Jewish citizen¬ ships would bcf announced shortly. They also pointed out that in ad¬ dition to the 200,000 full-blooded Jews affected Austria has some 600,000 peoplo with Jewiah blood because of extensive intermarriage ^, und conversion.
Coughlin For Fascist State
DETROIT (WNS)—A Fascist state in America was urged by Father Charlea E, Coughhn in hla weekly radio addiess. The radio pi lest advocated the adoption in tho United States of a corporative state m which all parties would be abohshed and eacK class would have its xepreaentatives in Con¬ giesa. He denied bis plan stemmed from I'aaciam or Nazism but urg¬ ed hla followers to "organise for the adoption or rejection of tbB3e plana.**
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