Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-10-11

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Vol. 10 No. 42
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1040
DeroteC to Anerlcsn and JTewlsh Heals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Bverywhere By PHINigAS J. BIBON
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Now it can be told that, when the Frsnch Cabinet met at Tours for the last time before the armistice to seek some solu; tion for the intolerable situa¬ tion, G&rges Mandel said: "If my name' were Durand- instead of Mandel I cquld become Prime Minister, and then I could save France" . . The tragedy of It Is that he was right . . . lltTien the alarm siren shrieks in Lon¬ don Dr. Chalm Weizmann and David Ben Gurion don't budge from their executl-ve desks at 77 Great Russell Street . * . Thejf prefer comfort with dan¬ ger to uncomfortable safety   .',
¦ Martin Bosenblueth, member of the Zionist executive at London, has been released Jrom concen
"Trallon "camp, we hear . . \Vealthy Nazis have already moved their gold to Paris, to escape British bombings of Ber¬ lin .. . General Franco's,official publication, ABC, predicts that General Almazan, the defeated Presidential candidate of Mex- ic(i, win soon be President of 'Mexico, and-stresses that he's a frlend'of Franc's... We wonder Whethc): Senator Edward R ^Burkc of Nebraska, one of th^ parei;ts pf the conscription law,
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Nation Mourns The Passing of Governor Henry Homer
CHICAGO (WNS)—Political leaders and statesmen through¬ out the country Joined in mourn¬ ing the passing of Governor Henry Homer of Illinois, who died last Sunday at his home in suburban Winnetka, He was 61 years old. . Dr, Louis L, Mann, rabbi of Sinai Temple, of which the Gov¬ ernor was a member, conducted the funeral services, A Catho¬ lic priest and a Protestant min¬ ister were invited to assist Dr, Mimn in the ceremony.
The Governor was burled dn Mount Mayriv Cemetery,'beside the grave of his mother. He is survived by two brothers, Sid¬ ney Homer and James Levy of Chicago, and four cousins, Mrs. Maude Rosenbaum and Horace Horner of New Ydrk City, Mrs, Hazel Mannhelmer of Buffalo and Mrs, Irene Snellenberg of Philadelphia
Before his election ds Gover¬ nor of Illinois in 1932, he had been for 18 years on the bench of the Cook County Probate Court- A consistent foc of the Kplly-Nash machipe In Chicago, Gov. Horner worshipped Abra¬ ham Lincoln as America's "ncJb- lest creature."
Indianapolis Hosts To Conference On Jewish Problems
Indianapolis is to be host to the seventh annual cdhference of the East Central States Re¬ gion of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, to take place Nov 16th and 17th at the Claypool Hotel, was the announcement made today by Dr. E, J, Gordon, chairman.
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man thapv Bismarck"   apdlde- 'claifea that'the  anhexalloh ..of the Sudetfniand by the Reich was justified ... JHRRE AND NOW
Beware of   an   organization called the league to Save'Amer¬ ica First   .\ The leader of that outfit is Bundlat Hans Dlebel, 'who' operates  from  headtjuar ters In Los Angeles . . . -The "Free    American,"   German iBundist sheet, brazenly   gives its readers front-page advlce.oD ' how they can evade the draft '. . . \Ve're a Wt  disgusted   to know that the biggest GermaH- -language screen success of re¬ cent months In New York Is V the official German film glorify¬ ing Hitler's destruction of Po¬ land . . . Only 18 per cent of the members of   the   New   York Stock  Exchange .are ' Jews,  al "though in population the Jews represent almost 33 per cent In this  city        This   and  many other interesting items are con¬ tained in a Utile booklet call¬ ed "The Fiery Furnace Flames Again,"   by   Bembert   Gilman Smith   of Tulsa, Okla. . .Mr. ~  Smith still hopes to combat antl- . Semltism   with   statistics . . . ¦When Friday, "the weekly that tells the "truth," tried to place advertisements    In   the   dally prass to call attention to Its ex- '    pose  of the  close relationship between ..Fritz Kuhn and the chemical department of Henry JFord's factory,, it found no pa¬ per wM'lnS to run that ad—not even the Yiddish   newspapers . , , The only dally which did print the   advertisement,   and that free of charge, was PM M:-G-M  is    preparing    another short oti Nostradamus, featur- ,,   Ing the 16th-century prophet as predicting England's victory In iWa war, . . , BeUevera in the ,   soothsayer's .forecasts point out that'General tie Gaulle obvious- / ly isnhe Gallic general whom ¦    the Jewish astrologer foresaw '' as bringing on the end of -lit- )er . . . All -of whlcl; reminds (OMtUiitM w tf*** n
Rabbi Kaplan's First L,ectarQ..jSchedi)led;
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MilfionOoUais a Month Needed by JDC Agency
Board of Directors Meeting Studies The Minimal Require¬ ments Of Over $3,000,000 For 'The Last Three Months Of Year
/ <'o'ar'';Jbw^^and • ^riteceii; ents" is the"subject"ot Sabbi 3ahyL Kaplan's first lecture in the education series of t^ie Coun¬ cil of Jewish "Women which •will be held Wednesday, at 130 P. M, at the Bryden Hoad Tem¬ ple. The general theme of the course is "The Jew In America —His Past, Present and Ta- thre."
Mrs. David Gerstenfeld Is be¬ ing assisted by Iter ciWhalrman Mrs, tbuls M; Haftis, and Mrs. H, Priimkln, treasurer, Other members- of .the totnmlttee are Mesdames Simon Sculler, Rob¬ ert iLevy, 'Richard Abel, Maur¬ ice Klynn, Harry Froslj, Haqy Zelger, Herbert Wise, Ben Lurie, E. J. Schanfarber, Henry Piatt, L. W. Polster, Harry MIckler, Louis Roth, Daniel Co¬ hen, Sig Ornsteln, Jack Resler, William Peattle, Lester Glick¬ man, Herbert Fenburr, Harry Kohn and Joseph Younger
Tickets for the series of ten lectures may be purchased from any of the above women at $100 each.
DR. E. J. GORDON     •
"The Council of .Tcwish Fed¬ erations and Welfare ,.,_Puhds ^hHimberSi^n'itsVmeiitbffljaBUtiiia^
yriltate funds," and < cMftmumi,. councils throughout' the'United States and Canada," Dr. Gordon said . "It Is a national associa¬ tion whiph''rcnders to Its consti¬ tuents Informational service on agencies seeking welfare fund support; It Issues' campaign and budgetary material;' through bulletins and periodicals it keeps Its membership informed of current events touching Americaii JeiSrish life."
"The part the Amerlcap Jew¬ ish communities T)lay _lp the world scene as well as locally Is to be the general theme of this meeting," Dr Gordon continued, 'The detonation of the Euro¬ pean debacle has made itself felt here In Increasing problems to Jewish communities We are fortunate    that    we   have
Minimal needs of over $3,000,000 during the last three 'months of 1940 for the overseas relief and reconstruction activities of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee were reported at a meeting of the Board of Directors of tlie Committee held at the Standard Club, Chicago, on Sunday, Sept. 29., A detailed statement of requirements and applications presented to the Board indicated the urg¬ ent need of $1,000,000 a month during the immediate fu¬ ture. -Income in sight from the United Jewish -Appeal falls far short of meeting these pressing requirements, it was pointed out, and only re-doubled support by Arnencan Jevirish communities can provide a partial solution to the problem.
- in statements, -by Morris C " Trojper, Chairman of the Euro¬ pean Executive ¦ Council; Paul Baerwald, Chairman of the J D C; I. Edwlii Goldwasseri Treas¬ urer; Harold F. LInder,.ChaU-- man of the Finance Committee; ariO Joseph C. Hymah, Execu¬ tive VIce-Chalrman, whb sub¬ mitted the riport'-of the Budget aiid Scope Committee in the ab¬ sence of the Committee's Chair¬ man; David M Bressler, the ^ ability of the J D. C. to continue its life-saving work in Europe without   aiding   the   German
St. Louis B'nai B'rith Head To Speak Here
< Zion Lodge, No- 62, B'nai B'rith, .announces that Alfred Fleishman, - President of Bran- deis Lodge, B'nai B'rith, of St, Louis, Mo,; -will be guest speak¬ er next Mpnday, Oct 14, at 8 00 P M at the East Broad St Tem¬ ple auditorium Mr   Fleishman   Is
member of-many.civic and com^Eeo^rior, was e"fhphaslzed.
munal organizations in tjis com- muj^ty. He is president of St ~ JUl^ ^QilisC0rgaJ^z4Uq9„^8ec;
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bf'the Aniat«>rVAtiiletjSf».Dal6ri of V. S., spcretdjy-df the tfeW^ Ish Crfordlnatlhg" Committee, Is a former ' democratic national committeeman for Missouri arid a past president of the Young Democratic Clubs of St. Louis.
In addition to the speaker of the evening there will be a'ten minute .skit on the B'nai B'rith membership drive which is to he launched Oct 14th, untRr the leadership of Bernard Felt¬ llnger
Members and prospective candidates for membership are cordially invited to attend the meeting  Monday evening
Progress Reported By Donor Dinner Committee
Very gratifying, reaimpse has been reported by the Pledge Committee of the coming Hadas¬ sah Donor Dinner according to Mrs. W. A. Hersch, chairman for the affair.
Due to the holidays, many members and fricnfis of Hadas¬ sah have not yet been reached, and this committee Is now re¬ suming Its work
Chairmen of Pledges are Mrs. Albert Schiff, Mrs Herman -Lleverman, Mrs. B. W. Abramr son and Mrs. Justin Slllman. ( X>e<;- l.st Is the date for the ponor Dinper whlcH will be held at the Southern Hotel. Mrs W. A. Herach is chairman wjlth MrET. 'AYben Schiff serving as coK:hairman.   „
HADASSAH SPEAKER AT •  TUESDAY MEETING
established the conference as a means of giving an opportunity to Jewish leaders toVget togeth¬ er for mutual counsel and ad vice "
"This year~6ur program com¬ mittee under the chairmanship of Max Hlrsch of Cincinnati, has developed a program which will bring up for consideration of the delegates from Indiana, Ken¬ tucky, Michigan, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, and West Vir glnia specific problems which confront them Among the sub¬ jects scheduled for discussion are How con uo find out tvhetber organizations which ask for welfare fund support merit such support? Public rela¬ tions programs: The progress of the welfare fund In 1040; The outlook tor the welfare fund tor 1041; are refugees still coming? Working with the refugee In the small community; How can all elements in the Jewish com, munlty best work co-operatively for the good ot all?
These topics'Indicate In gen eral the sessions of this two-da^ meeting More specific sub¬ jects for discussion are being de¬ veloped by the conferees them^ selves In collaboration with 'the program committee.
IndispensabteiiF relief work is carj;led_oY>,in.»beha«,^^J^lsh^ ,
Prof. Harlan Hutchcr The Columbus Chapter ot Ha¬ dassah will offer a most un¬ usual treat for its October meet¬ ing, scheduled for next Tues¬ day, October 15, which Is to be In the form of a desseit lunch¬ eon, at 1 P. M.
Professor Harlan Hatcher of Ohio State University, who has achieved    universal popularity
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those'affias;- TWs'Is tf<icompjrsh-?i-3| ed through .a transfer arrange^ rTl merit'whereby J- D  0-'dollars ..¦, are used outside German "terri¬ tory to pay for emigration trans- ^ portatlon costs against, equiva¬ lent amounts In local   currency   - put up internally to finance re¬ lief and welfare programs in the, German areas     It was also re¬ vealed that, repeated large bor¬ rowings   from   the  banks   had been necessary to  finance the citfrent requirements of the J. D C    '
In giving a first-hand report of present-day conditions in ¦¦ Europe, Mr Troper stressed the- fact that despite the many dif¬ ficulties arising out of the war„ - J. D. C. operations are hamper¬ ed only by lack of funds Thertf is no lack of opportunity for service, Mr Troper pointed out.. After outlining the extensive re¬ quirements in every European country, and dscribing the measures of aid which the J D C is rendering Ip these coun¬ tries, Mr. Troper concluded:
"Today we are at a crucial, an ^ historical juncture In^the his¬ tory ot the Jews. In ourjiands we hold the power of life or death for the Jews of the world Will they survive or will they perish from theifiartn'' In us lies the decision. Here Is a problem that admits of "no hedging. The Jews of Europe - have sent out their hist S. O. S, It we fail .to-^ respond, we may ¦ never again have the chance tq save them from extinction One, two or three yeaVs from now. It may be too late. When .the ulti¬ mate history of this era la writ- (ConUnusa on I^g« 4)
of the art of book reviewing, ¦will be the guest speaker. Us¬ ing as his subject "The Making of 'Buckeye Country'," he will tell the Btoty of how he came to , write his latest bo6k, '
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as a writer, lecturer and master | given by Mrs, Martin Rosefithal.'
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