Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-07-19

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Vol. 10      No. .10
COIjUMBUH, OHIO, FRIDAY, .lULV  19,  l»40
Devoted to American ond JewiHh Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By PHINBAS J. BIRON
Anti-Nazi League Asks Recall Of Fritz Wiedemann
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WAR ECHOES
Don't be .surprised if the num¬ ber of Jews In Nazioccuple' Poland shows a marked in¬ crease . . .The Nazi ruling that young Poles must give their blood for transfusions tor wounded German soldiers but that Jewish blood isn't suitable for this purpose has resulted in a large number of Polish young men registering with the Jew¬ ish community and wearing the yellow badge, to escape becom¬ ing blood donors for Nazis . . . In Charge of Germany's affairs in Palestine, which is at war with Hitler, is the Swiss Con¬ sul; one of whose jobs it now Is to protect the rights of the German subjects held in Pales¬ tinian concentration camps . . . The most interesting aspect ot this situation is that this Swiss protector of the Germans of £3retz Israel is a Jew . . . Monashe linger, student of Jewish historical curiosa, tells ue that Alexandria, now so much in the war news, had a Jewish population of 1,200,000 In the first century B. C. E., and that this Jewish commun Ity had a Temple modeled after that in Jerusalem And that the higgest synagogue In Alex ant^rla today Js^, named $ift$r tl)e
NEW YORK (WNS)—The Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Lea¬ gue,, which recently supplied evidence of the "Irregular activ¬ ities" of Dr. Friedhelm Draeger, Nazi Consul In New York, at the request of the department of State, has wired the Department asking for the recall of Captain Fritz Wiedeman, Nazi Consul- General In San Francisco, and all other Consular representa¬ tives "engaged In similar extra- consular activity."
Wiedemann has been denoun¬ ced by a U. S. Commissioner in Los Angeles as having "stepped outside the regular diplomatic procedure," in connection with the arrest ot Herbert Hoehne, a German citizen, on espionage charges.
"Never in the diplomatic his¬ tory ot our country has a for¬ eign power appointed a man to a major diplomatic post when that man has been connected with the secret military police of the country he represents," read the wire to the State De¬ partment.
"Wietleroann was definitely linked to Theodore Wiegand, higher up among the Nazi spies on trial in 1939 and was accus ed by Guenther Rumrich one of the spies on trial, as having given directions for their work irt t?ie US," the. Anll'Nazi Le^
New Decrees Aimed At Jews Issued In Rumania
&ve-itto the Wazfstqr add lii Jury to insult Not only has Judenfresser Adolf arranged his entire career In accordance with the horoscope cast for Jilm by the Jewish astrologer Hanussen, but it now appears that Hitler is timing his entire Blitzkrieg to gibe with the prognostica¬ tions of the sixteenth century Jewish soothsayer Michael Nos¬ tradamus, who, as we reminded you a couple of weeks ago, fore¬ told the fail of Paris after an aerial attack trom the East. THIS AND THAT
The Rev. L. M. Birkhead ot Kansas City, who was carry¬ ing on a one-man campaign against un-American forces long before the G-men woke up to the fifth column peril, suspects that the jury which acquitted these "Christian Frontiers" In Brooklyn recently was subject¬ ed to undue influence, and that not all the jurors were free of bias in favor of the men on trial for sedition . . . Twenty- year-old Hazel Scott is making quite a name for herself as a singer of Jewish songs, such as "Eli, Ell," "Kol Nidre" and "Yid- dlsho Mama" . , , Which would be nothing stariling were it not for the fact that Hazel is a coffee-colored swing singer from Harlem and worlts in a Broadway night club for her living . . . Did you know that it was Waslilngton Irving who told Sir Walter Scott all about Rebecca Gratz, who became the prototype for the Rebecca of "Ivanhoe?" . . . And that Re¬ becca's father, Michael Gratz, at one time owned Kentuclty's Mammoth Cave? . . . Walter Winchell reports a sign In a Chicago show window proclaim- Ing that the Jevirish proprietor of the establishment would rather deal with a himdred Nazis than with one Jew ... It seems the place Is an tinder- taker's parlor , . . BBFDGBB BBPOBT
Doing  her bit - for  Europe's child i«fugees Is Lulse Ralner,
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[th. tlio antiUpated irlnOdL of this year's United Jewish Fund Campaign daring the com¬ ing week, the Ciironicle nil! have a special feature page on that occasion.     Watch for it!
LONDON (WNS)—Far reach¬ ing decrees, presumably aimed at eliminating Jews fi'om Ihe professional, cultural anri busi¬ ness circles of Rumania, were announced by King Carol's new totalitarian Government. The new decrees bar all Jews from important Government and semi-official posts.
The decrees were announced following a conference attended by King Carol, his anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi Premier Ion Gi¬ gurtu, and representatives of of the German and Italian em¬ bassies.
Rumanian newspapers have been ordered lo dismiss their Jewish employees and sym¬ phony orchestras and theatres have been compelled lo dis¬ charge all Jewish musicians, dancers and actors. Jews may no longer be employed in any phase of the theatre.
Christian wives ot Jewish men will be removed from their jobs. The decrees are similar in many respects to those Issued in Nazloccupled Poland,Czecho Slovakia and Austria. Since Jews are excluded trom mem bership in the totalitarian Party ot the Nation they are Ineligible tor Government posts and may not be employed in any organl zatlon
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'SunianM's jpSseM pgnf onttte Jews Frequent anil Semitic demonstrations make it unsafe for Jews to be on the streets in many of the smaller towns and cities.
United Jewish Fund Campaign Extended For Another Week
Columbu.s Jewish community has so far responded nobly in this year's United Jewish Fund Campaign," de¬ clared Robert W. Schiff, 1940 drive chairman. "Realizing the necessity for funds w.is never so urgent as this year, the various divisions set out to canvas all Jewish prospects. With well-laid plans of vice chairmen, I. W. Garek, Ralph Lazarus, Herbert Levy, Leonard Kohn, Albert Schiff antl Robert Weiler, followed by more than four hundred en¬ thusiastic workers, more than 25% Increase in the num¬ ber of pledges are in evidence," Mr. Schiff said.
Faith In Democracy Vital To American Defense says Burman
JewiNh   War   Veteran   Comman
der StreHHes The  Need  For
National   Unity
By Rdpir J. Burman
The Jewish War Veterans of the United States meet in Bos
Morris C. Troper Pictures Entire
Europe As "Vast Concentration Camp"
NEW YORK (WNS)—Morris C. Troper, European chairman of the Joint Distribution Com¬ mittee who arrived in New York from Lisbon, Portugal, on the Yankee Clipper, declared that "the whole European con¬ tinent with a few exceptions has been converted into a vast concentration camp as a result ot the recent occupation of Bel- glum, Holland, Luxemberg and a large part of France."
Mr. Troper came to the Uni¬ ted States to confer with offi¬ cers of the Joint Disributlon Committee with regard to re¬ adjustments in the policy and program ot the J. D. C. necessi¬ tated l)y recent developments in Eurxjpe.
One of the last Americans to leave Paris prior to its occujki. tion, Mr, Troper described the plight of millions of refugees of every nationality in all parts of Europe. Mr. Troper said: "During my trip from Paris to Bordeaux, which lasted three full days and nights though nor¬ mally a matter of hours, I saw literally many thousands of refugees of every description, scurrying like ants as before a crtishlng heel, fleeing Paris by train, l?y automobile, by truck, on carts, on bicycles, and tens of thousands on foot. All means of transportation were used In their frantic efforts to depait. Some of them even left Paris rtiUiig hearses. Fan^- illes were separated under most tragic circumstances. It may take decades, before members
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of these families will be able to locate each other.
Harnessed Like Animals "I saw many men and women of culture harnessed like pack animals to improvised carts In which were piled the little they were able to save of their be¬ longings, together with children ahd aged parents. It Is Im¬ possible to picture to Ameri¬ cans who fortunately live In peace and security the horrors that are taking place all over Europe today. Hundreds of thousands who formerly lived In comfortable circumstances found themselves suddenly de¬ prived of everything. The shock (Continued on Fage 8)
Edgur J. Burman
lon on August 28th for their forty-fifth annual encampment In a time of crisis. Despotism once again is on the march and man's freedom and security and religious faith are menaced as perhaps never before In his¬ tory. Looking into the future, one cannot help but recall the past. World War No. 2 inevit¬ ably brings up recollections of World War No. 1. The very graves bf our American dead in France have been plowed up by the shells of the Nazi Blltzkrelg. A cynicism has come over many people who tormeriy be¬ Ueved that our American dead had not died in vain, that de¬ mocracy was  reborn  in 1918.
But they are mistaken who feel disillusionment in the sneers ot the aggressor at those American boys who djed to make the world safe for democ¬ racy. Hysteria and panic are the first effects of the totalitar¬ ian onslaught;—indeed, hysteria and panic are the first object¬ ives of ail anti-democratic move¬ ments. When we sit back and view the situation calmly and dispassionately, many of us see a different picture. The world today is essentially no more im- safe for democracy than it was in 1917. Freedom was under attack then as it is today in a greater degree, and although the aggressor may be superior for the moment in planes and bombs. It Is the defenders who hold what was proven In 1918 to be a more vital superiority,— a superiority in Ideals and in
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NEW PRESIDENT OP
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ORGANIZATION
IRVING HAIiEB, Ot Atlan¬ ta, Ga., whose electloil as grand oleph godol ot Aleph Zadllc Aleph, B'nai B'rith yonth or< ganlsKttlon, at the recent 17th annnal convention, makes bim the head of'the largest Jew lish boys ergohlzatlbn in the Vnlied States,
The junior division under the leadership of Leon Fried¬ man, filled its part of the "bill" commendably. It is the opinion of Chairman Friedman that the potentialities of future leader¬ ship In things Jewish could easily be made available through the ranks ot co-workers who made up the various teams In the 1940 campaign.
Mrs. Alfred J. Kobacker, chairman of the ladies division, and her co-chairmen were so well organized that hardly a card assigned them was miss¬ ed. Calls were made in var¬ ious parts of the city and many contributed who had p,ot re¬ sponded to the appeals in for¬ mer years The result was that the Women s group this year raised the largest quota In local history
Mr Schiff and his campaign commitjtee urge all those who .'N.lfS. ..?>?* lieeh ¦taUtacMvL.
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As announced by Mr Schiff, the early part of next week will officially close the campaign and all who have cards are urged to bring them to head quaiteirs along with then money. It is the desire of the United Jewish Fund Campaign to have all co-workers of the drive wind up their calls by Tuesday of next week. Your cooperation will expedite a .suc¬ cessful conclusion to' a glorious campaign.
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