Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-02-23

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JIHRONICLE
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COLUMBUH, OHIO, PKMJAV, PKBRUARV 2.% 1»40
DeTot«d to American ua Jewl.h Idmla
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By PHINEAS J. BIRON
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Our    W.tshinRlon    .sleuth foi-m.-i lis that before Ihe Ides of March  rolls around  the c:apilal will l)p the .scene of .sen.sational revelations   relating to  Iho  Pel- ley-IJies incident thai will blow the    roof off the .shrine of the Dies Committee .  .  .  Some one would do well to look clo.ser Into the AmeMcan Coalition    set-up. . . . Although it.s constituent so¬ cieties include some of the fore¬ most and most re.spected patrio¬ tic organizations there are al.so some  avowedly and     primarily anti-Semitic groups in lis mem¬ bership .  .  .  The  hornet's  nest that James Waterman Wise stir¬ red up    in Montreal    with    his speech,  when  members  of  the audience walked out on him, i.'i additional    evidence    that   the anti-Semitic groups in the Pro¬ vince of Quebec are looking for an opportunity  to .start a  new campaign against the Jews The French    Can&dlan    papers openly said that it wasn't that they so much    resented    what Wise said but that  they were not going to take that kind of .stuff from a non-Canadian, and that coming from a non-Aryan ^ It was positively outrageous . . ; We're glad;to,note,that .Washing- ^LMstk. WiiaSm^imiig,,?otiieti^r .; / a'botUtim^iSimoMMloif'^"^''"-"' t!f4>Ut^^W£mmH-„.,.—,., ^*jpIane8;i:o)itei!i.:ihJS'i9tf41e'|rt<Slliy te'^^ flf^^feefttiaCJiBpttSejctretnely' vulner^ able >Pan^#a'Canal ... AND XjECrS "IDOO
In spite of the death penalty that threatens Germans who lis¬ ten iri. to foreign short-wave broadcasts the National broad¬ casting Company still gets let¬ ters—anonymous of course, be¬ cause ot the censorship—from Germans who manage to catch Its programs without getting caught . . . There's a rumor that an American millionaire whose business was being hurt by Les¬ lie Hore-Belisha's conduct of Britain's war is the person re¬ sponsible for the War Ministry shake-up in England . . . Credit^ ed to Jackie Elinson is the gag aJjout the new way the French have found of torturing the starving Nazis—by dropping seven-course dinner menus into German territory . . . And Win¬ chell claims that the war in Europe boils down to a battle between the Haves and the Havenotzis . . . Actor Karl Step; anek, a refugee from a concen- tiation camp, is in England now and hopes eventually to reach Hollywood—where, incidehtially, the film colony is making every effort to prevent the threatened deportation of Aryan refugee Al-| bert Bassermaim, who has a chance to get a good screen part' if the red tape concerntag his visa can be untangled . . . Im¬ portant research work In neuro¬ pathology is being carried on In an old storeroom at New York's Montefiore- Hospital by Profes¬ sor Otto Marburg, formerly of „, Vl<'nna. . .
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Most accredited prophet in >lollywood these days is M-O-M's Al Llchtman, who predicted! staggering box office grosses for "Gone With the "Vflpd" at a time when everybody else considered it just an overgrown elephant One of the must films Qt the immediate future is "Dr Ehrlich b MagiL Bullet'. an epic of the wai against syphilis J, (Continued on Page S>     .-    .s
1,000 To Participate In B nai B'rith Bowling Congress
U A V T O \, o H 1 <),_N(.arly I.Ofto members of U'nai B'rith from 21) cities are converging on Dayton Ihis weekend for the .second annual National U'nai B'rith Bowling Congress, which will lie held here on Sunday. February 2,'jth, under the au spires of B'nal B'rlth. Over l.'JO teams will compete for the President's Trophy, which will he awarded to the winner of the five-man event. The trophy i.s heing given hy Henry Monsky, president of B'nai B'rith, and will he presented arrnually to the team winners.
Besides the team entries, there will also he several hun¬ dred individual howlers repre- .senting B'nal B'rith Lodges, ac¬ cording to Bernard Frank, presl- dent of the B'nai B'rith Bowling League. One of the individual entrants will be Max Stein, for¬ mer national all-events tltlC' holder, who is coming from Hollywood, California.
Participating in the tourna¬ ment will be teams representing B'nai B'rith lodges in Columbus; St. Louis; Chicago; Cleveland; Cincinnati; iJayton; Detroit; 2n- dtahapolia; Louisville; Jackson, Mlch.i = '^ay;,iClty,^,Miqh.; Ashta-
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riMihneapoliB and Milwaukee. The Jackson, Michigan Lodge won the J939 B'nai B'rith team (Itie.
15 Radio Stations Refuse To Continue Father Coughlin's Broadcasts
Weizmann Urges Amer; Jewish Women To Support J. N.F.
DETROIT (WNS)—American Jewish women were urged to support the cause of Palestine Land Redemption through sys¬ tematic participation in the fund-raising activities of the Jewish National Fund by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, President of the World Zionist Organization and of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
In a message to Mrs. Philip Slomovitz, head of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Jewish Nation¬ al Fund Council In Detroit, Dr. Weizmann stated: "The work of the Jewish National Fund is fundamental to our whole up¬ building program and indeed to our very future in Palestine. In supporting the Fund we are at once making possible addition¬ al-re-settlement In Palestine and broadeivtng and strengthening the basla of the Jewish National Home."
Tq mark the visit of Dr. Weiz¬ mann tp Detroit, the Ladles Auxiliary dedicated the proceeds of its' qnnual liincheon to In¬ scribing the name of the Zionist leader on the pages of thefCoId en Book of this, Jewish National Fund,.a',tnbute now being paid by the Zionist, organizations at)d groups. It is expected that the Gplden Bflok. litacrjptlbn? of his name will be jireserifed to Dr." Welznja.nn in •« special album prior to his departure.from thfe United States. , ¦
VOLINER I^OCIETV HPEAKflt
Allan Tarshish will address an open meetihg of the Volln6r Society this Sunday, Fph, 25, at 730 p Hi, ^Hls svibiect will be' "Jn Defense of Human Rights" 1 ¦' -"ti. i' I'jit- - w -
HoKko
Under the joint sponsorship of R'nai H'rith and the four brotherhoods, Dr. Stephen A. Hosko, eminent Catholic public¬ ist, will .speak at Broad St. Tem¬ ple Monday evening, Feb. 26, at 8 o'clock. Dr. Hosko's sub¬ ject will be "The Crisis in Hu- |nari Relations".        ,.     ,, ¦    i
fe^sbt-"'. of law • and • political science at the University of Day¬ ton, at Dajfton. As a public speaker he won renown as a leader of the open forum move¬ ment .sponsored by the Federal Open Forum. He received his PH. D. at the University of Par¬ is, a Doctor of Jurisprudence at the Univei^.iity of Transylvania and a doctor of statecraft and political science at the Univer' sity of Budapest.
Following his academic work Dr. Hosko entered into active participation in the political life of Central and Southeastern Europe, where today's news is being made. He became offi clal counsellor to the Roman Catholic Archbishopric in Hun gary until 1911, when he emi¬ grated to the  United States.
In America, Dr. Hosko enter ed the newspaper fieid. starting with the Cleveland Plain Dealer and then transferring to the Pittsburgh Post. Leaving the rerlortbriai field, he became Pro¬ fessor of Modern Languages at Creighton University, at Omaha.
Cooperating with the B'nai B'rith in bringing this outs^nd- ing speaker to Columbus, is the Temple Israel Brotherhood, the Tlfereth Israel Men's piub, the Agudath Achim Brotherhood and the Beth Jacob Brother¬ hood. The program will be open to the public, according to Irwta- Wolf, program chairman.
"We feel that Dr. Hosko's an¬ alysis of history as It is being made today will be of vital Im¬ portance to the entire commun ity," Mr. Wolf said. "We feel, therefore, that the interest of the city will be.st be served if each member of B'nai B'rith and the Brotherhoods will remem ber (hat this Is 'Brotherhood Week', and will bring a neigh¬ bor to hear Dr. Hosko", he con eluded
415 a capacity crowd is expet l- cd special heating arrangements have been made to accommodate all members, thelt wives and fri^ndfi for this impoilant event.
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numhcr of rudio stiitions tliroughout lilt.' rountry ciUTying I-'athor Coughlin's rcKiilar Sun- flay broadcasts h;is dropped from fit) to t.''* within tho last ypar and is expected to drop fiirther during llle next few months, according to a state¬ ment issued here by the Nation¬ al Association of Broadcasters.
The N. A. B. recently offered its fullest cooperation lo the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America in its cam¬ paign to combat anti-Sectarian¬ ism and anti-raria) propaganda. A spokesman for the powerful radio body re¬ ported that among the major radio stations which have cancelled the Coughlin l)roadcasls are WTMJ in Mil¬ waukee, WIRK in Indianapolis, WCAO in Baltimore, and sta¬ tions in F3rie, Pa., and Lowell, Mass. The spokesman admit¬ ted, however, that the radio priest has actiured several small stations which are nol meinhers of the N. A. B.
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memhership In the .'^. A. II will expire the majority of the sla- tions will not renew their con¬ tracts with the Royal Oak anti- .Semitp. Station W.IR in De¬ troit, wliere Coughlin's broad¬ casts originate, will continue the broadcasts, it was learned.
A c c o r d I ng to authoritative sources Coughlin's budget pro- videtl for $,'!,50,000 annually for his raflio broadcasts as of last November when the N. A. B.'s code banning anti-racial propa¬ ganda  went into effect.
The entire Colonial Network, which covers all the New Eng¬ land states, has indicated that it will refuse to renew its contract with Coughlin when the present one expires. Several of the 18 stations belonging to the Colon¬ ial Network, which had Indivldr ual contracts with the radio priest, have already cancelled them.
Tho Colonial network has been donating all money receiv¬ ed from Coughlin since the N. A. B. code was signed to charity, To date $,'>,()0() has been turned over to various New Engli^nd charities.
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Dies Committee Passes Buck On Cpughlin
Congressman,.. Martin- .Dies; *«mi[<:;Httiniea:=to iKls aeWc'lpfthe nation's capital after a two- month illness, and other mem¬ bers of the House Committee Investigating un-American Acti¬ vities indicated reluctance to ac¬ cept Father Coughlin's offer to testify before  (he Committee.
While announcing that the radio priest had asked for an opportunity to testify before the Committee, Rep. Dies said that he would recommend to the Committee that "we go to the West Coast and expose Holly¬ wood thoroughly, investigate consumer organizations, further and investigate CommunLsts in the Government."
The committee chairman said that Father Coughlin's request would have to be considered by (he entire committee because the committee wished to avoid giving "merchants of hate" an opportunity to "spread racial and religious hatred ^that they would not otherwise have."
Mr.  Dies  said    that    Detroit
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of im-Americahism — whether the committee should invest! gate only those organizations with a foreign tie-up" or Include; per.sons who "preach rSclal're¬ ligious or class hatred." -
The Congres.sman took the same stand with regard to the Ku Klux Klan, declaring that he did not know whether the pies ent-day Klan was within the scope of the committee. He In¬ sisted that he personally consid¬ ered the preaching of class hat red to be un-American but he would not speak for the rest of the committee.
Neutral observers expressed surprise that Rep. Dies was turning his attention away from supporters of WlUlam 'Dudley Pelley, Coughlin and other anti Semites and demanding an in vestlgation of Hollywood in which there would be "no pussy footing, nor    backtracking     no
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Doubts Coughlin 'Mixed' With Subversive Elements
Magazine, Dies pointed put that a great many of the producers w«re Jews. ¦   -
Representative Noah M. Ma¬ son of Illinois said that he did¬ n't "think that Father Coughlin has been mixed in with subver¬ sive elements. 1 don't agree with what he says, however." "This statement of his support¬ ing the Christian Front", Rep. Mason said, "begins to look as though he might be getting mix¬ ed In, but he's entitled to his own opinion."
Another committee member. Rep. John J. Dempsey of New Mexico said he opposed allow¬ ing the committee to be used as a '"sounding board by any aclvo- cate of class hatred". "One. then another, wiil come and well stir up more class hatred ", he said.
Rep. Dies charged that mimeo- graplied copies of his invesilga- toi*s' reports were in (he hands of leading Hollywood producers. In  a  recent  article  In    Liberty
JEilghteen years of ^i^tco to Colnmbua Jewr}—that's lh« pni|ii,il record ot Ihe Ohio Jen> Isb'Chranlcle.
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SPECIAL. ANNOUNCEMENT
Two important' mass meet¬ ings ii'ill be held qn Tuesday and Wednesday evenltieSi" March 5 and 6 respectively, at tbe two lOcol OrthodDv Synagogues, which will, bo addressed by four (amous. Rabbis rrprcspnCIng the lUn- lon of Oi-thoilo\ RiibliiH of Ann^rlca.
'i'hf "Plight of Europciin Jc\V8 ut lliis Critical Ifonr"., will be diNcuNMCd ut tliese nps- slDliH. Every Jew, ivho has Jndul.sin ut heuH, is urged to nttcnil.
Wntch next week's Chrpn- irii fol fuithci drtalli.
Signed KabbI |i. GreciHtfiild Itabbl ^I   llirsclispmng
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