Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-08-15

              CHRONICLE
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Vol. 20, No. 34
COIjUMBtIS, OHIO, FRIBAY, AlIOUBT 15, IIMI
Devoted to Amerleui and ^eirlsb Ideals
Strictly Confidential
TIdblta Prom Bverrwhorn By PHINRAS J. BIRON
THlil ZIONIST FRONT
All i.-i still quiet on the East¬ ern and Western fronts of the! Zionist Organization of Amer¬ ica .. . With the Convention only a few weeks away, no can- ditiate has as yet emerged to dispute the presidency with Ed mund Kaufman . . , As a matter of fact, when the possibility of nomination for the presidency was offered to one prominent] rabbi, he shook his head and retorted: "If r win, I lose" ¦What he probably was referring, to is the mounting deficit of the ZOA . , , This reminds us that Habbi Samuel Blumenfeld has| definitely quit as director of edu¬ cation for the ZOA , . , Consider¬ ing the limited budget he had to work with, Blumenfeld did a swell job , . . The Young Ju dean Magazine, organ of the Zionist youth movement, bids fair to have an Int'eresting yearj under the co-edltorship of Rab¬ bi Michael Alper and Dr. Ahar on Kessler . . . THIS AND THAT
An Interesting survey of the anti-Semitic inclination among the hired help In the non-kosher Eastern summer resorts, even in such hotels as do not insist! on an exclusively "Cliristlan" ^clientele, has been made by Genel ^elfoieiB, reported for PM, Newi
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Full Membership Privileges To All Men In Service
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mbiultain Inn we "feel'that'tHe liorsbt palaces are tbe only places for us, even though we don't like borsht . . . One of the results of the European sltua-j tion has been a sharp curtail¬ ment of the harmonica supply In this country . . , And a result of that situation Is the serious effort Larry Adler, our harmonica king. Is making] to invent a more durable mouth organ, .so that his stock-in-trade won't have to be| replenished so often , . . Movie director Charles Ruggles claimsi he has produced a new breed of dog, which he has dubbed a "Hitler terrier" . . , He describes it as a cross between a dach-| ahund and a weasel. , , In Holly¬ wood, we further hear, they! don't say "Hitler and MussolIni"i any more . , . Instead, they speak of "those two heels who aren't Goering to click" . . , lilSTBN hbre:
Morris C. Troper, clialrman of the European Executive Coun¬ cil of the Joint Distribution Com-! mittee, writes us that there will be only 1500 refugees left ln| Portugal after the embarkation of 2,000 who are scheduled to leave Lisbon by the end of this month . . . The outstanding achievement of the JDC, how-| ever, Is Its success, since the col¬ lapse of France, In bringing together more than 40,000 men, women and children from Europe with their families In the United States and elsewhere . , . Soon to be formed Is a Jew-[ ish Army Committee , , , Its plans Include, as its first item of practical action, the trainlngi of five hundred Jewish fllers| and the establishment of an of ficers' training academy . . . UTBRARV  NOTE
Just published is the fourth volume ot the Universal Jewlshi Encyclopedia, of which Rabbi Isaac Landman Is the editor and Louis Rittenberg the executive and literary editor . . , Dedicated 'U> the memory of Isaac Leeser, (ConUnued on Page 8}
Mr. Harry Goldherg, 19(! S. Ca.ssingham RA, chairman of the U. S. O. Committee of Schon¬ thal Center announces that full memhership privileges in all YMHA's and Jewish Commun¬ ity Centers a.qflociated with the Jewish Welfare Board through¬ out the United States was ex¬ tended this week to all men In service without regard to relig¬ ious affiliation.
The National Association for Jewi.sh Center Workers, In co¬ operation with the J. W. B. Army and Navy Committee, worked out the free membership plan as part of the general program to provide for the recreational and religious needs ot men in the service.
Field representatives of the Jewish Welfare Board sent into oull.ying communities to organ¬ ize recreational programs for the soldiers will distribute the special guest cards lo the men upon refiuest.
Three hundred and twenty five Centers, Y M H A's and YWHA's are affiliated with the National Jewish Welfare Board, which also operates 21 soldiers' centers throughout the country. These agencies are operated on a "family basis," with a fully developed cultural and recreat¬ ional program at the disposal of the   members.     The   soldiers,
Ity liiroiugh their guest nteftiber-' ship and will be free to engage in the regular Center activities] conducted for the benefit of the members generally, It was as¬ serted.
The Army and Navy Commit¬ tee of the Jewish Welfare Board, a member agency of the United Service Organizations, conducts a nation-wide program of rec¬ reational activities for the men In uniform, as well as providing the soldiers with a variety of personal services designed to| contribute to their morale and general welfare.
General Expresses        j Gratitude To American Jewry
.lERl'MALEM IWNSI—GraU- tude for the support American Jewry gave to Greece during that tiny covmtry's desperate de- fense of it.-; independence against the Italian and Nazi in¬ vaders was voiced here by the Greek general who has been named hy King Oeorge of Greece lo organize a Free Greek force to continue the slrug^e against fascism.
The noted Greek general, whose name can not as yet be divulged, stressetl that the Jew¬ ish nation will find its rightful place among the free nations of the world after Hitlerism has been destroyed.
The general appeareri consid¬ erably impressed with the rapid strides made in recent years in Palestine. "I have no words to praise Jewish achievements and progress made in Palestine," he .said. "I am sure that .Jew¬ ish efforts to further the inter¬ ests of the Holy Land will bene¬ fit all the Eastern nations in¬ cluding Greece."
"The fate of the Jews," the Greek commander added. "Is sevenfold times nearer to us now that we are fighting for freedom and victory," The gen¬ eral will organize the Free Greek forces in the Near East along lines similar to that ofj Gieneral De Gaulle!s Free French
' In his me'sssige 'eitpllln^ the aid of American Jews, the Greek Army chief said: "We think American Jewry should actively' participate with the Allies ini this struggle and thus perform their duty as Jews and as world citizens,"
LINDBERGH 'FEARS' ANTI-JEWISH POGROMS IF AMERICA LOSES THE WAR
B'nai B'rith Manual On National Defense Published
'571' Shop To Close For Complete Renovation
To allow vacations for all It's employees, the '571' Shop will close for a two week period be¬ ginning August 18th during which time the building wiil be thoroughly renovated in prepara¬ tion for it's reopening on Sep¬ tember 2nd, according to a decis¬ ion of the board as announced by Mrs, E, J. Gordon, executive head.
With the close of business the end of this week, the shop will observe Its first anniversary, a year in which many problems have been met and solved. Exe¬ cutives approach the reopening' of the shop In September with new courage and high hopes for, continued forward strides. Dis¬ posal of old merchandise is plan¬ ned with all fresh stock for the reopening. This wiii include a continuation of the more popu Iar Items and the addition of many new designs.
Mrs. Herbert Levy is directing the complete renovation of the building during the next two' weeks in preparation for the gala opening. At a recent meet Ing of the board Mrs. Morris Resler was appointed to serve as chairman of sales promotion for the remainder of the year.
LONDON JEWS RECEIVE DESPERATE APPEAL FROM RABBIS
WASHINOTON, D. C.:—A 2fr page two-color lllu.strated man¬ ual entitled "B'nal B'rith In Na¬ tional Defense" was published this week by the Supreme Lodge of B'nai B'rith as Bulletin No. XI in the B''nal B'rith Program Library,
Prepared by Maurice Blsgyer, national B'nai B'rith secretary, the manual has the dual pur¬ pose of summarizing what B'nai B'rltb nationally, as well as its Districts, lodges, auxiliaries and AZA chapters, have already donei to further national defense, and to suggest specific projects and undertakings through which B'nai B'rith units can contribute! toward national defense.
The contents include the offi¬ cial B'nal B'rith statement on national defense by Its president, Henry Monsky, who was recent¬ ly appointed by President R<x>se- velt to the Voluntary Participa¬ tion Committee of the Office of Civilian Defense; an outline of the B'nai B'rith project for pro¬ viding Torah Scrolls for Jewish religious services in the army chai>els; correspondence between B'nal B'rith and Mayor Florello H. La Guardia, director of Civil¬ ian Defense, on B'nai B'rith's role in the campaign to salvage aiiunlnum; suggestions for de¬ fense activities by lodges and auxiliaries; and a review of tha many and varied defense pro¬ jects already being engaged in by B'nal B'rith.
LONDON IWNSI—A zero- hour appeal from the Jewish community of Kobe. .lapan. for visas to rescue the 451 Polish rahbis and Yeshivoth sludenLs stranded there before the Far Eastern crisis boil.s over and makes emigration from Japan impossible, has been received hy Jewish   organizations  here.
With Japanese relation.s with Great Britain and the United States rapidly reaching the dan¬ ger point, the Kobe Jewish com¬ munily warned that unless ar¬ rangements are made immed¬ iately to rescue tho trapped rah¬ bis and Yeshivoth ,students they will be sent to concentration camps
.lapanese authorities have al¬ ready notified the Polish Jewish refugees that they will all be In¬ terned unless they leave Japan within a few days. All in all It was estimated, there are more than 1,000 Polish Jewish refu¬ gees In Japan.
The communication from Kobe urged British Jewry to appeal to the British Govem-| ment a to^. issue,, emergency;,-visas,
aite,''AtiitifaUa;' •'Palratlnef:'ariiJ, South AfrliKi. The names of thel rabbis have been submitted to the Polish consulate in Kobe in the hope of facilitating action. Dr. Ignacy Schwartzbart, sole Jewish member of the Polish Government-ln-e x 1 I e disclosed that he has received a number of appeals from all over the' world urging him to Intercede with tbe exiled Polish Govern ment in behalf of the stranded rabbis. One of tbe communica¬ tions came from the Federation of Polish  Rabbis  in Palestine.
Dr. Schwartzbart declared that he had discussed the situa¬ tion with leaders of the Polish Government and will press the matter further. It was learn¬ ed that the Federations of Po- ILsh Jews in Canada, Australia and South Africa have signified their willingness lo support the rabbis and students, if and when they are admitted to any of these countries.
Mearrwhile, it was reported that a group of Jewish refugees who made their way through Lithuania across Russia and Japan to Singapore have reach¬ ed Bombay and were given visas for Palestine.
IVKW VORK (WNS)—Charies Lindbergh believes that .lews will be blamed for American entry into tbe war, and in tbe event of an American defeat, the anti-Jewish outbreak that will occur here will surpass tho,se in Nazi Germany," accord¬ ing lo Roger Butterfleld, writ¬ ing in the current Issue of Life magazine.
Mr. Butterfleld stated that Lindbergh "has told more than one close friend that particlpa- tinn in the war against Hitler is sure to cause an internal ex¬ plosion, a bloody revolution in America. Organized labor, he predicts, will pull in one direc¬ tion and profiteering capital In the other, .splitting tbe country in  two,"
The article added; "But It is our national morale that arous¬ es his blackest pessimism. American defeats and the death in hattie or by drMirning of 'mil¬ lions' of young American sol¬ diers will be followed, he has said to friends, by upheavals of great violence in the nation. He (Lindbergh) is especially concerned with the effect such disasters would have on Jews in the U, S, He believes Jevre will be blamed for American entry Into the war and will suf¬ fer for It. If that happens, he bas said, tbe antl-Jewlsh out¬ break? that -will otwir here tvIU surpass, itbclap' to'fNmI Germany.   ,
Revokes Anti-Jewish Laws In Syria And Lebanon
NEW VORK (WNS)—One of the first acts of General Charles de Gaulle, commander-in-chief of the Free French forces, upon taking over the administration of Syria and Lebanon, French mandated territories, was to de¬ clare the antl-Jewlsh laws Im posed by the Vichy Government officials null and void, according to information received here by the Free French delegation.
The Nazi-controlled French Government at Vichy had ex¬ tended the anti-Jewish laws lo Syria and Lebanon but capture of  those  French  mandates  by
'thaif! Germans "Yet tlndbfergh ia not a'ntl-' Semitic. In personal conversa¬ tion he has expressed indigna¬ tion over the German treatment of Jews in Europe. But he has never condemned the persecu¬ tions publicly, in any of the 18 speeches and articles he has written on world affairs since September, 1939. Several friends and associates have pleaded with him to do so, and he has Invariably refused. His usual answer is, 'I must be neutral.'
"In dinner-table conversations be sometimes goes further. 'Look here,' he said to one who raised this subject, 'Germany since the last war has been go¬ ing through a revolution. Com¬ pared with the Russian and Spanish revolutions, or even our own Civil War which might have been called a revolution, this German affair has been pretty orderly.'
" 'Orderly' is a favorite Lind¬ bergh word in discussing Ger¬ many. Others are 'discipline' and 'efficiency.' in the same way, 'corrupt' crops up frequent¬ ly when he is talking about France, and 'stupid' when he speaks  of Britain,"
the combined British and Free French  forces  has  resulted  in , their revocation.
The announcement made pulj- iic by the Free French delega¬ tion here stated: "A message from General de Gaulle from Syria notifies the Free French delegation in the United Statei that the anti-Semitic and racial laws promulgated by Vichy are considered null and void by the Free French In Syria and Le¬ banon, The Free French only apply those laws which have been enacted before the 18th ot June, 1940, together with the new ordinances of the Clilef of the Free French forces,"
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