Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-07-24

              OfflO JEY^
S[\w   Senring Columbus and Central Ohk> Jewish Community \]P^
Vol. 21, No. .10
COIA'MBl'H, OHIO, FKIDAV, .IV\.Y 24, li>24
Devoted    te    Amerieaa and   Jewt.h   Ideala
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Bverywhere By  Phinran J.  Blron
REMEMBER JABOTIIVSKV
^ That was n touching cere¬ mony which las;t week, a Long Island cemetery, marked the .sec¬ ond anniversary of ¦Vladimir Jab- otinsky^s de.nth . . . Hl.s widow silently dcposltetl flowers on the grave . . . Then a delegation of Palestinians of the Irgum, a vir¬ ile group of men, laid a huge wreath on the Zioni.st leader'.s last resting-place . . . And Erl Jabotinsky recite<l l.skor ... No speeches — no bombastic phras¬ es — but only a rededlcatipn to the work for which the Rosh Betar gave his all . . . And the entire occasion .served as a minder that Jabotinsky, more than any other Jewish leader, foresaw present developmenl.o and recognized the importance of a Jewish .Army when that theme was strictly taboo in high Zitmist circles . . .
JEWISH  ARMY FRONT
^ There is rea.son to believe that American military authori¬ ties l(X)k very favorably upon the Jewish Army project for the Middle East, and are telling their British colleagues to stop pussy¬ footing about it . . . We recom¬ mend a little tKJokiet published In London, England, by W. H Allen and Co., Ltd. ... It is call¬ ed "Britain's Nameless Ally," and its author is Israel Cohen . . .T;he,pubjeo|,l8 ihe Jewa as a fac- '¦ Wi)x^M^W^Ar ¦• .EdcUe .Cantor
l?pln>itteei forei a-rJewiaW'-ArtiiiF fiiid pledges Iii& suppoH .. . That beautiful new drawing wliich adorns the New York headquar¬ ters of the Committee is a gift from artist Arthur Szyk, who calls it "The Modern Maccabee" . . . Five hundred American Army recreation centers throughout the country, inciden¬ tally, are now having exhibits of colored reprcxiuctions of Szyk's anti-Axis cartoons, printed up by Esquire . . . And, what's more the readers of the New 'Vork Post now have the opportunity to see new .Szyk carttxjns almost dally on that paper's editorial page . . .
THIS AND THAT (^ We see by the papers that a new postage stamp issued in Ber- hn bears the phizzes of Hitler, Hirohito and Victor Emanuel 11 of Italy . . . Wed like it better if the Italian representative were Benito, as that would give the stamp the precise combina¬ tion we want to lick . . . Did you know that violin virtuoso fritz Kreisler is known to his in¬ mates as an authority on the Bible'.' . . . MUSICAl^ NOTES 1^ Strange though it may .seem at first glance, it is to Rome that the Englishspeaking nations owe the inspiring lyric for the "United Nations" battle-hymn composed by Dmitri .Shostako¬ vich, the famous Russian musi¬ cian ¦ . ¦ We mean Harold 1 Rome of course . . The song, just introduced lo .-\merica on a Red Seal record, has for some time been sung by Soviet sold¬ iers marching into batiie against the Nazis, and is fast Iiecoming the United Nation's anthem Larry Adler, the harmonica ar¬ tist, is making another incur¬ sion Into the field of serious music . . . His arrangement of "Blues in the Night" is schedul ed to be performed by the Cleve¬ land Symphony Orchestra under Arthur'Rodzinslcl, no le.ss . (Continued on Page Elghtl
U. S. Judge Decides Vienna-Born Jew Is Enemy Alien
NEW VORK (JPS)—In a de¬ cision of far-reaching import¬ ance, one which may affect thousantis of Austrian-Jewish refugees in Am^^rica. Fetleral Judge Edward A. Conger ruled that Frederick Walker IVEs quiva, a Jew born in Vienna must be held as a ¦¦ntitive of Germany" and, therefore, is t< lie interned as an enemy tiiien for the duration of Ihe wjir.
In petitioning for a hahea; corpus to release him from in¬ ternment, D'Esc|uiva contended that he Is a native of Austria and that the United States had not recognized Ihe conquest of his homeland by the Nazis. In denying the Jew's pelitinn. the Judge said that he was inter¬ preting the Alien Enemy Act iiherally. '¦But the stalule was intended to be construed lilierai¬ ly," he sitifl, "with all doubts re¬ solved in favor of the Covern- ment."
Without regard to D'Estiuiva's interest in a viclory for Ihe Uni¬ ted Nations against Ihe nation which has despoiled his land Federal Judge Conger staled "When D'Esquiva was born. Aus¬ tria was an independent nation; but today it is a subject state of Germany and within the terri¬ torial limits ot the German Reich."
The Judge's decision seemed ,tobf'in, direct cuntradlction to a
.bK'Mterwri&ett&al' Ftancls Biddle six weeks ago.    At that
Senate And House Hear Pleas For Jewish Army In Palestine
WASHINfiTON (.IPSI—From one source or another, ihe .lew¬ ish Army issue is projected in¬ to the Senate or House virtually every day. recent submission of material including a document from the Jewi.sh National Work¬ ers Alliance branch in Miluau- kee given lo Ihe Senate by Sena¬ tor Alexander Wiley of Wiscon¬ sin and a speech on Ihe suliject by Congressman Richtird 1'. Gale of MinnesoU.
Congresman Gale opened his remarks hy saying Ihat "for 2fl(l years . . . the British Empire lias strict ly and rigidly maintained a jMjJicy. No native [xipujation may lie armed . . . For ihe Em- I>ire. perhaps a sound policy; for past conditions, jierhaps a sound policy; but conditions have changed—tragically chang¬ ed—in the last three years.
¦¦Today in Palestine, which is not even a colony, but a man- dale, the Empii'e is no longer able fo protect the population from either Arab di.sorder threatened Nazi invasion. A hundred thousand young Jews not primitive but highly intelli gent, superior people—want to defend their iiard-wt^n Jewish nation, but cannot. A hundred thousand able-bodieti men want to fight the Axis but cannot— they have no arms, not even rifles ... It is Itxi late to train a mechanized force, too difficult to acquire tanits, planes and ar¬ tillery. These men do not aslt the impossible, but they do ask a
Mass Rally Heais Roosevelt Castigation of Nazi Atrocities
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The .Im'i.sh ('<iriimiini(.<t <'ounrll cxerutive committee nicelinK "HI be held next We(ln('s<la.v rvenlnK, .Inly 2», <it K fi'rlock, al the Srhonthnl Cenli'r. As inatd'i-s i)f utniosi importanrc are lo he hrouKht up Cor iliVciissfon, every memher is iirK<'<l to 'ittend.
Goebbels Holds Jews Responsible For Red Resistance
mortars and explosives. These they can use, not as panzer for¬ ces hut as guerrillas. In the nighl a Nazi patrol disappears, a sentry stabbed in the back, u bridge blown up, a supply line cul,   trucks   rolled over."
Congressman Gale urged "first English consent to arm the Jews living in a country which is sup-
time the Attorney General as- few machine guns, grenades, serted that Austrian aliens who are loyal lo the United Stales but who erroneously registered as German.s may rectify their situations by classifying them¬ selves aa loyal. They would, he said, then obtain more freedom. Arthur GreenJeigh, Assistant Executive Director of the nation¬ al Refugee Service, in offering an interpretation of the position of the Austrian refugee in the Unite<i States, said that "techni- CHlly the Au.strian alien is an enemy alien, although these aliens are exempted from cer¬ tain regulations." He declared that the petition by D'Esquiva for a hal>eaus corpus was re- jecte<i because (f it would have heen accepted enemy aliens would thereby have shackled the F'HI in its hunt for them. "A ruling like this," he said, "makes it simple for the FBI lo gel ihelr men."
Hadassah To Receive Credit For Bond Sales Through Next Month
The Columbus Chapter of Ha¬ dassah wishes to thank its mem- l>ers and friends, who in per¬ forming their patriotic duty of buying War Stamps and Bonds, made il possible for that organi¬ zation to make such a splendid record at L.izarus' VicU>ry Cor¬ ner last week.
Mrs. W. A. Hirsch, chairman, announces thai Hadassah will be credited with sales during the remainder of July and August and requests that members and friends continue to slate thai their purchases are lo be listed through Hadassah.
Show yonr appreciation to th* Ohronlole'B 20 years of loyal and do- voted MTvlee to Colnmbni Jewlah Commonlty by paylnK yoor inbMrlp- Uon no«—(3.00 im^ tbe tear.
ZVKHH (WXS'i—Nazi Propa¬ ganda Minister .loseph Ciochhcls lashed out against Iho .lews again this week, charging tliat the stubiiorn Russian resistance was organized hy .Jews and thai the complete annihilation of world .Jewry was necessary 'in order to .save Germany.'
Explaining the present Nazi position in Russia. Ooehhels stat¬ ed in an article in "Das Reich" that the Russian people are lack¬ ing in "national intelligence" and have no desire lo fight for their country. He added: "The dan¬ ger for Germany lies In the fact that the Russians are ruled by international Jewry, and that is why the Jews must be annihilat¬ ed."
"When the Jewry is oliminat- I ed." Hitler's No, I propjigandi.st continued, "there will be no more danger for us. They menace \\'estern culture. U is a colossa) fight. A fight for life and death. Wc must destroy them if we don't want to he destroyei:!
po.sed to be theirs" ami "second, by them.   Everything is at stake
getting the weapons to Palestine. Some supplies, mostly British, are said to he available at de¬ pots in the Near East. Other¬ wise, and perhaps in addition, an   American   shipment."
In reading a telegram from the Jewish National Workers' Alliance urging Congressional support of the right of Palestine Jews to defend themselves. Sen¬ ator Wiley said that "it is typi¬ cal of many such communica lions which I have received."
Public Invited To Hillel Record Concert
A new type of instrument for the reproduction of musical sounds will be used for the first time at the Hillel Record Con¬ cert lo \ie held this Sunday, July 2Hth, 8 p. m., at the Hlllel Foundation. The instrument consists of three separate units including a turntable, an ampli¬ fier and a speaker. The Hillel Mu«lc Committee, which will sponsor the program, tested this new instrument and is amazed with the unusually fine quali ties of the sound reproduced.
Everyone is welcome to at tend the Concert. Refreshments will be served during the inter¬ mission.
The Music Committee will aiso present a Record Concert feat uring Jewish and Hebrew Folk Tunes for the Jewish inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary this Sun¬ day morning.
for us. We can hardly imagine what Germany would face were these inferior Russians, led by international Jewry, lo be victor¬ ious."
The entire Nazi press ihia week joinwl in warning "defeat ists" and "friemis of the Jews" that severe penalties were store for them. The.^e warnings disclosed that a belief is grow ing in (Germany, particularly among the older elements of the population, that the mass raids over Essen. Bremen. Cologne Rostock and other (Jerman cities were in repri.sal for the brutal Nazi treatment of Jews. The older German elements apparent ly believe that the l.(KK)-lM)mber raids are God's punishment for the persecution of .lews
LOCAL <'OM.Mrn'KK   TO rONI>l<T  SFKVICKH AT AHMY  AIK  BASK
Harry Gold herg, chainnan of the Local Army and Navy Com mittee of the .lewish Welfare Board, anmnmce<l this week the apiKiintmeni of u new laymen committee lo conduct Friday evening,' .services at the Lock bourne Army Air Base. The fol¬ lowing will .serve as the Relig¬ ious Service Commiltee: Allan Tarshish, chairman; Ben Z. Neu stadt, Frank V. Bayer, Abe Wol man and Phil Rabin.
Mind your P'a and Q's. Keep yonr Wur Bond Fledge and fill the Quota.
NKW YORK (JPS)—Thous¬ ands of Jews jammed huge Madi¬ .son Square Garden here, in a mass riemonstration against Hit¬ lers atrocitio'; against the Jews, and heard a mes.sage from Pres¬ ident b'ranklin f). Roosevelt, who .said that "citizens, regard¬ less of religious allegiance, will share in Ihe sorrow of our Jew¬ ish fellow citizens over tho sava¬ gery of the Nazis against Iheir helpless victims." and that the AiTieriean people "will hoUl the I)eri)et rat ors of t hese crimes to strict accountability in a day of rc<koning' which will surely come."
The rally, spon.sored by the American .lewish Congress. B'nai B'rith and tho .Jewish Labor Committee, heard scores of rep¬ resentatives of (he United Na¬ tions, mU of whom spoke out gainsi the Nazis, and adopted I declaiation In which the Jeu'- sh people affirmed their lx)nd of unity with the Jews through- ui the world. Among the speak¬ ers who joined hands in the im¬ pressive demonstration againsi the German atro<ities were Gov¬ ernor Ilerberl II. Lehman. May¬ or F. H. LaGuardia, Bishop Francis .1. McConnell, William Green, President of ihe A. F. oC L., Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Mass., Samuel Margoshes, edi¬ tor of the Yiddish Day. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, President of the American Jewish Congress presided.
President Roosevelt's message read in part:
"Americans who love justice and hate oppre.s.sion will hail the solemn commeiiioralion in Madi¬ son Sipiiire Garden as an ex¬ pression of the determinalion of the .Jewish people to make every sacrifice for victory over the Axis ix>wers. Citizens, reganJ- le.ss of religious allegiance, will share in the sorrow of our Jew¬ ish fellow citizens over the sava¬ gery of the Nazis agaia'^t their helpless victims . . . The Ameri¬ can people not only sympathize wilh all victims of Nazi crimes but will hold tiie perpetrators oc these crimes to .strict account¬ ability in a day of reckoning which will surely come.
"I expres.s the confident hope that the Atlantic Charier and the just world order to be made pos¬ sible by the triumph of the Uni¬ ted Nations will bring the Jewa and oppre.s.sed people in all lands the four freedoms which Chris¬ tian and Jewish teachings have largely insplre<l."
The representatives of the United Nations, including Hon. Leighton McCarthy of Canada, Georges Theuni.s of Belgium, M. W. Munlhe de Morgenstierne of Norway, M. Huges le Gallais of Luxembourg, M. Adrien Tizier of the Free Frerx-h, Dr. Alexan¬ der Ixjudon of the Netherlands, Vladimir S. H urban of Czech¬ oslovakia. Constamin Fotitch of Yugoslavia, Jan Ciechanowski of Poland, all stressed that their nations proml.se full freedom to the Jews and that the atrocities against the Jews will be aveng¬ ed.
The tone of the evening was set by the President's speech and by the statement issued by the United Nations' representatives, while the general impression of unity among Jew and Christians in regard to the German cruel-
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