Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1942-12-04

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S[\\/y   Serving Coliimbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \V/A\a
Vol. 21, No. 49
COLUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1042
Devoted    to    American and    Jewish    Ideals
Strictly Coiifidcnlial
TIdhlls From  KvlTj'ixhere By   Phjnc.-is  .J.   IHron
LOCAL ZIONISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN FOR NEW MEMBERS
THE MIMTAnV FRONT
NOTED CONDUCTOR TO
UK HKAHV TIRSDAV
AT TEMPLE
In Palestine All-Joivish Regiment .
iimbus   Zionist   District,   has,
Poised   to   Strike   at   Axis"   de¬ serves In bo court-martialed
announced Ihat an Intense mem¬ bership campaign has been launched this week with a goal
It IS an  ..i.en  secret that there „, , members In the Zlon-
are hardly   0,000 Jewish .soldiers  .     „,,g„„i,^„ion hy Sunday eve- from  Palest ne  in   Dritlsh  com-  „;      'jjp,,   ,31^  ^^^ „i^t ^f ,f,^ bat  un,l.<;   although  many more „.„|,,„,,,h Donor Dinner than thai have  volunteered for,
active .service . . Two approaches: »™ Gro.ssman, chairman, and Louis Adamlc, In a serious and, Wm. Broner, co-chairman of the well-written article in a recent <^^'^<'' ""•"' Tuesday evening and Isi^ue of The New Palestine, dls-* formulated plans to enroll every cu.sses the pros and cons of al^-^elf respecting .tew In our com- jewlsh Army and projects still munlty In the Zionist cau.se. Ac- further his pet idea of a Legion ''""Img to Mr. Grossman there of Freedom for nationals of coun- '« "« "^son why Columbus tries that have fallen prey to the ¦''hou d not have a membership Nazis... In his article he speaks etiual W t^hat of Indianapolis, In a most respectful tone of the ''"'¦• w^i'^''' ''as -lOO on its roster. Committee for a Jewish Army .. 'rhoie Is much lo be done by In the .same Issue the editor "i"- l«oi'lo m ''« present world launches an attack on that same "'isi-'^. i" Palestine In particular,
lowish Army Committee .     .       ^"" '"'" '^'•^"- ""'y ^^ achieved In  standing programs of the year Is' roMMFNT '        numbers, Jews who are proud to to |,c given bv Iho Rose E. Lazar-
tia f-r?.fm Fm'll' I udwle   the no- '"^' ™""'«' among tho.se who are us Sisterhood of the llryden Rd. f?d blogranb^r   for ^ftltlng out'8iv'"B l^elr all for the survival Temple next Tuesday afternoon,
^l''°v,l''?!^fl,'„ "h,??'™"!  h„.l"f «"•• P™Pl<^ 'n Europe and_Pal- nee, 8, at l::iO, when the Sister-
l/Ior Holoiiion
I'orhiipK one of the most out-
U. S. STATE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMS HITLER'S ORDER TO EXTERMINATE JEWISH POPULATION
thai   the   crucial   difference   be-
estlne, Mr. Grossman staled.
NKW     VOUK
Aincrican Slate lloparlmoni ha? conflrtncd the oxlslcnct^ of an (iffirlal order by Adolf lllllpr ('.'illlng for tho cxlormination of lhc ,'i.lK)(l,nf)0 .lows ,ln Nazl-orcu- pied l'",uroiK? by Ihc end of l!l-l^. it was reported this week by l)i'. St('i)h('n S. Wlsi! after a meeting In Washington wilh State Oc- parlnicnt  officials.
lir. Wise prescnied Ihc con- flrincd reports, which stated that nioi-o than l.,'-)0(),()l)n Jews In l''uroi)e had already been mur¬ dered by the Nazis, to a special meeting here atlended by repre¬ sentatives of the American ,Jow- ish Conimillce, American Jewish Congress, American .lewish La¬ bor Comniitlce, Agudath, Hara- bonlni, Agudalh Israel, B'nal irnth. Synagogue Council of America and the World Jewish Congress.
The nieellng voted to jnoclalni Sunday, Dee. K), as a day of mourning lo be observed b.v fast¬ ing and inayeis by Jews "in all lhc lands where Jews are still free." It was decidod also to in-
(\V \ S)—The! \-lte the aid of Christian organl-
hood members and their friend! will be hostesses at a reception for Mr. and Mrs, Izler Solomon, Conductor of the Columbus Phil¬ harmonic Orcheslra, Since that is also the day of the concert, the organization is doubl>' Indebted to Mr. Solomon for his courtesy In coming, not only as a great guest, but as the speaker on the program following the Tea
tween 'Vlchyous Laval and Gen- ,       .    ^ ,,   ,
eral de Gaulle is illustrated by ^he now class to be enrolled the tact that de Gaulle has a' l" the present campaign is to German bullet in his body, andl honor Albert Schiff, who thru- Laval a French one . . . Walter out his 1 fe has been a loyal and Wincheirs diagnosis of the Laval, devbtet^ leader In the Zionist Gr¬ ease Is that "maybe the hablt^ ganlzaUo" of America, of double-crossing people has be-^ in a statement to the Chron- come so strong that he's double- ide, Roy Stone made the follow- crosslng himself" . . . Harry ing appeal to Columbus Jewry "iHoi!shHelt^'^aBitgBt,j3ralnTya've,,lga^ the .present -    -     <3„i„„nn   \a nirpariv mn
an  epltaph^tof Hltte'r-^^g™^^^^
stone; "Here lies the body ot ..r„ Jnini„„,ho Zionist nfqtrlct Adolph Hltler-thls is absol^^^^^^
S?^^ 'w u^^ilnov movie orlkn'gani^at'on which Is doing every- The Walt ,?'™ey"°^'«°'^"-, thing In Its power to strengthen ally called "Donald Duck In Nu-, p^iJ^i^^ j^^ j^,    ^^^^^^ needs
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INDIANA   RABIU   WILL ADDRESS JOINT MI> I TIN(.
Nazi bigwigs, who will never for¬ give him or Donald Duck the In¬ sult to Adolph . . . The advance guard of the annual New Year crop of predictions is already ap¬ pearing . . . The first we've seen claims to come from India, where the   yogis   are   said   to   be   an¬ nouncing that Germany will col¬ lapse this winter and peace will be signed In the spring . . . JEWISH NE*8 . . . fta Congratulations   to   the Na tlonal   Committee    for    Jewish Book Week on its trilingual An¬ nual, containing articles In Eng¬ lish, Hebrew and Yiddish on Jew¬ ish literary topics . . . It's a swell job ... An inspiring Chanukah celebration  will   take   place  at New  York's Central  Synagogue this Sunday, when the New York Federation  of  Reform   Temples win hold a Massing to the Flag Rally, with members of the Jew¬ ish War Veterans supplying the modern  Maccabean  touch Governor Herbert H. Lehman— beg pardon, we mean ex-Gover¬ nor — is expected to be the main speaker . . - We wish the text of Dr. Albert Einstein's speech at the last dinner of the Jewish Council for Russian War Relief could be sent to all those who BtlU persist In trying to under¬ mine   American-Russian   friend¬ ship ... It might make them think, and change their attitude. THE ARTS IBB Oinah Shore is pretty busy in Hollywood these days, but she took a Uttle time off to make a couple of new Victor recordings (Continued on Page Bight)
the outbreak of the war calls for
need further comment. The very mention of his name lends Impetus to the occasion. A large audience Is therefore expected to pay respect and to receive the treat in store for them.
Assisting on the program will be Wilbur Turetsky, who is chairman of the music commit¬ tee of the B'nal B'rlth Hlllel Foundation, a music major In the Ohio State University School
the   immediate   mobilization   ofi of Music and a member of Co-
American Jewry's fullest sup¬ port /or a large-scale colonization program for the settlement of Palestine of two to three million Jews after the war.
Great as has been the part played by Palestine during the past three years of war, even greater will be the responsibili¬ ties confronting the Yishub as an arsenal of strength for the of¬ fensive power which the demo^ crallc forces will need lo defeat the Axis, bring to a sutxessfui end Ihe war of liberation and establish a permanent peace of justice and international co¬ operation."
JWB  ARMY  AND  N.-VVY COMMITTEE TO MEET DECEMBER lOTH
lumbus Phllhai-monic Orchestra. Sanford Goldberg, pianist ot the Hlllel Foundation, will accom- [lany him.
Mr .Solomon, who is one of America's youngest conductors, will .speak Informally of his per¬ sonal experiences, telling inter¬ esting incident.i which have lirought him national promin¬ ence and favorable comment from Time Magazine and other leading publications — referring to him as the llorallo Alger In the music world of America.
Mrs. Jack Resler, president of the Sisterhood, and Mrs. Herbert Wise, program chairman, have extended a cordial Invitation to the general public for this meet¬ ing.
A very Important meeting of the Jewish Welfare Board Army and Navy Committee has been called for next Thursday, Dec. 10th, at 8 P. M., at the Schonthal Center. All members of the com¬ mittee as well as those desiring lo work on this committee are Invited to attend.
COMMUNITY COUNCIl, TO MEET TUESDAY, DEC. 29
The regular quarterly meeting of the Jewish Community Coun¬ cil win be held on Tuesday, Dec 29, at 8 p. m., at the Schonthal Center. All delegates are Invlt ed lo be present.
Local Jewish Youth Invited To Hear Dr. B. B. Caplan
A discussion hour will be a feature of the next meeting of the Jewish Youlh Council which Is lo be held this Sunday, Dec. 6th, 8 P. M., al the East Broad St. Temple. It is open to all Jewish youth of this city.
The subject chosen for discus¬ sion "The Problems ot Youth and the Unmarried Adult", will be led by Dr. B. Bernard Cap¬ lan, formerly staff psychiatrist at the Toledo, Ohio State Hospital who was recently appointed (Continued on Page Two I
Kabbi I. OhodoH
A grand Chanukah celebration will be held under the Joint auspices of the Agudath Achim Open Forum and the Zionist Dis¬ trict of Columbus next Thursday evening, Dec. 10, 8 o'clock, at the Agudath  Achim Synagogue.
Habbl Israel Chodos of con gregallon Beth El, Indianapolis, ind., will be the guest speaker of the evening. He has chosen for his sulijecf. "The Light of an Eternal Tomorrow". Rabbi N. Zelizer will inlrotluce the speak¬ er.
On the evening's program will he musical .selections by Cantor P. Gellman, a.ssisled by Cantor Grodner and his choir. Rabbi M Hirschsprung, spiritual leader of the congregation, will preside. A group of children will also lake part In the ceremony of lighting the candles.
Refreshments will be served by the Agudath Achim Sister¬ hood.
All Zionist' groups of Colum¬ bus, Mlzrachlsts as well as the Pioneer Women's Societies, both the Yiddish and English groups, win participate in this all-out- Zlonlst Chanukah celebration. There Is lo be no soliciting of any kind.
Rabbi Chodos, guest speaker, is a graduate of the Jewish Theological Seminary of Amer¬ ica and of John Hopkins  Uni-
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zatlons In protesting against the brutal mass-murders of ,iews in Kurope. The meeting called up¬ on the United Stales Govern- nieni lo lake effecllve mea,sures which would compel the Nazis to dlseonliniie their wholesale esiermlniilion of ,lows.
Acconling to documents avail¬ able Ihfoiigh the State Depart- nu-'nl, confirmation of the Hitler order was obtained from high German officials- Since the be¬ ginning of August, according lo these reports, trains en route to tho East have arrived al the Ger¬ man frontier filled wilh corpses. "The corpses are used In spe¬ cial factories for the manufac¬ ture of soap, glue, and train oil. .lews have been killed according lo a now iirocedure. Gas cham¬ bers have be' n replaced by the injection <•< air Into the veins. Tho injeitlo 1 of the air leads to general iioi.soning. One hund¬ red Injei^iions per hour is the record of German physicians", Dr Wi.se .said.
Since the end of 19:12, it is fur¬ ther revealed, Nazi Party physi¬ cians have heen experimenting In .scientific methods for the ex¬ termination andl utilization ot corpses. The value of corpses is now csllmaled al 50 Reich marks.
The extermination plan was originally submitted to Hitler by Herman Backe, Secretary ot State for Economics. Under the plan, "all   Jews  living  In  Ger-
some five miniohi'shoiiia,'' deportation and concentration In certain regions ot Eastern Euroiie, be exterminated at one stroke, in order to solve once and for all the Jewish question in Euioiie."
The time ot execution was set for the Fall of 19-12. In anticipa¬ tion of the execution of this plan, large-scale deportations from all European countries began. The plan was based on economic rea¬ sons. In order to ease In pari the difficult food situation by the annihilation of al least four mil¬ lion persons who would other¬ wise have to be fed.
The adoption of this plan was delayed through the opposition of a number of leaders of the Nazi party. These Include Dr 1-Yank, Governor General of the occupied-Polish territories, who opposed th( plan, nol on human¬ itarian grounds, but -on the grounds that the Jews were ar¬ tisans or siieciaiists in industries, and could ease the shortage ot labor in Poland. The plan was also opposed on the same grounds by Helnrlch Hlmmler, Chief of the Gestapo. Despite this opiiosition, however, the lilan was finally accepted, and Hitler signed the order caHlng for the mass deportation ot Jews, with a view to theln ultimate ex- teiTnlnallon. 1     Dr.   Wise   gave  the   following
as the latest reliable figures on Jewish populations In German- controlled countries:
Germany  ....
Austria 	
Bohemia-
Moravia  ..
Belgium 	
Netherlands
Slovakia  —
Lithuania   -
Dec. 1030
...   200,000
...    75,000
...    80,000
...2,000,000
...    85,000
..   180,000
...  300,000
    90,000
...-  100,000
..-  150,000
Now
40,000
15,000
15,000
1,000,000
8,000
60,000
235,000
20,000
4,000
6,000