Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-07-31

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Vol. 2), No. 31
COIA'MBI'H, OHIO, FRIDAY, .lUI.Y .11, (942
Devoted    to    Ainerleihn ¦nd   Jowlati   Xde«I«
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Everywhere By Phine.18 .1. Blron
Cincinnati Welfare Fund Merges With War Chest
NAZTI HTORIES
te We wonder whelher you no¬ ticed a rather funny cpKsodc in the story of the eight N;izi spie.i now being sentenced for their sabotage plans . . . Thcv did all their shoppinR at Weher and Heilbrenner's, thinking it wa.s a pure Aryan firm . . . But, as it happens, Weber and Heil- brenner were among the first to join the anti-Nazi boycott In iJiis country . . . Two of the Bundists whom the FBI appi-ehended t coupJe of weeks ago tried to re tain I^ouis Nizer as their attor ney . . . .N'izer, who in addition to being a brilliant lawyer is one of our most active Jewisli leaders. Is quoted as having told them: "I'll take the case on these terms: If [ win you pay me nothing — but if I lose I want .$,'!00,000, de¬ posited in advance". . VOr SHOULD KNOW t^ Kmil Ludwig's recent remark that all Oermam; are Nazis and will have to be treated accord¬ ingly after the war lia.^ arou.sed the indignation of Paul Tillich, outstanding theologian . . . Til¬ lich, a Christian but a great de¬ fender of the .lews, left Germany because he couldn't stand the Nazi atmosphere . . . He now Bays that Ludwig's statement SiWnaolts of anO-Semitlsro in re- Ic .verse'.;,,,, Jeny:J^inkelstein, pub-
,,,, evflBl,^.,-,-^ . Ti^rK's' IlBeraT'" fefititaidre"''." 'He' win. In this fall's elections, run in opposition to State Sena¬ tor Frederic R. Coudert, Jr., whose Rapp-Coudert Committee has made quite a nuisance of itself with Its tactics of brand¬ ing liberals as Communists Violinist F>it2 Kreisler, who has not appeared In public since his serious injuries in a traffic acci¬ dent last year, Is ready to appear on the concert stage again He convinced himself of tliis when, just a couple of weeks ago, he made his first reappear¬ ance before an audience—an aud¬ ience consisting of RC.^V Victor microphones, which picked up the strains of the Kreisler Stra- divarius playing Kreisler compo¬ sitions for the new Kreisler al¬ bum of records, entitled "My favorites" . . . WE FELICITATE IQ Congratulations to Ossip Dy¬ mow on his winning of the "Jew¬ ish Pulitzer Prize" — the awartl of the Eisenman Literary Fund. . . . The Fund Is named after its founder, Morris Elsenman, who not only is the head of the Metro¬ politan News Company biu also one of New York's best-known patrons of Jewish literature and art . . . Dymow won the award for his writings in the Jeuish Dally Forward, and you can now look forward to the publication of his prize-winiiing work In Ixxik form . . . Congralulaiions also to the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia on the publication of its seventh volume, running from "Levltan" to "Moserim" . . Rabbl Isaac Landman, e<litor in- chief, and Louis Rittenberg, exe¬ cutive and literary editor, de serve your plaudits . . . MORE BOOK NEWN )la You dare not miss reading Ann Seghers' novel "The Sev enth Cross", which will be out aliortly ... it Is a mosl stirring Btory of life under the Gestapo in Germany . . . And be sure to get your copy of Curt Reisa' new novel, out next week ... It will (Continued on Page Elghtl
ZETA BETA TAU CHAPTER AIDS WAR EFFORT
CINCINNATI (JPS) — The Jewish Welfare pSjnd of Cincin¬ nati will be affiliated with the Hamilton County War Chest when the latter begins Its cam¬ paign in February, IMS, it was derided hy the Jewish Commim¬ ity Council by a unanimous vote, the American l.sracllte report.s.
The last campaign of the Jew¬ ish Welfare Fund was held in September, 1041, when .some .«,'I85,(I00 was raised. For its in¬ clusion in the War C'hest it i.s a.sking ony .$.'!.'i0.flOO, the balance being for local and national civir-protective agencies. The of¬ ficers of the Jewish.Communily Council felt that these agencies could not ask for support from the communily at large and a separate campaign will he con- ducle<l for Ihese purposes.
Cincinnati is Ihe second large city to abandon its independent Welfare Fund campaign, the first of them having been Kan¬ sas City, which vote<l last spring to postpone its 1942 campaign until this fall, when it will re celve Ils funds from the local ^V'ar Chest. In Kansas City, ail the .lewi.sh agencies which were previously included in the Wel¬ fare Federation are provided for in the budget which the War Chest has accepted.
Congress Chaplain Offers Special Prayer In Behalf Of Jewry
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vice" win appear In tlie August 7th Issue of the Ohio Jevrish Chronicle. Call anjy corrections of addresses or new names to Allan Tarshlsh at AD. 6195 or EV. 5201.
Dayton Doctor Cited For Service To Country
A further inpetu.s was last week given lo tbe H'nai B'rith War Ilonil sales campaign when a check for $7,(1011 was presented to Ben Yenkin. committee chair¬ man, by the Alumni Trustees of Nu ChaiJler. Zeta Beta Tau fra¬ ternity a( Ohio State Lfiiiversity The purchase was made with the expressed pui;pa';e of buying seven jeeps for Ihc armeti forces of our country which are to bear the name Zeta lieta Tau.
In the above photograph from right to left—Troy Feibel, presi¬ dent, and Herbert Wise, treas¬ urer of the Alumni Trustees for the. Nu  Cliapter;   Ben  Yenkin,
BWhV -wJ-aj-'Bond  Safes COT? mittee.
Other local trustees of Zeta Beta Tau include Ben Lurie, Gus
WASHINGTON (WNS)—The Rev. Dr. .lames .S. Montgomery, chaplain of the Hou.se of Repre- sentjillves. offcrefl a special pray¬ er In behalf of suffering Europe¬ an .lowry when the House con¬ vened on the day of Tisha B'av, when .lews throughout the world mourned the destruction of the Tcmiilc in .Icru.salem more than 2..'M10 years a^o,
"We would not allow the gar¬ den nf Israel of God to die out of our grateful memory," the prayer said. "Her llowers are of perpetual bloom. We would hear again Ihe voice of IHoses and fee; the warm, brotherly spirit of .Iduathaii and David call¬ ing, iileading for tolerance and shamirig man's Inhumanity to- Bowman and Dr. K. 1). Kdelman.l ward his brother man.
The local chapter was establish¬ ed at Ohio State Universily in lilll.
U is jnlcrevting to nole thai Columbus B'nai B'rith have sold to date over SlOn.OdO in War Bomis. The campaign which b( gan Jan. 1st, of this year, has been hailed by the National Or¬ der of B'nai B'rith as one of the out-standing a c c o m p I i s h- ments among lo<lges thruout the country. .Serving with Mr. Yen¬ kin on the War Bond Commit¬ tee are 1. W. Garek, Sam Luper, Walter Katz, Ben Neustadt, Ber-
Wm. Wasserstrom, Robert 'Well¬ er, Abe A. Wolman, Herman Luckoff and Sam Schlonsky.
"Our i'athcr of us all, amid the Ri'im, ghastly cruellies of the dictator lands, let Ihy righteous judgment fall and contlemn eter¬ nally the wreckers of Ihe world's gkiry. whose dust no epitaph will llalicr and no sacred monu¬ ment call Iwck Iheir deeds of tlarkness and death.
"Do thmi hover above Ihe .syna¬ gogues of our country as thy chil¬ dren breathe again the spirit' that, once Inspired old .ludea a.s they view the far flung lands ot a righteous God."
NEW VORK (JPS)—The Jew¬ ish Welfare Board's Bureau of War Records reveals that tribute has been paid to a Jewish doc¬ tor In the service of the United Slates Navy "for his heroism in tending wounded men."
Lieutenant Commander, Jer¬ ome Hartman, 44, of Dayton, Ohio, was praised for his medl cal efforts aboard the bombed aircraft carrier. Illustrious, by the former chief of the British Heel in the Mediterranean. Ad miral Sir Andrew Brown Cun- ningham, who is now a member of the Allied high command in Washington, D. C. Hartman, formerly chlet of the orthopedic staff at Miami Valley Hospital Ohio, has been decorated by the rirltlsh In recognition ot his herol.sm. Admiral Cunningham stated at a special press confer¬ ence in Washington.
HILLEL RE<'ORI) CONCERT I« WELL RECEIVED
An eulhusiastic crowd of mu .sic lovers attended the Rec-ord Concert held last Sunday at the Hillel Foundation. The requesit that these concerts be held week¬ ly was unanimous, and in re¬ sponse tile Hlllel Music Commit tee will again sponsor a program this Sunday, August 2, starting at H p. m.
Stuart Mayper, chairman of the committee, stated that the new phonograph unit, which proved so successful last week, will be used again. Other mem bers of the committee are Estlier Singal and Marianne Elklsch.
FEDERAL INDICTMENT CITES THE USE OF ANTI-SEMITISM AS PART OF CONSPIRACY
WASHINftTON (.IPS) — The indlclment which Ihe Federal Grand Jury handed down here against 27 men and 1 woman, charging them with a conspiracy to "inlerlere with, impair and Influence the loyalty, morale and di.sclpilne of the military and na¬ val forces of the United Stales," included a \'arlety of references to the use of antl-SemltIsm by these alleged subver.sive agent.s, an examination of the document reveals.
Compleiing sittings which be¬ gan in the District of Columbia In October, 1941, the Grand Jur¬ ors indicted Ihe defendants, list¬ ed as "Gerald B. Winrod, et al," for causing to be printed and for distributing literature i.ssued by various publication-s and for or¬ ganizing and causing to be or- ganizetl various bodies such as Silver Shirus, Black Legion, Ger¬ man-American Bund, etc. In the lengthy, 28-page Indictment, ci¬ tation of evidence Includes, In liart, Ihe charge that these argu¬ ments were used:
"The war now raging in all parts of the world, commonly known as 'The War For Sun'l- val'. Is a tlishonesi war wage<l at the exfiense and measueretl in bloo<l and dollars of the peo¬ ple of the United States solely for the benefit ot and lo insure the continuance of world dom inaiion by 'International Jewry Organized Finance,' 'British American Caplulists,' 'British Imperialists,' 'International Bankers,' 'International Capital¬ ists,' Mongolian Jews,' Commun¬ ists and olher persons and groups opposed lo our republl-
Against Jews
can  form of government:
"The Axis Powers are fighting lo free the world from domina¬ tion by Communism and Inter¬ nationa] Jewry, hence the United Stales should give no aid and comfort to the enemies of the Axis;
"An honorable and just peace could be brought about speed¬ ily were it not for the op|)Osi- tlon of Communists and Inter¬ national .lewry."
In that section of the indict¬ ment (]Uoling, at length, the arguments used V)y the defend¬ ants to defame ami vilify Ameri¬ can Government officials, one citation is: "The public officials of the United States are plan¬ ning to mingle the blood of Negroes, criminals and Jews with that of Christian-American soldiers and sailors by the means of Iransfusion-s and so-called ¦blood' hanks' wilh the deliber¬ ate intent and puriMise of cor¬ rupting the blood of the said Chri-sIlan-American soldien. and .sailors."
The Grand Jurors also look note of excerpts from speeches, slogans and other allegations di¬ rected at the American Gov¬ ernment and the United Nations placing responsibility for the war on ihem. One of the cita¬ tions was; "The British and French I not the people, hut their Jewish overlordsl opened the war by declaring it againsi Germany in September, 11)31)."
Another was: "One must not be deceived by the pacific hu- manllaranlsm of the vocabulary of the White House. Mr. Roose¬ velt has    perfectly    understood
CINCINNATI (JPS)—The tra¬ gedy of the Jews in Hitler Europe" is also our Christian tragedy," Ihe ministers of 400 Protestant congregations in Cin¬ cinnati declared In a statement of sympathy with the Jewish people which was addressed to Rabbi Samuel Wohl and which was rea'l from the pulpits of Christian and .lewish houses of Worship. Di.slrlbuted by the Council of Churches, the state¬ ment, which was also a prayer, said, in part;
"With God's help we of the Christian ministry cannot and will not remain silent before the spectacle of ma.ss murder suffer¬ ed by .lews of Nazi-controUecl Europe. The conscience of Chris- ti.in men cries out in agony and protest when their fellow chil¬ dren of God. the helpless and In¬ offensive Jews of Poland and Bessarabia, Russian Ukraine, Austria, Belgium, Holland and France are tortured and uproot- e<l and put to death by the bar- iKiriaiis of Fascism. We weep for the innocent victims of Li¬ dice, and we weep a hundredfold for the victims of NazLsm in a hundretl Jewish towns and places, Lidices too.
"This is the tragedy of your European Jewish brethren but It ia also our Christian tragedy. This is un evil suffered by those of Jewish faith, but il is also an evil perpetuated by men of Christian names and Christian pretensloiw. We beg you. Join wilh us in our prayer thai God will show mercy to us who are Christians as well as to you who are Jews."
that war is the one opportunity of allowing the Hebrew com¬ rades of his Brain Trust lo re¬ venge themselves and to recon¬ quer Central Europe.