Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-06-26

              jHRONICLE
^[\\y~Servmg Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community^^/\\^
Vol. 21, No. 20
( OLlMni'S, OHIO,  FIIIDAV, JINF 20,  1942
nevnted    to    AmeHcan and    Jewish   Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Bverrwhere B,v  Phlneas J.  Blron
85% Of United Jewish Fnnd
Goal For 1942 Is Raised
FROM THF C'tl'ITAL
Rs Wa.KhinRtoii i-iunor. not ;i!- ways rompipiely i'?>li;ili|p. h;i,; it that Herlwi't Havard Swo(c n plated for a hig VV,-,, Den.nrtmcnt joh . . . Pos.qihiy it's based on the' fart that Swope wa.s the origl.'i ator, (|uite .some month? ago, of fhe nifty which, in a numhei' of variatlon-s. i.s turning up in the men's clothing ad.s nowaday.s: "The he.st-fh-psscd man Is the man In uniform" . . . German prop.aganda. reaching us via Bhort-wa-.'c. Is identifying Elmei- Davis. America's new informa¬ tion chief, as a Jew . . . "Don't let a .lew tell you what to say", the Goehhelsites are screaming . . . .Soi-n,'. Gabby — proud though we'd ite In. claim Mr. LJavls, his ancestry prccluflrs It . . .
LISTEN HERE
jRS Aside to Addled Adolf: Those underhanded Britishers are gyp¬ ping you . . . Vou earned 2,b(K> pounds last year in royalties on the    British    edition    of    your "Kampf", but do those thelving Englishmen send It to you? . . . No — they give the money lo the Bed Cross, and .s-end you many times 2.000    pounds    of   hombs Instead    .    .    .    Soon   you'll   be able to    spit    on    Hitler    right In this country . . . The U. S. Patent   Office   has   registered  a new   cuspidor  designer   as   thej spitUn' Image of Adolf's puss . . rlbe. name ot this .new contrapr tlon is "the Spitler" . . . Loo|t twice at any one who tries to t**Il you that the Nazi short-wave station  "Debunk" is  locateti In our own Midwest . . . The propa¬ ganda   it   unlooses   through   the ether comes directly  from Hit-' lerland — but the I091I fifth col¬ umnists  are  trying  to  sell   the line that it originates in Iowa . . .mwISH  NEWS )i% Don't   let   anybody   kid   you ai)Out   Lord  Wedgwood's  stand¬ ing and Influence in the Jewish community of London . . . The 1942 aimpaign ot England's Uni¬ ted  Jewish  Charities  is  headed by Ihis Christian Zionist peer . • He has, incidentally, mailed let¬ ters to his thousands of friends in America, and we hope they come   through  with   big   dona¬ tions . .  . Sidney Wallach, exe¬ cutive  secretary  of the  Ameri¬ can Jewish  Committee,  has  re¬ signed . . . After nine years with the   Commiltee   he   decided   to realize his ambition to enter the publishing field. Congratulations to    Eri    Jaixitlnsky,    son    of Vladimir    Jabotinsky    and    one of   the   mainstays   of   the Com¬ mittee for a Jewish Army ... He got marrieti last week to a charming lady from France, an old flame . . .  Nordau, Jabotin¬ sky  and   Brainin,  three  names tliat are household words wher¬ ever Jews  live, are  entering a new phase In Jewish life through their daughter and sons, respec¬ tively, the second generation be¬ ing engaged in active service for the formation of a Jewish Army . . . Last week, by the way, the Jewish   Army   Commitlee   suf¬ fered some casuallies . . . Pierre van  Paa.ssen, Its national chair man, was ordered by his doctor to   take   a   complete   rest,   and Peter Bergson, ils national direc¬ tor, had U) go on the operating table tor an appendectomy THK ARTS
RB "The Pilot of Our Life-Boat"
Is the title    of    an    impressive
painting by Alexander Berth . , ,
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Roosevelt Home Converted Into Interfaith House
NEW YORK UPS)—The for¬ mer home of Franklin D. Roose¬ velt on East (i.'jth Street has been purchased for conversion into an interfalth center called the Sara Delano Roosevelt House at Hun¬ ter College, in memory of the i'resident's mother, it was reveal¬ ed here this week hy a sponsor¬ ing commitlee headed hy .lohn S. luirke. President of the Alt- man Foundation. Henry Monsky. President of B'nai B'rilh, and Charles H. Tultle, Director of the Greater New York Federation of Churches.
Students of all races and creeds are to use the home, which is clo.se to the girls' col¬ lege, attended hy 12„500 students. The Newman Club, Catholic group, the B'nal R'rith Hillel Foundation and the Protestant group will each have a counsel¬ lor on the spot.
President Roosevelt agreed to decline olher offers for the his¬ toric home, saying: "I have a feeling that my mother would have been so happy In knowing that the houses were to be used for such Et spleiulld purpose that she woujil'^have^waiited me, ,to. give Its sponsors every opportuiii'> Ity." When the purchase was trnisummated by the three relig¬ ious denominations, he wrote; "I am really thrilled at the thought of' the use of the house as a symt)ol of Interfalth amity."
The House, called afler the President's mother by his per¬ mission and presented lo Hun¬ ter College, whose President, Dr. George N. Shuster, conceived the idea of the Interfalth center, will operate democratically ujider joint sludeni and faculty au¬ spices. Jews, Protestants and Catholics, individuals, and ganizalions, cojitrlbuted lo the sum required for the home in a four-month unpublicized drive.
Early Deadline!
On ncconnl of J 11 1 .v 4th Iioll(la.v, all orgiinlzjilion ncw^ and soclrly Itonis must reach niir office no Infer Ihan
TVEHDAY, ,11'NE SO. There will be no mail deliver¬ ies next  Haliinlai.
The cdopenitlon nf all, nnd our rriHlers In particiiliir, will be grcally  appreciated. THE  OHIO JEWISH
CHRONICLE
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Community Council Committees Are Announced
(CHRONICLE TO   PUBLIHH l)AT.4  ON   -MEN   IN SERVICE' JULY 3rd
The revlNed list of 'Coium* bus Men In Service' will a|l- peur In next week's Ihsuc of the Chronicle. Should any of our readers have Information of new volunteers or draftees In service, corrections of rank, or of names previously listed, please call Allan Tarshlsh at AI). 6195 or BV. Si!OI before next  Monday, June 20th.
—The Edllor
CECIL BROWN   WINS HEADLINERS AWARD
ATLANTIC CITY (JPS)—For his "radio coverage of the sink ing of the British ballieships Re¬ pulse and Prince ot Wales," Cecil Brown, CBS commentator, has been awarded entry lo Ihe "I-lead- llners Hall of Fame." The Na¬ tional Headllners Club makes an¬ nual awards of this type in recog¬ nition of outstanding journalistic achievements of the year.
Brown broadcasts nightly over station WBNS al 8:55 EWT., rc- portinf laiest world news.
Dr. E. .!. Gordon, PrK.Hlcnt of the Columbus .lewish Com¬ munity Council, is this week announcing the following com¬ mittees which are to serve the organization for the coming year;—
JEWISII EDUCATION: Albert Schiff, Chairman,; Dr. B. W. Ab¬ ramson, Benjamin Borowitz, Ralibi Harry Kaplan, Harry Gil¬ bert, Robert Meilman, Rabbi Mordecal Hirschsprung, ^abbi rSathatiZelixeri - iRabbl. -Leopold Creenwaiti, Rabbl Samtiel/'Giip, Able Krakoff and L NUtls,
CIVIIi RICHTS: Allan Tarsh ish. Chairman; Rabbi Harry Kap¬ lan, Justin Slllman, Mrs. Martin Rosenthal, William Wasserstrom and J. W. Steinhauser.
PUBLICITY: Robert Melhnan, Chairman; Ben Neustadt and Leah Roscnfeld-
CALENDAR: Mrs. Harry! Schwartz, Chairman; Rose Sugar- man,  Mrs. Joseph  Schwariz.    -
AUX. TO THE U.J. F.; Isadore Garek, Chairman; Waller Kalz. Abe Wolman.
(GENERAL WELFARE: Mrs. Louis Mark, Chairman; Miss Zelda Dulsky, Harry Goldberg.
BUDGET:    Isadore    Garek Chairman;   Albert   Schiff,   E.   J-l Schanfarber.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: S1 g Weisskerz, Chairman; E. J. Schanf£u-ber, Allen Gundershei¬ mer, Mrs. Harry Goldberg, Jus¬ tin Slllman, Mrs. William Was¬ serstrom, Rabbi Harry Kaplan, Rabbl Samuel Gup, Bernard Feit¬ linger, Walter Kalz.
EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMIN¬ ATION: Rabbi Harry Kaplan, Chairman; Mrs. Natlian Mayer, Robert Weiler.
In order 10 keep "Unity in Our Community" it is urged that all organizations scheduling future meetings or evenls lo kindly clear the dales with Mrs. Harry Schwariz, Chairman of the Cal¬ endar Commillee by calling EV. 5298. "In avoiding such conflicts you add to the success of your own meeling," Mrs. Schwartz said.
A checkup of Ihc results in the United Jewish Fund drive, now in ils second week, reveals steady and gratify- progress, according to Robert W. Schiff, 1043 Campaign Chairman. Cards alrcatty turned in the Fund offices, 150 E. Broad St., show that 8.'i'5't of this year's goal has heen reached with hundreds of prospect cards yet unreported.
In appealing lo all workers Ihis week, Mr. Schiff urged them lo cover all cards promptly so that the drive may be completed within the next two weeks. He particularly requested all solicitors lo procure as many increases as possible since it was necessary to balance the net losses re¬ sulting from removals, deaths and army enlistments.
Api>reclnte Efforls
Vice chairmen of tho United .lewish Fund campaign. Arlhur Goldberg. Leonard Kohn. Max Levino. Herbert Levy. Albert SVhlff. F;<hvard .Schlezinger and Robert Weiler, have expressed their deep appreciation of the generous response of the .lewish Communily thus far. They praised the workers of the men, women and youth divisions for the sY>irit of enthusiasm and de¬ votion shown in this humanitar¬ ian   effort,   and   urged   them   to
Your Dollars Fight For Jewish Survival
Vour conlrlbulion lo Ihe I'ni- tetl .lewish Fund will accom¬ plish Oil (he Huiiuin Front what the armed forces <»f the I'niled Nations are achieving on Ihe Imltle front. Every viclory for humanity Is a de¬ feat   for  Hltlerlsm!
Every additional dollar .you contribute helps to push back Ihc forces of hate and cruelty.
Give today lor a belter to¬ morrow.
If the solicitor, through over- Night, does not contact you call the Fnnd of flee, SI Ain 48.13.
ATTENTION WOltlEN DIVISION  WORKERS!
Reveal Losses In Yiddish Newspaper
Circulation
NEW YORK (JPS)—The sharp, decline in recent years In thej circulation of the three major, Yiddish dailies was revealed here in an advertisement pubHshed in the Forward as part of a circu¬ lation war against lis afternoon contemporary, the Day, recently acquired by Morris Weinberg.
Quoting the Audit Bureau of Circulation figures as of March 31, in42, the Forward staled that its daily circulation. In all edi¬ tions, is 128,531, rising lo 156,- 178 on Saturdays and I5fi,133 average on Sundays. The Jew¬ ish Morning Journal, wilh the next largest circulation, has 73,- 74-1 dally and 70,708 on Sundays. The Day has 50,270 readers dally, 54.:!.30 Saturdays and 54.603 on Sundays, it is estimated thai in the lasl decade, these newspa pers have lost al least 100,000 readers lietween them.
While the Morning Journal has remained more or less con¬ stant in the last six-month per¬ iod, the Day lost 12,133 dally and 22.623 Sunday readers, the For¬ ward claimed, staling that it has gained 2,738 dally and 9.458 Sun¬ day during the same period.
These figures reflect the steady losses resulting from the sloi> page of immigration, on the bne hand, and gradual transforma¬ tion of Yiddish readers inlo gen¬ eral daily newspaper purchasers.
Mrs. Allen Gnndertihetmcr and Mrs. J. Schecter, chalr^ men ot the Women's Division J of the Ilnlted Jewlsb Fttnd Drive In Columbns request thnt all captains make their
Ijevr on next IfTcddAsdajr, Jnly 1, between 10:30 d. m., and 1:00 p. m., at the Bryden Road Temple.
Your   cooperation   will   be| highly appreciated.
SON OF WORLD WAR I CHAPLAIN IS C. O.
—Boy War Bonds—
YONKEB8, N. Y. (JPS)—Dav¬ id Jack, son of Dr Emanuel Jack, former rabbl of Temple Emanu¬ el here and a chaplain in World War I, is a conscientious objec lor, ll was revealed here. The '26-year-old "conchy"- has been sent 10 a chdlian public service camp.
PRESENT TWO SCROLLS OF LAW TO U. S. NAVY
finish the task they have under¬ taken. They pointed out that by so doing they will have met their responsihillty and would end the campaign with a good feel¬ ing in their hearts and a deep sense of Jewish pride.
imbued with this spirit. Uni¬ ted Jewish Fund workers could be seen throughout the city this week going about this serious task of arousing each Jewish citl'zen to meet his individual and communily responsibility They realized that theirs was an errand of mercy and mutual aid and the outstretching of a help¬ ing hand to the less fortunate and afflicted Jewry wherever it may find Itself as the victim of op¬ pression and persecution.
NEW VORK (JPS)—Two He¬ brew scrolls of .lewish law were presented to the United Stales Navy by the Educational Alli¬ ance in New York al graduation exercises ot the Religious School, wilh Chaplain Joshua L. Gold¬ berg, U S. N. R. accepting the scrolls on behalf ot tlie Navy.
The ceremony and presenta¬ tion was preceded by talks by the graduates on the theme ot Judaism and Americanism.
Radio Offers July 4th Unity Program
CHICAGO (JPS)--As a demon¬ stration of national unity, the American Legion has arranged a nation-wide radio hookup on the Rlue Network from 9 to 10 P. M. on July 4lh to Include a number of outstanding American organi¬ zations, including B'nal B'rilh. Lyjin U. Stambaugh, National Commander of the Legion, and Henry Monsky, President of B'nai B'rith, will speak from Chi¬ cago.
The heads of the American Federation of Lalwr, Knights ol Columbus, the Elks, Grand Lodge ot .Masons of New York, National Grange, National Asso¬ ciation of Manufacturers and General Federation of Women's Clubs will speak from other cilies.
—Boy "War Stamps—