Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1942-07-17

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 JHRONICLE
^f\\/Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Communily \j[\{^
Vol. 21, No. 29
COMMIUH, OHIO, KHIIKIiV, ,)rl,V 17, l<M2
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Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Kveirnbere By Phlnnnfl J. Blron
A Story of War—And War Bonds
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OUT OF MIZRAIM
PES After examining some of the British trucks ihe Axis troops captured during their swift ririve into Egypt. Flelil Marshal Rom mel hecame convincetl that the Jewish Army in the near Ea _ Is a reality (and that, of course, ie why he ordere<l his troop.s to withdraw when the British made their .stand at El Alamein — he might be hit by .fewish liuHpt;;) wa.s Tfrald his Arj'an ao'dlers . . . What convinced the Nazi commander was Ihe fact that practically aH the trucks bore the Slar of David . . . t)ut what he didn't know was that the trucks belonged to the New Zeal- anders in North Africa ... It seems that the boys from down un<ier. noting that a few .fevvisl- Army truck tirlvers, who had adorned iheir vehicles with the .Jewish star, were partlculai'ly lucky in getting out of ticklish situations, painie<l the Magen Davids on llieir own lorries as a good luck s^'mbol . . . MILITARY INTBLLIfiENCK te The appeal from the Russian Jewish Anti-Fa.scist Committee for a gift of tanks and planes from Jewish sympathizers in this country has remained unanswei- ed thus far There's a "Loji
don Square" In Tel Aviv now named In tribute to the heroism displayed by the people of Lon¬ don dtlrl^gr the-fNazl-bombard ments .. Df. Clialm Welzmann's younger son, an HAF pilot, is still reported mls<;ing in action ... His eWer son, suffering from shellshook, waa recently demo¬ bilized . . . Norman Bentwich, former Attorney General of Pal¬ estine, is now serving as a pi¬ lot officer in the RAF . , . "Yank" Levy, author of the official Brit¬ ish handbook on guerilla war¬ fare, is over here now, leaching Americans the principles of thiti branch of military science, so useful tn an emergency . . . Al Jolson, back from his Alaska Army camp tour with a beauti ful sun tan, is off to Iceland tor a ditto . . . Al may be in the "wheelchair draft," but he sure can take a lot of trekking around to exposed fronts . . , THK ARTS
1% The British are reprinting Louis K. .Anspacher's poem "The I^ast Weapon", written al the time of the Australian peace overture in 1917 . . . They're hoik¬ ing thai when this war is over Anspacher's fijial exhortation will be more closely followed than last lime . . . "Let us dis arm the foe," he urged then a.", now, "that Is the debt we owe those who have died" . . . But the poet thinks one change should be made — In the title . . . He now wants tbe poem to be head¬ ed: "Have They Changed?" . . . Here's consolation for budding songwriters who are having a hard lime getting started . . Irving Berlin, whose four-star hit "This Is The Army" is ex peeled to bring a million smack¬ ers into the Army Emergency Relief F\tnd, netted all of thirty- three cents In royalties from his first-song . . Berlin, incidentally himself bought two of the $1,000 boxes for the new show's pre mlere . . . This fall the Ameri¬ can Federation of Arts will spon sor a traveling exhibition of Frank Horowitz's paintings of Ufe in the Jewish colonies of the Crimea and the Ukraine — col onies established through the (Continued on Page Elght>
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(.IPS)—The second of a prnmis- ed six war t)lanes has t.-ccn pre¬ sented to the Unik'd Slates by the .lewish War Vcleratts of the I uiicd States, .\a'i.)iial Com¬ mander Itcnjaintn K uilm.in. ai a ccrcnionv lien-, pri'sented ;, S.'iO.OdO <-hiTk lo l.arry licll. President of Del] Aircraft Cor- |»oration, for a l'-2U Aircobrji. which had just rr>llc(l off Iho as¬ sembly lino.
More Jews Die In Defense Of Freedom
George Sokolsky A.sks For Jewi.sh Army
Jews llndfSFliiWb*,^,^)!.^,. tV S. Covernnient On War Stamps
NKW VOUK (.IP.S)—Ooclarillg that tho .lows, ¦¦only hope Is a Paiostino in whii-ti lho,\- can li\'o as .lows, pursuing tho cul¬ ture nt their ancostors. follow¬ ing Iho religion of thoir ponplo." fleorKC Sokolsky. syndicaiod umnisi. said that Ihe .lews should bo givoji an anny witli which tn fight l>ocauso t hoy "noofl distinctiveness for tho moral proof thai Ihey aro fighi hiK"-
•Whal is tho son.se of waiting until llie Arabs stab the I'lrilish in the back? Why not arm tiie .lewish .Army now and give thc.-;e young men, and women too, a chance lo spill their blood for the soil they love?" Sokolsky a.sked. Tracing Jewish history of the moment the rolunfl col umnist stated Never in Jewish I history have these people fa?ed
NKW VOUK (.IPSI—The dead an^i iho wounded whom Jewish oiijzon.s are offering to the de¬ fense ol tlieir country's freedom come from all i)arts of the na- ti(m and every one of Ihc armed services, it Is revealed in the weekly slalislios issued hy the Jowisii Welfare Hoard Bureau of War Hecords.
Four li.-.tod in the laiest in.stal- mont as inissing In action in- rludo Knsien Lionel Judah 'I'ach- na. 2:<. of New York, lost in the Hatilo of tho Coral Sea; David Co<idman. ratlioman. who enlisl- e<l in llie navy at 17 and was a mcmlior of iho mo.sc|ulto-boat siiiiadnm in Iho I'hilippines. Cor¬ poral Aliraham Richstcin, Oor- chester. Mass.. mi.ssing since the fall of the Philippines, and Pri¬ vate Manuel Woiner. Clioisea, jMass., also missing in that sec¬ tor.
Purlon J. Furman, New York, I'. S. Navy storekeeper, 24, wa.s killed in action on the aircraft- carrier Lexington. Slaff Ser¬ geant Arthur Rice, Milwaukee, Wis., was wounded in action at Nich'ol.s Field. P. I. The J. W. (i. listed Harry LcbovUz. Army Me<iioai Corps, 28, of St. Louis, and Lt. Herbert Abraham Mark- owitz. Navy IViedical Corps, Cle\eldti.i 0 as. prisoners of the Japanese
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seven hons lo Canadian Army
WASHINfiTON (JPS) — The United States Treasury Depart¬ ment has Issued a special com¬ munique from here to call at¬ tention 10 a fil-year old Jew who is un(ier.-«l!ing the market on war .savings stamps. Rut the communique is one of honor for Harry Sabel. a St. Louis tailor, who sells war stamps at retail but gives wholesale prices. He sells $10 worlh of slamps for $9.50 and pays the liO cents dif¬ ference himself.
In a listing of the contribu- tion.s' which .Jewish organiziilions, synagogues and individuals are making to the success of the war bond and stamp campaign, the Treasury Deparlment also calls attention to S. .(uran, 72-year old resident of Houston, Tex. who sells over $5,000 worth of bonds and stamps regularly each month, going from door to door, taking orders and making deliv eries.
In Brooklyn, N. Y. friends and neighbors of Sergeant Irving Strobing, who sent the lasl mes¬ sages from Corregldor, gathered at Temple Shaare Israel and, at a rally conducted by f^abbi D. Bernard Stolper, bought $10,500 worth of stamps and bonds Strobing's parents were the guests of honor and they loo Iwught bond.s.
A Hebrew S'chool al Winthrop, Mass. pledged to buy at least $10,000 worth of bonds; Tcmpie Emanuel Congregation at Union City, N. J., took $15,000 worlh Cleveland B'nai B'rith lodges sold $106,000 worth at one meet Ing; Long Beach Lodge of B'nal B'rith subscribed $25,000—these were a few of the items cited by the Treasury Department in ex¬ pressing Its appreciation of na tion-wide Jewish co-operation.
11 wiil  be interesting lo note that Zion Lodge of Columbus, O.,
OTTAWA (JPS)—Seven sons have been given to the Canadian Army by Cantor Max Maser of Ottawa, it was revealed by the Canadian Jewish Chronicle. The Russian-born cantor has 0 .sons altogether, and one of tliem tends to join up soon, while the ninth is only 1.1 years old. He also has a daughter.
Gordon, the youngest son, thi.s week joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at 19. Hyman, 28, is a sergeant in the Tanks Corps. Dave Maser, 2(j, is a Lance Cor¬ poral with the It. C. O. C, Sam Maser, 25, has lieen with the Q. M. &'. for 2 years; Corporal Norman, 24. has been almost years with the Canadian Dentai Corps; Private Daniel, 22 is in the reserve, while privaie Abra¬ ham Maser, 16, is with tho re¬ serve force band of the R. C. A. S. C. needing only a few 3"ears to get into active service.
world are now actually living under the Nazi, who is destroy¬ ing them systematically Jews, then, must be faithful to Great Britain and to the Unlled .Nations. They have no allerna live." But, he .said "homeless Jewish youlh want to fight the Nazi; tliey want to be in a .lew¬ ish Army fighting for Britain in the Middle East — a Jewish Army l)a.se<l on Palestine. They need distinctiveness for me mor¬ al proof that they are fighting." Sokolsky. in pie.senting the re¬ lations among Aratw. .lews and Ihe British, a.s.serted that ¦Brit¬ ish policy concerning Palestine grew more nebulous and con- fu.sed as both the .lews and the Arabs iiresseil their claims more anienily. Even though the Brit¬ ish admitted that never, perhaps in the whole of human history had any people accomplished in as short a time as much as the Jews 111 Palestine, non the le.ss Briti.sh policy leaned toward the Arabs
.lEWIHII VBTBRAN8 WI1.L PRBSE.XT  AMERICAN   FI.A<1 TO   COUNTY   INFIKM.ARY
Capitol Post No. 122, of Jew¬ ish War Veterans and Ladles Auxiliary will present an Amer¬ ican Flag lo the Franklin Coun¬ ty Infirmary next Tuesday, July 21st at 7 p. m., it was announced this week by Sam Meilman, post commander.
Allan Tarshish, past comman der of the post, will deliver the address and the pi'esentation of .(lag will be made by Tobias Polster.
K.\F;r.  CO.MMITTEK OF
JEWISH COMMUNITY
COl'NCH, TO MEET
The Jewish Community Council executive committee meeling will he held on Wed¬ nesday evening. July 29. al 8 o'clock, at the Schonthal Cen¬ ter. As matters of utmost im¬ portance are lo lie brought up for discussion, every mem¬ ber is urged lo attend.
Show yoor aDOreeltttlon t« tb« CbronleJe'a tO romrt ol loyal sAd de¬ voted eerrlee to Colnmbo* Jewiih Commanlty by peylns yoor ¦abeerlp- tion DOW'-W.OO for the year.
of War Bonds to date.   Ben Yen
kin   Is   chairman   of   the   War
has alieady sold about $175,000 Bond committee.
m'HHIANH I'HAISE ANOTHER JEWISH WAR HERO
Jfewish Refugees Exorbitant Rates
NEW YORK (JPS)—Hundreds of Jewish refugees huddled in European ports and awaiting pas.sage to the United .States on the Portuguese liner Quanza, which will sail from Lisbon at the end of July, will have to pay terrific rates, going as high as $l,.'iOO for third-class passage, it was learned here.
Taking cruel advantage of the plight ;)f the Jews, the National Navigation Compurry, which owns the Quanza, has submitted a price scale which ranges from $1,300 for third-class to $2,500 for first-class. Compared with the $300 first-class charge on the diplomatic exchange ship Drot- tingholm, the price is highly ex¬ orbitant.
The refugees, whose pas.sage has heen financed hy Jewish re¬ lief organizations in Europe and the Uni'ed States, will have to await developments here. Lsaac L. A.sofsky, general manager of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid So¬ ciety, .said here that Ihe Euro- pean office of the Hias "certain¬ ly will not yield to any such ex¬ orbitant pas.sage rales." Calling the price "highway robbery," he asserted it would be impossible to'rai.se that much money from relalives in America. Usual rales have been from $420 to $450 with another $50 thrown in for transportation from Marseille to the port of embarkation
Kl.'IBVHHBV (JPS)—Add one more Jewish n^me to the list of Jews who have heen fighting heroically in the Re<l Army. He is M. (Jinsburg, commander of an anti-tank unit, whose courageous battle againsi a strong German lank force helped save the Red tank unit.
REPORT NAZIS PLANT TIME BOMB IN CAIRO HVNA«OGl!K
<;ENEVA (JPS) — Police In Cairo removed a lime bomb, planted In a synagogue by per¬ sons tielieved lo have been Nazis, thus saving the house of worship. The bomb exploded lat*r according lo a Paris radio I report.