Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1943-08-13

              S[\V/^ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \\7A[K
Vol. 21, No. 33
COLUMBUS, OHIO, PBIDAY, AUGUST i:i, lltl.1
DnatM to Amorleu and J.wlah ld..l>
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Kverywhero By Phlneas J. BIron
Women's Division Fund Leaders Thank Workers
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OTONtST UNDEKCURKBSfTS .
m Rabbl Abba Hlllel Sliver will come to the Zionist Convention at Columbus a strong favorite for the presidency ... His can¬ didacy has caught on like a prairie fire, and tli.itrlcts In the East, Middle West and West are flocking to his .support ... Yet it is very doubtful whether Rab¬ bi Silver will become the ne.xt President of the Zionist Emer¬ gency Committee a.s co-chairman \vith Dr. Wise . . . And there Is talk of an understanding with :gabbi Israel Goldstein . . . The latter would become Pre.sident of the ZOA and lend his full su- port to Silver in the direction of tpe Emergency Committee's af¬ fairs . . . But whatever the ar¬ rangement, the delegates will come to Columbus .shouting for Silver to take off his coat and pitch In — 1. e., to take the lead tn the political guidance of Zion¬ ist affairs in America at this most critical stage. . . THEY WRITE . . . te Heinz Pol, whose exposes of tha Berlln-Vlchy-Giraud finan¬ cial Axis started a Congressional Investigation, will soon be pub¬ lishing a book that will make quite a noise . . . We shall tell you more about it soon . . . Ben Hecht's new book will be en- tltlea "These Charming Anti- Semites" . .. And Ben will enum- _, erate these gentry, be they in
I/.,-,  . .high or low places . . . A welWl- lustrated volumfe.ajiould bel.the /on»j,whlchi-Bllbi^tSbfottivplipto- •grapher for %lfe,'M'.no\r.S'jnciting about his experiences shooting th6 war in Tunisia . . . Play- w>right Lillian'Hellman Is busy on a new play, which Broadway may get to see in the coming season ... An amusing piece in a recent isue of Der Aufbau, New York refugee paper, was an In¬ terview   by   a   refugee   named Hanns Leo Reich with his own son, Peter,  on  the occasion  of the youngster's achievement of; the rank of Qulj  Kid . . . Peter, who Is 13, came to this country' from Vienna five years ago ... HIT'nNG AT HITLER ,. . 1^ Max    Factor of Hollywood, who knows about such things, in¬ sists  that  Hitler  has  taken  to wearing a toupee .   . The make¬ up expert claims he can see the ¦wig in recent    photos   of    the Fuehrer , . . While news reports are silent on the present status of Nazi General von Brauchltsch, the wiseacres are  betting that he'll    be   Germany's    Badogllo. when Hitler steps down—which, these same wiseacres say,  will be some time in October ... A good  date   that  we  suggest   to Adolf tor hts downfall, with our compliments, would be October 4th — Yom Kippur to you   ... YOU SHOULD KNOW . . . fe To be made public within the next few wae|cs is a Jewish pro¬ ject  of    enormous    importance sponsored b.y American. British, Soviet and South American Jew- ish'  leade r s . . . . T he pro- je t  will be called  "The  Black Book", and will tell the story of Nazi atrocities in Nazi-occupied territories . . . The Jewish dele¬ gation  from  the   Soviet  Union __,   .     now in  this country will visit m England In October . . . The Brit-
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cludes Prof. Sellg Brodotsky, Chief Rabbl Hertz, Lord Nathan £(nd everybody who Is'anybody in the theater, the movies and llteraiui'e ... Ed Sullivan re- (Continued on Page 8)
The Jewish women of Colum¬ hus gave an excellent demonstra¬ tion of campaigning to the men of the community in this year's United Jewish FuncI effort, ac¬ cording to Mrs. Allen Gunder¬ sheimer and Mrs. Jos. D. Schec¬ ter, co-chairmen ot the Women's Division, and Mrs. Robert Levy and Mr.s. \villlam Schiff, vice- chairmen. Climaxing several week.s of vigorous fund-raising effort on the part of many work¬ ers the results revealed a sub¬ stantial increase over last year's contributions.
In a joint statement this week, the Women's Division heads ex¬ pressed theii" apj>rectatlon to the captains and the 1043 campaign, workers for their loyalty and conscientious efforts and all'don- ors for their generous support. The Jewish women of this city, they said, can well bo proud of the magnificent achievement to¬ wards the alleviation ol wide¬ spread human suffering and the upholding of creative Jewish values.
The chairmen are still busily engaged in contacting prospects whom the captains were unable to reach for their subscriptions. Those women, who have not as yet contributed to the Fund drive, are asked to forward their checks to the office of the .United Jewish Fund, 150 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio.
•STU  SHOP  WILIj  CLOSE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1st
Tho '.Wr Shop will close on the ovoidnK of Tucsdiiy, Ang¬ nst 17, for the annual 2-tv(M'ks entpioycs' vnciifloii and will reopen on We(IneHda.v morn¬ ing, Sept.  Isi.
Ouring' the vncation, the new fall line of itnnsiiai nnd distinctive, nepdle-worlr will be prepared, nnd the pnbllr (s Invited to Inspect II. The u.sual qunllt.v of fine pastries are also to be on sale.
The Shop announces that now snrtiples of printed stji- tloner,v have been rocclvod, and orders niny be placed jit any time.
Announce Commiltees For Coming Zionist Convention Here
?S:S«1IIN TO BE SOLE NOMINEE FOR ZIONIST ORGANIZATION PRESIDENCr
Save 50,000 Jews Monthly
NEW YORft (JPS) — At a meeting here of the Emergency Committee To Save The Jews of Europe, plans were discussed for the evacuation of 50,000 Jews a month from Nazi-occupied ter- Story through the utilization of transportation facilities pro¬ vided by neutral nations.
It was suggested by Dr. Mau¬ rice William, author and econo¬ mist that railroads and high¬ ways from the Nazi-occupied countries to Turkey, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland could be used to evacuate the Jewish vic¬ tims, who could then be trans¬ ferred to Palestine and to other United Nations territory. All neutral shipping now idle in American ports would also have to be utilized, he added.
The executive committee elect¬ ed Thomas J. Watson, Dr. Max Lerner, Representative Will Rog¬ ers, Jr., Sigrid Undset, Ben Hecht and Peter Bergson as co-chair¬ men Of the Emergency Commit¬ tee. "Vice-chairmen elected were Dean Alfange, Representative Andrew Somers, Jo Davidson. William S. Rennet, Li.sa Sergio. Fletcher Pratt, Dean George W. Mathesun, Dr. Francis E. Mac- Mahon, Oscar Ehrhorn. David Bookstaber, Konrad Bercovlci and Dr. Maurice William.
The complete list of members of Columbus Convention Com¬ mittee of the .Mallonal Zionist Organization Convention,' which will take place here on Sept. llth. was announced this week by Co- Chairmen, Robert L. Meilman and Fred Yenkin. They are as follows:—
Honorary Chairman: Albert Schiff; Co-Chalrnien: Robert L. Mellman, Fred Yenkin; Secre¬ tary; Gilbert D. Siegel; Reception and Badges: Slg L. Weisskerz, chairman, Mrs. William Schiff, co-chairman. Dr. B. W. Abram¬ son, Wm. Broner, Isadore W. Garelt, Harry Gilbert, Leon J. Gootjmani brt B.',,J.:Gordohi-I<Irs; i,^.'%'a^Ch;.'Rabiji.HaJry.«aii; 'Ian, Walter Katz, Alfred*J. Kb- backer, S. M. Levy, Herman Luckoff, Tobias Polster, E. J. Schanfarber, Robert W. Schiff, Jopeph L. Schwartz, WllUara Wasserstrom, Abe Yenkin,
Registration: Committee to be announced in next week's issue of the Chronicle.
Convention Hall: Jack Sher, Chairman, Morris Belm, Ben Grossman, Dr. Max Kanter, Leo¬ nard Kohn, Sam Melzlish, Jack Schiff, Wm. Schiff, Abe Seff, Abe A. Wolman.
Banquet: Fred Yenkin, Chair¬ man, Justin Sillman, co-chair- f man, Mrs. Sam Wasserstrom, co. chairnian. Luncheons: Roy J. Stone, chairman; Bernard Feit¬ linger. Kosher and Reservations for Private Homes: Arthur Gold¬ berg, chairman, Rabbl Jacob L. Baker, Harry Beckman, Mrs, Harry Frledland, Ben Greenberg, Rabbi Leopold Greenwald, Rabbl Mordecai Hlr.schsprung, Rabbl Samuel Gup, Rabbl Harry Kap¬ lan, Rabbi Nathan Zelizer.
Publicity Program: Allan Tarshish, chairman, Ben Neu¬ stadt, Maurice Chanis. Religious Services: l.ouisSchlezlnger.chair- man, Dr. ii. W. Abramson, Sam¬ uel Diamond, All Rabbis. Enter- tulunient: Mildred Wolman, chairman, Robert L. Mellman, vice-chairman, Ben Barban Louis Rosenthal, Ellis G. Krup¬ nick.
Dr. Silver Summoned To Political Leadership of Emergency Committee
NEW VORK fjrSl—Zlonlst leaders have agreed Ihat Dr. Is. i-ael Goldstein. President of the Jewish National Fund and of the Synagogue Council of America, should be tbe^solc nominee for (he Presidency of tbe Zionist Organization of America at the forthcoming convention of the organraatlon in September. It was announced here by Dr. .Ste¬ phen R.HVi.se, Chairman of the American Emergency Commit¬ tee for Zionist Affairs aird founder of tie Z. O. A.
Dr. Wise di.sclosed fin-thcr that Dr. Abba Hillcl Silver. Nalional Chairman of the United Pales¬ tine A|)|)eal and nf Ibe i:nlted Jeivlsh Appeal, woidd lie called upon to become Co-Chairman with Dr. Wise of the Amorican Emergency Committee for Zion¬ ist Affairs anti U) undertake thoj Chairmanship of its Executive Ctmimittae.
Mr. Charles J, Ro.senblnom of Pittsburgh, hoad of a draft move¬ ment which had lU'gcd Dr. Sil¬ ver to accept the Presidenc.y of the Z. O. A. should he he elect¬ ed to that office, in a statement Issued to the members of his committee, expressed satisfac¬ tion with the agreement declar¬ ing that it "substantially accom¬ plishes what the movement get out to achieve — namely. Xo Siafte'rit possible fbrnDrw;Sllvei:; ite'deilifeAeWs talenJa fo Ihi'di- rectio'n of our politicaJ affairs In the certainty that he 'Will receive tiie   necessary   co-operation   on
J. Di C. Announces 4,250,000 Franc Grant For Tunisian Jews
SVNAGOt.lK CONVERTEI) INTO BROTHEL
ISTANBUL (JPS)—The Syna. gogue of Ja.ssy in Rumania has been converted by the Nazis Into a brothel, according to reports reaching here. The Jews of the ,city were called upon to supply furniture for the use of the Ger¬ man soldiers who frequent the place.
JIH lAARIA RE.n.:(TS NAZI DEPORTATIO.N' nK.MANl)
IHTANHUL (Jl'S)—According to local press reports here Bul¬ garia has rejecaed the Nazi de¬ mand that all Jews remaining in the countr.v be deported to Po¬ land. It Is alleged that the Bul¬ garian government stated that public opinion was in such com¬ plete opposillon to this measure tjiat 1). would be lmpossibl,e to carry it out.  .
NKW YORK (JPS)—A gram of 4.250,000 francs to aid the Jews of Tunisia, stripiJefl of all their resources during .Axis occu- f pation of the country, was an¬ nounced here by .loseph C. Hy¬ man. Executive Vlce-Chairman of the Aiuerit,'an Joint Distribu- tion Comlnitlee. This action sup¬ plements emergency assistance ,''iven to the Jewish and general population l)y the Office of For¬ eign Relief ' And Rehabiliation Oiierations, it was stated.
Among  the    acute    problems (and   ex|)ccte<l   to
faced hy the Central Relief Com-     ' ~'   *"      '^"
mittee organized  in  Tunis,   Mr.
H.vman said, is the situation of
1,«()0 evacuees from   Ihzertc, of
whom   1.'200   are  being  lempor-
:irily housed in four school build¬ ings  of the Jewish  connnuulty
in Tuni.s.   In the iiroviiices niao.\-
.lews ;ue living uniler crowded
conditions, without sanitation or
the most eiementaiy hygenic re-
(juirejuent.s.    \\'hi]e "emcrgeiK^
grants  of 4,25l),ll()0  fnuics   have
been   made   a\'aiiable   to   meet
those needs", lie atldetl, "cabled
advices Indicate that still larger
funds will he re<!Uircd to olHaiii
urgently needed services".
JUWISH YOUTH SENTENfKIl TO DEATH IN BRUSSELS
LONDON (JPS)—Joseph Ras kin, a Jewish boy of 17, was sen¬ tenced to death by a Nazi coun at Brussels. He was accused, of assisting Belgian guerillas.
Dr.  Israel  Goldstein
the piu-t of Iho leadership and administration of the Zionist Or. ganization of America. It was noted that Dr, Silver, in reply¬ ing to the draft committee, had said that it was for the Zionlsl convention lo make a decision as to how he or any other Zion¬ ist might best serve the move¬ ment and that he would render any service which the- Zionist convention would wish him to perform.. ,..;, , ^;..; ' ;-'Af^WIse'b'steteltjent'reid:- '    ''
"In the midst of the serious problem facing the Zionist move¬ ment at this time and on the eve of the forthcoming conven¬ tion of the Zionist Organization of America. I foil it Incumbent Uiion me to do what lay in my iunver for achieving the maxi¬ mum degree (.'f unity joinerl with Ihe nuiximum effectiveness in tho conduct of Zionist affairs. Having conferred at length with my collca.gues in the leadership anrl the representatives of var- it)us groups in the Zionist Organi- zatioti of America, it is a source of deepest satlshuTion to me to be able Ut announce that we now find ourselves In complete ac¬ cord on the follou'ing program. "Ry general agreement among leatlers of all groups. l)r. isr^^el Goldstein, afler many years of faithful and gifted .service with¬ in the Zionist movement and particularly as head of the .lew¬ ish Nalional Fund, is planned he the only nominee for the Presidency of the Zionist Organization of America at its Pirthcomliig con¬ vention In September.
Similarly, it is i)lanne(l anti expected that, with the concur¬ rence of all parlies. Dr. Abba Hillel Silver. Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, for long one of the most distinguislied figures in ZIonisni, will be sum¬ moned to leadcrshiii In the sphere oT political affairs liy be¬ coming tbe Co-Chairman with me of the American ICmergency Coinmittee for Zionist Affairs and assuming also the Chairman, ship of its executive Committee, the body responsible for Ihe cen¬ tralized direction of our politi; cal efforts.
"It is hardly necessary to dwell upon the far-reaching signifi¬ cance of this accord and of the promise which holds for our movement in the critical days which lie ahead. We shall, 1 am (Continued on Page 8)
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