Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1935-07-19

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Volume XVII—No. 8i    "
COLUMBUS, OHIO, JULY 19, 1935
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TID-BITS FROM EVERYWHERE
Br PDINKAS J. niRON    :¦
.    Unknown "GeniuB*'
Edward Barclay Fentoii is thc name of the new ciiiipaign genius discovered by Edwin Goldwasscr, cliairmLinof thc NeW York UjA campaign, for the purjipse o;^ making a success out of the New York campaign which thus far is a complete flop . . . Fentpn (a non-Jew) is in his twenties and his record as a campaigner is a secret known only to ''Goldwasser... Why li^'s expected to succeed in arousing the New York Jewish" community is something we. cannot fathom .. '¦. ,
Fourth Estate
B. C. .Vladeck, business genius oE the , Jewish ^ Daily Forward, has withdrawn his resignation, out of. deference to the 75th birthday, of Ab Cahan; editor Of the Forward . . . The controversy which led to VIadeck's .resignation will be re¬ sumed in the fair; . .This is; only a .temporary truce . . . Which reminds us that Dr. S.. M. Melamed is, in town, visiting from HoUywood where he is : again publishing and editing the Refiex Magasine . .' . The next issue will have an article by Dr. Melamed.under,the title of "The Three Apes"^ , . . It will deal with-Ab Cahan, Abe Goldberg,'and Abe Cqralhiic.Our colleague; Walter Win- chell, is on vacation and spending it bii Broadway ... He wants to see how Mazda Lane looks by sunlight...Mor¬ decai Stolior, editor and publisher, of H/ D'lario Isracliteo, the oldest and most successful Yiddish daily in Buenos Aires, who is now in. this country on an official mission, for the Argentine government, predicts that the time will come when all Jews will have to speak and understand English if they want to .communicate with Other Jews . . ; A new biographical
¦ dictionary of Amencan Jews edited by Leo Glassman is now on the press . .'. Dr. S. Margoshes, editor of The Day,
..thinks that the decision by Vladimar Jabotinsky  to hold  a  separate   Zionist
. World Congress is a Revisionist plot to. kill off the Jewish editors...One Con¬ gress,; Margoshes  says,  is bad enough,
..but .two'Congresses are virtually murder
;,'  Sporty-, If  Max  Baer's matrimonial bliss de¬ pends on his acceptance of the Catholic faith, his .recent marriage to a Catholic girl will be a bust . ::'. Ancil Hoffman, Baer's manager, laid down the' law and told  the  ex-champion' that  his  leaving the Jewish laith would rule him out of professional fighting, as" far as his. box .office value is concerned . / , Baer re-: . vealed for the first time that he's a mem¬ ber of a synagogue and that liis father
¦ urged him to marry a Jewish girl .... Incidentally it might interest ybu to know that a large family df Baers in the Bohemian village of. Grlau, ^11 of them Jews ,- and many of them , Chassidim, claim to be kinsmen, of Max's father... .Not  to be  outdone by  the  Tel  Ayiv
motorcyclists for touring the .world, two London Jewish girls are.'motorcycling across Africa from Algiers to Capetown . . . They are on the road siiice,December 19 ; . . The number of Jew5 in big league baseball was reduced by one when the Washington Senators released, the highly touted Fred .Sington to Albany ... Sing- ton is the former all-American footbalt .end from the University of Alabama... If the fans had b^en given a chance to select the players for the aUrStar game between the Ameirican ^and National Leagues, Hank Greenberg, slugging first baseman of the Detroit Tigers, would have made the Amei'ican League . . .
Personalities Sidney Wallach of the American Jew ish Committee's secretariat is bactc from Europe with startling information oil the German refugee situation . , . JDC leaders got together for a special session last week because David A. Brown in¬ sisted on getting action on the situation of Polish Jewry . , . Dr, Oiaim Weiz¬ mann will be in America before 1935 is over in connection with his private busi- . ness ;. . The American Jewish Congress is taking a vacation . , . Nobody haa re¬ placed Dr. Joshua Goldberg, the secre¬ tary; who is in Europe on a thre^ months' visit, and the staFf in New York is break¬ ing its head to 6nd a function . . . Dr. Henry Moskowltz kept his word about projecting Palestine into ORT activities ... At a recent luncheon given to wel¬ come him back from abroad he made a marathon address on the possibilities for the Jews in Palestine , . .Rabbi Barnett Brickner of Cleveland and Rabbi Ferdi¬ nand Isserman of St. Louis are going to Germany this summer to get first hand information on what's what . . . Gover¬ nor Henry Horner of Illinois wants .to be reelected but those in the know think that his chances are very slim . . . Dr, Dmitri M.af'a'^Pff. Einstein's son-in-law, {Continued on page 2)
B'nai BVith Lodge Picnic To
Be Held at Oak Park on
Sunday, July 28
Elaborate Arrangements for Big Af- faii: Arc-Being Made.by Enter¬ tainment Committee
Whoever said the depression has al¬ ready passed and that happy days are here again^ ^ was nbt altogether wrong. Iri fact, he is perfectly justified in mak¬ ing such a statement, as. far as the local B'nai B'rith Lodge is concerned. Here's thc reason: ,
Zion Lodge No. C2 can well be proud of its achievements during the past few yearsj for during that time it has lifted itself-(tut of the depression with an In¬ crease of membership of almost 200, and by its fine leadership hafi set a splendid example to all the B'nai B'rith Lodges of District No. 2. It is no wonder then that at every B'nai. B'rith District cbn-, vention the B'nai B'rith Lodge of Co¬ lumbus is looked up.to and spoken of in. glowing .terms.
It is for this reason I. W- Garek, pi-esi- dent, as well as the other officers of the Lodge, have cast a unanimous vote for a. B'nai B'rith picnic this year which will take place at Oak Park on Sunbury Pike, Sundajr, July 28th. It is to show the ap¬ preciation of B'nai B'rith officers for the splendid, support the membership has given them during the past year. Every Ben B'rith in Columbus and surrounding towns is invited to participate in the picnic festivities. Games and contests of all kinds are .being arranged by the en¬ tertainment committee headed by Samuel Gurevitz, vice president of Zion'Lodge.' Several special features of an extraordi¬ nary nature at"e also being planned, com¬ plete details of which will be published in.the next week's issue of the Chronicle.
"If you are members of Zion Lodge No. 02 B'riai B'rith, or have .friends who are members, you are cordially. invited to spend a day at Oak. Park oh Sunday, July,28th, as guests of the Lodge," de¬ clared Mr. Garek, whose slogan is "Nothing but the best."
-From ' present-indications, the. largest turjiout in the history of the local'Jewish community will participate in the forth¬ coming B'nai B'rith picnic. It will be an alt-day affair and arrangements are being
Harvard Scientist Blasts Aryan and Nordic Race Theories
NEW YORK (WNS )-Nazi race theories of Aryan and Nordic supremacy were knocked into a cocked hat by Dr. Earnest A. Hooton, professor of anthrct- pqlogy at Harvard University; \yhen, hi an article in "Science" he declared that the majority of great human groups which have achieved racial classification "arc not the results of evolution action upon. pure inbred lines, but rathei" the end products of outbreeding followed by intensive inbreeding and selection.'' Tak¬ ing a direct crack at the Nordic and Aryan myths;..Dr. Hooton said that "even the iioble Nordic,race is not free from the suspicion of a bar sinister upon its escutcheon", adding that it seems wholly possible that the Negro race alone can claim pure.racial stock.
Nazi Mob Beats Jews In Berlin's Worst Anti-Semitic Riot
Annual Meeting ol Trusteed and Directors ol Orphan ; Home this Week-end
CLEVELAND —The 67th Annual Meeting of the Trustees and Directors of the Cleveland Jewish, Orphan Home will be held at. Bellefaire on Saturday and Sunday, July 20th arid, 21st. '
"Bellefairie Family Night" which was inaugurated last year will be repeated on Saturday evening, when the Trustees, Di-' rectors, Local. Representatives and their families, will he guests of , the children at their regular monthly birthday dinner to be held in the cottages. Later in the evening the children will present a color¬ ful operetta. ¦'¦_-¦'
There will be committee meetings ort Saturday afternoon and .the regular an¬ nual meeting on Sunday, morning. The Superintendent's Annual Report, the bi¬
ennial election of Directors and the elec- made for a day's program of excellent  tion of offi<:ers will be part of the order entertainment—refreshments, contests of   of business, all kinds, and what have you.
Holmes Sees Germans United Behind Hitler; Jewish Situa¬ tion Hopeless
NEW YORK (WNS) — Nazi control of Germany .is absolute Btid unbreakable and the obso¬ lete reign of terror has been re¬ placed by "a growing enthusiasm for the government which ia overwhelming," Dr. John Haynes Holmes, noted liberal clergyman, declared on his return from a one-month visit to Germany. As-^ sertinit that the masses of Ger¬ mans are "increasingly with Hit¬ ler" and the importance of Hit¬ ler's leadership iand the faith of the German people in that lead¬ ership cannot be exaggerated. Dr. Holmes said that the anti-Nazi opposition is important. Re-. ferring to the Jewish s^ituation, he said it is. desperate and,that "there is no possibility of exag¬ gerating the black tragedy-of German Jewry. That in the face of such a horror there can be American Jews who counsel pa¬ tience, forbearance and calm is more than I can understand:" .
Girls' Season at Camp Schon"
thai Closes With Many
Gala Events
First Palestihe Rice Mill Begins Operations
HAIFA^ (WNS-PALCOR AGENCY) —Exactly three months after the start¬ ing of building construction, the first rice mill in Palestine began operations Here. The: factory was established by^ English jews with a'capital of £35,000. It is ex¬ pected that the plant will be'able to sup¬ ply all the locar demand arid also export quantities! to neighboring countries.
Soviets Give $30,000,000 More for Biro Bidjan
MOSCOW    (WNS)—An   additional
60,000,000.rubels ($30,000,000) has been allotted by the Soviet cabinet for. fur¬ thering the economic development of Biro Bidjan. ' This nevy'^ appropriation, which is for the second'half of 1935 will be used in part for the construction of mines, electric power plants arid a ce¬ ment factory.
' The. Alumni of Bellefaire will hold their annual Homecoming reunion on Sunday, starting with a luncheon at Fen¬ way Hotel. Hoiiored guests of this year's celebration are Isaac Cohen and Abraham Liebman, of Chicago, who en-, tered tha Jewish. Orphan Home on Woodland Avenue,' 'in 1868, and appear in the records, as the first and thiird chiV. dren admitted when the home was opened. There will be alumni .athletic events in the afternoon and the Annual Alumni Meeting and supper, Sunday evening, at BellefaireV Alumjii Hall. ¦ Eleven men)bers of the Board; of Trus¬ tees and Directors of Bellefaire are graduates bf the hotine. Louis Schreiber, of Cleveland* is president of the Alumni Association. Fred Lazarus, Jr., of Co¬ lumbus, Ohio, is president of the hoard of.the home. ,
DREYFUS IS DEAD
The Last Chapter on the Famous Affaire is Written By GREGORY BLATTMAN
Alfred Dreyfus is dead—the front pages of tfioUBands of papers shriek the news. In a little house on a quiet street in Paris a smaU old nian lies dead, unaware that tha world is once more passionately enthralled by his tragic life. This article recalls the slgnlftcance of tha Dreyfus case. 'It is still the most amazinir story of a man's calvan^ and its effect on milUDns of people.—The Editor.
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N July 12 there died in Paris at the age of ,76 a bent, little man with a, face like a crumpled bit of parchment and .with eyes still haunted by the terror "of captivity on DCyil's Island. Although this man had lived as quietly as a shadpw fqr three decades, shuiining the world and ignored by it, his death, coinciding as it did with a ris-
nearly toppled by the Dreyfus Affaire two generations ago. The same, fratrir- cidal struggle that convulsed .France at the close of the 19th century and dragged the innocent Dreyfrus into the vortex of a titanic political upheavial was being re- enacted: as Dreyfus went to-his final rest. ¦.
It was Dreyfus' fate to be the pivotal figure in the end of a Jewish cycle which is ominously parallel to t^e present era. On October 12, 1894, the day he was arrested bn a charge of betraying riiilitary secrets' to Germany, the Jews of western Europe   were  riding  the  crest  of   the
July 26th wiir mark the .dose of a highly successful and well attended girls term at Camp Schonthal. Some of' the outstanding special events featured this season included Gypsy Camp Fire, Coun¬ try Fair Night, a Japanese Lawn Party, Colored , Camp Fire; , Bunk-Naming Night, Stunt Night; .Junior, Intermediate, Senior and Midget Plays.
For the closing week the following programs have been scheduled: The Birthday ¦ Night at which each table at Dinner is appropriately decorated to rep¬ resent, the months of the year and the children sit at tables which represent the nibnth of their birth; An opwetta "Goldi¬ locks" .will, be presented by the youngest group in Camp.
One of the most elaborate attractions this year will be the big Circus, to, be. held ori the, Camp grounds, with "side, shows, refreshments, balloons, fortune telling booth, pony rides, a bull fight, and many other spectacular events. A lovely riiusical tea .will be held with every camper dressed in. her, best, dainty re; freshments served and a fine musical pro-, gram presented. '
For the closing night tliere will he the banquet and Song Fest participated in by every camper and counselor. Awards of honor .for all-round best camper, and outstanding campers iu all activities,^ life saving emblems, etc., will he made on this evening.
The boys term opens July 28th, closing August Spth; Fees are $50.00,'for the sea son. Register your boy.now so he may be assured of reservations fOr an enjoy¬ able, healthful and instructive season. The city, office is located at 555 East Rich Street, ADams 3329.
BERLIN (WNS)—While the police were conspicuous by their absence or in¬ activity, an organized mob. of nearly 1,000 Nazi hoodlums broke out in the worst anti-Semitic riot Berlin has' seen since the advent of. the Nazi regime more than two years ago. Charging into the fashionable Kurfurstendamm district, the rioters smashed windows in cafes, restau* rants and shops, assulted every Jew they could find and drove hundreds of Jews before them in terror. At least half a dozen Jews were seriously injured as the Nazis, inflamed by editorials' in the Hitlerite press, patrolled ' the streets, shouting insults arid howling "death to the jews," "get out, Jews." Led by a swaggering young blond bilUy, the row¬ dies blocked all, traffic, stopping, every pedestrian, ¦. including foreigners, Jews passing in cars were dragged from their machines and subjected to blows and then ordered to move on. When the police finally arrived the neighborhood was in a panic; with bloOdy-headed Jews running everywhere and the Nazi hoodluriis in full control. .A nuriiher of the Jewish victims were taken into protective cus¬ tody by .the police.  .
All observers of tHe outbreak agjte that it was not ia spontaneous incident but the result of careful planning virith offidj' connivance.. The riot was the direct re¬ sult of a violent editorial in Propaganda Minister Goebbels' organ, Ver Angriff, complaining that Jews,had booed a Swedish anti-Semitic film in a' Kurfur¬ stendamm picture house. Aroused by this. editorial, a band of uniformed Storm; Troopers gathered infront bf the theatre
ing tide of civil war feeling ensentoed  «i^ncipation epoch     In all the demo-
biy the enmity hetvi^een Left and Right factions, resurrected the political passions
cratic   and   quasi-democratic   lands   of Europe they were en joy ing. political, ecb
that once split France into two hostile: "<""*'= ™'* «!'" equality.    The line of
I demarcation between the harassed Jews of   eastern   Europe,   victims   of   anti
camps. In death,, as in life, this old nian remained a tragic figure, the symbol of liberty and justice battling against the forces of reaction and bigotry upon the altar of which he was once nearly sacri¬ ficed.
That man was Alfred Dreyfus; the central figure pf one of the most cele¬ brated causes in modern times, a Jew whose fate was destined to affect not only the course of French history but of the Jewish people as well. Dreyfus' death came twenty-nine years to the day after the Supreme .Court had completely cleared him of .the charges of treason, but his body was still warm when the Action Francahe, organ of the Royaltists, spiri¬ tual heirs of the reactionary clique ot anti-Semites that had railroaded him to a living death on Devil's Island, revived the old accusations against him. While his corpse was being borne to the grave 250,000 armed French Fascists, the coun¬ terparts of the German Nazis, were wait¬ ing for the word to stage a coup d'etat against, the Third Republic which was
Semitic barbarities in Russia,' Roumania and the Balkans, and the emancipated Jews of western Europe was sharply drawn. To the latter the new era of freedom seeriied permanent. To the for¬ mer, the hospitable gates of America, Canada, South Africa and Australia beckoned. Zionism and Palestine re-born were still only the dream of a handful of idealists. Herzl was then only ah inconspicuous journalist iu Paris, alien to Jewish life.
In France, however, still suffering fprom the devastating effects of the Franco- Prussian War, the Third Republic was threatened with collapse. Political scan- dal.s, economic difficulties, personal rival¬ ries for power had brought about a crisis. The government was in the same dilemma that Germany found itself on the eve of the Nazi upheaval and that France faces today, attacked simultaneously from the Left and the Right.   The army and
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just as the evening performance was over and began to bea:t the patrons as they came up. From this the Nazis turned to as¬ saulting everyone else in thc neighbor¬ hood, ultimately switching their attention, to diners in the ppCri air cafes.. Among those beaten was an American naval cadet attached to an Am^iricari SvarShip anchored iri Copenhagen, Although the frightened Jews put up no'resistance, the . Nazis continued their violence for several hours as their numbers.were augmented... Throughout the night the Kurfursten¬ damm district resounded to anti-Semitic cries. In the midst of.the riot other Nazis hawkiiig.the latest issue of:Julius Streicher's Jew-baiting sheet, Drr Sitter- ¦ mcr, arrived on the' scene and, added to the feryor of the anti-Semitic gang. All during the rioting three uniformed Storm Troops rode up and down the Kurfursten¬ damm giving the rioters instructions.
After some sfemblance of order had been restored and the panic-stricken Jews had,fled in terror, the official Nazi news agency issued the following.statement on the, incident: "Attempts by Jews to dis¬ turb presentation pf the film 'Peucrson . and Bendel' in a Berlin photoplay house on Kurfurstendamm resulted Monday evening in demonstrations before the theatre, A large crowd expressed dis¬ pleasure virith the provocative behavior . of the Jewish patrons of .the photoplay house. In near-by cafes the public pro¬ tested against the increasingly arrogant behavior of the Jews. The appearance of outraged citizens were sufficient ih most, cases to induce the Jewish patrons to leave in what amounted to flight. In the Cafe Bristol excited disputes arose dur¬ ing which a window was broken. Minor accidents occurred before the arrival of the police, but the latter and emergency ' squads prevented further clashed.'.'
Demands League of Nations Assume
Responsibility for German Refugees
$10,006,000 U. S. Corporation Fonined to ^Ud Refugees,
James G. Md[>onald Tells London Meeting; Reports
"Palestine Continues to Be Chief Countiy of
Refugee," Having Absorbed 27,000
Picnic Sunday at Oleiitangy
The Ahavas Sholem Sisterhood will holcl its annual picnic this Sunday, at Olentangy Park. ' Mrs. L. Brodsky, president of the Sisterhood, takes this opportunity of extending an invitation to the public to attend this gala outing. Games and contests are being arranged for both young and old.
LONDON (WNS)—A demand that the League of Nations assume direct re¬ sponsibility for the relief and rehabiUta- tion of refugees from Germany and a" recommendation that the High Commis¬ sion for Refugees which he, heads be- liquidatfed in order that the refugees may he served ,more effectively were voiced here by James G. McDonald, High Com¬ missioner for Refugees Coming froni Germany, at a-meeting of the Goverriing Botly'of the Commission, headed by the Rt. Hbri. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood as Chairriian., .
' Mr. McDonald delivered a report cov¬ ering virtually two years of activity in the interests of refugees. Asserting that the plight of thousands of refugees from Germany ¦ continues" tO; be grave, Mr. McDonald stated that the High. Commis¬ sion, which was formed by members of the League but which owes no responsi¬ bility to the League'itself, must be sup¬ planted by ."an organization created by the Leagde of Nations as an integral part of the League system, and empowered to act on behalf .of all of the catejgories of refugees," Mr. McDonald added that on June 29 the Norwegian government had asked ¦ tliie Secretary General of the League of Nations to include on
Ladies Free Loan Society
...Mrs. H. Beckman, 783 Ann St., presi¬ dent,of the Ladies Free Loan Society, wishes to thank Mrs. M. . Finkelstein, chairman of the annual picnic held last Sunday, July 7th, at Olentangy Park aa well as her able committee for their ef¬ forts in making this affair a success, also the various Columbus merchants for their donations and the general public for their attendance and cooperation.
Picnic in Zanesville July 28
The B'nat B'rith Lodge of Zanesville has completed all arrangements for its annual picnic to be held Sunday, July 28th, on the Riehl Farm, one mile west of Zanesville, on Route 40. A big time is assured all who attend. There will be games and contests for the yoiing and old to participate in. Prizes as well as souvenirs will be given away.
As in the past, the Zanesville Q'nai B'rith picnic will be open to all Jewry in neighboring towns-
assistance of the academic and intellectual refugees, W'th the aid of the Rock feller Foundation raised together some $1,500,-   , 000; he stated.
Ont of a total of 80,000 refugeies from Germany, the  lairgest. number of tliOse  . who have been.settled overseas have gone to   Palestine,   Mr.   McDonald   reported. He saia that 27,000. German Jews had : settled in Palestine, 6,000 in the United States, 3,000 in South American cqun- , tries, 300 in South; Africa and 500 else- ' where.    1^,000 have beeiii repatriated to, countries of .central and eastern Europe., Refugees still living in European lands number 25,700, Mr. McDonald said. Com- . melting on  the absorbtion  of   German Jewish refugees' in Palestine, the. High Commissioner   declared  that   "Palestine continues   to   be  the  chief   counfry  of refrige.   That small territory, about the size, oif Welles, has absorbed on a perma¬ nent, basis more refugees than all the other  countries  in  the  world  together. This, is a record in which the organiza¬ tions, chiefly concerned may  fairly take pride.   But Palestine could not have ab¬ sorbed these tens of thousands if it had not been for the preparatory work car¬ ried through during many years of- self- sacrifice and devotion by the thousands
the agenda of the Assembly next Septem-   who have striven ceaselesity for the ideal
ber the.item "Assistance to International Refugees."" Mr. McDonald expressed the hope that this would open the way for a ftill discussion in the Assembly" and the Council of the. problem of the regugees.. The report delivered by Mr. McDonald, covering the activities undertaken by his High Commission to solve the problems of 80,000 refugees from Germany, re¬ vealed that there has been formed in the United States a Refugee Economic Cor¬ poration, with a capital of 110,000,000. He stated that "at present the capital subscribed amounts to one arid a quarter million, of which part is being called up with a view to- immediate assistance of settlement schemes." The corporation, Mr. McDonald said, "was designed by soine of the. leaders of the American Jewish community for the purpose of assisting and furthering the constructive settlement of the refugees." Since April, 1933, when the Hitler regime came into power in, Germany, causing the flight of thousands of men, women, and jchildren for racial and political reasons, there has been raised throughout the world about £2,000,000 (approximately . $.10,000,000) for the relief and rehabilitation of these refugees, Mr. McDonald reported. To this amout, the Jews of Ihe United States contributed the largest amount, with  3,000,000, and the Jewspf Great Britain, 12.500,000,    The  organizations  for the
of a Jewish National Home. Nor is it without significance that Palestine con¬ tinues to be one- of the' very few countries prosperous enough to, complain of a shortage of labor. "The refugees in Palestine are playing a constructive role not only in riiaterial. things but' also in' the spiritual and moral upbuilding of their new homeland."
Referring to the possibility of repatria¬ tion to Germany of refugees unable to find openings in countries of refuge, Mr. McDonald declared that "if is impossible for the organizations to recoinmend in any case any person who had left Ger-^ many to return. The German govern¬ ment has taken drastic measures against those retuirning, not only preventing them from taking employment, but confining them ill 're-education camps.'" Of ap¬ proximately 50,000 refugees who remain in Europe and who have not been able to emigrate overseas, "15 to 30 per cent are nonjews who have left Germany for political causes or for reasons of con¬ science,'' High Commissioner McDonald reported. He stated that "owing to tlie falling off of t^e contributions for relief there is a grave position amongst some, thousands of the refugees in Paris and Prague and amongst a smaller number in Amsterdam and other centers. The position is particularly difficult for the {Continued on page 2)