Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1939-12-08

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Vol. 18    No. 50
COIiUMBtJS, OHIO, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1939
BoToted to Amrrlcnn and Jtjwisli Idonin
Strictly, Confidential
TiaWts From Kverywhcro By PHINEAS J. BIRON
PROF. HARLOW WILL OPEN INTERFAITH CONFERENCE
HOT STUFF
Does Benito Mussolini know that way back in -the middle of the last^ century one Benedetto Musolinb, author of an Italian book on Jerusiilem and the Jew¬ ish people, wrote to the then British Prime Minister, Lord Palmers ton, suggesting the establishment of a Jewish State In Palestine? . . .The New York Post's iSamuel Grafton explains the ab.sence of a big Nazi offen¬ sive oh the Western. front by the fact that "there is a short age of pushovers in Europe" . . Probably this is the reason why the German generals defied Hit¬ ler's orders to push through Hol¬ land and Switzerland into France . . . Ex-Premier Paul van Zeeland b( Belgium, who came to this country as counsel for the International Refugee Con- ; ference, says that Hitler is so badly off financially that a two- year war will finish him . . . Now German Consul-General Fritz Weidemann of San Fran¬ cisco Jias declared that he does- i>'t like the Bund ... Which makes It unanimous . . . In the Munich beer-hall bombing, say the Broadway wags. Hitler turn¬ ed out to be "tho little man who wasn't there" . . . While John Chapman claims that Hitler serenades England with that good old song "You're mined, all ^ mined"' . . . One of tho best cracks of tlie week is to be credited to Hal Frank, who in Digest Magazine epitomizes the Nazi motto as "tho ends justify tlie meanness" . . . That Ameri¬ can magazine article which will fjuote Alfred Duff-Cooper to tho effect that if Hitler had not attacked Poland Britian would have been ready to accept Nazi peace conditions may embarrass Mr. Chamberlain no Ut^ile. DRAMATIC NEWS
The famous ring which the great German actor August Iff- land, who flourished in the early nineteenth century, willed to "the most outstanding Ger¬ man actor of each succeeding generation" is In Hollywood now, adorning the finger ot re¬ fugee mummer Albert Basser- mann . . . Clark Gable's ances¬ tors were Germans called Goeb- Tiel, but there's no connection with Gabby Joe, thank heaven- . . . Eddie Davis, who now helps "Write George White's "Scan¬ dals," was a cab driver until Ed¬ die Cantor gave him a hand up- . . . In his last weejt's "New York Novelette" Wlnchell tells the story ot a Paramount talent scout who lost his job some years ago . . . Times became very hard for him, his wife and child left him, he had to live xvith his brotlier on the .latter's tiny income . : . But this year he got the backing for a play which is rapidly making him a rich man ... Winchell doesn't mention his name, but no harm can come if we tell yoii that the liero of this true stoiy is Oscar ¦ Serlln, and the play is "Life with Father". . . MUSICAL WHISPERS
The musical sensation of this season, will be Chemjo Vinaver's chorus of thirty male voices . The liturgical music, Jewish and non-Jewish, that makes up their repertory is something new for American concert-gQers. ... The lives of the two must clans Anton and Nicholas Ru¬ binstein are the theme of Cath¬ erine    Drinker   Bowne's   new
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NATIONAL     COMMANDER
OP JEWISH VETERANS TO
SPEAK HERE DEC. IT
Professor S. Ralph Harlow, of Smith College, will ' officially open the Interfaith Conference sponsored by the Hiilel Founda¬ tion in collaboration with YWCA, the YMCA, the Indianola Stud¬ ent Center and Westminster Foundation, with a lecture to be presented this Sunday, Dec. 10, at 2 p. m., at the Indianola Student Center.       '
Professor Harlow, whose sub¬ ject will be "The Relation of Religion to Social and Economic Problems" has been a mission¬ ary abroad, taught in Europe and Is a recognized figure in interfaith relations.
The Hiilel Foundation is giv¬ ing a dinner in honor of Prof. Harlow, this Sunday at 5:30 foi lowing which Dr.. Harlow will deliver a lecture at the Indianola Presbyterian Church on "What Young People Are Thinking and Doing In the World of To¬ day". This lecture is open to the public. ,   '
Yard, Levy Schedule Of Talks Announced
The complete schedule for Dr. James Yard, of the National Conference ot Goodwill between Christians and Jews, and Raiibi Felix Levy of Chicago, who will be in Columbus on Dec, 12th, tvas announced by Allan Tarsh- j-ih, representative of-the local il'nai Ti'rith, who has been co¬ operating with' the national or¬ ganization.
At 10:45 a. m. at South High School, tliese two noted figures will give their first discussion; at noon, they, will address a gathering at Ohio State Univer¬ sity, arranged through the co¬ operation of Rabbi H. Kaplan of theHUIel Foundation; at 3 p. ni., they will have a half hour period on WHKC radio station; and at 7 p. m. Dr. Yard and Kabbi Levy will .address a group at Dennison University, thru the cooperation of Profes¬ sor F. Stewart of the depart¬ ment of HeligiOn.
Dr. James Yard* and Rabbi Felix Levy will be,on a spealc- ing tour;in Ohio and will ad¬ dress the student body at Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio.
JBWISH NATIONAL FUND
ACQUIRES 6,600 DUNAMS
JERUSALEM (WNS)'Continu¬ ing with its large-scale program of land-acquisition, the Jewish National Fund has acquired 5,400 dunams iri the hills near Hanita, and 1200 dunams iri northern Sharon, it was revealed here. .
lore Thai 600 Jewisli Leaders Mkd ID. C. 25tli Aniiiial Merence Iii Cliicag®
SOPHIE TUCKER TO ADDRESS STUDENT RALLY THURSDAY
Uilgji II. Uuriiian
Edgar H. Burman, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, a resident of New York City, will be the lionbr guest and speaker at the annual Installation of new officers of Capitol Post 122 of the J. W. V. and the Ladies Aux¬ iliary Which will be held at the Deshler Hotel on Sunday, Dec. 17th; at 6:30 p. m. Inifitations have already been extended to friends of members to attend this banquet affair.
Edgar Burman, the newly elected national commander, has been an ardent leader In J. W. V. nctivitie."; for many years and has hold all honors in' his own J.'W. V. post, as well as being a past state commander of New York.
Among tho distinguished guests who, have been invited for the Dec. I7th affair are: State Commander "Mud"- Gard¬ ner of the American Legion; Mayor Gessaman, M. Stone, na¬ tional vice-commander of the J. W. V. from St. Louis, Governor J. Briciier; E. J. Schanfarber, head ot the United Jewish Fund; and many 6ther tiotables in vet¬ eran activities.
Sain lichtenstein is the out¬ going commander of Capitol Post and David Pastor will be the newly installed commander.
Final details of the program will be mentioned lii next week's issue of the Chronicle.
Sophie Tucker, prominent stage personality tor more than a decade, will be the featured speaker at a student rally to be held next Thursday, Dec. .14, In the Commerce Building Audi¬ torium. This rally will mark the opening in the HUlel Re¬ fugee Fund Committee's cam¬ paign for the year.
In addition to the appeal made by Miss Tucker, both Co- lumlius and the Ohio State Uni¬ versity, faculty and student, win be W^U represented,
E..J. Shanfarber, Columbus attorney. Dean of Men, Jo.seph A. Park and Dean Palmei:, Presi¬ dent of the Student Senate, will deliver addresses.
Sam Shapiro is chairman of the committee which is making preparations for the mass rally,
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CHICAGO (WNS)—Ameri¬ can organizations engaged in ^var ¦ relief work overseas have taken "the splendid and con¬ sistent position" that "no man will be denied sustenance and aid because of race, creed or origin," Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York declared in an address delivered by Mrs. Lehman before the 25th Annual Meeting of the American .lew¬ ish Joint Distribution Commit¬ tee, which was held here Decem¬ ber 2 and 3.
Mrs. Lehman explained tliat the Governor had planned to make the address personally at the conference in the Standard Club, but that official duties had made it impossible for him to leave his home State at the last moment, and that he had there¬ fore asked her to deliver his address in his place.
More than 600 Jewish com¬ muiiity leaders from all sections of the United States and Canada gathered to hear the message of the Governor. Besides Mrs. Lehman, others who spolce at the conference included Paul Baerwald of New York, Chair¬ man of the JDC'Rabbl Jonah B. Wise, Vice Chairman, James G. McDonald, Chairman of the President's Advisory Commit¬ tee on Political Refugees, Clar¬ ence B. Pickett, Executive Sec¬ retary of the American Friends
TUNE IN TUESDAY, AT 3 P. M.
Dr. James Yard and Dr. Felix Levy of Chicago, 111., represent¬ ing the Chicago Bound Table of the National Conference be¬ tween' Jews and Christians, will be heard over radio Station WHKC, Tuesday at 3 P. M. Chronicle readers are asked to tune in on this interesting pro¬ gram.
Jr. Hadassah First Honor Ball Tonight
Junior Hadassah's first Honor Ball is being held this Saturday, Dec. 9, in the Grand Ballroom of the Deshler-Wallick Hotel from nine-thirty to orie. The music will be furnished by Paul Decker and his orchestra. At 10:30 the Araljian Supper Club Floor show will be featured with Cy Reeves, master of cere¬ monies, directing.
The complete committee for the ilonor Ball is as follows: . General Co-chairmen—^M1 s s Ruth Shiftman, Miss Ruth Wells; Publicity Chairman—Miss Doro¬ thy Krakoff; Chairman ot Pa¬ trons and Contributors—Mrs. Rose L. Meyers; Committee— I Gladys Stone, Miriam Robbins,
Phylis Seigel, Ann Markisori, Janet Wasserstrom.
Co-captains in c h a r g e of pledges are:-T-
Ruth Steinman, Annette Friedman, Betty Seldenberg, Esther Waldman, Francine Solo¬ mon; Miriam Levison, Lillian Minkln, Jane Stregevsky, Sarah Malmol, Ruth Goldenberg, Rose Goodman, Edith Friedland, Eve¬ lyn Cowan, Gladys Stone, Har¬ riet Shustlck, Ann Block.
Dorothy Press, Roselyn Bono- wltz, Sophie Dworkin, Irene Mellman, Bernice Kahn, Helen Grundsteln, Evelyn Gitlin, Mild¬ red Haims, Miriam Greenberg, Esther Katz, Mary Gussacoff, tOuutiaaeil  on I'nse  2)
, NEW ,yOKK  .(WNS)-An  „     .-     Committee   Edward TV' American ehaJ!sng<.-to-tl,e-K«rf fr^&?;'S5 •^~:.-,,^r,S4
program of mass deportations, ghettoization, starvation, and torture ot Jews and others in Poland and other conquered areas will be made on Wednes¬ day evening, Dec. 13th, at Madi¬ son Square Garden when repre¬ sentatives of all faiths join in a demonstration against Nazi brutality.
The demonstration has been arranged by the American Jew¬ ish Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee with the co¬ operation of outstanding Chris tian, organizations and leaders of American publle opinion who have joined the committee of sponsors. These include the American Committee of Relig¬ ious Rights and Minorities, the Chairman of which is Dr. John Howiand Lathrop; the American Federation of Labor, the presi¬ dent of which is William Green; the Church Peace Union; the League for Human Rights, Free¬ dom and Democracy; and the Protestant Teachers Association.
Bishop William T. Manning heads a group of outstanding personalities of all wallcs ot life who have joined the spon¬ soring committee which includes such names as the Hon. George Gordon Battle; Senator W. War¬ ren Barbour of New Jersey; Dr. W. Russell Bowie, of Union Theological Seminary; Mrs. Car¬ rie Chapman Catt; Professor Al¬ bert Einstein; Dr. Harry Emer¬ son Fosdick; Hon. James W. Gerard, forjner U. S. Ambassa¬ dor to Germany; Dr. Alice Hamilton, ot the Medical Fac¬ ulty of Harvard University; Dr. John Haynes Holmes; Prof. Al¬ vin Johnson, Director of New School for Social Research; Sena¬ tor James M. Mead of New York; Dr. William J. Schieffelin, President of the Citizeiis Union; Dr. Guy Emeiy Shlpler, Editor of the Churchman, the oldest Protestant publieatlori In the United States; Miss 'Dorothy Thompson; Senator Robert F. Wagner; Mr, Mathew Woll, and others. ,  -
M. Warbm-g, Co-chairman ' ot' the JDC, JCeph C. Hyman. Executive Vice Chairman, Mrs. David M. Levy, Chairman of the Women's Division of the New; York United Jewish Ai>. peal, Harold F. Linder oE New York, Mrs. Myron F. Falk, Honorary Chairman of the JDC Junior Division, and James N. Rosenberg, Chairman ot tho Executive Committee of the JDC.
The Governor's address, in discussing the war relief prob¬ lems, declared that "It is not a Jewish problem nor a Christian porbletn."
"It is a problem," he said, "for humanity and for civiliza¬ tion. In the common task, the Joint Distribution. Committee has proved tremendously effect¬ ive. Its record of non-sectarian aid, the millions of dollars which It has disbursed in colla¬ boration with such agencies as the American Relief Administi-a- tion. The Red Cross, the Y. M. C. A., The Quakers, the Near East ReHef Commission, and other non-sectarian bodits have won for it the respect and good will ot Christians the world over." Refugee Assistance
Governmental assistance on an international scale for re¬ fugees from persecution and war is nearer today than at any time since the current refugee problem arose, it was dcclaix-d by Mr. McDonald, who pointed out that the international re¬ fugee conferences of the past two years have served to "edu¬ cate" the democratic govern¬ ments of the world.
"Governments," he declared, "are beginning to display a de¬ gree of interest which they did not do in the early years. The Governments have brought into the picture new, powerful, dyna¬ mic personalities and have in¬ creasingly come to see that the refugee problem reaches beyond the limits of private charity and must be treated accoi-dingly."
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