Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1941-07-18

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Vol. 20, No. .TO
COIAIMBUH, OHIO, FRIDAY, ,ll!I,y  18, IMI
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Strictly Confidential
Tidbits Prom Everywhere By PHINKAS J. BIRON
REFUGEE REPORT
The trickle of refugees to this country is growing thinner and thinner, as are ihe refugees themselves . . . The reason Is not only Ihe added difficulties in the quest for visas bul al.so, and to a very largo extent, the difficully of obtaining transpor¬ tation facllllies . . . An Impor¬ tant factor is the apparent deler- mination of the representatives of the few remaining steam.ship lines slill plying between Europe and America to clean up on Ihe plight of the refugees . . . "No tip, no trip", is Iheir slogan, and by "lip" Ihey don't mean mere five-dollar bill ... As for those refugees who arc slill in Europe, some of them have paid for passage lo America three or four limes over, and are slill waiting for the boat that will save Ihem . . . One recent arri val In Cuba has Ihe di.slinction of having paid the record sum of $30,000, In cash, for the ticket thnt look him oul of Hitler's reach ... It was the Germans who achieved this triumph of highway robbery . . . There should be an investigation lo dis¬ cover why the S. S. Magallanes of the Garcia and Diaz Line, for example, which arrived here from Spain last week, left Europe ¦with fifty empty berths while thousands of refugees In Spain, with sufficient money, for,regu- ', lili-pHBUtt' '..lienteta;; w w'M'cSBlOfe j ing for accxjmmodatioSis . .". As for refugees In occupied France —It costs them 270 francs to smuggle a letter across the bor¬ der to the unoccupied territory . , . The agency that handles this bootleg mall is the Paris Beggars' Society . . . WAR ECHOES
Now that the Germans are fighting the Russians the Nazis have issued, for the first time, the film they made years ago of the German Condor Legion fighting In Spain in what they call "Spain's holy war agaln.st Bolshevism" . . . Until now the film was kepi in a safe and cozy pigeonhole, lesl Soviet sensibilities be offended You can't blame Waller Win¬ chell for patting himself on the back when it took the G-men a full year lo find a Nazi espion¬ age suspect at the Sperry gyros¬ cope plant afler Winchell had announced. In his column, his suspicion of the presence of espionage agents in the factory . . . Don't be surprised If one of these days publisher George Backer volunteers for a post as an American military observer in some foreign land ... So powerful was the impression created by Pierre Van Paassen's recent address on the theme of a Jewish army for Palestine that the Revisionists are offering him the supreme leadership of the Jewish army movement WHAT'S IN A NAME"?
When the Nazis have no good news to report from Ihe battle front they turn on the good old propaganda spigot . . . Their latest atlention-diverter is the discovery that the King of Nor¬ way (who is now in England) is really a representative of ternational Jewry'; . . . Gabby Goebbels figured this out all by himself, with the brilliant de¬ duction that the Scandinavian monarch's name, Haakon, really stands for "Ha-Cohen" . . . One of this summer's holty-toitlesl Italian weddings will be (ConUnued on Page 8)
United Jeiivish Fund In Last Spurt To Reach 1941 Coal
B'nai B'rith ffiUel Moves Into Yale With 56th Unit
WAHHINtJTON, I). C.:-Jew¬ i.sh students al one of America's Hig Three universiiios—Yale, llarvnril and Princeton—came wiihin the orbit of the H'na H'rith Hillel Foundations for the
Rabbi Maurice Zigmond
Jewish 'student service at Yale, hitherto sponsored by the Union of American Hebrew Congrega tions, became the 56th unit in the nationwide link of Hillel Counselorships and Foundations according to an announcement al B'nai B'rith headquarters. The Union of American Hebrew Congregations is withdrawing from Us university service in New England,
Rabbi Maurice Zigmond, He brew Union College graduate, who has been directing the Jew ish student Service at Yale for the past len years, will continue as the n'nal B'rilh Hillel Coun selor, direptlng a program of (-\illural, religious and social welfare aclivllles for tbe 500 Jewish students al Yale. At Ihe same lime he continues as Rab¬ bi of Temple Israel, Waterbury, Conn. Rabbi Zigmond will also become director of the 57th Hll¬ iel unit, a new link at the Uni¬ versity of Connecticut, Slorrs, Conn., where there are 2,'SO Jew¬ ish students.
The new Hillel units at Yale and Connecticut are the fifth in New England, the others being at Smith College, Massachusetts State College and the Univer¬ sity of New Hampshire.
Thousands of Jewish Civilians KiUed In Line Of Nazi March
STOCKHOLM (WNS)-A .slory of civilian suffering in Ihc trial of the German army marchUig into Russia in which .lews are heavy participants is reported in the Swedish newspaper, Af- tonhlailct. As many as ;jOO,000 civilians have heen killed since the beginning of German-Ru.s- sian hoslilille.s. many thousands of them .lews, the paper esti¬ mates.
The Swedish correspondents who accompanied the Oerman military staff tell of the utter (icslruftion of dozens of towns and vill.'igoH by the German and Soviet barrages. The .lewish populated cities of Pinsk and IJaranovicz are utter ruins. The population have scattered lo the woods. Childron roam about hungry looking for their par¬ ents. Neither of the armies Is providing any a.ssistance to the civilians. Even the wounded receive no medical aid.
German reports reaching Stockhohn today state that all Jews have heen expelled from territory on the left banlc of the
mslrict -as weir' as" from -the Warsaw suburbs of Zolyborsz, Mokotow, Czemlakow and Sl- elce.
Summertime Frolic At Winding Hollow Monday Evening
NO KADIOS FOR BELGIUM JEWS
LONDON (WNS) — Jews in Belgium must surrender their radios. This was one of a mounting number of anti-Jewish restriciions which have been In¬ troduced here this week under Nazi sponiiorshlp. Olher new anti-Jewish provisions forbid Jews to dispose of their in-op- eily wilhoul approval of the Nazi command, require Jews to deliver up to the National Bank all foreign exchange holdings and order that the word "Jew- thel lsh" be printed on the station- I ery of all Jewish firms.
All plans have heen completed for the big Summertime Frolic lo he held next Monday evening, July 21, at the Winding Hollow Country Club. The affair, which is being sponsored by the Rose E. Lazarus Sisterhood, will hegin at 7:30 P. M., wilh the en¬ tire membership of the Bryden Road Temple, their families and friends being invited to atlend
It Is the desire of the Presi¬ dent, Mrs. Allen Gundersheim¬ er. to make this gala outdoor event a most sucressfu 1 enter- l)rlse, so that it will be the one and only fund raising effort of the fiscal year for the Sister hood. This will give members who are active in Red Cross, Bundles for Britlan, etc., more time lo work for such worthy causes.
Mrs. Lester Glickman, who is Ihe Ways and Means chairman, and her committee are planning to make this event a most en¬ joyable one for young and old, Enlertalnmenl will consist of dancing, bingo, dart game, base¬ ball target, penny pitching, ping-pong, fish pond, fortune telling, horseshoe pitching and games for the adults There Is also to be a General Store wilh grand prizes and a Cake Booth,
A large variety of refresh¬ ments are to be served In an out-door beer garden Ihruout the evening.
Just four weelts ago today the United Jewish Fund Campaign of this year started in whirlwind fashion with more than 00% of fhc quota reported at the opening rally at the Winding Hollow Country Club. It looked as though Columbus was really going over the minimum needs for the campaign and raise much more than the campaign committee had set for a goal. But then came the extreme¬ ly hot weather and the handicaps of illness and the usual run of difficulties during a campaign. Consequently the work lagged and at this writing there is still over 1.5% yet to be raised in order to go over the top.
The United Jewish Fund Campaign can be compared to a gruelling race. No matter how fast the stort, no mat¬ ter how swift the runners it is the final stretch that counts. Unless the tape is reached there can be no winner even though fhe first portions of tbe race arc run off in unbe¬ lievable lime. So in the United Jewish Fund Campaign. The goal is in sight, but the workers must make the last, hardest stretch run on high with winged feet. Prospects must be contacted and all given the opportunity of doing tbeir part in meeting the great demand for funds from the various organizations aiding in bringing sustenance and hope to countless thousands.
II was reported that a good number of cards have not yet been worked and indlrations point lo a greater goal if these cards ore worked and the pros¬ pects seen, Tbe results, as re- fiorted this week, show only two thirds of the prospects have been approached and already lasl year's total has almost been reached. This means that those who have been approached have been generous in their response ahd'lt'gtahiis to •.reason that mdBS''mo'^fgV^YittW'iifrri&^ preached will also respond ger erously. Remember CampalA workers—THE CARDS YOt HAVE MAY MEAN LIFE TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IF YOU SELL YOUR PROSPECTS.
SYNAGOGUE COUNCIL DECIDES TO JOIN GEN. JEWISH COUNCIL
LISBON (WNS»—Dr. Otto Hirsch, president of the Reich verlnlgung died this week in Germany, according to reports received here. He was 55 years old. No details of the clrcum stances of his death are given.
NEW YORK (WNS)—An an¬ nouncement that the Synagogue Council of America, which in- "cftiaer^^al r' * Jewish" Tellglous bodies in the United States, has decided to Join the General Jew¬ ish Council, was made by I. M. Minkoff, newly appointed exe¬ cutive secretary of the Council, yt a gathering of representa¬ tives of the Jewish and Anglo- Jewish press. Mr. Minkoff was intro(luce<J to the gathering by Kdgar J. Kaufmann. chairman' of the Council. I
In outlining the aims of the! Council, which is comiwsed ofj the American Jewish Commit-] tee. the R'nai IVrith, and thCj Jewish Labor Committee, Mr. Minkoff stressed the fact that the three organizations which comprise the Council are not giving up their individual ideals or activities. They realize, how¬ ever, that they have so much in' common in their practical work of protecting Jewish interesLs, that it is necessary and possible to coordinate and to harmonize their efforts. This is one of the main purtjoses of the Coun¬ cil.
The fight against anti-Semit¬ ism and the protection of Jewish rights in America will form the principyl part of the Council'Sj work, Mr. Minkoff said- The three Jewish organizations, and, afso other's, which have not join¬ ed the Council a.s yet. devote themselves to combating all manifestations and anti-Semit¬ ism, hy education and propa¬ ganda for American democratic principles, A special Coordin¬ ating Commiitee of Ihe Cdun- cil Is already at work, specifi¬ cally charged with the practical realization of this program.
Another important aspect of the General Jewish Council's program is the coordination of the services extended by its constituent agencies in the field of civilian morale and civilian defense. Another branch of the Council's activity will be the full implementation of Its Public Relations Committee. The Council will also coordin-
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campaign workkrh imjEAbe notice
There ure a number of cnnlH still unworked. TheNp rat-dM reprewent human lives If returns are brought Jn. I*I«aHe work thcHc cards as Hoon ON possible ko that the United Jewish Fund <'am- paign c^n be brought to a KUfxeNsful conclusion with* in the next len days. While w(' have every reason to be¬ lieve that last year's effort will be exceeded, there ts stiil need for additional money to attain the lIMl greater goal. We cannot stop until each and every¬ one in tbe city has beon given an opportunity to con¬ tribute.
Please do your share by contacting the prospects yot unworked. Make all returns direct to the Cam¬ paign Office, 150 B. Broad Street.
In discussing the progress so far of this year's United Jew¬ ish Fund effort, Robert Schiff. general chairman, had high praise for the campaign work¬ ers and said that many people had commented on the excep¬ tional job already done by lead¬ ers and workers of the drive.
"Hut the job is not finished," he said, "and we can't feel we have done a good job until our goal has l>een reached. Coming just short of our objective won't do. An aviator who almost reaches his objective hasn't made a successful flight. So we, just short of our goal, have¬ n't waged a successful campaign
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