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The Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Legal Chronicle, 1939-09-15

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CLUTOIN AVINCI • CINCINNATI 30, MO

Timikozon;/Ewisn 01 RON lei

September 15, 1939

PAGE THREE

and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

HIGHLIGHTS OF LOCAL
JEWISH COMMUNITY WORK

reports that during 1939, Detroit
has been practically free of Ger-
man merchandise. The program
of the League is carried on
quietly, the heads of stores be-
(CONCLUDED F- Rou PAGII ONS)
j stituting an overflow, are con- ing contacted, and, in almost
Made in Detroit
every instance, agreeing to co-
able through the Jewish Corn- , fined to their homes.
by Detroiters
inanity Center Employment Bu•1 The medical staff of the Home, operate. A bulletin, listing the
', a. I n 1938 positions were who donate their services, con- German merchandise on sale and
found for one out of three of sista of 24 general practitioners; giving information as to Nazi ac-
he
1359 MONROE AVE.
the applicants interviewed, the I l specialists and one resident. tivities, is mailed to a list of
others securing work through general practitioners rotate Jewish and other sectarian and
CAdillac 0863
private channels. From January their services, two calling daily, civic organizations, as well as to
through July, 1939, the number each month, and the specialists interested individuals.
of individuals registered with the are on call whenever needed.
Through the endeavors of the
Ituriani, and placed, reaches a In August a program was In- League an exchange of German
total comparable to the volume augurated to care for the teeth and Detroit grammar school stu-
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
for the entireyear of 1938. and eyes of all residents. All dents, similar to the project car-
eyes will have been refracted and ried out in Cleveland, was pre-
Loans to enable refugee fami- teeth repaired before the pro-
FLORIST
! lies to start in business are made gram is completed, new glasses vented last winter. The League
is in constant touch with the
either by
18102 WOODWARD AVE.
the Hebrew Loan Asso- and false teeth being provided
Public Schools of Detroit to pre-
Opposite Palmer Park Tennis Ct. dation, or directly by the Re- where necessary. The medical
vent Nazi propaganda from be-
settlement Service.
service for thisproject is on a ing dissemminated through the
Townsend 84631
The Medical Agency
volunteer basis, but glasses and
system.
I Medical care is a problem that dental materials will be paid for.
The Thomas Mann lecture,
Religious services are held for
looms increasingly important. At
present, North End Clinic is co- the residents in the Joseph W. conducted under the auspices of
A Happy New Year to All
Allen
Memorial
Synagogue
at
the
the League, at the M son ic
As
operating and many p riv at e
has been the cus- Temple in March, 1939, was the
and dentists are car- institution.
DETROIT TYPEWRITER physicians
ing for the refugees gratis. How- tom, since the completion of the most successful in Mr. Mann's
CO.
ever, an organized medical pro- Home in 1937, talkies are pre- lecture tour of America. The at-
gram
is needed and steps are vented once a wee k in the tendance figure, 4,500 exceeded
ALL MAKES TYPEWRITERS
that of any other American city,
now being taken to set up such Schreiber lounge.
by 2,500.
Sold - Rented - Repaired
a program.
Hebrew Free Loan
The League cooperates with
Portables—New and Rebuilt
English instruction, both class
During the summer months of
all
anti-Nazi forces. It assists in
work and private lessens, are of- 1939 the Ilebrew Free Loan As-
377 STATE ST.
and
helps plan programs and
fered to the refugees under the sociation has granted more loans
Randolph 4102
auspices of the Resettlement for foreign relief than in previ- activities and provides groups
with
anti-Nazi speak er a. The
Service Educational Committee, ous years.
League is sponsored by a non-
headed by Mrs. Samuel Mendel-
There has been an increasing sectari an committee, the mem-
sohn. Monthly social meetings, demand, also, for small loans, up bets of which have given the
\
for the German-American Group, to $50. Such loans are not sub-
Happy New Year to All
League complete freedom to use
are sponsored by the Recreation ject to the formal restrictions
ante
was
made
to
the
joint Distribu•
less tragic than the air•
Committee, under the chairman- obtaining when larger amounts their names wherever necessary.
1 cumstances which foster it, are the tion Committee by the refugee com.
ship of Mrs. Clarence H. Eng- are borrowed. The fund, making
Jewish Community Council
by-products of rejected immigration mittee of Milan, Italy. So grave wat
gess. The Detroit Section, Coun- possible these small loans, was
Stressing civic-protective work,
to Palestine. Shown here is the 'S. S. the situation of the stranded refugee!
cil of Jewish Women, plays the created by a resolution of the in addition to its many other
Rini'. one of the banned ships, which that the 3. D. C. made an emergent a
leading role in this phase of the board of directors 21 months activities, the Jewish Community
carried 800 refugee passengers when appropriation of $5,000 for their relief
work.
ago, in order to help many in- Cat] ncil has been doing a
it caught fire in the harbor of the Isle although it naturally has nothini
of Rhodes, an Italian possession. A whatever to do with the organization
The Resettlement Service as- dividuals who need but small thorough job of pamphleteering.
dramatic rescue saved the lives of the of such illegal immigration and hat
sumed
responsibility
for
a
small
amounts
of
money
to
tide
them
During
July
and
August,
1939,
BUFFALO
8(0 refugees', but they were interned continually warned against emigratioe
percentage of the above cases over difficult periods. the organization has systematic-
at Doremus
on the island—stranded without the without proper passports, visas and
through pre-arrangement w i t h
The required security on a ally distributed, among non-Jews,
barest necessities of life and with no
the National Refugee Service, but regulation loan is the endorse- 26,000 pamphlets and brochures
other necessary documents.
right to remain. An appeal for assist-
the majority of local refugees went of two responsible suer- designed to promote a better un-
arrived in Detroit and applied chants. Repayments are made derstanding of the Jew and his
weekly,
,eke . over a p
for service independently. De- t,te
od of 33 position.
spite the increase in the number
erat du ireeeethlays eaelfs eo tiebr fal
tions at a school located in an-
In addition to the 146 senior
Happy New Y ra r to All
The Hebrew
Hebrew Free Loan Asso- culated
of refugees receiving se r v i c e,
eenesier: other section of the city. The boys accommodated at Fresh Air
they represent only a small pro- ciation was one of three Jewish hoods spread by various anti- nine branches of the United H
portion of the total number in agencies, each of which recently Semitic persons and groups. In brew Schools are scattered over Camp, 498 boys from six to 14
Detroit. The majority do not received a $1,000 contribution many cases the Council has
'sup- the city, so that all Detroit Jew- years of age, and 507 girls, from
come to the Resettlement Service from the McGregor Institute plied speakers for non-Jewish or- ish children may attend classes six to 16 years of age, enjoyed
for assistance, and are adjusting when that organization liquidated ganizations, nartiaularly church conveniently,
a total of 2,303 weeks of camp
to the scene without the use of its ass e t s , distributing them groups, and plans are in progress
Hebrew grammar and litera- life during the 1939 season.
community services.
"Why Buy When We Supply"
among private philanthropic or- to continue the speakers' bureau ture, Jewish history, forms and
Council Camp, with accommo-
Emphasis has been placed on ganizations conducting programs on a much broader scale.
customs, the Bible and Mishnah dations for 85, provided a total
local refugee work, not because based on the McGregor phil-
1016 t o 1024 E. PALMER
One of the very first projects are among the subjects taught of 416 vacation weeks for Jew-
of the great number involved, but osophy—"Not charity but a undeitaken by the Jewish Corn- in llebrew by a faculty of 38 ish girls and young women dur-
MADISON 3088.3089
because it is a comparatively new chance."
munity Council, soon after its highly-trained teachers. Instruc- ing the 1939 season. Campers,
Child Care
feature of Jewish community
Harry Schumer
Leo Gold
establishment in June, 1937, was tion is organized into three unable to pay the nominal fee
service. In number, the refugees Although fewer children are t he appointment of a Committee departments: kindergarten, for charged, were given 140 camp
here, or for that matter through- being cared for by the Jewish on Discrimination in Employ= children of pre-school age; ele- weeks of scholarship attendance.
out the country, represent a tiny Child Placement Bureau in 1939 merit. This committee has cen- mentary, extending over a period ' Council Camp is sponsored by
fraction of general community than in 1938, more days' care t ralized local treament of eases of seven years; and a four-year the Detroit Section of the Na-
Rosh Hashonah Greetings
services, even within our own will be paid for this year than o f discrimination,
high school course. Plans, for the tional Council of Jewish Women
group. Material is on hand to last, because of the policy which
Another Council project is a coming semester, include the in- and is supported, in part, by the
prove this point and the public places children with the Bureau J
troduction
of the study of the Jewish Welfare Federation,
ewish Arbitration and Concilia-
relations committee of the Jewish who need care for longer periods
Non•Local Services
tion Court, which has been suc- Talmud in some high a c h o o I
Welfare Federation has available of time. The B u r eau provides
classes.
Through the A ll le d Jewish
cessful in iron ing out many
for distribution documentary ar- substitute parental care for chit-
Camps

Campaign
held each spring, the
controversies
between
Jewish
in-
All Kinds of
tides giving effective answer to dren in foster hordes. In 1939
The outstanding feature of the Jewish Welfare Federation lends
dividuals and organizations. '
Building Material, Lumber
the false rumors that refugees every boy and girl, 17 years of
support
to
important national
The Council has ac t e d as 1939 season at Fresh Air Camp
I,. Levine
are "flooding" the country. age, or over, who is in the care
was the newly inaugurated senior and overseas agencies, as well as
Jewish Social Service Bureau
of the Bureau, is either indus- spokesman for the Jewish com- boys' unit, for boys 14 to 17 to the local organizations de-
5150 TWELFTH ST.
munity on important public is-
TYler 6.4600
Through educational methods, trialized or attending school.
years of age, with funds from scribed above, Outstanding, of
-At the Jewish Children's Home sues, particularly in relation to the Carrie Sittig Cohen Estate, course, is the United Jewish Ap-
the Jewish Social Bureau has
the non-Jewish group. During the
gained the increased cooperation an extended recreation center
coming year the Council will as a memorial to her parents peal, including the Joint Distri-
been made possible
of the Detroit families it con- addition of four roomi the launch a greatly expanded pro- and brothers. Located a mile bution Committee, the U to I t ed
,
bt
s
hitherto
from the 'camp proper, the senior Palestine Appeal and the Nation-
tacts. One field in which this
Rosh Hashonah Greetings
gram.
for other purposes, to the
unit *set includes three sleep- al Refugees Service. .The ..review
progress is shown is in the hous
United Hebrew Schools
mnasium. All th e Home's rec-
ing cabins, a dining-hall and a here presented does not attempt
keeping service. Although the Beat
Dr. Arthur A. Ginsberg
facilities, the gymna-
Sixteen
hundred
boys
and
girls
wash-house
having accommoda- to describe the programs of the
case load carried by the Bureau, sium anti outdoor grounds, have
attended classes at the United tions for 30 boys and four coun- regional, national and overseas
for the first eight months of
1914 Eaton Tower
Hebrew
Schools
during
the
past
1939,
shows
no
appreciable
in-
been
thrown
open
to
the
children
sellors. The unit conducted an organizations.
Cherry 1914
of the neighborhood. One hun- s e m e s t e r; approximately the independent program on. a coop-
crease over the 3,700 families tired children, between the ages same number registered for 1938.
cared for in 1938, there have
erative basis during the pas
of seven and 15 years old, reg- The fluctuation of the number summer. Among other project
been increasing
Mervyn LeRoy, the little fel-
calls services
for a ,stared at the play school, begun of pupils enrolled is so small the boys built an outdoor syna a
Starers nouany Greetings
housekeeper's
. The
are in conjunction with the Jewish that it is not noticeable. As gogue, w h ere they conducte - low with the big cigar, has had
causes for such r e
e
d
his
M.G.M. Producer contract al-
HAMMERSTEIN'S
It Community Center, during the neighborhoods change, and a de- their own religious services o
n tered to allow him to return to
threefold: (a) mother's illness; past summer. Instructors for the crease is noted in one of the
DRUGS
Friday evenings. The aynagogu e his first love, directing.
His
(b) motherless home; (c) em play school were supplied by the
Cut Rate Prescriptions
tional disturbances on part of Department of Recreation and nine schools of the United He- is fenced with twigs with th e "Wizard of Oz," Incidentally,
brew Schools system, there is,
parents or behavior problems
word "Sholom" formed over th e should be toppling box-office rec-
We Deliver — Two Stores
the
WPA.
A
recreational
pro-
inevitably,
a
gain
in
the
registra•
entrance
gate.
ith children. The advantage of
ords by this time.
13201 LINWOOD, Cor. TYLER
w
using
a housekeeper, instead of gram will be continued at the
TOwnsend 8.4908
placing the children in fostn Home, with the cooperation of
12501 Linwood
regular
popula-
homes or institutions, are, first, tion WPA.
of the The
Home,
as in the
case
Cor. Sturtevant
the family is kept together, and
TOwnsend 8.1072
second, money is saved for the o °t other chi Id care agencies,
showed a slight decline, during
community.
nerved
by the first eight months of 1939.
housekeepers Families
represent
a cross-
Rosh Hashonah Greetings
Jewish Community Center
ection of the Bureau's clientele,
ut are most often those with
Temporarily ho used at the
arginal incomes who can pay United Hebrew Schools' Philadel-
or only part of the service. phia and Byron building, until
T wenty housekeepers were em- the new Aaron DeRoy Memorial
loyed by the Bureau in August, Building, nearing completion on
General Real Estate
1 939.
Woodward and Holbrook Ayes.,
and Property
The full program conducted is ready for occupancy, the Jew-
h y the Jewish Social Service Bu- ish Community Center has car-
Management and Insurance
See us about Mortgage money
eau also includes self-support tied on a portion of its program
ork, big sister work, a mental over the summer months.
300 Lafayette Bldg.
h ygiene clinic, and student train-
The Employment Bureau tune-
in g. The Bureau is in charge of tioned full time, placing over 500
CAdillac 7700
a dmissions to the House of Shel- applicants in p o sit ions from
GUY S. GREENE, Pres.
to r, conducts the family program January through August, 1939.
R. BLISS WOLFE, Vice-Pres.
0 f the Resettlement Service, and From January through July of
ooperatea with child - c a ri n g this year, 2,444 interviews were
a gencies, the Home for Aged and given, 874 to new applicants who
of her local organizations.
were registering with the Poreau
Hots.. of Shelter
for the first time. During this
Rosh Hashonah Greetings
The House of Shelter is sera- period 424 employers called the
in g more Detroit residents and Bureau in regard to 526 open-
m ore transients in 1939 than Ings.
fo r any similar period in the past
In 1937 the Center Employ-
th re years, for the following rea- ment Bureau placed over 1,200
SO ns:
applicants in positions. This num-
a. The annex, opened last ber decreased to 680 in 1938.
P assover, accommodates 12 addi- The 1939 figures, however, are
ti onal men, furnishing a total of 30 percent better than the 1938
1530
27 beds.
placements over the same period
WASHINGTON
b. The new ruling of the of time.
epartment of Public Welfare
BLVD.
A few groups have been meet-
akes it impossible for single, ing regularly in the Center's
ab le-bodied men to receive re- temporary headquarters, as well
lie f or shelter at Fisher Lodge. as at the Dexter Branch. The
c. The increase in transients Center staff acted as advisors
du
ring the summer months, prob. on the programming for the Play
Rosh liasho'tah Greetings
ab ly due to the New York and School conducted at the Jewish
Sa n Francisco World Fairs.
Children's Home and conducted
The following figures illustrate a Mothers' Clubs Camp at Lake
expert
th e last point: In May, 1938, Orion.
?ERG NVESTMORE, wale-UP rigid
St takes the
th e House of Shelter cared for
Plans for the 1939-40 Center
Bros., saw
o re
fee
Worse
44 transients; in May, 1939, it program, to be housed in the
ties and mon
samaritans. of ale.
ho used and provided for 69; 62 new building, will he announced
slam
"Shur-Good" Brand
Meets ef
best
tr ansienta were cared for in shortly.
War set tie
his rids glowersas
CRACKERS, COOKIES and
Ju ne, 1938, and 81 in June,
North End Clinic
Herr yes see
ANN 511F.RIDAN
19 39; 61 in July, 1938, and 70
PRETZELS
With the spring of 1978 an
in July, 1939.
carrnaly starrier is
almost unprecedented demand for
roe is
The House of Shelter eared care began, at North End Clinic,
1599 E. WARREN
"THE ANGELS WASH THEIR FACES"
fo ✓ a total of 643 transients in reaching a peak in August of
Isidore
TEMPLE 2.7361
I Worse, pro'.
19 38, served 21,981 meals and that year, when the largest
reg-
ga we 6,249 nights' lodging.
istration, since January, 1931,
Home for Aged was recorded. A few changes, in
...
The Jewish Home for Aged routing procedure, relieved, to
is housing 120 men and women some extent, the congestion which
Rosh Hashanah Greetings
th is year, the same number resi- required two long waits' in line
de at in 1938. Last year, how- for registration on the part of
ev er, there were only 31 invalids patients.
am ong them. In August, 1939,
A total of 80,983 visits was
thi s number had increased to 49. made to North End Clinic for
Tb eir ailments include paralysis', medical care, during 1938. Seven-
bli ndneu, fractures, mental de- ty-six percent of these visits was
tic iency and diebetes. Twenty- free. One hundred and two physi-
th ree of the residents are chroni- cians and 10 dentists made up
ca Ily ill, needing constant care the staff which donated services
41110
C. •

an d medication. during the year.
3959 McKINLEY AVE.
Seventeen of the patients, to-
"mu,
League
for
Homan
Rights
'Mtgs.
TYLER 4-4542
tal ly bedridden, are cared for In
The League for Human Rights,
40111a
th e David W. Simons Memorial which conducts the local boycott
.11.8.
1111111°'
Flo spite) Wing; the others, con- of German goods and services,

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