DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal
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Bnai David Sisterhood
Games Party Monday
WOMAN LEADER
TO SPEAK HERE
Monday evening, March 25,
the Bnai David Sisterhood, will
Miss Dvora Rathbard, one of
hold an evening of games in the
synagogue social hall at 8 P. m. the national secretaries of the
for members and friends. There Pioneer Women's Organization,
on her tour through the middle
will be prizes.
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Miss Rothbard, who is to be
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at the Women's International
Day celebration, has returned a
short time ago from a six months'
tour of Palestine. During her
stay there she visited every part
of Palestine.
A national leader of the
Pioneer Women's Organization
for many years, Miss Rathbard
will stress the role of women in
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land now, and the evil decrees will remain mean-
ingless.
Increased Palestine land redemption will be
speeded by the success of the forthcoming Allied
Jewish Campaign, which includes allocations for
the Jewish National Fund, and by succesful ef-
forts in behalf of the traditional collections--
the Blue and White Boxes, the Tree Fund, the
Golden Book, the Sefer Ha-Yeled (Children's
Golden Book). These are the weapons in the war
against the Chamberlain-MacDonald rulings which
aim at stemming Jewish progress in Palestine but
which must meet their doom through action in-
spired by the national will of the Jewish people.
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Dr. Wise and the Free Synagogue
EARS of service to
Detroit's most fastidi-
ous men make us well
qualified to advise you
and create distinguished
apparel for you in our
own workrooms.
A special board meeting of the
Jewish Women's European Wel-
fare Organization was held
March 18, at the home of Mrs.
Efrusy, 2434 Calvert.
Final arrangements were made
for the Purim bake sale to be
given in the Kosher meat mar-
kets in Detroit.
A steamship ticket was sent by
cable to Budapest for a refugee
from Poland to go to Palestine.
Donations for the flower fund
of the organization were re-
ceived from Mesdames A. Katzin,
Vedor, Honigman, Edelman,
Hudelman, Agnes Levin, D. Sil-
verstein, Feldman, Efrusy and
others.
Arrangements were made for
a show to be given at Littma's
Theater the last day of Pass-
over. The proceeds will go for
relief to orphaned refugees.
March 22, 1940
Chronicle
Dr. Stephen S. Wise had the great satisfaction,
on his 66th birthday last Sunday, of seeing the
realization of a life-long dream—the assurance
that the Free Synagogue which he had founded
will be housed in a magnificent structure.
It is interesting to record that although he has
been in the ministry for 45 years, and for 33
years, since its founding, was rabbi of the Free
Synagogue, he preached to his congregation at
Carnegie Hall. For the first time he will now
have an auditorium of his own in which to preach
to his congregants, in the new $500,000 center
to be located at 30 W. 68th St., New York.
The Free Synagogue gives its rabbi a magnifi-
cent birthday gift in the form of assurances of
the erection of an adequate building. Dr. Wise,
who is one of the most brilliant Jewish leaders
in the world, has long ago earned the right to
have a "pulpit" that he could call his own, rather
than that his synagogue should have been com-
pelled to rent spate.
Greetings to Dr. Wise on his birthday, and
congratulations to the Free Synagogue on its
excellent choice of a "birthday gift" for its
great rabbi.
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The Story of Refugees' Ingenuity
Frederick T. Birchall, eminent New York Times
correspondent who was the head of his great
newspaper's Berlin bureau during the first five
years of Hitlerism, wrote an interesting report for
the Times from Ottawa regarding the great con-
tributions to Canadian industrialism made by
refugees. In a sense, his report is a rebuke to
the United States which could have attracted the
wealth of these fugitives and their skill and
which could have benefited from their genius at
creating new industries and improving the old
ones.
Mr. Birchall estimates that the refugees
brought more than $500,000,000 to Canada. He
describes the new industries and tells of the
search that is being made by some of the fugi-
tives for additional opportunities.
Of interest in his report is the description of
the methods resorted to by the former German
magnates to save their wealth. Some bought regis-
tered securities, burned them in the presence of
a notary who recorded the !lumbers and on his
sworn affidavit duplicated them when the refugees
were out of the land. One man converted his
money into gold, melted it into a bullion out of
which he fashioned parts for his car, smeared
them with paint and oil and drove safely out of
Germany. Then there was another German who
resorted to a trick. He notified the Gestapo that
he had a bank balance in Switzerland but that
he had to go for it in person in order to bring it
back to Germany. Two Gestapo guards accom-
panied him, but when he got to a Swiss bank
which was guarded by Swiss police he thanked
the Nazi guards for accompanying him with his
suitcase out of which he produced securities
from a false bottom and deposited them in his
own name. The latter resort to a trick to foil
the Nazis recalls to mind the following story
from Coronet Magazine by Lloyd McGaughey:
The Blue Train rattled toward the saiss border. In
a rampart anent sat three men. The first, face har-
ram cal by distress, was neatly dressed in a suit athirh
seemed dull in contntsts a Rh the resplendent Italian
military uniforms of t he taco men seated apposite
him.
I lse t rain crossed t he front ler It screeched to it
stop. Customs officers came aboard.
"four ists.ports, gentlemen?"
documents from his
One of t he men pulled t
pocket, and Molded them to the official.
"Militate) police, eh? And t he other gentleman?
"Ile ac111 be returning aaIth us, tonight," replied
one of t he pollee.
"I vs." The customs officer slid t he compart anent
door shut behind him and continued duatt t he pas-
sage.
The Into moved on. The persistent silence seemed
to unto) one of the police. Ile addressed the older
man in an insolent tone.
"Thought you a ere ter) clever, didn't ) ou ? 1AelI,
lie knots everlihing about yon—except one thing.
%I here are your a ife and daughter?"
"I don't know. The) . . . they Just left me. That's
all." Ile paused
'"I'lle) %%el' e amid I'd be Etna: la
sending my
• nazi). And they didn't as ant to be
caught too."
The guard cursed. "1 a miller It hat the court a ill
say to that ashen a e get back." Ile mimicked a
prosecuting attorney: "Here lie is, gentlemen, a man
a ho sells all his property. Ile tells nobody. Ile thinks
nobody knouts."
The guard laughed. Ile 1% 114 enjoy ing t he Miele. oar.
s. For lie,
"But, gentlemen, there Is one a Ito k
Le ma-
or she, has sent us an anon) mous note.
rred it.
"It is addressed to the st?cret Police, It sat s:
"Ibis is to fell you that Alma Cordi, of Part lama
reef, Rome, is planning to skip across I he b Irder.
Ile has already smuggled his a Ire and daughter across
t he border. Ile has concerted all he cans Into 11441,
and sent It to a .41% iss bank, in Genet a I think.
Cordi is a call lay, and t he money he brought aith him
a hen lie returned f A merles' four years ago, mould
be it great loss to the Stitt e."Flie note is signed.
Pat riot .' "
t'ordi looked 1110 of the a Inflow. Ills expression re-
mained unchanged. The Allard con! hilted :
"Anti then t he Secret Police n ent on the case.
not not content tt it it ,oast arre.d Int; Conn t hey acre
1411 k."
determined to get the
The guard paused: "I I) the at)', Conti, ) au hat e
not told us to a hat bank ) on sent the money"
"1 ail) tell ) ou when a e arrive In Gene% a."
The three men entered t lie Beetles Bank. in elle% o.
approached t he manager's 111111 . 1..
The manager of the bank rose 411 greet them: "How
do ,too do, gent lemen. Please be seated."
like to knot, If a man 1111111Pd Aloe
e
Cordl hits an account acith ) mi.•'
The manager rang for clerk, a ho returned shorn)
to a hisper to the mummer.
Tile latter turned to the police: "Cm sorry, gen-
t !mien, but no person of that name has an account t
here."
"Just It at llll rut," it a 114 ('unit t% 110 intermit ed.
But mitt he a as smiling, and he looked ten years
y manger.
t his moment," he said, "I had no account
"I
here. But mat "—pulling- a teat her money hag front
inside his shirt—'•l am opening an account."
Ile passed I he moue) across to the bank manager.
"I% Ill you accept t his ats a deposit ?"
"I es, II r. Cord 1."
The Ito guards, as filching t he proceedings, a ere
st ruck dumb with surprise and anger. Iluall) one
of Iltem found words.
"Vial can't do t his, Card'. 1.011 mat hat e fooled
us into escorting you across the border. 110 y o u
can't stay in Sm it zerhand a it houl a passport."
"I hat e one." Ile pulled it from his money bag.
"I lost my American citizenship a hile in Italy, because
I was born t here, But not' I am In another count ry
t hank God. I am again am .American citizen."
"II alit until I get a hoe% er sent t hat anonymous
note," I he guard exploded.
Cordi laughed : "I sent it my self."
In generations to come, some of the inigenious
methods used by refugees to escape from the
hell created for them by Hitlerism will be trans•
formed into fairy tales. Some lands will boast.
that they were wise enough to benefit by the
reaction which arose in Germany. Would that
Americans had sufficient vision to absorb all the
genius that pleads for an opportunity to create
new opportunities here and to give to this land
what Germany loses.
UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS SCORED
Trees in
Ehrlich
Memorial Forest BY LABOR ZIONIST CAMPAIGN HERE
GANAPOL SCHOOL CONTEST
The . Ganapol School of Musi-
A splendid skit, "In No Man's
An unprecedented success was
cal
Art presents the pupils of
AMERICAN
scored this year by the Pales- Land," was staged by a group
Mrs. Woolfenden in a concert
Trees were planted in the Ehr- tine
Labor Committee in the directed by Morris Haar. The
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1940 Gewerkshaften campaign.
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lowing:
At the festival and concert program was featured by the ap-
ve,
M. \Veingarden, Mr. and Mrs. last Sunday evening, at the Scot- pearance of the famous singing
H. J. Bieberstein, Mrs. David tish Rite Cathedral of the Mason- and dancing team—Saul Meisels
Scheyer, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. ic Temple, it was announced that and Benjamin Zemach. The Ha-
Prince, Hattie Winkelman, Mrs. the sum of $25,000 was •aised- levy Singing Society sang a
Fannie Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Os- in increase of more than $3,000 group of songs. There were brief
car nmon, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur over last year.
remarks by the chairman of the
Caplan, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Gil-
In two brilliant addresses, drive, Morris Schaver, and by
bert, r. and Mrs. A. R. Gelbard, Shulamith Schwartz and Israel the secretary, Morris Lieberman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gould, Mr. Mereminsky indicated, by their
An appeal for the forthcoming
and Mrs. Emil Rose, Dr. R. H. descriptions of the spirit of the Allied Jewish Campaign was
Dix, Dr. I. H. Dix, Mr. and Mrs. Jewish pioneers in Palestine, that made by Isidore Sobeloff, execu-
S. Fredenthal, David Levy, Mr. no obstacles can possibly prevent tive director of the Jewish Wel-
and Mrs. Hyman A. Kramer, Mr. Jewish progress in Eretz Israel. fare Federation of Detroit.
and Mrs. Ott Ryman, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Goldstein, H. B. Alper,
Mrs. J. S. Levin, Mr. and Mrs. manman, Rabbi Bernard Heller Ezra Sisterhood to Present
Joe Horwitz, Mr. and Mrs. Sey- of Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs.
Program of Jewish Reci-
mour Tilchin, r. and Mrs. Abe Bert Silverman, Dr. and Mrs.
tations and Folk Songs
Goldman, I. D. Friedman, M. Charles Lakoff, Sidney M. Shevitz,
Gourwitz, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harry H. Platt, Henry E. Jacob,
The Ezra Sisterhood, women's
Levitt, Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Jaffe,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Simons, A. Josephine Brilling, Mr. and Mrs. division of the Federation of Po-
Deutsch, Barney Wetsman, Wil- Julian Zemon, Mrs. Mary Silber- lish Jews, Detroit District, in-
liam Friedman, William Buch- stein, Josh and Nellie Horwitz, vites members and friends to the
halter, Miles Finsterwald, Mr. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lachover, Dr. next meeting, on Tuesday, March
and Mrs. Louis J. Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Enoch, Mr. and 26, at the headquarters of the
and Mrs. oe Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. M. Lieberman, Mrs. Esther Federation of Polish Jews, 9124
Mrs. Sam Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. Solomon, Mr. and Mrs. Abe A. Linwood Ave., Room 104.
An interesting program of Jew-
Nathan Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. P. L.
Charles Goldman, Mr. and Mrs. Kanter, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Z. ish recitations and folk songs
David Saffir, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence will be presented. The program
Saffir, r. and rs. Alfred Meyers, J. Michaelson, Mr. and Mrs. Mil- is being arranged by Mrs. Pauline
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Schwartz, ton Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Law- Finkelstein, Jennie Wineberg and
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fenton, Mr. and rence W. Crohn, Mr. and Mrs. Lillian Kahan. Admission is free.
Mrs. Barney Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Hordes and A. J. Blu-
Henry Wagner, Mr. and Mrs. menau, all in memory of J. H. memory of Louis Goldberg.
Irving Wolfgang, David S. Feld- Ehrlich.
Mr. and Mrs. David S. Fried-
man, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fren-
William Friedman, in memory man, in memory of Hattie Lanski.
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Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Zuie- Mrs. Stocker.
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