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CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
Plans Made
and The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT,
Schostak Is Elected
Pisgah Presiden
This Paper Printed in Two Sections
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MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1940
Nazi Consuls
t Culled Aides
Of 5th Column
Nazis Execute 100 Prominent
Belgian Jews; "Aryanization"
Of Business Being Completed
Charges Made by Rep.
Dickstein at Anti-
Nazi Parley
Jewish Soldiers Selected for Reprisals; Forced
NEW YORK. (WNS)—Repre-
to Go to France in Parachutes "on
sentative S a no u e I Dickstein,
Special M i ss i ons"
chairman of the House Commit-
Inaugurate Blackouts;
Radios Banned
In Cafes
JERUSALEM. (Palcor Agen-
cy)—Throughout Palestine black-
out trials were inaugurated on
Monday evening, June 3, at 9
o'clock, and preparations for
Jewish defense in the event that
war should engulf Palestine were
discussed at a special meeting of
the Vaad Leumi.
For some time the blackout has
been regularly enforced in the
coastal towns. The first blackout
in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and
their vicinities were held last
week.
The special defense committee
established recently by the Vaad
Leumi in cooperation with the
Jwish Agency and other Yishuv
bodies has been formulating a
program which also includes sys-
tematic evacuation of children
from danger zones, if the situa-
tion should assume serious pro-
portions. But it was emphasized
at the conference that it is not
contemplated that there shall be
full evacuation of any Jewish
point in Palestine, regardless of
danger.
tee on Immigration, Naturaliza-
tion and Deportation, charged
LONDON. (WNS)—Following the Same procedure
here that Nazi consulate officials which marked the Nazi occupation of Austria two years
in the United States, protected ago, the invading Nazi army singled out 100 prominent
by their diplomatic immunity,
were chiefly responsible for Nazi Belgian Jews and executed them, it was reported here.
Lists of outspoken Jewish and non-Jewish anti-
propaganda and fifth . column ac-
tivities.
Nazis had been prepared in advance by Belgian Nazis
Rep. Dickstein spoke at the
and forwarded to the German
seventh annual convention of the
High Command. The complete
Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi League
collapse of Belgian resistance,
to Champion Human Rights. The
following King Leopold's sur-
New York Congressman voiced
render, has thrown additional
the need to combat the Nazi
thousands of Jews, including
"Trojan horse," but at the same
time warned against hysterical Thousands of Alleged Jewish soldiers, into Nazi hands.
LOUIS SCHOSTAK
The report said also that the
persecution of aliens.
Nazis are shooting groups of
Food
Parcels
Shipped
in
"High
Places"
Danger
Louis Schostak was elected
five, 10 and sometimes 15 Jew-
president of Pisgah Lodge No.
Mr. Dickstein declared that the
ish soldiers, captured with the
Despite
the
Ban
34 of Bnai Brith at the annual most active and dangerous ele-
Allied troops, for every Nazi
election of officers held Monday ments of the fifth column in the
Thousands of packages alleged- "parachutist" allegedly shot by
evening at the Jewish Commu- United States were not aliens, ly containing food but suspected the French. Jewish soldiers are
nity Center, Mr. Schostak suc- "but citizens, many of them in of containing other materials are separated from their fellow pris-
high places." He emphasized that being shipped monthly from this oners and are subject to differ-
ceeds Louis Rosenzweig.
Other officers were elected as "these people" were the ones to country to Germany, investiga- ent regulations. Soldiers who at-
follows: Sam Maza, first vice be feared, not the alien who, for tions completed by the Joint Boy- tempt to conceal the fact that
the most part, is a law-abiding, cott Council of the American they are Jews are severely pun-
hard-working victim of European Jewish Congress and the Jewish ished as "swindlers".
See PISGAH—Page 8
Jerusalem Blackout
oppression.
Labor Committee revealed.
The seven hour blackout or-
One widely-circulated report
One of the highlights at the
Millions of dollars worth of
dered to begin in this city and
stated that the Nazis are com-
convention
was
a
message,
signed
business
has
been
solicited
in
its vicinity last week will be en-
by diplomatic representatives of food packages for Germany by pelling Belgian Jews to descend
forced every night from now on,
invaded European nations, which firms pretending to be independ- by parachute into France "on
it was announced. The blackout
urged the United States to pro- ent but intimately connected with special missions". The report
will go into effect each evening
tect its democracy by constant the German. Consulate in New said that the families of the
at 9 p. m. and will remain in
York and other official German Jews are held as hostages un-
force until 4 a. no., according to Detroiters S u p p o r t vigilance against traitors.
til their return. The families
agencies, the Council reported.
The
parley
called
for
an
inten-
the present order.
s who fail to carry out
sification of the anti-Nazi boy- , "The two major companies, of Jew
Meanwhile, as a part of the
Reorganization
their special tasks are executed.
cott. Other speakers at thct meet- Mitropa, Inc., and Fortra, Inc.,
national defense regulations, the
Proposals
ing included Karel Hudec, acting located at 400 Madison Avenue
The first steps toward the "ar-
Palestine government issued an
Consul General of Czechoslova- and 20 Exchange Place, have yanization" of Jewish enterprises
order banning the use of radio
Zionists throughout the coun- kia; Dr. Nelson P. Mead, acting been Laced back to the German in Belgium and the Netherlands
sets in cafes, restaurants, shops
and vehicles to which the public try are mobilizing t) support the president of City Cctlege; Ben- Consulate, 17 Battery Place, and have been taken. Many Jewish
had access. Any departure from reorganization prom.sals of the jamin Dubovsky, chairman of the the Hamburg American Lines, 61 shops have already been taken
the rules in this respect must re- President of the Zionist Organiza- League's executive committee; Broadway, New York City, re- over by the Nazis. During the
ceive the authority of the dis- tion of America, Dr. Solomon Rev. William C. Kernan, chair- spectively," Dr. Tenenbaum de- first few days of Nazi occupa-
Goldman, at the forthcoming con- n= of the refugee committee of dared in his summary of the tion Jewish merchants in the
trict commissioner.
Low Countries suffered losses run.
Although no public announce- vention to be held from June 29 the Protestant Episcopal Diocese Council's investigation.
ning into thousands of dollars as
Contents of Parcels
ment was math of the reasons to July 2, in Pittsburgh.
Fortra, Inc., registered at the a result of pillaging by Nazi
See 5TH COLUMN—Page 2
The Zionist Organization of
for the new order, it was as-
County Clerk's Office by a Mr. soldiers.
sumed that it was designed to Detroit, at its annual meeting
Nazi soldiers smashed windows
Ellwood Colahan, 20 Exchange
prevent reception in Palestine held last week, decided unani-
Place, New York City, was traced of Jewish shops and walked off
of propaganda broadcasts from mously to endorse the plan and
back to 61 Broadway, Room 312, with whatever they could carry.
to support it at the convention.
Italy and Germany.
part of the executive offices of Jewish merchants were ordered to
Mossinsoh n Scores Government The local organization also went
Hamburg American Lines. remain open and to sell to Nazi
on record urging its delegation to
the
The kind of unified educational
Mitropa, Fortra, HamLurg Amer- soldiers and 'he population and
the
convention
to
support
candi-
control which the Palestine gov-
ican Lines and the North German were compelled to accept specially
for the next administration
ernment is attempting to impose dates
who are committed to the Gold- Central Conference to Lloyd Lit.es, the Council learned, printed German paper money in
on the Jewish school system in
all operated through the "Deut- exchange for their articles.
Have Conclave
Palestine is to be found only in man program.
The pillaging and robbing of
scher Handles and Wirtschafst-
Demand Reorganization
countries like Russia and Ger-
dienst" at 17 Battery Place, 18th Jewish shops was so widespread
June 18-23
Over the signatures of eight
many, Dr. Ben Zion Mossinsohn,
floor, with the offices of the Ger- that the Nazi command has now
director of the Department of prominent Zionist leaders, a
to curb the unofficial
world scene with man Consulate on the 17th and taken steps
unsettled
The
statement
made
public
this
week
Education of the Vaad Leumi,
confiscation of goods. Four Nazi
its accompanying mass migrations 19th floors.
calls
upon
Zionist
members
to
charged in condemning a plan
"Despite the official ban by the soldiers and several Belgian Nazis
and their effect on spiritual
which the government wants to designate delegates to the forth- values, will be the chief problem German government last Novem- were shot by the Army Command
force on the Hebrew educational coming convention of the Zionist engaging the attention of the ber against the shipment of food as an example to their comrades.
Organization of America who
system of the country.
Central Conference of American packages from the United States Daily Nazi broadcasts in Hol-
Mauricie Hesheles, former ed- will "adopt such resolutions and Rabbis, largest and most influen- to Germany, the Council learned land warn the Jewish population
itor and owner of the Zionist elect such officers as will assure
tial rabbinical body in the world,
See NAZIS—Page 13
Organ "Chwila" of Lwow (Lem- the revitalization of the Zionist when it assembles for its 51st
See BOYCOTT—Page 3
berg), now Soviet Poland, has
8
annual meeting, in Charlevoix,
See
GOLDMAN—Page
arrived to settle in Palestine.
Mich., June 18 to June 23.
More than half the Confer-
ence's membership of over 400
Liberal Rabbis will come from
every section of the United Meyer Levin's "Citizens" Is One of the Epic Volumes
of Our Time
States and from foreign countries
to attend this meeting. Important
Meyer Levin has recorded his- steel plant marched to the fac-
resolutions on current problems
Convention Encourages Creation of First Paro- will
torical events more roalistically tory when they were suddenly at-
be considered.
chial Yiddish School, in Montreal;
The deliberations of the Con- than we have been able to recog- tacked by the police. Many were
ference will be focused on the nize it in raw news. He began wounded, some died, the LaFol-
Pinski Re-elected President
subject: "The Jewish People in his interesting career as novel- lette Civil Liberties Committee
the World of Today: Its Status ist in Palestine where, as a re- was called into action for an in-
4,000
dunams
of
land
in
Pales-
Meeting here during the most
and Its Problems." Consideration sult of his experiences among the vestigation, and the resulting
D ying period in history, close to tine through the Jewish National of this major topic will be stimu- Cbalutzim—and as a Chalutz scandal was one of the most de-
Fund for the creation of a Far-
himself—he wrote that impres- grading in the history of strikes
500 delegates from branches of
the Jewish National Workers' Al- band colony.
sive novel "Yehuda." Later, he in this country,
See RABBIS—Page 9
Adhering
to
its
policy
of
giving
Dr. Mitchell (Mitch) Wilner,
liance (Farband) throughout the
described his boyhood experi-
priority
to
Palestine,
the
conven.
ences in Chicago in that sensa- who will be remembered as one
country, at the 30th anniversary
and 15th biennial convention, tion decided to set the sum of
tional book "The Old Bunch" of the characters in "The Old
which aroused considerable con- Bunch," is the leading figure in
from May 30 through June 3, $250,000 as the Farband's share
Earlier
Deadline
Next
Were encouraged by leaders not in the next Gewerkshaften cam-
troversy and as a result of which "Citizens". He is the medical re-
Week Due to Shevuos some Chicagoans, believing them- search man who seeks to solve
to lose faith in the ultimate tri- paign.
An interesting convention de
heroes, a problem that arises as a sore
umph of democracy.
On account of Shevuos, selves depicted among his
The convention resolved to pro- cision was to raise $3,000 to- which occurs on Wednesday threatened with libel suits. They on the body of society. He wit-
never materialized. Meyer Lev- nessed the massacre upon the
ceed with relief and reconstruc- wards the building of the Montreal
and Thursday, June 12 and 13,
in's latest novel is among his strikers, saw a peaceful demon-
tion activities, and laid special Farband Yiddish Parochial School.
there
will
be
an
earlier
dead-
emphasis on the necessity for This will be the first Yiddish paro- line for next week's issue. To best works. Some will call it his stration turn into a battle that
(.1 eating a strong Jewish center chial school on this continent. be assured of insertion in the very best. In "Citizens", a Vik- reached cruel proportions, and
The adoption of this decision was
in Palestine.
ing production, he has taken as he was gradually drawn into the
strongly urged by Dr. Hyam issue of June 14, all copy his theme the massacre of strik- resultant controversy. What made
Creat e Palestine Colony
Greenberg, editor of the Jewish must be in the hands of the ers on Memorial Day, 1937, in the police bomb the strikers?
Among the most important con-
editor not later than 5 p. m.
Chicago. It will be recalled that
vention actions was the decision Frontier, and Louis Segal, na-
on Monday, June 10.
See FICTION—Page 12
on that day strikers against a
to raise $100,000 among Farband
FARBAND—Page
12
.See
members for the purchase of
Smuggling by
Nazis in U. S.
Zionists Back
Goldman Plan
RABBIS CONFER
IN CHARLEVOIX
Farband to Intensify—Work for
Palestine; to Fight Prejudice
History in Fiction