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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

Detroit Jewish Chronicle

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July

1

19'40'

us in peace. For a little period they man-
age to tolerate us and then their hostility •
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE
ON
breaks out again and again. The world is
2 ublished Weekly by The Jewish Chronicle Publishing Co., Inc.
Tidbits
from
Everywhere
provoked somehow by our prosperity, be-
JACOB H. SCHAKNE
President
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
cause it -has for many centuries been ac-
Entered as Second-class matter March 3, 1916, at the Post-
customed to consider us as the most con- YOU SHOULD KNOW
WEAKLY GIGGLE
office at Detroit, Mich., under the Act of March 3, 1879.
temptible among the poverty stricken. In
Latestprognosticator
of
an
Winchell relays the story about
General Offices and Publication Bldg., 525 Woodward Ave. its ignorance and narrowness of heart, it anti-Hitler revolt in Germany is the neutral
who was being shown
Cable Address: Chronicle
Telephone: Cadillac 1040
fails to observe that prosperity weakens biographer Emil Ludwig .. . We the birthplace
of Friedr ich von
h ope he's right—and soon
. Schiller, the great German poet
$3.00 Per Year our Judaism and extinguishes our pecu-
Subscription in Advance
liarities. It is only pressure that forces us Winchell points out that one Otto .. "Here," announced the Nazi
Publisher
JACOB MARGOLIS
back
to the parent stem; it is only habit Koigchwitz, whom he in 1935 guide, "was born our national '
Editor
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
of disseminating Nazi poet" . . . "You mean interns-
encompassing
us that makes us strangers accused
Advertising Manager
MAURICE M. SAFIR
propaganda here and who swore tional poet," corrected the visitor
once more."
that it wasn't so, is now the offi- . . . "For Schiller wrote 'Maid
To insure publication, all correspondence and news matter
cial Nazi short-wave broadcaster of Orleans' for the French, 'Eg-
What
Dr.
Herzl
said
about
Kishineff
and
must reach this office by Tuesday evening of each week.
for propaganda aimed at the mont' for the Dutch and 'Mary
When mailing notices, kindly use one side of the paper only anti-Semitism are all the more true today. United States . . . Ribbentrop, Stuart' for the British"
They
are
applicable
to
our
time.
It
is
no
says Ira Gershwin, will excuse the "Didn't he write anything for
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle invites correspondence on sub-
us
jects of interest to the Jewish people, but disclaims responsi- longer to be denied that pressure forces Nazi invasion of England by Nazis?" sneered the guide •
claiming
that
the
Germans
were
"Sure,"
was
the
retort,
"he
wrote
Jews
back
to
the
parent
stem.
bility for an endorsement of views expressed by the writers.
merely forestalling a British move The Robbers' for you."
The Herzl anniversary, observed this to take the Isles . . . The rumor
Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Friday, is a reminder of many truths that King Carol's Magda Lupescu DEPARTMENT OF
Pentateuchal portion—Num. 30:2-32:42.
about which we have been warned, and reached the U. S. a couple of CONGRATULATIONS
Prophetical portion—Jer, 1:1-2:3.
weeks ago has been checked and
about the man whose warnings went un- rechecked,
but no trace of her
Congratulations to Luise
heeded
in
many
quarters.
Much
misery
TAMMUZ 20, 5700
JULY 26, 1940
has as yet been found on this er for saving her father from
might have been averted had he been lis- side of the Atlantic . . . When clutches of the Nazis . .
tened to in time. Today he looms more the Duke of Windsor had to leave has at last succeeded in bringing
Thorkelson's Defeat
like a prophet than at any other time since England in a hurry he found him over to this country
in the home of the Vien- Congratulations also to theAi • • ••
first appeared on the Jewish horizon refuge
nese Baron Rothschild . . . What bald Seixases on the engagement
Former Congresswoman Jeanette Ran- he
45 years ago.
we wonder is whether now, with of their
daughter, Myra
.
kin has defeated the incumbent Dr. Jacob
the Baron a refugee in America . . . Miss Seixas is a descend
a le
and the Duke in the Governor's of Rabbi Gershom Mendes Seixas,
Thorkelson for the Republican nomina-
Mansion in the Bahamas, the who participated in the Geo • ant
Guest Children — Not Refugees
tion for the U. S. House of Representa-
Windsor home will be thrown Washington inaugural ceret
to the Rothschilds . .. You back in 1789, and her fil ige
tives in the First Montana District.
A humane suggestion has been made open
may think pate de foie gran is Jack Franklin Schwartz, m"
This may mark the end of the career in Canada, that youngsters evacuated a great delicacy, but recent emi- grandson of the late Rabbi is
of another violent American anti-Semite. from England and settled in the Dominion gres to this country can't look Zachariah of Christchurch, New a a
stuff in the face any more Zealand . . . We suppose felicita
It is a remarkable tribute to the sense of of Canada should be referred to as guest the
. . . It seems that for a while it tions are also due to Samuel
was the only food available at the C Zemurray, whose United Fruit
fair play of American voters that they did children, not as refugees.
French concentration camps for Company shows a profit of over •
not fall for the nonsense which has been
It is encouraging to know that some German-Jewish refugees.
$9,000,000 for the first half of f
broadcast for two years, through the col-
1940 (this before deduction o
umns of the Congressional Record, by one has thought of the disgrace of adding THIS AND THAT
income taxes, if you're interest-
Congressman Thorkelson. Perhaps his de- harm to the injury inflicted upon innocent
Something of a spy-scare was ed) . . . And our hat is also off
feat for renomination will serve as a children and of avoiding the use of a innocentl y y started at the Nor- to Oscar Levant, soloist at the
warning to fellow-bigots, who have been term which implies hounded and perse- folk, Va., shipyards recently by Gershwin memorial concert at the
scenic designer Boris Aronson Lewisohn Stadium, where he •
encouraging him in Congress. His fellow-
cuted
beings.
who went there to get ideas for, the 1940 attendance record
travelers, especially the two gentlemen
a
Hecht, however, isn't in the
set he's planning and Ben
maet
Children are entitled to the considers- w h ose sketching
from Michigan and Wisconsin who always
congratulations on his
and photograph-
ghter's
formarria ge . . . Says it he
came to his aid, may learn soon that the tion of humanity. In a world gone mad, ing
ng of scenes aroused official
sus- daurk
ffi
doesn't like to be reminded of ,
spirit of the American people works con- youngsters are entitled to a free chance picion.
If
you've
been
saving
envelopes
as it makes him feel too old.
trary to the venom which foreign powers to live like human beings, and not to be
containing letters from the 1937 ABOUT PEOPLE
seek to spread in this country. Thorkelson
Zionist Congress, when the postal
permitted himself to be the mouthpiece compelled constantly to seek refuge in air aci u n t( h i o p riu tit es a at . Zur„ich, Switzer- Back on the job defending
raid
shelters.
For
the
sake
of
a
decent
1.
of those who spread religious and racial
special
ea l Zion
B y i d s h A
B is ou r old f ri end
g ist enhkloan- Jeaw
rights
hatred. He tried to do a job in Congress future, the children must be given a gress" postm el on al mail ,
Brown,
recently
h
Philatelists Protested vigorously
for Hitler and. Coughlin. Apparently the chance to. grow without fear. As refu- to e n l i touathetsheat keepsakes.
h
s- j pointing
out that it
American voter will not stand for such gees, they asquire a complex of fear ; as coming valuable yleilipi
collectors "il ftem
German-J ewis h ref e e is) e who
bt s ". . was
rklariliYaci
dissemination of intolerance. Thorkelson
die That
D was a narrow escape Ed- enjoyed the stean
has paid the price for being a spokesman guests, they retain their human qualities.
narhoavde aa Hollywood's n wandi ah the American and Ca-
For the sake of a lasting impression, it w Co e c e o k a s nuu a t go
for evil forces in Congress.
A t .
couple of F. l. n volunteers returning from
nd coveted on their trip
• . . As it was, the Fin la and
would be well for Americans to watch accident reduce
d Eddie to back.
the gathering of large groups of children crutc h es.
The Herzl Anniversary
Latest Harpo Marx story is
as they leave for summer camps. Jews HOME NEWS
that when the silent comedian
In spite of the departure from estab- can do that every other Monday morning
was in Russia the audiences in-
lished tradition to observe the birthday at the Jewish Community Center, when
There's a R o me-Berlin
' angle sisted on hearing him talk, even
erlin
rather than the death of Theodor Herzl, groups of approximately 200 youngsters to the Presidential campaign, too, if it had to be in English . .
them by re:
the founder of the political Zionist move- gather with their belongings to go to m we've discovered . . . What we So Harpo his entertained
111.1ar Mitzvah speech, the
that
the
Republicans
have
o
c
i
n
tI
n
g
ment, we still think of this great leader Fresh Air Camp. Let the spectators close practicall
to cosuald
y reriiiem
ticall
is y d B
tie R ei . . . .
d ol p c st se d A Irving
irni g c , , , B e a r -
y oelie
on the day of his demise and commemo- their eyes and imagine for a moment that lin's " "God a
u ssians
didn' t know the diff er' ence.
rate the day in a spirit of mourning.
these are children in England, or in any their theme song, while the New Needless
That marvelous French movie
at the Democratic con-
Jews will be studying Dr. Herzl's other European country, being evacuated. ven tion spent
lot of lung power "The Baker's Wife" may become
prophecies with greater interest in the Or, let them think of the thousands of carolin
li i il g s Haro ld Rome's "Frank- aa
b Broadwa6 vehicle for the come.
future than they did in the past. He was a Jewish children who have been taken_out Lin D. R Roosevelt
back of
velt Jones"
on
. JesselBZrgie's
to the
stage
rgee
prophet in his own right. He predicted of Germany during the past ten years. Something of a record in scoops legitimate seog
by George Backer's wife will play the t • itle role.
many things that have happened in the Then, they will understand the meaning was scored
York Post last December, it
Bandleader Abe Lyman isn't
past 30 years. Although a comparative of our own freedom, the security of our New
now develops .. Way back at altogether dependent upon music
newcomer to Jewish ranks, he learned to children, the value of our liberty which the end of 1939 . t h aa
at t pater
paper fore- for his living, being a partner in
understand and to interpret the world we must preserve at all costs. For, this told the appointment of
his brother's restaurant chain.
events in their relation to the Jews as no is the great contrast between free Amer- tars Knox.
(Copyright, 8 A.P.S., 1510
other man did in the past three decades. ica and an enslaved European continent.
In one of his addresses, Dr. Herzl spoke
One important point must be recorded
DEATH TAKES NO HOLIDAY
of Kishineff. His remarks are timely to- in this connection : if the evacuation of
day, in view of what is happening to children from England is to continue to
Bessarabia in the totalitarian scheme of be limited to youngsters hailing from
slicing up nations. Speaking of Kishineff wealthy families, then a grave injustice
Dr. Herzl said: "The bloody days of the will be committed in the perpetuation of
Bessarabian town shall not make us forget a caste system. This is not a time to give
that there is many another Kishineff, even preference to the rich. This is a time for
beyond the borders of Russia. The spirit England primarily to make real the claim
of Kishineff houses over every place where that the present battle is for democracy
Jews are physically or morally afflicted, and not for the perpetuation of wealth.
dishonored, impoverished, because they
are Jews."
Work in Palestine Goes On
The great leader, himself an assimi-
lated Jew, knew the meaning of assimila-
War conditions in Palestine find the
tion. He felt the sting of anti-Semitism Jewish population carrying on and merely
when he sat through the threatening days repeating the policy that was pursued
of the Dreyfus Affair which drew him during three years of disturbances that
close to his people whom he might have were instigated by German and Italian
forgotten otherwise. Thus, in his "Jewish troublemakers among the Arabs. In one
State," he wrote : "I referred previously to hand they carry weapons of defense ; with
our 'asnilation'; I do not for a moment the other they pursue their tasks of till-
wish >mply that I desire such an end. ing the soil, of planting roots for new set-
Our national character is too historically tlements, of creating new values. Thus,
famous, and in spite of every degradation, new land is being redeemed by the Jew-
too fine, to make its annihilation desirable. ish
Fund; homes are being built ;
We might perhaps be able to merge our- new National
industries
are being created. This is
selves entirely into surrounding races, if the way of a normal
It is incon-
these were to leave us in peace for a space ceivable that their way people.
of
life
should
ever
pf two generations. But they will not leave again be uprooted.

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