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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

Detroit
Jewish Chronicle
and THE LEGAL CHRONICLE

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JACOB H. SCHAKNE

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Sabbath Scriptural Selections
Pentateuchal portion—Deut. 21:10-25:19.

Prophetical portion—Is. 54 : I - I 0.

SEPTEMBER 13, 1940

ELLUL 10. 5700

The American Spirit Prevails

by peoples throughout the world—and
more especially by those who are quaking
in fears which should be discouraged in a
time of unprecedented calamity in most
of Europe.

The Air Raid on Tel Aviv

September

13, 1941

• STRICTLY
CONFIDENTIAL
Tidbits from Everywhere

By PHINEAS J. BIRON
YOU SHOULD KNOW
FROM FOREIGN PARTS

Some Jewish organization should
If Nazi bombers feel that they
check on the charge, made by must do some damage in London,
Arthur Settel in the Protestant why don't they concentrat
e on 93
Digest, that there is in this coun- Chancery Lane,
W. "Chritian
C. '2, th e
try a group still actively circu- home of the militant
lating the "Protocols of the Eld- Patriots," who publish anti-Semr
ers of Zion" . . . The head of the itic literature for dist: ibution
group is reported to be none oth- throughout the colonies of the
er than W. J. Cameron, who British Empire?
holds the important and well-paid
Good news for the kiddie
post of public relations counsel the rumor that the Nazi o eeu s is
to Henry Ford.
s t Id on era ob fieNo sr h w oi a ty agu
e 'lll of eau
The Nazi-loving papers here,
ci aa
which were all set to support oil this season.
Willkie, felt hit over the head
The Berliner Illustricrte
when the Republican nominee dis- tung has published an elaborate
owned the support of the Bund illustrated supplement, print:
:
element in this country • . . In excellent paper in fair Engi T it
Ur. s
a quandary because, while they
consumption
uioe
don't like Willkie any more they pictures
issue
still hate Mr. Roosevelt with all incidentally, reach a new high i n
their might, one paper, after much technical achievement—are de-
sweating and deep thought, found signed to prove that the Ger-
the formula . . . It runs some- mans are the world's most fear-
thing like this: "We don't like less fighters and make the most
what Willkie says. but we're sure gentlemanly army of occupation
that, being of German stock, he of conquered lands in history,
* * *
can't be quite as bad as Roose-
velt."

The monster is at work everywhere.
London has her ruins. Haifa has been at-
tacked several times. Jaffa suffered an at-
tack. Now comes word from Tel Aviv, the
civilian center of the Jewish National
Home in Palestine, that Italian bombs
have destroyed many homes and that at
least 112 persons were killed and many
more wounded.
Tel Aviv is not a military point. It will
be difficult for the brutal totalitarian gov-
ernments to explain the attack upon this
all-Jewish city. But there is no explana-
tion for tyranny. When the final show-
down comes—as it must, soon—there will
be no excusing it.
Palestine's cities and the Holy Land's
population appears destined to accept a
share in the destruction that is meted out
to innocent peoples in this brutal war.
But like humanity, this country and her
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD
people will survive to tell the tale of
Jean Giraudoux, head of the
wanton destruction as a warning against THE LAST ACT
French Information Bureau while
rnce
the recurrence of horror for which the
still at war, believed
Walter Hasenclover, the wit- i F a Hitler'
w sas racial theories. When
Nazi and Fascist forces will be held re- ty and gifted dramatist, rang the n last
French war cabinet dis-
sponsible.
down the curtain over his owr cussed surrender and Georges

Results of the Primary election on
Tuesday should be a signal for rejoicing
on the part of all good Americans.
Among the candidates for office were
two men who were known to be asso-
ciated with anti-Semitic groups. Both were
defeated. Both were tarred with Nazism ;
last act recently. . . . He had Mandel, the only Jewish mem-
both were publicly branded as men who
been living in France, and when bet. of the ministry, insisted on
Petain and Grynszpan
entertained pro-Nazi ideas; the voters
the Nazis marched in he tried to fighting on, Jean Ybarnegray,
escape to Spain . . . When Spain who represented the Fascist Croix
knew how to deal with both of them.
Marshal Petain, the ruler of the "new refused to let him in, h e hange d de Feu, jumped up and shouted:
Men are usually judged either by their France", still finds apologists for him himself in the waiting room of "Of course YOU have special rea-
bordertown railroad station. sons to keep on fighting ,
actions, or by what they say, or by their throughout the world. There are some the
. . . Hasenclover, in case you Hitler would never make peace
associations. While one of the two candi- who even defend him as not being a Nazi. don't
remember, was in pre-Hit- with YOU" . . . That was Mr.
dates who suffered defeat was not openly
In spite of it, however, we hear, daily, ler days one of the most success- Ybarnegaray's revenge for Man-
anti-Semitic, his associate and chief reports of acts of which Hitlerites could ful and sought-after dramatists in del's having thrown some of his
Germany. . . He was regarded as Fascist colleagues into prison,
backer is none other than the Rev. Charles be guilty.
sure-fire box office, a sort of one- . . . Strange though it may seem,
E. Coughlin. His defeat is a repudiation
One of them was the turning over of man combination of George S. an isolated case of German hu-
of whatever support goes to anyone from Herschel Grynszpan to Nazi Germany. It Kaufman. Eugene O'Neill and mor does occasionally come out
the priest who has been reprimanded for is easy to guess what the fate of this boy William Saroyan. of France . . . There is, for ex-
his actions by leaders in his own church. will be at the hands of the Gestapo.
ample a poster that's plastered
all over the occupied territory,
The other man, while he is highly edu-
Another is the disfranchisement of the JEWISH NEWS
with caption "We missed the bus
cated and a linguist, has on several occa-
because we used parachutes" ,
five
French Rothschild. Then, there is the
The formation of a Jewish The poster shows a German Para-
sions made anti-Semitic remarks which
revoking
of
the
law
adopted
by
the
Re-
"civil
service" organization, which chutist dangling on the Eiffel
tarred him at once as one who is made
public of France which made a crime of would include the employes of ToNN
of the same cloth as the Nazis.
* ■ *
all important Jewish organizations
anti-Semitism.
The defeat of these two men is a vic-
and provide for them some sort THIS AND THAT
The
excuse
offered
is
that
Petain
is
at
of security in their jobs, is well
tory for the American way of life. Thank
The original John D. Rocke-
God for the right given even to such men the mercy of Nazi Germany. What it under way.
feller was regarded as an eccen-
means
is
that
for
the
present
the
France
Now
that
the
American
Jewish
to run for office. That is the proof of our
Press Club seems to be on the tric because he distributed dime
democracy. Thank God, at the same time, that boasted of Liberty, Equality, Frater- road
to being firmly established, tips only, but the members of
for the good sense of the American voters nity is no longer in existence, waiting for it may not hurt to reveal that the Rothschild family went him
one better when they arrived in
who know how to differentiate between the daring spirits of the French Revolu- about 10 years ago Joe Brainin this
country, tipping only a nickel
to rise up again and to save her from incorporated the American Jewish
a spreader of racial and religious hatred tion
at a time in the classiest places.
utter
destruction.
Press
Association
for
exactly
the
and a lover of fair play.

In the Primary election on Tuesday, the
The Registration of Aliens
American spirit prevailed. It was proof
that the American spirit will continue to
does not stand still. A number
prevail against all odds. The American of Time
days
have
passed since the
democracy has stood its test and has won registration of already
aliens
began,
and it will
a great victory.
not be long before the allotted period for
the recording of non-citizens will be over.
A Lesson in Calmness
It is important, therefore, that aliens
should register at once. Distasteful as
Men and women, Jews and non-Jews, this procedure is compared with the
are still jittery over what is occurring in absolute freedom of movement that exist-
the world. Some act and speak as if the ed prior to present Nazi-made conditions,
end has come to all kind thoughts and the situation under the Stars and Stripes
decent dealings among men. But the sur- remains the most ideal in the world, and
prising thing is that the people most ser- non-citizens should gladly and promptly
iously threatened today—the British—an; comply with the government order. Delay
perhaps the calmest people in the world. is inexcusable, and prolonged delay past
There is a lesson for all peoples in the the deadline for registration will be justly
present attitude of Great Britain. A re- interpreted as disloyal and treacherous.
flection of the indomitable will and mag-
nificent spirit of the English people is to
In Bath, Me.
be found in a dispatch cabled to the Bas-
ler Nachrichten by its London correspon-
In Bath, Me., there was evidence of
dent, who writes:
racial discrimination. Fronts of Jewish-
"Now as ever there is absolute calm- owned stores were smeared with varnish,
ness and certainty of final victory. I have tires of a truck owned by a Jew were
not yet met anybody who is frightened slashed.
or inclined to panic. The English are not
In search for clues, police are checking
under any illusions as to the posibilities on German sympathizers. They need not
of such an attack. The nerves of the Eng- necessarily be Germans. They may be per-
lish population have stood up amazingly sons who have been deluded by propa-
well to a constant propaganda attack ;
those who listen to the threats of fright- ganda coming from Royal Oak, Mich., or
Anglo-Saxon Federation office in Chi-
fulness which are being broadcast accept an
cago.
them as they would accept a good var-
But there is no cause for panic. Amer-
iety show—just laugh at them. If the
enemy should really try to invade this ica has seen similar demonstrations be-
country, it can safely be said that some fore. At one time they were against Cath-
very nasty surprises are in store for him. olics and Irish, and even against Germans.
London on the eve of the so-called Battle Now, some Germans, and some Catholics,
of England gives the neutral observer the and a number of Protestants, are using
impression that it will hold out today the Jews as their scapegoats. When the
final verdict is rendered, it will be in the
stronger than ever."
spirit
of the America of Washington and
Here is a report on courage, unshakable
Jefferson
and Lincoln and not that Smythe
will and calmness that deserves emulation
or Pelley or Cameron or McWilliams.

same purpose, but then decided . . . They changed their ways af-
that it was a premature under- ter embarrassed friends called
their attention to the fact that
taking.
American waiters don't buy their
The well-known artist Elias M. groceries with French currency.
Grossman has made sonic fine re- Cinderella won't have a thing
productions of his splendid poi- on the patrons of Ohrbach's Dc-
trait of the late Vladimir Jabot- partment Store, down on New
insky, and is selling them at the York's 14th Street, pretty soon.
cost price of $10. . . . You can . • . Ohrbach's is planning to in-
order your copy from the Jabot- troduce an all-glass slipper—with
insky Portrait Committee at 1123 a pyrex heel, if you want to
Broadway, New York. know.

STILL HOLDING 'IM —:— By Bressler

