DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
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Mrs. Morgenthau
A Truck Driver
The versatility of Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., was revealed
the other day when the wife of
the Secretary of the Treasury
registered in Washington for
home defense when the District
Defense Council called upon all
citizens to indicate what they
might do in the "home-front
army."
No less laborious a job than
that of a truck driver was cited
by Mrs. Morgenthau as one of
the tasks she would be glad to
perform when the country's "un-
limited national emergency"
takes graver forms. But that
wasn't her first choice, however,
although she can shift gears,
pull brakes, and tinker with a
motor with the best of them.
On the questionnaire asking
the variety of one's capacities,
Mrs. Morgenthau said that, in
order of preference, she could
do translations, public speaking,
or handling a truck wheel. She
may have been a farmer's wife
for many years. but Mrs. Mor-
genthau speaks French and Ger-
man with equal fluency and is
rapidly acquiring proficiency in
Spanish as part of the Pan-
American good-will program.
LONDON (JPS) — The £820,-
000 fortune left by Alexander
Michael Levy, British Jewish dia-
mond merchant, is to be devoted
to hospitals and divided among
his employees. Levy, who died
here recently at the age of 83,
left the accumulated fortune of
his own money and that be-
queathed him by his brother, the
late Sir Arthur Levy.
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OFFICERS ELECTED
BY AUXILIARY OF
HOUSE OF SHELTER
of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
The last meeting of the season
House of Shelter was featured
by the election of officer., as
follows:
President, Mrs. Hyman Alt-
man ; vice presidents, Mrs. Isaac
Rosenthal, Mrs. Ida Silverman,
Mrs. Bessie Lansky, Mrs. Masser-
man ; honorary vice presidents,
Mrs. Rabinowitz and Mrs. La
Bret ; financial secretary, M rs.
Rose Hessler; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. David Goldberg; cor-
responding secretary, Mrs. Clara
Solomon ; treasurer, Mrs. Min-
nie Katz.
The annual House of Shelter
card party will be held on Wed-
nesday, Nov. 12, at the Jewish
Community Center.
British Diamond Dealer Leaves
Fortune to Charity
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CHRYSLER
NATIONAL DEFENSE AIDED
BY FREE SONS OF ISRAEL
July 4, 1941
Turkey Permits 4500
Refugees to Pass
The Free Sons of Israel, national Jewish fraternal organiza-
tion, gives concrete evidence of its belief that every individual
and organization of the United States has a role in the national
defense effort. Above, New York City's Postmaster Albert Goldman
(left) receives a check for a $10,000 national defense savings
bond from United States Grand Master Max Ogust (center) as
Grand Secretary Isaac G. Simon looks on.
Progress Made
By Jabotinsky
Aviation School
The Jewish Aviation League
of America, 1123 Broadway, New
York, has issued a statement
pointing to its successful activi-
ties. The statement declares in
part:
"Three months ago, the first
Jewish Aviation school in Ameri-
ca was opened by the Brith
Trumpeldor-Betar youth organi-
zation. The Jewish national youth,
as well as the Jewish and gen-
eral press, gave it a warm recep-
tion and manifested great inter-
est in this new undertaking
which, until recently, had been
entirely foreign to Jews.
"Although participating in the
field of aviation, Jews have never
accomplished niuch in actual fly-
ing. The education received by
the Jewish youth and the psy-
chological orientation, have been
great hindrances. Though we
"Soar in the air" when discus-
sing problems concerning our fu-
ture our economic positions our
rights etc., we nevertheless have
never had the urge to actually
ascend into the air. Even in this
country, where Sport is a demi-
god, even to the Jewish youth,
flying has been a foreign thing
to us.
"The first ones to make a real
start in this respect were the
Betarim in Eretz Israel who suc-
ceeded in turning out a group of
aviators, many of whom are now
serving with the Royal Air Force.
The Brith Trumneldor-Betar of
this country followed suit by
opening the Jabotinsky Aviation
School.
"As citizens of this great coun-
try, every young man has his
first and most sacred duty to
nerform, namely, to help in the
building up of our national de-
fense. And perhaps the most vi-
tal part of this defense program
is the making of thousands of
aviators out of those youngsters
who have not been drafted be-
cause they did not reach their
majority.
"Everyone knows that through
the C. A. A. (Civil Aeronautics
Authority) thousands of Ameri-
can youths are prepared for their
pilot licenses. In 1940, the C. A.
A. turned out over 26,000 pilots
now serving as reserves in the
army, 8000 of whom have al-
ready become combat pilots.
"The reserve pilots are trained
in special schools, at colleges and
various private organizations.
The C. A. A. controls only the
work of these schools. The gov-
ernment thereby receives much
help from the public without
which it would have ha i to spend
large stuns of money for the
training of these pilots.
"The Jewish Aviation League
is the first Jewish institution of
its kind in this country. A Jew-
ish lad who has not received a
college education and who does
not possess $325 — the amount
needed for private lessons — has
been unable to secure admitance
into any aviation school. We are
now endeavoring to open the
doors for him. No wonder that
the government is sympathetic
to the Betar school. The C. A. A.
is giving the school its moral
support and every pupil will take
his examination under govern-
ment supervision.
"Small wonder too that hun-
dreds of Jewish young men re-
sponded, registered and are now
ready to pursue a course of study
which will prepare them for a pi-
lot's license.
"The first group, consisting of
25 pupils, began its course on
Feb. 2. Ten of them have made
such rapid progress that they
were permitted on May 11, to
make solo flights. In a few weeks
a second group will start its
studies.
"Every pupil signs a pledge
obligating himself to serve the
United States upon completion
of the course in the U. S. Avia-
tion Corps.
"The second portion of the
pledge is with regard to Eretz
Israel and consists of a promise
to enlist in the Jewish Aviation
Corps, with the consent of the
U. S. government, in the event
one is formed, with the permis-
sion of England, to fight as a
separate Jewish entity in behalf
of the Jewish people and for a
Jewish State in Eretz Israel.
"When Vladimir Jabotinsky, of
blessed memory, advocated a
year ago the formation of a Jew-
ish Army, he was opposed by all
Jewry. But today, and let us
hope it is not too late, all are
in favor of it. The most vital
part of any army is its air force.
All will concede that if we had
been able to supply England with
500 trained aviators, the situa-
tion in Eretz Israel would not
have been so precarious, the Ye-
shub would not have been so de-
fenseless as it is today. We are
now paying very dearly for this
indifference and blindness of our
leaders. But it is not too late.
Whatever happens in Eretz Is-
rael in the next few days or
weeks, we know one thing, that
the war will not be over. We
firmly believe that we will ulti-
mately win.
"Five hundred pilots as a nuc-
leus of a Jewish Army will
strengthen our political position
and give us the right to demand
that our abnormal national sta-
tus come to an end. We too shall
be able to demand a home. The
Jabotinsky Aviation School will
train the hundreds of flyers who
will fight for our freedom.
"Young students of Yeshivas
and of other schools, workers and
white collar men, Jewish youth
of all classes are awaiting their
turn to start flying. They are
ready to ascend into the air and
disperse the overhanging dark
clouds. Brave, proud, loving the
country they live in, they firmly
believe in the sacred principles
of democracy and freedom for
which they are ever ready to risk
their lives. At the same time
they are Jews who believe that
justice will prevail only when the
greatest injustice of al times will
be abolished, when Jews will be
given their homeland.
"A committee of sponsors is
now in formation. Many promi-
nent people have consented to
serve on this committee among
whom we find: Melvin Douglas,
Pierre Van Paassen, Represents-
The Turkish Government this
week gave official permission to
more than 4500 Jewish refugees
to pass through Turkey to reach
the Jewish homeland of Palestine.
These refugees arrived in Turkey
by means of two routes: ( )
through Soviet-occupied Lithu-
ania and (2) through the Balkan
countries by way of the Black
Sea. Representatives of the Jew-
ish Agency for Palestine, which
receives its funds from the United
Palestine Appeal, have made the
necessary arrangements for the
refugees to complete the last leg
of their journey from Istanbul
to Palestine.
Zionist Institution s in Croatia
Dissolved
GENEVA. (Palcor)—The tol-
erance which Zionist groups in
Yugoslavia enjoyed despite the
Nazi conquest was ended with
the official dissolution of all Zion-
ist institutions in Croatia. The
Jewish community of Zagreb is
being permitted to continue its
i
social welfare work under con-
ditions involving the greatest suf-
fering to those dependent on it.
Dr. A. Licht, former president
of the Zionist Federation in
Yugoslavia, was seized and trans-
ferred to Graz, Austria, where
he is believed to be in a con-
centration camp.
Illustrative of the strict cen-
sorship exercised over all Jew-
ish activities was the suspension
by the authorities of the paper
Zidov because an editorial com-
ment remarked favorably on
Charlie Chaplin's "The Dictator".
Ornstein, Famed Zionist Leader,
Dead in Amsterdam
Dr. Leonard Solomon Orn-
stein, famed physicist and for-
mer president of the Dutch Zion-
ist Federation, is dead in Am-
ste•dam at the age of 61.
His Zionist activities were
varied, ranging from absorpt;on
in the problems of the Youth
A liyah to responsibility for cer-
tain phases of the Physics Insti-
tute of the Hebrew University on
Mount Scopus.
Born in Holland in 1880, Dr.
Ornstein was named associate
professor of physics at the Uni-
versity of Groningen in 1909. In
1914 he was appointed physics
professor at Utrecht, and in 1920
director of the Physics Institute
at the latter university. Ile was
a nrolific writer in his chosen
field.
Kvutzoth Held Possible for U. S.
WASHINGTON (JPS) —That
communal farming colonies for
young Jews, modeled after the
Palestinian Kvutzoth, may de-
velop in the United States is held
by Edward A. Norman, president
of the Rural Settlement Insti-
tute, and Joseph Wechsler Eaton,
its research director.
In an article written jointly
for the New Palestine, the two
protagonists of the idea hold
that rural farming settlements
of the kvutzah type might, after
the war, solve the problem of
livelihood for young American
Jews anxious to turn to produc-
tive labor.
tive Joseph Clark Baldwin, Leon
Moisseiff. engineer; Mitchell Sa-
lem Fisher, attorney ; Moses H.
Hoenig, attorney; Geo. Hamilton
Combs, Mrs. Louis A. Bunim,
Rabbi Harry Halpern, Max F.
Wolff and others.
"We hope that those with clear
vision and forsight will help the
Jewish youth fulfill their duty."