August 29, 1941

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle

NEWS AT A GLANCE FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD

AMERICA: The New York Sun reported after a survey that
refugees are trading actively in Wall Street stocks. "These people
are said to have queer ideas on trading," the Sun declared . . .
Continued prejudice against Jews and Negroes in defense industries
aroused Federal Security Administrator McNutt and Lieutenant-
Governor Poletti of New York to attack discrimination in hiring
. • The first survey of visa issuance under the new and stricter
regulations of the State Department showed that 300 applications
were turned down in a month . . . Growing tension between Argen-
tina and Germany was shown as the Argentine government
arrested 36 Nazi plotters . . . Major Benjamin H. Namm, New
York merchant, started a campaign among 1,800,000 retail stores
to promote the sale of defense savings stamps . . . The American
Committee for Medical Aid to Russia was organized with a goal
of $1,000,000. A number of prominent Jews, including Frank Boas,
Rep. A. J. Sabath, and Efrem Zimbalist, were among the sponsors
. . . The Jewish Writers Union called the settlement of the strike
on the Jewish Day a victory for the Writers Union . . • During
the two years of this war Bnai Brith has contributed $323,850 for
war relief and refugee aid .. . The delegates of "Women United"
who came to Washington as an isolationist lobby whispered
that President Roosevelt's grandfather was a Spanish Jew, reported
the Nation . . . Prof. Hans Kohn told a Canadian audience that the
isolationists of the United States are pursuing the fatal path of
Col. Josef Beck of Poland . . More than 500 refugees arrived in
New York from Lisbon, telling of the gouging they suffered from
the Spanish steamship company owned by the Franco government
. . . Supreme Court Justice Murphy told the Knights of Columbus
that Catholics should support Russia over Germany. Hundreds of
telegrams of protest were received after his address . . . The
widow of Leon Trotsky called for "the last drop of blood" to save
Russia from the Nazis . . . The Anglo-American eight-point pro-
gram included freedom of religion, President Roosevelt told Con-
gress . . . An intensified barrage of anti-Semitic propaganda was
channeled toward the United States by German short-wave stations,
as the Jews were blamed for everything from the oil shortage on
the Eastern seaboard to the launching of the current war . . .
Bernard Samuel was named acting mayor of Philadelphia when
May Lamberton died . . . Supreme Court Justice Black, Senator
Tom Connally and Majority Leader Senator Barkley urged full
American support of Russia and warned of the dangers of Hitle•-
ism to America .. . The National Conference for Jews and Chris-
tians, holding a 5-day Institute at Williamstown announced that
it now has 11 regional offices to promote inter-racial good will .. .
American Jews and Jews everywhere were urged to support the
Soviets and to harass the Nazis in a radio appeal broadcast from
Moscow by 26 prominent Russian Jews . . . 62 American rabbis
appealed for support of the Herbert Hoover plan to feed Axis-
ocupied Europe. The Belgian govrenment representatives in America
said that the Belgians would have ample food if the Nazis didn't
steal it . . . 90 refugees land at New York harbor, after leaving
374 others at Havana to be transhipped to South American countries.

PALESTINE : Palestine's income tax law goes into effect Sept.
1, with several modifications since the original draft was announced
. . . The Jewish Agency is conducting a census of Jewish nurses
who would be available for war service . . . The Palestine govern-
ment was urged to increase its grant to the Vaad Leumi for relief
purposes to £60,000 . . . A Bible Society to pomote study and re-
search into the Scriptures was founded at Haifa . . . Dr. Weizmann
and David Ben Gu•ion in London conferred with British govern-
ment leaders . . . 333 new firms were established in Palestine in
the first six months of 1941 .. . The diamond-cutting industry has
shown remarkable growth . . . Sept. 1 was set aside as Polish
Jewry Day in Palestine . . . An increase was anticipated in trade
with Syria . . . Income of the Keren Hayesod showed a sharp
decline as many countries were cut off . . . 360 Palestinian firms
exhibited at the Palestine Industrial Exposition in Cairo. Warm
praise was given by Egyptian and British officials . . . There
were 160 Jews on the 12th Palestine casualty list.

OVERSEAS: Ten thousand persons were arrested in Paris as
the Nazis feared an uprising. They were called "Jews," but there
was reason to doubt that description in all cases . . . Jews in the
Warsaw ghetto are dying at the rate of 300 a day, a Turkish
correspondent reports . . . The Nazis decreed that a ghetto would
be established for 250,000 Jews in Bialystok . . . Typhus was
spreading throughout Rumania, with the Rumanian Nazi press
blaming the Jews for the epidemic . . . The Soviets may grant
complete religious freedom in Russie, London sources heard, as
the Soviet Embassy there announced that rabbis had been granted
equal rights with all other citizens . . . Thousands of French
Jews were imperilled by Paris and Vichy courts-martial set up
to counteract sabotage which Hitlerites charged was Jewish-Com-
munist in origin, although it was clear that all sections of France
were rising against the oppressor . . . The murder of Marx Dor-
moy, Blum's interior minister, was a "mistake," it was indicated
when the young men arrested for planting a bomb in his room
were told that Do•moy was not a Jew . . . Widespread intensifi-
cation of anti-Jewish rigors in Nazi-held Europe was reported from
various centers. Bank deposits of Jews in Yugoslavia were con-
fiscated; food stores open to Jews in Berlin were reduced from 14
to 6; shechita was banned to Bessarabian and Bukowinian Jews
by the Rumanian Government; libraries in Balkan countries were
ordered to remove books by Jewish authors . . . A Socialist paper
in Finland took courage to denounce its government for anti-
Semitism, reminding it of the bravery of Finnish Jews in the 1939
war against Russia . . . Nazis begin pressure on Japan to institute
anti-Jewish measures against 40,000 refugees throughout Japanese-
held China.

BREVITIES: Morris Cohen Starr and Cyril Tobias, London
Jews, have received the highest medals in the gift of the British
Empire for bravery during air raids on their city . . . Joseph
Dichy, president of the Beirut Jewish community, acknowledging
a cablegram from Dr. Stephen S. Wise as head of the World
Jewish Congress, expressed appreciation an.; joined the Congress,
after stating that Syrian Jews were looking forward to a "hope-
ful future under Allied auspices" .; . . Congressman Hamilton Fish,
isolationist leader, has been denounced in a letter sent to him by
400 constituents, who charged him with "strengthening the work
of Hitler's agents in this country." . . . Rabbi Samuel M. Blumen-
feld is returning to his post as Dean of the College of Jewish
Studies of Chicago after serving a • year as director of the Depart-
ment of Youth and Education of the Zionist Organization . . .
Jacob Weinberger, veteran Jewish leader of San Diego, was ap-
pointed city attorney by Governor Olson . . . Captain A. H. Ramsay,
British anti-Semite, refused the plea of 20,000 of his constituents
that he resign his seat in Parliament. With Ramsay in a concen-
tration camp for fascists, the voters have appealed to Parliament to
unseat him . . . Prof. Moses Schorr, former Chief Rabbi of War-
saw, has been sent a telegram from the Jewish representatives
of the Polish Council in London, congratulating him upon his release
from Russian imprisonment .. . Sixteen French political leaders of
the right braved Nazi reprisal by publicly accusing Germans of
confiscating Jewish possessions and distributing them to non-Jews.
Their statement said that the Germans have taken Jewish house-
hold belongings for use in German military hospitals . . . Erskine
Caldwell, reporting from Moscow in a copyrighted article for
PM, described an interview he had with Elia Levin, a Jewish
commander of a searchlight station in Moscow. Levin, who has
been decorated with the Order of the Red Banner for his air raid
fighting, told the American writer that a searchlight group had
bought down a German plane with rifle file. (Copyright JPS).

Recent Bride

MRS. JULIAN KLEIN
(Shirlee Roslyn Rabinowitz)

Mr. and Mrs. Julian Klein,
whose marriage was an event of
June 15, returned from an ex-
tended honeymoon trip to New
York City, Atlantic City, and
Toronto, Ont. Mrs. Klein is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Rabinowitz of 3299 Webb Ave.
Mr. Klein is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Isadore Klein of 2903 Elm-
hurst Ave.

Trees Planted in
Palestine by Camp
Habonim of Center

Children of Camp Habonim, the
summer camp of the Jewish Com-
munity Center, took a deep inter-
est in all community affairs and
in work for the redemption of
Palestine.
Before the camp season closed
last week, the children made a
contribution to the Jewish Na-
tional Fund, the Palestine land-
redemption agency, for the plant-
ing of two trees in the Fred M.
Butzel Forest, Which is being
planted on land of the Jewish
National Fund in Palestine.

Jewish Taxi Driver
Shows Chinese How
To Speed Traffic

NEW YORK (JPS) — Daniel
Arnstein, who has learned all
about traffic jams from his exper-
ience as a taxi operator in New
York City, is now going about the
business of clearing up conges-
tion on the Burma Road, vital
to the welfare of the Chinese gov-
ernment resisting the Japanese.
A dispatch to the New York
Times from F. Tillman Durdin,
its correspondent in Chungking,
reveals that Arnstein, together
with his assistants, Harold Davis
and Marco Hellman, has begun
the preliminary work which will
eventually straighten out the
tangle in getting supplies to
Chiang Tai-shek. He feels that
by the end of the year asphalting
of the highway, still functioning
despite Japanese bombardment,
should be well along, with 6,000
to 7,000 American trucks operat-
ing on a continuous schedule.
Fresh from the nearly hopeless
tie-ups of New York, Mr. Aim-
stein is confident that there is no
such thing as "road capacity." In
time, he asserts, the Chinese life-
line will carry all the freight
which the port of Rangoon can
unload.

Arnstein Doubles Burma Road
Traffic

NEW YORK. (JPS) — Daniel
Arnstein, one of the owners of
the New York Terminal Cab Co.,
who is now in Chunking with
two other American traffic ex-
perts, is responsible for doubling
the flow of supplies over the
Burma Road in recent weeks,
thus facilitating American aid to
China, the Associated Press re-
ports.
Marco Hellman of New York
and Harold Davis of Hartford
are the two other Americans
who were sent to China by the
U. S. Government for the pur-
pose of insuring deliveries of
American lend-lease material to
the Chinese.

Unveiling of Tombstone

The unveiling of a tombstone
for the late Samuel Rothenberg
will take place Sunday, Aug.
31, at 2 p. m., at Niachpelah
Cemetery. Rabbi Strauss of Pon-
tiac will officiate. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend.

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BEIRUT'S JEWS
Open Hebrew School
JOIN CONGRESS
In 6 - Mile District
Hebrew school will be opened
World Organization Is in A the
6-Mile Road district, it
Given Added
was announced this week.
The Israel Hebrew School As-
Support
sociation, with headquarters at

NEW YORK. — Expressing
gratitude and relief at the im-
provement of the Jewish situation
in Beirut as a result of the Allied
occupation of Syria, Joseph Dichy,
president of the Jewish community
of Beirut, in a cable received
Aug. 22 at headquarters of the
World Jewish Congress, declared
that the community which he rep-
resents affiliates itself "most hear-
tily" with the World Jewish Con-
gress and authorizes that body to
act on its behalf.
Mr. Ditchy's cable was sent in
reply to a message by Dr. Stephen
S. Wise and Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann extending the greetings of
the World Jewish Congress to the
Jews of Beirut "upon their release
from the hand of the oppressors"
and inquiring for a detailed re-
port of the Jewish situation in
Syria. In his reply Mr. Dichy
also stated that "the situation of
the Jews in our country was ex-
tremely precarious prior Allied
occupation. Thank God now
breathing again and hopeful fu-
ture under Allied auspices."

Guatemala Follows Liberal

Refugee Policy

The Government of Guatemala
is guided by a liberal policy with
regard to admission and settle-
ment of refugees and is endeavor-
ing to give its fullest cooperation
to governments and associations
dealing with the refugee problem.
This was the assurance conveyed
by Senor Enrique Lopez-Herrate,
charge d'affaires of Guatemala in
Washington to Dr. Maurice L.
Perlzweig, director of the Politi-
cal Department and chairman of
the British section of the World
Jewish Congress.
Senor Lopez-Herrate stated that
the refugees, admitted in accord-
ance with the absorptive capacity
of the country, have been encour-
aged to integrate themselves into
its professional and economic life,
is evidence of the generous spirit
in which his government has dealt
with refugee problem, the charges
d'affaires pointed out that several
refugees have been appointed to
posts in the public service.

Mexican Jewry Gives Mobile

Canteens to British

LONDON. — Lady Reading,
acting on behalf of the World
Jewish Congress, last week made
an official presentation of seven
mobile canteens for British War
Relief as the gift of the Mexican
Jewish community. The presenta-
tion was made in the presence of
a distinguished company to the
Food Minister Wootton, who ac-
cepted the gift on behalf of the
government with expression of
thanks to the Jews of Mexico.

2515 W. Grand Ave., telephone
University 3-2764, announces that
a Hebrew school will be opened on
Sept. 3, at the Hampton Public
School Bldg., 18460 Warrington
Drive.
Sessions will be held from 3:30
p. m. to 5:30 p. m.
Courses of study will include:
Beginners Hebrew, advanced He-
brew, reading and writing, Jew-
ish history, special preparation
for Bar Mitzvah, special course
in the understanding of prayers
and ceremonials, reading the
Bible.
Pupils will be accepted from
the age of six. Registration of
pupils at the Hampton Public
School will be held Wednesday,
Sept. 3, from 3:30 p. m. to 5:30
p. m., or by telephoning the office.
Personal visits will be made by
request.
Rabbi Herman Rosenwasser is
superintendent of the new classes
and Rev. Israel Rosin is the
director.

Sisters of Zion Mizrachi to
Meet Sept. 2

The Sisters of Zion Mizrachi
held a special board of directors'
meeting at the home of Mrs. H.
Feldman, 9668 Broadstreet, on
Wednesday, Aug. 20.
The president, Mrs. Joseph H.
Kunin, appointed Mrs. A. D.
Markson, chairman, with Mrs.
Isaac Shetzer, as co-chairman, of
the donor luncheon to be held on
Tuesday, Nov. 18, at the social
hall of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek.
The first meeting of the sea-
son will be held on Tuesday, Sept.
2, at 1 p. m., at the Shaarey
Zedek. It will be an open meeting.
Members and friends are invited
to attend. A social hour will fol-

low.

Lewisohn Offers Defense Pro-
gram for Prisons

SAN FRANCISOC. (JPS)-
A. Lewisohn, penology expert,
who has devoted his philanthropic
activities to the improvement of
prison conditions, has proposed
to the American Prison Con-
gress a program that would uti-
lize the prisoners of America
for defense purposes. His plan
is to give the men specific train-
ing for military and industrial
work so that upon their release
they might be fitted immediately
into the emergency mobilization
effort.

TO THOSE WHO HAVE
THE OLD EDITION OF
Baseball Game of Cleveland THE HEINZ CALENDAR

and Detroit A. Z. A.
on Sept. 9

An all star baseball game be-
tween the Cleveland AZA and
Detroit AZA will take place on
Sunday afternoon, Sept. 9, it was
announced by the Detroit AZA
director, Leonard Belove. The
game will be played at Roosevelt
Field and Gil Maden, AZA ad-
visor, has been named manager
of the Detroit team, with Aaron
Zucker, Cleveland AZA director,
head of the Cleveland all stars.
Gerald Bruson, member of Bnai
David chapter 314, was named
editor of "Mazkir," the Michigan
AZA newspaper, at the recent
AZA Michigan summer tourna-
ment held at Bay City.
Detroit and Michigan chapters
will journey to Camp Indianola on
Lake Mendota, near Madison, Wis.,
to attend the District 6 annual
camp convention, commencing Aug.
29 and finishing Sept. 2.

North Woodward Branch of
Jewish Women's European
Welfare Organization

This publication has been asked
to remind those of its readers who
have the old edition of the 24-Year
Hebrew-English Calendar of H. J.
Heinz Co. that the dates in the
book do not go beyond Rosh
Hashanah of this year. However,
Heinz has published a new calen-
dar, going up to 1949. The new
book is also free to everybody who
sends for it.

Plans are being made by the
The New Edition ol the
North Woodward branch of the
Heins Calendar
Jewish Women's European Wel-
All dates - 1921 to 1949
fare Organization for the ninth
If you have the brown covered
annual donor luncheon to be held
(1917 to 1941), it is advis-
at the Shaarey Zedek on Dec. 2. edition
able to keep it but to send for the
/Si•s. A. J. Redblatt, general new calendar,
too. The two booklets
chairman, Mrs. A. Gleicher, co- actually supplement
each ether.
chairman, and their committee are
To find Yahrzeit dates, Bar
putting forth every effort to make Mitzvahs and other anniversaries
this event a success.
is a task of a few moments with
A store for rummage is avail- this convenient book at hand.
able and dates can be made by Jewish holidays up to the year 1965
calling Mrs. Anna Goldberg, To. ire also listed on a special page.
8-9032, or Mrs. Sam Shore, presi-
To receive a free copy of the
dent, University 1-0304.
ew calendar, merely send a post-
The organization's pledge of •ard or a letter to:
$250 to the Allied Jewish Cam-
H. J. HEINZ CO. - Dept. J2
paign was paid in full.
Pittsburgh, Pa.

