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A merica lavish Period cal. Cotter
Jo y 17, 1942
1942
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
•••STRICTLYCONFIDENTIAL• • •
by Phineas J. Biron
OUT OF MIZRAIM
After examining some of the
British trucks the Axis troops
captured during their swift drive
into Egypt, Field Marshal Rom-
mel became convinced that the
Jewish Army in the Near East
is a reality (and that, of course,
is why he ordered his troops to
withdraw when the British made
t he ir stand at El Alamein—he
w as afraid his Aryan soldiers
might be hit by Jewish bullets)
What convinced the Nazi
commander was the fact that
practically all the trucks bore the
Star of David . . . But what he
didn't know was that the truck.z
belonged to the New Zealanders
in North Africa . . . It seems
that the boys from down under,
noting that a few Jewish Army
truck drivers, who had adorned
their vehicles with the Jewish
star, were particularly lucky in
getting out of ticklish situations,
painted the Ithigen Davids on
their own lorries as a good luck
symbol.
MILITARY INTELLIGENCE
The appeal from the Russian
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
for a gift of tanks and planes
from Jewish sympathizers in this
country has remained unanswered
thus far . . . There's a "London
Square" in Tel Aviv now, named
in tribute to the heroism dis-
played by the people of London
(luring the Nazi bombardments
.. Dr. Chaim Weizman's young-
er son, an RAF pilot, is still re-
ported missing in action . . . His
elder son, suffering from shell-
shock, was recently demobilized
. . . Norman Bentwich, former
attorney general of Palestine, is
now serving as a pilot officer in
the RAF . . . "Yank" Levy, au-
thor of the official British hand-
book on guerilla warfare, is over
here now, teaching Americans
the principles of this branch of
military science, so useful in
an emergency . . . Al Jolson,
back from his Alaska Army camp
tour with a beautiful sun tan,
is off to Iceland for a ditto . . .
Al may be in the "wheelchair
draft," but he sure can take a
lot of trekking around to ex-
posed fronts.
THE ARTS
The British are reprinting
Louis K. Anspacher's poem "The
Last Weapon," written at the
time of the Austrian peace over-
ture in 1917 . . . They're hoping
that when this war is over An-
spacher's final exhortation will
be more closely followed than
last time . . . "Let us disarm
the foe," he urged then as now,
"that is the debt we owe to
those who have died" . . . But
the poet thinks one change should
be made—in the title . . • He
now wants the poem to be
headed: "Have They Changed?"
. . . Here's consolation for bud-
ding songwriters who are having
a hard time getting started . . .
Irving Berlin, whose four-star hit
"This Is The Army" is expected
to bring a million smackers into
the Army Emergency Relief
Fund, netted all of 33 cents in
royalties from his first song . . .
Berlin, inc id e n tally, himself
bought two of the $1,000 boxes
for the new show's premiere .. .
This fall the American Federa-
tion of Arts will sponsor a trav-
eling exhibition of Frank Horo-
witz's paintings of life in the
Jewish colonies of the Crimea
and the Ukraine—colonies estab-
lished through the help of the
American Joint Distribution Com-
mittee and the Soviet Govern-
ment, and now destroyed by the
Nazi invaders of Russia . . .
Max Reinhardt will have his own
theater on Broadway next sea-
son ... He will produce intimate
plays, at minimum cost . . . How
the world has changed !
FLIP CLIPS
Charles I of Spain, says Ron-
ert Ripley, bought all Germany
for $234,300 . . . That's the
total of the bribes he paid to
have the German electors pick
him as Emperor . . . Now will
somebody figure out how much
money Hitler had to spend before
the German electorate chose him
as its fuehrer? . . . Those recent
Winchell columns purporting to
come from Berlin are something
• • . One of them records a con-
versation between two good
Nazis, one of whom asks his
companion how he did at the
races .
"How (lid I do?"
echoes the other . . . "It was
terrible! I had a sure thing—
but the jockey ate the horse in
the last stretch!" • . . Then
there's the one about the res-
taurant patron who called over
the waiter to complain that there
was a 11y in the soup . . . "Is
that so?" retorted the waiter
. . "Then you'll have to let
me deduct it from your ration
card" . . . Another item relates
that the Mikado phoned Hitler
to learn how far the Axis had
progressed in Egypt . . . "Mid-
way," was the answer — and
touchy Hirohito hung up with-
out another word.
ABOUT PEOPLE
Ludwig. Lore, the columnist and
foreign news analyst who died
last week, made his last public
appearance a few days before
he fell ill, as a speaker at an
Atlantic City rally sponsored by
the Committee for a Jewish
Army.
Did you know that the late
cellist. Emanuel Feuermann, in
the first and last public speech
he ever delivered (he died three
days later), told RCA Victor war
workers at an "I Am An Amer-
ican Day" rally that not only
was he hoping to become an
American citizen soon, but that
his wife was going to have an-
other baby, who would "be an
American, born in America and
free" . . . As a refugee from
Hitlerism, Feuermann was in a
position to appreciate the privi-
lege of being an American.
David Ben Guidon, Pottle Zion
leader, is anxious to fly back to
Palestine, but is waiting for a
return trip guarantee . . , Ben
Guidon wants to come back here
soon.
You'll be glad to hear that
George Backer, former publisher
of the New York Post, is well
on his way to full recovery, and
is using his hours of leisure to
write a novel.
Did you know that movie ac-
tor Melvyn Douglas is taking
not a single red cent in pay-
ment for his work in the Civil-
ian Defense department at Wash-
ington?
Corning to America before the
summer is over is England's
stage and screen star Leslie How-
ard . . . He's going to make a
lecture tour for war relief.
Can you imagine Jascha Hei-
fetz playing boogie-woogie? . . .
If you can't, you'd better have
your imagination overhauled—
because that, according to local
Jews in Greatest Peril,
English Journal Says
LONDON (WNS) — The people
who stand the most peril by a
Nazi triumph are the Jews of
Palestine. This is the opinion
of the Manchester Guardian. In
an editorial on the Middle East-
ern situation, this famous paper
predicts that "if Hitler comes
there, Jews will be massacred
as a glorious climax to Hitler's
policy of extermination." "Foe
us, at any rate," it continues,
"it is a plain matter of con-
science. We, ourselves, by our
acts and by national policy which
is still unchanged, planted the
Jewish community in Palestine
and encouraged and developed it
A part from our compelling, self-
interest, we are under a deep
moral obligation not only to de-
fend Palestine but to ensure the
Jews the means to defend them-
selves.
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Trees Planted in
Palestine Forests
Business & Professional
Division of Hadassah to
Sponsor a Boat Ride
The Jewish National Fund
Council of Detroit announces the
planting of trees in Palestine
forests as follows:
Butzel Forest: One tree in
memory of Mrs. Sarah Eckel-
man by Mr. and Mrs. Wainger;
one tree honoring the Bar Mitz-
vah of Alvin Mendel Harrison
by Mr. and Mrs. George Brown ;
one tree in memory of Joshua
Selman by N. Woodward Branch
of Jewish Women's European
Welfare; two trees in memory of
Joshua Selman by the Wednes-
day Ladies Club; one tree hon-
oring birth of Jan Brenner Zlot-
kin by Mr. and Mrs. S. M.
Levi n.
Mizrachi Forest: One tree in
memory of Aunt, Minnie Eder,
by Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Corn; one
tree in memory of sister, Minnie
Eder, by Anna Eder.
Refugee Philanthropist Dies
NEW YORK (WNS)— Dr.
Albert Sondheimer, former Ger-
man industrialist and well known
for activity in Jewish social and
philanthropic work died here this
week. Dr. Sondheimer was a
former member of the German
metal producing firm of Beer,
Sondheimer . & Co. of Frankfort
am Main. He came to America
at the beginning of the Hitler
regime.
The firm with which the de-
ceased was connected was of
world wide scope. On his arrival
in the United States, Dr. Solid-
}reinter continued his interest in
various charitable organizations.
reports, is what he does play
when he wants to relax.
That bloodshot black eye which
Meyer Weisgal is trying to hide
under 'a bandage was inflicted
on him by his own thumb, with
which he had been trying to re-
move some soap from the orb
while under the shower.
When Ben Hecht finishes
"China Girl," the film of which
he is the author, scenarist and
producer, he'll retire to a farm
in the East to write a novel.
To be seen on Broadway this
fall, they say, is Harpo Marx
. . . What's more, he'll talk from
behind the footlights . . . Which
reminds us that a couple of
weeks ago, when the miiltary
situation in Egypt was at its
darkest, the people of Cairo
found relief and relaxation at
the Metro Theater, where the
big attraction was a film you
may remember, "The Big Store,"
featuring the Marx Brothers.
Negro Student Wins Bnai Brith Hillel
Inter-Faith Scholarship at Ohio State
Various Havens for Post
War Jews Are Analyzed
LONDON (WNS)—After re-
viewing the various post war
havens for Jewish colonization,
he has come to the conclusion
that Palestine continues to be
the one with the most practical
possibilities, Joseph Mirkin of
the Jewish Colonization Associa-
tion told the Council of Con-
tinental Zionists meeting here.
"Poland had a fairly large num-
ber of Jewish farmers but in
view of the land hunger among
the Polish peasantry there is
no prospect there. The Soviet
Government was anxious to have
Jews settled on the land but
after 15,000 families had been
settled, the experiment came to
an end. There was no more land
available in Russia and the Biro-
Bijan project was put forward
as an alternative. Other lands
such as British Guiana, Madagas-
ca•, proposed for Jewish settle-
ment, have a tropical and sub-
tropical climate and are covered
with dense forests which can
only be cleared after many years
of hard work.
In furtherance of the plan to
hold social affairs during the
summer months, as a closer con-
tact for members and their
friends, the Business and Pro-
fessional Division of II 111111 ssali
are sponsoring a twilight boat
ride to Bob-Lo Island Tuesday,
July 21. Members and their
friends are urged to bring their
lunch, which will be partaken
on the boat. The boat leaves at
the foot of Woodward at (1
o'clock.
Jewish War Veterans
Present Plane to U.S.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y.
(WNS) — Benjamin Kaufmann,
president of the Jewish War
Veterans, this week handed a
check for $50,000 to Larry Bell.
president of the Bell Air Craft
Corporation. The money is to
go for the purchase of a fighter
plane, the gift of the Jewish
War Veterans to the U.S. Army.
This is the second fighter plant
that the ,JWV has presented to
the Government. The veterans
plan to raise funds for at least
four more.
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