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Detroit Jewish Chronicle
and The Legal Chronicle_
VOL. 44. No. 30
DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1942
Hadassah Roll of Honor Campaign
To Be Launched at Center July 21
President Roosevelt Condemns Nazi
Atrocities at Protest Meeting
French Leader Here
Mrs. J. H. Ehrlich and Mrs. H. L. Jackson to Be
Forum Moderators on Subject of War Effort
American Jewish Congres3, Bnai Brith and
Jewish Labor Committee Arrange Gathering
Summarizing with the state- be mailed to the Hadassah
13331 Linwood Ave., or may be
summer, no ordinary year, that given to the workers who will
solicit on a neighborhood or
war, campaigns, and emergencies
block system to avoid excessive
weather," use of tires or cars.
c annot choose the
Assisting Mrs.
Mrs. A. II. Brodie, Worker's In-
Daniels and
stitute chairman will strike the her co-chairmen, Mrs. Benjamin
keynote for the launching of Jaffee and Mrs. Seymour Frank
the 15th anual Roll of Honor are: Advisory chairmen, Mrs. II.
Campaign of the Detroit Chap- C. Broder, Mrs. Joseph 11. Ehr-
NEW YORK. (WNS) — Presi- dent of the Marine and Ship-
builders' Union, Bishop Francis
McConnell, Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
standing representatives of the
president of the American Jewish
American Government and people, Congress, Adolf Held, president
as well as leaders of the United of the Jewish Labor Committee,
Nations' voiced their condemna- Frank Goldman of Lowell, Mass-
tion of Nazi atrocities apainst the achusetts, vice president of the
helpless people of occupied Eur- Workmen's Circle, and Louis Seg-
ope at a mass demonstration this al, secretary of the Jewish Na-
week arranged under the auspices tional Workers' Alliance.
ment that "This is no ordinary
ter of Hadassah at the Jewish
Community Center Monday,
July 27 at 1:30 p. m.
Ms. Joseph H. Ehrlich and
Mrs. Harry L. Jackson will act
as moderators at a forum which
will clarify the important part
Hadassah is playing in the war
effort in the near east, Hadas-
sah's practical program and Ha-
dassah activity in the Zionist
movement for the survival of
the Jews as a people.
Details as to facts and pur-
poses of fund raising for Ha-
dassah and the general mechan-
ics of the campaign will be pre-
sented. Slips for solicitation will
he distributed at this meeting.
The meeting was originally in-
tended for workers in the cam-
paign, but due to the interesting
and informative program which
will be presented, all Hadassah
members are invited to attend.
Mrs. Brodie's committee in-
clude Mrs. Harry Z. Brown,
Mrs. Seymour Frank, Mrs. Harry
L. Jackson, Miss Hattie Gittle-
man, and Mrs. Benjamin Jaffee,
Mrs. Isadore Sobeloff.
The campaign will be con-
cluded at the Art Institute Oct.
20. It is expected that due to
a realization by Detroit women
of the vital part Hadassah's
health program has played in
the defense of Palestine for the
Allies, the number of subscribers
will he substantially increased
this year,
Mrs. Lewis B. Daniels, chair-
man of the Roll of Honor Cam-
paign urges all Detroit women
who understand how Hadassah's
effort may become a decisive fac-
tor in winning the war and the
peace that will follow, to sub-
scribe immediately. Checks may
dent Roosevelt and a host of out
See HADASSAH—Page 8
Russian . Jewess
Captures Nazi
Colonel
KUIBYSHEV. (WNS) — A
young Jewish girl named Basia
was the toast of the Soviet
Union this week following her
capture of a Nazi colonel. The
heroic exploits of Basia and
other Jewish guerrilla fighters
was described here by Alexander
Kornictchuk, noted Ukrainian
writer, who spent several weeks
with the guerrilla bands behind
the Nazi lines.
Upon his return here Korniet-
•huk reported: One meets Jews
in almost every guerrilla de-
tachment. In one place I met
a Jewish father, mother and two
sons, all conducting guerrilla
activities in the forests during.
the cold winter months.
"A Jewish girl named Bashi
has become a legendary figure
among the guerrillas. She was
responsible for blowing up
bridges and warehouses in the
rear of the enemy and, with the
help of another Jewish guerrilla
fighter, even succeeded in cap-
turing a German colonel and
bringing him alive to the Rus-
sian lines as a prisoner.
"Once she was hidden in mud
under heavy rain for two nights
until she succeeded in destroy-
ing a German telephone line.
She crossed the front lines eight
times and each time brought
back important information. Her
husband was killed in action and
she herself was twice wounded."
Jewish Slave Laborers In
Rumania Held In Chains
WASHINGTON. (WNS) — installation of the Rumanian
More than 45,000 Jews rounded and German commands at Kish-
up in key cities of Rumania and inev, a group of 40 Jewish rep-
sent to compulsory labor gangs resentatives headed by Rabbi
are chained to their posts like Zirelson called to offer their
galley slaves to prevent their homage to the new regime, and
esdai , e. according to an authen- they were taken into a closed
tic report received here which court yard and shot. While the
de:.•:.ilied the conditions of Jews idea was German, the shooting
in that country as rapidly be- was done by Rumanians." ,
Other excerpts from the re-
coming worse.
Received through trustworthy port follow:
"With the outbreak of the
neutral sources, the report add-
ed that conditions in the special war and the retreat of the Rus-
.Tewish labor camps, which have sians many stories were circu-
been expanded as more and lated at the expense. of the Jews.
more Rumania troops are sent All destruction, the burning of
to i Ile Russian front, have been bridges, devastation of Rumanian
so had that the Jews prefer the property, every military act of
danger of death penalty to in- destruction was not charged to
ternment. Women, too, are the Red Army nor to the Rus-
chained to their posts, released sion population which was carry-
on! , at night when the internees ing out Stalin's orders to de-
are taken to their sleeping quay- stroy every thing in sight, but
charged only to the 'Jewish com-
tcy under heavy guard.
the report confirmed the mass missars.' Odessa could not have
executions of Jews in Bessarabia held out so long if it had not
and Bokovina and charged that been for the stubborness of the
the anti-Jewish crimes are per- Jews,' was a typical repo'rt cir-
p•trated with the full sanction culated by the Rumanians. An
of l'remier Ion Antonescu's Pup- investigation of what the Jews
pet government. The reort actually had done to cause such
str' : - •ed
that
are charges to be brought against
Rumanians
:• guilty with the Nazis of them did not disclose one soli-
og thousands of Jewish tary action for which they could
have been held responsible.
. women and children.
"The union of Jewish commu-
le document described the
ution of Chief Rabbi Zirel- nities and every other Jewish or-
. of Bessarabia and other ganization have been dissolved
-A.ish leaders in that province.
the very first day of the
See RUMANIA—Page 12
10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per vela
PIERRE DREYF'US
A leader in Jewish communal
life in France, M. Pierre Drey-
fus, son of the famous Captain
Alfred Dreyfus, arrived in New
York recently with his wife and
four children. He was greeted
by Dr. David Lvovitch, vice
president of the World ORT
Union.
M. Dreyfus is a member of
the Central Board of the World
ORT and was president of the
French ORT Committee. An en-
gineer and industrialist, he de•
voted his talents to ORT up to
his last moments in France. He
was the co-author with his father
of "The Dreyfus Case."
Detroit Cleaners
Aid Federation
For Polish Jews
A meeting was held Thursday.
July 9, at the headquarters of
the Federation. It was reported
that the campaign of clothes and
of money for packing and send-
ing same out is increasing. Some
new organizations promised to
give donations.
P. H. Rossman, president of
the Michigan Plant Owners As-
sociation assured I. Finkelstein
and Harry Weinberg, representa-
tives of the Federation, that
they would clean most of the
clothes which were collected.
without charge. The clothes to
be cleaned were sent to the fol-
lowing cleaners: Famous Clean-
ers. 4465 Beaubien; Jewett
Cleaners, 4510 Joy Road; LaZar
Cleaners, 12842 Dexter; Perfect
Cleaners, 8447 Caniff; State
Cleaners, 12605 Hamilton; Vogue
See
CLEANERS—Page
12
Jr. Service Group
Elects Officers
D. A. Goldman Named
President by Board at
Meeting Held July 16
At a meeting of the board of
directors of the Junior Service
Group, held Thursday evening,
July 16, at the Jewish Commu-
nity Center, the following offi-
cers were unanimously elected:
President, David A. Goldman;
first vice-president, Albert
L.
Lieberman; second vice-presi-
dent, Michael M. Golding; treas-
urer,
William B. Katz; corre-
spd ding secretary, Rodelle Bro.
(lel liss Hannah G. Ferman, for-
mer executive director of the
Junior Service Group, in recogni-
tion and appreciation of the in-
valuable services she has ren-
dered, was elected as an ex-
officio member of the board.
Mr. Goldman has served us
first vice-president of the Junior
See SERVICE GROUPS—Pg. 12
of the American Jewish Congress,
the Bnai Brith and the Jewish
Labor Committee.
A message from President Roos-
evelt was presented to the gather-
inp, which heard addresses by
Governor Herbert H. Lehman,
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia,
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts, president William
Green of the American Federa-
tion of Labor, John Green, presi-
Yishuv Will Stand .
Firm in Defense
of Country
JERUSALEM. (WNS) — More
than 200 Palestine Jewish writ-
ers, meeting in special confer-
ence here to further the coun-
try's war effort, stressed that
"the Yishuv will face danger
proudly and will stand firm in
defense of the country and its
national honor."
The writers adopted a procla-
mation of "warm brotherly con-
solation and encouragement" to
Jews in all parts of the world
and urged them not to despair
for "the day is not far off when
the clouds hanging over the
globe will be dispersed and the
light will shine also for you."
"We are sure that your sac-
rifices are not in vain," the proc-
lamation continued. "Your blood
will be avenged. Your spilt blood,
tears and sufferings will be con-
verted into new strength and
in a new world you will see the
road to Zion. There can be no
greater consolation and reward
for the Jewish people than a
free, natural, national life."
Messages were received from
Hon. Leighton McCarthy, Cana-
dian Minister to the United
States; M. George Theunis, Bel-
gian Ambassador to the United
States; M. Jan Ciechanowski,
Polish Ambassador to the United
States; M. W. Munthe de Mor-
genstierne, the Ambassador of
Norway; M. Huges le Gallais, the
Ambassador of Luxembourg; Dr.
A. Louden, the Netherlands Am-
bassador to the United States;
Vladimir S. Hurban, the Czecho-
slovak Minister to the United
States; and Mr. Constantin Fo-
titch, the Yugoslavian Minister to
the United States, as well as M.
Adrian Tixier, head of the Free
French Delegation in the United
States, and Mm. Leon de Bayle,
Adrian Reginos and Julian R.
Caceres, the Ministers of Nica-
ragua, Guatemala and Honduras.
The demonstration was called
for the purpose of condemning
the mass slaughter of defenseless
populations by Hitler and, in view
of the threat of the Nazis to
exterminate the whole Jewish peo-
ple, to invoke adequate action to
defend the threatened Jewish
communities of Europe against
new assaults; to secure support
for the self-defense of the Jewish
community of Palestine, now
endangered by the common
enemy, and to strengthen the
assistance of the Jewish com-
munity to the United Nations in
their war upon the Axis.
The facts concerning the mur-
der of 1,000,000 Jews by the
Nazis in the occupied countries
and the planned extermination of
seven million other Jews en-
slaved by the Nazis were re-
ported by the speakers. Two
See ROOSEVELT—Pag e 9
Jewish Theater Guild is
Organizing Dramatic School
The Jewish Theater Guild of
Detroit, fulfilling its promise to
contribute liberally to the cul-
tural life of this community, is
now organizing its institute of
public forums and a dramatic
school. The institute which will
be free of charge of members
will cover a wide range of sub-
jects related to the Jewish
Theater. Authoritative lectures
will lie delivered by competent
persons. The following subjects
will be included: Yiddish and
Yiddish Literature, Hebrew Ele-
ments in Yiddish, Jewish History,
Religious and Mystic Movements
among Jews, Development of
the Jewish Theater and the His-
tory of the American Stage.
The curriculum of the dram-
atic school will be taught in
accord with the latest pedagogic
methods. The complete course
of study will cover a three-year
period, two sessions per week on
Mondays and Wednesdays dur-
ing the theater season, which is
usually 30 weeks of each year.
The curriculum includes courses
on theatrical art, voice culture,
history of music, diction, reci-
tation, literary and dramatic pro-
jects, characterization and light-
ing effects. Students of the
dramatic school, who will like-
wise participate in the complete
Program of the institute, will
have their own dramatic per-
formances and will present com-
plete programs of their own.
Applications are now being
accepted for enrollment in the
dramatic school. Qualifications for
eligibility are as follows: Stu-
dents must be between the ages
of 16 and 23, a senior student
or graduate of a high school,
must have a reading and speak-
ing knowledge of Yiddish and
should have talent in some dra-
matic form. For those applicants
who meet all qualifications ex-
cept that of Yidish, a special
Yiddish preparatory course wl11
he provided. There is no charge
for study at the Dramatic School,
the entire cost being borne by
the Jewish Theater Guild. Ap-
plications should be made at
the guild headquarters now.
Mark Yuviller, executive di-
rector, returned this week from
New York City where he met
with a number of actors and
actresses with whom he con-
ferred. He presented a number
of plans to the Hebrew Actor's
Union and it is expected! that
Reuben Guskin, manager of the
Hebrew Actor's Union. will visit
Detroit shortly to conclude nego-
tiations.
Weinberg's Jewish Radio Hour
over Station WJBK had as its
guest last week Zelda Gould of
Radio Station WEVD of New
York City. Miss Gould reported
with what eagerness Jewish
theatrical circles in that city
See GUILD—Page 12