America Avisk Periodical Cotter

CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO

+ cher 16, 1942

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Kurt West "Alien Enemy" Enlists in Army
Day After He Becomes American Citizen

Home Relief Society
Dinner Dance Oct. 25

Bnai Brith Makes Dream Come True for Lame Girl

As a matter of simple news old . . . and was in a III-A •las-

On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the
ways and means committee of the
say, might suffice:. and probably wouldn't have been Home Relief Society met at the
called for months . . . maybe home of Mrs. Relph Levy, their
"Kurt West, of 14343 Vas-
years .. maybe never. But Kurt chairman. Final plans were dis-
sar Drive, Detroit, M ; chigan,
West enlisted.
was inducted into army serv-
He knows what there is to fight
ice as a Volunteer Officer
for. Kurt West was hounded out
C1andi date on Thursday, Sept.
of his homeland by the Gestapo.
.), 1942 ."
On a trumped up charge he was
But, though he himself would taken into "protective custody "
be the last to recognize it, let and a spent 11 months in Germany's
alone, admit it . . . there's more uurt notorious concentration canyi
thin n simple news story behind Upon his release he 1 vas prevent''
t hose few words. There is a story from continuing his work. The
packed •th stirring drama, ho- Gestapo refused him his license
o , an emotion and violent patriot- for travel. And so he broke ties
There is a lesson for secum, With family and I fe-leng friends
i
vomph-ent Americans. There is to come to our America.
dynamite . . to jar us out of
Yes, Kurt West knows what
our lethargy.
there is to fight for. mother.
Kurt West enlisted . . . iust if she still lives, remains aloe:
no day after he was frranted in Germany . . . her worldly pos-
his American citizenship, although sessions ... her family gone from
be had tr'ed to enlist at the ve-y her. One of his sisters, her hus-
outbreak of war. but couldn't be- band and the:r daughter have
•ause he was then listed as an been caught in the web of Nazi
enemy alien. An enemy alien . . . persecution. He has fought val-
a etas-ification hated and revotling iently to bring them to this coun-
to him because it was so far from try, and on Sept. 22, he appeared
his true feelings. For Kurt West before a hoard in Washingto•,
D. C. to plead for their entry into MRS. MAXWELL H. EMMER
was then a good citizen.
Ile had left Munich, Germany, this country from Marseilles, cussed for the forthcoming dinner
in 1937, and come to this country France, where they were confined. dance to be held Sunday, Oct.
with a firm resolve to repay
But on Sept. 23, when Kurt 25, at 6:30 p. m., at the Book-
America with loyalty and dili- West returned from Washington, Cadillac Hotel. Mesdames H. Cog-
gence for the refuge our land af- he was informed by the New gan, M. Rosenberg, R. Allender.
forded him. He has often said York office of the 'HAS that his A. Weisman and William Gordon,
he would have been willing to sister and her husband had been committee on arrangements, are
work at anything ... he rewarded deported . . . that his 14-year-old nearing completion of their plans
with just enough for the niece neice was alone in Marseilles. It for this important fund-raising
necessities of life . . . just to be was in Laval's own private purge project and aided by Mrs. John
here. And so in this land, strange that this barbaric action occurred
to him, he went to work. His job . . . a mother and father torn Herman, chairman of entertain-
ment, assures the social and finan-
was selling and his diligence was from their youngster . . . De-
cial success of this event. As
rewarded with steady advance- ported!
previously announced, a floor
ment and a measure of economic
This was the news that greeted
and social security . . . something Kurt \Vest on the eve of his in- show with headline stars and a
nationally known orchestra have
he hadn't dreamed could he his duction into the army.
been secured for this occasion.
for years to come. In 1939 he
Yes, Kurt West knows why he
Mrs. M. Rosenfeld, chairman,
married Ruth Feinberg, daughter wants to fight.
and Mrs. G. Banks, secretary of
of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Feinberg
And the question looms up. the year book, which is an integ-
of this city. Here in America he Must we first be subjected to the
had found happiness, too. And tortures of a concentration camp, ral part of the dinner dance
now Citizen West has volunteered to agonies of seeing our families project, announces that the dead-
to fight for his country. He has humiliated and broken . . . before line date for all ads and memo-
asked for no favors . . . no spe- that fighting urge will well up in riams is Oct. 20. Mrs. Jean L.
cial assignment . . . no desk job. us? Kurt West is ready to fight Meyers, chairman of memoriam,
Ile writes from camp that . he for America because he loves urges all persons interested in
simply wants to do what his America and all it stands for. placing memoriam in the year
book to do so by calling No.
country wants him to do.
May we never have to learn at
What does it take to make so the hands of a Nazi or Japanese 2935.
For those interested in earning
fine a soldier? Shouldn't we who conqueror!
have always known the blessings
Kurt \Vest departed from his their pledges by rummaging,
of freedom and plenty . . . we family and old friends in Munich there are still available dates for
native Americans shouldn't on Sept. 24, 1937. And on Sept. the rummage store and reserva-
we be inspired by that same fer- 24, 1942, five years later to the tions are being taken by Mrs.
vent desire to want to fight to very day, Kurt West again took Charles Harris, chairman, Ty.
preserve this democracy? Sonic of leave of his family and his friends 6-7791.
us are so inspired . . . and some . . . once again to seek peace and
Funds to carry on the various
of us are not. Some of us say, security . . . for them.
forms of philanthropy are real-
When they want me, I'll go. You
Five years ago Kurt West ized from the proceeds of the
bet I will!" But Kurt \Vest didn't needed America . . . Today, dinner dance, Mrs. Maxwell
wait . . . though he could have America needs Kurt West . . . Emmet., president of the organi-
waited. Kurt West is 37 years and he has answered the call.
zation, stated. The society has
been able to broaden its program
of emergency welfare work,
Jr. Hadassah Plans
through the generous cooperation
BAY CITY NOTES
of the Jewish community.
Membership Teas
Pledges and reservations for
Mrs. Marvin Harrison and
(laughter, Carolyn, have returned the event are bring token by
At the Oct. 11 meeting of Jun- home after spending the past Mrs. Ann Moss. To. 6-7394.
On Monday, Oct. 19, at 1 p. m ,
ior Hadassah, the beginning of a week with her parents at Lo-
the victory meeting of the organ-
membership drive was launched rain, 0.
which will culminate in a tea-
Mrs. Joseph Schwartz left on ization will be held in the Butzel
dance Nov. 22 for paid-up mem- Saturday for New York, where Hall of the Jewish Community
bers. Meanwhile, during Octo- she will meet her husband, and Center. A dessert luncheon will
ber and November, numerous they will continue their trip to be served preceding the meeting.
membership teas and parties will Florida to visit with their son,
take place to which all girls in- Ensign Arthur Schwartz.
Aesculapian Auxiliary
terested in membership in this
Mr. and Mrs. Theo. S. Fried-
young women's Zionist organiza-
man have left for Rock Island, Dinner-Dance Nov. I I
tion are urged to attend.
where they were called by
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
The sports committee
has the death of the latter's father.
Aesculapian Pharmaceutical Fra-
planned a hike on Sunday after-
Morris
Goldberg
is
spending
ternity announce their annual
noon, Oct. 18, to begin at 1 p. m.
Girls are to meet at the foot of few weeks at Hot Springs, Ark. dinner dance will take place at
Mrs. Berthold Homburger has Northwood Inn on Nov. 11. Mrs.
Belle Isle bridge (Belle Isle side).
This hike is open to members and returned from Pontiac, Mich. Hary Pernick, chairman, and Mrs.
prospective members, and prom- where she was a delegate to the David Bez, Mrs. R. W. Klein,
ises to be on the fun side. Hikers State Federation of Temple Sis- and Mrs. Albert Ro‘,gin her co-
lire requested to bring food for terhoods Convention.
chairmen are planning this event
body, nature will provide food for
to raise funds to be used for war
soul, and Junior Hadassah will
purposes both at home and
provide food for mind. For more
abroad.
Zedakah
Musicale
explicit information, Miss Flor-
An innovation this year inaug-
ence Shafer, Townsend 6-5252 will
urated by our chairman, Mrs.
Is• glad to reply to all queries.
And Tea October 19
Pernick, is an annual year book
of which she will be editor, is
The defense committee, under
The Fall Musicale and Tea replace our souvenir booklet. The
the supervision of Miss Beata
will be held on Monday, Oct. 19,
Blair, wants girls wro are de- at 1:30 P. M. in the main audi- following members were ap-
pointed to their respective sec-
fense-minded — in this instance
meaning girls interested in blood torium of the Jewish Community tions: Mrs. Pauline Chase, me-
Center
on
Woodward
and
Hol-
morials; Mrs. Harry Dorfman,
donor drives, in participating in
Our Darlings; Mrs. Meyer Gold-
USO functions, in salvage drives, brook.
The program will feature the stein, Our Boys in Service; and
etc. Please contact Beata Blair at
well known violinist, member of Mrs. Charles H. Tennen, compli-
Davison 5784.
The dates of the Institute meet- the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, mentary advertisements. Both
ings previously announced have WJR soloist, Henry Siegl. He members and individuals outside
been postponed to Oct. 26 and 27. will be aczompanied by Mrs. Re- of the organization are invited to
These meetings, under the chair- becca Katzman Frohman. There contribute to the book.
manship of Ida Sandra Milstein, will be fun with Bob Hopkins,
Reservations for the dinner-
will be open to all Jewish girls radio entertainer recently of Chi- dance are being taken by the
in Detroit and will take place at cago. Also a talk on USO by chairman and the co-chairman of
the Jewish Community Center Jack Spencer, director of the the dinner-dance as well as by
from 8 p. m. to 11 p. m. on Mon- Army and Navy Committee of calling the president, Mrs. Alex
day and Tuesday, Oct. 26 and 27. the Jewish Welfare board. A Brooks, University 3-1563, and
Miss Geraldine Kassover, national welcome is extended to all.
the secretary, Mrs. Martin Share,
"ice - president and membership
Mrs. Max Rosenbaum is chair- Townsend 6-6145. Tickets were
chairman of Junior Hadassah. man of entertainment, Mrs. Nor- distributed at an interesting
from New York, will speak at both man A idelman, co-chairman, Mrs. meeting held at the home of Mrs.
sessions, and that in itself is Irving Shevin and Mrs. David Robert Fleiss, of Calvert Ave..
sufficient reason for all girls to Finger are chairmen of arrange- which was a combination of busi-
ments.
t) attend.
ness and social business.

r eporting, the following one would :lfication. He could have waited

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Left to right: Sam Stark, Los
Angeles Ben Brith, whose pur-
chase of war bonds won him the
right to select the sponsor of a
new Liberty cargo ship; Lorene
Mitchell, 10 - year - old crippled
Catholic girl, who was selected by
Stark through the Infantile Para-

lysis F'oundat'ion to christen the
ship and then received a purse of
$10,000 from the shipyard work-
ers to provide for her medical
care and education; and Mrs.
Ethel Jarrett, war bond chairman
of Fidelity Bnai Brith Women's
Auxiliary, who sold Stark the
bonds.

James R. Young Will
Address Council of
Jewish Women Nov. 2

Helen Kirkpatrick To Be
Cass Town Hall Speaker
On October 23

The opening meeting of the De-
troit section, National Council of
Jewish Women, will take place
on Monday, Nov. 2, Jewish Com-
munity Center, at 2 p. m. James
R. Young, director of the Inter-
national News Service, with head-
quarters in Tokio, who has re-
cently returned to the United
States from a Japanese prison,
will be the guest speaker. Mrs.
Leonard Weiner, council president,
will conduct the meeting. Mrs.
Herman Lewis is in charge of
program arrangements.
At the tea for new members
held in October, Mrs. William
Frank announced over 1000 Coun-
cil members for the 19-12-43 sea-
son. The members are interested
in housing and nursery school
projects necessitated by the war.
Mrs. Charles Rubiner and Mrs.
J. Victor Roemer are in charge of
the surveys being made for these
proposed projects.

America's foremost woman war
correspondent, Helen Kirpatrick,
is the speaker for the Detroit
Town Hall, at the Cass Theater,
Friday morning, Oct. 23, at 11
o'clock. Helen Kirkpatrick has
been a student of world affairs
since her Smith College days, she
is the author of "This Terrible
Peace" and "Under the British
Umbrella." The famed Whitehall
News Letter, a weekly digest
which was read in chancellories
around the world, was founded
and published by Miss Kirkpat-
rick until she joined the staff of
the Chicago Daily News Foreign
Service as its only woman foreign
correspondent. After serving as a
staff members of the Foreign
Policy Association's Geneva office,
she stayed on in Switzerland to
direct the Geneva Research Cen-
ter. The subject of the Friday
lecture is "The Second A. E. F.—
What Is Means to England."

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for his ABILITY

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for his COURAGE

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for his EXPERIENCE

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for his LIBERALISM

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for his LOYALTY

YOU SHOULD RE-ELECT

LOUIS J.

SCHNEIDER

Circuit Court Commissioner

As Circuit Court Commissioner, Louis J. Schneider
has displayed the ability, the fairness and
temperament a good judge should have.

LOUIS J. SCHNEIDER has proven your friend

HE DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT