America fiewish Periodical Cotter
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
February 19, 1943
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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Dick Winkler Master of
Ceremonies at Fiesta Bar
Name your favorite popular
song and the chances are that
Gene Fenby and his orchestra,
instrumental and vocal favorites,
playing nightly in the New Con-
tinental Room and Fiesta Bar of
the Savarine Hotel, will have their
own special comedy version of it.
Their parodies are all the rage
with patrons, who also enjoy the
unique way they present them.
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Another popular feature, these
nights, is the dynamic Mexican
songstress, Bonita Montez, who
puts over her songs in English
and Spanish in typical "'below
the border" fashion. There's an
extra big floor show in the New
Continental Room for week-end
visitors. Dancing prevails from
9:30 until 2 a. m. through the
week and from 6 to 9 p. m. on
Sundays. Dick Winkler, comedy
master of ceremonies and har-
)* monk wizard, formerly one of
Borrah Minevitch's Rascals, is
also a permanent feature in the
New Continental Room and Fiesta
Bar.
J. N. F. Youth Committee
Plans Purim Carnival
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The Jewish National Fund
Youth Committee of Detroit has
planned an elaborate Purim car-
nival to be held in conjunction
with the senior council's box
holders' rally on Saturday eve-
ning at the Bnai Moshe Syna-
gogue, Dexter at Lawrence.
The highlight of the evening
will be the crowning of a Queen
Esther. All organizations are
urged to elect a representative
for the competition. Notify Ruthe
Bassin, Townsend 8-4745, of
your choice.
Migdal, the young adult labor
Zionist group, recently formed,
has chosen Chanah Agranoff ,as
its queen.
Paul Muni Is Star
Of "Commandos"
First great motion picture
drama of the world's toughest
lighting men, a mighty story of
adventure written in the blood
of heroes and the tears of the
women they leave behind, Co-
lumbia's new Lester Cowan pro-
duction, "Commandos Strike at
Dawn" opened Friday at the Fox
Theatre. With Paul Muni starred,
and a superb supporting cast
which includes hundreds of war-
trained Commandos in their real-
life roles, "Commandos Strike at
Dawn" i , considered by an en-
thralled Hollywood as the most
magnificently thrilling story of
the \Var.
Not is Hollywood alone in
searching for new adjectives to
describe the heroic size, sweep
and scope of "Commandos Strike
at Dawn." Whenever the new film
has been screened, critics and au-
diences have greeted it with all
the acclaim, all the enthusiastic
appreciation its fabulous warrior-
heroes so richly merit.
"Commandos Strike at Dawn"
was directed by John Farrow, the
man who made "Wake Island."
Richly aware of the manner in
which Commandos strike, by sea,
land and air, as a result of his
two years' service in the British
navy, Farrow's work on the new
film is said to capture all the
white-hot fury of the world's
toughest fighting men. Irwin
Shaw wrote the screen play and
Lester Cowan produced 'Com-
mandos Strike at Dawn," whose
players also include Anna Lee,
Lillian Gish, Sir Cedric Hard-
wicke and Robert Coote.
The importance of the new film
can be attested to by the fact
that it is Muni's first in two years
and Miss Gish's first in nine
years. In addition, the govern-
ments of the United States, Great
Britain and Canada provided Co-
lumbia with official co-operation.
Downtown Theatres
FOX—Detroit's first war work-
ers' dawn premiere will herald the
presentation of the much-awaited
hit movie, "Commandos Strike
at Dawn," starring Paul Muni,
which starts its regular run at
the Fox on Friday. The dawn
nremiere will start at 2 a. m.
Friday and will be shown for
continuous performances through-
out the night. A companion fea-
ture is on the same program.
MICHIGAN — Vaughan Mon-
roe, "the nation's dance sensa-
tion." and his orchestra "in per-
son" on the Michigan stage heal
the big show for a week, with
the screen attraction presenting
Ann Sothern and Melvyn Doug-
las in "Three Hearts for Julia,"
romantic comedy with Lee Bow-
man.
UNITED ARTISTS — Greer
Garson and Ronald Colman in
James Hilton's "Random Har-
vest" will be held a second week
et the United Artists Theater.
In the supporting cast are Susan
Peters, Phillip Dorn, Reginald
Owen and Una O'Connor.
Carleton Smith at Cass
Town Hall on Feb. 26
Carleton Smith, economist, au-
thor, musical commentator and
broadcaster, who has covered
50,000 miles of the earth's sur-
face seeking the music of strange
people from South America to
unexplored parts of Patagonia
and the forgotten folk-songs of
many lands, is the speaker at The
Detroit Town Hall in the Cass
Theatre next Friday morning,
Feb. 26 at 11 o'clock.
Today Mr. Smith is employed
by the government in the Depart-
ment of Public Relations and has
just finished a film in Hollywood,
in a few weeks he will go to
South America to do more films.
He has appeared in the war pro-
The world stands upon three
gram "Wake Up America."
thnigs, science, religion and char- "Hoi Hoi" Revue in Final
Mr. Smith in his lecture "If
ity.
You Like It—It's Music," points
Week at Club Three 666
out that it is not important what
Bettie Taylor's swell swing re- your neighbors, or the critics say,
THEY'RE TERRIFIC!
vue, "Hoi Hoi" is in its final but what you feel.
week at Club Three 666. Re-
hearsals are in progress for an
all-new Taylor production to open Jewish Welfare of Battle
AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Monday. "Hoi Hoi" stars that Creek Hold Valentine Party
BONITA MONTEZ
famous sepia threesome, The
"Mexican Singing Bombshell"
Speed Kings, who offer a brand
Over 200 soldiers were enter-
Plus an
of tap and eccentric dancing that tained at a Valentine party given
ALL-STAR FLOOR SHOW
took New York and Chicago by at the USO West Michigan Club
Sunday Dancing from 6 P. M.
storm. In the featured spot are in Battle Creek on Sunday after-
Dennis Allen with some unusual noon, Feb. 14, under the auspices
imnersonations of screen and of the Jewish Welfare Board,
radio guests, Tena "Push-Out" Samuel Kurzon, director in the
Dixon. dynamic swing songstress, Fort Custer area.
AND DINING ROOM
and Rita Grena, popular Spanish
Turkey dinner was served to
SAVARINE HOTEL
and American singer. Leon Col- all who attended, followed by
13115 EAST JEFFERSON
lins, fast tap star; Polly Goree. dancing and entertainment in
*nt ILENDX—Jefferson Car to Door* vivacious soubrette; the eight
the auditorium of the club.
clever dancing Taylorettes, and
The dinner was sponsored by
Marcellus Wilson, singing and the Women's Auxiliary of the
BATTLING FOR FREEDOM dancing master of ceremonies, Bnai Brith of Benton Harbor,
round out the revue. The New Mrs. H. S. Friedman. chairman,
—IN THE LAND THEY
York Cafe Society favorites, King and Mrs. Lillian Faber, co-
Kolax and his orchestra, play for chairman. following which sol-
dancing and the show. Joa-Anna diers and hostesses were enter-
Holmes' sweet and swing songs tained by Pfc Louis Cohen of
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are an intermission feature.
Fort Custer who gets tunes out
of old washboards, old carpet
sweepers, saws and any household
Report DeGaulle-Giraud
utensils handy.
GENE FENBY
FIESTA BAR
LOVE!
Agreement on Treatment
Of Jews in North Africa
Mizrachi Young Women
LONDON (WNS)—An agree- Dessert Luncheon Feb. 22
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ment was reached between Gen-
eral Charles de Gaulle, leader of
the Fighting French movement,
and General Henri Giraud, High
Commissioner for French North
Africa, with regard to the future
treatment of Jews in North and
West Africa, when the two
French leaders met at the historic
Roosevelt-Churchill conferences in
Casablanca, according to sources
close to Gen. de Gaulle.
Gen. de Gaulle was reported to
have insisted on the abrogation of
the existing anti-Jewish laws in
North Africa and on the release
of all Jewish refugees from com-
pulsory labor and concentration
camps there. Gen. Giraud was
said to have agreed to these (le-
moods.
Meanwhile, the Polish Govern-
ment-in-exile announced this week
that 500 Polish Jewish refugees
have been released from intern-
ment camps in French Morocco.
The exiled Polish Government in-
structed its representatives in
Casablanca and Algiers to extend
all assistance possible to Polish
Jewish refugees in North Africa.
Another report received here
this week said that Marcel Pey-
routon, whose appointment as
Governor General of Algeria pro-
voked a storm of criticism, may
name one or two Jews to the Al-
gerian Economic War Council
which he is now organizing. It
was understood that the Council
will consist of 39 members, 12 of
whom will be Arabs.
On Monday, Feb. 22 the Young
Women's Mizrachi will have a
paid-up membership dessert lunch-
eon and a linen shower for Rus-
sian Relief at the home of Mrs.
Chas. Mandell on Leslie Ave. The
club will donate two equipped
medical kits to go into the contri-
butions for the Relief.
Mrs. Harry Oberstein will re-
view the hook "So Your Hus-
band's Going to \Var."
Women's Auxiliary,
Jewish Home for Aged
On Thursday, Feb. 18, at 1
p. the executive committee
of the Women's Auxiliary of the
Jewish Home for Aged met at
the home of Mrs. Sam Schwartz
of Roselawn Ave.
Matters pertaining to the wel-
fare of the auxiliary as well as
to that of the Home were dis-
cussed.
Mrs. M. J. Greenberg, presi-
dent, appointed the following to
serve on the nomniating com-
mittee: Mesdames S. Benjamin,
S. Schwartz, I. E. Goodman, D.
Kliger, S. Weller, G. Koven, A.
Wasserman. Annual election of
officers will be held in March.
Members of the good cheer
committee, of which Mrs. N. Lip-
pitt is chairman, make weekly
visits to the aged residents of the
Home, thereby injecting addi-
tional cheer into their lives
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"Life With Father"
Returns to Cass
Sammy Cohen Being
Held Over at Casanova
The play that has broken many
theatrical records and that ran
12 weeks in Detroit two seasons
ago is returning to the Cass the-
atre Monday evening, March 1.
"Life With Father," called
"America's most beloved comedy."
with Percy Waram acting to the
hilt his famous Father Day and
June Walker reminding audiences
of their own mothers by her
tender Mother Day, is now in its
fourth year of shaking old and
young in continuous laughter.
"Life With Father" though set.
in the ouaintly peaceful period of
the 1880s in New York is sweep-
ingly a laugh-entertainment for
all from 9 to 90 who have known
family life of whatever kind. Be-
iror extraordinarily faithful to the
spirit of the actual Clarence Day
family, the play has the warmth
and rine. of sincerity and a touch-
ing appeal.
Tripoli Jews Receive
10 Per Cent of Their
Confiscated Wealth
CAIRO (WNS)—The municipal
council of Tripoli has ordered lo-
cal Italian banks to extend loans
to the Jews of Tripoli equivalent
to ten percent of the wealth con-
fiscated from the Jews when the
Axis occupied the city, according
to reports received here this week.
During the Axis occupation of
Libya. the Italian authorities in
Tripoli ordered all Jewish bank
deposits "frozen." These funds, it
was reported, were then trans-
mitted to Italy. When the British
troops entered the city, they found
the Jewish community poverty-
stricken and without any source
of income.
In the expectation that the Uni-
ted Nations will compel Italy at
the end of the war to return the
funds seized from the Jews of
Tripoli, the municipal council
voted to authorize loans to the
Jews upon the guarantee that
these loans will be repaid when
the Jews receive their confiscated
deposits and investments from
Italy.
He who would rather be wise
than virtuous resembles a tree
which has many branches but few
roots. In a heavy storm, the
roots give way and it falls.
Sammy Cohen, who made mil-
lions laugh as the rookie come-
dian in "What Price Glory" with
Victor McLaglen, "The Fighting
69th," and other film hits, is the
star of this week's big new floor
show at Lowell Be•nhardt's Club
Casanova. At present Sammy is
dividing his time between radio
and stage work, for, as he says.
he would rather travel around
meeting people than stay in Hol-
lywood. One of the best support-
ing line-ups in Casanova records
lends dash and color to the bill
including. the Three Hollywood
Brunets, lovely singing and (lanc-
ing encore getters, held over from
last week's show; ,Jock Riley, a
New York import, who gives an
amazing juggling performance
while perched on a teeter-totter;
John Lewis, six foot, one inch
singing master of ceremonies, who
specializes in musical comedy and
popular material, and La Blanca
and Garcia, Spanish dancers, di-
rect from Chicf,go's swank Or-
chestra Hall. "Toasty" Paul and
his orchestra do the dance and
floor show tunes. There's a popu-
lar 7:30 dinner show at the Casa-
nova, nightly, especially for down-
towners. Dancing begins at 7.
Sammy is being held over all next
week by popular demand as the
star and master of ceremonies of
another all-new floor show.
Molly Picon in 'Mammele'
At Littman's Theater
The inimitable Molly Picon, the
darling of the Yiddish and Amer-
ica stage, is the star attraction
at Littman's Peoples Theatre in
her great screen success, "Mam-
mele." She is supported in this
touching drama by an all star
cast.
The companion attraction for
the week-end and Friday through
Sunday is "The Jewish King
Lear."
Three kinds of people cause
their own misfortunes: Ire who
loans his money without having a
witness (or note!), he who lets
his wife rule him, and he who
enters slavery of his own free
will. What is meant by the last?
It is he who, (luring his life-
time, turns over his entire for-
tune to his children, for he will
be their slave for the rest of his
life.
We are striving constantly to secure the very
finest entertainment available, believing that
good entertainment is vitally essential to the
morale of a nation at war.
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