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DETR011 JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

REFUGEE

(Continued from Page 1)

August 6, 1943

firing so accurately that two ,f
the snarled radio wires were

Prominent Personalities at Work at the Emergency
Conference To Save the Jewish People of Europe

severed.
A
An order came to

abandon
ing free Czecho-Slovakia. And the
ship. One of the men had lost
his
parachute,
though.
It was
further development of this tre-
caught in the tail. Another man
mendously important war weapon
exclaimed, "I don't mind getting
is due to the research and work
shot full of holes, but I sur e
of refugees here.
would hate like hell to go down
Of several hundred important
on a routine mission without ever
inventions made in this war and
having had a chance at combat,"
utilized in war industries, many
Nobody bailed out.
are the result of refugee brains—
The raft could not be dislodged
Jews and non-Jews expelled by
from the stabilizer, but Sergeant
Hitler.
Prosten had done all he could.
Possibly few people know how
The pilot headed the plane's
many airmen's lives are being
nose for home. The vibration at
saved by a formula for fire-proot-
ing clothing invented by G. A.
the ship's after end was so se-
Petzoldt and his son, Jewish refu-
vere it looked for a while ts
gees from Germany. This remark-
if the plane would come apart.
able process makes ordinary fly-
But they brought her home.
ing clothes immune to the flames
And that is the story behind
from the burning petrol such as
Diu co-pilot's succinct remark,
may occur in crash landings or
"Our stuff hit the target area,
in hits by enemy aircraft.
We almost did, too."
* * *
What gunpowder was to the
Thirty Years' War and iron and
HE DIDN'T WANT TO WORK
steel to the Seven Years' War,
IN A RESTAURANT:
industrial diamonds are_ to this
,Probably the only Jewish fain.
war. It is little realized how
ily in the United States bearing
much the accelerated speed of a
the name of Jones, who operate
British Spitfire or an American
a Fifth Avenue restaurant in
Aerocobra owes to industrial dia-
New York City, have a son in
mond workers of today. Without
the Army—Lt. Larry Jones.
him none of the amazing modern
Larry's father would ho
av
precision instruments on which
liked him to carry on his restau-
the aeroplane industry depends
rant
business,
but
Larry
wouldn't
could be made. By and large, the
hear of it. He said he hated
industrial diamond industry is a
business—and wanted to get as
refugee industry brought here by
far from it as he could, from
refugees after the invasion of
the restaurant business especially.
Belgium and Holland. Ninety ^r
So Larry left New York and
cent of these diamond cutters are
studied at the University of
Jewish, seventy per cent of the m
Studying the agenda for the Emergency Conference which was held in New York the week Pennsylvania. He majored in eco-
of Polish origin.
In the clothing and fur indu of July 20-25, are (from left to right) Dr. Max Lerner, professor of International Law at Wil- nomics, and came home in 1937
s- liams College and chief political writer for P. M.; Senator William Langer of North Dakota who, with a Bachelor of Science de-
tries, refugees are playing a co n-
siderable part in helping to cloth with four other Senators, has announced his intention to put before Congress any workable plan gree.
Then Larry joined the Army.
the Air Force, the Navy and th c e that the Emergency Conference may bring forth; Eri Jabotinsky, son of the late Zionist leader; Con-
gressman Will Rogers Jr. of California, who is now in London in behalf of the Emergency Commit- He was shifted from job to job,
Army.
In the continual search fo tee; Arieh Ben-Eliezer and Dr. Alexander B. Hadani of the Committee for a Jewish Army of until the Army found the perfect
place for him—in an Army post
substitutes to make up shortage r Stateless and Palestinian Jews, sponsor of the Emergency Conference.
—
exchange, somewhere in Australia.
in certain war materials and say e
"Ah, Larry," said pore Jones,
shipping space, the refugees from widely acclaimed Shakespearean
when he was informed of this
the Continent have been able to actors in London today is a Last Week for
UNIFORMS
ironic development, "why, do
contribute valuable scientific Czech artist, among the most fa-
you know that boy was raised
knowledge and research. For in _ mous of war cartoonists is Felix Free Circ usTickets
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right out of the ranks and made
stance, we owe one of the newes t Topolski, a Polish Jew. From the
To take care of those who se themselves around the raft.
a second lieutenant without go-
vitamized chicken foods to a n same part of the world come
Austrian exile here.
Lewitt and Him, the artists and payday falls on or near the fir st
The holes in the life raft had ing to Officers' Training Camp?"
The refugee is also playing hi s illustrators whose London Trans- of the month, a generous bloc k not been made by enemy bullets.
"It's a funny thing, that boy
of mine. You know he never
part in a more direct way. Man y port poster "Shanks' Pony" is one of free circus tickets has bee n
No
one
in
the
crew
was
shot.
refugees are serving in the aliei of our latest and most effective
wanted to have anything to do
reserved for distribution this wee k But it didn't look that way,
companies of the Pioneer Corps bits of wall propaganda.
with the restaurant business. Ile;'
in which as many as 40 nationali -
An ambulance was waiting at always wanted to be an econo-
Refugees all over the Country at the Victory Bond Center, 152 5
ties are represented. All of then have organized their own char- Woodward Ave., Nate S. Sha the runway. Doctors rushed for- mist, or write,"
• * *
have acquitted themselves wit h acteristic cultural life—theatres, pero, chairman of the Wayn ward to the banged-up ship. The
e crew members waved them back. CITATIONS AND BONDS:
credit. Some of these with milt - films, exhibitions, lectures, liter-
tary units, where they quickly ary discussion groups and so on. County Retailers War Saving s "Everything is all right," they
That much-exhibited poster
said.
won the recognition of their su - More and more the British people Committee, announces.
with the caption "You buy bonds
Buyers
(*extra
"E"
bonds
wh
o
periors. A number were given are being drawn to these centres,
"All our stuff hit the target
fight" does not apply in
commissions and there are sev - and refugee activities which are secure them from retail merchant s area," said the co-pilot. And he t he case of Sergeant Theodoro
eral in command of some of the considerably enriching Britain's have until 6 p. m. Saturday, Aug . added, "We almost did, too."
Goldblum of Philadelphia. Ser-
7, to pick up their circus tickets
Pioneer units.
It seems that the bomber had geant Goldblum not only fights,
cultural life and lending colour, but Mr. Shapero warned that las ,
Of importance is also the part variety and often gaiety.
t been over the target area when
fights magnificently—he was
minute applicants may find them a freak accident set the life raft r t int!
which refugee doctors and refu-
ecently awarded the Distill-
So the refugees have not been all gone.
gee nurses have played and are altogether a bad investment. They
adrift. The raft was driven back
He emphasized, too, that bond s toward the plane by a rush of r g uished Flying Cross for his he
playing today in British hospitals, have paid a good dividend during
oism - as a flier in the South
purchased
as
a
part
of
an
estab
civilian and military. Practically the war and they will continue to
- air, and crashed into the tail. Pacific—he also buys bonds.
the whole of the about one thou- pay one after they return to their lished purchasing schedule suc h The plane was throttled down
sand of Czechoslovak, Austrian own countries. Britain's hospital- as payroll deduction do not qua - to a snail's pace, groping through h Sergeant Goldblum was on
Pearl Harbor when the
and German doctors who found ity to the refugee is, therefore, ify for the circus tickets, sine e the sky over enemy territory , J • and at
attacke d . At Midway, he
themselves in Great Britain at rather like bread thrown on the the purpose of this campaign i s some 200 miles from home base. t
part in the bombing of Jap
The
the outbreak of the war have waters which will return. If the the sale of extra bonds only.
could not push the nstallations and airdromes. He
The 15,000 circus seats devoted controls forward by hand.
been given medical posts in clin- world after the war is going to
as to his credit more than 200
ics and hospitals. In some they be a better world, a more hu- to bond purchasers, under a spe
The plane rose so steeply it h ours. of combat flying time in
act as assistants to British doc- mane world, the new bonds of cial arrangement by the U. S. stalled and began to slip.
he South Pacific. Before he was
tors, in others they are at the friendship created between the Treasury department and the lo-
Staff Sergeant Hyman Prosten, a
D, F. C. he received
heads of the institutions. Most of British people and the refugee cal retailers, are moving at a the engineer, hung out of the t warded the 4/
these doctors are Jews, and their will be a real and lasting con- swift pace, Shapero warned. plane's small rear window. Ile w he Silver Star. From Australia,
"Those planning to attend the stayed there until the sharp metal T 'here he is stationed at present,
skill and devotion to duty, their tribution towards it.
anxiety to repay to Britain for
circus through a bond purchase edge of the sill cut across his r ed's mother, Mrs. Ida Goldblum
the hospitality they were given,
should secure their extra bonds thigh. A strong air current threat- w ecently received a letter in
are admitted by even those who
and exchange the special coupons ened to blow him back toward f hich was enclosed a citation
at first opposed their admittance
for circus tickets immediately in the tail. Sergeant Prosten was C rom Lieutenant General George
LUBLIN
into practice on grounds that the
order to avoid disappointment," trying to hack the aerial wires a . Kenney praising Ted's prowess
professions will be overcrowded.
he cautioned.
lo ose with a machete. The wires nd a $350 War Bond.
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Some of these refugee doctors
The circus coupons are avail- remained beyond his reach.
have shown great daring and board of education under the able with every bond purchased at
Others in the crew kept hold
courage during the London blitz. chairmanship of Rabbi J. Eisen- the 47 retail merchant bond issu- on Sergeant Prosten's ankles. He
CONFERENCE
One I know was wounded se- man. Prizes were awarded to the i ng agencies in Wayne County— kept trying to reach the wires.
verely whilst attempting to res- two best • students of the class, not at banks or post offices. The Then someone suggested that they
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cue and render first aid to a one prize for Gemorah to Jerry coupons should be taken to the try to deflate the raft with the
family injured in an air raid in Godfrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. street booth at Victory Bond Cen- plane's machine gun. The raft's engaged as Rabbi of the Jewisii
London.
Samuel Godfrey of 2547 Hazel- t er, 1525 Woodward Ave., and ex- own carbon dioxide tubes had community of Petoskey on ,f my
There are also some 700 refu- wood; and the other prize for c hanged for tickets. All seats for blown it up. The gunner tried 15. The executive committee
gee nurses now working in hos- Chumosh and Bashi to Harold t he initial performance on Aug. to turn the guns toward the tail, given him a subsidy of $75 feu
pitals in and outside London.
Goutenberg, son of Mr. and Mrs. 1 3 are tax exempt, while those but could not swerve them back one month to travel, conduct r'-
ligious services and teach ni
No small part is being played Peter Goutenberg of 2934 Webb. s et aside for bond buyers attend- that far.
smaller isolated Jewish sett
by refugees in the vast propa- This class is conducted by Rabbi i ng succeeding matinee and eve-
Sergeant Prosten punched holes ments in that region. The bo.i
ganda machine and at the B. B. Leizer Levin and Rabbi El Finkel. n ing shows require tax.
in the turret top. He aimed his
C. They act as announcers in va- The audience pledged to give
will have to decide whether- t•
The seat location depends upon
rious foreign languages, as trans- their full support to the Yeshivah t he size of the bond purchased and .45 caliber pistol at the raft, project is to be continued.
laters, as monitors. Indeed, with- so it might continue to expand o my one circus ticket is issued
out the refugees with their knowl- its educational program in De- p er bond, no matter what the de-
edge of foreign languages and t•oit.
omination.
of the countries on the continent Mandel Bernstein Named
The declaration of good faith
the B. B. C. could not have
Thursday, July 29, the second w hich every bond purchaser signs
achieved the great and good re-
hen applying for a circus ticket
sults it had in this war. Even meeting of the newly-elected w cads:
American broadcasts now being board of directors of Yeshivath r
"I hereby certify that the Se-
made from the British Isles have Chachmey Lublin was held. L.
Sunday, August 15th, 1943, at 1:00 P. M.
availed themselves of the special- Kukes was elected chairman of r ies "E" War Savings Bonds rep-
the
budget
and
finance
commit-
esented
by
this
slip
are
extra
Lr
ized knowledge of some of the
in the Yeshivah Chachmey Lublin Building, corner Linwood
tee of the Yeshivah with the " onds over and above my regular
refugees.
unanimous
approval
of
the
board.
P
urchasing program. I under-
and Elmhurst, a Communal Dedication of the
In the universities, too, many
refugees are active and contrib- Mandel Bernstein, whose two s tand that I am entitled to one
Student's Cafeteria will take place
brothers
are
on
the
board
of
di-
c
omplimentary ticket to Ringling
uting to science and culture.
At
this occasicn
There are today a large number rectors, was recommended and B. ros. and Barnum and Bailey
a Safor Torah will be presented fo the Yeshivah by
Mr. and Mrs. Yaker. A most entertainin
of refugee professors, lecturers elected as a member of the c .I rcus per bond, only if this slip
g program is prepared with
e musical portion.
exchanged for same at 1525
and research students in Oxford, finance committee to fill the va-
Oufsfafe and local guest speakers and various
Cambridge and other United cancy of tho late Frank Novo- ," roodward Ave. and provided that
representatives including the Ladies' Auxiliary of Chicago will greet
the guests.
Kingdom universities, many of grod. The board of directors and 1 apply there before the allotted
the
management
of
the
Yeshivan
ti
ckets
for
any
or
all
perform-
•
them engaged on research to heip
passed a resolution at that meet- a nces have been issued to earlier
the war effort.
ing
to
express
their
sympathy
on
a
pplicants."
In the sphere of art and cul-
DON'T MISS THIS IMPORTANT FESTIVAL
ture, the refugee is also making the sudden death of Frank Novo-
grod,
son-in-law
of
Sam
Book-
.
his contribution. One of h
stein.
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