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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

SIDELIGHTS ON THE CONFERENCE

Frank FitzGerald Has

September 10, 1943

Dr. Alvin D. Hersch o n Good Will

Team of Jews
MESSIAH
of 1918. Of the nine delega tes Announced His Entry in
And Christians To Sp eak in Texas Army Camps
NEW YORK. (WNS)—At cau - and secretary elected to the Pea
ce Local Mayoralty Race
cus meetings a number of do
The Detroit Round Table of past president of the Tulsa Coun-
quent speakers favored the earl - Conference of Versailles, o my
Catholics,
Jews and Protesta nts,
Y
four
persons
survive,
namely,
Dr.
Frank
FitzGerald,
who
has
an-
arrival of the Messiah. The Y
ty Bar, a member of the Knights
•
stressed, at any rate, gib desira Wise, Judge Mack and Rabbi B. nounced his candidacy for Mayor Michigan Regional National C on- of Columbus, member of the
bility of realizing, here and now L. Levinthal, and the secretat 1r, of the City of Detroit, was born ference of Christians and Je ws,
Knight of the Holy Sepulchre
the almost Messianic ideal of an who is also rather tickled to at Holyoke, Mass., on Aug. 22 announces that Dr. Alvin
D. with the Order of Grand Cross,
all-inclusive and comprehensive death to be alive.
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Hersch will speak as a mem her a trustee of Holy Family Cathy-
organization of American Jewry
of a good will team in ar my
organized on a democratic basis Psalms
camps in Texas from Sept. 20 to
and established in permanent
First impressions are inefface-
25. These programs are arrang ed
form. The discussion was so com- able and the atmosphere of sol-
to reach all of the men in t he
pletely identical with the issues emnity and reverence created by
camps through the cooperati on
which agitated the Jewish public the memorial service with which
of the chaplains and cornmandi ng
a quarter of a century ago that the Conference opened, suffused
officers.
one delegate turned to another and permeated all the rest of the
The camps to be covered a o
and asked:
proceedings, and left a lasting
Camps Wallace and Crocke tt,
"What year is this?"
mark upon the entire assembly.
which are near Galveston, a nd
"1943," was the answer.
As throughout the trials and sor-
Ellington Field (Aviaition Cad et
"What?" asked the first dele- rows of the centuries, Jews again
Center) which is near Housto n.
gate, "no progress in all this found solace and an emotional
Dr. Hersch's colleagues on t he
time?"
outlet for pent-up feelings . of
trip will be Colonel Ora J. Coll ee
"What do you mean no prog- grief and anxiety in the expres-
and Major T. Austin Gavin.
ress? Hear what good English thy sions of invocations, prayers and
Dr. Hersch is a native D e-
Poale Zion leader is speaking!" remembrances for the countless
* * *
miter. A graduate of the Detro it
dead who have become the vic-
C ollege of Law in 1909, he w as
The delegates seemed to be tims of Nazi ruthlessness and
g ranted the LL.D. degree by th
laboring under such strain that barbarism. Again a chapter of the
U niversity of Detroit in 192
not many striking observations tear-stained little book of the
w here he has served as part-tim 6,
are heard in the corridors. But Psalms stirred human feelings to
p rofessor in the school of law
one man from the Middle West the depths, and furnished a stir-
S ince 1918 he has been autho r
came forward to announce that ring incident which may be placed
0 f several legal treatises an(r ha
he knew when the Messiah would beside all those that are exempli-
arrive. He was talking about tne fied in Prothero's famous volume,
ctured extensivey before school
a nd clubs. He was in partnershi
divisions of Jewry into so many "The Psalms in Human Life and
w ith J. Walter Dohany, genera p 1
parties and groups.
FRANK FITZ GERALD
Experience."
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ALVIN D. HERSCH
"The time will come," he said,
ounsel of Michigan Central Rai 1-
1897. He graduated from Holyoke r oad from 1911 until Mr. Do -
"when we will have more parties Food for Thought
High School, during which ti me hany s death in 1931. He is the dral, member of the Tulsa Com-
than Jews. That will be the sig-
After the strain, tumult and
nal for the advent of the Mes- e xcitement of the Conference, the he played three years on the fo ot- father of the Public Defender munity Fund board, a member o f
ball team. He then matricula
movement
siah."
overnent in Michigan and co- the National Executive Commit-
lelegates on the return to their at St. Ambrose College, Day
* $ *
author
with Mr. Justice Frank tee and Southwestern Regional
en-
omes, will undoubtedly settle
t, Ia. In 1917 he matricula
Hog a la Waldorf
Murphy of Model Public Defender co-chairman of the National Con-
own to quiet and intensive study in
University of Detroitt L aw Bill. He has served as chairman ference of Christians and Jews,
Some our modern Jews and o f all ramifications of the prob- porthe
Major Gavin was knighted by
delegates have attained a terse- I em affecting our people. It will School where he played fo ur of the speakers' bureau of the the
late Pope Pius XI.
ness and directness of up-to-date n of be anybody's fault if after years of football in Detroit.
Detroit Community Fund and the
His education was interrup ted Allied Jewish Campaign. He is
speech which though somewhat li stening to the many addresses
out of place in the consideration h ere and reading at home all the by service in World War I, wh en also a member of the board of
of Jewish matters, is certainly II terature they have been provid- he served with the 63rd Pione Cr directors of the Temple Beth El Beth El Plans Children's
Infantry, Camp Wadsworth, Sp ar- He is past president of the Alum
descriptive and colloquial.
d with, they do not all become
Holy Day Services
"What shall it be?" they ask. e xperts in the understanding and tenburg, S. C.
ni Association of the Detroi t
He
then
proceeded
with
his
1
"Shall we go the whole hog e xposition of these questions.
aw Central High School. Dr. Hersch
Special children's services will
course and is the only footb a
or shall we not?"
Whatever the representatives player who worked his w ll is also a 32nd Degree Mason and be held at Temple Beth El on
It is not the most reverent f rom the different communities
ay member of the Moslem Temple Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur.
designation of a Jewish Common- w ill not be able to carry away through school as an income t ax Shrine.
The children's Rosh Hashonah
wealth but it apparently serves fr om the sessions, they surely expert. After graduation a tut
Col. Ora J. Cohee was born in services will be held on Thursday.
the purpose of the urge for quick w ill be able to add to their•lug- some experience in the Probati on Indiana and educated in the pub- Sept. 30, from 2:30 3:30, and
Department of Recorder's Cou ct lie schools of that state. He wa.; the children's Yom Kippur serv-
and pointed speech. .
gage heavy parcels of books, pam- he
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then became associated wi th graduated from Wabash College ice vviil he held on Saturday,
phlets and leaflets, with which
William
Henry Gallagher. Duri ng with an A. B. degree, and from Sept. 9, from 1:30 to 2:30. A
Veterans
they have been provided by the
To vary the sameness or threat- Conference organization itself. his association with William He n _ the Union Theological Seminary, large congregation of children
ening monotony of a great flow and by the various national and ry Gallagher he defended t he N. Y., and holds an M. A. de- and their parents is anticipated
of sentiment that is enveloping central bodies which distributed shochetim of Detroit against a n gree from Columbia University, at these services.
the Conference, some observers literature to advance their differ- ordinance designed to put the In as well as a D. D. degree from
and commentators have indulged ert points of view. I saw om out of business. He was likewi se Daniel Baker College, Brown-
in the comniling of statistics with delegate bending under the weight , associated with Gallagher wh O wood, Tex. Upon graduation from
SALE—APARTMENT PROPERTY
regard to delegates, orgtnizations of a heavy satchel of literature represented Aaron Sapiro whe n the seminary, lie was ordained
and other elements in tps organi- which he was carrying to his he prosecuted a libel actio n as a minister in the Christian
zation. Well, here is one more room for future shipment. The against Henry Ford for lib e l Church. Col. Cohee was commis-
item to add to the statistical coming long winter evenings, es- statements against the J
cry
Pioned a first lieutenant in the
His entrance into politics was United States Army in 1916, and
department of the press division: pecially in the smaller quiet com-
There are present at this Con- munities, should have no terrors i his candidacy for Circuit Judge was made a colonel in 1942. He Apts. will never be as
cheap again.
ference only 51 persons out of of boredom for the returned dele- s n 1935. This candidacy was not saw service in the United States,
No other comparable Investment
shows equal returns plus a splendid
the 400 delegates who attended gates. They surely will have p uccessful. His next venture into France, China and the Philippines.
(let Facts & Figures from
the American Jewish Conference enough to read and think about c olitics was as the Democratic He was awarded the Distinguished future.
andidate against Arthur H. Van Service Cross, and the French Mr. liedford. Decide for yourself.
denburg, United States Senate. Croix de Guerre for extraordi- ► S.tVE $2000--Magnineent properly
N. 'Woodward. Ins. Co. will sell
It was close, but not successful. nary heroism in action near Rem- $75000
Patriotic Convocation of Yeshivoth Beth
umier replacement construc-
I) wring this campaign he had the bercourt,
tion
cost. Rent 115,000. Terms about
France, Nov. 1 and 2, $18,500
Mow n.
d istinction of getting 126,000 1918. Chaplain Cohee worked un-
Yehudah Called for Sunday, Sept. 12
n lore votes in Wayne County
$12,5110 IDOIVN--24
units. l story
Rabbi S. P. Wohlgelernter of Wohlgelernter is expected to be han Senator Vandenburg. In tiringly under constant artillery apt. plus tine
ilk. of stores & fiats.
fire for two days in charge of
I ligh grade all rented. All for
Seattle, Wash., one of the lead- of great interest to Detroit Jewry 942, in a field of eight for Cir.- the stretcher bearers, personally I50,
non. stores
111011e
were worth
ing orthodox rabbis in America, since he will stop here on his c uit Court Commissioner, with- assisting in carrying wounded this.
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will be the speaker at the patri- return from the American Jewish ut the expenditure of any fund:; men to safety.
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115,000 1/111VN—You will be favor-
Conference, to which he was dele- hatever, he polled 240,000 votes
Major T. Austin Gavin is Post ably Impressed with t his solid 3
story
at 2nd & Masonic Temple
gated by his community. Known to lead that particular ticket.
Judge Advocate of the Army Air
His entire background in poli- Forces Technical Training Com- SOO 1110. loossilole after release OPA
for his oratorical ability, Rabbi
restriction. Cost widow 135,000 leav-
Wohlgelernter has achieved fame tics and in law is entirely liberal. mand, Sheppard Field, Tex., hav- ing City take $17.500. fig parcel for
by his rescue work done in be- He is intolerant only of intoler- ing enlisted in the Army in t he money.
April, 1942.
half of the European refugee; ance and his record proves it.
Ben Levinson well known real
stranded in Kobo, Japan, and
0321
In civil life Major Gavin wit.i 1103IER WARREN &
Shanghai. For more than a year estate man of Detroit, is sup-
almost weekly transports from porting the candidacy of Frank
Japan arrived in the Seattle port FitzGerald for Mayor of Detroit.
till the fateful Pearl
Ha rbor
Sunday closed the last road of B & P Women of
escape for the unfortunate vi :
Bnai Brith Plan
tims of Nazi persecution. For
Annual
Donor Affair
many years president of the Se
attle Jewish Welfare Federation
A board meeting of the Loudi
Rabbi S. P. Wohlgelernter ha( Marshall Business & Professional
contributed greatly to the organi- Women of Bnai Brith was held
zation of the United Palestine last evening at the home of Rose
Phillips at 3762 Richton, and
Appeal on the western coast.
plans were discussed for Hu
A novel idea will be presented annual donor affair to take plat
to the Detroit Jewish community on Dec. 5, at the Book-Cadillac
at the convocation. The "Book Hotel.
Definite plans were also made
of Life" will be opened into
for
the first social get-together
RABBI S. P. WOHLGELERNTER which all Detroit Jewish boys of the season, to be held on
serving in the armed forces of Sunday, Sept. 19, at 2:30 p. m.,
otic convocation called by Yeshi-
voth Beth Yehudah for the com- the United States will be in- at the Bnai Moshe, Dexter at
ing Sunday, Sept. 12, at 2 p. m. scribed. Special prayers will be Lawrence, instead of the Rose
in the afternoon, in the Yeshivah said for their safe and victorious Sittig Cohen Bldg., as originally
announced. For an enjoyable af-
Building, Dexter and Cortland.
return. The public is invited to ternoon, come and play gin rum-
The address of Rabbi S. P. attend the function.
my, bridge, or whatever you may
wish; renew old acquaintances
and make new ones and partake
of refreshments which will be
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