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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE end The Legal Chronicle

November 26, 1943

Leo Frank, .Jewish Martyr Who Was Lynched in
1915, Was Innocent, Declares Georgia Jurist

Dr. Meyer Waxman To
Speak for Religious
Labor at Shaarey Zedek

Statement by Detroit Delegates
To American Jewish Conference

ATLANTA (WNS) — Leo M. mounting resentment in the com-
Dr. Meyer Waxman, prominent
Frank, who was lynched here in munity which made a fair hear-
We, the duly elected delegates of the Detroit
, impossile, he was convicted of educator and Zionist leader, will
1915 by a mob after his conviction ir murder in the first degree and
be in Detroit on Nov. 27, and will
Jewish community to the American Jewish Confer-
on a charge of killing a young sentenced to death. The case was deliver the sermon at the Sab-
ence, re-affirm our faith in the Conference. We
factory girl, was innocent, de- carried to the United States Su-
believe that the American Jewish Conference pos-
clared Arthur G. Powell, 70, for- premo Court without success, Af-
sesses important possibilities for effective and con-
mer judge of the Georgia Court ter all legal measures to save
of Appeals. Frank had failed, an application
certed action looking towards the solution of many
The revelation was made in a for clemency was filed with Gov-
of the pressing problems that confront the Jewish
book. "I Can Go Home Again," ernor John M. Slaton, who, on his
people. We bespeak the continued confidence of
by Judge Powell, which has re- last day in office, commuted
our community in the program and purposes of
centiv been published by the Uni- Frank's death sentence to life Ull-
of
North
Carolina
Press.
Prisonment.
Shortly
thereafter,
in
the Conference. It marks a great stride forward
versity
Judge Powell wrote that he knows mid-August of 1915, Frank was
to the mobilization of the resources of American
who killed Mary Phagan, that he taken from prison by a masked
Jewry for cOrnmon,,deliberation and activity. We
"could never honorably make the party in motor cars, whisked away
hope that the preserit rifts which have appeared
information public as long as ca. to an oak grove about two miles
tain persons are still living" and from the public square of Mar.
in the American Jewish scene will be healed and
that he expected to write down, ictta, and hanged.
formulas of reconciliation will be evolved. We trust
and seal, what he knew "with in-
that the American Jewish Conference will continue
structions that it is not to be
to be invested by American Jews with the author-
opened until certain persons are Henri Goldberg To
ity to represent them in the fields of rescue, post-
dead."
The former Court of Appeals Present All-Russian
war problems and Palestine.
judge declared here in a press in-
Song
Recital
Nov.
28
terview last week that he could
RABBI MORRIS ADLER
not be compelled to testify before
FRED M. BUTZEL
An
all
Russian
song
recital
will
a grand jury now because he re-
AARON DOOCK
ceived his information in his ca- be presented by Henri Goldberg,
MRS. JOSEPH H. EIIRLICII
baritone,
assisted
by
Arthur
Gross-
pacity as an attorney, and that
RABBI LEON FRAM
man,
violinist,
of
the
Detroit
Sym-
he could not divulge the name of
DR. B. BENEDICT GLAZER
phony
Orchestra;
Rose
Bassin
Stein
the real murderer because to do
AARON ROSENBERG
accompanist,
on
Sunday
evening,
so would be violating confidential
MORRIS SCIIAVER
-4tAlialtaSi&c
communication from a client to Nov. 28 at the Art Institute at
DANIEL TEMCHIN
8 p. m. Operatic arias, classical,
an attorney.
RABBI MAX J. WOIILGELERNTER
folk
and
soldiers'
songs
will
be
on
Mary Phagan, who lived in
DR. MEYER WAXMAN
the
program
with
the
greatest
Marietta and worked in a pencil
bath morning services at the Shaa-
factory in Atlanta where Leo M. Russian composers represented.
The highlights of the evening rey Zedek Synagogue. Dr. Wax-
Frank was employed as a secre-
tary, was found slain on April 26, will be a group of songs by Shos- man will devote his address to
takovich which have never been the accomplishments of the League
1913. Frank, who came from
Brooklyn, was subsequently ar- performed before and which Mr. for Religious Labor in Palestine.
for a shot at his old school—a
rested and accused of the crime. Goldberg received directly from He will stress the great contribu- ODD—ISN'T IT?:
the publisher before they could be tion that religious labor has made
The most dramatic revenge on s shot that will be remembered
He denied that he committed the
crime and substantiated his de- published, this being the only copy in the development of Eretz Is- Brill—former Notre Dame star of whenever and wherever football
fans ger. For, , Mabes
t he
t Hol-
nial by proof that he was nowhere of these songs in the United rael, in building numerous colon- a decade ago . . . Marty, you may lywoodathtraditionin
rty ran
ies, schools and aiding in every
in the vicinity of the crime at the States at this time.
manner in the development of the recall, had matriculated at the roughshod over Penn — scoring
time of its alleged commission.
Yishuv. University of Pennsylvania where four touchdowns himself against
But his protestations of innocence
THE TREE
Dr. Waxman will also address a his dad, in his own time had been a Penn combination that had hith-
were of no avail. After long de-
parlor meeting of the local corn- a top-notch athlete. The Brill tra- erto been unscored on . . . And
lays of the trial because of the
There are many thing on earth to mittee of the League on Satur- dition had always been great in the payoff! tHhaist fahteherwho au dld
day evening, Nov. 27, 8:30 p. m. the gridiron was tasted by Marty
see,
prgoir v n e
But nothing greater than a tree, in the board room of the Shaarey Penn athletics and it was cer- Marty a thousand bucks for every
It stands so high and guides us all Zedek. All workers for this great tainly a foregone conclusion that point his kid would score in the
In springtime, summer, or in fall. cause are invited to attend this after Marty's brilliant Prep school Penn-Notre Dame game . . . In
career and his success with the all, Marty scored twenty-six
meeting.
On Sunday evening, Dec. 5, Penn yearlings that the Brill ath- points. Odd? Isn't it?
We use it as a guiding mark
On the streets or highways, or in Rabbi Wolf Gold, president of the letic fame and glory at Penn
Did you know that Jerry Wald,
the parks,
World Mizr achi, noted orator an would be carried on. But odd as the Hollywood producer used to
We love it 'cause it is so bold, religious leader, will address a it was, the kid who in his frosh be a top-notch soccer player. He
mass meeting of the League to year was rated an inevitable starred on the all-New York City
It did its work in days of old.
be held in the Social Hall of the MUST for the regulars wasn't so championship eleven back in 1929
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It comforts those who need a rest Shaarey Zedek. A fine musical much even looked at. His pop along with Elliot Arnold (nee
And helps great men to do their program has also been arranged yanked him out of such a school Goldman) and Irwin Shamforsky
for the evening. Rabbi Gold will that couldn't recognize a good (now Irwin Shaw*) The trio all
best,
GREETING CARDS
To push right on the upward way discuss the latest developments in football player when it saw one attended James Madison High
And stands at guard at the break Palestine, which will be of inter and transferred the pride and joy School in Brooklyn, New York and
of day.
est to every Zionist in our coo of the Brill clan to Notre Dame- each earned a gold soccer ball
CALENDARS
munity. an outfit that boasted of a couple emblematic of the Championship
It helps to cheer a broken heart,
of top-notchers like Carideoa and State Team . . . Today, the trio
MISSION LEATHER To comfort us when friends depart
Schwartz and Savoldi—and Marty are together again. Jerry Wald is
And leads us gently on the way Prenzlauer Aid To
was good enough to become the producing the picture from the
To the rising sun of a new-born Hold Meeting Dec. 7
NOVELTIES
fourth man in the backfield that script which Irwin Shaw has
day.
year • . . Now, as luck would adapted from Elliott Arnold's nov-
The Eva Prenzlauer Maternity have it, Penn was scheduled to el "The Commandos." Odd? Isn't
DIRECT MAIL
Aid
announces
its
eleventh
an-
It shades the mounds of those we
it?
nual donor luncheon, which is to play Notre Dame that year and
love,
be held on Wednesday, Jan. 5, at though it may sound as if the lily
While their souls are gone far,
ETCHINGS
Mrs. were being gilded, the game was
the Book-Cadillac Hotel.
far, above,
to be played at Franklin Field,
Ale Once Without Hops
And gives us courage, peace and Joseph H. Siegal is general chair- home grounds for the Penn grid-
In the England of olden times ale
Largest Manufacturers of
man
of
the
event,
with
Mrs.
Da-
love,
delis and a stone's throw from was a beverage brewed without
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Calendars in the World And points us to that home above. yid Pollack co-chairman. The pub- Brill's home. Thus, the Jewish kid hops, ivy berries furnishing the bit-
lie is cordially invited.
who couldn't even make the Penn
Blatnikoff is scrubs the year before, came back ter ingredient.
Nathan
It gives the birds a place to rest
Mrs.
And heirs to build their little chairman of the souvenir booklet;
Due to present conditions
Mrs. Morris Soloman is chair-
nests,
And brings to us a song of love, man of the darling, memorial and
we ask you to order early
Upon the limb, far up above.
honor roll, assisted by Mrs. Fan-
to insure deliveries.
nie Barnett. Chairman of reser-
For Protection!
It gives us heat when we are cold, vations is Mrs. Anna Williams,
A home for us when we are old, assisted by Mrs. Eva Ellenstein.
For Beauty!
A bridge to walk across the way, Publicity chairman is Mrs. Saul
Represented by
And a beautiful place for us to Saxon. Decorations, Mrs. J. Gold-
stay.
berg, assisted by Mrs. Samuel
Samuels.
Man builds the cities, both, great
The next regular meeting will
and small,
be held at the home of Mrs. Mau-
And with such force, they do not rice Baker, 2984 Webb Ave., on
RA 6900
fall,
Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 1 p. m. Mrs.
Man builds great ships that roam Baker and Mrs. Harold Kunzmann
the sea,
will be hostesses at this meeting.
UN 3-9054
But God alone can build a tree.
At the last meeting a donation
JOHN W. L. HICKS. was re ceived from Mrs. Sarah
Ginsberg, of Mt. Clemens, in honor
of her son's birthday.
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