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January 28, 1944

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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL' • •

by Phineas J. Biron

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SUGGESTION:
May we respectfully suggest
to Captain Maurice Evans of
the U. S. Army that he give
up his idea of presenting "The
M•chant of Venice" in the
Army camps? . . . Wu greatly
admire Captain Evans as a
Shakespearean actor, but there
are plenty of other plays by
the Bard that he could present
most effectively, and we feel
that this is no time to bring Shy-
lock back to life . . . Why doesn't
he present J. B. Priestly's new
play, "Desert Highway"? . . .
It was written for and about
the army, and tries to answer
the question "What ant I fighting
for?" One of the six characters
is a Jew, and the whole play
is a flaming appeal for unity
. . . The play is a smash hit in
England, where it is touring all
the camps.
FROM FOREIGN PARTS:
A representative of the late
Sikorsky Government - in - Exile
discussed Polish-Soviet relations
in Moscow shortly before the
diplomatic rupture . . . The Po-
lish diplomat is reported to have
said to Stalin: "We don't mind
if Polish Jewish refugees are
made Soviet citizens, as long as
you promise not to send theta
back to Poland after the war"
. . . To which Stalin is said to
have answered: "I. consider them
good material for citizenship even
if you don't, and shall be glad
to have them" . . . Montreal
Jewry recently commemodated the
100th anniversary of the death of
Ezechiel Hart of Three Rivers,
Canada . . . It is worth remem-
bering, in these days of increas-
ing, anti-Semitism, that Hart was
twice elected to the Provincial
Government by an enclusively
French-Canadian constituency ...
This was in 1807, and again in
1808 . . . Progress in interreli-
gious good will in Canada is
apparently not on the march . . .
A hundred years ago the French
Canadians of Three Rivers were
more civilized than today.
WAR NOVELETTE:
This is a true story . . . In a
Royal Canadian Air Force train-
ing camp a Jewish boy knocked
down an officer because the lat-
ter had referred insulting to his
Jewishness . . . The boy, it strap-
ping six-footer who conies from
a very solid and well-known Mon-
treal family, was brought up on
charges, and was sentenced to
six days' arrest . . . He refused
to accept the decision and asked

for a court martial, on the
grounds that he had enlisted to
fight Fascism and felt that lie
had to tight it wherever he en-
countered it, even in his own
country . . . He was warned
that a court martial might expel
hint from the school and even
sentence him to it long prison
term . . . Yet he insisted . . .
All the same, however, the court
martial was indefinitely pose-
poned . . . P. S.: The boy gradu-
ated with honors, highest on the
list, and was the only student
in his class to receive a com-
mission . . . He now pilots planes
between Canada and England,
and is highly respected by his
non-Jewish comrades, who often
tell him: "We respect anybody
who fights for his religion,
whether Jew, Protestant or
Catholic."
REPORTAGE:
The new Nazi anthem, cracks
a Broadwayite, is the Scharn-
horst Vessel Song . . . And Win-
elicit reports a retort delightful
uttered by a woman who was
chiding her snobbish brother
about his comments regarding
certain citizens . . . `It's not
that I dislike them," the brother
said, "but you'll have to admit
that the Jews are too clannish'
"That's right," she replied, "they
won't join our clubs!"
LITERARY NEWS:
Lewis Browne, whose expose
of Fascism, "See What I Mean?"
is a best seller, still likes to
recall the days when, as a rabbi
at Waterbury, Conn., he was
asked to leave the pulpit because
he had sponsored a meeting at
which the late Carlo Tresca,
famed Italian anti-Fascist, was
the main speaker . . Browne
hasn't had a pulpit since that
day two decades ago, but he still
retains and on occasion uses the
rabbinical privilege of perform-
ing marriage ceremonies . . .
The American Committee of Jew-
ish Writers and Artists, of which
Sholem Asch is the chairman, is
now publishing two magazines
. . . One in Yiddish, called Unity
and issued every fortnight, and
one in English, titled New Cur-
rents and appearing every month
. . . The next issue of the latter
will carry on article by Mrs.
Stephen S. Wise on the subject
"What Makes Me a Jew" . . .
Howard Fast. author of "Citi-
zen Tom Paine." is now readying
a book on Tito, the Yugoslavian
leader . .. David Ewen, who has
authored a number of books on

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music, is now at work on a biog-
raphy of Johann Strauss . . .
Novelist Vicki Baum is all set
for another huge success with
her forthcoming "Hotel Berlin,
1943" what with its . selection
as a spring offering by the Lit-
erary Guild.
ABOUT PEOPLE:
Private Leonard Fierst, who
was wounded at Guadalcanal but
refused the Purple Heart award
because he was afraid the news
Would worry his mother, is tIL.
son of Harry P. Fierst, for years
treasurer of the Zionist Organi-
zation of America . . . Mrs. A.
Gressel., the woman chess waste!,
is a daughter of the late Albert.
Kahn of Detroit, America's great-
est architect . . . IA. Robert
Morris Morgenthau, who recently
married the former Martha Pat-
tridge, is considered one of the
most brilliant members of hi;
family . • . Tho favorite grand-
son of Henry Morgenthau, Sr.,
former U. S. Ambassador to T u r -
k e y , he is an expert in higher
mathematics . . Alexander Ha-
dani, a Palestinian and one of
the leaders of the Committee for
a Jewish Army, is now a private
in the American Army . . . He
volunteered, and will be attached
to the glider division . . . He
is a graduate of the glider school
at Heidelberg, Germany • . . An-
dre Maurois, the French Jewish
writer and Giraud's public rela-
tions expert, is back from Africa
and preparing to lecture through-
out the country on French-
American relations . . Watch
out for anti-DeGaulle propaganda
. Ilse Bois, the former German
comedian Who made her Ameri-
can debut in a night club last
week, after having lived in this
country -for a number of years,
during which she learned the
ways of American entertainers--
is the sister of Curt Bois, whom
you've seen in quite a few films
in recent years . . . Like her
i bl t.tother,
i
Ilse has made a great

Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich Represented
On Stokowski's GM Symphony Program

Old and new Russia are repre-
sented in the tWO works to be
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
on the General Motors Symphony
of the Air program, Sunday, Jan.
30 (NBC, 5 to 6 p. in., EWT).
Under Stokowski's baton, the
NBC Symphony Orchestra will
open the program with Shostako-
vich's brief "Prelude in E Flat
Minor," the 14th of the contem-
porary's Twenty-four Prelude.:
for Piano, Opus 34. Then, fol-
lowing a brief talk by Charles
F. Kettering., General Motors
vice president :mil director of
its Research Laboratories, the
celebrated Pathetique, or Sixth
Symphony in B Minor, by Tchai-
kovtky, will be heard.
The Pathetique is generally re-
garded as the greatest of the
many compositions by the Rus-
sian master. Certainly it ha;
been the most popular of his
symphonies. In its first perform-
ance in St. Petersburg on Oct.,
28, 1893, the composer himself
conducted and the work Wati re-
ceived with only mild enthusi-
asm. This has been attributed to
the novelty of the music's form

Stepin Ladies' Aid
Society Changes Name

A special meeting of the
Stepin Ladies Aid Society was
held at the home of Mrs. S. Sie-
gel of Leslie Ave., with Rabbi
Sperka presiding.. The members
voted unanimously that the or-
ganization's name be changed to
"Roche) Laya Stepin Aid," in
memory of the late Mrs. Ross'
Kessler, who was one of the so-
ciety's founders and one of its
most active members.

and also to Tchaikovsky's lack
of confidence as a conductor.
Only It) days after the premiere
Tchaikovsky (lied of cholera. In
its second performance, almost
immediately following; the death
of the composer, the greatness of
the composition was recognized
and it wits widely acclaimed. Al-
most 50 years ago—Match 16,
1894—Walter Dam•osch conduct-
ed the American premiere of the
Pathetique in New York City.
During the past few years
Shostakovich's Fifth, Sixth and
Seventh symphonies have won
}Inn Nvorld wide acclaim. His pre-
lude in E Flat Minor, to be
heard Sunday, has been tran-
scribed for full orchestra by Sto-
kowski.

Dr. Simeon Halkin To
Be Kvutzah Ivrith
Speaker on Jan. 29

The guest speaker of the Kvut-
zah Ivrith, the Hebrew Cultural
Group of Detroit, next Saturday
evening, Jan. 29, at the Rose
Sittig Cohen Bldg., will be the
famous poet, essayist and lec-
turer, Dr. Simeon Malkin, pro-
fessor of Hebrew literature in the
Institute of Religion in New
York. He will speak on the sub-
ject of "The American Hebrew
Poets,' and will pay particular
tribute to the late poet, Dr. S.
Ginzburg, whose sudden and un-
timely death came as a distinct
shock to all his admirers all over
the world, and particularly to his
local friends in Detroit with
whom he visited once every year,
and to whom Dr. Ginzburg's visits
were a source of inspiration.
Morris Lachover will be the
chairman of the evening.

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Free Loan
Association Elects
Officers for Year

The Hebrew Free Loan Asso-
ciation held its annual meeting.
Tuesday evening, Jan. 11, in the
Office of its new quarters, lo-
cated at 9134 Linwood Ave., op-
posite Joy Rd.
The organization suffered two
great losses during the year, the
passing away of David S. Zenon
who was president for the last
18 years, and of Judge Harry
B. Keidan, who was a director
for 11 years.
At the annual election, which
took place at this meeting, the
following officers were elected:
Isaac Shetzer, president; Maurice
Landau, first vice president; Mor-
ris H. Blumberg, second vice
president; George M. Stutz, sec-
retary, and Louis Stoll, treasurer.
To serve as directors, the fol-
lowing were elected : Lawrence
W. Crohn, Judge William Fried-
man, Aaron Klein, Gus Newman,
Seymour Simons, Isaac Shetzer,
Frank A. Wetsman and Herman
Wetsman. The other members of
the board are Morris H. Blum-
berg, Fred M. Butzel, Irwin I.
Cohn, Maurice Landau, Robert R.
Marwil, Louis Stoll, Mrs. Joseph
H. Ehrlich, Maurice A. Enggass,
Jacob L. Keidan, George M.
Stutz, Julian Zenon.
The Hebrew Free Loan Associa-
tion received three interesting
and varied gifts during the past
year. They included a $1,000
bequest front the estate of the
late Harry Hirshberg; a land
contract for $4,700 on a piece
of property in Detroit, given by
Mrs. Lena Weiner in memory of
her husband, the late Louis Wei-
ne•; and lastly, a contribution of
$5,000 from the Wetsman family
in memory of the late Barney
B. Wetsman. This last gift will
establish a new, special, perpetual
fund, to be called the Barney B.
Wetsman Memorial Loan Fund.
from which loans from $200 to
$500 will be made. It is under-
stood, as a matter of course, that
no interest is ever charged on
any loans granted by the Hebrew
Free Loan Association, whether
for large or small amounts; nor
are there any race or creed dis-
tinctions.
The Hebrew Free Loan Asso-
ciation is a member agency of the
Jewish Welfare Federation and
the Detroit Community Fund.
It is open dady, except Saturday,
at 9134 Linwood Ave., from 9
a. m. to 3 p. m., and on Sunday
from 9 a. m. to 12 noon

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