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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Le el Chronicle
April
21, 1944
THE FOURTH YEAR OF WAR
AT THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY
are constantly coming in for
more and more extensive courses Grand Terrace Casino
Letter to the Editor
for auditors who are eager to
Players Entertain
enroll for systematic study.
April 13. 1944,
Preoccupation with the war ef-
In time of war, as in peace
Financial anxieties do not pre Hospitalized Vets
Dear Mr. Margolis:
fort characterized the fourth year (though rather more intensively, vent the University authoritie
Last year it was possild, fa
of the war at the Hebrew Uni perhaps), Jewish settlement areas from making plans now for pos t-
Through the efforts of the Jew- me to assist some 5,000 theusand
are
explored
by
University
geolo-
war
expansion.
The
money
wi
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ish War Veterans Auxiliaries and
versity. The University continue d
gists for underground water sup- have to be found, somehow, fo Ruth Schreiber, department hos- people in locating the own,,,, of
to hold first place in Palestine's plies. The recent successful bor- further growth. Two new school
vacant lots for victory gardens.
scientific contribution to the war ings on sites indicated by the in particular, are envisaged wit s, pitalization chairman, the month- This year, with food so inip.qtant
h
ly
party
at
the
Veterans'
Admin-
effort, with the Scientific Ad- University in different parts of reference to urgent postwa
in winning the war, I would
visory Committee to the War Palestine mean that larger crops needs. One is to be a school o ✓ istration Facility, Dearborn, was to render that same servic e like
to
f
a
great
success.
Supply Board making its head- can be grown just when Palestine economics and social sciences fo
the people of Wayne County
quarters on the campus. Calls is cut off from most of its large training qualified civil servant ✓ These men, veterans of World again.
came from all branches of the pre-war imports and when the for responsible posts in the Gov s War I and World War II, look
I wish to state it is nee -sacs.
services, from the civil authori- presence of troops in the coun- ernment, Jewish national inst - forward to the entertainment for anyone desiring information
ties, from farmers, industrialists, try is a heavy additional drain tutions, municipalities, and th i- brought by the women of the in regard to locating the owner
and others for advice and help upon local food resources. Vac- like. Some of the requisite cours e JWV Auxiliaries and have ex- of vacant lots to know tin ,
lot
in the fields of medicine, nutri- cines for immunization of cattle es—international relations, eco - pressed their appreciation in the number and subdivision, and also
tion, physics, biology and chem- and poultry have been prepared nomics of the contemporary Nea - spirit in which they greet the which side of the street the lot
✓ talent that performs so graciously
istry.
is one and the cross streets be-
in the University laboratories for East, social philosophy—are al
Some of the University's sci- years: but in wartime keeping ready being given at the Uni - and well.
tween which it is located. If they
-
On Thursday, April 13, through will call the Register
entific services to the war effort livestock healthy helps to main- versity, and a Ruppin memoria
of Deeds
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may be described at this time, tain the scanty supply of eggs, lectureship in the sociology o the courtesy of Messrs. Ross of Office, Randolph 2370, Extension
f the Grand Terrace Casino, the 271, we will be glad to make the
but a veil must be drawn over milk and meat.
the Jews was recently endowe d Three De Castro Sisters (a Cu-
the rest for the time being on
Wartime industrial research at for the future school. As fol• th e ban trio of charm and ability), necessary search on the Owner-
the plea of military secrecy.
the University also serves both rest, plans are already being dis - the Three Aces and a Queen, ship of lots.
University scientists were asked civilian and military needs, as cussed in detail.
Yours very truly,
and Charles Carlisle, tenor, pre-
to repair transmitter valves and a few quotations from the Uni-
The University's most ambi
Bernard J. Youngblood,
rectifiers for the Royal Navy and versity's latest annual report will tious project so far, which wil - rented one of the most successful
Register of Deeds.
some of the Middle East wireless show: "Thermometers, aerome- be implemented jointly with Ha I performances shown at the hos-
stations. The repairs were espe- eters, mercury switches, quartz dassah, the Women's Zionist Or - pital.
Particularly, there is Jerry, 22
cially urgent because there is a lamps, and other apparatus were ganization of America, is a -
war time shortage of such parts constructed and repaired for undergraduate medical school i n years old—blind and paralyzed,
in the Middle East; but it must hospitals, industrial laboratories addition to the present schoo n who has never seen his baby, but
CAST OF
have been a ticklish job because and military uses." Or: "Import- for post-graduate study and re 1 has never lost his spirit or cour-
the Department of Physics took ant researches are being conduct- search. There will be many stu - age—who asked Mr. Carlisle to
several months to experiment be- ed on behalf of some of the dents coming for Occupied Eu - sing "I'll Take You Home Again,
fore it could take it on. Finally, larger industrial concerns of Pal- rope after the war who have - Kathleen," which Mr. Carlisle
IN A
quantities of the apparatus were estine." It is a fairly safe guess been barred for years from med did with deep feeling. All the en-
repaired to the complete satis- that those particular indi:strial ical schools. Local students o - tertainers asked to be allowed
f to return.
faction of the authorities.
medicine should not have to gt
Candy and cigarettes were dis-
Then, G. H. Q. in Cairo needed concerns are turning out prod- abroad to study when medical sci
ucts the services could not well
LATIN-AMERICAN
- tributed through the generosity
a large supply of quartz plates do without.
ence and clinical practice have of Merwyn Jacobson and Lou-
for radio transmitters, and need-
Chemicals figure rather promi- reached so high a level in Pal-
ed them in a hurry. The Uni- nently among the last year's estine itself. There is the still mors Grocery Store.
Mesdames Fay Taitlebaum,
versity laboratories, which had achievements. University geolo - wider consideration that unnum-
FEATURING
been making plates right along, gists investigated several district s bered thousands of Jewish physi- Henrietta Niman, Mary Wallace
doubled their monthly output in for chemical and mineral deposit ▪ cians were murdered in recent and Margaret Art provided the
transportation.
1942-43. We cannot tell just how
✓ years, and that their places in
t his has e pe to keep the wire- with particular reference to wa the ranks cannot be filled up
needs. Many chemicals which
less services up to the mark dur- were imported before the war are again at this time because most "Western Varieties" Now
ing the vital Middle East cam- now being produced in commer- European medical schools do not Showing at Club Three 666
paigns.
cial quantities according to admit Jewish students. It is also
"Western Varieties," Bettie
Another way the University methods worked out in the Uni- probable that Palestine itself
helps the war effort is by giving versity's laboratories. Research will go short of Jewish physicians Taylor's new sepia musical round-
Lazy, Lovable Comedian of the
courses for army medical officers on drugs, which were also im- in another generation unless up at Club Three 666, blazes a
WILL ROGERS PICTURES
trail
for
modern
swing
styles.
in malaria, typhus, and tropical ported in great quantities before something is done about it soon.
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Dedicated
to
early
Americans,
diseases. These courses, which the war, is reported in a terse The undergraduate school will
DE SIMONE DANCERS
are given jointly by medical sci- sentence: Work is proceeding on preclude the blighting of the the production, which features a
• ED FORD & WHITEY
entists of the University and the methods of producing pharmaceu- careers of gifted young people lavish Indian number, stars
• DE CASTRO SISTERS
clinical specialists of the Roths- tics from available local raw who will have no other oppor- "Dusty" Fletcher, one of Har-
• RAY & HARRISON
• NICOLS & HALEY
child-Hadassah-University Hospi- materials, and biological tests of tunity, and will help to safeguard lem's top comics. Included in
tal, include lectures, demonstra- medicinal substances manufac the traditional eminence of the the outstanding supporting cast • LAVERNE HUTCHINSON
tions, and laboratory work, and t ured in Palestine are being con Jew in medicine, now so gravely are Peck and Peck, comedy (Junc- • TONY GRAY, M. C.
are repeated from year to year t inued.
threatened. Both the University o's; Alberta Pryme, dynamic • HOLLYWOOD COVER
at the request of the army medi-
GIRLS
Let us take a glance or tw , and Hadassah see the need as stylist; Billie Hayes, blues singer;
cal authorities.
a t what is going on in the Hu- urgent, and detailed plans are Morton "Swing" Brown, special-
With tens of thousands of manities. In the Institute of Jew- being drawn up for the early ty dancer; Bobby Keys, perma-
nent singing and dancing master
doses of an anti-typhus vaccine sh Studies, which is often re- postwar period.
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of ceremonies; the eight glamor- 2—FAMOUS
developed and prepared by its erred to as the very heart of
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bacteriologists for Polish, Rus- t he University, the whole range
In the midst of this whirl of ous Taylorettes, musical comedy
sian and Czech troops, the Uni- o f Jewish history is now encom- war service, wartime expansion, precision dancers, and others.
BEN YOUNG
versity brings its services right p assed, where previously courses and postwar plans, one is apt to Teddy Buckner and his orchestra
AND
HIS ORCHESTRA
play.
Al
Taylor's
pianologs
are
up to the war front.
were given only on the medieval forget that the Hebrew Univer-
THREE ACES and a QUEEN
The impact of the war upon and modern periods. The new sity is a mere infant as univer- an intermission feature.
the University's day-by-day ac- courses cover the periods of the sities go: only 19 on April 1.
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tivities is clearly reflected in the First Temple, Second Temple Friends near and far join in Downtown Theaters-
OPENING MONDAY!
diminished enrollment figures. and post-Second Temple up to wishing it many happy returns
The One and Only
FOX—All the mystic charm
Where 1041 students were regis- the close of the Talmud.
of the day.
which
enshrouds
the
Near
East
tered in 1939-40, there were only
In the midst
of the war
is brought to life in the vivid
479 in 1942-43. About 350 have stresses came a calm announce- Stepin Fetchit Stars at
F
hues of glorious technicolor in
enlisted in the armed forces and ment last summer that the He- Grand Terrace Casino
the
picturization
of
the
exciting
the special Palestine constabu- brew University Press would pre-
lary. Though there are no con- pare and publish its own edition
Detroit's Favorite Son
Stepin Fetchit, the lazy, lov- story of "Ali Baba and the Forty
scription laws in Palestine, the of the Hebrew Bible with scrupu- able comedian of the Will Rogers Thieves" which opened Friday
of Mirth and Fun
at the Fox. Starring in the film ■.
University admits only students lous adherence to the textual
pictures, is the star of the huge is tile sultry beauty Maria Mon-
who are exempted from military tradition.
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service by the Jewish recruiting
• NEW KITCHEN
Some of the graduates of tile new all-Latin revue at the Grand tez and the dashing Jon Hall. A
committees. Immigration of Eu- School of Oriental Studies are Terrace Casino. This is his first second feature, "There's Some-
• FAMOUS CHEF
ropean students, who used to making themselves very useful in Detroit appearance since com- thing About a Soldier," roundQ
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• MARVELOUS FOOD
come in considerable numbers, wartime as interpreters, trans- pleting several new Hollywood out the bill.
No
Federal
Cabaret
Tax
stopped with the outbreak of the lators and officials. Most of the screen assignments. Included in
FO
MICHIGAN—"Shine on Har-
Before 9 P. M.
Russo-German conflict. Many of others are teaching Arabic lan- the prominent supporting cast
vest
Moon,"
the
musical
biogra-
..,
the soldier-students, finding them- guage and literature in the Jew- are the Cheena Da Simone Danc-
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phy of Nora Bayes, co-starring
selves in forgotten Jewish com- ish secondary schools.
ers, artistic Latin sextette, sec- Ann Sheridan and Jack Nor-
munities in North Africa, have
There was notable expansion ond week; the De Castro Sisters,
Fo
voluntarily organized and taught in the foreign language depart- three tropical songbirds, who are worth, continues for a second
f.
Hebrew classes for the children, ments. The Sir Moses Montefioi e soon to make their screen debut week. "The Navy Way" shows
romance
and
action
in
the
Navy,
a
and given lectures on Palestine Chair of English Literature and in "Brazil," starring Carmen
d.
and other Jewish subjects for the Institutions, which was endowed Miranda; Ed Ford and Whitey. with Jean Parker and Robert E. Grand Blvd. Near Wood.-ard
Phone MA-8470 for Reserlations
adults in their very limited lei- last year by the English Friends featuring the human-talking dogs; Lowery co-featured.
to
sure time.
of the Hebrew University and Nicols and Haley, comedy hill-
UNITED ARTISTS—Waltzing
Working in hand with the Uni- the British Council, is occupied billies; Ray and Harrison, colli- into her sixth and final week at
versity authorities, the Hebrew by Professor Jacob Isaacs, late ery duo; Earl and Fortune, com- is Ginger Rogers in the Techni-
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University Graduates' Organiza- o f the University of London. edy dance team; Laverne Hutch- color spectacle "Lady in the
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tion is still arranging Hebrew T he Department of French Civi- inson, outstanding baritone; Dark". The three men in the life
and English lectures for troops 11 zation was enlarged with the Three Aces and a Queen, vocal of the lovely lady who couldn't
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stationed in Palestine under the a l d of the French Fighting Com- and instrumental quartet; Tony make up her mind are Ray Mil-
auspices of the Army Education m ittee, which continues the sup- Gray, comedy master of cere- land, Warner Baxter and Jon
Command which, by the way, is
i p ort given before the war by monies; Dolly Niggemeyer's Hol- Hall.
als
very appreciative. In 1942-43, th e French Government.
lywood Cover Girls, and others.
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over 200 lectures were given
Assembly halls all over Pal- Ben Young and his orchestra play
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in army camps.
Starring"DI STI' e.LE-rt Pi
es tine are often crowded when for dancing and the show, alter-
On Wednesday, April 5, Ze-
Fu R
In the wartime agricultural U niversity teachers and scien- nating with the rhythms of the
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tlakah
Club
had
charge
of
the
and industrial research work done ti sts come to give public lectures Three Aces and a Queen.
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se
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To
PROLE
YOU
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at the University, it is almost on
hor
their widely varied subjects.
impossible to draw a dividing ,
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SILVERSTEIN FAMILY CLUB Depot. Hundreds of sandwiches
orr
were made and served to service
line between the benefits that b ast year some 1200 lectures
The regular monthly meeting men and women.
accrue to the civilian population were
.ere given singly, in series, and
WAN
Mrs. Hattie Schwartz super-
and to the war effort.
n intensive courses. Requests of the Silverstein Family Club
fine
was held on April 4, at the home vised, assisted by Mrs. Colman
ler
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fishman. Shapiro and Mrs. Morris Davis.
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