Friday, August 3, 1945
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Strictly Confidential
TIDBITS FROM EVERYWHERE
By PHINEAS J. BIRON
FROM MEXICO .. .
TRAVEL REPORT .. .
We're back from a flying trip
to Cuba and Mexico .. . It took
us longer than we had antici-
pated because lack of priority
bumped us off every few hun-
dred miles. . . . Once, in despair
of ever getting a plane out of
sizzling New Orleans, we wired
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker,
president of the Eastern Air-
lines, and pleaded for his per-
sonal attention. . . . And Eddie
came through effectively by ar-
ranging to get us back to New
York in time to dash off our
column. . . .
Theatres
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CINEMA — The Cinema The-
atre is presenting for one week,
the complete, uncut, unexpur-
gated version of the film classic,
"Wuthering Heights," starring
Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier
and David Niven, adapted by Ben
Hecht and Charles MacArthur
from Emily Bronte's famous
novel. Recently during the re-
issue of this film nationally, a
shortened version was released to
the public, to allow theatres to
double feature this film, but the
Cinema Theatre has requested of
the distributors a complete print,
which it is proud to present in
its original, pristine form, the
version which was unanimously
conceded by the press to be one
of the finest films yet produced
by Hollywood.
We visited Cuba and Mexico
in the company of Joe Brainin,
who was on a mission on behalf
of the Pan-American Jewish
Committee. . . . Joe is a rather
tiresome traveling companion who
insisted on dragging us to all
kinds of odd places and still
odder people. . . . In Mexico
City, for instance, he visited Egon
Erwin Kisch, the Czechoslovakian
Jewish author now living in the
land of Camacho. . . . Kisch is
the author of over two dozen
books, and because of his flair
for the unusual has been nick-
named "the dynamic reporter".
. . . Kisch has just published a
book, "Discoveries in Mexico," in
Spanish and German. . . • It
would be a best-seller in English.
. . . In any event, Kisch told us
that he has discovered a quite
inexplicable similarity of tradi-
tion among certain Mexican In-
dian tribes and Orthodox Jews.
. . . It seems that these Indian
women have a mikveh. . .. Cir-
cumcision is compulsory among
these people, and Saturday is
rigorously observed as the Sat-
bath. . . . And the religious head.
man grants audiences in the
same manner as a wonder rabbi
who answers questions and cures
illnesses. . . .
FOX — "Captain Eddie," star-
ring Fred MacMurray and Lynn
Bari, opened Friday at the Fox
Theatre. "Captain Eddie" is the
true, thrill-packed story of Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker and his ex-
ploits. A companion film will also
be shown.
MICHIGAN —"Guest Wife," a
romantic, comedy co-starring
Claudette Colbert and Don Ame-
che, is a fast-moving tale of
America in the postwar era. It
opened Friday at the Michigan.
The companion feature will be
"Gangs of the Waterfront," fea-
turing Robert Armstrong and
Stephanie Bachelor.
UNITED ARTISTS—"The Pic-
ture of Dorian Gray," adapted
from the novel by Oscar Wilde,
goes into its third thrill-packed
week at the United Artists Thea-
tre. The companion film is
"Twice Blessed." "The Picture
of Dorian Gray" is the daring
story of the young man who
traded his soul for the opportu-
nity to stay young forever.
George Sanders, Donna Reed,
Hurd Hatfield and Angela Lan-
sbury have the leading roles.
PALMS STATE— Ernie Pyle's
"Story of G.. I. Joe," Hollywood's
first picture to glorify the plain
American infantry soldier, with
Burgess Meredith in the role of
Pulitzer prize-winner Pyle, open-
ed Friday at the Palms State
Theatre. The second feature is
"Jealousy," co-staring John Lo-
der and Jane Randolph with Ka-
ren Morley and Nils Asther. The
plot revolves around two women
who are in love with the same
man.
nie Grossinger a present : the
ZION MOURNS .. .
handle from Adolf Hitler's bed-
Herman Shulman, the attorney,
room door at Berchtesgaden....
who died last week, will be re-
membered by those who knew
him well as one of the most un-
tiring, selfless workers in the
cause of .Zionism. . . . Few know
that this mighty corporation law-
yer was one of the prime mov-
ers, if not the key man, behind
the American Jewish Conference
and the Zionist Emergency Coun-
cil. . . . But still fewer know
that Herman Shulman, the ruth-
less realist, was a sensitive and
very, very gifted painter. . . .
ABOUT PEOPLE
Hats off to movie stars Jane
Wyman and Captain Ronald Rea-
gan, who resigned from their
Hollywood golf club because of
its restrictions against Jews. . . .
Gertrude Berg, of "The Rise of
the Goldbergs," is weeping bitter
tears because she cannot go to
Europe as a correspondent. .. .
On Fifth Avenue we bumped
into Major Melvyn Douglas, once
of Hollywood fame . . . Melvyn
doesn't intend to resume acting
after V-J Day . . . He wants to
do his bit in the building of a
better world. . . . You will like
Isaac Naiditch's book on Edmond
de Rothschild, just published by
t h e Zionist Organization of
America. . . . A full-length biog-
raphy of Billy Rose will be pub-
lished soon by Random House.
FROM CUBA .. .
Cuban Jewry enjoys real unity.
. . . The four largest organiza-
tions — to-wit, the Zionists, the
Jewish Chamber of Commerce,
the Centro Israelito and the Jew-
ish Peoples' Center — work to-
gether in great harmony. . . . In
both Cuba and Mexico anti-Se-
mitism is on the increase. . .
The Falangists and Sinarquists
are carrying on a double-barreled
attack against the Jews in both
countries. • , . They keep up a
campaign of slander against them,
designating them alternately as
"exploiting capitalists" and "God-
less Communists" . . .
YOU SHOULD KNOW . . ,
If you want to get the real
lowdown on developments in
present-day Germany, get the
news letter "Germany Today,"
edited by that trustworthy anti-
Fascist fighter Albert Norden .
. . . One of the most stirring
documents to come to our desk
is "An Appeal to the Conscience
of America," signed by 1,027
Jewish spiritual leaders. . . . Its
appeal is in behalf of the strick-
en Jews of Europe. . . . You can
get copies from the Committee
on Unity for Palestine, 41 East
42nd Street, New York City. ...
Victor Riesel writes from Wash-
ington that the German-American
Bund is preparing for a big come-
back, with uniforms and all, and
with the Horst Wessel song as
its anthem. . . . He also tells us
that some Italian-American clubs
will be collecting funds for the
revival of "glorious Fascism".
Carl Nicolay, who was the chief
Bundist propagandist in this
country before he fled to Ger-
many, will be shipped back to
the U.S.A. to face charges of
high treason, Walter Winchell
points out, going on to ask this
pertinent question : Why aren't
the Bundists in this country fac-
ing similar charges? .. .
Jennie is putting the handle on
the door of the Grossinger din-
ing hall in her famous hotel at
So now the
Liberty, N Y
patrons of the world's largest
kosher dining room will be using
Hitler's personal door handle.. ..
Americans Named
To Board of
Hebrew University
LONDON ( WNS) —Four Amee-
icans, Mrs. Judith Epstein and
II a y i m Greenberg, prominent
Zionists, and R o b e r t Nathan,
writer, and Harry Scherman, pub-
lisher, have been added to the
Board of Governors of the He-
brew University. A meeting of
the Board will be held shortly
in the United States.
The meeting in London ratified
the plan for a joint fund-raising
drive with the Hadassah for the
projected university medical
school and voted salary increases
for the majority of the univer-
sity's staff. Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann, who was re-elected chair-
I man of the board, pointed out in
an address closing the meeting
that since much of the Jewish
intellectual talent of Europe has
been destroyed, it is the univer-
. • . The author is Maurice Zolo- sity's job to make good the loss
tow. . . . Leonard Lyons, now and "hand over a spiritual heri-
back from Europe, brought Jen- tage to future generations."
Persons Sought in
Detroit By J. D. C.
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1111.11111111111,
The Joint Distribution Commit- yam
is holding letters and greet-
ings for the following persons in
this community from liberated
Jews formerly interned in Balsen
and Salzwedel, as well as from
Hungarian Jews in Sweden. r" I l?"-
information write to J.D.C.,
Madison Ave., New York Citjr.'„,
Message received via London
office for John Miksrewski by Guta
Iziel from Bergen Belsen.
Message received via London
office for David Stone from Masia
Braude from Bergen Belsen.
Message for Max Stone from
Mascha Brande from Salzwedel.
Mr. Berek Tenenbaum, a Polish
Jew of Tomaszow, who survived
in a German concentration camp,
is looking for his relative Mr. J.
Tennerbaum, a resident of De-
troit. Mr. Tennerbaum's last
address was on Oakland Avenue.
For further information please
call Mrs. Sylvia Schwartz, Trinity
2-4080, Jewish Social Service
Bureau.
SEEKS DETROIT KIN
Miss Stramer, sister of Israel
Stramer, who was last known to
reside on Clements Street, De-
troit, is being sought by Michal
Stramer, formerly of Lemberg.
For further information, con-
tact Mrs. Virginia L. Heller, 5737
Second Ave., TRinity 2-4080."
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