Hittirf the Hi Spots

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for good home-making they gave
the girls.

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, The Delta Rhythm Boys, five
sepia lads whose melodious har-
monizing has been heard on the
screen, radio and stage, headline
the Bowery
show this week.
Boogie, spirit.
u a i s , popular
favorites, all
come easily to
-the, singing
quintet. They
hold a Univer-
sal contract
and have ap-
peared in lead-
ing night clubs,
made several
- The Peters
Decca record.
ings, and guested on the nation's
first-place radio shows. The pian-
ist of the quintet does the master-
minding for their clever song ar-
rangements . Ted and Dennie
Peters, spectacular ballroom and
adagio dance team, continue their
breathtaking routines(' for a sec-
ond week. The remainder of the
show is new, and includes Phil
Maraquin, unicyclist and acrobat
who also dabbles in sleight-of-
hand feats; Don Harmond, hand-
some baritone, who features popu-
lar tunes, and many others. . .
The Aurora Roche-Carlyle Dance
Group remains with their exotic
production numbers, such as
"Dance Barbaro" and "Babalu,"
as do the peppy jumpin' Jivers.
Master of ceremonies Franke
Rapp paces the show with zany
antics. and glib gag routines. For
the show and dancing it's the
smooth music of Ben Young's or-
chestra.
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Smart people, these Syrians.
When the St. George Church held
a banquet for the returnees re-
cently at the Book Cadillac,
slip of paper was given • each
speaker timing him 3 minutes—
and even His Reverence, the Arch-
bishop Bishar of Vew York, was
only allotted 5 minutes. He stated,
"Only by learning to love thy
neighbor will we be able to attain
eternal peace." Young George
Kappaz, who is heard on WJR in
"Books Bring Adventure," spoke
for the Vets — well and wisely..
Mr. Louis Shamie was the toast-
master, and a good and witty
one, too. Young Rickey (Rich-
ards) Beshare was the hit of the
floor show as master of ceremo-
nies. New to the show business,
Rickey will go far. His panto.
mime portrayal of Figaro (a la
the Bernards) was excellent and
is full of promise for the big
things in the theatrical field. He
has a very lovely and charming
wife.

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Friday, July

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Pale Sixteen

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Consolidated's Reply toDiscussion of
Exorbitant Rates —"No Comment

"

A curtain of silence, expressed
in the caustic words "No com.
ment!" has thrown its shadow
across public discussion of De-
troit's exhorbitant natural gas
rates and its inadequate natural
gas service.
The response by a spokesman of
Michigan Consolidated Gas Com-
pany was evoked by a local news-
paper reporter when he sought an
answer to a charge that Michigan
Consolidated bills housewives $2
for natural gas, used in cooking
and water heating, which costs
the company only 38 cents.
Although sponsoring a program
for . expenditure of $84,000,000 to
construct its own gas pipe line to
Michigan, the local gas distribu-
tors have failed also to reply to
an assertion by Assistant Corpor-
ation Counsel James H. Lee that
Michigan Consolidated "wants to
create a shortage (of natural gas)
so that the federal power commis-
sion will grant it permission to go
ahead and build" the pipe line.
Hence, gas consumers of the'De-
troit area—including readers of
this newspaper — are presently
barred not only from adequate
house heating with gas, but are
handicapped also in their search
for the motives behind Michigan
Consolidated's policies.
Public opinion will not accept
that company's refusal to debate
either, the question of its own char-
ges for gas service, or Its plans to
Impose upon its customers a dup-
licate pipe line facility which the
City of Detroit has charged is not
needed. -
That Michigan jndustry, and
therefore our woming population,
is also directly affected by the
present impasse over natural gas
supplies is evidenced by a recent
report in the Detroit Free Press
by its Washington correspondent,
James M. Haswell.
"Michigan Industry Grasps for
Golden Flow of Gas" was the
heading of Haswell's article, pub-

lished June 24. "Many Hurdles
Must be Scaled to Double Supply
in Next 5 Years."
A primary hurdle seems to be
the barrier of silence on the gas
issue, which Michigan Consolida-
ted seeks to erect. And one of the
functions of every worthy news-
paper--whether a metropolitan
daily or a cross-roads weekly—is
to present to its readers accurate
news and constructive views on
questions of public interest.
Accordingly, this newspaper in-
vites a candid submission of read-
er opinion on methods for solv-
ing the dilemma now confronting
our families and workers, busi-
nesses and industries, caused by
high gas rates for inadequate gas
service. A need exists for the for-
mation of a gas consumers' ad-
visory group among the readers of
this newspaper, whose views and
suggestions may aid in breaking
through the barrier, "No com-
ment!" and holding the facts on
high for all to see.

District 6 of Bnai Brith
Holds Convention Here

Burnstine Elected
NeNV Commander
of Michigan JWV

At the convention of the De-
partment of Michigan, Jewish
War Veterans of the United
States, held on Sunday, June 30,
at Detroit, Dr. Perry P. Burn-
stine was elected department com-
mander of Michigan.
Other officers elected to servo
with Dr. Burnstine were: Mau-
rice Bordelove, department senior
vice commander; Irving Berger,
department junior vice command-
er; Bernard Hirsch, department
quartermaster,,and Oscar
Schwartz, department Judge ad-
vocate.
The afternoon session was taken
up with the election • of ,officers
and the adoption of resolutions
presented at the convention. Fol-
lowing are the resolutions adopt.
ed: A resolution urging the con-
gress of the United States to en-
act new legislation for the gov-
erning of the O.P.A.; Urging the
congress to use its influence in
the lifting of immigration re-
strictions into Palestine and re-
questing the state legislature to
enact a strong F.E.P.C.
The installation of officers took
place in the evening, with Major
Maxwell Cohen, of Boston, Mass.,
national commander of the Jew-
ish War Veterans, officiating. Ma-
jor Cohen was the principal
speaker of the evening.
Other speakers at the conven-
tion included Arthur Greig, dept.
commander, V.F.W.; Walter Scott,
past commander, Detroit districts
association American L e g I o n;
Nicholas Wagner, natl. Vice Com-
mander War Veterans; Richard
Moore, dept. commander AMVETS
and Joe Rabinovich, natl. chair-
man, Sons of the American Le-
gion.

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convention chairman, at TEmple
1-5592, or get them at the Book
Cadillac Hotel on July 7 and 8.
Participating in the convention
will be the Women's District
Grand Lodge number six, under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Charles
Solovich. The Women's Council
will be hostesses , at a luncheon on
Sunday in honor of Mrs. Arthur
Laufman, past president of the
Women's Supreme Council and
past president of Women's tits-
trict Council Grand Lodge num.
be six.
Has any reader ever found per-
A symposium luncheon on Mon- fect accuracy in the newspaper
day will feature Dr. A. L. Sachar, account of any event of which
Sonia. Mazure, Mr. Richman, Mr. he himself had inside knowledge"
A. E.• Iapplin , and Mr. Schaefer. (E. V. Lucas, of Knowledge).

1946

Bevin Denies He
Opposed Letting
Jews in Palestine

WASHINGTON, (JTA)— British
Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin dr.
vies that he has disapproved th
admission of 100,000 Jews to Pal
estine, and although opposed to
Jewish national state, favors
"Palestinian state of some so
Lord Inverchapel, British anA
sador here, informed Ser4
Wagner and Mead of New Y.
in a letter released by the British
Information Service.
Replying on behalf of the For-
eign Minister to a cable from the
two Senators protesting
recent speech to the Labor Part y
conference, the ambassador sail t.
that he had been asked by M.
Bevin "to stress that in his Bour-
nemouth speech he was concerned
to put forward, in an atmosphere
of realism, some constructive sug-
gestions Which he hopes may ht.
of assistance" in the current An-
glo-American discussions on Pal_
estine.
The letter ignores the criticism
by Wagner and Mead of Bevin' ,
statement that "the agitation in
the United States, and particular.
ly in New York, for 100,000 Jew; 1
to be put in Palestine is because ►
they do not want too many of
them in New York.
Mr. Bevin instructed the am-
bassador to point out to the Sen-
ators that "he did not say that h
would not agree to the admission
of the 100,000 Jews to Palestine .
He said that if they were pie
there tomorrow, he would have to
send another division of British
troops there and that he was not
prepared to do it. But "although
he drew attention to these difficul.
ties," Lord Inverchapel wrote, '11. ,
said . that he would strive for
Palestinian state, from which th•
voice of the Jews in Palestine
could be heard in the chancello-
ries of the world. Mr. Bevin made
clear that he was determined that
the Jews should be given fair
treatment;

NO COMPETITION ?. . .
THERE'S PLENTY OF IT

More than,any other private business,
the utility is in direct and continuous
competition with the theories and, in
some sections of the United States,
with the works of those who would
turn private business into government
business.

.

The Detroit Edison Company com-
petes for your business in your home,
because there is nothing which com-
pels the use of electricity exclusively
in the operation of many household
appliances.

Industries are free to build plants for
the manufacture of their own electric
power, anda few have done so.

Because of the existence of real competition, The Detroit Edison Company is re-
quired to produce so efficiently that the industrialist cannot afford to generate his
own power.
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Detroit Edison is required to •serve the home so well that its occupants will PREFER
electricity.

Beyond all this is the ever present fact that our customers—you, the householder,
the farmer, the merchant and the manufacturer—expect nothing less than the BEST
from The Detroit Edison Company. We are in constant competition with that
standard of price, dependability and service which you fix for us—with your idea
of what Detroit Edison should be.

Upon our ability to meet that competition depends our right to survive and prosper.

Direct competition by another electric company is eliminated by law as a matter
of public policy. That policy permits exercise of the economies of mass purchases
and mass production without wasteful duplications. The safeguards of public
regulation are combined with the enterprise and efficiency of private inanagernent.

The objective and the result—extraordinary service at. reasonable cost.

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