Atitericair "elvish Periodical &ter
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
Friday, September 20, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
The Palestine Scene
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5 Killed in 3 Attacks
in Jaffa and Tel Aviv
In Synagogue Post
Thousands Enlist to Rebuild
Villages Wrecked by British
8 Wounded Jews Seized in Raid
on Bank as Arabs Bar Escape
TEL AVIV—One Jew, two policemen and two Arabs
'') were killed in Haifa this week when two armed groups
of men attacked the city's central police station and held
up a bank there. Simultaneously, six other men held up
a bank in Tel Aviv.
In Jaffa 14 Jews in three jeeps drove up to the po-
lice station and opened fire with
submachine guns and pistols,
while a second group set off a
home-made gasoline bomb near
the Barclay Bank on the main
street and then invaded the build-
RABBI MAX VORSPAN
ing. In the half-hour gun battle
outside the police station, the Jew
Rabbi Max Vorspan, who served
and the two constables were killed.
in the Pacific as an Army chap-
As the remaining 13 attempted
lain, has been appointed executive
to retreat they were encircled by
director of the Young People's
mobile police forces and a crowd
League of the United Synagogue,
of Arabs. The Arabs surrounded
NEW YORK — Former U. S. national organization of conserva-
three of the raiders in one jeep
and almost succeeded In lynching Senator Guy M. Gillette, president tive synagogues. He will be the
them before the police arrested of the American League for a first to hold the post.
them. Five more Jews were cap- Free Palestine, today branded the
tured by the mob, while five London conference on Palestine as
others escaped. All eight captured a "gigantic hoax which ridicules
the honest efforts of sincere peo-
men were wounded.
At the bank, the other raiders ple everywhere to bring about a
just solution to the Hebrew-Pal-
wounded the bank manager who estine
problem."
fled, but were forced to leave the
Senator Gillette accused Prime
bank before they could obtain the
keys to the vault. Another mob Minister Attlee of "trying to rain
attempted to halt them, but they an immoral, unjust and outwarn
made good their escape after British Imperialism down the
throwing a hand grenade at the throats of both the Jews and the
Arabs, killing two. Seven other Arabs in Palestine" and said that
Arabs were injured in the two the prime minister's speech could
NEW YORK (WNS) — Dr.
battles. Later a sack of bank notes be interpreted only as "open de-
fiance of both the League of Na- Stephen S. Wise, who returned
was discovered near the bank.
tions Mandate and American com- here from Paris where he attended
In the Tel Aviv hold-up no guns mitments."
the Jewish Agency executive con-
were fired, but a cashier was
"Stripped of concealing diplo- ferences, told a press conference
beaten when he attempted to re-
sist the attackers. They made off matic verbiage," Gillette added, that "there are a half million
"the prime minister's message homeless Jews in Germany, Italy
with approximately $10,000.
All interurban traffic was cut adds up to a warning to both and Eastern Europe who are en
off by police and hastily sum- Jews and Arabs that unless they route to Palestine."
Dr. Wise asserted that the Jew.
moned troops, and traffic on the are willing to indorse British im-
roads from both cities was halted perial interests, peace will not pre- ish Agency might reconsider the
and the vehicles searched. In Jaffa vail in Palestine; that Britain Is question of attending the London
the Arabs aided the police in prepared to sacrifice every last conference on Palestine if the
blockading side streets with barbed Jew and Arab in the Near East establishment of a Jewish state in
wire entanglements in preparation rather than relinquish her polit- Palestine is made the topic of
for a detailed search. Barbed wire ical and economic dominance over discussions.
road blocks were thrown up with- that area of the world."
The Agency, he stated, would
Commenting on Nahum Gold- attend only "on terms consistent
in Tel Aviv and considerable troop
man's
declaration
that
the
Jew-
with decency and self-respect."
movements were reported around
ish Agency had made a maximum
it.
"Few, if any, self-respecting Jew-
concession in agreeing to parti.
* * *
tioning of Palestine, Senator Gil- ish individuals in this country or,
Warn of Women 'Spies'
lette said: "The fact that the re- any other will accept the British
sistance
in Palestine is defending invitation to the conference if the
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Brit-
Jewish Agency does not' attend,"
their
homeland
from British op- he
ish military staff in Palestine has
added.
pression
and
from
the
threat
of
issued an order warning British
Asked
whether the Jewish Agen-
British
sponsored
'Federalization',
officers not to associate with Jew-
ish women, who may be spies for and the fact that the resistance cy had put forward a partition
the Haganah, it was revealed here has refused to consider partition, plan of its own, Dr. Wise an-
this week.
amounts to a repudiation of the swered in the negative, declaring:
"The Jewish Agency might come
The order says that the under- Jewish Agency by the Hebrew
under the necessity of consider.
ground movement is operating "an people in Palestine."
ing, at the insistence of the Brit-
efficient and detailed intelligence
ish Mandatory Power, a partition
service, making use of Jewish wo-
plan that would re-establish Jew.
men who are paid to extract in-
ish statehood in a liveable Jewish
formation" from military person-
Palestine in an adetjuate area."
nel. Investigation has proved that
military information was obtained
On the question of the reported
resignation of Dr. Abba Hillel Sil-
by the underground In this fash-
ion, the order said.
ver from the Jewish Agency, Dr.
Wise said that the Agency had
The warning pointed out that
refused tp accept the resignation
the efforts of the Jewish women
and that he hoped that Dr. Silver
were directed primarily at officers
would "reconsider and withdraw
who were in a position to know
Detroit delegates to the national his resignation."
British military plans.
Zionist convention, Oct. 25-29, will
be named by the Zionist Organi-
zation of Detroit at an open meet-
ing Monday, Sept. 30 at Shaarey
Zedek.
Morris M. Jacobs, president of
(Continuea from Page 3)
the Detroit district, will roesent
his program for the coming year.
to conventional bounds.
The annual Balfour Ball of the
The physical labor of gardening
or of carpentry is a broom for organization will be held Dec. 21
the mind.
in the Hotel Statler, Harry Cohen,
chairman, announces.
Louis Berry is leading all work-
OREDOM Is a mental state,
BOWLING CENTER
induced by routine activities. ers in collections for the Zionist
The latter implies lack of think- Expansion Fund campaign. Abe
TWELFTH ST. at DELAWARE
ing. Something different will break Kasle, chairman, has revealed.
"It should be remembered that
the established pattern and throw
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the funds of the Jewish Welfilre
you out of your rut.
Religion too, and not in the campaign are used for actual work
Sunday Morning Reservations
least sense, plays a part in rid- in Palestine," Kasle explained. "It
Invited. Open Bowling all
ding the mind of boredom. In- is essential that extra funds be
day Saturday and Sunday
, ner reflection, prayer, reading raised to carry on American Zion-
s the book . . . seriously under- ist activities.
"This includes work among For Reservations Call—
taken and part of everybody's
life, can give back to the adult youth, educational activities and
TRINITY 2.9507
a proper perspective In life.
the American Christian Palestine
No Waiting
Committee."
There is danger, too, In relax-
ation. The danger comes when the
relaxation becomes a substitute
for work; when the hobby becomes
As usual this year we hare a full line of
reality and pushes out life Itself.
HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS
We see it in men and women
who are so absorbed in detective
Talesim, Tfilim, Machzcrim and Esrogim
stories, love stories, in novels that
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tute Is for real life and not for
the distasteful part of real ilfc.
Gillette Brands
p
arley a Hoax
He Charges Attlee
Defied U. S. Pledge
`500,000 Jews
Going -to Zion'
Wise, Back in U.S.,
Reports on Parley
Balfour Bail
Set for Dec. 21
=dee, who demanded Immediate
JERUSALEM, (Palcor)--Visibl y stoppage of search operations, re-
crushed by what he had seen a t lease of the detained members of
Dorot and Ruhama, tall, gra y. the temporary village committee,
haired Isaac ben Zvi, president o f and compensation for the damage
Vaad Leumi (Jewish Nationa I done.
Council), in a voice tense wit h
The High Commissioner ex-
restrained anger, told correspond - pressed regret over the damage
ents of the wanton destructio n but refused to visit the settle-
and malicious anti-Semitism o f meats and recalled that British
British troops who for six day s lives had been lost as a result
occupied the tiny Negev settle . of terrorist activities. Neither Do-
ment.
rot nor Ruhama however, have
He charged that this "wa • any way been connected with ter-
a result of instructions given th , rorist activities.
soldiers beforehand and of Gen
The High Commissioner ex-
Barker's notorious letter." He an _ pressed hope that further searches
nounced that thousands of, Jews of Jewish villages can be avoided
all over Palestine, are enlisting in and promised everything possible
construction groups to rebuild th , to "minimize the inconveniences"
wrecked settlements.
if such searches become necessary
again.
SHOCKED BY LOOTING
Ben Zvi, who headed a delega-
tion of representatives of Jewish
national bodies, which visited Do-
rot and Ruhama, told the corres-
pondents:
"We leave the detailed report of
TEL AVIV, (Palcor) — The
the damage done to experts now
on the spot. To us both settle- strange story of an Englishman,
ments present scenes of wilful de- disguised as an Arab and deliver-
struction, vindictiveness and loot- ing an anti-Jewish harangue be-
ing which cannot be justified by fore a group of Beduin tribesmen
near Beisan, was reported in Da-
the purpose of the search.
var, laborite daily.
"There is hardly a nail left in
The Englishman was arrested
either colony. There is not a sin-
gle hammer to begin repair work. by a Jewish constable but was
At Dorot we saw the workshops released a short while later by
piled with chunks of iron and the police officer to whom the
turned him over.
steel from wrecked machinery. constable
Thg Jewish constable, who was
Small tools were either stolen or
destroyed. Trees planted in the on duty at Beisan, saw a gather.
wilderness, after great exertion, ing in a Beduin tent. When he
approached he heard an anti-Jew-
were uprooted.
"The troops attempted to destroy ish address being delivered In
the water supply, but desisted Arabic inside, but not in the local
when they themselves began to dialect. He arrested the speaker
experience thirst. The night be- on suspicion and on the way to
fore they left Dorot they slaugh- the police station discovered that
he was an Englishman in Arab
tered all the poultry for a 'fare- dress.
well feast.'"
Briton in Disguise
Harangues Arabs
MEET WITH CUNNINGHAM
INFANT'S SERVICE GROUP
While Ben Zvi addressed the
The Infant's Service Group held
press conference, High Commis- a special board meeting Sept. 16
sioner Cunningham met with at the home of Mrs. Harry Good-
members of the Nwev Bloc Com.. man.
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