Our Athletes

Dr FRANK BECKMAN

A SHORT ITEM by the Urfited
Press last week revealed that
Andy Cohen, former New York
Giant's second baseman, had been
signed as a scout by the Boston
Braves.
Andy wasn't much of a baseball
hotshot during
his playing
days. He was
discovered b y
the fabulous
John McGraw,
manager of the
Giants, whose
b i g ambition
was to plant a
Jewish star in
Beckman Polo Grounds
and sit back and listen to the
merry clinking of the turnstiles.
Cohen wasn't the answer to Mc-
Graw's prayers. But he did show
the way to a galaxy of Jewish
players who have since worn big
league uniforms.
They include Hank Greenberg,
Goody Rosen, Morrie Arnovicb,
Phil Weintraub, Harry Banning,
Sid Gordon, Mike Schemer, Har-
ry Eisenstat mid Harry Feld-
man.
Should Cohen, in his scouting
role, discover ,another Greenberg
and plant him in Boston's park,
sports writers would again be
able to dip into McGraw legends...
and they could use the word
"Ironic" quite freely.

CHARLES SIMONS won the re-
cent Jewish Center table tennis
championship by defeating Victor
Weden in the finals. Simons drop-
ped the first two games before
rallying for the title. Sixteen mem-
bers participated, including two
girls.

• • •

Former University of Michigan
athlete Lou Levine has been
named coach of the Canton Jew-
ish Center team in the Mid-west
Jewish basketball league. Pitts-
burgh, Akron, Youngstown and
Cincinnati are also in the loop.
• • •
ONE OF THE standouts on the
New York Knickerbockers, who
will match basketball skills with
the Detroit Falcons Jan. 4 at
Olympia, Is Sidney Hertzberg.

Friday December 6,

DETROIT SWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle

Pegs Sixteen

another was seriously w (
when the• jeep they were trr
in Was blown up by a mine
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv highw
kilometers from Jerusalem.
Two 13-year-old Jewish
were wounded by a Brit1s1
stable who opened fire on tl
in which they were riding
between the Tommies and police the Yemin Moshe quarter of
however, :esulted in the wounding dalem, when it failed to of
of a five year-old child, a young order to halt.
girl, who were struck by stray
bullets, and a constable whose
foot was grazed, apparently by his
own shot.
PANIC SPREADS
Mrs. Miriam Weisenfeld,
The shooting began at about
7:30 p.m. after an attack on a 2696 Sturtevant avenue, dies
police billet at the corner of Jaffa 28 after a prolonged 'lines.
Services were held at (
Road and the Street of the Proph- Shel
with interment
ets. Panic spread to all parts of Beth Ernes
Abraham Cemetery.
the city where police and troops
Thumin and Isaac
sprayed the streets indiscriminate- Joseph
man officiated.
ly with pistol, rifle and machine-
Surviving are seven son
gun fire, much of it striking hous- bert,
Meyer, Nathan, Louis,
es. Terrified residents fled indoors Samuel
and David; and two
and bolted shutters.
ters, Dorothy and Sue;
Motor traffic was halted, buses grandchildren and two g
were abandoned in the middle of grandchildren.
Mrs. Weisenfeld was a m
the streets, and frightened pas-
sengers huddled in doorways for of Congregation Beth Abi
shelter. A curfew was imposed on Yeshivath Beth Yehudah at
Jewish quarters at 9:30 p. m., the shivath Chachmey Lublin.
all-clear sounded at 11 p.m., and
the curfew was lifted in the morn-
Stork Baby Service
ing.
The Sternite's attack was pre- Starts Radio Progra
ceded by a mine explosion near
Stork Baby Service is sp
Jaffa Gate. Later 10 mines were ing a weekly radio progri
located near Damascus Gate and 11:30 p.m. on Mondays over C
six on the Prophets Street.
Problems on baby care al
Four soldiers were killed and cussed on "Stork Baby Tim

Compromise Plan for Palestine
Senate Group New
Is Disavowed by London Officials
The only casualties caused by
from Page 1)
Blasts Slander up a (Continued
messenger carrying a $28,- the Sternites were two British
000 payroll for the Polish emigre constables who suffered from shock
A 15 minute gun battle took when a land mine went off near
of Jewish DP's army.
place on the steps of Barclay's their billet. The blind gun-battle

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
Senate war investigating commit-
tee voted down a proposed in-
quiry into U. S. military govern-
ment activities in Germany which
had been urged by Republican
members of the committee follow-
ing a report by George Meader,
committee counsel, suggesting cur-
tailment or discontinuance of
American aid to European ref-
ugees and displaced persons.
The committee vote was strictly
along party lines with the Demo-
crats outvoting the Republicans
six to four.
A vigorous attempt is being made
by the Republicans to have the
report published in full.
'UNFIT' CHARGE MADE
Meader, who made his report
folThwing a two-week visit to Ger-
many, said the displaced Jews
were not fit material for immigra-
tion to the United States and that
they were lazy and unwilling to
work. He also charged that Jew-
ish groups in America were or-
ganizing the movement of dis-
placed Jews into the American
zone of Germany.
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia,
chairman of the committee, in a
letter to members, sharply at-
tacked the reliability of the report
as based on "impressions" and not
"facts."
The section of the report deal-
ing with displaced persons in gen-
eral and the Jewish DP's in par-
ticular was criticized by Kilgore
as casting discredit upon their
feelings and motivations. He said
it also discredited "humanitarian,
religious and racial groups in the
United States who sympathize with
the plight of these unfortunate hu-
man beings."
DOUBTS PERSECUTION
The report, he continued, in
dealing with the minority of the
DP's, those of Jewish religion,
questions whether they have been
subject to persecution.
Kilgore charged unquestioning
acceptance in the report of opin-
ions of persons lacking first-hand
knowledge who assert that "pres-
sure" from groups in this country
has permitted DP's to remain in
camps in Germany.

Bank. One of the extremists was
killed and the gunman who grab-
bed the money bag dropped the
loot when he suffered wounds.
A half hour later six armed men
carried a wounded accomplice into
the Hadassah Hospital, forced a
surgeon to perform an operation
and then carried off their corn-
rade, who was described by the
doctor to be in a serious condi-
tion.

• • •

Townies in Panic
as Shooting Flares

JERUSALEM (Palcor)—Panicky
British police and soldiers unable
to distinguish friend from foe
opened fire on each other in the
darkened streets of Jerusalem dur-
ing a wild shooting fray which
lasted 45 minutes following a
series of mine explosions and ma-
chine-gun and grenade attacks by
the Stern gang against police
headquarters and other govern-
ment buildings in the heavily for-
tified center of the city.
The attacks are believed to have
been an attempt by the Sternists
to capture the bristling citadel.
Six hundred and fifty persons
were screened and 52 were de-
tained.

Mrs. Wemsenf(
Dies at Age of (

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Mother Goose
`Prejudice' Cited

(Continued from page 3)

In current life is the sense of
brotherhood among infants. I
have seen white children play
with black ones In school. Oh,
Mother Goose, you, in your old
age, should know better than
to hand a little child a flag of
special indentity. •
But otherwise you were all right
in the Jewish kindergarten, Moth-
er Goose. I liked the way the chil-
dren were being taught the reli-
gious approach to the fact of their
being Jewish. That's the main way
toward being Jewish, isn't it?

• • •

SIDNEY HERTZBERG
Hertzberg was born in . Brook-
lyn 24 years ago. He was all-
scholastic choice at Tilden High
School in 1939 and all-metropolitan
selection at City College during
1941-42.
Ile was a member of the La-
vender live, semi-finalist in the
1842 National Invitation tourney,
and is the holder of professional
single game scoring mark of 37
points.
Hertzberg, who stands six feet
and weighs 180 lbs., was a tech-
nical sergeant in the Army before
his discharge Feb. 7, 1918, after
four years of service.
• • •
ON SUNDAY the Louis Mar-
shall Lodge Bnai Brith Bowling
League will play host to 60 Toledo
Bnai Brith keglers.
Shining trophies will be at stake
when the local men square off at
1 p. rn. against the Ohio invaders.
The contests will be held at the
Lucky Strike Bowling Alleys.
This will be the first in a series
of home and home affairs between
the two lodges.
Following the bowling session,
a banquet will be held at the
Merest Hotel under the super-
' vision of Morton J. Bechek.
Aaron Rosenberg will entertain
with Yiddish humor.
Irving L. Gilbert and Erwin
Stein are co-chairmen.

RELIGION TAUGHT
WJHEN THEY WERE given milk
VT the kids said the blessing for
the abundance that God gives. (A
lot of the politicians in Israel have
quite forgotten that God is the
charter member of the Jewish
party).
The children had been taught
the religious words of thankful-
ness even for an ice cream cone.
They knew another Mother Goose
jingle.
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,
Hurry and polish the candlestick.
Polish it fast and polish it bright,
Make It shine for Friday night.
Congratulations on this teach-
ing Mother Goose. This is the re-
ligious loveliness of being Jewish,
not any flag waving, not an edu-
cation for separate nationalism or
racism. This was the dazzling
beauty of candles burning on Fri-
day night and of the Sabbath bride
sitting luminous at the table. This
was the fullness of Judaism in
the beauty of its religious conno-
tation.

SOCCER FOOTBALL fans will
get a treat next May. The famous
Hapoel team of Palestine is slated
to make a tour of the United
States, which means one of the
world's best arrays of talent will
enter New York harbor.
This all-Jewish aggregation will
play six games in the U. S. with
an option of two ttore-

I.

NOT THIS—Too small a
lamp shade looks as ridiculous
as a pill-box hat on an other-
wise stylish stout. Inefficient,
too, for only a tiny area is
lighted. The moral: Lamp
shades with flaring sides are
better than straight-sided ones.

2.

NOR THIS—The smart-
est Hattie Carnegie creation is
mined if your slip is showing.
And the same is true of your
lamp bulbs. They're not only
unsightly—their glare can tire
eyes and brain—even cause
headaches or harmful eyestrain.

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3.

NOR THIS—One gloom•
bug can spoil any parry. Don't
let your lamp shades be fune-
real or depressing. They can
affect your entire room. Outfit
your lamps with light-colored
shades, preferably those with
white linings.

......

6. IT'S SO EASY
TO BE SURE—
Your eyes' best friend is the

4.

CERTAINLY NOT THISI
Do your lamp shades bulge at
the seams? They're flashy and
garish—hard on the eyes and
on the nerves. Make sure that
your lamp bulbs aren't too big
for their shade.

5.

GOOD HEAVENS, NOI
Like any lady with self respect,
a lamp bulb wants to be per-
fectly groomed—immaculately
dressed. Keep bulbs, shades
and reflector bowls free of
light-stealing dust and grime.

"Light-Meter", a scientific in-
strument that tells the quan-
tity of your lighting. With it
your Edison Home Service Ad-
visor can quickly check over
your lamps and fixtures ... if
necessary show how your light•
ing can be easier on the eyes.
Arrange for a Home Service
Advisor to call on you toJ.I.

The DETROIT EDISON Co.

