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Our Athletes
By !FRANK BECKMAN
WE HAD A CHANCE to talk to
Leib Sirkin, director of the Hapoel
soccer team of Palestine, when he
stopped off in Detroit to confer
with leaders sponsoring the local
appearance of the Palestinians,
June 15 at U.
of D. Stadium.
Soft -'spoken
Sirkin confined
his conversation
to the achieve-
ments of the
Jews in Eretz
Israel. an e didn t
say
anything
th g
•
about himself.
He didn't have
Beckman
to.
His fame
had preceded him to this country.
Sirkin was the central figure in
a celebrated case of skullduggery
trumped up by the British in Pal-
estine. In 1943 he and another
Jew, Abraham Rachlin, were ar-
rested by the English and charged
with illegal traffic In arms. '
• • •
DURING THE TRIAL, which
took two months and has since
become a chapter in the Yishuv's
history, it became apparent that
the case had been Invented as a
deliberate attempt to blacken the
name of the Jewish community.
Although innocent, Sirkin was
given a 10-year sentence and serv-
ed until July of 1946 when he was
released by a special act of clem-
ency.
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Tante Chizzie,
Kichul Champion
(Continued from page 3)
Coming home, he would feel dry
and take another. Just before
breakfast, he took a "real
schnapps." What he did the rest
of the day is a mystery. How he
kept a job, if he worked, I do not
remember.
He always basked in glory when
others told about his capacity. At
his funeral, the Rabbi mercifully
refrained from eulogizing him for
his best known ability — the drink-
ing of schnapps. '
• • •
TANTE CHIZZIE HAD another
prerogative. That was to kiss
the children on holidays, at Bar
Mitzvahs, at weddings , and other
family gatherings.
I have never objected to being
kissed. But I must have shown
Tante Chizzie my utter dislike for
her kissing habits. I have never
minded a firm, intent and hearty
kiss from relatives. But Tante
Chizzie, in spite of her prerogative
— and it would have been a mortal
Insult to refuse her — was a meek
person. She did not kiss with in-
tent, with firmness, with fervor ,
She kissed by slobbering all over,
wetting a boy's entire face, making
him feel foolish.
We complained to Mother about
the ordeal, asking how we could
get out of it. But Mother was the
last person to insult an older rela-
tive, for any reason. So, with her
easy grace, she told us to endure
the kisses. . . .
(To be continued)
JWV
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y DR. PERRY P. BURNSTINE
LEIB SIRKIN
lie Palestinian has a great ad-
miration for America and Ameri-
can athletes. Although soccer has
not caught on in this country and
is far Awn the popularity list, this
fact isn't causing overconfidence in
the Hapoel ranks.
• • •
• SO FAR THEY have captured
one game in New York and
games, both' in New York, and
were held to a I-1 deadlock by
Si combined Sparta-llakoah team
in Chicago. Detroit's represent-
ative, loaded with several Cana-
dian stars, is expected to furnish
stiff competition.
• * •
IF THE GOODWILL tour is a
success, which means enough
money will be raised to build a
stadium and swimming facilities in
Tel Aviv, then Palestine will have
an ideal setup for training its can-
iidates for the 1952 Olympic games.
Tickets for the match are on sale
here at the Jewish Chronicle, Zion-
ist Organization of Detrciit, Jew-
ish Community Council, Jewish
Center, Jewish National Fund,
United Hebrew Schools, Farband
Schools, Shaarey Zedek, Temple
Israel and neighborhood stores in
the Dexter-Linwood-Twelfth street
sections.
• • •
THINGS WEREN'T going so
well for Hank Greenberg during a
recent double-header in Cincinnati.
In seven times at bat, Hank could
hit nothing but the wind.
In the 10th frame of the night-
cap, he popped up to catcher Ray
Mueller. Disgusted, he took a
lusty wallop at Mueller's mask,
lying on the ground, and sent it
rolling several feet. The mask was
so bent that Mueller had to call
time while he got another.
In the twelfth, Greenberg ground-
ed out. Mueller picked up Hank's
bat and beat it against the' ground.
The laughter of the fans turned
into a roar when a distinct crack
was heard.
• • •
PHIL ROBINSON and Dave
Kantor, both of Detroit, were
awarded wrist watches by the
Bnai Brith Bowling Association
for their outstanding feats on
the alleys. Robinson was the
only BB kegler to bowl a 300
game during the season. Kantor
rolled a 299.
1HE ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY
services will be held at the
-Machpelah Veteran Memorial plot,
8-Mile road and Woodward avenue.
Leon Ginsburg, chairman, will of-
ficiate. Rabbi E. A. Levi, depart-
ment deputy chaplain will speak at
10:00 a.m. The department' honor
guard and drill team will partici-
pate. Families of deceased vet-
erans and the general public are
invited to attend.
• • •
THE TRADITIONAL all-Veteran
parade will he held Friday, May
30 commencing at 2 p.m. Sanford
Rothman, Americanization officer,
has arranged for the participation
of the Jewish War Veterans and
their assembly poirit will be at
Alfred street, corner Woodward
avenue at 1:30 p.m.
• • •
THE FOLLOWING were elevat-
ed in the recent election of Pfc.
Joseph Bale Post: Commander, Dr.
Sidney Siegan; senior vice-com-
mander, Herman Schwartz; junior
vice-commander, Leo Berlin; ad-
jutant, Sam L. Fischer; judge ad-
vocate, William Rosen; chaplain,
Edward Bunin; officer of the day,
Irving Landis.
• • •
THE FIRST ANNUAL dinner-
dance sponsored by the Sol-Yetz-
Morris Cohen Post will be held at
the Northwood Inn Sunday. Tic-
kets are available by contacting
Sol H. Levin, commander, at UN.
2-5087.
• • •
MORTON GERENRAICH, mem-
ber of the Charles and Aaron
Kogan Post No. 510, has been ap-
pointed state athletic director of
the JWV. He has started work
on a program, which will in-
clude a softball league. Sporting
facilities are being set up at de-
partment headquarters.
• • •
ARTHUR M. LANG of Detroit
Post No. 135 and Mtrston H. Busch
of Lansing Post No. 559 were ap-
pointed recently by the national
commander as deputy inspectors
general for the Department of
Michigan.
By TYLER BROOKE
HOLLYWOOD:
The Parent-
" Teachers Aspciation of Chic-
ago recently announced that the
Columbia two-reeler starring the
Three Stooges (Mcie and Shemp
Howard and Larry Fine), were sel-
ected as "ideal entertainment for
children."
Word now conies that the three .
madcap comedians have signed a
contract with the Coast to Coast
Publishing Co. of New York to
have their antics appear in a
comic-cartoon book.
Arch Oboler, writer-director, and
George Jessel are the, latest recipi-
ents of the "Spirit of Moses"
award presented by the National
Jewish Recognition Committee for
"outstanding services to the Jew-
ish people in 1946." Jesse' also
took honors, along with Jack
Haley, when he was voted "favorite
comic" by the New York Herald
Tribune's Fresh Air Fund,
Change of Title Department:
"The Mating Call," an original
screenplay by Ben Hecht and
Charles Lederer, was filmed by
Columbia as "Her Husband's Af-
fairs" but will reach the theaters
as "My Awful Wife!" Sounds like
a case of love's labor lost!
The House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee lists Academy Award
winner "The Best Years of Our
Lives" among 'those films allegedly
containing Communist propaganda.
Could it be that "Oscar" is made
of some of that Moscow gold we
read about?
•
WHAT'S HAYWIRE in Holly-
wood? The State Department has
been pressuring movie-makers in-
to a policy of soft-pedaling vio-
lence and other elements in films
which tend to convey an unrepre-
sentative impression of American
life...
Producers of "B" pictures, who
depend on melodramatic themes
Friday, May 23, 1947
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containing sizeable chunks of vio-
lent action and other, such tripe,
view the policy with alarm. They
are also concerned with the grow-
ing wave of protests being lodged
by religious, labor, and veterans
organizations on the same subject.
Pressure groups, the "B-men"
contend, leave them with little or
nothing in the way of story ma-
terial to work on without running
the risk of offending someone: this
being especially true if the "heavy"
happens to be a member of one
of the groups.
The attitude of the "B-men" was
pretty well aired when one of them
complained: "The only heavy we
can use today Is an unemployed
GI of indefinite extraction."
Now to be perfectly frank, I
haven't the slightest idea of wheth-
er or not this was intended as a
bit of sarcasm or as a burst of
"righteous indignation" over a
seemingly insoluble problem. In
any event, the .statement is poorly
worded and could be interpreted
as a very definite slur on the
character of veterans in general.,
But the point to be gained from
it is that it is indicative of the
type of thinking behind current
motion picture production, It
seems to me that if film content
was approached, in the first place,
with the idea of creating mature
pictures, the State Department and
other groups would not . find it
necessary to protest.
Working on such a basis, pro-
ducers of both high and low bud-
get films could present any minor.
ity with realism and integrity
without fear of offending someone
in the process. Certainly, this was
accomplished with notable success
during the war.
Why has it suddenly become a
problem? Are we to assume that
we must have another war before
we can expect films that are closer
to life? If that is the case, obvi-
ously something is haywire in
Hollywood.
•
PALESTINE PIX: With three
pictures already in preparation
Palestine is coming in for Its
share of attention as screen ma-
terial. To date, "Thieves in the
Night" seems due for independent
production with a possible release
through Universal -International.
Director Billy Wilder (The Lost
Weekend), is developing a story
around the Palestine issue as is
reported next production for
mount.
U-I is also In th'e running with
a recently purchased Idea called
"The Danger Line" scheduled for
1948.
Lastly. RKO has had the Henry
Blankfort-Lewis Allen yarn, "Red
Sky in the Morning," under con-
sideration, although it begins to
look al though Its authors are aim-
ing it first at Broadway.
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Kvutzah Ivrith Plans
Meeting on Monday
Venetian Blinds
The annual Kvutsah Ivrith gath-
ering, devoted to original literary
readings by members, will be held
Monday evening in the •home of
Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Mathis, 2083
Gladstone avenue. •
The Bar Mitzvah of the hosts'
son, Harold, will also be celebrated.
Participants will be Aaron To-
back, Bernard Isaa"s, A. Atzmoni,
A. Twersky, Jashua Shames and
Dr. A. Dubnove.
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• • •
ON MEMORIAL DAY, Friday,
May 30, the Gen. Maurice Rose
Poet No. 420 will join with Con-
gregation Bnai Moshe in participa-
tion in patriotic ceremonies at
Oakview Cemetery. The program
will start at noon.
Rabbi Frain to Preach
in Methodist Church
Rabbi Leon Fram will occupy
the pulpit of Rev. Henry Hitt
Crane of the Central Methodist
Church, Woodward at Adams
avenues, at 10:30 a. m. Sunday.
Rabbi Pram's subject will be
"The Christian Stake In Pales-
tine."
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