THE JEWISH

NEWS

,May 15, 194

Roosevelt and Churchill Asked 7:300.fews Die AMERICAN ZIONISTS UNIFIE
To Save Nish Jews from Death Of Starvation TO SPUR PALESTINE PROGR

Similar Appeal Sent to Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal
Hinsley and Presbyterian Church Head by
Palestine Chief Rabbi
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—An ap-
peal to President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Winston Church-
ill and Polish President Wlady-
slaw Raczkiewicz asking them to
consider the mounting starvation
among Jews in Nazi-held Po-
land and to arrange for the ship-
ping of food to them in the same
manner as was done for the
starving population in Greece,

was cabled from here this week
by leaders of Polish Jewry who
are organized in Palestine in a
body representing the interests
of the Jews in Poland.
A similar appeal has been ca-
bled by the Chief Rabbi of Pal-
estine, Dr. Isaac Herzog, to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, to
Cardinal Hinsley and to the head
of the Presbyterian church in
England.

In Nazi Greece

"Give Us Political Conditions and We Will Finish the Jo
Dr. Weizmann States in Key Address

Half of Victims are Children;
Red Cross Is Forbidden
To Give Aid

By WALTER L. FIELD
Member of Detroit Delegation at Conference and Special
Correspondent of The Jewish News

ISTANBUL (WNS)—Approx-
imately 7,300 Jews, about half
of them children under 14 years
of age, have died of starvation
in Greece since the Nazi occupa-
tion of that country, according to
information received here this
week. The reports left little doubt
in diplomatic circles here that
the Nazi authorities in Greece
are planning to wipe out the
Jewish population by starvation.
While the general Greek pop-
ulation is suffering acutely as a
(Condensed From Cables of the Jewish Telegraphic
result of the Nazi confiscations
Agency)
nd the prevailing food shortage,
the Jewish position is far worse,
the reports said. Emergency soup
AUSTRIA—.
kitchens have been established
Baldur von Schirach, Nazi governor of Vienna, addressing a in most Greek . cities . but the ad-
meeting in Stockholm, announced that "the evacuation of Jews is 'minist'rators have been forbidden
continuing at such a rate that it can be expected that by the end the municipal kitchens to feed
of this year Vienna will be entirely free of Jews", the Svenska Dag- Jews.
bladet reported.

World News at a Glance

•

YUGOSLAVIA—

The Yugoslav Government-in-Exile. in London, submitted to
the British and Allied governments a document-charging the Hun-
garian troops occupying northern Yugoslavia with torturing to death
and murdering at least 100,000 Serbians and Jews, including men,
women and children."

FRANCE—

The organization of special "Anti-Jewish Brigades" by' anti-
Semitic groups in occupied France for the purpose of helpin g the
Nazi occupational authoritities raid Jewish homes, was reveale d in
a report from Paris stating that the first raid on Jews by these
"brigades" was made in the famous Paris "flea market", where Jews
come to sell their last remaining belongings.

ALGERIA—

All Jews in Algeria must leave any positions they hold in the
colony's economy by May 29, it is decreed in the Algerian Journal
OfYiciel. Jewish holders of professional identity cards must sur-
render them to the police at the same time.

RUSSIA—

Jews constitute 15 per cent of the Polish armed forces which
are now being trained in Russia, Gen. Anders, commander of the
Polish Army on Soviet soil who is now on a visit in England, re-
yeaiet...th is week.

GERMANY—

The ban on Jews using public means of transportation, which
went into effect in Berlin last month, has now been extended to all
of Germany, it is reported in the Nazi press.

PALESTINE—

The reports charged also that
the Nazis are preventing such
humanitarian agencies as the Red
Cross from aiding the Jewish
population in Greece.

Blast Damages
Theater in Zion

Mystery Veils Incident; Coas-
tal Restrictions Aimed at
Pro-Axis Espionage

Anti-Discrimination
Bills in N. Y., N. J.

ALBANY (JTA) — Gov. Her-

State.
GOV. Lehman this week signed

two bills prohibiting racial and
Thirty-three hundred Bulgarian Jews between the ages of 20 and religious discrimination by em-
411, have been mobilized for forced labor, according to an official an- ployers in New York State.
nouncement broadcast this week over the Sofia radio.
• • •

HOLLAND—

TRENTON (JTA) — Governor
Charles Edison this week signed

Radio Orange, the Netherlands station in London, called upon a bill providing stiff penalties
the population of occupied Holland to launch immediate demonstra- for war or public works contrac-
tions against a reported German order requiring Dutch Jews to tors
who refuse to employ a per-
wear a yellow Star of David when appearing in public.
All anti-Jewish regulations now in force in Germany will be son because of race, color or
introduced in Holland despite the fact that the Dutch population creed.
displays sympathy with the Jews it was _reported by the Trans-
ocean News Agency. a Nazi organ, adding that henceforth every
Jew in Holland will have to wear a yellow' armband with the word
"Jood" (Jew) on it.

CROATIA—

The Jewish population in the Nazi puppet state of Croatia has
been reduced from 35,000 to 6,000 in the course of one year, accord-
in% to a report in the Nazi newspaper Grenzbote.

CZECHO-SLOVAKIA-

A decree broadcast this week by the Prague radio orders the

dismissal, by August 1, of all civil servants who are of partly Jewish
origin or who are married to Jewish women.

HUNGARY—

The expulsion of Jews from Hungary as "the only remedy" for
the Jewish problem there is urged by the Hungarian Premier,
Nicholas-von Kallay.

CANADA—

Charles V. Wasserman, Austrian author. this week won the Ro-
tary Club first prize gold medal as Montreal's leading high school
public speaker. Wasserman was released from a Canadian intern-
ment camp in March, 1941.

DENMARK—

A number of Jewish refuge-es in Denmark were arrested by
Gestapo agents and
deported to Gernirmy despite prate-As by the
Danish government, it is reliably reported from Stockholm.

GALICIA—

A "Jewish reservation" now is being created in Nazi-occupied

Galicia, near Lwow, according to pro-Nazi Ukrainian newspapers
reaching here from Cracow. The papers report that Jews from
Hungary and Slovakia already are being sent into this "_ - c - ervation"
and that Jews from various parts of Southern Poland will also be

expelled to this area.

—

Men and women from the most
extreme right and extreme left its great responsibilities as w
in the movement, were here to as to its great possibilities.
express their views, their aspira-
RUSSIAN JEWRY'S STATUS
tions and hopes, for the rebuild-
Louis Lipsky, strategist of t
ing of Palestine as a home for

Zionist Organization of Ameri
opened the Sunday afternoon d
ing leader in Jewish life and bates in which Chaim Greenbe
the philosopher - of the Zio •
President of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, flew here from labor movement, spoke in Je
England to - attend this historic ish. The feature of the deba
gathering. Dr. Weizmann's ad- was the expression of the r
dress at Saturday night's open pective points of view of
session lifted the convention- to various groups in the moveme
At the Sunday night sessi
Nahum Goldmann, the
pr

their homeless people. '
Dr. Chain Weizmann, outstand-

JWB Issues
Honor Roll
Of War Dead

Lists 10 Jewish Boys Killed In

Action; 2 Officers Cited
For Bravery

NEW YORK (JPS) — Paying

tribute to the Jewish warriors in
the service of the United States,
the Jewish Welfare Board pre-
sents each week a list of Jews
who have been killed in action
or have won acclaim for deeds
of heroism.
The soldiers killed in action
are: Sergeant Harry Fineman,
Wilmington, Del., killed appar-
ently pgcorregidor; Sergeant of

JERUSALEM (JTA)—A vio-
lent explosion of undetermined
origin virtually destroyed the en-
gine room of the Eden Cinema
here this week. The theater, one
of the largest in Jerusalem, is
located in the heart of the Jew-
ish section of the city. It is esti-
mated that damages will total Marines Herbert Kielson, first
nearly $5,000. Police are inves- American soldier brough home
tigating the blast.
for burial; Private Joseph Gutt-

A world association to stimulate the reading of Psalms, with bert H. Lehman this week an-
headquarters in Jerusalem, will shortly be established. Originally nounced that he
would not be
suggested by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who is now in New York, the
proposal was approved by Chief Rabbis Herzog and Usiel of a candidate for re-election to the
post of Governor of New York
Palestine.

BULGARIA—

NEW YORK
The Extraordinary Zionist Conferen
attended by 586 accredited delegates representing
parties in American Zionism, held May 9, 10 and 11
Hotel Biltmore, is being described as "A Miniature Wo
Zionist Congress. It-was a unique, colorful and idealis
gathering.

Lisbon Consuls
Anti-Semitic,
Fry Charges

Emergency Rescue' Agent
Tells of Cruel Discrimination
by U. S. Officials

NEW YORK (JPS)—Deliberate
anti-Semitism on the part of Am-
erican consuls in Lisbon and cal-
lous disregard of the consuls for
the dire straits of Jews are
charged by Varian Fry, Ameri
can representative of the Emer-
gency Rescue Committee in Mar-
seilles, who was expelled from
Vichy, France, last September.
In an article in the May 2 issue
of The Nation, Mr. Fry gives in-
cidents to sustain his allegations.
In the article, called "Our Con-
suls at Work", he writes of a
German rabbi who was told by
the U. S. representative that his
visa had expired a day sooner
than it actually had. "The poor
rabbi had to watch the Excam-
bion sail without him . .. It was
another three months before his
visa was renewed."

man, killed at Pearl Harbor; Sea-
man Seymour Glassberg, "miss-
ing in action"; Liutenant Isidore
Alfred, killed in the Far East.
The latter was a cousin of Mey-
er Levin, the noted Jewish war
hero. The other heroes are Corn-
nander William A. Epstein of
Denver, Colo., who was reported
missing following the sinking of
the U. S. S. Houston, on which
he was senior medical officer;
Private Daniel A. Iskiwitch, of
St. Louis, killed in action in the
Philippines; Radioman Bernard
Field of Cleveland, Ohio; Radio-
man Sidney Pierce, Texas; Pri-
vate Alfred Rosenthal, of Brook-
lyn. Pierce and Rosenthal were
killed at Pearl Harbor. Field
died in Hawaii.

.

found Jewish diplomat f r o
Switzerland, delivered a stire

address. His description of pos

war world readjustments,
the Jewish place in these adj
ments, and the possibility

bringing back Russian Jewry •
to the Jewish fold again, c
axed the day's deliberations.
"DETROIT" OF MIDDLE EAS
Robert Szold, former Presid
of the Z. 0. A., who took
in this enlightening discussio
pointed to the fact that Palest'
is now the "Detroit" of the Ne
East, the source of manufact
ed war material for the armi
of the United Nations.
Monday's session was ou
standing for its emphasis on
importance of bringing the Je
ish youth in America to an u
derstanding of the problem
our people, and of the urge
need of accepting leadership a

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Rabbi Heller As
Colleagues Ignor
Dissident Meetin

CINCINNATI (JPS) — Declar
ing that he was "amazed" by th
action of a group of 23 rabbis i
calling a conference in June t '

fight against Zionism, - Rab
James G. Heller, President of th

Central Conference of Americ
Rabbis, has issued a letter to
colleagues to repudiate the p
posed rump session, saying tha
"such a meeting, if held, is boun
to sow disruption in the Confer
ence, to provoke reprisals, to di-
vide our men within the folds o
Reform Judaism into arm
camps."

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20 Years Ago This Week

As It Was Reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Copyright, 1942, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.

WASHINGTON—Congressman Walter Chand-
ler of New York called upon the Lithuanian ambassa-
dor, Dr. Carneckis, and protested Lithuania's failure
to carry out the national rights clauses for minorities.
The ambassador is reported to have denied that there
was any intention on the part of his government to
break faith with the Jews ...
GENEVA--The Earl of Balfour has given official
notice to the Council of the League of Nations that
England and the United States have agreed on the
terms of the Palestine Mandate. It is hoped that the
Mandate will be registefed during the present session
of the Council .
WARSAW—The executive of the Warsaw Jew-

ish Community has appointed Prof. Moses Schorr of

Lemberg University to the post of Chief Rabbi of
Warsaw, to succeed the late Rabbi S. A. Poznanski
LONDON—Word has been received here that
the first relief kitchen has been opened in -Odessa by
the Joint Distribution Committee .. .
JERUSALEM—Palestine's Zionists have sent
their thanks to Senator Lodge of Massachusetts for his
efforts in securing passage 'of the resolution placing
the United States government on record as favoring
a Jewish home in Palestine

