THE JEWISii'NEWS

.Friday, July. 24, 1042

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tree Detroit Advertising

7 ,xecutives

Directs Scouting

Aid Bond. Sales

Abe Kasle Heads Vaad Bitachon Committee of Zionist
Council; Elias Newman, Noted Artist,

onard N. Simons, Lawrence J. Michelson and Ivan Frankel
Supervise State-Wide Radio Program, "The Bond
Wagon"; On Air For Duration
A trio of Detroit advertising executives is earning
ftional fame for sponsoring what is considered the most
tensive and most interesting radio program in behalf
the U. S. Treasury Department's campaign for the sale
War Bonds and Stamps.
Leonard N. Simons, Lawrence J. Michelson and Ivan

Addresses Group
Palestine Jewry's decision to raise a million dollar
fund for defense activities found an echo in this country,
with the result that Vaad Bitachon committees are being
organized throughout the land to match this sum.
Under the auspices of the Zionist Council of Detroit,
a Vaad Bitachon committee was formed with Abe Kasle

• el, of the staff of Simons- 0
.elson Co., advertising
'my, are the men responsible
this creative task, and the
)gram is the widely-heralded
he Bond Wagon," the only pro-
of its kind to appear on
By PBINEAS J. BIRON
stations in a_ single state.
ALL STATE STATIONS
(Copyright, 1942,
Seven Arts Feature Syndicate.?
.dio Stations WWJ, WJP,
SAM BEBER
Z and CKLW alternate in
The new Bnai Brith-AZA Na-
..dcasting this program from
o 7:30 p. m. on Saturdays, and REMEMBER JABOTINSKY
tional Committee on Scouting is
That was a touching ceremony embarking on a far-reaching pro-
the stations in the state co-
erate in putting it on the air which last week, at a Long Island
gram to expand scouting activity
ultaneously.
cemetery, marked the second an- in Bnai Brith and AZA in ae-
,gr. Simons iS chairman of the
niversary of Vladimir Jabotin- cordance with a new agreement
„vertising committee of the U.
Treasury Department's cam- sky's death ... His widow silent- reached with the Boy Scouts of
ign for the sale of War Bonds ly deposited flowers on the grave America. Sam Beber of Omaha,
:4 Stamps in Michigan. Mr. . . . Then a delegation of Pales- Neb., who has been appointed as
•kel is the radio director for tinians of the Irgum, a militant chairman, is the founder of AZA,
War Bond campaign in the group of men, laid a huge wreath Bnai Brith's youth organization,
te, and ne supervises prepara- on the Zionist leader's last rest- and the former president of its
•• of the programs in coopera- ing place ... And Eri Jabotinsky Supreme Advisory Council.
• -with members of the Sim- recited Iskor . . . No speeches—
-Michelson adverstising staff. no bombastic phrases—but only a
AIR "FOR DURATION' ,
rededication to the work for
Our Own
program will remain on which the Rosh Betar gave his
•
air indefinitely "for the dur- all .. . And the entire occasion
on," according to Mr_ Frankel. served -as a reminder that Jabot-
. tstanding stars have made insky, more than any other Jew-
appearances on previous ish leader, foresaw present de-
How welt do you know
• -dcasts, among them Billie velopments and recognized the
your famous Jewish
ke, Benny Goodman's Or- importance of a Jewish Army
estra and others. Individuals when that theme was strictly
names?
-, active service, mothers of men taboo in high Zionist circles .. .
(Copyright, 1942, Independent
e the service and prominent en- JEWISH ARMY FRONT
Jewish Press Service)
- 'ners and officials including
There is reason to believe . that I
nk Isbey, head of the War American military
authorities
THE QUESTIONS
.d office in Michigan, are feat- look very favorably upon the
I. Who was Solomon ibn
Last Saturday night the Jewish Army project for the
Gabirol?
• dcast originated from Sel- Middle East. and are telling their
I
;,. :e Field.
2. Name the greatest Bible
British colleagues to stop pussy-
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and Talmud commentator.
Th.! program is alv.-as built footing about it . . We recom-
3. Who was the German Hit-
d the war, with elmphasis mend a little booklet published
ler of the 15th Century?
, the need for civilian partici- in London, England, by W. H.
4. Identify Shabbatai Zevi,
_ tion through the purchase of Allen and Co., Ltd. . . . It is call-
Solomon Molko, David
aT Bonds and Stamps.
ed "Britain's Nameless Ally,"
Reubeni.
Last month, Messrs. Simons, and its author is Israel Cohen
5. Name the modern Hebrew
. elson and Frankel were . . . The subject is the Jews as a
"triumvirate of Hebrew
..ed by U. S. Secretary of the factor in the war . . . Eddie Can-
poetry."
asury Henry Morgenthau Jr. tor has sent a contribution to
6. The "Auto-Emancipation"
the Michigan War Bond staff, the Committee for a Jewish
and the "Judenstaat" were
they received special certifi- Army, and pledges his support
written by whom?
-tes. The entire staff of Simons- . . . That beautiful new drawing
7. What have Theodor Herzl,
. helson Co. has been working which adorns the New York
Nahum Sokolow and Chaim
,ays, evenings and week-ends on headquarters of the Committee is
Weizmann in common?
%Ivertising and publicity for the a gift from artist Arthur Szyk,
8. Who wrote Hatikvah,
*rar Bond drive, as well as for who calls it "The Modern Macca-
Zionist anthem?
; ore preparation of radio pro- bee" .. .
9. Who tried to establish a
WEEKLY
GIGGLE
, -ams.
Jewish colony in New York
From Berlin via the grapevine
(The guest editorial on the
State?
comes the story about the Ger-
first page of this week's issue
10. Who was Abraham Abul-
man woman who, after studying
of The Jewish News was
afia?
the display in a bakery window,
, written by Leonard N.
For
ANSWERS See Page 12
went inside to inquire how come
Simons and deals with the
, 1 the War Bond and Stamp - the rolls were so large that day
... She threatened to report him
# campaign).
to the Gestapo for disobeying size
regulations unless he'd give her
a couple of the oversized ones
by way of a bribe . . . But the
baker quickly saved himself and
convinced her of his faithful ad-
herence to the rules . . "Those
illiam Hordes, President, aren't rolls," he pointed out . . .
"Those ate the fresh loaves I just
- Announces Year's Totals;
put out" . .

Strictly
Confidential

QUIZ BOX

;

t 'rogress Made by
3etroit's J. N. F.

Two Local Youths Win
Awards

Progress in the work of the
'• ,r ewish National Fund Council of
',0etroit was reported last week
, $y William Hordes, president, at
meeting of the Council held at
he David W. Simons branch of
he United Hebrew Schools.
Mr. Hordes announced that a
.. exceeding $1,000 had been
ected on Flower Day held in
..e, and that close to $27,000
, already been raised for the
'= -urrent year ending in Septem-
mr. This, he announced, is $4,000
a excess of last year's income.
Announcement was also made
t Melvin Sachs, a pupil of
-arey Zedek, Sunday school,
'
d Myron Spalter of Habortir
•n awards in the Jewish Na-
= 'nal Fund V-Graph contest and
re presented with• several
'
..ks of Jewish and Zionist his

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ory.

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Detroit Jews Plan to Match -
Palestine's Defense Efforts

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as chairman. Assisting him are'
representatives of the orthodox, held Monday evening at the
women's labor and youth bran- home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
ches of the Zionist movement.
W. Crohn.
Included among Mr. Kase's as-
Elias Newman, eminent Pales-
sociates are Morris Schaver, tinian and American artist who
Harry Schumer, Lawrence W. alternated residences between
Crohn, William Hordes, Benja- Tel Aviv and New York, was a
min Laikin and a number of guest in Detroit this week to
help organize the local commit-
tee and addressed the meeting
at the home of the Crohns. Mr.
Newman described plans for the
defense of Palestine and told of
immediate needs to guarantee
the position of the Homeland in
the present crisis. Mr. Crohn,
president of the Council, presid-
ed at the meeting.
Committee members met again
at noon Wednesday and formu-
lated plans for local activities
for Vaad Bitachon.

ELIAS NEWMAN

other spokesmen for the vari-
ous Zionist parties.
Plane for the formation of the
local committee were formed at
a meeting of the Zionist Council,

22 JEWS EXECUTED
BY GESTAPO LN HOLLAND
All Jews in Nazi-occupied
Europe will definitely be de-
ported to - colonial reservations"
outside of Europe, Alfred Rosen-
berg, ruler of Nazi-occupied
Russia, announced at a public
meeting in Riga.
Twenty-two Jews were among
ninety-six persons recently exe-
cuted by the Gestapo in Hol-
land, it was reported here this
1 week.

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At least le% of your
weekly income should go
for the purchase of U. S.
WAR BONDS and
STAMPS. This is every-
body's war . . . there
should be a GUN or a
BOND La every hand!

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