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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, "January 29, 1943
Visiting Banned,
Non-Jewish Kin
Of Internees Riot
GUEST EDITORIAL
The Center's War Program
By MRS. SAMUEL R. GLOGOWER
President Jewish Community Center
The times today present a daily challenge. We are
at war. Every effort of ours, as individuals, and every
effort of the Jewish Community Center, as an organiza-
tion, should be directed toward winning that war. If in
the attaining of that objective, we, as individuals, find
it necessary to sacrifice temporarily our
regular way of life, we shall not complain.
If we, at the Center, find it necessary to
sacrifice programs and facilities so that
our fighters may have some of the pleas-
ures. the relaxations of civilian life, we
shall not complain.
But, while bending every effort to-
ward that goal, we must not lose sight
of the problems of the post-war world
and the part that the Jewish Community
Center can play in directing and thinking
for that period. The expansion of demo- Mrs. Glogower
cratic ideals, the retention of positive Jewish values re-
main in the background against which we must plan our
day-to-day program
Many problems, brought on by the war, affect our
work here. Some of them follow:
The loss of membership due to the departure of
members to join the armed forces; the resulting disin-
tegration of the clubs and classes to which they belonged ;
the inevitable financial deficit.
The loss of responsible leadership through entrance
in the armed forces.
The need for professional leadership in several de-
partments.
The increased demands on our services brought
about by the arrival in our city of large numbers of war
workers, the changes in program schedule necessitated
by their varying work shifts.
The use of our physical facilities by the men and
girls in uniform without depriving our civilian member-
ship of their privileges.
All these problems and situations must be reckoned
with. We are reckoning with them today. We intend to
reckon with them—and with the new ones, which, doubt-
less, will arise—tomorrow. The Center accepts the chal-
lenge.
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Jewish Center Welcomes
Servicemen of All Faiths
Facilities of Building Available to Men in Uniform Free
of Charge; Program Includes Social, Athletic
and Cultural Activities
The Jewish Center is now a rendezvous for young
men of many faiths and from every part of the country,
who are wearing the uniforms of the United States and
Canada's Armed Forces,
Under the guidance of the Army-Navy Jewish Wel-
fare Board Youth Committee, a program which offers
social,
athletic
and .cultural:,
activities is provided at all times. weekly event is the Sunday af-
The facilities of the building are ternoon splash party for serv-
available to servicemen free of ! icemen and JWB hostesses. The
charge, and they are welcome to girls represent various local or-
all events at the Center.
ganizations.,
Since servicemen wish to keep
Refreshments are served in
in fighting trim even while on
the
USO Lounge. Games, danc-
furlough, the varied athletic
program has a special appeal. ing, card-playing, quiz games,
Health education activities to , and community singing around
which servicemen are invited in- the piano add to the afternoon's
clude swimming, handball, . bad-
minton; fencing, boxing, weight-
lifting, wrestling and squash. In
addition, a games room provides
ping pong and billiards.
Squash Courts, Pool
The Center's four-wall squash
courts and the full-size swim-
ming pool, are among the finest
to be found anywhere: The pool
has under-water lighting which
adds to its tiled beauty. Baskets
are provided for those, who are
interested in iwater basketball.
A life guard
is always in at-
.
tendance.
The USO Lounge is the center
of the social program. This room,
set aside Solely for servicemen,
serves as a "base of activities"
for visitors. Here the men may
leave their belongings, receive
information about Detroit and
its attractions, meet their friends
and leave and receive messages.
At the Lounge' they write let-
ters, read books, magazines' and
newspapers provided for them,
and talk to the friendly hostesses
in attendance: The girls often
are asked to shop for service-
men. They also offer a ! sewing
service, and buttons are first and
chevrons second in popularity.
Week's Program.
A typical week's program in-
cludes art classes in life draw-
ing, a lecture or forum discus-
sion panel, and a talker's group.
Perhaps the most. popular
Mrs. Glogower Re-Elected
Jewish Center President
Terrific Conditions Reported
In Concentration Camp at
Toensberg, Norway
STOCKHOLM, (JTA)—Dem-
onstrations were reported this
week to have occurred outside
of the concentration camp at
Toensberg in Norway recently,
when relatives of interned Jews
were barred from visiting them.
The relatives were presumably
non-Jews.
The Stockholm newspaper, Nya
Dagligt Allehanda, said that de-
scriptions of terrible conditions
inside the camp were circulating
throughout Norway. Internees
were said to be suffering from
frostbite and malnutrition, al-
though charged so-called "board-
ing expenses" in the camp, which
is financed by the German-con-
trolled Quisling government with
confiscated Jewish funds.
(It was reported in a Nor-
wegian broadcast on the BBC
that 60 Jews were in the
camp at Toensberg just be-
fore Christmas, and that 300
had been sent from the camp
to Oslo on Nov. 26 for de-
portation. Jews still held in
Norway are probably those
regarded as "part Jews" or
"Jews through marriage.")
Property of 1,253 Norwegian
Jews has been confiscated to
date, it was reported. More than
half of Norway's estimated 1,300
Jews have been deported. In-
ternees were said to have been
given a choice of deportation to
Poland, tantamount to a death
sentence, or to work outposts on
the frozen Arctic front
entertainment. Servicemen us-
ually wish to use the Recordio
before they leave the Center.
This recording device enables
them to send a talking letter
home, or to sing a song or two
which may be sent to a friend.
While Irving Berlin's "This Is
The Army" show was in De-
troit, many members of its cast
dropped in to use the Recordio
to make discs of the hit tunes
of the show.
Referred to Center
Servicemen are referred to the
Jewish Community Center by
the Downtown USO Center.
This is not just a place for Jew-
ish men but for all men of all
faiths. A weekly USO-JWB
Calendar, sent to men in nearby
training camps also tells of cur-
rent programs and • events of
special interest.
Be sure to tell all the visitors
to Detroit who wear the insignia
of any branch of service that
they should make the Center
their headquarters for fun and
relaxation.
Edward Rose and Saul Saulson are Elected on Board;
Directors Watch Demonstration of Professional
Staff; 300 Members in Service
Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower was re-elected president
of the Jewish Community Center at the annual meeting
at the Center, Woodward at Holbrook, on Jan. 21. Other
officers were reelected as follows : Mrs. Joseph M. Welt
and H. C. Broder, vice-presidents; Daniel G. Cullen,
secretary ; Samuel H. Rubiner, treasurer. Two new mem-
bers, elected to the board of di-
rectors, are, Edward Rose and
Saul Saulson.
Following the election, a de-
monstration of the Center's pro-
fessional staff was held, in which
the directors of the Center were
invited to participate.
300 Enter Service
It was brought out that ap-
proximately 300 members and
former members, at present, are
with the fighting forces, 56 hav-
ing been pulled from the Cen-
ter's active file during the month
of December.
To date, however, the loss of
men to the armed services has
been somewhat offset by the en-
rollment of a greater number
of women and girls into the
Center family. Whereas in pre-
vious years the ratio of men to
women within the Center's ac-
tive membership was 21/2 to 1,
that proportion is being steadily
reduced.
Despite the draft and the scat-
tering of young people into war
industries, the Center is able to
show a loss of only 152 members
between Jan. 1, 1942 and Jan.
1, 1943.
War Workers' Program
Discussed at the open staff
meeting was the acceleration of
the program for war workers, es-
pecially for those who are stran-
gers in the city. It was pointed
out that some 250 different young
men and women, most of them
newcomers to Detroit, have at-
tended the Monday evening war
workers' parties at the Center
since their inception in October.
More than 90 Detroit young wo-
men serve as hostesses for these
affairs.
The point was also made that
programming is increasingly dif-
ficult in the Health Education
Department due to labor condi-
tions, but a full athletic program
is maintained, and many new
courses have been added includ-
ing Jiu Jitsu and social dancing.
It was declared that an unu-
sual number of successful mass
programs have been held in the
building during the past year.
These programs included a good-
will concert, the first of its kind
to be held in the city, Michigan
Symphony Orchestra concerts,
modern dance recitals, lectures,
and a series of successful social
dances, each dedicated to an Am-
erican or Jewish , holiday.
Younger Groups
The growth in Junior and In-
termediate members (boys and
girls from 5 through 17 years
.of age) was cited and a descrip-
tion of the special effort toward
intensified programming for the
younger groups was related. -
Membership in the Mothers'
Clubs, which averages some 450,
approximately 15 per cent of the
Center's total membership, main-
tains its figure steadily despite
war conditions and increased
membership fees.
The meeting concluded with a
report given by the treasurer,
Samuel H. Rubiner, as follows:
The Center's 1942 budget was
$106,122.07. Toward this budget,
the Community Fund Allotment
amounted to $56,177. The Aaron
Mendelson Estate contributed
$2,000. The balance was raised
through memberships and service
fees.
Before adjourning the meeting,
Mrs. Glogower read the annual
report as president.
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lightly and make jokes about vitamins, but neverthe-
less the discovery of the role of vitamins in our 'body .
processes is one of the most important since Pasteur
evolved his germ theory.
After Pasteur, most scientists thought every disease
was caused by a particular bacteria. Now we know
that many ailments are caused by deficiencies . . .
deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals. Don't
laugh about vitamins ... go to see your doctor instead.
It's surprising how many aches and . pains, how many
chronic . illnesses can be . cleared away when the. ,
doctor's diagnosis puts the finger' on some vitamin
deficiency. Saln's' have. thOusands of dollars worth of
vitamins, every combination, every strength your doe-
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