Friday, 'July 9, 1943 THE JEWISH NEWS Weekly Review of the News of the World (Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service) AMERICA The investigation into "racial antagon- ims" that has been undertaken by the Dies Committee is "a cure worse than the di- sease," it was asserted by Congress- man Emanuel Celler of Brooklyn. He ob- served that the Committee's ardor for in- vestigation has diminished when it came to "the many Fascists and Fascist Fronts existing in our midst." From Pearl Harbor to June 1, 1943, the Bureau of War Records of the Jewish Wel- fare Board "has compiled a checked and authenticated list of about 1,000 Jewish casualities and several hundred awards for heroism," it was reported by Frank L. Weil, president of the J. W. B. The Distinguished Flying Cross has been awarded to Second Lt. Hyman Gold- berg, 26, of New York City, who insisted on staying at his bomb sight and releasing his bombs on enemy ships after he was severely wounded in flight, it is reported by the Jewish Welfare Board's Bureau of War Records. Herbert C. Fell has been named by President Roosevelt as the American member of the United Nations Commis- sion for the Investigation of War Crimes, whose aim is to prepare the cases against and to prosecute "agents of the Axis pow- ers who have perpetrated atrocious crimes against. innocent victims." Mr. Pell has previously been Minister to Hungary and Portugal. Rabbi S. Joshua Kohn of Utica, N. Y., is the first Jewish chaplain to be appoint- ed \ to the Merchants Marine, according to an announcement in The Jewish Chaplain, Jewish Welfare Board publication. OVERSEAS Genya • Kosaya, a 25-year-old Russian Jewess, has been decorated by the Soviet government for her unique contribution to the war effort. For seven months, she de- livered daily addresses in fluent German to the Nazi soldiers on the central front, urging them, through the medium of a loud speaker forty meters from the firing line, to surrender. On one occasion she was wounded, but she continued her talk without interruption. The governments-in-exile in .London have received lists naming 25,000 Nazi criminals responsible for the atrocities in Axis-occupied Europe. Eleven thousand of those listed were charged with perpe- trating crimes in Poland. Seven hundred Italian Jews have been admitted into Vatican City, it is alleged in London. Although there was no confirma- tion of this report from reliable sources, the Nazi organ, Streicher's Stuermer, con- •verted the story into a platform for an attack on Pope Pius XII. It asserted that 10,000 Jews had been brought into Vatican City by the Pope in order to save them from deportation and from anti-Jewish discrimination. - Herman Hoffman, president of the New York County Criminal Courts Bar Asso- ciation, was elected for a fourth term as Grand Master of the Independent Order Brith Abraham at the closing sessions of the 56th annual convention of the body in Saratoga Sprinsg, N. Y. Haj Amin El Husseini, the former Mufti of Jerusalem, in a message cabled to a meeting of Nazi journalists at Vienna, congratulated them on the success of their anti-Semitic campaign and conveyed spe- cial greetings to the delegates represent- ing Arab and Indian Quislings. Opponents of Gen. De Gaulle have launched an anti-Jewish campaign in French North Africa. Three • thousand Jews in Theodosia, Crimea, were executed by the Nazis, ac- cording to a report by Jews who escaped from that city. The eyewitnesses stated that many Jews committed suicide in pref- erence to falling into the hands of the Nazis; others escaped into the forest and joined guerilla bands. The death in a guerilla engagement of Dr. M. Markovitch was mourned by guer- illa bands throughout White Russia. Chief doctor of a guerilla field hospital, Dr. Markovitch not only cared for the wound- ed but also participated actively in the battles against the Nazis. His name was inscribed on - the guerilla banner by the Soviet Government. Archbishop • Spellman of New York "consented to the bombing of German churches at the request of American. Jews," it was declared in an attack on the American churchman broadcast over the Paris radio. The Nazi spokesman asserted that American. Jews "had also urged the bombing of the Ruhr dams and Cologne." Thirty-two thousand of the 50,000 Jews interned in the Theresienstadt ghetto have been sent to Poland to be placed in electric chambers and executed, according to a report reaching Geneva. Nine thousand Greek Jews, most of them former soldiers who escaped from Salonika before the deportations to Poland were launched, have joined guerilla bands in Greece, according to reports reaching Istanbul. The American Red Cross has distributed kosher food to needy Jews and chocolate and clothing to Jewish children in Tunis. The Nazi authorities in Norway have confiscated the property of 126 Jewish merchants and industrialists who were deported from the country. Gardista, Slovak Nazi newspaper, de- mands the immediate deportation to Po- land of the remaining' Jews in Slovakia, including those who have been converted. The Rumanian government has ordered the confiscation of all houses, buildings and institutions owned by Jews as well as Jewish schools and synagogues in the Re- gat province. The Jews of Italy were ordered mobil- ized for forced labor by the Ministry of the Interior, according to a broadcast of the Rome Radio, reported in Washington by the Office of War Information. Samuel Zemurray, one of American Jewry's outstanding philanthropists, was named by President Roosevelt as one of six members of the reorganized Commit- tee on Fair Employment Practice headed by Reverend Francis J. Haas as chairman. PALESTINE Both the Palestine Government and the Jewish Agency will participate in the In- ternational Exhibition to be held at Izmir, Turkey, between Aug. 20 and Sept. 20, 1943. The Jewish Agency's exhibit will be housed in a special Palestine Pavilion de- voted largely to Jewish industry. The forced landing of a twin-engined British fighter-plane in a field at Kvutzath Galilyam, near Herzlia, brought Jewish settlers to the spot to give assistance to the fliers. One of the airmen,' stepping cheerfully from the plane, hailed the as- tonished settlers in Hebrew, calling, "Sha- lom Chaverim." It transpired that the flier was a South African Jew. One hundred Palestinian Jewesses have joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force Services since recruiting began six weeks ago, it was announced in Jerusalem on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the WAAFS. Page Three Ask Roosevelt, Churchill To Modify Food Cockade Technical Problems Can Be Overcome if U. S., England Agree to Principle, Rep. Knutson Says in House; Lehman's Hands Tied, He Asserts WASHINGTON (JTA)—An appeal to President Roose- velt and to Winston Churchill to modify the United Nations' blockade of Europe so as to permit the shipment of food to the starving population of Poland and other Nazi-occupied countries was made from the floor of the House this week by Rep. Harold Knutson, Minnesota Republican. "The technical problems are simple and can easily be handled if England and the United States will agree to the principle," Knutson said. He quoted a statement from the State Department saying that the U. S. government receives regular reports through the Swedish government that the food shipments which are being sent to Axis-occupied Greece are being distributed under the auspices of the International Red Cross "iArithout interference by the occupation authori- ties." Knutson disclosed that he and Rep. I -Ierter from Mas- sachusetts had a conference last Tuesday with Herbert H. -Lehman, director of the Office of Foreign Relief and Re- habilitation Operations, regarding sending food to Nazi- occupied countries. "We found Lehman sympathetic and willing to do all in his power to give aid," he said. "His was an excellent choice for that position. Unfortunately, he has no voice in policy Making." . Admission of European Jews as Visitors Asked in Congress WASHINGTON (JTA)—A strong plea for admission into the United States of a "reasonable number" of European refugees as visitors for the duration was made in the House this week by Rep. Emanuel Celler of New York. Rep. Celler based his argument on an editorial in the New York Post of June 21, which he read into ' the Congressional Record. The editorial, entitled "Can We Do Less?" pointed out that 40,000 Nazi and Fascist soldiers have been brought to this country as prisoners and are being well cared for. It asked whether Hitler's victims were not entitled to at least equal humanitarian consideration. . . . . ... DRURY .LANE BEAUTY BOX A "bouquet" of hArmonious make-up aids. Face powder, exquisitely soft, fine- textured. Rouge and lipstick—perfectly matched in correct shades. $1.00 Nail polish. $2.00 value Goe Colleffe Foundation Lotion and Skin Tonic $1.70 Value 1.00 Lotion gives perfect blend- ing surface for powder and rouge. 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