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THE JEWISH NEWS

Jewish Deportees Found
Starving in Transnistria

Stimson to Probe
Alleged Anti-Semite
In Military School

Food So Scarce They Are Forced to Eat Poisonous Seeds,
Jewish Delegation From Bucharest Discovers
on Tour of Axis-Occupied Ukraine

WASHINGTON (JPS) — Com-
plaints against the enrollment at
the School of Military Govern-
ment at Charlottsville, Va., of
Maj. Michael Grazynski, alleged
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE (JTA)—Representatives of anti-SeMite, have been referred
the government-controlled Jewish Central Office in Buchar- to the War Department for in-
est were permitted last April to visit the devastated towns vestigation, it was stated in a
in Transnistria, the Rumanian-administered part of Axis- letter from Secretary of War
occupied Ukraine, to where tens of thousands of Jews have Stimson to New York Rep.
been deported from Bessarabia, Bukovina, and other parts Emanuel Celler, in reply to a
protest.
of Rumania, according to a report issued in Bucharest.
Admitting that "similar com-
The report states that disease and starvation is taking
a heavy toll of the deported Jews. More than 200 Jews were plaints against Maj. Grazynski"
found to be suffering from paralysis while 401 showed h a d been received, Stimson
out that the major's
symptoms of the initial phases of the disease. The dele- pointed
status was "merely that of a
gation emphasized that starvation among the deportees is student and admitted at the re-
so acute that they eat poisonous seeds.
quest of the Polish government-
Another report states that conditions under which the in-exile," and added: "It is not
Jewish deportees in the Tulchin district of Transnistria live contemplated that he (Maj. Gra
are so bad that the Rumanian authorities there were com- zynski) ever will hold any posi-
pelled to appeal to Bucharest for food in order to enable tion in our government; upon
leaving the school, he will revert
the Jews to perform the forced labor to which they are to
whatever status he occupied
assigned.
before entering it.

Only 400 of 2,000 Remain Alive

Of 2,000 Jews who were sent from Tulchin to do
forced labor in the city of Gaissin, on the left bank of the
river Bug, only 400 are reported to remain alive.
The Rumanian government this week deprived 779 Jews
of their "master's labor license," thus forcing them to close
their shops. Figures on the wholesale dismissal of Jews
from Rumanian commercial and industrial enterprises car-
ried out between November, 1940, and May, 1943, have been
published by the Rumanian Minister of Labor, according to
a German broadcast.
The Minister's statement says that out of a total of
8,126 firms, 3,702 have exchanged all their Jewish employes
for Rumanians.

JDC Receives Report on Jewish Life in Rumania
NEW YORK (JTA)—A first-hand report of the conditions
under which the Jews in Rumania live was made public by the
Joint Distribution Committee here. It is based upon information
supplied by Rumanian Jews who succeeded in reaching Palestine.
"Every Jew,"- the report states, "must go to a camp for com-
pulsory work for a certain period. This is officially restricted to
one to three months but actually there are people who already
have been in camp a year or more. Without any reason whatsoever,
and with no system at all, every Jew can at any hour of the day or
night be dragged from his house and sent to camp to work.
The Jews in Bucharest fare better, the report adds, although
practically all of the Jewish houses have been confiscated and
given to Rumanians. The Jews who are allowed to remain in their
homes have to pay extraordinary high rents. For residences as-
sessed at a rental of from 50,000 to 60,000 lei for Rumanians, Jews
have to pay from 400,000 to 800,000 lei."

Our Film Folk

By HELEN ZIGMOND

JWB Expands Its
Work in Europe

Friday, July T

Walter. Rothschild Confers
With English-Jewish
HOLLYWOOD — "The Strange
Leaders in London
Death of Adolf Hitler" will

Jewish News and A.Z.A. Fund for Cigarettes for Men in
Service Overseas Gets Additional Support Here

Men in the armed forces who are serving on all fronts write
enthusiastically iri commendation of the cigarette funds inaugurated
by The Jewish News and the A. Z. A. as well as by newspapers
in other communities.

The Jewish News project has been expanded, and in addition
to the Old Gold cigarettes, shipped hitherto, there will be ship-
ments of Camel, Chesterfield and other makes of cigarettes. Ar-
rangements have already been made for apportionment of the
fund to the P. Lorillard Co., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other
cigarette manufacturers.

The Reynolds Co. this week has made public a very interesting
letter from Lt. H. B. Ressler, who describes how Arabs traded a
chicken for eight packages of Camels, thus enabling a group of
servicemen to have a much-craved-for chicken dinner.
Contributors of 50 cents or more may fill out cards bearing
their names and addresses and inviting correspondence with serv-
icemen who receive cigarettes through their courtesies.
Contributions received this week include $10 from the Win
the War Council, a representative group • of 30 organized apartment
buildings in the 12th St. section. There were contributions for $1.
each from Miss Esther Duchin and Miss Sheryl Epstein and a gift
for $3 from Kadin-rahs. Samuel Bros. Restaurant, 2493 Russell St.,
gave a contribution of $5.

"Please be assured that ener-
getic steps will be taken to de-
termine his fitness to continue as
a student, and to consummate
whatever seems . to be indicated
Through Altman's' Jewish Hour, broacast on Station WJLB,
upon more comple information." contribution for $20 was received from the Ladies' Auxiliary of the a
House of Shelter, towards a fund to be known as the H. Altman
Cigarette Fund.
Battle Creek JWB

Entertains Soldiers
From Fort Custer

Servicemen stationed in the
Fort Custer area, together - with
a group of hostesses from De-
troit, were entertained at a
weekend. party sponsored by the
Battle Creek Jewish Welfare
Board Army-Navy Committee
on Sunday, July 11, at the West
Michigan USO Club.
Starting with breakfast served
at the Club, the group, which
had originally planned to attend
a picnic at Willard Park, but
was prevented by bad weather,
met at the Youth Building for
an afternoon of swimming, bas-
ketball, and other activities.
Picnic dinner, consisting of
roast chicken, and watermelon,
was served indoors followed by
dancing at the Club. More than
150 servicemen participated,
many of whom brought their
wives.
Those active in arrangements
for the event were Mrs. Jacob
Mehler, Mrs. Morris Star, Mrs,
Sam Weiss, Mrs. Alex - Shapiro,
and Mrs. Sam Konigsberg. Oth-
ers assisting were Mrs. Henry
Gibson, Mrs. Morris Blyveis,
Mrs. Nat Green,. Mrs. Albert
Harris, Mrs. William Webber,
Mrs. Camille, Mrs. Harry Rosen-
stock and Mrs. Erwin Sadur.
The Junior Hostess Group,
representing the Detroit League
of Jewish Youth, were trans-
ported to Battle Creek under
sponsorship of the Detroit JWB
Army-Navy Committee.

have a 90 per cent European
Walter RothSchild, chairman of
cast—all of whom suffered op-
pression and deprivation at the the Army and Navy Committee
hands of the Nazis. Among these of the National Jewish Welfare
is Erno Verebes—new to Ameri- Board, has arrived in London to
can audiences. Fritz Kortner, au- confer with the military authori-
thor of the story, will also play ties and members of the Jewish
the part of a leader of the anti- community on methods of im-
Nazi underground. While in Ger- proving and expanding the re-
many Kortner had the distinction ligious, cultural and social serv-
Am= of being singled out three times ices rendered to American Jewish
in Joseph Goebbels' death sen- troops.
tences. Over the Reich radio he
Mr. Rothschild will spend six
was black-listed as "one of the weeks visiting American Army
worst enemies of Nazi Germany." camps and Jewish communities
in England, Scotland and North-
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Having completed the film ver- ern Ireland. The London Com-
sion, Irving Berlin's "This Is the mittee, established with the aid
Army" company will be reorgan- of the Jewish Welfare Board,
ized in two units to tour the recently opened the Balfour Club
camps of England and North for Jewish military personnel,
Africa. Berlin expects to accom- while home hospitality and as-
Due to the shortage of help
sistance in religious services has
pany them.
on farms, these girls have vol-
been
rendered
to
the
American
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Jewish servicemen by the com- unteered to spend the day pick-
A couple of producers were munities in Belfast, Cardiff, Bir- ing fruit, thus contributing in
having a friendly chat when one mingham, Liverpool, Bourne- some small way to the general
war effort.
remarked on the inaccuracies and mouth and other cities.
boners in the predictions of the
All girls who are interested,
Mr. Rothschild will discuss
news commentators. "You know
whether members of Junior Ha-
with
leaders
of
each
community
there's a fifth freedom," piped
dassah or not, should contact
Mark Hellinger. "What's that?" the possibility of closer coopera- Essie Kaplan, TO. 7-8711, or
tion
with
Jewish
and
Christian
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they asked. "You don't have to
chaplains. The work is part of Rut Miller, TY. 6-6330, immed-
listen!" retorted Mark.
iately, for further information.
the Jewish Welfare Board over-
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1943

Cigarettes Help Servicemen
Get Chicken From an Arab

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist
Organization of America, an-
nounced in New York that it
has asked its Palestine • Council
in the Holy Land to "consider
ways of setting up a joint plan-
ning committee of representa-
tives of Hadassah and WIZO, the
Women's International Zionist
Organization, so that both bodies
may achieve a maximum of co-
operation during the post-war
period in the Jewish National
Home."
The announcement was made
by Mrs. David de Sola Pool, na-
tional president of Hadassah.
The step was taken after two
conferences initiated by Mrs.
Chaim Weizmann, honorary co-
president of WIZO. Other repre-
Jr. Hadassah to Help
sentatives of WIZO attended at
Farmers This Sunday
the Hadassah national office, 1819
Broadway, New York. Dr. and
A group of girls from Junior
Mrs. Weizmann, who spent a
Hadassah will leave Sunday to
year in the United States, are
spend the day working in one now in London.
of the adjacent farming dist
ricts.

(Copyright, 1943,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

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