Friday, August 27, 1943

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Plan to. Settle Refugees
From Spain in Palestine

THE JEWISH NEWS

Quebec City's
Anti-Semites
Stage Parley

Arrangements for Resettlement Program With U. J. A.
Utilize Presence of United
Funds Completed by Dr. Joseph Schwartz With
Nations Leaders to Oppose
Jewish Agency Officials .
Building of a Synagogue

As a result of plans completed during a visit to Palestine
by Dr. Joseph Schwartz, European chairman of the Joint
Distribution Committee, refugees who have found a tem-
porary haven in Spain will be transported to and settled in
the Jewish homeland through combined rescue operations
by the J.D.C. and the Jewish Agency for Palestine (which

receives its funds from the Uni-
ted Palestine Appeal), supported
with resources provided by the
United Jewish Appeal for Refu-
gees, Overseas Needs and Pales-
tine.
The first contingent of refugees
to be brought to Palestine from
Spain will comprise 600 persons
for whom entry permits have
been furnished by the Jewish
Agency for Palestine. Transpor-
tation arrangements are now be-
ing made by the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee, which may be
carried out along a route from
Lisbon to Palestine via the Cape
of Good Hope.
Certificates Available
The Jewish Agency for Pales-
tine has advised Dr. Schwartz
that immigration certificates
could be made available for giv-
ing permanent homes in Pales-
tine to almost all of the refugees
now in Spain. The J. D. C. is also
giving consideration to evacuat-
ing numbers of refugees from
North Africa to Palestine.
Dr. Schwartz's visit to the
Middle East to study the possibil-
ities for large-scale emigration to
Palestine has now taken him to
Turkey, the principal transit
country for refugees seeking to
reach the Jewish homeland from
the Balkans. While in Turkey,
the J.D.C. official will discuss
with government leaders . and
representatives of the Jewish
Agency the problem of trans-
porting large numbers of refu-
gees, mostly children, to Pales-
tine from Bulgaria and other
areas in the Balkans.
Plan to Save Yemenites
Through the efforts of the
J D. C., which raises funds for
its rescue program through the
United Jewish Appeal for Refu-
gees, Overseas Needs and Pales-
tine, 600 Jews from Yemen have
already been settled in Palestine
and 1,000 others are to be helped
to come there in the near future.
It is estimated that more than
$1,000,000 of the funds contribu-

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DR. JOSEPH J. SCHWARTZ

ted to the United Jewish Appeal
in 1943 will be required by the
J. D. C. to defray transportation
costs in the emigration of refu-
gees from Spain, the Balkans,
Yeman and Iran.
In Detroit the U. J. A. receives
its funds from the Allied Jewish
Campaign through the War
Chest.

Szyk to Design Cover
for Annual Book Month

Jewish Book Month, to be
celebrated during the period
Nov. 20 through Dec. 19, will be
the occasion for intensified Jew-
ish book programs in many
communities thr o ugh o ut the
country.
Arthur Szyk, a member of the
National Committee of the Jew-
ish Book Council of America,
has enthusiastically taken up the
cause of Jewish books and is
now engaged in the preparation
of a poster design for the cele-
bration of Jewish Book Month,
it was announced by Abraham
H. Cohen, chairman of the ad-
, ministrative committee.

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TO HELP YOU

QUEBEC CITY (JPS)—Util-
izing the world attention focuss-
ed on Quebec during the historic
meeting here of President Roose-
velt and Prime Minister Church-
ill, anti-Semitic forces in this old
French - Canadian city arranged
a mass meeting as part of the
effort to keep the Jews of this
city from building a new syna-
gogue.
The anti - Semitic gathering
was in the form of an open-air
meeting in a local park opposite
the site where the Jews have
unsuccessfully been trying for
years to put up a new house of
worship but have been prevent-
ed from doing so by the action
of the Quebec City Council.
The usual anti - Semitic and
pro - fascist arguments were
voiced by the speakers at the
open-air meeting.
Speakers urged a campaign to
boycott Jewish merchants while
others recited the familiar Axis
theme of anti-Semitic libels.

JWV Women Give
Flag to the SPARS

The Department of Michigan,
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Jewish
War Veterans of the United
States, presented an all silk
American flag to Ensign Eliza-
beth C. Barmes, officer in
charge at the recruiting station
of the Women's Reserve of the
United States Coast Guard Re-
serve, on Aug. 19, in the Lafay-
ette Building, Detroit. The flag
was donated by Comrade David
Freedman, a veteran of World
War I, in memory of his mother,
Rebecca.
Presentation ceremonies were
conducted by a committee con-
sisting of Rose M. Cowan, presi-
dent; Hattie Cohen, chief of
staff; Lillian E. Fink, president
of Auxiliary No. 135; and Mary
Wallace, president of Lawrence
H. Jones, Auxiliary No. 190.
The flag will be used in ad-

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Detroit Jews Asked to Aid
In Compiling War Records

Statements Issued by Samuel H. Rubiner, Chairman of
Detroit Army and Navy Committee, and Frank
L. Weil, President of Welfare Board

Samuel H. Rubiner, chairman of the Detroit Army and
Navy Committee of the Jewish Welfare Board, announced
this week that a concerted effort is being made to compile the
complete record of Detroit's Jewish men and women in the
armed forces. He called upon the entire community to assist
in this effort. 4>

For the convenience of Detroit tory of Jewish valor and service.
Jews who have not yet sent in We are writing the history of
the completed forms, they are that share. The Bureau of War
being reprinted in this issue of Records of the Jewish Welfare
The Jewish News, on Page 6. Board is charged with the re-
Mr. Rubiner has made public sponsibility of recording for now
the following statement from and for posterity the great
Frank L. Weil, president of the achievements now taking place.
National Jewish Welfare Board,
outlining the importance of the All members of the Jewish Com-
compilation of the war records: munity of America are part of
the Bureau of War Records. Each
Patriotic Enthusiasm
owes a positive duty to carry for-
"The Jewish Community of ward and facilitate the work of
America has every reason to be the Bureau. This booklet offers
proud of its participation in the a guidance as to how that duty
present war. Once again, Amer- may be discharged.
icans of Jewish faith have re-
"Thirty - three centuries of
sponded to this country's call glorious distinction look down
with patriotic enthusiasm and upon us and we must respond
self-sacrifice. On all the battle- and add to that great record."
fronts, on all the seven seas, in
all the branches of service of the
armed forces, our men are carry-
ing on their full share of the
great task which confronts us.
"On all fronts, our men
have fought gallantly, distin-
a
guished themselves, been decor-
ated, and have suffered heavy
casualties. The record is glori-
ous. It is in the best tradition of
our Jewish ancestors for the past
OUR WELL EQUIP-
33 centuries.
PED laboratory, long
training and constant
Records For Posterity
effort to keep abreast
"We owe our share to the his-
of science and research
have enabled us to fill
ministrating the oath of allegi-
your prescriptions with
unfailing accuracy for
ance to recruits. The local office
over 52 years. Every day
of the new SPARS induction
doctors show their con-
center is equipped to interview
fidence in Schettler's!
applicants for enrollment.

Stolarsky Family Club met at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Boren, of Calvert Ave. last Sun-
day. The Stolarsky Family has
pledged toward support of a
child in Palestine. The meeting
of Aug. 1 was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Holbrook
of Monterey Ave.

Over 52 Years of Service

Detroit
Birmingham Grosse Pointe

Palestine Awaits Your Cheering Words!

There Are Two Ways in Which You Can
Send the Builders of Zion Your Encouragement!

The

tradition of sending a New

■ Year Scroll to the Jewish Home-

land with Detroit Jewry's pledge

of uninterrupted support will be

repeated this year.

You and your families will again

be called upon to affix your

OWN THESE OUTSTANDING RECORDS

names—at $1 for each inscription

Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano and Orches-
tra, with Eileen Joyce (piano) and Arthur
Lockwood (trumpet), Leslie Howard conduct-
in.. the Halle Orchestra, Columbia album.
M-527
$3.67
Borodin's Symphony No. 2 in B Minor, Dimitri
Mitropoulos conducting the Minneapolis Sym-
phony Orchestra. Columbia album, M-528. $4.72
Richard Strauss' Don Quixote, Fritz Reiner
conducting the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
Columbia album, M-506 $5.77
"Six Songs for Democracy," sung by Ernst
Busch and chorus of the 11th International
Brigade. Keynote album, K-101 $3.15
Beethoven's Concerto No. 5 in E Flat Major
(Emperor) Arthur Schnabel (piano) with Chi-
cago Symphony Orchestra. Victor album,
DM-939
$5.77
—In All Record Depts.

—to this Scroll.

1513-21 WOODWARD . . AND BRANCHES

Schettkr Drug Co.

To the Synagogues of Detroit
And Their Affiliated Memberships

1

Grinnell Bros.

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Please respond promptly and

liberally when this call comes

you

to

next week.

2.

Rosh Hashanah provides the
means of our continued coopera-
tion in the land-redemption pro-
gram of the Jewish National Fund
by affixing a J. N. F. Stamp on
each Synagogue Admission Card.

When you secure your tickets
for the High Holy Day Services,
be sure you ask for the J. N. F.
Stamp and make a liberal contri-
bution to the Fund.

Officers of Detroit Synagogues
should organize their committees
at once to give us their whole-
hearted support in the distribu-
tion of the Jewish National Fund
Stamps.

The Synagogue Committee of the Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit—whose
membership includes Rabbi Joshua S. Sperka, Rabbi Morris Adler, Irving Schlussel
and Isidore Sosnick—will be prepared to offer you all necessary assistance in both

Synagogue High Holy Day Projects.

WILLIAM HORDES

President, Jewish National Fund Council of Detroit

DETROIT HEADQUARTERS OF THE JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

11608 Dexter Boulevard

TOwnsend 8-8658