THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Fourteen
r Weekly Review of the News of ihe World
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(Compiled • From cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)
(See Also Page 3)
AMERICA
Sgt. Richard F. Stern, Jewish refugee from
Germany who received the Iron Cross serving
in the Kaiser's • army during the last war, was
awarded the Silver Star for gallantry for trick-
in.:, a half dozen Nazis into „surrender on the
b
Italian
front last January. Sergeant Stern had
refused an honorable discharge from the U. S.
Army and requested overseas duty. •
Decoy planes looking like real aircraft, guar-
anteed to fool the enemy into sending his
bombers over fake air field targets, were in-
vented and patented by . Jack Weisbaum of .
Cincinnati, Science News Letters reports.
A group • of prominent Christian clergy of
Hungarian descent — Catholic, ProteStant and
Greek Orthodox — affiliated- with the Errierg-
ency . Committee to Save the Jewish People of
Europe, appealed to Pope - Pius XII to do all
in- his power to rescue the Jews of Hungary.
Promizole, • a chemical of the sulfa family,
was shown to be more effective than older
chemicals in treating tuberculosis in an ex-
periment_ on guinea pigs by Drs. William H.
Feldman, H. Corwim Hinshaw and Frank C.
Mann of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota,
Science NeWs -Letter reports.
• A new Method of killing germs in less than
one second by a new type of • ultraviolet lamp
has been developed by Drs. Sidney 0. Levinson,
Albert Milzer, Howard J. Shaughnessy, Franz
Oppenheimer and John . L. Neal• of the Michael'
Reese Hospital and the Illinois 'Department of
Health, Science News Letter reports.
The Army Service Forces have 'asked the
Bnai Brith Vocational Service Bureau to pro-
vide 2,625 copies of "career pamphlets," pub,
fished by the Bureau,. to be used in Army. Edu-
cational Guidance Kits, it was announced in
Washington by Leon Obermayer, chairman of
the Bnai Brith Vocational Guidance Commis-
sion.
The North. Central Jurisdictional Conference
of the Methodist Church, meeting in Minne-
apolis, adopted unanimously a resolution de-.
nouncing racial and religious hatred and calling
on the United States to take "appropriate
action" s. o that the "international commitments
made to the Jews in conneetion• with a home-
land in Palestine may. be fulfilled at the earli-
est possible time." This was announced by Dr.
Ernest F. Tittle, of EvanSton, Ill., who -intro-
duced the resolution..
The Washington Post of July 6 carried the
folloWing report: "In a final plea before the
Board of. Immigration Appeals, Peter Bergson,
leader of the so-called Hebrew Committee of
National Liberation, asked withdrawal of the
. arrest warrant issued • against him for illegal
. residence in this country."
Arthur D. Greenleigh, former executive on
the staff of the War . Manpower Commission,
has been assigned by the Joint. Distribution
Committee to Rome, where. he will co-ordinate
a program of aid for refugee Jews in the re- :
cently liberated Italian Capitol.
PALESTINE
State lands for housing projects for ex-serv-
,icemen were demanded: of the government' here
by Shikun, housing cooperative of the Hista-
druth, Jewish .Palestine's Federation of Labor.
Shikun had "built accommodations for 3,125
families before the war.
The polling of Jewish Palestine's soldiers in
connection with the elections for the Assephath
Hanivcharim (Representative. Assembly) has
already - begun at all the bases Where they are
stationed. The soldiers enclose their ballots in
sealed envelopes which are to be opened on
Aug. 1, when Palestine's Jews go to the polls.
Two and a half million dunams of land in
Palestine, of which 2,000,000 are in the hill
country and the balance in the south, require
afforestation, Joseph Weitz, - forestry officer of
the Keren Kayemeth, Jewish 'National Fund,
reported at a press conference held at the vil-
lage of Ben Shemen, site of the first woodland
named for Dr. Theodore Herzl, founder of po-
litical Zionism. This project, he said, will fit
into the broad postwar scheme for the economic
absorption of demobilized soldiers, unemployed
war workers and new arrivals in the land.
Lily Pons, opera star, and her husband, An-
dre Kostelanetz, conductor, attended a concert
of the Palestine , Symphony-. Orchestra there
and also visited some colonies. They are on a
tour of American military camps in the Middle
East.
OVERSEAS
The Rome radio reported that definite in-
formation has been received' that 3,000 Jews -
in Florence, ferreted out of hiding places in
the homes of non-Jews in that city, have been
deported by Mussolini police to "an unknown
destination."
Placards demanding the release and return .
home of Danish Jew deported by the Nazis to
the ghetto at Theresienstadt -were_ carried by.
Copenhagen strikers during their recent dem-
onstrations which culminated in pitched battles
with police. and German troops in Copenhagen,
the Nazi press of Denmark .reports.
The influential Socialist organ in Helsinki,
Soumi Social Demokraten, has called upon the
government to suppress anti-Jewish hooligan-
ism- and take steps against the -agitation of the
more vociferous anti-Semitic newspapers.
The Paris .radio announced that the Vichy
government. proclaimed the death sentence on
General Weiss, who is in charge in Algiers of
the prosecution of Vichyites.
Plea to Pope
Dropsie College Given
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Rare Manuscripts
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out during a recent .raid on Nazi Of the 14th Century
military installations in Hungary.
PHILADELPHIA—During the
"The people were particularly in-
censed when they learned that past month, Dropsie College
one of the crew of the bomber came into . possession of three
was a.. Budapest Jew who had rare . manuscripts.
fled to America," the papers al-
One is an ancient copy of the
lege.
Books of Leviticus and Deuter-
Hungary Sets Deadline
onomy, 'probably based on the
To Deport All Jews
Pentateuch -of the famous Mas-
- ZURICH, (JTA) — All Jews orete Ben Asher.
marked for deportation from
The manuscript is written in
Hungary must be expelled from square Yemenite characters, with
the country "within 20 days," the vowels and accents .
• wrought in
Hungarian Minister of Interior
geometrical designs,. and form-
has instructed, police authorities
ing a frame for the biblical text
charged with • the task of deport-
According to a . colophon at
ing Jews from Hungary to oc-
the end of the book, the manu-
cupied Poland:
The . . instructions, which were script was copied by David ben
broadcast "over Hungarian 'radio Benayah ben Saadyah in 1493.
stations, advise the 'Alice author- This manuscript is the gift of the
ities that "the deportation of Alumni Association of the Drop-
Jews must continue with the ut- sie College, who acquired it from
most. speed." " The British and the late Paul Romanoff, a 'grad-
American warning to the Hun- uate of the college.
Another rare acquisition is the
garian population that those par-
ticipating in the deportations will manuscript -machzor of the Ro=
be punished as war criminals was man rite, - used by the Jewish
termed "nothing but typical comunities of Italy and the
Anglo-Saxon bluff," by the Min- neighboring Mediterranean coun-
ister.
tries.. It dates back to. the 14th
Private advices reaching here century.
The third manuscript is a
from Budapest reveals that the
pro-Nazi Hungarian GoVernment 14th. century machzor of the Ash-.
is anxious to complete the . de- kenazic rite, used by the Jewish
portation of Jews from the cap- communities of Germany, France
ital before the principal railway and some East European -coun-
lines leading to and from the tries. ,
city are crippled by Allied air
attacks. Large-scale deportation 196 Face Trial in Rome
of the 250,000 Jews of Budapest for Anti-Jewish Acts
ROME (JPS) = Charged with
would be difficult if rail com-
munications are disrupted. • perpetrating anti-Jewish atroci-
The . Hungarian Telegraphic ties, 196 Italian fascists will soon
Agency reported- that 116 Jews be put on trial here. before an
were killed and 342 injured dur-. Italian court martial, it was re-
ing the Allied raid'•n Budapest vealed. This will be first of such
trials.
recently.
A number of Christians were
arrested in Budapest this ,week Ankara that "the Hungarians are
on the charge of -trying to assist surpassing their German masters
Jews to flee the ghetto by sup- in cruelty in annihilating thr
plying. them with false identifica- Jews."
tion documents, the Budapest
The correspondent confirms
radio reports.
that 400,000 Jews have already
been "liquidated" in provinc i al
Hungarians Surpass Nazis
towns in Hungary. Some have
In Annihilating Jews
been deported to Poland while
LONDON, (JTA)—The ecial oihers were transported to labor
correspondent of. the Manchester camps where they work under
Guardian in Turkey reports from appalling .conclition,s_
In Lighter Vein
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The Week's Best. Stories
Paul Muni: On Skates,
With Flowing . Beard
Paul Muni, the famous". Jewish
actor, was born Muni Weisen-
freund.- We are told by the
Milwaukee Journal that he start-
ed his theatrical career • in. his
father's stock company. He
showed his extraordinary ver-
satility , by taking - all parts his
parent was unable to fill other-
wiSe. Mostly, however, he played
bearded old men.
But paint and make-up couldn't
stifle his lively; teen-age spirits,
and he played just as hard as
other youngsters. During inter--
missions, and while waiting for
his cue, he :spent the time out
Of doors roller -skating. Imagine.
the startled looks of passers-by
When they noticed s a heavily
wrinkled, white-haired, old man
with a long flowing beard whiz-
zing by. Muni never had time to
remove his make-up during hiS
short frolics in the street.
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Jests Whispered in Prague
The Czechoslovak National
Council of America reports that
the following jests are heard in
Prague:
Hitler has ordered the con-
scription of all 60-year-old Ger-
mans. "They are among his see
cret weapons," the Czechs . say;
"they embody metals . important
for the war industry: Silver-
hairs, gold teeth, and leaden
legs."
The 60-year-old soldiers are
permitted, to choose the forma-
tion with . which they wish to
serve. One Of them- .chose: "The
Fuehrer's headquarters." Officer:
"Are you mad?" Soldier: "Yes.
Is that me of the necessary
qualifications?" .
Hannibal, Caesar. and Napo-
leon are looking, down from
Heaven on, the cause of the war:
Hannibal: "Ah! If I'd only had
those American Liberators!"
Napoleon: "And if. I'd• only
had Goebi as — the world still
wouldn't know that I . had " lost
the war!"
Friday, July 14, 1944
Yudkoff Elected
Vice President
of Grand Lodge
.
Anti-Semitic
Election Drive
On in Quebec
OTTAWA (JPS) — The Union
Bnai Brith District No. 6
Nationale, led by Jew-baiting
Holds War Emergency
Maurice L. Duplessis, who has
Parley in Chicago
been circulating forgeries _ charg-
The war emergency .meeting
of the, general committee of Bnai
Brith District Grand Lodge No.
6 concluded is session in . Chi-
cago. It was the first time in the
76 . years of the district's history
that a convention was cancelled,
in response to the appeal from
the Office of Defense Transporta-
tion to reduce civilian travel.
Harry Yudkoff of Detroit was
elected first vice-president of the
district lodge.
The general committee, to
which had been delegated the
powers of a convention, consid-'
ered the reports of 30 district
activities.
War Fund Campaign
The war service committee, of
which • Charles H. Louer of Chi-
cago is chairman, reported that
$28,7,90.50 had been contributed
by 128 lodges in the 1943-44 Na-
tional Bnai. .-Brith War Fund
Campaign; that over $9,000,000 in
War Bonds were sold just pre-
ceding the. Fourth War Loan;
that 10,000 pints of blood were
donated to the Red 'Cross Blood
Banks of Chicago, Detroit, Mil-
waukee, St. Paul and Minneap-
olis; and four outstanding _ hos-
pital projects , had been under-
taken, Schick -General Hospital
by lodges in Iowa Council,. Gar=
diner Hospital by South Side
7,0dge, Chicago, McIntyre Hos-
pital by North. Shore- and Austin
Lodges in Chicago, and Vaughn
General Hospital by Adolf Kraus
Lodge in -Chicago.— t h e • total
amount raised being approxi-
mately $1501000.
14 Hillel Homes
Hary A. Frankel, in his presi-
dent's message, pointed out that
this district had initiated t h e
home-owning program of the
Bnai. • Brith Hillel Foundations
when the first. one was .- pur-
chased at the University of
Michigan at Ann Arbor. There,
are now 14 such Hillel Homes
in operation or funds available
for building immediately after
the Victory. He also • reported
that the membership of the Dis-
trict' had reached the all-time
high of 36,715 of whom 4313 are
in military service:
Benjamin I. Morris of Chicago
dealt with' the . development of
the f arm volunteer project
"Camp Avodah" which. w a s
sponsored by AZA (Bnai Brith
youth organization) in coopera-
tion with. the Board of. Jewish
Education of Chicago . and sup-
ported by the _State - of Illinois
and 'United States Government.
Harry A. Yudkoff of Detroit,
district membership director, and
second vice-president, reported
that 7,883 new members h a d
been procured during the past
year by 124 out of 130 lodges
in the district. The gain in mem-
bership coupled with . the record
of conservation activities result-
ed in a net increase of 5,873
inemberS for the year ending
June 30, 1944.
Bisgyer, Sachar Speak
Those who attended. were _ad-
dressed by Maurice Bisgyer, sec-
retary of .the Supreine Lodge;
Dr. A. L. Sachar, national direc-
tor of ' the Bnai . Brith Iillel
Foundation, and Max N. Kroloff,
assistant national director of the
Anti-Defamation League of Bnai
Brith. Their talks dealt with
ing to the Canadian Jewish Con-
gress a conspiracy to "deluge"
Quebec with Jews, already has
fired its first guns in the - Quebec
election campaign against the
Liberal Party of Premier Adelard
Godbout.
'Five other groups, some liberal,
some radical and other of ex-
treme reactionary bent, are -par-
ticipating. in- the campaign. They
are: The Cardin Liberals, as op-
posed to the Godbout Liberals;
Bloc Populaire. led by Maxime
Raymond, the Co-Operative Com-
monwealth Federation,' the Labor
Progressives an d the Social
Credit Party. •
Mexico Arrests Fascist
Editor for Treason
MEXICO CITY (JPS) — Fas-
cism was charged to the semi-
clerical Sinarquist movement by
the Attorney . General of Mexico
-Aguilary Mayo,. who declared in
a statement on the Sinarquists
tha'_ , "during.7 years, Sinarquism
has spread among the peasants,
the ideas, --programs and norms
Of conduct of the Spanish gov-
ernment based on Falangism and
fascism, disturbing public order
and clandestinely urging the
Mexican army and_. people to re-
volt against the gOvernment."
Allied Labor News reports that
the attorney - .general's statement
followed.. the arrest of Sinarquist.
writer -Juan Ignacio Padilla for
writing treasonable articles ap- .
pearing in El Sinarquista, the of-
ficial organ of the • Sinarquist
movement.
Bnai Brith in the present and
postwar world.
The following officers were
elected for 1944-45: President,
Isaac Wagner, Chicago; 1st vice-
president, Harry Yudkoff, De-
troit; 2nd vice-president Louis
Pickus, Waukoegan, Ill.; treas-
urer, Gottfried D. Bernstein,
Chicago.
Michigan men elected . to the
general committee are.: Abe Ro-
man, Bay City; Samuel Leib,
Detroit.
Treistees of Leo N. Levi Me-
morial Hospital include Jack
Rabinowitch of • Flint.
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