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500,000 Jews Now Serving
In U. S. Forces, General Says

Administrator of Veterans Affairs Discloses Figures at

MUSIC

Symphony Features
New Concertmaster
Thursday Night

Annual Convention of JWV in Praising Role of Jews
in All Wars; Greenberg Re-elected

Gingold Soloist at Concerts;
N. Y. Times Music Critic
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Disclosing that more than 500,000 Jews
Speaks 'Saturday Night
are in the American armed forces, Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines.

Administrator of Veterans Affairs, told the annual convention
Detroit Symphony Orchestra's
dinner of the Jewish War Veterans of the U. S. that the Jewish
new Concertmaster Joseph Gin-
people have played a great part in the present war.
At their final session, the delegates adopted a resolution urging gold, was the first soloist of the
the erection of a memorial to Jews who have served in the armed
forces of the U. S. from the Revolutionary War up to the present.
Other resolutions asked legislation outlawing the distribution of
anti-Semitic propaganda, warned against a negotiated peace, sup-
ported U. S. participation a world association to enforce the peace,
urged creation of an international Bill of Rights, and demanded
an investigation into charges that Axis war prisoners here were
being coddled."
Archie H. Greenberg was re-elected national commander. He
expressed the hope for a postwar world in which human rights
are recognized above other rights. He also said that all veterans
hope an organized machinery for peace will be set up so that fear
of aggression in the future will be removed. Senator Robert F.
Wagner also spoke.
The convention observed a minute of silence in honor of
Wendell Willkie and voted to send a color guard to his funeral
services.

W-0 B. \Rubens
Tells of Helping
Jews in Belgium

He Has Seen Enough Tears
To Last 2 Lifetimes,
He Writes Wife

American Jewish servicemen
are coming in contact daily with
our long - suffering brethren in
the various European lands and
for the first time are witnessing
the tangible results of Hitler
bestiality. They are . moved not
only to of f er
their \own as-
sist an c e, but
plead with their
fortunate rela-
tives in t h e
States to do all
possible to alle-
viate this dis-
tress i n which
European Jew-
ry is enveloped.
Ben Rubens One of these
men who has been of real service
to the Jews of the Belgian com-
munity near which he was sta-
tioned, is Chief Warrant Officer
Ben Rubens.
In letters to his wife, he deS-
cribes the roll 'which he and oth-
er Jewish soldiers played in ar-
ranging Rosh Hashanah services
whia., were attended by the Bel-
gian Jews and in providing them
with food. Rubens writes:
"The Torahs they read from
had been dug up from where they
had been hidden, a couple of days
ago. This was • the first holiday
they had observed since - two and
one-half years ago.
"Before the Germans came
there were over 2,000 Jews in
this town—now there is but a
pitiful remnant and each one
with his tale of woe . .. The tears
were just rolling down the
cheeks of these -Jews. I've seen
enough tears since arriving here
to last- me for two lifetimes."
A graduate of Central -High
School, he was the manager of a
Big Bear Market before his in-
duction on June 9, 1941. He was
sent overseas in September of
1943. On July 2 he was trans-
ferred to France and proceeded
from there to Belgium.
Rubens is special service offi-
cer in charge of issuing recrea-
tional material to the various
units.
He was married to the former
Eileen Wolfe on Sept. •22, 1941.
Mrs. Rubens' brother, Air-cadet
Jerome Wolfe, now is studying at
Yale.

Friday, October 20, I944

THE JEWISH NEWS

Pvt. Zaron Wounded;
Given Purple Heart

Form Committee
From 14 Groups
To Aid Veterans

Organization of a National
Committee on Service to Veter-
ans in which 14 national organ-
izations are participating, is an-
nounced by Louis Kraft, execu-
tive director of the National Jew-
ish Welfare Board, a member of
the committee.
Others on the National - Com-
mittee include officials of the
American Red Cross; USO; Na-
tional Publicity Council; Com-
munity Chest and Councils, Inc.;
Nationale Social Work Council;
Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds; Travelers
Aid Association; National Con-
ference of Catholic Charities;

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American - Public Welfare Assoc-
iation; Y. M. C. A., National
Committee for Mental Hygiene;
and Family Welfare Association
of America.
Objectives of the National
Committee, as outlined by Kraft
are:
1 Assisting in over-all plan-
ning to assure adequate service
to veterans.
2—Providing advice and in-
formation to national private
agencies about service to veter-
ans.
3—Offering guidance to com-
munities through. local agencies
and councils of social agencies.
4—Consulting in advisory cap-
acity with government agencies.
The work of the Veterans Ser-
vice Committee of JWB will be
related to the National Commit-
tee on Service to Veterans.

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JOSEF GINGOLD

season at the concert on Thurs-
Pvt. Sidney Zaron, 24, was day evening.
The first in the series of 20 Sat-
wounded in action in France on
urday programs, to commence
July 6 and has been awarded the this Saturday night, will also in-
Purple Heart, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Zaron of 2218
W. Euclid, and
his wife, Mari-
1 y n, of 3791
Tuxedo, have
been informed.
Inf or mation
just received in-
dicates that he is
convalescing and
that he expects
to be released
from the hos-
Pvt. Zaron pital very soon.
Born and raised in Detroit, Pvt.
Zaron is a graduate of Northern
High school. Before going into
service he _worked at the Ford
River Rouge plant. He was mar-
ried two years ago.
Entering the infantry Aug. 28,
OLIN DOWNES
1943,1 is now a rifle man. He
served in this country for seven troduce the Symphony to a
months-.before going overseas to nation-wide radio audience, over
participate in the Normandy the network of the Mutual
action.
Broadcasting Co.
Olin Downes, noted lecturer on
His wife, who works at Con-
tinental Aviation and Engineering musical subjects, music critic of
Corp„ has learned that he was the New York Times, will be the
injured in the back of his head. guest of Karl Krueger and or-
chestra at Saturday's concert at
which he will speak briefly.
The Saturday audience will hear
Shown Josef
Gingold in. the Chausson
"Poeme," the Brahms Symphony
In
No. 1, and the Second Suite from
Ravel's - "Daphnis and Choloe."
Reservations from New York,
Keen interest is being shown Chicago, Seittle and other places
by the families affiliated with have been made for these con-
certs by people who want to see
Temple Beth El in the project and hear the orchestra which has
made miraculbus strides in the
one season that Karl Krueger,
conductor, and Henry H. Reich-
hold, president of the Sym-
phony's board of trustees, have
combined hard work and great
vision to attain these phenomenal
results.

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GIs in Germany Fete
Sukkoth in Foxholes

WITH U. S. FIRST ARMY IN
GERMANY, ( J T A )—Sukkoth
was observed on the German
front according to time-hallowed
tradition by Jewish troops of
the U. S. 1st Army.
A Palestine citron and a palm
branch were flown here for use
in the services, which were con-
ducted by Chaplain Morris
Frank of Chattanooga.
The combination of a fox-hole
and the branches overhead pro-
MAJOR HAROLD ALLEN
vided natural huts for the "G.I,
inaugurated by the war efforts Sukkoth."
committee to send Hanukah gifts
Toscanini to Conduct
to
servicemen and servicewomen
9-Week Beethoven Series
whose names appear on the Tem- Bnai Brith Aids
Refugees in Sweden
ple War Honor Roll.
A radio event of wide interest
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Re-
Major Harold Allen is chair-
to millions of music, loviirs will
be inaugurated Sunday, when man of the Hanukah gifts com- sponding to an urgent plea from
the world's •most celebrated mittee. Serving with him are a group of 40 German members
maestro, Arturo Toscanini, con- Lawrence J. Michaelson, Leonard of Bnai ;rith who .have found
ducts the first concert of a nine- N. Simons, Leon Wayburn, Allen sanctuary in Sweden, Bnai Brith
week Beethoven Festival on the Baum, Mrs. Morris H. Blau, Dr. cabled $1,000 to Dr. David Gold-
General Motors Symphony of the Louis Barnett, Ray Davis, Her- schmidt in Stockholm, spokesman
bert Eiges, Sydney Goodfriend, for the refugee members in
Air (NBC, 5 to 6 p: m., EWT).
The occasion marks the open- Jack Leve, Dr. Samuel Levin, Sweden, to provide relief for
ing of the GM hour winter ser- Marshall Miller, Robert J. New- them.
ies and also • the beginning of . man, Howard Rothberg, Dr. Gil-
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