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Page Fourteen
Weekly Review of the New s of the World
(Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)
(See Also Page 3)
OVERSEAS
AMERICA
Repudiation by President Truman and Con-
gress, of an alleged series of agreements be-
t vveen. the U. S. State Department and the
British Foreign Office, sacrificing Jewish in-
terests in Palestine in favor of the British
sponsored Arab League, was demanded by
William B. Ziff, author and military expert.
Mr. Ziff charged that "at the bottom of these
deals is the unhealthy odor of oil." He spoke
at a meeting here on the 5th anniversary of
the death of Vladimir Jabotinsky, Zionist Re-
visionist leader, sponsored by the Zionist Re-
visionist Organization of America.
The first seven-man-team, representing the
American-Jewish Joint Distribution Commit-
tee, has .entered a German concentration camp
to aid in the rehabilitating of former prisoners
and in contacting their surviving relatives,
the American Joint Distribution Committee re-
ports here. - Nine other JDC teams, supervised
by the UNRRA, are expected to enter other
German concentration camps shortly.
Strong opposition to the abolition of cus-
. toms barriers between Arab countries, on
grounds that Palestinian goods would then
flood the markets of neighboring states, is
expected at the meeting this month of the
Arab League's economic sub-committee, the
NeW". York Times reports in a Cairo dispatch.
Suggestions for keeping Arab-owned lands in
Palestine from falling into Jewish hands will
also be discussed, the N. Y. Times dispatch
says.
Life magazine this week, devoted over two
pages to the hats made by Benjamin Beneditt
Greenfield, owner of a fashion shop on North
Michigan Ave., Chicago. The hats, made of
carrots, matches and playing cards, range in
price from $37.75 to $1,000. Among the cus-
tomers are Mrs. Albert Sloane, Mrs. Elliot
Roosevelt and Judy Garland:, Greenfield, who
made his first hat five years ago, admits he
can't sew. He is known as the "Mad Hatter."
The Fair Employment Practices Committee
was extended for another year by a voice
vote in both houses of Congress, following a
week old battle during which Senator Bil o,
a leading opponent, resorted to race-hate in-
citement and to fillibuster to block discus-
sion of a bill, endorsed by President Truman,
to make the FEPC permanent.
Huge placards, signed by the Vienna Po-
lice president, warning that the death penalty
will _be imposed on any one attacking re-
turning Austrian Jews, or ejecting them from
their homes, have been posted throughout the
2nd, 9th and 15th districts of the city where
attacks against Jews have assumed alarming
proportions. -
Thirteen-hundred Jewish survivors of the
now liquidated Buchenwald concentration
camp, found in comparatively good health,
have refused repatriation to their former
homes in Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the
Baltic countries, and have been classified
"stateless" by Allied authorities. U. S. occu-
pation officers have promised that none of the
stateless Jews will be repatriated forcibly.
The term "Jewish Nationals", used for the
first time in international documents, is re-
portedly contained in the recently concluded
Soviet-Polish agreement for voluntary choice
of citizenship by persons living in what was
formerly Eastern Poland.
It has already been shown that wherever
German civilians had contacts with Allied
troops, the latter • became infected with anti-
Semitism, Jewish chaplains of the British and
American armies said in Paris. Therefore
Jews fear that lifting of the fraternization ban,
imposed upon Anglo-American soldiers oc-
cupying Germany, will give the Germans an
opportunity to further plant anti-Semitism
among Allied troops, the chaplains say.
PALESTINE
Another group of 220 Palestinian Jewish
PW's who returned via Britain, have arrived in
Palestine from England.' They were received
at the Rehovoth railway station by their
families, representatives of Jewish institutions
and local inhabitants.
The entire opposition press, led by the Waf-
dist Party organs, and - including
ncluding Alahram, the
largest Egyptian daily, has begun an intensive
editorial campaign against the San Francisco
Charter. Urging non-ratification of the charter,
the newspapers assert that it hands over world
control to the five great powers and is liable
to, endanger Egyptian independence. The edi-
torials express disfavor with the trusteeship
system and urge immediate revision of the
Anglo-Egypti6n Treaty.
Letter from a Nazi Victim
Held Memorial for FUR
In Concentration Camp
Mr. and Mrs. N. Green of 2021
Virginia Pk. have _ reecived a
heartbreaking letter from their
son, Pfc. Jack, who is stationed
somewhere in Germany.
The Yiddish letter was written
by one of the victims of Nazi
barbarism who managed to sur-
vive . the tortures inflicted upon
and
nd who was liberated by the
American army. At the sugges-
tion of Pfc. Green, he penned a
description of the memorial ser-
vices held in the concentration
camp where he was interned.
"One dark, rainy night after
15 hours of hard labor and beat-
Gottlieb, Kramer,
Two Cousins,
Meet in Pacific
•
Friday, ;4400, 194
THE JEWISH NEWS
With the. concentration of our
naval forces in the Pacific Thea-
ter of war, many chance meet-
ings of relatives after long sep-
M. G. Kramer B. W. Gottlieb
arations are taking place. News
reached Mr. and Mrs. Max Gott-
lieb of 15439 Tuller Ave., this
week of the visit of their
nephew, Mus. 3/c Merle G. Kra-
mer, and their son, R. M. 3/c
Bernard W.Gottlieb somewhere
on the high seas.
. "Before I had time to catch
my breath he was aboard my
ship face to face with me. What
a thrilling moment. We ran to
greet each other, clasped hands',
and embraced. We would prob-
ably have kissed were it not
for all the non-understanding
sailors looking on." These words
written by Mus. Kramer de-
scribe their , elation at seeing
each other.
Gottlieb entered the service
in August, 1943, and received
his boot training at Farragutt,
Ida. He has been in the Pacific on
an LST for nine months.
Lt. Domnitch Gets
His Medical Degree
Lt. George Domnitch, 25, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Domnitch of
2684 Calvert Ave., was' grad-
uated from the Medical School
of Loyola University in Chicago.
Lt. Domnitch had the satisfac-
tion of receiving the Cum Laude
ings at the handS of the SS. we
returned to our dismal barracks
. . We gloomily discussed the
progress of the war. 'Lord, when
will they finally reach us? By
the time they dO We shall all
have died' . .
Learn Tragic News
.
"Suddenly the news of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's death reached
us. W
- e- were overcome by this
terrible and tragic news. Our
hero was no longer alive, the one
person who was our source of
comfort and hope and to whom
we looked for salvation, the per-
person whom we discussed hour Lt. Domnitch Sol Domnitch
upon hour with such warmth and
love. Franklin D. Roosevelt, our Key and placing among the
highest in his class. Having re-
great friend was dead.
`It was as though we had been ceived his bachelor's degree from
struck by lightening. We wept Wayne University at the age of
silently for fear that the SS
would hear us. We quickly de- 20, he was refused admittance
cided to hold memorial services. to the Wayne Medical School
We all stood for the Maariv ser- for three years.
vice. Then one of our men arose
Lt. Domnitch now is interning
and said: 'Comrades, gone is the in New York City.
great savior of justice. There are
A brother, Sol, 24, has been
no words to express our sorrow.
Let us honor him by standing in in service 18 months and in
silence for five minutes' . Europe
.
15 months. He is a
Burst Into Weeping
Wayne " Law School graduate
"When the El Molei Rachamim and passed the bar prior to his
was sung and the words, 'Presi- entering the army.
dent Roosevelt who has departed
Their father is a veteran of
this world,' were read, we com-
pletely forgot ourselves and all World War I, having received
burst into uncontrolled weeping. the Purple Heart for wounds
And the cry arose, 'Good Lord, sustained while in combat.
how long can we endure this?' "
Pfc. Green added a note to the
letter saying that this man had
spent four years in a concentra-
tion camp. The SS had murdered
his wife and two children
before his - very eyes. Only he
and a son, 22, remain alive.
Mr. Joseph Falk and Mrs.
Dan Krause, co-chairmen, of
the food and refreshment
Palestine to Tighten
committee of the USO-JWB
Land Sale Restrictions
in Detroit, announce that they
have available several book-
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The ings for organizations inter-
Palestine Government is prepar-
ested in providing refresh-
ing to amend the land sale ordi- ments to servicemen at USO -
nance of 1940, which restricts programs. ?
the sale of Arab land to Jews in
These include. Sunday
accordance with the White Paper Brunch at the Jewish Center,
policy, the Arab newspaper Fa-
Wednesday night parties in
lastin reports. It says that the
the Great Lakes Club at the
ordinance is being altered "to
Belcrest and Mondays at the
prevent • future transgressions." Downtown USO.
It was disclosed recently that the
For information phone MA.
government was investigating al-
8400, Mrs. Donnenfield, ad-
legedly illegal land purchases by
ministrative assistant.
Jews.
Groups Urged
To Serve at USO
Grove of Trees in Palestine
Marks Tribute to Pfc: Bale
Memorial Meeting for Hero of World War H Who Died in
France• on Jan. 30 Marked by Touching Incidents;
Max Alpert of Chicago Gives Main Address
Our community's tribute to a
hero of the war was marked by
an impressive memorial service,
held at the Rose Sittig Cohen
Bldg., on July 10.
The late Pfc. Joseph L. Bale
III was the hero honored.
He was killed in action in
France on Jan. 30.
A well known athlete, he was
popular among Detroit youth,
and his death was mourned by
young and old.
The tribute to Pfc. Bale took
the form of the planting of a
grove of 1,000 trees- in Palestine
in his memory.
Friends of the family raised
the necessary fund, and the corn-
mittee that was active in ar-
ranging the tribute included
Louis Phillips, Sam Kollenberg,
Jack Malamud, Larry Chanin,.
M. Benaderet and Nathan Schec-
ter.
* * *
Nathan Schecter, well known
local merchant, presided at the
memorial meeting.
Pfc. Selman Gets
Silver Star for
Heroism as Medic
Crossed Uncleared Road s,
Sauer River to Rescue
Wounded Soldiers
• Although medics do not carry
arms and are not on actual corn-
bat duty, they are nonetheless
exposed to enemy fire and fre-
quently serve right up in the
front lines. One
medic who has
distin guishedb
himself by gal-
antry in action
is Pfc. Frank
Selman. He re-
ceived the Sil-
ver Star and
the accompany-
ing citation
which • reads:
"During t h e Pfc. Selman
crossing of the Sauer River
from Luxembourg to Germany
in February, 1945, in the vicin-
ity of Echternach, Luxembourg,
Pvt. Selman, with, utter disre-
gard for his own personal safe-
ty, made numerous trips by jeep
to the water's edge, while under
heavy enemy artillery and mor-
tar fire, to evacuate wounded
men to a place of safety. During
the initial crossing of the river,
Pvt. Selman, with a small group,
of men, obtained outboard mo-
tors and assault boats for use in
evacuating wounded across the
river during the heaviest phase
of fighting.
"On one occasion, Pvt. Sel-
man with the assistance of two
other men, procured a motor
launch and crossed the swollen
Sauer River to evacuate a
wounded man who could not be
reached by land due to enemy
mine fields. On several occasions
he traveled over uncleared roads
in search of casualties and evac-
uated them to safety."
Pfc. Selman is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sol Selman of 3375
Collingwood Ave. His wife,
Anne, and children, Earl and
Gerald, reside on Elmhurst Ave.
It was a solemn evening, and
the large • audience included
members of the family, friends,
leaders in the Jewish National
Fund and the Arlazaroff branch
of the Jewish National Workers'
Alliance.
* * *
Max Alpert, Chicago labor
Zionist leader, delivered the
principal address of the evening.
He outlined the recent events
in Jewish life, the needs of the
hours in rescuing Jewish lives
and the necessity of speedy up-
building of Palestine.
Mr. Alpert placed emphasis on
the importance of planting trees
in Palestine.
Philip Slomovitz, editor of
The Jewish News, presented the
certificate to the family, signify-
ing that a grove of more than
1,000 trees was planted in Pfc.
Bale's memory.
Cantor Robert S. Tulman of
Temple Israel chanted the El
Molei Rachamim.
Accompanied by Bella Gold-
berg, he also led the audience
in the singing of the Star Spang-
led Banner and Hatikvah.
*
* *
Two touching incidents took
place at the memorial meeting.
One was the brief response to
the presentation of the certificate
by Pfc. Bale's father, Maurice
Bale.
The other was the brief talk
by Harry Bale, uncle of the de-
ceased serviceman.
Harry Bale took occasion to
recall his early childhood and
his affiliation with the Zionist
movement as a child.
He told of the memorial meet-
ing held in London at the time
of Dr. Theodor Herzl's death
when he, as a child of 6, to-
gether with other youngsters in
the Jewish school in England,
paid tribute to the memory of
the founder of the Jewish na-
tional redemption movement. He
told the audience that the imt
pression left by the memorial
meeting , for his nephew will
live with the family forever.
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