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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, February 1, 1946

Leonard Simons One of 50 in U. S. hnproving World Relations
To Receive Treasury Dept. Citation

Julien Bryan Hails UJA. Fund Drive,
Fight for Palestine, Anglo-Jewish Press

By ROBERT CLIFTON

(Jewish News Staff Writer)

Leonard N. Simons Receiving U. S. Treasury Dept. Citation from
State Chairman Frank Isbey.

Only six men in Michigan, and the bond drives from 1941 to
50 in the entire country, received 1945.
the honor given Leonard N.
Presentation of the medal and
Simons, of the Simons-Michelson award was made by Michigan
Co., when he was presented last State Chairman Frank N. Isbey.
week-end with a gold medal and
Simons and Isbey enjoy the
special citation from Secretary of distinction of being two of the
the Treasury Vinson, in recogni- oldest volunteers in the U. S. in
tion of his services as advertis- campaigns which kept Michigan
ing director of the Michigan War first in bond sales among the 48
Finance Committee, during all states during the four war years.

War Dept. Gives Up Hope
Of Finding Sgt. Rosenthal

Leader in Detroit Jewish Youth Activities Missing Since
Jan. 7, 1945, on Raid Over Germany, Presumed
Dead in Latest Message to Family

For more than a year, the family of Sgt. Myron Rosenthal had
hoped that word would come through that he is alive. This week,
however, the War Department expressed the view that he is
now presumed dead. <.>
Together with the entire crew United Hebrew Schools, he was
of nine, on a mission over Achen, selected as a youngster to greet
Germany, his group was reported the late M. M. Ussishkin when
missing in action Jan. 7, 1945. the latter was a guest in Detroit
Only one plane was reported ac- from Palestine 10 years ago.
counted for in the raid. Sgt.
He was a former member of the
Rosenthal was a left-waist gun-
ner on a B-24 teaching staff of the Shaarey
Liberator, serv- Zedek Sunday School; was active
ing with t h e in Philomathic, having won the
448th bombing silver medal in the annual
:group, 715th meeting in May, 1943, and the
squadron, of the gold medal in the annual or-
atorical contest in January, 1943.
8th Air Force.
At Central he was active in
Sgt. Rosenthal,
19 at the time debating, the choir, the glee club
he was reported and ensemble and was on the
Missing, entered freshman baseball and football
service in Aug- teams. He was a member of
' ust, 1943. H e Young Israel.
Sgt. Rosenthal trained at Mari-
etta, 0., Pueblo, Colo., Lincoln, Cohen Brothers Back;
Neb., .and went overseas in
Given Two Receptions
October, 1944.
Religious Activities
S/Sgt. Sol Cohen and Cpl. Irv-
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac ing Cohen, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Rosenthal of 2479 Blaine, he was I. Cohen of 3225 Collingwood,
active and popular in many
movements here.
His family is especially proud
of his religious activities. He
was the Chazon of the Junior
Congregation of Shaarey Zedek
and officiated in the synagogue's
main auditorium on several oc-
casions. He also officiated as
cantor at Beth Tefilo Emanuel on
his Bar Mitzvah and during his
last furlough, during the 1944
Holy Days, he officiated at the
Cpl. I. Cohen S/Sgt. Cohen
Mishkan Israel Synagogue, on
Sabbath Shuvah.
were
honored at open house by
He • assisted chaplains in con-
their
parents upon their dis--
ducting services at army posts
both in this country and in charge from the armed forces.
Their sister and brother-in-law,
England, where the 8th Air Force
was based. In a letter to his Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Monson of
parents on Dec. 7, 1944, he wrote: Richton Ave., also honored the
". . • tomorrow night, at Chapel, returned servicemen and their
I have been asked to give the wives at a reception.
sermon. try to retell the
S/Sgt. Cohen served four years
story of Hanukah and then show in this country and Cpl. Cohen
the similar conditions today, and served for three years in the
how we must rededicate our- army, spending a year and a half
in Germany.
selves to the task . . . "
Greeted Ussishkin
•
S/Sgt. Cohen's wife is the
A graduate of Central High former Viola Shulman. Cpl.
School and the elementary and Irving -Cohen's wife is the former
high school departments of the Evelyn Pleskove. .

"IN WAR TIME WE SEE courage and sac-
rifice in on every hand—what we need, and what
is possibly harder to achieve, is courage in peace
time, the courage of the ordinary people that
unfortunately goes largely unrecognized. That's
why I'm so deeply impressed by your great
campaign for $100,000,000. I understand that
$2,000,000 of this objective will be raised by you
in Detroit. Your drive is important not for the
money alone, but for the beneficial result it will
have in improving international relations."
Thus, Julien Bryan, world famous lecturer
and foremost figure in the field of education
through motion pictures, epitomized his message
to Detroit Jewry when he spoke Sunday evening
as guest of The Jewish News in the Jewish Com-
munity Center, before the Jewish News Com-
munity Advisory Board.
Must Stop Being Pacifists
"WE ARE DESPERATELY in need of people
of courage and leadership," Mr. Bryan continued.
"We've got to stop being pacifists. We've got to
fight to maintain our ideals. I believe that a
wise solution of the Palestine question will be
worked out if great pressure of a moral and cour-
ageous kind is applied to Great Britain.
"Here in Detroit you have many people of
the type we need, people with character and
courage, like the editor of your Jewish News.
Your newspaper, in my opinion, is the finest of its
kind in the world.
"One of my outstanding memories of war
time is of the little Jew down in Argentina who
published a little newspaper—he never gave up.
The Nazis always were after him, beating up and
smashing, but he kept up his courageous work.
It was he who helped me to get the first Am-
erican films on what the Nazis were doing in
Latin America."
`We don't Fight Enough'
"CHRISTIANS, JEWS, other groups, with
relatively few exceptions, we don't fight enough
for our ideals. When something happens we
white collared people don't want to be bothered.
In Yonkers, where I make my home, we made up
our minds we were going to do something about
conditions, and by the determined effort of a
lot of business men we threw out the old gang
and accomplished a lot of good.
"This matter of courage, character and lead-
ership concerns you ministers, lawyers, profes-
sors, businessmen—yes, even you housewives at
your bridge parties—wherever you are, in the
circle in which you live."
Urging the value of a documentary motion
film project for Palestine, Mr. Bryan, after out-
lining what had been done for other countries, de-
clared that a five-year plan embracing two or
three films a year, to "show the world our ideas
of democracy" would prove of inestimable value.
Provide for Proper Research
"AND WHEN YOU plan, think in terms of
a minimum of $20,000 to $30,000 per film, to pro-
vide for proper research and high class produc-
tion. We've always had our sights too low in
film planning. The day of quickies and news-
reels to accomplish our purpose is gone—they
are not effective enough. I believe that the idea
soon will take the form of a road show in the
U. S., with films running as long as an.thour.
"Nor must a film of Palestine be too idealistic.
Rather than emphasizing the persecution of Jews,
I believe that the Palestine question can be help-
ed tremendously by showing, in addition to the
miracle that is being wrought there, what the
Jews are doing for the Arabs in Palestine. A
positive approach is by far the most . effective.
The idea has been tried in other countries and
found successful."

Dr. R. A. Sokolov Back
From Active Service

Dr. Raymond A. Sokolov has
been discharged from active ser-
vice and has resumed the prac-
tice of medicine :10;i:""
in the Fisher
Bldg.
During the war
Dr. Sokolov was
engaged in a
special penicillin
research project
with the U. S.
Public Health
Service.
Dr. and Mrs.
Sokolov and Dr. Sokolov
their son, Raymond Jr., are at
present making their home at
the Seward Hotel. After March
1 they will make their home on
Muirland Ave.

Maj. Gilbert. Golding
Home on Terminal Leave

Maj. Gilbert Golding, who is
on terminal leave from the army,
was in active service for four
years, 22 months of that time
having been spent with the In-
telligence Section of the Allied
Force headquarters in Africa and
Italy. Upon his return to this
country, he attended Command
and General Staff School at
Fort Leavensworth, Kan.
Maj. and Mrs. Golding (Bel-
rose Harris) are now residing
at 2115 Oakman.

TELLING OF HIS experiences in Europe,
Mr. Bryan said:
"In 1939 when I arrived' in Warsaw from
Switzerland, through Yugoslavia and Romania,
I found that all the other correspondents had got
out in a hurry. I, too, was frightened, but I
couldn't get out. I soon found that I felt safer
taking pictures in .the
the streets than being in a
building when the
was an. As a result,
I got the only picture records of the beginning
of the war and what the Nazis were doing.
"Believe it or not, my most vivid memories
of Warsaw in those days do not concern soldiers
standing on guard with fixed bayonets—it was the
common people who impressed me -- the little
children on their way to school, the newsboys
selling their papers, the courage and sacrifices of
the ordinary folk.
"When I got back to the U. S. with my films
I was confronted by isolationism. My pictures
were seen by 30- to 40,000 people and I took them
to Washington and showed them at the White
House.
Action is Underground
"WHEN I WENT TO Germany in 1934, most
of the action I wanted was underground. All I
could do was to show Hitler's method of edu-
cating the youth—that was a lesson before the
war. Even then I realized it was increasingly
evident that the Jews were being made the scape-
goat. Christians or any other group with the
courage of their own convictions would have
fared the same.
"In Russia I spent several months • visiting
collective farmers. I'll never forget talking to
a group of young Russians. A curious phenomen-
on was happening—one chap told me, when I
asked him about other races, that if anyone
called a person of another race a dirty, mean
name, it was definitely a jail offense. And that
applied to any race."
Mr. Bryan told of the work being done in
the interests of national relations with other
countries, notably Latin America. Following a
conversation he had with Mrs. Roosevelt at the
White House, funds were made available for a
series of five films depicting life in a typical
American community.
School Children Astounded
THE SETTING was laid in Mount Vernon, 0.
When South Americans saw pictures of a news-
boy tossing papers on front porches, a milkman
leaving" milk on doorsteps without danger of
theft, and trusting his customers instead of wak-
ing them up to pay, children actually studying in
school, they were astounded. Children saw the
pictures and exclaimed, "Why American children
are the same as we are." Adults hardly could
believe such things possible.
"RETURNING TO THE Palestine question,"
the speaker said in conclusion, "I urge you to
humanize any pictorial representation you under-
take. Be simple, but don't skimp in quality."
Wishing every success to the Detroit Allied
Jewish Campaign, Mr. Bryan announced that The
Jewish News had given him a fee for his appear-
ance, but that he wished to endorse the check
and turn it over to the Campaign. He expressed
his pleasure• in coming to Detroit for his 52nd
time, and paid tribute to George Pierrot, with
whom he has been associated in his lecture series.
Philip Slomovitz, editor of The Jewish News,
was chairman of the meeting. He expressed
gratification at the way in which the people of the
Jewish community were supporting their news-
paper, and announced that since the last meeting
total circulation coverage had been extended to
three committees—Detroit, Pontiac and Windsor.

L. J. Block Made
Captain at Seattle

SEATTLE, WASH.—Lawrence
J. Block of 746 Collingwood, De-
troit, has been - promoted from
first lieutenant
to captain in the
Tr an sportation
Corps at t h e
Seattle Port of
Embarkation.
Capt. Block,
executive Officer
of the Port Sup-
ply and Facilit-
ies Division, en-
tered service
May 22, at De- Capt. Block
troit. Prior to being assigned at
the Port of Embarkation he was
at Camp Lee, Va., and Camp
Claiborne, La.
He was in the electrical busi-
ness with his brother in Detroit,
under the firm name of Block
Brothers, before entering the
service.

100 Naval Officers Here
Form Local RONS Group

Approximately 100 Naval of-
ficers met at the Book Cadillac
Hotel Jan. 23 and organized a
local chapter of the Reserve Of
ficers of Naval Services (RONS),
the national organization.
Chairmen of the meeting were
Lt. Comdr. H. Richard O'Hara
and Lt. Comdr. Harry H. Meis-
ner.

Capt. Weinstein Back;
Reopens Law Offices

Capt. William J. Weinstein, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weinstein
and husband of the former Evelyn
Ross, of 2744 Burlingame, has
been released
from active duty
with the U. S.
Marine Corps,
after four and a
half years of
•service.
He served as a
commander of a
rifle company in
the Roi-Namir,
Saipan and Tim-
ur operations. Capt. Weinstein
When he was assigned as an as-
sault battalion operations officer
for the battle of Iwo Jima, he re-
ceived the Bronze Star Medal for
heroic achievements and the Pur-
ple Heart with a gold star, hav-
ing been wounded twice.
Capt. Weinstein has reopened
law offices at 2426 National Bank
Bldg.

Dr. Teitelbaum Returns;
Resumes Medical Practise
Among servicemen returned to
civilian life is Dr. Myer Teitel-
baum. In July, after 31 months
overseas, he rejoined Mrs. Teitel-
baum and their children, Sally
Gay and Dale. He ' left the ser-
vice in September and has re-
sumed his practice of internal
medicine.

