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Friday, June 22, 1956—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-30

50—BUSINESS CARDS

LARKINS MOVING and Delivery
Service. Any time. Reasonable. 3319
Gladstone. TY 4-4587.

GAS HEAT, converesions, prompt
service, honest prices. Amber Bros.
UN 4-2469.

FOR BETTER wall washing call
Tames Russell. One day service.
TO 6-4005. 526 Belmont.

PAINTER AND Decorator. Remov-
ing paper, sanding and finishing
floors. TY 6-2999.

WALL WASHING and painting, A-1
work, reasonable. A. C. Castone.
TW 3-8992.

A-1 PAINTING, decorating. Reason-
able prices. Free estimates. VI
2-1026, BR 3-6271.

ALL CITY
MOVING
COMPANY

Large, Modern Vans
Always Open
14948 MEYERS
VE. 8-7660

ESQUIRE CARPET CLEANERS. We
clean carpets, furniture, and cor-
nice boards, all work guaranteed,
free estimates. TE 4-7776, WE 3-0815

DRYERS VENTED, appliances in-
stalled, etc. Reasonable. Call any
time. Wolfe, BR 3-4446.

I. SCHWARTZ & CO. All types of
carpenters work. TY 7-7758 or UN
2-6329.

A-1 PAINTING, interior and ex-
terior, paper removing, free esti-
mates. UN 1-3265.

WALL WASHING, experienced, work
guaranteed, reliable men. Radiant
Wall Washing Co. TO 8-2460.

EXPERT painting and wall washing.
References. TY 7-2501.

REPAIR, brick, cement, plaster,
pointing, chimneys and porches,
steps. UN 2-1017.

CARPENTER — Alterations of all
kinds. Free estimates. WE. 4-4826,
WE. 3-0815.

ALL TYPES of carpentry work.
Home improvements and modern-
ization. TO 7-5061.

CARPENTER WORK, all kinds of
alterations. Free estimates. TO
5-6388, WE 5-1737.

PAINTING—Interior and exterior by
experienced painter. Residential,
commercial. Call evenings TY
6-5891.

WALL cleaning, new machine, guar-
anteed reasonable. City-wide. LO
7-3115.

CARPENTER work, all kinds alter-
ations. Free estimate. WE 5-1008.

A-1 CARPENTER, finisher, library
paneling & kitchen .cabinets. Alter-
ations. Philip Berkovitz, UN 4-1897.

57—FOR SALE—HOUSEHOLD
GOODS AND FURNITURE

Mahogany 32" drum table, leather
top, • original price $325, sacrifice
for $125. Mahogany oval end
tables, leather top, will sell for $65.
Original price $150. Beautiful cor-
day figure lamps, original price
$300. pair, will sell pair for $150.
8019 Hendrie, Huntington Woods,
LI. 5-2418.

4 foot Ebony Steinway baby
grand piano in excellent condi-
tion, included in 4 complete
rooms of furniture, to be shown
Sunday 2-5 p.m., bids accepted.

RIVER TERRACE APTS.
7728 E. Jefferson, Apt. 101

50—BUSINESS CARDS

Built Up Flat
Asphalt Roofing
Gutters .
Tin and Canvas Decks
Roof Repairing

-

An Work Guaranteed

Cadillac
Roofing Co.

2479 W. Davison Ave.
TO 8-0071

Earlier Deadline
For July 6 Issue

In view of the occurrence
of Independence Day on
Wednesday, deadline for all
classified advertisements for
our issue of July 6 will be
at noon on Tuesday, July 3.

New Book Scores
Gestapo Tyranny

"Gestapo, Instrument of Tyr-
anny," by Edward Crankshaw,
is a terrifying book for Jewish
readers. It revives the tales of
horror that were imposed upon
the Jews—upon the German
people, in fact, who were drawn
into Nazism and became re-
sponsible for the murder of
millions of men, women and
children.

`life With Popkin'

Zelda Popkin's Book:
'Open Every Door'

Oldest Jewish Soldier in Service

Zelda Popkin will be remem-
bered for many things: for her
o w n outstanding journalistic
activities, for her husband, the
late Louis Popkin; for her ex-
cellent books and especially her
story of embattled Jerusalem,
"Quiet Street."

Her latest work, the personal
story, "Open Every Door," pub-
The wholesale murders are lished by E. P. Dutton & Co.

revealed in this book. "Ges-
tapo," published by Viking
Press (625 Madison, N'.Y. 22),
tells of the "meticulously plan-
ned attempt to exterminate the
Jews of Europe, children as
well as adults, by gassing them
to death." It accounts for the
actions of the Nazi leaders and
for their ruthlessness.

Gestapo stands for Geheime
Staats Polizei, Secret State
Police. Nazi apologists pre-
tended that in principle this
terror did not differ from the
M.I.. 5 in Britain or the F.B.I.
in this country. Crankshaw re-
plies: "Nothing could be more
false. The political police of
Britain and America and a
number of other countries exer-
cise a. purely defensive function,
designated to uphold a status
quo sanctioned by the people as
a whole. The German Gestapo,
on the other hand,- was an in-
strument not of defense but

of attack. The Gestapo was
created by Goering to impose
the will of Hitler upon his
political opponents and his
rivals within the party. A year
later, it was captured by Hirnm-
ler to be used as the spearhead
in his grandiose campaign to
establish. with his S.S. thugs
what amounted to. a State
within a State, and later to
subdue the occupied territories
and turn them into German
colonies. Throughout its career
it was an instrurrxent of aggres-
sion."
The manner in which Jews
were brutally terrorized, the in-
human experiments, the resort
by the Nazis to hair-raising ex-
periments with Jews, cause the
reader to shudder anew at the
recollection of what had been
done in Germany. Himmler, we
are told, "had no more qualms
about cutting off the heads of
Russian Jews and sending them
in tin cans to Strasbourg than
the trained pathologist has
about killing animals for dissec-
tion."

The record of Colonel Eich-
mann, the murderer of the
Jews, who was in charge . of
the extermination program, is
exposed in Crankshaw's "Ges-
tapo." The horrors of Ausch-
witz are revealed as having left
an imprint on the Western
world "because more Jews were
gassed there than anywhere
else" and because of the whole-
sale concentration of people
there for mass murder.
The book is an indictment of
the Germans who failed to re-
ject the S.S. and Gestapo prac-
tices. They are challenged to
adopt a new attitude of recog-
nizing the humaneness of
people, if. they are not to "re-
main dangerous."

JLC Asks for Probe
Of 'White Citizens

NEW YORK (JTA) — The
U.S. Department of Justice
through its civil rights section
chief, Arthur B. Caldwell, has
written the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee that the activities of the
White Citizens Councils in Mis-
sissippi "are receiving the De-
partment's careful attention."

The letter to the JLC was in
reply to a telegram sent on No-
vember 28 requesting the de-
partment to investigate the
Councils, particularly with re-
gard to their complicity in the
shooting of Gus Courts in Bel-
zoni, Miss., on Nov. 26. Courts
was a prominent Negro leader
in his communty. The Councils
have their principal headquar-
ters in that area.

(300 4th, N.Y. 10), is an excel-
lent account of an interesting

life. It is a human document
reflecting the excitements of
our generation and the one that
preceded it.

She started her career at
three dollars a week on the
Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Time s-
Leader. It was a tough grind in
her upward struggle to make
good—and she did.
Throughout her story, Mrs.
Popkin describes her Jewish
background. Her parents were
observing Jews, her own re-
actions were always positive:
"I found being a Jew attractive
and interesting."
"Being an orthodox Jewish
child in an American little town
was not without some compli-
cations." But she managed to
meet all situations bravely, just
as she encountered later dis-
appointments with a great deal
of courage.
In more than one sense, "Open
Every Door" is more than a
mere personal account of an
interesting life in an interesting
age. It is a record of a life in
a time when people struggled
for freedom and when other
people put up obstacles in the
path of fteedom. Mrs. Popkin
has met the world's great:
you'll find their names and the

accounts of her association with
them, in this book. Dorothy

Thompson figures in it, and the
reader learns anew of the time
when she was a staunch fighter
against Nazism rather than
against Zionism, a movement
she once supported. Feucht-
wanger, L. M. Birkhead, noted
writers, distinguished Jewish
and non-Jewish leaders, the
Dayans and many other emin-
ent Israelis, play their „roles
in this story.
It recounts the events leading
to Israel's rebirth, the tragedies
in DP camps, the great relief
efforts.
The intermarriage theme is
reflected in her acceptance of
the joint Christmas - Hanukah
celebration — from Christmas
trees to Hanukah candles:
"These grandchildren of mine
are fortunate. Two religions be-
long to them." One wonders:
is this a compromise or the
making of peace with the in-
evitable?
But the numerous descrip-
tions of her Jewish experiences
speak volubly in support of the
impressive narratives in this
story of a lady who had seen
many of the Jewish happenings
in the environments in which
they occurred and described
them with deep feeling. Her
Jerusalem story and that of the
DPs will be found especially
soul-stirring—just as the portion
"Life With Popkin" will bring
back many memories to those
who recall the history of our
people in the '20s and early
'30s.

50-Mile Railway in Negev
Cost $5,600,000 to Build
BEERSHEBA (JTA) — The
newest 50-mile section 'of Is-
rael's railways was opened here
in the presence- of Prime Minis-
ter David Ben-Gurion and mem-
bers of the Cabinet. The rail-
way section, which will eventu-
ally be extended another 170
miles to the Red Sea port of
Elath, was built at a cost of
$5,600,000 and took three years
to complete. Rails and auxiliary
equipment for the new line
were obtained under provisions
Of the German reparations
agreement.

Master Sergeant Sam Becker (right), completing 39 years
of continuous regular Army service and hence the Jewish
soldier with probably the longest term of service now in the
U.S. Armed Forces, showri at Boston Army Base being, intro-
duced to Rabbi 'havid Max Eichhorn (center), director of field
operations of the National Jewish Welfare Board's (JWB)
Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy, who was visiting the post
for the Commission. Introducing Sgt. Becker is Maj. Barach
Margolin, director of administration at the post (left). A devout
Jew, Sgt. Becker is active in the religious life of the Boston
community. In the course of his long years of service, he
had under him many notables, including Henry Cabot Lodge,
Jr., American ambassador to the UN, and the two sons of the
late President Calvin , Coolidge.

Pleas in Congress
For Aid to Israel

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Is-
rael Ambassador Abba Eban
conferred at great length with
Secretary of State John Fos-
ter Dulles on "a broad view"
of regional security, political
and economic questions. He
was accompanied by Israel
Minister Reuven Shiloah who
returned recently from consul-
tations in Israel.
The importance of Middle
East oil to Western diplomacy
was stressed by Secretary Dul-
les yesterday in an address at
Iowa State College. He said
that the Middle East "produces
the oil required for the indus-
try of Western Europe and for
the military establishment of
the NATO." He said that the
estimate of expenditure for
military aid and defense sup-
port for these countries' in the
next year is in the neighbor-
hood of $800,000,000. It is be-
lieved he referred to the mem-
ber countries of the Baghdad
Pact.
Strong anti-Egyptian and pro-
Israel sentiments were express-
ed by a number of members of
Congress during the Foreign
Aid Bill debate in the House.
Egypt was denounced for ties
which her Premier, Col. Nas-
ser, is expanding with Com-
munist countries. Israel was
named among those of Amer-
ica's allies who deserve mili-
tary aid from the United
States.
Among the Congressmen who
lauded Israel was Rep. Robert
C. Byrd, West Virginia Demo-
crat, who earlier this year re-
flected anti-Israel views.

Honorary Law Degrees
Given Proskauer, Goldstein

NEW YORK (JTA)—Joseph
M. Proskauer, former Associate
Justice of the New York State
Supreme Court and one-time
president of the American Jew-
ish Committee, received an hon-
orary degree of Doctor of Laws
at the 124th annual commence-
ment of New York University.
In Providence, Judge Jonah
J. Goldstein of New York's
Court of General Sessions, re-
ceived an honorary Doctor of
Laws degree at the 38th gradua-
tion exercises of Providence
College, operated by the Domin-
ican Fathers.

Tennis Champs
In Tokyo, -Erwin Klein, a 17-
year-old high school student of
Los Angeles, and Mrs. Leah
Neuberger of New York won
the mixed doubles table tennis
championship of the w o r 1 d.
They defeated a team made up
of a Czechoslovakian star and
a British player.

Israel Espionage Trial
Begins in Lebanon

LONDON, (JTA) — At least
20 and possibly twice that num-
ber of persons will be tried in
Lebanon on charge of espionage
for Israel, it was reported in
dispatches from Beirut.
The Lebanese authorities have
refused to give names or num-
bers of person involved. Reports
in the Lebanese press vary from
about a score of defendants to
the report in the English-
language Beirut Daily Star
which says that the Attorney
General is asking the death
penalty for 24 persons and im-
prisonment for another 23.
News of the arrests broke as
a surprise in Beirut, the dis-
patches received here today
state, since Lebanon has the
least number of incidents with
Israel of any of the Arab coun-
tries bordering on the Jewish
State. The reports assert that
the defendants will be charged
with giving various forms of aid.
and assistance to Israel.

Dutch Minister Backs
Mayor Who Aided Nazis

THE HAGUE (JTA) — Min-
ister of Interior Dr. Louis Beel
refused to impeach Dr. Franz
Soho k k ing, Mayor of The
Hague, who has been charged
with responsibility in the de-
portation and death of a Jewish
family in a small Dutch Village
of which he was Mayor during
the Nazi occupation.
Dr. Beel made his statement
in Parliament, on the basis of
an investigation of Dr. Schok-
king's behavior by a special
three-man commission. Parlia-
ment is scheduled to debate the
matter after its Easter recess.
Meanwhile, Miriam Pino,
sister of the head of the de-
ported family, has lodged a
complaint against Mayor Schok-
king charging that he ordered
the arrest of the family by
German security forces on the
grounds that the Pino family
was "provocative." The incident
is alleged to have occurred in
the village of Hazerswoude in
1942.

East Germany Releases
Highest Jewish Official

BERLIN (JTA)—Paul Baen-
der, Jewish-born veteran Com-
munist leader who was sen-
tenced to six years at hard la-
bor in 1954 as a result of the
anti-Semitic campaign in East
Germany, was released from

jail.
He was the highest ranking

Jew arrested in the East Ger-
man drive, and first of the East
German Jews to be released
since the recent Communist
campaign for "Socialist legal-
ity.'

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