`Ace of Space' Fails to Orbit,
as Good Plot Fizzles Out

By FRANK SIMONS

Danny Raskin's

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47 Ex-Nazis Assured Seats in East Germany

BERLIN (JTA) — In excess
of ten per cent of the East
German Parliament will be
composed of former members
of the Nazi Party after the
Nov. 16 elections, a study of
the ballot in Communist Ger-
many revealed.
Assured of election are 47
former Nazi Party members, as
against 29 ex-Nazis serving as

deputies in the present lower
house.
Among the new additions to
Parliament will be three
former members of the SS
guard. They are Prof. Herbert
Kroger, once a ranking group
leader; Joachim Roick, who
served in a special SS unit that
played bodyguard to Hitler,
and Freidrich Mayer.

Space," which was written
Last Tuesday night at Mum- crudely, using sophomoric tech-
ford High School was the count- niques that just did not go off.
We mention these things
down for "The Ace of Space,"
primarily because, of late,
the first missile to be launched
in the entertainment world by there has been a tendency by
the Evergreen Jewish Congre- organizations to think of
gation. And, in all honesty, it fund-raising in terms of pre-
senting this kind of musical
must be said that it missed the
mark.
program. Since the success of
Delightfully
Advance publicity had said the SOC Hadassah produc-
many groups feel they .
Air-Conditioned
that "The Ace" would orbit, tion,
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can do as well.
but it proved to be a dud.
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Well, it's not so. Only one
WHEN 1,500, local gals doll
Billed as a zany, musical other "home-made" production
Famous for Fine Food
farce, "The Ace of Space" of the increasing number in re- themselves up for a gala after-
DINNERS 4:30 to 9:30 • AFTER THEATER SNACKS
proved to be a markedly ama- cent years, had any merit — noon at the Jewish War Vet-
Businessmen's Lunch 11:30 A.M. to 3 P.M.
teur production, even with some "Knights and Daze" presented erans Auxiliaries tenth annual
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donor
luncheon,
Nov.
13,
at
Ma-
fine professional assistance by by Alpha Omega dental fratern-
sonic
Temple,
they
will
be
12th
at
Hazelwood
certain members of the produc- ity — but others are only
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tion staff and a few of the per- feeble attempts to cash in on a headed for an affair that 'its
become a staunch tradition in
formers.
good thing.
the community. . . . This donor
But, it can't be said the cast
There is absolutely no Jewish
did not try, because they content of any kind in these event enables the 14 local auxil-
COME and MEET
worked for four long months productions, and the injection iaries to carry on efficiently a
to put on the very best they of some Yiddish humor is program of service vast in scope.
. . . JWVA's primary objective
could.
usually in bad taste. Without safeguarding the freedom for
OPERATING
even
the
excuse
of
using
Jew-
Basically, the plot about a
which their husbands, brothers,
boxer who eventually wins ish "situations" and with no fathers and sons fought so val-
the universal boxing cham-, basic merit, we feel these musi- iantly. . . . Therefore, t h e y
cal presentations should not be proudly serve the men in serv-
pionship on Mars, thereby be-
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coming "The Ace of Space," foisted upon the public.
(Formerly. Boesky's)
ice by servicing military per-
was a sound one. However,
If it's done on a small scale, sonnel at the USO twice month-
Located in the
there was little in the way when only family and friends ly, send gifts to fellows over-
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DOMESTIC FOODS, CHEESE and CANDY.
The one genuinely funny guise of entertainment, a group aid children by providing two
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should
consider
twice
before
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of veterans for Detroit high
Fred Sorkow, the Martian drill starting such a bold venture.
Of course, if they legalized s c h o o l graduates, providing
sergeant, puts his soldiers,
dressed as women, through raffle tickets, fund-raising prob- Brandeis University scholar-
lems would be over.
ships to daughters of veterans,
their paces.
supplying monthly toys to pa-
Another good point of the
There's no need to look further for your Party Trays
tients at Children's Hospitals
show was the dancing of the Dr. Julius Braunthal
where t h e y maintain a play-
or Fine Gift Baskets —
girls in the chorus, but even
room, by sending needy chil-
here, it was obvious that at Speech Slated Here
Call
Perri
and just forget about it ..
Dr. Julius B. Braunthal, Eu- dren of veterans to - summer
least some of the routines were
we'll do the rest !
taken directly from another, ropean labor leader and gen- camps, by monthly visits and
more successful local produc- eral secretary of Socialik Inter- parties to the girls and the cot-
NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER
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national, will be featured speak- tages division of the Juvenile
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Home,
and
by
sup-
er
at
a
meeting
sponsored
joint-
It is a relatively easy job to
plying entertainment and diver-
be critical of an amateur pro- ly by the La-
sion for underprivileged chil-
duction, and for those who had b or Zionist
&
dren and orphans. .. . The JWV
friends in the cast, we must Movement of
s l na
women
are
furnishing
a
clinical
Detroit,
Work-
seem to be rather harsh.
laboratory at Tel Hashomer Hos-
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Actually, it is no easy task men's Circle.
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Americans for
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a hospital wing there, by the
tion, as the Evergreen players
sale
of
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by
par-
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paign work. . . . They sponsor
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to provide funds for the build- Committee. Dr.
Red Cross blood donations, can-
Braunthal will
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speak in Eng-
But as soon as a production lish, at 8:30
of U.S. Savings Bonds, assist
of any kind goes beyond the p.m., Nov. 14,
the annual Goodwill Luncheon
realm of the organization itself at the Hayim
for Allied Veterans Auxiliaries
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We saw little in "The Ace of
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