Pioneer Projectionist Finds
Malben's Machine Much Better
Johns Hopkins Study
of Dysautonoinia Is
Completed ; All Are Jews
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
UJA Helps Aged
CHICAGO — A Johns Hopkins
University researcher Tuesday re-
ported on the completion of a
study of the strange malady dysau-
tonomia, which strikes only Jewish
children.
The Jewish News carried a story
on dysautonomia which was car-
ried nationwide last April, before
Johns Hankins had made known
it was doing a study on the fatal
affliction.
Dr. Peter Brunt, speaking at the
third international Congress of
Human Genetics said it had been
determined that all 200 cases
studied had Jewish lineage. In
all but two cases, both parents
were Jewish.
All the families traced their
ancestries to eastern Poland and
nearby areas.
OLDEST ISRAELI PROJECTIONIST
- You could tell from the way he
handled the modern, streamlined
16mm projector that Francesco
B was a skilled veteran. In
fact, at age 79, he is probably Is-
rael's oldest practicing projection-
ist.
It was a far cry from the early
"Edison Kinematograph," which he
first switched on in his native Bu-
dapest in 1905. He was eighteen at
the time.
In those days operating the Edi-
son Kinematograph was an impor-
tant event, he recalled. There was
always a policeman on the prem-
ises, not only to keep order but to
stop overexcited viewers from
rushing to the stage and damaging
the screen.
In the projection booth there
were always two barrels, one con-
taining water and the other sand,
and a blanket kept constantly
damp, as a precaution against fire
from the overheated projector.
People today take a continuous
performance for granted, Frances-
co observes, but in those early days
there were constant interruptions,
with the disappointment and frus-
tration of the audience always
aimed at the projectionist. His skill
often determined how few or how
many interruptions there were.
Francesco was the first to
project a sound film in Hungary.
It was at the Cinema Royal in
Budapest in 1927.
In the late 1930s—still unmar-
ried—he left Hungary and wan-
dered through Austria, Yugosla-
via and Romania. Jobs were
scarce. He took what he could find.
He even pasted up posters for
the famous "Bosch" circus. World
War II overtook him in Romania.
He found a job as janitor in a
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large building right next door to
SS headquarters. He Managed to
hide his Jewish identity and sur-
vived. The others in his family
were not so fortunate. They were
deported to the death camps.
In 1951, at age 63, completely
alone and tired of wandering, he
came to Israel and went to live in
Neve Avot, Malben's village for
the aged. Malben is the welfare
program on behalf of aged, ill and
handicapped immigrants in Israel,
maintained by the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee with United Jewish
Appeal funds.
There Francesco recuperated
from his wa‘nderings; enjoyed his
new-found friends and even sur-
rendered his bachelorhood, mar-
rying. Mrs. Bertha S., a widow.
But idleness was not for him;
soon his talented hands were at
work again. He became plant en-
gineer by day and projectionist by
night. Now he rises early in the
morning to inspect the boilers and
superintend the hot water system.
Whatever plumbing repairs have
to be done he usually does himself.
In the evenings he goes to the
cultural hall and while the elderly
village residents relax expectantly
in their easy chairs,. Francesco B.'
threads a new film into the modern
projector, flicks the switch, and
smiles contentedly as the film
comes to life on the screen.
Canadian Court Bars
Nazi From Park Rally
TORONTO (JTA) — Canadian
Nazi Party leader John Beattie
vowed to make an appearance in
Allan Gardens, a Toronto public
park, "by hook or by crook," after
the Ontario Supreme Court re-
jected his application to speak at
a rally he had scheduled there
on Sept. 11..
Beattie was involved in an in-
cident last year in the same park
that- led to violence and the arrest
of a number of persons at a rally
he had addressed. He appealed to
the court when the Toronto city
authorities denied him a speaking
permit for the Sept. 11 rally.
In rejecting Beattie's request
for a court order to speak in the
park, Justice Donahue said that
the Nazi leader was certain to
cause .1...commotion in which po-
lice would have to risk physical
harm to protect him." He said
the "courts have to protect peo-
ple from harm and have the pow-
er to do so."
In the court hearing, M. E. Fram,
counsel for the city, argued that
granting Beattie's application
would force the city to break a
by-law which denies park speaking
privileges to anyone charged with
stirring up racial or religious
hatred. Replying to the Nazi lead-
er's complaint that his freedom
was being restricted, Fram said
that Beattie "can speak elsewhere
than in a public park."
After hearing the court decision,
Beattie said that he planned to
have another Nazi Party member
take out a permit in his own name
and that Beattie himself would
stand on the speakers platform
while the other Nazi addressed the
gathering'
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Any Shlemmozal
The negligence case was settled
out of court and the award came
to $50,000. The attorney took 70
per cent of the award and handed
the paltry 30 per cent to his client.
"What are you doing," shouted
the client. "I was the one hit by
the bus !"
The attorney snarled, "Listen, it
was my legal knowledge that made
the award possible — any `shlem-
mozal' can get hit by a bus !"
These busy hands belong to
one of the 55,000 aged, chron-
ically ill and handicapped who
are helped to enjoy useful years
'under the protection of MAL-
BEN, the Joint Distribution
Committee's medical and wel-
fare program in Israel. Gifts
to the United Jewish Appeal
1966 campaign for $73,420,000
will support the JDC programs
and will help more than 800,000
Jews in need throughout the
world.
Friday, September 9, 1966 15
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Salesmanship
Two well-to-do businessmen were
taking a cruise to Israel. The first
man, in an effort to impress the
second, declared, "Would you be-
lieve I was such a salesman in my
hey-day that I even sold ice-boxes
to Eskimos?"
The second traveler listened in-
tently, then declared, "Listen, be-
fore I left on this trip, in my
-clothing store, I sold a woman a
suit of clothes in which to bury 1: er
husband—and would you believe
it, I sold her an extra pair of
pants?"
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