FIFTY YEARS AGO
P7
The Kinder Kamp with Jewish Pizzazz
Jewish News Keeps Eye
On War, Anti-Semitism
PHIL JACOBS
Managing Editor
This column will be a weekly
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News' anniversary year,
looking at The Jewish News
of today's date in 1942.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1992
O
nce again the front
page of The Jewish
News was a signpost
of the vast array of issues
concerning Detroit's Jewish
community.
Stories referred to on the
front page included the
deadly fate of Dutch Jews
working in Nazi slave labor
camps, the appointment of
Henry Wineman to chair the
executive committee of the
1942 Allied Jewish Cam-
paign, the publicly stated
abhorrence of anti-Semitism
by Cardinal Hinsley, and
an interview with National
League president Ford Frick
about Jews in major league
baseball.
A story covered the 23rd
anniversary of the United
Hebrew Schools, with an-
other piece reporting that
Morris H. Blumberg was re-
elected president for a se-
cond term at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek. Other offi-
cers elected included Harry
Cohen, Harry M. Shulman
and David S. Freedman.
Mrs. Alex Fisch was in-
stalled as president of the
B'nai Moshe Sisterhood by
Rabbi Moses Fischer and
Rabbi Jacob J. Nathan.
Other officers installed were
Mrs. Louis Kepes, Mrs.
Ralph Beck," Mrs. Sam
Freedman and Mrs. Sydney
Goodman.
Marriages reported that
week included Baruch to
Bayles, Rosenthal and Pur-
win, Gittleman and Golden,
and Citron and Knee.
Engagements were Levitt to
Oppenheim, Greenbaum to
Moran, and Altman to
Rosenberg. Birth an-
nouncements included
Frederick David Goldberg,
Ned Richard Harley, Bar-
bara Sue Burke, Muriel
Karen Hershey, Nina
Elizabeth Deutsch, Wallace
Roberts, Jr. and Suzanne Jo
Dunitz.
The newspaper's lead edi-
torial called on the United
States government to con-
tinue its efforts to end pro-
Axis activity in this country.
Another editorial criticized
Social Justice, published by
Fr. Charles E. Coughlin, a
Royal Oak priest. The
Catholic Church condemned
the magazine for its
"appeals to hatred against
President Roosevelt and the
Jews."
"Something had better be
done about Soical Justice as
quickly as possible, and it is
for the United States
government to watch for the
seditious utterances in this
hate-inspiring magazine and
to put an end to its ac-
tivities," read an editorial.
On the lighter side, The
Jewish News published a
story in time for Tigers open-
ing day on April 14. Nation-
al League President Ford
Frick told columnist Al
Lurie, "There was no time in
the history of modern
baseball when Jews did not
sparkle in the major
leagues."
There were a handful of
major leaguers playing in
1942 including catcher
Harry Darning and pitcher
Harry Feldman of the New
York Giants; Seymour (Cy)
Block, an infielder for the
Chicago Cubs; and Harry
Eisenstat, a pitcher for the
Cleveland Indians. Detroit's
Hank Greenberg was serv-
ing in the Air Force during
the 1942 season. Harry
_Donning went on to hit .279
in this, his final season.
Harry Feldman was 7-1 with
a 3.16 earned-run average.
He was also one of the
league's leading hitters as a
pitcher with a .282 batting
average. Cy Block hit .364
while appearing in nine
games.
At Sam's Cut Rate, Inc.,
records were on sale that
week for 29 cents each. A fur
could be cleaned by Hudson
Cleaners for $4.95.
Jewish boys in the war
were featured: Pvt. Elmer
Raskin of Normandy Ave.,
Pvt. Sol Cohen of Coll-
ingwood Ave., and Corp.
George C. Ferman, also of
Collingwood Ave.
Yiddish theater star Molly
Picon (who died this week),
was coming to the Wilson
Theater to star in Such A
Life.
The column, "In Lighter
Vein," told of a visitor who
came to a small town in
Lithuania and asked for in-
formation on communal af-
fairs.
"And how is your Ray?"
was one of the questions.
"Luckily," came the reply,
"he fasts every Monday and
Thursday like the saintly
man he is. Otherwise he
would — God forbid — die of
starvation." 0