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Spain Balks At
Refugees' Escape
SY MANELLO SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
he Spanish govern-
ment refused to issue
exit visas to Jewish
refugees of military age who
arrived in Spain from Nazi-
controlled countries in the
hopes of emigrating over-
seas. The Joint Distribution
was trying to bring pressure
to bear on the government;
at the same time a sugges-
tion was made to the Unit-
ed Nations to establish a
temporary haven in North
Africa.
Elsewhere on the news
front, the good news-bad
news continued. The Unit-
ed Nations was reported to
be giving attention to pun-
ishment of Axis war crimi-
nals; London reported that
plans were set for an inter-
national criminal court. The
Palestine government sanc-
tioned the admission into
Palestine of 6,000 Jewish
refugee children. The de-
portation order for the Jews
of the Warsaw Ghetto was
made public; at the same
time in Stockholm, Norwe-
gian Free Church groups
added their endorsement to
the protest of Lutheran
leaders against the Nazi
persecution.
Two prominent names
were in the news locally.
Dr. Shmarya Kleinman was
honored by the Workmen's
Circle, on the occasion of his
50th birthday, for his dedi-
cated contributions to the la-
bor movement. The mem-
ory of Joseph Wetsman was
honored by his family's con-
tribution of $5,000 to the
Hebrew Free Loan Associa-
tion, which Mr. Wetsman di-
rected for 14 years.
The latest publication to
receive attention was the
three-volume work by Dr.
Salo W. Baron titled A So-
/--
cial and Religious History of
the Jews. It was felt to be
the most thorough study to
date on the Jewish commu-
nity and its problems.
The soothing strains of
music were working their
magic on the local commu-
nity. The Music Study Club
of Detroit presented a pro-
gram at the Jewish Old
Folks Home; among the
performers were Rosina
Betman, Mitzi West and
Blossom Rovetch Carron.
Seymour Lipkin, 15-year
old pianist, gave a brilliant
concert. Julius Chajes and
Marguerite Kozenn per-
formed during a lecture on
Jewish music before the De
troit Musicians League.
A local attorney made
news by giving up his fees.
The money, received for act-
ing as a Kohen at a Pidyon
HaBen, is regularly turned
over to the Jewish Nation-
al Fund by David J. Cohen.
The wealth of abilities
found in local residents is
not selfishly kept in the De-
troit area. For example, El-
conan Saulson became the
director of the Jewish Wel-
On the news front,
the good-bad news
continued.
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go. And in a sadder vein,
the passing was noted of
Anton Kaufman, who was
the editor of the Newark
Jewish Chronicle.
Women's Clubs were
much in the news. Those
selecting new officers were
the Ladies of Yeshiva Beth
Yehudah, who elected Mrs.
H. Rottenberg as president
and the Mesdames Lansky,
Hubert, Korretz and Lip-
man as vice presidents.
Also the Shifra Chapter of
Junior Women's Mizrachi
elected Faye Stollman as
president and Pearl Rap-
paport as vice president.
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weekly feature during The
Jewish News' anniversary
year, looking at The Jewish
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years ago.
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