June 15, 1945

…/— * THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review VOL. 7—NO. 13 2114 Penobscot Bldg. RA. 7956 '4t * of Jewish Events Detroit 26, Michigan, June 15, 1945 34 4051. 22 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10a SHAEF Permits JDC to Start Relief Program Inside Germany — Page 5 alestine Plank OK'd yUNCIO; IraqLoses; Stassen Plan Adopted —Page 7, Droock New President f Council; Delegates Hear Annual Reports Leaders of • the Catholic, Prot- estant and Jewi...…

…Page Two THE JEWISH NEWS Purely Commentary The Arab League Exposed An Editorial Reprinted from the New Yoe; Post By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ STOP THE TEASING! • There are realists in Great Britain, as exemplified by the attitude of the editors, of the Manchester Guardian, who insist that there must be an immediate solution of the Palestine problem in order to ease the, tension that exists in all quarters and for the sake of genuine hurrianitaria...…

…Friday, June WRB Expected to Complete Its Work by End of August (Compiled From Cables of independent Jewish Press Service) WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The War Refugee Board, which was formed by the late President Roosevelt to rescue refugees from behind the German lines during the European war, expects com- pletion of its work by Aug. 30, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned. The board, headed by Brig. Gen. William O'Dwyer, is now engaged in winding...…

…Page Four THE JEWISH NEWS As the Editor Views the News - • • The World's Tomorrow BUILDING ON SAND Where were Sodom and Gomorrah? —L. 0. According to tradition, they were located in what is now the Dead Sea. * * When was the Americah Bible Society or- ganized? A. S. In 1816, in New York City. The first president was Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), who was also president of the Continental Congress. • • /ek/C 74 Talmudic Tales By DAVID MORAN...…

…Friday, June IS, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS JDC Granted Permission To Start Work in Germany Rosin Re-Elected As President of Bnai Brith Here Page Five Dr. Wise Makes First Visit Here in Five Years, Tuesday Allied Supreme Headquarters in Paris Finally Allows Joint President of American Jewish Congress to Address Instal- David I. Rosin was re-elected Distribution Committee to Send Relief Teams Into lation of Newly Formed B & P Chapter of AJC; Re...…

…Page Six THE JEWISH NEWS Truman's Citation Hails Detroit Jewish War Hero Harry H. Meisner Released To Inactive Duty as Lt. (S. G.) Lt. Harry H. Meisner, Detroit attorney, former professor of corporation finance and taxation at the University of Detroit, has been released to inactive duty with the permanent rank of Sen- ior Grade Lieutenant. He, was in active duty for three years with the District Staff Headquar- ters, 12th Naval District, S...…

…r H Friday, 'line 9 5, 1945 `Palestine Plank' Adopted By UNCIO; Iraq Loses Plea Honorary Chairman Of $5,000,000 Drive Commander Stassen's Proposal Protecting Present Jewish Community Rights Approved at 'Frisco; Vandenberg Renews Hopes for Realization of Homeland (Special to The Jewish News) SAN FRANCISCO—The trusteeship commission of the United Nations Conference finally has adopted the proposal made by Commander Harold E. Stassen known ...…

…Page Eight Jewish Community Council Elects Droock as President Unanimous Choke of Delegates at Biennial Election of Officers at Center; Rabbi Fram, Dr. Kleinman and Crohn are Vice Presidents; Board Posts Filled Aaron Droock, for many years a leader in the Jewish community, was elected president of the Jewish Community Council at the biennial election of officers held Tuesday evening at the Jewish Center. He was elevated after serving as vic...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, June 15, 1945 Agencies Sign Agreement Reconstituting the UPA Estimated Needs of JDC, UPA and NRS Amount to More Than $80,000,000 for Current Year; Victory in Europe Forces Huge Increase Over Last Year's Goal NEW YORK—An agreement was signed Sunday recon-. stituting. the • United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine as the combined national fund-raising body for overseas relief and rehabilitation,...…

…Page Ten THE JEWISH NEWS I ACTIVITIES IN SOCIETY 1 Her Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Newman of Louis- ville, Ky., formerly of Detroit, announce the engagement of their daughter, Shirley, to Lt. Jerome S. Silber- blatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron A. Silber- blatt of 3311 Chicago blvd. Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Schiller of Woodingham Drive will be hosts at a reception at the Belcrest Hotel on Wednesday evening, June 20, 8 to 12 p. m....…

…Rtclay, riut ► e ?94 THE JEWISH NEWS Women's Clubs Goldie Gross, A. S. Topper Wed The marriage of Mrs. Sylvia Wolpin, president Miss Goldie Gross, of THEODOR HERZL AUXIL- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gross of IARY of Bnai Brith, sold $20000 , worth of war bonds at the din- Cortland Ave., to T/5 Alvin S. Topper, son ner party. On Tuesday evening, of Mr. and Mrs. Mose the auxiliary installed the fol- Topper of Tulsa, Okla,. lowing officers...…

…Page Twelve THE JEWISH NEWS Late David S. Zemon Honored for Building Shaarey Zedek Library Congregational Activities Round Table Holds Youth Conference At Fresh Air Camp Friday, June 15, 1945 Gellman Re-Elected Rabbi Fram to Give Young Israel President Sermon on Thoughts In Jewish Theology Tribute Paid to Memory of Deceased Leader at Ceremony of Presentation of His. Portrait; Dr. Hershman, Mrs. Ehrlich, Zackheim Speak Survivors of Dav...…

…Frkiey, June I5, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS Sports and Sportsmanship Writer Recalls How 'Hank' Laughed Off Anti-Semitism Prof. Fekete Is Rector Of Hebrew University Page Thirteen s Benes Rejects Forced Sales of Jewish Property 300 Trieste Jews Now Get Aid from the JDC NEW YORK, (JTA)—Prof. Three hundred Jews who re- Michael Fekete, who has held mained hidden throughout the the chair of mathematics at the German occupation of Trieste BY HAS...…

…Page Fourteen :THE JEW1SH NEWS Sobeloff Hails U. S. Board For Aid in Reviving UJA Director of Detroit JWF Reveals that Americans Contrib- uted Billion Dollars for Local, Overseas Relief and Rehabilitation, in New York Address - Histadruth Welcomes Communist Members Friday, June 15, 1945 Communists into the federation. mittee announced that its mem- Its stand was made known in bers' will fight shoulder to shoul- a letter to the central ...…

…Friday, June 15, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS Detroit Jewry Urged to Help Put Bond Drive Over Top Wineman, Blumberg Hope Jewish Groups Will Match Their Great Efforts of Previous Drives; Simons, Alter, Burstein, Oberfelder, Grossman, Gordon Head Local Groups D. A. Croll Wins in Canadian Election Lt. Col. David A. Croll, former Mayor of Windsor, was elected a member of the Federal Parlia- The 7th War Loan drive will continue through June 30, and ...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS Page Sixteen t94 Arabs' Presence at Frisco British Doings, Laski Says Hadassah B & P Unit Lists New Officers For Corning Year Junior Hadassah to Inaugurate Group System at Teas Sunday British Labor Party Leader Predicts Policy of Appeasement May Lead to "a Transfer of Scene of Jewish Massacres From Central Europe to the Middle East" New officers elected by the Business and Professional Div- ision of Hadassah for the corn...…

…Friday, June 15, 1945 THE JEWISH NEWS 18,000 Died at Bergen Camp Since Liberation, Report . 12,000 Jews Remain at Former German Concentration Camp, But Continue to Suffer as 50 Survivors Are Dying There Daily; Confusion Reigns Page Seventeen Mrs. James Browne Heads Youth Education • League Mrs. James Browne was in- stalled as president of Youth Education League at ceremonies at the Book Cadillac on June 6. Other officers installed at th...…

…Page Eighteen THE JEWISH NEWS Weekly Review of the News of the World (Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service) AMERICA (See Also Page 3) An anti-discrimination bill, effective im- mediately, and providing a $500 fine, 90 days imprisonment, or both, for any individual pr organization, printing or distributing anony- mously, literature inciting religious hatred, was signed in Tallahassee, Fla., by Gov. Mil- lard Caldwell. ...…

…Friday, June 15, • I945 Jewish Youth's LISTENING y Danny Raskin -- ASKED BY his mother to fill a request made by Pvt. Joe Frankfort, a local lass, seeing "Prisoner of War Camp" in the address, said, "I'm sorry, mad- am, but we can't send to prison- ers. . . and couldn't • be con- vinced that he was a guard, not a prisoner . . . even though the envelope showed him to be at Ft. Knox, Ky. . . . Sure would be nice having our own prisoners here...…

…THE JEWISH NEWS Page Twenty Death Ends Brilliant Career Pfc. Rodney E. Jacobson, Able Artist, Dies in Action When Dr. B. Benedict Glazer pays tribute to the memory of Pfc. Rodney Edward Jacobson at services at Temple Beth El at 11 a. m. Sat- urday morning, he will honor a brilliant a r t ist whose life was cut short when he was killed in action in Ger- many on May 4. Rodney, who w a s 22 on March 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pfc. Jacobson Harry...…