Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1940-04-05

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Vol. 1», No. l.-i
COliUMBUS, OHIO, FRIDAY, AFKIL !>, 1940
Devoted to Amerlean .Dd Jewf.h Ideal.
Strictly Confidential
Tidbits From Bverynhere By PHINBAS J. BIRON
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THINGS WE'VE HEARD
The Duke of Coburg, now In this country to get the Ameri¬ can Red Cross to cooperate with the German Red Cross of which he Is the President, was one of Hitler's  first   big baclcers, you might    Hlte to know .  . . And while carrying on  negotiations to get good American dollars In to his clutches he's doing quite a bit of collecting on the side, from Nazi groups who are only too happy to contribute to Hit¬ ler's funds . , , There's a racial angle   to   the   willingness of     the     Dominican     Re- public to accept refugee immi¬ gration from Germany ... Be¬ cause of    the    high    birth-rate among the West Indian Negroes the white mapters of the Repub¬ lic welcome any Caucasian im¬ migration .  . . Did you    know that   Henry     Shapiro,     United Press correspondent at Moscow, scooped all his colleagues on the Husso-Finnish peace pact? . . . His success was due to his lin¬ guistic ability—it seems he's the only  American  newspaperman in Moscow who can really speak Russian   fluently . . . Sidelight on the new "Aryan" morality: Hitler   has   Instituted   a new s6r)es of meSate for iti'others of Jive or more .'clifldrfen,   with ..iW^I'^^^ tioMieck ,,. ,;L^test
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. It'pon^ats of ' BtisBlan vodica plus Italian vertnouth ... At' this stage you're supposed to ask what Germany's contribu¬ tion to the coclttall might be . . . And the answer Is that Nazlland provides the ice . .. All of Which reminds us to tell you that Wall Streetcrs are expecting a gen¬ eral peace to break out over In BHirope any week, now . . . THB ZIONIST FRONT
Vladimir Jabotinsky is telling his Intimates that when he re¬ turns to the V. S. from his fly¬ ing trip to South America he wlM stay here till he conquers American Jewish public opinion . . . Now that Poland no longer exists he's planning to make Ainerlca the center of Revision¬ ist activities . . . What is hap¬ pening to the $4,000,000 loan that Dr. Chaim Weizmann pro¬ jected during his visit here? . . . If it isn't gotten witliin the next'
' few months it won't be needed at alii, because by that time the campaign funds will have rais- ed'tfaat much for Palestine . . . Don't be surprised if the Pales¬ tine Pavilion at the New York World's Fair will decide to with¬ draw from the 1940 season . . . "The World's Fair authorities are showing a deplorable lack of understanding of the tremen¬ dous help that 'this Pavilion was last season in bringing in mil¬ lions of cash customers ... If one considers that tbe Polish and C2ech pavilions represent countries that are no loilger on the map one can see no reason why the masters of eti¬ quette at the Fair should take so red-tapish an attitude on the status of the Palestine buUding among (he foreign pavilions . . . TBIS ANO THAT
The .late Beuben Bralnln's much-dliscussed diaries have now been published In part, as Voliune ¦ III of his collected Works .... Qne of the celebHtleia under*, fire In these pages from
, the Hebrew dean's diaries is Sholem Asch; author of <'The Na^ren?" . . ¦ That, Jewisb iContlnueil on Pegf S) *
Or. .lullnn Aforgonstorn iljrft), prOHldont of (he Ilebrew Unlon Collegr; Dr. Loul.s Flnkel- Hteln (CVntcr), i»r<»voHt of the JrwlHli TheoIoKical rtominnry; nnd Dr. Hbalom Hpirgcl (Right), of the rnouit.r of Ihc .Irwish In- xtllutc of Kcllgion, wift) will be
the judges In the eH.s;i.v eonl<:.t on the life of RaHhi, wliioli Is brlntr sponsored by fhe IVntioii.il B'nai B'rith Hlllel Foiiniliilioii ConimlsNlon among <'liriNtlan nnd Jewish eoilo^o under^i.Ml- untes.
Nazis Execute 280 Jewish Pnsoners Of War—Ghetto Established In Vienna
WmZMANN'H AIDE TO SPEAK    HISRIt]   THURSDAY
5,000 American Visas Available For Poles
LONDON (WNS) — Approxi¬ mately 5,000 immigration visas to the United States are avail¬ able to Poles under the present quota, which expires at the end of June, but there is no method of distribution since the Nazi authorities have ordered all American consular oKlclais tO; legve- Poland; -it waij disjilqsed
Blu-White The First Jewish Photo News Service In World
t)(«iviaes for'e;0()0'inuliil^tlijij visSB. Because distribution of the visas was stoppedwhen the Nazis invaded Poland last Sep¬ tember only 1,000 of these visas have been issued.
When the American officials were ordered to leave Warsaw there were more than 5,000 ap¬ plicants registered with the con¬ sulate. The distribution of the visas among these Polish Jews may mean the difference be¬ tween life and death.
Diplomatic circles here are confident that the amplication of pressure by Americans on Wash¬ ington will result In the distri¬ bution of the unused visas. It was suggested here that Ameri¬ can consuls now In Berlin could make visits to Warsaw from time tp time to distribute the visas.
It is probable that Polish citi¬ zens now living in Germany may be able to receive the visas when the Warsaw Aiperican consulate opens offices in Ber¬ lin.
The BLU-WHITE SERVICE, a unique venture in the history of the Jewish press, is starting operations on April 1. It in¬ tends to supply the Jewish and general press with photos of Jetvlsh concern exclusively. This service has been created bx Mr. Jacob J. Bfaluns, who in; adioiUon ^t6»ipiibltsblhg'"li; Eerie|
'^teij .'the"ianv 'Jevlsh • Maga-i islhe—YIDDISHE -BILDEHV. that ever existed in KUrope;
The BLU-WHITE SERVICE is built around his comprehen¬ sive archives and a staff of Jew¬ ish photographers covering the United States of America as well as the greater part of the world.
Mr. Brahms hopes that his photp service will considerably enhance the attractiveness of the Jewish press and will help to awaken the Interest of a great number of Jews in the partlcu lars of Jewish life all over the world.
The firat group of Jewish news pictures will appear in the Ohio Jewish Chronicle shortly.     Watch for them.
ITALY PLACES F17RTHBR BCONOMIC   BBSTRIOTIONS ON JBWS
ROMB (WNS)—New econ¬ omic restrictions against Jewish merchants and professionals seemed inevitable here as trade and professional associations moved to deprive Jews of mem¬ bership and licenses.
The Italian Commerce Assoc- Jatioh has announced that Jews win be denied renewal of lic¬ enses for coffee stands and to- baico shops at the end of. the year. The Association stipulB' ted also that the Jews may not sell or transfer their licenses to "Aryans".
It was learned also that the unions ot lawyers and physl clans In Ancona have warned their memb^ris not to accept Jewish clients or patients ex^ cept in instances of greatest emergency and for humanity's sake.
HJIIel's Spring Alumni Banquet At Southern Hotel Tonight
An attractive dinner followed by the annual Hlilel Spring Dance is in store for those who attend tbe annual HiUel Alumni Banquet to be held at the South- em Hotel this Saturday eve¬ ning, April 0, at 630. Habbl Felix Levy, of Temple Epian- uel of Chicago, III., and former president of the Central Confer¬ ence of American Rabbis, will deliver the main address of the evening^s program. Mr. Sam¬ uel Luchs, president of the Hil¬ lel Advisory Board, will preside and Mr. J, C. Goodman, chair¬ man of the Banquet Committee WiU Introduce the guest speak¬ er.
Members of the Hillel Student Qouncil ttnd president of aU .Jewish fraternities and sorori¬ ties on the campus have been in¬ vited as special guests of the Hillel Foundation.
The'tiinherwiU liegin prompt¬ ly at: eaO and wlU be over by 9 P. M. "The dance wUl begin at, 0:30 and wUl feature the music of Percy Lowery and his on;|iestr8.>
Y. Riicharov
Under the sponsorship of the Columbus Zionist District Mr Y. Sacharov, secretary to Dr. Chalm Weizmann famed throu¬ out the world as a leader of the Palestinian cause wlii speak at the Agudath Achim Synagogvie next Thursday evening, April Uth, at 8 o'clock. Also on tli^ .pogram .that night.WiU be the- ¦¦sttdiWlngJM5th6''t6!ehti<<«toEifI«' •Tel Aviv", whlch'=wlll reMl all phases of life in the new Palestine.
Bora In Jernsalem
Mr Sacharov was born In Jer¬ usalem and received all of his elementary and secondary edu cation in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, completing his studies at the London School of Econom¬ ics. For the last four years he has been one of the secretaries of 0r, Weizmann, making him¬ self particularly useful with his fluent knowledge of Arabic, He¬ brew, English, French, German and Russian.
Both in his official duties as secretary and In connection with other Zionist activities, Mr. Saciiarov has travelled widely throughout Europe and is ac¬ quainted with the Jewish com¬ munities and Zionist work In France, Germany, Italy, Yugo¬ slavia. Bulgaria, Finland, Bel¬ gium, Poland, France and Eng¬ land, as well as the Near East— Egypt and Syria. He is at pres¬ ent on a short visit in the Uni¬ ted States.
The public is cordially Invited to attend.
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SAMUEL UNTERMEYER
LEAVES $100,000 TO HEBREW UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK (WNS)—The He¬ brew University will receive $1Q0,000 according to provisions in the will of the late Samuel Untermeyer, prominent attor¬ ney and foe of Nazism, who died last month. The bequest is sub¬ ject to certain conditions which were not disclosed.
Untermeyer's 70-acre Grey- stone eatate in Yonkers which was willed to New York State, was not accepted because of the high cost of maintenance.
AMSTERDAM (WNS)—Two hundred and eighty Jewish soldiers, captured last Septem¬ ber with the Polish Army, were executed by Nazi firing squads last month, it was reliably re¬ ported here.     '
Defore their execution the .lewish war prLtioners were com¬ pelled to dig their own graves.
With disregard for treaties providing for humane treat¬ ment of war prisoners, all Jew¬ i.sh .soldiei's who had fought with Ihe Poli.sb army have been ."iingjed out and .sent to special cnneentration camps.
IkH';ii).-;e of the overcrowded conditions in the concentration ctimjJs the Nazi authorities re- eontly decided to send Jews taken prisoner during the war to tho IjUblin Jewish "reserva- ion." Examination of their hirth certificates disclosed, how¬ ever that 280 of the Jewish pris¬ oners were born in that part of Poland which formerly belong¬ ed to Russia.
The Jews were packed into open cattle trains and trans¬ ported, without food, to the Sov¬ iet border. The soldiers were refused admittance by Soviet authorities who claimed that the Jews were no longeir Soviet subjects. i        /,':
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Ghetto In Vienna '
Refugees arriving here from Austria report that ghettos have been established for Jews Jh Vienna, once the gayest capital of the Continent. The 2d, 9th and 20th districts have been set aside exclusively for Vien¬ na's Jewish population.
The areas assigned to Jews are so small that as many as eight persons have to share one room. Sanitary faciUties are reported to be, in most cases, nonexistent and the danger Of epidemics Is prevalent through¬ out the Je\v1sh quarter.
Jews are permitted to shop In special stores and many days pass before there is sufficient food for the entire Jewish com¬ munity.
Pogram In Lodz
Meanwhile, It was reported from Lodz that 18 Jews were klUed and 200 were wounded In a pogrom on March 8 in the Balutl ghetto. Many Jews, In¬ cluding Dr. Reitler-Kurianslta and Henryk Llbrach, commit¬ ted suicide after the pogrom.
Determined to stop Jews from purchasing foodstuffs outside of the Balutl district, special "Jew money" has been introduced in Lodz, the money being good o,nly in the Jevrish quarter and will not be accepted elsewhere.
Lodz ,tew8 are not permitted to receive mall. Letters ad¬ dressed to then) have been re¬ turned with the inscription, "letter undeUvered because of danger of epidemics."
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