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By &h SEGAL JUST BAMBLING I have- started three pieces and thrown each of them in the wastebasket. No, I said, of the first piece, this, won't do. It-tries to as Second Clat>s Mali Matter on January 31. 1931. at OMAHA. NEBRASKA, PEIBAY, JUNE 23, 1939 be lunny. I shouldn't be laughHustofflce. of Omaha. N»tiraskn. under the Act nf March S. IS79 ing In the presence of our tragedy. I used to laugh often in this column and rib Jewish writers who were always tragic. I used to laugh at the foibles of Jews. It was delicious to take w *> Mr. Shabbosdeckel apart; but that seems a long, long time ago. Chicago (JTA)—Travel scholIt has become like a sin to laugh arships to enable five undergradnow. uate American students affiliated First of the series of broadS. Bowdern, S. J., dean - (At this writing the 900 refu| with the S'nai B'rith Hillel founcasts, sponsored by the recently Thomas of the graduate school of Creighgees are still wandering the jeas, dations to spend a year in Palesorganized Omaha chapter of the unwanted, hunting o. harbor in Nazi Representative Goss National Conference of Christians ton university, and Rabbi David Eighteen Arabs Killed As tine in study and training will H. Wice. be awarded at the close of the •he. world.) I can't laugh anyand Jews, will take place this eveTo London for Bcnnb Explodes Joseph G. Masters, is general nest academic year, according to more. I am appalled not alone ning over radio station K O I L : Conference In Haifa secretary of the cd ~* "°-~^. a decision reached at the confer_ by this tragedy, am appalled the from 5 to 5:15. An executive co-,"!_ "-~ ence of Hillel Foundation direcmore hecause I heard no ChrisFeatured on the program will seating members." ""•'/•"::;• . tors. tian saying, "We should t a k e NO DEFINITE RESULTS be religious music and religious IS FIRED also been ii_ ^ oj-/.,* these women and children, our An outgrowth of a project sugnews. Edwin M. Puls, head of has country should give them shelter. Dominican Republic and the Creighton university depart- members are: Henry"~-~._., '"'*" [ Hebrew Books gested by Irnia Lindlieini, of Pal- At E specie] meeting h- C. f>. OTlWilliam Holzman, Morris ^ There are times when laws must estine, the fellowships will be ment of speech,, will act as nar- obs, H. A. "Wolf, Mrs. Ben Silver, Argentine Offer :stroyed By give way to humanity." worth 56 00 each. The necessary cay evening, June 12, g.f ie J e w rator. Each religious group will Mrs. J. M. Rice, Philip Klutznick, Vandals Requirements funds will be raised independ- ish Community Center, .' >e GKSS furnish a narrator during the Dr. Joseph Weinberg and J. HarI should like to hear this said ently by each Hillel Foundation was unanimously eiecte course of the series. Dr. Puls for the sake of the noble gentleJerusalem (JTA) — Eighteen director, without interfering with Godol of Sam Beber Che London (JTA) Financial ry Kulakofsky. man who is Jesus. I think this aspects of the projected interna- represents the Protestant groi_p. Arabs were killed and 24 others T h e Catholic committee inestablished Killel proj- 100, A. Z. A. Aleph Goc Three organizational meetings cludes: F r a n c i s P. Matthews, were wounded this week when a already is what I would say if I were tional foundation to facilitate emwho has held the hi£ ects. bi of the new Omaha group of the Christian; I would say it in my igration from Germany are being Father Bowdern, Frank A. Me- j S bomb exploded ia the Arab : National Conference of Christians Devitt, Paul L. Martin, Edward j vegetable market in Haifa, scene club and in the street car and in developed in the course of intenSaylan, Aleph Gcrol ci ine: the d a y ' r e La my church and would feel that I sive discussions here, but they and Jews have been held and Leary. Prof. Charles Bongardt, past administration. ijongarct, j of a similar disastrous explosion was giving meaning to my Chris- have not yet crystallized in def- plans are being formulated for a Hugh Fogarty, William T. Leahy, last year. Sis of the victims were Other officers eleece; fcr i c e : beli membership drive. inite form. Mrs. C. W. Hamilton and Mrs. ^°men and three children, acchapter are Hilton Gu: . Aleffe i F-TVP tianity. Chairmen Dr. Helmuth Wohlthat, of the ArthUr MUllen. COrding tO an ar, official nffirfsl c r- o r. T-,mSgan; Trie Eicl>"cis. A 1 f r h tipn As a Jew I may only lope lor Serving as co-chairmen of the IMpzfeir; Jpck Epstein. A Protestant Representatives munique. Christianity enthroned in the Reich Economics Ministry, was local conference are W. Dale The authorities immediately j bor; Harold Slutzkin, A Serving as Protestant represenworld sometime, in the hearts of in London and discussed the ques- Clark, Francis P. Matthews and of Jewish emigration with ' t o r e Godol; B.udy Fox. A tatives are: Dr. Cole, R. M. imposed curfew on the port city, men, in the chancellories of rul- tion officials of the Intergovernmental Henry Monsky. Chairmen of the Marrs, Prof. V. Roseniont, George starting at 9 a. m. until further ers. As an immortal fellow I Refugee Committee, continuing religious committee are: Dr. A. Maxwell, George Pratt, W. Dale notice. Other bomb explosions might say. Perhaps in the next talks initiated in Berlin with L. Cole, pastor of the First Chrisoccurred in Kadar Hacarmel, a i Aieph Kohen Goc 2,000 years Christianity will cap- Robert Pell, vice-director of the tian church and president of the Clark, Alvin Johnson, Clinton suburb of Haifa, wrecking a Shoppe, Miss lone C. Duffy, Mrs. ture the hearts of men and Jesus committee. Omaha Ministerial Union; Rev. E. R. Huston, Mrs. C. K. P^oss, phone booth and destroying un, Holland, France, hecome the king; perhaps in the England Take Creep The German official met Lord Municipal Judge Perry Wheeler, derground telephone lines. 2,000 years to come I shall see Winterton, chairman of the comEarlier, Arab terrorists set fire City Commissioner Roy Towl and on St. 'Louis i ki-W t i l Li- II tl.ii I W W i this.. mittee, Sir Herbert Emerson, to the famous ancient Ortorah Mace Brown. (But the children on the boat committee director and League !•_ l o u r ? Antwerp. Belgium (JTA) Plans were also dfgeussed for Yeshiva at Tiberias and wrecked can't wait 2,000 years ior Chris- High Commissioner for Refugees, - ^ sponsoring a public affairs lunch- the nearby sacred sepulcher of j Distributio_ _- .the POT refitgees as well as representatives of an tianity.) I: Gene St. Louis, eon at the Chamber of Commerce Rabbi Meir Baal Haness, revered j on the German _._ American group now here to neSecond Quarrel at which the Good-Will team of miracle worker of the second cen- | saved from return . . the Reich. h More* IYHTCV The second piece I started was gotiate in connection with the the Des Moines Round Table of tury. The Torahs were rescued j after being barred from Cuba, rp j v.-pulcl one severely critical of nationalist foundation. Christians and Jews will speak. from the flames but a collection j was completed this week. Some The conversation between 6r. Dr. Erman, New Chairman, This team, which consists of a of priceless, unique holy *- Jews, b u t ' I said, No, this won't y books ; 500 of them sailed for havens in D e s t r o y e d rabbi, a priest and a Protestant s o u g h t by leading libraries \ France and England. They vere i do either ;it is unseemly, like Wohlthat and the committee ofNames Committee minister, has appeared at 27 throughout the world was de- transferred from the St. Lov.is to ! quarreling at a funeral. I ttiirik ficials are understood not to have Members led t.) immediate, definite results. the German steamship Kfcakofiis, ! good-will luncheons of this type. stroyed. Zionists are mistaken in their Meanwhile, the report of the Synagogues' Damaged which disembarked one group at \ Thanksgiving Service fierce loyalty to a Palestinian experts' The Medical and Dental Adviscommission which invesA the 'damage re- Boulogne, France, on Tuesdaj*;: a. Jewish cafe. homeland based on a. Jewish state. Tentative arrangements h a v e * /survey i •>,of• if* Sever, ory Committee affiliated with the ;aled also also that that the theaancient Ash- and the British-bound group at! vere said to be in a cri ,~ !,»»,, ,H« fnr That does us no good among peo- tigated the Dominican Republic's Federation for Jewish Service also been m made for na Thantsffiv- sealed kenazic refugee settlement offer is deSouthampton on Wednesday. ai]~*three ! synagogue to the Teshiva ple who want to think of us as scribed here as very promising held its final dinner meeting of ing service in which ditioc. Another IP4 had been taken to aliens here by suffrance. But I and indicating good colonization the year last Tuesday ~vening at major religious groups will par- was completely destroyed in the Meanwhile. i;nlder.ii:is fire, while the Sephardic synaRotterdam, the Netherlands, by j shall not quarrel with any Jew possibilities. The report will be the Jewish Community Center. ticipate. in the Mnicliovo Krad gogue was partly gutted. The Belgian Red Cross tender, while ! Sponsors of the local organizawho is trying to find a way out published in New York soon. trict destroyed the Ge Officers elected at that time were: report an enthusiastic re- Maze was finally extinguished t y the £50 receiving: refuge in Belin the dark world. I grope and Dominica Repeats Offer Dr. J. M. Erman, chairman; Dr. tion policemen, and Jewish superminigium were already safely enscossponse to the project. they grope and who knows which i A Geneva (JTA) — The Domini- B. T. Friedman, vice-chairman; A government communi- I ced in the reconditioned old Xar- the^ _ocr-mrti.ri . National chairmen of the con- eraries. •way is right? •avia. As can government's offer to "admit and Dr. Harold Stern, secretary- ference are: Dr. Arthur Compton. qae failed to mention Arabs, i neff e Castle near Brussels. The 1 • (It would be like boarding the 100,000 refugees was repeated at treasurer. chief for the of the University of Chicago, blaming "unknown incendiaries" j St. Louis, which arrived here lsst boat that carries the 900. and the International Labor Conferarea, ordered Dr. Erman announces the ap- Protestant representative; Pro- for the outrage. >"o janitors had | Saturday g, sailed empty n? -a* scolding them for starting out on ence by D. Hartoy, representative pointment of the following com- fessor Carleton Hayes of Colum- been kept at the Tesiiva or tomb sr Hamburg, completing its five- \ ^ ir.. p. r c: rl •Trppr p a journey so uncertain.) of the West Indian republic. mittee chairmen: Dr. M. Fleish- bia, Catholic representative, and because of the danger -of Arab week odyssey. TT PC. t h e rBesides, if the "idea of Jewish The Argentine representative man, Dr. H. Hirschmann, and Dr. Roger Straus, Jewish representa- terrorists. The panser-gsrs rai Sea from istrict leacie nationality were put aside would told the conference that his coun- M. I. Gordon, executive; Dr. H. tive. Dr. Everett M. Clinchy is Arab terrorists also raided and children in arrcs to a woman cf our enemies be more pleased with try was interested in industrial Hirschmann, program; Dr. Meyer executive director. put to the torch the farmstead SO. They included li u on-Jews, us? . To hell with them. We'll immigration. "Argentine factories Beber, Dr. Abe Fellman, and Dr. Last summer the national or- of Samuel Broia, founder of the ! most of them married to Jews. weUii think and be what we please and do not want to know either the Ben Slutzky, student co-operation; ganization sponsored a series of Motza settlement near' Jerusalem, j They spoke gratefully of the and true to ourselves. I'll not quarrel nationality or religion or race D-V A. S. Rubitz, Free Loan; Dr. discussions at Estes Park, Colo. Hugh Bis.gb.am, an Englishman, j treatment received at the hands crew: died of wounds received in Feb.- | of the St. Louis crevr and vere with Jews who passionately are of the workers seeking employ- Max -Fleishman, Family Welfare; ruary. A group of Britons in | Farm in expressions of grr.titu.ee Dr. Maynard Greenherg, Old Peothemselves, even if I believe they ment," he said. Both declarations were made ple's Home, and Dr. Harold Sem, plain clothes were accused of at- j to the Joint Distribution Coiamitare mistaken. W-l taclzing and beating. Elias CffisrSj*., itee "an£''tiie otiier areDrcies vhieli • (This morning I heard a sav- in reply to the recommendation Publicity, of John G. Winanti director of 58,"a Jewish coioiiiEt, in t i e cen- j arranged their rescue, age snicker on the street car be--•'-Others—named. aret. J3is Slorris the* International "TJauor Office, tcr of JerusaJssi. ' ] Advasce ArrangaEaaiili tween two men who were speakMargolin, American Jewish Physithat countries of immigration ad- cians; Dr. Abe Faier, Center and The. snEiversary of the esecu- j " ArraEEements for Epeecy hening o£ the 900 on the boat . igorue v.-as "Notody wants Jews," said one mit refugees for industrial and Athletic; Dr. Abe Greenberg, Hoscommercial as well as agricul- pital; Dr. Philip- Sher, Social Ser. . . "They ought all be set adrift tural sr \>. employment. in boats," said the other.) vice, and Dr. Morris Margolin, tl0n Canada informed the Confera military court of firing j were worked out at a mealing of I am not concerned to be pleasspeakers. Bradley Beach, N. J. (JTA)— i bus, was observed ! all interested agencies under the . ing to people like them. I should ence of its • opposition to a proA special luncheon meeting of Resolutions condemning threat-! fP irued on Pa posed international agreement on throughout Palestine fcy Revision- j chairmanship Morris C. Trc?as soon try to appease dogs: I ened expulsion of Polish J e w s the committee chairmen will be workers on the grounds ists. Meetings in all .7 l parts of the i er, European director of the .7. hope no Christian says, "But you migrant from Germany, pledging support g held on Tuesday noon, June 27, !"t.F : ,'-"••'• . ' it would affect settlement d were arked kd by three- !! D. C. All the necessary crrangeshouldn't judge all of us by some that to Poland in the struggle against Hl Holy L Land of refugees in countries where at 12 o'clock, at the Elks Club. l , Ma n ere ade ith th Meanwhile, Maj ments were made vrith the J-Iam••.*ii«B Si you meet or hear or see." I shall labor ?Nazi aggression and denouncing in.in.ute silences. is sought. the ne-w- British policy on Pales- jor General Robert Haining con- j fcurg-Ainerican Line and answer him, I am. giving such /«?; £ •s*"PFr«;'F * i ^ The Canadian statement point- H I; ''•'••i-"'!-'i--* tine vrere adopted by the 31st an- firmea the life sentence imposed tions cf procedure were straightjudgment as has been given us in out that political conditions in nual convention of the Federa- by a military court on Rachel ened out with t e e EsigiEn, all our times. What am I to ed many states created a large num' TV P p t tion of Polish Jews in America. Habshush,. 17-year-old Jewess, for French, British and ' Netherlands think of Christians? ber of refugees, facing remaining The convention, before adjourn- trying to plant a time-bomb is. represer tatives. Tbirtl Piece states and overseas countries with At 4 a. m. Saturday Troper, ing to the New York World's front of the Central Prison here. The third piece I threw away a problem obliging them to adopt Traffic Halted accompanied by government repFair for its final sessions, retad to do -with being brave, bu strict measures for regulating adA Jewish milk truck was am-resentatives and IS members of' New Tork (JTA)—G elected Benjamin Winter presiit sounded hollow. I used to mission of potential refugees and : dent and adopted a reorganiza- bushed near the Arab village of sis committees formed to handle know how to get comfort out o making the task of charitable or=y. former iiea.vyv.-eii Lubia, in the vicinity of Haifa tne task, set out from Antwerp tion plan to conduct the federaour history. Yes, I used to say ganizations more difficult. ned the C and the driver was shot dead. with special facilities to cross the j we still live even after the 2,000 Eabbi David A. Goldstein left tion's campaign for §1,000,000 It warned that additional regu(Continued on Page S.) Dutch frontier, boarded the St. | years of persecution, but the pow- lations on emigration would only yesterday for New York City, for the relief of co-religlcnists in Louis near Flushing at S a. in. !persecution of "t-.r.y oT. ers of our persecutors are only hamper the humanitarian work where lie will be the official dele- Poland. and were greeted by a chorus : The plan sets up an advisory gate of the Omaha Zionist dis<lust in the wind. This pain, too of settling refugees. nuF r e a from ' the children: "God. bless dren i'or racial or re trict at the convention of t h e board to direct the campaign, shall pass away. you!" j with Rabbi Joshua L. Goldberg Zionist Organization of America, I pictured . myself as a small The £00 children aboard the ; scheduled to open tomorrow eve- elected as chairman. Herman B. i,1 but heroic figure standing high ship formed a lane through which ; Oberman was elected to the new ning. •' . "• on the heaped-up dust of time. the group passed. Eleven-year- ; On Monday Rabbi Goldstein post of executive vice-presiderit This was a happy escape from old Liesel Joseph read a greeting' \ and Zelig Tygel was re-elected will participate in an institute on reality. to Troper, thanking him and the \ executive director. "The Problems of the Districts of (But it would be insult to say J. D. C. for "saving us from great \ Other resolutions condemned the Organization." to the 900 on the boat, "My j-,srerv, plp.^ Poland's treatment of refugees at From New York Rabbi Goldiriends, have courage! RememDuring the past two weeks , Troper, overcome, bent crcr ' Jerusalem (JTA)—Charges of stein will go to Asbury Park, N. Zbonszyn and o t h e r border "ber we have lived these 2,000 a' conspiracy to smuggle Zionistpoints; pledged support to Po- Rabbi David Goldstein of the and kissed the child. The board- ; years and all our enemies are no Revisionists into Palestine/ in- J., to attend the convention of land in the struggle to preserve Beth El synagogue has made a ing party was then - greeted by ! the Rabbinical assembly. There more than tales that are told. In volving bribing of British offi- he will preside at a session de- her independence; called upon number of addresses throughout Dr. Josep n of t h e pasa thousand years everytMng will- cials to permit ships to land il- voted to a discussion of the "Pal-American Jewry to give the full- the middle west. He spoke be- sengers' committee, and was es• be all right again.) fore a convocation assembly o legal immigrants, were aired at estine Situation," which is to be est support to the federation's a t i o n a s s e m b l y of, corted by . a line of ~ - officers ~ . . ^ ^ _ , ^to.the . * ~ _ ecm:.ve Oh, it's bewildering to be a the trials of Police Inspector Har- led by Rabbi Solomon Goldman. S1,000,000 campaign in the com-the University U i i t f South S h D of Dakota ) first-class lounge, whsre the com- tee anc journalist writing for the Jewish ry Goddard and Max Seligman, a Vennillion on the subject, j xnittees started dividing uv t i e Goldstein will be gone ing year; endorsed efforts to at press in times like these. I won- lawyer, formerly of Cardiff, 10 Rabbi further Poland's exports to Amer- "The Nazi Attack on the Jewish-j; passengers into four grot.ps, trydays. der whether it's worth while any- Wales. /.-.•* ica; expressed disappointment on Christian Foundations of West(Continued on •" Page £.) this writing in the dart, way Walter Gilpin, chief of the the failure of the four leading e r a C i vi i lii zl ait i oi n". " this groping and stumbling • and criminal investigation department At a Jewish organizations to realise setlsg cf the Nebraska trying to find a bit of light; this for the Jaffa-Tel Aviv district, the Pittsburgh unity plan and Homemakers, sponsored t y the ! raising futile fists against falsi- testified that he had tricked pledged support to the American University of Xebraska Agriculfiers, perjurers and forgers who Seligman and Goddard into inJewish Congress in furthering ef- tural college, Jtabbi Goldstein are honored as truth-givers in the eluding him in the conspiracy at forts to create a united front of spoke to 2,000 farriers and their | U current world; this useless refut- a salary of 25 pounds monthly, wives on "Huraaa Nature—For or j American Jewry. "ing of a CoughJin who heaps lie or 100 pounds per shipload. He Against a Better World7" I Saratoga Springs, N. Y. (JTA) on borrowed lie until he has asserted that he received 35 Last Tuesday he addressed a | erected a tower of falsehood of pounds to divert patrol boats on —Governor Herbert H. Lehman, conference of Girl Reserve lead- j •which people say, "This must be receiving the- telephoned signal, addressing the 52nd annual coners. Delegates .to this- meeting i vention of Independent Order true since there is so much of "Thumbs up tonight!" were senior high school girls I N« Brith Abraham, urged assistance from 34 cities and towns of sis ! Gers A British army officer and a to those looking for homes in it." I catec Historical Perspective Paris (JTA) — Invited by states. number of subordinate police of- other countries and appealed to The function of Jewish writers ficials were revealed to have been Britain to open Palestine's doors Princeton university to deliver a He has also given convocation ! popu has become one merely to record involved in the conspiracy. In- to refugees. Demanding that series of lectures, Prof. Heinrich addresses at the Clarinda Junior | New their feelings for history; so that spector Henry Mansfield testified Palestine be maintained as a Neumann, world - famous Yien- j college, Clarinda, la.; the Clarin- | 100 years from now whoever that, acting upon orders by Gil- spiritual center of the Jewish peo- nese ear specialist who has treat- ; da High school, and higa scnools i ssarches may discover what was pin, he had eavesdropped on a ple, the governor praised the as- ed the Duke of Windsor and oth- ] at Spencer, Farragut and Dun- ! | in the hearts of Jews In.the time conversation between Gilpin and sistance of the United Palestine er royal personages, sailed for jlap, Ia. Goddard and heard Goddard tell Appeal to refugees and lauded the tfnited States on tte liner . j of their greatest travail. "There was a certain writer Gilpin that several of his subor- the work of the Jewish pioneers Aquitania. O a s t Nazi J o u r n a l i s t i named Segal who fnially became dinates and an army officer at in the Holy Land. He received permission to leave | | Nathania were involved in the very angry," some one may reLehman thanked God that hu- Vienna on condition that he re-j Jerusalem (JTA) The British ; immigration racket. port. "He had tried to he sweet man rights and liberties still ex- turn within sis months. Ke lias ; embassy at Berlin ha- informed i and looli with henign philosophy isted on America's soil and ap- been treated with respect by the t the German sovennsp-i: that t t e j at the Jewish scene; he was ;fond pealed t o ' the delegates to help Nazis. Besides lecturing at Prin- I Palestine administration is dis- i of taking comfort from Jewish preserve this freedom. He termed ton, Prof. Neumann will confer satisfied witii the' D. N. B.'s (of- i history. In this he was like many the crder a great power for the with American relief leaders on I ficial German News Agency) of the rabbis who liked to conpreservation of democracy in this methods of furthering emigration ; estine correspondent. Dr. -Franz i template the sands of the desert j Keichert, and his assistant. TVoU- ! Bobby Fromkin, son of Mr. and country. The governor was in- of Jews from Austria. which covered the Pharaohs. ' hardt and bas asked t i a t they be \ Mrs. Mas-Fromkin, was awarded troduced by Samuel Goldstein, withdrawn. "But at last he gave way to a gold medal as champion of the grandmaster of the order, as a INVESTIGATE FIRES anger — a. hot, sullen anger Dewey tennis courts. He won great American Jew whose servKaunas (JTA) — Police were ; The German Consul ices served as :a challenge to those investigating suspected incendiar-j here is taking the matter u; against injustice that could not every game in the tournament. be righted, agaipst liars who had He has also won a silver tro- who attacked the Jewish people isrn in the destruction by lira cf j t i e Palestine government. 40 Jewish-owned houses and two | Decome popular heroes and whom phy as runner-up in the World- a? Communistic. Tie earliest Je^nsi inaaiiitants ] Ia 1210, three truth could not overtake, against Herald city tournament. At Camp synagogues in the township of Jekonadab, a Jew of Morocco, TTzwentis which left 50 fanilies of the Italian city cf Triest were • rstbis .made a pi villificatlon spewd from m a n y Indianola he was camp champion spoke 2S languages. • (Continued on Page 8.) for three years. 1 without homes.
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