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WEEKLY SERVING AMERICAN CITIZENS
\__ THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED JEWISH^PUBLICATION IN THIS TERRITORY
VOL. 15 No. 33
Week In Review
By MILTON SHOWN. J.T.A.
THE CRUSHING OF FRANCE
The deep shadow of Nazism has
fallen over another half million
Jews as France, the great bul
wark of the democracies in Wes
tern Europe, lies quivering under
Hitler’s heel.
German refugees and French
Jews who fell into the hands of
the rapidly - advancing German
armies were in mortal terror. As
the Nazis consolidated their con
trol over Paris, thousands of
Reich, Austrian, Czech and Polish
refugees who had not been able
to escape from the capital sought
to hide in the woods near the
city or wherever they could find
refuge, knowing what fate await
ed them if they fell into the Nazis’
hands.
Heinrich Himmler, Gestapo
chief, assumed supervision of the
German police in Paris, leading
to the expectation that he would
use the time-dishonored Gestapo
methods employed i n Vienna,
Prague and Warsaw, including an
ti-Jewish terrorism.
Young Herschel Grynszpan, who
assassinated a German Embassy
official in Paris two years ago be
cause of what he had suffered in
Germany, was reported to be in
the hands of the Nazis again. He
was said to be in a Paris jail when
the Germans occupied the city and
it was reported that he would be
“tried’’ by the German authori
ties.
There are approximately 70,000
German Jewish refugees in
France, as well as 350,000 to 400,-
000 resident Jews. Many of them
succeeded in reaching southern
France, but in this- refugee
crammed area the Jews were stUl
not safe. Some Jewish reUef lead
ers managed to reach Lisbon.
But some 400,000 Jews have
been made refugees, added to a
flood for which there are fewer
and fewer outlets as anti-alien
hysteria mounts. And, of even
greater significance, Hitlerism
has made another great advance
which will have repercussions
throughout the world.
'VAR in THE MEDITER
RANEAN
"* t h the situation grave in
Western Europe, Lieut.-Gen. Geo.
■’ Giffard, British commanding
office in Palestine, broadcast a
message of encouragement to the
**oly Land’s population. Britain
as fought and won “many splen
vvars” singlehanded, he said.
The courage of British men and
is still strong and stead
ost and Britain still possesses a
“emendous weapon seapower,
meh is still a shield for Pales
tine.”
con^ras t to the internment
German Jewish refugees in
estern Europe, there was a ten
exempt Itlaian Jews
m anti-Italian measures in the
Ne ar East.
* he Egyptian Government per
il 5,000 Italian Jews in
country to resume their for
lj,occupations. Jews had been
a ~ lned together with other Ital
inf T When ttaly entered the war,
eves were usually released af
r a ‘lay or two.
Wo .^ ales tine, several Italian
iJ':; deluding four Hebrew Uni
bv professors > were released
kt .® authorities after a week’s
Pose* 10R f 0 r inves tigation pur-
Coughlin Organ
Resumes Strong
Anti-Semitic Tone
NEW YORK (JTA)—The cur
rent issue of Father Charles E.
Coughlin’s Social Justice resumes
a distinct anti-Semitic character
after having more or less played
down the Jewish issue in recent
weeks. The general tenor of the
edition is identification of the
Jews and “international bankers’’
with Government defense plans
and the movement to aid the Al
lies.
One article speaks of the New
Deal, “upon whose brow destiny
has woven the bay leaves of Mo
saic deliverance.” Another item
speaks of “the Rothschild clan”
as meeting in Paris to discuss the
affairs of the Suez Canal and pre
dicts that they will seek refuge
in the United States rather than
don uniforms and fight the Ger
mans. The Rev. Leon Birkhead,
national director of the Friends of
Democracy, is called a “Gentile
Jew.”
An editorial is devoted to in
timating that the United States,
although she mitigated her “im
migration laws to receive the
wandering Jew,” is not equally
interested in British, Belgian and
French children. Another editor
ial is given over to denouncing
Rabbi Stephen S. Wise as an
“erstwhile public consorter with
Reds.”
600 A. Z. A.’s
Attend Camp
PENINSULA, Ohio —Six hun
dred delegates, representing the
10,000 members of Aleph Zadik
Aleph, B’nai B’rith’s youth organ
ization, are converging on this
Ohio town from every state in the
Union by every conceivable sort
of conveyance for the 17th an
nual national convention of the
largest Jewish boys organization
in the country, which will be held
at Camp Manatoc from June 28th
to July sth. The boys, who range
THE RED CROSS
Our readers throughout the South are urged to support
wholeheartedly the campaign of the American Red Cross in
its public bid for funds to carry on a war relief program in
Europe.
In this dark hour in world history in which Hitler’s ter
ritorial ambitions have left millions of innocent men, women,
and children sick, torn, hungry and homeless, and in dire
need of immediate assistance, let us open our hearts and
give substantially to relieve the suffering of these stricken
people.
We who love our America so deeply—we who under
stand so well what it means to suffer unjust cruelties—will
want to help, while we are still in a position to do so.
So in the name of humanity, GIVE freely to the Amer
ican Red Cross. Let’s thank God we can give TO the Red
Cross, instead of looking to the Red Cross for help.
A WARNING...
Beware of the “patriot” who promises to save you and
vour country from the Jews and Communism. Adolph Hit
ler made that promise—and found enough credulous souls to
enable him to steal a number of countries and to make a
treaty with the Communists. Today s struggle is a battle
of Civilization against Totalitarianism (of whatever brand),
and only the enemies of Civilization seek to stir hostility
against Jews or Protestants or Catholics.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY. JUNE 28, 1940
Jews Honor
Catholic Priest
gpN
Rabbi Max Zucker (left) deUv
ers B’nai B’rith’s message to
Father Dunne.
Several months ago, Father
William V. Dunne, of Passaic, N.
J., risked his life trying to save
a Torah from Temple Emanuel,
which was ablaze.
In appreciation, District No. 4,
B’nai B’rith’s area comprising all
of the Pacific Coast states, appro
priated a sum as a cash contribu
tion to the Mount Carmel Guild,
a charity they discovered was
close to Father Dunne’s heart, and
of which he is Moderator.
In addition, the presidents of
all B’nai B’rith lodges in San
Francisco, in behalf of the Jewish
community there, sent Father
Dunne the following letter:
“In an age when so many of the
children of men have turned their
faces from God and are pursuing
hatred, falsehood and strife, your
act of sanctification bears wit
ness that God created man in His
image and that His command that
we love one another has not per
ished from the earth. . . May the
day not be distant when brother
hood and love such as you have
exemplified will fill the earth even
as the waters cover the sea.”
in age from 15 to 21, are coming
by train, plane, automobile, bus,
and hitch-hiking from more than
300 different communities.
Refugees In France
Are Seized by Nazis
JEWS FLEE COUNTRY
LONDON (JTA) —Thousands of German Jewish refu
gees who had not been able to flee from France and those
in the French colonies were in danger this week of being
turned over to the Reich under the terms of the crushing ar
mistice agreement, which provides for surrender of the
French fleet, disarmament of the French army and Nazi
occupation of more than half of France.
i Germany’s power to demand
; any German subjects it desires
is stated in Article XIX of the
armistice agreement, which says:
. . The French Government is
to hand over all German subjects
indicated by the German Govern
ment who are in France or
French overseas territory.”
How many of France’s 400,000
Jews and 42,000 German refugees
remained in the country was im
possible to ascertain since there
nad been an exodus during the
week between Premier Henri Phil
lippe Petain’s request for an ar
mistice and the signing of the
agreement.
Refugees were reported to be
pouring across the Spanish bor
der in disorderly flight. Baron Eu
gene de Rothschild of Paris, with
only five centimes on his person,
was said to be among a group
which arrived at San Sebastian.
Another member of the famous
banking family, Baron Robert de
Rothschild, philanthropist and a
leader in refugee aid in Paris, ar
rived in England, himself now a
refugee. He had joined the French
army last September.
Baron Robert, together with
Henri Bernstein, the playwright,
were among 1,300 persons who
made the voyage from a Biscayne
port aboard a small ship which
normally carries 180 passengers.
A newspaper correspondent on the
ship told of seeing Baron Roths-
Southeasterners
To Meet In Caucus
Os Zionists June 29
Saturday evening, June 29th,
I has been designated as the date
for a special meeting of the
Southeastern delegates. The meet
ing will be held at the William
Penn Hotel at 7:00 P. M., and will
feature, in addition to the Field
Director’s report, a discussion of
the various issues and proposals
to be brought up at the Conven
tion. Every delegate is earnestly
requested to arrive in Pittsburgh
in time to insure his attendance
and participation.
Louis Lipsky To
Address Masadas
Louis Lipsky, vice president of
the Zionist Organization of Amer
ica and member of the World
Zionist Executive, will address the
opening session of the Seventh
Annual Masada Convention to be
held on July 4-5-6-7 at the Wil
liam Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, di
rectly following the 43rd Annual
Convention of its parent body, the
Zionist Organization of America.
child, “once one of the richest
men in the world, patiently
standing in line, plate in hand,
waiting for a dish of rice and
meat.”
Early Allied Bid
For Jewish Army
Seen By Zionist
NEW YORK (JTA) —Vladimar
Jabotinsky, president of the New
Zionist Organization, said at a
press conference that it was hoped
soon to obtain Allied recognition
of a “co-belligerent Jewish army,
available on all fronts,” which he
expected to exceed 100,000 men.
Negotiations with the British and
French Governments have been in
progress since the outbreak of
the war, he said.
The proposed army would be
composed of refugee and stateless
Jews, Palestinian Jews and vol
unteers from neutral countries,
Jabotinsky said. The effect of cre
ation of such an army, he de
clared, would be to upset the
“ridiculous whispering campaign”
that Jews wanted others to fight
in their interests but themselves
remained at home.
Col. J. H. Patterson, comman
der of the Jewish battalions in
Palestine in the World War,
voiced high praise of the Jewish
soldiers he led. The American
Friends of a Jewish Palestine, at
its first annual convention, adopt
ed a resolution urging Britain to
accept the offer of the Irgun Ze
vai Leumi, Zionist - Revisionist
youth organization in Palestine,
to relieve British forces for serv
ice elsewhere.
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*Rosh Chodesh Tamuz. July 7
Fast of Tamaz July 23
Erev Rosh Hashonah 5701 Oct. ?
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First Day of New Year ..Oct. 3
Fast of Gedaliah Oct. 5
Yom Kippur Oct. 12
First Day of Tabernacle Oct. 17
Hoshanah Rabbah Oct. 23
Sh’mini Atseres Oct. 24
Simchas-Torah Oct. 25
Rosh-Chodesh Nov. 1-2
Rosh-Chodesh Dec. 1
First Day of Chanukah Dec. 25
Rosh-Chodesh Dec. 30-31
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