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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-07-24
This Is The Army"

Irving Berlin might well a ymbOl-fOr the
fourth of JuyOf the service that the Jewish citizens of
America have given freely devOedy eagerly On the day
when country celebrates the signing of the Declaration
of independence and rededicaes herself to the principles
which it proclaimed show opened in New York City called
This Is The Army Service men of creed and of
in the production, designed to raise funds
for Army Relief and also to illustrate to America the
operative spirit and the harmony which animate her forces
In 1914 Irving Berlin made history with his staging of
"Yip Yp Yaphank" It fingered for generation in the
memory of soldiers and citizens of the last Some Of
it's songs gave the nation fighting spirit Now in 1912 Irv
ing again the interpreter the smulator of the
vice The Tilt of his will the nation to
chns up attitude to carry with the tasks of In
"Ths Is The Army Irving Berlin will remind America that
the spirit of July 18th is reflected in the soldiers sailors and
marines who every part of the world today offering
all they have to gain freedom for all men,
Irving Berlin has always refraned from issuing Jewish
credOs He has let his work speak for itself When he had
be generous his deeds proclaimed it. When he had to
serve he blazOned it. In his modest but always
deeply moving way he has been among Jews and for Amer
lea what the show world calls yankee Doodle
Dandy" All America halls Irving Berlin his boys march
the stage July 4h for the opening of hs Is The
Army"
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-07-24
British "Point of View"

Last week Brendan Bracken Minister of Information,
told the British House of Commons that he had put ban
on British lecturers going to the United States and had
rowned plans spend large of money this
try explain the British point of vew because the results
always proved harmful rather than beneficial Presumably
Mr. Brackens intelligent guidance does not apply to all
branches of the information For within 48 hours
after Mr. Bracken had made his statement in Parliament and
the American newspapers had applauded him. campaign
initiated in New York by British Information Serv
ices agency of the British Government to offset the
the formation of Jewish armed force in Palestine. The
threat the Jewish homeland represented by the Axis
campaign in the Middle East and the complete Indifference
of the Arabs to whOehearted cooperation with the United
Nations the two factors responsible for that swing Of
sentiment to Jewish armed force
A release issued by the British here with respect to
the service of PaeStnan Jews is clevery Worded
It's omissions important rather than it's actual state
ments It is made to appear that Sir James Ggg British
War Minister is quoted although IN actaty ne is nOn
spirit well in letter. Sir James had said in the House
of Commons that parliament has not found it practicable
to adopt the suggestion that Jewish Army be formed
That sentence appears nowhere in the British release IN
New York The release does that volunteering IN Pa
estine is proceeding at very satisfactory rate But 1t
does point that Jewish protest have been so strong
that Sir James reported to Parliament British Colonial
Secretary Viscount CranbOrne photographed the High Com
missioner urging the acceeraton of the armng and train
ing of all police formations in Palestine The British
lease here furthermore realizing apparently the widespread
resentment caused by Vscont Cranbornes recent state
men did not disclose that Cranborne had given as an ex
for armng the Jews of Palestine that this would
provoke "civil war;" The British Information Services
says with every surface appearance OF pausb ChaC Ce
aming of Paestines Jews is ited only by the avaaOle
supply of war equipment.
In contest between the ZiOnists and the British Gov
ernment the huge of the latter must always pre-
pOnderate But it is regrettab that Mr. Bracken cannot
control methods of British propaganda in the United Sate
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. Later he entered the Uni
versity of ChattanOOga,where he
was q sensation as a fullback
On March Is, 1941, he at
tended a moving picture showing
Hitler's atrocities against Jews in
Poland Incensed by what
he saw, he enlisted the next day
in the Army Air Corps On
January Is, 1912 he was shipped
to West Africa and two days lat
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er he was in Cairo, Egypt
About three months later America
learned the story of his daring ex-
plOits in plotting the BLY, bomber
. He has been shot down three
times, once with his plane afire,
and once seriously wounded by
bursting shrapnel go Each
time, however, before being shot
down, he gave a good account of
himself
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-07-24
YOU
AND ME
BY BEN LEWIS

Will nave seen President Roosevelt
Tor the second time in one month
800 This may Indicate the ex-
tent to which President Roosevelt
is interested in Palestine
whether this means also that the
establishment of a Jewish Army
VIII soon be permitted remains to
Oe seen DIR. WeiZmann. it is
understood, is however, optimistic
about Palestine becoming a Jew
lsh Commonwealth after the War
-. He is also certain that the
United Nations will defend PaIes-
tine and that the Jews there will
be given the necessary aid to de-
1end themselves Some Zion
lst leaders now regret the fact
that they rejected that sO-calIed
partition scheme" offered by
England two years. before the out
break of the war Had Pal
estine been partitiOned, there would
have now been Jewish State
which would not have to beg per-
mission for the establishment of
a Jewish Army, they point out 80
Small as the Jewish State would
have been under the partition
scheme, it would have had the
right to build and maintain it's
own army without anybody ques-
tiOning this right = Further
more, it would have received Lend
Lease funds from the United
States in the same manner as all
other Allied Nations, including the
fact, the possibility is not excluded
that should the establishment of
a Jewish Army be permitted even
now, the Jewish Agency for Pal
estine may receive Lend-Lease
money for the upkeep and the dew
elOpment of this army 49,
HISTORY: Hitler may think
chat the Mogen David is a badge of
shame, but not so the United
States 80 Washington himself
used the Mogen David for his own
flag as COMMANDMENTS Chief of
the American Army His Or
iginal flag consisting of thirteen
six-pointed stars can be seen today
at the museum at Valley Forge,
Pa. A duplicate of this flag
flies over Washington's old head
quarters nearby The Great
Seal shows thirteen stars, grouped
in a Mogen David And in
Philadelphia's famous Independ-
ence Hall one can see that the
Schuyler Regimental Flag on dis
play there contains Mogen David
among it's thirteen stars =.
A very interesting article with
more details on this subject is
carried in the current issue of the
National Jewish Monthly publish
ed by the B'nai Birth The
author of this article, William H.
Sternberg, has put in a full year
of worthwhile study on the subject
: While on the subject of
worthwhile studies, we advise
every Jew in America to secure a
copy of the excellent booklet "The
Story of the Jews in the United
States" just published by the Jew
ish Welfare Board 1t is in
tended for Jews serving in the
armed forces, but it's value for
civilians is just as great
You will learn there, among other
things, that more than 100000
Jews were in the American armed
forces during the first World War
- The armies of Napolean
were smaller = The forces
Washington commanded in the
American Revolution never ex-
ceeded 10000 Some of the
greatest engagements in the Civil
War were fought with less than
200 900 men involved on both sides
!.
X x X
HEROISM: Lieutenant Gabriel
Frumkin of Memphis, Tennessee,
who dOWned 5 "ZerOS" in one
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1942-07-24

HEROISM: Lieutenant Gabriel
Frumkin of Memphis, Tennessee,
who downed 5 "ZerOs" in one
afternoon, is a living example OF
Jewish determination ITO get
even,, with the enemy A
Son of Jewish immigrants from
Poland, he is now the holder Of the
Distinguished Service Cross -
All his life he wanted to go to
West Point Failing in this
ambition, he entered the Military
Academy in Chattanooga, grad
mating with the rank of Lieutenant
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.Daps Open
Back Door
To China

CHUNGKING, China. May 5
CUP) Powerful Japanese mech
anized units forced open the back
door to China today, climaxing a
three-month drive through Burma,
by crossing the Chinese frontier
into Yunnan province.
A Chinese military spokesman
announced that enemy spearheads
had crossed the border near the
town of Wanting on the Burma
road about so miles above cap
tured Lashio.
Wanting does not appear on
current maps, but is believed to
be near the border town of
Mong Mao, 300 airline miles
from the Burma roads northern
terminus at Running and CTS
airline miles from Chungking.)
Two other enemy columns were
on the move in unconquered north
ern Burma, one stabbing north
west from Mandalay along the
ChindWin River within $50 miles
OF the Indian frontier. Along the
Irrawaddy River above the ruins
of Mandalay, another Chinese
force was retreating slowly 10.
ward Bhamo. 10 miles north.
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car but these were aided by a
large number of native troops.
The British foreign office spokes-
man pointed out that the British
presumably sent ample forces
against Madagascar. In Syria, the
Vichy forces had put up a furious
battle. Most of the British sent
against Madagascar were believed
to be South Africans.
LAvAL's PLEDGE
The Laval government at Vichy
had pledged itself to resist any
attack on French colonies as the
British forces previously had been
resisted in Syria and driven of
from Dakar.
Madagascar, in addition to be-
ing a vital naval base, has huge
tracts for airdromes. some of which
are developed, and the South
Africans had been agitating for
weeks TO seize the island to pre-
vent it from becoming another
Indo-China."
Gen. Charles de Gaulle. leader
of the Free French, also had re-
Gently renewed pleas that the
Allies occupy the island.
STURGES IN CHARGE
British regulars and a small con-
tingent of special service" troops
/ (Commandos) effected the landing
under Maj. Gen. r. G.. Sturges,
Royal Marines, from a naval force
which arrived off Madagascar at
dawn under Vice Admiral f. ~
Syfert.
In behalf of the United States
and all the United Nations, the
British acted after two key Japa-
nese admirals visited Vichy, and
were wined and dined by collab-
orationist chief of government
Pierre Laval and Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain, chief of state
Vichy had previously surrendered
Indo-China to the Japanese.
1t was understood that transat-
lantic telephone conferences be.
tween London and Washington
preceded the landing.
JOINT COMMUNIQUE
Two joint communicates of the
a m r a [ y and war office an
nounced the arrival of the fleet of
Madagascar and the landing OF
British forces at Courier Bay. The
first read:
"The United Nations having
decided to forestall a japanese
move against the French naval
base of Diego SuareZ, In NADIA
gascar. combined British naval
and military force arrived of
the island at dawn this morning.
cit has been made clear to
French authorities In Madagas-
car that the United Nations have
no intention Of interfering with
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T.. s. Fires
Jap Base
I'm Burma

NEW DELHI, India. May s
QNS).-United States Army Air
Corps bombers, increasing their
assault against Japanese bases in
Burma, conducted a heavy night
attack against the invaders air
drome at Mingaladon. north of
Rangoon. it was disclosed in a
communique today.
The airdrome runways were
blasted and large explosions re-
suited when the bombs OF the
American fiers, under command
of Mai. Gen Lewis Brercton,
found their targets.
Fires which broke out were
visible for miles, the pilots re-
ported
All the American craft re-
turned safely TO their base in
India.
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Soviets Attack
On Three Fronts

STOCKHOLM. May 8 f1NS).-
Soviet Marshal Semyon limo
shenko anu his southern Russian
armies have launched attacks in
the Kursk. Kharkov and Tagan-
rog sectors, IL was learned here
today.
(In a dispatch from Stock
holm. the London Daily Herald
said the Red army was tighten
ing its ring around the trapped
remnants OF Germany's 18th
army in the Starsya Russo sec
tor after having recaptured an
important railway Junction.
on the Leningrad front tho
Russians blew up two ammunition
dumps and ore fuel dump IN adj
dition TO killing loo enemy sol.
diers and destroying many guns
and trench n1ortarS. a supplement.
tal communique said
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Continued from Page One)
Washington and North Caro-
lima, in the Indian Ocean. but
there was no indication they
aided in the Madagascar oper-
atoms. The Free French forces
were not mentioned either.)
An Axis broacast, quoting
japanese spokesman at Toxic. said
the japanese regarded the NADIA
gascar operations as "a direct at.
tack on Vichy but that the military
value of occupation is dubious be-
cause the apanese fleet COM
mands the Indian Ocean"
Official details of the fighting
as the British landed on Courier
Bay. on the north end of the
island, under cover of naval air.
craft, were lacking but the plan
was 10 move 10 miles across the
isthmus to Diego Suarez.
PLANES IN FORCE
The German dispatches from
Vichy said British airplanes in
force flew over the island and the
naval base and that warships sup
ported the landing.
1t was understood there was
less than a division (10,000) oil
French white troops on Madagas-
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ana the nappy DlrdS sing
CHEEKY good wishes from the
trees.
Next winter the runaway
waters will come back from
their long trip and fall in gen.
tie snow on the flowers and
the trees, and tuck them
round about with a soft white
coverlet and kiss them good
night for their long winters
nap.
So the world turns round
and round, Bunky, and the
winters snow alternates with
the summers sun, and the
bright and happy days of life
relieve the gloomy ones.
When you come out the last
of May we will have a big
party and swim i'm the pool
for cups and blue ribbons,
and picnic i'm the woods and
have all the kids out from
town. And we will say:
"ThiS, ladies and gentle
men, is Bunky, iChO comes
ont every forty or fifth
gears to see nS--On bust
ness.
MY, but his poppy and
mummy are Stingy Nth
him"
Now don't forget, Bunky.
Be sure to come.
Your grandpOp is waiting
for you and he has not SO
many more years to wait.
AffectiOnately,
GRANDFATHER HEARST.
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Planes Blast
RdbauI, Lac TO
Blazing Wrecks
Jap Invasion Bases
OF Australia Target
Of Ferocious Attack
BY BRYDON G. TANES
Unised Press staff Correspondent

&c " r r A l. MacARIHOk ;
EADQUA RTERS, Australia
May 5.-Two Of Japan's bigges'
invasion bases have been strcw''
with blazing wreckage by United
States flying fortreSses, Catalina
Consolidated medium bombers and
fighter planes in one Of their most
ferocious attacks. Gen. Douglas
= Macarthur announced today
Rabaul. in New Britain Island
the most dangerous Japanese base
'si in the Australian zone and Lac
in New Guinea, were the targets.
Early reports from advanced
American bases indicated that up
60 80 Japanese planes were de-
'stroyed or damaged. Supply dumps
were blown up. big fires were left
eating their way through air
drome installations and runwayS
and troops were bombed and ma
chine gunned.
Brig. Gen. Martin r Scanlon
led the raid on Rabaul, flying a
giant flying fortress.
FIRE CANNoNs
New cannon firing fighter
planes made the raid on Lac.
In his fifteenth communique,
Macarthur announced also that
United States fighter planes had
damaged four Japanese bomberS
and one Navy-O fighter of a for
NATION of nine heavy bombers and
10 Zeros which tried 10 attack
the Allied base at Port Moresby,
New Guinea.
= The enemy fleet did not even
: reach the airdrome.
In their Rabaul raid the Amer
= lean bombers officially claimed
I three enemy planes blown TO
pieces by direct hits. An air.
J drome area on which 20 planes
were dispersed was plastered with
bombs.
re Grounded japanese planes were
damaged by fighter planes in their
raid on Lac.
NO LOSSES
rsrE No United States plane was
! lost IN the attacks on Rabaul and
: LIE and in the defense of Port
Eoresby.
ar Both Allied and japanese raids
In the New Guinea Bismarck
islands zone were evidence of the
sEiucreasingly explosive situation off
tne northeast Australian coast,
ts@here the japanese may strike at
any time.
~ In the northwestern zone the
SsAJlied forces also were preparing
for q possible japanese attack
Chased on Portuguest-Dutch Timor
r9sland.
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80.
Epaign TO wipe out the remaining
= American-Filipino resistance in
the Philippines.
g. The renewed intense attacks on
Corregidor's Fort Mills and the
Reighboring Forts Drum. Hughes
and Frank, appear TO presage an
effort 10 land and overwhelm the
defenders.
The activity reported Monday
gave no signs that Corregidor'
= defenses were weakening. But
Lieut.. Gen. Jonathan NJ Vain
wright's forces took fiVe-hour
pounding from many guns Of about
nine and half inches in diameter
which were particularly concen.
-rtTated on Corregidor, while IL
raids were made BY light and
heavy bombers.
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Commands Fight French
For Madagascar. Base

no military or political questions
had been discussed with them.
Petain also conferred yesterday
with Admiral Jean Francois Oar
Ian, Vichy commander-ln-chief oil
land, sea and air forces, and Gen
Eugene Bridoux. secretary of state
for war.
CONFERS WITH DARLAN
In moving against Madagascar
the British struck for one OF the
finest harbors In the world al
Diego Suarez, large enough to
shelter a large fleet, on the
northern tip Of Madagascar.
II was Indicated the British
would hardly attempt to occupy
the whole island. $50 miles long
and of an average width of Bee
miles, with an area OF 241 ,O94
square miles. Il is the fourth
largest island in the world, after
Greenland. New Guinea and
Borneo.
Aside from Diego Suarez. there
is the Majunga naval base on the
northwest coast.
Tananarive, the capital. lies in
land 90 miles from the east coast
at the end of a railroad from
Brickaville.
II has been understood thai
most of the 25.250 Frenchmcn or
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the island. aside from the defense
forces, were sympathetic TO the
Allies but were held in check by
Vlchy authorities.
Madagascar Is 240 miles at the
nearest point from Portuguese
East Africa. II is 1858 sea miles
from Bombay. British Mauritius
is 500 miles east of IL; British
Reunion Island 400 miles east OF
lit: the British Seychelles are COS
miles to the north on the route TO
Bombay. All are naval stations.
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PLANES IN FORCE
British joyful

LONDON. May 5 (INS).-There
was jubilation everywhere in Lon
don and the empire today over
announcement that British mill
tary and naval forces had moved to
occupy Madagascar.
The excitement was almost as
great as if the British had landed
invasion forces on the continent.
Informed circles here said they
believed formal freak between
Vichy and Washington was only a
matter of time.
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JaPs Filter In

PRETORIA. South Africa, May
s (UP).-Japanese fifth colum'
Inists have been filtering into Mad
Iagascar with the connivance OF
Vichy officials, official quarters
charged today.
1t was asserted that japanese
agents had been landed from mer'
chant ships which called at the
Diego Suarez naval base to load
minerals.
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the TlNeT, WHeTt VIC uocu W
walk, were all blOtted out
with 1t.
Even the roses i'm the gar
den were cuddled i'm the long
folds of the snOwman's cloak.
All winter long the snow
kept falling and falling and
falling, until i thought we
would have to move up to the
top floor of the house to see
out of the windows and i
feared that we were going to
be showed i'm so that nobody
could get in to WyntOOn or
out again except, of course,
Santa Claus-On account OF
Christmas.
Isn't it wonderful Bunky,
the way that old boy does get
around?
He likes the snow and Is all
fixed to travel in it.
He. is not very up to- date,
though.
He uses an Old-fashiOned
sleigh instead of a modern
Buick or Ford, and he has six
or eight scampering reindeer
instead of a six or eight CYL
inder motor.
We would not like that,
would we, but let's not say
anything as long as he does
not forget us at Christmas
time.
Anyhow, sleighs are prob
ably the best things where ne
lives at the North Pole, and
il looked this winter as if they
might be the best things for
WyntOOn.
Well, to make a long winter
short, the snow got tired fall
ing after a long while and
stopped.
Then at last ii slowly
lmelted i'm the meadows, and
|, then the green grass began to
break through it in patches
and smile up at the sun.
And then the squirrels
|; came out of their nests in the
high trees and stretched, and
; rubbed their eyes and chat
tered with each other and
|, said:
!. Gee. wh0t q long ictRtcr.
81 thought spring WoMd
nercr come.
/ my back is all stiff from
sitting IN that cr0mpcd hole
so long, and | am sure
enough fed mp on nuts
Then the birds began Il
come home from the South
where, like you, they hat
gone to get away from thu
cold.
And now the robins ar,
hopping across the lawn.
And the little wild flowers
are growing wilder ant
wilder and are beginning t.
pop out along the wayside'
all of a sudden, as if the!
were saying BOO in brigh
colors just to surprise you.
And the river is leapin,
and tumbling joyously in tn
bright sunlight, and the littl,
springs come rOllicking dow
from the hills To join the rive
in its wild dance over tn,
p rocks and through the rapid
. on its long way to the sea.
Then the gay flowers, al
dressed up now in their Sun
day best stand along the rive
side and wave goodbye am
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the French status Of the terri
tory, which will remain French
and will continue TO be part OF
the French empire"
CHIEFS REPORT
The second:
Reports have been received
from the British force COM
mander indicating that our
forces landed In Courier Bay,
Madagascar, covered by naval
aircraft, with the intention Of