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STF CTLY CONFIDENTIAL » Jid-F 5 from Everywhere Hell- tired, take a strength. uate fr-'ii C'incinnat where in a> a fellow, -Iks, we’re back . . . rather You know what it means to aeation. ... It saps all your . . Met Abe Fried, a grad- the Hebrew Union College of He once held a pulpit some- Arizona. Now he is enlisting lutz for Palestine. . . . “Poor commented one of those success- iteers. Poor but genuine. till pu . Konrad Kercovici is back from his Euro pean jaunt. He interviewed dozens of celebrities for his forthcoming book on World peace. ... He had arranged an interview with Romain Rolland but when lie got to the gate of the author’s Geneva residence he found his way barred by Rolland ' >ister. The lady wanted evi dence that an interview had been granted. . . Konrad got angry and shouted: Since when must Jesus Christ have per mission to see God,” and on this repartee the (Jypsy story teller walked off with out. . . . We were right. Morris Mar- gulies was elected Secretary of the Zion ist Organization, but not before Dr. Stephen S. Wise his close friend tried to stop it. . . . And so we lose the column ist Mem Shin Hay because that was Mar- gillies’ nom de plume in the “Zionist.” . . . The reason why Jackie Fields, world’s welterweight champion may decide to re tire is serious eye trouble. Here goes the last Jewish champion. . . . Jackie Kid Berg, London’s East End gift to boxing who trimmed Kid Chocolate, cel ebrated his twenty-sixth birthday that very day he upset the dope at the Long bland City Bowl. . . . The outstand ing man on the German Olympic team is none other than Herschfeld the shot put ter who is expected to bring back the bacon—-we beg your pardon: the Kosher bacon. . . . There are rumors to the effect that Adolf Heuser on the German boxing team is Joosh, but don’t blame us if he turns out to be a Hitlerite. ... Ira Gershwin who writes lyrics (he wrote most of “Of Thee I Sing”)—yes he is the brother of George of Rhapsody in Blue faun, but he can stand on his own legs— l> n,,t writing anything at the moment. He i\ oddly enough, devoting himself to a new craze—painting in oil. . . . Kresel and Steuer, engaged in a fight to a finish fm die last decade, are both suffering i the same ailment and are being 1 by the same doctor. . . . Harry RichmanB Hast the b fellov and , put e *, | aim in the tion, ( | iner, Sid \ Jew is hair i V . col oth ceb are 'a\ tud b U: the evi ■ da; sm. Gi\ nit wh' was trampled and cut by the s ide Kids when he played host at I game for their benefit. . . . Nice Kichman—Does a lot for charity esn t brag about it. ... A re dermatologist—a joosh one—will ,,re a n absolute cure for baldness . If you hear some sensa- tiews about the Brooklyn Exam- ememher that we told you so. . . . allach’s assistant on the Current Record is taking up a course of ,s 'ing in his spare time. . . . tote Gilbert Seldes, the high brow !>t of the Hearst papers. The f a y> be looked over some of our > and found that the old-timers on top. About Irving Berlin he After a few years of semi-servi- 'he talkies he returns to us, his ' charming as before, his sense of ■Pular thing as accurate as • • About Fannie Brice: “The K other women comedians, their >s or brittleness, never touch her. 4°od material, she is superb; given material she is still Fanny Brice, ls Plenty.” . . . About Charlie * By PHINEAS J. BIRON Chaplin: “Ten years ago I looked for a return to the older slapstick, to less ‘lit erature’ and more of pure fun. My guess missed the actuality; but I am not dis appointed. He is still the greatest man in the arts of entertainment our genera tion has seen—and perhaps any genera tion.” . . . A1 Jolson: “He left the su preme position he held on the stage to save the movies by proving that the talk ies would be popular. But he is not the greatest man in the talkies, and tempora rily be may be marked down a casualty. Ten years ago I could think of no pleas ure in the theatre comparable to listening to him.” ... So there you are. Seldes has written better stuff about the psy chology of Broadway than any writer we can think of. Thanks, Gilbert. Windsor, Ontario, Canada, has a Jcosh mayor by the name of Croll. He is a mem ber of the Labor Party and his foes call him a communist. . . . The State Bank of the USSR recently announced the reg ulations under which persons residing abroad may open current or savings ac counts. And you’d be surprised how many of our one hundred per centers send their savings to the Reds. . . . The tenth Jahrzeit of Ben Jehudah’s death is ap proaching hut nobody seems to care. Ben Jehudah is credited with the reviving of the Hebrew Language in Palestine yet >ou will not find his picture adorning any public institution. This because he was involved in many controversies with the Zionist Organization. . . . The slogan of the Zionist Organization is: “If you’re a bad boy you can’t have any immortal ity. . . . Which reminds us that Jacob de Haas will be sixty sometime in Au gust. He surely deserves a Jubilee cele bration. \\ hatever you may have against the one time Mussolini of American Zionism, his services to the cause cannot he denied. Well, look up the Zionist slo gan. It prevails here as well as in Pal estine. ... A strictly confidential note to Ben Bernie, the brilliant orchestra leader: “Why don’t you pay the $47.25 dues and taxes which you owe to the Friars?” . . . Dave Freedman, Eddie DR. NISSON TOUR- OFF, for the last six years professor of He brew Literature at the Jewish Institute of Re ligion, has left the United States to re turn to Palestine for permanent residence. For many years head of a girls’ school at Haifa, Palestine, Dr. Touroff, noted pedagogue came to the United States twelve years ago teaching first at Bos ton and then coming to the rabbinical seminary of which Dr. Stephen S. Wise is president. PHILIP FORMAN, United States at torney for New Jersey, has been nomina ted by President Hoover to a place on the United States District Court of New Jersey. Mr. Forman, who is 37, was edu cated at Trenton, N. J., and served in the district attorney’s office for nine years, since 1928 as the chief. ADOLPH S. OCHS was honored with an honorary degree of Doctor of Law at the annual commencement exer cises of Dartmouth University. Mr. Ochs is the publisher of the Seiu York Times. EMIL LUDWIG, distinguished Ger- man-Jewish biographer, has decided to relinquish his citizenship in the Reich and has applied for naturalization in Switzerland, his adopted fatherland, Lit tle, Brown & Co., Ludwig’s publishers in this country have announced. JACK (KID) BERG, English Jew whose boxing exploits have been made the subject of several poems, was saved from the oblivion which boxing experts predicted for him, when he won on points from Kid Chocolate, colored Cuban fighter, in a fifteen-round bout at the Madison Square Garden Bowl. Berg, who hails from Whitechapel, is known as a religious Jew. The boxing experts said of him that his Jewish brain was not equaled by his Jewish brawn. But now that he has won this crucial fight, it is expected that he will have another chance at the lightweight championship. JACOB KATZMAN, trouper on the Yiddish stage for two generations, who achieved fame a few years ago when he IN THE LIMELIGHT “stole the show” from Edward G. Robin son in the “Kibitzer,” died here at the age of 67. Specializing in comedy, Katz- man also achieved fame for his pan tomimic gifts. He was born in Odessa, Russia, and started his theatrical career when still a child. He came to the Uni ted States 42 years ago and enlisted under the banner of Jacob P. Adler. Usually he was given only supporting parts hut he always managed to distinguish him self. The affection in which he was held by the Yiddish theatre-going public was evidenced when more than 3,000 peo ple came to pay their last respects at his funeral. MORRIS MARGULIOS, Secretary of the New York Zionist Region, was elected Secretary of the Administrative Commit tee of the Zionist Organization of Amer ica, at the first meeting of that body since the recent Philadelphia convention. The meeting also elected eight delegates to represent the Zionist Organization at the Geneva Conference to discuss a World Jewish Congress. DANIEL PRENN, tennis champion of Germany, a Jew, sprang a tremendous upset by eliminating almost singlehand- edly the highly favored British Davis Cup team in the Davis Cup matches played here to decide the winner of the European zone. Prenn defeated within three days the two English topnotchers, Bunny Austin and Fred Perry, which gave Germany two of the three victories it scored. Prenn revealed himself as equal to the very best players of the world. His victories have made Ger many favorite over the Iralean team which it is to meet shortly. HENRY BRENNER, of Hagerstown, Md., has been awarded the Paris Prize of the Chaloner Foundation, given bien nially to the American student artist of the highest promise, the Foundation has announced. Mr. Brenner, who is a sculptor, gets $2,000 a year for three years of study in Paris. NATHAN STRAUS, JR., whose late father was one of the outstanding figures in the movement for the rebuilding of Palestine and who contributed more to that cause than any other American Jew, has accepted the office of Chairman of the American Palestine Campaign of Greater New York, it was announced by the national headquarters of the cam paign, which is the fund-raising instru ment of the Jewish Agency for Palestine. T‘ Cantor’s ghost-writer will be making big dough soon. He has been engaged by Billy Rose to write the new revue and is working on Lew Brown’s forthcoming show, “Forward March.” . . . We’re glad that Lila Lee is back. Congratula tions to her for fighting off that dreaded sickness. . . . Joel Lipsky, youngest son of Louis, was refused admission by Columbia Univer sity because the place “is filled.” Now, Joel passed the State Regent’s Examina tion with an average of 96. His two brothers and his father are alumnis of Columbia. “What’s the big idea, Mr. Buttler. Is the numerous clausus at work. . . . Max Miller, substituting for Hey wood Broun on the H'orld Tele- gram is not joosh, all claims to the con trary. . . . If we had a dime for each politician who has pledged himself to deliver the Jewish vote to the Demo cratic and Republican party, we would buy Samuel Untermyer’s mansion in honkers. . . . Ladies and Gentlemen, if we were reckless we would tell you that our own Seven Arts Syndicate is all wet about Rabbi Philipson of Cincinnati re fusing to accept n cut in his salary. As a matter of fact he suggested it. . . . If we lose our job, you’ll know why. . . . John Peter Toohey, the press representa tive of Sam H. Harris knows more about the interesting sidelights of Broadway than many a columnist. . . . We asked him, the other day, if Gaxton of “Of Thee I Sing” is joosh, whereupon he gave us the whole life story of this star (who incidentally is Catholic) within three minutes, over the wire. ... If ever we decide to write a book with Man hattan as a background, we’re going to ask Mr. Toohey to collaborate. . . . Monte Carter, the movie actor, was hired by Columbia to speak a couple of lines in Hebrew for "HollywihkI Speaks.” Although Jewish, Carter doesn’t know Hebrew (Aren’t we all?). He excused himself from the set and got his tailor on the phone. That pious gentleman fed him the accent and Carter hurried back to the set and recited. After Monte had cashed his check he gave the moral of this story. “If you want to be a good Jew, have a tailor who knows Hebrew.” . . . Shura Cherkassky, the pianist, (he is but 16 years old), whose American tour was very, very successful is not a Tartar but a good I.itvak who can teach you a thing or two in Yiddish. ... At the New York Icor Concert in Town Hall an appeal for Biro Bidjan brought io 300 dollars cash, which is a large sum in cash, as Zionists campaign directors will tell you. . . . 'Hie Roxy, cathedral of movies is now in receiver's hands. It started losing money as soon as Roxy left his manager’s chair to devote him self to Radio City. Now Hugo Riesen- feld, conductor and idea man, will try to make the budget of America’s biggest theatre balance. . . . Vicki Baum was in Brooklyn the other day. Trying to for get the stage and the screen. So she dropped in to see the last performance of the stage production of “Grand Hotel.” Nat Shilk ret, the one and only one, re turned home the other night, read a few pages of Trotsky’s “Revolution,” taught a new trick to his fox terrier, played two games of ping-pong, and then sat down and wrote a new melody called “Moon Nocturne.” . . . From the Riviera, Dag- mar Godowsky sends us a postal card on which are signed Dorothy Caruso, Michael Arlen and Somerset Maughan. Dagmar (yes, she is Leopold’s daughter), is packing up to return to us. . . . Belle Baker, apropos of some of those testi monials from celebrities now appearing in the ads, lays it must be great to get paid for testifying that the medicine you never took cured you of something you never had. Copyrighted 1932 loc The Soothes* Iuauit* [9] 'I'TIIERN ISRAELITE *