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2 2. 1940

vutzah Celebrates
Purim on Saturday

ilansith Schwartz To Be the
Guest Speaker

The Legal Chronicle
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and

UNTERMYER

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deepest regret of the death of
Samuel Untermyer, who was my
friend ever since I was a boy.
He was one of the leading law-
yers of our time and a man of
unusual forcefulness and of in-
domitable courage. Always con-
cerned with what he considered
the best interests of hi; state and

March 26, at 8:15 p. m., in the
Butzel Hall of the Jewish Com-
muiity Center, Woodward a n
Holbrook Ayes.
The Council has pursued a
number of important projects
on leave of absence from his during the past few months and
duties as president of the Jew- reports on those activities will
be given at Tuesday's meeting.
All representatives of affiliated
organizations are urged to at-
tend.

Will Preside at
Bundle Affair'
Council Meeting
For Resale Shop ,
Monday, April 1 Simon Shetzer, who has been

A bundle dessert-luncheon for
the benefit of the Council Resale
Shop is scheduled for the April
meeting of the Detroit Section,
National Council of Jewish Wo-
men, on Monday, April 1, at
1:15, at the Jewish Community
Center.
A series of original sketches
entitled "Your Four Dollars'
Worth," written, acted and pro-
duced by members, will be the
program of the afternoon. Each
skit will be based on one of the
Council's foud major local ac-
tivities—Council Camp, Scholar-
ship Fund, Resale Shop and Ser-
vice to the Foreign Born.
Authors of the skits are Mrs.
Seymour Filchin, Mrs. Theodore
Kelter, Mrs. Harry Markle, Mrs.
Milton Marx and Mrs. James
W ineman.
Admission to the meeting will
be on presentation of a bundle
of clothing, household articles,
toys, etc., to replenish stocks at
the Resale Shop, which in its
new quarters, has a constant de-
mand for all types of merchan-
dise. Anyone wishing to con-
tribute furniture or other large
articles may obtain pick-up serv-
ice by calling CO. 0450.

the annual Purim party of
Kvutzah lvrith, the Hebrew
e tuial Group, will take plac e
urday evening, March 23, th e
of Put im, at the Philadel-
a-Byron Hebrew School.
1
Purim Frogram has been ar-
tged for this occasion. Brief
on the significance of Pu-
1 ks
elopment of the fec-
1,
d ev the manner in which
al, the
and
be
V has been observed, will
ren by members of the Kvut-
li. Mass singing of Purim and
a lestinian songs will be direct-
by Abraham Schachter.
Typical Purim refreshments
be served. Mrs. David Ru-
mstein, president of the Ladies'
uxiliary of the Kvutzah, is in
Large of the jiefreshments.
the
will
Shularnith
o it Schwartz wl be this
e Kvutzah
f
Jest
illy. Miss Schwartz, who is an
iccellent Hebrew speaker, ad-
•essed the teachers of the Unit-
d d Hebrew Schools on Friday,
;a rch 15. She spoke on the
abject with which she is inti-
lately acquainted—the Hebrew
chool in Palestine, and accepted
he invitation of the Kvutzah to
tr with them at their Purim par-
y on Saturday evening.
Herman D. Boraks is presi-
SAMUEL UNTERMYER
lent of the Kvutzah Ivrith. Ab-
aham TwerskY is chairman of nation, he was for more than
he cultural committee.
half a century a leader in the
business and civic life of New
York. Mrs. Lehman and I extend
heartfelt sympathy to his family."
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia's
message of sympathy read: "The
death of Samuel Untermyer is a
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great loss to our country. An
ames True, Gerald Winrod, Fa- able lawyer who through years
her Coughlin, Fritz Kuhn and of practice had gained great ex-
_Ieorge Deatherage all had prom- perience, he contributed all his
experience to his community,
sed cooperation."
According to Zitter, Dr. Wil- state and country.
United States Senator Robert
liam Kohler Bryant, surgeon at
the Murray Hill Hospital, who F. Wagner said: "The life of
frequented the meetings of the Samuel Untermyer was marked
Mobilizers, said, "It will be a by brilliant achievement in every
good idea to get your men into phase of a varied and remark-
the National Rifle Association." able career. As a leader of the
Dr. Bryant explained to Zitter bar, patron of the arts and of
how this could be arranged and innumerable charitable endeavors,
filled out blank application forms champion of public causes, and
defender of the rights of man in
to be filled in by members.
been every land, he won the admira-
had
The Mobilizers
formed, Zitter concluded, because tion and deep affection of his
he leaders of the new group felt countrymen in every phase and
that the Christian Front was a walk of life. I join in mourning
"pussyfooting Fascist organiza- the loss of a dear friend and
tion" and not militant enough. great American."
Born in Virginia, the son of
•rhe Christian Front is the sante
group which suffered recent em- a prosperous farmer, Emanuel
bzarasment when some of its Untermyer, Mr. Untermyer came
members were arrested by the to New York with his mother
Federal Bureau of Investigation. and other members of his fam-
ily immediately after the death
Assails of his father, just after the end
Irish Catholic Judge
of the Civil War. Both his par-
"False Teaching of Hatred"
ents were immigrants from Ger-
In Jailing Criminal
NEW YORK (WNS) — Wil- many.
He became an office boy in a
Liam Molloy, 22, an Irish Cath-
iic, was sentenced to an inde- law firm when he was 15, and
terminate penitentiary sentence was admitted to the bar at the
of up to three years for stab- age of 21. He attended the Col-
bing and seriously wounding Irv- lege of the City of New York
ing Berger, Brooklyn Jewish and Columbia Law School. He
chemist, by General Sessions achieved such success as a law-
Judge Owen W. Bohan, also an yer that his income reached $50,-
Irish Catholic. 000 a year before he was 25.
The stabbing followed an ar- In 1927, while visiting Pales-
gument during which Molloy call- tine, he pledged $100,000 to the
ed Berger "You dirty Yid!" Hebrew University, which he
In sentencing Molloy, Judge called "the great reservoir from
Bohan said: "Apparently this as- which will flow to the corners of
-ault arose out of your inabil- the earth contributions from
dy to suppress a false teaching Jews' intelltctual and spiritual
of hatred toward your fellow resources for the advancement
man. In these times the air and welfare of humanity." He
seems to be filled with matter was also a supporter of the Jew-
that has no place in this country. ish homeland in Palestine. He
We must set an example to oth- once said that "the men and
ers to repress such feelings as women who have come to Pales-
you showed." tine are the finest specimens of
Trial of 17 Christian Frontists humankind of which any country
could be built."
To Open April 3
In 1933 his activit:. in the
The trial f the 17 members
of the Christian
Front, charged anti-Nazi movement led to his
o
Aith plotting t to overthrow by election as president of the
three the 1 tided States Govern- World Jewish Economic Federa-
ment, has been set for April 3, ti on and he was designated to
in Brooklyn Federal Court.
the idea of a world-wide
Co rt present
'
Judge m arca s B. Campbell will boycott against Germany to the
preside.
League of Nations. •
Leo He
aly, chief attorney for
—eary
In 1934, he was named presi-
the defense,' told a meeting of
the Christian Front recently thatdent of the International Non-
the
Sectarian Anti-Nazi League for
the 17 plotters had done nothing Human Rights, a post which he
t o break the law, and uoted
quoted resigned in 1938 because of his
from the Second Amendment of resi anced age and the pressure of
adv
the
States
that United
"the right
of Constitution
thepeople his duties as a %delegate to the
It keep and bear arms shall not State Constitutional Convention.
he infringed." He was married on Aug. 9,
1880, to Miss Minnie K9r1. He is
survived by three children, Cap-
tain Alvin Untermyer, who served
POSTPONE EMANUEL DINNER in the 305th Field Artillery in
The dinner-dance which was France during the World War;
to have been given by the Sis- Irwin Untermyer. a Justice of
terhood and the members of the the Appellate Division; Irene,
Congregation Beth Tefilo Eman- wife of Stanley L. Richter; two
lel, March 25 has been post- grandchildren and four great-
toned.
grandchild•en.

Three Speakers
To View Refugee
Problems Monday

SIMON SHETZER

ish ommunity Council of Detroit
during the last four months, will
pedside at the quarterly meeting.
to be held on Tuesday evening,

"The Refugee Situation in De-
troit" will be the subject of
the Men's Club Town Meeting
at 8 p. m. next Tuesday in the
Men's Club room of Temple
Beth El.
Fred Butzel, Abe Shifman and
Harold Silver, executive direc-
tor of the Jewish Social Serv-
ice Bureau, will lead the dis-
cussion.
Karl Segall, chairman of the
committee in charge, will pre-
side at the meeting, which is one
of a series of discussion groups
sponsored by the club. The meet-
ing is open only to members of
the Men's Club of Temple Beth
El.

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A Simple Statement
of the Year's Achievements

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SIGNIFICANT ITEMS FROM THE ANNUAL STATEMENT

$625,556,093
61,657,010
16,217,516
167,456,202
4. Assets
160,851,428
5. Liabilities
6,604,774
6. Surplus, Contingency Reserve & Capital -

1. Insurances and Annuities in Force - -
2. New Business Placed
3. Payments to Policyholders & Beneficiaries

What These Figures Mean:

1. Business in force increased by
$18,023,123 to a new high total of
over $625,000,000. This insurance
provides protection to more than one
million people — Great-West Life
policyholders and their dependents.

2. For the fifth successive yea. a gain
in new business was recorded.
18,483 new policies were placed in
force during 1939 for a total volume
of $61,657,010.
3. Since commencing business in 1892
The Great-West Life has paid a
total of over $220,000,000 to policy-
holders and their dependents. In

1939 beneficiaries of 1,334 deceased
policyholders received $4,168,983
while living policyholders were paid
the sum of $12,018,533—more than
$50,000 every workingday of the year.

4. Total assets of $167,456,202, sub-
& stantially in excess of all liabilities,
5. are resources held by the Company
to fulfil its obligations to policy-
holders and their dependents.

6. Surplus, Contingency Reserve and
Capital provide a substantial fund
to meet any contingency that might
arise.

9ke,GREAT - WEST LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY

MEAD OFFICE • WINNIPEG. CANADA

HARRY HIMELSTEIN, Representative

1512 UNION GUARDIAN BLDG.—DETROIT

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