DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and the Legal Chronicle
tories from fallen Greece and HADASSAH RE-ELECTS
Yugoslavia, King Boris of Bul- MRS. FRANK PRESIDENT
garia granted full amnesty to a
large number of political prison-
The Detroit chapter of Hadas-
GENEVA. — (WNS) - Cele- ers but specifically excluded sah held its annual May meeting
brating the acquisition of terri- Jews from the general pardon.
and election in the form of a
strawberry festival Tuesday, May
13, at 12:30 o'clock in the social
hall of the Sharrey Zedak.
Mrs. Max Frank was unani-
mously elected president for a
third term. Other officers were
elected as follows: First vice-
president, Mrs. Frank Wetsman;
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second vice-president, Mrs. Fred
Ginsberg; third vice-president,
Mrs. Herman August; recording
secretary, Mrs. Louis Glasier;
financial secretaries, Mrs. Ben
Mossman and Mrs. J. E. Gould;
correspondinr secretary, Mrs.
Charles Rubiner; treasurer, Mrs.
Ellis Thal.
The program was featured by
songs by Mrs. Abraham Cooper
accompanied by Mrs. S. Quen-
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Junior Campaign
Ehrlich Singing
Group Will Meet
Group Progresses
Tuesday Evening The junior division of the Al-
The Joseph H. Ehrlich Singing
and Cultural Group was organ-
ized several months ago by the
friends of the late Joseph H.
Ehrlich, headed by Harry Cohen,
and by some of the members of
the Senior Alumni of the United
Hebrew Schools, headed by Jo-
seph Colten.
This group generally meets on
Tuesdays, and in addition to
singing, under the leadership of
Cantor Jacob H. Sonenklar, there
is also a discussion on a current
topic.
Meetings were held in the
homes of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Cohen, Cantor and Mrs. Jacob
H. Sonenklar, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
J. Tobin and Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert R. Marwil. Talks were deliv-
ered by Dr. Maurice Floch, Jack
Kellman, Robert R. Marwil, Wal-
ter Farber, Mrs. Naomi Floch
and Joseph Colten.
The next meeting of the group
will be held Tuesday evening,
May 20, in the auditorium of the
new Rose Sittig Cohen Building,
Lawton and Tyler.
Mr. Cohen states that this is
not a closed group, but that it
is open to all friends of the late
Mr. Ehrlich and to the members
of the Alumni. The sing-fest is
always followed by a social hour.
board are Mesdames Adolph Ehr-
lich, Sol Meyers, Julian Krolik,
Abraham Srere, Milton Maddin,
Herman A. August, I. D. Fried-
man and David Cooper.
Other members serving on the
board are the Mesdames Morris
Adler, Harry August, John Fra-
zer, Louis Glasier, William Isen-
berg, Phillip Lipson, Charles
Robinson, Louis Daniels, Charles
Rubiner, Perry Burnstein, Fred
Ginsberg, Sam Rubiner, Carl
Schiller, Nathan Simons, Ellis
Thal, Ralph Weisman, Ben Moss-
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man, Thomas Marwil, Leo Greek-
lin, Frank Wetsman, J. E. Gould, Mrs. Sol Meyers, Mrs. Daniel
Benjamin Jaffe, George Bremen, Siegel, Mrs. Aaron Silberblatt,
A. II. Brodie, Abraham Cooper. Mrs. Harold Smilansky and Mrs.
All past presidents also serve as Amson C. Tabor.
As chairman of arrangements,
members of the board.
Mrs. Harry B. Keidan took the
occasion to thank the women who
had so graciously opened their
homes for the 10 division teas,
inaugurating the women's division
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drive. She expressed appreciation
broadcasting, tending to expose to Mrs. Douglas I. Brown, Mrs.
to public hatred, ridicule or con- William B. Isenberg, Mrs. David
tempt any racial or religious Wilkus, Mrs. Nathan Simons, Mrs.
group, any members of which Fred A. Ginsburg, Airs. Herman
reside in this state. The term August, Mrs. Perry P. Burnstine
'racial or religious group,' as and Mrs. Henry Wagner.
WOMEN
LIBEL
•
Divisions Over to Top
Mrs. Simon Shetzer and Mrs.
Maurice Wagner, chairmen of Di-
vision F, and Mrs. Charles Robin-
son, chairman of Division H, were
the first to lead their divisions
over the top in the women's fund-
raising effort.
These two divisions ranked
highest on Wednesday when ev-
ery one of the eight divisions
in the women's set-up oversub-
scribed their quotas: Mrs. Robin-
son leading with 112 per cent
for Division F and Mrs. Simon
Shetzer and Mrs. Henry Wagner
reporting 109 per cent for Di-
vision F-2.
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used herein, means any group,
class, sect or aggregation of per-
sons designated, identified or
characterized in the defamation,
or commonly designated, identi-
fied or characterized by race or
religion or as belonging to an
ethnic group.
"Sec. 2. Every person, firm
or corporation who shall commit
a group libel as herein defined,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
punishable by imprisonment in
the county jail not more than
one year, or by fine of not more
than $500, or both such impris-
onment and fine in the discretion
of the court.
"Sec. 3. In all prosecutions
for group libel, the truth when
published with good motives and
for justifiable ends shall be a
sufficient defense."
This measure has been re•.
ferred to the Senate committee
on judiciary.
LISBON. — (WNS) — Ru-
manian police, accompanied by
Nazi Gestapo agents, swooped
down on the Jewish quarter of
Bucharest and other large cities
and arrested thousand of Jews
on the charge that they were
Communist agents, it was report-
ed here. A number of the ar-
rested Jews, known to be out-
spoken anti-Communists, were
accused of being British sabo-
teurs.
lied Jewish Campaign has sched-
uled a second report meeting
for Monday evening, May 19,
on the ballroom floor of Hotel
Statler, at 8:30 o'clock.
The first report rally, held last
Wednesday evening at Temple
Beth El, proved a great success.
Based on the Wednesday eve-
ning showings, a 100 per cent
attendance of junior workers is
expected on Monday.
Junior Division workers may
bring their reports at any hour
during the day and evening to
Miss Hannah G. Ferman, in room
1473 of Hotel Statler. The sec-
retaries of the various divisions
within the junior set-up are on
hand every evening, to receive
the reports and redistribute pros-
pect slips to workers.
Jacob L. Keidan, president of
the Detroit Junior Service Group
which sponsors the junior divi-
sion of the Allied Jewish cam-
paign, is serving as the 1941
Junior Division general chair-
man.
COLLEGE
(Continued from Pare 1)
the Brown Memorial Chapel. There
will be brief greetings by Harry
C. Grossman, president of the Con-
gregation; Dr. Herbert I. Kallett,
vice-president; Benjamin Wilk,
president of the Men's Temple
Club, and Rabbi Leon Frani, the
school's founder and director.
George Galvani and the Temple
Choir, with the accompaniment of
Jason Tickton, will render several
choral selections, including Yosele
Rosenblatt's "Hallelujah."
Next Friday night, Abiy 23,
Rabbi Fr= will occupy the Tem-
ple pulpit and will preach on the
subject, "A Heart to Heart Talk
With My People."
The confirmation exercises of
Temple Beth El will take place on
the Festival of Shevuoth, Sunday
morning, June 1.
will, Mrs. Gilbert Michel, Mrs.
Harry M. Shulman, Mrs. Bert Sil-
verman, Mrs. Herbert Smith and
Mrs. Amson C. Tabor; and their
secretaries, Mrs. Jack Gould and
Mrs. Arthur S. Purdy.
Mrs. Charles Robinson, chair-
man of Division W-H, thanked her
captains: Mrs. Milton AL Alex-
ander, Mrs. Harry Buchman, Mrs.
Aaron Carlstein, Mrs. Albert Lee
Carnick, Mrs. J. J. Greenblatt,
Miss Charlotte Ilimmelhoch, Mrs.
Joseph Kunin, Mrs. Louis Lin-
sky, Airs. Dora Reitman, Mrs.
Charles Richter, Mrs. A. Shanborn
and Mrs. S. M. Short.; and her
secretaries, Miss ,Julia Klein and
Miss Sarah Zack.
Mrs. Harry H. Goldberg extend-
ed her appreciation to her cap-
tains in Division 1V-J: Airs. Meyer
B. Berkman, Mrs. Samuel B.
Danto, Mrs. Harry M. Feinberg,
Mrs. Saul II. Glueckman, Mrs.
Edward M. Krause, Mrs. Carl
Meyers and Airs. Henry Wagner;
and her secretaries, Mrs. Schierl
Koplin and Mrs. Philip Green-
wald.
Mrs. Srere cited the work of the
counsellors, appointed to each di-
vision, when the Women's Divis-
ion Drive reached its half-way
mark and who assisted in plan-
ning 100 per cent slip coverage.
The counsellors were Mrs. Sey-
mour J. Frank, Mrs. Nathan. Si-
mons, Mrs. Abraham Cooper, Mrs.
Hyman C. Broder, Mrs. Julian II.
Krolik, Mrs. Meyer L. Prentis,
Airs. Harry Z. Brown, Mrs. David
S. Diamond and Mrs. Robert J.
Newman.
The advice and help of the hon-
orary vice-chairmen of the Drive
were also cited. The honorary
vice-chairmen were. Mrs. Henry
M. Butzel, Mrs. Leo M. Butzel,
Mrs. Aaron DeRoy, Mrs. Harry
Frank, Mrs. Samuel T. Gilbert,
Mrs. Benjamin L. Lambert, Mrs.
Isaac Shetzer, Mrs. David W. Si-
mons, Mrs. Milford Stern, Mrs.
Andrew Wineman and Mrs. Maur-
ice H. Zackheim.
"The Jewish women of Detroit
have faced the problems of the
world today, with reality," stated
Henry Wineman, chairman of the
the entire 1941 Allied Jewish
Campaign. "In a period when the
words 'all-out' and 'sacrifice' have
acquired new force and meaning,
they have blazed a new trial. We,
the workers in the general drive,
hope to follow their lead with
success."
Each of the division chairmen
paid special tribute to the cap-
tains and secretaries in her di-
vision. Mrs. Perry P. Burnstine,
of Division A, complimented her
captains: Mrs. Irving Belinsky,
Mrs. Jack Bookstein, Mrs. Harry
Cohen, Mrs. Ralph Davidson, Mrs.
Irving B. Dworman, Mrs. Joseph
Falk. Mrs. Karl D. German, Mrs.
Phillip Gorelick, Mrs. H. Graff,
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Mrs. Samuel A. Green, Mrs. .Lc
Levitt, Mrs. Joseph Newman Mrs.
Louis Seiton and Mrs. Banjamin
E. Zieve; and her secretaries, Mrs.
Lou Meises and Mrs. E. J. Sachse.
Mrs. A. H. Brodie and Mrs.
Douglas I. Brown paid tribute to
the captains in their division,
W-B; Mrs. Harry B. Bennett,
Mrs. David Cooper, Mrs. Abraham
J. Copeland, Mrs. Bertram H.
Kaatz, Mrs. Harry L. Kipel, Mrs.
Dan Krouse, Miss Setta Robin-
son, Mrs. Louis Savage, Mrs.
Louis A. Schwartz, Mrs. Maurice
Sidon, Mrs. Ted Solomon, Mrs.
Edward Stein, Mrs. Leonard
Weiner and Mrs. Louis A. Welt;
and their secretaries, Mrs. Max
Berendt, Mrs. Aimee R. Gaines
and Miss Louise Shiffman.
Mrs. William B. Isenberg, Mrs.
Harry Wetsman and Mrs. James
Wineman, chairmen of W-C, ex-
tolled the work of their captains:
Mrs. Zackheim; and their secre-
taries, Mrs. Morris Adler and
Mrs. Meyer R. Katz.
Mrs. Maurice J. Caplan and
Mrs. Benjamin E. Jaffe, chairmen
of Division W-G, stressed the ex-
cellent work of their captains:
Mrs. Morton F. Ashner, Mrs. Ed-
ward A. Atlas, Mrs. Peter M.
Bernstein, Mrs. Morton F. Ashner,
Mrs. Edward A. Atlas, Mrs. Peter
M. Bernstein, Mrs. Pauline Chase,
Mrs. Meyer Goldstein, Mrs. Her-
man Jacobs, Mrs. Harry Jacob-
Banker Maurice Wertheim is
son, Miss Edith Leader, Mrs. Her- becoming the patron saint of
man Lewis, Mrs. Thomas B. Mar- chess.