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and The Legal Chronicle

DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1943

S. Welles Suggests U.S.
British Refugee Parley

member ,
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Council to Pay
Tribute to Axis
Martyrs Mar.14

Britain to Examine Pos5ibiiity of Admitting
Jewish Victims from Nazi Occupied Lands

10c Single Copy; $3.00 Per Year

Gutstadt Guest Speaker
at B'nai B'rith Meeting

Adler and Meyerowitz
To Be Guest Speakers

Successful War Bond Drive for $1,000,000 to
Be Celebrated at Pisgah Lodge March 15

On Monday night, March 15, meeting which is open to the
A month of Tribute to Jewish
public will be held in the main
Martyrs will be inaugurated in Pisgah Lodge No. 34, Bnai Brith, auditorium of the Jewish Com-
will
be
host
to
the
Greater
De-
Detroit's Jewish community at the
munity Center at 8:30 p. m.
conference of the Jewish Com- troit Bnai Brith Council in cele-
Richard E. Gutstadt of Chicago,
munity Council on Sunday, March brating the successful one-month national executive director of
14 at 8:15 p. in. at the Jewish drive to sell $1,000,000 in United Bnai Brith Anti - Defamation
Community Center, Woodward at States War Bonds and to spon- League will be the principal-
sor two Submarine Chasers. This speaker. Mr. Gutstadt is national-
Holbrook.
ly known as an orator and has
In addition to the business meet- drive came to a close with sales addressed overflow audiences
from
See WELLES—Page 12
ing of the Community Council, a totaling $1,490,000. This victory
coast to coast. This will be Mr.
special observance. in meniory of
Gutstadt's first public address in
Jewish martyrs will be held at
the city before a Bnai Brith
that meeting. Principal addresses
group in 10 years, and he al-
at the program will he delivered
ways has a message of unusual in-
by Rabbi Morris Adler of Con-
terest.
gregation Shaarey Zedek and by
Frank N. Isbey, chairman of
Abraham Meyerowitz, director of
the United States Treasury War
the Farband Schools, whose ad-
This is the forty-third year of Bond Program for Michigan will
The Zionist Organization of De- dress will he delivered in Yiddish.
troit w'll hold its Annual Music
activity for the Moles Chetim also be a guest of honor at this
As part of this memorial pro-
Festival on Thursday evening,
gram Cantor Jacob H. Sonenklar Committee of Detroit. During the Victory meeting and will pre-
March 25, at Shaarey Zedek.
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek year 19-12 the Committee distribu- sent the official Treasury Depart-
Lawrence Crohn, chairman of will chant the Twenty-third Psalm
ment citation to the Greater De-
the event, announces the following and Cantor Robert Tulman of ted $4,361.22 in cash to 876 ttoit Bnai Brith Council. Resolu-
participants:
Temple Israel will close with the Jewish families and 13,387 pounds tions will be presented to Mrs.
Marguerite Kozenn, dramatic memorial chant, "El Molei Ra- of matzo products at .1 cost of Lillian Aaron, president of Pis-
soprano, who is well known as an chamim." Appropriate readings $1,372.17. This year the Moles gah Auxiliary, and Max Goldhoff,
opera and concert singer. Miss will also be presented. Rabbi Ja- Chetim Committee is once again treasurer of Pisgah Lodge who
as co-chairmen of the Greater
Kozenn has been heard as a sing- cob J. Nathan of Congregation
er of Palestinian songs over the B'nai Moshe wil read from the coming to the aid of needy Jews Detroit Bnai Brith Councils' Bond
radio at Jerusalem. Morris Hoch- Thirty-seventh chapter of the in Detroit and will try to help Drive lead the groups "over the
berg, violinist and concertmaster Book of F,zekiel. Aaron Rosenberg, make the coming Passover a hap- top" by their untiring efforts.
of the Michigan Symphony Or- secretary of the Jewish Communi- py holiday free from want and
The en t e r t a i nment program
•hestra, Julius Chajes, pianist and ty Council. will present selections
will feature Sally Johnson, popu-
worry.
Although
it
is
expected
composer and director of Jewish from Bialik's Yiddish poem "The
lar singer of the Detroit Civic
that the number of families Opera Company who was a sen-
music at the Jewish ,Community City of Slaughter."
Center and Temple Beth El; Bet.-
The meeting and the program which will require help this year sation as Pisgah's 85th anni-
nand Argiewicz, cellist of the De- of Tribute are open to the public. will be smaller on account of im- versary banquet and Dave Dia-
troit Symphony; Cantor Jacob S. Officers, delegates and members of provement in the general eco- mond well known orchestra lead-
Sonenklar, Cantor of Shaarey Ze- the Community Council's consti-
er in violin selections.
dek; and Cantor Robert Tulman, tuent organizations are invited to nomic picture, it is evident from
Rudolph Meyersohn, president
Cantor of Temple Israel. • Mrs. attend.
the reports thus far received from
of Pisgah Lodge, states that the
Tilly Kesler will be accompanist.
various social agencies, that there lodge has been honored by being
Urge Similar Programs
At the conclusion of the eve-
are still a good many Jewish
The
Community
Council's
con-
.
ning., Mr. Chaies will direct the
See DRIVE—Page 12
stduent organizations are urged families in Detroit for whom
sing. ng of Palestinian songs.
to arrange similar programs of these grants in cash and matzo
The entire concert will be de- Tribute to Jewish Martyrs, during
voted to Jewish music and or- the ensuing month. Such programs products will be required.
ganized in three parts:
may well be combined with Purim
At the last meeting of the
A. Traditional music.
celebrations. The theme of Purim Moles Chetim Committee, which
B. Chasidic' and Jewish folk combines the rejoicing at the de-
songs.
liverance of the Jewish people took place March 2, Charles A.
C. New Palestinian music.
with the sorrow that deliberate Smith was re-elected chairman
Dr. Joshua Loth Liebman will
extermination of human beings and the following were also re-
be guest speaker at the 12th
After serving for the past year
can be even a remote possibility. elected: Hyman Altman, Mrs. Da-
annual donor event of the Ladies' r%
It will, therefore, be appropriate vid Goldberg, Louis Kramer, Mrs. as executive director of the Fed-
Auxiliary of Jewish National D owntown Synagogue
to introduce into Purim programs Al Weisman, vice-chairmen; Jacob eration for Polish Jews, Benja-
Fund on Wednesday, March 17,
Will Observe Purim
the note of mourning for the mil- Levin, treasurer; William Sandler min Graubart is leaving Detroit
lions of Jews who have perished and Isaac Shetzer, co-treasurers; this week. Mr. Graubart, a refu-
gee from Poland, has been in this
"The Book of Esther merged and of Tribute to the Spirit of the Rabbi Jacob Nathan, secretary.
with Lamentations" will be the Jewish people which has kept
country only for the past two
The
following
committees
were
theme of a discourse which Rabbi them alive.
years. In Poland he was one of
appointed to carry on the work
Herman Resenwasser will deliver
The
office
of
the
Community
for the year 1943: Personal soli-
on the eve of the Purim festival
Saturday, March 20 at 7:30 p. m. C Council is prepared to offer its citations under Charles A. Smith;
On this occas'on as well as on assistance to the organizations Synagogue contacts under Louis
the next day following, Sunday , that will plan programs of Trib- Kramer, assisted by William Sand-
March 21, the Book of Esther ute and to secure for them speak- ler and Isidore Sosnick; organi-
cis, readers and appropriate mu- zational contacts under Mrs.
will be chanted.
Al Weisman and Mrs. David
Serviscs on Sunday morning sical talent.
At the business meeting. chair- doldberg; investigations under
%via begin at 9.
Under the guidance of Rabbi men of Community Council com- Mrs. Ralph M. Levy; clerical as-
Hosenwasser daily services, both mittees will present brief reports sistance under supervision of Mrs.
morning and afternoon, are held of developments since the Confer- Samuel Arkin; radio under Hy-
man Altman.
at the Downtown Synagogue. once of January 24.

WASHINGTON (WNS) —Con-
'1/4rete action by the United States
and Great Britain to save as
many as possible of the 5,000,000
i Wins
Jews facing death in Nazi-occu-
pied Europe was expected here
wn
this week following the disclosure
by Undersecretary of State Sum-
;hi fra-
`hoer Welles that the United States
;ity won
has suggested to Britain that
isketball
American and British representa-
Cau Sig-
tives meet in Ottawa for a "pre-
;:h went
liminary exploration" of the refu-
ore was
gee problem.
of regu- •
The United States suggestion
for the " V
was made in reply to a British
3,
Max
note expressing concern over the
Earl-
plight of Jewish and non-Jewish
K. C.
refugees in the Nazi-occupied
football
areas. Both nations agreed that
the problem could best be solved
the Air
through joint cooperation.
C. fra-
In making the announcement
making
Mr. Welles stressed that President
• in the
Roosevelt and the United States
rding to
government have for years taken
e of in-
a deep and abiding interest in
ollowing
the tragic situation. Shortly be-
reserves:
fore Mr. Welles spoke to news-
be•, Sey-
men, he conferred at the White
Boigen,
ick Bel- LIP , House with the President.
Pointing out that President
Roosevelt had been responsible
e policy,
for the establishment of the In-
ted the
.ace any
tergovernmental committee on
Refugees, Mr. Welles expressed
vho may
larfinkle,
the hope that plans could be
worked out to provide for per-
resident;
sons in Nazi territorities who had
as., and
it Roths-
been left without homes, prop-
informa-
erty and families. Mr. Welles
ral com-
conferred also with Dr. Chaim
.Weizmann, president of the Jew-
to issue
ish Agency for Palestine. and
e letters
Moshe Shertok, political chief of
e.

nteroom
yourself, ,
may be

the Jewish Agency, who is now
in this country.
Outline of Discussion
The State Department proposed
that the preliminary discussion
at Ottawa be undertaken along
the following lines:
"A. The
refugee
problem
should not be considered as being

Report of the
Detroit Moles
Chetim Group

Detroit Zionist
Music Festival
On March 25

Dr.. J. L. Liebman
JNF' Donor Guest
Speaker March 17

Graubart Polish
Federation Head
Leaves Detroit

Sam Osnos, Detroit Philanthropist, Dead at 71

DR. JOSHUA L. LIEBMAN

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at 1:30 p. m. at Masonic Audi-
torium.
Dr. Joshua Loth Liebman is
one of America's most famous
radio preachers. He has been sig-
nally honored by being asked for
the last four consecutive years to
broadcast on the coast to coast
network of the National Broad-
casting Company on the Message
of Israel program.
Rabbi Liebman is the spiritual
leader of Tempe Israel, the larg-
est congregation in New England,
speaks to one of the largest
Friday evening congregations in
America, and is noted for his
communal and civic leadership.
Dr. Liebman has studied at the
Hebrew University in Jerusalem
and is carrying on research and
writing in the field of Hebrew
Philosophy and Literature and at
the same time is lecturing and
writing on problems of Theology
and Psychology.

See LIEBMAN—Page 3

Sam Osnos, founder of Sam's
Cut Rate, Inc.. died in Harper
Hospital at 8:20 p. m. Monday,
following an illness of several
weeks.
Mr. and Mm Osnos were
spending the winter in Florida
when he became ill and, on Jan.
15, was taken to New York City
for examination. His illness be-
came more acute in late January
and he was brought to Detroit.
The Osnos home is at 17355
Parkside Ave.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 2 p. m. in Lewis
Brothers Chapel, 0018 Woodward
Ave. Burial was at Cloverhill
Park Cemetery.
Rabbi Morris Adler of Congre-
•ation Shaarey Zedek and Rabbi
Isaac Stollman of Mishkan Israel
officiated.
Both stores were closed all day
Thursday.
Began in 1917
Sam Osnos lived to see a strug-
gling business he founded in 1017
in a 20-by-60-foot store on Ran-
dolph St. grow into one of De-
troit's largest retail organizations.
Sam's Cut Rate, Inc., became

the largest cash-and-carry store
in the United States. It sells more
work clothes than any other store
in the world. It is among the na-
tion's largest retailers of tobacco,

SAM OSNOS

drugs and cosmetics. And, its
executives say, it operates De-
troit's largest grocery under one
roof, and the largest prescription
department in Michigan.
Saved Symphony
Sam Osnos, in the fall of 1912,
saved Detroit's Symphony Orches-
tra from disintegration. After
adequate financial assistance from
other sources had ceased, Mr. Os-
nos stepped in, sponsored the or-
chestra on a weekly radio pro-
gram over W W.I and continued
its existence.
Sam Osnos was born in Rus-
sia in April, 1871, of humble par-
ents. He caw to the United
States in 1892. Although he had
little or nor formal education, yet
he was learned in Hebrew.
Was Father of Seven
He turned first to the New Jer-
sey soil, then opened a tobacco
and stationery store in New
York's downtown East Side.
There he married Miss Bella
Cohen.
Seven children were horn: Irv-

See OSNOS—Page 3

BENJAMIN GRAUBART

the few Jewish Prosecutors. From
his youth he was engaged in so-
cial work and in his native town
was the president of many orga-
nizations, including the Keren
Ilayesod. Ort, etc. During the
siege of Warsaw he was one of
the closest co-workers of the late
head of the Warsaw Jewish com-
munity, Adam Czerniakow. Mr.
Graubart organized and served as
secretary of the Jewish Lawyer
Refugees in Lithuania and later
an executive member of the Asso-
(dation of Jewish Refugees from
Poland. Ile also served as a mem-
ber of the Council of European
Affairs of the Federation of Polish
Jews and as a co-worker on the
staff of a number of Polish-Jewish
newspapers.
During the time he served in
Detroit several successful cam-
paigns were conducted under his
supervision, including the follow-

ing: a campaign for clothing and

shoes for Jewish refugees in Rus-

See GRAUBART

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