Friday, February 16, 194S

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONIC:1.E and The legal Chronicle

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Judge Vokes' Family
Early Settlers Here

Judge David C. Vokes, who is
a candidate for re-election as
Judge of the Common Pleas
Court, comes of a family which
has been settled in Detroit for
nearly a century. His parents
were born in Detroit more than
80 years ago. His mother is still
living. The family is especially
well known on the East Side as
operators of a drug store at
Pennsylvania and Gratiot. One
brother is a physician ; another
brother, a druggist, who is now
teaching at the George Trade
School. Two sisters are teachers.
Judge Vokes is a graduate of
Chandler Grammar School, East-
ern High School and the Uni-
versity of Michigan.
Prior to his appointment to
the Common Pleas Court, Judge
Vokes was a member of the
State Labor Mediation Board. He
has also served as general coun-
sel of the Michigan Unemploy-
ment Compensation Commission
and as an assistant state attor-
ney general.
Judge Vokes' name is on the
non-partisan ballot and the pri-
mary is on Monday, Feb. 19.

UNITED ARTISTS

Judy Garland and Margaret
O'Brien go into a third record-
breaking week in "Meet Me In
St. Louis," tune-filled techni-.
color musical at the United Ar-
tists Theater.
"Meet Me In St. Louis" is
the story of the Smiths of St.
Louis in 1903 and is a heart-
warming piece of American fam-
ily entertainment.
"Main Street After Dark," co-
starring Edward Arnold and Sel-
ena Royle is the companion fea-
ture.

Rifbbi Davin Schoenberger of
Temple Beth Jacob, Pontiac, for-
merly rabbi of the Synagogue of
Aachen, Germany, will speak at
the Sabbath eve services of Tem-

LETTER

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heard that the Germans, as they
left, took with them all the
Jews who were still in the ghet-
to. Many hid in attics and cel-
lars. The Germans set fire to
all parts of the ghetto and all
of the buildings went up in
flames.
Together with my brother and
his wife in their basement was
the Zendlovitch family, includ-
ing their five-year-old son,
The child suffered front thirst
because of the terrific heat from
the house which was burning
above them. My brother offered
to go out to secure water for
the child and his wife followed,
LT. APPLE OVERSEAS
Second Lt. Albert B. Apple, but the guard detected them as
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ap- they ran and pushed them into
ple. 4021 Webb, who is serving the fire.
This is how the story was told
with the air forces, recently ar-
rived in the European theater to me by Zendlovitch who added
and received a brief orientation that my brother, before going
course before entering on his out to bring the water, wrote a
letter which he hid in the cellar.
combat duties.
Uncle dear, it is already three
Prior to entering the Army
Air Forces he was a student at years that I am in this war.
Much has happened to me. I
Wayne U.
have become sufficiently accus-
IN THE REALM
tomed to the terrors of the war,
it is all naught compared
OF LOCAL SOCIETY but
with what I heard during my
days in Kovno.
Mrs. Louis Bass of LaSalle four
I found the cellar where my
New
York
Blvd. is visiting in
brother spent his last days. The
City.
letter was written on pages
from the book of poems
Frank Vass of Webb Ave. has plucked
returned from a short stay in by Lermantov. This is the let-
ter:
New York City.

Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Dwo•-
man of Chicago, Ill. are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Janoss.

A President's birthday party
for the benefit of the infantile
paralysis fund was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Sandubrae, 2252 Tuxedo, to
which relatives and close friends
were invited. A birthday cake
was auctioned, the money going
into the general fund. Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Fenster of San Juan
were the highest bidders.

Mrs. Albert E. Goldberg and
son, Robert, who have been va-
cationing in Hot Springs, Ark.,
are returning home at the end
of the week.

For One Performance Only

SUNDAY EVE.
FEB. 25th

at the

Scottish Rite
Auditorium

A 2-year run on Broadway

translated in Yiddish, played
for 20 weeks at the Parkway
Theatre, N. Y.

"TOMORROW
THE WORLD"

All critics, Yiddish and Eng.
lish, have praised the Yiddish
performance as a remarkable
portrayal.

TICKETS NOW ON SALE
AT: — Metro Music House,
10324 Dexter Blvd., TO.
8-4114; Atkin's Confectionery,
8640 Twelfth St., cor. Lee Pl.,

TR. 2.8889, TR. 2-8884; A.

Littman, TY, 6.9186. Day of
performance at Theatre Only.
TE. 2.6648.

Sheruth League
Serves 100 at USO

Aachen Rabbi to Talk
At Temple Israel

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Sheruth League members were
hostesses to 100 boys at the
Belcrest USO held at the Great
Lakes Club Feb. 7. The Misses
Roslyn Fried, Annabel G erman-
a ky and Esther Kramer served
a buffet supper.
On Tuesday, Feb. 6, a meet-
ing was held at the home of
Mrs. Irving Emmer on Steel Ave.
Mrs. Marvin Stearn reported
that a sum has been contributed
to the Youth Aliyah Project, of
which she is in charge, sufficient
to support a child in Palestine.
Mrs. Henry Brontman, who is
in charge of the Afghan Project,
told the members that the afghan
they are making is on its way
to completion and will soon be
presented to the Percy Jones
Hospital in Battle Creek.
The next meeting will be held
on Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Beth Shmuel Sisterhood
Plans Donor Luncheon

The Ladies Auxiliary of Con-
gregation Beth Shmuel will meet
Feb. 19 at the home of Mrs. C.
Frumin, 2733 Webb. Plans will
be made for the third annual
donor luncheon, which will take
place May 1, at Bnai MosIN De
Iran
Synagogue.
Mrs. M. Leebove, chairman ;
Mrs. H. Shear, co-chairman ; Mrs.
B. Babcock, president.

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ATHENA CLUB

RABBI D. SCHOENBERGER

ple Istiel in the Lecture Hall of
the Detroit Institute of Arts at
8:30 p. m, Friday, Feb. 23. The
topic will be "Lest We Forget."
Rabbi Leon Fram will address
the annual Brotherhood Sabbath
eve services of the Temple at
Fort Wayne, Ind. Charles L.
Goldstein, president of Temple
Israel, will conduct the Sabbath
ritual.

QUITS HOSPITAL

CHICAGO (WNS) — Dr, Sel-
ig A. Shevin, staff member of
the Jackson Park Hospital for
17 years, has resigned to protest
the hopsital's refusal to admit
an American-born Japanese pat-
ient.

Letter from Brother
"Human Beings. We were
pursued as one would wild
beasts. For seven days we
hid in attics without water to
drink. Afterwards they threw
flares at us and set fire to the
building on every side. Many
were the victims. People inno•
cent of all sin, their only
crime that the race of their
origin did not find favor in
the eyes of this racial beast
in the image of the devil . . .
"Comrades, avenge our
deaths. We were 50,000 and
we remain the last handful,
and us, too, these executioners
most certainly will extermin-
ate, perhaps yet, today. Com-
rades, pursue them and uproot
them so that no r emembrance
of them will remain.
"Do not have pity on them
because they knew no mercy.
Show them the account and
repay the debt a hundred fold.
Only then will the world be
cleansed of this human filth.
Do not think that there are
those among them who are not
guilty of sin. They are all a
band of criminals and we must
not perm'it ourselves to pity
them.
"May the avenging of our
blood be the aim of your
lives!
"Hirsch Zedek, July 15, 1944."
Victims' Bodies

This letter I read in the cellar
where it was written. Through-
out the ghetto the scorched
bodies of the victims lie scattered
among the burned buildings. I
have been engaged in settling
the score with the fascists for
three years now. I still hope to
find little Feivel.
When he grows up I shall
show him his father's last letter
which he wrote just before he
was slain while going to bring
water for another child, My
hatred for the fascists I shall
guard all the day of my life and
shall transmit it to the genera-
tions that will come after
me. In Kovno there remain
alive about 40 people who hid
in towns, among them Yisroel
Zilber (his wife died), his sis-
ter, Tivie and her husband, Hirsh
Michnaitzki and his wife, Yehis
in Pales-
Sperling (her sister is
tine), and two children of Yaak-
ov Sitkevsky, and others. They
undoubtedly will inform their
relatives about themselves.
Forgive this disorganized let-
ter. It was very difficult for me
to write it.
Shalom,
Baruch.

Mrs. Irving Klayman of Pasa-
dena Ave. was hostess at the last
regular monthly meeting of the
Athena Club at which time elec-
tion of officers took place. The
following officers are in charge-
for the ensuing year: Mrs. Neil
Kalef, president; Mrs. Harry
Sawyer, treasurer; Mrs. Jay
Bleiweiss, recording secretary,
and Mrs. Al Prag, corresponding
secretary.
The club will hold its anni-
versary party for members and
husbands on Sunday evening,
Feb. 18 at Lee'N Eddys.

FOE MAY GET POST

WASHINGTON ( W N S) —
Representative Emanuel Celler of
New York warns that the State
Department may appoint Col.
Harold Hoskins, whom he called
"an avowed Arabphile from who
the Jews could not possibly ob-
tain a square deal," as director
of American Economic Opera-
tions in the Middle East.

Elect An Experienced Man
THEODORE F.

FELDMAN

for

JUDGE PLEAS

COMMON

(Long Term)
8 YEARS OF CIRCUIT
COURT WORK
PRIMARY ELECTION—
MONDAY, FEB. 19, 1945

What Star

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shall guide our country?

oDAY there is an increasing need for all

1 of us to think clearly and realistically.
Innumerable post-war plans are in the making
by business and government. And we hear
much of a brave new world served by scien-
tific marvels of every kind.
But with all the worthwhile gains which
will be made, the post-war days will also
bring formidable problems ... problems which
will affect the lives of every one of us.
Jobs must be found . . .
good jobs . . . for 12,000,000
servicemen.
Means must be provided
to keep in operation some at
least of the vast new war
plants in which so much private and public
money is at present invested. .
Continuing high taxes .. . a staggering
public debt ... the upward pressure on prices
... all must be faced.
These problems will not solve themselves.
A few new laws, formulas or theories will not
solve them.
For these are personal problems . . . and
as such they are the personal responsibility
of every one of us. Out of the courage and
good sense and fundamental decency of 130
million Americans, the all-
important answers must be
forged.
How can we, as individual
Americans, help solve these
problems?
We can exercise our fran-
chise intelligently and vote
for the ablest conscientious public servants
and representatives. We can obey the law
in letter and spirit, thus helping to set an

We can pay our debts and spend our money
carefully and wisely to keep prices down.
For the financial health of the nation depends
upon the financial health of its citizens.
We can deliver honest value in our busi-
ness or at our job, and thereby contribute
to lasting prosperity.
We can support our religious institutions,
which are fundamental in the moral life of
the community.
We can be tolerant of other races, other
ideas and beliefs, while we hold fast to our
American ideals.
And last but not least, we can take interest
and pride in our family life.
It is in the home that char-
acter is bred and nourished.
Our home should be the
fountainhead of honor and
decency.
With the youth of America
lie our hopes. If a better America is to be
built, they must build it. To this great task
they must bring strength and courage and
determination and all the inspiration we can
give them.
The history of our country is a history of
united struggle ... of dangers and difficulties
faced together and overcome. In her hour of
need, America has always found the answers
to her problems in the minds and hearts of
her people.
It is there she must look for the answers
today. i t is there.she will find the star which
will keep her true to her course.

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