Wayne University Scene
By Frank Beckman
Jack Belkin, master of Gamma
Kappa Chi, Wayne University Jew-
i a h fraternity,
is the man who
sees that things
are done.
With about 90
percent of the
total member-
ship again back
in civilian cir-
cles, the frat is
now operating
at f ull peace-
Frank Beckman time speed. The
war had whittled a roster of 120
down to four.
Jack, 21-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Belkin, 3233 Glendale
Ave., returned from 27 months of
Army duty in June to notch the
top position in Gamma Kappa Chi.
The group, founded in 1937 as a
local social f rat ernit y, has
won many laurels in its eight
years of existence. Recently it
captured the inter-frat basketball
title with nine victories in as
many starts, and now looks for-
ward to its semi-annual induction
dinner scheduled for the Hotel
Whittier on May 29.
Belkin graduated from Central
High School in 1942. After his
freshman year at Wayne, he join-
ed the service for a stretch that
found him serving throughout the
West and Southwest. He picked
up a few credits as an ASTP
student at the Newark College of
Engineering. A biology sophomore
Jack plans to attend the U. r f
Michigan this summer.
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VETERANS . . .
Handsome Milton Lucow was
leaning against the rear spare
tire of his jeep when a German
mortar shell scored a direct hit on
the vehicle. Milt was thrown 15
feet against the wall of a build-
ing and says he never hit any-
thing quite as hard during his
football days as captain of the
Central High team. No one will
doubt his words. He claims he was
lucky to escape with shrapnel
wounds since a German boy who
was standing nearby had both
legs blown off.
A liaison sergeant with the 95th
Infantry Division, Lucow sa•.v
plenty of action in his 11 months
of ETO duty. From the 3rd Army
assault on Metz on through the
Battle of the Bulge, 21-year- old
Milt was constantly on the go
with the battle-weary doughboys.
When he returned to the States,
husky Lucow waited exactly two
days before popping the question
to Audrey Barbara Kline. They
will be married in December.
A . son of Mr. and Mrs. Lou;s
Lucow, 4033 Humphrey Ave., Milt
is a sophomore at Wayne and a
member of the Pi Tau Sigma.
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PAUL MUTNICK .
As a teletype operator with
Hqs, Southwest Pacific Wing, Pall
Mutnick handled top secret wit es
relevant to air operations. He
knew far in advance of the im-
pending invasion of Japan. When
the atomic bomb shook the Japs
into surrender, months of nerve-
wracking labor came to a wel-
comed end.
A sgt. with the Air Transport
Com., 23-year-old Mutnick served
18 months in the Pacific. Although
an invasion of the Japanese home-
land never became necessary, nev-
ertheless, plans he had worked
on were used to fly Gen. Mac-
Arthur into Japan.
Paul returned to the States in
November, 1945. Fourteen days
Fly Flowers to ,
Wise and Silver
From Palestine
NEW YORK: Flowers, grown
in Palestine, and flown to Amer
ica by Trans-World Airways, were
presented to Dr. Abba Hillel Sil-
ver and D r: Stephen S. Wise in
New York, as a gift from the
Yishuv at a special ceremony,
presided over by Dr. David Tan-
nenbaum, director of the Pales-
tine Economic Buretit of the
Zionist Organization of America.
This marks the first time that
cut flowers, direct from Palen-
tine, have been brought to Amer-
ica. Their presentation , was made
possible by the rapid air service
recently inaugurated by TWA
bringing Palestine to within a
air hours of New York.
In forwarding the flowers the
Yishuv timed the presentation to
coincide with the Festival of
Passover commemorating the lib-
eration of the Jews from Egyp-
tian bondage.
later, he was wearing his "rup-
tured duck." He enrolled as a Jun-
ior at Wayne in February, resum•
ing a commercial education course
that was interrupted three years
previously. At present he is aug-
menting his 91 subsistence by
working as a recreation instruc-
tor for the Detroit Dept. of Parks
and Recreation.
A member of the Pi Tau Sigma,
Mutnick is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Mutnick, 1985 Taylor
Ave.
Start New Post
Of AMVETs •
The AMVET Post 55, recently
organized by World War H vete-
rans, will meet at 8 p. m., Thurs-
day, May 2, at the Ginsburg
Lounge of the Jewish Community
Center.
The meeting is open to all vete-
rans who are interested in the
AMVETS, an organization intent
on presenting the vets' problems
to proper authorities.
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Calling USO-JWB Honor Roll;
Salute Mizrachi, Aesculapian Clubs
A place of distinction is oc-
cupied by the Young Women's
Mizrachi Organization on 'the
USO-JWB honor roll for excep-
tional war services to our men in
uniform.
Organized seven years ago for
the purpose of caring for, educat-
ing, and giving spiritual guidance
to 3,000 refugee and native Pal-
estinian children in the 33 Miz-
rachi Women's Projects in Pales-
tine, this group of women has
more than carried out its planned
program.
Despite its deep concern with
the need for rebuilding the broken
lives of refugee children in Pal-
estine, the Young Women's Miz-
rachi Organization assumed addi-
tional responsibilities at the out-
break of World War II. They
have been active in Red Cross and
Bond Drives and also in other
wartime tasks.
Aware of the great need of the
USO-JWB program, this organi-
zation has participated since 1942
at the Jewish Community Center,
Metropolitan USO, and the Hotel
Belcrest in behalf of the men in
uniform.
Mrs. Philip P. Fealk is presi-
dent of the group. Mrs. Philip
Schreiber and Miss Sonia Nusholtz,
co-chairmen of the present USO
Committee, served on the original
USO committee since its inception
in 1942.
AESCULAPIAN LADIES
Founded in 1929 by a group of
druggists' wives, the Aesculapian
Ladies Auxiliary was organized to
promote social activities by bring-
ing together the families of Jew-
ish druggists.
Always eager to help those less
Bnai BritA bighlights 4
Supreme Council
WASHINGTON — The Women's
Supreme Council of Bnai Brith
was awarded a special citation by
the U. S. Treasury Department
for "distinguished services render-
ed" in- the sale of war bonds,
amounting to $291,238,000. Mrs.
Arthur G. Laufman, president of
the Supreme Council, and Mrs.
Benjamin Samuels, national chair-
man of the Council's War Bonds
Committee, both of Chicago, re-
ceived the citation from Mrs.
Nancy Robinson of the Treasury
Department. Mrs. Samuels was al-
so the recipient of a special Silver
Medal for her outstanding work
in leading the Bnai Brith Wo-
men's Bond drives.
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National
MRS. ASHER SMITH
fortunate the Auxiliary has allo-
cated money proportionately to the
War Chest, Youth Alliyah, Red
Cross and various other worthy
causes. As part of its program, the
Aesculapian Ladies Auxiliary con-
tributed towards the maintain-
ence of the Pharmacy at the Jew-
ish Home for the Aged. They
have established a scholarship
fund for needy students in the
Wayne University Pharmacy De-
partment.
Since its initiation, the Aescu-
lapian Ladies Auxiliary has par-
ticipated actively in the overall
USO-JWB program for service
personnel.
President of the group is Mrs. A.
A. Zagel, while Mrs. Asher Smith
is USO chairman.
WASHINGTON -- A check for
$27,670 for the establishment of
the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Li-
brary as a memorial to the late
President Franklin Delano Roose-
velt was presented to Dr. A. L.
Sachar, natidhal director of Bnai
Brith Hillel Foundations, by Mrs.
Maurice Turner, national Library
chairman, at the annual meeting
here of the Women's Supreme
Council. The Council decided to
continue the Memorial Library as
a permanent project of Bnai Brith
Women.
The idea of a Four Freedoms
Library took root at the meeting
of the Women's Supreme Council
in 1945, shortly after Mr. Roose-
velt's death, as a tribute to the
place held by the late president
in the hearts of Bnai Brith Wo-
men. The library is to be estab-
lished at the national Hillel head-
quarters at the University of Il-
linois, in Champaign, Ill. It will
contain documents, books and
manuscripts dealing with politi-
cal, economic, social and religious
principles of human freedom front
ancient times to the present. Ef-
forts will be made to assemble
objects of art and other material
symbolic of the Four Freedoms.
where public celebrations of ''I
Am an American Day" are sched-
uled. The programs in New York,
Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit and
hundreds of other communities
will honor newly naturalized citi-
zens, as well as young men and
women who have reached voting
age during the past , year.
Lodges and women's chapters
are requested to enroll in com-
munity observances everywhere, vs
well as plan special Memorial Day
tributes to the 553 men and wo-
men of Bnai Brith who made the
supreme sacrifice during World
War H.
Marking Flag Day, June 14, a
day of rededication to American
principles aniT unity, is the third
observance planned by America's
oldest and largest Jewish organi-
zation. Men and women of Bnai
Brith are planning joint programs,
as well as general participation
in local civic celebrations.
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Lt. Eli Levin Aux.
On Saturday evening, May
the Lt. Eli Levin Ladies Auxil-
iary No. 230 will hold a smorgas-
bord supper at 8212 12th St. Mrs
Alice Gillman, national president,
will be guest at the affair. Ad-
mission is 75c and tickets can he
obtained by calling TY. 5-440g.
Proceeds will go toward rehabili-
tation work.
.
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Patriotic Events
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WASHINGTON — More than
1,200 Bnai Brith lodges and wo-
men's chapters throughout the
country will join in the observance
of three national patriotic events
this spring, under the general di-
rection of the National Post War
Service and Americanism Commis-
Originality in Painting
sion of the Order. These include
"I Am an American Day," Mem-
orial Day and Flag Day.
Bnai Brith groups will join with
Sam Kasoff
Joe Herkowitz
to exterminate that item.
loctl civic patriotic, fraternal and
"Most of my recent plays have labor bodies in each community,
dealt with social affairs," Lee
said. "I hope the day will come
when we no longer need this type
of production."
On Whitman Avenue" is being
held over in Detroit for two more
A Representative of the
weeks before opening in New
York.
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INTERIOR
Decorating Co.
Negro Star of "On Whitman Ave."
Says Minority Problem Involves All
Canada Lee, negro star of On
Whitman Avenue," currently on
the stage at the Shubert-Lafay-
ette, has spent most of his 39
years in the interests of social
welfare. He knows what it is to
be hounded by racial prejudice
and wants above everything else
for my son, now serving with the
occupational forces in Germany, to
come home to a better world."
T
Friday, April 26, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Page Six
ON SUNDAY, APRIL 28th
Labor-Zionist and Progressive Bloc
Report Rally to
Be Held Sunday
One day rn New York while
WILL CALL AT YOUR HOME TO SELL YOU
looking for a job, Lee wandered
into a theater where auditions
A SHEKEL
were being given for a forthcom-
ing play. After all the aspirants
were tested, a script was shoved
Delegates of organizations will
A Shekel is a certificate of registration entitling you to vote for
into his hands with instructions attend a Report Rally at 2 p.m.,
delegates to the 22nd WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS this August.
to read it. He has been on the Sunday, April 28, to anounce their
stage ever since.
pledges to the 1946 Allied Jew-
Prior to his fling into the the- ish Campaign. The Rally will meet
BRITAIN Will Watch the SALE of SHEKOLIM
atrical field, Lee was punching out in • the chapel of Congregation
a pugilistic name for himself in Bnai Moshe, Dexter and Law-
the New York rings. He reached rence.
the height in his boxing career
in 1928-29-30, when he was listed
as the leading contender for the
world welterweight crown. That
was before his eyes went bad. He
has also been a jockey, a band-
leader, and appeared in Tallulah
Bankhead's most recent picture,
"Lifeboat."
"I cannot stand the stupidity of
the anti-Jewish Negro and the
anti-Negro Jew," Lee said when
asked of his opinion of the mi-
nority situation. "The problem of
anti-Semitism and anti-Negroism
is not a problem of the Jew and
the Negro alone. It is one of all
humanity.
"We have the Jews and the Ne-
groes who try to fight their re-
spective difficulties from an iso-
lationist angle," Lee added. As
minorities they try to conceal
their own problems by directing
hatred toward other minorities.
Found
When they should be entirely
against racial hatred in any form.
Our Pharmacists
they actually are trying to pass
a not wanted' item from their
A thought to remember—when new drugs are released. it's only a matter of hours
hands into the hands of others.
before they find their place in Cunningham's Pc cription Departments.
Actually, they should be striving
"Take Your
Prescriptions
To
DRUG STORES"
For 56 Years Detroiters Have
Ready to Meet Their Every Need