May IS. 1942
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Women Top Quota, Set Pace
For Whole Allied Campaign
$95,042 Mark Reached As Victory Luncheon Celebrates
Divisional Success; Leaders Praised for
Courage, Devotion
Increased Campaign Pledges
Spur Great Allied Drive
Shovuoth Broadcast
Oversubscribing its assigned auota of $951000, the Women's
, division of the Allied Jewish Campaign has set the gauge for what
The anniversary of the birth
is expected to be a record success in fun-raising for overseas relief, of the Ten Commandments, cele-
educational and recreational causes nationally and in Detroit.
brated as the Jewish holiday,
At the victory luncheon which
concluded the women's drive, need for overseas relief work, Shovuoth, is the theme of a half-
last Friday at Hotel Statler, the Mr. Butzel read to the gathering hour program Sunday, May 17.
women announced a total sub- the following important state- (NBC-RED, 5:00 p.m., EWT.) Un
scription of $95,042 and complete ment issued that morning by the
.coverage of all assigned pledge Joint Distribution Committee, der the auspices of the Syna-
gogue Council of America, the
cards.
lauding the Cuban government
. Mrs. Hyman C. Broder, chair- for admitting refugees from the program will be presented in co-
man of the Women's Division, S. S. San. Thome:
operation with the American
.who presided at the victory lunch-
"Once again the government of Jewish Committee. The annual
eon, was praised by her co-work- the Republic of Cuba has demon-
Jewish holiday begins at sun-
ers and by community leaders
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down on May 21.
for her courage and devotion and
for the successful way in which
she has led the drive to its tri-
umphant conclusion.
Fred M. Butzel, general chair-
man of the drive, addressing the
-gathering of enthusiastic women
workers, declared that in the ex-
pected success of the 1942 Allied
Jewish Campaign, 'no small meas-
ure of aid is due to the shock
.troops represented by the
women."
OVERSEAS RELIEF NEEDS
"Your campaign," Mr. Butzel
continued. "was a tremendous
success and it had a great effect
on all of us."
Left to right: Mrs. Hyman C. Broder, chairman, Women's Divi-
Emphasizing t h e increased
sion of 1942 Campaign; Henry Wineman, chairman Executive
Committee 1942 Allied Jewish Campaign; Mrs. Abraham Srere,
member Executive Committee of Women's Division; Irving W.
Blumberg, President Detroit Service Group and Vice-chairman
of Allied Jewish Campaign; Mrs. Isaac Gilbert, chairman Pros-
pects Committee of Women's Division; Mrs. Abraham Cooper,
soloist at Victory Luncheon.
Sir Norman Angell's Stirring Message Aids Jewish
Appeal For $985,000; Indicts Britain's
'Bad Behavior'
The 1942 Allied Jewish Campaign for $985,000 is
off to an exc Ilent start, and the first reports, submitted at
a luncheon eeting of workers on Tuesday, at Hotel
Statler,indi ed that a large number of increases over last
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At Women's Victory Luncheon
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Hero' s use
Dooms 5 Jap
Raiding Planes
Story of Major Max Weil's
Bravery in Bataan Reaches
Proud Family Head
Major Max Weil, well known
Detroiter. has been revealed as
one of the outstanding fighting
heroes of the Battle of Bataan.
At least five Japanese Zero
planes were destroyed by his ac-
curate machine gun fire as they
pounded the Americans during
the last few hours of their bril-
liant defense. Details of his spec-
-tacular achievement were con-
tained in a story by Captain
Henry Thorne. one of the Officers
who escaped to Australia.
Rigging up an old command
car with armor and two machine
guns, Major Well decoyed the
Jap planes into diving low to
attack what appeared to be a
defenseless vehicle, and then
-blasting them down.
Major Weil, now only 31 years
old, was graduated from Central
High School and Wayne Univer-
sity. He was active in track sports
and the ROTC, and later was a
popular employe in the Post
Office department. He volun-
-teered for active service and was
assigned to Battle Creek Decem-
ber 27, 1940. On April 19, 1941,
he was sent to the Philippines
as a captain. Since Pearl Harbor
his wife, Irene, who lives at 5501
:W. Outer Drive, has had only
five short cablegrams from him.
The last, on April 3, from Min-
danao, contained only six words,
"Am okay. Tell mother and dad."
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Weil. 2689 West Grand
Ave. With Mrs. Weil are their
four children, Beverly, 14, and
Lee Everett, 11, students at the
Burns school; Cleveland, 10, who
goes to the Schulze school, and
Lance, 4 years old.
.
100th Anniversary
Of Reform Temple
BALTIMORE, (JTA) — The
Har Sinai Congregation here,
the oldest Reform congregation
in America, concluded a celebra-
tion marking its 100th anniver-
sary. The anniversary address
was delivered by Rabbi James
G. Heller, president of the Cen-
tral Conference of American
Rabbis. Simon E. Sobeloff was
the principal speaker at the an-
niversary banquet in Hotel
Belvedere on the subject "100
Years of Liberal Ideals."
Five Campaign
Report Rallies
Srere, president, Jewish Welfare Federation; Mrs. Henry Wine-
man, chairman, Special Gifts Committee of Women's Division;
Fred M. Butzel, chairman 1942 Allied Jewish Campaign.
speaker, the workers' coverage of
Speakers Announced for prospects is proceeding at a
rapid pace.
Luncheon Meetings at
At Tuesday's meeting, Abra-
Statler May 15 to 27
ham Srere, president of the Jew-
Five campaign rallies will be
held beginning on Friday and
ending on May 27. The planned
luncheon meetings, will be ad-
dressed by the fr!ilowing:
Friday, May 15, speaker, S.
Bertrand Jacobson, director, Na-
tional Coordinating Committee
Fund, formerly American Con-
sul in Alexandria, Egypt and
Oslo, Norway; recently returned
from relief mission to Europe.
Monday, May 18, Joseph C.
Hyman, executive vice-chairman,
Joint Distribution Committee.
Wednesday, May 20, Dr. James
G. Heller, rabbi; president, Cen-
tral Conference of American
Rabbis, noted Zionist and co-
chairman, United Jewish Appeal.
Monday, May 27—Final report
rally.
All meetings will be held at
noon at Hotel Statler.
Jewish Ace Bags
Five Jap Planes
Left to right: Isidore Sobeloff, executive director of Jewish
Welfare Federation and Allied Jewish Campaign; Abraham
<7. year's contributions will result
in a successful wind-up of the
drive.
Opened officially at the dinner
at Hotel Statler on Sunday, with
Sir Norman Angell as guest
NEW YORK (JTA)—Lt. Ga-
briel Frumkin, a Jewish pilot,
shot down five Japanese "Zeroes"
in one encounter, it is revealed
in the current issue of the "Jew-
ish Veteran," official organ of
the Jewish War Veterans of the
United States. Frumkin, who is
a native of Memphis, Tenn., is
stationed at present with Gener-
al MacArthur's forces in Aus-
tralia.
ish Welfare Federation, who pre-
sided, reported that a total of
$526,767 had been raised. This
represents 54 per cent of the
quota and 50 per cent of the
prospects assigned the workers.
Included in this sum is $95,042
raised by the Women's Division.
Exclusive of the latter, the total
reported for the general cam-
paign was $431,724-48 per cent
of the quota on 22 per cent of
the prospects' slips.
"WILL TO SURVIVE"
The guest speaker at the Tues-
day meeting was Harold J. Gold-
enberg, chairman of the Minne-
apolis Jewish Welfare Campaign
and former president of the Zion-
ist District of Minneapolis. Mr.
Goldenberg called attention to
the aid given his community
four years ago, when Fred M.
Butzel opened the _ Minneapolis
drive. He described the present
campaign objectives as being
aimed at expressing the Jewish
will to survive.
Mr. Goldenberg made a com-
parison of the $25,000,000 asked
of American Jewry by the United
Jewish Appeal, with the $75,000,-
000 spent in Florida by Jews in
three months, for personal pleas-
ures.
"If you live that kind of a
standard, you must give in ac-
cordance with such a standard,"
he declared. "We are part of the
total war effort for the democ-
racies. This campaign under- 7 _-
writes the Atlantic Charter and
the Four Freedoms."
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