May IS. 1942 • 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 (Continued on Page 15) 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 - At Women's Victory Luncheon - 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. 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