Friday, November 13, 1942

THE JEWISH NEWS

OBITUARY

Arthur A. Caplan,

Industrial Film
Pioneer, Dies

Ho and Brother Introduced
Instructional Baseball
Movies; Was 49

Arthur A. Caplan, prominent
Detroit film executive, who pio-
neered industrial and sports
photoplays in this country, died
Saturday at the age Of 49, at his
home, 18262 Muirland Ave. Fu-
neral services were_ held at • 1
p. m. Monday at Temple Beth
El, and burial 'eras in Beth El
Memorial Park Cenietery,

Mr. Caplan,. who was president
of the Metropolitan Motion Pic -
lure Co., succeeded his brother,
Maurice Caplan, who • died in
1937. The latter started the firm
in 1916 and Arthur joined him in
1925. They introduced American
and National League instruction-
al baseball movies.

Born in Manchester, Eng., Ar-
thur Caplan came to the United
States in 1907 and resided in
Cleveland for 18 years before
coming to Detroit. He was a
member of Temple Beth El,
Board of Commerce and Variety
Club, and was active in numerous
community efforts.
Surviving him are his wife,
Rose; two sons, David J. and
Stanley L.; three sisters, Mrs.
Jennie Rosen, Mrs. Betty Young,
and Mrs. Sarah Wilkes, all of
Cleveland; three brothers,
Charles M. of Cleveland, Harry
H. and - Jarvis J. Caplan of_
Detroit.

Samuel Weinstein, 3221 Glad-
stone Ave., died Nov. 8 at the
age of 50 years. Funeral services
were held at the Lewis Bros.
Funeral Home on Wednesday,
Rabbis A. M. Hershman and
Cantor Jacob Sonenklar officiat-
ing. Burial was in Clover Hill
Park Cemetery. He is survived
by his wife, Helen; a son, -Stan-
ley, and seven sisters, Mrs. A. E.
Basky, Mrs. L. -Solomon, Mrs.
Joseph N. Keidan, Mrs. .I. Bial-
osky, Mrs. Harry : Wetsmari,
Freda and Sadie.
* *
Charles Cornell, 51, of 2982
Richton Ave., died Nov. 6. He is
survived by his wife, Minna; two
daughters, Winifred and Joslyn;
one son, Jack; two _brothers, Paul,
of Buffalo, and Justius, of Wy-
oming, and three sisters, Mrs.
Roslyn Kaufman, Mrs. Philip Ed-
elstein and Mrs. Meyer Wolfe,
of Miami Beach, Fla. Services
were at the Ira Kaufman Fun-
eral Home and interment was
in Clover Hill Park Cemetery,
Rabbi Leon Fram officiating. Ma-
sonic rites were conducted by
Perfection Lodge.
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Julius Kahn Dies

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factories 'and workshops and civil-
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SYmbolism of "Ner Tamid" or.
Perpetual' Lainp:. in Synagogues
Every Jewish house of. worship
has a perpetual light prOjecting
over the front of. the ark. Ac-
cording to tradition, the light
symbolizes the invisible presence
of the Eternal, and •its ignition is
an important ceremony in the
dedication of a synagogue. The
perpetual lamp is: - -also regarded
as a memorial for the .unrnourned
dead, all -those for " . ‘vhom. • no an-
niversary light,iS lit.

LINERS accepters from responsible
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10 a. m. •ednesday. Rates: 25e a
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Isaac M. Mittenthal, theatrical
executive, resident of New York
for 30 years who was born in
Detroit 70 years ago, died last
Friday. Rabbi Morris Adler of-
ficiated at funeral services on
Tuesday. He is survived by two
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brothers, Harry and Herman,
and six sisters, Esther, Mrs. Ja- played by the Jewish Welfare
cob Oppenheim, Mrs. David R. Federation and our Christian
Love and Mrs. Ray Lewis, of neighbors in formulating the
Detroit; Mrs. Herbert Le Vey, of united War Chest.
Miami Beach, Fla., and Mrs. Ev-
Haven For Refugees
elyn Greenberg, , of New York.
"You know the Allied Jewish
• * *
Campaign, and I need not speak
Funeral services for Joseph to you about this great Jewish
Leider were held on Sunday at fund-raising. agency. You know
Julius Kahn, prominent archi- his home, 2508 Pingree Ave. He that national, as well as local,
tect, one-time associate of his was 75 years old. Surviving are causes are included. You know
brother, Albert, died in Cleve- his wife, Bertha; a daughter, Mrs. that the refugees receive their
Jeffry Berger, and two grand- assistance through the Allied
land Nov. 4, at the age of 68.
Jewish Campaign. You know
A native of Germany, he came children, Sidney Tushbant and that the great humanitarian
to this country with his family Mrs. Louis Mickelson. Burial was agency, the American Jewish
in Brith Sholem Cemetery.
_ in 1881. He was graduated from
Joint Distribution Committee,
* * 4.
the University of Michigan in
will be unable to save thousands
of
2250
W.
Emma Weinberg,
1896. He was chief engineer for
of orphans from the claws of the
a group of sulphur mines in Philadelphia Ave., died Nov. 5. Nazis in France and will be un-
Interment
was
in
Oakview
Ceme-
Japan from 1898 to 1900, then be-
able to provide for hundreds of
came associated with his brother tery, Rabbi D. Greenfield officiat- thousands of sufferers throughout
ing.
She
is
survived
by
three
in the Detroit firm. He developed
the world unless this campaign is
the reinforcing bar for concrete, sons, Arthur, Ernest and Victor, a success.
daghter
and
a
sister
in
a
and
known as the Kahn Bar, which
"Then there is Palestine, the
was manufactured by Truscon Europe. Funeral services were arsenal for the democracies in the
conducted
by
Ira
Kaufman.
Steel Co. in Youngstown, a firm
Middle and Near East. Unless the
* * *
that was taken over by Republic
War Chest is a success, our heroes
of
9659
Cameron
Sam
Ross,
Steel of which the deceased
in Palestine may be compelled to
Ave.,
died
Nov.
2.
He
was
born
served as vice-president.
in Russia. He is survived by his fight against the Axis with bare
Julius Kahn was married in wife, Goldie, and two sons, Har- hands. Don't let them down!
1903 to Margaret Kohut of New old and Louis. Burial was in •Give and work, work and give,
York. He is also survived by a Hebrew Memorial Park, Rabbi in order that the War Chest may
be an overwhelming success.
daughter, Mrs. William Gresser; Isaac Stollman officiating.
Not Mourning, But Hope
a son, Julius Jr., an army flying
* * *
"One more word.. Next Mon-
instructor in Arizona, and two
Mollie Goodman, 53, of 2950
other brothers, Felix of San Tuxedo Ave., died Nov. 4. She day, Nov. 10, will mark the fourth
anniversary of that dark hour in
Farncisco and Louis of Detroit.
leaves two sons, Meyer and Ja- the history of mankind when the
cob. Funeral services were con- Nazis burned all the synagogues
ducted by Ira Kaufman. Inter- —400 of them in Germany and
ment was in Hebrew Memorial Austria — and robbed Jews of
Park, Rabbi Isaac Stollman offi- all their possessions, and in many
ciating.
cases, of their lives. The civilized
* * *
world was outraged. Yesterday,
NEW YORK (JPS)—Lt. Ber-
Hyman Holtzman, 3236 Grand Dr. Israel Goldstein president of
nard T. D'Arcy, close associate
and New York representative of River Ave., died Nov. 5 at Grace the Synagogue Council of Amer-
Charles Coughlin, has been dis- hospital. He had lived in Detroit ica, issued a call to synagogues
charged as a reserve officer in 40 years. He leaves his wife, Hel- throughout America to take note
the United States Army, it was en; two daughters, Mrs. Louis of this tragic anniversary during
disclosed here. D'Arcy, who de- Garland and Mrs. Sam Blum- Sabbath services last night and
scribed Coughlin as "one of our berg and five sons, Samuel, Jack, this morning. If Detroit synago-
greatest living Americans," said Albert, Joe and Dave. Funeral gues did not receive the call on
no reason had been given for , services were conducted by Ira time, let them set aside the next
week not so much as a week of
his discharge. Democratic groups Kaufman. Rabbi os. Thumin and
mourning, as a period in which,
had vigorously protested D'Arcy's Cantor Sonenklar officiated. Bur-
Cemetery. - as Dr. Goldstein points out, we
appointment when it was first ial was in Westwood
. • * *
shall "rekindle our devotion to
learned that he had been as-
GusSie Klein, 61, of 2908 Cle- our beloved land and reaffirm
signed last spring to the Engi-
ments Ave., died Nov. 5. Rabbi our faith in the complete victory
neers' Procurement Division.
Moses Fisher officiated. Inter- of our just cause." We have been
ment was at Hebrew Memorial outraged and humiliated and we
PROF. MITTWOCH DIES
Park, with; funeral services from are rightfully resentful. But our
LONDON (JPS — Palcor) — the Ira Kaufman Funeral Home. weapon of retaliation is immedi-
rot. Eugen Mittwoch, famous She is survived by her husband, ately at hand through the War
Jewish scholar and Orientalist, Sigmund; two • daughters, Mrs. Chest. Let us get down to busi-
formerly at Berlin University, Michel Shapiro and Mrs. Mar- ness. Let us give and work, work
died here at the age of 66 after vin Neuman and two sons, Jos- and give, so that the news which
we must herald to the world at
a short illness.
eph and Irving.
large—that the War Chest will
succeed—may be a message of
encouragement to our allies and
Detroit's Finest
a .severe blow to our enemies."

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Women's Gifts

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Field, Mrs. Louis Fineman, Mrs.
Leo M. Franklin, Mrs. Sam
Freedman, Mrs. Samuel Glass-
man, Mrs. H. Goldstein, Mrs.
Morris Gourwitz, Mrs. Abe
Greenstone, Mrs. Louis Hecht-
man, Mrs. Bernard Krouse, Mrs.
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Levin, Mrs. Saul R. Levin, Mrs.
Hyman Million, Mrs. Charles
Robinson, Mrs.- Louis Rosenberg,
Mrs. Roy , Rotter, Mrs. Alex
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Eleanore Siegel, Mrs. Fred F.
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Margery and Claire Solomon,
Mrs. Louis Tabashnik, Mrs. Ber-
tha Wertheimer, Mrs. R. Zuie-
back.
$45: Dora Cashdan.
$40 each: Mrs. Harry B. Lich-
terman, Mrs. E. Sachse, Mrs.
Harry M. Selker, Mrs. Louis
Stoll.
$35 each: Mts. Mark Birnkrant,
Mrs. Daniel E. Cohn, Mrs. Wilfred
B. Doner, Jeanette Kay, Mrs.
George Seyburn.
- $30 each: Mrs. Alex Caplan,
Mrs. Harry Glick, Mrs. Nellie
Kaufman, Mrs. Victor W. Klein,
Mrs. Herman Mathias, Dora Mill-
er, Mrs. Ellis M. Thal.
$25 each: Lillian Adel, Mrs.
Milton M. Alexander, Mrs. Her-
man A. August, Mrs. Samuel
Baer, Mrs. Kate Barit, Mrs. E. S.
Barnett, Mrs. Julius Berman,
Mrs. Aaron H. Brodie, Mrs. Herb-
ert Cohen, Mrs. Ben E. Cohn, Mrs.
Harry S. Cohn, Mrs. Abraham J.
Copeland, Mrs. Lawrence Crohn,
Edna Epstein, Mrs. Samuel M.
Epstein, Mrs. Barnett J. Fried,
Mrs. Jennie Gaylord, Mrs. Sara
Becker, Mrs. Albert Goldberg,
Mrs. Samuel Goldberg, Mrs. Leo
Goldsmith, Mrs. Albert Green,
Mrs. Raymond Greenwald, Mrs.
Rose Gross, Mrs. Helen Kanter,
Esther Kohn, Mrs. Ethel Koploy,
Mrs. Louis I. Kramer, Mrs. Ann
Kutzen, Mrs. George Levey, Mrs.
Jacob Loewenberg, Emma Mayer,
Mrs. Abraham Nusholtz, Mrs.
Aaron M. Pregerson, Mrs. Louis
Schlafer, Mrs. Esther Schlesinger,
Sally Shiovitz, Mrs. Daniel Siegel,
Esther Solomon, Mrs. Meyer B.
Stone, Mrs. Ben Sugar, Fay . Wal-
lace, Mrs. D. S. Zemon.

man again will set aside a por-
tion of his broadcast period in
the interest of the drive. He will
read an additional list of pledges
to the War Chest and Henry
Lapides will deliver a brief ad-
dress.
The remarkable outcome of the
War Chest drive is best evidenced
by the fact that at Monday's
luncheon the total reached was
$3,693,680. On Tuesday it jumped
to $4,334,776. The achievement of
the complete goal by Thursday
night is therefore • one of the
miraculous accomplishments in

Proof of the interest in Mr.
Altman's radio hour was provid-
ed inunediately after the broad-
cast on Saturday night, when a
a number of people 'called the
radio station and made contribu-
tions to the War Chest.
This Saturday night, Mr. Alt- fund-raising efforts in Detroit.

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