Page Fourteen N. F. Auxiliary Selects Chairmen For Donor Event • Mrs. Philip Cutler, president, and Mrs. William Hordes, chair- man of the annual donor lunch- eon, of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish National Fund, an- nounce the appointment of the following to assist in plans for the donor luncheon: Mrs. Harry Schwartz, co-chair- man; Mrs. Irving Shevin, secre- tary; Mesdames Leo Gold, Leon Kany and Nathan Zack, assist- ant secretaries; Mrs. Harry Da- vis and Mrs. Louis Lightstone, booklet chairmen; Mrs. Eugene Lastar, darlings; Mrs. William Mandell and Mrs. Max Hayman, memorians; Mrs. Morris Feld- stein, publicity; Mrs. Philip Slomovitz, donor event program chairman; Mrs. Charles Frieden- berg, boys in service; Mrs. Sam- uel Heyman, divisions' counsel- or; division chairmen, Mesdames Meyer Cooper, R. Bogroff, J. D. London, William Klafer, Benja- min Laikin, Jules Kraft, I. Kard- ener, F. Skolnik, M. Schubiner, Ted Schaeffer and Daniel Rach- miel; ways and means chairmen; Mrs. Louis Miller and Mrs. S. Friedland; chairman of rum- mage, Mrs. Sam Borenstein, TO. 5-1523. Jewish Center Activities CENTER TO RESUME ART CLASSES IN FEBRUARY Mrs. David B. Werbe, chairman of the Jewish Community Cen- ter's Art School Committee, an- nounces that the spring term of the art classes will begin during the first week of February. Children's classes are held on Monday and Thursday afternoons from 4 to 6 p.m. Classes for adults are held on Sunday morn- ings from 10 to 12, and Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The first session of the new se- mester for the children's classes will be held on Monday, Feb. 1. The Sunday morning class will meet for the first time on Sun- day, Feb. 7, and the Tuesday eve- ning class will have its first meet- ing on Feb. 2. * * * "MARCH OF DIMES" DANCE TO AID PARALYSIS FUND The fifth in the series of Holi- day Hops sponsored by the Jew- ish Community Center is the "March of Dimes" dance sched- uled for Sunday evening, in the Center auditorium, Woodward at Holbrook. It will take the place of a President's Birthday Ball and all proceeds will be sent to the Infantile Paralysis Research Fund. Admission to the dance will be one dime and an exit fee of one dime will also be charged. Dan- cing will be to the music of Ed- e. die Sparage's newest collection of records. Detroiter • Dies At Camp Forrest Pvt. Leo Davis of Detroit died at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, on Jan. 15, after a month's illness. He was general manager of Joseph Franklin Co. before en- listing in the Signal Corps last September. Funeral services were held in Jacksonville, Fla. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1913, Pvt. Davis came to Detroit in 1927. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy; his mother, Mrs. Henry Davis; two brothers, David and Bernard, and two sis- ters, Mrs. Maxwell Sobel and Mrs. Harry Sobel, all of Jack- sonville; and an uncle, Maurice Druker of 17597 Fairfield, De- troit. Myrom Dushkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Dushkin of Vir- ginia Park, has been promoted to First Lieutenant. He entered the U. S. armed forces in April 1941, and was graduated from 0. C. S. at Fort Benning, Ga., last June. He is at present in charge of a Brigade in the Tank Destroyer Command, Camp Hood, Texas. THE JEWISH NEWS I Cpl. Bernstein Killed in Action In North Africa Dies In Tank He Commanded During Battle On Dec. 2, Parents Notified Cpl. Max Bernstein ,son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bernstein, of 9049 Russell St., was killed in action in North Africa on Dec. 2, according to telegram received by his parents from the War De- parement. A former member of the Jew- ish Center, Corporal Bernstein was 34, and attended Northern Lord Halifax Says Christians Must Help Persecuted Jews Muskegon Sailor Loses Life in Action Word eras received this week that Theodore House- man, 20, of Muskegan, Mich., lost his life in enemy action. He was U. S. Navy Shipscook second class and had been in service three years. His father fought in the last war, taking part in the Second Battle of the Marne, and was awarded the Order of the Purple Heart. 'Civilization Has Received Much from Hebrew Prophets,' He Tells Clergy In Rochester, N. Y.; Selects Jewish Hospital for Memorial to Son ROCHESTER, N.Y., (JTA)—"The sympathy of all Christians must go out to the persecuted people, the Jews," Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States, declared here this week at the Temple Brith Kodesh be- fore an Institute of the Christian Clergy of Rochester, at- tended by 125 clergymen. Another Schmier Heads for Service The Schmier family is well represented in the services of our country. Herman A. Schmier, attorney and veteran member of the Old Newsboys, Monday was sworn in as a Naval Lieutenant (j.g.) He formerly served as legal adviser and chief of the lease department under Col. Alonzo M. Drake, supervisor of the Army Air Forces Central Procurement district. Dr. Adolph A. Schmier, ortho- pedic surgeon of New York, a brother of the Detroiters, was sworn in as a major in the Army Medical Corps. Herman's son, Allan B., has enlisted as a naval cadet and is awaiting orders to report for training. CPL. MAX BERNSTEIN High School. He was unmarried and a salesman for the Red Arrow Co., before enlisting on Feb. 13, 1941. Cpl. Max Bernstein Before leaving for Africa, he was stationed in Ireland, after serving at Fort Custer and Fort Knox, Ky. Corporal Bernstein met his death in a tank which he com- manded. He recently wrote his family that he had received . hon orary diplomas as a tank tech- nician, and because of his train- ing, was asked to remain and teach. He often related of his pride in the Army, and his eager- ness to fight, and when his regi- ment left he refused to stay on, and left with them. Other letters from him in North Africa told of little resistence by the French, and of their happi- ness over seeing American sold- iers. Corporal Bernstein is survived by his parents and three sisters, Sue, Rose and Mary, who, be- sides expressing their pride in their brother, also praise their father, who was a soldier in the Russo-Sino war, for keeping up the spirit of the family. Friday, January 29, 1943 "No greater appeal has ever been made to the thought and to Wendell Willike and Sir Godfrey the soul of men than in that Haggard, British Consul General, courage and sacrifice urhich are made a tour of the pediatric required in fighting the evil that wards before choosing the "Alice we are facing today," he said. in Wonderland room." Lord Hali- Impossible To Accept fax said he had been fascinated "You see it expressing itself in in the children's ward and had deeds that are vile, in foul besti- been impressed by the great ality that the human mind finds works of mercy, kindness and it almost impossible to accept. I duty carried on by this great especially think that we should Jewish community, in a sense not permit our consciences to be- symbolic of all the qualities that come dulled by all this. The have made the best of human sympathy of all Christians must civilization—qualities for which go out to the persecuted people, it would appear there was no the Jews. Everyone of us must use in the Germany of today." seek to lend every measure of help to the people who has suf- LINDA LITTLEJOHN TOWN fered and is suffering such a HALL SPEAKER AT FISHER grevious wrong. This is a chal- Linda Littlejohn, leading ora- lenge to free men, to those who tor and radio commentator of search for and seek to live by Australia, will speak at Detroit truth. The most precious heritage Town Hall in the Fisher Theatre, of man is his will to think and next Wednesday morning. worship in freedom." Lord Halifax concluded by stating that "our Christian civil- * • ization has received much from the old Hebrew Prophets." Memorial to Son NEW YORK, (JTA)—A • room in the children's ward_ of the Jewish Hospital in Brooklyn was selected by Lord Halifax, the British Ambassador, to be dedi- cated in honor of his son Francis CHAPEL AND PARLORS Hugh Peter Courtenay Wood, 44I9 DEXTER IOULEVARD who was killed in action last TYLER 7-4520 year. Lord Halifax, accompanied by • • RABBI FRAM TO REVIEW "THE SEVENTH CROSS" "The Seventh Cross" by Anna Sagers, will be reviewed by Rabbi Leon_ Frain at the Jewish Community Center, on Monday, Feb. 1, at 8:30 p.m. The review is sponsored by the Book Chat group and will be held in the li- brary. Book Chats are conducted in cooperation with the Utley Branch of the Detroit Public Li- brary. The public is invited with- out charge. r IRA KAUFMAN URGE YOUR FRIENDS TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE FINEST ANGLO-JEWISH NEWSPAPER IN AMERICA "LEGISLATION" IS TOPIC OF MOTHERS' CLUBS "Legislation" will be the sub- ject for discussion at Mothers' Clubs meetings during the corn- ing week. 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