THE JEWISH NEWS

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Friday, Match 25, !WO

Wh t's Ha pening in Detroit

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NAUGURATION of the Second War Loan Drive,
beginning on April 12 and continuing through
.. May 1, finds Detroit Jewish organizations and individ-
uals prepared to co-operate with the U. S. Treasury De-
_ partment in attaining the goal for Michigan.
As plans go forward for the big April drive to raise
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upwards of $13,000,000,000 to help finance the war, the
War Finance Committee, which is assisting the United
, States Treasury in this essential task, reminds citizens
that even though their tax bills are high this year and
no doubt, will be higher, this doesn't absolve any one
-'from the obligation of also lending to the Government
by buying War Bonds.
Most citizens, soldiers included, pay taxes, repre-
sentatives of the War Finance Committee point out. The
plain fact is that taxes alone, even taking into account
the big increase, will provide no more than half of the
cost of the war this coming fiscal year. This means that
around 60 billion dollars must be borrowed in addition.

The Primacy at the Synagogue

The annual Congregational Men's Clubs dinner, held
at Temple Beth El on March 16, reached new heights
as a result of the ready response that came. from repre-
sentatives of Men's Clubs of the following congrega-
tions: Temple Beth El, Shaarey Zedek, Bnai David,
Bnai Moshe, Temple Israel, Shaar Hashomayim of
Windsor.
Dr. B. Benedict Glazer delivered an inspiring address
in which he outlined the significance of the synagogue
__as the primary institution in Jewish life from which
should stem the major influence upon the activities of
the Jews of America.
Henry Siegl, violinist, and Julius Chajes, director of
music of Temple Beth El and the Jewish Center, pre-
sented the musical program.

Wayne and D. I. T. Training Courses

Michigan Oddities

Detroiters • who have lived here for more
than a generation will find it to be an unusually
interesting oddity that David S. Zemon has had
the same telephone number for 42 years. It is
1008. It started as a MAIN exchange and for
years has been RANDOLPH . . Mr. Zemon is
president of the HebreW 'Free Loan Association
and is chairman of the Library Board of Congre-
gation Shaarey Zedek.
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Arnold Kosarin, Detroit representative of the
Dravo Corporation and an eminent engineer, was
associated with Former President Herbert Hoover
when he was food administrator during the last
war • . Mr. Kosarin has lived in Brazil and
knows President Vargas „intimately.
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A lighting substation in Detroit is named the
Butzel Station. It was named in honor of the
late Martin. Butzel who had one time served as
chairman of the Detroit Lighting Commission
. . The • Butzel Substation is located at 532
Custer.
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(The Jewish News will welcome con-
tributions of oddities about Michigan Jews
for publication in forthcoming issues.)

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Sponsor Camp in Honolulu

14 Congregations Join ZOA

Representatives of women's organization, meeting at
the Jewish Community Center last Thursday, inaugu-
rated a Serve-a-Camp project,
Atting in accordance with a nationwide project of the
Jewish Welfare Board, with the cooperation of the
USO, the Detroit women decided to sponsor the camp
in Honolulu as their project. It is intended to send
to the Honolulu camp the necessities the local
groups will be asked to provide for the soldiers there.
The meeting last Thursday was addressed by Mrs.
Samuel R.. Glogower, president of the Jewish Com-
munity Center and chairman of the Committee for
Work With Women and Girls of the Women's Division
of the National Jewish Welfare Board. Jack Spencer,
regional director of the USO-JWB, reported on activi-
ties in Michigan camps.

The Zionist membership drive in Detroit, now in pro-
gress under the chairmanship of Harry Cohen, was
heartened this Week by the news that 14 synagogues
and congregational centers in the country have enrolled
their members en masse in the Zionist Organization
of America.
Lawrence W. Crohn of Detroit was the pioneer pro-
pagator of this plan which is expected to be pushed
in local synagogues. Simon Shetzer, national executive
director of the ZOA, has been responsible for the
success of this plan.
Among the most recent congregations to join the
ZOA en masse are Temple Bnai Abraham of Newark,
Ocean Parkway Jewish Center of Brooklyn, Congre-
gation Hadrath Israel of Dorchester, Mass., Congrega-
tion Kesher Zion of Reading, Pa., Hebrew Alliance of
Beacon, N. Y., Congregation Beth Israel of Lebanon,
Pa., Temple Emmanuel, Chelsea, Mass,

Statement by Mrs. Glogower

"What Serve-a-Camp means fundamentally," said
Mrs. Glogower, "is that a group of women in a commu-
nity undertake on a regular co-operative basis to serve
a particular army camp far removed from their own
city. They devote time and effort to making the boys
as happy as possible with gifts and comfort articles and
by doing all the things that go to making the soldier's
life more pleasant. Thus pressure is relieved on small
towns unable to cope with the needs of servicemen in
camps nearby, and at the same time a new avenue of
service is opened for women."
• Attending the initial meeting to set up the Serve-a-
Camp Committee for Detroit were:
Mrs. Harry L. Jackson, chairman, food supply; Mrs.
Julian H. Krolik, JWB representative in the WAAC-
USO Lounge; MrS. Abraham Srere, chairman on home
hospitality; Mrs. Emil Waldbott, chairman of gift com-
mittee; Mrs. Ethel Abrams, Sisters of Zion Mizrachi;
Mrs, Molly Bank, Infants Service Group; Mrs. J. Berke,
Korostishever Aid Society; Mrs. Arthur Bloom, USO
committee; Mrs. A. H. Brodie, at large; Miss Mary Cap-
lan, Mothers Group of Jewish Community Center; Mrs.
Rose Cowan, state commander, Ladies Au: ciliary of
Jewish War Veterans; Mrs. Charles Goldstein. Ameri-
can Jewish Congress; Mrs. Joseph H. Kunin, Sisters of
Zion Mizrachi; Mrs. Benjamin Krell, Jr., Neugarten
Sunshine Club; Mrs: • L. Lazar, Linwood-Dexter Moth-
ers Club; Mrs. Morris Lupiloff, Detroit Auxiliary of
Jewish War Veterans; Mrs. Henry Meyers, Sisterhood
of Temple Beth El; Mrs. L. J. Rosenberg, League of
Jewish Women's Organizations; Mrs. Carl Schiller, at
large; Mrs. F. M. Shorr, Jewish Women's European.
Welfare Organization; Mrs. Harry C. Singer, Bnai Brith
Pisgah Auxiliary; Mrs. Philip Slomovitz, Jewish Na-
tional Fund; Mrs. Leonard Weiner ; National Council of
Jewish Women.

Twenty Years Ago This Week: •

Compiled From the Records of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

MUNICH—The deportation of the Jews in all
countries to Palestine will be urged at the anti-
Semitic Congress of Aryan Peoples to be held in
Budapest soon under the auspices of the awakening
Magyars, according to reports circulated here by
local Fascisti.
BUCHAREST—Many Jews have been severely
injured during the three days of rioting by anti-
Semitic elements in Bucharest, according to reports
from the JTA correspondent there.
VIENNA—The executive board of the Jewish
community of Vienna has announced that the strike
of rabbis, cantors and grave diggers for a thirty per-
cent increase in salary to meet the higher living
costs will not be allowed to halt marriages, funerals
and other religious ceremonies. The executive board
members will officiate in place of the strikers.
RIGA—A drive to spread an economic boycott of
all Jewish enterprises throughout Latvia was started
here with a large mass meeting in the streets ar-
ranged by the Latvian Nationalist Club. Automobiles
filled with anti-Jewish agitators sped through the
streets distributing leaflets urging the boycott. Re-
presentatives of the Jewish community visited the
President and the Minister of the Interior, asking
that they take steps to halt the boycott, but these
officials refused to do anything.
MOSCOW—A fund of half-a-trillion roubles has
been collected by the Jewish Religious Soviet to buy
matzohs for the poor for Passover. It is estimated
that this sum can buy more matzohs than the Rus-
sian bakeries with their present limited facilities can
produce. .

Membership Drive in Progress

More than 250 new members already have been
enrolled in the Zionist Organization of Detroit, ac-
cording to Mr. Cohen.
The drive opened at a meeting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Maurice Landau last Thursday. A follow-up
meeting will be held April 1 at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Abe Kasle.
Detroit Zionists were encouraged in the present
drive by the announcement that $15,300,000 in War
Bonds were sold by American Zionists. Additional
reports are still coming in and the sum is expected to
go above the $20,000,000 mark.
The national organization has published new educa-
tional material, including Purim and Passover port-
folios. Among the new publications are: "Palestine at
War" by Albert K._ Epstein; "Why Zionist Manpower
Today," a collection of articles by Zionist leaders on
the significance of a numerically strong Zionist or-
ganization; "Facts You Should Know About Zionism,"
an illustrated leaflet containing important articles on
Palestine.

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About The • Jewish News

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Registration for the ninth term of engineering, science
and management classes will continue through the
evening of March 29 to assist those who were unable
to enroll during the regular period, the War Training
Office of Wayne University announced.
Like the University of Detroit, Lawrence Tech and
Detroit Tech, Wayne periodically has offered a large
number of classes designed to furnish technical help
to Detroit's war industries, and to assist in the up-
grading of those employees already assigned to war
work. A total of 63 part-time courses are included in
the Wayne program, said Prof. Rex H. Schoonover,
assistant director of the program.

1,500 to Honor Dr. Goldstein

Fred M. Butzel of Detroit is one of the national
honorary chairmen of the committee of Zionists and
non-Zionists who will pay honor to Dr. Israel Goldstein,
president of the Jewish National Fund of America, at a
banquet at Hotel Astor, New York, this Sunday eve-
ning.
Dr. Goldstein is to be honored in recognition of his
decade of service as president of the J.N.F. A "Nach-
lath Israel Goldstein" program for reclamation of land
in Palestine bearing his name will be inaugurated at
this banquet.
It is expected that 1,500 leaders from many parts of
the country will be present. Pierre van Paassen
one of the speakers. The Order Sons of Zion is co-
operating in the event and its Nassi, Harry A, Pine,
also will speak.

Mizrachi Leader Ends Coast Tour

Mrs. Abraham. Danzig of Wyandotte, national vice-
president of Mizrachi Women's Organization, who has
completed a tour of the western coast in the interests of
the Mizrachi project in behalf of the refugee children
in Palestine, has issued a call to her co-workers to assist
in the new program.
Mrs. Danzig points out that efforts are being made
to arrange for schools, agricultural settlements and
other agencies to care for these children. In the course
of her travels, Mrs. Danzig explains the object of insti-
tuting the $300,000 fund, voted at the New York con-
ference of Mizrachi on March 11, for emergency work.
The Mizrachi Women's Organization is providing
for 2,000 refugee children in Palestine, .caring for their
religious needs and assuring them with homes and food.

Next Week's Feature

"The Martyrdom of FrancisCo Maldonado
de Silva," who went to his death for his
faith in Peru, in the 17th century, is re-
counted in a special feature to be published
in the next issue of The Jewish- News. This
article is one of Lee M. Friedman's fascin-
ating series of historical features taken
from his latest ,;book, "JeWish Pioneers and
Patriots," and reprinted by special arrange-
ment with the publishers, the Jewish Publi-
cation Society of America.

JNF Auxiliary Sets Record

An all-time Detroit record for fund-raising by a
woman's organization was set on March 17 when the •
Ladies' Auxiliary of s the Jewish National Fund of
America announced that the sum of $25,000 will be
raised when all the proceeds are in from the annual
donor event
The announcement was made by Mrs. Philip Cut-
ler, president, at the gathering of more than 2,000 wom-
en at Masonic Temple.
The record amount raised is the result of the ef-
forts of Mrs. Cutler, a pioneer J.N.F. campaigner under
whose leadership the Ladies' Auxiliary reached high
totals in donor events. The fund-raising chairman this
year was Mrs. William Hordes.
Guest speaker at the donor event on March 17 was
Rabbi Israel Chodos of Indianapolis. Rabbi Chodos sub-
stituted for Dr. Joshua L. Liebman of Boston, who was
unable to attend because he was called upon to officiate
at the funeral of Abraham C. Ratshesky, former U. S.
Minister to Czech-Slovakia, who died in Boston.

Miscellaneous Local Activities

Harry Schumer, chairman of the executive com-
mittee of the Arlazaroff Branch of J.N.W.A., announces
that Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Gorman of 3337 Calvert Ave,
have contributed $500 to the Jewish National Fund and
made a payment of $100 this week.
Olezarker Family Club, numbering 15 couples, has
contributed $125 to the J.N.F. for the redemption of
five dunams of land.

Coming Events

March 27—Purim carnival of Jewish National
Fund, at the Bnai Moshe.
March 27—Meeting of board of Michigan Syn-
agogue Conference at'''. Congregation Beth Abraham.
April 4—Demonstration against Nazi atrocities by
the children of Detroit Jewish schools, at the
Shaarey Zedek Auditorium and the Temple Israel
headquarters at Hampton School, at 11 a. in.
April 6—Address by Frank L. Weil, president of
Jewish Welfare Board, on "The Jews of America and
the War," at Jewish Center.
April 11—Closing event of Gevverkshaften drive
at Detroit Institute of Arts. Speaker, Dr. Solomon
Goldman of Chicago.
April 12—Address by Joseph C. Hyman, execu-
tive vice-president of J. D. C., on "An American Jew
Looks at Europe," at Jewish Center.
April 22—Address by Dr. James G. Heller, Pres-
ident of the Central Conference of American Rab-
bis, at the Jewish Center.
May 2—Symposium on "The American Jew and
the Post-War World," featuring spokesmen for lead-
ing national Jewish organizations; • at Jewish Center.

