• Friday, April 30, 1943 THE JEWISH NEWS Page Sixteen What's Happening in Detroit VICTORY GARDENS are claiming the attention of all citizens;' now that warmer weather permits preparation of the ground s and sowing. In addition to private gardens, arrangements are being made for the planting of large community gardens. One of the leading undertakings of this sort will be the Victory Garden adjoining the United Hebrew Schools' branch at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. 'on Lawton and Waverly. Bernard Isaacs, superintendent of the United He,. brew Schools; stated this week that the lot adjoining this school will be used by the children to plant their own Victory Garden. Further announcements will be made next week. I Victory Gardens at Shaarey Zedek The lot next to Congregation Shaarey Zedek, on Rochester Ave.,- is being transferred into a series of victory gardens. The Shaarey Zedek Boy Scout and Girl Scout Troops will work on these gardens under the super- vision of Hyman Keidan and Mrs. Morris Adler. Prepare for National Jewish Conference Plans for the forthcoming National Jewish Confer- ence are being made by a' . number of Detroit organiz- ations. Numerous groups - here are' discussing the confer- ence problems and are awaiting the call for the local gathering to plan for the Detroit elections. • Abraham Srere is the Detroit convenor for the con- ference. • Congress Conference Sunday A conference of representatives of local organiza- tions has been called by Leon Kay, president of the Detroit chapter of the American Jewish Congress, for this Sunday, at 2 P. M., at the Shaarey Zedek, to dis- cuss the Congress program and to review the events which have made necessary the convening of the National Jewish Conference. Rabbi Morris Adler will be the guest speaker at this conference and Mr. Kay will speak briefly. There will be general discussion by the delegates. All local organizations are urged to send delegates to this conference. Stand Up and Be Counted! A Call to Detroit Jews to Cooperate in Assembling the Record of Participation in the Armed Forces YOU C HELP Compile Detroit Jewry's War Record Detroit Jewry's war record is being compiled by the Army and Navy Committees of the Jewish Welfare Board. Fred M. Butzel is chairman of the Michigan com- mittee and Samuel Rubiner is chairman of the Detroit committee. Forms to be filled in for servicemen appear on this page. Additional forms are available at the Jewish Community Center. If you have a brother, sister, friend, sweetheart or relative in the United States armed forces, you have an obligation to report that fact to the War Records Project of the Detroit Army and Navy Committee of the Jewish Welfare Board. The only authentic record of participation of American Jews in the war is being compiled nationally by the Jewish Welfare Board and locally by its Army and Navy Committee. Information on enlistments, decorations, and casualties should be forwarded to the Bureau of War Records, Army and- Navy Committee, JWB, Jewish Community Center, 8904 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Zionist Youth Conference May 22-23 The Zionist Youth Council- of Detroit wil hold its second annual conference, May 22 and 23, at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. The theme of the conference will be "Zionist Youth Takes Action." Joe Epel, Daniel Ginsburg, Miriam Davis, Esther Duchin, Lena Margolis, and. Akivah Drasnin will lead the panels on "Zionist Peace Aims," "Post-War Plan- ning," "Jewry in the World Scene," "Intercomrnunity Relations," "Fund Raising,!'. and "Education Within Zionist Ranks." The Zionist Youth Colineil Proposes to sponsor. a petition to Congress protesting the -inaction of the Allied nations in giving 'Ilitler's victims a chance to live. NOTE: Regardless of whether or not the name of your serviceman has been sent in previously to the Army and Navy Committee or The Jewish News, please fill in and return the form below, as it is important for local and national records to have all of the detailed information requested. Addi. -clonal forms are available at the office of the Detroit Army and Navy Committee, at the Jewish Community Center. /1•1111•1111111 • 1111111181111••••••••*•••••rasultassimuriagranm ■ 11 ■ allisa ■ uranawaraga ■ ■ • ■ ■■ a ■ ■ I U Fill out, clip and mail to address listed below • ■ ■ ■ ■ • • • ■ ■ • ■ • • ■ ■ • ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ • Serial No Name LAST * FIRST ■ ■ MIDDLE Home Address Street City State City State Birthplace Birth Date Civilian Occupation Marital Status ■ ■ Leon Kay, president of the •Detroit -.chapter of the American Jewish . Congress,. 'addressed.. the Passover victory celebration, of Arlazaroff Branch .137 of Jewish National Workers Alliance April on , 21.- The meeting, Which was presided over by :Morris L. - Schaver, cele- brated the success of the Gerwerkshaften • drive in which the Arlazaroff branch collected nearly half of the $50,000. Sheldon Selesnick was elected president of the graduating class of Central = High School. - Reuben Silver was elected president of the 12-B grade. Enlisted ■ ■ Rank or Rating Upon Entry Drafted • ■ ■ • If Commissioned, Give Rank and Date When • Present Rank or Rating. • • • ■ • • • • Company or Division Full Name of Nearest Kin Relationship Twenty .Years Ago This Week - U Event ■ ■ Date Type of Award or Recognition Date ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ • ■ • ■ • ■ II - 1111 MINIUM LI il Ell MAUS ■ ■ • ■ Information Sup-plied by • ■ • ■ Address City State Date Mail this completed form to Bureau of War Records, 8904 Woodward Ave., Detroit • • Bureau of War Records, Army and Navy Committee, JWB JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 8904 WOODWARD. AVENUE DETROIT, MICHIGAN TEHERAN—A silver,: -plate inscribed with the Ten Cominandments was presented to Rabbi Joseph ■ Promotions. Honors, Awards, Acts of Heroism, Casualty or Other Events or Services - Compiled FrOm the Records of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency- ■ ■ Address ■ ■ ■ Miscellaneous Detroit .Events ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ • 'Date Entry in Service • . Prsent e Branch • Service ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ of Jewish victims of Nazism will be held next Wednes- day evening at Jericho Temple..,The: public is invited. Rabbi J. S. Sperka; Leon Kay, Isaac ,Franck and Aaron Rosenberg will be the speakers. Cantors LouiS Kass- man and H. Schulsinger will partiCiPate the program. The meeting was arranged by '"Zhitomir Verein, Chernigover-Loyever Society;- , First Galician Society, David HorodOker Society, , Kieltzer • :Verein and Kesh-. enev-Bessarabier Verein. : .• ■ ■ • ■ • • • Memorial Meeting for Nazi May 5 . Victims . A memorial meeting to com m emo r ate the millions BUREAU OF WAR RECORDS JEWISH WELFARE BOARD Coming Events May 2—Symposium in Forum of Jewish Affairs of Jewish Community Center, and Jewish Welfare Federation on the subject "The American Jews and the Post-War World," at the Jewish Center. Participants: Dr. Jacob Robinson ; director of Insti- tue of Jewish Affairs of American Jewish Congress, Dr. Max Gottschalk, research director of Institute on Peace of American Jewish Committee, and Charles B. Sherman, field director of Jewish Labor Committee. May 2—Tenth anniversary concert of Workmen's Circle, at Detroit Institute of Art. May 2—Conference of organizations called by Detroit branch of American Jewish Congress, at _ . M. Shaarey Zedek, at 2 P May 11—Address by Rabbi Meyer Berlin, pres- ident of World Mizrachi movement, at Jewish Community Center. May 12—Address by Ruth Bryan Owen, former U. S. Minister to Denmark, on "The Place for Min- orities in the World of Tomorrow," in series of Forum of Jewish Affairs of Jewish Community Center and Jewish Welfare Federation, at the Jewish Center. May 22-23—Annual conference arranged by Zionist Youth Council, at Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg. S. Kornfeld of Columbus, 0., United States minister to Persia, by the Persian Jewish community, which expressed its gratitUde to Rabbi Kornfeld for his having prevented' the massacre of hundreds of Jews during attacks on the Jewish- qUarter of this city . during the - early part of 1922, during which many Jews were beaten. GENEVA—His- activities on behalf of Jews. in • Poland, Rtunania and elsewhere, were related by Dr. Fridjhof Nanseri in his report to the League of Nations Council on the activities of the Advis- ory committee to. the High Commissariat for Refu- gees.. He repOrted that - following his intervention, Rumania agreed to refrain from a mass expulsion of 10,000 - J e wish refugees • from Bessarabia and Premier - Wladyslaw Sikorski ..of Poland .prorri- ised he • would hold up the expulsion of - thousands - of • Russian Jews: if measures were taken immediately •to find asylum for them. The Soviet Government, Dr. Nansen said, has expressed Willingness to , allow the repatriation of Russian Jews. JERUSALEM—Sir Gilbert Clayton, new Civil Secretary for PaleStine, told a meeting of the Zion- ist Executive that he would strictly adhere to the White Paper of 1922, which outlined British policy in Palestine. He said that he would take into ac - • _• count the British . guarantees for .the erection of a Jewish National Home, , on one hand, and the Arab aspirations on the other. BERLIN—The State Supreme Court has handed down a decision declaring "constitutional" the law • banning the. German Peoples Party which has close ties' With •• the National Socialist Party of Adolf Hitler. Both groups are reported to be under the - command of General Ludendorf. PRAGUE—The Czechoslovak Ministry of Educa- tion has announced that it will find places in Czech universities for some of the Jewish students recently barred from Austrian universities under the num- erus clausus.