Friday,- April 7, 1944 k' Jewish Congress Women to Hear Val Clare April 12 Val Clair will be guest speaker at the April 12 meeting of the. Women's Division of the Ameri- can Jewish Congress, at Congre- gation Shaarey Zedek. Mr. Clair, a reserve officer in the Essex Scottish Regiment, is a news commentator on radio station CKLW. His subject will be "Global' Glances" or "History in the Making." • Mrs. David Bernstein, chair- man of the newly formed study group, will give a brief resume *of the latest achievements of• the • World_ Jewish Congress.. The War Bond drive, honoring the 70th birthday of Rabbi Ste- phen S. Wise, is under • way. Bonds may be purchased at the next meeting, or through the mail. - Mrs. M. Saidman, 3317 Grand, chairman, and Mrs. Sam Katkin, 19330 Warrington Dr., co-chairman, will mail bonds on receipt of checks made payable to the "Federal Reserve Bank." Due to Passover, the next meeting of the study group, un- der the leadership of Mrs. Nathan Spevakow, will take place April 20 at the home . of Mrs. Bern- stein. UAW-CIO Opens Union Bookstore An entirely new approach . to ' the problem_ of education of workers was initiated recently in Detroit when the UAW-CIO opened the Union Bookstore at 5021 Woodward Ave. The Bookstore, operated by the International Education Depart= ment, endeavors to bring the -best literature to union members at the lowest possible prices. It is maintained on a non-profit basis. UAW members can receive dis- counts on all books except those prices fixed by law. While primarily the store is for UAW members, liberal groups may take advantage of its fine - stock of books dealing with var- ied fields of interest. Jewish readers will find books on race and discrimination, Jewish his- tory and literature, on the 'eco- nomic and political problems of war and peace, on history and science, music and the fine arts, besides progressive children's books which are recommended by liberal and qualified teachers' societies throughout the U. S. The store has the best selling books, such as "Under Cover," "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and - b- "Forgotten Ally" by Pierre Van Paassen. Denver Home League Plans Annual Event Mrs. Monte Weston, president of the Detroit League of the Na- tional Home for Jewish Children at Denver, announces that plans are being made for . the Detroit League's annual simultaneous card parties to be held in the homes of members and friends on Wednesday, May 17. Mrs. Joseph B. 'Slatkin is general chairman of the fund-raising event. THE JEWISH NEWS Youth League Completes Plans For Round Table Temple Israel Jrs. Membership Tea, Sunday, April 16 Climaxing its three-month-old Conference to Be at Center, program of community, congre- gational and social activities, April 22-23; Discuss Temple Israel Juniors invite out- Youth Problems siders to a membership tea Sun- day, April 16 at the home of the At a meeting at the Jewish group's advisor, Mrs. Roy Sara- Community Center on Sunday, sohn, 18485 Pennington Drive. April 2, the Conference Planning The tea will feature a welcom- Committee of the League of De- troit Youth completed plans for ing talk by Rabbi Leon Fram; a its third annual round table con- discussion of the Purpose and ference, _entitled "Design For program of the Juniors by Mar- Living in a Democratic World." gery Kanter, president; musical selections by Shirley Lachman, The conference,- to -be held at young Detroit pianist; and a the Center on April -22 and 23, humorous skit depicting the brief will include panel discusions on history of V•ie organization, under "Congress and the Coming Elec- the direction of Betty Greenberg, tions." "Problems of Demobiliz- program chairman. ation," "Impact of the War on Members are inviting their Intercultural and Interracial Re- lations,'.' "How to Ensure a Last- friends between the ages of 18 ing Peace" and "The Role of and 22 to join the group and participate in its work, which in- the Jews at the Peace Table." Representatives from the Hillel cludes volunteer work at the Foundation of Ann Arbor, the USO, Red Cross and OCD; assist- Catholic Organizations, Univers- ance with the Sabbath Eve hos- ity of Detroit Student Body, pitality program of the Temple Wayne University Student Coun- Israel Sisterhood; and social gatherings. cil, Negro Youth Council, Chung- Young women of the Jewish kin.' Club and the UAW-CIO and representatives from mem- commuWty within this age group ber organizations of the League, are invited to call Miss Kanter, have been invited to participate TO. 8-0077 of Mae Dix, corre- sponding secretary, UN. 3-2810. in the panels. Bertha Belkin, president of the delegate body of the League, told the committee that principal aims of the conference are to enable Jewish youth to un- derstand more clearly its own position in the communal, nation- Molly Picon, noted actress, will al and international scene, and be presented by the. Morning to integrate and co-ordinate the Freiheit, honoring its 22nd anni- efforts , of all youth groups versary, in a single performance Members of the planning com- at the Detroit Institute of Arts, mittee, serving with Martha this Sunday evening. '— Gleicher and Lous L. Rosen, co- Others in the program will be chairmen of the Confenence, are Jacob Kallich, Mory Rumshinsky the following sub-committees,: and Eleanor Mandel. Social committee: Bluma Nag- The Yiddish Folk Chorus will ler, chairman, Beulah Smerling, be directed by Henri Goldberg. Sam Goodman; registration; . Ruth P. Novick, editor of the Freiheit, Applebaum, Frances Cohn; din- will be guest speaker. ner: Marion Apple, Ruth Drazin; artwork: Lillian Rubin, Clara Leach; publicity: Mildred Alt- Dr. Glazer to Address man, Shirley Golieb; panel plan-, Beth El Women Monday ning: Nettie Seligson, Celia Walerstein, Harold Nov ec k, Dr. B. Benedict Glazer, Rabbi Bertha Weil and Bertha Belkin. of Temple Beth El, will address The League of Detroit Jewish the Temple Sisterhood at 2 p. m. Youth is a delegate body com- Monday, in the Brown Memorial prised of representatives from 22 Chapel of the Temple. He will Jewish Youth groups. Organized discuss outstanding books of the in February, 1941, it serves as a current season. The meeting will central body to co-ordinate Jew- be preceded at 1:30 by a dessert ish youth 'activities in Detroit. luncheon in the social hall. Page Thirfy - seven City Victory Garden Plots Available Readers of The Jewish News who want to raise a part of their own food supply and do not have a yard or a vacant lot may request a City of Detroit Garden Plot. They must mail their ap- plications by Monday, April 10, in order to be considered in the first assignments. The Department of Parks and Recreation has individual plots of 1,500 square feet available on good soil which they will assign to Detroit residents who request them. These plots will be plow- ed, disked, harrowed and staked out into gardens measuring 50x 30 feet. A registration fee of $1 must be enclosed with the appli- cation. A receipt will be mailed to the applicant and he will be as- signed to the garden nearest his home in which there are vacant plots. Just as soon as the weath- er permits he will be notified on what day he should appear at the garden to accept his plot. The ground will be all prepared so that he can put in his seeds as soon as he takes over his garden. Requests should be mailed to the Victory Garden Headquar- ters, 504 Elmwood Ave., Detroit 7, Mich., and should contain the following information: Name, address, mailing zone number, nearest -cross street, and number in family. Checks or money or- ders should be made out to Al- bert E. Cobo, City Treasurer. Jews in Northern France Ordered Seized by Vichy LONDON (JTA)—The Algiers radio reverts that the French government in Vichy has ordered the arrest of all Jews in Northern France and for their incarcera- tion in concentration camps. A report reaching Belgian circles here reveals the existence in oc- cupied Belgium of a secret Jew- ish committee engaged4 in anti- Nazi activities as part of the pelgian underground movement. BUY MORE WAR BONDS— DAVE STOBER MEN'S CLOTHES 9438 JOS. CAMPAU Molly Picon Appears Here Sunday Night We extend sincere wishes for a Happy Passover filled with happiness and blessed with full measure of prosperity and may these wishes continue to find fulfillment into the many years beyond. CHARLES H. 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