Friday, June 30, 1944

Among the

THE JEWISH NEWS

First in Rome

Heads Sons of Zion

Pvt Joe ittegdell of Detroit
Sends an Historic Message

Member of Infantry Company That Was Among First
Enter Rome. Writes Important Message to the
Editor of The Jewish News

Pvt. Joe Megdell of Detroit,
attached to Co. E., 338th In-
fantry, was among the first De-
troiters to enter' Rome with the
American troops.
On June 18 he wrote a long
letter to The Jewish News des-
cribing his experiences. It is a
N touching message which opens
with a description of the relig
ious service during which the
Kaddish was recited for the de-
parted comrades-in-arms and the
Chaplain spoke on the help that
was extended by the Pope to
the Jews who were oppressed
by the Nazis.
Pvt. • Megdell describes the
Rome Synagogue as "very beau-
tiful." He tells of the opening
of the synagogue and the return
to normalcy. The attitudes of the

Birthdays of
Next Month

Leonard N. Simons, prominent
Detroit advertising counsel,
member of the firm of Simons-
Michelson Co., will celebrate his
40th birthday on July 24.
Others who will celebrate their
birthdays in July include the
following:
Mrs. Robert J. Newman, July
4; Mrs. Herschel V. Kreger, July
5; Judge Charles Rubiner, July
10; Max Schayowitz, July 11;
Nathan Kaletsky, July 13; Har-
old Lachman, July 13; Samuel S.
Schwartz, July 15; Clarence H.
Enggass, . July 15; Edward E.
Rothman, July 31.

Yiddish Folk Verein
Honors Dr. Wise

The movement launched in De-
troit to honor Dr. Stephen S.
Wise, one of the outstanding
Zionist leaders, president of the
American Jewish Congress, on
his 70th birthday, gained new
support.
William Hordes, president of
the Jewish National Fund Coun-
cil, announced that the Yiddish
Folks Verein inscribed the name
of Dr. Wise in the Golden Book
in Jerusalem.
Rabbi Leon Fram is chairman
of the Dr. Stephen S. Wise Testi-
monial Committee in Detroit
which seeks to honor the emi-
nent national Jewish leader with
inscriptions in the Golden Book.
Other - organizations desiring to
honor Dr. Wise are asked to call
Mr. Hordes or the JNF office,
11608 Dexter, TO. 8-8658.
The JNF office will be open
during the summer from 10:30
a. m. to 5 p. m. on week-days, ex-
cept Friday, when the hours will
be 10:30 a. m. to 2 p. m. The of-
fice will be closed week-ends.

Take Reservations
For Camp Chelsea

Camp Chelsea, Jewish Com-
munity Center's Mothers' and
Children's Camp which opens
Sunday, July 2, is taking regis-
tration for the month of August.
Mrs. Clara Avrunin, camp di-
rector, is assisted by an able
staff.
Camp Chelsea is open to
Mothers' Clubs members of the
Center and to the public. Chil-
dren from 3 to 7 Pare eligible to
go with mothers. Rates for
Mothers' club members are $20
per week, and $14 per week for
each child. For non-members, the
rates are $25 for adults, and $16
for non-members' children.
Registrations should be made
immediately with Miss Reznick,
MA. 8400.

Sophie Tucker is ready to pub-
lish her autobiography, but will
have to wait for the Peace. With
the title, "The Life of a Red-Hot
Mamma," she wants to encase it
in asbestos covers. And that ma-
terial is a war-time requisite.

Page Thirteen

Jews of Buenos Aires
Give $15,000 to JDC

As evidence of the growing in-
terest on the part of South Amer-
ican Jews in the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee's program to help
alleviate the suffering of co-re-
ligionists abroad, the Jews of
Buenos Aires have contributed

to

$15,000 to the J. D. C. for the
transportation of Balkan refugees
from Turkey to Palestine.
The contribution was made by
the Junta de Aguda a los Victimas
de la Guerra (Council of Jewish
Aid to War Victims) of Buenos
Aires, whose president is Simon
Mirelman, Argentine industrial-
ist and community leader.

An Historic Letter -
Pvt. Meg-dell's letter to the
editor of The Jewish News is
historic, having been written
only a week after he had en-
tered Rome. Relatives desir-
ing to see the letter are asked
to call the editor, RA. 7956.

LOUIS LIPSKY

Italian people, their friendli-
ness, the welcome they gave the
American soldiers, convinced
him that cigarets and candy
could win the war easier than
bullets.
He concludes the letter with
an appeal for the purchase of
bonds "to show that you have
faith and confidence in what your
husbands, sons, brothers and
friends are doing overseas."

Local Brevities

MAURICE SELIGMAN, presi-
dent of the Men's Club of Con-
gregation Shaarey Zedek, was
elected vice-president of the
National Federation of Men's
Clubs, at the convention held re-
cently in Atlantic City.
* * *
JULIUS CHAJES' "Galil" and
"Hebrew Suite" were included in
the selections presented at the an-
nual Festival of Jewish Music,
sponsored by the Synagogue
Light, at Town Hall, New York,
on June 18.
* * *
JACOB S K L A R FAMILY
CLUB met on Memorial Day to
pay tribute to the memory of
the late Jacob Sklar, at his grave.
The club met June 25 at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Rubin. The next meeting will be
held July 30 at the Louis Mas-
kins' home on Clairmount.
* * *
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF
CANCER RESEARCH has pur-
chased from the Detroit Edison
Company the Detroit Edison Club
property at the northeast corner
of St. Antoine and Frederick.
will remodel the two buildingS
there as a temporary cancer re-
search laboratory, and plans to
make the grounds available as a
playground for children of the
neighborhood. The institute hopes
soon to enlarge its staff, and to
undertake an enlarged program
in collaboration with the faculty
of the Wayne University College
of Medicine. The institute was
founded in November. 1941.

Jaffin Elected Director
Of Benevolent Society

The Hebrew Benevolent So-
ciety (Chesed shel Eines) an-
nounces that Abraham H. Jaffin,
communal worker, has been
elected executive director of this
institution which has functioned
in Detroit for more than 27
years.

Mr. Jaffin, an attorney, has
served as executive secretary of
the Detroit auxiliary of the Los
Angeles Sanatorium and as the
local representative of the Sana-
torium for 15 years. He has been
identified with the Federation
of Ukranian Jews, Peoples Re-
lief during the first World War,
Poalei Zion and the Jewish Na-
tional Workers Alliance.
Mr. Jaffin will assist Asher
Itzkowitz, superindent of the
institution for 27 years, in con-
ducting the Chesed Shel Ernes.

Louis Lipsky, world Zionist
leader, member of the Executive
of the World Zionist Organiza-
tion, former president of the
Zionist Organization of America
and chairman of the administra-
tive committee of the American
Jewish Conference, was elected
Nasi (president) of the Order
Sens of Zion,. at the 35th an-
nual convention in Atlantic City.
City.

Hanita Club PWO
Elects New Officers

Hanita Club of the Pioneer
Women's Organization, at its
last meeting held at the home of
Mrs. G. Berris, elected the fol-
lowing:
Mrs. A. Schreier, chairman;
Mrs. I. Schrodeck, co-chairman;
Mesdames H. Schechter, B. Beck-
erman and M. Handelman, re-
cording, corresponding and finan-
cial secretaries; Mrs. M. Salsin-
ger, - donor chairman, with Mrs.
I. Pine, assisting; Mrs. S. Was-
serman, in charge of program;
Mesdames S. Richardson and G.
Berris assisting.
Mrs. H. Horenstein, in charge
of membership with Mrs. S,
Glazer assisting; Mrs. G. E.
Goldberg, Jewish National Fund,
chairman; Mrs. S. H. Rovin, war
activities; Mrs. G. Berris, Ge-
veikshaften; Mrs. N. Drachler,
Child Rescue Fund, with Mrs.
M. Handelman assisting; Mrs.
A. D. Cohn, social activities with
Mesdames H. Radin and M.
Brodsky assisting; Pioneer
Council representatives, Mrs. M.
Handelman and Mrs. G. E. Gold-
berg.

Bader family are invited to at-

tend the service.

To The Jewish
People of Detroit .

■

You know my record.

I have always been among the first in Congress

to sponsor legislation to alleviate Jewish suffering.

Even a cursory glance at my record will show

you that I am not a friend who appeared on the
scene when the Nazis began to destroy Jewish life.

I was among the first in this country to de-

mand that Poland adhere to the Minorities Treaty

clause and honor the rights that were pledged to
the Jews.

I have appeared on your platforms in behalf

of a Jewish National Home 20 years ago.

I am one of the first Christian Balfour Zionists

who spoke for justice for the Jews, just as I spoke

for justice for all faiths and races.

With _me, adherence to principles demanding

British Children
Express Shock at
U.S. Anti-Semitism

NEW YORK (JPS) — English

boys, 12 to 16, who were evac-
uated to the U. S. during the
1940 blitz and now returned to
England, expressed shock and be-
wilderment over racial and re-
ligious discrimination which they
found in this country, reports
Stanley Frank, New York Post
war correspondent.
One of the evacuees, William
Elmhurst, 15, who attended Exe-
ter Academy in New Hampshire
for two years, was astonished by-
American preoccupation with the
Jewish question. "The only thing
I didn't like about Exeter was
the invisible barrier that was set
up against Jewish boys," he said.

U. H. S. Auxiliary Pla.ns
4 Educational Meetings

The season's concluding board
meeting of the Women's Auxili-
ary of the United Hebrew
Schools was held at a luncheon
at the Stotler Hotel.
Mrs. Jack Tobin, president, an-
nounced t h e appointment of
committee chairmen as follows:
Mrs. Bertram Smokler, program;
Unveil S/Sgt. Bader's
Mrs. Charles Robinson, printing;
Monument Next Tuesday
Mrs. John Horwitz, membership;
Unveiling of a monument for Mrs. Morris Fishman, social;
Staff Sgt. Peter Bader, son of Mrs. A. B. Stralser, hospitality;
Mr. and Mrs. David Bader, will Mrs. Herman Wetsman and Mrs.
take place on Tuesday, July 4, Charles Robinson, house; Mrs.
at 12 noon, at Congregation Moe S. Dann, war efforts board.

Bnai David Cemetery, 9535 Van
Dyke near Harper. Rabbi Joshua
Sperka will officiate.
All members of Congregation
Bnai David and friends of the

XClarence J. McLeod

Reporting for the program
committee, Mrs. Smokler stated
that plans are being. formulated
for four educational meetings for
nex year.

HELP THE BOND DRIVE!

rights for the Jewish people is part of my Credo

as an American.

I know I can be of service to the constituents

of the 13th Congressional District and to America
at large..

My friends know I can be of service.

The Jewish people of Detroit, Michigan and the

country at large know my record of service in their
behalf.

I am soliciting your support on the merit of
my case. Let the record speak for me. What I
ask is that you study my Congressional record, and

I am confident that I shall have your vote.

I am grateful to all my friends and to the

constiiuenfs of the 13th District who saw fit to elect
me nine times.

Clarence J. McLeod

Repaltheen Ballot

RE-ELECT CLARENCE

cLE0

CONGRESSMAN

13th District — Republican Candidate

Listen in on Altman's Jewish Hour WJLB, Sunday Noon.
July 2 and Hear Sidney L. Alexander Delivery an Address.

In Behalf of

the

Candidacy of

CLARENCE J. MeLEOD FOR CONGRESS