THE JEWISH NEWS
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Street in Africa
Named for Lt. Col.
Ervin H. Markus
Detroiter, Former Resident
Doctor. at Eolise, Is Now
Serving in France
A little Street in a war-torn
North African town today bears
the name of a Detroiter—Lt. Col.
LT. COL: ERVIN IL MARKUS
Ervin H. Markus, a former Eloise
Hospital resident physician who
is now in France.
Lt. Col. Markus, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Markus, of 2536
Calvert, has been with the U. S.
Army overseas for the past two
years.. During the invasion of
North Africa he so endeared
himself to the natives—with. his
kindness and by caring for them
through injury and illness—that
a little street was named Markus
.Street. The name of the town is
yet withheld by the censors.
Ervin enlisted Feb. 1,' 1941. He
was sent Overseas from San
Francisco where his wife, May,
now makes her residence.
His parents operate a men's
store on W. Vernor Highway.
Navy Man Gives Center to Open
UJA Month's Pay Youth Canteen
Center's 'GI' Wives
Plan Social Affair
Thursday Evening
Service wives of the Jewish
Center will hold a social evening
at their meeting next Thursday.
The group, organized two months
ago under the leadership of Mrs.
Esther. Moss&an of the Center
staff, has a membership of 100
wives of men in service.
On January 1, the group will
serve at the downtown USO
from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
At their last meeting Mrs.
Henry Meyers spoke on the
Serve-A-Camp project. The club
adopted it as one of their pro-
jects and will bring gifts for ser-
vicemen to all meetings. They
also are manning a War Bond
Booth at the Center and in two
weeks already have sold over
$2,000 in bonds and stamps.
Plans are now being made for
a Homemaking Course.
Mrs. Sadie Saferstein, chair-
man of the group, is assisted by
Mrs. Ida Bader, chairman of the
Serve-A-Serviceman committee,
Mrs. Sylvia Winton, chairman of
the Serve-A-Camp project, Mrs.
Helen Felstein, homemaking
committee, Mrs. Frances Marko-
witz, program chairman, Mrs.
Miriam Fuerst, War Bond chair-
man,; Mrs. Pauline Fabi.* re-
freshment committee,, Mrs.
Frances Agranove, knitting
chairman, and Mrs. Helen Sher-
-man, social committee.
Cpl. Cohen Stationed
At Tennessee Air Field
Cpl. Milton S. Cohen, 22, a
radio operator at Dyersburg
Army Air Field, Dyersburg,
Tenn., is the son
of Mr. and Mrs.
.Frank Cohen of
2985 Leslie.
A graduate of
Northern high,
he was attend-
ing Wayne Uni-
versity at the
time of his in-
duction on April
1, 1943. He has
Cpl. Cohen been -stationed
at various camps throughout the
country.
A brother, Pvt. Herman, 31, a
graduate of Cass Tech and a
, former manager for Packers Out-
let, was drafted in September
of 1943. Overseas in Italy for
four months, he was returned to
this country three weeks ago
because of illness., He now is
convalescing at the Vaughan
General Hospital in Illinois.
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3 Jewish Scientists
Win Nobel Prizes
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Three
Jewish scientists were among
the six recipients of the Nobel
Prize. They received the award
this week, at a dinner in New
York, marking the first time the
presentation of the prizes has
taken place outside of Sweden.
The Jewish winners are: Dr.
Joseph Erlanger, who shared the
1944 prize for physiology and
medicine with Dr. Herbert
Gasser, head of the Rockefeller
Institute for Medical Research.
Dr. Erlanger is professor-emeri-
tus of physiology at Washington
University, St. Louis. Dr. Isidore
I. Rabi, professor of physics at
Columbia University, who re-
ceived the 1944 prize for physics;
and Dr. Otto Stern, of the Car-
negie Institute of Technology,
who was awarded the 1943 prize
for physics.
Herberi Burdick,
Private in 1942,
Now a Captain
Radio Mechanic, Second Class, Novel Intermediate Program
Meyer Bluestein of Charleston,
To Be Introduced Next
S. C., has sent a contribution of
Friday Evening
$50—almost a full month's pay—
to the United Jewish Appeal for
A step in the expansion of the
intermediate program of the Jew-
7,T7Trm
ish Community Center will be
taken with the opening of the
Youth Canteen next Tuesday eve-
ning at the Jewish Comniunity
Center, it was announced by
Emil 'T. Stern, intermediate ac-
tivities chairman. Under the
sponsorship of the Intermediate
Council, the Canteen will func-
tion every Tuesday night on the
entire third floor and will feature
a variety of activities.
Norien Weinstein and Jacob
Kutnick, co-chairmen of the
Council Canteen Committee, are
planning dancing to the juke box
in Butzel Hall; popular table
games in room 300; dancing class•
in room 302, the new Intermedi-
ate LOunge; movies in room 301, .
R. M. 2/C MEYER BLUESTEIN ping pong in room 305 and "307;
Refugees, Overseas Needs and and ice cream parlor service in
Palestine in support of the rescue room 303.
and reconstruction of Jews in
Plan Entertainment
many parts of the world. Blue-
Gertrude
Bandolen, m in charge
stein said that after knocking
around from one place to another of entertainment for the com-
mittee, has announced that the
for almost three years in the
Navy, he had come to the con- Troupers will present a program
clusion that whatever American of singing and dancing at the
Jews are contributing to the
United Jewish Appeal "is not
such a great deal since we are
the only ones left in this world
that are able to take care of our
own."
Defroiter's Promotions Fast;
Formerly in Law Practice
With B. D. Burdick
Mrs. Ida Burdick of 2675 Ro-
chester has been informed that
her son, Herbert, has been pro-
moted to Captain.
Capt. Burdick
entered act i v e
service on Jan.
5, 1942, as a pri-
vate. He was
promoted to
Corporal and
Sergeant, then
was sent' to Of-
ficers Candidate
School, became
Second Lieuten-
Capt. Burdick ant, then was
promoted to First Lieutenant.
He was raised to Captain in
the Quartermaster Corps this
month. He is a graduate- of the
Wayne University Law School
and was associated in law prac-
tice with his brother. Benjamin
D. Burdick, 1933 Dime Bldg.
D. W. Simons School
Accepting New Pupils
For Various Grades
Arrangements were completed
at the David W. Simons School
for the admission of a limited
number of children to various
grades, including the pre-kinder-
garten, which meets daily from
10 a. m. to 12 noon.
Parents in the Dexter district
are urged to bring their chil-
dren for registration to the of-
fice, 4000 Tuxedo. The office is
open daily, 9:30 to 1 and 3 to 8.
For further information 'call HO.
5711.
Children's services, held every
Saturday morning, 9:30 to 11, at
the David W. Simons School, are
Conducted by the children under
the - supervision of Abraham
Schachter, a member of the staff
of the United Hebrew School.
At an assembly laSt Sunday,
Jerry, Abramson, president of the
jfinior congregation of the school,
larked all children to attend the
synagogue every Saturday morn-
ing.
Detroit Soldier Now
Near Home in Reich
Pvt. Gerald Vernon Leopold,
21, of Detroit, has the distinction
of being the first German refugee
to return to his native land as an
Anierican. soldier. For almost
three months he has been fight-
ing on German soil, just 28 miles
west _of Duesseldorf, the city of
his origin.
Pvt. Leopold Is the son of John
J. Leopold of 3029 Elmhurst.
Twelfth St. Center
on Regular Schedule
Twelfth St. Council Center,
the Jewish Community Center
unit operated jointly with the
Detroit Section of National
Council of Jewish Women, is
now open" on a regular schedule.
The Center Is open from 9 a.
m. to 10 p. m. Monday through
Thursday, except for supper hour
closing from 5:30 to 7 p. m. On
Fridays the Center closes at 5
p. m., and on Sunday it is open
from 10:30 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Activities already developed
for adults include use of the li-
brary and checker and chess
games. For younger people there
is dancing, table games of all
kinds, and use of he library and
reading facilities.
Children engage In arts and
crafts, games and other events.
All activities are under the di-
rection of Harold Weiss, director
of extension activities. The staff
has been recruited by the Coun-
cil of Jewish Women. Volunteers
act as instructors, hostesses, desk
attendants,- game room supervis-
ors and snack bar salesmen.
Since the Center's opening on
Dec. 3 : daily attendance has aver-
aged about 450 persons.
CARD OF THANKS
The ,family of the late Max
Bergman wish to thank their
friends and relatives for the
many kindnesses shown to them
in their recent bereavement.
MORRIS BRODY
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Decorating — Free Estimates
Buy War Bonds!
TR. 2-5264
FREDSON
KOSHER
Restaurant and Dining Room,
UNEXCELLED FOOD
Private Dining Room for Parties
12017 DEXTER BLVD.
NOrthlawn 9786
Fttday, December 22, t944
opening night, and that on sue-
ceeding programs other clubs in
the council will prepare enter-
tainment. Ruth Stein is in charge
of the ice-cream parlor service.
To introduce the new program
to boys and girls in the com-
munity between the ages of 14
and 17, a two-week canteen and
Intermediate Lounge Guest Card
will be made available to visit-
ors. This . new activity has been
planned through the Intermedi-
ate Council whose officers in-
clude: Irving Herkowitz, presi-
dent and social chairman; David
Kaplan, vice-president; Harold
Greenhut, treasurer; Marcie Beck-
er, secretary; . Sue Grossman,
lounge chairman; William Ros-
berg, journalism chairman.
Advisor Named
Morris Weiss, lounge director
is staff advisor to the canteen
committee. Irving Canter, di-
rector of intermediate activities,
is advisor to the Intermediate
Council.
Intermediate Hobby Night will
be started with journa l ism and
dramatic groups, both meeting on
Thursday night, in rooms 305 and
307. All intermediateS are in-
vited to participate.
Rabbi Nathan to Speak
At Bnai Moshe Friday
Rabbi Jacob J. Nathan will
speak on "Midrashic Sources of
Joseph the Provider" at this Fri-
day night's services at Congrega-
tion Bnai Moshe.