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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May 1 I , 1945

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

HIGHLIGHT

Detroit, Michigan

11608 Dexter

Friday, May 11, 1945

Schaver Forest Completed;
Zionists Honor Him Sunday

Labor Zionists Open Drive
FOr JNF; Lewisohn Speaks

Immediate Planting of 10,000 Trees Assured by. Receipt of
Check From Kin to Complete Fund; Presentation of
Certificate Planned at Rally at Center

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A distinct honor will be accorded to Morris L. Schaver,
one of Detroit's most prominent labor Zionists, at the labor
Zionist rally at the Jewish Center on Sunday evening, when
he will •be presented with a certificate signifying that a
forest is to be planted in his honor in Palestine.
This will be the third forest to be completed in Palestine

this year by Detroit Jews—the
other two being the Fred M.
Butzel Forest and the Joseph H.
Ehrlich Memorial Forest.
Brother. Sends Check
The Morris L. Schaver Forest
was completed this week when
William Hordes, president of the
Jewish National -Fund Council
of Detroit, received a check Organization Plants Trees
through Harry. Schumer for $5,-
in Honor of Sam Cohen,
000 from Mr. Schaver's brother,
a Life Member
Nat Shever of St. Louis, Mo.,

All Cooperating Organizations Urged to Attend Public
Meeting Called to Launch Annual Fund Campaign;.
Noted Editor-Lecturer to Address Gathering

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PALES. TItif FLOWER WEEK

Jestii$11

Nattonal Find

Folks Verein Puts
Roosevelt's Name Remember
In Golden Book

J. N. F.

Land Redemption
Program

The Detroit labor Zionists will open their annual drive
for the Jewish National Fund at a public meeting on Sunday
evening, May 13, at 8:30 o'clock, at the Jewish Center, Harry
Schumer, chairman of the drive, announced.
Mr. Schumer has . asked all labor Zionists and their
friends, and all cooperating organizations to attend this
meeting and to send their repre-O

sentatives to hear the message
to be delivered by the guist
speaker, Dr. Ludwgi Lewisohn. -
Editor of New Palestine
Dr. Lewisohn, editor of the
New Palestine, one of the coun-
i try's outstanding essayists and
novelists, has gained fame as
literary critic and as lecturer.
Most of his books were trans-
lated into 20 languages, included
among them being "Israel," "The
Last Days of Shylock," "The Is-
land Within," "Trumpet of Jub-
ilee," "As a Jew Thinks" and
other, works.
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-Born in 1883, in Berlin, he
was brought by his parents, at
the age of 8, to South Carolina.
He has the degrees of B. A., M.
A. and an honorary Doctorate in
Literature.
He is a former member of the
editorial staff of Doubleday,
Page & Co., taught German at
the University of Wisconsin and
Ohio State University, was an
editor of The Nation and gained
fame as a translator.
He is honorary secretary of
the Zionist Organization of
America, is a member of the
Jewish Academy of Arts and
Sciences and has traveled wide-
ly throughout the World, includ-
ing Palestine. .
Mr. Schumer announces that
there will be other features on
Sunday evening's program.
The featured artist on the pro-
gram will be Emily Mutter
Adams, violinist with the :Detroit
Symphony. She will be accom-
panied by Rebecca Katzman
Frohman.

JNF Golden Book
Inscriptions

The Yiddish Folks Verein at
when you are asked for
an impressive memorial meeting
a contribution by our
held recently in honor of the late
volunteer workers on
President Roosevelt, inscribed
Flower Day
the name of the great humani-
tarian in the Jewish National
Fund Roosevelt Golden Book, it
Saturday Night
was announced this week by
May 19 and
William Hordes, president of the
JNF council of • Detroit.
Sunday, May 20
The Rev. Nathan Mogill and
the Verein's quartet made the
traditional Haskara.
Encourage our volun-
PAUL BOIM
teer youth workers by
Rabbi Israel Levin and Mr.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Boim
making liberal gifts
Hordes addressed the organiza-
MORRIS SCHAVER
inscribed the name of their
when your are ap-
tion.
proached by our
formerly of Detroit, to complete
The Yiddish Folks . Verein,
beloved son, Paul Boim, who
a fund that was raised last year
young people to help
died in action in France, in
by Detroit's labor -Zionists in which gives complete support to
in the JNF program.
honor of Mr. Schaver's 50th the Jewish National Fund pro-
the JNF Golden Book.
gram, has purchased 18 trees in
birthday.
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the name of Sam Cohen, in
Family Deeply Moved
honor of his becoming a life
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Nichamin
In a letter acCompanying the member of the organization.
inscribed the name of their
gift of $5,000, Nat SheVer states
Which organization will be
son, Cpl. Louis Nichamin, on
that tile Schaver, Lazaroff . and next to follow the Verein? Mr.
Peck families, in St. Louis, were I Hordes asks.
the occasion of his forthcom-
so deeply moved by the honor
ing marriage to Ruth Lois Fin-
- accorded Mr. Schaver last year
kelstein, in June, at Congrega-
on his 50th birthday by the
tion
Beth Tefilo Emanuel.
Labor Zionists in raising a fund
of $10,000, that they decided to
make the gift to augment - the
fund and to make possible the
immediate planting of the Scha-
A grove of 1,000 trees will be where he also was an outstand-
ver Forest.
"It is a source of great satis- planted in Palestine as an ever- ing athlete.
faction to us to be able to parti- lasting tribute to the memory of
In a 'letter to Bale's father,
cipate in this great work which the late Joseph L. Bale III, who
Ralph H. Young, director of ath-
is so clOSe to'mY brother's heart,"
was killed in action in North- letics at Michigan State College,
Mr. Shever wrote..
Morris L. Schaver is president eastern France last Jan. 30, it wrote:
of the Arlazaroff branch of Jew- was anounced this week by Wil-
"Whenever a tragedy of the
ish National. Workers Alliance liam Hordes, president of the
and for 15 years he has headed Jewish National Fund Council of war enters our family circle,
there is little consolation to be
the Gewerkshaften drives in De r
troit, boosting the totals raised Detroit. •
found in thinking of the ultimate .
The hero's parents, Maurice good results of the war, no mat-
from the first campaign's total of
$3,000 to this year's $100,000. , and Edith Bale of 3359 Cortland,
will honor their son by ,planting ter how `hard one tries. However,
Delegate tp. Conference
the
grove in the Freedom Forest.
He headed the list of delegates
elected by Detroit to the Ameri- A committee consisting of Jack
roowv
can. Jewish Conference, is "an Malmud, N a t•h a n Schechter,
'PALESTINE IS
active leader in all comMunity Louis Phillips, Sam Kohlenberg,
SHORT OF
— 127,000 ROOMS
efforts and . is interested in the Larry Chanin, Morris Benaderet
AFTER THE VOW THE NEE-0
educational activities of the and Barish Friedman has been
%PILL BE FAR GREATER.
PRERFOinstTe,4-HousiNG;
Farband and its • Folkshule. He appointed to handle the details
h A S t h 6 encouragethent a n d of the project.
Entered Army in 1943
cooperation of his Wife, Emma
Schaver, eminent • Detroit sop-
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Pfc. •Bale,. who entered the
rano, in all his endeavors.
‘,/ "EVERY ADDITION TO THE LAND
service in April of 1943, served
HOLDINGS OF OUR PEOPLE T'OPAlf
Mr. and Mrs.' Schaver have at Fort Custer and Camp Crost,
Is SEVENFOLD PRECIOUS."
visited Palestine, where Mrs. at Spartanburg, *S. C., before go-
Chaim Winismann,rEtAviv,..a.mhoty
"4'
Schaver apgeared in Colicerts.
ing overseas.
He was in the 5th Army's in-
vasion of the Anzio Beachhead
JNF Ladies' Auxiliary
in Italy and later was shifted to
Holds Annual Election
Gen. Patch's 7th Army on Aug.
Ladies AuxiliarY of the Jewish 4, '1944, to participate in his sec-
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National Fund will hold its an- ond invasion, this time on the
nual election meeting at the Rose coast of. Southern France. He
Sittig Cohen Bldg., on Tuesday, served with the Intelligence and
May 15, at 1:15 p.m. The meet- Reconnaisaince unit. He was
THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE in San Francisco May
ing will be dedicated to the late wounded twice.
or may not consider the • future status of Jewish -Palestine. There is,
PFC. JOSEPH L. BALE
President Roosevelt and mem-
Pfc. Bale was graduated from
however,
a forum where the question of opening Palestine's gates
bers are urged to purchase bonds Central High, where he starred
honoring his memory. Mrs. A. W. in three . sports, serving as we all know our present success to the surviving remnants of European Jewry and the need to
land for an extensive resettlement program is constantly
Sanders will speak and Henri captain of the baseball, basket- in Europe and in the Pacific provide
on the agenda: the conscience and consciousness of the Jewish
Siegl, concert violinist of WJR, ball and track teams. He attend- could only have been accomplish- people. This is evidenced by the response to the call of the JNF
ed by the sacrifices made by the
will perform.
ed Michigan State College, men who took part in the prey- in its current "Land for Rescue and Resettlement" program which
is predicated upon the investment of approximately $18,000,000 in
'rhis page sporisored by triend,i of the Jewish National Fund,
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-purchase of new land..,e

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Annual
Flower Day

Parents of

Pfc J. L. Bale

Plant Grove in His Memory

p nu vcalm wi2 DIED 113,ARD.

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