Friday, March 29, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Sixteen
Receive Medical Degrees at Wayne Legion of Merit
Moses Weiswasser Marks 70th Year
Mainstay of Children's Home
Founded Many Institutions
Is Awarded to
Col. Greenbaum
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Photo Courtesy Detroit Times
Recognizing h i s outstanding
work in connection with the
Army Ordnance, the Legion of
Merit was presented to Lt.-Col.
Ervin Greenbaum, 2043 Glynn
Ct., at a ceremony held Thurs-
day afternoon in the National
Bank Bldg. The award was made
by Col. Quinton Adams, chief of
the Detroit ordnance district, and
the citation which accompanied
the honor referred in high terms
to the outstanding work Col.
Greenbaum had done during the
last three years in charge of con-
tract termination activities.
From 1943 to 1946 Col. Green-
baum s e r v e d as officers in
charge of settlement of 4,166
terminated war contracts involv-
ing $4,380,000,000 in ordnance
personnel, and developed estab-
lished and supervised procedures
for settlement of termination
claims. In 1945 he was promoted
to his present rank. Previously,
for a year, he served in armour
plate conversion program, deal-
ing with automobile spring and
bumper manufacturing concerns.
After five and a half years'
service, Col. Greenbaum was
separated from the army March
5, and now is a member of the
Ordnance Department Reserve.
He is married to the former Doris
Lipson, and they have three
children, Alice, Marianne and
Ruth. He is an engineering grad-
uate of the U. of M., and the
United Hebrew Schools, and is a
member of Shaarey Zedek Con-
gregation.
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT AXELROD, who received their med-
ical degrees from Wayne University Medical School last Monday.
Married three years ago, they continued their studies together.
Mrs. Axelrod is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Young. Mr.-
Axelrod is the sod - of Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Axelrod, formerly of
Detroit, now of St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Succeeds Lehman
As UNRRA Head
Samuel Kaplan 'Voice'
Of 'Yeshivah Bochur'
Saturdays over WJLB
For the past 13 weeks the 'De-
troit Jewish Radio . audience has
heard the voice of "The Yeshiva
Bochur" presented by Samuel
Kaplan, every Saturday at 8:35
p. m. on Altman's Jewish hour on
Station WJLB.
Last Sunday, Kaplan made a
personal appearance at a recep-
tion in his honor by Yeshivath
Chachmey Lublin, Linwood and
Elmhurst.
Kaplan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Pincus Kaplan of 3796 Tuxedo,
studied for the rabbinate at
Yeshiva College in New York.
Previous to that he was a stu-
dent at the College of the City of
Detroit, now Wayne University.
He is a graduate accountant.
His radio feature is presented
under the title "The Yeshiva
Bochur" on station - WEVD, New
York, the largest Jewish station in
the 'U. S. The Columbia Tea Co.
of New York sponsor both New
York and Detroit programs. In
Detroit time is devoted on the
program to Yeshivath Chachemy
Lublin.
"The Yeshiva Bochur," a reci-
tation feature, narrates Jewish
stories.
—International Photo
FIORELLO LAGUARDIA, for-
mer mayor of New York City,
has been nominated to be direc-
tor of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation -, Administra,
tion to succeed Herbert Lehman.
The nomination came from the
UNRRA central committee and
will be voted upon by the
UNRRA council.
Emergency Food Committee
To Have Shower on Sunday
The Women's Emergency Food
Committee will hold a shower
and card party Sunday evening
at the Rose Sittig Cohen Bldg.
Mrs. A. Freedman, chairman, has
issued an invitation to the public.
Canned and dehydrated food,
candy, soap and cigarets will
be admission fees.
Hundreds of packages are be-
ing sent weekly from Detroit for
distribution to DPs by Jewish
Chaplains.
.Letters of thanks for packages
have been received from Jewish
soldiers in France and from DPs
in Germany.
• .Atlanta Editor Views
Present quarters must be va-
Zion Best Hope for DPs
ATLANTA, Ga. (JTA)—Ralph cated and those having a store
McGill, editor of the Atlanta or basement to offer for this work
Constitution, who has just re- are asked to call the secretary,
. turned from Germany and Pal- Mrs. J. Brindze, TO. 6-6800.
estine, in an address to the Those desiring to help in packing
; South Eastern States Conference are asked to call Mrs. A. Weis-
of the United Jewish Appeal, berg, TO. 8-4421.
; told the 250 Jewish leaders pre-
. sent that what he saw in Pales- . Europe." He urged the Jews of
' tine leads him to believe that the U. S. to insure the success of
ifie country "offered • the real the $100,000,000 drive now being
rope for the displaced Jews in conducted by the UJA.
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A Detroiter who retired from business 30 years ago and has
devoted most of his time since to Jewish communal work is cele-
brating his 70th birthday this week.
He is Moses Weiswasser, dean
of orthodox community leaders, three times -daily and by after-
who founded or led many of the
noon visits with old cronies or
ailing friends.
He lives at 2303 Taylor. He has
a daughter, Bernice, and three
sons, Aaron, George and Avery.
Mrs. Schwartz Heads
New Simons School
P-T Organization
At a meeting of parents of the
David W. Simons Branch of the
United Hebrew Schools, held at
the home of Mrs. Harry Schwartz
on Sturtevant Ave., the founda-
tion was laid for the Hebrew Par-
ent-Teachers' Association of the
David W. Simons School.
The following officers were
elected: Mrs. H. Schwartz, presi-
dent; Mrs. S. Cohen, vice-presi-
dent; Mrs. J. Sklar, secretary;
Mrs. J. Sabbath, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. S. Edelman, chair-
man of publicity, bulletin and
program; Mrs. David Novetsky
and Mrs. Bernard Garfinkel, com-
mittee members; Mrs. P. Chado-
roff, chairman of telephone squad.
As its first project, the group,
in cooperation with the staff,
sponsored a Purim program for
children and parents of the David
W. .Sinions school on Shushan
Purim, March 18. The program
included community singing di-
rected by Abraham Schachter and
recitations by Jean Rabotnick,
Diane Bassin and Herbert Edel-
man. Mrs. Edelman extended
greetings. Miss Sarah Kahan, who
recently arrived here from Pales-
tine to direct children's activi-
ties in the United States, was the
guest speaker. Joseph Haggai was
chairman. A. J. Lachover is prin-
cipal of the branch.
A meeting of the executive
committee of this group was held
March 21 at the home of • Mrs.
Peter Chodoroff, and plans were
formulated for a Passover cele-
bration at a membership meeting
last Thursday. Henry Feinberg
spoke on "Parent-Child Relation-
ship."
Liebman Will Address
BBYO Leaders Sunday
Howard Liebman, new direc-
tor of Bnai Brith Youth Organ-
izations in this area, announces
that he will meet with Bnai
Brith leaders and with heads of
local BBYO groups, at 8 p.m.
Sunday, • at the Jewish Center.
Mr. -Liebman will outline Bnai
Brith youth activities planned In
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Russian Relief Group
To Map Hospital Drive
Isadore Starr, chairman of the
Detroit Jewish Committee of the
American Society for Russian Re-
lief, announces an - emergency
meeting for next Thursday at
the Jewish Cultural Center, 2705
Joy Road.
Principal speaker will be Rabbi
Rudolph Rosenthal of Cleveland.
Presidents, secretaries, treasur-
ers and executive committee
members of local organizations
MOSES WEISSWASSER
will launch plans for fund-raising
for the Filatov Children's Hospi-
institutions still going strong in
tal in Moscow. The Committee
the community.
has outlined a program to raise
For a decade or more he was $50;000 to equip the largest chil-
the mainstay of the Jewish Chil- dren's hospital in Moscow.
dren's Home and, with his broth-
er-in-law, the late Jacob Levin,
Haganah Admits Nazi
of the Jewish Home for Aged.
Slain by Jewish Youth
Visited Both Daily
He visited both institutions
JERUSALEM (J T A) — The
daily for many years to supervise
the kitchens and the employes "Voice of Israel" transmitter, op-
and to listen to complaints and r_--rated by the Haganah, said that
Gotthilf Wagner, former mayor
pleadings of young and old.
cf the German colony of Sarona
Many an orphan, grown to and leading Palestine Nazi, was
adulthood, recalls with gratitude killed by members of the Jewish
how Mr. Weiswasser offered him Resistance Movement. Wagner
the tender fatherly interest he was shot dead by an unidentified
missed in the confines of an or- youth March 22 outside Tel Aviv.
phan's home.
The broadcast.declared that the
When the United Hebrew Palestine Jewish community "will
Schools were being established in not tolerate Germans living here
1918, Mr. Weiswasser, accompa- in a safe haven, while Jews are
nied by another communal stal- being deported without trial. It
wart of years gone by, collected demanded that all Germans be
thousands of dollars from among deported from Palestine, and that
businessmen in the old Hastings demobilized Jewish servicemen be
and Oakland neighborhoods.
settled on their land.
For years he acted as a mem-
ber of the schools' board of edu-
World Zionist Congress
cation and was instrumental in
bringing Bernard Isaacs to De- Will Open on August 7
troit to head the schools.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
Community Affairs
22nd World Zionist Congress,
Along with his community af-
the first since 1939, will open
fairs, Mr. Weiswasser acted as
here on- Aug. 7, it was decided
Baal Koreh or—Torah Reader for
Cong. Beth Tefilo on Napoleon at a meeting of the Jewish
Agency executive.
St. and its successor Beth Tefilo
Emmanuel. He prides himself
that he can complete the reading
of the Megillah on Purim in a lit-
tle Over 15 minutes.
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