Friday, March 29, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page -Seven
Refugee Group Leaves
Shanghai for Australia
JNF Box Collection
Plans to Be Made
At Luncheon April 1
Harry Cohen, Son
To Open Furniture
Store on McNichols
First Contingent of 36 Jews to Be Followed by Others for
Whom Transportation Facilities Are Being Arranged;
Group of 35 Jews Leaves Germany for New Homes
Preparatory to commencing the
Semi-annual clearance of the JeW-
ish National Fund Blue and White
Boxes, during the period corn-
,
Harry Cohen, .Detroit business
pioneer, one of the founders of
the Robinson Furniture Co. and
for 33 years vice-president of
that firm, will
open his own
furniture store,
the David Furni-
ture Co., at W.
McNichols Road
and Monica,
about June 1.
Mr. Cohen is
president of the
n ewl y-formed
firm, and his son ',Larry Cohen
Julian Cartier, who just returned
from two and one-half years of
service overseas, is secretary and
treasurer. '
The David. Furniture Co. will
occupy the building, .100 x 100 ft.,
which is now under construction.
According to present plans, Mr.
Cohen states, the new firm will
handle furniture exclusively.
Mr. Cohen for the past 35 years
has been a communal leader. He
is president of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek and vice-presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization
of Detroit; is a past president of
the United Hebrew Schools and
a former member of the board of
governors of the Jewish Welfare
Federation.
SHANGHAI, (JTA)—The first group of 36 refugees left Shang-
hai this week for Australia, it was announced here. They will be
followed by several hundred more within the next few months as
shipping facilities become available.
About 12,000 Jewish refugees here are still dependent on relief,
which they receive from the Joint Distribution Committee, and most
of them are looking forward to emigration since there are no pros-
pects for them to become integrated economically. In addition, the
Chinese government has made it clear that it does not want Euro-
pean refugees, except those who can contribute to China's reha-
bilitation.
Representatives of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refu-
gees are now studying the problem of the Jewish refugees, most of
whom fled from Germany, Austria and Poland. Charles Jordan, a
representative of the Joint Distribution Committee, believes that it
will be possible to evacuate all the Jewish refugees from Shanghai
within two years.
As matters stand today, many of the refugees can go to Aus-
tralia and others to Latin American countries. But very few Latin
American countries maintain consulates here. Thus it is very difficult
to secure visas to these countries, even when the applicants receive
notification from the governments concerned that visas have been
approved for them. In order to receive a visa to some of the South
and Central American countries, refugees would have to go to
Chungking, and in some cases to Moscow or to San Francisco where
the nearest consulate is situated.
Several hundred Jewish refugees are now working for the
American armed forces, while some have found other jobs. But of
the 15,000 Jewish refugees- in Shanghai no more than 3,000 are able
to support themselves. The JDC is, therefore, spending $100,000 a
month on medical and other aid for them, in addition to food and
clothing which they reecive from UNRRA.
First Transport of Refugees Leaves Germany
FRANKFURT, (JTA)—A group of 35 Jews from Germany and
Eastern Europe left here with French transit visas for Paris, from
vvhere they will proceed to other countries. A few more are going
to England, some to Cuba, and others to South America, it was an-
nounced by the JDC.
David Eisenberg, JDC representative . in Berlin, arrived here,
en route to Paris, from where he will accompany the first shipment
of children to leave Germany for Palestine. They are expected to
sail early in April. Eisenberg received a silver plaque from the
Berlin Jewish Community Council in recognition of his services.
Local Brevities
KVUTZAH IVRITH will meet
Saturday evening in the audito-
num of the Rose Sittig Cohen
Bldg. to discuss "The Influence
of the Yishuv on the Diaspora."
Participants will be: Bernard
Isaacs, Joseph Haggai, Maurice H.
Zackheim, Meyer Mathis and
Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter. The
chairman will be Morris Lach-
over.
* * *
BLESSER FAMILY CLUB,
which was organized last year,
meets monthly at members'
homes. Benjamin Edelstein is
president. On March 16, at a
Purim affair at the home of the
Ben Schwartz' the sum of $60
was collected for the Matzo Fund.
Members made gifts and a sum
was taken from the treasury fund.
The $60 was turned over to the
Forward.
* * *
YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETY
OF SHAAREY ZEDEK was host
to a capacity crowd at the Spring
dance, March 23. Guests of honor
at this function were Rabbi and
Mrs. Morris Adler, Mr. and Mrs.
Maurice- Zackheim and Chaplain
and Mrs. Sidney Mossman. The
dance committee, under the co-
chairmanship of Joseph Kwase-
low and Marilyn Gold, consisted
of Bill Fitzerman, Claire Israel,
Shirley Hersh, Ruth Sobel, Ralph
Posner and Ruth Lesser.
Palestine Has Strongest
Union Movement in Work
LONDON, (ZOA)—In ratio to
its population, Jewish Palestine
has relatively the strongest trade
union movement in the world,
with a membership . of almost
thirty percent of the total Jew-
ish population, according to the
World Trade Union Congress.
Trade unions of . England,.
Soviet Russia and Czechoslovakia
have a membership of only about
15 percent of their total popula-
tion, while Italy and France have
only around 13%. In the U. S.,
the figure is even lower. In
Palestine, the Histadrut now has
a membership of over 150,000
or 30 percent.
Dutch Collaborationists
Get Death Sentences
A M S T E RDAM, (JTA)—Two
Dutchmen, F. M. Meyer and N.
P. Bartelman, were sentenced to
death in the Amsterdam Special
Court for betraying Jews to the
Nazi!-:. A third defendant was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
JWB-USO Program
Helped by Primrose
HENRI GOLDBERG
mencing April 18, a dessert lunch-
eon of volunteer workers will be
held at 1 p. m. on Monday, April
1, at the Wilshire hotel.
Mrs. Aaron Friedman, chairman
of the box collection committee
of the Jewish National Fund
Council of Detroit, representing
all local Zionist organizations, an-
nounces that in addition to in-
formal discussion of box collec-
tion activities by the workers,
there will be a musical program
featuring the eminent . Detroit
tenor, Henri Goldberg. Rosa Bas-
sin Stein will be the piano ac-
companist.
Mrs. Irving Raimi, Haddassah
University Unit J.N.F. box repre-
sentative, will read "A String of
Pearls," an expressive selection
which describes the importance of
JNF box work in efforts to re-
deem the soil of Palestine.
All JNF box workers and oth-
ers interested in helping in this
work are invited to the luncheon.
Mrs. Friedman's co-chairman
on the JNF Council's box com-
mittee is Mrs. Philip Slomovitz.
Only 20 Jews Among 8,000
At University of Vienna
VIENNA (JTA) — There are
only 20 Jewish students in the
University of Vienna, the total
enrollment of which exceeds 8,-
000, it was reported recently.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Aaron
Sidorsky wishes to thank their
many friends and relatives for
the kindnesses and sympathy ex-
tended them in their bereave-
ment.
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MIAMI BEACH (JTA)—Maitr-
ice Falk, noted Jewish philan-
thropist and steel executive, , is
dead here at the age of 79.
Mr. Falk, who rose to the lead-
ership of some of the largest steel
companies in America, began his
career as a tailor in Pittsburgh at
the age of 14. One of the found-
ers of the Wierton Steel Co. and a
director of the National Steel
Corp., he established a $10,000,000
fund in 1929 in memory of his
first wife, Laura.
Among the projects financed by
the fund was a study of the re-
settlement problems' of European
refugees in the Dominican Re-
public.
In conjunction with his brother,
Leon, he also donated $900,000 to
the medical center of the Uni-
versity of Pittsburgh.
2985 E. Jefferson St., Detroit, Mich.
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Steel Executive, Dies
Station.
Germans Hide "Badges,"
Czech Police Arrest 30
PRAGUE, (JTA)—Thirty Ger-
mans were arrested 'at Carlsbad
for failure to wear yellow arm
bands as identifying badges,
Czech police authorities have an-
nounced. The Germans who
formerly mocked Jews attempt-
ing to hide the yellow Star of
David, with which the Nazis
marked them, are using all sorts
of devices to hide or detract at-
tention from the armbands, which
they now must wear. In some
cities they are forbidden to walk
on the sidewalks.
Dr. Henry A. Atkinson, co-
chairman of the Council Against
Intolerance, has announced that
eight outstanding leaders in
American life have accepted
membership in the Council. They
are:
Dr. W. Russell Bowie, dean of
students, Union Theological Sem-
inary; John Brophy, director, of
Industrial union councils, CIO;
Rep. John M. Coffee, of Wash-
ington; H. S. Henshel, vice-presi-
dent, Bulova Watch Co.; Dr. John
J. Mahoney, professor of educa-
tion, Boston U.; Ernest 0. Melby,
dean of the School of Education,
N. Y. U.; Capt. Richard T... Neu-'
berger, member of the Oregon
State Legislature; a n d Rep.
George E. Outland of California.
men 18 and over (17 with par-
ents' consent). Under the GI
Bill of Rights, if you enlist in the
U. S. Army before October 6,
1946, for 3 years, upon your dis-
charge you will be entitled to 48
months of college, trade or busi•
ness school education. Tuition,
up to $500 per ordinary school
year will be paid. And you will
receive $65 monthly living al.
lowance—$90 if you are mar-
ried. Get the facts at your
nearest U. S. Army Recruiting
MRS. MAX VITENSON
Primrose Benevolent Society
ranks high among the organiza-
tions which continue to render
service to the JWB-USO program
in behalf of the men and women
in the armed forces.
Organized in 1931, this group
of women has made contributions
to charitable causes running in
the thousands of dollars. They
have sold $160,000 worth of bonds.
Mrs. Max Vitenson and Mrs. S.
Dean are co-chairmen of the
JWB-USO committee. Mrs. Jo-
seph Rodman is president.
8 Named to Council
Against Intolerance
RA 4610
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