Friday, April 12, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
Shapero and Simons Head
Leaders in Cancer Drive
With the slogan, "Our No. 1
Enemy," the American Cancer
Society, Southeastern Michigan
division, will launch its campaign
for $320,000 in Detroit during the
present month, in an effort to
stem the increase of deaths from
cancer which have reached a
U. S. peak of 175,000 annually.
Many prominent Jews of De-
troit are active in this great hu-
manitarian organization, includ-
ing Nate Shapero and Leonard N.
Simons, vice-presidents; Maurice
Aronsson, A. E. Barit, David M.
Idzal, William H. Kaplan, Max
Osnos, Lew Wisper, on the gen-
eral committee; Frank Wetsman,
Alex Schreiber, Sol Sloan, Dave
Newman, Harold Smiley, William
London, George Bremen, Carl
Shalit and others.
New cancer detection clinics
are located at Woman's, Ford,
Kenny Singer Is Back
From Army; Forms Band
Kenny Singer has been released
from the army and again has or-
' ganized his own
band. He served
with Patton's
Third . Army in
France and Ger-
many and is the
holder of the
Purple Heart
and the Bronze
Star medals. Be-
fore he entered
the army his
Kenny Singer band was popu-
lar here. He is now residing at
3511 Oakinan Blvd.
Harper, St. Mary's and Provi-
dence hospitals, where examina-
tions are made without charge.
Appointments may be made by
calling CH. 0786.
The major part of the money
contributed is retained by the city
and state divisions to carry on
their local programs of education
and service to patients. Accord-
ing to Eric A. Johnston, national
chairman of the campaign, 30%
to 50% of all cases can be cured
on the basis of present day medi-
cal knowledge, if caught in the
earliest stages. Among children,
Methodists Give $10,000
between the ages of 5 and 9,
cancer causes more deaths than To UJA Campaign in NY
all of the following combined:
Expressing profound concern
Scarlet fever, infantile paralysis,
typhoid, menginitis, peritonitis, "over the peculiar losses and
diphtheria, dysentery, diarrhea hardships and agonies" which
the Jews of Europe have endur-
and malaria.
ed, Bishop Herbert Welch, chair-
man of the committee for over-
THE AIIERICAN CANCER SOCIETY, INC.
seas relief of the Methodist
Church, presented a check for
153 Elizabeth St. E., Detroit 1, Mich.
the sum of $10,000 to the United
Sirs:
Jewish Appeal for Refugees,
I enclose $
as my gift to fight cancer.
Overseas Needs and Palestine,
Please send me, without cost, information on the "danger
which is seeking to raise $100,-
signals" of cancer, to protect myself and my family
000,000 this year to save and re-
against cancer.
build the lives of the 1,400,000
Please send me the name and address of the nearest cancer
Jewish survivors of Hitlerism in
information center.
Europe. The check from the
Methodist Committee for Over-
Name
seas Relief was received in be-
Street
half of the United Jewish Appeal
by Edward M. M. Warburg,
City
State
chairman of the Greater New
The Jewish News 1
York campaign.
n
Gen. Rose Post Hears
Talk on Aid to Vets
Gen. 'Maurice Rose Post met
April 4 at the Bnai Moshe. Due
to the absence of Cmdr. Harold
MarkS, who went on business to
California, the senior vice com-
mander, Morris Smith, officiated.
Allen Bernstein, of the Jewish
Vocational Service, guest speaker
of the evening, gave an interest-
ing talk on steps taken by the
service to aid men in deciding
what type of work for which they
are best suited.
The next guest speaker, Louis
Tendler, veterans' advisor of the
Detroit News, will appear at the
Bnai Moshe Thursday, April 18,
at 8:30 p.m. Everyone is invited.
Page Forty-seven
900 Children Await
Trip to Palestine
From British Zone
FRANKFURT, (JTA) — More
than 900 Jewish children from
the British zone in Germany will
be assembled at Bergen-Belsen
within a few weeks for emigra-
tion to Palestine, according to a
report from Hamburg.
One hundred and twenty chil-
dren, who arrived in Hamburg
from Theresien last June, and,
who have been living in Blank-
enese, near Hamburg in an or-
phanage maintained by the Joint
Distribution Committee on the
former Warburg estate, will be
part of the large transport,
which probably will leave Eu-
rope from Marseilles.
It also is reported that the
Swedish government has offer-
ed refuge to 300 Jews from the
British zone. One hundred and
seventy already have sailed from
Luebeck.
In Munich the newly-formed
Federation of Polish Jews has
announced that it will cooperate
with all Polish-Jewish groups
throughout the world in cele-
brating, on April 18, the third
anniversary of the Battle of the
Warsaw Ghetto.
300 Jewish Children Arrive
In Prague From • Poland
PRAGUE, (JTA) — T h e first
300 of a contingent of 800 Jewish
children from Poland arrived
here fora short stay en route to
Paris, on a- train provided by the
Czech government. The children
will be placed in trade schools,
yeshivas and training farms, in
preparation for their eventual
emigration to Palestine. Several
rabbis from Warsaw accompan-
ied them.
Passover
Greetings
!tinsel
Drug Co.
Home for Aged Auxiliary
To Hold Special Meeting
To Aid JDC Campaign
Mrs. George Koven, president
of the Women's Auxiliary, Jew-
ish Home for Aged, announces
that a special meeting will be
held Monday, April 29, at 1:15
p.m., at the home at 11501 Petos-
key to collect food, clothing and
medical supplies for survivors in
Europe. This campaign is na-
tionally sponsored by the Joint
Distribution Committee.
Mrs. S. Weller and Mrs. T.
Lebovitz have been chosen to
head the committee. Members
and friends are invited and are
urged to bring packages.
Passover
Passover
Greetings
Greetings
Gertrude Ribla Guest Singer
At
2 I st Folk Chorus Concert.
Mail Between DP and U. S. Jews
Facilitated by New Regulation
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Mail
communication with Jews resid-
ing in displaced persons camps
in are American zone of Ger-
many will be facilitated by a new
regulation issued here by the
Post Office Department. It no
longer will be necessary to pre-
sent a post card from a DP be-
fore being permitted to send him
mail. The regulation also ap-
plies to other residents of Ger-
many.
The Jewish Folks' Chorus will
hold its 21st annual concert at
the Scottish Rite cathedral Sun-
day evening, May 26. Gertrude
Ribla, well known operatic and
concert singer, will be the guest
artist.
The chorus, under the direc-
tion of Henri Goldberg, will per-
form the Oratorio, "Moshiach
Ben Yosef" by Jacob Schaefer,
and a program of Hebrew, Yid-
dish and English folk songs.
Fox
Theater
Passover
Passover
Greetings
Greetings
Irving S. Raider
Samuel F. Barbas
Safran
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