Friday, May 3, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
Refugees at La Spezia Win
Fight to Sail to Palestine
British Government Accedes to Demands and Issues
Enough Visas for All 1,014 Aboard Fede to Leave
for Zion Legally This Month
LA SPEZIA, (JTA)—The British Government last Sun-
day offered the Jewish refugees, detained here for nearly a
month aboard the Fede, an additional 335 immigration cer-
tificates for Palestine, which would be available in the mid-
dle of May. With the offer of 679 certificates made two days
earlier, the total number is now 1,014, enough to permit all
the refugees to enter Palestine
legally.
No decision on the British of-
fer has yet been announced by
the refugees. Until now they
have insisted that they would sail
as a group. A British embassy
official in Rome said that he
could "see no reason why under
the new proposal, the first 679
cannot wait until the middle of
May so the entire group can
leave for Palestine together."
Called Major . Triumph
While the refugee leaders com-
mittee has not yet reached a de-
cision, it is apparent that the new
British offer is considered a major
triumph for this handful of Jew-
ish wanderers who have defied
the combined authority of Italy,
Britain, and the Allied Control
Commission for almost four
weeks.
After • their 75-hour hunger
strike, threats to blow up the
ship, and mass suicide, it became
increasingly clear during the last
few days that theirs was a win-
ning fight. The Italian Govern-
ment, through the Minister of the
Navy, stated in writing that the
departure of the Fede and the
Eliahu Golomb "depends not on
Italian but on Allied authority."
Under such conditions it would
be extremely awkward for the
British to order the Italian de-
stroyers to block the threatened
sailing of the refugee ships.
Should the refugees accept the
British offer, the La Spezia case
would still not be closed. Four
Italians and a refugee Jew are
imprisoned in a Genoa jail, where
they have been held incommuni-
cado for three weeks by the
Allied Field Security Service. No
formal charges have yet been
filed against the five who were
arrested in connection with the
attempt by the Jews to sail for
Palestine without he permission
of the British Government.
Owner of Shipyard .
The Italians are Renzo Bar-
giacchi, owner of the shipyard in
which the Fede was reconditioned
from a cargo ship to a passenger
vessel; his son Giorgio, aged
nineteen; Giuseppe Moisso, mem
ber of the Italian Committee for
National Liberation; and Matteo
Maranzana, Socialist leader • of
Genoa. They were. originally ar-
rested by the Italian police, who
apprehended them enroute to the
Fede, but were released within 24
hours. They were interned later
at Genoa.
In addition three sergeants of
the 179th Company of the Royal
Army Service Corps of Palestine
are being held at Caserta by the
Field Security Service. Accord-
ing •to eyewitness accounts, the
three—Sgts. Zelinger, Freier, and
Liubartowski are handcuffed,
even in jail.
Lt. Klein Completes
53 Months in Navy;
Headed Squadron
Lt. Stanley C. Klein, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R.W. Klein, - has just
completed 53 months of service,
42 of which were at . sea. He
spent the last 25 months in the
forward areas of the Pacific.
Lt. Klein's last
official act was
to furnish sup-
plies and sup-
port to the YMS
and AMC ves-
sels at Bikini
Atoll in connec-
tion with t h e
proposed atom
bomb experi-
ment.
Lt. Klein
As command-
ing officer of the USS "YMS 183,"
he participated in the consolida-
tion of the Northern Solomons,
minesweeping operations in Ma-
laitu, in tactical command of
Minesweeping operations in the
Fiji Islands, a unit commander
during the invasion of Okinawa
and in tactical command of the
sweeping forces engaged in the
initial assault on Kume Shima.
As commander of mine squad-
ron 101 he was in administrative
-,and tactical command of 51 motor
mine sweepers engaged in clear-
ing the seas around the Japanese
empire and Korea. In addition,
he was commander of the 1,300
ton USS Barbican, and acted as
liaison officer for the Tenth
British .Mine Flotilla.
2 Vets Pool Interests
In Jewelry, Gift Shop
Two army buddies who re-
cently were discharged from
service have pooled their inter-
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Liebman Assumes
BBYO Post Here
Sgt. Sefansky to Join
Father at 'Toyland'
An innovation in home service
Sgt. David Sefansky of .4050
Howard Liebman has assumed has been introduced to Detroit Duane was discharged from serv-
his post. in Detroit as District 6 by Standard Baby Needs, oper- ice on April
Entering . the
direbtor of Bnai Brith Youth Or- ated by two
army in June,
brothers,
N
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ganization. He succeeds Leonard
1943, he was
man and Milton
overseas for two
Naimark. F o r
years, serving in
the first time in
England, France
the city, a firm
a n d Germany
now offers to
with the Ord-
busy mothers a
nance Depart-
complete line of
ment. He will
standard nation-
b e associated An%
ally advertised
with his father Sgt. Sefansky
baby foods and N. Naimark
in the Toyland business on Liver-
drugs, with free
nois.
delivery service.
Norman, who has been dis-
charged from and army after Robert Kozlow Discharged
nearly four and a half years'
service, was inducted as a private
Robert Kozlow is at home with
and won promotion to major, his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Edward
serving as personnel staff officer Kozlow of Pasadena Ave., after
for the 7th Fighter Command on three years of service with the
Iwo Jima. He lives at 2257 Rich-
U. S. army. He spent two years
ton.
in
the European Theater of Op-
Milton, who has been manager
of the Tiny Tot Baby Laundry erations with the 103rd Infantry
for seven years, lives at 2297 Division. His brother, Richard, is
Photo by Dorothy's Studio
serving with the U. S. Naval Re-
Glendale.
HOWARD LIEBMAN
serve.
Standard Baby Needs is located
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Belove, who returned to his for- at 11524 Holmur, HO. 4282.
p
mer home in Kansas City, Mo.,
Lending
to enter private business.
Library
Arnold Brainin Home
Born in New York in 1921, After 4 Years in Service
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Liebman studied in the New
Gifts
York schools and received his
Yeoman 1/c Arnold Brainin,
degree of Bachelor of Social Sci- who served with the U. S. Coast
ence, majoring in psychology, in Guard for four years, has been
Greeting
January, 1944, from the College discharged and has resumed the
Cards
of the City of New York. From study of dentistry at the Univer-
January to June, 1944, he did sity of Michigan.
SAM GINSBURG
graduate work in sociology and
His parents, Mr. and WS.
psychology at Columbia Univer-
Samuel Brainin of Clements Ave.,
CENTRAL
sity and New School for Social
entertained relatives and friends
Research, and- until last Febru-
Florist
and Gift Shop
at an open house in his honor.
ary attended Harvard L a w
11525 DEXTER BLVD.
Arnold's brother, Jerome, prev-
School.
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Mr. Liebman worked with the iously was released from service
in
the
coast
guard.
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City College Housing Plan, City
College Educational Clinic, NBC
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Radio Research Laboratories,
92nd St. YMHA, the Boy Scouts
and did editorial work for Simon
and Schuster.
THE KOSHER ALL VEGETABLE
During the last three summers 2'
he was waterfront director at
children's camps and served as
athletic and assistant social direc-
tor at a country hotel.
"So Kind to the Hands"
At Harvard he established col-
lections with Hillel Director Ju-
Distributed by
dah Shapiro and was introduced
by him to BBYO work.
THE STONE
One of his first activities here
SOAP CO.
is to supervise the seventh an-
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Here At Last!
Soap Powder
Sgt. Baumgarten Discharged
S/Sgt. Martin J. Baumgarten,
only son of Mr.
and Mrs. Harry
Bahmgarten, re-
ceived his dis-
charge April 16,
after having
Harry Miller
I. Flasehen
spent three and
ests in a jewelry and gift shop one "half years
at 413 Metropolitan Bldg. They in the Army—
over a year of
are:
which was over-
First Lt. Irving Flaschen, who seas. He is liv-
was in the army for four and a ing with his
half years, and was discharged )arents at 3835
M. Baumgarten
April 18. He is 'married to the Duane.
former Ruth Nathanson and they
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are making their home with her
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parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Nath-
Discharged from Navy
anson, 16862 Parkside.
The following have been dis-
Harry Miller of 2539 Highland,
charged from the naval service at a flier who was in service for
the U. S. Naval Personnel Separ- three and a half years.
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ation center, Great Lakes, Ill.:
Mr. Flaschen will have charge
AETM 3/c (N) Arthur Cohen,
of the gift shop and Mr. Miller,
3317 Waverly.
of the jewelry business.
F 1/c Seymour Jaffa, 2703 Mon-
terey.
Lt. (j..g.) Marvin L. Zeskind, Bnai Britt, Women Service
3319 Grand.
Nursery. 3 to 5
Dearborn Vets' Hospital
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Every Monday afternoon the
various chapters of Bnai Brith
Women, with Mrs. Samuel B.
Gutterman as chairman and Mrs.
Aron Rosen as co-chairman, serv-
ice the• Dearborn Veterans' Hos-
pital through the Greater Detroit
Bnai Brith Women's' Council.
Cigarets, playing cads, mirrors,
socks, gum, fruit and stationery
are distributed to the patients.
Also yarn for weaving and ma-
terials for leathercraft are pro-
vided.
Special decks of • "Braille"
cards weer made up for blind
patients.
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Call TOwnsend 5-3534 for free home delivery.
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Maj. R. Blumenthal Named
On Chief Chaplain's Staff
NEW YORK—Chaplain (Major)
Ralph Blumenthal, a veteran of
two years of service. in the India-
Burma area, has been appointed
to the staff of the 'Chief of Chap-
lains • Office in the War Depart-
ment, Washington, D. C., it is
announced by Dr. David de Sola
Pool, head of the Committee on
Army and Navy Religious Activi-
ties of the National Jewish Wel-
fare Board. Chaplain Blumenthal
succeeds Chaplain Henry Tavel,
who has been separated from the
service.
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Kindergarten. .5 to 6
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Oldest Continuous Directorship
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A Few Accommodations Available in
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Older Campers Now Accepted Only
For the Month of August
EXPERT INSTRUCTION IN ALL CAMPING ACTIVITIES
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