Friday, July 25, 1947
Harold Russel Sets Pace for WA
Page Seven
THE JEWISH NEWS
Jews In Science
Georgia MDs Predict
Sex of Unborn. Child
83-Year-Old Dreamer Fulfills
Highest Hope With N.Y. Flight
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Dr. Ronia G. Morton, 83, has returned to the Jewish
Home for the Aged, her "great 'expectation" an accomplished
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fact.
At one time a practicing dentist in Russia and Germany,
Dr. Morton has been a resident of the Home for a Year and a
half. Despite her age, she is an avid reader and great radio
NEW YORK, (JPS) — Predic-
tions of whether an expectant
mother will bear a boy or a girl
can be made by two tests, one
chemical, the other microscopic,
according to poctors H. E. Nie- fan. When newspaper and radio
burg, H. S. Kupperman and R. B. advertisements acquainted her 83-year-old lady stepped into a
streamlined airship and winged
Greenblatt of the Universety of with the screen version of Charles her way to the city of her dreams.
Georgia School of Medicine. The Dickens' novel, "Great Expecta-
Comfortably established at the
chemical test determines the ratio
Park Avenue Hotel. Dr. Morton
tions,"
she
began
to
voice
her
of two kinds of hormones present,
own greatest hope which, despite explored New York in traditional
FSH and LH. An excess of the her 22-year residence in this sight-seeing style. Her tour in-
"latter means its going to be. a country, she had never achieved eluded the 70th story observation
boy. The microscopic test calls for —to visit New York City, through tower of the RCA Building. a
hansom cab ride through Cen-
a study of the tissues that line the the air. .,-.. -
uterus. When the types of tissues
As, word of Dr. Morton's desire tral Park, a visit to Columbia
are definite the doctors say they spread through the Home, a University's School of Dentistry,
can predict, with an accuracy of group of residents formed a corn- the legitimate theatre, where she
To 11-year-old Jackie Strick of Philadelphia, armless World 85.4 percent, whether the baby mittee which spoke in her be- saw "Born Yesterday," China-
War II veteran Harold Russell is a very great man. When Jackie will be a boy or a girl.
half to Ira Sonnenblick,, director town, and the Haydn Planeta-
saw Harold in the movie, "The Best Years of Out Lives," the little
of the 'Home. With Mrs. Sonnen- rium. As a climax she saw "Great
boy made up his- mind that some day soon he would meet this
blich, he went into consultation Expectation" at Radio City Music
courageous man whci has done so much despite his great handicap.
with representatives of Universal Hall.
Jackie's opportunity came recently when Academy Award winner
Today, Dr. Morton is once mere
International Pictures, distribu-
Harold Russell went down to Philadelphia's Bellevue Stratford Hotel
tors of the film. and the Pennsyl- in residence at the Home for the
to address a meeting of the Allied Jewish Appeal. Jackie, who had
made up his mind to contribute a month's allowance to the Phila-
Aged, where she is preparing a
vania Central Airlines.
delphia campaign on behalf of the $170,000,000 United Jewish Appeal,
The companies were intrigued detailed report of her trip to
NEW YORK (Palcor) —A new
listened intently to Russell's description of the Jewish crisis overseas.
Amer- by the Sonnenblick? story, and present at the first fall meeting
When Russell described the unfortunate Jewish children in Europe, organization, known - as
rolled down the little boy's cheek. A month's allowance seemed icans for Haganah, was formed immediately made arrangements of the Ladies Auxiliary of the
a tear
for the fulfillment of Dr. Morton's Home. She is still excited. but
a small sum indeed. When Russell had finished, Jackie jumped up at a rally here in support of
-expectation"
and made a simple announcement. He would increase his'contribution Haganah, central. Jewish resist- 'great expectation." And on a happy. Her "great
four-fold. Jackie Strick thereby became the youngest pace-setter in ance movement in Palestine. In a-- bright day late in June, the spry has been fulfilled.
Philadelphia.
Others at the meeting`followed
Jackie's new
example.
statement
the
group de-
clared: "We plan to tell the
I Qperation- Tiger"- ended with- American people about the con-
out locating the two kidnapedistructive, heroic work of Ha-
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Britons, terrorists or illegal firms. , ganah; how it is rescuing Jewish
Eli-
1 survivors of Hitler terror in E
Howeiier, it resulted in reader- rope: how it is transporting them
BECAUSE OF THE MANY CALLS AND IN-
ing 70 . per - cent of the 15,000 I to Palestine." The American
unemployed.
The
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Nathanya JeWs
QUIRIES BENJAMIN AND HARRY BOXMAN OF
1Friends for Haganah also de-
--(Continued from Page 1) . community's. industry-suffered an i nounced the Palestine extremists
loss
of
a
half
million
I and those who collect funds for
Ored on a :Motor launch which estimated
left LaSPezia Port Saturday night dollars Lebanon a,,O.Mits.
i them here.
retrying baggage of refugees Bowing to UN pressure and
KOSHER MEAT AND POULTRY MARKETS
s,
1:".”tid- for Palestine, but the ' intervention from other . source
_Report Mail Is Withheld
"Lebanon - withdrew the ban on 1
,
launch escaped.
the admission of JT.A correspond- From Cyprus Detainees
Located at
' Jerusalem - Under Curfew
ent Gerold Frank who is arum-I
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Dusk-to- panying UNSCOP. The Lebanese JERUSALEM (Palcor) — Let-
dawn ' curfew was imposed upon consulate informed Frank that a ters from Palestine to Jewish
Jewish quarters here after Mon- visa would be issued on his ap- refugees on Cyprus, reach Cy-
Near Webb
Corner Taylor
day's attacks upon police stations plicat ion—five days after all prus in three days but are kept
and armored cars in which 10 other accredited correspondents somewhere on the island as long
soldiers and policemen were received theirs.
WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY DO NOT OWN-
as 25 days before they are de-
Wounded. The government an-
three-hour strike throughout livered-to the detainees.
ANDARE NOT INTERESTED IN ANY OTHER KOSHER
nounced the countrywide total of Palestine
A
The detainees say the volume
marked the Jewish pro-
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three killed,
including
one J ew,
of
letters
received
began
to
de-
test against the, deportation of the
MEAT AND POULTRY MARKETS IN THE CITY.
and 20 injured, including five
crease markedly in April after
"Exodus 1944 passengers.
Jews, during the week-end.
disturbances when collective pun-
Haganah's joining in attacks Haifa was curfewed for 10
Telephone your requirements to us
ishments were inflict-sal and this
upon the British since 1946, by an hours on Sunday.
contributes to the further dete-
operation against the Haifa radar The Rev. John S. Grauel of rioration of the morale of the de-
for quality meats and poultry.
station, is interpreted as reflect- Worcester, Mass., appeared be- tainees.
ing the rising indignation among fore UNSCOP and told his ex-
the Yishuv over the killing of , periences as a passenger on
CARD OF ,THANKS
three passengers on the "Exodus "Exodus 1947." UNSCOP com-
The family of the late Moe
1947," and the deportation of pleted its hearings in Palestine Goldman wish to express their
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the others to France. Pre-dawn and left for Lebanon.
sincere thanks to relatives and
Haganah attacks resulted in the In a written answer to the friends for the kindnesses shown
destruction of wireless installa- question directed to him by the them in their recent bereave-
lions at Ahuza, south of Haifa. Guatemalan delegate. Dr. Jorge
ment.
In t•p raids, diversionary actions Garcia GTanados. Dr. Chaim Weiz-
were directed at a nearby signal ma nn explained why he favors
detachment of the camp of the partition in preference to federal-
Sixth Airborne Division, con- ization or cantonization. He said
ducted with machine guns, small federalization would not do away
aring „and hand grenades. Moshe with foreign control and would
Airkin, died in a government hos- neither establish Jewish inde-
pikal - from woufids received in pendence nor amity between Jews
this aCtian.
and Arabs. He expressed the view
Pitched Battle Develops
that these things would be-
Another raid which destroyed achieved by partition.
the eledtronic lookout post was
TO OUR POLICYHOLDERS:
A British group Of spokesmen,
carried onoby 50 men. Land mines headed by Sir Henry . L.. Gurney,
were strewn before the attack. A Palestine Chief Secietary, ap-
pitched battle developed after the
You will be interested to know that the total amount
peared at a closed UNSCOP ses-
blast, before the Jews could re- sion. They accused Palestine
treat. Four supernumeraries were Jewry of supporting lawlessness
Crown
Life policies in force (owned by over 200,000 in-
of
wounded, one Arab seriously and of "concealing the truth."
dividual policyholders) now exceeds $500,000,000.
when he stepped on a mine. Four
A memorandum from the Board
Haganah men were injured
of
Deputies
of
British
Jews
told
slightly.
Your co-operation assists greatly in the progress of yodr
At noon on Monday an oil line UNSCOP that the only solution
to
the
Jewish
problem
is
the
was blasted and damaged outside
Company.
Kfar Yehoshua. Eight Jews - were establishment of a Jewish state.
Reports from Bucharest reveal
detained for questioning, four of
them being caught with pistols that large groups of unorganized
TO OUR AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES:
Jewish immigrants are massing on
and digging tools.
A land mine blew up a mili- the border towns of Carei Mari
Mehan for a
tary jeep in Haifa and two British and Valea Lui
The passing of the Half Billion Dollar Mark is directly
"march to Palestine." Responsible
soldiers were injured seriously.
to your efficiency in the service of your clients.
attributable
Nathanya completed_ the first Jewish organizations warn against
week under martial law, but such a step.
Organize American
Group for Haganah
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Ilaganah' s Attack
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