Friday, September. 11, 1947

THE .JEW1SH NEWS

Page Forty-Four

Congress Seeks Relatives

The Geography of Freedoni

Of Overseas Survivors

Weizmann Urges British.,
Terrorists to Halt Violence

Anyone having information
about the following is requested
BASLE, Switzerland, (Palcor)
to call Mrs: Sam Lichtenstein, —Dr. Chaim Weizmann, veteran
TY. 6-1971:
Zionist leader addressing the 50th
ESKOVITZ, Joseph, sought by Jul- Jubilee celebration of the first
iana Itzkowitz Klein and daughter.
WALLERSTEIN, Sara, about 48 World Zionist Congress, made
years old; sought by brother, Hercel an appeal to "both sides" in Pales-
Wallerstein.
HOLCER, Itzhe and Liebush (son of tine—apparently Jewish 'extrem-
Zacharje); sought by Leib - Zilberlicht ists and the British—to stay their
and wife Rachel from Lukow.
SURAWITZ, Oscar; sought by cousin hands from violence in tills hour
Moses Sturm.
when the final solution fn,,Pales-
HARTMAN, Niel (Ichiel); sought by
tine is in the making.
Gitl Hartman.
WAJSMANN, Golda, born in Biala-
Addressing a large audience,
Podlaska district, Lomza, daughter of
Weiznlian said, "I would not ap-
Ida; sought by Jan Wajsmann.
ZIRER family; sought by Jacques portion the blame but I would
Candelman.
beg the English people to remem-
KAHAN, Luise and Fanny (husband
is a doctor): sought by Guta Kleiner. ber their traditions of justice and
• SERIN, Herscovici, born in Ushored; generosity."

The years of Nazi oppression are far behind 15-year-old Tommy
Ei•henbaum, studying under the supervision of his teacher, Mrs.
Anna S. Discavage, at the Patterson School in Pottsville, Pa. Tommy
arrived in the U. S. recently to join his uncle and aunt with the aid
of United Service for New Americans,' whose work is supported by
the United Jewish Appeal. He has already become a prize pupil.
As to his adjustment here, Tommy says: "I'll be okay as soon as I
'English' it."

Irrigation Experiment Creates
'Living Heaven' of Dead Sea Area

strong winds prevent the growth
of a number of crops.
At my suggestion tomatoes
were given special attention.
Many other crops such as cu-
cumbers, potatoes, cauliflower,
By JOSEPH ETTINGER
i etc. were tried. The tomatoes
Some time ago an article was! were a success, as were most of
1,iihlished in the Reader's Digest, the other vegetables.
1.•lating that the Jews in Pales-
Tomatoes, however, remained
tine were so sly that they grew the "star" produce, since they
tomatoes at a time of the year were ready for harvest in March
when tlic Arabs did not have any and April when they net a high
to sell. This was ostensibly "'IL . ' I income.
Naturally, during the
ranged" so that the Jews could second year the settlement con-
sell their tomatoes at a higher centrated on tomatoes, and grew
Price
The article then went on. them in multiple areas.
to describe the tomatoes grown at
Entire Crop Spoiled
north of the , It happened that freezing
Belt- liaaravah,
1)ead Sea.
I weather in the northern part of
Being somewhat responsible the Jordan Valley destroyed the
these torrianes, as head of the entire tomato crop there. The
Truck Crop Department of the plants at Beit-Haaravah, which
A411coltural Experiment Station, were carefully tended, yielded as
I enjoyed reading the article at much as 36 tons an acre, three
the tItlle. Ih
s ow
ed it to the times the average yield. As these
niembers of the settlement and it were the only tomatoes in the
them laugh,
market in Palestine, they netted
a lucrative income.
Gratifying Resdlts
I must confess that this year
it not the purpose of every
businessman, as well a., that of the settlers of Beit-Haaravah
every farmer to produce some- planted a larger area than could
thing at a season when the prod- be successfully tended, and the
net can be sold at the highest yield was not as high.
ice? If, then, the results oh- i At present, Beit-Haaravah is
toned at Beit-Haaravah were one of the 'show places" of the
most gratifying, all the better. I Jewish Agency. It is well worth
Beit-Haaravah is situated about seeing, this oasis in the desert—
a mile north of the Dead Sea, there are more than a quarter of
aboid 1,200 feet below sea level. i a million acres which can be
The entire southern part of the i made to bloom, where this veg-
Jordan Valley is a desert. The etable garden flourishes. Of
soil contains 12 per cent salt. course it is not intended to grow
Nothing can grow on soil contain- I only tomatoes, even if, and when,
mg that much salt. In fact, for the regulations will permit to
pickling cucumbers only 6 per export to Europe. In fact very
successful experiments have al-
cent salt is used.
To make anything grow on ready been carried out, which
..kich soil it has to be "cleaned," prove that bananas, dates and a
the salt has to be washed out. variety of flowers do well here.
This is done in many parts of the On my last visit at Beit Haar-
wiii Id. At Beit Haaravah this avah this winter, I saw the Rose
ou u nder Garden there in bloom a beauti-
ooelition NA. as can d e out
the supervision of the Agricult- fully-living hit of heaven, near
Experiment Station. The the Dead Sea.
LIC,11
:IS graded and levelled, then'

(rditni's Note, This is a continua-
h.,. of the series of articles being
titer, for The Jewish News by Jo-
s•fin 1•:ttinger, of the Agricultural Ex-:
1,iiinent station at Rehovoth, Pales-
F:tlinger is now studying agricul-
0 r esearch being done in the United

.

sought by Nandor Reisler.
HIRSH, Max and family; sought by
Nandor Reisler from, Ushorod. Ruman-
ia.
KRAMER, Mayer; sought by Ilona
Bercovici, daughter of Avram-Kraim.
SCHLOM, Ishaya Leiser from Kovuo;
sought by Teibl and Motel Schloss.
KOHEN, Doba, born in Chelm, Po-
land; sought by uncle Moshe Beil.
EPSTEIN, Abram, Chaim and Isaak
from Wyszkow. Poland; sought by
Mordcha Epstein.
GOLDSTEIN, David. born in Kis-
chinev.
COHN, Leah (nee Ferder or Feider)
from Tomaszew - LUbelski, Poland:
sought by Getzel Ferder or Feider.
WIESBURG, Moses Aron and Joch-
evet, from Gombin, Poland; sought
by Leon Wrobel.
HASS, Abraham and Zalel from
Chelm. Poland; sought by Chana Hass.
BORNSTEIN. Benjamin and Toil
from Chisinau; sought by Ida Born-
stein.
K AUFMAN, David from Lwow;
sought by Leja Koifman Kiper.
LANDY, Margaretta R.; sought by
Margaret Krernzter Sugar.
BRADFELD, Mrs. Isidor (nee Pepi
Einzig) born .n Zapszony; sought by

Mrs. Maximilian Bleier.
PRUPAS, Janta from Borisow dist.
Minsk: sought by Gitl Prupas Kagan.
HERSCH. Edith from Botosani;
sought by Sin Enta Josub.
1.:ERNSTEIN, Herman and Sam from
Karpatalja district Munkacz; sought
by Nandorne Farkas (nee Rosenberg).
BORMANSKI, Aaron; sought by
1904 in Radom, Poland.
Sara-Chaja Friedman-Bormanskl. born
MULLER. Ester (nee Schneider).
born in Radantz; sought by Sali Kahn.
born Radantz.
LEW. Samuel, aged 60. born Mien-
dzynccm, Poland; sought by Israel
Lew. born 1913 in Brzesz, Poland.
SILBERT. Jakob Schaja. age 60,
born Nasielsk; sought by Feiwel Top-
orowitsch, born 1924, In Nowy Dwor.
WEINGOLD, Rachelle; sought by
nephew Mailech Rosenbaum from Szy-
dlowiec, Poland.

The World Jewish Congress
has made arrangements whereby
packages can be sent to Austria,
Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Eng-
land, France, Germany, Holland,
Hungary, Italy, Romania and
Yugoslavia. For further inform-
ation call Mrs. S. Lichtenstein,
TY. 6-1971.

Red Feather health service
provided 90,249 days of hospital
Care during 1946 to people of
Metropolitan Detroit.

nosed the "causes operatinF
against us" as lack of definite

policy, anti-Jewish prejudices of
some British officials, and anti-
quated notions al5out Palestine's

possibilities.

At the same time -Moshe Sher-
tok, chief of the Jewish Agency's
Political Department, illustrated
to the Zionist Actions Committee
meeting in Zurich,' how the pro-
posed Jewish State will look.
He stated that there can be no
other solution than . a Jewish
State. The recommended aboli-
tion to the Mandate, he said is
baSed on the fact that the Jews,
Early Zionist Failures
Arabs and Britain herself agree
-Dr. Weizmann devoted most of that it is unworkable- ,and also
his address to the history of Zion- on the realization that the Jews
ism, and sketched the early colon- have reached a mature state of

ization efforts. "One of the main development in Palestine.
causes which led to the Balfour
declaration later presented one of
the main obstacles to its fulfill-
ment—the destruction of Russian
Le Shone Tovo Tikosevm
Jewery which left the move-
ment—leaderless at a time when
western communities, especially
in America, were not yet pre-
pared. Our first great chance slip-
ped for lack of support, of men
Director of Jewish Sour
and money. How different the
course of events might have been
Radio Station
if even half of our present re-:
sources had been at our disposal
WJBK
in 1921," Weizmann said.
He then reviewed the post-war
period and recalled having diag-

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JERUSALEM (ZOA) — Ruch-
cJe.J•i•ed hy about 10-15 inches of
ama. a settlement in the Negev,
. The water seeds slowly
was lighted by electricity for the
cl• J•.‘. n.. dissolving the salt. j
first time a few weeks ago when
Pumped from River
is pumped from the the new LP. 2,000 (S8,000) install-
ation was switched on.
J , 1 o.,0 !liver, and renewed as
as required, till all the salt
has k),Jen ui,solved down to 12
feet. as sh.,wn by soil analysis.
The process requires from three
to six months. It is not expensive,
when enough water is available.
After this, the soil is plowed,
ON THE NEW
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Happy New Year

GREETINGS

round. The summer is too warm
for most crops, the winter is
warm, but sometimes the nights
are cold, and the extremes of
occasional
temperatures, a n d

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