Obituaries

JOSEPH. MILLER, 70, of 2944
Grand Ave., died Jan. 9.- Rabbi
Rosenwasser officiated at funeral
services at Lewis Bros. Burial,
Machpelah. He is survived by
his wife, Sarah; a son, William
H., and a daughter, Ethel. He was
a member of Cong. Bnai Israel,
Bnai Brith and the Masons.
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ADELE SHIELL, 51, of Los
Angeles, formerly. of Detroit,
died Jan. 5. She is survived by
her husband, Louis; children, Os-
car and Pearl Cole of Los An-
geles, Ruth Kalen. of Detroit, and
Jeanette Tobin of Miami Beach.
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MAX GEDRICH, 59, of 15804
LaSalle, died Jan. 8. Rabbi Isaac
Stollman officiated at services at
Lewis Bros. Burial, Machpelah.
He is survived by sons, Nathan
and Irving, and daughters, Mrs.
Sam Moscow, Mrs. Joe Carrick
and Mrs. Eli Lewis.

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MRS. SARAH ALSPECTOR,
53, of 4041 Richton, died Jan. 4
after a long illness. Funeral serv-
ices were conducted by Rabbi
Morris Adler at Hebrew Be-
nevolent Society; burial, Hebrew
Memorial Park. She is survived
by her husband, Samuel; a
daughter, Mrs. Jerome J. Stern;.,
a son, Jack; two grandchildren;
sisters, Mrs. Max Ross of Toronto,
Mrs. Max Fishman and Pauline
Yarmak of New York, and broth-
ers, Louis Yarmak of Toronto and
Barney Yarmak of New York.

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HERMAN GOLDSTEIN of New
York died Jan. 4. Services were
held at Kaufman Chapel; with
Rabbi Joshua Sperka and Cantor
H. Adler officiating. He leaves
his son, Alexander Grant of Chi-
cago; three daughters, Mrs.
Nathan Glassman, Mrs. Irving
Michaels of New York and Mrs.
Daniel Longhurst. I n t e rment,
Beth Abraham Cemetery.

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ESTHER TURNER of 3041 Les-
lie died Jan. 6. Services were held
at Kaufman Chapel, with Rabbi
Franke officiating. She leaves her
children, William, Leo and Frank
of Los Angeles; Mrs. Celia Gray
and Mrs. • Ray Bauman; two
brothers, Abraham and Joseph
Josephson; a sister, Mrs. Pauline
Br and w in e. Interment, Beth
Moses Cemetery.
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ROSE TORGOW of 2614 Leslie
died Jan. 5. Services were held
at Kaufman Chapel with Rabbi
Segal and Cantor Slavensky of-
ficiating. She is survived by her
husband, Morris; two sons, Jonas
and Dr. Morry A. of California;
a daughter, Mrs. I. S. Katzman;
a sister, Mrs. B. Zwick of Ro-
chester, New York. Interment,
Machpelah Cemetery.
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HERMAN STARLER of 3013
Pasadena died Jan. 6. Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel
with Rabbi Segal and Cantor
Slavensky officiating. He is sur-
vived by his wife, Bertha; a son,
Jerry; a daughter, Mrs. Morris
Garrison; his father Samuel Star-
ler; three brothers, Harry, Alex
and Charles; three sisters, Mrs.
Sidney Young, Mrs. Samuel
Katcher, Mrs. Armand Craig. In-
terment, Ohel Moshe Cemetery.
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Services for PFC. DON FOX,
who died in action at the age of
22 at Iwo Jima, will be held this
Sunday at Lewis Bros. Rabbi
Harold Rosenthal will officiate
and the Jewish War Veterans will
conduct military rites. Pfc. Fox
is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Fox of - 2296
Glendale, and three sisters, Re-
nee, Marjorie and Sharon Lee.

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JOSEPH PETCHESKY, 72, of
11501 Petoskey, died Jan. 8. Fu- .
neral services were held at He-
brew Benevolent Society. Rabbi
Joshua Sperka • officiated. He is
survived by his sons, Louis and
Milton, and four grandchildren.
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MORRIS WERSHE, 59, of 1910
Pingree, died Jan. 9. Funeral
services were held at Hebrew
Benevolent Society. He is sur-
vived by his daughter, Mrs.
Sylvia Rose; son, Sidney, and two
grandchildren. Rabbi Sperka of-
ficiated.

MORRIS ROSEN,. 72, of 4058
Duane, died Jan. 2. Funeral serv-
ices were held at Hebrew Benev-
olent Society. He is survived by
his sons, Kalman of California,
Kopel and Sam; daughters, Mrs.
Bella Wilner, Mrs. Rose Eisdorf-
er, Mrs. Clara Miller, Mrs. Katie
Zogut, Mrs. Annie Stein; 23 grand
children, and 13 great-grandchil-
dren.
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SAMUEL KORENS, 59, of 2725
Tuxedo, died Jan. 4. Funeral
services were held under the
auspices of the First Hebrew
Congregation of Delray at the
Hebrew Benevolent Society, with
interment at Oakview Memorial
Park. Rabbi Jacob Segal offic-
iated. He is survived by his
widow, Anna; son, Irving and a
daughter, Mrs. Rozlyn Levitt.
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HARRY SURATH, 59, of 15408
Manor, died Jan. 5. Funeral serv-
ices were held at Hebrew Benev-
olent Society. Rabbi Max Wohl-
gelernter officiated. He is sur-
vived by his widow, Anna; sons,
Morris and John; daughters, Mrs.
Gertrude Schwartz, Mrs. Bessie
Wasserman, Mrs. Sarah Lipson,
and 10 grandchildren.

MRS. MARY KOLB; 54, of 1930
W. Philadelphia, died Jan. 6.
Funeral services were 'held at
Hebrew Benevolent Society. Rab-
bi Isaac Stollman officiated. She
is survived by her sons, Leo and
Marvin; daughters, Mrs. Rae Gali-
son and Mrs. Beatrice Slootsky,
and four grandchildren.
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MRS. DORA FERTELL, 55, of
2204 Hazelwood, died Jan. 7. Fu-
neral services were held at He-
brew Benevolent Society. Rabbi
Isaac Stollman officiated. She' is
survived by her sons, Edward,
Manuel and Leon; daughters, Mrs.
Fay Pa.sserman and Mildred, and
three grandchildren.
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SAM ROBINSON, 46, of 1954
W. Philadelphia, died Jan. 7.
Funeral services were • held at
Hebrew Benevolent Society. Rab-
bi Max Wohlgelernter and Cantor
Hyman Adler officiated. He is sur-
vived by his mother, Mrs. Alice
Robinson; daughter, Mrs. Helen
Possen; sisters, Mrs. Flora Stein-
man, Mrs. Selma Chase, and one
grandson.
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MRS. MATILDA SOLOMON,
85, of 2612 Hazelwood, died Jan.
8. Funeral services were held at
Hebrew Benevolent Society, with
interment at Beth Tefilah ceme-
tery. Rabbi 'Neuhaus • officiated.
She is survived by her sons, Mar-
tin, Dr. Harry and Walter, of
Palestine; daughters, Mrs. Meta
Freuh and Mrs. Alice Panthauer;
seven grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
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LOUIS PALLEY died Jan. 7 in
Los Angeles. Funeral services
were held at Hebrew Benevolent
Society. Rabbi Joshua Sperka of-
ficiated. He is survived by his
widow, Rebecca; sons, William,
Albert and Sam; daughter, Mts.
Ida Epstein, and sbe grandchil-
dren.

22--THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 14, 1949

Try and Stop Me

Jewish Admiral
Dies at Age of 87

By BENNETT CERF

WASHINGTON, D.C., (JPS))—
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss,
one-time commander of the U.S.
Asiatic fleet, commander of mine
laying and removal operations in
the North Sea during and after
World War One, and an outstand-
ing inventor of naval ordnance,
died at the Bethesda Naval Hos-
pital last week at the age of 87.
Born in Virginia, Admiral
Strauss served 44 years as a
naval officer and held some of
the highest awards of the United
States, Great Britain and France.
Graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy at. Annapolis in 1885,
he invented, 10 years later, the
system of super-imposed turrets—
one gun turret mounted atop an-
other—which was subsequently
adopted for warships of all na ,
tions. Regarded as an ordnance
expert, he served in the Spanish-
American War, in charge of the
blockade of the Cuban coast.
During World War One Admiral
Strauss commanded the Ameri-
Aan fleet which laid a barrier of
57,000 mines in the North Sea,
from Norway to Scotland, bottl-
ing up the German U-boat bases
at Kiel and Heligoland. After the
war he was in charge of the
hazardous task of removing the
mines.
Admiral Strauss invented the
first spring recoil gun mount, de-
veloped the 12-inch naval guns
which preceded the adoption of
14-inch batteries, pioneered in
smokeless powder improvement
and designed a disappearing
mount for submarine deck guns.
He retired from active duty in
1925, but was recalled by Sec-
retary of Navy Claude Swanson
in 1937, to serve on a special ad-
visory board to assist a naval
staff in the preparation of battle=
ship construction.

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Mrs. Goldstein, Civic
Leader, Dies, Aged 65

Mrs. Anna Goldstein, of 16522
LaSalle, who was born in Buffalo
65 years ago and lived most of
her:life in Pontiac, before coming
to Detroit four years ago, died
Jan. 5. Funeral services were
held Jan. 6 at Brown Memorial
Chapel of Temple Beth El.
Surviving are her husband,
Benjamin; two daughters, Mrs.
Al Borinstein of Detroit and Mrs.
Morris Fox of Los Angeles, and
four grandchildren.
During her residence in Pon-
tiac, Mrs. Goldstein was one of
the leading club women and was
active in civic and community
affairs. She was among the pio-
neers in the organization of Pon-
tiac's Temple Bnai Jacob and its
Sisterhood, was a liberal sup-
porter of community causes and
upon coming to Detroit continued
her interests in many worthy
causes in this city.

NEW YORK, (JTA)—The sum
of approximately $33;000,000 was
furnished to Israel by the Keren
Hayesod in the United States
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during the past year, it was re-
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ported by Charles Ress, president
Re-interment s e r vices were of the organization.
held for ABRAHAM FRIEDMAN,
who died in France, Dec. 2, 1944,
at Kaufman Chapel, with Rabbi
Morris Adler officiating. He is
survived by his wife, Sarah; his
father, Samuel Friedman; one
brother, Jack; three sisters, Mrs.
Adele Bookman; Mrs. Martha
Goodman and Mrs. Sylvia Sachs.
Interment, Machpelah Cemetery.
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The United Hebrew
WILLIAM ALKON of 2668
Clements died Jan. 8. Services
Schools of Detroit
were held at Kaufman Chapel
Gratefully Acknowledge
with Rabbi Rosalsky and Cantor
the Receipt of
H. Adler officiating. He leaves
his sons, Jack and Harry; his two scholarships to the Scholar-
daughters, Mrs. David Katz of ship Fund of the SchoolS from
Cleveland, Mrs. Bert Silverman, Dr. and Mrs. A. Joseph Himmel-
Mrs. Miles Finsterwald and Rose hoch of Kingston Rd., on the oc-
Alkon. Interment, • Clover Hill casion of the Bar. Mitzvah of their
son, Samuel Ralph, which was
Park Cemetery.
observed Jan. 1.
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14 New Reform Congregations
NEW YORK (JTA)—Fourteen a contribution to the scholarship
new Jewish congregations were fund of the schools from Mr. and
dedicated in the metropolitan Mrs. Joseph Smoler of Clements
area on the occasion of Hanukah, Ave. on the occasion of the Bar
it was announced by tlw New Mitzvah of their son, Eugene,
York Federation of Reform Syn- which takes place on Saturday,
agogues.
Jan. 15.

MARRIAGE broker, tried desperately to persuade a
likely young man to marry the daughter of a client.
Finally he persuaded him to visit the prospect for dinner. On
the way home he demand-
EVER SEE .9.1a4
ed, "Did you ever see such ay you CZASS,54.104
clas s, such refinement ?
REF/NEMENT?
And such wealth ! You no-
ticed, I hope, the fine sil-
verware and dishes?"

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"Yes," admitted the young
man, "but how do I know they
didn't borrow those things just
to impress me?" "Don't be a
fool," snapped the b r o 1,c e r.
"Who'd lend those crooks sil-
verware and dishes ?"
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George Jessel, presiding over
a banquet' in his inimitable
fashion, suddenly stepped off
the dais, dropped to one knee,
and warbled "Rock-a-bye Your Baby To A Dixie Melody" in flawless
fashion. As the party was breaking up, Gene Markey said to him.
"George, I never knew you could sing that well."
was just imitating Al
"I can't sing at all," protested Jessel.

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Jolson."

TT IS generally agreed that the game of chess originated
I. in India, but just how and when has been the subject
of endless speculation. According to one imaginative cor-
respondent in Hobbies
Magazine, the inventor was
a Brahmin named Nassir.
Appalled at the excesses
and despotic behavior of
his , young prince, Behub,
Nassir sought to bring him
to his senses by teaching
him a game in which the
king, impotent by himself,
was protected only by his
subjects, even of the low-
est class, and frequently
ruined by the loss of a
single individual.

Whether or not Behub got
the hint deponent sayeth not. Chances are he tossed the chessmen
into the Ganges, with Nassir following closely thereafter!
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According to Time Magazine, New York City has more Irish
(500,000) than Dublin, more Jews (2 million) than Palestine, and
almost as many Italians (1,100,000) as Rome! In a single day the
city uses over a billion gallons of water and imports almost 25,000

tons of food. Four hundred thousand commuters stream into Man-
hattan daily on trains arriving at the rate of one every fifty secondS,

day and night.

Copyright, 1949, by Bennett Cert. Dietributed by King Features Syndicate.

In Memoriam

In memory of Pvt. Mordecai
Grossman, who was killed in ac-
tion Dec. 23, 1944. Missed by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gross-
man; his sister, Florence, and his
brother, Hillel, of Rehovot, Israel.

Chicago Orchestra Cancels
Plan to Hire Furtwaenger

Dante Almansi Dies at 71
ROME, ( JTA ) D ante Alman-
si, chairman of the Union of
Italian Jewish Communities from
1939 to 1945, died at the age' of
71. In 1943, during the German
occupation, Almansi was forced
to deliver to Gestapo General
Hans Kappler in Rothe 110
pounds of gold as a contribution
from the Jewish Community.

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NEW YORK (VITA)—The Chi-,
cago Symphony Orchestra, which
was reported to have hired Wil-
helm Furtwaengler as its princi-
pal conductor for the 1949 season.
has cancelled its plans following
protests by leading concert artists
and conductors who threatened to
boycott the orchestra if Furt-
waengler became its leader.
The musicians, who opposed the
German conductor because he re-
mained in Germany during the
Nazi regime and conducted major
German orchestras at whose con-
certs Hitler and other top Nazis
occasionally appeared, include
Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rub-
instein, Alexander Brailowsky,
Lily Pons and Andre Kostelanetz.

Israeli Ship to Transport
Romanian DPs to State
BUCHAREST, (JTA)—The S.
S. Galila, flying the Israeli flag,
arrived in Constanza to transport
the second contingent of Israel-
bound Jewish immigrants to
leave Romania this month.

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