Claudette Candies Flourishes;
Experiment With New Sweets

20—THE JEWISH NEWS

Lehman Runs for Senate

By AVRUM SCHUtZ I NGER

.Colorama and Intermezzo are
two of the colorful labels for
products of Claudette Chocolates
of Detroit. Arthur Klein, owner
of the company went through
a glossary of colorful terms and
interesting proCesses used in the

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Friday, September 9, 1949

Claudette firm in Detroit and
from the original factory-store
with seven employees, the firm
has steadily expanded to where
it now operates five branches
employing seventy-five persons.
On exhibition in Klein's office
were samples of colorful wrap-
ing designs to be used on new
assortments of candies, gift
boxes, and his new assortment,
Intermezzo, a candy which he
experimented with to introduce
an inexpensive high-quality pro-
duct to Detroiters.
On the way are chocolate
pinched bottles, recently evolved
candies and distributing meth:-
ods to further expand the serv-
ice of Claudette Chocolates.

Mannstein Court Bars Children.

HAMBURG, (JTA):-,.-Lt. Gen.
Sir Frank Simpson, president of
the British military war crimes
court trying Nazi Field Marshal
Fritz Erich von Mannstein, has
asked British mothers to remove
their children from the court-
room so they would not hear
"terrible things" about the mass
extermination of Jews.
The court, which is hearing a
17-point indictment including
responsibility for mass pogroms
in the Ukraine during 'the war,
denied a defense motion that
persons who compiled docu-
ments far the prosecution be
called for cross-examination by
the defense.
Von Mannstein, the 61-year-
old German General, was charg-
ed by the prosecutor with "ter-
rible extermination" of Jewish

refugees who tried to cross the
San River into Russian-occupied
Poland ahead of invading Nazi
armies. The Jews, who were try-
ing to reach their homes, were
machine-gunned a n d drowned
under instructions from von
Mannstein, Reuters quoted the
prosecutor as stating.
"The Gestapo," the British
prosecutor told the court, "stood
on the bank of the river and
drove the Jews into boats. Many
did not get on board and were
carried away by the current.
Women in the water held their
children above their heads to
prevent them from drowning and
screamed for help. The Gestapo
shot into the struggling mass of
people. The blood of those hit
spurted in all directions and col-
ored the river blood-red."

—International News photo

-REC Elects Directors.

ARTHUR KLEIN

making of candy when inter-
viewed. -
In - the factory and main
'branch of the company, located
. on Lyndon street, he presented
a revealing picture of what goes
into making the sweets that De-
troiters are purchasing from his
firm at the rate of some two
hundred thousand pounds a
year. ,
"It is not alone a. business of
buying the needed supplies to
process a batch of candies," he
said, "we are always striving to
bring the finest quality candies
to our customers, at the lowest
possible price."
That calls for continual ex-
perimentation with new recipes,
designs for candies and pack-
aging improvements. Klien ex-
plained that he is continually
testing new ideas of his own in
the field, and that he works in
close cooperation with his five
brothers in New York who own
and operate the Barton Candy
chain there.
Family Business Background
Klein's background in the
candy business dates from his
childhood in Vienna. There, his
father operated a firm under the
family name which flourished
throughout Austria ; "The firm,"
he reminisced, "was at its height,
and • had- moved into larger
quarters just six weeks before
Hitler marched into Austria."
Then began the ordeal of im-
prisonment for two of his bro-
thers, the Nazi seizure of their
factory, and the eventual escape
of the family to Belgium.
"After six months there we
came to the United States,"
Klein smiled.-"I remember clear-
ly how we landed at noon on the
16th of November in '38, and at
3 p.m. I was peddling candy in
Manhatten." That was a Hora-
tio Alger beginning for the pres-
ent group of six stores in the
Claudette firm and the 24 in the
Barton chain.
Introducing New Candies
"The Jewish community re-
ceived us very well," he said. "We
brought the method of molding
candies and European recipes
with us. To that we have added
recommendations received from
patrons and the improvements
developed from our own re-
search."
In 1945 Klein opened the

Vote Tues., Sept. 13
for

NEW YORK—Election of three
new directors was announced
by Palestine Economic Corpora-
tion, A me r i c an development
company operating in Israel.
They are B or is Margolin,
president of4 Tioga Silk Co., Ben-
jamin Glazer, president of Ad-
vertising Arts Corp., and Mau-
rice H. Blinken, president of Ex-
change Trading Co., all of New
York. •
Former Governor Herbert H.
L e h m an is honorary board
chairman and Robert Szold is
chairman of the board.

JWB to Sponsor First
National Cage Tourney

Winning basketball t e ams
from all eight sectional areas of
the National • Jewish Welfare
Board (JWB) will compete for
• the JWB championship in the
first title tournament of its
kind to be conducted by JWB,
March 11 and 12, 1950, at the
St. Louis, Mo., YM & YMHA.
The tournament is being ar-
ranged by the JWB's national
physical education and health
committee, of which Charles L.
Ornstein of New York is chair-
man. Col. Harry D. Henshel, also
of New York, heads the tourna-
ment subcommittee.

Proprietor Announces
Store's Remodeling

Joseph M. Lefkofsky, exclu-
sive distributor of Kosher Zion
Sausage products, announces
the enlargement and air con-
ditioning of his delicatessen at
11728 Dexter, between Webb and
Tuxedo.
Detroiters are well acquainted
with the Lefkofsky name, which
has been associated with deli-
catessen products here for over
50 years. -
The enlarged store will re-
main open until 2 a.m. Satur-
days and Sundays. Both whole-
sale and retail sales are con-
ducted there.

In Memoriam

In treasured memory of our
beloved daughter, Esther G.
Ruffsky, who was called away in
her 20th year, Sept. 4, 1944.
Esther, deafest, all the hap-
pines's in our home is gone. Time
does not heal the pain. Oh God,
how hard it is to go on without
you.
So sadly missed by your griev-
ing mother and dad.

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Former New York Governor
Herbert Lehman grins for
photographers after announc-
ing he will be a candidate for
the United States Senate. The
announcement f olio wed a
m e e t i n g with Democratic
chiefs Paul E. Fitzpatrick, state
chairman, and E d w a r d J.
Flynn, Bronx leader and na-
tional committeeman.
President Truman declared
he was pleased with Lehman's
decision. He said that he per-
sonally wrote Lehman a week
ago, asking him to run, and
that he was confident Lehman
would win a seat in the Senate.

CONNOR

To COMMON COUNCIL

CONSISTENTLY ON

THE SIDE OF PROGRESS

IN EVERY VITAL ISSUE

Vote Tuesday, Sept. 13

Fl

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NEW YORK—Ford Division of
the Ford Motor Co. announced
the opening of an automobile
safety check-up program and
essay-type competition in which
awards totaling $100,000 in value
will be made.
'Motorists must have their cars
and trucks inspected for safety
to be eligible to compete for the
awards. Some 6,400 Ford dealers
throughout the country have
agreed to give safety check-ups
free of charge to owners of any
make of car or truck, it was an-
nounced.
Entrants must complete, in no
more than 50 additional words,
the following statement:
"All cars and trucks should be
safety-checked periodically be-
cause . . ."
Seven hundred awards will be
made. The program has the sup-
port of the National Safety
C o u n c i 1, the Inter-Industry
Highway Conference Committee
and other safety organizations.

Edward D. Connor

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Re-Elect
MAYOR

N ANTWERP

Plan Jewish Directory
For U. S., Canada

Questionnaires to 4,500 rabbis
in the United. States and Canada
have been mailed for the first
complete Jewish Directory. An
undertaking representing all
wings of American Judaism, the
directory will be published as of
the end of this year by the Jew-
ish Statistical Bur e a u, 320
Broadway, New York, -Dr. Harry
S. Linfield, executive director of
the bureau, stated.
Besides containing the authen-
tic roster of the Rabbis of the
United States and Canada, the
directory will list all the Jew-
ish congregations and other
Jewish religious educational and
charitable institutions, and it
will give statistical information
on the Jewish' people.

KOZLOW

For
Common Council

REDUCE TAXES

The United Hebrew

Install Business

Schools of Detroit

Harry J. Koziow

EDWARD D.

Ford Mow Sponsors
Auto Safety Contest

HARRY. J.

Management in
City Government

RE-ELECT

Gratefully Acknowledge .
, the Receipt of

A contribution of Mr. and Mrs.
-Aaron A. Silberblatt of Chicago
Boulevard in memory of Mrs.

Deborah.. Lieberman,

Mayor VAN ANTWERP Has Given Detroit
SAFE PEACEFUL GOVERNMENT

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SAFE
SAFE
SAFE
SAFE

FOR EVERY LOYAL CITIZEN

Mayor Van Antwerp is leading the fight against
- Communists and their sympathizers in City sent.
ice. He urges passage of the Anti-Communist
Amendment, September 13th.

FOR EVERY MINORITY GROUP

Mayor Van Antwerp treats all people alike, re-
gardless of race, creed or national origin. Under
Mayor Van Antwerp, Detroit has had peace and
harmony among all its people.

FOR OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Mayor Van Antwerp cut juvenile delinquency
50%. He has given our children more parks and
more recreation facilities. He made our streets
safer.

FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Through Mayor Van Antwerp's personal appear-
ances before Congress to fight for public housing,
Detroit became the first city in the country to
get Government funds to build 10,000 badly
needed homes. The Veterans Memorial Bldg.
has been rushed toward completiOn during his
administration.

MAYOR VAN ANTWERP
CUT CITY TAXES