People Make News
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AUSTIN, Tex.—FANIA KRU-
GER of Wichita Falls, Texas
poetess whose latest volume,
"The Tenth Jew", was issued
this month by Kaleidograph
Press. Dallas, has been notified
by The Jewish Spectator that
she has won third prize in an
international Harry Rover Poet-
ry contest on New Israel with
her entries, "The Ninth Eve of
Als" and "Flag of Israel."
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MUNICH—Max Newman, who
for the past three years has
renresented HIAS (Hebrew Im-
bigrant Aid Society) in the So-
ciety's DP activities in Europe,
has been elected to serve as
chairman of the resettlement
committee of the
Council of Vol-
untary Agencies,
composed of 25
organizations of
all denomina-
tions and • na-
tionalities oper-
ating in the oc-
cupatiOn zones.
Newman, who is-
co - director of
if-CAS-AMC co-
ordinating com-
mittee on - DP NEWMAN
immigration to the United States,
with headquarters in Frankfurt,
was chosen to head the resettle-
men committee after serving
two annual terms as chairman
of the Council of Voluntary
Agencies emigration committee.
.The new committee will encom-
pass the work of the fernier one.
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NEW YORK (JTA) —Mrs. Is-
rael Goldstein, president of the
Pioneer Vi'omen, was given a
Medallion of Honor awarded to
Israel Labor Minister GOLDA
MYERSON at the annual Warn-
e n s International Exposition.
Mrs. Myer son, now in Tel Aviv,
was singled out as the "out-
standing woman of Israel." ,
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NEW YORK, (JTA)—MAU-R-
ICE LEVIN announced Nov. 11
that he has resigned the chair-
manship .of the board of direct-
ors of Hearn Department
Stores, Inc., to devote his time
to his new post as chairman of
the National Committee. on En-
dowment Development of the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America. The seminary is seek-
ing an enfowment of $15,000,000.
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NEW YORK — The appoint-
ment of HARRY COHEN of the
Bronx, Zionist and communal
leader. as national chairman of
the ZOA Frnekel committee, was
announced by Daniel Frisch.
president of the Zionist Organ-
ization of America. The com-
mittee has been charged with
directing the nation-wide effort
being launched by • the ZOA
aimed at enrolling a maximum
number of shekel-payers in
connection with the forthcom-
ing World Zionist Congress
scheduled to be held next sum-
mer in Jeanasalem.
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DR. NATHAN REICH, chair-
man of the department of eco-
nomics at Hunter College, will
lead a panel discussion on
"Training and the Future of
Jewish Communal Service in
the United States" at the third
annual meeting of the Train-
ing Bureau for Jewish Com-
munal Service to be held in
Cincinnati Dec. 8. Dr. Reich, as
chairman of the course and
scone committee of the Train-
ing Bureau, will present the re-
port of a group of educators
and communal workers on the
future program of American
Jewry's only school for the
training of social w e l f are
leaders.
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LEO W. SCHWA Z. whose
newest book, "The . Root and the
Bough." wa.s recently published
by Rinehart, has just returned
from a three-month visit to
Germany and Israel • with 30
cases of material from which
lie will write a sequel. 'The
Root and the Bough" is a corns
pliai.ion of 33 first person stories
of the Nazi extermination pro-
gram as told by survivors. The
new book will portray the life
of -these survivors under the
Am eriaan occupation between
1945 and 1949.
Congressman Emanuel Celler
N. Y.), chairman of the
board of national sponsors of
the American Red Mogen Dovid
fro Israel, announced that LEW-
IS S. ROSENSTIEL, chairman of
the board of Schenley Indus-
tries. and S. RALPH LAZRUS,
president of-the Benrus Watch
Company, have accepted the
honorary chairmanship and
chairmanship, respectively: of
the dinner on behalf of the Red
Mogen Dovid, equivalent of the
Red Cross in Israel, which Will
be held Dec. 6 at the Hotel As-
tor, New York City.
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BETTY KOWALSKY, young
Dearoit pianist, will be heard in
an all-Chopin recital Monday,
Nov. 28, at the lecture hall of
the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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SAMUEL S. WEISS, 2276
Glynn, has been elected presi-
dent of the National Shoe Trav-
elers Association, it was an-
nounced at the annual Michi-
gan Shoe Fair at the Hotel
Statler. Weiss is the first De-
troit man elected to head the
national organization of whole-
sale shoe salesmen. He has rep-
resisnaed the Cambridge Rubber
Cc. in Michigan and Ohio since
1933, and was an organizer • of
both the Michigan and Ohio
Shoe Travelers Clubs.
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CHARLES LAUGHTON, distin-
guished dramatist character ac-
tor, appears Sunday evening,
Nov. 20, at Music Hall, to read
and dramatize from literature's
most beautiful passages. In his
new one-man show, Laughton
reads from Shakespeare, the
Bible, Dickens, Aesop, Thurber
and others.
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At the invitation of the pro-
gram committee of the southeast
Council of the Union of Ameri-
can Hebrew Congregations, IRV-
ING I. KATZ, executive secre-
tary of Temple Beth El and hon-
orary president of the National
Association of Temple Secre-
t•arie...s, will be one of the prin-
cipal speakers at the fifth bien-
nial convention in Jacksonville,
Fla., Monday, November 21. Katz
will speak on "Financial Plan-
ning in the Synagogue for Cur-
rent Needs and Future Security."
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Friday, November 18, 1949
Case for Solomon
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SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA)-
Promise of further American
aid to Israel was held out in the
keynote address to the 35th an-
nual convention of the Hadassah
by newly-appointed Secretary of
the Interior. Oscar L. Chapman.
Secretary Chapman also read a
message from President Truman
to the 3.500 delegates and guests
assembled in the San Francisco
Opera House in the first Hadas-
sah convention held on the West
Coast. The President's message
stated in part:
"It is reassuring to know that
in addition, to fulfilling their
responsibilities as citizens, mem-
bers of Hadassah are carrying
forward the ideals of American
democracy through the institu-
tions they built and are sup-
porting. I hope it will not be
long 'before the international
problems which confront the
state of Israel in which they are
so deeply interested will be
solved peacefully and satisfac-
torally for all parties interested.
"I am also hopeful that our
country may be able to extend
constructive assistance to the
peoples of Israel . . . Hadassah is
making a great contribution to
the welfare of people, not alone
in Israel but in the Middle East.
I wish them continued strength
CHICAGO, (JTA) — American
Jewish philanthropy must con-
tinue its responsibility of pro-
viding large-scale funds for re-
settlement and welfare purposes
in 1950, Harold Glasser, direct-or
of the Institute on Overseas
Studies of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds,
told 125 leaders of America's 30
largest Jewish comm*ities at a
National Planning Conference
called by the CJFWF.
Glasser said Israel had experi-
enced its "most trying economic
year" but could now move ahead
toward the realization of its
"sound economic potential."
In addition to Glasser, a panel
of consultants answered ques-
tions of community leaders on
aspects of contemporary Israel
and overseas conditions. The
panel consisted of Robert Na-
than, director of the economic
department of the American sec-
tion of the Jewish Agency, and
Moses Beckelman, assistant
European director of the Joint
Distribution Committee.
Glasser said a clear delineation
of the roles of government and
private philanthropy was neces-
sary in planning aid to Israel in
1950. "The Government of Israel
is emerging as the only effective
force for _supplying the basic
capital and organization neces .
—Internation,1 Photo
SOLVO SEPP, 9-year-old Es-
tonian DP, arriving at New
York by ship, with his moth-
er (?), MRS. TAISIJA SEPP,
31 (right) , is claimed as a son
by Mrs. Mordka Klain, also a
DP aboard the ship. Mrs.
Klain says he is her son. Ab-
raham, lost when her first hus-
band was killed by the Ger-
mans in 1942.
The scarab, or dung beetle,
was regarded in ancient Egypt
as a symbol of immortality and
was placed on mummies as a
symbol of reincarnation.
in their work."
sary to advance the country's
Chapman declared that Israel's position," . he said.
progress was so great that it
Nathan warned that the flow
was spreading to the adjoining
of immigrants to Israel has im-
Arab communities.
posed a problem whose "magni-
tude is almost beyond concep-
14,00 Jews Entered Canda
tion:" Regarding the resettle-
During Past Three Years
ment of immigrants, he said ab-
OTTAWA—(JTA)—A total of sorption had preceded at a much
14,416 Jewish immigrants enter- slower rate than had been de-
ed Canada during the past three sired-due to inadequate housing,
years, according to a statement capital facilities and equipment.
made in Parliament. The num-
It is estimated that 160,000,-
ber of immigrants of all faiths
admitted during the same pe- 000 tons of salt are added to the
riod totaled 261,260.
sea each year by rivers.
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MARIAN ANDERSON has' ac-
claimed the people of Israel for
"while overcoming difficulties of
supplying the necessities of daily
living, they seek the inspiration
"Confident Living"
that culture, education, litera-
ture, music, theater and a r t
alone can supply—in fact, they
an inspirational weekly column
regard these things of the - crea-
tive spirit as essentials for daily
living." She spoke at a reception
and cocktail party at the Wal-
dorf Astoria tendered to her,
Dirnitri Mitropoulos and spon-
sors of the concert and supper
to be held by the American Fund
for Israel Institutions, Wednes-
day evening, Nov. • 30, at the
Hotel Astor.
by
DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE
IN A CLEARLY DEFINED SYSTEM OF
Gladwins Bring Films
Of Trip to Europe
WORKABLE FORMULAE DRAWN
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin A.
Gladwin (Rhea E. Cashman)
have returned after a 10-week
trip aboard, visiting France,
Switzerland, Italy and two weeks
in Israel, where they took 2,000
feet of colored movies. •
They are well informed on
conditions for tourists and have
established offices in Haifa, Tel
Aviv and Jerusalem, as well as
being appointed official agent
for all hotels in Israel. They are
also appointed official agent of
the Israeli air line, operating
from Paris to Israel.
"Confident Living" is plain talk, packed with practical
examples of how to develop more energy and enthusiasm
in your work or play ... how to achieve a bolder, more
Egypt Lifts Suez Ban
On Israel-Bound Goods
confident approach to life.
READ "CONFIDENT LIVING"
SYDNEY, Atiatralia, (JTA)—
The Egyptian government's em-
bargo on the transit through the
Suez Canal at non-military
goads en route to Israel has been
lifted, according to reliable ad-
vices received here_ The step is
of vital importance for the
future of direct Israel -trade with
Australia and tbe. Pacific coun-
, tries.
1 8—THE JEWISH NEWS
US, Jewry Must
Hadassah Hears
Truman's Hope of Aid Israel, JFIVF
Conference Told
More Israel Aid
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