22—THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday. March 10, 1950

Obituaries

BERTHA FISHTEIN, 18060
Kentucky, died Feb. 26. Services
were held at Kaufman Chapel.
with Rabbi Segal and Cantor M.
Fenakel officiating. She leaves
her husband, Isadore; a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Isadore Glass, and a
brother, Philip Schneider of New
Y o r k. Interment, Machpelah
Cemetery.
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LOUIS KAPLAN, 21115 John R,
Hazel Park, died March 2. Serv-
ices were held at Kaufman
Chapel, with Rabbi Sperka and
Cantor H. Adler officiating. He
leaves his wife Hattie; a son,
Sidney; a daughter, Mrs. Nora
Nelkin; two brothers, Nathan
and Jack; three sisters, Mrs. Ed
Lichtenstein, Mrs. Jack Rubin
and Mrs. Jack Rocklin. Inter-
ment, Bnai David Cemetery.

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HARRY GAYMAN, 3035 Rich-
ton, died March 5. Services were
held at Kaufman Chapel, with
Rabbi Sperka, Rabbi L. Gold-
man, and Cantor H. Adler offi-
ciating. He leaves his wife,
Rose; a daughter, Mrs. Charles
Leff; three brothers, William,
Isadore and Joseph; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Harry Brandt, Mrs.
David Schwartz of Ft. Wayne,
Ind., Mrs. Jennie Weisenthal of
Tucson. Interment, Podoler So-
ciety Cemetery.
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ISAAC BARNES, 68, of 2733
Hazelwood, died Feb. 27. Funeral
services were held at Hebrew
Benevolent Society. Rabbi Moses
Lehrman officiated. He is sur-
vived by his widow, Fannie; his
sons, Morris, Max and Oliver;
his daughters, Mrs. Ann Polin-
sky and Marion, and seven
grandchildren.
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SAM SCHWARTZ, 39, of 2916
Tuxedo, died in Los Angeles, Feb.
26. Funeral services were held
at the Hebrew Benevolent Soci-
ety. Rabbi Isaac Stollman offici-
ated. ‘, He is survived by his
widow, Sadie; parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Max Schwartz; a
daughter, Elaine, and a sister,
Mrs. Dianna Rossman.
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MRS. ROSE FRIEDMAN, 47, of
2711 Clairmount, died March 4.
Funeral services were held at
the Hebrew Benevolent Society.
Rabbi Max Wohlgelernter offici-
ated. She is survived by her
husband, Max; her daughters,
Mrs. Anne Fink, Mrs. Yetta Feld-
man, Mrs. Goldie Goodman,
Bessie, Sonia, Freda and Shirley
Friedman; three grandchildren;
two brothers, and one sister.
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SIDNEY KASOFF, 28, of 3032
Clements, died Feb. 28. He is
survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Kasoff; a brother,
Irwin, and a sister, Mrs. Yetta
Levine.
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DAVE BERSON, 60, of 2670
Elmhurst, died Feb. 5. Rabbi H.
Rosenwasser officiated at funeral
services at Lewis Bros. Burial,
Machpelah Cemetery. He leaves
a daughter, Suzanne Miller; a
son, Bernard of Lose Angeles; a
brother, Irving, and a sister,
Mrs. Ben Michelson.
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WILLIAM VOGEL, 37, of the
Royal Palms Hotel, died Feb. 26.
Burial was at House of David
Cemetery, Onedia, New York. He
is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. Vogel, and brothers
and sisters.
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BEN WEINBERG, of Bay City,
died March 2. Funeral services
were in Bay City. He is survived
by his son, Jack; daughters,
Esther, Sylvia and Mr. Harold
Cohen; his mother, Mrs. Leah
Wineberg; brothers, Max and
Joe, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph
Bean.
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MRS. SARAH KATZ, 51. of
2555 W. Euclid, died March 5.
Funeral services were at Kauf-
man Chapel with Rabbi G.
Frankel and Cantor D. Goldine
officiating. Burial, Beth Moses
Cemetery. She leaves her hus-
band, Bennie; daughters, Eileen,
Mrs. Sol Garfinkel, Mrs. Gerald
Gewertz, and three sisters.

Galut Yemen's End.
Vividly Depicted

"Few episodes in modern his-
tory can compare in their dra-
matic quality with the story of
the Jews in Yemen in 1949. Cer-
tainly nothing has more thrill-
ingly affirmed the continuity of
Jewish history, the indestructi-
bility of the Jewish people, the
meaning of Jewish statehood
than this story. Within t h e
course of a few months, a Jew-
ish community of more than
forty thousand souls has been
transported across in i 1 e s of
space and centuries of time—
from the medieval backward-
ness, the fear-ridden insecurity
and the poverty of Arab Yemen
to the warmth of modern Israel.
Isolated for two thousand years
and more from the Jewish com-
munities of other lands, the
Jews of Yemen have been re-
united with the Jewish people in
the Jewish homeland.
For almost 2,500 years, the Ye-
menite Jews have regarded their
suffering as punishment for their
failure to heed the call of Ezra
the Scribe to return and rebuild
the Temple in Jerusalem after
its first destruction. In 1949,
they returned to help rebuild
'are Jewish Commonwealth. Ga-
lut Yemen, the exile in Yemen
—the longest in Jewish history,
has come to an end."
This quoted introduction out-
lines the story detailed in the
pages of Dr. Joseph Schecht-
man's pamphlet, 'The End of
Galut Yemen," published by the
Office of Jewish Information of
the American Jewish Congress,
in its Jewish Affairs pamphlet
series.
Dr. Schechtman depicts the
long suffering Yemen Jewish
community in a land bypassed
by progress, civilization and cul-
ture, ghettoized, persecuted and
set in the . cement-cake of a
backward, anti-Jewish feudal-
ism.

Botanical Laboratory
Planned for Beersheba

TEL AVIV, (ISI)—The Hebrew
University will open a botanical
laboratory in Beersheba soon to
investigate specimens of Negev
flora and determine which
plants are best suited to the
area's climate.
Financed by the JNF, the lab-
oratory will also furnish agri-
cultural instruction to settle-
ments.

Monument
Unveilings

The family of the late Marner
Litinsky announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in his mem-
ory at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 12,
at Clover Hill Park Cemetery.
Rabbi Joshua Sperka will offici-
ate. Friends and relatives are in-
vited to attend the service.

In Memoriam

In loving memory of our be-
loved father, Joseph Velick, who
left us Feb. 18, 1943, 13 days in
Adar; our beloved sister, Eleanor
Velick Epstein, who left us
March 16, 1945, and our beloved
brother, Casper C. (Chap) Vel-
ick, who left us one year ago,
March 18, 1949, 17 days in Adar.
Sadly missed by Al and Ida.

Emanuel Tuvim Killed
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Emanuel

Tuvim, 53, founder of the Zebu-
lun Seafaring Society, was killed
wheh a truck in which he was
riding collided with a car. The
society has as its aim the pro-
motion of a nautical culture
among the Jews.

Alberto Gerchunoff Dies.
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Al-
berto Gerchunoff, one of the

Score Congress on Civil
Rights Legislation in
AJC-NA ACP Report

NEW YORK — (JTA) — The
American Jewish Congress and
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
in a joint report on the status
of civil rights in the United
States during 1949, drew atten-
tion to the sharp contrast be-
tween the "encouraging advance
on the state and local levels and
the failure of the United States
Congress to enact a single civil
rights law during the year."
At the same time, the report
warned of the "ominously in-
creasing recourse to violence by
groups intent on maintaining
existing discriminatory and ra-
cist patterns" and, in a sharp
criticism of local law enforce-
ment officials, asserted that "in
each instance of unchecked vio-
lence, the police forces were
guilty of laxity or inadequate
preparation."
The 71-page report, "C ivil
Rights in the United States in
1949; A Balance Sheet of Group
Relations," was released by Dr.
David W. Petegorsky, executive
director of the American Jewish
Congress, and Roy Wilkins, act-
ing secretary of the National As-
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People, as the second
in their annual series of joint
reports.

UNESCO-CARE Book
Program in Full Swing

The new UNESCO-CARE book
program for replenishing the
war-ravaged libraries of Europe
and the Far East with English-
language scientific and techno-
logical books is now in full
swing, Dr. E. LeRoy Dakin,
CARE national field representa-
tive reported.
Dr. Dakin, who has been tour-
ing Michigan for the book cam-
paign, returned to Detroit to
participate in the midwinter
meeting of the Michigan
UNESCO Council.
Contributions may be sent to
t h e Michigan UNESCO-CARE
book program, 153 E. Elizabeth,
Detroit (1). Mary Ellen Lewis of
Ann Arbor is the Michigan Co-
ordinator, with CARE's Detroit
executive director, Ethel Polk,
handling t h e book program
headquarters.

Plan Turkish-Israel
Trade Corporation

ISTANBUL, (JTA) — Negotia-
tions are in progress here for
the establishment of a Tu•kish-
Israel Trade Corporation, it was
announced by Harry Gretske, an
American businessman who rep-
resents nearly a dozen Israel
corporations.
Gretske pointed out that in
the absence of a formal com-
mercial treaty between Turkey
and Israel such a corporation
would serve as an important
link between the two nations.
He estimated that it would be
able to dispose of some $10,000,-
000 worth .of Turkish agricul-
tural products and raw mate-
rials annually and said that his
contacts with Turkish business-
men have convinced him that
they are eager to deal with the
Jewish state.

Jewish DPs Injured
By German Police

LUEBECK, Germany—(JTA)—
Eight Jewish DP's were injured
this week-end in a clash with
German police in • Hanover, in
the British zone. The local auth-
orities are investigating.
The incident developed during
a search of a DP hostel in that
city by German customs offi-
cials looking for smuggled goods.
The customs officials were pro-
ceeding in courteous fashion
when a large force of police,
summoned by unknown persons,
swept into the hostel.
Within a matter of minutes a
clash developed, with the DPs
as the victims. The customs
search turned up absolutely no
trace of smuggled goods.

outstanding journalists in Ar-
gentina, died here at the age of
66. An editor of La Nacion, one
of the most influential Argen-
tine newspapers, Gerchunoff
took an interest in the work of
the Jewish Agency, DAIA, Young
Israel growers shipped 65,000
Men's Hebrew Association, and cases of citrus to Britain and
Cobalt is the greatest heat- other Jewish organizations in 43,400 cases to Poland in one
resisting mineral known.
Buenos Aires.
day tlks week.

Try and Stop Mel

By BENNETT CERF

LEVI, the Cambridge tailor who became so rooted
S OLOMON
in Harvard tradition that a song was
about him,

written

encountered one student who succeeded 4n outwitting him. The
student had bought a suit a
full year previous for thirty
dollars, and consistently re-
fused to pay for it. Levi's
lawyer asked, "What reason
does he give for not honoring
his debt?" "That's what
bothers me," admitted Levi.
"His reason seems fool-proof.
He says he's owed me the
money so long the interest
has eaten it all up."

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The Greenfield, Mass., Re-
corder-Gazette ran this reveal-
ing item the other day, wisely
concluding, evidently, that no editorial comment was necessary. "The
bride wore an aquamarine gown with fuchsia trimming and carried
an old-fashioned." Things certainly have changed in Massachusetts
since I was a boy!

Copyright, 1950, by Bennett Cerf. nistributed by King Features Syndicate.

Simon & Schuster Publish
7 New Children's Books

YIVO Essay Contest
Announced for 1950

Rachel Lea•nard's "Funny
Bunny," with pictures by Alice
and Martin Provensen, is an-
other of the splendid Simon &
Schuster innovations which will
enchant young and old.
The pop-up in front of this
Big Golden Book opens up as an
introduction to present the cast
of characters in the well-writ-
ten and beautifully illustrated
story.
Simon & Schuster (1230 6th
Ave., New York 20) , also has
published six new Little Golden
Books—with full-color pictures
on all pages—in the 25-cent edi-
tions. They are: "The Color Kit-
tens," by Margaret Wise Brown,
pictures by the Provensens;
"The Little Trapper," by Kath-
ryn and Byron Jackson, pictures
by Gustaf Tenggren; "Baby's
House," by Gelolo McHugh, pic-
tures by Mary Blair; "The Big
Brown Bear," by George Du-
plaix, pictures by Tenggren;
"Duck and His Friends," by K.
and B. Jackson, pictures by
Richard Scarry; "The Happy
Man and His Dump Truck," by
Miryam, pictures by Tibor Ger-
gely.
In every instance, the story is
well told, the illustrations well
done, the book attractively
printed, although they are in the
low-price brackets.

The Jewish Community Coun-
cil has been informed by the
Yiddish S c i e n t i f i c Institute,
YIVO, of its 1950 essay contest.
Any graduate student or college
senior is eligible to submit to
an essay, preferably in his ma-
jor field of study.
Papers may be on any topic
pertaining to a phase of Jewish
life. Entries should be based on
valid sources and reflect inde-
pendent research efforts of the
contestant. Each entry shall
contain about 5000 words.
Three cash awards. $300, $200
and $100 are available as first,
second and third prizes. Closing
date of the contest is Sept. 15,
1950. Inquiries should be di-
rected either to the Council or
to YIVO committee on research,.
535 West 123rd St., New York
27, N. Y.

Jews of Arab States
Are Stranded in Italy

ROME— (W.J.A.) — About 100
Jews from Arab countries are at
present stranded in Italy and
unable to return to their coun-
tries or emigrate, due to the re-
fusal of their diplomatic repre-
sentatives to extend expired
passports.
The Union of Italian Jewish
Communities, a World Jewish
WJC Demands Austria Congress affiliate, has inter-
vened with the Italian Foreign
Ban Nazi Publications
Ministry, requesting that the
Jews concerned should be is-
NEW YORK—A letter from the sued travel documents.
World Jewish Congress demand-
ing Austria outlaw Nazi publica-
tions, and protesting the ap-
pointment of a Nazi supporter
as a lecturer at the University
of Vienna, has been transmitted
to the Austrian government
through its Minister in Wash-
ington, it was announced by
Dr. Robert S. Marcus, WJC pol-
itical director.
The letter named the lecturer
as Heinz Kindermann, w h o s e
books in support of Nazi racist
doctrines were banned after the
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