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FRED SANDERS manufac-
turing and retailing confection-
ers, are now remodeling and re-
furbishing their oldest down•
town store at 1037 Woodward
Ave. The firm, now 75 years old,
first occupied this store in 1898.
The contract for installation of
the special freight elevator has
been awarded to the Otis Eleva-
tor Co.

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CHODORK OVER-CHABNA
PROGRESSIVE SOCIETY will
hold a benefit games party at
8 p.m. Monday, March 27, at
the Jewish Clutural Center, 2705
Joy. Rd. Proceeds will go to
Israel. Refreshments will be
served.
* * .*
ISRAEL CLUB OF DETROIT
will celebrate its 24th anniver-
sary at a dinner at 6 p.m. Sun-
day, March 26, at 10036 Holmur.
Entertainment will follow. For
reservations, call Ben Silber,
TY. 6-3869, or Mrs. Shusterrnan,
UN. 4-2471.
* * *
VLADIMIRITZER EMER-
GENCY RELikao ORGANIZA-
TION will hold its annual Purim
banquet Sunday, March 26, at
Rosenberg's. S. A. Kayne, chair-
man, requests that all landsleit
and members attend. Proceeds
will go for survivors in Israel.
For information, call Kayne at
TO. 5-6620.
* * *
- KOLLIN FAMILY CIRCLE
met March 19 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Kollin.
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KAPLAN FAMILY CLUB held
dance contests at its March 5
meeting at the Jewish Cultural
Center. The next meeting will
take place April 9.
* * *
BENSMAN FAMILY CLUB
held a musical program March
12 at the home of Mr. • and Mrs.
T. J. Pomerance. Among the en-
tertainers were Mrs. S. Lucas
and daughter, Marilyn and Gil
Rubin.
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N E W YORK (JTA) — Rabbi
Moshe Hebroni, dean of the
Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem,
has presented the NEW YORK
HERALD-TRIBUNE with a
ver candelabrum "as a token of
appreciation f o r meritorious
services to the cause of Israel."
Rabbi Hebroni is in this country
at the invitation of the Ameri-
can Committee for the Hebron
Yeshiva, which is seeking to
raise $1,000,000 for the institu-
tion.

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ROSNER FAMILY CLUB will
meet Sunday, March 26, nt the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stoller, 4227 Elmhurst.
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JAMES MELTON, assisted by
George Trovillo at the piano,
will appear in concert at the
Masonic Auditorium, Tuesday,
March 28.

One of the highlights of the
theatrical season will be the
opening of Tennessee Williams'
drama, "A STREETCAR NAMED
DESIRE," which comes to the
stage of the
Shubert Lafay-
ette Theater be-
ginning March
24, t hroug h
April 1. Irene
M. Selznick will
bring Mr. Wil-
liams' triple-
pr iz e winning
play here fol-
lowing a six-
month run in Judith Evelyn
Chicago, starring Judith Evelyn
with Ralph Meeker, Jim Nolan
and Jorja Curtright.
* * *
Esther L. Middlewood, director
of the State Department of
Mental Hygiene, will speak on
"Sex Education of the School
Child" at the next meeting of
the ROOSEVELT BETTER
HOME AND SCHOOL ASSOCIA-
TION on - Wednesday, March 29,
at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of
the Roosevelt School. The pub-
lic is invited.
* * *
Sunday evening, March 19,
CORNFIELD FAMILY CLUB met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Geller.

Last of 7 Gimbel
Brothers Dies

THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, March 24, 1950

News Brevities

A spring opera festival under
the name of "THE DETROIT
GRAND OPERA," but featuring
conductors,
stars, stage di-
rector, leading
musicians a n d
chorus of the
M e t r o p olitan
Opera Company,
will be present-
ed in Detroit
May 14 through
18 at Masonic
.
Temple. The
Brownlee
Jun
• i o r League
of Detroit is sponsoring the
festival, which will feature Mar-
garet Harshay, Ferrucio Tagli-
cavini, Pia Tassinari, Winifred
Heidt, Ramon Vinay, John
Brownlee, Licia Albanese, Eu-
gene Conley and Giuseppe Val-
dengo. Tickets are available by
mail order at Suite 1106, Wur-
litzer Bldg., and at Grinnell's.
* * *
The twelfth annual Brother-
hood Luncheon of the EAST
SIDE MERCHANTS ASSOCIA-
TION was held March 16 at the
Gotham Hotel. The chairman
was Rev. Robert L. Bradby,
former president of the NAACP
of Detroit. Representatives of
the National Conference of
Christians and Jews, the Mayor's
Interracial Committee and many
Negro organizations were pres-
ent. The Association is now
- re making plans for its annual
. banquet. * * *

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G. A. Richards Accused
Of Anti-Jewish Slants

LOS ANGELES, (JTA) — Tes-
timony that George A. Richards,
owner of Los Angeles radio sta-
tion KMPC, ordered his news-
writers to slant the news in
such fashion as to present Jews
only in an unfavorable lignt
wOrs heard at a hearing of the
Federal Communications Com-
mission on an application by
Richards for renewal of his
broadcasting license. Richards
also owns station WJR in De-
troit and WGAR in Cleveland.
The testimony was presented
by Clete Roberts, former direc-
tor of KMPC's department of
public affairs, who said he had
been instructed to "couple Jews
with Communists" in newscasts.
Roberts added that the station
owner had stated that there
was a "Jewish plot" afoot to
control the large radio chains,
referring to the fact that exec-
utives of three major networks
—NBC, CBS and ABC—were
Jews. Roberts said that when
David Lilienthal was appointed
to head the Atomic Energy
Commission Richards ordered
him to write a critical report% for
broadcast.
Two years ago several former
employees of Station KMPC
here, owned by Mr. Richards,
charged that he had ordered
news broadcasts written attack-
ing Jews and the New Deal, sub-
sequently, the American Jewish
Congress petitioned the FCC not
to 'renew the licenses of the sta-
tions owned by Mr. Richards.

5 Great i Jewish teadei-S . De'scribed
In Marinoff-Zalesky Hebrew Book

English. It is good biographical
reading.
In every instance, the five
sketches in this book contain all
the elements of thorough and
complete research. The Monte-
fiore story includes excerpts
from his will, anecdotes, the
story of his equally-famous wife,
Judith, and .selections from his
diary.
The same approach is follow-
ed in the treatment of the other
famous characters.
This is a highly commendable
book. In this area of greater
popularity for Hebrew and the
spread of classes for the study
of the language, such a book
serves an important purpose—
for information, classroom
study and general enjoyment.

Two prominent Hebrew edu-
cators, Dr. Shlomo Marinoff of
Brandeis University and Dr.
Moshe Zalesky of Cincinnati,
have pooled their abilities in the
preparation of a Hebrew reader,
"Ha-Am ve-Giborov"—the peo-
ple and its heroes—containing
a series of monographs on out-
standing Jewish leaders. Hebrew
Publishing Co., 77-79 Delancey
St., New York, issued this He-
brew volume.
Five great leaders are de-
scribed in this well-written
book: Sir Moses Montefiore,
Mordecai Manuel Noah, Baron
Edmond deRothschild, Dr. The-
odor Herzl and Chaim Nachman
Bialilk.
This book has much to com-
mend it. It is informative. It
serves as a textbook for stu-
dents of Hebrew, difficult words
being explained as footnotes in

.

FAST
FAST
FAST

Two Ships Carry U.S.
Potatoes to Israel

COMPLETE

SEARSPORT, Maine- (JTA)
—The Israel-chartered Greek
freighter Bassos will sail with
surplus Maine potatoes which
were purchased by the Israel
Government rfom the U. S.
Agricultural Department for
the surplus price of one cent
a bushel. A British freighter
will pick up a second cargo
of potatoes within a week.

HOUR SERVICE

on request

TROY

Ellis A. Gimbel, 84, last of the
seven Gimbel brothers who
founded the family chain of de-
partment stores, died Friday,
March 17.
During 1949 HIAS representa-
Outstanding in the field of
merchandising and business ad- tives in Germany and Austria
WiNVS
ministration, he had long head- were able to arrange for the im-
MILAN WINERIES, DETROIT, MICHIGAN
ed the Philadelphia Gimbel migration of 1,055 Jews to Cana-
Bros. department store. Was at da.
one time treasurer, and at his
death, chairman of the board
of Gimbel Bros.
For many years Mr. Gimbel
had directed his efforts to civic
affairs. He was- active in work
for the blind, helping them to
display and merchandise their
work in his stores—sponsored
David Lawrence
summer camps for employees,
their children and for orphans.
Several thousand of the latter
were treated yearly to the cir-
Dispatch
cuses at his expense; aided in
their education and given great-
er opportunities to succeed in
business, the trades and. profes-
from =Washington
sions.
Through both World Wars he
served in voluntary capacities;
turning his stores into work-
shops for volunteer war work,
promoted the sale of Liberty
and War Savings Bonds. During
The Detroit Free Press
World War II he was on the
Philadelphia draft board.
In Jewish affairs, he was a
director of the Association for
Jewish Children of Philadelphia
and a directcr of the Federa-
tion of Jewish Charities.
M:ie r *VMMtm,
His wealth and. success was
*V,V
born from the years of hard
training and work for his fa-
ther, Adam Gimbel, who ran a
dry goods store in Vincennes,
Indiana, where Ellis was born,
Nov. 9, 1865. From early boyhood
he received his training, from
the ground up, in the depart-
ment store business,
He and 'his brothers estab-
lished the first Gimbel Bros.
store - in Milwaukee in 1887.
Gimbel Bros. now controls a
chain of ten department stores
throughout the nation, employ-
ing 25,000 people. In Detroit,
Saks Fifth Ave., is part of the
Gimbel chain.
Aside from his chairmanship
of Gimbel Bros., he was presi-
dent and director, Gimbel Bros.
Bank & Trust Co.; chairman of
the board, Pennsylvania Broad-
casting Co.; and president,
Gimbel Bros. Television & Re -
search Co., all of Philadelphia.

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Latin American Diplomats
Among Holy Year Pilgrims

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TEL AVIV, (ISI)—Ambassa-
dors of Colombia and Peru to the
Holy See are members of the
first major group of pilgrims to
arrive Israel from Holy Year
celebrations in Rome. Among the
71 pilgrims are 26 American and
16 Canadian clergymen.

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