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Around the World ..

A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, the • Israel Service of Information and the World
Jewish Affairs News Service.

THE JEWISH NEWS-5

Friday, April 28, 1950

Smiling Campaigners

The United States

WASHINGTON—The Norwegian embassy reported that .77
Jewish refugee children arrived in Oslo. The 200 children who
-arrived 11 months ago for hospitalization and care have all been
sent to Israel. •
NEW YORK—Israel and Jewish communities in France and
Italy desperately need trained social workers and public health
technicians, it was reported by Mrs. Hortense U. Goldstone, head
of the National Council of Jewish Women's overseas service de-
partment. . "Without the ,development of a sound system of
Jewish education in America, American Jews in generations to
come will gain little from the great cultural. renaissance taking
place in Israel, and the close relationship between the two com-
munities will be endangered," Michael A. Statisky, president of the
American Association for Jewish Education declared on his return
from Israel .. . Emil Schwarzhaupt, a businessman who came to
this country from Germany in 1910, left more than $4,000,000 in
his will to the Schwarzhaupt Foundation to promote American
citizenship. He also left numerous bequests to Jewish organizatoins.

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Israel

TEL AVIV—A new settlement was dedicated in memory of Leib
Jaffe. director of the Keren Hayesod, who was killed by an Arab
bomb during Arab-Jewish hostilities in Jerusalem. Dr. Shmuel
Eliashev will serve as Israel's Minister to Czechoslovakia and
Hungary, succeeding Ehud Avriel . . . There are now about 8,000
metal workshops in Israel which employ approximately 25,000
workers . . . Plans for the establishment of a network of centers
for painters and sculptors have been completed by Israel's Minis-
try of Education and Culture . . . Israel clocks were set one hour
ahead on April 15 as the country went on summer time which
will remain in effect until September 14. Tel Aviv time is now
eight hours earlier than New York . . . An Arab village was in-
corporated into an Israel regional council for the first time last
week, as it joined 12 Jewish settlements in a new council in. West-
ern Galilee . . . Delineation of the Israel-Lebanon border has
been started by a subcommittee of the Mixed Armistice Commis-
sion . .. Eighty per cent of Youth Aliyah members in Israel are
from Oriental countries . American stores have placed trial
order for 4,000 pairs of men's handmade Israel shoes . . . The vil-
lagers of Lahama in Syria have asked the authorities to examine
the spring water because they suspected it had been poisoned by
"seven Jews who had visited the place."
REHOVOT—A reproduction of "David's Crown," was presented
by President Chaim Weizmann to a delegation from the Ministry
of Religion, to be placed on the Tomb of David on Mt. Zion Pre-
mier David Ben Gurion presented to a second delegation a "bush"
symbolizing the burning bush of the,Bible, which is said to repre-
sent Israel ... Associated Service for the Armed Forces, a new
national organization to provide for the religious, welfare, morale
and recreational needs of members of the armed forces has been
jointly formed by the National Jewish Welfare Board, the YMCA
and the National Catholic Community Serve, at the request of
the national military establishment.
HAIFA—Shugi. Effendi Rabanni, head of the Bahai religious
sect, has contributed 100 Israel pounds to the Hebrew University
on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
JERUSALEM—A four-year plan for the cultivation and ex-
port of bulbs has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture.
.. . Repair of the El Jazar Mosque at Acre will be undertaken
soon by the Ministry for Religious Affairs . . . The remains of
dwelling places dating back to the period of Neolithic Man were
discovered near Tel Aviv and Shaar Hagolah in Upper Galilee
during excavations being carried out under the direction of the
department of antiquities . . . Development of the Judean Hills
settlements will be speeded under a major public works program.
settlers of Moshavim and work villages in the vicinity will be em-
ployed on the project to build internal roads, plant gardens, cre-
ate drainage systems, erect public buildings and a large olive press.
. . . Living legacies to the Jewish National Fund have reached
the one million pound mark, with .70 per cent contributed by peo-
ple living in Israel.

AJC trades leaders GUS D.
NEWMAN and GEORGE M.
STUTZ have something to
smile about.

Woodward Study Club
Banquet on May 4

Woodward Study Club will
celebrate its 14th anniversary at
its mother and daughter ban-
quet at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, May
4, at the Dexter-Davison Jewish
Center.
- Chairman Goldie Schwartz
and co-chairman Minnie Smol-
nick announce that the program
wil feature Goldie Goldberg,
speaking for the mothers, Gloria
Kanar, speaking for the daugh-
ters; Michelle Kuvet; soloist,
Louise Freedman. Bess Stone will
offer an original poem, and Rose
Shapson will deliver the invo-
cation. Kate Winston will be
mistress of ceremonies.
Tickets may still be obtained
from the president, Rose Chern-
er, TO. 9-8337, or the chairman,
MrS. Schwartz, TY. 7-7758.

Israel Veterans, Zionist Youths
To Participate in Rally Sunday

At the city-wide celebration
of Israel's independence, at 2
p.m. Sunday, in the Coliseum of
the State Fair Grounds, the
American-Israel Veterans' Asso-
elation will receive a banner
that is to be presented to them
on behalf of the Jewish com-
munity of Detroit. Children from
the city's Jewish schools will pre-
sent a program. Mass Israeli
folk dances will be performed
by youths from young Zionist
groups. Group singing will be led
by Moe Kesner, musical direc-
tor of the United Hebrew schools.
The Central High School Band,
under the direction of Ben Sil-
verstein, will play.
On Wednesday, the local can-
tors, who were to appear on the

Registration Still On
For Camp Chelsea

Sam Marcus, supervisor of the
Twelfth St. Council. Center, and
1950 director of Camp Chelsea,
announces that registration for
the mothers' and children's
camp is still open. For appoint-
ments, call TY. 8-6000. The
camp season will run from July
2 to Aug. 27.
Trained counselors, planned
activities, resident nurse service,
and kosher kitchen facilities are
among the camp attractions.

program, withdrew from the pro-

gram.

Platform guests will be all the
members of the rabbinate and
presidents of major Jewish fra-
ternal and communal organiza-
tions.
The school committee in
charge of the children's portion
of the program is under the co-
chairmanship of Albert Elazar,
M. Goldoftas, and Moshe Haar.
An international aspect will
be added to this year's celebra-
tion by the participation of the
Jewish Community Council of
Windsor.

Telcove Club Plans
Israel Frolic Dance

The Hollywood Telcove Club
is holding its annual May fes-
tival Sunday evening, May 14,
at the Dexter-Davison Jewish
Center.
This year, the dance will be
geared to the celebration of the
second anniversary of Israel. A
recent arrival from Tel Aviv,
Abraham Lubin, a veteran of
the Haganah who is in Detroit
for specialized technical train-
ing at the Chrysler Corporation,
will lead the grand march. Lu-
bin also will be chief judge in
selecting the "Queen of the
May."

Straight from the shoulder.;.

For a TREAT
instead of .a

TREATMENT...
smoke

Europe

LONDON—Sir Oswald Mosley announced that he will lead
members of his Union Movement on a march through the East
End of London on May 7.
BUDAPEST-220 Hungarian Jews left for Italy, enroute to
Haifa. They are the first of 3,000 whom the Hungarian government
has agreed to permit to migrate to Israel.
BUCHAREST-35 newly-graduated rabbis were licensed by the
Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania . . . Haralambie
Plesa, former guard in the Alnitcitca concentration camp, was
sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment and loss of civil rights.
PARIS—A military tribunal sentenced Hans Sommer, former
member of the German secret police to one year's imprisonment
or a fine of 6,000 francs on the charge of helping French fascists
blow up a synagogue during the Nazi occupation of Paris.
STOCKHOLM—The Swedish security police is reported to
have discovered a spy ring operating between the Aliens Com-
mission and an unnamed "foreign power." About six Swedes are
believed to be involved in the ring, which was engaged in securing
information about refugees in Sweden, mostly from Eastern
Europe.
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•. South America

BUENOS AIRES—The Argentine General Zionist Federation is
facing a crisis as the result of the resignation of its president, Dr.
Mateo Goldstein, and many members of its executive board . . .
DATA, central body of Argentine Jewry, called on Pedro R. Arriola,
chief of police of Rosario, for protection against repetition of a
recent attempted bombing of the Rosario synagogue.

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treat. Old Golds are rich in the flavor of
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you how good Old Golds are...just try
'em yourself and see!

Asia

ISTANBUL—Henri Soriano, president of the Jewish Commun-
ity of Istanbul, has resigned "for reasons of health." A special
meeting of the community has been summoned to name a new

president.

Your Friends Will Be
Looking For You

SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 2 P. M. AT

ISRAEL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

COLISEUM—STATE FAIR GROUNDS