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 United States
WASHINGTON—German authorities in the four states of the
U. S. Zone have extended the deadline for filing of indemnifica-
tion claims by Nazi victims outside of Germany to June 30, 1959.
This does not apply to restitution of identifiable property:
NEW YORK—The fate of more than 20,000 Jewish DP's who
still languish in European camps rests in the hands of American
Jewry, Walter Bieringer, president of United Service for New
Americans, declared, warning that unless American Jewish com-
munities immediately provide job and housing assurances for 10,-
000 Jewish DP families they will be ineligible for admission to this
country ... An emergency grant of $25,000 to provide immediate
food and housing for 2,500 Kurdish Jews who recently fled to
Teheran to escape anti-Jewish excesses in northwest Iran, has
been made by the Joint Distribution Committee . . . The first ex-
hibition of Israel-made knitwear and leather products opened at
the Hotel Plaza.
Plans for the manufacture of jet fighter planes in Egypt were
revealed by the British de Havilland aircraft company in an ad-
vertisement in the New York Times. The ad also listed Egypt
among 12 countries which have purchased Vampire jets during
the past year . . . Yiddish poet Chaim Grade received a $350
award from the Jewish Cultural Congress for the best work in
Yiddish literature published during the past year . .. More than
$2,100,000 was pledged to the United Jewish Appeal of Greater
New York by 1,200 persons attending 10 simultaneous fund-raising
events held as part of "Salute to Israel Week."
LAKE SUCCESS—The UN Trusteeship Council will begin its
seventh regular session here June 1, with replies from Israel and
Jordan on the undertakings in respect to the internationalization
of Jerusalem as the high point of the meetings.
BOSTON—Massachusetts Attorney. General Francis Kelley or-
dered a thorough investigation into the recent desecration of 69
tombstones in the Hadrath Israel Cemetery in Melrose,.
CLEVELAND—John Foster Dulles was principal speaker at the
1100th anniversary celebration of The Temple in Cleveland May 18.
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver has been rabbi of The Temple for 35 years.
Canada
MONTREAL—The largest YM-YWHA building in the world,
costing approximately $1,500,000, was dedicated here. The new
edifice contains an art studio, domestic science room, library
housing 10,000 volumes, handicraft, sewing and photography
rooms, an auditorium and numerous club 'rooms.
Israel
JERUSALEM—Albert Einstein was elected honorary chairman,
of the board of governors of the Hebrew University. Henry Mor-
ganthau Jr., was elected chairman of the board and Dr. Israel
Wechsler of New York and Israel Chief Justice Moishe Zmoira
were named vice chairmen . . . The Israel-Transjordan mixed
armistice commission agreed to return from Transjordan three
Israel soldiers who were detained by the Arab Legion when they
unwittingly crossed the demarcation line during a border patrol.
. . . 84 new cases of polio were reported in Israel in April. The
ministry of health announces that the proportion of cases corre-
sponds to that of the United States.
TEL AVIV—The UN Palestine Conciliation Commission has
invited Israel to send delegates to UN-sponsored talks with the
Arab states which convened in Geneva May 23 . . A 24-hour
strike affecting 300 doctors in government hos-
pitals, clinics and immigration camps was called
last week, on ,the right of the Israel Medical As-
sociation to represent state physicians. Skeleton
staffs were maintained for emergencies:. . . Jascha
Heifetz, world-renowned violinist arrived here for
a four-week stay. He will be featured with the
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and in a number
of solo recitals . . . Neutrality in relation to the
major world blocs is essential in Israel be-
cause of the country's political structure. Dr.
Peretz_ Bernstein, chairman of the General
Zionist Party, told a press conference. He em-
Heifetz phasized, however, that the sentiments of the
General Zionists in Israel are "more toward the western powers."
The Israel Farmer's Federation concluded its conference by adopt-
ing a resolution demanding that the government abolish a $16,-
800,000 debt of the citrus industry . . . Announcement was made
here of the recent formation in Syria and Lebanon, by agents
of the ex-Mufti, of a "military Organization for the Liberation of
, Palestine," which seeks to mobilize and train Arab refugees for
irregular military operations aaginst Israel . . . After a prolonged
trial, Itzchak Shami, a Jew, and Mohamed Elkader Matari, an
Arab, were found guilty of espionage and sentenced to three and
a half years in prison . . . The first group of Jewish immigrants
from Iraq is expected to arrive here within two weeks . . . 1,020
Romanian immigrant's, 600 Polish immigrants and 584 Jews from
Marseilles arrived in Haifa last week ... More than 2,700 tourists
visited Israel last month .. . Czechoslovak Airlines announced the
closing of its Israel offices . . . 2,000 Jews immigrated to Israel
from India during the past year, it was reported at a reception
tendered by the executive of the Histadrut to H. Zynowic, chair-
man of the Indian Zionist Federation and Moses Elder of the
Bnai . Israel community in India.
Dr. Isidor Schalit, who was Dr. Theodor Herl's first secretary,
received from the Vienna Jewish Community 46 cases of invalu-
able manuscripts and books, to be turned o/er to the Jewish Na-
tional Library in Jerusalem . . . Israel fighters forced down an
RAF coastal command Sunderland flying boat which flew over
Israel territory near Tiberias, after the British craft refused to
obey landing orders. After intetrrogation the crew was permitted
to leave . . . The Rosh Haayin Yemenite immigrant camp was sur-
rounded, for the second time, by unemployed workers from the
labor exchange in Petach Tikvah, who complained that new
arrivals from Yemen wereompeting with them unfairly by ac-
cepting ,wages below Histadrut standards . . . Brig. Yaacov Dori
was appointed head of the scientific department attached to the
Premier's office.
Europe
LONDON—The Middle East question did not constitute a spe-
cific item on the agenda of the Big Three Foreign Ministers Con-
ference, although it was reviewed within the framework of the
world situation, an authoritative source revealed . . . Anti-fascists
forced the closing of a public meeting featuring a speech by one
of Sir Oswald Mosley's chief lieutenants, Geoffrey Hamm.
PARIS—Three men and two women were arrested after police
raided the shoemaker store headquarters of a pro-Hitler group
here and discovered a list of prominent Jews who had been "con-
demned" to death, and an arms dump.
Savings Bonds
Drive Features
Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell, America's
historic symbol of Independ-
ence, stepped into present-day
Amer ica's af-
.00 INDeAtt, fairs as the
do symbol of the
Treasury's In-
4 dependence Say-
4) ings Bonds
oo Drive from May
15 to July 4.
The campaign urges the
people to "Save for Your Inde-
pendence" through U. S. Sav-
ings Bonds.
Fifty-two full-size exact du-
plicates of the Liberty Bell will
tour the nation during the drive
due to the generosity and co-
operation of America's copper
producers. One of these bells
will be on tour in this state.
Scriptures Appear in Hebrew Braille
T h e
NEW YORK, (JTA)
completion of the first edition of
the Scriptures in Hebrew Braille
was announced here by the
Jewish Braille Institute of
America. The 20 volumes took
five years to complete.
The first edition of 25 copies
has already been distributed and
a new edition is planned. In
order to complete the project a
THE JEWISH NEWS-7
- Friday, May 26, 1950
,OPEN HOUSE . . .
Sunday, June 4, 1950 - I 0 A.M. - 6 P.M.
(If it rains, the following Sunday)
Come out to see us. Bring your Aunt Minnie, Grandma and
all the family. Picnic on our grounds, if you wish (Camp will
have lots of soda. pop and hot coffee "on the house.")
You will be pleasantly surprised when you see the extensive
facilities we have provided, and the ample grounds, the
variety of sports, .crafts.
For Those Of
Discriminating Taste
efia
new International Hebrew
Braille code had to be developed
to replace several regional He-
brew Braille alphabets which
were found to be inadequate. An
advisory council of rabbis and
scholars assisted in the trans-
lation.
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Road, 'left to Grand River (U.S. 16) ; right on Grand River
through Farmington and Novi; 31,4 miles past Novi, turn
right on Wixom Road (Mich. 218) for one mile; then right
again on 13 Mile Road for one-half mile, to Camp.
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