Detroit Rediscovered

Adas Shalom Choral
Group Picks Officers

Gay Fringes Embroider
Our City's Historic Events

The Sisterhood Choral Group
of Adas Shalom elected the fol-
lowing officers:
Director, Mrs. Joseph M. Mar-
kel; secretary, Mrs. Sol Slomo-
vitz; treasurer, Mrs. J. Axelrod;
chairman, Mrs. B. Golden;
assistant chairman, Mrs. Louis
Barrish; librarian, Mrs. Irving
Kleinstein; sunshine, Mrs. Wilton
Winston; auditioning commit-
tee, Mesdames Markel, Jack Ax-
elrod, Nathan Cooper, S a u 1
King; publicity, Mrs. Morris Ro-
win.
Mrs. Markel advises that there
are opening s in the Choral
Group. For information call her
at UN. 2-8394.
Plans are being made for sev-
eral programs..A picnic for mem-
bers and their husbands also is
being planned.

By GEORGE W. STARK

City Historiographer

July is bustin' out all over and with a special emphasis
right here in Old Detroit. Was there ever a month like this?
Never in the memory of the oldest Old Timer.
Three July anniversaries -stand forth in the cycle of our
years. July 4 has always been quite a day hereabouts, as
well as over the broad face of the Nation. Of course, it's

the Republic's birthday, but •
here, in our friendly neighbor- That's the big day. Two hun
hood, it's something more than dred and fifty years ago, Sieur
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe
Cadillac landed on the shore
of the strait, obeying a royal
command, and set up house-
keeping. That's a long time
- ago and the interval has pro-
vided us with a pattern of his-
tory as glamorous, as exciting
as that of any community in
the land. And the tradition
woven into that pattern is
tender, as well as fascinating.
What do we do to celebrate a
great milestone in this month of
anniversary? Well, we embroider
the event with a gay fringe. A
parade on July - 28 that will be
spectacular. Pageants that will
pin down the Detroit Story. Mu-
sic by symphony orchestras and
bands, with lovely Margaret
Whiting, a native to the soil,
coming here to sing the sweet
songs written long ago by her
father, Dick Whiting, and from
the band shell named to honor
the
man who first projected the
GEORGE W. STARK
composer to fame and fortune.
that. It's the eightieth anniver- That man was Jerome Hosmer
sary of our venerable City Hall Remick.
and could anything be nicer in
We dedicate a Hall of Nations,
this season of anniversary?
the new building of the ,Inter-
, .Because the birthday coincides national Institute, designed to
so neatly with the two hundred give validity and direction to all
and fiftieth birthday of the town the alien groups that have
itself, the Mayor of Detroit and found hope and haven in De-
his official family are viewing troit. We dedicate, on July 24,
with pride. They projected a exactly on Detroit's birthday, a
party over there, by which they new Detroit Historical Museum
honored Mr. Tax •Payer himself the first unit of a beautiful.
and people are saying its high temple of ,history. What more
time the poor old chap got a appropriate gift than this, de-
signed to capture and to cele-
break.
Well, hardly a man is now brate our story, imprison it for-
alive who remembers when the ever, for all the stenerations to
City Hall was dedicated. Too come, to regard with wonder
bad our great and good friend, and to hold to their hearts in
John C. Lodge, was not spared affection.
a few more years. He remember-
But these new buildings, as
ed that dedication. He was there. well as the beautiful Veterans'
And the old City Hall became his Memorial building on the river-
home and he regarded it with front, are but an earnest of the
tenderness and devotion and he lovely items of our future. There
always vowed that as long as will be other structures to keep
he lived he would never permit these pioneers company. For it
it to be taken away as the seat was the thinking of the birth-
of City government.
day committee, as it was the
July 11 is another important thinking of Mayor Cobo and his
day in the history of this area. official family, that a birthday
On July 11, 1796, the United party has a hollow ring if there
States Flag was raised for the are no gifts.
first time over the old fort
So we are bringing gifts to
here. People gathered on the
Detroit. They have a substan-
docks and on the shore line
tial quality. A music hall, a
and watched the Yanks come
convention hall, a great ex-
in. It must have been a stir-
hibit hall and a community
ring sight. Mad Anthony
arts center for the Wayne Uni-
Wayne had just retaken this
versity area.
portion of the old Northwest
These are gifts of the mind
from the British and .a de-
and of the spirit. They • are
tachment of his Army under
Col. John. Francis Hamtramck
took possession.
The - American occupation had
been preceded by a long period
of strife and bloodshed and it
was to be followed soon by
more strife and bloodshed, the
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War of 1812, the western phase
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of which was fought right in
DETROIT 21. MICH.
our own back yard. Who said we
never knew what trouble was
around here? No trouble, just
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war and famine and pestilence
Industrial - Commercial
and fire. Brother, We came up
Residential Properties
the hard way!
CLEM & TEEK WEITZMAN
Finally, consider July 24.
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gifts that will endure. What
a lovely birthday party!
These are gifts that have
been a long time coming. The ,
guest of honor, Detroit, has
gotten ,to be quite an elderly
party, almost as old as Boston,
almost a century older than
Chicago. Time she had some-
thing nice done for her, for
she has been too long neg-
lected.
Somehow,' here, we lost our
bearings on the highway of our
history. We lose our sense of
tradition and some • of us even
lost our sense of belonging here.
It took just such a birthday as
this 'to awaken and inform us.•
Now we are gOing ahead, to-
gether, with a sense of unity and
a sense of rededication.
We have found ourselves and,
in finding ourselves, we have re-
discovered Detroit!

UN Urged to Act Against Deportation
Of Jews by the Satellite States

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(JTA) — Hungary and Romania.
were charged before the United
Nations with violation of ele-
mentary human rights in the
uprooting of thousands of Jews
from their deportation to un-
known destinations.
Agudas Israel World Organ-
ization, appearing before the
Non-Governmental Committee
of the Economic and So c i a 1
Council of the world organiza-
tion, called on the United Na-
tions to condem these practices .
and to take action, including
economic sanctions if necessary,
to ensure that these deportees
are returned to their hbmes.
A Communist move to pre-

by a vote of five to one.
Dr. Lewin told the committee

that information on the "bar-
barous acts" perpetrated against
the Jews in these two countries
had reached his organization
clandestinely and that in addi-
tion it had received appeals from
all parts of the world from peo-
. ple having relatives in the two .
countries affected by the anti-
Jewish action.

8—THE JEWISH NEWS

vent the airing of the Jewish
charges against the two satel-
lite states was beaten in com-
mittee. The Soviet represen-
tative moved to prevent Dr.
Isaac Lewin, Agudas. Israel
representative, from address-
ing, the committee but he was
overruled by the French chair-
man whose ruling was upheld

Greetings Detroit

Friday, July 13, 1951 •

Happy 250th
Birthday
To Detroit!

This is a glorious occa-

sion to record the no-.

table accomplishments

of our great city as the

On Your

arsenal of Democracy.

250th Birthday

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Extends Greetings to The City of Detroit
On Its 250th Birthday Anniversary

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Morris Schaver

Edward Feldman

UN. 2-6800

Headiest Greetings
To Our Own Detroit

We rejoice with our two million fellow-citizens over the triumphs
scored by our great City since it first was founded 250 years ago.
Every element in our community has played a role in Detroit's up-
building.
The Jewish community is shining example of participation in great
community building in Detroit.
Detroit stands out among the defenders of Democracy and as a
builder of good will among men.
Detroit has played a great role in the Zionist movement and in the
upbuilding of Israel. Our City Fathers, our Common Council, the principal
leaders of this community, have given encouragement in the building of
the Jewish state. We greet them with thanks on this occasion.
We pray that our Great City should continue to grow in strength
and in beauty—as a landmark in our Great Land. -- .
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MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM HORDES
MR. AND MRS. EARL HORDES
MR. AND MRS. HERBERT -HORDES
and Families

MANISCHEWITZ