"Happiest Man in the World' Is Alien
Inductee Stationed at Fort Knox

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Ten years ago this machine
gun and Nazi" flag meant forced
labor and near death to Pvt.
Samuel Katz, a Detroit trainee
at Fort Knox. Now, he shows no
more than routine interest as
he takes a place behind the gun,
part of a display at Fort Knox's
Patton Museum.

FORT KNOX, KY. — When
Samuel Katz, a basic trainee
here, visited the base's arma-
ment museum, dedicated to the
late Gen. George S. Patton,
there w a s more significance
than most visitors experience.
The Nazi flags, ems and uni-
forms were poignant reminders

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of a tyranny that erased his
family, relatives and friends.
Pvt. Katz is a 24-year-old,
Polish-born Jew, who hasn't
known a normal day since late
in 1942 when the Germans
threw a barbed wire f e n c e
around the Jewish ghetto in
Iwie, near the Russian border.
Only 14 then, in the next five
years Samuel was to lay rail-
road ties as a forced laborer,
escape from a box car while
machine guns beat a staccato
over his head, lie wounded for
two weeks in a cemetery, join
an underground band, find his
sister, and then, after the war's
end go to Germany and from
there to. the United States.
Samuel arrived here in 1947,
and was brought to live with his
cousins, the Ben B. Schwartz
family of Detroit. His sister and
her husband, Saul Sloan, whom
she married in a DP camp, also
were brought here by the
Schwartz'.
Because of a. wound he re - -
ceived while trying to escape
from the boxcar, Pvt. Katz has
been placed in a "C" classifica-
tion, which means his fighting,
days are over.
Even his call into service, for
which any alien applying for
citizenship is eligible, has not
dampened his enthusiasm for
his new-found country. He often
has repeated that since his ar-
rival here, "I am the happiest
man in the world."

German State Bank Guarantees

Payments for Oil to Israel

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LONDON, (JTA)—Dr. Nahum
Goldmann chairman of the
Jewish Agency and of the Con-
ference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany, ar-
rived here from Bonn where he
conferred with Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer and . other high
German officials on the Israel-
German reparations pact. Dur-
ing the conversations, Dr. Gold-
mann was promised by the
Chancellor that he would press
for early ratification of the
agreement.
From Germany it was report-
ed that the German National
Bank has guaranteed to pay
British oil companies for future
shipments of petroleum products
to Israel, as provided for in the
German-Israel reparations pact.
(Approximately 3,300 claims of
Jewish victims of the Nazis for

restitution of property, valued at
some 8,000,000 deutschemarks,
(approximately $1,900,000) have
been settled amicably or by the
courts in the British zone of
Germany in the past two years,
it was reported in London by
Sir Henry d'Avigdor Goldsmid,
chairman of the Jewish Trust
Corporation, official successor
organization for heirless, un-
claimed or communal Jewish
prOperty in the British zone.)
(In Montreal, Paul Martin,
head of the Canadian delegation
to the United Nations and Min-
ister of National Health and
Welfare, expressed the hope that
once the Austrian elections are
over the Austrian Government
will open negotiations with the
Jews for payment of compensa-
tion to victims of the Nazis in
Austria.)

Hungary Confiscates JDC Property

LONDON, (JTA) —All property
belonging to the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee in Hungary has
been nationalized by the gov-
ernment, it was reported here
on the basis • of information
reaching Vienna.
The nationalization move fol-
lowed the arrest last month of
Lajos Stoekler, Jewish commun-
ity head and leader of a
community committee which
administered JDC funds in
Hungary, on charges of illegal
possession of foreign currency.
The reports said that employees
of the institutions supported by

the JDC have been instructed to
look for new jobs.
The London press published
details on the arrest of five Jew-
ish high officials in Hungary in
the newest anti-Semitic "purge"
in that country. One was Hun-
garian Minister of Justice,
Gyula Decis. Another was Lt.
Gen. Gabor Peter, chief of the
state police, who directed the
questioning of American busi-
nessman Robert A.- Vogeler, be-
fore he was sentenced to 15
years on similar charges.

Mrs. Weiner Elected
As UCS Vice-Chairman

Eternal Light for 'Old Man Stone;'
National Acclaim for His Benevolence

Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner, 25564
Wareham, Huntington Wood s,
was elected a vice-chairman of
the Women's Committee of
United Community Services at
its annual meeting Feb. 4.
Mrs. Weiner has been a mem-
ber of the governing board of
the committee for three years
and program chairman for
two years. She was re-elected to
the governing board for a three
year term. Others elected to the
board for three year terms are
Mrs. Charles Lakoff, 18280 Oak
Dr., and Mrs. Philip Marcuse,
2050 Glynn Ct.
Mrs. Weiner has been active
in Community Chest and Torch
Drive Campaigns for many years
and in the United Jewish Ap-
peal.
She has been a Member of the
Women's Committee of the
National United Jewish Appeal,
past president of the women's
division of the Jewish Welfare
Federation and of the Detroit
Section of the National Council
of Jewish Women.
In 1952, she was co-chairman
of the local United Jewish Ap-
peal, and this year is chairman
of the executive committee.

For many years to come, resi- •
dents of the Third Street neigh-
borhood will refer affection6tely
to "Old Man Stone." Many a
parent will remember him for
perhaps keeping a youngster out
of jail. Children will remember
him, too, for the mPnv happy
hours they spent at his parties
and outings.
"Old Man Stone" is what every-
one called Louis Stone, the be-
nevolent and jolly druggist
whose store at Third and Stim-
son has become a legend not
only in Detroit, but all over the
United States. .
His deeds will be told more ex-
tensiyely nationally over the
coast to coast hookup of the
Eternal Light radio program,
which will be heard on Feb. 22
over the National Broadcasting
Company.
The program will . be beamed
into Detroit a week later, on
March 1, at 8:30 a.m., over sta-
tion WWJ.
The effectiveness of the work
of Louis Stone can best be reali-
zed by the smiling faces of -hun-
dreds of Detroit youngsters who
attended the Shrine Circus last
month.
Although the druggist had
died earlier that same month,

Sheruth Charity Ball
Slated for Saturday

Sheruth League will hold its
annual Charity Ball on Satur-
day evening, at Adas Shalom
Synagogue, it was announced
this week by Mrs Harold Kales,
chairman.
George Hagen and his orches-
tra, and the Sheruth dramatic
group will provide the entertain-
ment. Assisting Mrs. Kales in
dance arrangements are Mes-
dames Norbert Ketai, Maurice
Fried, Edward Rader, Frank
Roberts and Samuel Cowan.
Dramatic group participants
will include Mrs. Meyer Leib,
chairman; Mrs. Irving Grant,
costume designer; Mrs. Bernard
Liebow, wardrobe mistress; and
the cast of Mesdames Philip
Atkins, Sidney Blum, Darwin
Canvasser, Max Dickerman, Sid-
ney Fishman, George Gilbert,
Louis Goldman, J. Irving Grant,
Ted Grant, John Kaplan, Meyer
Kuneck, Malcolm Leventon, Ber-
nard Liebow, Sidney Locke,
Harry Miller, Sol Miller, M. R.
Shillman, Jack Shubow and Na-
than Spector.
For tickets or information, call
Mrs. Norbert Ketai, UN. 2-3768.

Hebrew Free Loan
Re-Elects Marlyn

Hebrew Free Loan Association
announces the re-election of
Robert R. Marwil as president.
Assisting him are the following
re-elected officers: Julian L.
Zemon, and Jacob L. Keidan,
vice-presidents; Maurice Klein,
secretary; Louis Stoll, treasurer.
Ira Kaufman was elected to
the board to serve for two years,
filling the vacancy created by
the passing of Michael Krell.
Re-elected to the board f or
three years are Maurice Arons-
son, Laurence, W. Crohn, Sem-
uel Lieberman, Robert R. Mar-
wil, Jack Tobin and Frank A.
Wetsman.

Many people have wandered
"why should a man be so good
to kids?"—especially one who was
was a bachelor.
The story goes back a good
many years to when young Louis
Stone was applying for medical
school in his native Russia. His
father Was a _ shoemaker, and
Louis was a young student
keenly interested in medicine and
with a will to succeed.
His request for admission was
refused because Louis Stone was
a Jew. He was deeply hurt by the
experience; and, later in his life,
he vowed he would try to see
that no other child was hurt
and hiuniliated as he was.
Louis Stone left Russia shortly

to serve again. Only this time
he turned up a few pounds
overweight and was refused.
But Stone lost 70 pounds and
was taken aboard a merchant
vessel as a purser pharmacist.
After serving for a year and
a half, he was released, and
resumed his practice and his
parties.

His name became magic to
Detroit's youngsters. and many
other publicly-minded citizens
followed Stone's example. That
in itself would have been enough
tribute for Louis Stone, but city,
state and national recognition
came his way.
Even when he was stricken
with a heart attack, Which was
to prove fatal, Stone was not
thinking of himself. He was wor-
ried about the youngsters—hun-
dreds of them — who he had
promised their annual trip to
the circus.
Louis Stone made many friends
who saw to it that .those kids—
Old Man Stone's friends—went
to the circus. And they will see
that they get to see many more
circuses.

Jewish Publication Society Enriched
By $150,000 Grant from Schiff Fund

The Jewish Publication Soci-
ety of America has received
$150,000 from the Jacob R. Schiff
Charitable Trust Committee, it
was announced by Louis E. Lev-
inthal, of Philadelphia, president
of the Society.
The funds will be used to es-
tablish the • Jacob R. Schiff Li-
brary of Jewish Contributions to
American Democracy.
The trust fund was created
by Jacob R. Schiff, a New York
lawyer and financier, who, when
he died in 1948, left a will of
42,000,000 to be allocated to eor-
porations that "tend to further
the ideals of American Democ-
racy."
A committee of three, con-
sisting of the presidents of Co-
lumbia University, City College
of New York and the president
of the Jewish Publication Soci-
ety, were entrusted to make the
allocations.
One of the last acts of Presi-

Shaarey Zedek Men Aid Drive for Seminary

Education Symposium
On Radio Tomorrow

A panel symposium on Jewish
education will be presented by
the Jewish Community Council
this Saturday, 9:30 to 10 p.m.,
over Station WXYZ—.AM and
FM. Specially prepared by the
American Jewish Committee for
the Council, this discussion will
include . experts from various
ideological groupings..
Dr. Leo Honor, president obi
Dropsie College, will be the
moderator. Rabbi Joseph Look-
stein, professor of homeletics at
Yeshivah University, and Rabbi
Edward Klein, of the Free Syna-
gogue in New York, will be.
Streon.g the diseisasarsta, •

the preparations had already
been started and were carried
through, as it was promised
would be done in the future,
by many Detroit groups and
individuals interested in the
work Mr. Stone had performed.

afterward, a completely disillu•
sioned young man. He arrived in .
this country and went to work
in an Eastern factory. His fore-
man noticed the progress he was
making and suggested that he
attend night school.
His studies led him to the field
most nearly related to his early
love of medicine. He opened a
drug store on Mt. Elliott Street
where he began to give his par-
ties, despite the pranks of neigh-
borhood youngsters. It was not
long before he endeared himself
to the community.
When he moved his practice to
Third and Stimson„ the party-
throwing Stone was more active'. .
than ever. Police reports proved
the effectiveness of his work in
cutting down the crime rate for
juveniles.
When World War II broke out,
Stone tried to sign up with the
Merchant Marine. He had served
during World War I, after' the
Army and Navy refused him be-
cause of his poor eyesight.
Now, at 50, Stone was ready

dent Dwight D. Eisenhower,
prior to relinquishing his post
as Columbia University prexy,
was to join the other committee
members in allocating the $150,-
000 to the Jewish Publication
Society.

Oakland Hadassah
Offers 'Carmen Cohen'

"Carmen Cohen," a musical
comedy, will be- presented on
two successive nights by the
South Oakland County Chapter
of Hadassah. The showings will
be at 8:30 p.m., March 17 and 18,
in the Royal Oak High School
auditorium.
Mrs. Edward Le v in e, .t h e
show's director, announces that
the original music from "Car-
men" with new lyrics and scen-
ario, will be featured. The show
was written by Mesdames Mau-
rice Reizen, Harley Citrin, Han-
mon Dix and Mr. Arthur Gordon.
Mrs. Harvey Barnett will be in
the leading role as Carmen Co-
hen. Others in the cast will in-
clude Dr. Maurice Reizen, Fred
Gattegno, Dr. Edward Levine
and Mrs. Albert Cohen.
Proceeds of the show will go to
support Hadassah projects in Is-
rael. For tickets, call Mrs. Sher-
win Davidson, ticket chairman,
LT. 5-4559.

Turkey Arrests Racists

Leading the current campaign for funds for
the Jewish Theological Seminary are these
members of the Shaarey Zedek Men's Club Com-
mittee: seated, left to right, Dr. Albert J. Altman,
Abe Satovsky, Edward Robinson, chairman, Carl
Schiller, Men's Club president, and William Wad-
leC Standing Arc left ft right, Leo Weiner,

ISTANBUL, (JTA) — Many
leaders of the Turkish National-
ist Association have been arrest-
ed in the latest Turkish •Govern-
ment campaign against racists.
and ultra-nationalists in Turks.
ish public life. The government
has ordered raids to shut down
the 72 branches of the group
throughout the country.

Allen Charlip, George C. Parzen, Dr. Max Hoff-
man, Dr. Davis A. Benson, I. Murray Jacobs,
Arthur Lang and Abe Katzman. Not shown are
Oscar Jacobson, Dr, Henry Berris, Oscar Kramer,
Kolman Sachse, Jack Winston, Max Borin, Henry
Carniek, Ervin Greenbaum, Joseph Feldman, 24 TH E JEWISH NEWS
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Morris Karbal, DAM. Cullen and Henry Friednaases

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