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Memoir of the Dance
22—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 12, 1954
World'
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
To The Jewish News
Whom S. Hurok Presented
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S. Hurok, eminent impressario,
who was responsible for some of
the greatest productions of all
S. HUROK
Multiple Strike Picture Brightens for Israel
multi
Argentinita, M o ir a Shearer,
Leonide Massine, the Fokines,
Isadora Duncan, and scores of
others. He brought them forth,
they conquered, and the leg-
end "S. Hurok Presents" be-
came famous.
But it k not the ballet alone
that interests him. He has not
narrowed his horizon. He writes:
"I have simultaneously car-
ried on my avowed determina-
tion, arrived at and clarified
soon after I landed as an immi-
grant lad from Pogar; to bring
music to the masses."
"So long as I am spared," he
asserts, "I shall never cease to
present the best in all the arts
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He concludes by repeating "my
united hurrah: Three Cheers for
Good Ballet!", yet his story at-
tests to the fact that he aimed
at advancing all the arts, and
has succeeded.
Citrus Cocktails Offer
Pick-up to Korean GIs
TEL AVIV, (lIP) — American
GIs fighting in Korea against
Communist aggression started
off groggy mornings with the
canned sunshine and vitamins
contained in Is-
rael - produced
oranee - juice
sent UN forces
as a gift from
the young re-
public.
The American
servicemen were
among many
millions outside of Israel who
attested to the excellence of Is-
rael's citrus products. N e w
plantations financed during the
last two years through State of
Israel Bonds are expected to
boost Israel's citrus exports to
an all - time high of $20,000,000
during the present season.
TEL AVIV—Four strikes which
together would have disrUpted a
major portion of Israel's eco-
nomies were either settled or
averted temporarily on Monday
night.
A 16-day strike of Israel's dia-
mond workers was ended when
employers agreed to pay cost of
living allowances based on the
general index of prices.
A strike of workers in the Pa-
lestine Electric Corporation, Is-
rael's largest public utility which
had been threatened for two
weeks, was averted when man-
agement agreed to meet de-
mands f o r increased pension
benefits.
A country-wide strike of arti-
sans in protest against what
they called exaggerted income
tax payments was postponed
temporarily as result of negotia-
tions.
Mediation between Histadrut
and the Minister of Commu-
nications also were extended
Monday night, thus putting off
a strike of bus cooperatives. The
cooperatives have demanded
22 percent increase in fares
while the government only
wants to grant 16 percent.
Warsaw Radio Attacks
Goldmann for Wooing West
LONDON, (JTA) —A violent
offensive against the Israel
government and against Dr. Na-
hum Goldmann, chairman of
the conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Ger-
many, has been unleashed by
Warsaw radio in a series of
Yiddish-language broadcasts.
Dr. Goldmann, a leading fig-
ure in West Germany's agree-
ment to pay Israel $822,000,000
in reparations to Israel and the
Jewish people, was assailed for
allegedly having stated that
diplomatic relations would be es-
tablished between Israel and
West Germany.
time, is especially proud of his
encouragement to great dancers.
He tells his story of his adven-
tures in the dance world in "S.
Hurok Presents: A Memoir of
the Dance World," just published
by Hermitage House. Inc., .8 W.
13th, .NY11.
His inspiration for the dance
was acquired in his native -Til-
lage of Pogar in Russia, where
dancing was popular, where the
"Koravod: dancing in a circle,
singing the old, time-honored
songs," was a normal way of life.
Upon his arrival in this coun-
try in 1906, he was dismayed to
End people who neither sang
nor danced. He found an ambi-
tion here. Benjamin Franklin
became his ideal and he settled
in Philadelphia. He soon began
his work in the theater, and the
host'Nf great names in the world
of the dance attests to his ac-
complishments.
He is especially fond of Sad-
ler's Wells Ballet. But his ca-
reer is studded with names of
individuals: Anna Pavlova,
Deception of Nazi Navy
TOW in New Lippincott Book
"Operation Corpse," the amaz-
lug British counter-intelligence
coups during World War II
which led to the upset of Ger-
man Mediterranean defenses, is
related by Ewen Montagu, the
British naval officer who hatch-
ed the plot in "The Man Who
Never Was," published recently
by Lippincott.
The author, who previously
was sworn to secrecy, was able
to tell the story after it was re-
leased in other quarters and
somewhat distorted. Montagu
is a vice-president of the United
Synagogue in England and pres-
ident of the Anglo-Jewish Asso-
ciation.
Israel's Oranges
To Germany; First
Deal in 15 Years
COLOGNE, (JTA) — Israel
will sell 300,000 cases of Jaffa
oranges to West Germany
during the current season in
t h e first straight business
transaction between the two
countries in 15 years.
An agreement signed in
Bonn by the German Ministry
of Economics and the Israel
Purchasing Mission for the
shipment of 12,500 tons of
fruit by the Israel Marketing
Board provides that payment
will be half in specified Ger-
man goods and half in Ger-
many's foreign exchange sur-
pluses with member nations
of the European Payments
Union.
Not since 1939 have goods
from Jewish Palestine gone
to Germany in commercial
quantities, but in the 10 years
preceding World War II, Ger-
many purchased more than
5'00,000 cases of Jaffa oranges
yearly and from 1925 to 1935,
Cl e r in a n y was Palestine's
number t w o customer. In
1933, a peak season, 1,200,000
rases of fruit were consigned
to Germany.
,
Thomas Alva Edison
FEBRUARY 11, 1847
February 11th is the 107th anniversary of the
birth of Thomas Edison, founder of the electrical
industry as we know it.
$1.25! He could not be content until he made
this strange, new force—electricity—available to
those of both high and low station.
It's a rather special date in Michigan since it
was here his family lived for many years; here
that young Tom's inventive genius first began
to emerge.
Today, electric service goes far beyond keeping
rates low and extending lines to new customers.
Our meaning of service is to make electricity
uniformly dependable, and to provide those extra
services which enable a customer to use electricity
to his best advantage.
It's a rather special date at Detroit Edison, too,
for our people believe in serving—and service was
Thomas Edison's guiding principle. So strong were
his feelings on the matter, so confident was he
that widespread use of electricity could benefit
mankind, that he began by selling lamp bulbs for
40c each—far below their manufacturing cost of
The Detroit Edison Company strives constantly
to strengthen its service tradition. And this is a
fitting time to re-dedicate ourselves to it; to
resolve to serve our customers and our nation to
the best of our ability.
Chairman of the Board
Priteitient
• et -11.04
THE DETROIT EDISON COMPANY