Louis Kukes, Treasurer of Yeshivah,
Active Community Leader, Dies at 78

DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-19

Friday, February 26, 1954

Posthumous Award
To Ambassador Davis
Give by Hadassah

Louis Kukes of 3032 Glendale, el M. Rosenthal, Mrs. Morris L.
treasurer of Yeshivath Beth Leon and Mrs. Joseph F. Marsh--
Yehudah and a well-known in- all; 14 grandchildren and two
dustrialist, died Feb. 18 at the great-grandchildren.
age of 78. Fu-
In 'addition to being treasurer
::neral services of the Yeshivah, Mr. Kukes, who
[were held last was known or his many philan-
.:Friday at Kauf- thropies, was a former member of
the boards of the Home for
man Chapel.
Born in Rus- Aged and the United Hebrew
'- lsia, Mr. Kukes Schools. He was a life member
lived in Detroit of Mizrachi, in whose behalf he
-for 40 years. He had been active for many years,
was president of and was a leader in the Israel
Michigan B o 1 t bond drive. He was one of the
founders of Congregation Beth
sand Nut Co.
Surviving are Shmuel and was a member of
hree sons. El- Beth Ibraham.
wood L., Harold He was a member of Ameri-
L. Kukes B. and Joseph can Boll and Nut Institute and
H.; three daughters, Mrs. Manu- of the Chamber of Commerce.

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Obituaries

MEYER JENEFSKY, of Day-
ton, 0., died Feb. 6. Services and
interment in Dayton. He leaves
his daughter, Mrs. David Curtis,
of Detroit. .1
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JACOB SANDBERG, 2717 Ful-
lerton. died Feb. 20. Services at
Menorah Funeral Chapel. He
leaves his wife, Rebecca, and
sons, Dr. Avery, Arthur and Dr.
Herschel.
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MAX KAPIAN, 2629 Elmhurst,
died Feb. 22. Services at Hebrew
Memorial Chapel. Survived by
four nieces, Mrs Julius Thomp-
son, of Boston! Mass., Mrs. Al-
bert Kunin, Mrs. Joseph Kahr-
noff and Mrs. Philip Weiseman.
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RACHEL SCHERR, 2696 Elm-
hurst, died Feb. 22. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by two sons, Arthur and
Joe; three daughters, Mrs. Jack
Scherr. Mrs. Leo Meckler and
Ethel; and six grandchildren.
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SIMON RESSLER, 3826 Lawr-
ence, died Feb. 21. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by - his wife, Rachel; son,
Earl; two daughters, Mrs. Louis
Siefer and Mrs. Irving Haron; a
brother; a sister, and five
grandchildren.
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MEYER GORMAN. 4014 Glen-
dale. died Feb. 22. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by his wife, Sara; a son,
Marvin; and a sister.
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ROSE P U R P L E, Marquette,
Mich., died Feb. 17. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by her husband, Jacob;
three brothers, and two sisters.

SAMUEL SCHWARTZ, 2702
Glendale, died Feb. 17. Services
at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He
leaves his wife, Mary; two sons,
Harry and Larry; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Jules Kraft, Mrs. Abe
Slotnick and Mrs. Joseph Deitch;
and six grandchildren.
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ESTHER VICTOR, 3711 Webb,
died Feb. 17. Services at Ira
Kaufman Chapel. She leaves
her husband, Barnet; son, Rob-
ert, and a sister, Mrs. David
Ringold of Cairo, Ill.

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CHARLES SOLOMON, 3200
Chicago, died Feb. 19. Services
at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He
leaves his wife, Sadie; a son,
William; two daughters, Mrs.
William B. Teitelbaum and Mrs.
Hyman Siman; two brothers and
a sister.
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THEODORE ROSS, 242 River-
side Dr., died Feb. 20. Services
at Hebrew Memorial Chapel.
Survived by his wife, Evelyn;
son, Sidney; two brothers, two
sisters and a grandchild.

SAMUEL J. DE R OVEN, 2909
Webb, died Feb. 20. Services at
Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves
his wife, Charlotte; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Marvin Barkin and '
Mrs. Murray Freed: his father,
Abraham; two brothers, five sis-
ters and three grandchildren.
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JULIUS J. STERN, 925 White-
, more, died Feb. 21, in Houston,
Tex. Services at Ira Kaufman
Chapel. He leaves his wife, An-
na; two sons, Emil T. and Willi-
am H. of Houston; a daughter,
Mrs. Saul Glueckman, a sister
and five grandchildren.

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ROSE GOLD, 11501 Petoskey,
died Feb. 23. Services at Heb-
rew Memorial Chapel. Survived
by her son, Morris, of Oxnard,
Calif.; three daughters, Mrs.
Jack Commer, of Los Angeles,
Mrs. Al Jacobs and Mrs. Louis
Tannenbaum; two brothers and
five grandchildren.
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DORA RESNICK, 3347 Mon-
terey, died Feb. 23. Services at
Hebrew Memorial Chapel. Sur-
vived by her daughter, Mrs.
Samuel Yagoda, a n d three
grandchildren.
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ESSAK MANNING, 2740 Full-
erton, died Feb. 22. Services at
Ira Kaufman Chapel. He leaves
his wife, Oly; two sons, Dr.
Morey and Lewis H.; and a
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Weiss.

UJA Labor Council
Plans Chicago Parley

The acceptance of invitations
to . speak at the mid-western re-
gional conference of the Labor
Council of the United Jewish
Appeal by Samuel Goldsmith,
executive director of the Com-
bined Jewish Appeal of Chicago;
Simcha Pratt, Israel Consul in
Chicago, and Dr. Sara Feder,
president of Pioneer Women,
has been announced by Dr.
James G. Heller, national chair-
man of the Labor Council.
These leaders will join Dr.
Heller, Zalman Shazar, head of
the cultural department of the
Jewish Agency, in addressing
delegates to the parley, at Pal-
mer House, Chicago, March 6
and 7.

Arab Infiltrees Steal
300 Sheep from Israel

TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Armed
Arab infiltrees from Egyptian
territory stole 300 sheep belong-
ing to the Israeli settlement of
Dorot, near the Gaza strip. The
shepherd was tied up and kept
prisoner in a cave for several
hours, but was otherwise unhurt.
An investigation by United Na-
tions observers unearthed the
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marauders' tracks leading from
LENA KAHN, 13341 Vassar Dr.,- the scene of the robbery to the
died Feb. 20. Services at Ira Gaza strip border. Israel has de-
Kaufman Chapel. She leaves two manded immediate return of the
sons, Dr. Samuel B. and Albert; flock.
three daughters, Mrs. Gary Woll,
Mrs. Arthur Gaylord and Mrs.
The American Jewish Commit-
Ted Spitz; a sister and 12 grand- tee, with 44 chapters and mem-
children.
bers in 550 communities through-
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out the United State3, has joined
ARTHUR C. MILLER, 1415 in the CRUSADE FOR FREE-
Glynn Ct., died Feb. 20. Services DOM in support of Radio Free
at Ira Kaufman Chapel. He Europe, which seeks to pene-
leaves his wife, • Dorothy; two trate the Iron Curtain with the
brothers and three sisters.
message of democracy.

The sixth annual Henrietta
Szold award for distinguished
humanitarian service, establish-
ed by Hadassah, the Women's
Zionist Organization of America,
in memory of its founder, will
this year be conferred posthu-
mously upon Monnett B. Davis,
United States Ambassador to Is-
rael until his death last De-
cember, it was announced by
Mrs. Rebecca Shulman, national
president of Hadassah.
The award ceremony next
Wednesday at Hotel Astor, New
York, will climax the mid-winter
conference of Hadassah, at Park
Sheraton Hotel, New York, Sun-
day through Wednesday.
The award will be accepted on
behalf of the family of the late
Ambassador by his son, Thomas
M. Davis. Mrs. Monnett B. Da-
vis will attend the ceremony.
Speakers will include John F.
Simmons, U. S. Chief of Proto-
col and Abba Eban, Israel Am-
bassador to the United States.
Previous recipients of the
Henrietta Szold Award were
former President Harry Truman,
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Prof.
Selman Waksman, Sen. Herbert
H. Lehman and Supreme Court
Justice William 0. Douglas.
A highlight of the conference
will be the departure on Tues-
day of 22 national Hadassah
leaders for a three-week study
of economic, social and political
conditions in Israel.
The delegation, headed by
Mrs. Mortimer Jacobson, of New
York, will include Mrs. Carl
Schiller of Detroit.

Goldmann Cautious
At Austrian Invitation
To Start Negotiations

The statement of Chancellor
Julius Raab that Austria is
ready to resume negotiations for
a settlement of claims of Nazi
victims was welcomed with res-
ervations by Dr. Nahum Gold-
mann, chairman of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine.
Dr. Goldmann, who is chair-
man of the Committee for Jew-
ish Claims on Austria, pointed
out that no official invitation
from the Austrian government
has been received by the corn-
mittee.
He recalled that negotiations
which began on June 17, 1953,
broke off last December because
the Austrian government deter-
mined to remove the issue of
heirless Jewish property from
the agenda and to defer it until
an Austrian peace settlement is
signed.
He charged it was contrary
to previous assurances given to
him by the Austrian Chancellor
that heirless Jewish property
would be one of the topics under
discussion.
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"Support" Jewish Claims
The Austrian government,
through mediators, has indirect-
ly approached world Jewish or-
ganizations with proposals
aimed at re-opening negotia-
tions for settlement of Jewish
claims against Austria.
The government is reported
ready to offer a payment on ac-
count of this heirless Jewish
property. If the Austrian offer
provides a basis for discussion,
informed sources here see no
impediment to the re-opening
of negotiations. The Jewish or-
ganizations have asked Austria
for payment of $11,500,000 for
heirless Jewish property.
Charges of "intervention
against Austrian" independence
at the Berlin conference by the
Committee on Jewish Claims on
Austria and Dr. Goldmann, made
by Vienna newspapers, were
sharply denied.

VIENNA, Feb. 17 (JTA)—The
Austrian Finance Ministry in-
vited Wilhelm Krell, general
secretary of the Jewish com-
munity, to discuss with the min-
istry the local community's
views on Jewish claims for
restitution and indemnification,
in the light of the statement by
Chancellor Raab.

Meyer Schwartz. Detroit Orthodox.
Patriarch, Cared by Death at Age of 84

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Congregation Shaarey Zedek all services. He retained many
will miss a venerable regular at- youthful qualities, including his
tendant who seldom missed be- appearance, and in spite Of be-
ing at the three daily services. ing an octogenarian his beard
The patriarchal Meyer Sch- was black and he had few gray
wartz was called by death Wed- hairs.
nesday morning. He was 84.
Funeral services were held
Throughout his life, he was Wednesday noon at Hebrew
deeply devoted to all traditional Benevolent Society.
Jewish movements. He was ac-
Surviving him are his wife,
tive in Mizrachi and was deeply Anne; four sons, Harry, Maurice,
devoted to causes for the ad- Joseph and Louis; seven grand-
vancement of Jewish educa- children and five great-grand-
tion and religious observances. children.
He was a strong adherent of the
The family has requested that
Yeshivah movement.
tributes to his memory should
His residence was at 2972 take the form of contributions
Rochestra—which made it easy to charity and the planting of
for him to cross the street di- trees in Israel through the Jew-
rectly into Shaarey Zedek for ish National Fund.

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The family of the late Shirley
Horowitz announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in her mem-
ory at 1 p.m., Sunday, March 7,
at Chesed shel Emes Cemetery.
Rabbi Lehrman will officiate.
Relatives and friends are asked
to attend.

In Memoriam

William Stark Des

Funeral services for William
M. Stark, who passed away
suddenly on Feb. 19, were held
on Monday, at Ira Kaufman
Chapel. Mr. Stark was born in
Hancock, Mich., and had been
a Detroit resident for 40 years.
The no-owner of Crest . Fur-
niture Co., Mr. Stark lived at
3300 Weverly. He was a mem-
ber of Temple Beth El.
Surviving are his wife, Mar-
guerite; son, James, now serving
with the U.S. Army; daughters,
Joan, an employee of The Jew-
ish News; and Mrs. Aileen Levy,,
of Grand Rapids, Mich.
Three brothers, Ben, Mandel,
and David H.; two sisters, Mrs.
William Sucher and Mrs. Jack
Lipsky; and a grandchild also
survive.-

JOSHUA S.
SPERKA

In loving memory of my dear
wife and our devoted mother,
Mrs. Anna Hack, who passed
away on March 2, 1953 (17 days
in Adar).
Sadly missed by her loving
husband, Samuel; and children,
Mollie Bank, Dorothy Camp, Ger-
trude purwin, Ruth Weiss and
Leo Hack.

Proskauer in Israel
IEL AVIV, (JTA)---Judge Jo-

seph Proskauer, American Jew-
ish leader, paid tribute to the
"great material progress" made
by the people of Israel since his
last visit to this 'country three
years ago.

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