400 Flee Flames at Duartian Dance.
Bnai Brith Leader, Band Member Die

Four-hundred persons attend -
ing the dance held by the Duar-
tians of the City of Hope fled the
Edgewater Park Ballroom last
Sunday night as flames quickly
destroyed the building, costing
the lives of two men.
Manning L. Sporn, of 19742
an Juan, an active member of
Bnai Brith, who was at the
dance to take pictures as a fa-
vor to members of the organiza-
tion, was one of the two killed.
The other was Bruno Jaworski,
trombone player in Russ Weav -
er's band.
According to reports of the
Fire Department arson squad,
the building was apparently
struck by lightning, and a fire
was started in the building's
false ceiling. The flames must
have been burning for some time
in the ceiling before they were
discovered, said Lt. Glenn Ben-
nett, who conducted the in-
vestigation.
While Don Cornell was sing-
ing on the platform, orchestra
leader Russ Weaver stopped
the music and announced that
there was no need to be
alarmed, but a fire had start-
ed and it was best for every-
one to leav'e the building.
Most of the dancers did not
realize how serious the fire was
and consequently left their coats
in the checkroom. Within 25
minutes the roof collapsed trap-

ping Sporn and Jaworski.
Jaworski was known to have
gone back for his trombone,
saying it was too valuable an
instrument to leave to fire. Po-
lice cannot account for Sporn's
re-entry into the building, un-
less it was to get his coat. His
body was discovered near the
cloak room.
Art Shapiro, president of the
Duartians, who _earlier in the
evening had commented that the
dance would have been so much
more successful if it had not
rained, said , it proved fortunate
that the attendance was not as
large as anticipated.
As it was, the exit of the
dancers was orderly, with little
panic. Only one man was in-
jured, and he was released
after-,, first aid treatment at
Redfoid Receiving Hospital.
Mr. Sporn, who was 38, was
very active in Bnai Brith circles.
He was treasurer of Henry
Morgenthau Lodge and also
treasurer of its bowling league.
Earlier in the year, he had won
the Morgenthau "Man of the
Year'' award for service to the
Lodge.
Services for Mr. Sporn were
held Wednesday, at Menorah
Funeral Chapel. He leaves two
brothers and a sister, Nathan,
Jack and Ruth, of Detroit, and
a brother and a sister, Samuel
and Gertrude, of Newark, N.J.

Suburban Residents Watered
Down with Heavy Weekend

By the Oak-Woodser
Normalcy is again approach-
ing this weather-beaten com-
.
munity after last Sunday's storm
took a rather severe toll
household furnishings and
houses themselves.
The weather bureau called it
the worst storm in 20 years, and
Oak Park and Huntington
Woods home owners were given
. no cause to doubt it. Most
home owners reported flooded
basements, with police estimat-
ing they received over 500 calls.
Between 75 and 90 percent of
all Oak Park homes were re-
ported to' have had two inches
to three and a half feet of

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ONCE AGAIN FOLKS:

I8—DETRO1 T JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 8, 1954
I

SOC School Daze

Adenaur Gives Assurance of Continued
Restitution in Wake of EDC Failure

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Grave between Chancellor Adenauer
misgivings in Jewish circles that and the Foreign Ministers of
West Germany's obligations to the United StateS, the United
By
compensate victims of Nazism
Judy
for their sufferings and losses Kingdom and France, contained
might be adversely affected by commitments by Germany for
Stutz
the collapse of the European compensation and restitution to
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Defense Treaty were allayed by victims of Nazism. But the de-
Oakland
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in feat of the European Commun-
County
a special communication, Dr. ity Defense Treaty also meant
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Nahum Goldmann, architect of the collapse of the contingent
The Berkley High School the $822,000,000 Bonn - I s r a e l Contractual Agreement.
paper, the Spectator, will be agreement, revealed.
Jewish groups, therefore, were
published and circulated under
Dr. Goldmann, president of fearful that some of the provi-
the editorship of Judy Halper , the Conference on Jewish Ma- sions contained in the Contrac-
next Wednesday. This will be the terial Claims Against Germany, tual Agreement, affecting resti-
semester's first issue. Judy not announced that he has received tution to victims of Nazism,
only writes for the spectator .assurances from Chancellor might fall by the wayside.
but also has a weekly column Adenauer that Germany "will
The Federal Indemnification
in the Royal Oak Tribune. Since observe under all circumstances" Legislation, however, was in. no
Judy is a senior, she will end her her obligations to individual apparent danger since it is al-
series of articles in January victims of Nazism.
: ready in effect as part of the
There were no misgivings agreement between the West
when she graduates.
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whatsoever, Dr. Goldmann ex- German Republic and the Con-
"The Acorn," the Royal Oak plained, about the effectiveness ference on Jewish Material
High paper, was distributed to- of the Bonn-Israel agreement Claims • signed in September
day. Joanie Kaatz, Sarah Wein- and Germany's agreements with 1952. Nonetheless, Dr. Goldmann.
er and Barnard Collier are the Conference.
' communicated to Chan c ellor
H o w. e v e r, the Contractual Adenauer a request for renewed
members of the staff.
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Agreement, signed in May 1952 assurances.
ATWAS Club (All the World's
a Stage) has held its first meet- Temple Emanu-El Slates
$10 PER MONTH
ing this semester. The club's
members include : Judy Rattner, Sabbath, Sukkot Services
We Serve as Your Office . . .
Sukkot services* of Temple
Mickey Beigler, Sue Fishman,
Permitting your clients to keep in
Linda Kayes and Sarah Weiner, Emanu-El, Suburban Temple of
touch with you during business
Greater Detroit, will be held at
president.
hours.
* * *
8:15 p.m., Monday, at Burton
We answer all your
Berkley High held a pep rally School, Huntington Woods. Sab-
incoming calls.
last Friday to celebrate their bath services today will be at
Mailing Address Optional
first home football game. The the same time and place.
Pt Is Our Business to Help You
Simhat Torah services are
program consisted of skits by
With Courtesy and Efficiency
the junior class, songs by the scheduled for 10 a.m., Oct. 11,
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of
also
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a capella Choir
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cheers. Mike Sklar was the very Frank Rosenthal' will officiate
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able chairman of the program. and preach the sermons at all
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services.
Two new comers to Lincoln
High in Ferndale are Joe Asher-
Sincere Best Wishes for a Year
son, a senior, and Anita Green-
stein, a sophomore. Anita was
of Health and Happiness to All
recently elected 10th grade rep-
resentative to the PTSA (Parent,
My Friends and Customers.
Teacher, Student .Association).
* * *
Linda Kayes and Joanie Kaatz
are two of the new members of
at
the Girls'• Literary Club of R.O.
High. . An initiation dinner is
planned for Tuesday night at
the school. Other active mem-
World's Largest Pontiac Dealer
bers are Sarah Weiner, vice-
UN. 3-9300
president, Mickey I3eigler and
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Judy Rattner ..

Water.
The police and fire depart-
ments deserve a tremendous pat
on the back for their fine work
in making the rounds of homes,
turning off gas lines to prevent
trouble and generally providing
reassurance to residents.
The squad car that visited
our area came equipped with
a radio which blared many
calls of distress and two po-
licemen who kept -their senses
of humor through it all (they
must have had houses with-
out basements). One quipped,
we'd have been here faster if
we had a boat.
One of the saddest experiences 50,000 Hanukah Gift
we've heard of happened to Packages Shipped
neighbors of ours who attended
the ill-fated dance at Edge- JWB Wornen's Groups
water Park, where they wit-
Fifty thousand gift packages
nessed a fire which cost the destined for distribution to Jew-
lives of two men . . . then came ish military chaplains and ars
home to find their basement at 50 overseas points on four
flooded and valuable books and continents during the Festival of
records submerged.
H a n u k a h, Dec. 20-28, were
Outside of a great many serv- packed and shipped by 71 com-
ice calls to washing machine munity committees of women
companies, furnace companies volunteers affiliated with: the
and the gas and electric utilities National Jewish Welfare Board's
people, most residents managed Women's Organizations' Divi-
to clean up the debris with little sion. Another 70,000 package will
trouble, and although a few had be shipped later to chaplains,
fallen stairs and giant-size JWB Armed Services workers
cracks in the plaster, it's nearly and hospitalized veterans in this
a thing of the past.
country, according to Mrs. Leon-
Through the adversity, al- ard H. Bernheim, New York,
though we hesitate to mention vice-chairman of the JW13, Wo--
the cliche, there came some sun- men's Organizations' Division.
shine! Neighbors who knew
A project of the Serve-A-
each other only casually became Camp, Serve-A-Chaplain and
fast friends during the trouble. Serve-A-Hospital committees of
In one neighborhood, we the division, the shipments of
heard that the men went from Hanukah gifts will be distrib-
house to house moving heavy uted at Hanukah parties by
pieces out of the way of the chaplains and JWB Armed Serv-
water. We learned that one ices workers and volunteers
washer was lifted onto a ping- overseas and at domestic mili-
pong table and managed to tary installations and Veterans
keep its powder dry.
Administration hospitals. All the
During lulls in the storm, gifts are individually wrapped
neighbors gathered outside their and contain a personal note
houses to compare notes on the from the originating committee.
damage done, and there was a
A coalition of nine national
lot of bragging about who had Jewish women's organizations ;
the most water.
JWB's Women's Organizations'
Following these street meet- Division engages in a year-round
ings, neighbors went to each mail-order morale program for
other's homes for late snacks military personnel at isolated
and consolation. In the morn- state-wide military camps, vet-
ing after the water had ebbed erans hospitals and overseas
and the area was quiet once chaplains.
more, smiles began to appear on
the collective countenance of the Suburban Temple Sisterhood
neighborhood and many
thought, well, we won't be both- Planning Membership Tea
The Sisterhood of Suburban
ered by something like this for
a long time to come—we hope! Temple will hold its annual
But, if it's anything we dis- membership tea at 12:30 p.m.,
liked, it was the smug greeting Monday, at the home of Mrs.
of a friend we called, who an- Maxwell Jospey, 8251 Lincoln
swered the phone with the salu- Rd. All women of the temple,
tation, "We're dry; how are now called Temple Emanu-El,
are invited to attend.
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