TfrE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, November 7, 1958-38
Davis, Schwartz Open New Ranch Project
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One of Livonia's newest ranch
home developments, built by
Bernard Davis and Donald
Schwartz, of Berdon Homes,
Inc.. is now being shown to
the public daily and Sunday.
Located on Dorais, a model
is open from 1 to 8 p.m., every
day. The home sells for $18,340
with $1,340 down on a 30-year
FHA mortgage.
Highlighting the model, call-
ed the "Premiere," are three
large bedrooms, 1 1/2 baths, a
choice of a family room or din-
ing room, combined in a total
of 1,200 feet.
Features include wet plaster
walls, GE oven and range, dis-
poser, spacious closets with
birch folding doors, Dorwal to
patio, mahogany cabinets and
an exhaust fan.
Near schools, shopping and
the site of a proposed new
synagogue, the model can be
reached by driving out Fenkell
to Merriman and turning right
to Dorais. The home is situated
in the middle of the block. _
Sales are being handled by
Couzens Realty and Investment
Co., 16038 W. McNichols, BR
3-6800.
Un-American,
Committee to
Probe Hate Sheets
Remember 'CrYstal Night'
with Anniversary Plaques
Cong. Francis E. Walter,
chairman of the, House Com-
mittee on Un-American Activi-
ties, in a letter to the Jewish
War Veterans, has stated that
the commitee will take "ap-
propriate action" in the matter
of investigating the financing
of hate sheets and hate-mon-
gering groups.
Walter was re-elected in
Tuesday's election from Penn-
sylvania's 15th District.
Sam Shaikewitz, of St. Louis.
national JWV commander, had
urged Rep. Walter to call the
committee into session to in-
vestigate financing of these
groups and publications.
MUNICH (JTA) — Tablets
commemorating the destruction
of synagogues here by the
-Nazi regime will be erected
this month, the 20th anniver-
sary of "crystal night" when
Nazi gangs throughout Ger-
many smashed, burned and de-
stroyed synagogues, communal
buildings and Jewish homes,
Mayor Thomas Wimmer an-
nounced.
Among the tablets will be
one on Herzog-Max Strasse,
where the Main Synagogue had
stood until destroyed on orders
of the Hitler regime in June,
1938; and another on. Herzog-
Rudolf Strasse, where the Or-
thodox Ohel Jacob Synagogue
had stood.
New TB Vaccination
Method Reported
Soviet Postage Stamp
to Honor- Sholem Aleichem
A new air-borne method of
vaccinating persons against tu-
berculosis, developed by Dr.
Gardner Middlebrook, director
of research and laboratories at
National Jewish Hospital at
Denver, was announced here by
Leon S. Wayburn. chairman of
the hospital's Detroit commit-
tee.
The new process uses BCG,
the Bacillus of Calmette and
Guerin, which was developed in
France and is a weakened rela-
tive of virulent TB germs. In-
stead of the usual methods of
administering vaccine through
the skin or by mouth, the new
vaccine can be injected into the
air of any enclosed space. It is
then inhaled. The method has
been tested successfully on
guinea pigs and will soon be
ready for field trials on humans.
TWo advantages of airborne
vaccination are suggested by
Dr. Middlebrook and his associ-
ates. Their experiments show
that a smaller number of BCG
germs can now give immunity,
and that a very large number
of persons could be vaccinated
against tuberculosis simultane-
ously by releasing the vaccine
in a large hall or auditorium.
Israel Abstains in Vote
on Freedom from Arrest
UNITED NATIONS, (JTA)-
Israel abstained here in ballot-
ing on an article dealing with
freedom from arbitrary arrest
that will ultimately become part
of the draft covenant on civil
and political rights.
The issue is being debated in
the General Assembly's Social,
Humanitarian a n d Cultural
Committee. Israel sought pass-
age of two amendments which
would have given an arrested
person certain broad rights that
could not be denied by the ar-
resting officer. They failed to
be adopted.
VIENNA, (JTA)—The Soviet
government will issue a special
postage stamp marking the
100th anniversary of the birth
of Sholem Aleichem which will
be celebrated in 1959, accord-
ing to a Moscow dispatch re-
ceived here.
Other events scheduled in
connection with the Sholem
Aleichem anniversary observ-
ance in the Soviet Union will
include a special exhibit of the
great Yiddish author's works in
the Lenin Library in Moscow,
the publication of Sholem Alei-
chem's collected works and issu-
ance of a biographical novel
based on his life written by
Abraham Cahan of Kiev.
Old Carob Trees Revived
MASSUOT, Israel-2,500 age-
old carob trees growing singly
over an area of 800 dunams in
the northern hilly part of the
Lakhish area, between the vil-
lages of Tirosh and Sedot
Mikha, will be brought back to
life and fertility- by the affor-
estation department of the Jew-
ish - National Fund. The trees
will later be put at the disposal
of the settlers of Sedot Mikha
and Tirosh, as a step in the
Fund's endeavor to reinforce
the economic foundations of
the hill villages.
Verwoerd Reassures
Delegation of Policy .
Towards Jewry, Israel
JOHANNESBURG (JTA) —
Prime Minister H. F. Verwoerd
of South Africa has received
a delegation representing the
Board of Jewish Deputies of
the Union in the first audience
he gave to a Jewish delegation
since assuming direction of the
government of South Africa.
In a statement issued after
the meeting, in Pretoria, the
Board of Deputies said: "In
the course of a cordial inter-
view the Prime Minister said
that he fully identified himself
with the policy of his predeces-
sors in office, Dr. Malan and
the late Strijdom, towards
South African Jewry and the
State of Israel and that this
policy will be maintained by
the government."
The Board of Deputies dele-
gation consisted of: Edel Horo-
witz, president; . Bernard Ett-
linger, vice-president; Namie
Philips, chairman, and Gustav
Saran, general secretary.
`Gangster' Mickey
Cohen, Gave a
Party for Irgun
In the final installment of
Dean Jennings series of four
articles on gangster Mickey
Cohen in the Saturday Evening
Post, a rather fascinating sub-
chapter in Israel's fight for in-
dependence is recounted. •
Author Ben Hecht, an avid
supporter of the Irgun Zvei
Leumi during the fight against
British domination of Palestine,
had approached Cohen in the
spring of 1948 and urged him
to aid in the Israeli fight.
So Cohen threw a party at-
tended by the leading mobsters
of the West Coast, including
Buggsy Siegel. Cohen collected
$375,000 from his underworld
pals and it was subsequently
sent to Palestine. In recogni-
tion, Cohen was sent a silver
cigarette box, inscribed to "A
Fellow Fighter for Hebrew
Freedom, Mickey Cohen" and
the inscription was signed by
"The Hebrew Committee of Na-
tional Liberation."
The story, incidentally, was
first recounted several years
ago in Hechct's autobiography.
"A Child of the Century."
Bobover Rabbi Plans
Hassidic Town in Israel
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi
Solomon Halberstam, spiritual
head of the Bobover Hassidic
movement, sailed from New
York on his way to Israel to
lay the foundation stone for
a new township for his fol-
lowers at Bet Yarn, a suburb
of Tel Aviv. Representatives of
the Israel Consulate and the
Jewish Agency joined' the
thousands of Hassidim who
assembled at the pier to bid
farewell to the Rabbi.
Kir y a t Bobov, the new
township which Rabbi Halber-
stam-will establish in Israel, is
expected to attract settlers
from among Bobover Hassidim
throughout the world. It will
take the form of an urban,
middle-class settlement based
on a variety of industrial en-
terprises and offer opportunity
for productiVe activity in an
atmosphere conducive to reli-
gious observance and learning.
An area of close to 40 acres
has been set aside for the new
township.
Dr. Ben Cohen Named
Chilean Ambassador to UN Israel Farm School
UNITED NATIONS (AJP)—
Dr. Benjamin Cohen, founder of Accredited by N.Y.
the United Nations Department
of Public Information and a
former undersecretary in charge
of trusteeship matters, has been
designated Chilean Ambassador
to the United Nations and is
presently serving as Chilean rep-
resentative to the 13th Session.
Having attained retirement age,
Dr. Cohen recently had to re-
sign from his United Nations
post.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
New York State Education De-
partment has issued • a trial
charter good for four years,
recognizing the • Kfar Silver
Agricultural School in Israel
as a certified high school.
Under the charter, academic
credits earned at the Israeli
secondary school will be recog-
nized and fully accredited in
N.Y. State high schools.
Lipkin Dies at 94;
Book Annual Marks Mrs.
Wrote Yiddish Poetry
Two Centennials
Mrs. Liza Lipkin, who had
An analysis of the influence
of the world-famed Jewish au-
thor, Sholom Aleichem, is con-
tained in a lead article of Vol-
ume 16 of the Jewish Book An-
nual, published by the National
Jewish Welfare Board-sponsored
Jewish Book Council of Amer-
ica.
The tribute to Sholom Alei-
chem on the occasion of the
centenary of his birth is by Dr.
Sol Liptzin, professor of com-
parative literature at the City
College of New York, and hon-
orary president of the Council.
The Jewish Book Council is
the sponsor of Jewish B o o k.
Month, Nov. 7 to Dec. 7, which
this year is dedicated to Israel's
10th anniversary. The Jewish
Book Annual carries a special
section on Israel, which fea-
tures an article by Dr. Joseph
Klausner, on Eliezer Ben Ye-
huda, author of the first com-
plete Hebrew Dictionary. Janu-
ary 1958 marked the 100th an-
niversary of the birth of the
man "whose life was character-
ized by an unflinching devotion
to the cause of Hebrew revival."
In Detroit the annual Book
Fair will take place Nov. 22-24.
Israel Bond Sales
Greatly Increased
The rate of increase of Is-
rael Bond sales by Bnai Brith
during the summer quarter of
the current year's campaign
was $100,000 above that raised
for the same period last year,
it was reported this week by
Morris Alexander, national
chairman of the Bnai Brith
Committee for Israel.
Total bond sales for the
months of June, July and
August reached $325,900. The
Bnai Brith goal for the year
is $7.5 million in bond sales.
U.S.-to Ship $37,742,000
in Agricultural Products
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The
Department of Agriculture an-
nounced an agreement between
the United States and Israel
which provides for financing the
purchase of $37,742,000 worth
(including certain ocean trans-
portation costs) of U. S. agricul-
tural products. Formal signing
of the agreement will take place
shortly.
The items covered by this
agreement include $15,350,000
worth of seed grains and $11,-
256,000 worth of wheat. The
agreement provides that 25 per-
cent of the Israeli pounds re-
ceived in payment for these pur-
chases shall be made available
as loans to American and Isra-
eli firms operating in Israel.
Sales will be by private Ameri-
can traders.
M. A. Leavitt Dedicates
New Hospital in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran—The 10-day
visit here last week of Moses
A. Leavitt, executive vice-chair-
man of the joint Distribution
Committee, - was climaxed by the
dedication of the newly-enlarged
Khanoun Kheir Khah Hospital
of the Jewish community of
Tehran.
The construction of the hos-
pital was subsidized by the JDC
with United Jewish Appeal
funds. JDC will provide for its
maintenance.
Unanswered
I sit in the night and wonder
Where is that unseen power?
That caused the roar in the thunder
And painted the bloom on the
flower.
Where is the master commander?
With that very powerful might
Who raises the sun in its splendor
And brings on the shadow of night.
I am straining my brain and my
eyes'
The place of that power to find it.
I am trying to pierce thru the skies
To see what is hidden behind it.
The stars are twinkling. like
winking
Mocking at me I suppose.
How foolish I am they are thinking
Trying to solve what nobody
knows.
By Herman E. Lippitt, 0.1).
lived in Detroit for 46 years,
died last Friday at the age of
94.
She was devotedly, interested
in Chesed shel Emes, Yeshi-
vath Beth Yehudah and other
Jewish movements.
Mrs. Lipkin iiad endeared
herself with her family and
friends, and audiences at the
Home for Aged, by writing and
reciting Yiddish verses. She
wrote scores of them which are
now treasured by her survivors.
Surviving her is a daughter,
Mrs. Max M. Frocht; a son, Dr.
Ezra Lipkin, and two grand-.
children; also a stepson, Maur-
ice Lipkin; a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Eva Friedman; 5 step grand-
children and eight step great-
grandchildren.
Dr. Heller, Veteran ZiOnist,
Dies Suddenly in England
LONDON, (WJA) — Dr. Ar-
thur Heller, veteran. Zionist
leader and Jewish writer, died
suddenly in London at the age
of 67 within a week after retir-
ing from a medical appointment
which he had held in Northum-
berland since 1948.
Dr. Heller played a leading
part in the Poale Zion move-
ment of pre-war Czechoslovakia
and, after his emigration to
Britain in 1939, served for some
time on the Executive of the
Self Aid Association of Jews
from Czechoslovakia and the
World Jewish Congress British
Section. He took a close inter-
est in Yiddish and Hebrew lit-
erature.
Hyman Berger Dies
Hyman M. Berger, a retired
auto accessories dealer_ and
father of Isadore Arnold Berg-
er, local photographer and ad-
venturer, died Nov. 1, after a
prolonged illness. Another son,
the late David B. Berger, was
well known in -,.the local com-
munity.
Other survivors are a third
son, Howard P.; four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Bess Kahn, Mrs.
Reuben R. Weiner, Mrs. Har-
old Isaacs and Mrs. George
Kayes; two sisters, eight grand-
children and four great grand-
children.
Rev. Farber Dies
Rev. Alter Z. Farber, active
in the orthodox Jewish com-
munity for the 47 years he has
been in Detroit, died Nov. 1,
in his home at 9248 Quincy.
A life member of Congs.
Beth Jacob and Beth Tikvah,
Rev. Farber also was a mem-
ber of the Turover Aid Society
and Mizrachi Organization. He
was a native of Russia.
He is survived by his wife,
Frieda; four sons, Samuel L.,
Albert, Harry and William; 13
grandchildren and three great
grandchildren.
Eyes Billion Dollar Cure
to Refugee Problem
UNITED NATIONS, - N. Y.
(JTA)—A proposal for creation
of a billion dollar United Na-
tiobs agency to solve the Arab
refugee problem was reiterated
by Dr. Frank Aiken, Minister
•for External Affairs of the Irish
Republic.
Dr. Aiken, who made a simi-
lar proposal before the special
emergency session of the Gen-
eral Assembly which dealt with
the Middle East crisis last Au-
gust, repeated his proposal, ad-
dressing the United Nations
Association.
"I feel very strongly." said
Dr. Aiken, "that the greatest
running sore in the region is
the Arab refugee problem. The
United Nations has a major re-
sponsibility with regard to that
problem. If the United Nations
as a whole were to put up a
billion dollars—roughly $1,000
per refugee—we might negoti-
ate a settlement of that prob-
lem."