Jacob Blaustein, Millionaire Industrialist,
Jewish Leader and Diplomat, Dead at 78
BALTIMORE (JTA) — Funeral
services were held at Temple Obeb
Shalom here Wednesday for Jacob
Blaustein, American Jewish lead-
er, millionaire industrialist and
diplomat, who died at his Mary-
land farm Sunday at age 78.
Mr. Blaustein, who founded the
American Oil Co. in 1910 and
guided its development from a
small localized company to one of
the giants of the American Petro-
leum industry, served as president
of the American Jewish Commit-
tee from-1949 to 1954 and was an
honorary president of the organ-
ization at the time of his death.
He was known nationally and
internationally as an adviser and
diplomatic trouble shooter for five
American presidents and an ad-
Israel.
JACOB BLAUSTEIN
MORRIS J.
NEWMAN
vocate of Jewish and general hu-
manitarian causes with the world
leaders.
The Family of the Late
JACK J. WANDER
AcImowledges with grate-
ful appreciation the many
kind expressions of sym-
pathy extended by rela-
tives and friends during
the family's recent be-•
reavement.
In 1955, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower appointed him a regu-
lar member of the United States
delegation to the United Nations.
Mr. Blaustein was at home in
world diplomatic circles. In 1945,
he helped talk Soviet Foreign
Minister Vyacheslav Molotov into
accepting the human rights sr-
tides of the UN Charter, then in
its conceptual stages in San
Francisco. In 1948 he was one
of the Jewish leaders who con-
vinced David Ben-Guidon to ac-
cept the UN plan for the parti-
tion of Palestine which led to
the creation of the state of Is-
raeL
Later, he negotiated with West
German Chancellor Konrad Ad-
enauer for the payment of more
than $10,000,000,000 in reparations
to the surviving victims of Nazism.
Mr. Blaustein was on close terms
with Mr. Ben-Gurion and his suc-
The Family of the Late .
JEANETTE TOMKIEINIa
express their thanks to the many friends from this
city, country and Israel who paid their last respects
to Mrs. Tomkiewicz and for the numerous letters,
cards and cables in her memory.
In Memory of Our Dear Beloved Sister
Who passed away Nov. 17, 1968
IIAAXINE F. ZACK
His diplomatic career began in
1945 when President Franklin D
Roosevelt asked him to attend the
formative meetings of the UN in
San Francisco.
It was in his relations with Israel
leaders that Mr. Blaustein helped
formulate- the understanding that
while American Jews are deeply
concerned with the welfare and
support of Israel, they owe politi-
cal allegiance only to the United
States.
That understanding, which suc-
cessive Israeli premiers subscribed
to, was necessitated by accusations
of dual loyalty against pro-Israel
American life. Born in Baltimore,
the son of a Lithuanian immigrant
who worked briefly as an oil job-
ber, he and his father founded
American 0il which consisted of
the two men and a horse-drawn
tank wagon.
The tiny firm grew quickly
thanks to numerous innovations.
It opened the first drive-in gaso-
line station in the U.S. and later
blended the first anti-knock gaso-
line. It was the Blanstein gaso-
line, Amoco, that powered
Charles A. Lindberg's historic
solo flight to Paris in 1927.
Mr. Bluetein during his business
career owned a fleet of tankers,
oil wells in Texas and Louisiana
and several manufacturing com-
panies. He had vast real estate
holdings in Baltimore, San Diego,
Dallas and Los Angeles and was
a controlling stockholder of the
Union Trust Co. of Baltimore.
Alexander Winogradow,
Research Chemist, 83
NEW YORK — Dr. Alexander
Winogradow, research and consult-
ing chemist who in 1937 originated
the art of "Inlonee," similar to
the Oriental art of wire-glazed pot-
tery, died last Saturday at age 83.
A native of Russia and graduate
of physical chemistry from the
University of Freiberg, Germany,
Dr. Winogradow came to the U.S.
in 1924. Another research develop-
ment which he has been credited
is an industrial process for making
fire-resistant wood.
Edith Ilutovich, Wife
of Zionist Leader, 55
NEW YORK — Mrs. Edith Iluto-
vich, wife of Leon Ilutovich, ex-
ecutive director of the Zionist
Organization of America, died Sun-
day at age 55.
Born in Berlin, she went to Is-
rael in the early 1930s where she
lived until 1946. In 1946 and 1947
she directed the emigration of in-
ternees from Bergen-Belsen to
Palestine and other countries.
Pleasure is very seldom found
where it is sought. Our brightest
blazers are commonly kindled by
unexpected sparks.
—Samuel Johnson.
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LUDWIG H. BEKGRAN, 15421
Coyle, died Nov. 15. He leaves his
wife, Mathilde; a daughter, Mrs.
George (Ursula) Woifring of Ger-
many; one brother and two sisters.
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MILTON M. CAPLAN, 24666
Martha Washington, Southfield,
died Nov. 17. He leaves a brother,
Ira; a sister, Mrs. Bernard
(Fredell) Whitman; six nieces and
five nephews.
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JACK CORTN, 10360 Oak Park,
Oak Park, died Nov. 16. Survived
by his wife, Tillie; two sons, Jo-
seph and Dr. Daniel; a daughter,
Mrs. Earl (Elaine) Hecker of
Copenhagen; and nine grandchil-
dren. -
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VALENTINA DOLMAN, 17144
Birchcrest, died Nov. 17. Survived
by her husband, Majer; and a
son, Luzer.
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FANNIE FEERER, 5440 Cass,
died Nov. 13. She leaves two sons,
David and Manford; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Arthur (Helen) Baum,
Mrs. Henry (Goldye) Sills and Mrs.
Walter (Irma) Hirschberg; three
brothers, two sisters, eight grand-
children and 11 great-grandchil-
dren.
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JULIA ADELAIDE HARRIS,
25436 Henley, Huntington Woods,
died Nov. 16. She leaves her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rowland (Ade-
laide) Harris; a brother, Jay; a
sister, Sarah 'Jane; and her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman
Harris.
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LILLIAN JURAVEL of Far
Rockaway, N.Y., died Nov. 13.
Survived by a son, Milton; two
brother s, including David H.
Mattes of Detroit; one sister and
one grandchild. w Interment New
York.
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JOHN L. KUNIN, former De-
troiter of Chicago, died Nov. 9.
Survived by his wife, Edith; a
son, Dr. Samuel of San Bernar-
dino; two daughters, Mrs. Nate
(Shirley) Engelstein and Mrs.
George (Barbara) Schrenzel; three
sisters, Mrs. Jacob (Kate) Henock,
Mary and Evelyn, all of Detroit;
and six grandchildren. Interment
Chicago.
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MAX LAKRITZ, 7022 Thatcher,
died Nov. 14. Survived by two
sons, Simon of Hanford, Calif.,
and Joseph of Los Angeles; two
daughters, Mrs. Abraham (Mary)
Fried and Mrs. Doris Federhar,
both of Tucson; one sister and
nine grandchildren.
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FRIEDA MARKOWITZ, 18091
Meyers, died Nov. 18. She leaves
her husband, Adolph; a son, Dr.
Harry M.; a daughter, Mrs. Faye
Cohn; two brothers, four sisters,
six grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
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HAROLD NISSEN, former De-
troiter of Anaheim, Calif., died
Nov. 12. Survived by his wife,
Millie; a son, Dr. Edward of Ful-
lerton, Calif.; two daughters, Mrs.
James (Helene) Raisin and Mrs.
Seymour (Jane) Weissman, both of
Detroit; one brother, 10 grand-
children and eight great-grand-
children. Interment Anaheim.
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FRED ROTH, 23040 Church,
Oak Park, died Nov. 15. He leaves
his wife, Ann; a son, Allan; a
daughter, Mrs. Ivan (Sandra) Col-
lins; one brother, three sisters
and one grandchild.
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MAX SCHWARTZ, former De-
troiter of Hollywood, Fla., died
Nov. 15. He leaves his wife, Ber-
tha; two sons, Charles of Los
Angeles and Roy; three brothers
and four grandchildren. Interment
Detroit.
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BERTHA TURACK, 13308
Borgman, Huntington Woods, died
Nov. 17. Survived by a sister,
Mrs. Lillian Epstein.
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SAMUEL WALKON, 21854
Coolidge, Oak Park, died Nov: 16.
Survived by his wife, Gussie; two
sons, Harry and Sidney; two
daughters, Mrs. Joseph (Betty)
Rosen and Mrs. Nathan (Jean) Wi-
god; one brother, one sister, 10
grandchildren and seven great-
grandchildren.
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EDYTHE WINER, 25639 Lin-
coln Terr., Oak Park, died Nov. 14.
Survived by her husband, Maurice;
a son, Alvin L. of Ann Arbor; one
brother and two sisters.
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During the coming
week Yeshiva Beth
Yehuda will observe
the Yahrzeit of the
following departed
friends, with the
traditional Memorial
Prayers,
recitation
of Kaddish and stu-
dying of Mishnayes.
Ceshvan NOV.
22
Jennie Berkower
23
Sadie F. Jordan
23
22
Tillie Grossman
23
22
Nathan Goldstein
23
22
Fannie Davidson
24
23
Sam Messing
24
23
24
Z. Muscovitz
23
Dora Plotkin
24
23
William Stein
24
23
Herman J. Zold
24
23
Benjamin B. Gaum 25
24
Coleman Rottenberg 25
24
Rebecca Sklar
25
24
Louis Bornstein
25
24
Jack Kunick
25
24
Hyman Holtzman 25
24
Lewis Ross
26
25
Fannie Carnick
26
25
Jacob Kale
26
25
Bessie Gordon
26
25
Bella Rosenbaum
25
25
Anna Butcovsky
2•
21
Maxine F. Zack
26
25
Kunio Abramowitz 26
25
Margaret Katz
27
25
Aaron Simons
27
21
Ethel Baxter
27
24
Herman .1. Fishel
27
26
Jeanette Kabaker 27
26
Ephrlam Lazarus
27
26
Max Fleischer
21
27
Fannie Friedman
21
27
Bessie R. Wrote
2$
27
Norma Heitman
28
27
Irving Dworkin
28
27
Sol Lapinsky
2S
27
Helen Brand
22
27
Louis Gottlieb
2f
21
Harry Kosofsky
2f
21
Joseph H. Kunin
2f
28
Peter Welsswasser 2f
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Rose Kartun
21
Smile ShIthuan
2f
2$
Lena Scott
2f
2$
Isidore Goldman
211
21
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DIRECTORS OF FUNERALS
Friday, Naysamber 2R, 1971I-47
OBITUARIES
cessors, the late Premier -Levi
Eshkol and Premier Golds Melt. of
The Family of the Late
Announces the unveiling
of a monument in his
memory 12 noon, Sunday,
Nov. 22, at Ades Shalom
Memorial Par k. Rev.
Vie der will officiate.
Relatives and friends are
asked to attend.
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