THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, April 13, 1973 - 55 Jewish Home for Aged Fire-Bombed; Elderly OK WASHINGTON (JTA) — Eight incendiary devices were set off inside the He- brew Home for the Aged is nearby Rockville, Md., short- ly before dawn April 5 but none of the 200 residents, averaging about age 82, was reported injured. Montgomery County Police Lt Charles Federline said a recent trainee in the institu- tion's practical nursing educa- tion class is being sought for questioning. Police would not give the suspect's name. Only 45 minutes before H were notified of the fii,liombing, Lt. Federline said, three similar fires were started in the laundry room of the Home for Incurables in Washington's Northwest section. Polie believe the two incidents are connected, he said. Alvin J. Steinberg, chair- man of the District of Colum- bia-Maryland Regional Board of the Bnai Brith Anti-De- famation League declared after an ADL investigation that "there is no reason to believe" that the bombing at the Hebrew Home "was moti- Peace Plan Torpedoed TEL AVIV (JTA)—Three French nationals who say they want to row their rubber dinghy through the Suez Ca- nal which has been closed to traffic since June 1967, were prevented from leaving for Egypt from Israeli soil. The three, who say they are on a peace mission, landed their dinghy near an Israeli army outpost in nor- thern Sinai. They were given shelter and brought here, but their request for permission to leave from Ashkelon for Port Said was turned doWn by Is- raeli authorities. The trio, a journalist and two TV cameramen, said they would attempt to row to Cyprus and from there to the Egyptian port. v a t e d by organized anti- Semitism." He said, "There is a strong indication that this was the act of a single disgruntled individual rather than a group activity linked to Arab terrorism or to any organized, anit-Semetic group. It is es- sential," Steinberg empha- sized, "to disabuse any fears arising in the community that this incident is a cause, for alarm." According to Montgomery County police, an intruder entered the Hebrew Home— a sturdy brick and concrete structure dedicated May 20, 1969—after smashing a large glass panel adjoining the door leading to the lobby. A nursing supervisor con- Ex-Stage Manager fronted him briefly as he waf, of Met, Herbert Graf lighting his first bomb and GENEVA — Herbert Graf, then telephoned police who received her call at 4:15 a.m. former stage director of the After leaving two fires in Metropolitan Opera, died here the lobby, the intruder was last Friday at age 69. Mr. Graf, general manager next seen on the hurth floor where he started a fire in of the Grand Theater, Gene- the nurse's station and then va's opera house, since 1965, hurled a bomb into a resi- was the son of Max Graf, Viennese critic and writer on dent's room. music. He came to the U.S. Damage, accorling to Lt. in 1934 to escape Nazi per- Federline, was mainly to secution. beds, furnishings and equip- Over the years Mr. Graf T. H. Applebaum, ment at the nurse's station. worked in many of the major Former Pressman He declined to give a dollar opera centers of the world. Theodore H. Applebaum, figure on the damage. Forty For 11 years, he was head former pressman for both the firemen and 24 policemen re- of the opera department at Detroit News and Detroit sponded to the alarms. the Curtis Institute of Music. Free Press, died April 5 at He was with the Metropolitan age 78. from 1936 to 1967. Ralph Bensman, Mr. Applebaum, 30395 Old Stream, Southfield, was born Insurance Man 1967 Arab Defeat in Detroit. He was a union Ralph Bensman, a general Due to 'Hesitation,' organizer and before his re- insurance agent with Old tirement, he worked 17 years Equity Life from 1955 to Says Libya's Qaddafi for the Detroit News and 26 1970, died Tuesday in Miami LONDON (JTA—Col. Mu- years for the Detroit Free Beach. He was 65. ammar Qaddafi of Libya Press. - Mr. Bensman, who lived at warned fellow Arabs that hes- He was a life contributor 17015 George Washington, itation at the crucial moment to the Shriners Crippled Chil- Southfield, and in Miami in the struggle with Israel dren's Hospital, and a mem- Beach, was a past president would invite another defeat. ber of the Masons, the Mos- of the Oak Park-Huntington The Libyan leader gave his lem Shrine and the Livonia Woods Democratic Club and warning in an article pub- Shrine Club. of the Motor City Lodge of lished in the Beirut newspa- He leaves his wife, Mar- Bnai Brith. He also was a per Al Anwar which coincid- ion; three sons, Albert, Dr. member of Craftsman Lodge ed with Egyptian President Herbert and Bernard; four of the Masons. He was born Anwar Sadat's one-day visit daughters, Mrs. Louis (Anna) in Milwaukee. to Libya. Ross, Mrs. Austin C. (Jeanne) Surviving are his wife, So- The article indirectly criti- Pate, Mrs. Burton L. (Pearl) nia; two sons, Lawrence and cized the late President Ga- Warpup and Mrs. Robert Morris; a daughter, Mrs. mal Abdel Nasser of Egypt (Goldie) Monroe of San Bern- Warren (Muriel) Zweigel; a for failing to send his forces adino, Calif; a brother, Har- brother, Irving; three sisters, into Israel on the eve of hos- old,; two sisters, Mrs. Cecil Mrs. Tulley (Dorothy) Porn- tilities in June 1967. (Hattie) Hamburger and erance, Mrs. Ben (Faye) He claimed that the Arabs' Mrs. Lewis F. (Alva) La- Aronoff of Toledo and Mrs. hesitation lost the initiative vine; 26 grandchildren and Esther Gersuk; and eight and the result was "fatal and six great-grandchildren. grandchildren. shameful." In Loving Memory of My Dear Wife ESTHER GITLIN Who will be in our hearts forever, who passed away April 16, 1968. Dr. Charles Gitlin and family. IN MEMORIAM The IIEBIIEW BENEvoLENT socirrY, (o•sed Shel Ernes) remembers their departed Board Members whose Vorzeit is observed in the month of Nisan. NATHAN GEER 5th Of Nissan April 7th ABRAHAM JAFFIN 10th of Nissan April 12th Our Beloved Husband, Father & Grandfather, ALEX H. WINER who passed away April 12, 1971. Love is for- ever. SARAH BENENSON, 20179 Schaefer, died April 10. Sur- vived by two sons, Laurence and Harvey; a daughter, Mrs. Samuel (Pearl) Farber; one brother and seven grand- children. * * REGINA BLAUER, 13205 N. Norfolk, died April 11. Survived by two sons, Joseph Pablo Picasso Mourned in Israel JERUSALEM (JTA)—Yi- gal Ailon, Israel's deputy premier and minister of edu- cation and culture, cabled condolences on the death Sunday at 91 of artist Pablo Picasso. Allon's message said, "In the name of the government, art lovers and other Israelis, I send my condolences on the death of a giant of art in our epoch, Pablo Picasso. He was one of those artists who never cease to create until tlieir last clay. The Jewish people felt a special respect for Picasso because of his brave and constant struggle against fascism and persecution." Picasso showed an interest in Israel and its democratic principles. An avowed anti-Nazi, he in- cluded among his most ap- preciative friends in the early 1900s the Parisian Max Jacob, who later died in a Nazi concentration camp. Picasso also befriended the artists Leo Stein and Jacques Lipschitz, among others. Air Crash Probe Gets Israel Aid TEL AVIV (JTA)—Trans- port ministry officials said that they would cooperate fully with a delegation of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) which arrived here to investigate the downing of a Libyan air- liner by Israeli fighters over Sinai Feb. 21. The group has visited Libya and Egypt in the course of their investigation of the tra- gedy. The investigation was au- thorized at a recent ICAO conference which condemned Israel for downing the civil- ian airliner in which over 100 lives were lost. The investigating team will study tape recordings taken from the wreckage of the plane and is expected to in- terview the surviving Libyan co-pilot who is convalescing, at Hadassah Hospital in Je- rusalem. A similar investiga- tion was conducted last month by a team of French experts. The pilot and several crew members of the Boeing 727, all of whom died, were French. and Charles; eight grand- daughter, Sandra; her moth- children and three great er, Mrs. Sam (Ida) Gold- grandchildren. farb; four brothers, two sis- ters and one grandchild. SHIRLEY DEUTCH, 18145 * * Onyx, Southfield, died April EVA L. WEINGARDEN, 12. She leaves a son, Gordon of California; two daughters, 21701 Kenosha, Oak Park, Mrs. Joseph (Linda) Epstein died April 7. She leaves her and Mrs. Judie Shopnick; husband, Sidney; a daughter, two brothers, two sisters and Mrs. Arnette Traines; two sisters and two grandchil- four grandchildren. dren. * * * * ROSE FISHMAN, 14000 IDA WINNICK, 19722 Victoria, Oak Park, died April 10. Survived by a son, Archdale, died April 5. Sur- Dr. Sherwin of Richmond, vived by a brother, Dr. Lawr- Va.; a daughter, Phyllis; one ence C., and a sister, Mrs. Henry (Marion) Fischer. brother and four sisters. * I I th of Nissan . April 13th BENJAMIN SCHURAYTZ I2th of Nissan 1pr it 1.1111 * BESSIE GLAZER, 21910 Whitmore, Oak Park, died April 10. Survived by her husband, Alvin; a son, Larry; and two brothers. • JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN, 6250 37 Mile, Romeo, died April 9. He leaves his wife, Yettie; two sons, Hyman and Gus- tave; and six grandchildren. WE REMEMBEE 1- 1Z7N 1 Iti2 During the coming week Yeshivoth Beth Yehuda will observe the Yahrzeit of the following de- parted friends, with the tradi- tional Memor- ial Prayers, re- citation of Kaddish and studying of Mishnayos. GOLDIE KRAVITZ, 23840 Rutland, Southfield, died April 8. Survived by a daugh- ter, Mrs. William (Bertha) Greenberg; five grandchil- dren and 10 great-grandchil- dren. EVA NATINSKY. 1930 Taylor, died April 6. Sur- vived by a nephew, Sol Gelb- man. * PAULINE ROSENFIELD, 28241 Diesing, Madison Heights, died April 11. She leaves her husband, Harry; two brothers and one sister. Nissan Rochel Fine 13 Neva Lubetsky 13 Jacob Sklar 13 Max Steingold 13 Jacob Hoffman 14 Jacob Goodman 14 Sophia Helfend 14 Morris Markowitz 14 Benjamin Sachs 14 Anna Shere 14 Thelma R. Brodersohn 15 Frances L. Katt 15 Abe Kole 15 Marcella Maiseloff 15 Jane Feintuch 16 Jolan Isaac 16 Edward E. Schultz 16 Jennie Shoenig 16 Rochel L. Bas Yitzchock 16 Morris Canvasser 17 Morris Greenberg 17 Jacob Gutterman 17 Jacob D. Pont 17 David King 17 David Solomon 17 Irving Sperka 17 Benjamin Abramowitz 18 Sarah Cohen 18 Samuel Fields 18 Louis Forman 18 Wolf Henigman 1$ Henriette Loewenstein 18 Eli Scherr 18 Amelia Meisner 18 A rtur Stern 18 Alex H. Winer 18 Morris A. Yassky 18 Hyman Berman 19 Rose Berman 19 Minnie Diamond 19 Pauline Goldberg 19 Anna W. Goldenberg 19 Hershel Ben Meier 19 Ida S. Kaplan 19 Beatrice Potok 19 Morris Schwartz 19 MARTHA R. ROSENTHAL, 18035 Roselawn, died April 5. She leaves her husband, Milton, a son, Alan of Evan- ston; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Lee R.) Franklin and Mrs. Edward (Lita) Skal- ka of Warren, N.J.; one brother, one sister and one sister-in-law. Interment St. Louis. * * EVA RUBIN, 10000 Rose- wood, Oak Park, died April 7. 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